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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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06NEWDELHI5030PM SINGH BESIEGED BY MULTIPLE POLITICAL CRISES
[...] (C) Summary: After weeks under fire over primarily domestic issues, the July 11 Mumbai and Srinagar attacks have added a foreign policy dimension to criticism of PM Singh's performance, which will spill over into the July 24 Parliament session. Manmohan Singh is under attack politically from [...]
2006-07-18 10:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI5129AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON LETTER TO KC SINGH
[...] (C) The condolence letter from Ambassador Crumpton to Ambassador K.C. Singh was delivered on 13 July. 2. (C) We received the following response dated 14 July on 19 July. Please advise if Ambassador Crumpton wishes to receive the original of the letter. "Dear Hank, Thank you very much f [...]
2006-07-21 04:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KCIP PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI5135INDIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD: ADVISING
[...] (C) Summary: The National Security Advisory Board -- populated by civilians, but supported by the GOI National Security Council Secretariat -- is a little-discussed institution designed to provide creative long-term assessments to the National Security Advisor, and through him to the Cabinet [...]
2006-07-21 07:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI5136INDIA'S NSCS: PROFESSIONALS IN A "BUREAUCRATIC
[...] (C) Summary: India's National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) was a little-known institution until a SIPDIS recent series of "Indian Express" articles alleged that several of its employees were involved in a spy ring (Ref A). From collating intelligence inputs to supporting National S [...]
2006-07-21 07:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI5239PURPORTED "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" LIST EXPANDS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue talks on Terrorism and Narcotics Trafficking on May 30 in Islamabad, Home Secretary VK Duggal and his Pakistani counterpart Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah exchanged their countries' "most wanted" lists of fugitives each capital seeks e [...]
2006-07-26 08:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR KCRM IN PK
06NEWDELHI556JEHADI TERRORISM STALKS INDIA'S TIES WITH AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: India enters the new year under the continued threat of jehadi terrorist attacks that could harm American interests and negatively affect Indo-Pak relations. The nature and scope of terrorist attacks launched by jehadi groups, particularly Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT),ev [...]
2006-01-25 14:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR ASEC KISL IN PK
06NEWDELHI5609A/S BOUCHER AND FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN TALK
[...] (S) Summary. In an August 7 meeting between A/S Boucher and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, A/S Boucher: -- told Saran that the U.S. is committed to maintaining the spirit of the civil-nuclear deal as agreed on July 18; and -- explained concrete steps the U.S. has taken against Pakistani t [...]
2006-08-11 10:29:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PARM KNNP AORC UN NP PK
06NEWDELHI5798INDIA STILL UNDECIDED ON ENHANCED UNIFIL
[...] (C) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) UN Political (UNP) Division, in charge of India's UNIFIL portfolio, reported that as of August 21 the GOI has still not decided on a contribution to an enhanced UNIFIL mission. UNP Under Secretary Manish confirmed senior level officials from MEA, S [...]
2006-08-21 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL IN
06NEWDELHI6409EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SASHASTRA SEEMA
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and CS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB),New Delhi on September 8 [...]
2006-09-14 06:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI6511INDIAN PUBLIC RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 05:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6523KASHMIR: POLICE REPORT TERRORIST INFILTRATION
[...] (S) Summary: Military leaders in India sounded an ominous warning last week, just as Prime Minister Singh was leaving for his meeting with Pakistani President Musharraf in Havana, that terrorist infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir had risen sharply this year. Like many similar press releases [...]
2006-09-19 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI657UPA CABINET SHUFFLE GOOD FOR AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET EMIN EAID MASS
06NEWDELHI6841INDIA ACCUSES PAKISTANI INTELLIGENCE OF DIRECTING
[...] (S) Summary: India's new Foreign Secretary, Shiv Shankar Menon, struck out at Pakistan on October 1 in his first few hours in office, backing Mumbai police claims to have hard evidence that Pakistani intelligence was behind the July 11 bombings in Mumbai. Menon further tied the success of the [...]
2006-10-03 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN
06NEWDELHI699INDIANS SEEK FRENCH CIVIL NUCLEAR DEAL, BUT THE
[...] (C) Summary: As part of the preparations for Jacques Chirac's February 19-20 trip to India, Special Representative of the President Maurice Gourdault-Montagne visited New Delhi on January 27 for the fifteenth round of strategic dialogue focused on fleshing out the details of a France-India Civ [...]
2006-01-31 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC ENRG MASS FR IN
06NEWDELHI7305INDIA'S TAMIL-BASED PARTIES RELUCTANT TO EXPEND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing lingering ill feelings over the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, the embarrassment caused by the hasty withdrawal of Indian peacekeeping force deployed to Sri Lanka from 1987-1990, and the unpredictability of the LTTE,leaders of Tamil Na [...]
2006-10-23 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PREF IN CE
06NEWDELHI7359INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO
[...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani intelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that [...]
2006-10-26 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7360INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO
[...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani itelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that t [...]
2006-10-26 13:58:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7514INDIA STRONGLY DENIES HOWITZER SALES TO BURMA, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy contacts have confirmed press reports that India has supplied Burma 105 mm Howitzers and associated equipment. However, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denied that any such deals had transpired. India's rationale for supplying weapons to the junta is ostensibly [...]
2006-11-02 07:59:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR BM IN
06NEWDELHI7585NARAYANAN SEES PAKISTANI EFFORT TO BUILD TERRORIST
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan to discuss counter-terrorism issues and the state of India-Pakistan relations ahead of the Foreign Secretary talks on November 14th and 15th. Narayanan warned that the recently thwarted terrorist attack in Mysore [...]
2006-11-03 15:18:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7767BOUCHER AND MENON TOUR D'HORIZON: PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher SIPDIS and Ambassador Mulford in a Nov. 10 meeting that countering Pakistani mistrust about India's role in Baluchistan will be difficult. India is concerned about the growin [...]
2006-11-14 04:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7886BOTH SIDES BULLISH ON U.S.-INDIA MIL-MIL TIES
[...] (C) Summary. U.S.-India military-to-military ties - already growing rapidly - were given a fresh boost in back-to-back Defense Procurement and Production Group (DPPG) and Defense Policy Group (DPG) meetings in New Delhi during the week of November 12. In addition to the high-level networking [...]
2006-11-21 12:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI7937NEPALESE MAOIST SUPREMO PRACHANDA CONQUERS DELHI,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Maoist Chairman Prachanda made a splashy debut in New Delhi last week, addressing a leadership conference and sharing the stage with world leaders like Afghan President Karzai and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Prachanda criticized Stalin and Lenin, preached [...]
2006-11-22 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7954INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES LAUNCH COUNTER-TERROR JOINT MECHANISM, REVIEW SIACHEN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI7997INDIA REBUILDING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL
[...] (S) Summary: In a November 24 conversation, Israeli DCM Yoed Magen described to us a renewed positive trend in India's relationship with Israel. Magen told the DCM that Israeli National Security Advisor Ilan Mizrachi is coming to Delhi from November 27th through 30th for a high level intell [...]
2006-11-27 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI8020NARAYANAN TELLS PISTOLE INDIA SEEKS TERRORIST
[...] (S) Summary: In a frank November 27th discussion with FBI Deputy Director Pistole, National Security Advisor Narayanan explained that while the overall intelligence relationship had improved, the U.S. could only strengthen its counter-terrorism cooperation with India by sharing signals intell [...]
2006-11-29 04:54:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN
06NEWDELHI803UNPRECEDENTED INDIA VISIT BY SAUDI KING BOOSTS
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary Sanjay Singh told PolCouns and Poloff on February 2 that Saudi King Abdullah's January 25-28 New Delhi visit - the first in 50 years by a Saudi monarch - was a great success, and far broader in scope than was reported in the media. The visit highlighted energy [...]
2006-02-03 14:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET ETTC PTER UNGA IN SA PK IR IS
06NEWDELHI804KASHMIRI POLITICS AS FILTHY AS DAL LAKE
[...] (C) Summary. The GOI recently broadened its Kashmir dialogue by holding several public and private meetings with non-Hurriyat leaders. These discussions are intended to broaden the GOI's set of separatist interlocutors beyond the Hurriyat, while also conveying the GOI's displeasure at the Mi [...]
2006-02-03 14:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KCRM KISL MOPS ECON IN
06NEWDELHI8067HU JINTAO FAILS TO COMMIT TO INDIAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more questions than answers in the aftermath of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-23 visit to India - the first by a Chinese president in 10 years. While taking moderate strides on economic confidence-building measures, it appears that hopes for forward moveme [...]
2006-11-30 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH
06NEWDELHI8137PM SINGH VISIT TO JAPAN: TIME FOR THE U.S. TO SEIZE THE DAY ON CLOSER TRILATERAL COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Singh will visit Tokyo December 13-16 as a follow-on to the ASEAN summit. He and PM Abe are expected to have a feel-good series of meetings, including talks on deepening the bilateral relationship, economic and cultural "deliverables," recognition of the expansion of I [...]
2006-12-05 08:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM JA IN
06NEWDELHI8156RUMORS ABOUT BANGLADESH; MEA CONTINUES TO DENY AID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary (Bangladesh, Burma Sri Lanka, Maldives) Mohan Kumar informed PolCouns that rumors are rife in Dhaka that the U.S. wants neither Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League (AL),nor Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),to win January's s [...]
2006-12-05 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MASS PTER KISL IN BG
06NEWDELHI8224EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: DEFENCE ELECTRONICS
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Embassy Science Officer (SO) Donald Brown and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the Defence Electronics Application Laboratory (DEAL),Dehr [...]
2006-12-08 07:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI8250S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR PALMER AND ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 7 meeting, S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and Ministry of External Affairs Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh discussed: -- Indian flexibility on dates for the next CTJWG, presumably in February; -- Pakistani-based terrorism, i [...]
2006-12-08 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN
06NEWDELHI8278U/S BURNS MEETING WITH INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN
[...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Under Secretary Burns and National Security Advisor Narayanan discussed the impending passage of the U.S-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Bill and hopes that a 123 Agreement could be implemented quickly. They agreed that after conclusion of the historic a [...]
2006-12-11 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MOPS IN
06NEWDELHI8280U.S.-INDIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE: BURNS AND MENON
[...] (C) Summary. During the December 7 U.S.-India Bilateral Dialogue, chaired by Undersecretary Burns and Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, the two sides followed up on SIPDIS the list of Presidential initiatives agreed upon in July 2005 and March 2006 by President Bush and PM Singh, as wel [...]
2006-12-11 13:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ETRD EFIN ECON EINV KIPR MARR
06NEWDELHI8356HOME MINISTRY AGREES TO CLOSER COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an extremely collegial exchange, S/CT Deputy Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Virginia Palmer identified several areas for future counterterrorism (CT) cooperation in a Dec. 8 meeting with three senior Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials, who briefed her on the current [...]
2006-12-15 01:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PARM KISL PK BG IN
06NEWDELHI8373MOVING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP FORWARD: PDAS MANN AND JOINT SECRETARIES JAISHANKAR AND KUMAR
[...] (S) Summary: On December 13, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Steven Mann met SIPDIS with out-going MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Jaishankar and his designated replacement Ms. Gyatri Kumar to follow-up on the progress made during Under Secretary Burns' [...]
2006-12-15 08:40:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PINR EAGR MASS IN
06NEWDELHI8387INDIAN COUNTERTERRORISM EXPERTS URGE GREATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Stay the course in Afghanistan," urged Indian counterterrorism experts in Dec. 7 meetings with visiting S/CT Deputy Director Virginia Palmer. Describing a need for the Karzai government to extend its writ beyond Kabul, for a national identity to improve morale, and for greater unity f [...]
2006-12-18 06:11:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KISL PK AF IN
06NEWDELHI995WITH AN EYE ON CHINA, PRESIDENT KALAM TO "ENGAGE"
[...] (C) Summary: Signaling GOI intentions to step up engagement with Rangoon despite its concerns about democracy, President Kalam will make a "goodwill visit" to Burma on March 8-10. This will be the highest level visit from India to Burma since Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi traveled to Rangoon [...]
2006-02-09 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR IN BM
06NEWDELHI997WITH AN EYE ON CHINA, PRESIDENT KALAM TO "ENGAGE"
[...] (C) Summary: Signaling GOI intentions to step up engagement with Rangoon despite its concerns about democracy, President Kalam will make a "goodwill visit" to Burma on March 8-10. This will be the highest level visit from India to Burma since Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi traveled to Rangoon [...]
2006-02-09 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR IN BM
06NICOSIA1170TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 03 AS OF 1300 LOCAL,
[...] (S) Summary: The total number of U.S. citizens received by Embassy Nicosia stands at 346. We are expecting a significant increase in that number as more ships begin to arrive late July 19/early July 20. POL/MIL 2. (S) The following are pol/mil updates: --As of 1230L, the MV Orient Q [...]
2006-07-19 10:01:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1883JOURNALISTIC LICENSE, POLITICAL AMBITIONS BEHIND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicosia awoke October 22 to "news" the Turkish Army twenty years ago employed Greek Cypriot (G/C) and Greek detainees as "guinea pigs" at weapons production facilities outside Ankara. According to preliminary accounts in leading daily "Philelefteros," the alleged victims, priso [...]
2006-11-03 14:34:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CY GR TU
06NICOSIA1889CYPRUS: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part II (Financial Crimes and Money Laundering) of the 2006-2007 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. As requested Reftel, we will also e-mail a track-changes version of this report to the officials request [...]
2006-11-06 11:30:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR CY
06NICOSIA1917TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER: CYPRUS
[...] (C) All responses are keyed to the questions in paragraph 9 of ref A. a) TFCO: Jane Zimmerman Deputy Chief of Mission tel: 357 22 39 3595 Embassy after hours switchboard: 357 22 39 3300 ZimmermanJB@State.gov b) Deputy TFCO: Michael S. Dixon Economic and Commercial Officer tel: 357 22 3 [...]
2006-11-09 13:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER CY
06NICOSIA2033CYPRUS ON TRACK TO ADOPT EURO ON JANUARY 1, 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Cypriot economy continues to perform well within the Maastricht criteria, and the European Union is expected in June 2007 to invite Cyprus to adopt the Euro as its currency effective January 1, 2008. The European Commission, however, has criticized the GoC's technical pre [...]
2006-12-18 10:06:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EUN CY
06NICOSIA2048CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]
2006-12-20 15:42:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA2053CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]
2006-12-20 15:50:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA2054CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]
2006-12-20 15:50:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA476BUMPY START TO EU AID FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With the long-awaited EU aid package for the Turkish Cypriots finally approved, the European Commission and Turkish Cypriots have begun negotiating over project priorities and sensitive details of implementation. The question of whether the EU's aid office will be located in the [...]
2006-03-29 15:26:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EUN TU CY
06NOUAKCHOTT154THE HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION'S VISIT TO MAURITANIA
[...] (C) The high level mission to Nouakchott headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman contributed significantly to the advancement of our policy in Mauritania. The delegation met with government officials (septel) and members of political parties and civil society (septel). 2. (C) The Embassy's assessm [...]
2006-02-15 18:47:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT605IN A SIGNIFICANT MOVE, FAL ACKNOWLEDGES PAST HUMAN
[...] (U) Colonel Fal visited three of Mauritania's southeastern regions May 12-14 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. Fal's speeches focused on the democratic transition and the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25, but also addressed other national top [...]
2006-05-18 17:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06OSLO1376(S/NF) TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER
[...] (C) Per reftel, Post provides information concerning its Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TCFO),the Deputy TCFO and suggestions for broadening TCFO communication. Post's TCFO is Kristen Bauer, Political/Economic Counselor, Telephone (47) 9340-2130-8809, unclassified email is bauerkf@ [...]
2006-11-08 08:48:00Embassy OsloSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC PREL PTER NO KTFN KVPR
06OSLO1524U.S.-NORWAY ENERGY TALKS FOCUS ON HIGH NORTH,
[...] (C) A delegation of USG energy analysts headed by Department of Energy Intelligence Chief Rolf Mowatt-Larssen visited Oslo December 7 for an energy symposium with Norwegian officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Petroleum and Energy, and other government agencies. The talks include [...]
2006-12-21 06:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL SENV PINR RS NO
06OSLO810REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING-US SPONSORED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 11:49:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM NO
06OSLO829(S) PKK TERRORISM DEMARCHE DELIVERED - NORWAY
[...] (S) Summary. On June 28 we delivered ref. b points to Kari Bjornsgaard, Adviser in the MFA's Section for European Regional and Economic Affairs. Bjornsgaard noted that Norway would cooperate with U.S. law enforcement efforts tracing PKK funding mechanisms, while emphasizing that her country' [...]
2006-06-28 14:00:00Embassy OsloSECRETPREL PTER NO
06OTTAWA1029CANADA OUTLAWS LTTE/TAMIL TIGERS
[...] (C) Summary: Canada's Conservative-minority government domestically designated the LTTE/Tamil Tigers under Canada's Criminal Code on April 10, 2006. As a result of this listing, participating in Tiger activities (including fundraising) is a criminal offense and financial institutions must [...]
2006-04-10 21:21:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CE
06OTTAWA1369CONGRESSMAN JAMES SENSENBRENNER SPEAKS WITH THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman James Sensenbrenner, Republican Member of Congress from Wisconsin and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, visited Ottawa April 23-25, 2006, accompanied by Judiciary Committee Chief of Staff and General Counsel Phil Kiko. The Ambassador joined the Chairman's [...]
2006-05-05 19:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ASEC PREL KIPR CA
06OTTAWA2060CANADIAN REACTION TO THE U.S. TERRORIST FINANCING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY In response to June 23's U.S. press articles disclosing the existence of the Terrorist Financing Tracking Program, the press reports that Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner has decided to investigate whether the USG improperly obtained the banking records of Canadians. [...]
2006-07-06 15:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA PTER EFIN
06OTTAWA2149 CANADA PLANS STRONGER LAW ON MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: The GOC plans to introduce legislation this fall designed to tighten its protections against money laundering and terrorist financing. The bill could allow greater information sharing by GOC tax and financial agencies with law enforcement, features which will no doub [...]
2006-07-14 21:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV CA
06OTTAWA2158CANADIAN VIEWS ON PRIVACY AND TRANS-BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner found in a report released June 20 that while the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has systems and procedures in place for managing and sharing personal information with other countries, it needs to improve its management of priv [...]
2006-07-17 20:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA ECON EFIN EAIR ECPS
06OTTAWA2372CANADA DESIRES MOVE FORWARD ON 2006 DRUG THREAT
[...] (U) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, Poloff discussed the USG inter-agency FY 2007 certification procedures (reftel A) and related methamphetamine production issues (reftel B) with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Crim [...]
2006-08-08 19:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR CA
06OTTAWA2407CANADA'S MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO COMBATING TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative government has recently taken several concrete steps to address the problem of human trafficking in Canada, making this effort a law enforcement priority and highlighting to the Canadian electorate its efforts as an illustration of government effectiveness. L [...]
2006-08-10 22:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG CA KS
06OTTAWA2458CANADA'S PRIVACY COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE JUNE 23 U.S. PRESS ARTICLES DISCLOSING THE EXISTENCE OF THE USG'S TERRORIST FINANCING TRACKING PROGRAM AND THE COOPERATION IT RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL "SWIFT" BANK TRANSACTION MESSAGING SYSTEM HAVE RESULTED IN THE AUGUST 14 ANNOUNCEMENT OF TWO INVESTIGATIONS OF SWIFT B [...]
2006-08-16 22:05:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECPS ECON PTER CA
06OTTAWA2977NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONALIZE EFFORTS
[...] (U) On September 29, Economic Minister-Counselor discussed ref A demarche with Sarah Taylor, Director, Development Policy and Institutions Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and with Glynnis French, Deputy Director, Strategies and Partnerships Sector, Financial Tr [...]
2006-09-29 22:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM CA
06OTTAWA3224NEW TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ON CANADA'S CRIMINAL
[...] (U) On October 24, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) announced that Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Faction of the Hezb-e Islami, the Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) has been designated as a terrorist organization under Canada's Criminal Code. 2. (U) All Canadian [...]
2006-10-25 19:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PTER AF CA
06OTTAWA3229218TH MEETING OF THE CANUS PERMANENT JOINT BOARD
[...] (SBU) On September 20-21, 2006, Canada and the U.S. convened the 218th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ottawa. U.S. co-Chair George Nethercutt and Canadian co-Chair Rick Casson led the meeting. Overview/Opening Remark [...]
2006-10-25 20:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MX CA
06OTTAWA3302CANADA SEEKS TO AMEND MONEY LAUNDERING,
[...] (U) Summary: The Harper Government has introduced a bill (C-25) in Parliament to amend the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act to ensure Canada's global leadership in combating organized crime and terrorist financing. In his introduction of the bill on October 5, [...]
2006-11-02 15:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PTER CA
06OTTAWA5392006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 12:23:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06OTTAWA5632006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA
[...] (SBU) The Government of Canada's (GOC) approach to Trafficking in Persons issues emphasizes a criminal justice and law enforcement perspective through the country's immigration framework, rather than seeking to provide basic, humanitarian assistance to trafficking victims. Individual provin [...]
2006-03-02 21:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06OTTAWA907CANADA WILL NOT CO-SPONSOR FOUR JI INDIVIDUALS FOR
[...] (S) As requested in ref A, Economic Minister Counselor Brian Mohler (TFCO) and econoff approached Canadians again on March 28, this time at Director level, to urge the government of Canada to join the United States and Australia in sponsoring the designation of four JI individuals to the UN 1 [...]
2006-03-29 22:07:00Embassy OttawaSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC CA
06OTTAWA93MISSION CANADA 2ND QUARTER FY-06 90-DAY GOALS--
[...] (C) Summary - Much of our attention over the next 90 days will have to do with the January 23 election in Canada and the formation of the next government. Most political observers currently predict, with just ten days left before the election, a Conservative minority government, but even if t [...]
2006-01-12 19:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAMGT CA CASC ETRD PGOV PREL
06PANAMA1029PRD FORCES TORRIJOS TO GIVE GROUND
[...] (C) President Torrijos's attention -- to the exclusion of virtually all else -- is consumed by political maneuvering within his party, the PRD, and the approaching must-win Canal expansion referendum (probably in October 2006). Torrijos has tried to sell Canal expansion as a non-political "mat [...]
2006-05-31 22:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ETRD KPAO PM VE CU
06PANAMA1044PANAMA CABINET RESHUFFLE LEAVES TORRIJOS WEAKER
[...] (C) The April 28 cabinet changes (Reftel A) exposed and intensified a rift dividing President Torrijos's inner circle from the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) rank and file. Although Torrijos and Consejo (Intelligence Chief) Leonel Solis succeeded in removing Minister of Government and J [...]
2006-06-02 18:26:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA1402GOP PREVIEWS NEW NATIONAL SECURITY PLAN
[...] (S) Summary: At the Ambassdor's request, Panama's National Security Director Erick Espinosa, Minister of Government & Justice (MOGJ) Olga Golcher, and other top GOP security officials briefed Ambassador and Emboffs July 14 on Panama's new national security strategy. The strategy is premised [...]
2006-07-17 20:09:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PM
06PANAMA1578SAN MIGUELITO AND PANAMAQS GROWING GANG PROBLEM
[...] (SBU) Gang activity in Panama is growing, but so too is the GOPQs awareness of the problem as well as GOP and civil society response to it. Gang activity is evident not only in the capital itself, but also in small communities such as San Miguelito, also part of the metropolitan area of Pana [...]
2006-08-11 20:04:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI
06PANAMA1798FINCEN DIRECTOR BOOSTS USG ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] This message is SENSITIVE. Please protect accordingly. 2.(U) Summary: FinCEN Director Robert Werner, Deputy Director William Baity, and staff member Mauricio Pastora visited Panama on August 23 and 24. Director Werner delivered the keynote address at the 10th Hemispheric Conference on M [...]
2006-09-13 22:48:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM PM
06PANAMA2103STAFFDEL MEACHAM AND TOON MEET WITH FM LEWIS
[...] (SBU) Passage of the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was key to deepening the bilateral relationship and facilitating cooperation in security issues, First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis told Meacham and Toon October 18. Lewis discussed strategies to shore up Congres [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD PM
06PANAMA525PANAMA: INTERNAL RULING-PARTY DYNAMICS AS JOSTLING
[...] (U) "The Unwanted One" is Part II in a three-part series on Democratic Revolutionary Party inner dynamics. Part I (reftel): The Front Runners. Part III (septel): The Veeps. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Ernesto Perez Balladares (PB) is widely seen as angling for another shot at Panama's presidency, [...]
2006-03-23 22:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA610PANAMA: JUDICIAL PROCESS FINALLY BEGINS FOR
[...] (C) Embassy is closely following the money laundering case of former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman. The probable cause hearing began on March 30, 2006 following a four-month postponement (for a defense attorney's emergency dental work). Judge Adolfo Mejia, assigned as a replacement justic [...]
2006-04-03 21:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM PREL
06PANAMA919PANAMA: REHABILITATING THE DICTATORSHIP
[...] (C) A joke making the rounds in Panama is that the only ex-Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) officer who hasn't found a job in the Torrijos government is Manuel Noriega. The late-April elevation of former Dignity Battalions chief Benjamin Colamarco to the cabinet as Minister of Public Works is [...]
2006-05-12 21:40:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PM VE CU
06PARAMARIBO155CONTINUED CONCERN OVER BOUTERSE'S NEXT STEPS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Former military dictator and convicted narcotics trafficker Desi Bouterse's recent statements claiming current conditions in Suriname are similar to those just prior to his 1980 coup have heightened public unease over Suriname's future stability. Adding to the atmosphere was a r [...]
2006-03-14 12:22:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ASEC NS
06PARAMARIBO33INL ASSISTANCE CONTRIBUTING TO CASH SMUGGLING
[...] (U) Summary. On December 29 Surinamese police in the western district of Nickerie seized USD 391,000 from a Guyanese man attempting to board a boat to neighboring Guyana after leaping from a helicopter that dropped him on the bank of the Corantijn River. Post's INL assistance is playing a rol [...]
2006-01-18 19:05:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO399DESI BOUTERSE AND SHAHEED ROGER KHAN ACTIVITIES
[...] (S/NF) WHAT IS THE STATUS OF DESI BOUTERSE AND SHAHEED "ROGER" KHAN'S CURRENT RELATIONSHIP? Khan and Bouterse are partners in the drug trade, according to sensitive sourcing. The police suspect that Surinamese citizen Steven Douglas, the owner of local fishing and hunting store "Tacklebo [...]
2006-06-23 18:39:00Embassy ParamariboSECRET//NOFORNPINR SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV GY NS
06PARAMARIBO66SURINAME'S FIU FOCUSED ON CAR DEALERS FOR NON-
[...] A significant increase in car imports in recent years, especially those in the luxury class range valued at US$25,000 and above, and suspected links between this activity and money laundering have prompted a crackdown on car dealerships by Suriname's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Last w [...]
2006-02-03 15:16:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELTN NS
06PARAMARIBO723SURINAME: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Post presents its 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. Suriname I. Summary Suriname is a transit point for South American cocaine en route to Europe and, to a lesser extent, the United States, and has been a transit country [...]
2006-11-09 18:38:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NS
06PARAMARIBO771TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO)
[...] (C) Per Reftel Embassy Paramaribo, Suriname designating as TFCO and deputy TFCO: a. TFCO: Genton, Thomas R., Title - Deputy Chief of Mission, Phone Number - (597) 472900 Ext 2202, Email - GentonTR@state.gov) b. Deputy TFCO: Sanders, Jesse L., Title - Chief of Political-Economi [...]
2006-12-04 15:10:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER NS
06PARIS1118TOGO/FRANCE: EX-MINISTER BOKO UPSET AND AFRAID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on February 17 that he was very upset by apparent press leaks concerning his testimony about the November 6, 2004, bombing incident in Cote d'Ivoire. Boko had told a French judge investigating the incident that French authorities h [...]
2006-02-23 14:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PINR TO IV FR
06PARIS1141MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS121MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Liberation of French
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-09 13:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS12362/21 STAFFDEL TALWAR VISIT: IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Members Puneet Talwar and Tomicah Tilleman met a series of senior French officials February 21, in discussions that addressed Iran, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, NATO/Darfur, Hamas, regional reform, and counterterrorism. On Iran, Chirac's Mi [...]
2006-02-28 11:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IR PARM IZ SY LE KPAL IS KDEM PTER SU
06PARIS1339MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 11:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1387MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Moussaoui Trial -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1497FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ ARE A MAJOR FRENCH CONCERN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Since 2004, French counterterrorism authorities have focused on the threat posed by foreign fighters going to Iraq. For those departing France for Iraq, the GOF fears that they will become hardened and experienced terrorists, and will eventually return to France to plan attack [...]
2006-03-09 09:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETASEC PTER PREL PGOV CG XA XF XG XI FR
06PARIS1823FRANCE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT: JOB PROTECTIONISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Press reports claim that France has identified at least 20 firms, including ten blue chips, that merit GOF protection from foreign takeovers. Foreign takeovers have developed a strong political and social dimension, given the government goal of reducing unemployment before 200 [...]
2006-03-22 07:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS1891MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ETA Cease-Fire
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-24 11:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1893UPDATE ON "SHUTTING DOWN THE PKK IN FRANCE"
[...] (S/NF) Per reftels, following is an update to actions taken by post regarding the presence of the PKK on French soil. 2. (S/NF) DCM met with Turkish DCM Suleyman Ozyildiz to review our approaches. Ozyildiz traced the history of French openness to Turkish exiles and tendency to view more l [...]
2006-03-24 13:33:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU FR
06PARIS2067DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick on March 10 discussed Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and the possible transfer of Charles Taylor from Nigeria to the Netherlands via Sierra Leone, with the French Presidency's Africa advisor, Michel de Bonnecorse. On Sudan, the two sides expressed [...]
2006-03-30 13:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SU CD IV BN LI NI FR
06PARIS2069UPDATE/FAREWELL FROM TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE
[...] (S) Summary: Jean-Francois Ricard, terrorism investigating judge for 12 years and deputy to renowned investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere, is being promoted and transferred to the Ministry of Defense to work as chief magistrate for military penal affairs. Speculation abounds that Ricard is [...]
2006-03-30 13:39:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL PGOV FR IZ MO AG TS LY KISL
06PARIS2127IMPROMPTU "SMS GRAPEVINE" DEMONSTRATIONS BY
[...] (U) During the day of March 31, most university and high school students who have mobilized against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) (ref A) took in the news of President's Chirac's likely promolugation of the controversial law (ref B). Some however, engaged in a rang [...]
2006-03-31 17:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS2242VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES FROM MARCH 1 TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales traveled to France from March 1 to 4, 2006. He met with Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, Director of the DST; Nicolas Sarkozy, Minister of the Interior; French Counter-terrorism Officials; Ron Noble, Secretary General of Interpol; Pascal Clement, M [...]
2006-04-05 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS FR PREL PGOV KCRM PTER
06PARIS2662TERRORIST/WMD FINANCING: A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES U.S.
[...] (C) French officials are interested in continuing and deepening collaboration with the USG on terrorist financing and WMD financing issues and will consider further cooperative efforts. They are open to exploring use of financial tools against WMD procurement networks. They would appreciate [...]
2006-04-24 09:37:00Embassy ParisSECRETKTFN EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS2923MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 12:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3035C.A.R.: FRENCH WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE SUDANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. Deskoff Charlotte Montel on May 5 expressed concern about a possible Sudanese presence in northeastern C.A.R., following the mysterious landing of a plane in the Tiringoulou area on April 25 (reftel). Locals reported that the 50-some soldiers who deplaned appeared to [...]
2006-05-09 15:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR CT FR
06PARIS3114MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia Versus the U.S. -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 12:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3282S23B-04 IRANIAN RESEARCHER SEEKING DUAL USE
[...] (S/NF) ESTH officer received non-paper from MFA in response to request contained in REFTEL. Regarding concerns about an Iranian scientist seeking dual-use research assistance from AG countries on AG-controlled toxins, the GOF paper provides five points (roughly translated): --First, the s [...]
2006-05-17 15:22:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC FR CBW
06PARIS337FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DHS SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris is delighted to welcome Secretary Chertoff to France. We enjoy a warm and productive relationship with the French Government on many issues of high priority to the USG, including counter-terrorism and law enforcement, transportation security, and immigration and customs en [...]
2006-01-19 06:32:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER CVIS EAIR OVIP
06PARIS357" ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM " TAKES SHAPE IN FRANCE
[...] (C) As reported reftels, the GOF continues to enact elements of Parliamentarian Bernard Carayon,s &economic intelligence8 recommendations, as outlined in his 2003 report. The GOF issued a decree on December 31, 2005, to define which sectors merit protection from foreign control for &national [...]
2006-01-19 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECON EUN PREL FR
06PARIS3631MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3722MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Palestine - Hamas -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-05 11:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3872MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran CIA Renditions
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 11:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3891France Nomination for FY-06 Benjamin Franklin
[...] SUMMARY: Post greatly appreciates the opportunity to nominate a student for the FY06 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute. We believe this type of project complements and enhances post's efforts to reach out to younger audiences, particularly those from more diverse backgro [...]
2006-06-09 07:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL FR
06PARIS390USUNESCO: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM BRENNAN,
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for William Brennan, Thomas Laughlin, and Jennifer Winston from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)and attend the Third Global Conference on oceans, coasts, and islands - January 21-29, 2006. 2. Control officer for the visit [...]
2006-01-20 14:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV FR
06PARIS3979MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Iraq - Camp David Talks
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 13:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4080NUDGING DEBY ON DIALOGUE. MFA REMARKS ON CHAD,
[...] (C) Summary: French Minister of Cooperation Girardin will deliver a clear message to President Deby in Chad this week on the necessity for national dialogue, according to MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Foucher. The unusual presence of French Presidential Africa Adviser Bonnecorse on Girardin's trip [...]
2006-06-15 14:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR IV CT TO CD FR
06PARIS4219AUSTRALIA GROUP 2006 PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, JUNE
[...] (SBU) The Australia Group (AG) plenary continued strengthening the Regime,s nonproliferation and export control tools. Highlights included: -- Agreement to the U.S. proposal to add three biological agents to the control list; -- Agreement to add chemical processing equipment made from [...]
2006-06-20 08:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4303FRANCE WEIGHING FINANCIAL MEASURES AGAINST IRAN
[...] (S) Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with French officials on June 8 to discuss possible financial measures that could be used to increase pressure on Iran. In meetings at the MFA held jointly with the French Economic Ministry, U/S Levey laid [...]
2006-06-22 10:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL
06PARIS4342MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relationship -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4360(C) MFA OFFICIAL ASSAILS EU LACK OF SOLIDARITY ON
[...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot (protect throughout),during a June 22 farewell chat with poloff, criticized other EU members -- Spain and Austria in particular -- for going soft on Syria, and offered similar criticism of the Elysee for its more a [...]
2006-06-23 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY IS PGOV FR
06PARIS4411FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN: CHIRAC SHOULD REIN
[...] (C) Former Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin confided to Ambassador Stapleton during a June 15 lunch that he was worried by President Chirac's waning authority. Raffarin said he had advised the president on the importance of restoring the respective roles of the presidency, prime minister an [...]
2006-06-26 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4443FRENCH CONFERENCE ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING
[...] (C/REL France, UK, Germany, Italy) SUMMARY: At a cordial, exploratory conference hosted by France on June 20, French, German, Italian, UK, and US participants committed to work together to implement the G8 Gleaneagles Statement to identify, track and freeze WMD proliferation-related assets and [...]
2006-06-27 15:51:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PREL KNNP ETTC PARM FR
06PARIS4449MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Kidnapped
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-28 10:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4596MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo - Trial in Paris
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 10:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4628MEDIA REACTION REPORT - North Korea Missile Tests
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4663GOF CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDF HOSTAGE CRISIS; WORRIED
[...] (C) Summary and comment: An MFA contact told poloff July 6 that the GOF is closely following the Israeli/Palestinian crisis that began with the late June kidnapping of IDF soldier (and French/Israeli dual national) Gilad Shalit. Although the GOF has been rumored to be involved in negotiations [...]
2006-07-07 12:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL FR SY
06PARIS4889TFLE01: FRENCH PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy traveled to Lebanon on July 17 to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and the local French community. In the absence of the PM's Diplomatic Counselor, Political Minister Counselor called on the PM' [...]
2006-07-18 18:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4944MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5020MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-25 11:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5320FRANCE: STATUS UPDATE ON HSPD-6 TERRORIST
[...] (SBU) Since we last reported on HSPD-6 in October 2005 (ref B),the GOF has continued to express reservations about it based on its experience with No-Fly watchlisting, pending issues regarding data privacy and doubts about the potential benefits of data exchange. It has been careful however [...]
2006-08-07 12:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS5546COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR PATRICIA MOLLER
[...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for Ambassador Patricia N. Moller to travel to Paris, France, from August 22-25, 2006, to attend meetings with Embassy personnel and GOF officials. 2. Embassy point of contact for the visit is Political Assistant Robert Kaneda, [...]
2006-08-17 13:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA KE BY FR
06PARIS5608UNIFIL: HELPING FRANCE MEET ITS RESPONSIBILITIES
[...] (C) Summary: French-U.S. cooperation has been significant to the restoration of sovereignty and the progress of democracy in Lebanon over the past two years. We have an interest in preserving that partnership, even in the face of disappointment over France's modest contribution thus far to [...]
2006-08-21 16:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR FR LE KPKO UNSC
06PARIS5732TERRORISM FINANCE: NOMINATION PROCEDURES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) TFCO held a meeting among relevant agencies at post on August 22 to reach agreement on internal procedures for nominating additional candidates for the second phase of the radical ideologue initiative (reftel). No names were sugge [...]
2006-08-25 15:46:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC FR
06PARIS5851MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Lebanon and the Middle
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 12:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS59MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy War
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-05 11:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6047COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND
[...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]
2006-09-11 08:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6063COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND
[...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]
2006-09-11 09:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6068MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Global War on Terror - Fifth
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 11:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6166MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Latest Al-Qaida Video -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6177FRANCE/DJIBOUTI: AMBASSADOR SYMINGTON'S PARIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials at the MFA, President's office, and MOD were uniformly supportive of close and cooperative U.S.-France policies on Djibouti during their September 7-8 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti W. Stuart Symington. They welcomed U.S. engagement in Djibouti, despit [...]
2006-09-14 13:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR PINS ER ET SO DJ FR
06PARIS6189FRANCE WANTS MORE CONCRETE MEASURES TO GIVE TEETH
[...] (C) Summary: MFA nonproliferation office, while reiterating France's steadfast support for international efforts to constrain North Korea's weapons program and enforce UNSCR 1695, expressed some concern about a perceived lack of concrete mechanisms -- whether in the Proliferation Security Init [...]
2006-09-14 16:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT PTER KN KS FR
06PARIS6194MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran NATO - Ukraine Backs Off Islam
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 09:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6199FRENCH OFFICIALS WARN OF INCREASED TERRORIST THREAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With the anniversary of September 11 as a backdrop, the threat of terrorism is once again on the minds of the French public. Though not the leading story in most print or television media, a dramatic front page article on September 14 in the widely circulated French daily, Le Fig [...]
2006-09-15 11:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER FR ASEC
06PARIS6340FRANCE SETS CONDITION ON PARTICIPATION IN SRI
[...] (C) Summary: The GoF will send a three-person interagency delegation to the Sri Lanka contact group meeting on September 27. The MFA is asking that all discussions in the contact group remain strictly confidential, that the Sri Lankan government receive only the most general briefing on the g [...]
2006-09-21 14:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE
06PARIS6594TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETS WITH FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (S/NF) On September 12-13, Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey led a Treasury-State delegation to Paris to meet with French officials and senior executives from France-based international banks to raise awareness of deceptive means employed by Iran-related banks, [...]
2006-10-04 10:29:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNETTC EFIN PTER PREL KTFN KNNP IR FR
06PARIS6642FRENCH MFA ON HIZBALLAH, ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PREL
06PARIS6787FRENCH CONCERNS OVER ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS
[...] (C) French military and civilian contacts have recently expressed serious concern to us over Israeli overflights over French UNIFIL forces, most notably the "buzzing" of French navy vessels off the coast of Lebanon on or about 25 September and on a few occasions since. According to DATT and M [...]
2006-10-13 16:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS UN LE FR
06PARIS6842MFA DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (S) Summary: In a meeting on October 16, MFA DAS-equivalent for Security in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs, Pierre Thenard, outlined generally positive French views on the Terrorist Inciters/Facilitators Initiative. Thenard inquired about [...]
2006-10-17 13:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS6843FRENCH PONDER NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: While the French MFA's NEA and IO equivalents are convinced of the need to support PM Siniora, implement UNSCR 1701, and ensure UNIFIL's credibility, they have not yet ironed out differences in their thinking on potential next steps -- and may be seriously overestimating the poten [...]
2006-10-17 13:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7090 MEDIA WRAP-UP: SUBURBAN UNREST; IRAN'S REACH INTO SHIITE
[...] (SBU) A number of media outlets commented on recent vandalism and violence in the Paris suburbs in conjunction with the anniversary of last year's suburban unrest and discussed the undercurrents of lingering tensions. Commentators analyzed the situation in the light of a confidential intellige [...]
2006-10-27 16:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7118ISRAELI DIPLOMAT THINKS WORST IS OVER ON
[...] (S) Summary: The Israeli PolCouns told us 10/26 that "the worst is over" in terms of the public spat between France and Israel regarding overflights of Lebanon. The Israeli MFA has advised the Israeli Air Force to "cool it," and the French have assured the GoI that UNIFIL's commander will soon [...]
2006-10-30 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS71352007 INCSR REPORT FOR FRANCE
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) FOR THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN: I. SUMMARY French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, the French side of St. Martin, and St. Barthe [...]
2006-10-31 12:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR FR
06PARIS715EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 07:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR MARR MCAP PREL
06PARIS718EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This telegram constitutes Embassy Paris's country submission for the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense (requested Ref A). We report on developments that took place during calendar years 2004 and 2005 and offer cost sharing information fo [...]
2006-02-03 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS720EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS7269(S/NF) G7 CONFERENCE ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING
[...] SUMMARY: (C/REL France, UK, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada) France hosted an experts-level meeting on October 25 with G7 partners and the EU to discus how to implement the G8 Gleneagles commitment to develop financial measures to combat WMD proliferation. Participants exchanged information on [...]
2006-11-07 14:47:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PARM PGOV FR
06PARIS7322FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND
[...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met 11/8 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's foreign policy advisor for the Middle East and North Africa and received a short readout of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's visit to France November 1-2. Boche noted that Talabani did not raise France's long-standing offer t [...]
2006-11-09 11:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7329FRANCE 2007 INCSR Report, Part II
[...] (SBU) Below is the proposed 2006-2007 INCSR Report for France, Part II, Financial crimes and money laundering. 2. (SBU) France France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods [...]
2006-11-09 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN FR
06PARIS7363CHAIRMAN,S SUMMARY ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-14 09:44:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PARM PGOV FR
06PARIS738S/CRS DELEGATION FINDS FRENCH IN LISTENING MODE
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: French interlocutors were in active listening mode during 24-25 January briefings by Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Marcia Wong and NSC Director for Stabilization Clint Williamson. Wong and Williamson invited feedback on the non-pa [...]
2006-02-03 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UNGA CT FR
06PARIS741TOGO: EX-MINISTER BOKO DISCUSSES RECENT EVENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's former Interior Minister Francois Boko on January 31 discussed Togo-Cote d'Ivoire arms trafficking (planes piloted by Belarusian mercenaries were involved in the November 2004 bombings in Cote d'Ivoire and had transited Togo, but France did not pursue information Boko says [...]
2006-02-03 15:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PINR TO FR
06PARIS7541FRENCH STRESS REGIONAL FALL-OUT OF DARFUR, PLEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios and Ambassador Stapleton met on November 18 with French Presidential Africa Counselor Bonnecorse and MFA/AF A/S-Equivalent de Gliniasty Bonnecorse stressed French concern at the regional fallout of the Darfur catastrophe. The Sudanese program of [...]
2006-11-27 08:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO PINR CD CT SU FR
06PARIS755MITTAL STEEL RE-AWAKENS ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French politicians, caught off guard at first, are finding it hard to resist evoking "economic patriotism" in response to Mittal Steel's surprise hostile takeover bid of Arcelor. After Mittal preemptively assured it had no job cuts in mind, the latest salvos have shifted to di [...]
2006-02-06 14:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS7551HEAD OF AFGHAN SENATE CONDEMNS PAKISTAN DURING
[...] (C) Summary: In private meetings at the French Senate and MFA November 14-16, head of the Afghan Senate Sibghatullah Mujaddedi had only one aim: forcefully and obsessively to denounce alleged Pakistani support of Taliban insurgents and to call for international condemnation of Pakistan. The [...]
2006-11-27 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR AF PK
06PARIS7579GOF C/T COORDINATOR,S OVERVIEW OF TERRORISM THREAT
[...] (S) Summary: Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's counter-terrorism coordinating chief, told us on November 20 that GOF authorities remain extremely concerned about the threat of terrorism on French soil and are actively taking measures to combat current and future threats. Radical Islami [...]
2006-11-29 11:08:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS7580COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PARIS RSI PARTICIPANTS
[...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for visiting USG officials participating in the Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative Chiefs of Mission Conference to travel to Paris, France from December 4 to December 8, 2006. The RSI conference will bring together [...]
2006-11-29 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER FR
06PARIS7684DOD U/S EDELMAN'S DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH CHIRAC'S
[...] (S) Summary: In a December 1 meeting with DoD U/S Edelman devoted primarily to Syria/Lebanon, French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) assessed that Syria was the weakest link in the Hizballah-Syria-Iran axis and wondered whether Israel could apply more pressure on Syria, a questi [...]
2006-12-06 13:08:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7705 EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN FRANCE AND DOC ASSISTANT
[...] (C) Summary. On November 30, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a GOF interagency group to discuss a wide variety of export control issues and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China Licensing Pol [...]
2006-12-07 14:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV FR
06PARIS7714FRANCE PROPOSES INTELLIGENCE-SHARING CONTACT GROUP
[...] Summary: (C) According to the MFA non-proliferatio officer, France shares the U.S.'s conviction that financial and transportation networks that facilitate North Korea's proliferation activities must be curbed. To that end, the GoF believes there is room for more coordination and intelligence [...]
2006-12-08 09:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN FR
06PARIS7847S/P KRASNER'S DISCUSSION WITH LEADING FRENCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 13 lunch with Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner, three of France's leading strategic thinkers worried that, absent tough talk from the U.S., Iran would continue to develop a nuclear weapons program and scorn the IAEA with total impunity. They urged the [...]
2006-12-20 09:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL FR IR
06PARIS7884FRANCE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] In 2006, France continued to pursue aggressive counterterrorism measures, including the dismantling of terror networks on its territory, notably those assisting in the recruitment or financing of terrorists to Iraq. French terrorism officials remained on high alert since the London subway bom [...]
2006-12-21 15:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER FR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR KPAO
06PARIS7904S/CT CRUMPTON MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART TO EXTEND
[...] (S) Summary: In an amicable December 7 dinner meeting with Ambassador-at-Large Henry Crumpton, Russian Special Presidential Representative Anatoliy Safonov agreed to move forward with several proposals that expand U.S./Russian counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. These include: --Engaging the Americ [...]
2006-12-26 11:45:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM FR
06PARIS823FRANCE; DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 24
[...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff held meetings in Paris January 24 to discuss preparations for a potential avian flu pandemic, Franco-American cooperation on C/T and aviation security, and specific issues related to biometric passports and the Container Security Initiative [...]
2006-02-08 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER FR EAIR KFLU CVIS
06PARIS840MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - Energy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 12:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS846DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOF
[...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary met separately on February 3 with Presidential Counselor for African Affairs Michel de Bonnecorse and Chief of Defense General Henri Bentegeat for exchanges on Sudan and Chad. French interlocutors concurred AMIS should transition into a UN mission, while em [...]
2006-02-09 15:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF IV CD SU FR
06PARIS962005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] The following text is our contribution to the INCSR, per reftel: France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods of laundering money in France include the use of bank deposits; f [...]
2006-01-06 14:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN FR
06PARIS99 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] This is part 1 of the INCSR submission for France. A section on the French Caribbean and French Guiana follows at the end of this message. I. SUMMARY: France is a transshipment point for drugs moving into, from and within Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduit [...]
2006-01-06 14:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR FR
06PESHAWAR108ANP CHIEF SCANS THE HORIZON
[...] (C) Awami National Party (ANP) Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan would actively support President Musharraf's government, if the GOP embraced three key ANP initiatives: (1) provincial autonomy in health, local government, education, and agriculture; (2) changing the name of the Northwest Frontier Pro [...]
2006-03-06 15:21:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR67A DEBATE ON WAZIRISTAN SECURITY: FRONTIER CORPS VS. PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Two of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) most experienced journalists covering the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) maintain growing security problems (see reftel) are hampering GOP counter-terrorism efforts in North and South Waziristan. These problems are spilling over [...]
2006-02-13 11:35:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PK PTER EAID SNAR KDEM AF
06PESHAWAR77AWAMI NATIONAL PARTY ON TRIBAL AREAS: DEMOCRACY NOW, TALIBAN
[...] (SBU) On February 11, the Pashtun-based progressive Awami National Party (ANP) convened a conference of tribal elders in Peshawar to assess the situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). ANP National President Asfandyar Wali Khan urged tribal people to rise up against gueri [...]
2006-02-16 10:32:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK AF
06PHNOMPENH1965 CAMBODIA INCSR PART I SUBMISSION
[...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's submission for the narcotics section of the 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report as requested reftel. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary The number of drug-related investigations, arrests and seizures in Cambodia continued to [...]
2006-11-01 09:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CB
06PHNOMPENH2209 CAMBODIA: 2006 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] (U) Cambodia's ability to investigate potential terrorist activities is limited by a lack of training and resources. An absence of comprehensive domestic legislation to combat terrorism also hinders the ability to arrest and prosecute terrorists. However, Cambodia's political leadership demo [...]
2006-12-21 01:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH501 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2005 - March 2006. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (SBU) [...]
2006-03-15 08:51:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD CB
06PHNOMPENH818U.K., AUSTRALIA HOST COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE
[...] (U) The U.K. and Australian governments sponsored a seminar on counter-terrorism for Cambodian government (RGC) officials April 27-28. Intended to exchange information on strategies, arrangements and capabilities for meeting the terrorist threat in Cambodia, the seminar received high-level s [...]
2006-05-02 09:47:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH912 CAMBODIA: QUARTERLY REPORT ON HUMAN
[...] (U) Summary: In the first quarter, there were ten police operations and verdicts rendered in five court cases. Fifteen women and girls were either identified as victims of trafficking or removed from brothels; and eight human traffickers arrested. Among the five court cases, 11 human traf [...]
2006-05-11 07:10:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PODGORICA15MONTENEGRO - 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Montenegro became independent on June 3 this year, after a public referendum on May 21. The Government of Montenegro, before and after independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, has taken a serious and considered approach to combating international terrorism, including terroris [...]
2006-12-19 08:01:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO AEMR MW
06PORTAUPRINCE111WHA/DAS DUDDY'S VISIT TO HAITI, JANUARY 10-11
[...] (C) Summary: WHA/DAS Patrick Duddy during his visit to Port-au-Prince on January 10-11 urged the IGOH, political parties, and UN and OAS officials to hold to the most recent electoral calendar, take action to improve the security environment, and encourage Haitians to participate in the elec [...]
2006-01-17 14:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1755MINUSTAH CLOSES IN ON CITE SOLEIL
[...] (C) Summary. Under continued prodding from President Preval (ref A),MINUSTAH and the HNP over the past week have taken significant steps to secure the access routes areas immediately adjacent to Cite Soleil and the major north-south artery within the district, route 9. According to MINUSTAH [...]
2006-09-15 18:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2169A/S PATTERSON PUSHES FOR COOPERATION WITH GOH
[...] (C) Summary. INL A/S Anne W. Patterson urged increased cooperation on law enforcement and intelligence gathering to combat narcotics trafficking through Haiti during her meetings on November 3 with President Preval and senior GoH and MINUSTAH officials. Repeatedly referring to the 1997 ill [...]
2006-11-13 12:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KJUS ASEC KCRM HA SNAR
06PORTAUPRINCE2409UN TAKING ACTION AGAINST INSECURITY
[...] (C) MINUSTAH plans to execute one targeted operation in Port-au-Prince every other day with the goal of arresting gang members, according to Mike Center (strictly protect),deputy chief of MINUSTAH's Joint Mission Analysis Centre (JMAC). Center told Poloff on December 18 that JMAC is selectin [...]
2006-12-19 16:21:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2424MINUSTAH/HNP TO MOVE ON CITE SOLEIL
[...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH and the HNP are finalizing plans to move against specific gang leaders in Cite Soleil. Acting UNPol Commissioner Richard Warren and Haitian Police (HNP) Director General Andresol completed an operational plan on December 20 and hope to conduct an operation by December 2 [...]
2006-12-21 16:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE335Haiti: Anti-TIP Proposal for INCLE Funds, FY 2006
[...] Please find a proposal submitted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for anti-trafficking in persons INCLE funding for FY 2006. Post fully supports this proposal as the submission best tailored to combat trafficking in persons in Haiti from a law enforce [...]
2006-02-17 20:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC
06PORTAUPRINCE595USAID-MINUSTAH PARTNERSHIP ADVANCES PEACE IN
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. This message summarizes the Haiti Transition Initiative (HTI),the USAID sponsored program to reduce violence and restore stability in Port au Prince's most volatile slums. USAID's Office of Transition [...]
2006-04-03 14:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PKAO MARR ASEC HA
06PORTOFSPAIN1344MANNING AND CHERTOFF: CLOSER COLLABORATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Manning hosted DHS Secretary Chertoff for a bilateral meeting on October 26, SIPDIS prior to a multilateral meeting with CARICOM representatives (reported septel). In the meeting, Manning assured Secretary Chertoff on Cricket World Cup security preparations [...]
2006-11-22 17:58:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN374TRINIDAD GOVERNMENT ALLEGES CORRUPTION IN
[...] SUMMARY: The Attorney General of Trinidad & Tobago has declared that a water supply contract with desalination company Desalcott, in which GE has a 40% stake, should be terminated due to fraudulent and corrupt dealings in its negotiation during the late 1990s. The announcement came as the GOT [...]
2006-03-24 19:16:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PGOV KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN405 AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH DOOKERAN ON CRIME,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 16:29:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN445EMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN REVIEW OF CRICKET SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago is starting to seriously prepare for the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC). Although we would like to assist, post operates in a complex assistance environment. The government is wealthy enough to purchase technology, but needs to invest further in its human reso [...]
2006-04-10 19:54:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN849IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY DETAILS CARICOM CWC
[...] (C) According to Lancelot Sellman, Director of CARICOM's Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS),the decisions made at the July 3 Heads of Government meeting will allow Cricket World Cup (CWC) security preparations to move forward at full speed. He clarified the establishment o [...]
2006-07-18 11:37:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR CVIS KCRM CARICOM XL TD
06PRAGUE1167AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Cabaniss met with new Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on September 21. Topolanek offered thanks for the Ambassador's efforts to promote bilateral relations, and expressed a desire to continue close ties in the fields of joint security, intelligence sharing and bus [...]
2006-09-22 11:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1343CZECH GOVERNMENT ALLOWS AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The Czech Government has given L-159 subsonic fighter manufacturer Aero Vodochody permission to begin discussions about Venezuelan financing for the production of a new version of the L-159, which would have no U.S. content. This decision by Czech authorities stems from heavy d [...]
2006-10-26 14:52:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ NATO EAIR MARR VE
06PRAGUE1370CZECH RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-04 11:16:00Embassy PragueSECRETPARM KNNP KN EZ
06PRAGUE1508GWOT INFORMATION EXCHANGE: SEEN AS LINKED TO THE
[...] (C) The Czechs have a modern immigration database available at all ports-of-entry, a comprehensive watchlist is in use, and they began issuing biometric passports in early September 2006. Biometric systems will be introduced at ports-of-entry once the Czech Republic joins the Schengen zone. [...]
2006-12-13 14:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS EZ KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06PRAGUE1524CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. VIEWS ON SECURITY, DEMOCRACY,
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky traveled to Prague December 5-6 to address security issues at the Global Futures Forum. In addition, Dobriansky met with Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to thank the Czechs for their cooperation with the United [...]
2006-12-18 08:54:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM HR EZ
06PRAGUE411CZECH GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE
[...] (S) Poloff and ARMA April 20 delivered reftel demarche on possible Venezuelan production of the Czech CZ-75 pistol to Petr Kaiser, Director of the MFA's CFSP Department. Kaiser, who is responsible for all arms licensing decisions made by the MFA, promised he would request an immediate investiga [...]
2006-04-20 15:36:00Embassy PragueSECRETMARR MASS PARM VE EZ
06PRAGUE505SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FM SVOBODA'S MAY 16 MEETING
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, This is your first bilateral meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda. I have found him to be a strong and committed supporter of transatlantic relations. Under Svoboda's leadership, the Czechs have become trailblazers in supporting democracy and promoting hu [...]
2006-05-11 14:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEZ OVIP PGOV PREL
06PRAGUE509CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA: CAUTIONARY TALE?
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff met April 28 with Stanislav Kazecky, the Czech diplomat recently expelled from Cuba (ref A). Kazecky observed that the human rights situation in Cuba appears to be worsening, and shared tips on effective "public diplomacy" in a closed society. End summary. 2. (C) Kazecky [...]
2006-05-12 12:28:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE544U.S.-CZECH POL-MIL TALKS A SUCCESS
[...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with the Czech Republic took place in Prague on May 10. Discussions were productive and the mood positive. Highlights included: -- GWOT AND CZECH OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS (paras 5-7): The Czechs intend to maintain their 100 military police presence i [...]
2006-05-22 13:08:00Embassy PragueSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE663CZECHS TO LICENSE SALE OF FIVE PASSIVE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOCR is about to license the export of five ASDD-01 passive detection surveillance systems to Pakistan. The Czech MFA gave its approval to the deal June 14. They explained that after a year of discussions with the USG on exports of the system to Pakistan, they already unde [...]
2006-06-15 16:23:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ETTC KSTC PARM EZ PK
06PRAGUE746CZECH POLICY ON IRAN: PROLIFERATION ISSUES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-01 09:59:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPREL ETTC MNUC IAEA EZ IR
06PRAGUE747PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-01 10:12:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR
06PRAGUE755PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND
[...] (C) Summary and comment: This is the final of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. The Czech Government is likely to remain solidly aligned with the USG on Iran. Czech mainstream parties whose platforms are supportive of USG positions vis-a-vis the Iranian nuclear issue will occupy 174 o [...]
2006-07-03 15:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR
06PRAGUE756CZECH POLICY ON IRAN: PROLIFERATION ISSUES AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY. This is the second of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. The Czech Republic's Iran policies and non-proliferation practices strongly support U.S. positions. Concerns have been raised about the impact of acquisition of Czech firms involved in nuclear technologies by Russian [...]
2006-07-03 15:17:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPREL ETTC MNUC IAEA EZ IR
06PRAGUE94CZECHS ON JAN 30 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the January 30 GAERC, the Czechs will urge the EU not to engage with the newly elected Hamas government unless it renounces violence, recognizes Israel, and accepts the two-state process. On Iran, the Czechs will support referral to the UNSC, and will continue to hope for a dip [...]
2006-01-27 16:53:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN EZ
06PRETORIA1290SAG ON HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, AND IRAQI DEBT
[...] (C) Summary: The SAG is likely to continue to engage Hamas, including a visit by Intelligence Minister Kasrils and Deputy Foreign Minister Pahad to the Middle East region next week and a visit by Hamas leadership to South Africa at an undetermined date. DFA Chief Director for the Middle East [...]
2006-03-30 16:45:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN KPAL IR IZ IS SF
06PRETORIA1299SOUTH AFRICA SHINES FATF SPOTLIGHT ON DEVELOPING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) demonstrated its commitment to Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) as observers during the February Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meetings in Cape Town. South Africa, as the c [...]
2006-03-31 10:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KFTN PTER ETTC PREL PGOV KCRM PINR SF
06PRETORIA1397 SOUTH AFRICA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified; Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Welcome to South Africa. In the twelve years since the end of apartheid, the South African government (SAG) has taken major steps toward establishing a democracy and market-based economy. Despite problems of income [...]
2006-04-07 04:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL EFIN EINV ETRD ECON KHIV SF
06PRETORIA2122POLITICAL ANALYST WEIGHS IN ON ZUMA, ANC
[...] (C) Summary: The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is currently in turmoil due to the ongoing battles between opponents and supporters of President Thabo Mbeki, according to noted political analyst Aubrey Matshiqi. Party deputy president Jacob Zuma's acquittal on rape charges and the su [...]
2006-05-24 10:28:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SF
06PRETORIA2138PRESIDENT MBEKI ANNOUNCES CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] (U) President Mbeki announced a minor cabinet reshuffle on May 22, following the May 7 death of Public Works Minister Stella Sigcau. Four serving ministers, all women, were appointed to new positions, and one deputy ministerial position was left vacant. 2. (U) Most notable was the appoin [...]
2006-05-25 11:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SF
06PRETORIA3420BURUNDI SUMMIT POSSIBLE IN LATE AUGUST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Regional leaders may convene a high-level Burundi summit August 29 or 30 in Dar es Salaam to witness the signature of an FNL-GOB cease fire agreement, according to ISS Analyst Jan van Eck. Van Eck, a long-time Burundi watcher with close connections to the FNL, says that the FNL [...]
2006-08-18 14:43:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL BU
06PRETORIA3888EUFOR COMMANDER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DRC ELECTORAL
[...] SUMMARY. European Union Force Commander in the DRC General Viereck told a Pretoria think tank audience that he was "optimistic" that the second round of the DRC elections would proceed smoothly. Viereck emphasized that EUFOR's mandate is limited to supporting MONUC, and the mission will end on [...]
2006-09-18 16:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CG SF
06PRETORIA4632(C) IDASA'S MASAMVU SAYS SOUTH AFRICA PUSHING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa wants Zimbabwean President Mugabe to annouce at the upcoming ZANU-PF congress that he will retire in 2008, according to IDASA analyst Sydney Masamvu. Masamvu says that former President Mandela met privately with Mugabe October 23 to encourage him to retire. Senior A [...]
2006-11-08 12:38:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON ZI SF
06PRETORIA4790SOUTH AFRICA'S UN SECURITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
[...] (C) Post-apartheid South Africa begins its first stint as a non-permanent UNSC member on 01 January with an ambitious agenda. The SAG naturally will promote its "Africa agenda" and will seek to keep the Council focused on efforts to resolve the continent's conflicts. But, South Africa also c [...]
2006-11-21 15:54:00Embassy PretoriaSECRET//NOFORNPREL UNSC SF
06PRETORIA5018ZUMA CAMP REMAINS OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 28, the Durban Consul General met with Rieaz "Mo" Shaik, a former South African diplomat, long-time ANC member, and brother of Durban businessman Schabir Shaik who was convicted of fraud and corruption charges stemming from his relationship with ANC Deputy President J [...]
2006-12-14 08:19:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS SF
06PRETORIA960SOUTH AFRICA: PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United States and South Africa have made significant progress in implementing the June 10, 2005 Presidential Joint Statement. The two countries signed the ACOTA agreement in August 2005 to enhance South Africa's peacekeeping capacity, and training programs will begin this [...]
2006-03-08 13:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD MASS PHUM SF
06PRISTINA1058KOSOVO: KOSOVO INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Kosovo is a disputed territory that has been governed by the United Nations (UN) since 1999. Current laws and regulations pertaining to financial crimes derive their authority from the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. If, as expected, there is a resolution of Kosovo's fina [...]
2006-12-11 10:10:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KTFN EFIN ECON YI
06PRISTINA1088KOSOVO: 2006 ANNUAL TERRORISM UPDATE
[...] (U) The following submission provides Post's contribution to the Department's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2006." BEGIN REPORT 2. (U) The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) continues to administer Kosovo pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, and K [...]
2006-12-20 09:01:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1121KOSOVO AND MACEDONIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON BORDER
[...] (U) The following is a joint cable from U.S. Office Pristina and Embassy Skopje. 2. (C) SUMMARY: When Macedonian FM Milososki visited Kosovo on November 23, he reiterated the GoM's position calling for inclusion of the demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia border in the UNSCR on Kosovo's fin [...]
2006-12-29 08:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS INR UNMIK YI KTIA
06PRISTINA965KOSOVO: EVOLVING EU POLICE AND JUSTICE PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary: The emerging outlines of the EU police and justice plan for post-status Kosovo make it apparent that security and law enforcement in Kosovo will be conducted on a fundamentally different basis after the settlement than under UNMIK administration. EU planning is painfully slow an [...]
2006-11-14 18:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06QUITO1284AMBASSADOR PROMOTES SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the remote Carchi province on May 18 to highlight USG investment in security and development on Ecuador's northern border with Colombia. While there, the Ambassador met with military and police officials, toured a customs and immigration post, hosted a lu [...]
2006-05-24 21:07:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO1400ECUADOR-COLOMBIA BORDER PROGRESS REPORT - JAN-MAY
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian northern border military and anti-drug police units scored several successes against narco-terrorists in the first half of 2006. The Ecuadorian military made multiple FARC camp busts, seizing arms, communication devices, and military equipment, as well as capturing tw [...]
2006-06-07 22:12:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2008ECUADOR ELECTION UPDATE: CORREA NAMES SURPRISE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Far-left presidential candidate Rafael Correa (PAIS) on August 5 announced Lenin Voltaire MORENO Garces as his running mate at a mass rally in rural coastal Guayas province. Moreno, a relative political unknown, is unlikely to attract many votes to Correa, who said his choice [...]
2006-08-09 21:58:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EC
06QUITO2173MINDEF'S RESIGNATION SURPRISES MANY
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Oswaldo Jarrin resigned on August 28, citing disagreement with unspecified aspects of relations with Colombia and defending Ecuadorian military participation in the anti-narcotics fight. Jarrin's surprise departure has generated much speculation about the rea [...]
2006-08-30 19:41:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2442ADDRESSING INCREASED COUNTER-NARCOTICS FLOW
[...] (U) Summary: A recent ONDCP-sponsored conference in Quito highlighted the increasing flow of cocaine from Colombia through Ecuador, reviewed Embassy programs to address the increase, and identified &next steps8 to improve interdiction. Cocaine seizures in Ecuador and on vessels originating in [...]
2006-10-04 21:40:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV EC
06QUITO2616THE HUNT FOR RAUL REYES ANGERS GOE
[...] (S) Summary: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's public declaration that FARC leader Raul Reyes is hiding in Ecuador has sparked a media frenzy in Quito, heightening bilateral tensions. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion demanded evidence of Reyes' presence, and asked the Ambassado [...]
2006-10-27 18:05:00Embassy QuitoSECRETPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2699FM CARRION'S POLICY BLUEPRINT: VANITY PROJECT OR
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion on October 23 released the country's foreign policy whitepaper, the National Foreign Policy Plan 2006-2020 ("PLANEX"). An avowed attempt to focus the nation's foreign policy amidst constant domestic political turmoil, the PLANEX exer [...]
2006-11-07 22:24:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2732TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Quito's Terrorist Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is DCM Jefferson Brown, telephone number 593-2-256-2890 ext. 4420. His unclassified email address is brownjt2@state.gov. The Deputy TFCO is Economic Officer Christian Bollinger, telephone number 593-2-256-28 [...]
2006-11-09 19:26:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL EC
06QUITO2844ECUADOR TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] Summary: This cable responds to specific questions in Ref A pertaining to Ecuador's progress on anti-TIP, summarizing developments which have occurred since the submission of the Embassy's TIP report in March. Sections below are keyed to parts a, b, and c of paragraph 6.E of Ref A, and all da [...]
2006-11-21 15:30:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2894ELECTION: CAMPAIGN CLOSES, CLOUDS AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: The early campaign days of free computers, colorful flags, dancing and humorous jibes are over. Ecuador now must decide between two populist candidates that have both gone negative. Ecuadorian voters also must digest Correa's allegations of fraud and the prospect of a closely c [...]
2006-11-24 21:04:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EC
06QUITO909INDIGENOUS TO REGROUP, PROTESTS UNLIKELY NEXT WEEK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Both evangelical indigenous of the organization FEINE and indigenous of the CONAIE organization have told us that they will be meeting at the local level to evaluate the political and economic situation and decide on next steps. An Embassy police contact told us that the CONA [...]
2006-04-12 21:55:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM EC
06RABAT1042SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MOROCCO OF U/S KAREN
[...] (C) The US Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit comes as we and the Moroccan government are further energizing the substantial reinvigoration of bilateral relations that has taken place since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca. Since the 2003 attacks, [...]
2006-05-31 18:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON KPAO MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT1579A TERRORIST PLOT: EXPOSURE AND DISCUSSION
[...] (C) Summary: On August 8, security forces reported in the press that forty-four (44) suspected terrorists were arrested in July and accused of preparing to conduct terrorist attacks. Five of the arrested are Moroccan soldiers specializing in explosives. The terrorists have been widely critic [...]
2006-08-23 15:59:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL PINR MO
06RABAT1774BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY MEET
[...] (C) Summary: On September 14, the thirteen member Business Executives for National Security (BENS) group met with Abdallah Saleddine Tazi, Director of American Affairs, Wassane Zailachi, Chief of the North America, Mexico and Central America Division, Karim Halim, Counselor in the Directorat [...]
2006-09-22 18:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PINS ECON MO
06RABAT215SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECDEF RUMSFELD
[...] (C) Summary: The US Mission and the Moroccan government warmly welcome your upcoming visit. We believe King Mohammed will see the visit as reinforcement of our solid relationship with Morocco, a relationship the King considers very important. Morocco continues cooperation with us to counte [...]
2006-02-09 14:03:00Embassy RabatSECRETMARR MO OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT2170MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE AND ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This message provides an update on Morocco's macroeconomic situation, together with the following other economic highlights: A. Moroccan Ports In Compliance With International Security Standards B. FTA Wheat Quotas Unfulfilled C. Parliament Debates Anti-Money Laundering Law D. Ryan [...]
2006-11-24 16:55:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON EIND ELAB ETRD KTEX MO
06RABAT22MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN MOROCCO: STATUS REPORT #3
[...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through December 31, 2005. Update narratives contain [...]
2006-01-05 14:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT2280MOROCCO'S 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Morocco achieved significant reductions in cannabis production and cultivation, although it remains one of the world's major producers and exporters of cannabis. According to the Agency for the Promotion of Economic and Social Development of the Northern Prefectures and Provinces of the King [...]
2006-12-18 11:26:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV MO
06RABAT29REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES, FREE TRADE,
[...] (C) Summary: PM Jettou January 3 told visiting Rep. Tom Lantos that Morocco appreciates U.S. efforts in the Middle East and Iraq, where positive results are beginning to take shape, and that Morocco would continue to do its part in the war on terror. Jettou was also encouraged by the appro [...]
2006-01-06 18:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON MA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT326WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCO SEEKS US INTERVENTION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOM has asked at the highest levels that the U.S. demarche Algeria to help prevent a march of Sahrawi and European civilians across the berm in the Western Sahara, and the heavily land-mined area adjacent to the berm, reportedly planned by the Polisario to occur in conjuncti [...]
2006-02-24 14:53:00Embassy RabatSECRETAG KPKO MO PARM PBTS PINR PREL
06RABAT328REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the Moroccan nationals listed below who are scheduled to attend the "Intelligence in Combat Terrorism" course at Ft. Huachuca, AZ from April 3-22, 2006: Name: 0-4 Kazouz, Anas DOB: 2 [...]
2006-02-24 15:20:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR MOPS MO
06RABAT356AML: PROSPECTS FOR PARLIAMENTARY PASSAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the controversial draft bill has been languishing in interministerial vetting for three years, Government of Morocco (GOM) officials say the government will push through parliament new anti-money laundering (AML) legislation this spring. Citing a full legislative agen [...]
2006-02-28 13:53:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER PGOV MO
06RABAT398MOROCCO: IS THE GOVERNMENT STRANGLING THE PRESS?
[...] (C) Freedom of the press continues to be a significant political and human rights issue in Morocco, and the mission continues to discuss the issue with the GOM at high levels, and to raise concerns as we see them. The GOM's latest tack appears to be one of levying heavy fines on offending p [...]
2006-03-03 15:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS MO
06RABAT668MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN
[...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through March 31, 2006. Update narratives contain bot [...]
2006-04-14 11:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT730MONEY LAUNDERING BILL PASSES COUNCIL OF
[...] (U) On April 19, Morocco's long awaited draft Anti- Money Laundering (AML) bill was approved the Moroccan Council of Government (the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Driss Jettou). After clearing the Council of Government, a Ministerial Council, presided over by King Mohammed VI, will then [...]
2006-04-21 08:46:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MO
06RABAT816SCENESETTER FOR FM BENAISSA'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) FM Benaissa is coming to Washington May 2 after a bruising few weeks for Morocco on the Western Sahara. The latest UN resolution was a narrowly dodged bullet, from Morocco's point of view. The MFA in Rabat and Moroccan Embassy in Washington both lobbied vigorously to avoid a resolution [...]
2006-04-28 16:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RANGOON1042KAYAH STATE - BURMANS IN AND KARENNIS OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Catholic Bishop Sotero Phamo of Loikaw, the capitol of Kayah State, briefed Charg on July 21 on daily life in his diocese. Ethnic Burmans have taken over leadership of the state and businesses, backed by nearly a dozen Burmese Army battalions. Kayah residents, predominately ethn [...]
2006-07-24 10:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREF PINS BM
06RANGOON1050BURMA: MANUVEURING FOR CHANGE
[...] (S) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) doctor met with Charge July 20 to discuss recent developments. He has not seen her since June 10 when she was ill, but expects to see her again by early August. He indicated that plans to use Martyr's Day, July 19, to launch public protests against the [...]
2006-07-25 05:59:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON1097BURMA: THE REGIME HARDENS ITS POSITION ON ASEAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Burma's ruling Generals are the hardest of the hardliners. They have made decisions to harden their positions on ASEAN, the democratic opposition, and the ethnic minorities. Only high-ranking UN representatives may be allowed access to Aung San Suu Kyi; visiting ASEAN representa [...]
2006-08-02 11:16:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1115A BURMESE GENERAL GETS HIS COMEUPPANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Charge and DATT met with LTG Myint Swe August 2 to see what kind of dialogue we could maintain. It became clear that Myint Swe's previously expansive view of his areas of authority (reftels) has been considerably reduced. Now he's just a general responsible for embassy security [...]
2006-08-08 03:36:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1124BURMA: CHARGE MEETS WITH MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After several requests and cancellations, Charge finally met with Minister for Home Affairs Maung Oo to stress the importance of meaningful progress toward democracy, the release of political prisoners, and greater access to Burma for journalists. The Minister lamented the West [...]
2006-08-08 11:20:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1170BURMA: 11 AIDS ACTIVISTS AND 20 MONKS ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary: Eleven HIV/AIDS activists close to the 88 Students Generation Group were arrested August 13 for not properly registering to spend the night at a monastery where they were preparing a ceremony for HIV/AIDS victims. Members of Min Ko Naing's Students Group and the NLD gathered at t [...]
2006-08-14 10:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KHIV PREL BM
06RANGOON1269AUNG SAN SUU KYI IN GOOD HEALTH, BUT NOT FREE
[...] (C) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) had another meeting with her doctor on August 24, two and half months after she last saw him. According to Dr. Tin Myo Win (aka Douglas),she remains in good health and keeps busy with meditation, listening to the radio, and walking around her compound. H [...]
2006-09-06 08:04:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1354CHINESE IN RANGOON NOT EAGER TO MOVE NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: the Charge d'Affaires a.i. and the Political Counselor of the Chinese Embassy told DCM on September 15 that China has no plans to move its embassy from Rangoon to Burma's isolated new capital. They believe that the Russians may take advantage of an upcoming visit by Russia's D [...]
2006-09-18 09:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH BM
06RANGOON1375BURMA'S FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERS PERSEVERE
[...] (C) Summary: Years in Burmese prisons have not dampened the will of many political prisoners to work within the country to promote change. Despite a tough adjustment period to life on the outside, former prisoners once active in the pro-democracy movement still hold tightly to their beliefs. [...]
2006-09-20 09:32:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID KPAO BM
06RANGOON1472FATF TEAM INSPECTS GOB FINANCIAL SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: USG members of a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) team visiting Burma last week confirmed FATF will recommend that Burma be dropped from the Non Compliant Countries and Territories (NCCT) list at the upcoming FATF Vancouver plenary on October 12-13. FATF inspectors said GOB [...]
2006-10-04 09:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PTER ETTC KTFN BM
06RANGOON15INDEPENDENCE DAY: REGIME SUBDUED, OPPOSITION BUOYED
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese military regime and the democratic opposition commemorated Burma's independence anniversary on January 4 with sharply contrasting and separate events. The SPDC focused on criticizing those who oppose the regime and on heralding its own achievements since assuming powe [...]
2006-01-05 10:52:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON PINS ASEC BM
06RANGOON1633BURMA: 2006-2007 INCSR PART II
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 09:49:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON KCRM KTFN BM
06RANGOON1670BURMESE REGIME FILES CHARGES AGAINST OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: Reliable Embassy sources have told us that on November 6 the regime charged Min Ko Naing and the four other detained 88 Generation Student (88GS) leaders under the 1950 Emergency Provision Act, a catch-all law the regime uses to prosecute most political prisoners. The UN has not y [...]
2006-11-09 10:33:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1785BURMA: THE REGIME FINDS ITS OWN "88 GENERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 09:15:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1812OPPOSITION LEADER MISSES ANOTHER BIRTHDAY PARTY
[...] (U) Summary: On December 18, friends and relatives marked the 45th birthday of Ko Ko Gyi, detained 88 Generation Students (88GS) leader, at a Rangoon monastery, making offerings to the monks and feeding approximately 800 supporters who participated. Military Intelligence monitored the event, [...]
2006-12-19 08:21:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON270BURMA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 03:25:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM
06RANGOON287OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES IN MANDALAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy held a highly successful "Outreach Week in Mandalay" February 26-March 2. The Charge led over a dozen Embassy staff to Burma's second largest city and conducted a broad range of meetings and outreach activities with NGOs, business leaders, political parties, religi [...]
2006-03-03 06:28:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON419THE FRUSTRATIONS OF A BURMESE ECONOMIST
[...] (SBU) Summary: U Myint, a retired UN economist, freely offers economic advice to regime leaders and democratic activists. He doubts senior leader Than Shwe receives any of it because he "does not listen to anyone." Were Than Shwe to heed Myint's advice, Burma would concentrate less on tradit [...]
2006-03-28 06:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON617ICRC: DIMINISHING ACCESS
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC's Burma operations remain in a state of flux as the organization faces increased GOB restrictions on access to detention facilities and border areas. It must also cope with the interference of Government-affiliated organizations. To make matters worse, the Ministry of Healt [...]
2006-05-08 10:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON728BURMA: 2006 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD
[...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report card on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts, based on benchmarks established in late 2005 (ref B),in preparation for the FY 2007 certification process. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2006 Certification Report Ca [...]
2006-06-05 09:25:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM BM
06REYKJAVIK118ICELAND: 3/30-3/31 TALKS SET STAGE FOR NEW
[...] (C) Summary: A U.S. interagency delegation met in Reykjavik 3/30-31 with senior Icelandic officials to describe the operational framework for the defense of Iceland following the upcoming realignment of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Icelandic delegation expressed keen interest in [...]
2006-03-31 18:22:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK1504/26-27 DEFENSE TALKS: ICELAND LOOKS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: EUCOM briefed Iceland Chief Defense Negotiator Albert Jonsson 4/26 on the Draft Concept Plan (the Conplan) for the Defense of Iceland. Jonsson responded 4/27 that the Conplan was fundamentally acceptable as a plan but did not go far enough toward meeting Iceland's political nee [...]
2006-04-27 19:43:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK452 ICELAND: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Post submits the following narrative for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. Text of report will also be emailed to EUR/NB and S/CT via unclass and classified email. 2. Begin text of submission: Iceland Iceland is a NATO ally and party to all 12 major UN conventions [...]
2006-12-21 07:43:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC IC
06RIGA633SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE: LATVIAN MFA,S REACTION TO
[...] (C) Summary: Latvia believes that the recent incident alleging that one of its diplomats in Minsk was distributing pornography was a set up meant to retaliate against Latvian support for Belarusian NGO's and Belarusian opposition forces, notably while Latvia was the EU presidency representa [...]
2006-08-08 09:02:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM PINR EUN BO LG
06RIGA761The rules for Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections
[...] Summary. Latvia will hold its fifth post-Soviet elections to the Saeima, the 100-member parliament, on Saturday, October 7. The country uses a modified proportional representation system and any party that collects at least five percent of votes cast nationally wins seats in the Saeima. Out [...]
2006-09-21 04:16:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM LG
06RIGA945SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit us November 28-29. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership, Latvia has emerged as a significant international player, despite its modest population and resource base. Latvia stands out as a successful post-Sovi [...]
2006-11-20 09:07:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP SECRETARY RICE LG
06RIODEJANEIRO601 BRAZIL'S EMBRAER: SEEKING A U.S. DEFENSE RUNWAY FROM
[...] (U) Summary: On October 21 Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Ambassador, and the Consul General met with Embraer President & CEO Mauricio Novis Botelho and Executive Vice President for Defense and Government Market, Luiz Carlos Aguiar, to revi [...]
2006-11-01 16:57:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAIR MARR BEXP BR
06RIYADH5042USD EDELMAN'S MEETINGS WITH THE KING AND CROWN
[...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman discussed the U.S.-Saudi defense relationship, regional security, helicopters, Iran, Iraq, and visas during separate meetings with King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan on June 6. Both the King and Crown Prince were supportive of [...]
2006-06-24 14:03:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMARR MASS MCAP SA PTER PREL PARM PINR
06RIYADH5079USD EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ASSISTANT MOI PRINCE
[...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman discussed detainees, helicopters, infrastructure security, Iraq, and border security during a June 6 meeting with Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs Prince Muhammad bin Naif. Prince Muhammad confirmed that the SA [...]
2006-06-25 04:36:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETSA MARR PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PTER ENRG
06RIYADH5106SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 27 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Jeddah June 27. Ambassador Oberwetter and Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller look forward to meeting you and will accompany you on a number of your calls on Saudi leaders. Per your request, appointments are being requested in Jedd [...]
2006-06-25 16:02:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH5278RIYADH RECORD: JUNE 21-30 2006
[...] (U) This cable serves as the inaugural edition of the Riyadh Record, which will provide weekly summaries of key political events in the Kingdom. 2. (S) SUMMARY: During the course of the past few weeks, there has been an increase in the dialogue between supporters of King Abdullah,s reforms [...]
2006-07-03 13:55:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL SA PINR
06RIYADH5780US LOBBYING FIRM SEEKS GREATER VOICE FOR TAWAFUQ,
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph five. 2. (C) Summary: Mark Alsalih, an Iraqi American from the Washington lobbying firm MITA, requested Embassy's assistance on July 17 to make an introduction to Director of the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency Prince [...]
2006-07-19 15:14:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH6467TERRORISM FINANCE: SAUDI RESPONSE OF IIRO'S
[...] (C) Summary: As a result of the August 3 UN 1267 designation of Abd Al-Hamid Sulaiman Al-Mua'jjil (AKA Abdul Hamid Sulaiman Al-Mujil),the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) has confirmed its prior actions to freeze his assets and restrict his travel. End Summary. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of [...]
2006-08-14 07:41:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC SA
06RIYADH6727THE YEAR IN REVIEW: KING ABDULLAH MARKS FIRST YEAR
[...] (C) August 1 marked the one year anniversary of King Abdullah's ascension to the throne. The King has generated considerable popularity by delivering political, economic, and social programs intended to improve the welfare of Saudi citizens. Utilizing the windfall from surging oil prices, [...]
2006-08-24 18:29:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PINR ECON EFIN ETRD
06RIYADH6927AL-MUA'JJIL'S TRAVEL BAN IN FULL EFFECT & IIRO
[...] (U) This is joint Riyadh and Consulate Dhahran cable. 2. (C) Summary: A press report and a Consulate visit to the closed offices of IIRO's Eastern Province Branch indicated that the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) has kept its word on actions against recent designee, Abd Al-Hamid Sulaiman [...]
2006-08-30 12:01:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KFTN PREL PTER ETTC SA
06RIYADH6933COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR U.S. TREASURY
[...] The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Mr. Ahmed Elbashari for an on-site review of Saudi Arabia's Financial Intelligence Unit from September 15-20, 2006. 2. Due to recent severe budget cuts, the Mission must direct charge all visit support [...]
2006-08-31 11:52:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN PREL PTER KCRM ETTC KTFN SA
06RIYADH7AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD SEEKS POST-IRAQI ELECTIONS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad met with King Abdullah, Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, and General Intelligence Presidency director Prince Muqrin bin Abd al-Aziz on December 27, to seek Saudi support in Iraq for building an Arab Sunni-Kurdish-Alawi coalition to engage the [...]
2006-01-02 12:55:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH7211AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD - SUCCESSFUL 9/12 MEETING
[...] (S/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY. Ambassador Oberwetter and Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad called on the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on September 12 to seek support on a range of issues relating to Iraq. The King expressed his concern about Iranian influen [...]
2006-09-16 09:43:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR SA
06RIYADH7447RIYADH RECORD: SEPTEMBER 1-15
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Court of Grievances postponed a hearing on the novel "Girls of Riyadh" after the news of the proposed hearing sparked robust debate in the media. The proposal to shift the women's prayer area in Mecca has been rejected. The SAG demands clarification from the Vatican follo [...]
2006-09-24 14:05:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KWMN KISL SA
06RIYADH7501SAUDIS SHOW HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN MEGAPORTS
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: The SAG appears to be seriously considering implementing the Megaports Initiative (MI) to provide radiological/nuclear materials detection equipment in the Kingdom's two largest ports of Jeddah and Dammam. During their September 8-13 Megaports outreach visit to the Ki [...]
2006-09-26 14:07:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKNNP ENRG PARM OTRA PREL PGOV SA
06RIYADH7838USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Riyadh's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Saudi Arabia. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operat [...]
2006-10-05 14:06:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PREL PTER KTFN ETTC SA IZ
06RIYADH8314TERRORISM FINANCE: UNSC 1267 DESIGNEE, SULIMAN
[...] (U) United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1267 Designee, Suliman H. Al-Buthe (aka Solaiman Al-Buthi) was featured in an article published in the Saudi Gazette, a mainstream Saudi publication censored by the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG). Al-Buthe, the Assistant General Manager [...]
2006-10-17 15:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL SA
06RIYADH8401THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT I: STAB AT
[...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to conduct a final on-site assessment [...]
2006-10-22 09:56:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC SA
06RIYADH8404THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT II: POWER
[...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]
2006-10-22 11:25:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8406THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT III:
[...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]
2006-10-22 11:32:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8407THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT IV:
[...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]
2006-10-22 11:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8415SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI
[...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]
2006-10-24 20:14:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8416SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI
[...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]
2006-10-24 20:15:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8723RIYADH RECORD: OCTOBER 16-31 (C-NE6-01865)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi religious leaders signed the Makkah Declaration on October 20, which forbids Sunnis and Shi'a from killing each other. King Abdullah issued a new succession law on October 20, which formalizes the succession process through the establishment of the Allegiance Committee. P [...]
2006-11-06 13:05:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KISL KWMN SA
06RIYADH8811UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON
[...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]
2006-11-12 04:38:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET PTER ENERG SA
06RIYADH8813UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON
[...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]
2006-11-12 04:41:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENERG PTER SA
06RIYADH8835FACILITATING GREATER SAG ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ - A
[...] (S) This constitutes Post's response to Ref A. The situation in Iraq remains of great concern to Saudis across the political, economic, and social spectrum. The press reported on November 13 that Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Naif called Iraq a "major base for terrorism," adding that the [...]
2006-11-13 13:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON IZ SA
06RIYADH8858SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI
[...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]
2006-11-15 11:39:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8987THE SAUDI ARABIAN FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 9. 2. (U) Summary. EconOff met with the Saudi Arabian Financial Intelligence Unit (SA FIU) on November 5 and December 4, 2006 to discuss the status of their Egmont application and technical assistance. In attendance at the m [...]
2006-12-04 12:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER EFIN ETTC SA
06RIYADH9SAUDI VIEWS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and General Intelligence Presidency (GIP) director Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz sought and shared views on Iran and Syria during a December 27 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad. They told the Ambassador that while it was possible t [...]
2006-01-02 14:10:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR IR SA SY IZ
06RIYADH9078APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH SAUDI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a meeting with Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend at his farm outside Riyadh November 15, the King focused on the multiple threats from Iran. He said he had sent strong messages to President Putin and Presi [...]
2006-12-13 15:21:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ECON IR SA
06RIYADH9095xxxxxxxxxxxx ON IRANIAN THREATS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-16 14:18:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN PTER IZ IR SA
06RIYADH9174CROWN PRINCE REITERATES SAUDI NONINTERFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-26 11:54:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9175SAUDI MOI HEAD SAYS IF U.S. LEAVES IRAQ, SAUDI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-26 11:54:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PTER KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9179DEPUTY MOI TO SENATOR NELSON:THE KEY TO WINNING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy Minister of Interior Mohamed bin Naif told Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) that the key to winning the war on terror is defeating the terrorists' ideology. He echoed the senator's other interlocutors in supporting Iraqi unity and the SAG's noninterference policy. The Deputy M [...]
2006-12-26 12:18:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPTER PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KISL IZ SA
06ROME1308ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...]
2006-05-03 08:25:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDJA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME1527ITALY: A LOOK AT THE PRODI GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Romano Prodi and his cabinet of 25 ministers were sworn in May 17 by President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano. Political commentators immediately called the government composition "more left than center", but the vital ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Defense, Economy and Just [...]
2006-05-18 18:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IT
06ROME1708TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALY - UN 1267 SANCTIONS
[...] (S/NF) EconOff delivered reftel A demarche May 17 to Cristina Collura, Finance Ministry (MoF) Office Director for Financial Crimes; Giampaolo Cantini, MFA Office Director for G8 and Global Issues; and MFA Officer Stefania Fancello, on proposing Abu Imad and Nabil el-Feki for listing by the UNS [...]
2006-06-07 16:37:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC IT KTFN PREL PTER
06ROME1755ITALIAN FM D'ALEMA SEEKING GOOD START TO
[...] (S/NF) I met with FM D'Alema June 13 to preview his plans for his June 16 meetings with you. He wants to start the new Italian government's relations with us on a positive and constructive note. D'Alema said Italy can and will do more in Afghanistan, is willing to do more in Iraq under a NATO [...]
2006-06-13 15:21:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP MOPS IZ IT EUN NATO
06ROME1770ITALY: MOI AMATO TALKS IMMIGRATION, IRAN, MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Senator George Allen met May 30 with Italy's new Minister of Interior Giuliano Amato. Allen thanked Amato for the GoI's excellent counter terrorism cooperation. Amato discussed Italy's problem with illegal aliens arriving from Libya, the challenge of containing Iran' [...]
2006-06-15 10:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV UN IZ IN IT
06ROME179SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO
[...] (S) Summary. Your visit will be an opportunity to visit the USG Olympics Coordination Office in Turin and review security preparations for the Winter Olympic Games. We have no current information about threats directed at Americans at the Games. Despite the presence and capability of Islam [...]
2006-01-19 10:23:00Embassy RomeSECRETKOLY PTER PREL IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
06ROME1817SCENESETTER FOR U/S LEVEY'S VISIT TO ROME, JUNE
[...] (C) Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Stuart Levey, to Italy, at this important juncture in U.S. - Italy relations as the new center-left government takes hold. The Embassy has scheduled three, high-level meetings on Iran; we also [...]
2006-06-20 06:53:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNEFIN IR IT KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
06ROME1872005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Italy is not an important regional or offshore financial center. However, money laundering is a concern both because of the prevalence of homegrown organized crime groups and the recent influx of criminal organizations from abroad, especially from Albania, Romania, and Russia. The heavy inv [...]
2006-01-19 16:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER IT EUN UN
06ROME1892U/S LEVEY'S ROME MEETINGS, JUNE 21
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (S/NF) U/S Levey, during his June 21 Rome visit, met with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Justice (MOJ),Finance (MOF),and Interior (MOI),and held a press conference. Dis [...]
2006-06-28 07:01:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER IT IR
06ROME216 OLYMPIC SECURITY COORDINATOR - PRE-GAME
[...] This pre-game situational report provides information pertaining to continued efforts by RSO Rome Nancy Rolph- O'Donnell, OSC Daniel Weber, and FBI OC Ray Mey, in the USG's planning and preparations in support of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin. 2. Commencing on January 4, 2006, US [...]
2006-01-23 16:26:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KOLY IT AMGT OLYMPICS
06ROME2436ITALY: THE DOGS BARK, AND THE PRODI CARAVAN MOVES
[...] (S/NF) The main lesson for the US in PM Romano Prodi's first 100 days is that early and active engagement with this center-left government pays. The Italian reversal of position and decision to quietly maintain a civilian presence in Iraq despite military withdrawal reflected a deliberate cal [...]
2006-08-31 08:14:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON MOPS PTER IZ LE SY IT
06ROME2636LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER MAKES CASE FOR GREATER CT
[...] (C) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger joined the Ambassador in a series of events commemorating the September 11 attacks, urging support for the President's September 6 remarks on detainees and deeper counter-terrorism cooperation. Bellinger delivered the keynote address a [...]
2006-09-19 07:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL EUN IT
06ROME2637VOLKER DISCUSSES IRAN, LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH
[...] (C/NF) On Sept. 13 in Rome, EUR PDAS Volker met PolDir Terzi and other MFA officials, and PM Deputy Diplomatic Advisors Gentilini and Carnelos. Terzi thanked the U.S. for helping get Italy included in the Berlin Iran talks and called the common U.S.-EU position on Iran a major achievement. T [...]
2006-09-19 09:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO EUN IR UNSC SY LE IT
06ROME2653LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER MAKES CASE FOR GREATER CT
[...] (C) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger joined the Ambassador in a series of events commemorating the September 11 attacks, urging support for the President's September 6 remarks on detainees and deeper counter-terrorism cooperation. Bellinger delivered the keynote address a [...]
2006-09-20 14:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL EUN IT
06ROME3050IRAN & HIZBALLAH: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS IN ROME
[...] (S/NF) In October 26 meetings with Government of Italy (GOI) officials and bankers, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey pressed the GOI to ensure that its financial system was performing due diligence to prevent Iranian front companies engaged in WMD [...]
2006-11-09 12:55:00Embassy RomeSECRETECON EFIN PTER IR LE IT
06ROME311 USG OLYMPIC SITUATION BOARD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON
[...] The Law Enforcement On-Line (LEO) provides a secure web- based crisis management software application known as the Virtual Command Center (VCC). The VCC provides a virtual information-sharing platform where by critical, time sensitive unclassified information may be disseminated both vertica [...]
2006-02-03 11:03:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KOLY IT AMGT OLYMPICS
06ROME3214ABRAMS ENGAGES ITALIANS ON MEPP, IRAN AND
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams November 27 engaged senior MFA officials, members of the Prime Minister's Office and (on background) journalists from Italy's leading dailies on Syria/Lebanon, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and Iran. On Syria and Lebanon, he noted th [...]
2006-12-01 12:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XF IR LE UNAUS EUN IT
06ROME3272D'ALEMA TO CODEL WEXLER: MIDDLE EAST NEEDS NEW PUSH
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister D'Alema told visiting Congressman Wexler that the international community must press Israelis and Palestinians to kick start a new phase in peace negotiations, beginning with a genuine cease-fire and exchange of prisoners. He speculated that NATO could be a poss [...]
2006-12-12 11:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAF IR IS IZ LE NATO PGOV PREL SY XF IT
06ROME3295GOI FOLLOW-UP ON EXPORT OF MARINE DIESEL ENGINES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) During a November 30 meeting with Econ Counselor, Carlo Tripepi, MFA Office Director responsible for Italian Munitions Exports (and former Director of the Office that oversees Italian participation in the Wassenaar Arrangement) [...]
2006-12-14 15:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR ETTC IT IR
06ROME3320OLMERT REJECTS ITALIAN PUSH ON SHEBAA FARMS
[...] (C/NF) Israeli PM Olmert visited Italy December 13 and talks focused on Lebanon, the Middle East peace process, and Iran. He deflected calls by both the Italian PM and FM for a gesture on Shebaa Farms to buttress embattled Lebanese PM Siniora. Olmert noted this would be seen as a nod to Syri [...]
2006-12-18 13:47:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL XF IR LE IT
06ROME3386TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 08:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XR IT
06ROME342ITALY: CENTER-LEFT ASPIRES TO CRAFT MORE EUROPEAN
[...] (C) Summary: If Italy's center-left coalition (the Union) wins this spring's national election, center left leaders are prepared to reorient Italy's foreign policy toward the EU, favor multilateral initiatives over bilateral or unilateral ones, and tone down Italy's relations with the US. R [...]
2006-02-06 11:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT
06ROME361TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS -- USG SITUATION
[...] (SBU/NF) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/07/2006. 2. (SBU/NF) USG interagency Joint Operations Center (JOC) numbers (24/7) are: 39-011-55-99-793/794/564 (tel); 011- [...]
2006-02-07 16:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME371ITALY: RUTELLI DISCUSSES CENTER-LEFT FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 3 lunch with Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli, the Ambassador stressed the importance of NATO to the Transatlantic Alliance and registered our concern that a future center-left government not look to Europe at the expense of Italy's historically strong bilateral [...]
2006-02-08 10:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS PGOV IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME377TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/08/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-08 15:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME380USG OLYMPIC SITUATION BOARD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 07:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME390TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-09 16:10:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME398TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-10 12:04:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME435AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ITALY, IRAQ,
[...] Based on communications today between USMISSION UN Rome staff and Dr. Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, FAO will conduct a press conference on February 14 at 10:30 a.m. The message that will be relayed will include the following: 2. On the Government of Italy's efforts: -- FAO [...]
2006-02-13 15:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME548YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301, MISSION ITALY INPUT
[...] Mission Italy recommends that Italy remain on the 301 Watch List for 2006. Although Italy deserves credit for reductions in piracy rates and improved police action in 2005, industry losses, particularly for software, are still unacceptably high. While some cities, such as Florence, have made [...]
2006-02-22 14:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV KIPR IT
06ROME551FOLLOWUP: GOI SEEKS USG RESPONSE ON LEGAL
[...] (S/NF) REFTEL NOTED ITALIAN MINISTER OF JUSTICE HAD APPEALED TO AMBASSADOR FOR RESPONSES ON SEVERAL OUTSTANDING BILATERAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE ISSUES. TWO INVOLVED ACTS OF TERROR IN IRAQ AGAINST ITALIAN CITIZENS; ANOTHER RELATES TO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF AN ITALIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. THE MESS [...]
2006-02-22 16:37:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL IT IZ ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME556ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...]
2006-02-23 09:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME558TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-23 10:13:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME584ITALY'S UNION COALITION PROGRAM: FAULT LINES ON
[...] (C) Romano Prodi presented the center-left Union coalition's 281-page governing program on February 13. As opposed to establishing a concrete program for the Union coalition should it win the April 9 national elections, the document has been viewed by critics from both the right and the left [...]
2006-02-24 15:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MARR PARM MOPS ELAB EINV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME769TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: [...]
2006-03-11 11:04:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06SANAA1814EMBASSY SANAA COMMENTS ON NIC WATCHLIST
[...] (U) Post recommends the following changes to the suggested test for Yemen in the NIC watchlist of internal instability: 2. (S) "Yemen's risk of significant internal instability over the past six months has slightly decreased due to a successful ceasefire with insurgents in the north, Preside [...]
2006-06-21 11:32:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINS PGOV PTER EAID PREL KDEM KCRS YM
06SANAA1832SALEH ADVISES GEN ABIZAID ON SOMALIA'S "NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh told visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid on June 18 that Yemen had invited members of the Somali Islamic Courts (IC) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to Sanaa for talks. The IC leadership answered that they would come "within a week." Saleh [...]
2006-06-24 13:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS SO YE
06SANAA2369COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MAGUIRE
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of John Maguire, Todd Rosenblum, John Dickas, and Lt. Josh Wellner from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Security Clearance information is on file. Information on in-country schedule will be sent via separate channels. [...]
2006-08-12 12:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA YM
06SANAA2546JUSTICE MINISTER LEADS WAY FOR INDEPENDENT COURTS
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador met the Minister of Justice (MOJ) Ghazi Shaif al-Aghbari on August 27 to discuss judicial reforms and related programs. Under the new minister, Yemen has taken substantive steps to strengthen the independence of the courts, which has produced results in combating corrupt [...]
2006-08-29 14:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2575TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Yemen provides no known financial support for terrorism and insurgency in Iraq. Financial controls in general are weak, making it difficult to track suspicious transactions. The informal financial market comprises the vast majority of transactions, making it even more difficult [...]
2006-09-05 12:40:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER EFIN YM
06SANAA286SALEH SIGNALS SHAKE UP IN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
[...] (S) CDA Requested and received a phone call from President Saleh, 2/5, on the heels of the jail break-out that yielded 23 al-Qa'ida operatives to the streets of Sanaa, and perhaps beyond. CDA stressed to Saleh the importance of working in close tandem with the USG on this critical issue and not [...]
2006-02-06 14:55:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA347PRESIDENT SALEH SHARES INFORMATION AND INVITES
[...] (S) Ambassador, DCM and SIMO met with President Saleh, Wednesday, 2/8, to ask for an update on the status of the al-Qa'ida escapees and to stress the need for absolute transparency on ROYG findings and steps being taken. Saleh, the Director of the National Security Bureau (NSB) and the Attorne [...]
2006-02-13 06:48:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA385AL-QA'IDA ESCAPE: COORDINATING MARITIME EFFORTS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 11, Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief and NAVCENT Liaison Officer (LNO) met with Yemeni military and coast guard officials to discuss maritime cooperation to capture 23 escaped al Qa'ida prisoners (ref A). Led by the Chief of Staff for the Yemeni Armed For [...]
2006-02-15 11:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER PHSA YM MARITIME SECURITY
06SANJOSE258COSTA RICA 2005 END-USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Per Reftel Embassy San Jose provides the following information regarding end-use monitoring of resources acquired with U.S. Department of State International Narcotics Control (INL) funds. 2. Procedures: Embassy San Jose INL section maintains an inventory of donated property using an Excel s [...]
2006-02-01 21:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AMGT PGOV PINR PREL CS
06SANJOSE2671COSTA RICA MINI-DUBLIN GROUP REPORT
[...] Summary: Post convened a mini-Dublin Group meeting on November 17, 2006 with representatives of the embassies of Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The U.S. counternarcotics program remains the largest among Dublin Group members in Costa [...]
2006-11-24 13:36:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KCRM CS
06SANJOSE2778GWOT: COSTA RICAN COLLECTION OF IDENTIFYING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 22:26:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KVPR CS
06SANJOSE443BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON OSCAR ARIAS
[...] (U) Oscar Arias Sanchez was elected on February 5, 2006, as the first repeat president in Costa Rica since 1970. Winning by a 1.12 percent margin (18,000 votes out of 1.62 million cast),Arias comes to office without the sweeping mandate he expected. He was permitted to run for president beca [...]
2006-02-24 20:58:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE444"MORAL POWER:" ARIAS AND NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) National security in an Oscar Arias administration will be pursued at three levels: (1) Internationally, Arias will use his prestige as a Nobel laureate to be an advocate for multilateralism, international law, and disarmament. (2) At home the principal external security issues will be [...]
2006-02-24 21:13:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL MASS SNAR SMIG SOCI PBTS NI CS
06SANJOSE591FIRST VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT LAURA CHINCHILLA
[...] Summary: Laura Chinchilla was chosen by Oscar Arias to be his first vice presidential running mate in the 2006 election. Along with Kevin Casas as second vice president, Arias and Chinchilla will take office on May 8. Chinchilla, currently a member of the Legislative Assembly and formerly mi [...]
2006-03-14 19:26:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PINS PGOV CS
06SANJOSE706RODGRIGO ARIAS, MINISTER OF PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) Rodrigo is the younger brother and by far the closest adviser to Oscar Arias. He is the only permanent member of Oscar's inner circle and has always been at his brother's side in business and politics. Since Oscar's divorce and the death of his mother, Oscar has come to rely even more on [...]
2006-03-30 23:12:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CS
06SANJOSE707FUTURE PUSC DEPUTIES STRESS IMPORTANCE OF "SOCIAL
[...] (C) On May 29, Ambassador hosted all five deputies-elect of the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) for breakfast. They all expressed support for the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) but were concerned about opposition from labor trade unions, some agricultura [...]
2006-03-30 23:18:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD CS
06SANSALVADOR1260EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR
[...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in April 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) From April 4 to 6, the PNC hosted the second annual regional gang conference attended by representatives from Mexico, Central America, and the United States. The conference provided a forum to [...]
2006-05-12 15:03:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALEFIN PINR PINS PREL SNAR KCRM KIPR KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR1413REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights record of XXXXXXXXXXXX March, 23 JUL 1964, San Salvador, Male. Major XXXXXXXXXXXX is a member of the Second Air Force Brigade. 3. Post has reviewed available human righ [...]
2006-05-30 19:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR151EL SALVADOR: INL END USE MONITORING REPORT 2005
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2005 INL End Use Monitoring Report. The format follows that set forth in Reftel. 2. PROCEDURES The San Salvador INL Program Manager notifies Salvadoran law enforcement agencies of all INL donations through official letters. Salvadorian law enfor [...]
2006-01-20 18:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC SNAR INL
06SANSALVADOR413SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA
[...] (C) President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca will meet with the President February 24, shortly before El Salvador's March 12 national congressional and mayoral elections. Saca hopes the meeting with the President will further aid his party's chances in the elections, and help him soundly defeat the [...]
2006-02-17 17:20:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL OVIP ETRD MARR MASS KMCA
06SANSALVADOR487EL SALVADOR: SCENESETTER FOR VISITS OF U/S KAREN
[...] (SBU) Embassy San Salvador welcomes and looks forward to your visit to El Salvador March 17 to 18. You are arriving in country following President Saca's very successful visit with the President on February 24. The announcements during the visit that CAFTA-DR would enter into force for El S [...]
2006-02-27 18:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR953 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THIEVES REACT VIOLENTLY TO
[...] (U) On Friday, April 7, vendors of pirated optical media in downtown San Salvador, joined by suspected FMLN-linked militants, launched violent protests, looting and burning several small stores and causing damages estimated at more than $200,000. More than four hours after the protests began [...]
2006-04-10 20:40:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ES CAFTA
06SANTIAGO11SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL
[...] Summary: You arrive in Santiago three days before the presidential run-off election on January 15. This election pits the top two vote-getters from the December 11 first round election: center-left Concertacion coalition's Michelle Bachelet and the center-right National Renewal Party's Sebast [...]
2006-01-03 17:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1456CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2006-07-07 19:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1936MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On September 10, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ., 4,200) carried a column by defense journalist Raul Sohr, entitled, "Cuba and Venezuela, a U.S. Target." Quote: 2. "The United States believes that nothing will ever be the same in Cuba again.... Washington beli [...]
2006-09-11 19:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO2140CHILE EXPLAINS COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS TO G-8
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a local G-8 CTAG meeting, the chiefs of Chile's National Intelligence Agency and the Director of intelligence for the National Investigative Police agreed Chile must seek to disrupt any activity that could benefit terrorists. They said they had no conclusive evidence of a te [...]
2006-10-12 20:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV SNAR EFIN RU CI
06SANTIAGO2243CHILE: MILG REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2006-10-25 16:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO2378U.S.-CHILE RELATIONS: A PREFERENCE FOR ORGANIZED
[...] (C) Two senior MFA officials note Chile's reluctance to adopt a high-profile leadership role in the region, arguing for a ""just as effective"" behind the scenes reliance on Chile's ""soft power."" They are pleased to put the issue of Chile's UNSC vote behind them and suggest that the U.S.-Chile r [...]
2006-11-15 19:02:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO2403CHILE GAMBLES ON CASINO EXPANSION
[...] (C) Summary. Chile hopes to attract more tourism by expanding its casino industry to a total of 22 casinos by 2008. The GOC has vetted bidding casinos for ties to organized crime before granting contracts. However, there appears to be little thought given to the potential increase in crime [...]
2006-11-17 19:41:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV PTER SNAR CI
06SANTIAGO255CHILE: TOUGH ANALYSIS AND CONCRETE PROPOSALS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Chilean defense officials briefed visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman on the Chilean military's view regarding Haiti during the Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) talks in Santiago on January 25. Chilean MOD Undersecretary for War Gabriel Gaspar said that the [...]
2006-02-03 21:09:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MARR MOPS UN HA CI
06SANTIAGO401SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? Yes. A small community of Arab-Muslim descent could demonstrate against U.S. interests. Members of this community have participated in de [...]
2006-02-27 20:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC PTER
06SANTIAGO415BACHELET TO FORM NEW MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Michelle Bachelet intends to establish a Ministry of Public Security, with a still to be defined mandate over funds and administration of all domestic security forces. The main goal is to improve coordination between the Carabineros (national police) and PICH ( [...]
2006-03-01 13:16:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PINR CI
06SANTIAGO446SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHILE
[...] (C) Summary: You arrive in Santiago on the eve of the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, Michelle Bachelet. Since her run-off election on January 15, President-elect Bachelet has named a gender-equal and technically sound cabinet. It is a cabinet not subject to the cont [...]
2006-03-03 17:30:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CI
06SANTIAGO561CHILE: SUPPORTIVE OF MOST CICTE GOALS; CONCERNED
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Special Policies Director Luis Winter told EPOL Counselor that Chile supported most of the U.S. goals for CICTE VI, but would like to discuss further the declaration language on "shared responsibility." Chile was satisfied with CICTE's performance to date, and wo [...]
2006-03-17 21:57:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MARR OAS CI
06SANTIAGO594MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELAN GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE
[...] On March 20, TVN's "Medianoche." Quote: "President Bush has had to withstand an avalanche of criticism...from comments that he is a coward and thickheaded to surveys that associate him with the word incompetent...Bush has announced a possible retaliation against Iran if it moves forward wit [...]
2006-03-21 21:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO630SCENESETTER FOR CNO AND C3F VISITS TO CHILE
[...] (C) Summary: Your arrivals in Santiago follow shortly on the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, former Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet. In foreign policy, Bachelet has declared a focus on strengthening ties with neighbors, while maintaining important relations with th [...]
2006-03-27 11:14:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD MARR MASS OVIP PGOV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO957SCENESETTER FOR AETC/CC VISIT TO CHILE (U)
[...] (C) Summary: Your arrivals in Santiago follow shortly on the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, former Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet. In foreign policy, Bachelet has declared a focus on strengthening ties with neighbors, while maintaining important relations with th [...]
2006-05-08 20:18:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD OVIP PGOV MARR CI PREL
06SANTODOMINGO1355COMMERCE VS. STEWARDSHIP: BATTLE OF THE DOMINICAN
[...] (U) During President Fernandez's recent European trip, French investors proposed to him a USD600 million tourism investment in Bahia de las Aguilas, a pristine undeveloped beach area located inside the protected Jaragua National Park in the Southwest. Dominican Secretary of Tourism Felix "Fe [...]
2006-04-21 21:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV SENV
06SANTODOMINGO1363COMMERCE VS. STEWARDSHIP: BATTLE OF THE DOMINICAN
[...] (U) During President Fernandez's recent European trip, French investors proposed to him a USD600 million tourism investment in Bahia de las Aguilas, a pristine undeveloped beach area located inside the protected Jaragua National Park in the Southwest. Dominican Secretary of Tourism Felix "Fe [...]
2006-04-25 11:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PGOV SENV
06SANTODOMINGO2228AMBASSADOR'S CERTIFICATION FOR SWIFTSHIPS SALE TO
[...] I have reviewed arrangements made by the Dominican authorities, at the suggestion of this Embassy, concerning the proposed sale to the Dominican Republic of four 46-foot Swiftships patrol vessels with financing from the U.S. Export-Import Bank. 2. The Dominican Navy, the Dominican Navy's sp [...]
2006-07-07 11:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SNAR BEXP MARR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2726DOMINICAN POLITICS III #1: ROUTINE AND GENERALLY
[...] This is the first cable in our series on the third year of the administration of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez. Dominican President Makes Routine and Generally Positive Cabinet Changes (C) Summary: Dominican President Leonel Fernandez made a small number of adjustments in his ca [...]
2006-08-24 13:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV PREL PINR MARR
06SANTODOMINGO2838WATCHLISTS AT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S POINTS OF ENTRY
[...] (S) Summary. With reftels Embassy reported on the Dominican Republic's immigration database system located at seaports, airports, and border crossing points. New information reveals that at points of entry only the Dominican intelligence agency has access to watchlists provided by Interpol a [...]
2006-09-01 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETPINR PINS PTER CIVS KFRD DR
06SANTODOMINGO3321STAFFDEL MEACHAM: U.S. ASSISTANCE AND DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Carl Meacham and Bernard Toon, Senior Professional Staff Members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, traveled to the Dominican Republic October 13-14. The visit's primary focus was Operation Enduring Friendship, a U.S. assistance program funded by Section 1206 resource [...]
2006-10-23 21:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PREL OVIP
06SANTODOMINGO3398LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PERIODIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Santo Domingo Law Enforcement Development program has continued to make significant progress in assisting the Dominican National police's (DNP) transition to a professional civilian authority. Police reform initiatives launched within the last year are consistent with n [...]
2006-10-30 19:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS DR
06SANTODOMINGO3438SANTO DOMINGO 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] The Dominican Republic (DR) is a major transit country for drugs from South America, with cocaine transiting to Europe, and both cocaine and heroin transiting to the United States. During 2006, the DR dramatically increased major seizures of narcotics such as heroin, cocaine and MDMA; continued [...]
2006-11-03 20:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO919DOMINICAN PRESIDENT LEONEL FERNANDEZ'S INVITATION
[...] (C) I consider that the invitation to a Central American/Caribbean summit on May 31 hosted by President Leonel Fernandez offers the President the opportunity of a high profile event that will strongly support regional democracy and free trade, just before the General Assembly of the Organizat [...]
2006-03-14 15:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETDR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
06SAOPAULO1039WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-28 11:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO269LEBANESE SUSPECT IN HARIRI ASSASSINATION ARRESTED
[...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Brasilia. 2. (SBU) Sao Paulo State Civil Police arrested Rana Abdel Rahim Koleilat (PDOB Lebanon 23 JAN 1976) on March 12 based on an Interpol warrant for her involvement in the mid-2003 collapse of the Lebanese-based Al-Madina Bank. She is the [...]
2006-03-13 20:22:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER KCRM BR LE
06SAOPAULO498SAO PAULO'S ARAB COMMUNITY: DIVERSITY AND DIVISIONS
[...] (SBU) While the Lebanese Christian community in Sao Paulo is active in politics, the Arab community in general (Muslim and Christian) lacks political clout at the national level. In fact, our conversations with a number of Christian and Muslim leaders of Sao Paulo's large Middle Eastern comm [...]
2006-05-09 16:00:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KPAO KISL KIRF SOCI SCUL BR
06SAOPAULO501MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, RUMSFELD; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 18:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO526GANG WAGES WAR ON SAO PAULO POLICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The notorious Sao Paulo organized crime gang First Capital Command ("PCC") waged a deadly and brutal assault against the police over the weekend, killing 44 officers and injuring another 27 in up to 180 attacks across Sao Paulo state. The police, in turn, killed 23 suspected cr [...]
2006-05-15 20:28:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO577Building on Momentum: Sao Paulo Forms IPR Working Group
[...] (U) Through sustained outreach over the last year, Post has successfully raised the profile of IPR problems in the consular district and forged relationships with local business and law enforcement interlocutors as effective means for encouraging improved IPR protection. To build on recent su [...]
2006-05-24 09:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD KJUS EIND EAGR BR
06SAOPAULO652MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI'S DEATH; SAO
[...] "The Terrorist's End Does Not Resolve, But Helps" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (6/9): "Finally, good news came from Iraq: Zarqawi was killed.... Morally, the butcher's death can only be saluted with relief. Zarqawi had a relevant role in the [...]
2006-06-09 12:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO675COMMERCE SECRETARY PROMOTES U.S. EXPORTS, PUSHES
[...] During his June 7-8 visit to Sao Paulo, Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez discussed intellectual property rights with the Governors of four states and attended a meeting of the Sao Paulo State Interagency Committee to Combat Piracy; met with leaders of major business and industrial gro [...]
2006-06-16 16:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP ETRD BEXP KIPR EINV PGOV EAGR ENRG BR
06SAOPAULO676PSDB INSIDER OFFERS "REALISTIC" ASSESSMENT OF ALCKMIN'S
[...] (SBU) Though not sanguine about the odds, PSDB heavyweight Andrea Matarazzo thinks Geraldo Alckmin still has a chance to defeat President Lula in the election this October, provided that all the pieces fall into place. But the Assistant Mayor of Sao Paulo's downtown district thinks his party [...]
2006-06-16 18:35:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON BR
06SAOPAULO692BRAZIL'S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Viewed through the lenses applied by many business groupings, Brazil's "competitiveness" has been falling relative to its major emerging market peers, such as India and China. Numerous surveys of business leaders and some studies, including by the OECD, show Brazil falling in var [...]
2006-06-22 15:15:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KIPR PGOV ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO708PCC FOILED IN ATTEMPTED ATTACKS ON OUTSKIRTS OF SP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sao Paulo state security officials reported on Monday, June 26, that police foiled several attacks against employees of detention facilities planned by Sao Paulo's notorious criminal gang the First Capital Command (PCC). State officials said imprisoned PCC leaders ordered stre [...]
2006-06-27 18:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO742PCC KILLS PRISON GUARDS AT HOME, POLICE NAB DOZENS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten days after a raid that left 13 of their compatriots dead and five apprehended, the PCC has carried out almost daily, precise assassinations and attempts on prison guards at their homes around Sao Paulo. Five guards have been killed and several other law enforcement person [...]
2006-07-07 16:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO865PRE-FATHER'S DAY ATTACKS IN SAO PAULO BY PCC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sao Paulo residents awoke Monday morning, August 7, to reports of yet another round of bus burnings and bomb and gun attacks against police targets orchestrated by the organized crime ring PCC. Twenty-seven attacks were reported in greater Sao Paulo by the office of the state [...]
2006-08-07 19:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO873 FEWER PCC ATTACKS IN SAO PAULO BUT NEW POLITICAL BATTLES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The third day of what is being called the third wave of PCC-led attacks in Sao Paulo state brought only a few new incidents on Wednesday morning, August 9. The newest attacks, however, included targets in upper-scale neighborhoods and the greater use of homemade bombs. Meanwh [...]
2006-08-09 19:48:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO887 QUIET IN SAO PAULO, BUT JOURNALISTS' KIDNAPPING MARKS NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Sao Paulo residents enjoyed a relatively quiet Father's Day weekend, as a feared repeat of the widespread violence that occurred on Mother's Day three months ago failed to materialize (ref B). Some 13,000 inmates were given weekend furloughs for the holiday, but only scattered [...]
2006-08-14 13:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO892MEDIA REACTION: GWOT: AIRLINE TERROR PLOT; WESTERN
[...] "The Right Way To Fight Terror" The lead editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (8/12) maintained: "Almost five years from the unprecedented September 11 attacks, only a few things in the world today are as clear as the futility and the boomerang effect of the war the US under the Bus [...]
2006-08-15 12:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO907PMDB LEADER PREDICTS NARROW LULA VICTORY, AND A
[...] (SBU) Federal Deputy Delfim Netto predicted President Lula will win a "fairly close" election in the second round if he can avoid committing too many more gaffes. Lula's Workers Party (PT),however, will take a serious hit because of corruption scandals and will end up with fewer than 50 Fede [...]
2006-08-18 13:24:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON BR
06SAOPAULO962MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: LEFTIST LEANINGS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 15:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SARAJEVO1451BOSNIA: NEW REPUBLIKA SRPSKA POLICE DIRECTOR -
[...] (C) The Republika Srpska (RS) confirmed the appointment of relatively unknown Uros Pena as the new RS Police Director on June 23, replacing controversial former director Dragomir Andan. Andan resigned in April under pressure from ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte, who accused Andan of cr [...]
2006-06-27 14:55:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PTER PGOV PINR PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1751RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY COOPERATION TO SWCI
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sarajevo and Banja Luka. Both GBiH and RS officials affirmed their commitment to ICTY cooperation, and all agreed with Ambas [...]
2006-08-04 11:42:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKWAC PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1773CORRECTED COPY: RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY
[...] (U) This cable replaces Sarajevo 1751 (ref. A). This cable has been cleared by S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's office. 2. (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sa [...]
2006-08-07 08:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO2717BOSNIA AND NATO: THE CASE FOR PFP MEMBERSHIP
[...] (S) Summary. As we approach the NATO Riga Summit, we think that the time is right to consider admittance of Bosnia to the Partnership for Peace (PfP). With the implementation of defense reform legislation, Bosnia has met the technical requirements for PfP membership. Bosnia has made substan [...]
2006-10-31 14:55:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO27442006-2007 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INSCR REPORT (PART 1)
[...] (U) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) PART ONE FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain in a formative period and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of law enforceme [...]
2006-11-03 15:12:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BK
06SARAJEVO3187BOSNIA - DELPONTE GIVES RS MINISTER CADJO 30 DAYS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The HighRep on December 15 told the Ambassador that ICTY Chief Prosecutor had delivered an ultimatum to RS Minister of Interior Cadjo demanding action within 30 days against ICTY indictee Stojan Zupljanan. The HighRep indicated that he would be prepared to use his Bonn Powers to [...]
2006-12-18 14:02:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3249BOSNIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] This cable contains Embassy Sarajevo's submission to the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism, as requested in Ref. A 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina's law enforcement organizations continued their good counterterrorism cooperation with the United States, within the limits of current institutional c [...]
2006-12-26 10:45:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR PREL PGOV
06SEOUL1154SEVENTH U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE MEETING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At the seventh U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative (SPI) meeting in Seoul, March 21, the two sides agreed to work toward a shorter and less detailed Comprehensive Security Assessment (CSA),noted significant progress on the Joint Vision Study, and reaffirmed the commitment to dev [...]
2006-04-07 08:11:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL MARR KS
06SEOUL1496KOREAN PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) On May 3, PolMil Chief delivered reftel message on the Iraq PRT initiative to Min Kyong-ho, Director of North America Division III, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Undertaking to report the follow-up request to relevant offices in MOFAT [...]
2006-05-03 09:57:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL IZ KS
06SEOUL1836EAP PDAS STEPHENS' JUNE 1 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT
[...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with EAP PDAS Kathleen Stephens, Assistant Minister of Unification Park Chan-bong stated that the DPRK's latest display of uncooperative behavior in inter-Korean dialogue led Seoul to question whether the DPRK leadership was experiencing some new internal strife in its [...]
2006-06-02 08:42:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC MARR ECON KN KS
06SEOUL1855PRESS BULLETIN - JUNE 5, 2006
[...] How Far Will Seoul Be Swayed By Pyongyang and Washington? (Dong-a Ilbo) 2. A Collapse is Also an Option at the FTA Talks (Hankyoreh Shinmun) FEATURES 3. Joint Chiefs of Staffs Report: "ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command to Be Dissolved in 2012" (Chosun Ilbo) 4. If U.S. Pre [...]
2006-06-05 07:54:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
06SEOUL2213ROKG LIKELY TO SUSPEND DPRK HUMANITARIAN AID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 5 meeting with the Ambassador and A/DCM, Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon shared his "grave concern" over the DPRK missile launches and said that the ROKG had "more or less agreed" to suspend humanitarian aid to the North. FM Ban said that it would be important to respond [...]
2006-07-05 12:29:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL2227ROKG OFFICIALS DISCUSS DPRK MISSILES, KIC,
[...] (C) In a series of meetings on June 28, SFRC Professional Staff Member Frank Jannuzi told officials from the Ministry of Unification (MOU),Ministry of National Defense (MND),and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) that the ROK should seek to dissuade a DPRK missile launch. Seo [...]
2006-07-06 06:01:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC ETRD KS KN
06SEOUL2243REUNION REFOCUSES ROK PUBLIC ON ABDUCTEES
[...] (SBU) The emotional June 28-30 reunion between Kim Young-nam, a ROK abduction victim, and his South Korean mother has increased domestic interest in the DPRK's post-Korean War abductions of ROK nationals. Kim is one of a total of 485 South Korean abduction victims believed to be remaining in [...]
2006-07-07 02:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL2457ROKG AID SUSPENSION TRIGGERS ANGRY DPRK BACKLASH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a July 21 meeting with the A/DCM, Secretary to the President for National Security Strategy SIPDIS Park Sun-won said that the DPRK has responded strongly to the ROKG's suspension of humanitarian aid following the DPRK's July 5 missile launches. To date, the DPRK has indica [...]
2006-07-21 09:26:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL2475THE GRAND NATIONAL PARTY - LEADERSHIP RESHUFFLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11 at the Grand National Party (GNP) convention, five-term National Assembly member Kang Jae-sup was elected GNP Chairman. Along with Kang, four GNP Supreme Council members were elected. On July 18, Kang nominated two more members to the Council and appointed the head of [...]
2006-07-24 02:18:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS
06SEOUL2827PRESIDENT ROH'S INFORMAL COMMENTS ON OPCON, NORTH
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On August 13, President Roh Moo-hyun hosted a dinner for several newspapers which are considered "friendly" to the Roh Administration, including Hankyoreh, KyungHyang and Seoul Shinmun. Over the course of the dinner, Roh made frank comments on a number of issues, in [...]
2006-08-19 09:15:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KS
06SEOUL3103AMBASSADOR VERSHBOW DISCUSSES OPCON WITH GNP FLOOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition GNP Floor Leader Kim Hyoung-o told the Ambassador several times in a meeting on September 6 that the Grand National Party (GNP) strongly urged the U.S. not to discuss a timetable for the handover of wartime operational control (OPCON) at the September 14 summit or the [...]
2006-09-08 09:39:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL3426KOREAN RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR TEST: AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The South Korean government's response to North Korea's October 9, 2006 announcement that it had conducted a successful nuclear test included a pledge by FM Ban for swift, sure and strong action, beginning with suspension of a scheduled shipment of emergency relief aid to the Nort [...]
2006-10-09 13:17:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP CH KN KS JA
06SEOUL3433INR A/S FORT'S MEETING WITH MOU VICE MINISTER SHIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 27 meeting, Ministry of Unification (MOU) Vice Minister Shin Eon-sang told visiting INR Assistant Secretary (A/S) Randall Fort that the international community needed to create an environment where North Korea's weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) would be useless. [...]
2006-10-10 07:44:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KN KS
06SEOUL3437INR A/S FORT,S MEETING WITH MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER
[...] (C) Over dinner on September 26, Amb. Park In-kook, Deputy Minister of Policy Planning and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),agreed with visiting INR Assistant Secretary (A/S) Randall Fort that Japan remained preoccupied with the DPRK abduction is [...]
2006-10-10 08:00:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN KS
06SEOUL3440INR A/S FORT'S MEETING WITH NIS FIRST DEPUTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 27 meeting with visiting INR Assistant Secretary Randall Fort, National Intelligence Service (NIS) First Deputy Director Kim Man-bok said NIS has no evidence that Kim Jong-il would visit China in the near future. DD Kim said he believed there was consensus among th [...]
2006-10-10 08:31:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL3720SEOUL DEBATES PSI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ROK government and National Assembly are engaged in a sharply divided debate over whether to increase support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),and if so with what caveats. Post expects a decision soon, but nearly all sides appear to agree that regardless of [...]
2006-10-30 09:44:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP KS KN
06SEOUL3760KOREA'S NEW INTEL CHIEF NAMED
[...] (U) President Roh Moo-hyun named Kim Man-bok as the new chief of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) on November  [...]
2006-11-01 08:13:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3767ROK OFFERS TO EXPAND PSI PARTICIPATION, WITHOUT
[...] (S) On November 1, Park Sun-won, Secretary to the President for National Security Strategy, outlined for the DCM a new ROK proposal for its participation in PSI. He said the South Korean Government would soon announce three responses to the October 9 North Korean nuclear weapons test: 1) Me [...]
2006-11-01 11:08:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KS KN
06SEOUL3898ROK "SUPPORTS" PSI "PURPOSE AND PRINCIPLES"
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, Blue House National Security Advisor Park Sun-won conveyed the ROKG's final position on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),which states that the ROKG "supports the purpose and principles of the initiative but will implement it in accordance with [...]
2006-11-13 09:37:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP KS
06SEOUL3922SCENESETTER FOR U.S.- ROK MINISTERIAL AT APEC
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your November 18 meeting with South Korean National Security Advisor and Foreign Minister-designate Song Min-soon comes as the Republic of Korea (ROK) has entered a period of significant transition. In the foreign policy arena, change began with the October 9 DPRK nuclear [...]
2006-11-14 05:42:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS
06SEOUL4166RESPONSE RECEIVED: IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF
[...] (S) Park, Chul-min, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)s Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division provided a response to reftel demarche after consulting with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy (MOCIE) and the Korean National Intelligence Service (KNIS). [...]
2006-12-05 09:03:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL ETTC KS IR
06SEOUL4281NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN THE ROK: AN OVERVIEW
[...] (SBU) The ROKG's resettlement programs for North Korean refugees have evolved over time as the number of refugees has grown and their demographics have changed. South Korean officials and experts see the ROK's efforts to help the nearly 10,000 refugees successfully resettle in the ROK as the [...]
2006-12-15 09:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KS KN
06SEOUL4282NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES: FIRST STEPS INTO ROK SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Upon arrival in the ROK, North Koreans undergo an interagency security screening process, during which the ROKG seeks to confirm refugees' bona fides and assess security risks. Thereafter, nearly all North Koreans move to the ROK's Hanawon resettlement facility, where they rece [...]
2006-12-15 09:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KS KN
06SEOUL504CABINET HEARINGS END WITH A WHIMPER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Assembly's first-ever hearings on Cabinet nominees ended with a whimper February 10, as President Roh ignored the legislature's non-binding opinions, as well as the objections of many in his own party, and installed five new Cabinet members and a new police chief. T [...]
2006-02-14 07:37:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS
06SEOUL615ROKG AGREES TO HOST INTER-AGENCY PSI OPERATIONAL
[...] (C) As requested reftle, on February 21, we proposed a March 8 interagency meeting between the U.S. Proliferation Security Initiative Operational Experts delegation and their Korean counterparts. Deputy Director Park Chul-min of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Fore [...]
2006-02-24 08:32:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC KNNP JP KN KS
06SEOUL777SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Post's submission for the sixth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Ref A. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The ROKG continued to make efforts to fight trafficking in persons during the March 2005 to March 2006 reporting period. G [...]
2006-03-10 09:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKS KCRM KWMN PGOV ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06SEOUL864MARCH 2006 QUARTERLY TRADE MEETING: AGENDA-SETTING
[...] (SBU) The first Quarterly Trade Meeting (QTM) for 2006 was held in Seoul on March 3. While there were no breakthroughs, the meeting was constructive and identified no new problems. The Korean government indicated a willingness to address USG concerns, including a potentially serious problem [...]
2006-03-16 08:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KS
06SEOUL990ROK OFFICIALS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS IN SUPPORT OF WMD
[...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with ROKG counterparts in Seoul, a U.S. inter-agency Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) team briefed South Korean officials on the operational aspects of PSI and recent trends in proliferation. The ROK delegation summarized the factors that led Seoul to accept f [...]
2006-03-27 05:32:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN KS
06SINGAPORE1047SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETINGS WITH DEPUTY PRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: During Secretary Michael Chertoff's March 29 and 30 meetings with Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng, the Secretary outlined the United States' approach to improving transportation security in ways which facilitate rather than hamper tra [...]
2006-03-31 08:15:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV EFIN KCRM SN
06SINGAPORE1119FTA - JOINT COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SECOND ANNUAL REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives from the USG and GOS (the "Joint Committee") met in Washington March 30 for the second annual review of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The review agenda (individual items noted below) focused both on implementation of the current agreement and p [...]
2006-04-06 08:22:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EINV ECPS SENV EAGR KTEX KIPR ETTC SN
06SINGAPORE1567SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR EAP A/S HILL
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your May 20-22 visit to Singapore. Singapore's leadership will be interested in your views on developments in Asia and the U.S. role in the region and can be counted on to provide thoughtful views on questions such as terrorism in Southeast Asia and the rise of China. [...]
2006-05-16 05:39:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD PTER PHUM SN
06SINGAPORE228DPM WONG ON CASINO REGULATION AND THE TERRORIST
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs (MHA) Wong Kan Seng and the Ambassador discussed our extensive intelligence and law enforcement cooperation and ways to improve them during a January 24 courtesy call. Turning to casino regulation, Minister Wong said Singapore ha [...]
2006-01-26 03:09:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SOCI KCRM SN
06SINGAPORE2443TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES CONTINUING DPRK
[...] (S) Summary: Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey raised USG concerns regarding continued North Korean (DPRK) financial activity -- specifically related to WMD proliferation and Tanchon Commercial Bank -- in Singapore during separate July 21 meetings [...]
2006-08-01 09:01:00Embassy SingaporeSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PRTER PARM KCRM SN KN
06SINGAPORE3180(S) GOS RESPONSE TO SOKKIA SINGAPORE PTE LTD
[...] (S/NF) Econ/Pol Chief met on October 3 with Paul Koh, Senior Deputy Director, International Organizations Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel points regarding possible transfers of dual-use items by Sokkia Singapore Pte Ltd to Iran. Also present were Yvonne Ow and Val [...]
2006-10-05 06:38:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SN
06SINGAPORE3224INR A/S FORT AND GOS DISCUSS REGIONAL
[...] (S) Summary: The rise of China and India was creating a new dynamic in the region and the United States should not rely exclusively on its traditional alliance system to maintain its influence, MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told INR Assistant Secretary Fort during his Octobe [...]
2006-10-11 04:02:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETPTER PREL PGOV ECON PINR SN
06SINGAPORE34292006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2006-2007 International narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I Q Drug and Chemical Control. Part II will be submitted septel. I. Summary 2. The Government of Singapore (GOS) enforces stringent counter narcotics policies through strict [...]
2006-10-26 09:01:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN
06SINGAPORE3515TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO)
[...] (U) Post provides the following responses to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) TFCO Contact Information: TFCO Ike Reed Economic/Political Counselor Tel: (65) 6476-9424 Unclassified e-mail: ReedI@state.gov SIPDIS Classified e-mail: ReedHV@state.sgov.gov TFCO DEPUTY Paul Horowitz Seni [...]
2006-11-03 05:58:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER SN
06SINGAPORE3538SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO SINGAPORE
[...] (C) Mr. President, I warmly welcome your November 16-17 visit to Singapore. The U.S.-Singapore bilateral relationship is at an historic high point. Your visit and the major policy address you will deliver here signal the importance we attach to ties with both Singapore and the broader Southe [...]
2006-11-06 07:07:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD SN
06SINGAPORE3547SINGAPORE 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II Q Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Part I was transmitted septel. 2. Begin text of the draft report: Singapore As a significant international financial and investm [...]
2006-11-06 09:11:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN PTER KSEP ETTC SNAR SN
06SINGAPORE3592PM A/S HILLEN DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: PM Assistant Secretary Dr. John Hillen briefed his interlocutors on U.S. efforts to promote regional security cooperation in Southeast Asia using a model that had been successful in the Gulf. Foreign Minister George Yeo responded enthusiastically and suggested including both secu [...]
2006-11-13 02:32:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETPREL PTER MARR PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE554EAP DAS JOHN'S VISIT TO SINGAPORE
[...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John briefed GOS interlocutors on U.S. engagement with Southeast Asia and the resumption of military ties with the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) during his February 8-11 visit. Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary Chiang Chie Foo said Preside [...]
2006-02-24 03:51:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PTER SN
06SINGAPORE725SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your March 28-30 visit to Singapore and look forward to introducing you to Singapore's leadership. The bilateral relationship is at an historic high point and your visit offers tremendous opportunities to move it further forward, particularly in law enforcement cooperat [...]
2006-03-09 04:59:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL ETRD KCRM EFIN SN
06SINGAPORE990AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOF/MFA SECOND MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Second Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim told the Ambassador during a March 24 courtesy call that the United States and Singapore could resolve issues separating us on a double taxation agreement (DTA). On casinos, he said that Singapore would implement addit [...]
2006-03-28 06:44:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETTC PGOV PREL SN
06SKOPJE105MACEDONIA & NATO MEMBERSHIP: DEFENSE REFORMS ON
[...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: Macedonia is in its 7th MAP cycle and has made significant progress in meeting its defense reform goals, but still falls short in terms of meeting political and economic MAP criteria. To be considered a strong candidate for NATO membership by mid-2007, with a view to rece [...]
2006-02-02 07:14:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR MASS MK
06SKOPJE383U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) During a tete-a-tete meeting April 13 in Skopje, President Crvenkovski gave Amb. Wisner his assessment of Serbian President Tadic as "pragmatic" in dealing with Kosovo status issues, while characterizing Serbian PM Kostunica as unlikely to compromise and more likely to walk out of the stat [...]
2006-04-21 16:34:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KS MK
06SKOPJE625MACEDONIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN CALMS; AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) An unspoken agreement to cool things down has taken hold in Macedonia after a handful of campaign-related incidents, some of them violent and most of them between competing ethnic Albania parties DUI and DPA, occurred at the beginning of the official parliamentary elections campaign on Jun [...]
2006-06-30 13:31:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MK
06SOFIA1080LINE OF BULGARIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BEGINS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 22 presidential elections will offer Bulgarian voters the opportunity to pass judgment on the country,s most influential politician, incumbent President Georgi Parvanov. With Parvanov's candidacy a certainty (though still formally unannounced),several other figur [...]
2006-08-03 12:42:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BU
06SOFIA1168BULGARIA: NEW TOOLS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under U.S. and EU urging, Bulgaria has begun considering more sophisticated tools to fight organized crime (OC),especially its financial aspects. Complex money laundering schemes finance massive, pervasive local underground activities. Recognizing that inadequate laws and w [...]
2006-08-17 04:10:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM PGOV PTER BU
06SOFIA1608TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 08:51:00Embassy SofiaSECRETEFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN BU
06SOFIA1652BULGARIAN BANKS GENERALLY HEALTHY, BUT A FEW BAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian banking sector is in its strongest position since the banking crisis of 1996. Thanks to stricter legislation, sound bank oversight and management, and an influx of large, stable foreign banks, most Bulgarian banks are prospering legitimately. Two skunks are circling [...]
2006-12-11 12:44:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV BU
06SOFIA1655BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO DISCLOSE COMMUNIST-ERA FILES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's parliament passed groundbreaking legislation on December 6, to open up the files of the former communist secret services. Under the law, adopted after heated debate, all senior officials in the Presidency, Parliament, government, the Judiciary, academia, mass media, [...]
2006-12-11 15:17:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BU
06SOFIA1656TERRORIST LISTS: BULGARIA
[...] (SBU) According to our contacts at the Financial Intelligence Agency and other Bulgarian government entities, Bulgaria does not maintain its own "national" list of terrorists. The GOB instead uses information from the United Nations, European Union and other individual countries when determin [...]
2006-12-12 07:22:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER BU
06SOFIA215SCENESETTER FOR BULGARIAN INTERIOR MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rumen Petkov is one of the most influential personalities in the current government, and is almost certainly the one who evokes the strongest feelings among Bulgarians. Recent public opinion data shows him to be among the most popular public officials in the coun [...]
2006-02-10 16:00:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KCOR BU
06SOFIA537BULGARIA'S G8 CTAG MEETING: POLITICS OVERSHADOWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 13 April, A/DCM attended a local meeting of the G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group and delivered reftel A talking points. The meeting was chaired by Russian Ambassador Anatoly Potapov and was attended by diplomatic representatives of all G8 member nations except Canada, which [...]
2006-04-17 14:45:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPGOV PTER RS BU
06SOFIA58TERRORIST FINANCE: POSSIBLE HIT IN BULGARIA ON
[...] (C) Dr. Vasil Kirov, Director of the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA),called in Econ Officers on January 13 to discuss a possible hit on one of the eight names the USG sent the GOB in terrorist finance list 74 on December 9, 2005. 2. (C) Bulgarian bank Bulbank informed the FIA that the [...]
2006-01-13 15:22:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER CVIS KTFN BU
06SOFIA647BULGARIA'S MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN: GREAT HOPES,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Sofia Mayor and former Interior Ministry General Boiko Borisov has stormed onto the national political scene in recent weeks, founding a new movement that has quickly become the most popular political force in the country. Borisov has denied rumors that he will be a candidate [...]
2006-05-09 10:04:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR MARR ASEC KCOR KCRM BU
06SOFIA786STATE SECURITY FILES COME BACK TO HAUNT BULGARIA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The unfinished sixteen-year-old debate over Bulgaria's communist-era State Security files was unexpectedly revived in recent days when Interior Minister Rumen Petkov revealed that several prominent journalists and political figures, including the country's highest Islamic lead [...]
2006-06-05 13:39:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR BU
06SOFIA827BULGARIA: SHORT WINDOW TO COMPLETE "ACTION PLAN"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria presented its Action Plan to the European Community on June 8 after weeks of collaboration to identify the most important weaknesses that threaten its 2007 entry. The government has until mid-July's first draft of the EC report to make real progress and begin swaying op [...]
2006-06-13 12:57:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EUN BU
06SOFIA926BULGARIAN CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S JULY 9-13 VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev is arguably Bulgaria's best hope for fighting organized crime and related political corruption. His position under the constitution gives him vast powers, which, if wielded effectively, could put a major crimp in the activities of organized cr [...]
2006-07-05 07:28:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCOR KCRM OVIP BG
06SOFIA958ZFR ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS, STANISHEV EXCEEDING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 13:04:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPREL MARR ECON PGOV IZ BG
06SOFIA968ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS, STANISHEV EXCEEDING
[...] (C) Summary. After ten months in office, the coalition government led by Socialist (BSP) Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev has surprised observers with its consistently pro-U.S. foreign policy, conservative fiscal policy and relative internal stability. Stanishev's government quickly reversed [...]
2006-07-11 12:06:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPREL MARR ECON PGOV IZ BG
06STATE113089JUNE 7 U.S.-CHINA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 15:18:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PARM PREL CH KN IN IR PGOV
06STATE116138LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUIRED FOR ALL GPOI
[...] (U) Summary: The Department requests that all Posts participating in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) conduct human rights vetting for related training and activities as mandated by the annual Foreign Operations Appropriations Acts (FOAA) (Section 551 in the FY 2006 FOAA). Plea [...]
2006-07-14 22:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM
06STATE117616E.O. 13382: DESIGNATION OF TWO IRANIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Background: On June 29, 2005 the President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 authorizing the U.S. to block or "freeze" the assets of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferators and their supporters (reftel). E.O. 13382 auth [...]
2006-07-18 19:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV IR
06STATE182789Net-Centric Diplomacy Biographic Files Moved to
[...] This message is to inform all posts that foreign leadership biographic files in State's Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) database have been moved to Intellipedia, the inter-agency wiki on the USG's classified network (aka SIPRNet/Intelink-S). All posts are encouraged to use this secure, USG-only to [...]
2006-11-03 21:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR ECON MGMT
06STATE194431TRANSFER OF DETAINEES FROM
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 2. 2. (S) Action Request. Post should deliver the note in paragraph 3 and draw from the points in paragraph 4 to convey to the GOK that the USG intends to include the three detainees approved for transfer (refs B and C) in the next Det [...]
2006-12-01 23:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PINS KZ
06STATE196230IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT GUIDANCE
[...] This cable provides initial guidance for posts to use in responding to inquiries about the report of the Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Representative Lee Hamilton. 2. BACKGROUND: The Iraq Study Group (ISG) was created on March 15, 2006 at t [...]
2006-12-07 02:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ IR SY XF
06STATE61225UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' APRIL 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by: Acting EAP A/S Kathleen Stephens, reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) Participants: Morning meeting U.S. Under Secretary Burns EAP A/S Kathy Stephens (acting) P Special Assistant Andrew Shaw EAP/J Director Wendell Albright (acting) JAPAN Deputy Foreign Minister Ni [...]
2006-04-18 15:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL MARR MCAP MNUC PARM PINR SNAR IZ IR IN AF JA
06STATE83673ALLIED SHARING AND SIPRNET
[...] (U) This is an action message. As a part of the continuing war on terrorism and in response to recommendations of the 9/11 and the WMD Commissions, the Congress and the President have mandated a number of changes in the way information is to be shared, within the federal government, between t [...]
2006-05-23 22:18:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNAMGT AOMS PINR ACOA KCCP
06STATE89712FURTHER GUIDANCE ON THE SIPDIS CABLE CAPTION
[...] (SBU) The Department in December 2005 distributed general guidance (05 State 00226504) concerning the use of the new SIPDIS distribution caption (5FAH-2 H-440). The SIPDIS caption (which means SIPRnet distribution) facilitates inter-agency information sharing, a top State Department priority [...]
2006-06-02 16:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ACOA AOMS PINR KCCP
06STATE93016(U) ISLAMIC FINANCE (C-TN6-00207)
[...] (C) AS POSTS ARE AWARE, POLICY MAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN THE GROWTH AND IMPLICATIONS OF ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, WHICH OFFER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH ISLAMIC LAW, WHICH FORBIDS PAYING OR RECEIVING INTEREST, MANDATES THAT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BE BASED ON REAL ECON [...]
2006-06-07 23:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPINR ECIN EFIN AL BA BK EG ID KU MU MY PK QA SA
06SUVA427TAIWAN PRESIDENT CHEN'S VISIT TO NAURU; READ-OUT
[...] (C) Summary: According to Australia's Consul General in Nauru, security concerns were paramount during Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's six-hour state visit to Nauru September 6. Of the 80-member Taiwan delegation that made the trip, 30 were security guards. The Nauru Police were required [...]
2006-10-12 21:47:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID TW NR FJ CH XU
06SUVA543FIJI UPDATE 12/6: BAINIMARAMA DISSOLVES
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama swore in his caretaker Prime Minister of Fiji Wednesday late afternoon and then dissolved Parliament. He later announced new Commissioners of Police and Prisons. The RFMF moved VP Madraiwiwi out of his office today and convinced PM Qarase to relocate, for now, to his [...]
2006-12-05 23:43:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA64NEW DOCUMENTS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary. The Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, Jennifer Rawson, passed us copies February 17 of two documents that raise concerns about Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Frank Bainimarama's intentions in the run-up to this year's planned elections in Fiji. Both docu [...]
2006-02-17 06:55:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ASEC FJ
06TAIPEI109Overview of Taiwan's Investment Climate
[...] Summary: Septel transmits AIT's mandated annual report with Taiwan's "Investment Climate Statement." Here we attempt to answer a different question: Are local and international investors, especially long-term investors, satisfied with Taiwan's investment climate, looking at both political a [...]
2006-01-12 06:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN PINR OPIC KTDB USTR TW
06TAIPEI1340FORMER PREMIER URGES TAIWAN - PRC ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary. Former Premier Vincent Siew described Taiwan to AIT Director as politically divided over the appropriate policy on cross-Strait issues. He prescribed consultative mechanisms between the KMT and DPP to resolve domestic issues and consultations, on economic issues only, between T [...]
2006-04-17 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1582AIT DIRECTOR CALLS ON MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his May 1st introductory call on Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Hwang Ing-san, Director Young raised upcoming consultations on bilateral trade issues under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA),noting that agricultural market access, IPR prote [...]
2006-05-09 09:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV TW
06TAIPEI1987TAIWAN EXPLAINS CROSS-STRAIT POLICY
[...] (U) In a June 1 speech at National Chengchi University, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu said he expects regular cross-Strait charter flights and mainland tourist travel within five to six months. He reiterated familiar complaints that China misunderstands Taiwan's democracy [...]
2006-06-10 04:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON CH TW
06TAIPEI2574 Taipei Economic Brief for July
[...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in July 2006: --Economic Conference offers 516 recommendations; --Economy expected to slow in H2; --Taiwan to streamline insurance policy review; --Restriction on foreign professionals relaxed; --TSMC vaults to 4th largest sem [...]
2006-08-01 08:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI3407Taipei Economic Brief for September 2006
[...] This cable summarizes selected September 2006 economic events in Taiwan: --Exports sustain Taiwan economic growth; --High-tech manufacturing grows; --Semiconductor counter-complaint; --More Taiwan technology flows to China; --Taiwan pharmaceutical plants; --State ownership in Chunghwa Telec [...]
2006-10-03 08:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI3493MTAG: TAIWAN DELIVERS IRAN/NORTH KOREA VISA
[...] (S) As per the agreement reported Ref A, Taiwan has provided AIT with detailed information on North Korean and Iranian nationals receiving Taiwan visas for review by Washington agencies. AIT has forwarded the information via the State Intranet system to EAP/TC and ISN/MTR. Separately, AIT d [...]
2006-10-12 09:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC UNSCR TW NKWG
06TAIPEI3589LEGISLATIVE YUAN SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON ARMS
[...] (S) Summary: LY Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (KMT) told the Director on October 19 that party leaders in the LY have agreed to put the supplementary budget bill on arms procurement on the LY agenda for review next week. The regular defense budget, which also includes arms procurement, has already b [...]
2006-10-19 11:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPGOV MCAP PREL TW
06TAIPEI3725TAIWAN PLEDGES TO INVESTIGATE EXPORT CONTROL CASES
[...] (C) Summary: On October 30, Taiwan Director General of the Ministry of Justice, Investigation Bureau Yeh Cherng-maw assured AIT Director Young of full cooperation in investigating export control cases and other illicit trade. End Summary. 2. (C) On October 30, AIT Director Young met Ministr [...]
2006-11-01 08:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALASEC ETTC ECON ETRD PREL SNAR TW
06TAIPEI4067CHINA RATCHETS UP DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary. Bejing is ratcheting up its global drive to contain and undercut Taiwan, Taiwan Foreign Minister James Huang told the Director on December 6. In particular, PRC pressure in Central America and Africa is keeping the heat on Taiwan, said Huang, who just returned from relations-st [...]
2006-12-06 22:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TW
06TAIPEI4145COUNTER-TERRORISM IN TAIWAN: PROGRESS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan authorities have made a concerted effort since 2005 to establish an island wide counter-terrorism network to reduce stove-piping and competing interests between relevant ministries and agencies that could hamper the government's response in the event of a terrorist attac [...]
2006-12-18 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PTER TW ID
06TAIPEI6422006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: TAIWAN
[...] (U) Following is AIT/T's 2005-06 Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with 21 A. -------- Overview -------- 21 A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, women or [...]
2006-03-01 07:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06TALLINN1000TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER
[...] (U) Contact information for Embassy Tallinn TFCO: Jessica Adkins, Political/Economic Section Chief; Phone: 372 668-8230; Unclassified E-Mail: AdkinsJL@state.gov; Classified E-Mail: AdkinsJL@state.sgov.gov. 2. (U) Contact information for Embassy Tallinn Deputy TFCO: Rebecca Raman, Polit [...]
2006-11-08 12:24:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER
06TALLINN1085 RUSSIAN PROVOCATIONS FALL FLAT IN ESTONIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, several Russian attempts to provoke Estonia with Soviet-style propaganda have fallen flat. A Duma resolution on the Soviet soldiers' memorial in downtown Tallinn (the so-called "Bronze Soldier"),a well-timed declassification of documents "proving" U.S. and B [...]
2006-12-07 10:40:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV RS EN
06TALLINN1131ESTONIA: PRIME MINISTER ANSIP VISITS AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Afghanistan December 10- 12, Prime Minister Ansip assured President Karzai that Estonia and NATO are in Afghanistan for the "long haul." Karzai expressed gratitude for Estonia's support to Afghanistan and complained bitterly about Pakistan's unwillingness to dea [...]
2006-12-22 12:07:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL AF EN
06TALLINN768ESTONIA LEADS THE WAY: MILITARY TRANSFORMATION
[...] (C) Summary. Over the last several years, Estonia has made significant strides towards modernizing its military and meeting its NATO requirements. Since 2001, Estonia has increased its defense spending 13 percent annually. The GOE has contributed forces to priority international operations a [...]
2006-08-24 08:30:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN901CODEL FRIST VISITS ESTONIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a brief meeting with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Defense Minister Jurgen Ligi in Tallinn on October 1, a Congressional delegation composed of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) thanked the GOE for Estonia's strong support in [...]
2006-10-03 11:16:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS CVIS IZ AF EN
06TASHKENT1358FM GANIEV OUT, NOROV IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Confirming rumors post picked up through the day, President Islom Karimov issued a decree July 12 naming former Ambassador to Belgium, NATO and the EU Vladimir Norov as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs. Former Foreign Minister Elyor Ganiev returned to his old post of Minister [...]
2006-07-13 14:21:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UZ
06TASHKENT1707FEARS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM GROWING
[...] (C) Summary: The GOU has urged Tashkent community leaders to take robust measures to discourage Islamist tendencies among the public. An Embassy contact with strong local government connections said that officials expressed fear that Islamists may be planning disturbances ahead of the 2007 P [...]
2006-09-07 10:43:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF KISL PHUM PTER SOCI UZ
06TASHKENT2324NEW STATE ADVISOR ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS BAKHROM
[...] (C) Summary: Bakhrom Abdukhalimov has been appointed State Advisor to the President for Religious Affairs and Interethnic Relations. Abdukhalimov is an expert in Arabic and Islamic Studies. He has spent much of his career at the Al Beruni Oriental Studies Research Institute under the Academ [...]
2006-12-13 11:58:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KIRF UZ
06TBILISI2590GEORGIA ARRESTS RUSSIANS FOR SPYING, PLANNING
[...] (S/NF) The Georgian government announced the arrests of four Russians and eleven Georgians on September 27, in connection with an alleged espionage ring. One Russian suspect remains inside a diplomatically protected Russian military building in Tbilisi. The Georgians tell us the arrests are [...]
2006-09-28 12:26:00Embassy TbilisiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV GG
06TBILISI2866A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili told A/S Fried October 18 that recent Russian statements and actions indicated that Russia had decided to launch an all-out diplomatic assault on Georgia, trying to marginalize the U.S. from the Group of Friends, targeting GUAM, and working to di [...]
2006-10-30 08:34:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL GG
06TEGUCIGALPA11Honduran President-Elect Zelaya's Letters of
[...] Ambassador Jose Eduardo Martell, General Coordinator of the Honduran Presidential Inauguration, under cover of a December 28 letter to PolChief (received by the Political Section December 30),sent the Embassy letters dated December 21 from President-elect Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales to [...]
2006-01-04 19:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC PGOV OREP OVIP HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1892CENTRAL AMERICAN SUMMIT ADOPTS DECLARATION ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Extraordinary System of Central American Integration (SICA) Summit on 10/3, adopted a series of potentially important measures to improve regional security, including: -- Promoting prompt ratification of the Central American Treaty on the Simplified Detention and Extradit [...]
2006-10-05 00:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS SNAR XK
06TEGUCIGALPA333SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (reftel A). --------------------------------- POLITICAL VIOLENCE --------------------------------- Â [...]
2006-02-22 23:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC KSAC PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA872POTUS Meeting June 5 With Honduran President Mel
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One hundred days into his term, President Mel Zelaya remains somewhat of an enigma. On the positive side, he has strongly supported CAFTA; cooperated fully with the DHS/ICE deportation of illegal immigrants (nearly 200 daily); acted - with limited resources - to combat the expl [...]
2006-05-12 12:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV EPET SNAR EAID SENV KJUS HO
06TELAVIV1017ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 12:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1042ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 12:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1066GIDEON EZRA DISCUSSES AMONA COMMITTEE,
[...] (C) Summary: Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra told the Ambassador on March 14 that the Israeli National Police (INP) knew it would encounter significant resistance during the demolitions of Amona, but that the operation had to be implemented regardless because the High Court made a decis [...]
2006-03-16 18:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1083JCG: ISRAEL NSC'S 2/23 SESSION WITH S/CT AMB.
[...] (C) On February 23, S/CT Coordinator Henry Crumpton was hosted by National Security Adviser Giora Eiland at Israel's NSC in Ramat HaSharon. (NOTE: The February 22 meeting of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group is covered in reftel. END NOTE.) A panel discussion involving experts from Israe [...]
2006-03-17 14:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PINS ASEC IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1101ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] National Security Strategy of the United States 2. Mideast 3. Bird Flu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banners in Maariv and The Jerusalem Post) reported that on Sunday, Palestinian PM-designate Ismail Haniyeh presented t [...]
2006-03-20 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1145ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iraq 2. US-Israel Relations 3. Mideast --------------- Election polls: --------------- Channel 10-TV and Ha'aretz published the results of a survey conducted by Prof. Camil Fuchs of the Amanet Group's Dialogue Institute: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom w [...]
2006-03-22 12:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1178ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held this week: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom would you vote?" (Results in Knesset seats -- in brackets, results of last week's poll. [...]
2006-03-24 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1191ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held on Sunday: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom would you vote?" (Results in Knesset seats -- in brackets, results of Yediot's poll pub [...]
2006-03-27 13:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1261ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media bannered the killing of four Israelis in a suicide bombing last night in the West Bank. A Palestinian who was apparently disguised as an ultra- Orthodox Jew hitchhiked a r [...]
2006-03-31 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1273GOI COMMITTED TO KEEPING HUMANITARIAN GOODS FLOWING
[...] (C) Summary: One week after the reopening of Karni, imports into Gaza at the commercial terminal average more than 200 truckloads per day. The overwhelming majority of cargo is of humanitarian supplies. MOD advisor Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel stressed to Econ Chief that the GOI [...]
2006-04-03 06:15:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON PTER KWBG KPAL IS COUNTERTERRORISM ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1295ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that on Sunday, the Central Elections Committee announced it was correcting a mistake in the Knesset elections results, taking one Knesset seat from the Labor Party [...]
2006-04-03 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1319ISRAELI DEFMIN TELLS A/S WELCH ISRAEL WILL TAKE NO
[...] (S) Summary: Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 that Israel will not communicate with or assist a HAMAS-led Palestinian Authority (PA). Mofaz said that he personally believes PA President Abu Mazen will become increas [...]
2006-04-04 04:02:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINS PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV1324GILAD ON HAMAS'S RELATIONS WITH JORDAN, EGYPT, AND
[...] (C) Summary: MOD Pol-Mil Bureau Head Amos Gilad told A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams on March 31 that Hamas' close relationship to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Jordan would negatively impact Jordan's security. While he had raised the issue with GOJ officials, he claimed that they are "afraid t [...]
2006-04-04 07:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1426ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-10 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV145PERES TELLS CODEL BAYH THAT OLMERT WILL BE NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 6 meeting, former Vice Premier Shimon Peres told Senator Evan Bayh, that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's chances of returning to political power are ""nil,"" and that Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be the next Prime Minister of Israel. Peres discussed the fu [...]
2006-01-11 08:35:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV IR IS KPAL PINR ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1460ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. Aftermath of Italian Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement in Mashhad on Tuesday that Iran has successfully enriched ura [...]
2006-04-12 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1473ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited President Bush's Passover message, which was issued on Wednesday and centered on the notion of freedom. Major media repor [...]
2006-04-14 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1488ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in The Jerusalem Post) reported that new satellite imagery released on Sunday by the Institute for Science and Imagery, a Washi [...]
2006-04-17 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1511ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 10:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1582ISRAELI DEFMIN MOFAZ DISCUSSES IRAN, TERROR THREAT
[...] (S) In a meeting April 20 with Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS),Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Judd Gregg (R-NH),Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz expressed Israel's gratitude for U.S. support in the Global War on Terror, and its cooperation in military and defense industry matters. Mofaz listed the [...]
2006-04-21 13:05:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PINS MASS MNUC EG SY LE IR IS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV1611ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered the triple explosion that took place last night in the Sinai resort town of Dahab. Up to 30 people were reported killed and more than 100 wounded. Israel Radio quoted E [...]
2006-04-25 12:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1621GOI COMMITTED TO KEEPING KARNI OPEN, WILL GET U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Political-Military Advisor Amos Gilad said that he is committed to keeping Karni open despite the security risks. He agreed to get the Ambassador a prioritized list of specific assistance projects that the GOI wants to see con [...]
2006-04-25 17:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV1632ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Sinai Bombings 2. Mideast 3. Mordecai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz quoted senior US administration officials in Washington as saying in unofficial conversations that the US will not recognize a [...]
2006-04-26 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1648ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Interim PM Ehud Olmert will meet with President Bush on May 23. Israel Radio reported that this morning, two members of Islamic Jihad [...]
2006-04-27 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1669ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch as saying that Hamas might have found ways to circumvent the boycott imposed on fund transfers to the [...]
2006-04-28 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1700ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel's 58th Independence Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on events related to the Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars, and Israel's 58th Independence Day, which will be celebra [...]
2006-05-02 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1754DAGAN AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS HAMAS-LED PA AND
[...] (C) Summary: Meir Dagan, director of the Mossad, told Codel Lieberman on April 20 that Hamas won the Palestinian elections because it was more united and organized than Fatah. He said that Palestinians mainly voted for Hamas to protest Fatah corruption, but added that 60 percent "still back [...]
2006-05-05 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1782ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Warren Buffett's Israeli Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The acquisition by US tycoon Warren Buffett, who is the world's second-wealthiest man, of 80 percent of Galilee- based Iscar Metalworking for USD 4 billion, which h [...]
2006-05-08 12:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1819ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying Tuesday, at an international convention of mayors taking place in Jerusalem, that Israel will wait for six months to see whether the [...]
2006-05-10 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1863 GOI REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN TUNNEL DETECTION
[...] This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. The perceived threat of tunnel-based terrorist attacks has been a principal justification for this year's lengthy closings of the Karni crossing between Gaza and Israel. Embassy has received a high-level request from the GOI Ministry of Defense for [...]
2006-05-11 15:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PTER ASEC KWBG KPAL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV1865ISRAEL COUNTERTERRORISM BUREAU CHIEF REQUESTS HELP
[...] (S/NF) In a May 10 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Israel NSC Counterterrorism Bureau (CTB) Director BGEN Dani Arditi reviewed the structure and mission of the CTB, and requested the Ambassador's assistance in encouraging the Department of Homeland Security to develop operational cooperation wit [...]
2006-05-11 17:18:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PINR KPAL KWBG EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV1870NEW NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert has appointed as the new chairman of National Security Council Ilan Mizrahi, a former Deputy Head of the Mossad, to replace Giora Eiland, who will retire in several weeks. The National Security Council (NSC),created in 1999 during the tenure of then-PM Bi [...]
2006-05-12 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS IR GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1871ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 12:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1913ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Libya 3. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a statement issued Monday by the White House Press Secretary: "President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel to the White House on May [...]
2006-05-16 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1932ADDITIONAL TOPICS FOR OLMERT MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: Ehud Olmert's main public goal for his first trip to Washington as prime minister is to win U.S. support for what he calls the "convergence plan," which will relocate 60,000 - 80,000 settlers from isolated areas in the West Bank to other settlement blocs west of the separation barr [...]
2006-05-17 16:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV1943ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that PM Ehud Olmert has decided to tone down his stance on the convergence plan, which Ha'aretz said may be related to staunch opposition worldwide [...]
2006-05-18 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1963ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Upcoming Visit of PM Olmert to Washington 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz reported that on Thursday, the US published a draft of a new international treaty that would forbid the production of fissionab [...]
2006-05-19 12:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1978ISRAELI PLAN FOR CONTINUED SHEKEL CHECK CLEARING
[...] (S) The Bank of Israel (BOI) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) are developing a package of proposals to present to the Israeli banks that handle shekel check clearing for Palestinian Banks. The purpose is to convince the banks to continue to provide the check-clearing services, which they offici [...]
2006-05-19 15:43:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1981FM LIVNI PROMOTES FINANCIAL PRESSURE STRATEGY
[...] (S) In separate meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials on May 2, the GOI requested that the Treasury Department warn the Misr Bank in Cairo against making electronic fund transfers (EFT) to individual Palestinian accounts at the Bank of Palestine in Gaza. Foreign Minister ( [...]
2006-05-19 17:16:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETEFIN IS PREL PTER KPAL KTFN ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1982CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CONVEYS ISRAELI BANKING
[...] (S) Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer and his antiterrorism finance team told Treasury U/S Stuart Levey and the Ambassador on May 2 that Israeli banks want to end their relationships with Palestinian banks due to fears of being accused of involvement with terror finance. They said that [...]
2006-05-19 17:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1995ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 13:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV201MOFAZ DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, NORTHERN
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador, A/S Welch, DAPNSA Abrams, General Dayton, and PolCouns January 12 that the GOI would not talk to Hamas members elected to the PLC if they did not give up their terrorist activities. He said that the elections should take place a [...]
2006-01-13 13:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2011ISRAELI READOUT ON LIVNI-ABBAS MEETING
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's chief of staff, Jakub "Yaki" Dayan, told the Charge May 23 that the GOI's meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas on May 21 in Sharm el-Sheikh does not represent a change in Israel's view of Abbas. The GOI nevertheless maintains low-level c [...]
2006-05-23 15:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG EAID EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2017ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Former Republic of Yugoslavia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted comments made by President Bush at his joint White House press conference with PM Ehud Olmert on Tuesday: "Today, Prime Minister [...]
2006-05-24 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2019KUPPERWASSER'S FINAL ASSESSMENT OF HAMAS
[...] (S) In a May 2 meeting at the NSC, BGen Yossi Kupperwasser told Under Secretary (U/S) of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Stuart Levey that if the Palestinian people turn away from Hamas, they would probably not turn towards Fatah unless Fatah undergoes a significant [...]
2006-05-24 12:39:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPTER KTFN EFIN PREL IS KPAL
06TELAVIV2020KUPPERWASSER'S FINAL ASSESSMENT: HAMAS'S FOUR
[...] (S) In a May 2 meeting at the NSC, BGen Yossi Kupperwasser told Under Secretary (U/S) of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Stuart Levey that if the Palestinian people turn away from Hamas, they would probably not turn towards Fatah unless Fatah undergoes a significant [...]
2006-05-24 12:39:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPTER KTFN EFIN PREL IS KPAL
06TELAVIV204ISA CHIEF DISKIN SAYS HAMAS TO DO WELL IN PA
[...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams met on January 12 met with Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Chief Yuval Diskin, who gave an assessment of the January 25 Palestinian elections and developments inside Fatah and Hamas. Diskin said that the most probable election scen [...]
2006-01-13 13:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KWBG PGOV PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2072ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hizbullah-IDF Clashes 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Israel Radio reported that last night, for the first time since the disengagement, the IDF made an incursion into the Beit Lahiya area of the northern Gaza Stri [...]
2006-05-30 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2140ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Anti-Semitism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying Sunday, at a news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh, that he will meet PA Chairman [Pr [...]
2006-06-05 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV220IDF'S HALUTZ WARNS OF HAMAS ELECTION SUCCESS AND
[...] (C) Summary: IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz predicted to A/S Welch, DAPNSA Abrams, and the Ambassador on January 13 that Hamas will win at least 40 percent of the votes in the upcoming PLC elections and will seek ministerial positions within the government. Halutz said that the GOI cannot nego [...]
2006-01-16 07:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2220ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Al-Zarqawi Assassination 2. Iran 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Yediot) reported that last night in the southern Gaza Strip, Jamal Abu Samhadana, the commander of the [...]
2006-06-09 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2225PERETZ SAYS HE WILL TAKE RISKS TO HELP THE
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Amir Peretz told A/S Welch June 7 that he is willing to take maximum possible risks allowable in light of security demands to ease the pressure on the Palestinian people. He noted his efforts to keep the Karni crossing open -- as it is currently -- in both direc [...]
2006-06-09 12:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL EU IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2272ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Somalia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that at 10 Downing Street on Monday, British PM Tony Blair refrained from endorsing PM Ehud Olmert's plan for a unilateral withdrawal, although he recognized that t [...]
2006-06-13 13:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV236ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the IDF is taking steps to restore law and order in Hebron, following rioting by Jews against security forces in the city Friday through Sunday [...]
2006-01-20 05:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV237ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 05:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2493ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] MIDEAST 2. ISRAEL-ICRC RELATIONS ------------------------- KEY STORIES IN THE MEDIA: ------------------------- ALL MEDIA REPORTED THAT PM EHUD OLMERT AND PA CHAIRMAN [PRESIDENT] MAHMOUD ABBAS AGREED IN PETRA, JORDAN, ON THURSDAY TO MEET FORMALLY IN A FEW WEEKS. (A YEDIOT HEADLINE [...]
2006-06-23 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2510BEN-ELIEZER DISCUSSES ENERGY REFORMS AND
[...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told the Ambassador on June 21 that he is looking to Central Asia, particularly to Azerbaijan, for long-term oil contracts. He reported that he recently returned from a trip to Baku in which he discussed with Azeri officials [...]
2006-06-24 14:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV KWBG ENRG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2511MOD'S GILAD ON GAZA, KARNI, AND IRANIAN THREATS IN
[...] (S) Summary: In a June 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad claimed that, during his recent meetings in Jordan, he was told of an Iranian message pressuring Jordan to accept Iranian hegemony in the region. Gilad also reported that he expects strategic [...]
2006-06-24 15:11:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PGOV ETTC KPAL KWBG PINS IR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2643(C) LIKUD MK STEINITZ ADVOCATES DISMANTLING AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Likud MK Yuval Steinitz advocated dismantling the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and isolating them much the same way that former PM Sharon had isolated Yasser Arafat. The IDF should r [...]
2006-06-30 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KDEM KPAL MOPS EG IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2714ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli diplomatic officials expressed concern Thursday that the world's reaction to the IDF incursion into northern Gaza, considered relatively mil [...]
2006-07-07 13:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2750ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 12:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2782SHIMON PERES ADVOCATES ACTION ON ECONOMIC PEACE
[...] (C) In a July 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister for Negev and Galilee Development Shimon Peres presented copies of signed letters from Jordan's King Abdallah, Palestinian President Abbas, and Prime Minister Olmert, soliciting former President Bill Clinton to chair an international board [...]
2006-07-13 19:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV2879MOSSAD CHIEF DAGAN ON LEBANON, HEZBOLLAH AND IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mossad Director Meir Dagan briefed CODEL Hoekstra on the Israeli campaign against Hizballah and the greater long term threat posed by Iran. Dagan stated that the initial aims of the Israeli campaign in Lebanon were focused on eliminating strategic weapons held by Hizballah and symbolic [...]
2006-07-24 15:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE
06TELAVIV289ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported (banners in all newspapers, except Maariv) the suicide bombing that took place near Tel Aviv's old central bus station on Thursday afternoon. Around 30 [...]
2006-01-20 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2893DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: ISRAEL IS CHANGING
[...] (S) Summary: Chief of Defense Intelligence (CDI) MG Amos Yadlin told U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra, Jane Harman, Rick Renzi, and Darrell Issa, Chairman and members of the House Permanent Select committee on Intelligence, respectively, and the Ambassador July 22 that the GOI's military goals i [...]
2006-07-25 19:01:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS LE SY
06TELAVIV2901ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV2915PERETZ CALLS FOR MNF ABLE TO BLOCK HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Amir Peretz told U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra, Jane Harman, Rick Renzi, and Darrell Issa, and the Ambassador July 23 that the GOI's goals in Lebanon are to secure the release of the two kidnapped IDF soldiers, see the implementation of UNSCR 1559, and give a [...]
2006-07-27 06:12:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPGOV PREL PTER EG IS IR LE
06TELAVIV2961ZELIKOW AND GILAD DISCUSS TRAITS OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MG (RES) AMOS GILAD, ISRAELI MOD ADVISOR FOR POLITICAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS, TOLD COUNSELOR ZELIKOW 29 JUL 06 THAT INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST BE EMPOWERED TO ENFORCE CEASEFIRE AS NECESSARY, TO DEPLOY FROM BLUE LINE NORTH TO NAHR AL LITANI, IF NOT NAHR AL AWALLI, AND TO TRAIN THE LEBANESE [...]
2006-07-30 17:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE
06TELAVIV3031ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 12:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV3048ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV305ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today, all major media led with stories related to Wednesday's scheduled elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ha'aretz quoted GOI sources in Jerusalem as sa [...]
2006-01-23 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3145LEBANON: CODEL ROYCE AND ISRAELI NSC CHIEF DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Council head Ilan Mizrahi told Representative Ed Royce July 9 that he does not believe any country will send troops to participate in an international force to fight Hizballah. He said the Lebanese army is "not a force you can count on," and indicated that Isr [...]
2006-08-10 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE IS
06TELAVIV3220CODEL MILLER HEARS VIEWS ON WAR FROM ISRAELI MFA
[...] (C) On August 9, Israeli MFA Deputy Director General Yoram Ben Zeev hosted CODEL Miller to lunch in the Israeli Arab town of Abu Ghosh, using the opportunity to convey GOI views on the ongoing war against Hizballah, and stressing that Arabs and Israelis can live side-by-side in peace and harmo [...]
2006-08-15 12:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP ASEC MOPS MASS PTER LE IS
06TELAVIV3399INITIAL IMPACT OF ISRAEL-HIZBALLAH WAR ON ISRAEL
[...] (C) In the wake of the 34-day Israel-Hizballah War, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are reviewing their performance across the board, and taking stock of achievements and mistakes with an eye towards assigning blame, where necessary, and gathering lessons learned for application in future suc [...]
2006-08-25 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR LE IS
06TELAVIV3431(C) STEINITZ'S MEETING WITH CODEL SHAYS: URGES
[...] (C) Summary: In a August 17 meeting with Codel Shays, Likud Knesset member Yuval Steinitz expressed disappointment with the GOI handling of the recent conflict in Lebanon. Steinitz holds the Lebanese government responsible for neither stopping Hizballah nor offering to intervene when only sout [...]
2006-08-28 15:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPOL PREL KWBG LE IR IS
06TELAVIV344ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC),which are scheduled to take place today. Banners in Maariv and Hatzofe: "Fatah or Hamas [...]
2006-01-25 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3441ISRAELI DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS ON THE
[...] (S/NF) On August 24, a group of Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI) analysts briefed visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee senior staffer Puneet Talwar on the IDI's preliminary assessment of the 34-day war between Israel and Hizballah in southern Lebanon. The IDI team was lead by Colonel [...]
2006-08-29 16:35:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MASS SY LE IS
06TELAVIV3561TOURGEMAN AND STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSS LEBANON,
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to Staffdel Talwar that budget wrangling will be taking place between the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) over the next few months as usual. The [...]
2006-09-07 13:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS LE SY
06TELAVIV3590MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI CROSSING WITH THE AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on September 6 that security is the main problem concerning Karni crossing, citing the 400-meter long tunnel discovered near there last week. Mofaz said that it would be important to see how the Palestinians will perform t [...]
2006-09-08 16:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3607MFA DG ABRAMOVITCH DISCUSSES ABBAS, LEBANON AND
[...] (C) In a September 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli MFA Director General (DG) Aharon Abramovitch confided that Foreign Minister Livni's recent public remarks encouraging a renewed dialogue with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas should not be interpreted as internal GOI p [...]
2006-09-11 13:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKPAL PTER PREL LE SY IS
06TELAVIV362ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3671ISRAELI MFA DG'S VISIT TO ABU DHABI
[...] (C) MFA Deputy DG for Political Research (the Israeli equivalent to INR) Nimrod Barkan informed newly arrived Polcouns Sept. 13 that MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's close confidant, had just returned from a visit to Abu Dhabi, where he discussed the Ira [...]
2006-09-15 04:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL IS IR TC
06TELAVIV3732ISRAELI CT OFFICIALS DISCUSS ISRAEL-HIZBALLAH WAR, U.S.-ISRAEL CT COOPERATION
[...] (S) Israeli counterterrorism (CT) officials were anxious to convince visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer that Israel´s 34-day war with Hizballah in July and August had weakened the terrorist group and given Lebanese PM Siniora greater political will to take on Hizballah, but Israeli [...]
2006-09-19 13:36:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPTER PREL SY LE IS
06TELAVIV3784ISRAELI MOD ON LEBANON WITHDRAWAL, OVERFLIGHTS,
[...] (C) Summary: Amos Gilad, the director of the military-political division at the Israeli Ministry of Defense, told the Ambassador September 21 that Israeli forces would need another one-to-three weeks to complete their withdrawal from Lebanon. He stressed that this delay is for purely technica [...]
2006-09-21 15:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS PARM ASEC LE IS
06TELAVIV379ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3794GILAD DISCUSSES RAFAH, KARNI, AND AMA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad placed a heavy emphasis on the situation at Rafah in a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador. He said that the GOI understands that pressure is rising at the crossing because of its closure, but said it would be difficult [...]
2006-09-22 16:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV387INITIAL ISRAELI RESPONSE TO THE PLC ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has urged patience in formulating a response to the surprise outcome of the Palestinian elections, but said publicly that he will not negotiate with a Palestinian Authority government that includes Hamas. Israeli politicians from m [...]
2006-01-27 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV389MISHLEV DISCUSSES PA ELECTIONS, KARNI AND RAFAH
[...] (C) Summary: Major General Yosef Mishlev told the Ambassador January 24 that preparations for the Palestinian elections were going well, and that the GOI and the Palestinian Authority (PA) had established joint coordination rooms in the West Bank and Gaza for election day to handle security. [...]
2006-01-27 16:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV3911Bloodless Holy War: The Beckfords vs Yad L'Achim
[...] Summary: Consular officers went to the city of Arad in the Negev desert to interview two American citizens about their ongoing conflict with the anti-missionary group, Yad L'Achim (lit.," Hand to Brothers"). While the Americans are clearly being harassed in their pursuit of daily activities, [...]
2006-10-04 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CVIS PHUM PGOV IS KIRF
06TELAVIV3957AVI DICHTER BRIEFS CODEL PRYOR ON STATE OF ISRAELI
[...] (C) In an October 3 meeting with Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR),Public Security Minister Avi Dichter attributed Israel's relative success in stopping West Bank suicide bombers to the separation barrier and to "actionable intelligence" provided by an extensive network of informants. Commenting on [...]
2006-10-06 15:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEG IS LE KPAL KWBG PTER PREL IR
06TELAVIV4032USSC DAYTON RAISES RAFAH, AMA AND BADR BRIGADE WITH ISA DISKIN
[...] (C) Summary: Israel Security Agency (ISA) Director Yuval Diskin told the USSC, LTG Keith W. Dayton, that Israel's primary concern with the normalization of operations at the Rafah terminal are derived from U.S. and Palestinian failures to follow through with commitments made in the November 15, 20 [...]
2006-10-12 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KPAL KWBG MASS PINR EG JO IS
06TELAVIV4037ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that a total of 8 or 9 Palestinians, including two children, were killed Thursday in two IDF operations in the Gaza Strip. Five Qassam rockets landed [...]
2006-10-13 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4042CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ
[...] (C) CODEL Warner's October 3 meeting with Israel Defense Minister Amir Peretz focused on lessons learned from Israel's war with Hizballah in southern Lebanon, and missile defense. (Reftels report on the CODEL's meetings with Prime Minister Olmert and Foreign Minister Livni.) Accompanied by MOD [...]
2006-10-13 14:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS PGOV OREP KWBG LE IR SY IS
06TELAVIV4047ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, The Jerusalem Post reported that Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter will leave on Sunday for an official visit to the US, during which he will meet with top law enforcement o [...]
2006-10-16 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4069TWO FORMER IDF CHIEFS OF STAFF OFFER OPPOSING
[...] (C) In separate meetings September 22 and October 10, former IDF Chiefs of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak and Moshe Yaalon provided POL and DAO sharply differing assessments of how Israel should deal with Syria. These assessments mirror a broader debate in Israel, with political commentators and [...]
2006-10-16 13:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS SY LE IR IS
06TELAVIV407ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4086ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a speech at the opening of the Knesset's winter session, PM Ehud Olmert said that the "Lebanon campaign" underlined the threat a nuclear Iran would pose for the " [...]
2006-10-17 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4256LIEBERMAN JOINS THE COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 24, Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party leader Avigdor Lieberman confirmed that he would join the governing coalition with the titles of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Strategic Threats, perhaps as early as October 25. Lieberman would [...]
2006-10-25 16:56:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS IR EG JO LE SY
06TELAVIV4330ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the Bush administration is making efforts to train the Presidential Guard of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in order to prepare it for a potential violent [...]
2006-10-31 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4349(S/NF) PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, embassy submits the following answers to questions posed in reftel. These answers were formulated with contributions from SIHO, DAO Tel Aviv, ConGen Jerusalem, and the U.S. Security Coordinator's office. 2. (S/NF) The answers below correspond to the questions [...]
2006-11-01 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPINR PBTS PGOV PREL GZ IS
06TELAVIV4354ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Yediot reported that that US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Wednesday after visiting Egypt. According to the paper Negroponte's visit has [...]
2006-11-01 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4368ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to continue military pressure on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but not to expand the operation. However, [...]
2006-11-02 11:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4375ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to continue military pressure on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but not to expand the operation. However, [...]
2006-11-03 05:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4376ISRAELI MFA ON IMPROVING UNSCR 1701 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials have outlined for poloffs their "initial thinking" on possible ways to improve implementation of the UN arms embargo contained in UNSCR 1701. The MFA would prefer to establish a UN sanctions committee to deal with Lebanon, but realizes that such a move is unlikely [...]
2006-11-03 07:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC PTER SY LE IS UN
06TELAVIV4387ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US Israeli Relations 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Leading media reported that US top envoys Elliot Abrams and David Welsh met Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday. According to the media the two envoys demanded that Israel [...]
2006-11-03 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4465PERETZ AND AMBASSADOR KICK OFF AMA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Ambassador on November 6 that despite the threats Israel is facing, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) will do everything possible to improve the humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He said that he, as defense minister, has m [...]
2006-11-08 16:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4491ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prime Minster Olmert Visit to the US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began his visit to Washington on Sunday. Israel Radio reported that PM Olmert had met Secretary of State Cond [...]
2006-11-13 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4521ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying last night in Los Angeles that the moment of truth has arrived regarding Iran's nuclear program. Olmert was quoted as saying that "no longer ca [...]
2006-11-15 10:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV453MFO DG LAROCCO LAYS OUT NEXT STEPS ON HELO
[...] (C) In a January 30 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) Director General James Larocco reviewed next steps for concluding the MFO's transition to Blackhawk helicopters, noting U.S. success in obtaining Israel's agreement, in principle, to pay its USD 2 millio [...]
2006-01-31 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KPKO EG IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
06TELAVIV4603FRANCES TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISA CHIEF DISKIN FOCUSES ON THE PALESTINIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 12:40:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETAMGT ASEC ECON KHLS KPAL KWBG OTRA OVIP PTER
06TELAVIV4604APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH MOSSAD CHIEF FOCUSES ON LEBANON, SYRIA AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 13:02:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPTER ECON OVIP AMGT ASEC SY LE IR IS
06TELAVIV4605APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Gabi Ashkenazi told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend November 12 that although Israel does not expect another war with Hizballah in the near future, the MOD is studying what it could have done bet [...]
2006-11-24 13:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ECON SY LE IR IS
06TELAVIV4606APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISRAELI
[...] (C) Israeli Director of Military Intelligence MGEN Amos Yadlin told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend November 12 that Israel distrusts Bashar Asad's overtures regarding peace with Israel. Yadlin believes Asad is actually preparin [...]
2006-11-24 13:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER ECON PREL OVIP AMGT ASEC SY LE IS
06TELAVIV464ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-NATO Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that last night, President Bush devoted most of his State of the Union Address to the global war on terror and the Iraq issue. Giving an account of [...]
2006-02-01 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4662ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4679ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4699ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on, and Ha'aretz (English Ed.) led with, praise lavished on Thursday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on PM Ehud Olmert for his address on Monday at a memorial ev [...]
2006-12-01 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4731GOI UPDATES POST ON GOI-EU DIALOGUE ON RAFAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, MFA Head of Bureau for Middle East and Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba provided post with an update on the ongoing discussions between the GOI and Europeans on the Rafah crossing point. Ben-Abba conveyed that the GOI is pleased with the six-month extension of the [...]
2006-12-05 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06TELAVIV4752ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iraq Study Group Report 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) cited the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group (a.k.a. Baker-Hamilton committee),which were made public at the US Senate on Wednesday. [...]
2006-12-07 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
06TELAVIV4769COGAT CLAIMS IMPROVEMENT IN AMA ISSUES, EXPRESSES
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns, EconCouns, and Deputy Consul General discussed Agreement on Movement and Access issues with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories - COGAT) on December 7. Mishlev confirmed that the IDF had lifted age restrictions on travelers from [...]
2006-12-08 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG KPAL PTER IS
06TELAVIV486ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4890CODEL MCCAIN MEETS PM OLMERT: IRAQ SITUATION,
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL McCain, made up of Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, John Thune, and Representative Mark Kirk, called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert December 18. Charge and Pol Couns attended the meeting, as did Olmert's senior advisers and the MFA's Deputy Director G [...]
2006-12-20 07:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS IR IZ AF
06TELAVIV4892CODEL NELSON AND ISRAEL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 12, Colonel Amit Aviram of Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI) briefed Senator Bill Nelson (FL) on regional security threats facing Israel. Aviram described the Middle East as caught in a struggle between moderates and Iranian-backed extremists, and said the growing Iranian [...]
2006-12-20 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KPAL IR SY LE IS
06TELAVIV4895CODEL MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH MINDEF PERETZ:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. CODEL MCCAIN, INCLUDING SENATORS JOHN MCCAIN, JOSEPH LIEBERMAN, SUSAN COLLINS, JOHN THUNE, AND REPRESENTATIVE MARK KIRK, MET WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE AMIR PERETZ DECEMBER 18. CHARGE AND POL COUNS ATTENDED THE MEETING, AS DID MOD SENIOR STAFF. THE CODEL MENTIONED THEIR VISIT TO [...]
2006-12-20 14:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS MARR
06TELAVIV5003DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH COMMENTS ON THE MOD
[...] (S) During a December 26 meeting with the Ambassador (discussion of efforts to remove obstacles to movement in the West Bank and other issues reported reftel),Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh candidly discussed the MOD's dissatisfaction with the 2007 budget as well as the IDF's lessons le [...]
2006-12-29 14:19:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IS LE
06TELAVIV5004OLMERT TELLS CODEL SPECTER HE IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Arlen Specter (PA) briefed Prime Minister Olmert on President Asad's willingness to negotiate with Israel. Specter noted that Asad had expressed a willingness to exert Syrian influence over Hamas, and pledged to cooperate with the Hariri assassination investigation and UNSCR 17 [...]
2006-12-29 14:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IS KPAL SY ECON IR IZ GE
06TELAVIV506ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that early next week, FM Tzipi Livni will leave for a visit to the U.S. In its lead story, Maariv reported that [...]
2006-02-03 12:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV544KARNI REOPENS; GOI SENDS TRANSFER PAYMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Following a week of constant and intense discussions between the Embassy and the Prime Minister,s office, the MOD, and other high-level officials, the GOI reopened the Karni crossing and reversed its decision not to transfer collected tax revenue to the PA. The Ambassador had a [...]
2006-02-06 17:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KWBG PGOV PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV576ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV58ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-06 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV596GOI RESPONDS TO NEW PATTERN OF CROSS-BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Police (INP) Colonel Avshalom Peled told G-TIP Reports Officer Gayatri Patel January 11 and poloff in subsequent phone conversations that his Ramon Border Police Brigade, which guards Israel's southern border with Egypt, has captured 85 Palestinians from the Gaza [...]
2006-02-08 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS EG PGOV PREL JO PINR PREF PBTS SNAR KCRM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SOCIETY
06TELAVIV604ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV662ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV678ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 11:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV693ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV700ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is expected to present to Acting PM Ehud Olmert today recommendations formulated by the defense establishment [...]
2006-02-17 11:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV751ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Israel's representative to the UN Danny Gillerman as warning at the UN Security Council Tuesday that an Iran-Syria-Hamas "terror ax [...]
2006-02-22 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV763ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with tension between Israel and Jordan following an utterance by O/C Central Command Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh during a closed meeting on Wednesday with diplomats and journalists, [...]
2006-02-23 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV785ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Rice's "Transformational Diplomacy" Plan 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that A/S David Welch will visit Israel during the weekend and meet with Acting PM Ehud Olme [...]
2006-02-24 14:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV826ISRAELI MILITARY INTEL CHIEF'S 2/23 MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NF) In a February 23 meeting at the MOD, Israeli Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) Major General Amos Yadlin discussed with State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT) Henry Crumpton (A) USG and GOI priorities in the war on terror; (B) ways to coordinate between the intelli [...]
2006-02-27 16:37:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR PTER PINS PGOV KWBG KPAL MARR MCAP MOPS ASEC EG IS JO COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV840EGYPTIANS TELL GOI TO GIVE HAMAS TIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told the Ambassador February 21 that Egyptian officials encouraged Israel to give the Hamas government time and rely on Cairo to deal with the terrorist group. He believed that this "change" in Egypt,s position is motivated by Egyp [...]
2006-02-28 07:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON KPAL KWBG PINR IS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV869ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV877ABBAS AND HAMAS: LEFT-OF-CENTER ISRAELI LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 28 discussion hosted by the Ambassador, left-of-center Israeli politicians and advisers advocated support for Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and criticized the GOI's refusal to deal with him. The group generally agreed that the GOI should take a "wa [...]
2006-03-02 09:18:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV883GOI POSTPONES FURTHER DISCUSSION ON CHANGES TO
[...] (C) According to both the Israeli NSC and MFA, the GOI's high-level discussion on Russia policy held on February 28 revealed that there will be no substantial changes in Israeli-Russian relations until after the March 28 Knesset elections. National Security Adviser Giora Eiland reportedly bri [...]
2006-03-02 14:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL RS IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV886ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. UAE Role in US Port Management ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that A/S David Welch told members of Congress in Washington that the US is interested in isolating Hamas econom [...]
2006-03-03 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV903ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The concept of a new disengagement from the West Bank was headlined in the weekend's media. On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert is planning to enlist in [...]
2006-03-06 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV914ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV915ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) This cable forms the first part of a four-part message in response to reftel A. Embassy point of contact is poloff James Miller, phone (972)3-519-7437, fax (972)3-519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 120 hours in preparation of TIP report; deputy polcouns spent six hours, polcouns spe [...]
2006-03-06 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV916ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 15:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV918ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 04:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV922U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG)
[...] (C) On February 22, the Israeli MFA hosted the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group (JCG) -- the prior one having occurred over a year and a half earlier. The Israeli side stressed the importance it placed on the JCG's resumption (following the January meeting of the [...]
2006-03-07 05:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PINS PGOV KPAL KWBG ASEC EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV960ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Sudan: Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Acting PM Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying Wednesday in an interview with The Jerusalem Post that Israel's permanent borders will be set within the ne [...]
2006-03-09 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV991ISRAELI MOD'S AMOS GILAD ON GAZA-WEST BANK
[...] (C) Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad requested an urgent meeting with Ambassador Jones on March 10, stressing that he had been instructed to personally deliver messages from DefMin Mofaz to the Ambassador. In the meeting, he relayed DefMin Mofaz's decision to open the Kar [...]
2006-03-10 17:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV997ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert briefed the US administration last week on the main thrust of his political plan before he delivered it to the loca [...]
2006-03-13 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06THEHAGUE1042NETHERLANDS/NSG: RESPONSE TO PLENARY DISCUSSION OF
[...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland on May 9. Noland confirmed that the Dutch plan a presentation on Iran for the information exchange of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) plenary. She doubted, however, that th [...]
2006-05-09 16:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP NL
06THEHAGUE1043NETHERLANDS/AUSTRALIA GROUP: RESPONSE ON PLENARY
[...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland on May 9. Noland said the Dutch plan a presentation on Iran and Syria, but not/not Russia, during the information exchange of the upcoming Australia Group plenary. She explain [...]
2006-05-09 16:47:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL AG ETTC NL
06THEHAGUE1205NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: PRESSING THE AU TO REQUEST
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 26 and 30 to MFA Sudan Task Force and Security Policy officers Stella Kloth and Pieter Blusse. The Dutch, relying on their own readout of Ambassador Jochem's conversations, believe that the African Union (AU) has accepted all of the NATO Category I and [...]
2006-05-30 13:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KPKO SU NL
06THEHAGUE1209CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 26
[...] (U) The week ending 26 May 2006 was relatively slow, so this week the wrap-up will bring together a few subjects that have yet to be reported to Washington: Japan views on CW destruction in China, anti-terrorism, and Article X. ------------------------------ Japan/China O/A CW Destruction [...]
2006-05-30 14:19:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1262006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE NETHERLANDS
[...] The following transmits the draft 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with Chapter VI in the FY 2006 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has been forwarded by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA to the attention of J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Pa [...]
2006-01-19 14:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB NL OPIC USTR
06THEHAGUE1364DUTCH INTEREST IN ACOTA, HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS AND
[...] (S) Summary: Director of East African Affairs (and acting DAS) Eunice Reddick met June 14 with Wepke Kingma, the Director of the Dutch MFA's Africa Department. Also present on the Dutch side were Ambassador at Large for the Great Lakes Region, Fred Radke, and Head of East and Southern Africa [...]
2006-06-16 13:29:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MARR KHIV PREF XY XW ZF NL
06THEHAGUE1425NETHERLANDS: U/S JOSEPH'S JUNE 21 VISIT TO THE
[...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph held bilateral consultations at the Dutch MFA, met with Dutch defense and foreign affairs committee spokespersons, and spoke to the press on June 21. Topics covered during his meetings included: the Prolife [...]
2006-06-27 09:56:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL KNNP PARM ENRG EU AORC MTCR NL ETTC
06THEHAGUE1510NETHERLANDS: NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary. In preparation for this year's interagency review for narcotics certification, Post submits the following update on Dutch anti-narcotics efforts and police- to-police cooperation. The Dutch remain focused on stemming the production and trade of ecstasy and are developing a second [...]
2006-07-07 12:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1551TERRORIST FINANCE:IIRO PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED
[...] (S) Econoff delivered on July 5 reftel points and background paper on the USG designation of Saudi national Abd Al-Mujil and the Philippines and Indonesia offices of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) to Erik van Andel, Head Integrity Policy Division, Financial Markets Policy [...]
2006-07-13 16:32:00Embassy The HagueSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC
06THEHAGUE1590DESIGNATION OF TWO IRANIAN MISSILE-RELATED
[...] (U) Econoff shared on July 20 reftel points concerning the designation of two Iranian missile-related entities with Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Financial Markets Policy Directorate, Du [...]
2006-07-20 15:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV KTFN NL
06THEHAGUE1626TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ABOUSOFIAN
[...] (U) Econoff delivered on July 24 reftel points concerning the USG designation of Abousofian Abdelrazik to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Integrity Division, [...]
2006-07-27 05:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER NL
06THEHAGUE190NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STARTING LINE UP FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL is making final preparations for the parliamentary debate on participation in Stage III. The MFA and MOD continue to slog through the 193 questions posed by Parliament. The list of external experts for the January 30 hearing has firmed up; also key will be an informal, c [...]
2006-01-27 12:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF NL
06THEHAGUE2024NETHERLANDS/DETAINEES: FM BOT DEFENDS ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: FM Bot told parliament September 13 that he had spoken with Secretary Rice and made known Dutch concerns over secret prisons and detainee policy. He defended his acceptance of her assurances last year, and said that U.S. arguments on the challenges of interrogating terror suspects [...]
2006-09-15 15:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EU NL
06THEHAGUE2031NETHERLANDS/MTCR: PLENARY PAPERS, UAV/CRUISE
[...] (S) Summary: The GONL appreciates the opportunity to review U.S. papers in preparation for the October 2-6, 2006 Plenary in Copenhagen, but has concerns regarding U.S. unwillingness to deliver pre-launch notifications as part of the Hague Code of Conduct. They also believe the U.S. proposal o [...]
2006-09-18 15:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2034COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL HELEN
[...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services, employees Helen Dale, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to lay over in Amsterdam on her way to Harare, Zimbabwe to attend the World Health Organization regional conferen [...]
2006-09-19 09:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NL
06THEHAGUE210NETHERLANDS/ISAF: TURNING THE CORNER
[...] (C) Summary: Following over 12 hours of Parliamentary hearings on January 30, the two largest parties in the Dutch Parliament -- the coalition CDA and opposition PvdA -- appear poised to vote in favor of participating in ISAF III. This would all but ensure a broad majority in favor of deployment wh [...]
2006-01-31 17:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NL AF
06THEHAGUE2139NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO IRANIAN UAV DEMARCHE
[...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Non-proliferation Ceta Noland on September 28. Noland claimed the points did not present any new information -- the Dutch intelligence service AIVD has been in close contact with U.S. intelligence agencies regardi [...]
2006-09-29 14:16:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR NL
06THEHAGUE2277 SCENESETTER FOR ATT...
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands, the first by an Attorney General since Attorney General Aschroft visited in September 2004. There are four important issues where you can advance our law enforcement agenda: (1) Establish a strong working relationship with new Minister o [...]
2006-10-19 15:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PTER SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS PINR NL
06THEHAGUE2282NETHERLANDS/SCENESETTER: FOREIGN MINISTER BOT'S
[...] (C) Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot's upcoming visit to Washington DC comes just one month before national elections. It therefore provides an excellent opportunity to move some difficult issues forward in a way that helps ensure that the next Dutch government, whatever its configuration, co [...]
2006-10-20 11:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PHUM NL
06THEHAGUE2415SIX SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR JIHAD RECRUITM...
[...] The National Crime Squad (NR) arrested five men and one woman in Amsterdam and The Hague on November 6 and 7 for suspicion of recruitment for Jihad, participating in a terrorist organization, and obtaining false travel documents. According to the National Prosecutor's Office, the arrests are [...]
2006-11-08 16:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS KPRP PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2469TORTURE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DUTCH TROOPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A major Dutch daily reported November 17 that Dutch military intelligence officers had abused prisoners in 2003 in al-Muthanna province, Iraq. Following a Cabinet meeting later in the day, Defense Minister Kamp issued a statement that the allegations had been investigated at th [...]
2006-11-17 15:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR AF IR NL
06THEHAGUE2595 SHARPER TOOLS FOR THE CT TOOLBOX: DUTCH
[...] SUMMARY: The Dutch Parliament approved three significant pieces of counter terrorism legislation in 2006. The first, permitting the use of intelligence information in criminal proceedings, went into effect November 1. The other two, which will expand the use of special investigative techniq [...]
2006-12-12 15:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE301SHIELD S59-05/NETHERLANDS: AUSTRALIA GROUP ALERT
[...] (S) On February 8 Polmiloff discussed reftel points and non-paper with Senior Advisor Ceta Noland, MFA Nuclear Affairs and Non-proliferation Division. Noland appreciated the information and said she would pass it to Dutch intelligence agencies and the Ministry of Economic Affairs for further [...]
2006-02-09 16:20:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CBW IR NL
06THEHAGUE302MTAG 05-96/NETHERLANDS: INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS OF
[...] (S) Polmiloff discussed on February 8 ref A talking points and non-paper with Senior Advisor Ceta Noland, MFA Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division. Noland appreciated the information and noted that it was "good to see" that the Netherlands was not the only MTCR country targeted by Ira [...]
2006-02-09 16:21:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE368RADICAL IMAMS EXPELLED FROM THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The last of the three radical Eindhoven-based Muslim clerics that Immigration and Integration Minister Verdonk ordered deported in June 2005 had left the country by year's end. Verdonk accused all three of tolerating the recruitment of terrorists within a mosque and inciting vi [...]
2006-02-17 13:08:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPTER PINR PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE380DUTCH MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL has taken important steps since 2001 to bolster its ability to counter terrorism. It has passed tough new legislation, revamped institutional structures, strengthened the security of critical infrastructure, and devoted substantial personnel and financial resources to the coun [...]
2006-02-21 11:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE419DUTCH TERRORIST FINANCE CONFERENCE MARCH 15-16
[...] The Dutch Finance Ministry will host on March 15-16 in The Hague an international conference on terrorist financing issues. This initiative was first raised during Treasury Secretary Snow's June 2005 meeting with Dutch Finance SIPDIS Minister Zalm (reftel). The U.S. Treasury Department, S [...]
2006-02-24 15:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN ETTC PTER ECON EUN NL
06THEHAGUE533COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. TREASURY
[...] Country clearance is granted for March 15-16, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of U.S. Treasury Terrorism and Financial Intelligence officials Mr. Stuart Levey, Under Secretary; and Senior Advisors Ms. Cristine Clark and Mr. Amit Sharma, to attend the Terrorism Finance Conference in the Hague a [...]
2006-03-13 12:07:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PTER OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE591FOLLOW-UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ:NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Netherlands has taken internal and external steps in recent years to prevent its citizens from traveling to Iraq and other conflict areas to train or participate in jihad. Closer cooperation between Dutch intelligence and police authorities has yielded concrete results, incl [...]
2006-03-20 16:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETASEC PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ NL
06THEHAGUE609TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN'S MEETING WITH DUTCH MFA DG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an open and frank exchange with visiting Treasury Assistant Secretary O'Brien, Director General Siblesz discussed the Dutch Foreign Ministry's establishment of a "Terrorism and New Threats" unit, designed to improve the exchange of information related to terrorism and intern [...]
2006-03-21 17:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN NL
06THEHAGUE616DUTCH TERRORIST FINANCE CONFERENCE MARCH 15-16
[...] SUMMARY. Treasury Under Secretary Levey led the USG delegation to the March 15-16 Dutch-hosted international conference on terrorist financing issues. Expert-level workshops addressed enhancing the effectiveness of financial investigations, improving communications between the public and p [...]
2006-03-22 15:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER ECON EUN PREL NL
06THEHAGUE642NETHERLANDS: CONCERN SIMMERS OVER VENEZUELAN
[...] (C) Summary: WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met March 15 with Dutch MFA, Interior, MOD and military intelligence officials. The Dutch message was consistent. The GONL is deeply concerned about developments in Venezuela - its neighbor - but does not currently see a direct military threat to the Net [...]
2006-03-24 13:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV BL CU CO NT VE NL
06THEHAGUE762NETHERLANDS: PLANS TO EXPAND PEACE AND SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GONL is paying increasing attention to African Peace and Security Architecture and is ready to commit additional resources. The GONL wishes, in cooperation with the Belgians, to take a lead on Burundi Security Sector [...]
2006-04-07 14:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL KGHA KHIV KPKO MARR MASS MOPS BE BY CG
06THEHAGUE814ONDCP DIRECTOR'S APRIL 5-6 VISIT TO THE HAGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Director for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters visited The Hague on April 5-6, at the end of a three-nation tour that included stops in Afghanistan and Belgium. Walters met with Thomas Driessen, Director of the Dutch National Crim [...]
2006-04-12 13:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PINS PGOV AF NL CO NS
06THEHAGUE834 AIVD REPORT...
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The AIVD, the Dutch civilian intelligence service, issued a report March 30 on the terrorist threat in the Netherlands, entitled ""Violent Jihad in the Netherlands: Current Trends in the Islamist Terrorist Threat."" The report concludes that the terrorist threat in the Netherlands now [...]
2006-04-18 05:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE872NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: RESPONSE TO DUTCH ARMS
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are unwilling to reconsider their pending sale of radio equipment for Spanish patrol boats to Venezuela in response to reftel points. MFA Director of Security Policy Robert de Groot said the Dutch remain committed to blocking sales of "offensive" arms to Venezuela, and [...]
2006-04-19 13:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL VE NL
06TIRANA740BERISHA VS. SOLLAKU: ONE ROUND IN A BROADER BATTLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Parliamentary investigative committee looking into allegations of incompetence and misconduct against Prosecutor General (PG) Sollaku has issued a report claiming evidence of serious misconduct and recommending not only that President Moisiu dismiss the PG, but that criminal pr [...]
2006-07-13 05:10:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM AL
06TOKYO1065PSI: OPERATIONAL EXPERTS DELEGATION VISIT PLANNING
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST (see para 3). 2. (C) Embassy is pleased to know the ROKG has agreed to participate in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),and that a PSI Operational Experts Group delegation will be coming to Seoul to discuss ROK participation, as well as visiting Ja [...]
2006-02-28 09:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS JA
06TOKYO1186 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1249 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1257JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 05:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1272JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1342 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1354JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 02:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1415JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1446DPRK FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE
[...] (S) Following up on questions raised by MOFA in February 2006 (reftel),Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation officials Anthony Ruggiero and Jae Jo met with MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Naoki Ito in Tokyo on March 10, 2006 to deliver a non-paper on DPRK flags of conven [...]
2006-03-17 08:19:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP EWWT PHSA KN JA
06TOKYO1536JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-24 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1587 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 07:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1620JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/29/06
[...]Mitani joined the NPA in 1974. His appointment to a vice minister- level post is a triple-jump appointment, according to a high government official. Lurking in the background is Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe's intention to strengthen the intelligence- SIPDIS gathering capability of t [...]
2006-03-29 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1653 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-29 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1705JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1742 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 08:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1775JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1818 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1883 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-07 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1897HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited Tokyo March 26-28 (as part of a wider trip to Asia) for meetings with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, Foreign Affairs Minister Aso, Justice Minister Sugiura, Finance Minister Tanigaki, Public Safety and Security Minister Kutsu [...]
2006-04-08 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS PTER ETRD EAIR EWWT JP
06TOKYO1919HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited Tokyo March 26-28 (as part of a wider trip to Asia) for meetings with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, Foreign Affairs Minister Aso, Justice Minister Sugiura, Finance Minister Tanigaki, Public Safety and Security Minister Kutsu [...]
2006-04-10 06:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS PTER ETRD EAIR EWWT JP
06TOKYO2117JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 01:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2176JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-21 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2311 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 22:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2322JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2377 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-01 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2433 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-02 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2467 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-08 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2481JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2500 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2519JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2564 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/11/06
[...] The relocation plan is to be carried out in a manner of maintaining a balance between the maintaining of the deterrent capability of US forces in Japan and the reduction of burden on Okinawa. 2. The relocation plan is to be carried, based on the government plan, while being mindful of ( [...]
2006-05-11 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2630JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/06
[...] The legislation is valid for only ten years. 2. Establish a realignment-related council in the Cabinet Office chaired by the prime minister. 3. Designate realignment-related special defense facilities to provide subsidies with municipalities in the vicinity. 4. Map out promotional p [...]
2006-05-15 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2803 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2854JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2939AMBASSASOR YAMAMOTO PREVIEWS CT TRILATERAL PLANS
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Tadamichi Yamamoto reviewed Japan's strategy for the upcoming U.S.-Japan-Australia Counterterrorism Trilateral with the Deputy Chief of Mission on May 25, 2006. Yamamoto hoped for a short plenary session that would include a threat assessment and [...]
2006-05-26 10:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV AS JA
06TOKYO2940THE AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH ADMINISTRATIVE VICE
[...] (S) During a May 26 meeting, Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi expressed deep appreciation for the Ambassador's efforts on the abduction issue. In a tour d'horizon, the Ambassador and Yachi discussed the upcoming summit, regional issues, realignment and beef. Foreign Minist [...]
2006-05-26 10:47:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL ECON MARR KUNR AF IR IZ IN KN KS CH JA
06TOKYO2964 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2969JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3004JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3023JDA'S TOKUCHI URGES GUIDELINES REPLACEMENT TO PDAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Japan Defense Agency May 29, Defense Councilor Tokuchi told visiting EAP PDAS Stephens that the 1997 U.S.-Japan Revised Guidelines need to be replaced by a "new policy framework" to enable successful implementation of the May 1 Security Consultative Committee ( [...]
2006-06-01 22:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL
06TOKYO3025JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3138ABDUCTION ISSUE: STRONG SHOW OF U.S./INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Schieffer and representatives from 18 other countries voiced strong support for resolution of the DPRK abduction issue at a June 6 meeting hosted by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Suzuki. Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe addressed the start of the meeting, stressing [...]
2006-06-07 08:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL RS KS KN CH JA
06TOKYO3182JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3219JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 02:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3228 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3368JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 07:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3407JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3454 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3479 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3491JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3517AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER MEETS WITH JAPANESE DIET
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 22 private, no-press meeting with the Upper House Special Committee on North Korean Abduction Issues, Ambassador Schieffer: -- recounted his visit to Niigata and the President's personal interest in the abductee issue, --updated the Committee on North Korea's m [...]
2006-06-23 11:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MARR KN KS CH RS JA
06TOKYO3523JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3552 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3555JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-28 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3632JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-30 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3711 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-04 22:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3732 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/05/06
[...] Measures against North Korea (1) Japan calls for a moratorium on North Korea's missile-launching and demands that North Korea return to the six-party talks on its nuclear programs quickly and unconditionally. (2) Japan prohibits the North Korean ship Man Gyong Bong from calling at Japanese p [...]
2006-07-05 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3735DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES: AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER'S
[...] (U) Ambassador Schieffer was called to the Prime Minister,s office at 6:45 AM on July 5 to review developments in the wake of the early morning launches of three North Korean missiles. The Ambassador met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Aso, Defe [...]
2006-07-05 08:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL ASEC JA
06TOKYO3737DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES: AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER'S
[...] (U) Ambassador Schieffer was called to the Prime Minister,s office at 6:45 AM on July 5 to review developments in the wake of the early morning launches of three North Korean missiles. The Ambassador met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Aso, Defe [...]
2006-07-05 10:09:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL ASEC JA
06TOKYO3743JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 03:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO377 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-25 03:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3789JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-07 02:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3809 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-07 09:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3814 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-09 22:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3838 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 22:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3844JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 02:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3860MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES
[...] "Diplomacy Alone Cannot Prevent North Korean Missile Launches" Guest columnist Takushoku University Prof. Satoshi Morimoto commented in the conservative Sankei (7/11): "North Korea's missile launches last week pose a serious challenge and threat to the security of the international community, [...]
2006-07-11 05:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3867 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 22:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3922 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 08:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3952 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 09:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3988ROK AMBASSADOR CLAIMS "TURNING POINT" IN SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: ROK Ambassador Ra Jong Yil told Ambassador Schieffer July 18 that public opinion toward North Korea had reached a "turning point" in South Korea as a result of the North's missile launches and bad behavior at the recent South-North ministerial. Ra worried, however, that a visit [...]
2006-07-18 22:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALJA KN KS PREL
06TOKYO4020JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4027MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "GSDF Withdrawal from Iraq: Reviewing the Experience" The liberal Asahi editorialized (7/20): "Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops have arrived in Kuwait after leaving Samawah. About 600 GSDF personnel will soon return home to Japan, bringing an end to their two-and-a- half-year hu [...]
2006-07-20 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4118AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER AGREE TO REVIEW
[...] (C) Defense Minister Fukushiro Nukaga endorsed on July 21 a proposal by the Ambassador to initiate a broad-based "lessons learned" review of bilateral coordination in the wake of recent DPRK missile activities. The Ambassador emphasized the need to use this forum to institutionalize ad hoc da [...]
2006-07-24 18:52:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PREL KS KN JA
06TOKYO4146 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-25 22:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4183JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 03:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4204 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4323JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4343 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4356JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 01:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 07:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO438JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/27/06
[...] The US is taking seriously the inclusion of specified risk materials for BSE being found in a US beef shipment to Japan. It was a great shock to us. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has already removed the companies involved from the list of beef exporters to Japan. It also has increased [...]
2006-01-27 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4417JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 04:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4434 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 23:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4470JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4486JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4499DEFENSE WHITE PAPER: EMPHASIS ON CHINA
[...] (C) Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Councilor Hideshi Tokuchi, principal editor of the 2006 JDA White Paper, pointed out to us just prior to the paper's August 1 release that its treatment of China was likely to grab a fair amount of attention. The report highlighted PRC reconnaissance flights, [...]
2006-08-10 05:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL JA
06TOKYO4520JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4543US-JAPAN COORDINATION ON DPRK MISSILES LAUNCHES:
[...] (S) Summary: A U.S.-Japan inter-agency meeting August 9 concluded that bilateral coordination in the period surrounding the July DPRK missile launches was extremely good, but room for improvement remained. The Japanese side reiterated their strong desire to learn what steps the USG was con [...]
2006-08-11 08:04:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR PINR KN JA
06TOKYO4581 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 00:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4628YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Japan comes at a important time in the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance. The July 5 DPRK missile launches have generated unprecedented public and political interest in our bilateral defense relationship, especially in the field of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). Your m [...]
2006-08-15 07:58:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR MASS PGOV JA
06TOKYO4834JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO484JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4866JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4892YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 5 DPRK missile launches have generated unprecedented interest among Japanese in the U.S.-Japan defense relationship. This is particularly true for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). Your meetings in Tokyo, and the high-profile you will lend to the USS Shiloh's arrival in [...]
2006-08-25 09:23:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR MASS PGOV JA
06TOKYO4913IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VISITS JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie visited Japan August 22-26. In Tokyo he met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Taro Aso, Minister of State for Defense Fukushiro Nukaga, and briefed MOFA officials on the situation in Iraq. He also met with press representativ [...]
2006-08-28 07:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ JA
06TOKYO4948JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4994 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4998JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 23:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO501 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5017ISAO IIJIMA ON SHINZO ABE'S LEADERSHIP, U.S.-JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary. Isao Iijima, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's most trusted advisor, shared the following frank and perhaps self-serving observations with Acting DCM Meserve on August 23: -- Shinzo Abe, Japan's next prime minister, may lack the political skills to lead the ruling LDP in next [...]
2006-09-01 07:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR JA
06TOKYO5054JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 00:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5091JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 23:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5113JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5166 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5176ASO, NUKAGA AGREE WITH AMBASSADOR ON DPRK MISSILE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Foreign Minister Aso and Defense Minister Nukaga, Ambassador Schieffer highlighted recommendations on how to further strengthen U.S.-Japan alliance coordination from the September 7 "Capstone Lessons Learned Conference" on the bilateral response to recent [...]
2006-09-10 22:44:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO5177ASO, NUKAGA AGREE WITH AMBASSADOR ON DPRK MISSILE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Foreign Minister Aso and Defense Minister Nukaga, Ambassador Schieffer highlighted recommendations on how to further strengthen U.S.-Japan alliance coordination from the September 7 "Capstone Lessons Learned Conference" on the bilateral response to recent [...]
2006-09-10 22:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO5221JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 05:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5243 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/12/06
[...] Establishing political leadership TOKYO 00005243 002 OF 010 1) For speedy and accurate decision making that can meet changing times, implement the following reforms to strengthen the political leadership and establish a top-down system led by the Prime Minister's Official Residence (K [...]
2006-09-12 08:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5325JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 07:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5336DPRK "LESSONS LEARNED CAPSTONE CONFERENCE"
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior foreign policy, defense, intelligence, and military officials from the United States and Japan met September 7 in Tokyo to review the U.S.-Japan response to the July 4/5 DPRK missiles launches. The one-day "Lessons Learned Capstone Conference" produced a list of recommen [...]
2006-09-18 22:12:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR PGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO5339JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 04:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5410THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...]
2006-09-20 10:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA
06TOKYO5423THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE
[...] (S) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...]
2006-09-21 02:15:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA
06TOKYO5456 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 08:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5512 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-25 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5515JDA AVM MORIYA ON DEFENSE BUDGETS, TRANSFORMATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya assured the DCM over Japan's commitment to implement the May 1 Alliance Transformation Roadmap and to fund necessary defense requirements, including Host Nation Support. During a September 22 dinner, Moriya said that constr [...]
2006-09-25 09:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PGOV MASS JA
06TOKYO5529JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-26 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5565A/S FORT DISCUSSES IRAN WITH MOFA INTELLIGENCE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan could potentially bring high value to our analysis of events in Iran due to Japan's diplomatic presence in and extensive commercial relations with Tehran, INR A/S Fort told MOFA Intelligence and Analysis Service (IAS) Director General Takeuchi on September 25. In a meeting [...]
2006-09-26 08:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPINR IR AF JA
06TOKYO5566JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION AFFIRMS
[...] (C) Japan's newly appointed Ambassador for Iraqi Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa September 26 reaffirmed to DCM Japan's support for the International Compact With Iraq. Ogawa believes that following meetings in New York and Abu Dhabi that there is a new momentum to promote the Compact. Ogawa also [...]
2006-09-26 08:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PINR IZ JA
06TOKYO5568U.S. POLICY PRIORITIES FOR ABE ADMINISTRATION
[...] (C) Summary and Table of Contents. New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has outlined an ambitious policy agenda for his administration, with important implications for a number of U.S. foreign policy goals. This cable highlights the most significant initiatives from a U.S. perspective and assesses [...]
2006-09-26 10:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR ECON EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL TSPL
06TOKYO5624INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25
[...] (S) SUMMARY: INR A/S Fort and CIRO Director Mitani met September 25 to exchanged views on intelligence cooperation, with A/S Fort suggesting that Japan examine how the Australian intelligence services have handled the protection of classified information. A/S Fort observed that Japan could h [...]
2006-09-28 05:32:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PINR IR CH JA
06TOKYO5625INR A/S FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 LUNCH WITH IAS
[...] (S) Summary. Over lunch on September 25, INR Assistant Secretary Fort and MOFA Intelligence and Analysis Service SIPDIS (IAS) Director General Takeuchi agreed that China and South Korea are critical players to resolving the North Korea issue. IAS Deputy Director General Shigeo Matsutomi [...]
2006-09-28 05:41:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH TH JA
06TOKYO5626INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25
[...] (C) Summary: Government belt-tightening will return Japan's overseas development assistance (ODA) to its 1984 levels in the next five years, MOFA Director General for Global Issues Tsuruoka told INR A/S Fort on September 25. These cuts will eventually hinder diplomatic efforts. The cuts shou [...]
2006-09-28 05:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UNSC EAID CH KN JA
06TOKYO5629INR A/S FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETINGS WITH DG KAWAI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MOFA leadership is convinced that the Japanese government's stove-piped system of intelligence sharing must be reformed, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Kawai told visiting INR Assistant Secretary Fort September 25. Top-level political leadership would be needed [...]
2006-09-28 06:10:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PINR AS CH JA
06TOKYO5707PDUSD RYAN HENRY,S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 25 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Henry that U.S. involvement on China and North Korea is critical to maintaining stability in the region. Henry agreed that managing our relationship with China [...]
2006-10-01 22:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PTER CH KN IZ AF AS JA
06TOKYO5753TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: When you arrive in Tokyo on October 16, Japan's new government will have been in office less than one month. The new PM, Shinzo Abe, held the powerful Chief Cabinet Secretary position in former PM Koizumi's government. Both Koizumi and Abe are LDP members with a conservative ben [...]
2006-10-03 06:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN JA PARM PREL PTER
06TOKYO5819JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-06 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5831 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-08 07:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5833JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-08 07:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5858JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5884JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5902 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5929 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 07:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5956JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5988 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6012The Japan Economic Scope Q Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents Paragraph 3 Q Japan Announces DPRK Sanctions 4 Q Ambassador Addresses Business Leaders 5 Q MOFA DG Discusses APERM, Economic Relationship 9 Q EMIN Pays Call on Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka MACHIMURA [...]
2006-10-16 06:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6032MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "Maritime Inspections: Japan's Role Questioned" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (10/17): "The UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on sanctions against North Korea includes maritime inspections of ships entering or leaving that country.... Although the implementation of inspections is left [...]
2006-10-17 03:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6042 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/06
[...] Okinawa 1,123 1. Gifu 107 2. Yamanashi 388 2. Nara 109 3. Mie 265 3. Fukui 110 TOKYO 00006042 011 OF 011 4. Wakayama 260 4. Tokyo 111 5. Oita 256 5. To [...]
2006-10-17 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6184MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "Secretary Rice's Visit: Stronger International 'Net' Around DPRK Needed" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (10/24): "From the standpoint of strengthening the international 'net' around North Korea following its nuclear test, we cannot be satisfied with the results of Secreta [...]
2006-10-24 03:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6195 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-24 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6241 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-26 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6295AMB CRUMPTON MEETINGS WITH CRISIS MGMT CHIEF NODA
[...] (C) Summary. Japan is making progress on the 16 items of its 2004 Counterterrorism Action Plan, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Noda told Ambassador Henry SIPDIS Crumpton and his Australian counterpart October 24. Noda believed gaps in Japan's laws were partly a result [...]
2006-10-31 00:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL JA AU
06TOKYO6301 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6302JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/06
[...] Government 2. Minshuto A lack of required credit units  [...]
2006-10-31 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6404U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SECOND TRILATERAL
[...] (S/REL AUS) Summary: U.S., Australian, and Japanese Ambassadors for Counterterrorism and their interagency delegations held the second round of trilateral counterterrorism consultations in Tokyo on October 24. Participants offered general threat assessments for Indonesia, the Philippines, an [...]
2006-11-07 22:56:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPINR PREL PTER AS ID RP TH AF PK IZ JA KN
06TOKYO6471ABE ON THE EVE OF APEC: STRONG, DECISIVE
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has moved quickly and decisively to demonstrate strong leadership since assuming office on September 26. Perceived as pragmatic and effective, he is receiving approval ratings in the 65-75 percent range. Abe's emphasis on close ties with the United States an [...]
2006-11-09 10:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO6485TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES DPRK,
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met on November 7 with Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Koji Omi in his capacity as Presidential Emissary for the International Compact with Iraq. (Meetings with Japanese bankers, Vice Minister for Finance Watanabe and [...]
2006-11-13 05:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PINS PARM CH JA IZ
06TOKYO6497U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 09:56:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP PGOV JA KN
06TOKYO6499U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL LUNCH ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 10:13:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA
06TOKYO65692006 JAPAN INCSR PART I
[...] (U) Japan's efforts to fight drug trafficking comply with international standards. A party to the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Trafficking in Narcotics, Japan cooperates with other countries in intelligence sharing and law enforcement. Methamphetamine abuse remains the bigg [...]
2006-11-16 05:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SOCI JA
06TOKYO65752006 JAPAN INCSR PART II
[...] (U) Japan is the world's second largest economy and a large and important world financial center. Although the Japanese government continues to strengthen legal institutions to permit more effective enforcement of financial transaction laws, Japan still faces substantial risk of money launder [...]
2006-11-16 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN
06TOKYO6591U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TROLATERAL LUNCH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Japan-hosted lunch on November 6 following the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral meeting in Tokyo, participants discussed cooperation on Resolution 1718. The GOJ circulated a draft of Q & As to use in the event a ship would not consent to boarding for inspection. U/S Joseph s [...]
2006-11-17 06:51:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA
06TOKYO6597U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR
[...] (S) Summary. During the November 6 U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral on implementation of UNSCR 1718, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and his counterparts Japanese DFM Tsuneo Nashida and Australian DFM David Richie, agreed upon the need for full and effe [...]
2006-11-17 07:25:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO6695JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6731 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6738JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6770 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 22:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6795JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6842JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-05 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6877JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-07 00:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6896AGREEMENT REACHED ON GSOMIA TEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. and Japanese negotiators reached substantial agreement November 29 on the text of a General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA),which will set uniform rules across the Japanese government for handling U.S.-origin classified military information. The GSOMIA [...]
2006-12-07 22:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6941 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-12 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6954AMBASSADOR AND CCS SHIOZAKI ON NORTH KOREA, CHINA,
[...] (S) Summary: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki outlined Japanese expectations for the upcoming Six-Party Talks during a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on December 11. Shiozaki welcomed the resumption of talks in Beijing, but said Japan is not particularly optimistic about it [...]
2006-12-13 08:12:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR KN CH JA
06TOKYO6979JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6994AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH VICE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: During a lunch conversation on December 14, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and the Ambassador covered a wide range of issues including: -- the U.S.-Japan security relationship ("2 Plus 2" Talks, DPRI); -- Iraq; -- economic issues (sub-Cabinet meetings, "trian [...]
2006-12-15 07:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL ECON PGOV JA BM IZ KS RS AF IR
06TOKYO7071JAPAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japanese leaders have publicly declared their firm commitment to stand by the United States to combat terrorism over the long term. Japanese support for domestic, regional and global counterterrorism efforts remained steady in 2006. Japan is party to all counterterrorism-related UN convention [...]
2006-12-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
06TOKYO7072JAPAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japanese leaders have publicly declared their firm commitment to stand by the United States to combat terrorism over the long term. Japanese support for domestic, regional and global counterterrorism efforts remained steady in 2006. Japan is party to all counterterrorism-related UN convention [...]
2006-12-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
06TOKYO7075JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 02:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7097U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART ONE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum and a team of State and USAID officials met December 8 with Japanese officials for a day of consultations on Central Asia. The U.S. team aimed to integrate an intensive strategic and policy consultatio [...]
2006-12-21 08:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ECON ZK JA
06TOKYO7123JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-26 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7136JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/27/06
[...]The Yushukan museum will replace seven panels headlined "Russo-Japanese War to Manchurian Incident," "Manchurian History," TOKYO 00007136 005 OF 009 "China Incident," "Hitler," Stalin," Roosevelt," and "Japan-US negotiations." One of the seven panels is about the outbreak of Japan- [...]
2006-12-27 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7188JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 04:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO796 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO805JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/06
[...] Historical perception of WWII 2. Evaluation of the Tokyo Trials 3. Asia diplomacy Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe  [...]
2006-02-15 04:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO907 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/06
[...] Azadegan oil field: 260,000 barrels a day 2. Sakhalin 1 (Russia): 250,000 barrels a day 3. Sakhalin 2 (Russia): 160,000 barrels a day 4. Rang Dong oil field (Vietnam): 50,000 barrels a day 5. Mubarras oil field (United Arab Emirates): 20,000 barrels a day (5) Political comment [...]
2006-02-21 23:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO929JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TRIPOLI453CONGRESSMAN LANTOS STRESSES BILATERAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 22-24 trip to Libya, Congressman Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, reviewed bilateral achievements since his first visit to the country in January, 2004 and set new goals for enhanc [...]
2006-08-31 15:02:00Embassy TripoliSECRETOREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI454SENATOR SPECTER REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SENIOR
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 21-24 trip to Libya, Senator Arlen Spector, Chairman of the Senate Justice Committee, reviewed the bilateral relationship with senior Libyan officials and inquired about prospects for developing a "Libya model" that co [...]
2006-08-31 15:03:00Embassy TripoliSECRETOREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI671LIBYA: TIP SPECIAL WATCH LIST ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The most salient feature of trafficking in Libya is the lack of information about it. Governments, non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations, and the media all appear to know very little about the phenomenon. While slightly more information is available [...]
2006-11-17 13:30:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM GTIP LY
06TUNIS1157SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TUNISIA
[...] (C) Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome you to Tunisia from May 19-20. As the highest ranking State Department official to visit Tunis since former Secretary Powell in December 2003, you are in an excellent position to reinvigorate with President Ben Ali a bilateral dialogue which focuse [...]
2006-05-15 13:52:00Embassy TunisSECRETOVIP KDEM PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS2408TUNISIA: INTERFERENCE IN USG ACTIVITIES ON RISE;
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy personnel are increasingly subject to GOT interference in their meetings and activities, the result of a culture of paranoia about dealing with foreign governments that appears to have spilled over from the MOI. While the phenomenon itself is not new, or targeted only at [...]
2006-09-20 13:37:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2814GOT OUTLINES LEGAL ASSURANCES FOR S/WCI AMB.
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. During his November 15-17 visit to Tunisia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met on November 16 with Tunisian Minister of Interior Rafik Bel Haj Kacem and on November 17 with Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari to discuss the repatriat [...]
2006-11-28 08:05:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PHUM PINR PGOV TS
06TUNIS373HAMAS VICTORY: DEMOCRATIC REFORM IMPLICATIONS
[...] Summary: Pro-democracy contacts from across the region were shocked by the magnitude of the recent Hamas electoral victory, but at the same time were impressed by the genuinely democratic process. Looking at the impact that these events could have on democratic reform in the region, the democr [...]
2006-02-21 16:17:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KDEM PREL XT TS
06ULAANBAATAR139GIA DETAINS U.S. AND JAPANESE CURRENCY CARRIED BY
[...] (S/NF) The head of the General Intelligence Agency's Counter Intelligence department requested a meeting the morning of February 23rd with SIMO to discuss their detention of one million U.S. dollars and 200 million Japanese Yen in cash from two DPRK males at Ulaanbaatar's Chinggis Khan (former [...]
2006-02-26 23:38:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRET//NOFORNSNAR EFIN PREL PTER ASEC MG
06ULAANBAATAR155NO COUNTERFEIT DETECTED AMONGST U.S. AND JAPANESE
[...] (S/NF) On the evening of March 2nd, a representative of the Japanese Embassy in Ulaanbaatar reported that examiners from the Japanese Finance Ministry had completed two thirds of their examination of the two thousand 10,000 Yen notes and determined all to be genuine. He stated that the team wou [...]
2006-03-03 09:02:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRET//NOFORNSNAR EFIN PREL PTER ASEC MG
06ULAANBAATAR232 State Secrets Law: An Invitation to
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The World Bank, civil society and donors, including the U.S., have long identified the lack of transparency and citizen access to government information as a major invitation to corruption and have encouraged the Government of Mongolia and worked with civil society [...]
2006-03-31 07:39:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ECON MG FR GM
06ULAANBAATAR537Mongolia's Parliament Passes Tax, Anti-Money-
[...] SUMMARY: Prior to the July 11-14 Naadam national day holiday, the State Great Hural (SGH - Parliament) passed three major pieces of legislation: an anti- corruption law; an anti-money laundering law; and amendments to the minerals law. The bills culminated a busy spring session for the legi [...]
2006-07-17 07:25:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EMIN EINV SNAR KCRM EFIN ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR593KHAANQUEST 2006 PEACEKEEPING EXERCISE SCENESETTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: KHAANQUEST 2006 IS THE PACIFIC-AREA GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS INITIATIVE (GPOI) CAPSTONE EVENT OF THE YEAR. IT HAS FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS: 1) A MULTINATIONAL FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE (FTX) FOCUSING ON PEACEKEEPING SKILLS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIVE HILLS TRAINING CENTER, [...]
2006-08-04 08:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR658New AML Law: Better Than Nothing, But Implementation Will
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the end of June, Mongolia's parliament passed the country's first anti-money laundering (AML) law. The step followed years of foreign exhortations, including and especially from the United States, about the danger that Mongolia might become a money laundering center. There [...]
2006-09-04 05:50:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ECON PREL SNAR MG
06ULAANBAATAR682CODEL KOLBE DISCUSSES DPRK REFUGEE ISSUES, MORE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Mongolian General Intelligence Agency (GIA) officials told visiting CODEL Kolbe that since 1998 Mongolia had facilitated the resettlement in South Korea of 1,976 North Koreans and that 136 were presently in Mongolia being processed. To date, all North Koreans crossing into Mong [...]
2006-09-12 07:53:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PREF EAID MG KN KS
06ULAANBAATAR845AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON NEW BANK OF
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, paid a courtesy call November 27 on recently appointed Bank of Mongolia (BOM) Governor A. Batsukh. After congratulating Batsukh on his appointment last month, the Ambassador noted the USG had worked with the GOM and the BOM on several issues, includin [...]
2006-11-29 07:37:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PINR MG
06USNATO609NATO ALLIES GIVE GEORGIA CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Allies expressed support for Georgia's territorial integrity during an October 13 briefing by Deputy Foreign Minister Kutelia on the arrest and expulsion of alleged Russian spies, but most also expressed disappointment in Georgia's handling of the case. Allies advised Geo [...]
2006-10-16 16:09:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL PGOV PINR GG
06USNATO62217 OCTOBER COFFEE
[...] SUMMARY: -- Riga Communique: PermReps endorse notion of a short and crispy document, SYG will circulate a strawman outline of key subjects o/a 31 October. -- ANA Training: SYG intends to circulate under silence a tasking to NATO Military Authorities (NMAs) on Afghan National Security Fo [...]
2006-10-19 15:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO
06USNATO641NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT OCTOBER 25, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Belgian FM De Gucht, addressing the NAC in his capacity as the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO),highlighted the OSCE,s intermediary role between Russia and Georgia, saying that there was "almost open conflict" between the two countries over South Ossetia, and argued for "addres [...]
2006-10-27 10:49:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO643NATO ECONOMICS COMMITTEE: "HEADS" AND "SECURITY &
[...] (C) Summary: The NATO "Heads of Economic Intelligence" was convened by Defense & Economic Security Director Patrick Hardouin who reviewed the Committee's program over the past year. He then turned to the issue of the UK,s decision not to support the Committee's work in future and how to better [...]
2006-10-27 13:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALECON EPET NATO PGOV RU UP
06USNATO659NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 2, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SACEUR blasts France, Turkey and Italy for not fulfilling their security responsibility in areas around Kabul; NAC with EU, UN, World Bank Representatives seeks better coordination on reconstruction and development; NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) asks [...]
2006-11-03 16:42:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO666NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 8, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Azerbaijan: Azeri President Aliev provides an upbeat assessment of Azerbaijan,s reforms, predicts an end to Russia,s energy monopoly, and warns that frozen conflicts are the biggest threat he sees to regional stability, (see separate front channel message). -- Afghanistan [...]
2006-11-13 13:55:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO720NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 14, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG details a busy calendar of NATO events for early 2007. He observed that much more needs to be done on ANA train and equip. Ambassador Nuland seconds SYG,s call to accelerate military advice on ANA training before Seville, and also asked for more detailed br [...]
2006-12-15 16:51:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
06USUNNEWYORK1196UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS UNSCR 1683 ON LIBERIA
[...] On June 13, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1683, which amends the arms embargo in Liberia. The new resolution allows the Government of Liberia to procure a limited number of weapons for vetted and trained security personnel. 2. BEGIN TEXT: The Security Council, [...]
2006-06-13 22:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
06USUNNEWYORK1407PACIFIC ISLAND STATES APPEAL FOR COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] Summary: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and its Executive Directorate (CTED) hosted a meeting on July 21 between representatives of Pacific Island States, potential donor nations, and select international organizations to discuss the Pacific Island States' technical [...]
2006-07-25 20:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1436CTC CHAIRMAN APPEALS FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Danish PermRep Ellen Margrethe Loj, the Chairman of the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),told Amb. Bolton, Wolff, and Sanders on July 28 that she fears the CTC is foundering and appealed for the United States to articulate consistent, clear goals for the CTC. Loj ar [...]
2006-08-01 14:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA UNSC KFTN KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK1441LORD CARLILE SEEKS U.S. VIEWS ON DEFINING TERRORISM
[...] This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. In a videoteleconference with USUN LegalOff, Department attorneys, and UKUN legal advisers on July 31, Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew Q.C., the UK,s independent reviewer of the Terrorist Act, sought U.S. views on the negotiations of the Compr [...]
2006-08-02 13:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PGOV UNSC KTFN UNGA UK
06USUNNEWYORK1550DPKO BRIEFS A/S HILLEN ON EXPANDED UNIFIL FORCE
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with PM A/S Hillen on August 16 in New York, UN DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi expressed deep concern that potential unwillingness by France to commit substantial forces to an expanded UNIFIL might have a "chilling effect" on other potential troop contributing countries ( [...]
2006-08-17 12:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1570UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE: MEMBER STATES
[...] (U) Summary. During a meeting with current and potential troop contributing countries (TCCs) to an expanded UNIFIL force in south Lebanon on August 17, UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown made an impassioned SIPDIS appeal to member states to help secure a lasting peace by committ [...]
2006-08-18 01:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1609WAR ON TERRORISM - THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S ROLE -
[...] Summary: UN efforts to counter terrorism have increased significantly since September 11, 2001. Pre-9/11 focus on negotiating conventions in the General Assembly has shifted to more robust and aggressive counter-terrorism measures mandated by the Security Council. Although the General Asse [...]
2006-08-22 22:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA UNSC KTFN
06USUNNEWYORK1856A/S FRIED'S 9/20 MEETING WITH TURKISH PM CHIEF
[...] (U) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and NSC Director Judy Ansley met with Ambassador/Chief Advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu September 21 for 90 minutes on the margins of the UNGA general debate in New York. Following recounts the meeting's substance by theme. PKK ------ 2. (C) [...]
2006-09-25 17:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALGR PREL PTER TU UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2265BRAMMERTZ PRAISES SYRIAN COOPERATION WITH HARIRI
[...] (C) Summary. During an open meeting of the UNSC on December 18, UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Head Serge Brammertz noted that his work had reached a "critical stage" which would prevent him from placing sensitive information about witnesses and suspects in the [...]
2006-12-19 20:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
06USUNNEWYORK2297UNSC ADOPTS RES 1735 ON AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) On December 22, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1735, regarding al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions. The resolution focuses on sanctioning active members of the Taliban who are responsible for the upsurge in violence in Afghanistan. It also emphasizes the importance of [...]
2006-12-27 22:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC PREL PGOV AF
06USUNNEWYORK454UN/IRAQ: UNAMI SECURITY ISSUES AND NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Begin Summary. The SYG hosted a policy committee meeting March 7 for senior UN staff to discuss Iraq. He decided to expand UN operations in Erbil and approved the plan for mid- and long-term UNAMI accommodation in Baghdad. He decided not to expand in Basra for now and continued to insis [...]
2006-03-09 23:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV ASEC IZ
06USUNNEWYORK683HIRC MEETING WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN, MARCH 27
[...] Summary. Chairman Hyde and a Congressional Delegation from the House International Relations Committee (HIRC) met with Secretary-General Kofi Annan and senior members of his staff at the UN on March 27. End Summary. 2. Chairman Hyde told Secretary-General Annan that the UN was at an histo [...]
2006-04-04 20:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KUNR SU IS KPKO UN
06USUNNEWYORK714MARCH 30 ROLLOUT OF WATSON INSTITUTE PAPER ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a March 30 luncheon at the UN, Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies unveiled its final white paper on "Strengthening Targeted Sanctions through Fair and Clear Procedures," research for which had been commissioned and sponsored by the governments of Germ [...]
2006-04-04 22:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM PGOV PTER ETTC
06USUNNEWYORK915LARSEN TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL WHY SYRIA NEEDS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. During private consultations with the UNSC on April 26, UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen robustly argued that full implementation of UNSCR 1559 would not be achieved until Syria responded to Lebanon's offer to demarcate their shared border and establish diplomatic relations. [...]
2006-05-04 13:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC LE SY
06USUNNEWYORK977GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENTS ON SYG'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In informal consultations of the General Assembly (closed to press and public) May 11 and 12, 36 delegations commented on the Secretary-General's recently released counterterrorism strategy. (UN Doc A/60/825 "Uniting against terrorism: recommendations for a global counter-terro [...]
2006-05-15 15:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPTER UNGA
06VATICAN183VATICAN: IRAQI AMBASSADOR WARNS OF UNIFIED ISLAMIC THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Yelda, sees severe consequences to western interests should radical Shia and Sunni factions ever put aside their differences and unite. Yelda, an Assyrian Christian, counseled the U.S. to take steps now to combat this possibility by portraying Iran [...]
2006-09-01 09:16:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PTER IZ VT
06VATICAN219CHALDEAN: IRAQI CHRISTIANS TARGETED AFTER POPE'S REMARKS
[...] (S) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See, and the Chaldean Patriarch's First Counselor, Bishop Ibrahim Ibrahim of Detroit, Michigan told Poloff in a recent meeting that Christians faced increasing violence in Iraq. They said the papal [...]
2006-10-19 10:42:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR IZ VT
06VATICAN28VATICAN - IRAN: POSSIBLE ENGAGEMENT ON NUCLEAR ISSUE
[...] (C) The Holy See's diplomatic relationship with Iran is an East-West and Christian-Muslim link that could present an opportunity for dialogue and leverage. The Holy See talks regularly to the resident Iranian ambassador and his relatively large staff, encouraging Iran not to turn away from t [...]
2006-02-22 14:09:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL IR VT
06VATICAN73CASTILLO LARA PRIMES POPE FOR CHAVEZ; VENEZUELAN PRIEST
[...] (C) Fr. Pedro Freites, Rector of the Venezuelan College in Rome, confirmed to us May 4 that Cardinal Castillo Lara had briefed the pope thoroughly on President Chavez during his recent audience (ref a). Freites was confident that the pope had heard what he needed to hear, and said he hoped t [...]
2006-05-05 08:55:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI VE VT
06VIENNA142AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM PLASSNIK
[...] (C) Summary. During a cordial and lively first meeting with Ambassador McCaw, Foreign Minister Plassnik expressed her desire to continue the improved tenor of transatlantic relations during the Austrian EU Presidency. She pledged solidarity on Iran and Afghanistan, and agreed that the EU ne [...]
2006-01-18 07:23:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EU AU IR AF RU
06VIENNA1552 May 4 EU Ministerial on the Role of Internal
[...] (SBU) Summary. Over 50 states and international organizations attended the May 4-5 Austrian Presidency sponsored Internal Security Ministerial, designed in part to implement the EU JHA External Strategy paper adopted in December 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Gonzales, who [...]
2006-05-31 11:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU
06VIENNA2515FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON AUSTRIAN TRANSFER OF
[...] (S/NF) On August 17, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor followed up on ref b concerns with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said that he and an official from Austria's domestic intelligence service (BVT),met with Steyr Motors CEO Rudolf Man [...]
2006-08-22 16:21:00Embassy ViennaSECRETETTC PARM PREL AU
06VIENNA2541DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT UPDATE: AUSTRIAN AUTHORITIES
[...] (S) On August 16 and, following receipt of ref A, on August 24, Econ Unit Chief met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Import and Export Control Division, to discuss developments in the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare Parts case. Krehlik confirmed that on Augu [...]
2006-08-24 14:20:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU
06VIENNA2740AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 13, 2006
[...] Bartenstein and Westenthaler came across as "buddy-buddy" in the debate, ORF online news comments. The coalition partners were "at pains to emphasize their joint successes of the past six years and to stress common goals, such as preventing a SPOe-Greens coalition government" after the October [...]
2006-09-14 07:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2765AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 15, 2006
[...] The former head of Bawag bank, Helmut Elsner, has been arrested at his home in the south of France. Elsner is under criminal investigation in connection with currency speculations and losses at Bawag. The Justice Ministry in Vienna says the 71-year-old Elsner was arrested because there was a f [...]
2006-09-15 14:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3011AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 11, 2006
[...] On Wednesday, Federal President Heinz Fischer will officially authorize SPOe Boss Alfred Gusenbauer to form a government, allowing formal coalition negotiations between SPOe and OeVP to begin. Both parties have already nominated their teams. Mass circulation daily "Kurier" reports that, whereas [...]
2006-10-11 12:52:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA309TREASURY U/S LEVEY RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT TWO
[...] (U) This message contains a request from the Ministry of Finance for information from the Department of Treasury. Please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (S) During January 19 meetings, U/S Levey reiterated USG concerns to senior Austrian officials about financial relations between [...]
2006-02-02 07:47:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL PARM MNUC KNNP AU
06VIENNA310COUNCIL OF EUROPE INQUIRY ON RENDITION FLIGHTS:
[...] (C) DCM met Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmannsdorff (at the latter's request) regarding Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty's inquiry into "Alleged Secret Detentions in Council of Europe Member States." SIPDIS Trauttmansdorff handed over a Verbal Note (sic) requesting in [...]
2006-02-02 07:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU EUN
06VIENNA3173UPDATE ON DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT CASE
[...] (S/NF) Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division, recently provided post with an update on the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) case. Frosch's father, Erich Frosch, remains under custody, and Austrian authorities hope to charge him with facilitating t [...]
2006-10-27 12:25:00Embassy ViennaSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU
06VIENNA3214AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 02, 2006
[...] Social Democrats leader Alfred Gusenbauer says he wants to hold a face-to-face meeting with Conservatives leader Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel in a bid to break the deadlock over the coalition talks. A date for the meeting has not been made public. Like all Austrian media, mass-circulation tabl [...]
2006-11-02 14:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3343AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 16, 2006
[...] It is the moment of truth for the OeVP, an Austrian daily says: In a meeting at 10:00 am today, the Conservatives' leadership was to begin deciding whether to resume coalition negotiations with the SPOe, or go into opposition and give up much of its power. In an analysis of the OeVP's strategy [...]
2006-11-16 15:51:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3355AUSTRIA: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Per reftel, Post is submitting Part I of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) on Drugs and Chemical Control. Post will provide updates as they become available. Embassy POC for the INCSR Part I is Economic-Political Officer Dayna R. Robison, office phone: 43 [...]
2006-11-20 07:12:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM AU
06VIENNA3392AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 22, 2006
[...] Coalition negotiations resume today between the Social Democrats and the People's Party. Party leaders Alfred Gusenbauer and Wolfgang Schuessel are to discuss issues aimed at paving the way for a grand coalition. Although Schuessel in an interview ruled out a coalition with the FPOe, Austrian m [...]
2006-11-24 07:11:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3400AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 24, 2006
[...] An expert opinion on the bank investigation committee, compiled by the Chancellor's Office, is threatening to strain even further the already critical coalition negotiations between the SPOe and the OeVP. The expert opinion concluded there was no obligation to provide documents or compel state [...]
2006-11-24 14:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3433AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 29, 2006
[...] Ahead of the next round of coalition talks on Thursday, the Social Democrats and the Conservatives have reached a compromise on the issue of pension increases: Both sides approved raising pensions next year by 1.6 percent and providing a single payment between 25 and 60 Euros. Minimum pensions [...]
2006-11-29 16:00:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3475AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 04, 2006
[...] The next round of talks between representatives from the SPOe and the OeVP to form a grand coalition begins today. At the top of the agenda are issues including government and administrative reforms, as well as social affairs, such as the details and financing of the proposed basic security pay [...]
2006-12-04 15:20:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3502 TERRORIST LISTS IN AUSTRIA: NO SEPARATE
[...] (SBU) The Austrian National Bank (ANB) maintains two sets of lists for individuals and entities identified as terrorists/terrorist organizations. The first set of "national" lists in Austria comprises the EU Council Regulations, such as EC 881 of May 27, 2002 imposing restrictive measures ag [...]
2006-12-07 11:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AU
06VIENNA3584AUSTRIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Economic-Political Officer Dayna R. Robison, office phone: 43-1-31339-2196 and email: RobisonDR(at sign)state.gov. Post emailed the updated Intellipedia version of this report to [...]
2006-12-20 13:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR EFIN AU
06VIENNA514USG CONCERNS OVER AUSTRIAN BANKING OPERATIONS
[...] (S/NF) In view of continued Washington questions about the operations of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) and Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA/CA) in several areas, this cable attempts to consolidate all the information that this Mission has regarding allegations and GoA responses. Embassy would [...]
2006-02-17 19:38:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL EFIN MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP AU
06VIENNA515USG CONCERNS OVER AUSTRIAN BANKING OPERATIONS
[...] (S/NF) In view of continued Washington questions about the operations of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) and Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA/CA) in several areas, this cable attempts to consolidate all the information that this Mission has regarding allegations and GoA responses. Embassy would apprecia [...]
2006-02-17 19:38:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL EFIN MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP AU
06VIENNA643MTAG 5-96: RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
[...] (S) Econ Unit Chief and PolOff delivered reftel talking points on March 2 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the Export and Import Control Division in the Ministry of Economics and Labor (MOE). Krehlik assured us that the MOE had already denied permission to Daniel Frosch Exports (DFE) to ship a fri [...]
2006-03-02 15:20:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE IR AU
06VIENTIANE306NEW CENTRAL COMMITTEE LINEUP
[...] LTG Choummaly Sayasone (3) Present position: Lao State Vice President (since 2001),Party Secretary General Previous position: -- Deputy Prime Minister -- Minister of National Defense -- Vice Minister of National Defense Age: 69 Date of birth: June 3, 1936 Place of birth: Attapeu Province [...]
2006-03-31 08:29:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR LA
06VIENTIANE894CASE OF 26 MISSING HMONG CHILDREN STILL OF CONCERN
[...] (C) This cable requests the Department pass an action request to Embassy Luxembourg; please see paragraph 14. It also has kudos for USUN and Embassy Sweden which we request the Department pass on; please see paragraph 15. 2. (C) Summary: &Like-minded8 senior diplomats met to discuss the c [...]
2006-09-14 10:42:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG UNDP
06VILNIUS1110LITHUANIA'S NEW BUDGET INCREASES DEFENSE SPENDING,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Defense Juozas Olekas told the Ambassador that Lithuania's 2007 budget meets the Defense Ministry's goal of programming an increase in defense spending as a percentage of GDP of .05 percent, to 1.25 percent. While this is technically accurate due to modest official [...]
2006-12-14 13:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR LH
06VILNIUS431LABOR PARTY SPLITS, COALITION KEEPS IT TOGETHER
[...] (C) Eight members of parliament, including the newly elected Speaker, withdrew from the Labor Party May 2 and 3, formed a new parliamentary group, and promised to support the ruling coalition of which they are no longer officially members. Over four hundred Labor Party members followed the pa [...]
2006-05-10 14:38:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV LH
06VILNIUS442VILNIUS CDC SUMMIT: DEMOCRACY IS EUROPE'S DESTINY
[...] (U) Heads of state from the Baltic, Black Sea and Caucasus regions gathered with EU and U.S. high-level officials May 4 for a regional conference, "Common Vision for a Common Neighborhood," which Lithuania and Poland co-hosted. This second Community of Democratic Choice (CDC) summit enabled f [...]
2006-05-12 12:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO LT LG EN PL GG BO AM AJ UP RO
06VILNIUS487(C) LITHUANIA'S ISAF PRT (C-RE6-00473)
[...] (C) This cable responds to reftel's questions about host country's Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in Afghanistan. -------------------------------- GOL COMMITTED TO AFGHANISTAN PRT -------------------------------- 2. (C) The GOL remains committed to leading the PRT in Ghor Provin [...]
2006-05-26 11:25:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAF PINR MASS MOPS PTER LH
06VILNIUS511INTERIM GOVERNMENT TAKES POWER IN LITHUANIA
[...] (C) Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas handed a letter of resignation to the President Valdas Adamkus on June 1, following the May 31 withdrawal of the Labor Party and its five ministers from the ruling coalition (reftel). Brazauskas's Cabinet remains in place on an interim basis wi [...]
2006-06-02 13:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
06VILNIUS675LITHUANIA'S 14TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE AS
[...] (SBU) Lithuania's parliament approved Prime Minister- designate Gediminas Kirkilas's government program and cabinet July 18 by a vote of 59 to 49. Support came from the coalition of 53 MPs with additional support from three Labor members and three Homeland Union (conservative) members in the [...]
2006-07-18 13:12:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR LH
06VILNIUS922LITHUANIAN FOREIGN POLICY GURU QUITS AMID PRESS
[...] (C) Summary. The surprise resignation on September 29 of one of Lithuania's most influential foreign policy figures has shaken the Foreign Ministry. MFA Undersecretary Albinas Januska, long considered the Ministry's most influential official, has close ties to Lithuania's security services an [...]
2006-10-06 12:42:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV LH
06WARSAW1171POLISH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE REFORM: CASTING OUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, President Lech Kaczynski signed into law three bills that will liquidate Poland's existing Military Information Services (WSI) on September 30, 2006 in order to create two new services on October 1, 2006, the Military Intelligence Service (SWW) and the Military Counte [...]
2006-06-14 12:07:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MCAP PGOV MARR PL
06WARSAW1610NEW HEAD OF CHANCELLERY A LOYAL KACZYNSKI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. 43-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo is a Lech Kaczynski protege and one of the President's closest confidantes. Szczyglo's appointment as Head of the Presidential Chancellery will assure a loyal staff operation, but may not necessarily affect policy formulation. Though a member of t [...]
2006-08-07 13:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PL
06WARSAW1630NEW HEAD OF CHANCELLERY A LOYAL KACZYNSKI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. 43-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo is a Lech Kaczynski protege and one of the President's closest confidantes. Szczyglo's appointment as Head of the Presidential Chancellery will assure a loyal staff operation, but may not necessarily affect policy formulation. Though a member of t [...]
2006-08-07 15:09:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PL
06WARSAW1646JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI TAKES CHARGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Speaking non-stop for an hour and forty minutes without break, and only rarely looking at his notes, PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski delivered on August 4 an impressive tour d'horizon of Polish government policies, making clear that he is solidly in charge of the gov [...]
2006-08-09 07:10:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR PL
06WARSAW1798NEW DEPUTY DEFMINS: MACIEREWICZ STIRS UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed MOD U/S Antoni Macierewicz, responsible for transformation of the military intelligence services (REF A),has triggered an uproar by accusing "most former Polish foreign ministers" of being Soviet agents. PM Kaczynski who forced the appointment over DefMin Sikorsk [...]
2006-08-26 05:00:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PL
06WARSAW180POLAND'S COMMENTS ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) Poland's Ministry of Economy and MFA expressed support for the U.S. proposal on an approach to Ukraine but seek clarification on several questions. Poland requests fu [...]
2006-02-03 17:26:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PINR PREL UP RS PO AU EU CZ
06WARSAW2057(C) MISSILE DEFENSE AND POLAND: REQUEST FOR AN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) As reported reftel, public debate in Poland over Missile Defense is intensifying even as the Polish government prepares itself for an expected U.S. offer on MD. A critical element of both processes is the perceived reaction and/or th [...]
2006-09-21 15:27:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
06WARSAW2064POLAND: SECOND ROUND OF PRICE REDUCTIONS FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified/NOT for internet distribution 2. (SBU) At a September 15 meeting, Piotr Blaszczyk, the Acting Director of the Drug Policy and Pharmacy Department of the Polish Ministry of Health, issued a second round of price cuts to 27 pharmaceutical companies. The price [...]
2006-09-22 15:38:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON PL
06WARSAW2115TURBULENT POLITICAL SCENE CONTINUES AS PM
[...] (C) Summary: Poland's seemingly endless political turbulence continues to follow twists and turns that lead to constant speculation and disagreement about whether there will be early elections, whether Law and Justice (PiS) can form a new majority, and whether the opposition can cobble toget [...]
2006-09-29 15:30:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PL
06WARSAW2159A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH FM FOTYGA, MFA AND MOD
[...] (C) Summary: (C) A/S Fried met September 8 with MFA and MOD officials to discuss a range of bilateral issues, and was hosted at dinner later that evening by Foreign Minister Fotyga. An extensive part of both conversations focused on Ukraine, and how to encourage the Ukrainian government to c [...]
2006-10-05 14:58:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON OVIP
06WARSAW2312MFA DEMORALIZED AND WEAKENED UNDER FM FOTYGA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lech Kaczynski's tight grip on foreign policy has squeezed out his own Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with a corresponding loss of effectiveness in European institutions and overall quality in Polish foreign policy. The politicization of top and mid-level positions, [...]
2006-11-02 16:16:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW2323READOUT OF CENTCOM,S IRAQ CONFERENCE IN WARSAW 3-5
[...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM,s Coalition conference in Warsaw 3-5 Oct 2006 successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. All presentations and some keynote speeches [...]
2006-11-03 15:23:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS IZ PL
06WARSAW2511POLAND: GOVERNMENT STEPS UP EFFORTS VS. FORCED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the months since stories broke of Poles trafficked to Spain and Italy for forced labor (Reftel) the Polish government has stepped up efforts in the fight against human trafficking. The Polish National Police (PNP) has supplemented the five person Central Anti-Trafficking Uni [...]
2006-12-06 15:45:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS KCRM PGOV IT PL SP SW UK
06WARSAW380POLAND'S PROPOSED EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY TREATY
[...] (C) Poland continues to consult with EU partners on its proposed European Energy Security Treaty. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski requests a meeting with Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns March 20 or 21 to discuss mechanisms in the NATO Treaty that can be transferred to [...]
2006-03-03 16:25:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL PL
06WARSAW381INFIGHTING CONTINUES AMONG STABILIZATION PACT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the Stabilization Pact signed February 2 between Poland's governing Law and Justice Party (PiS) the League of Polish Families (LPR) and Self Defense (SO) helped stave off early elections, it has not stopped political battling among the partners, nor guaranteed the smooth [...]
2006-03-03 16:26:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW497POLISH DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION AT A STRATEGIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its position as a minority government and ongoing domestic political battles, the Marcinkiewicz government is beginning to define the future strategic direction of the Polish military. In the coming months, the parliament will consider bills that would radically reorganiz [...]
2006-03-17 09:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL
06WARSAW504POLAND MOVES TO ACCELERATES MILITARY MODERNIZATION
[...] SUMMARY: Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Defense Minister (DefMin) Sikorski announced their shared intention to accelerate modernization of the Polish military at a press conference following the annual meeting of Defense Ministry and Armed Forces leadership on March 13. Their plan include [...]
2006-03-17 14:29:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL
06WELLINGTON284A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: During his March 19-20 visit to Wellington and Auckland, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill met with GNZ officials from foreign affairs, defense, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. All agreed that the United States and N [...]
2006-04-13 02:58:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV XB NZ
06WELLINGTON389MORE ON FM PETER'S E-MAIL OUTBURST: AN ANTI-GOFF
[...] (C) Summary: Chris Trotter, New Zealand's leading left-wing political analyst believes the recent attack by New Zealand First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters on National Party Leader Don Brash was actually aimed at Trade and Defense Minister Phil Goff. In a recent article in the "I [...]
2006-05-19 05:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON405NEW ZEALAND ON STANDBY FOR EAST TIMOR
[...] (C) GNZ officials are deciding what support New Zealand will provide to E. Timor now that the Timorese government has officially asked for help. In the morning of May 25, NZ Defense Force (NZDF) Assistant Chief for Strategic Commitments and Intelligence, Brigadier Warren Whiting, told DATT a [...]
2006-05-25 04:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC TT NZ AS
06WELLINGTON406NZ UPDATE ON THE SOLOMONS
[...] (C) Summary: GNZ officials report that a May 19 meeting between New Zealand Foreign Minister Peters, Australian Foreign Minister Downer, and Solomon Island officials was "difficult." However, the Solomons PM was much more conciliatory during a separate meeting with Peters on May 23. Most Sol [...]
2006-05-26 00:50:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON41LANGE'S LAST LAUGH
[...] (C) Former NZ Prime Minister David Lange's private papers included a copy of the highly classified 1985-86 Government Communications Security Bureau annual report detailing its activities, including cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency. According to an article in the January 15 [...]
2006-01-16 23:41:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPINR PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON449THINLY STRETCHED NEW ZEALAND MILITARY AIMS HIGH,
[...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) is being rebuilt after decades of neglect. The Labour Government, ideologically drawn to a peace-keeping role for the NZDF, has nonetheless proved willing to deploy small expeditionary forces around the world. Given that the entire military [...]
2006-06-12 05:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PMIL NZ
06WELLINGTON451INITIATING A DIALOGUE: NEW ZEALAND ACTIONS IN THE
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials say New Zealand's main areas of concern in the Pacific are governance, economic stability and security. New Zealand is revising its approach to and strengthening engagement with Pacific Island countries (PICs),and is coordinating more [...]
2006-06-13 00:04:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL NZ
06WELLINGTON470PRESENCE OF 9/11 HIJACKER CRONY IN NEW ZEALAND
[...] (SBU) The New Zealand Government announced on June 11 that it had two weeks earlier deported Rayed Mohammed Abdullah Ali, a Saudi national of Yemeni background. When Ali had lived in the United States some years ago, he studied flying and roomed in Phoenix with 9/11 hijacker Hani Hanjour, wh [...]
2006-06-20 22:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER NZ
06WELLINGTON547NEW ZEALAND: STATUS ON HSPD-6 TERRORIST SCREENING
[...] (U) Following is an update on the status of New Zealand's efforts regarding the HSPD-6 initiative: 2. (SBU) The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS),which is the lead agency for the HSPD-6 initiative in New Zealand, is continuing to review the draft agreement. Because the agre [...]
2006-07-14 01:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON655VISIT OF EAP DAS DAVIES TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is eager to continue to identify areas of future US-NZ cooperation, GNZ officials told EAP DAS Glyn Davies during his August 17-19 visit. But PM Clark and other senior officials are wary of riling the Labour party's left, and prefer that we gradually signal our dialo [...]
2006-08-22 01:02:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ US
06WELLINGTON732EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S MEETINGS WITH GNZ:
[...] (C) Summary: During September 13 meetings in Wellington, GNZ officials told EAP/ANP Director Steven McGann that PM Clark and NZ Ministers support greater US-NZ cooperation. McGann and his counterparts agreed that meetings over the coming months between both sides' leaders and senior officials [...]
2006-09-19 01:26:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD NZ US
06WELLINGTON86PACOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon's January 20-21 visit to New Zealand came at a time of media interest in the bilateral relationship, sparked by a TV mini-series on the ANZUS breakup and public release of former Prime Minister David Lange's private papers (reftel). The Admiral met with Prime Mini [...]
2006-02-01 20:25:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON958TALKING POINTS REGARDING VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 04:35:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON970NEW ZEALAND AGREES TO FUND HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: GNZ has approved necessary funding needed to implement an HSPD-6 agreement with the United States, and would like NZ's liaison in Washington to meet with CA to go over next steps. End summary. 2. (C) PE Couns and Econoff met on December 1 with Mike XXXXXXXXXXXX manager of the co [...]
2006-12-08 02:53:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALCVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ
06YEREVAN1020MERMOUD VISIT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR REGIONAL
[...] (C) During his recent visit to Yerevan, State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud targeted Armenia's perennial problems of customs and tax administration and corruption as critical areas in need of reform. In addition to his meetings with the Pr [...]
2006-07-28 12:39:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV EINV AM
06YEREVAN1254SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S SEPTEMBER 19-20
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We look forward to welcoming you to Armenia. Armenia and the United States have lately enjoyed increasing trust and military cooperation. While Armenia initially lagged behind its fellow South Caucasus republics in developing relationships with Western nations and Euro-Atlantic i [...]
2006-09-11 12:17:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN1342BANK CONTENDING FOR MCC BUSINESS SUBJECT OF
[...] (C) Armenian regulators and the IMF have both flagged concerns about possible wrongdoing and suspicious transactions at Converse Bank, a major local bank, which we understand is a short-listed candidate to handle MCC transactions. The Central Bank of Armenia's (CBA) financial intelligence chi [...]
2006-09-27 12:51:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KTFN MCC AM
06YEREVAN1396ARMENIANS WORRIED ABOUT EFFECTS OF GEORGIA-RUSSIA
[...] (C) Public statements from Armenian officials are generally calm and balanced, but acknowledge the effects on Armenia of the Russian blockade of Georgia. Privately, officials are more concerned, and more of them blame Georgia than Russia. PM Markarian told visiting DAS Matt Bryza on October [...]
2006-10-06 10:35:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RU AM
06YEREVAN1424PUSHING ARMENIA TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST KONGRA GEL
[...] (S) The Government of Armenia has taken little action to respond to USG requests to address concerns about the possible presence and activity of Kongra Gel in Armenia. A recent high-level push by visiting DAS Matt Bryza got a more positive response, but it is too soon to tell if the GOAM will [...]
2006-10-11 12:25:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC PTER AM
06YEREVAN1679PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN CRACKS THE DOOR WIDER FOR NDI;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kocharian used his meeting with EUR/ACE Tom Adams to complain at length about allegedly anti-government NDI activities, while reiterating appreciation for other NDI programs. He stated that NDI would be registered "after the elections." However, NDI would remain free [...]
2006-12-06 09:02:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM KDEM AM
06YEREVAN1685NDI PRESIDENT'S VISIT SPEAKS TO ARMENIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-06 14:47:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM AM
06YEREVAN171RUSSIAN G-8 CTAG LEADERSHIP "JUST LIKE YOU"
[...] (SBU) Russia kicked off its G-8 presidency year following instructions to head up local Counter-terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meetings in the pattern of earlier French and U.S. local leadership. Representatives of local G-8 embassies were invited to participate and, with the exception of the [...]
2006-02-06 13:51:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL RS AM
06YEREVAN1726ARMENIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: There have been no major terrorism-related developments in Armenia in 2006. Per reftel instruction, the following is an update of Armenia's 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. With substantial U.S. assistance, Armenia continues to strengthen its capacity to counter th [...]
2006-12-18 13:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER ASEC AM
06ZAGREB1TWO YEARS IN POWER: RESILIENCE AND STABILITY OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his second year in office, PM Ivo Sanader led his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) through domestic difficulties and over critical Euro-Atlantic integration hurdles. At the same time, he sustained a government coalition whose unquestionable stability defies th [...]
2006-01-01 15:17:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC KCRM PHUM PREF HR
06ZAGREB1247CROATS WELCOME DIALOGUE WITH US ON BOSNIAN ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During an October 9-10 visit to Zagreb, US Ambassador to BiH McElhaney updated top officials on USG views regarding BiH's future. He also called on Croatian political leaders to help encourage Bosnian Croats to support future constitutional reform efforts. The GoC, t [...]
2006-10-16 08:40:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK HR REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB1304TERRORIST FINANCE - CROATIA FREEZES ACCOUNT OF TWO
[...] (C) Croatia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) froze an account of two 1267 designated individuals on May 2, 2006. The account owner was Wael Hamza Julaidan and the co-signer Chafiq Ayadi. According to information shared by the FIU, this account was opened in 1992 and was used through the end [...]
2006-10-27 07:25:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC KTFN HR
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