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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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06TELAVIV299OLMERT TO CODEL KERRY: "I AM COMMITTED TO CARRY ON"
[...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator John Kerry in a January 17 meeting that he is committed to carrying on Sharon's vision of setting the "political outcomes within the broad context of the roadmap." Olmert highlighted his commitment to pursue a serious dialogue wi [...]
2006-01-20 16:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL CH IR IS SY ETTC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2996ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel-Hizbullah Conflict 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with an IDF commando raid on a hospital in the Hizbullah stronghold of Baalbek, in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley. Leading media reported that the commando [...]
2006-08-02 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV3009DEMONSTRATION AGAINST U.S. SUPPORT OF GOI ACTION
[...] (U) On Tuesday, August 1, at 1800 hours, an organized protest took place across the street from U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv. The demonstration was in opposition to the United States' support for Israel's current military actions in Lebanon and Gaza, and concluded after approximately two hours witho [...]
2006-08-02 11:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDASEC IS
06TELAVIV3031ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 12:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV3040ADVISOR TELLS PERETZ: IT'S SYRIA, SYRIA, SYRIA!
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pini Medan, an unofficial advisor to Defense Minister Peretz, told POL/C August 2 that he is advising Peretz at every opportunity that "recruiting Syria" is critical to achieving success against Hizballah and saving Israel's position vis a vis Lebanon. Syrian involvement is equally cri [...]
2006-08-03 15:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS SY LE
06TELAVIV3041ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (S) Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Director General Gideon Frank told the Ambassador on August 2 that Iran's rejection of what Frank characterized as a generous P-5 1 offer to Iran suggests that Iran has never been serious about negotiations on its nuclear program. Frank said the pas [...]
2006-08-03 16:46:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKNNP PARM PREL PTER MNUC AORC EU IR IS
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
06TELAVIV3054ISRAELI ECONOMY HOLDING ITS OWN
[...] (C) The Lebanon conflict war has negatively affected the resurgent Israeli economy, but has not yet caused severe damage. Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI) Stanley Fischer said at a press event on August 2 that by the end of its first month, the war will have cut Israeli GDP growth by bet [...]
2006-08-04 13:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3079ISRAEL FM LIVNI SAYS ISRAEL DISAPPROVES OF CURRENT
[...] (S) In their August 6 meeting, Israeli FM Tzipi Livni told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch that Israel could not approve of the draft UN resolution in its current form. Making impassioned, emotional appeals, she more than once put forward the following reasons: -- In Israel's view, the resolut [...]
2006-08-08 08:36:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINS MOPS LE IS
06TELAVIV3103ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 7 Diplomatic Corps briefing held in response to public Lebanese efforts to influence the United Nations Security Council, FM Livni told UNSC Ambassadors that Israel may not honor a ceasefire unless it is backed up by a force to stop rearming by Hizballah and expressed clea [...]
2006-08-08 15:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS LE UNSC PREL MOPS
06TELAVIV313ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned Palestinian voters ahead of Wednesday's elections for the [...]
2006-01-24 15:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3144LEBANON: GOI EXPLAINS CABINET DECISION TO GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier on August 9, PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, and DefMin Amir Peretz explained a security cabinet decision that reportedly authorizes a possible expansion of the scope of Israeli military operations in Lebanon. According to the MFA [...]
2006-08-10 13:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS LE GM IS
06TELAVIV3145LEBANON: CODEL ROYCE AND ISRAELI NSC CHIEF DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Council head Ilan Mizrahi told Representative Ed Royce July 9 that he does not believe any country will send troops to participate in an international force to fight Hizballah. He said the Lebanese army is "not a force you can count on," and indicated that Isr [...]
2006-08-10 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE IS
06TELAVIV3149ICRC ACCESSES CIVILIANS SOUTH OF THE LITANI RIVER
[...] (SBU) ICRC Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Balthasar Staehelin told the Ambassador August 9 that ICRC successfully mounted a humanitarian mission August 8 to evacuate approximately 230 civilians from Houla, south of the Litani River. (See Septel.) Staehelin said that ICRC dec [...]
2006-08-10 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV IS LE
06TELAVIV3150ICRC PRESIDENT MEETS PRIME MINISTER OLMERT
[...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff August 10 that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert assured visiting ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger earlier that day that the GOI supports ICRC efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians in southern Lebanon. Olm [...]
2006-08-10 16:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV IS LE
06TELAVIV3151SPIEGEL URGES RAPID USG STAND-UP OF ISRAEL-LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 16:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3155LEBANON: NATAN SHARANSKY DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH,
[...] (C) Summary: Likud Knesset member Natan Sharansky met with Representative Ed Royce on August 10 and discussed the current conflicts with Hizballah and Hamas as well as the longer term prospect for democracy in the Middle East. Sharansky said that he is not surprised by Hizballah's strong resistance [...]
2006-08-11 07:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER LE IS
06TELAVIV3195FM LIVNI: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST DO ITS
[...] (C) During her August 14th late morning briefing of the Diplomatic Corps in Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni opened by expressing the hope that UNSCR 1701 would reshape the region and asserting that the Government of Lebanon (GOL) and the international community shared the burden of its [...]
2006-08-14 12:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL LE PINR PREL
06TELAVIV3196IRAN DOMINATES OLMERT'S DISCUSSION WITH CODELS
[...] (C) In an August 10 meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told CODELs Miller and Royce that the Israeli fight against Hizballah in Lebanon was part of a larger war against Iran and Syria. Olmert attributed Hizballah's battlefield strength to direct Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) leadership [...]
2006-08-14 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3198KNESSET SPEAKER DISCUSSES CRISIS WITH CODELS
[...] (C) Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (Kadima) and MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) told CODELs Miller and Royce on August 9 that Hizballah's July 12 attack demonstrated that the nature of the conflict between Israel and Iran is ideological and not territorial. Itzik explained that the Hizballah actions, follow [...]
2006-08-14 13:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3199SHIMON PERES ON THE HOSTILITIES IN THE NORTH AND
[...] (C) Summary. During an August 10 meeting Vice Premier Shimon Peres told visiting U.S. Representatives Johnson, Miller, Royce, Shaw, and Sherwood, and Ambassador Jones that Hizballah's goal is to destroy Israel. Peres defended the Israeli Air Force (IAF) saying it is only targeting rocket lau [...]
2006-08-14 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ECIN IS
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
06TELAVIV3245ISRAELI MOD PRESSED TO TAKE QUICK STEPS TO HELP
[...] (C) Responding to the Charge's urgings that Israel act quickly to end the sea blockade of Lebanon, re-open Beirut International Airport, and allow mobile bridges to be erected in southern Lebanon to facilitate shipments of outside assistance to needy Lebanese, Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Head Amos G [...]
2006-08-16 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG MASS LE SY IL
06TELAVIV3272 ISRAEL: POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS IN POST-CEASEFIRE POLLS
[...] Precisely 48 hours after implementation of the Lebanon ceasefire prime-time Israel Radio was offering a hotline to traumatized victims of the month-long Hizballah bombardment of northern Israel, but poll results from the center of the country, show that those outside the bombardment zone are al [...]
2006-08-18 05:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR IS
06TELAVIV3316DEFMIN PERETZ AND CODEL SPECTER DISCUSS LEBANON,
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 20 meeting with Senator Arlen Specter in Jerusalem, Israeli Minister of Defense Amir Peretz claimed victory against Hizballah, raised the possibility of talks with Syria, and expressed concern that the international community is not keeping its commitment to deploy a robus [...]
2006-08-21 16:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EG IS IR LE SY
06TELAVIV3317OLMERT TELLS CODEL SPECTER IT WILL BE "AMERICA'S
[...] (C) Israeli Prime Minister Olmert stressed to U.S Senator Arlen Specter August 20 that the robust international force called for in UNSCR 1701 is an American concept and that the United States would bear responsibility should it fail to materialize and fighting resume between Israel and Hizballah. [...]
2006-08-21 16:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS LE SY IS KPAL KWBG
06TELAVIV3336SUMMER BUILDING: GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR
[...] (U) The Israel Lands Authority and the Ministry of Construction and Housing on Thursday, August 17, issued a tender in Globes for construction on ten plots in Har Homa settlement south of Jerusalem. According to the tender, two plots are for a commercial area to include parking with a 49-yea [...]
2006-08-22 14:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3338(S) THE COST OF THE CONFLICT: EMERGING NUMBERS AND
[...] (S) As the GOI begins to calculate the total cost of the conflict with Lebanon, and residents of northern communities hardest hit by Katyusha rocket fire return home to assess damages, rumors already abound that the GOI will ask the USG to help pay for rehabilitating the north. Reports in loca [...]
2006-08-22 15:33:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON IS
06TELAVIV3366SENATOR SPECTER AND ISRAELI CHIEF JUSTICE BARAK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) met with Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak at the Supreme Court Building in Jerusalem on August 20. Justice Barak, who is retiring in September, dropped several hints that he might be expecting a call to lead a commission of inquiry if [...]
2006-08-24 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PREL IS
06TELAVIV3369UN ENVOYS AND GOI DISCUSS UNSCR 1701, DISAGREE ON
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and UN Under Secretary General Vijay Nambiar met with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, DefMin Amir Peretz, Vice PM Shimon Peres, PM Chief of Staff Yoram Turbowicz, and PM Prisoners Envoy Ofer Deckel during a visit to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on A [...]
2006-08-24 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER UN LE IS
06TELAVIV3370CRITICISM OVER ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HANDLING OF
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The cease-fire in Lebanon has rapidly eroded the strong public and political support for the Government's conduct of the war and has left both Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz open to an increasingly loud chorus of criticism. Initial GOI att [...]
2006-08-24 12:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3387ISRAEL TO SUPPORT USG CANDIDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 15:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS
06TELAVIV3390IS ISRAEL CONSIDERING NEGOTIATIONS WITH SYRIA?
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's decision to name a mid-level MFA official to study options for breaking the Syrian-Iranian link have fueled press speculation on the possibility of renewed Syrian-Israeli negotiations. The story received a boost when Internal Security Mi [...]
2006-08-24 16:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY IS
06TELAVIV3395NO BUDGET: NO COALITION -- AND VICE VERSA
[...] This year, the budget wrangling got under way early in the form of a government attempt to slash 2 billion NIS from its own 2006 expenditure in order to free up funds for rehabilitation of the Katyusha-battered north of Israel. Initial attempts to secure Knesset Finance Committee approval for [...]
2006-08-25 07:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR 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
06TELAVIV3423ISRAEL LOOKS FOR SOLUTIONS TO BALLOONING LEBANON
[...] (S) Summary. As projections of the fiscal impact of the conflict in Lebanon grow, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) is concerned that limited budget cuts alone will be insufficient to cover longer term costs. Adding to the pressure, political rivalries in the Knesset have stalled cuts in 2006 oper [...]
2006-08-25 15:50:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON 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
06TELAVIV3432FORMER PM ADVISER ON GOI POLITICAL FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 luncheon meeting former PM Advisor Dov Weissglas told the Ambassador that the GOI is in political trouble because it placed too much faith in military advice and set overly ambitious goals, which were impossible for it to achieve and trapped it into continuing the war a [...]
2006-08-28 15:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS LE IS PGOV
06TELAVIV3433OLMERT AND LIVNI TO CODEL LANTOS: CONTROLLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In brief, separate meetings August 27, Prime Minister Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador and CODEL Lantos that controlling the border between Lebanon and Syria was the "most crucial" issue for proper implementation of UNSCR 1701. Congressman Lantos informed Olm [...]
2006-08-28 16:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS LE IS PHUM UN
06TELAVIV3438MOJ PROPOSAL ON ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS MAY UNDERMINE
[...] (U) Israeli press reported on August 28 that the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is preparing a proposal that could undermine the recommendations made in Talia Sasson's March 2005 report on illegal outpost activity in the West Bank. According to Sasson, who was quoted in the article, the MOJ's prop [...]
2006-08-29 15:35:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3439ISRAELI MOD AND EU DISCUSS RAFAH CROSSING POINT
[...] (C) In a meeting on August 28 with the Ambassador, EU staff, and a large Israeli inter-agency team, EU Border Assistance Mission (EU-BAM) chief LTG Pietro Pistolese listed his concerns about frequent closures of the Rafah Crossing Point (RCP) and urged MOD adviser Baruch Spiegel to "normalize" [...]
2006-08-29 15:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL 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
06TELAVIV3440NEW ISRAELI MOD DG ASHKENAZI OUTLINES HIS GOALS
[...] (C) New Israeli MOD Director General MGEN (Ret.) Gabi Ashkenazi told the Ambassador August 24 that his first priority is complete transformation of Israel's export control system and restoration of U.S. trust in it. He promised to personally involve himself in the legislative process so that Israel [...]
2006-08-29 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MOPS MASS PINR SY LE IS
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
06TELAVIV3456DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AVIATION SECURITY, THE POUCH
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Econoff delivered reftel A talking points to Arik Ben-Ari, Senior Deputy Director General of the Israel Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Ben-Ari said that he will lead the Israeli delegation at the upcoming ICAO me [...]
2006-08-30 15:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALASEC ADPM EAIR AORC ICAO OPDC KTIA IS
06TELAVIV3458FURTHER ANALYSIS OF MOJ DRAFT PROPOSAL ON ILLEGAL
[...] (C) Dror Etkes, settlement watch coordinator for Peace Now, told econoff on August 30 that there is no specific mention in the draft MOJ proposal about which outposts, whether pre- or post-March 2001, are expected to be retroactively approved. He said that the proposal simply makes it easy f [...]
2006-08-30 15:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3482KNESSET SPEAKER ITZIK DETAILS GOI ANTI TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY In follow-up to their July 12 meeting, Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik sent Ambassador Jones a letter detailing Knesset anti-trafficking actions, including two new laws that strengthen enforcement and provide trafficking victims the right to legal aid provided by the state. [...]
2006-08-31 14:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM IS
06TELAVIV3484ISRAELI KNESSET SPEAKER PROVIDES UPDATE ON DRAFT
[...] (SBU) On August 10, the Ambassador received a letter from Knesset Speaker Dahlia Itzik that provides an update on draft export control legislation. The letter was sent in response to questions the Ambassador raised in his July 12 meeting with Itzik. The text of the portions of the letter that [...]
2006-08-31 14:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MASS IS
06TELAVIV3485UNSYG ANNAN IN ISRAEL: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE BUT NO
[...] (C) Summary: United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan met with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, DefMin Amir Peretz, Vice PM Shimon Peres, and the families of missing IDF soldiers during a visit to Jerusalem on August 29-30. Both sides characterized the talks as positive and producti [...]
2006-08-31 15:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL UN LE IS
06TELAVIV349OLMERT TACKS TO THE CENTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Candidate" Olmert used his first major public address as acting prime minister and Kadima party leader to nudge his party's platform further toward the center, reprising the role he played as Sharon's stalking horse for unilateral disengagement, and once again moving beyond whe [...]
2006-01-25 13:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV3501DANGERS LOOM AS GOI DEALS WITH ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF
[...] (C) The former Chief of Economic Research at the Ministry of Finance (MOF),Michael Sarel, says that the Lebanon War will have negative short-term consequences for the Israeli economy, but that the economy will resume its strong growth over the longer term. Despite his skepticism that the G [...]
2006-09-01 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS
06TELAVIV3503ISRAELI TOURISM INDUSTRY A CASUALTY OF WAR
[...] (C) Data from the first six months of 2006 indicates that Israel was on pace to welcome 2.6 million visitors this year, the most since 2000. Not surprisingly, the conflict with Hizballah has resulted in a dramatic decline in the number of foreign tourists. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CB [...]
2006-09-01 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EIND IS
06TELAVIV3511SASSON SHAKEN BY MOJ PLAN TO LAUNDER, EXPAND
[...] (S) This is an action request message. See paragraph 11. 2. (S) Summary: Talia Sasson, the attorney who wrote the blockbuster report in March 2005 on illegal outposts activity in the West Bank, was visibly disturbed and agitated by a draft proposal in response to her report that the Minis [...]
2006-09-01 15:27:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKWBG PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV351561ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATE ON ISRAELI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 10:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA IS
06TELAVIV3551HAIFA AFTER THE ROCKETS
[...] Summary. Two Embassy Tel Aviv consular officers made a post-ceasefire visit to Haifa, Israel's third largest city, principal port and for about a month this summer the frequent target of Hizbollah rocket attacks, to assess operations of our consular agency there and get a feel for how the city [...]
2006-09-06 13:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC CMGT IS
06TELAVIV3561TOURGEMAN AND STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSS LEBANON,
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to Staffdel Talwar that budget wrangling will be taking place between the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) over the next few months as usual. The [...]
2006-09-07 13:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS LE SY
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
06TELAVIV3651PRESSING THE EU TO RENEW EUBAM MANDATE FOR RAFAH
[...] (C) European Commission Pol/Econ Counselor Emanuele Giaufret told EconCouns on September 7 that the EU is having a difficult time justifying the existence of the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) to Rafah because the crossing has been basically closed since June 25, either for security thr [...]
2006-09-13 14:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV366ISRAELI NSC SAYS CLARITY NEEDED ON HAMAS IN NEW
[...] (C) During their January 25 meeting at Israel's National Security Council, NSC Director MGEN (Ret.) Giora Eiland and his deputy, Eran Etzion, told NEA DAS Robert Danin the following: -- USG, GOI and Quartet statements on a HAMAS presence in the new Palestinian government need to be clear and [...]
2006-01-26 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL PEACE PROCESS
06TELAVIV3669ISRAELI FISCAL RESTRAINT FACES CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Chief Bank Leumi Economist Gil Bufman thinks that the Israeli economy can sustain increased spending in the short-term to cover war-related expenses without undermining investor confidence in the Israeli market or reversing the economic gains of the last few years. However, he is deeply [...]
2006-09-14 16:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3670MOF DG ON ISRAELI ECONOMIC POLICY
[...] (C) Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Yossi Bachar says that Israeli politicians understand the need to maintain a policy of fiscal restraint. The policy is not dependent on individuals, but on market forces, which punish deviations from that path. He is worried about the government's longevity [...]
2006-09-14 16:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS
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
06TELAVIV3691(C) SNEH: SOLVE ISRAEL-PA CONFLICT BEFORE WAR WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with Staffdel Talwar, MK Ephraim Sneh said that that Israel needs to settle the decades-long conflict with the Palestinians in the next two or three years. Sneh stated that after the conflict with Hizballah the concept of unilateral disengagement from the [...]
2006-09-15 14:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG LE IR SY IS
06TELAVIV3692MFA'S BARKAN SEES A GROWING CHANCE OF WAR IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Strategic Affairs Nimrod Barkan told Staffdel Talwar that Iran was not behind the timing of the recent conflict with Hizballah, as Iran had deployed missiles to Lebanon for use on a future "D-Day." He said that the most significant strategic development this year [...]
2006-09-15 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG SY IS
06TELAVIV370ISRAEL AND TURKEY BEGIN COOPERATION ON EREZ
[...] (C) Summary: On January 5 the governments of Israel and Turkey signed a Joint Declaration on contributing to the economic development and promotion of the Gaza Strip by establishing a Turkish management company that will operate the Erez industrial zone. According to the Turkish Embassy, this [...]
2006-01-26 16:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KPAL KWBG PREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
06TELAVIV3703ISRAEL WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMSO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 07:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS IS
06TELAVIV3705POWERS OF INQUIRY: THE PROPOSED WINOGRAD COMMITTEE V. A
[...] Summary and Introduction: After several false starts (reftels),Prime Minister Olmert proposed and the government approved a "Government Review Committee" to "examine the functioning of both the political leadership and the security establishment regarding the campaign in the north." The Gov [...]
2006-09-18 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KJUS IS LE
06TELAVIV3729NAZARETH MAYOR PESSIMISTIC ON POSTWAR JEWISH-ARAB
[...] (C) In a September 13 meeting with Emboffs, longtime Nazareth Mayor Ramiz Jaraisy painted a bleak picture of postwar relations between Israel,s Jewish and Arab communities. He argued that Israel had chosen &force over peace8 in its invasion of southern Lebanon, and that Israeli Arabs felt be [...]
2006-09-19 08:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
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
06TELAVIV3763LIVNI AND ABBAS AGREE ON EXPANDED DIALOGUE
[...] (S) Summary: According to Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's staff, Livni and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on September 18 to a continued dialogue, including at the Abbas-Olmert level. Despite this renewed contact, the Israelis insisted that no negotiations with the P [...]
2006-09-20 14:10:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKPAL KWBG PREL IS
06TELAVIV3781ISRAELI MOD POLDIR TRAVEL TO CHINA
[...] (C) During a meeting on September 21, MOD Political Director Amos Gilad informed the Ambassador that he will travel to Beijing on September 24 at the invitation of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies for a strategic dialogue and discussions with MFA and MOD officials. Half [...]
2006-09-21 15:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR PARM CH IS
06TELAVIV3782AMBASSADOR PROPOSES OPENING RAFAH FOR HAJJ PILGRIMS
[...] (C) During a September 20 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for North America Yoram Ben Zeev, Ambassador raised the Rafah crossing. Ambassador noted that Ramadan was approaching and would coincide with the Jewish High Holidays this year. Gaza Hajj pilgrims are already preparing to tra [...]
2006-09-21 15:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAL IS
06TELAVIV3783AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARMS TRANSFER POLICY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 15:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PARM PREL OTRA VE 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
06TELAVIV3785SHEETRIT DISCUSSES WINOGRAD COMMITTEE,
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Israeli Acting Minister of Justice Meir Sheetrit on Tuesday, September 19, 2006, to discuss new Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Copyright laws pending in the Knesset and settlement building in the West Bank. In addition, Sheetrit discussed the current W [...]
2006-09-21 16:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3786GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR 854 HOUSINGS UNITS TWO WEEKS
[...] (U) As reported septel, the Israel Lands Authority (ILA) and the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) on Thursday, September 21, issued three tenders in Ha'aretz for construction in settlements in the West Bank. The first is a tender to build 20 units on ten plots in the Central Hill [...]
2006-09-21 16:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV379ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3791LIKUD READS QUARTET STATEMENT AS A DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) PM Olmert's plans to meet West Bank settlers next week and his quest to shore up his coalition no doubt prompted some Likud leaders to take issue with the September 20 Quartet statement as a way to flex their political muscles before the Jewish High Holidays begin on September 22. Forme [...]
2006-09-22 12:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN IS KPAL
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
06TELAVIV3816UNIFIL OPENING OFFICE IN TEL AVIV, LIAISING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 08:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO LE IS
06TELAVIV3818ISRAELI MOD POSES QUESTIONS ABOUT USG ARMS
[...] (C) Responding to ref A demarche, Israeli MOD Strategic Dialogues and Cooperation Coordinator Rami Yungman posed a number of questions to poloff in their meeting September 21. Stressing that Israel wants to "do the right thing" with respect to Venezuela, Yungman said he would be grateful for a [...]
2006-09-27 09:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PARM PREL ETTC VE IS
06TELAVIV3843AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BIBI NETANYAHU
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Likud Party leader Bibi Netanyahu September 26, Netanyahu told the Ambassador he was pleased with his recent visits to Washington and London, and appeared confident that he and his party would make a political comeback as a result of the Israeli public's swing [...]
2006-09-28 08:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IS IR XF
06TELAVIV3844GOI PERSPECTIVE ON WAZZANI SPRINGS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: According to an MFA official, the villagers of Rajar (aka Ghajjar) resumed using piped water from the nearby Wazzani Springs after the IDF drove Hizballah fighters away from the area during the recent conflict. Armed Hizballah fighters had stopped the villagers from using the [...]
2006-09-28 09:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV PREL PGOV KPKO LE 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
06TELAVIV390LABOR'S NUMBER TWO: ELECTIONS WILL BE A FIGHT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Labor Party MK Itzhak Herzog told NEA DAS Robert Danin January 25 that Kadima, Labor, and Likud will be battling over the some 80 Knesset seats that he assesses will go to the political center, as well as for the Russian vote. Herzog expressed resignation that Labor would not win [...]
2006-01-27 16:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV3909PM OLMERT TO CODEL WARNER: ISRAEL READY TO SUPPORT
[...] (S) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Prime Minister Olmert at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on October 3. (Septels to report the CODEL's meetings with Foreign Minister Livni and Defense Minister Peretz.) Olmert provided his assessment of the results of the war with Hizballah. He i [...]
2006-10-04 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP IS IR LE KPAL
06TELAVIV391SHIMON PERES ON THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] Former Vice Premier Shimon Peres discussed Hamas with Senator Joseph R. Biden, SFRC Democratic Staff Director Antony Blinken and SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar on January 25. Commenting before the vote tallies were in, Peres put a positive spin on the Palestinian elections, whic [...]
2006-01-27 17:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IS PINR KPAL ETRD EG JO KISL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV392DAS DANIN AND KADIMA STRATEGIST DISCUSS MIDDLE
[...] (C) Summary: Political consultant Eyal Arad told NEA DAS Robert Danin and Ambassador Jones January 25 that Kadima is ready to fulfill Israel's roadmap obligations and commitments to the USG, including those pertaining to outposts and settlements. Arad maintained that Israel must maintain "sec [...]
2006-01-27 17:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV3937PEACE NOW REPORT DETAILS CONSTRUCTION IN ILLEGAL
[...] (C) The Ambassador on October 4 raised the recently-published Peace Now report on construction in illegal outposts and settlements with BGen (ret.) Baruch Spiegel and Ministry of Defense (MOD) Senior Adviser Haggai Alon. 2. (U) Peace Now published a report on October 2 detailing extensi [...]
2006-10-05 16:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3938SPIEGEL ON CROSSINGS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH AMA
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 4 meeting, BGen (ret.) Baruch Spiegel and MOD Senior Adviser Haggai Alon reported to the Ambassador that Minister of Defense Amir Peretz has given the green light for the MOD to undertake talks with the USG to implement the AMA, and that the MOD will also be workin [...]
2006-10-05 17:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV394SHEETRIT SAYS ISRAEL MUST PROPOSE FINAL BORDERS TO
[...] (C) In a discussion with the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Meir Sheetrit said that the Kadima Party list for the Parliamentary elections would be fully formed by the end of January, and added that he was confident that all of the ministers and members of the Knesset (MKs) in the party [...]
2006-01-30 07:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV3952PRM PDAS GREENE MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI AND NGO
[...] (C) Summary: On September 28-29, PRM PDAS Richard Greene had wide-ranging discussions with GOI and International Organization (IO) officials pertaining to: access barriers facing IOs and NGOs implementing humanitarian programs in the West Bank and Gaza; coordination efforts between the GOI and [...]
2006-10-06 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PHUM IS LE KWBG PREF IZ
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
06TELAVIV3958ISRAEL'S 2007 ECONOMIC ARRANGEMENTS BILL A MIX OF
[...] (U) Israel's 2007 Economic Arrangements Bill includes both new reform initiatives and attempts to enact several old programs from previous years. (Note: The Economic Arrangements Bill, which typically moves through the Knesset approval process in tandem with the state budget, outlines the eco [...]
2006-10-06 15:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV3960ISRAEL'S 2007 STATE BUDGET ATTEMPTS TO BALANCE
[...] (U) Israel's 2007 state budget, as approved by the Cabinet on September 12, totals approximately NIS 283 billion (USD 65 billion). This represents year-on-year real expenditure growth of 3.3 percent over 2006, consisting of the previously announced 1.7 percent increase plus an additional 1.6 p [...]
2006-10-06 15:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV3972NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST DEMARCHE
[...] Post provided reftel points to the MFA Deputy Director General for the United Nations and International Organizations, Aharon Leshno Yaar, on October 10. Although most MFA staff are on holiday this week, Yaar agreed to share our points with MFA Deputy Director General Miriam Ziv, who heads t [...]
2006-10-10 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN PARM KNNP IS IR
06TELAVIV4001CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Foreign Minister Livni at MFA October 3 (reftel reports the CODEL's meeting with Prime Minister Olmert). Asked whether Israel's war with Hizballah and moderate Arab fear of Iran had created new opportunities, Livni said Israel had some common interests wit [...]
2006-10-11 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OREP IS LE KWBG
06TELAVIV4002ISRAELI ACADEMICS OFFER POST-LEBANON WAR
[...] (C) Summary: The Charge, Political Counselor and PAO recently discussed Israeli politics and regional developments in the aftermath of the Lebanon war with leading academics and area experts from Israeli universities and think tanks. These academics, who spoke to us under the Chatham House ru [...]
2006-10-11 13:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS LE SY IR IZ
06TELAVIV4013LIEBERMAN'S GAME PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: In the midst of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, when most government officials are on holiday, and on the eve of the resumption of Knesset activity on October 16, political pundits are making hay of reports that Prime Minister Olmert will soon expand the governing coalition to incl [...]
2006-10-11 15:23:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IS
06TELAVIV4021ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying Wednesday in Washington, in an address to the American Task Force on Palestine: "I know the commitment of the Palestinian p [...]
2006-10-12 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
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
06TELAVIV4033BOI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ISRAEL'S POST-WAR ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Bank of Israel (BOI) Research Director Dr. Karnit Flug voiced optimism about the health of the Israeli economy, citing the various political and security shocks weathered over the last year as proof of the economy's resilience. Flug indicated that she thinks the GOI responded to post-war c [...]
2006-10-12 15:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV4034LABOR PARTY OBJECTS TO YISRAEL BEITEINU MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Labor Party MKs have awakened to the political challenge posed by coalition-broadening talks between Prime Minister Olmert and Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Lieberman, but have yet to speak with one voice. Although Party Chairman Peretz conveyed his opposition to the Yisrael Bei [...]
2006-10-12 15:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IS KPAL
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
06TELAVIV4043PRESS REPORTS PORTEND DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL
[...] (C) The "Ha'aretz" Hebrew edition reported on October 13 that Defense Minister Amir Peretz instructed the IDF to expedite the evacuation of illegal outposts in the West Bank. The article stated that Peretz ordered the demolition of a total of 86 structures--47 Israeli, 39 Palestinian. The I [...]
2006-10-13 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG 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
06TELAVIV4106UPDATE ON ISRAEL'S COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION
[...] (S) Summary: Israel is moving forward with legislation to modernize and unify its existing copyright law. Three pieces of pending copyright legislation have a direct impact on U.S. industry. Working-level contacts at Ministry of Justice (MoJ),who drafted the legislation, display varying degr [...]
2006-10-17 15:52:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON ETRD PGOV KIPR IS
06TELAVIV4107OLMERT PUSHES LIEBERMAN-LIKE REFORM IDEAS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert opened the Winter session of the Knesset October 16 in the conspicuous absence of President Moshe Katsav, who ducked the occasion rather than face a firestorm of protest from MKs who are calling for the President's resignation amidst serious allegations of s [...]
2006-10-17 16:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS
06TELAVIV4111DRUZE ELDERS: TIRED OF BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a meeting October 6, Druze leaders told PolCouns and poloffs that after almost sixty years, Druze loyalty to Israel had still not been rewarded. They cautioned that unless conditions in their communities improved soon, young Druze would begin sliding toward extremism. Th [...]
2006-10-18 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL LE SY IS
06TELAVIV4148READOUT OF ISRAEL MOD POL-MIL BUREAU CHIEF'S VISIT
[...] (C) On October 17, the chief advisor to Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Chief Amos Gilad gave poloff a readout of Gilad's meetings with Chinese MFA and MOD officials during his September 25-28 visit to Beijing. During those meetings, the Chinese officials reportedly said that China: A) will not [...]
2006-10-19 14:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER ETTC KPKO MASS MARR MNUC CH
06TELAVIV4153EU DEMARCHE ON GOI ENTRY PROCEDURES TO WB/G
[...] The Embassy of Finland, in its EU Presidency capacity, shared with post the aide-memoire that the EU (plus Norway and Switzerland) plans to share with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the week of October 23. BEGIN TEXT: Since spring 2006, Israeli authorities have been more s [...]
2006-10-19 15:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWBG KPAL EU PBTS PHUM IS
06TELAVIV4155ISRAEL PASSES NEW TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW
[...] (SUMMARY) The Knesset approved October 17 a law to strengthen and broaden penalties for human trafficking, an objective that Post has been advocating for and that the Olmert government strongly embraced. MK Zehava Gal-On (Meretz) drafted the law, which was supported by the government and pa [...]
2006-10-20 04:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS
06TELAVIV4162ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. PM Olmert Visit to Russia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz headlined that the US and Israel see eye to eye regarding the Syrian option and are both against opening a separate Israel-Syrian track. This tendency comes a [...]
2006-10-20 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4176REFORM MAVEN LEAVING FINANCE MINISTRY
[...] (C) Yossi Bachar, the Director General of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced on October 16 that he will be leaving his post at the ministry. He agreed to Finance Ministry Hirchson's request to stay on the job until the 2007 budget is passed by the Knesset, which should happen by the end o [...]
2006-10-20 15:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV IS
06TELAVIV4177PERETZ WANTS MERETZ, BUT BEILIN IS BETTING ON BIBI
[...] (C) PM Olmert's courting of Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party as a potential coalition partner has forced Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz to look left to Meretz for political survival. Meretz MK Avshalom Vilan last floated the idea of a Meretz-Labor partnership at the end of S [...]
2006-10-20 16:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS
06TELAVIV4234MODEST DISCOVERY OF OIL IN DEAD SEA BASIN COULD
[...] (U) Genco Oil and Gas Exploration, an Israeli company that has been drilling in the Dead Sea basin for ten years, recently struck oil at Zuk Tamur 3 -- a 1,800 meter deep drill site -- and discovered reserves the company estimates at between four and six million barrels, worth about $300 mill [...]
2006-10-24 15:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV PREL IS
06TELAVIV4247ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Internal political issues continued to dominate the Hebrew language newspapers. All media estimated that Defense Minister Amir Peretz will inform Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tha [...]
2006-10-25 09:51:00Embassy 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
06TELAVIV4262ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US Israel Relations 3. UNIFIL in Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported estimations of military sources indicating the Defense Minister Peretz does not intend to evacuate whole settlements. According to t [...]
2006-10-26 09:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4269BOI GOVERNOR SEES EXCELLENT ISRAELI ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI) Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that Israel's economic situation is excellent, despite the recent war, which slowed 2006 economic growth by about one percent. Inflation is very low, and the .25 percent interest rate decrease on October 23 was mean [...]
2006-10-26 14:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL SCRM IS KPAL KWBG
06TELAVIV427CHIEF SEPHARDIC RABBI SEES INTERRELIGIOUS BRIDGE
[...] (C) Summary: Chief Sephardic Rabbi Schlomo Amar highlighted the importance of promoting dialogue between Jewish and Muslim religious leaders as a means to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador. Rabbi Amar emphasized that the GOI should encourage [...]
2006-01-30 15:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS SOCIETY
06TELAVIV4272ISRAELI BUSINESSES STILL INTERESTED IN PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Israeli business owners, academics, and a prominent NGO offered mixed, though predominantly positive, views of the future of Israeli-Palestinian business ties under more peaceful conditions. Two interlocutors -- an academic and the owner of a shipping company -- were decidedly pessimistic [...]
2006-10-26 15:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV4281ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "Peretz relinquished the last remnants of his influence over diplomatic-security affairs when he agreed to place the sensitive matter of strategic threats in the hands of the least appropriate perso [...]
2006-10-27 10:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4293GERMANS DOWNPLAYING ISRAELI ACTIONS AGAINST UNIFIL
[...] (C) The German DCM in Tel Aviv told poloff on October 27 that Berlin is intentionally downplaying its response to the October 24 incident in which an Israeli Air Force F-16 allegedly fired two shots across the bow of a Bundesmarine ship assisting UNIFIL. According to the DCM, German Defense M [...]
2006-10-27 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS LE GM IS
06TELAVIV4300IFPI ISRAEL: UPDATE ON COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a October 26 meeting with the Managing Director and Legal Advisor of the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in Israel, Econoff emphasized the need to focus concerns about the Copyright Bill and the Copyright Tribunal Bill into a coherent argument that the U [...]
2006-10-27 15:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR IS
06TELAVIV4303THE LIEBERMAN FACTOR IN ISRAEL POLITICS AND U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party is poised to formally join the governing coalition on October 30, following negotiations with PM Olmert and the grudging acceptance of this deal by Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz. Although several Labor MK's have made their vocife [...]
2006-10-27 16:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS US
06TELAVIV4306ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US Israeli Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the police will begin an initial examination to determine whether to open a criminal investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on his role i [...]
2006-10-30 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4329POL SIPDIS - ISRAELI SOCIEITY
[...] Text - Embassy Tel Aviv test cabel to see if SIPDIS routing works for categories & terms. 2. Second paragraph. ********************************************* ******************** Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv You can also access t [...]
2006-10-31 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM IS
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
06TELAVIV4373ISRAELI MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY HEAD ON MISSILE
[...] (C) In an October 8 meeting, Israel Missile Defense Agency head Arieh Herzog told visiting House Armed Services Committee counsel Roger Zakheim that Israel is working with the U.S. to address (a) a gap in its missile defense (MD) capability vis-a-vis a potential future threat of Iranian nucle [...]
2006-11-02 15:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS IR IS
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
06TELAVIV4395ISRAELI KIBBUTZ AND PALESTINIAN VILLAGE LOOKING TO SET UP
[...] (SBU) Embassy ESTH and Econoffs and USAID representatives attended a briefing October 31 at Kibbutz Metzer regarding a proposed agribusiness project involving the kibbutz and the nearby Palestinian village of Qafin. Metzer is east of Hadera and about 1.5 kilometers west of the Green Line. The [...]
2006-11-03 15:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR EINV PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4396EVANGELICAL FEAST SERVES UP MANNA FOR ISRAELI
[...] (C) The anemic Israeli tourism industry recently received an injection of USD 15-18 million from 5,000 Evangelical Christian pilgrims who attended a week-long Feast of Tabernacles celebration sponsored by the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem (ICEJ). In its 27th year, the conventio [...]
2006-11-03 16:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EIND PREL IS
06TELAVIV4397SOLANA IN ISRAEL: CROSSINGS, MADRID-TYPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the MFA and the EC delegation, High Representative Javier Solana used his October 25-27 visit to urge the Israelis to strengthen Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas. The GOI was generally cautious in its response, although the EC claimed that PM Ehud Olmert is conside [...]
2006-11-03 16:56:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN KWBG IR IS
06TELAVIV4398AMBASSADOR RAISES TREATMENT OF AMCITS WITH MFA
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised reports of GOI mistreatment of American citizens during a working lunch October 31 with MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch and Deputy Director General for North America Yoram Ben Zeev. The Ambassador noted that we had two separate types of concerns: a change [...]
2006-11-03 17:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PHUM PREL IS
06TELAVIV4399SIPDIS CABLE TO TEST ROUTING SUCCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV4421GOI RESIGNED TO UNGA RENEWAL OF EXISTING MANDATES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 15:56:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS
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
06TELAVIV4466TRADE MINISTER BACKS NEGOTIATING WITH USTR
[...] Summary. (C) At an impromptu meeting while Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor (MOITAL) Eli Yishai was visiting the Embassy on a consular matter, Yishai told the Ambassador that he fully supports engagement on bilateral trade issues, possibly including updating the U.S.-Israel Free Trade A [...]
2006-11-08 17:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD IS
06TELAVIV4473ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US Midterm Elections 2. Beit Hanun Attack 3. Mideast 4. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Please note: block quotes only, Thursday, November 9, 2006. ----------------------------- Â [...]
2006-11-09 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4474MK SCNELLER'S PLAN TO EVACUATE WEST BANK SETTLER
[...] (C) Summary: Econoff and Deputy PolCouns met with member of Knesset (MK) Otneil Schneller to discuss efforts by Prime Minister Olmert's office to negotiate the evacuation of West Bank settlements and outposts with settler leaders. In press reports, Schneller -- settler of the Mikhmas settlem [...]
2006-11-09 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV448ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and UNSC member Germany decided to transfer [...]
2006-01-31 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4481ISRAELI REGIONAL EXPERTS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to Israel, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at which DNI Negroponte asked a diverse group of Israeli experts to share their views on Iran, particularly Israeli perspectives on the intentions of the Iranian leadership. The DNI also solicited views on the pos [...]
2006-11-09 16:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS IR IZ SY KPAL
06TELAVIV4486ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US Midterm Elections 2. Beit Hanun Attack 3. Mideast 4. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Please note: block quotes only, Thursday, November 9, 2006. ----------------------------- Â [...]
2006-11-13 09:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
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
06TELAVIV45ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health: 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon is fighting for his life after suffering a significant stroke with massive bleeding in his brain last night. He was rushed from [...]
2006-01-05 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV450POVERTY SITUATION IMPROVES AMID HEADLINES TO THE
[...] (C) The poverty report released on January 23 by the Israeli National Insurance Institute (INII) indicates a marked slowdown in the rate of increase of poverty in Israel. At a time when the sharp cut in welfare payments resulting from the enactment of the Netanyahu economic reform program in [...]
2006-01-31 13:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV4508ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in Ha'aretz) reported that President Bush, speaking after a meeting at that White House with PM Ehud Olmert, called Monday for the world to unite in [...]
2006-11-14 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4519 Israeli Delegation of Six Arab Businesswomen Denied Entry
[...] Summary: A group of six Israeli-Arab women traveling to Abu Dhabi to attend a MEPI sponsored businesswomen's summit were denied entry to the UAE on October 30. The six were held for 12 hours in isolation under guard before being returned to Israel via Amman. The group's connecting tickets from [...]
2006-11-15 08:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL KMPI IS
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
06TELAVIV4534ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered the killing of a Muslim Israeli woman married to a Jewish man and the serious wounding of two men -- one of them a bodyguard for Defense Minister Amir Per [...]
2006-11-16 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV454ISRAEL-CHAD RELATIONS ON HOLD; MFA DENIES ANY GOI
[...] (C) Oren Anolik, advisor to the Israeli MFA's director general, informed poloff January 31 that the GOI has sought to reestablish diplomatic relations with Chad, which were broken in 1972. There is no Israeli charge d'affaires in N'Djamena, according to Anolik. As reported in reftel and in [...]
2006-01-31 15:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SU CD IS ML NG XY GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV456HEBRON SETTLERS LEAVE VOLUNTARILY, REACH
[...] (U) According to press reports, settlers left the Hebron market "voluntarily" on the night of January 30 in exchange for a deal made with the GOI that they would be permitted to return legally at a later date. They have until Thursday, February 2, to clear out their belongings. Brigadier Gen [...]
2006-01-31 16:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV4579PEACE NOW: NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF WEST BANK
[...] (C) Summary: Peace Now's latest report on West Bank settlement construction on Palestinian land is a harsh indictment of Israel's settlement enterprise. The report asserts that Palestinians own approximately 40 percent of the land on which settlements sit today, and that since 1967, success [...]
2006-11-21 15:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4581COGAT PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR AMA IMPLEMENTATION;
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, MG Yossef Mishlev, pledged "full cooperation" to implement the Agreement on Movement and Access during the November 20 inaugural meeting of the working group on permits. He outlined GOI permit policies in the West [...]
2006-11-21 16:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL ECON IS
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
06TELAVIV4641WITH CEASEFIRE HOLDING, OLMERT SPEECH OFFERS PEACE
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Sneh and Olmert's foreign policy adviser Tourgeman separately told the Ambassador November 27 that the ceasefire announced November 26 following a phone conversation between Olmert and Abu Mazen represented a real opportunity to change the atmosphere with [...]
2006-11-27 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4649ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4662ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4675TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR ISRAEL
[...] (Summary) The Government of Israel has taken several important actions to combat human trafficking since the 2006 TIP Report was written. On October 19, it amended Israel's trafficking in persons law to include labor trafficking, the most serious deficiency noted in the TIP report. The gov [...]
2006-11-29 16:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS
06TELAVIV4677DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh agreed with the Ambassador on November 27 that the negotiating teams for the implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) should begin meeting next week. He noted, however, that his own schedule may limit the ability to have [...]
2006-11-29 16:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4679ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4695NATIONAL STRIKE SHUTS DOWN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT
[...] SUMMARY Early on November 30, the National Labor Tribunal ordered an immediate end to the strike by federal civil servants declared on November 29 by the Israeli trade union congress Histadrut. The strike was called after Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini failed to reach agreement with Finance M [...]
2006-11-30 15:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV IS
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
06TELAVIV4703ISRAEL SEEKS TO DIVERSIFY ITS ENERGY SUPPLY TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN ORDER TO MEET THE ENERGY DEMANDS OF A GROWING POPULATION AND A RISING STANDARD OF LIVING, ISRAEL WILL NEED TO DOUBLE ITS GENERATING CAPACITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE ITS HEAVY DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED OIL -- 90 PERCENT OF WHICH COMES FROM RUSSIA AND THE FOR [...]
2006-12-01 15:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL EPET PGOV ETRD IS
06TELAVIV471ISRAELIS PLEASED BY MERKEL'S STAND ON HAMAS AND
[...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel thoroughly impressed her hosts during her January 29-30 visit with what the Israelis interpreted as strong stances on Hamas and the Iranian nuclear program, according to the German charge' and the Israeli MFA visits officer. Merkel said publicly an [...]
2006-02-01 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM KWBG KPAL IS GM IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV4713ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Lebanon 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Sunday the diplomatic-security cabinet adopted PM Ehud Olmert's view that the cease-fire must be reinforced. Ha'aretz cited the cabinet's decision that the [...]
2006-12-04 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
06TELAVIV4730AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN'S THOUGHTS ON PALESTINIAN ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams discussed Israeli-Palestinian relations with Minister for Strategic Threats Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) on November 29. Lieberman had requested the meeting to share his latest thinking on the Palestinian question ahead of his pl [...]
2006-12-05 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR EG CY JO
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
06TELAVIV4736ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION TO SPAIN'S MIDDLE EAST PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Israel is strongly opposed to the Middle East peace initiative proposed by Spanish PM Zapatero. Israeli FM Livni bluntly informed Moratinos of this position on November 16 and urged him to put the initiative aside or at least to discuss it with the GOI before proceeding f [...]
2006-12-05 15:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV EUN SP IS
06TELAVIV4741THIRTY-METER SEWAGE WATERFALL AND OTHER CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli infrastructure and environment officials told NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson that they remain concerned about neglect of sewage and other waste on the West Bank. Increasing damage to the Mountain Aquifer shared by Israelis and Palestinians is epitomized by a thirt [...]
2006-12-06 12:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EAID PREL ECON KPAL IS
06TELAVIV4742THE PROPER ORDER OF GOVERNMENT: CORRUPTION AND THE ROLES
[...] The proliferation of allegations and investigations into the conduct of public sector officials recently prompted questions as to whether Israel's norms of public life have indeed reached an unprecedented nadir, or whether oversight in the person and functioning of the Attorney General and the [...]
2006-12-06 12:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KJUS IS
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
06TELAVIV4768COGAT'S EFFORTS TO RESOLVE AMCIT VISA DIFFICULTIES
[...] (C) Summary: Senior EmbOffs met December 7 with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories - COGAT) to stress the urgent need for Israel to resolve the visa problems facing American citizens seeking to live and work in the West Bank. They requested that the [...]
2006-12-08 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALCASC PREL KWBG KPAL 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
06TELAVIV480RIGHT-WING LIEBERMAN UNABASHEDLY ADVOCATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman told the Ambassador January 31 that separation of Israeli Jews from Israeli Arabs is necessary in order to promote Israeli security and maintain Israel's Jewish identity. To accomplish this, Lieberman proposes that Isr [...]
2006-02-01 17:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KISL EG IR IS JO ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV481SENATOR BIDEN AND A/PM OLMERT DISCUSS THE PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator Joseph Biden on January 25 --before PLC election results were in -- that he is ready to resume negotiations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and is willing to implement all of Israel's commitments under the roadmap [...]
2006-02-02 06:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV4851DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ ON AMA, CEASEFIRE, LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by embassy senior staff, called on Defense Minister Amir Peretz December 12 to express appreciation for Peretz's role in maintaining the Gaza ceasefire and to review the status of AMA implementation discussions with the MOD. Peretz, who was flanked by Dep [...]
2006-12-15 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ECON KWBG PHUM IS LE
06TELAVIV4853ISRAEL-JORDAN ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELATED COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection welcomes cooperation and exchange with Jordan's Green Police. The GOI also welcomes the upcoming World Bank feasibility study of the proposed Red Sea-Dead Sea water conveyance project. Two kibbutzim have helped the GOI fulfill t [...]
2006-12-15 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PREL EAID EPET JO 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
06TELAVIV4897FORMER PM BARAK DISCUSSES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (AZ),Joe Lieberman (CT),Susan Collins (ME) and John Thune (SD),as well as Representative Mark Kirk (IL) met with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak on December 17 to discuss developments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority. Ba [...]
2006-12-21 09:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPAL IZ IR US RU CH IN
06TELAVIV4910WHO RECOMMENDATIONS ON SYNTHETIC THC (DRONABINOL)
[...] In response to reftel talking points, the Israeli Ministry of Health provided the following information to ESTH Officer: In Israel, there are several legal drugs containing dronabinol, sold under the brand names "merinol", "nabilon" and "ronabin". All of these can be prescribed by any medica [...]
2006-12-22 09:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR UNCND UNCRIME IS
06TELAVIV4914OLMERT TELLS CODEL DODD/KERRY HE IS READY TO MEET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SENATORS CHRISTOPHER DODD (CT) AND JOHN KERRY (MA) DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGE FACED BY THE U.S. AND ISRAEL IN DEALING WITH EXTREMISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT ON DECEMBER 21. AT THE TOP OF THEIR MEETING, SENATORS DODD AND KERRY AND PRIME MINISTER [...]
2006-12-22 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE IZ
06TELAVIV4927ISRAEL HOSTS UN DESERTS AND DESERTIFICATION
[...] Israel hosted a conference on "Deserts and Desertification -- Challenges and Opportunities" under the aegis of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The conference took place November 6-9 at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research of the Ben Gurion Universi [...]
2006-12-26 08:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV PREL UN IS
06TELAVIV4929SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH LIKUD LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Bill Nelson (FL) and his senior staff met with former prime minister (PM) and current Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu on December 12 to discuss the Iranian nuclear threat. Netanyahu urged the U.S. to mobilize all its diplomatic and national efforts against Iran. [...]
2006-12-26 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER IS IR IZ SY KPAL US
06TELAVIV497ISRAELI REQUEST FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE RESOLVING
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The GOI has formally requested, via a February 1 letter, USG assistance in addressing Palestinian actions at Rafah that Israel believes violate the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA),Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing, and the Security Protocol. Many of these c [...]
2006-02-02 17:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV4971CODEL DODD AND KERRY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Dodd and Kerry discussed their visit to Syria, Israel's relations with the Palestinians, the rising power of Islamic radicalism, and the effect of sanctions on Iran during their December 21 meeting with Foreign Minister Livni. Livni stressed the GOI's reasons for rejecting [...]
2006-12-28 08:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY IR KWBG IS
06TELAVIV498ISRAELI MKS DISCUSS HOW TO DEAL WITH HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: During a January 30 lunch with the Ambassador, members of the Knesset representing Kadima, Likud, and Labor disagreed on the underlying reasons for the success of Hamas in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Likud members blamed disengagement, while t [...]
2006-02-03 06:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV4995DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH DESCRIBES TO
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh briefed the Ambassador and Pol Couns December 26 on the MOD's plans to reduce obstacles to movement in the West Bank and to improve the Palestinian economy. Septel will report Sneh's comments on the lessons of the Lebanon War. Sneh described [...]
2006-12-29 06:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON KWBG IS
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
06TELAVIV5005SENATOR SPECTER'S MEETING WITH LIKUD LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Arlen Specter (PA) and the Ambassador met with former prime minister (PM) and current Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu on December 27 to discuss Syria and the Iranian nuclear threat. Senator Specter reported on Syrian President Asad's interest in negotiations with [...]
2006-12-29 14:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IS IR SY KJUS IN
06TELAVIV5007FM LIVNI URGES CAUTION ON SYRIA IN MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) discussed Syria, Iran and efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian Roadmap with FM Tzipi Livni on December 27. Describing his recent trip to Damascus, Senator Specter said Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had expressed an interest in negotiating with [...]
2006-12-29 15:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE
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
06TELAVIV515ISRAELI FM ON REVENUE TRANSFERS, MEETINGS IN
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 2 meeting in Tel Aviv, FM Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador and DCM that the Israeli Cabinet will discuss revenue transfers to the PA on February 5, adding that she did not expect the issue to still be on the agenda when she meets the Secretary next week. Livni sa [...]
2006-02-03 15:08:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV EAID PTER KPAL KWBG IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV518SHIMON PERES ON PALESTINIAN 'COHABITATION'
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Shimon Peres reiterated a pitch for U.S. financial support for Negev/Galilee development and political support for private-sector-led development of the Jordan Valley. The Ambassador stressed the importance of supporting the careta [...]
2006-02-06 07:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EG IS JO KWBG PGOV PINR PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV522Supreme Court President Barak Dubious of
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 31 meeting at the Supreme Court, Israel's Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak shared his views on Israel's constitutional future and his own future as he prepares to retire from the Court in September 2006. He described fundamental points of ju [...]
2006-02-06 09:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV53CONTINUITY OF ISRAELI GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP
[...] The powers of the Prime Minister have been transferred to Kadima minister Ehud Olmert in his capacity as Alternate Prime Minister, in accordance with Israel's Basic Law. Should Sharon die, Olmert is almost certain to be chosen as acting prime minister to serve until the forthcoming elections. [...]
2006-01-05 15:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Tzipi Livni, who leaves for the U.S. today, will meet with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State [...]
2006-02-06 12:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV542GOI ACTION ON AMONA PRODUCES BACKLASH AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: Post contacts from the GOI and the private sector assert that the February 1 demolitions in Amona outpost "send strong signals to the settlers" that Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is not going to give in to lawbreakers. The demolitions in Amona are now being hailed as a new [...]
2006-02-06 15:26:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV543YOUR MEETING WITH ISRAELI FM TZIPI LIVNI
[...] (C) Tzipi Livni's first visit to Washington and New York as Foreign Minister offers her a chance to demonstrate on an international stage the same confidence, frankness and poise that have made her one of Israel's most popular politicians. Considered too young, at 47, to be Prime Minister Sharo [...]
2006-02-06 17:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
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
06TELAVIV55EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR ON GAZA BORDER AND ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 5 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Asem Ibrahim stressed that Mubarak will sincerely miss Sharon, whom he views as a real partner. Ibrahim expressed concern about the instability of the Israeli party system, suggesting that both Li [...]
2006-01-05 15:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER KPAL IS EG GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV558ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-India Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Citing recent comments by President Bush and Acting PM Ehud Olmert, Ha'aretz wrote that it has been mutually agreed that the U.S. will provid [...]
2006-02-07 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV56ISRAELI MARKETS STABLE IN FACE OF SHARON CRISIS
[...] (U) The Israeli financial markets reacted to the news of Prime Minister Sharon's stroke with less severity than might have been expected. The shekel depreciated by a little over one percent, and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) declined less than four percent after being down by more than s [...]
2006-01-05 17:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV566EILAND PESSIMISTIC WITH CODEL OBAMA ON
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Giora Eiland briefed Senator Barack Obama January 10 on "three and a half" different approaches to dealing with the stalemate that exists in Israeli-Palestinian relations. He anticipated the predicament that the U.S. and Israel would face should [...]
2006-02-07 16:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV567SHALOM CALLS A STRONG HAMAS SHOWING A WIN FOR
[...] (C) Summary: During discussions January 10 with Senator Barack Obama, then FM Silvan Shalom said he predicted that Hamas would win a significant number of votes in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council elections. He said that a strong showing by Hamas will show moderate Palestinians [...]
2006-02-07 16:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG OREP KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV623ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] President Putin's Announcement 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media headlined Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to Hamas leaders to visit Russia. Putin was quoted as saying that Russia never considered Hamas a [...]
2006-02-10 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV634EREZ CLOSES FOLLOWING ARMED ATTACK
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli officials closed the Erez crossing for an indefinite period following an assault by armed Palestinian gunmen in the early hours of February 9. Israeli soldiers killed the attackers. There were no Israeli casualties. An MOD official said that, during the period of Karni [...]
2006-02-10 17:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KPAL KWBG PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
06TELAVIV638ISRAELI REACTTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENT
[...] (C) Over the past week, GOI officials have commented without solicitation on President Bush's February 2 remarks to Reuters to the effect that the U.S. would defend Israel in a crisis with Iran, saying Israel welcomes America's support, but is prepared to defend itself. These comments reflect [...]
2006-02-13 08:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MARR MASS IS ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY
06TELAVIV642ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV662ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV668HOUSING MINISTER BOIM DISCUSSES OUTPOSTS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Housing and Construction Minister Ze'ev Boim said that the GOI would evacuate outposts because Israel promised the USG that it would do so under the road map, and because outposts are unauthorized and Israel is a country that follows [...]
2006-02-14 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV676ISRAELI MOD POLDIR GILAD DISCUSSES THE AMA AND THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on February 13, Israeli MOD Political Director Amos Gilad agreed with the Ambassador that progress should be made on as many AMA issues as possible before Hamas assumes control of the Palestinian Authority, but expressed concern about what he termed the lack of a Pale [...]
2006-02-15 04:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG RS IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV678ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 11:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV683ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN FORCEFULLY OBJECTS TO U.S.
[...] (S) Responding to ref A points, MOD DG Jacob Toren told the Ambassador on February 8 that: -- He cannot agree with the U.S. position and urges the U.S. to re-examine its objections. Agreeing to the U.S. position on the ELTA radar transfer to Russia sets another precedent that Israel cannot [...]
2006-02-15 15:01:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MASS MARR RS IS IN MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAEL
06TELAVIV687MOD PRIORITIZING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROJECTS; WANTS TO CONTINUE SOME EVEN UNDER HAMAS GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 15:18:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON KWBG PGOV PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV688IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
[...] (S) In a February 7 meeting, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Director General Gideon Frank told Ambassador Jones the following: A) On February 16, the EU3 MFA directors general are going to meet with an Israeli interagency team in Israel at the MFA to discuss Iran and the way ahead. [...]
2006-02-15 15:57:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR MNUC KNNP IR EU AORC IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV689ISRAELI MINISTER OF HEALTH ON IPR ISSUES,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador raised intellectual property concerns with newly appointed Health Minister Yaakov Edery. Edery told the Ambassador that he is working to establish a "green line" system for FDA-approved pharmaceuticals. The MOH is looking to renew its cooperative agreement with [...]
2006-02-16 06:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ETRD KIPR PREL SENV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV693ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV695OLMERT'S SEPARATION PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: On February 7, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave an interview in which he said that Israel is moving toward separation from the Palestinians, and toward defining Israel's final borders. He explained that he plans to uphold all GOI commitments on unauthorized outposts -- pr [...]
2006-02-16 15:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
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
06TELAVIV712POLLUTED MOUNTAIN AQUIFER BINDS PALESTINIANS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent symposium on pollution of shared Israeli-Palestinian groundwater highlighted that sewage and untreated solid waste seriously threaten the health of the Mountain Aquifer which provides water to Palestinians, Israeli settlers on the West Bank, and other Israeli citizens [...]
2006-02-17 14:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL EAID PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV714FISCHER GOVERNS A STABLE ISRAELI ECONOMY
[...] (C) Bank of Israel (BOI) Governor Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that the Israeli economy is in good shape, and that, contrary to statements by some politicians, the poverty situation was actually improving. He said that the political issue was really one of relative rather than absolute [...]
2006-02-17 15:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV716ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 09:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV745RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TERMS MOSCOW'S INVITATION TO
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to Israel Gennady Tarasov met with the Ambassador February 20, at the former's request, to discuss the emerging GOI policy toward Hamas against the backdrop of an increasingly politicized pre-election atmosphere. Tarasov criticized the GOI for taking decisions [...]
2006-02-22 08:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG MNUC IS IR RS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
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
06TELAVIV756GOI ADOPTS POST-PLC MEASURES; EFFORTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Following the first meeting of the new Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC),the GOI has adopted a number of measures aimed at increasing security and preventing funds from reaching Hamas, according to General Yossef Mishlev. Mishlev said the GOI will end assistance for PA secu [...]
2006-02-22 18:23:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KWBG PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
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
06TELAVIV773MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI AND RAFAH CROSSINGS,
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on February 22 that while the GOI appreciates Egypt's efforts to combat smuggling at the Philadelphi Corridor, weapons smuggling continues nevertheless and terrorists are getting into Gaza. He said that if Egypt and the Palestini [...]
2006-02-23 15:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV806ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV808SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: US EMBASSY TEL AVIV SUBMISSION
[...] (C) Summary. The overall climate for protection of intellectual property in Israel worsened in 2005. In December 2005, the Knesset passed a revision to patent term extension regulations that significantly curtailed the period of patent protection for research-based pharmaceuticals. The GOI c [...]
2006-02-27 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV810GOI MAPPING OUT CRITICAL HUMANITARIAN PA PROJECTS
[...] (C) Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister Shalom Tourgeman told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble February 23 that, without causing a humanitarian crisis, the GOI seeks to limit assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to show Hamas that adherence to its current positions comes at a price. [...]
2006-02-27 12:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF KWBG KPAL ECON IS EG HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV814ISRAEL WANTS TO PREVENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PA
[...] (C) Ministry of Finance DG Yossi Bachar emphasized in a February 23 meeting with NEA DAS Dibble that the GOI is torn between the imperative of not dealing with a Hamas-led PA government on the one hand and doing everything possible to not harm the Palestinian population on the other. He said [...]
2006-02-27 13:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL IS KWBG KPAL GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
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
06TELAVIV851ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Global War on Terror 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media -- lead story in Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) -- cited a report put out by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which found that Iran i [...]
2006-02-28 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV853ISRAELIS TELL CODEL SHAYS THEY WON'T TURN OUT THE
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Shalom Tourgeman assured CODEL Shays that the GOI would not withold electricity or take purely punitive economic measures against the Palestinian people, but did say that the GOI believes that all other US, European and Israeli economic assistance sho [...]
2006-02-28 13:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV858MOD ADVISOR ON HAMAS, ABBAS, NEIGHBORS, IRAN AND
[...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Dibble that Israel was on a collision course with a new "Hamastan." He said the Hamas leadership was very clever and would seek international acceptance while retaining the intent to annihilate Israel. He agreed that [...]
2006-02-28 14:28:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER ECON PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV859SPIEGEL DISCUSSES CROSSINGS, GOI'S HAMAS POLICY,
[...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (ret.) Baruch Spiegel on February 24 gave Deputy Assistant Secretary Liz Dibble and the Ambassador an update on the status of the crossings in Gaza. Karni and Sufa are both closed, Erez is open, and Kerem Shalom has "big potential but zero activity," according [...]
2006-02-28 16:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV869ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV876A/PM OLMERT AND CONGRESSMAN BERMAN DISCUSS HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Representative Howard Berman and the Ambassador on Sunday, February 26 to discuss Hamas, Iran, and the future of the Jordan Valley. Olmert stressed that Israel will not deal with a Hamas government and that only a unified, strong co [...]
2006-03-02 07:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV879ISRAELI FM LIVNI TELLS CODEL BERMAN: ABBAS CANNOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Berman met on February 26 with FM Livni and representatives from the MFA. Livni raised two main issues: aid to the Palestinians and U.S. treatment of PA President Abbas. She voiced concern that Abbas could be a "fig leaf" for Hamas. In a briefing prior to convening in Li [...]
2006-03-02 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS CH IN EAGR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV881ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Ha'aretz led with developments on the political scene. The media reported that Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal to have the party's central committee hold pri [...]
2006-03-02 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
06TELAVIV885MFA TELLS DAS DIBBLE THAT GOI GRAPPLING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told NEA DAS Liz Dibble that the GOI is going through a comprehensive inter-agency process to define humanitarian assistance and formulate how best to continue it to the Palestinians without benefiting Hamas. They also want a mechanism that would permit the GOI to tra [...]
2006-03-02 15:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON KPAL KWBG PINR IS GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
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
06TELAVIV894RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADER SPECULATES RIGHT-WING
[...] (C) Summary: National Union (NU) leader MK Benny Elon asserted to the Ambassador March 1 that the right-of-center parties will gain enough seats in the March 28 elections that they could (in the unlikely event they were asked to do so) form a government. He called Kadima an artificial politic [...]
2006-03-03 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KPAL KWBG EG IS JA GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV899BEILIN PONDERS PA REFERENDUM ON A GOI-ABBAS
[...] (C) Summary: Meretz Chairman Yossi Beilin repeatedly expressed incredulity to the Ambassador during their February 28 meeting that FM Tzipi Livni publicly referred to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas as "irrelevant." Beilin said that former PA negotiator Saeb Erekat recently propose [...]
2006-03-03 17:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV91MOD BRIEF ON NEW DRAFT PLAN FOR REMOVAL OF
[...] (S) Summary and comment: The MOD's new draft plan has replaced the removal of checkpoints with the concept of "normally open checkpoints" and bypass roads. This is a step backwards from their original proposal, which concentrated on removing checkpoints. There are, nonetheless, some brigh [...]
2006-01-06 16:33:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
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
06TELAVIV92SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 11, 2006 JOINT POL-MIL
[...] (C) The Joint Pol-Mil Group (JPMG) meeting will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and recent progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has stalled. PM Sharon suffered a significant brain hemorrhage on January 4, and is now in critical condition, [...]
2006-01-06 16:41:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR PGOV PTER MASS OTRA PARM ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
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
06TELAVIV930ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Palestinians -- senior Islamic Jihad commander Munir Abu Sukker and another militant of the group, two children, and another bystander -- were [...]
2006-03-07 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV937ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US/India Civilian Nuclear Accord ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banners in Ha'aretz and Maariv) quoted Acting PM Ehud Olmert as saying Tuesday that Israel will invest no money in construction in the territories in [...]
2006-03-08 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV940DANGERS OF DICHTER'S DISENGAGEMENT DEBATE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief and Kadima candidate Avi Dichter set off a political firestorm on March 5 by leaking to reporters details of what he claims are A/PM Ehud Olmert's plans for disengagement from parts of the West Bank. Dichter said that aft [...]
2006-03-08 15:18:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV942RSO MEETING WITH GOI OFFICIALS REGARDING
[...] (C) Summary: At the request of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and RSO Amman (refs A, B, and C, respectively),Post has actively pursued with the GOI the proposal to transport Palestinian deportees from the U.S. to Gaza/West Bank through Ben Gurion International Airport. The Ambass [...]
2006-03-08 15:35:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALASEC IS KPAL PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
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
06TELAVIV981ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The lead stories in all three major Hebrew-language newspapers focus on interviews with Acting PM Ehud Olmert. (The Jerusalem Post also conducted an interview with him.) [...]
2006-03-10 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV989EMBLEM: GOI STANDS STILL; ICRC DELEGATION CONCERNED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) Aharon Leshno Yaar told PRM Director for Asia and the Near East Richard Albright March 2 that the GOI plans to delay implementing the December agreement between Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). ICRC Head of [...]
2006-03-10 16:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV990BAR-ON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SCENE, COOPERATION ON
[...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Ronnie Bar-On told the Ambassador on March 9 that Likud and Labor officials are attacking Kadima because they do not have a political vision of their own. He characterized Binyamin Netanyahu as unelectable, and said that Amir Peretz is a "non-i [...]
2006-03-10 17:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
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
06THEHAGUE1167CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The U.S. achieved its primary goal at EC-45: discussion of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline was serious and somber. Delegations were clearly disappointed that it did not appear likely the U.S. would complete destruction by 2012, but there was virtually n [...]
2006-05-23 14:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1338NETHELRANDS/UN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL agrees that the first order of business in the new Human Rights Council (HRC) must be to establish procedures. They will oppose OIC attempts to table condemnatory measures relating to Israel. However, they will attempt to raise Sudan, if others begin raising specific is [...]
2006-06-14 14:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1411CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): UNDER SECRETARY
[...] (U) In his June 21 meeting with Rogelio Pfirter, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),Under Secretary Joseph reaffirmed that the U.S. is working to complete destruction of its CW stocks as soon as possible. He also emphasized to Pfirter the imp [...]
2006-06-23 12:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1431CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) In preparation for Executive Council 46 and beyond, del continued to work with other delegations to build support for the U.S. extension request draft decision. After initial discussions with allies, del offered general points on the elements of the extension request, and the fact that th [...]
2006-06-27 12:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1457CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LETTER TO
[...] (U) The following is the text of a June 23 letter from Rogelio Pfirter, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to Secretary Rice regarding an OPCW workshop to be held in Rome on October 25-27. 2. (U) Begin text. Excellency, A Regional Wor [...]
2006-06-29 10:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1530CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (SBU) It has been clear for some time that EC-47 in November would be a crucial (and difficult) session. The twin goals for EC-46 were to 1) lay a solid foundation for EC-47 approval of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline, and 2) establish an atmosphere and fram [...]
2006-07-11 10:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1562NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACH IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect discussion at the July GAERC to be more limited than normal - a reflection of the vacation season. Iran and the Israel are expected to be major foci of discussion. The Dutch will not raise North Korea but are not averse to its being raised by other members. Like [...]
2006-07-14 15:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN KPAL UN BO CG IR IZ KN MW SR SU
06THEHAGUE1739NETHERLANDS/JSF/C-17/LEBANON/AFGHANISTAN: MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Henk Kamp said the GONL is committed to the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, and hopes to sign the follow-on MOU prior to the parliamentary elections on November 22. He said the GONL remains interested in the NATO C-17 consortium, and is actively reviewing funding o [...]
2006-08-09 14:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL NL LE AF
06THEHAGUE1758NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH WILL OPPOSE UNBALANCED
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch find the draft Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on Lebanon "unacceptable" and will speak out against it publicly. According to Dutch Foreign Minister Bot, the HRC risks making itself irrelevant by adopting such a one-sided resolution. Although Bot has been attack [...]
2006-08-11 08:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR NL
06THEHAGUE1768NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH WELCOME UNSCR 1701
[...] (C) Acting Dutch MFA Political Director Wim Geerts told POLCOUNS August 12, in response to ref a points, that the Dutch welcomed UNSCR 1701 and would actively seek opportunities to demonstrate this support publicly. This is consistent with comments Foreign Minister Bot made to Ambassador Arn [...]
2006-08-14 05:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE NL
06THEHAGUE1782NETHERLANDS/LEBANON/VENEZUELA/JSF: AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is confident his Christian Democrats (CDA) will do better than originally expected in the upcoming November elections, possibly even beating Labor (PvdA) to remain the largest party in Parliament. Balkenende welcomed the adoption of UNSCR 1701 on Lebanon [...]
2006-08-14 15:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS NL
06THEHAGUE1857NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH FOLLOWING EU LEAD AT NEW HRC
[...] (C) The Dutch see no end to OIC efforts to tar Israel at the HRC. Moreover, they see little prospect of successfully blocking these attempts, given the OIC's 17 votes and the willingness of other HRC members to vote with the OIC. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche August 23 to Peter van [...]
2006-08-24 09:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC NL
06THEHAGUE1897NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH FOLLOWING EU LEAD AT NEW HRC
[...] (C) The Dutch see no end to OIC efforts to tar Israel at the HRC. Moreover, they see little prospect of successfully blocking these attempts, given the OIC's 17 votes and the willingness of other HRC members to vote with the OIC. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche August 23 to Peter van [...]
2006-08-29 12:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC NL
06THEHAGUE1976SCENESETTER FOR EUR PDAS VOLKER'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) My staff and I warmly welcome you to The Hague. Our Dutch MFA hosts are looking forward to consulting on a wide range of issues, including the Riga Summit, Uruzgan, Lebanon, OSCE reform (and the Kazakh presidency bid),the Arms Trade Treaty, and detainee policy. You will also have excelle [...]
2006-09-11 05:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MAAR ISAF NATO AF NL
06THEHAGUE2000NETHERLANDS/EU: SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC TO FOCUS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 15 GAERC will focus exclusively on "external" issues rather than "general" issues such as enlargement, according to Dutch MFA contacts. The Dutch will continue to push for Serbian cooperation with ICTY but believe it is too early for a meaningful GAERC discussion o [...]
2006-09-13 14:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN NL
06THEHAGUE2067CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF OPCW
[...] (U) Ambassador Javits recently held extensive discussions with OPCW Director General Pfirter on the prospects for the workshop on the universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention to be held in Rome on October 25-27. Pfirter said he had been reflecting on the value of the conference and re [...]
2006-09-22 10:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2186CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Although there have been relatively few indications of renewed interest in the U.S. draft decision, several recent conversations are worth noting. First, Ambassador Petri of Germany has, in his role as WEOG Vice Chair of the CW Cluster, told Ambassador Javits that he has recently been ap [...]
2006-10-06 09:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
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
06THEHAGUE2426NETHERLANDS/UNGA: THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Human Rights Division chief expects the GONL to oppose the Iranian retaliatory resolution and the Belarusian measure on country resolution mechanisms. He believes the GONL will, in the end, find itself reluctantly supporting the resolution on detentions. He expressed a stron [...]
2006-11-09 06:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN NL
06THEHAGUE2445CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE
[...] (U) It was not possible to reach agreement at EC-47 on the U.S. request for an extension of the 100% destruction deadline, as details could not be ironed out regarding visit to the U.S. and Russia in connection with both extension requests. There also was no agreement on the 2007 OPCW budget [...]
2006-11-15 09:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE257DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...]
2006-02-07 06:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE2576NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: ESS ON REGISTER OF DAMAGES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 12:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS NL
06THEHAGUE2579NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH ON DECEMBER 11-12 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, POLCOUNS was briefed by Jeroen Boender (Deputy European Correspondent, MFA) and Koes Dijkstra (MFA Department of European Integration) on Dutch positions for the upcoming December 11-12 GAERC (ref A). Boender and Dijkstra anticipated enlargement questions, particul [...]
2006-12-08 14:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN NL
06THEHAGUE2619NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: BOT'S ROAD TO DAMASCUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot used his December 12 visit to Damascus to press for quick resolution of a controversial child custody case as well as to discuss broader regional issues, including Iraq, Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian relations. Bot's Syrian interlocutors, including [...]
2006-12-15 11:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN SY NL
06THEHAGUE269DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...]
2006-02-07 15:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE534CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Russia hosted a March 7 meeting of the P-5 ambassadors. The Director General made a presentation on universality-related efforts of the OPCW. He noted that much has been achieved, membership now stands at 178 states, and the organization rapidly is being faced with approaches to just th [...]
2006-03-13 12:07:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE54COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[...] Country clearnce is granted for January 14-20, 2006 travel to The Netherlands of Eric Von Alderson, Second Line of Defense Megaports Initiative Project Manager, to meet with Israeli officials and observe the operational procedures employed by Dutch Customs at the Port of Rotterdam. 2. Emb [...]
2006-01-10 14:47:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDENGR OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE649NETHERLANDS DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, KHARTOUM
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 23 and 24, to relevant MFA offices. On Sudan, the GONL continues to press Arab League and AU members through its embassies and through the offices of its Special Envoy for Sudan. On Iraq, we are awaiting a response. On Israel/Palestine, the GONL is [...]
2006-03-24 16:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ SU NL
06THEHAGUE685CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSES IRAN, MEPP, INDONESIA,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) visited The Netherlands March 22-23 and discussed Iran, Palestinian and Israeli elections, Indonesia, and Iraq with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot. Wexler also publicly debated H.J. Ormel, Parliamentary foreign policy leader for the governing Christian [...]
2006-03-30 13:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP MARR NL
06THEHAGUE701NETHERLANDS/PLO: NO CONTACT WITH HAMAS-LED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot publicly reiterated on March 30 that the Dutch government will have no contacts with the Hamas-led Palestinian government until it recognizes Israel and renounces violence. Bot reportedly hopes such comments will help push the EU as a whole into taking [...]
2006-03-31 15:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS OPDC NL
06THEHAGUE763NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 7 to MFA European Correspondent Desiree Kopmels and Deputy Correspondent Bahia Tahzib-Lie. The Dutch do not expect the Balkans to be on the GAERC agenda and are content to let UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari set the pace for future status talks. [...]
2006-04-07 16:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR UP SY
06THEHAGUE830NETHERLANDS/PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE: NO AID TO OR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch support channeling Palestinian assistance through non-Hamas channels, but worry that existing aid organizations do not have the absorptive capacity to handle a large cash influx. The Director of the Dutch MFA's Department of Middle Eastern and North African Affairs [...]
2006-04-14 11:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS 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
06THEHAGUE894NETHERLANDS/PSI: URGING ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING
[...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor Frank van Beuningen on April 21. Van Beuningen, the Dutch coordinator for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),appreciated the points and said he would review the matter further. He noted that the Dutch have actively engag [...]
2006-04-21 15:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NL
06THEHAGUE982CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TAIWAN AND CHINA
[...] (C) On the margins of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council meeting in mid-March, Washington-based delegation officers discussed the question of Taiwan's relationship to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) separately with representatives of the local [...]
2006-05-03 10:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
06TOKYO1662JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1679MEDIA REACTION ISRAEL'S ELECTION - TOKYO
[...] "Can Kadima Form Stable Government?" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (3/30): "A change in Israel's policy toward the Palestinians is unlikely.... The centrist Kadima Party finished first in Tuesday's general election. The ruling party has pledged to remove Jewish settlemen [...]
2006-03-30 06:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1932MEDIA REACTION PALESTINIAN AID QUESTION -
[...] "Caution Needed on Decision to Suspend Aid to Palestinian Authority" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (4/11): "The US and EU have announced that they will halt or freeze direct assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA),as its cabinet is led by the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas, whic [...]
2006-04-11 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO2040JAPAN: SAUDI CROWN PRINCE SULTAN'S APRIL VISIT
[...] (S) Saudi Crown Prince Sultan's April 5-6 visit to Tokyo was considered a "success" by both sides, according to MOFA Second Middle East Saudi Desk Officer Asako and Iran Desk Officer Nakao. Asako suggested the most thorough briefing material available was the joint statement from the visit, a [...]
2006-04-14 07:49:00Embassy TokyoSECRET//NOFORNPINR ECIN MARR PREL SA JA
06TOKYO2075JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/06
[...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's daily schedule Middle East focus: 4. Government plans to freeze aid to Palestinian Authority, lining up with US, EU 5. Vice foreign minister lining up talks with Iranian officials on nuclear issue China affairs: 6. Anot [...]
2006-04-18 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO239815TH JAPAN-EU SUMMIT: FOCUS ON POLITICAL AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The 15th Japan-EU Summit on April 24 in Tokyo highlighted the maturing Japan-EU partnership. During the Summit: -- PM Koizumi stressed three points: his concern about low public awareness of the Japan-EU relationship, his desire to enhance the strategic dialogue on East Asia' [...]
2006-05-01 09:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON MEPP EUN KNUC UNSC BO UP RS
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
06TOKYO2650S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 11 MEETING WITH MOFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 11 meeting, MOFA Disarmament DG Takeshi Nakane told visiting S/P Director Dr. Stephen D. Krasner that although Japan has not yet fixed its position, it remains concerned about the possible effect the U.S.-India nuclear agreement may have on the NPT regime, remains u [...]
2006-05-15 07:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IAEA IR IS IN JA
06TOKYO2654U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TALKS, SESSION 4:
[...] (C) Summary. In Session 4 U.S.-Japan-ROK policy planning talks, discussion focused on the future of the Middle East. S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner briefed on U.S. policy toward Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). Japanese DVFM Kohno said that Middle East devel [...]
2006-05-15 07:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IR IZ XF AF KS JA
06TOKYO2751JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-19 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2816JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2861MEDIA REACTION PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY - TOKYO
[...] "Can Palestinians Really Be Called Partners in Peace?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/24): "The prospects for Middle East peace talks have become cloudy, as the Palestine Authority (PA) is losing its ability to function as a negotiating partner. The PA is facing a sever [...]
2006-05-24 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO2980 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3087JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-06 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3430 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3539JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3563MEDIA REACTION Q US-INDIA NUCLEAR ACCORD - TOKYO
[...] "Premier Should Not Support US-India Nuclear Accord" The liberal Asahi editorialized (6/28): "...During their June 29 talks at the White House, President Bush and PM Koizumi are expected to play up the US-Japan 'honeymoon' of the past five years. They are also likely to discuss troublesome mat [...]
2006-06-28 05:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3595JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3603MEDIA REACTION Q PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 04:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3818JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 02:35:00Embassy 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
06TOKYO3878JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-12 02:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3900MEDIA REACTION Q MIDDLE EAST/NORTH KOREA
[...] "Japan Should Make Its Presence Felt in Middle East Diplomacy" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/13): "Ahead of the upcoming G-8 summit, Prime Minister Koizumi visited the Middle East and met Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert. Koizumi's visit to the region comes at [...]
2006-07-13 02:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3911JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 05:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3921 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 08:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3924JAPAN TO VOTE FOR QATAR-SPONSORED RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel talking points to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki on July 13. In a subsequent conversation, Takizaki explained that the Qatar-proposed resolution was already in "blue" and that it would be "difficult" to ask the Qataris to [...]
2006-07-13 12:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS JA
06TOKYO3930JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 02:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3931MEDIA REACTION Q G-8 SUMMIT/MIDDLE EAST
[...] "Nuclear and Missile Threats Will Test Unity at G-8 Summit" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/14): "The G-8 summit that begins this weekend in St. Petersburg, Russia, will be a major test of the Group's unity. In addition to the Iranian nuclear issue, North Korea's missile la [...]
2006-07-14 04:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3967JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3971MEDIA REACTION Q G-8 SUMMIT/UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] "Make International Cooperation on DPRK Effective" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (7/18): "It is fair to say that the international community has stepped up pressure on North Korea. The G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, ended with the adoption of a chairman's statement [...]
2006-07-18 02:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3998MEDIA REACTION Q MIDDLE EAST - TOKYO
[...] "Lebanon Crisis: Syria's Isolation Deepening" The liberal Asahi's Cairo correspondent Tachino commented (7/19): "The deepening crisis in Lebanon has driven Syria into a tight corner. Syria has drawn criticism not just from the US but also from neighboring Arab countries for its role in support [...]
2006-07-19 04:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4065MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO
[...] "US Middle East Diplomacy at an Impasse" The liberal Asahi's Washington correspondent Umehara wrote (7/21): "With Israel's offensive in Lebanon continuing, it appears that the Bush administration's Middle East diplomacy is at an impasse, as the US already has to deal with an Iraq on the verge [...]
2006-07-21 02:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4134MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO
[...] "Dispatch of European Troops the First Step to Resolving Lebanon Crisis" An editorial in the conservative Sankei commented (7/25): "Though it has been two weeks since the Israeli military began action against Hezbollah in Lebanon, the situation appears to be taking a turn for the worse rather [...]
2006-07-25 04:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4184MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO
[...] "Lebanon Crisis: Immediate Ceasefire Must Be Priority" An editorial in the moderate Tokyo Shimbun commented (7/27): "Israeli military attacks on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon have been escalating, with civilian casualties continuing to mount. Though an immediate ceasefire is an urgent neces [...]
2006-07-27 03:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4224MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO
[...] "Lebanon Crisis: US-EU Discord Delays Ceasefire" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/28): "The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has left Lebanon facing a national crisis. Secretary of State Rice and the foreign ministers from European and Arab nations, joined by UN Secreta [...]
2006-07-28 05:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4242MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "North Korea Deepens Isolation at ARF" The business- oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/30): "The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) ended after issuing a chairman's statement that not only expressed grave concern over North Korea's missile launches but also called on the DPRK to return unconditio [...]
2006-07-31 02:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4273JAPAN TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID TO LEBANON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will provide two million USD in emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon, according to a July 29 MOFA announcement. Japan has taken a low-key approach to current events in Lebanon, issuing three official statements concerning the ongoing hostilities. The Japanese press is pr [...]
2006-07-31 10:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM LE JA
06TOKYO4275JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 00:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4292MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO
[...] "Lebanon Crisis: Suspension of Air Strikes Insufficient" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/1): "The Israeli military launched a late-night air strike against a housing complex in Qana, southern Lebanon, killing about 60 civilians, at least 37 of whom were children.... Through the more than tw [...]
2006-08-01 05:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4323JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4326MEDIA REACTION Q IRAN - TOKYO
[...] "International Unity Needed to Resolve Iranian Nuclear Issue" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/2): "The UNSC adopted a resolution that gives Iran until August 31 to suspend uranium enrichment or face economic and other sanctions. This indicates the serious concern with wh [...]
2006-08-02 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO 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
06TOKYO4417JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 04:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4438JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4439MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO
[...] "Lebanese Ceasefire: UNSC Resolution Must Be One on Which All Can Agree" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/8): "The resolution that the US and France submitted to the UNSC for a ceasefire in Lebanon was too pro-Israel, drawing immediate opposition from Lebanon and other countries. To [...]
2006-08-08 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO450MEDIA REACTION PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS - TOKYO
[...] "Will Chances for Middle East Peace Emerge?" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (1/27): "It appears that the radical Islamic group Hamas, which participated in Palestinian elections for the first time, has captured a majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council. Given that th [...]
2006-01-27 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4512UNHRC LEBANON RESOLUTION: GOJ TO MAKE LAST MINUTE
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Principal Deputy Director Yoriko Suzuki August 10. Suzuki said Japan was unconvinced that Article 12 precludes UNHRC jurisdiction over the conflict in Lebanon. She said that Japan shares U.S. concern [...]
2006-08-10 09:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO UNHRC JA
06TOKYO4523MEDIA REACTION Q AIRLINE TERROR PLOT IN BRITAIN
[...] There were no immediate editorials or TV commentaries concerning the terror plot. 2. "Plot Aimed at Dealing New Blow to US and Britain?" London correspondent Inada of the liberal Asahi commented (8/11): "With the fifth anniversary of 9/11 close at hand, it is believed that the terror plot u [...]
2006-08-11 04:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4556DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON
[...] Post delivered reftel points to the responsible officer at the UN Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 12. Poloff was referred to the public statement of Foreign Minister Taro Aso, repeated below, for Japan's response. 2. Begin text: Japan welcomes the unanimou [...]
2006-08-12 07:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UNDC UNSC IS LE JA
06TOKYO4563MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CEASEFIRE - TOKYO
[...] "UNSC Resolution on Lebanon: Seeking a Breakthrough" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/13): "A measure has finally been taken to put an end to the month-long crisis in Lebanon. The parties involved must not only immediately suspend hostilities but also search for a lasting [...]
2006-08-14 23:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4566MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CEASEFIRE - TOKYO
[...] "UNSC Resolution on Lebanon: Seeking a Breakthrough" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/13): "A measure has finally been taken to put an end to the month-long crisis in Lebanon. The parties involved must not only immediately suspend hostilities but also search for a lasting [...]
2006-08-15 00:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4567MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON CEASEFIRE - TOKYO
[...] "UNSC Resolution on Lebanon: Seeking a Breakthrough" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/13): "A measure has finally been taken to put an end to the month-long crisis in Lebanon. The parties involved must not only immediately suspend hostilities but also search for a lasting [...]
2006-08-15 00:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4647MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CEASEFIRE - TOKYO
[...] "Lebanon Ceasefire Should Not be Temporary" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/16): "The tragedy in Lebanon has come to an end for the time being following the acceptance by Israel and Hezbollah of a unanimous UNSC resolution calling for the cessation of hostilities.... However, complacency is [...]
2006-08-16 04:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4691MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON - TOKYO
[...] "Ceasefire Must Not be Reversed" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/17): "In order to implement the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, a 15,000-strong Lebanese Army unit and a similar-sized UN force must be quickly deployed in southern Lebanon.... With the warring parties still sq [...]
2006-08-17 02:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO482MEDIA REACTION HAMAS ELECTION VICTORY - TOKYO
[...] "Time for Hamas to Break with Terrorism" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/28): "The radical Islamic group Hamas has emerged as the Palestinians' leading political party after winning a majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council. Fatah, the mainstream PLO group that was previous [...]
2006-01-30 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4845MEDIA REACTION Q IRAN - TOKYO
[...] "Iran's Answer: Halting Uranium Enrichment the First Step to Regaining Trust" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/24): "Iran does not appear at all prepared to listen to the voices of those in the international community concerned about nuclear proliferation. It appears that [...]
2006-08-24 02:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4891 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4969KHATAMI VISITS JAPAN; SEES KOIZUMI; AZADEGAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Koizumi warned former Iranian President Khatami that Iran would be wise to cooperate with the international community rather than continue to isolate itself, during an August 24 meeting. Khatami, in both his public remarks and in his meeting with Koizumi, maintain [...]
2006-08-30 08:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ECON ENGY IR JA
06TOKYO4998JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 23:48:00Embassy 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
06TOKYO5143LEBANESE "DISAPPOINTED" BY JAPANESE CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (C) Lebanon is "disappointed" by the small amounts pledged by Japan for reconstruction and humanitarian relief, Lebanon's Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo, Toufic S. Jaber, recently told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer. Japan initially pledged and has disbursed $2 million in humanitarian assistanc [...]
2006-09-08 06:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR LE JA
06TOKYO5209 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 08:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5330JAPAN ON MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON LEBANON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan agrees that momentum must be maintained promoting peace in Lebanon and fully supports the implementation of UNSCR 1701. Tokyo is hesitant to contribute additional funds, however, citing Lebanon's wealth and the fact that assistance pledges at the Stockholm Conference yield [...]
2006-09-15 08:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON IS LE JA
06TOKYO577MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
[...] All six dailies carried editorials concerning President Bush's State of the Union address. 2. "Continued US Commitment to the World Reconfirmed" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (2/2): "The 'prescription' President Bush wrote for the difficult issues facing th [...]
2006-02-02 04:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5812 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5884JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
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
06TOKYO6125 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-20 07:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6159JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-23 08:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER 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
06TOKYO6545JAPAN UNSURE ABOUT ISRAEL RESOLUTION, WAITING FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 09:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM JA
06TOKYO6596JAPANESE OPPOSITION TO UNGA EMERGENCY SPECIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A "no" vote or abstention by the Japanese to the November 17 UNGA Emergency Special Session (ESS) Resolution on Israel cannot be assured, according to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki. Although Japan agrees completely that the resolution is unbalanced [...]
2006-11-17 07:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA XF IS JA
06TOKYO6716MEDIA REACTION - GAZA STRIP CEASEFIRE - TOKYO
[...] "US Applying Pressure for Resumption of Israel- Palestinian Dialogue" Riyadh correspondent Kanazawa of the business-oriented Nihon Keizai commented (11/27): "The Gaza Strip ceasefire accord that Israel and the Palestinian Authority reached will likely be the first step toward resuming Israeli- [...]
2006-11-27 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO7027 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/06-1
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO749JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-10 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO820 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO827JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO882JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 01:48:00Embassy 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
06TRIPOLI363LIBYAN REACTION TO ONGOING VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Libyans with whom we are in contact have no sympathy for Hizballah, but are angry about the ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon and Gaza. After initially discouraging public demonstrations, the government has allowed a few carefully orchestrated and tightly controlled [...]
2006-07-26 10:38:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI377TFLE01: LIBYANS SUMMON P-5 COM'S TO DEMAND ACTION ON
[...] (C) Summary: Libyan MFA U/S Obeidi called in the P-5 Ambassadors and COM's July 31 to condemn the Israeli bombing in Qana and to call for an immediate ceasefire UNSCR. CDA responded by citing the Secretary's statement about an emerging consensus on the necessary elements of a ceasefire and l [...]
2006-07-31 12:42:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE IS LY
06TRIPOLI383GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA ANNOUNCES EFFORTS TO SUPPORT LEBANON
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The Government of Libya announced on Monday a three-step initiative to express its solidarity with the people of Lebanon and denounce Israeli attacks in the country. 1) The General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation was instructed to [...]
2006-08-01 15:47:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL LY IS LE
06TRIPOLI438AL MANAR: REQUEST FOR POST INPUT ON NEXT STEPS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 17:21:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNECPS ETTC KPAO PREL PTER XF LY
06TRIPOLI453CONGRESSMAN LANTOS STRESSES BILATERAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 22-24 trip to Libya, Congressman Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, reviewed bilateral achievements since his first visit to the country in January, 2004 and set new goals for enhanc [...]
2006-08-31 15:02:00Embassy TripoliSECRETOREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
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
06TRIPOLI459LIBYANS DISCUSS NON-PROLIFERATION WITH AMB. SCHULTE - WHERE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Schulte conducted extensive discussions on non-proliferation with Libyan officials and the Jamahiriya press August 28-30. The Libyans agreed with our assessment that Iran was working on a weapons program and that it should comply with the IAEA, while stressing tha [...]
2006-09-01 14:25:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALCMGT OVIP PARM KNNP LY
06TUNIS10TRIP TO SOUTHERN TUNISIA: RESIDENTS TOUGH ON U.S.
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff and MEPI FSN visited the southern industrial town of Gabes December 19-21 and met with ruling and opposition party leaders, NGOs, and many local residents. All interlocutors were curious, and many skeptical, about the visit of an Embassy official to this oft-overlooked so [...]
2006-01-03 13:42:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO TS
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
06TUNIS1253THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) May 18, 2006; 4:30 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Kelly Dillon, D Personal Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D S [...]
2006-05-25 09:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV ECON TS
06TUNIS1276DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL
[...] (S) On May 26, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial to MFA Director General for the Americas and Asia Ghazi Jomaa. Jomaa said that Deputy Foreign Minister Hatem Ben Salem would be representing Tunisia at the Ministerial and that he would pass the [...]
2006-05-26 11:42:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TS
06TUNIS1305JEWISH PILGRIMAGE TO DJERBA: A TUNISIAN SUCCESS
[...] (C) Summary: Approximately 3,500 Jewish pilgrims, including reportedly 500 Israeli citizens, descended on the Tunisian island of Djerba for the annual pilgrimage to El Ghriba synagogue on May 15-16, coinciding with the Jewish holiday Lag B'Omer. The pilgrimage took place with no reported prob [...]
2006-05-30 14:13:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO TS
06TUNIS1343ABBAS VISIT TO TUNISIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, Palestinian President Abbas began his three day state visit to Tunisia with a meeting with Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. The GOT, ever eager to play its traditional moderate role in the Middle East Peace Process, has focused the visit on its support for [...]
2006-06-02 12:18:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1599USTR TIFA LETTER DELIVERED TO MDIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hudson paid a farewell call on Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC) Mohamed Nouri Jouini on June 20, 2006. The Ambassador delivered a letter from USTR concerning a proposed June 30, 2006 meeting between the minister and Assistant United States [...]
2006-06-27 13:24:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KTIA TS
06TUNIS1641MGGZ01: TUNISIA CALLS FOR RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) On June 29, Tunisia released an official statement related to the latest Israeli-Palestinian developments, reiterating its call for "resumption of dialogue and implementation of the Roadmap." Also on June 29, in a speech to newly arrived ambassadors, President Ben Ali stressed the need [...]
2006-06-30 13:27:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAL TS
06TUNIS1642AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador's farewell call on Minister of Defense Morjane was marked by mutual appreciation for the strong bilateral military relationship and guarantees of its continuation. Morjane shared his views on the broader bilateral relationship, specifically political reform. Morjane [...]
2006-06-30 13:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1785TUNISIA RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO SAUDI STATEMENT;
[...] (C) In his July 14 farewell call on Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Hatem Ben Salem, Ambassador provided a copy of the Saudi statement on the situation in Palestine and Lebanon (ref A). Upon reading the informal English translation, Ben Salem expressed surprise at the "new" Saudi posit [...]
2006-07-14 09:37:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS TS UN
06TUNIS1816EUROMED ECONFIN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE JUNE 25-26,
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 25-26, 2006, economic and finance ministers (ECOFIN) of the 35 countries of the Euromed zone met in Gammarth, Tunisia to discuss the future of the European Investment Bank's (EIB) Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP) and the poss [...]
2006-07-18 09:49:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EU TS
06TUNIS1817TUNIS-BASED PLO FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER SLAMS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: PLO Foreign Affairs Minister Farouk Qaddoumi on July 12 convened representatives of the Americas for a rambling briefing, delivered in English, entitled, "The Latest Developments in Palestine, especially with the Current Israeli Occupation Forces Military Attacks on t [...]
2006-07-18 10:51:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL TU
06TUNIS1847TFLE01: TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES
[...] (C) In a July 18 farewell call by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Abdallah expressed concern about the "grave" humanitarian situation in Lebanon, noting his impression that the violence was not going to end soon. As a jurist, he said, he was "shocked" that an armed group could be allowed to [...]
2006-07-19 14:30:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM LE IS TU
06TUNIS1924TFLE01: TUNISIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON AND
[...] (C) Summary: Since the beginning of the current Lebanon/Israel/Gaza crisis, the GOT has stood firmly in support of its "Palestinian and Lebanese brothers", releasing statements of support, sponsoring press articles critical of Israel, and in demonstration-free Tunisia, sanctioning and partici [...]
2006-07-28 14:31:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS1939TFLE01: GOT DECLARES THREE DAYS OF MOURNING OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 11:29:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDTS KPAO PREL PGOV
06TUNIS1943TFLE01: LEBANESE PARLIAMENT LEADER HARIRI VISITS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 13:42:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO TS
06TUNIS1988TFLE01: SITREP ON TUNISIAN SOLIDARITY WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Media reports and anecdotal information from the past week suggest that Tunisians increasingly are viewing Hizballah as the underdog freedom fighter successfully standing up against the Israeli bully. The Qana attack stoked a round of news-driven anger against Israel. U.S. supp [...]
2006-08-04 14:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS2026ABBAS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BEN ALI
[...] On August 9, all Tunisian newspapers carried an official GOT press agency report of a meeting between visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Tunisian President Ben Ali. Abbas visited Tunisia August 7 - 8. According to the report, the two discussed the situation in the Palestinian t [...]
2006-08-09 13:33:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS2084TFLE01: TUNISIAN REACTION TO LEBANON/ISRAEL/GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: The general Tunisian public perception of current events in Lebanon and Gaza, fueled by local and pan-Arab media, is that the U.S. is offering unlimited support to Israeli "aggression." A broad range of Tunisian contacts, who share this perception, tell us that this is consequent [...]
2006-08-11 14:23:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO ASEC TS
06TUNIS2144TUNISIANS PROUD OF "ISRAELI DEFEAT", BUT MANY
[...] (C) Summary: With the passage of UNSCR 1701 and the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and Israel, the tense mood amongst many Tunisians, palpable during the active fighting, has largely abated. Tunisian newspapers proclaimed victory for Hizballah, and editorials spoke of the hope "the Hizb [...]
2006-08-18 14:31:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PHUM TS
06TUNIS2155MODERATE ISLAMISTS SEEK DIALOGUE WITH U.S. ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting hosted in Tunis by Washington-based Center for Islam and Democracy President Radwan Masmoudi, several self-described "moderate Islamists", including a founding member of the banned Tunisian Islamist party An-Nahdha, sought out Embassy officials to "reopen a dialogue" [...]
2006-08-21 08:04:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2227TUNISIANS CONTINUE TO BE SEIZED BY EVENTS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon continue to dominate Tunisian newspaper headlines and cafe conversations, although less so than in previous weeks. The GOT announced delivery of humanitarian aid to Lebanon. Newspapers accused Israel of jeopardizing the cease-fire. Civil society contacts contin [...]
2006-08-25 14:33:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS2259ANTI-U.S. INCITEMENT: ONE TUNISIAN IMAM
[...] (C/NF) The imam of the main mosque in the town of Oued Ellil allegedly included severe anti-U.S. rhetoric in the course of August 18 Friday prayers. The imam is reported to have condemned the U.S. for its role in the recent fighting in Lebanon and called on Allah to "eliminate" President Bush [...]
2006-08-31 11:23:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAO TN
06TUNIS2298AN-NAHDHA LEADER JEBALI: MODERATE ISLAMISM IS THE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In an August 30 meeting, Hamadi Jebali, a former leader of the unauthorized Tunisian Islamist political party An-Nahdha, described the party's political views, continued GOT oppression, his recent release from prison, and defended "moderate Islamism" as the political future of [...]
2006-09-06 12:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER TS
06TUNIS2321SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) delegation's September 13-14 2006 visit to Tunisia. This cable provides a brief overview of the political situation in Tunisia, as well as a summary of the business climate. -------------------------- [...]
2006-09-08 11:45:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER ASEC ECON TS
06TUNIS257AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation at the MFA on February 6, Ambassador and Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah discussed the Palestinian elections and future of the peace process, Iran,s nuclear ambitions, the status of SOFA negotiations, prospects for Maghreb unity, freedom of the press [...]
2006-02-06 15:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TS
06TUNIS2639TUNISIAN EMBASSY IN QATAR CLOSED TO PROTEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 25, the Tunisian MFA announced the closure of Tunisia's embassy in Qatar, citing al-Jazeera's lack of objectivity. The announcement followed numerous international media reports that Tunisia had withdrawn its ambassador in protest over al-Jazeera coverage of Tunisian d [...]
2006-10-27 14:14:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2665SCRAP THAT TENDER!! ENERCIEL VS STEG -- THE
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with representatives of the U.S. company UPC Wind Partners (UPC) and its subsidiary Enerciel Tunisie, Emboffs were briefed on the current status of UPC/Enerciel's wind energy investment (which already approaches USD 3 million) and their ongoing problems with GOT's e [...]
2006-10-31 14:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG KIDE EINV TS
06TUNIS2689SCRAP THAT TENDER!! ENERCIEL VS STEG -- THE
[...] (C) Summary. In recent meetings with representatives of the U.S. company UPC Wind Partners (UPC) and its subsidiary Enerciel Tunisie, Emboffs were briefed on the current status of UPC/Enerciel's wind energy investment (which already approaches USD 3 million) and their ongoing problems with G [...]
2006-11-01 16:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG KIDE EINV TS
06TUNIS2801AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO FOREIGN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Godec presented a copy of his credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdelwaheb Abdallah on November 18. In an hour long meeting, Ambassador and FM discussed a range of issues, but clearly most important to Abdallah was the point he made the week before to Charg [...]
2006-11-24 09:14:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2823BEN ALI STATEMENT ON SOLIDARITY WITH THE
[...] (SBU) On November 28, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali issued a statement calling on the international community to protect the Palestinian people. On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (November 29),Ben Ali reinforced Tunisia's traditional suppo [...]
2006-11-30 07:37:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAL 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
06TUNIS387ANOTHER 18 OCTOBER MEETING BLOCKED
[...] (C) Summary: GOT security forces prevented a majority of members of the 18 October Committee (18OC) from attending a press conference held by the group on February 21. Although there were reports that excessive violence was used, Poloff witnessed the opposite: deliberate restraint by police [...]
2006-02-22 15:48:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS637Special Media Reaction: A/S Welch visit to Tunis
[...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian media provided wide and positive coverage of the March 14 -16 visit of Assistant Secretary Welch. Headlines in all papers focused on the SIPDIS strength and "excellence" of U.S.-Tunisian relations and referred to "discussions of international issues of mutual concer [...]
2006-03-17 15:54:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OIIP TS
06TUNIS647A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH ON IRAN, ISRAEL, SUDAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting March 15 in Tunis, FM Abdallah told A/S David Welch that during a recent trip to Iran he reinforced Tunisia's position supporting the peaceful use of nuclear energy, but condemning any proliferation of nuclear or chemical weapons. Abdallah claimed he petitioned his [...]
2006-03-21 09:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
06TUNIS669REPORTS OF ANTI-SEMITIC STUDENT DEMONSTRATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to press reports and eyewitnesses, On March 10, approximately 100 students shouted anti-Israel and anti-Semitic slogans during a demonstration at Manouba University in Tunis at a ceremony marking the donation of books from the library of the late Jewish Tunisian histor [...]
2006-03-22 12:10:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO TS
06ULAANBAATAR173TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Growing awareness of trafficking as a domestic and international issue -- as well as Mongolia's first appearance in the TIP report -- spurred Mongolia to take significant new steps against trafficking in the last year. In November 2005, the government adopted a National Action Plan aga [...]
2006-03-13 06:12:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MG MC IS KS TU
06UNVIEVIENNA500IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO
[...] (SBU) At the June BOG, mission, per reftel, accomplished its objectives of underscoring the absence of confidence in the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, stressing Iran's need to halt enrichment-related activities, and re-dividing the NAM. Iran was dealt with under agenda item 8 (g) [...]
2006-06-16 09:29:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA511IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO
[...] (SBU) Further to Reftel, this message provides detailed information on the June 15 IAEA Board of Governors debate on Iran. During that discussion, 33 countries delivered statements, with a preponderance calling on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA to resolve the outstanding issues identified in [...]
2006-06-23 13:39:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA815IAEA/DPRK/IRAN: JAPAN NIXES BOG DPRK RESOLUTION;
[...] (S) Like-minded countries, meeting at the US mission November 2, agreed with Japan's view that, in light of the October 31 announcement on Six-Party talks, the Board should pursue a Chairman's Summary, but not a resolution unless the DPRK reneges on this agreement. Country statements at the B [...]
2006-11-03 15:11:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA851IAEA/IRAN: SECRETARIAT TELLS MEMBER STATES THAT
[...] (SBU) During a technical briefing on November 15, the IAEA Secretariat advised that TC project IRA/9/019 (Strengthening Safety Capabilities for the Construction of a research Reactor) was not directly linked to enrichment and reprocessing activities, and the "Secretariat is certain this proj [...]
2006-11-17 08:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK1013UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS FOLLOW-ON
[...] The Security Council May 17 adopted a follow-up resolution to urge progress on the implementation of UNSCR 1559 (2004). Drafted by the UK, U.S. and France and co-sponsored by Slovakia and Denmark, UNSCR 1680 (2006) was adopted by a 13-0-2 vote, with Russia and China abstaining. 2. Reflectin [...]
2006-05-18 17:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1040COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY - WHERE ARE THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Discussion of the Secretary General's counter-terrorism strategy (ref A) continued May 15-18 in General Assembly informal consultations. Delegations were divided among those who urged the Assembly to craft a strategy from the elements on which all could agree and those who s [...]
2006-05-23 13:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1065SYG SELECTION: INDIA PUSHES UNHELPFUL GA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary. The Indians are reportedly leading an aggressive General Assembly (GA) effort by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to advocate for a GA resolution that would demand the Security Council recommend more than one candidate to be the next Secretary-General. The proposal, which seeks to capi [...]
2006-05-24 13:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UN IN
06USUNNEWYORK1073EGYPT AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The prevailing atmosphere at the UN is one of increasing polarization between the UN's top donors (chiefly the U.S., Japan, Europe and CANZ) and the G-77. This sharpening divide manifests itself in debates across the full spectrum of reform issues: administrative, bu [...]
2006-05-25 21:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM ECON AORC KUNR EG
06USUNNEWYORK1088UNSC: MAY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING
[...] Summary: In the monthly briefing to the Security Council held May 24, U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari addressed the following subjects: developments on the Quartet's support for an EU funding mechanism for Palestinian assistance; the impact of Israeli closures, barrier construction and settlement activ [...]
2006-05-31 13:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1137UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/ Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council for the fifth time on their committees' a [...]
2006-06-05 15:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC ETTC PGOV PTER
06USUNNEWYORK1268UNSC: JUNE MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING
[...] Summary: During the monthly briefing on Middle East issues to the Security Council June 21, UN U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari reviewed recent events, including intra-Palestinian political developments and the welcome prospect of an imminent Olmert-Abbas meeting; an increase in violence resulting in dea [...]
2006-06-23 22:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1336PLANNING FOR THE UNIFIL RENEWAL: ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli Mission to the UN Political Counselor Gilad Cohen told Poloffs the week of June 26 that the GOI believes the upcoming UNSC resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) should urge the Lebanese Government to deploy forces to thre [...]
2006-07-10 21:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1340UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ALL
[...] Summary. The Fifth Committee considered over 60 reports related to the budgetary, administrative and policy issues for UN peacekeeping at its second resumed 60th session from May 22 to June 30, 2006. By the end of the session, the Committee had agreed to financing resolutions for all 13 acti [...]
2006-07-11 19:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1367US VETOES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
[...] The U.S. July 13 cast a no vote -- its first in nearly two years -- to veto an unbalanced Qatari-sponsored resolution on the current Palestinian-Israeli situation in the Middle East. The final vote was 10-1(US)-4(UK, Denmark, Slovakia and Peru). Ambassador Bolton's Statement ---------------- [...]
2006-07-17 15:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1392SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES LEBANON; SEVERAL
[...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on July 17, the UN Security Council heard briefings from DPA U/SYG Gambari and DPKO A/SYG Lute on the situation in Lebanon and discussed possible reaction from the Council. Gambari and Lute condemned Hizballah attacks on Israel, expressed concerns abo [...]
2006-07-19 15:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO LE IS
06USUNNEWYORK1505STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS IN NEW YORK ON FRENCH-US
[...] (SBU) Posts will recall from reftels that on August 5 the French and American delegations in New York tabled a draft resolution calling for a full cessation of hostilties between Lebanon and Israel. Discussions were then held on the draft August 6 in New York. All Security Council delegati [...]
2006-08-07 23:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL LE IS
06USUNNEWYORK1519UPDATE ON SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS ON LEBANON
[...] (SBU) The U.S. and France continue to work intensively and urgently in New York and in capitals to reach agreement on a draft UNSC resolution calling for a full cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel. Ambassador Bolton and French Permanent Representative de la Sabliere met again [...]
2006-08-10 00:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1544UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) chaired a meeting of UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) on Friday August 11 and two follow-on "technical meetings" on Saturday August 12 and Monday August 14 with both current and potential contributors. The purpose of these [...]
2006-08-15 22:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1545UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) chaired a meeting of UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) on Friday August 11 and two follow-on "technical meetings" on Saturday August 12 and Monday August 14 with both current and potential contributors. The purpose of these [...]
2006-08-15 22:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1550DPKO BRIEFS A/S HILLEN ON EXPANDED UNIFIL FORCE
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with PM A/S Hillen on August 16 in New York, UN DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi expressed deep concern that potential unwillingness by France to commit substantial forces to an expanded UNIFIL might have a "chilling effect" on other potential troop contributing countries ( [...]
2006-08-17 12:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1570UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE: MEMBER STATES
[...] (U) Summary. During a meeting with current and potential troop contributing countries (TCCs) to an expanded UNIFIL force in south Lebanon on August 17, UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown made an impassioned SIPDIS appeal to member states to help secure a lasting peace by committ [...]
2006-08-18 01:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1597UN PRESENTS SYG,S 1701 REPORT ON THE FIRST WEEK
[...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations August 21 on SYG Annan,s report on the first week of implementation of UNSCR 1701, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi reported on the "encouraging" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) [...]
2006-08-21 23:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1598UNSC/DARFUR: ANNABI BRIEFS AND DRAFT RESOLUTION IS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August 17 Security Council consultations, Assistant Secretary-General for peacekeeping operations Annabi painted a bleak picture of the current situation in Darfur as a result of the faltering Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and the weak African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). [...]
2006-08-21 23:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1611UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST FOCUSES ON
[...] (U) Summary. Recalling recent UNSC focus on Lebanon, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Under Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari used a monthly UNSC public debate on the Middle East held on August 22 to call for a renewed international effort to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace proc [...]
2006-08-23 00:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1622UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE: A/S HILLEN PRESSES
[...] (C) Summary. During separate meetings with UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown and Department of SIPDIS Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi on August 24, PM A/S Hillen emphasized the importance of ensuring that the international community helps [...]
2006-08-25 18:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1717AMB WOLFF AND UN U/SYG GAMBARI DISCUSS ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: DPR Amb Wolff advised UN U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari August 31 that the USG is highly skeptical about a Security Council ministerial on the peace process at this time. Amb Wolff noted, moreover, that since the Arab League has been unable to explain the purpose of the meeting, has fail [...]
2006-09-01 22:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1816UNGA ADOPTS COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY
[...] (U) Summary. Implementing the mandate contained in the Summit Outcome Document (para 82),the General Assembly adopted September 8 a resolution entitled, "The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy." The draft was presented by the General Assembly President and adopted without a vo [...]
2006-09-14 15:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
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
06USUNNEWYORK1860LUKEWARM UNSC RESPONSE TO ANNAN'S 30 DAY REPORT ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on September 18, UN Secretary-General Annan outlined his one-month report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701, which led to a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizballah, and reviewed the results of his recent visit to the region. Pra [...]
2006-09-26 16:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPKO KPAL IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK188061ST UNGA LAUNCHES GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] On September 19, the UN launched the "Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy" at a meeting chaired by General Assembly President Khalifa. The "launch" attracted a number of Foreign Ministers and Ambassadors. The strategy, called for in the 2005 World Summit Outcome document was the result of se [...]
2006-09-29 20:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1899ACTION REQUEST: FINALIZING THE UN-LEBANON TREATY
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a meeting between P-3 legal and political officers on October 2, French experts reported that the UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) had revised the draft treaty establishing the Hariri tribunal to delete any re [...]
2006-10-03 13:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC SY LE
06USUNNEWYORK1907UNSC WELCOMES LATEST BRAMMERTZ REPORT BUT DIFFERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a public briefing to the UNSC on September 29, UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Head Serge Brammertz hewed closely to the contents of his latest report to the UNSC to document progress in the investigation into the murder of former Lebanese [...]
2006-10-04 14:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS SY LE
06USUNNEWYORK2085SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS UNSCR 1559 GOALS AMID
[...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 30 closed-door briefing to the Security Council on the SYG's latest report on UNSCR 1559 implementation, SYG Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen praised the "historic" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to south Lebanon, but highlighted the unfulfilled [...]
2006-11-02 20:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPKO IS LE SY
06USUNNEWYORK2107JUMBLATT PRESSES FOR QUICK ESTABLISHMENT OF HARIRI
[...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Bolton and USUN officers on November 2, Lebanese Druze leader and MP Walid Jumblatt and two aides argued that the tribunal to try those responsible for the assassination of Rafiq Hariri must be established by November 13, at which point Hizballah SYG Nasral [...]
2006-11-03 15:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC LE SY
06USUNNEWYORK2141UNSC: REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS -- GAZA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) The Qatari sponsors of a resolution on the recent events in Gaza have put its draft into Blue for a vote now scheduled for November 11 at 12:00 noon. Though the original draft text has undergone two revisions in as many days, the current text remains unacceptable. Notwithstanding experts' [...]
2006-11-11 01:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IS
06USUNNEWYORK2146U.S. VETOES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON ISRAEL ACTION IN
[...] The U.S. November 11 cast a no vote to veto an unbalanced Qatari-sponsored resolution on the situation in the Middle East, and specifically on casualties that resulted from a November 8 Israeli military operation shelling of Beit Hanoun in Gaza. The final vote was 10-1(U.S.)-4(UK, Denmark, Sl [...]
2006-11-13 21:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK2156AUSTRALIAN AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION AGAINST CUBA
[...] (C) Summary: Australia's push to amend the 61st General Assembly (GA) Resolution on "The Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Embargo Imposed by the United States of America Against Cuba" failed due to a no-action motion raised by Cuba with a 127-50-5 vote. The GA adopt [...]
2006-11-15 01:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNGA ETRD PGOV PREL EUN CU
06USUNNEWYORK2169U.S. CANDIDATE NOT ELECTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] Summary. In a General Assembly election, November 16, the U.S. candidate missed being elected to the International Law Commission by eight votes. Michael Matheson placed ninth among 11 candidates seeking to fill eight Western seats on the Commission. European Union candidates took six of the [...]
2006-11-18 00:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDILC ODIP UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2172VOTE RESULTS OF UN,S THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY: On November 16, Member States voted on 17 resolutions in the UN's Third Committee (Human Rights). The resolutions that passed over objections of the USG received a plurality of support from non-aligned nations. A resolution sponsored by Egypt on the Right of the Palestinian People t [...]
2006-11-21 15:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI PTER SMIG SCUL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2180UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE ON BUDGET
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 20:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR AORC UNGA PREL IS
06USUNNEWYORK2186UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE ON BUDGET
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On Friday, November 17th, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) and the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly acted on the program budget implications (PBI) of draft resolution A/ES-10/L.19, in accordance with Rule 153 of the Rules and Procedur [...]
2006-11-23 00:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC IS KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2211UN REITERATES PLEA FOR U.S. HELP TO RELEASE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. On November 7 (refs A-B),the UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) provided USUN with copies of correspondence between the UN Development Program (UNDP) and Bank Leumi, concerning UNDP's effort to secure the return of $1,842,543.50, which UN [...]
2006-12-04 22:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN WE JA
06USUNNEWYORK221961ST UNGA: SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS FOUR
[...] Summary: On November 22, the UN's Second Committee on economic and financial affairs passed four resolutions, including one condemning the Israeli destruction of oil tanks in Lebanon. Four countries joined the US to vote No on the Lebanese resolution, with the EU members/applicants among the [...]
2006-12-06 17:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EFIN SENV UNGA IS LN
06USUNNEWYORK2253RESOLUTION CONDEMNING STATE SPONSORED EFFORTS TO
[...] ACTION REQUEST:(C) USUN seeks concurrence from Department to submit a resolution (drafted in para. 9) directly to the General Assembly Plenary condemning state sponsored (Iran) efforts to deny the existence of the Holocaust as an historical event. USUN seeks to submit a resolution to the Gene [...]
2006-12-14 18:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC KAWC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2260UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 61ST GA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 17:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
06USUNNEWYORK2263UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTES ON DRAFT DECISION
[...] SUMMARY: On December 11th and 15th, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) voted on draft decisions regarding the program budget implications (PBIs) of A/ES-10/L.20 and A/ES-10/L.20/Rev.1, a draft resolution (reftels) to be acted on at the December 15th Emergency Special Session. [...]
2006-12-19 15:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA KUNR PREL IS
06USUNNEWYORK2278FINAL UNGA PLENARY ACTION ON RESOLUTIONS OF THE
[...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly took final action December 20 on all the resolutions of the Second Committee. As is customary, final action in the Plenary was virtually identical to that taken previously when the Second Committee adopted each resolution. For the sake of brevity, this cabl [...]
2006-12-22 19:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC UNGA ETRD SENV KPAL LE
06USUNNEWYORK2290FINAL UNGA PLENARY ACTION ON RESOLUTIONS OF THE
[...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly took final action December 19-22 on all the resolutions of the Third Committee, including human rights resolution on Belarus, Iran, DPRK and Burma (Burma further reported septel). As is customary, final action in the Plenary was virtually identical to that [...]
2006-12-26 18:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AORC UNGA XX
06USUNNEWYORK2298UNGA 6TH COMMITTEE DEBATES NEW TOPIC -- THE RULE
[...] (U) Summary. On November 16, the Sixth (Legal) Committee adopted without a vote the draft resolution on the "Rule of law at the national and international levels" (A/C.6/61/L.18) (as verbally amended). The U.S. joined consensus (REFS A, B). The resolution places the rule of law item on the [...]
2006-12-27 23:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK398PROSPECT OF RE-OPENING HRC TEXT DISAPPEARING;
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of the announcement that the U.S. cannot support General Assembly President Eliasson,s proposals for a Human Rights Council, delegations are weighing options and considering next steps. Eliasson, SecGen Annan, and others believe there is widespread support [...]
2006-03-02 00:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKUNR UNGA UNCHR
06USUNNEWYORK413UNSC: UNSCO DE SOTO DISCUSSES CONUNDRUM OF
[...] (C) Begin Summary: During his monthly briefing February 28 to the Security Council, the UN Special Coordinator on the Middle East Alvaro de Soto discussed the determinants of the current Palestinian assistance conundrum and the consequences of international inaction. Reporting that it is too s [...]
2006-03-03 19:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPAL
06USUNNEWYORK432AD HOC COMMITTEE CONTINUES STALEMATE ON
[...] (U) Summary. The Ad Hoc Committee (AHC),established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996, met at UN Headquarters February 27-March 3, 2006 to continue negotiations on the CCIT. Deep-seated differences over key text between member States of the Organization of the Isla [...]
2006-03-07 18:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK443ELIASSON SIGNALS INTENT TO ADOPT HRC RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. GA President Eliasson's Chef de Cabinet Wide told Ambassador Wolff March 8 that Eliasson is taking the first steps to prepare for the adoption of the Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution this Friday (March 10). Wide said the Fifth Committee will meet March 9 to approve the HRC [...]
2006-03-09 02:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM KUNR UNGA PREL
06USUNNEWYORK455CONSIDERATION OF HRC POSTPONED TO MARCH 15;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to a U.S. request, the UN Fifth Committee agreed March 9 to postpone decision scheduled that day on the budget to establish a Human Rights Council. General Assembly President (PGA) Eliasson also put off the GA plenary session scheduled for March 10. Both meetings are [...]
2006-03-09 23:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC KUNR UNGA PHUM PREL
06USUNNEWYORK519DUPLICATIVE DIALOGUES AMONG CIVILIZATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. This is an Action Request, per para 6. The UN Mission of the Philippines is attempting to formalize follow-up to a conference on "interfaith dialogue," which their Foreign Minister chaired in New York in June 2005. Creation of a proposed follow-up group is ill-defined, duplicates [...]
2006-03-16 18:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM SCUL PREL KISL RP
06USUNNEWYORK538HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: As reported reftel, the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution on establishment of the Human Rights Council (HRC) by a vote of 170-4(U.S.) with 3 abstentions. Reftel reported on the presentation of the resolution text and Explanations of Vote (EOVs) delivered in [...]
2006-03-20 14:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK581UN/GERMANY: STATE SECRETARY PFLUGER ON IRAN, LATIN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Bolton discussed Iran, Latin America and UN reform initiatives, including the recently formed Human Rights Council, with German State Secretary Freidbert Pfluger on March 20. Pfluger reiterated Germany's steadfast support for efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuc [...]
2006-03-23 18:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC KUNR GM IR
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
06USUNNEWYORK762UNSC: MARCH MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING
[...] (U) In his March 30 briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tuliameni Kalomoh discussed the new Palestinian government, the just-completed Israeli elections, security issues, the humanitarian situation in Gaza and [...]
2006-04-11 15:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK764HIRC DELEGATION DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, UN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A House International Relations Committee (HIRC) delegation led by Chairman Henry Hyde met the GA President's Chef de Cabinet and subsequently with six key G77 ambassadors March 27 to discuss a range of issues. Key topics of discussion centered on the recently created UN Human [...]
2006-04-11 18:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR PHUM EAID KPKO UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK831UNDP/UNICEF ROTATION SCHEME FOR WEOG GUARANTEES
[...] In an amicable split decision within WEOG, 28 members of the group have agreed to begin allocating seats on the UNDP and UNICEF Executive Boards among themselves in accordance with the 15 year rotation plan presented earlier this month by the Swiss facilitator. Though the U.S. opted out of th [...]
2006-04-21 16:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON UNDP UNFPA UNICEF
06USUNNEWYORK885UNSC: LEBANESE PM FOUAD SINIORA BRIEFS SECURITY
[...] Summary: Before a public meeting of the Security Council April 21, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora briefed on the Lebanese National Dialogue and delivered a strong message in support of Council actions and the recently released Secretary General's third report on UNSCR 1559. Siniora [...]
2006-04-27 22:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK908UN REFORM: G-77 WINS FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE IN
[...] SUMMARY/COMMENT: The Fifth Committee, meeting in formal session April 28, voted 108 to 50, with 3 abstentions, to support adoption of a draft resolution introduced April 21 by the G-77 and China that attempts to impeded ongoing Secretary-General efforts to pursue management reform in the SI [...]
2006-05-03 20:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK909MINIMIZING UN CONTACTS WITH HAMAS
[...] (C) Ambassador Wolff transmitted reftel guidance May 3 to UN Deputy Secretary General Malloch Brown laying out guidelines for contacts by UN agencies with Hamas. Amb. Wolff added that this issue remained of the utmost importance and sensitivity to the U.S., and a breach of these guidelines wo [...]
2006-05-03 22:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEFIN IS PREL PTER UNDP
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
06VATICAN104HOLY SEE: ISRAELI VIEWS ON HAMAS, ISLAM, FUNDAMENTAL
[...] (C) Summary. During a May 30 meeting with Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador commented on Islam, Hamas, Israel-Holy See relations, and the Holy See's Custodian of the Holy Lands. End Summary. 2. (C) During a May 30 meeting with Ambassador Rooney, Israeli ambassador to the Holy See Oded Ben-Hu [...]
2006-06-09 10:12:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
06VATICAN115VATICAN: HOLY LAND CUSTODIAN FOCUSED ON SURVIVAL
[...] (C) Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Roman Catholic Custodian of the Holy Land, told the Ambassador during a recent visit to Rome that his continuing contact with Hamas was simply "a question of survival." Pizzaballa talks to various authorities about technical issues related to the maintenance [...]
2006-06-20 10:08:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIS PHUM KIRF PREL VT XF
06VATICAN123HOLY SEE DEPUTY FM DISCUSSION WITH EUR/WE DIRECTOR -- IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary. Holy See deputy FM Parolin discussed a number of topics with visiting EUR/WE Director on June 22. He portrayed an essentially stable Holy See foreign policy despite some reorganization of the Curia; continuing concern over the flight of Christians from the Holy Land, doubt over t [...]
2006-06-27 07:59:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
06VATICAN134LEBANON: HOLY SEE CONDEMNS ACTIONS OF BOTH SIDES
[...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's foreign minister summoned charge July 14 to discuss the situation in Lebanon. The Holy See issued a public statement condemning both terrorist attacks and Israel's response to them in Lebanon. The pope will make a statement on the matter on Sunday, July 16. The H [...]
2006-07-14 13:25:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT LE
06VATICAN142LEBANON-ISRAEL: VATICAN FINE-TUNING ITS POSITION
[...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI's July 18 comment expressing support for the G-8 statement on the crisis in Lebanon and Israel helped establish a more helpful Vatican position on the conflict after a more one-sided statement by Cardinal Secretary of State Sodano July 14 (reftel). Holy See messages on [...]
2006-07-20 13:27:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS IS LE SOCI KIRF PHUM VT
06VATICAN143LEBANON/ISRAEL: VATICAN HOPES FOR CEASE-FIRE, NEGOTIATIONS,
[...] (U) The Vatican released a new statement (complete text emailed to EUR/WE and in para. three below) on the "worsening situation in the Middle East" this afternoon (July 20). The statement noted the pope's "great concern" for the "destinies of all the peoples involved" and expressed hope for [...]
2006-07-20 16:12:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALMOPS LE IS PHUM SOCI KIRF VT
06VATICAN145LEBANON: VATICAN FAVORS MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE
[...] (C) Holy See Middle East Director Coppola told the Charge July 21 the Vatican supported the idea of a robust multi-national force in Lebanon. He said there were no current plans to make a specific public endorsement of such a plan, but that the pope would imply support for some type of inter [...]
2006-07-21 17:08:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALMOPS LE IS VT PHUM KIRF
06VATICAN149LEBANON: POPE SPEAKS OUT AGAIN; HOLY SEE RESPONDING TO
[...] (C) Benedict XVI emphasized the rights and plights of Lebanese and Israelis July 23 while addressing the current crisis in the Middle East. Though the Holy See has expressed to us privately its support for a "robust" multi-national force, the pope stopped short of saying so Sunday. The Hol [...]
2006-07-24 12:26:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALMOPS LE IS PHUM VT
06VATICAN153HOLY SEE: FOREIGN MINISTER'S INTERVIEW ON LEBANON
[...] (U) Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States (i.e., Foreign Minister) gave an interview to Vatican Radio July 27 on the Rome Conference which met July 26 on the Lebanon crisis. The interview was published under the headline, "4 Positive Aspects of Talks on [...]
2006-07-28 13:10:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL VT LE
06VATICAN154LEBANON: VATICAN PUSHES CEASEFIRE, BUT STAYS POSITIVE
[...] (C) Holy See FM Lajolo told the Charge July 28 that the Vatican still placed top priority on an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Lebanon conflict, but also acknowledged the good with regard to the Rome conference. Lajolo also emphasized "the positive aspects" of the summit in his comme [...]
2006-07-28 15:39:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT LE
06VATICAN156HOLY SEE: USCIRF'S BISHOP RAMIREZ DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Visiting Bishop Ramirez of the USCIRF discussed religious freedom and human rights around the globe with Holy See foreign minister Lajolo and the desk officer for that issue. Saudi Arabia and North Korea are the top concerns for the Holy See with regard to religious freedom, with China and [...]
2006-07-31 16:01:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF VT
06VATICAN159HOLY SEE URGES USG TO PRESS ISRAEL TO EXTEND SUSPENSION OF
[...] (C) Holy See Acting Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin called August 1 to ask that Charge d'affaires come see him later in the day about Lebanon; he previewed the meeting by urging the USG to support an extension of the current 48-hour pause in Israeli aerial strikes. Parolin said the papal nunc [...]
2006-08-01 10:51:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT LE
06VATICAN160HOLY SEE: FURTHER DISCUSSION ON LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary. Vatican acting FM Parolin called in charge for further discussion on Lebanon. Charge reviewed USG position and confirmed that Parolin's request for USG support of an extension to the 48-hour pause had been relayed to Washington. The Vatican has twice spoken to Israel about this [...]
2006-08-01 17:45:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT LE
06VATICAN162TFLE01: HOLY SEE ASKS USG TO PREVENT INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (C) Summary. Holy See acting foreign minister called Charge d'affaires August 3 to express concern over remarks attributed the the Israeli army chief of staff in which he threatened to destroy Lebanon's infrastructure (including in Beirut). The acting FM urged the USG to prevent such destruct [...]
2006-08-03 15:03:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT LE
06VATICAN167LEBANON: HOLY SEE SEEKS HELP FOR VILLAGE
[...] (C) Summary. Holy See Acting FM asked Charge d'affaires to convey Holy See concern for the Lebanese village of Rmeich, and during ensuing discussion reiterated Holy See views that only through negotiations -- not through military force -- could a solution be found to the crisis in Lebanon. Ch [...]
2006-08-10 17:49:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM VT LE
06VATICAN169LEBANON: CATHOLIC MEDIA COMMENTARY
[...] (U) Catholic media have given balanced coverage to the war in Lebanon, while editorial material has tended to criticize U.S. support for Israel as well as Israel's "disproportionate" response to Hezbollah terrorism. More "page space" has been given to the greater loss of civilian life in Leba [...]
2006-08-11 12:55:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI VT
06VATICAN178HOLY SEE: DIPLOMATIC NOTE EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy has received a diplomatic note (N.5783/06/RS, in English) dated August 26 from the Holy See, concerning the humanitarian consequences of the embargo on Lebanon. Text follows in para 2. 2. (SBU) Begin text. The Secretariat of State, Section for Relations with States, presen [...]
2006-08-29 09:59:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL VT LE
06VATICAN179CODEL SHAYS ENGAGES VATICAN ON MIDDLE EAST, SUDAN
[...] (C) CODEL Shays engaged DFM Parolin on the Middle East and Sudan August 24, capping a visit to these areas with a stop in Rome. Parolin told the CODEL that the families of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers had approached the papal representative in Jerusalem and that Church personnel were tryin [...]
2006-08-29 14:03:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF IZ IS LE SU VT
06VATICAN180LEBANON: VATICAN MONITORS AID, CALLS FOR MORE RAW MATERIALS
[...] (C) Echoing a recent diplomatic note sent to the Embassy (ref a),Holy See Country Director for the Middle East Coppola told us August 29 that the Lebanese people needed raw materials for building and other reconstruction projects. Coppola described his recent trip with a papal envoy to Leba [...]
2006-08-30 15:14:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPTER SOCI PHUM KIRF LE IS VT
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
06VATICAN194SANT'EGIDIO HOSTS 20TH ANNUAL INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE IN
[...] (SBU) Catholic NGO the Community of Sant'Egidio brought together religious representatives from many of the world's faiths September 4-5 to find common ground in peace and reconciliation. The Community's annual meeting was dedicated to Pope John Paul II, who initiated the series of meetings [...]
2006-09-12 13:54:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI PHUM VT
06VATICAN197HOLY SEE: HEATED DISCUSSION OF LEBANON AT INTERFAITH
[...] Summary. A panel dedicated to Lebanon at the recent interfaith conference in Assisi gives an indication of the strength of feeling in the Rome-based Sant'Egidio community about the conflict in Lebanon. The panel was unusually partisan and emotional, given the context. End summary. 2. ( [...]
2006-09-14 11:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM VT
06VATICAN209VATICAN: MUSLIM AMBASSADORS REACT TO PAPAL GESTURES
[...] (C) The ambassadors of several Muslim nations told Ambassador Rooney in recent days that they were ready to move on after the flap with Pope Benedict XVI. Some were still sensitive about the pope's quotation in his Regensburg speech, and all felt the pope had made a mistake in using it. Acc [...]
2006-10-03 12:48:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PTER SOCI PHUM VT
06VATICAN216VATICAN: SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (U) Below please find background information to serve as a scene setter for the upcoming CODEL SMITH. ------------ The Holy See ------------ 2. (SBU) The Holy See is the composite of the authority, jurisdiction, and sovereignty vested in the Pope and his advisors to direct the Roman Cat [...]
2006-10-12 12:44:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP VT SOCI PHUM
06VATICAN239NEA DAS GRAY'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM PAROLIN
[...] (C) Summary. During a November 15 meeting, NEA DAS Gray discussed Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin. Parolin reminded Gray of the Holy See's great concern for Lebanon, which it had expressed consistently during the conflic [...]
2006-11-21 14:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
06VATICAN241VATICAN: ISRAELI VISIT ADDRESSES FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT
[...] (C) The Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry will visit the Vatican November 27 to discuss issues related to the Fundamental Agreement between Israel and the Holy See, an attempt to break the logjam on negotiations. Some Vatican contacts fear the visit may turn out to be an Israe [...]
2006-11-22 17:09:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIS KIRF PHUM SOCI VT
06VATICAN260LEBANON: JESUIT SCHOLAR DISCUSSES CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. A Beirut-based Jesuit scholar, Father Samir, shared his view of the sitution in Lebanon, including the attachment Christians there feel for General Aoun. Samir supports Siniora and a strong US role, is critical of Israel, and feels the Holy See will continue to work through the [...]
2006-12-13 16:53:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL LE VT
06VATICAN261LEBANON: VATICAN FOCUSED, ENVOY NOT YET NAMED
[...] (C) As discussed (ref a),the Holy See should shortly name a special envoy to Lebanon, most likely former Secretary for Relations with States and experienced Lebanon hand Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran. Meanwhile, Department calls to Papal Nuncio Sambi in Washington and current Secretary for Rel [...]
2006-12-13 17:06:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALLE SOCI PREL VT
06VATICAN265POPE, OLMERT DISCUSS LEBANON, POSSIBLE VISIT TO ISRAEL
[...] (C) Referring to last summer's Lebanon conflict, Pope Benedict emphasized the need to protect civilians during his December 13 meeting with Israeli PM Olmert. The pope asked Olmert to ease obstacles for pilgrims traveling to Bethlehem during the Christmas season and said he was open to visit [...]
2006-12-18 17:50:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI LE IS 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
06VATICAN69POPE CONDEMNS TEL AVIV ATTACK
[...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI strongly condemned the April 17 terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, declaring that "it is not through such execrable acts that one safeguards rights, however legitimate, of a people." After offering his "strongest condemnation" of the attack April 19, the pope expressed the [...]
2006-04-21 09:18:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPTER IS PHUM VT OVIP
06VATICAN7DIP CORPS ADDRESS: POPE HIGHLIGHTS TERRORISM, TIP, ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Pope Benedict XVI reinforced once again his denunciation of terrorism and linked the ideal of truth to peace, freedom, justice, reconciliation and other vital aspects of a just society in his annual audience with diplomats accredited to the Holy See January 9. The pope offered notable [...]
2006-01-13 15:09:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF IS VT PHUM PTER SU KPAL
06VATICAN92HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSION WITH SENATOR ALLEN FOCUSES
[...] (C) Summary. Holy See deputy FM and visiting Senator Allen had a long and occasionally pointed discussion May 28 on Iran and other topics. Parolin appeared intent on using the meeting to remind the USG of the Holy See's opposition to military action against Iran, and also seemed to signal int [...]
2006-05-31 08:50:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM VT
06VATICAN96HOLY SEE RESPONSE TO IRAN DEMARCHE: THINKING IT OVER
[...] (C) Summary. The Holy See will probably issue some kind of response to our Iran demarche, supporting a "diplomatic path" but falling well short of what we have asked. The Holy See remains reluctant to speak out publicly on Iran (or indeed on most geopolitical issues) and appears to take a mil [...]
2006-06-02 12:30:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
06VIENNA1121SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the f [...]
2006-04-19 15:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO OTRA OVIP KSCA KFLU AU
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
06VIENNA2109DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: GAERC AND NORTH KOREA
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarches on July 14 to Austrian MFA European correspondent Andreas Riecken and deputy European Correspondent Klaus Famira. Riecken and Famira made the following substantive comments. 2. (C) Iraq has been taken off the agenda, although there will likel [...]
2006-07-17 07:26:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN KN AU
06VIENNA2256TFLE01: AUSTRIA ON LEBANON -- PROTEST OVER
[...] (SBU) The mistaken Israeli attack on a UN observation post in Lebanon has provoked outrage in Austria, not least because an Austrian was reported to be among the four dead. Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik called her Israeli counterpart on July 26 to protest the attack. She also su [...]
2006-07-26 12:43:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS LE AU
06VIENNA230JANUARY 30 GAERC PRE-DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered ref (a) demarche to Austrian MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken on January 24. Riecken noted that, in addition to the topics mentioned in reftel, the EU Foreign Ministers would discuss the problem of granting visas [...]
2006-01-25 16:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU EUN
06VIENNA2313AUSTRIAN REACTIONS TO THE LEBANESE CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Austrian leaders remain divided over whether the country should participate in a UN-led intervention force in Lebanon. Meanwhile, public opinion, outraged over the death of an Austrian UN observer and the civilian casualties in Lebanon, is clearly tilting against such engagement. Defens [...]
2006-08-01 15:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN LE AU
06VIENNA2318AUSTRIA TO ATTEND FORCE GENERATION MEETING IN NEW
[...] (C) Summary. Acting Economic-Political Counselor discussed reftel demarche on August 1 with Austrian Foreign Ministry officials Thomas Hajnoczi, Director for Security Policy and GASP issues, and Peter Huber from the International Organizations desk. The Austrian Permanent Mission to the UN [...]
2006-08-02 15:54:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPKO LE AU
06VIENNA2349LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION: AUSTRIAN
[...] (U) Charge d,Affaires and Acting EconPolCouns met with Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle and Helfried Carl from the Foreign Ministry's Office of Middle East Affairs to discuss the reftel demarche and draft Security Council resolution on Lebanon. Kyrle stated that Austria's cu [...]
2006-08-07 15:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN LE IS AU
06VIENNA245AUSTRIA CALLS ON FUTURE PALESTINIAN CABINET TO
[...] (U) Austrian Foreign Minister (and EU Foreign Ministers Council chair) Ursula Plassnik issued a press release on January 26 welcoming the peaceful nature of the recent Palestinian elections and reporting that the EU election observers had found the election to be "fair and open." She caution [...]
2006-01-26 15:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IS AU EUN
06VIENNA2625AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 01, 2006
[...] The Green Party began its election campaign in Vienna on Thursday with a series of attacks on the OeVP and Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel. Party leader Alexander Van der Bellen said reforms were desperately needed in the education and training sectors, and accused the Chancellor of denying some [...]
2006-09-01 14:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2689SCENESETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY AZAR'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria held the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the fi [...]
2006-09-08 15:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA OVIP TBIO KSCA AU
06VIENNA2690AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 08, 2006
[...] The third in a series of television debates between Austrian political leaders was a face-off Thursday night between the Social Democrats' boss Alfred Gusenbauer and BZOe leader Peter Westenthaler. As expected, the two politicians strongly disagreed on issues including the bank Bawag and immigr [...]
2006-09-11 07:22:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2738GAERC -- DEMARCHES ON IRAN, OTHER POINTS DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on September 13 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. Riecken made the following substantive comments. 2. (C) Western Balkans: There will be council conclusions on Bosnia and on Montenegro, Riecken said. The reference to Monte [...]
2006-09-13 15:20:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN PARM KNNP IR EU 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
06VIENNA2823AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 21, 2006
[...] Greens leader Alexander Van der Bellen and BZOe boss Peter Westenthaler clash over immigration policy during Wednesday's televised debate. ORF online news notes that in last night's TV debate, Greens leader Alexander Van der Bellen and BZOe boss Peter Westenthaler "refused to agree on a single [...]
2006-09-22 07:44:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2829DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND
[...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on the Human Rights Council (HRC) September 22 to Engelbert Theuermann, the assistant secretary-level director of the Austrian MFA's human rights bureau. We also passed him copies of the U.S. proposals on Universial Periodic Peer Review and Mandate Revie [...]
2006-09-22 14:43:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UN AU
06VIENNA2976AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 05, 2006
[...] The chairperson of the Social Democrats Alfred Gusenbauer has said he only wants to hold coalition talks with the conservative OeVP, because "a two-party coalition is more stable than a three-party one." The OeVP, however, is divided on whether they want to govern with the SPOe. Presenting his [...]
2006-10-05 12:21:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2997AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 06, 2006
[...] Education Minister Elisabeth Gehrer is the first politician to respond to the OeVP's defeat in the general elections: She announced yesterday she will resign as minister when the new government is sworn in and retire from politics entirely. All Austrian media report that Elisabeth Gehrer not on [...]
2006-10-06 14:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3056AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 16, 2006
[...] The second round of coalition talks for a new Austria government will begin on Tuesday with meetings between the SPOe and the OeVP. A daily speculates that the SPOe could make major concessions regarding the Eurofighter deal in order to form a government with the OeVP. ORF radio early morning [...]
2006-10-16 14:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3156EMBASSY VIENNA POINTS OF CONTACT ON TRANSNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 08:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER PREL SNAR EU AU
06VIENNA3176DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] Acting EconPol Counselor and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Peter Huber, the MFA,s Deputy Head (DAS-equivalent) of the International Organizations Department. Huber emphasized the importance of maintaining Austria's balanced approach within the Middle East. He added that [...]
2006-10-27 13:13:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA AU IS
06VIENNA3296AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 09, 2006
[...] SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer and Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel will meet in Parliament Friday to discuss again whether there is still a chance for a grand coalition. In the meantime, Federal President Heinz Fischer has indicated he is prepared to give the two parties "one or two weeks" to come t [...]
2006-11-09 14:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3303AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 13, 2006
[...] The People's Party resents SPOe's demands that negotiations be resumed by Wednesday or not at all. SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer has threatened that he will "talk to the Federal President about alternatives," unless the OeVP returns to the negotiation table - the latter maintains that such an ult [...]
2006-11-13 15:32:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3326AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 14, 2006
[...] Speaking on ORF TV yesterday, former Parliamentary President Andreas Khol said a minority government for Austria would be "a disaster." He expects a "signal" for the OeVP from SPOe leader Alfred Gusenbauer regarding the suspended coalition talks. Speaking on ORF TV's late night news program Zei [...]
2006-11-14 15:52:00Embassy 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
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
06VIENNA3410AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 27, 2006
[...] The investigative committee looking into recent banking scandals in Austria continues to strain domestic politics. Following publication of an expert opinion last week, which found the banking committee is not authorized to investigate the Austrian Financial Markets supervisory Agency, informat [...]
2006-11-27 15:56:00Embassy 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
06VIENNA3491AUSTRIA ON THE DECEMBER 11-12 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarches on the upcoming EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GAERC) to Austrian European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on December 6. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the China Arms Embargo: Riecken confirmed that there was a policy [...]
2006-12-06 15:35:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN PARM CH AU
06VIENNA529DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY 27
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on February 21 to Klaus Famira, the Austrian MFA's acting European Correspondent. 2. (C) Famira made the following substantive comments: -- On the Balkans: Meetings of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) on February 21 and 22 will cons [...]
2006-02-21 17:24:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL AU EUN
06VIENNA563MESSAGE ON HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH HAMAS
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel message on February 21 to Klaus Famira, acting European Correspondent in the Austrian Foreign Ministry, and on February 23 to Ralph Scheide, the head of the Austrian MFA's Middle East and Africa Section. 2. (C) CODEL Wexler raised the Hamas issue with S [...]
2006-02-23 16:25:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL AU
06VIENNA651CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSIONS ON ANTI-SEMITISM, DANISH
[...] (U) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) visited Vienna February 22-23 to meet with Austrian and OSCE officials on a variety of topics, including religious tolerance and the controversy over cartoons depicting Mohammed in Danish newspapers with Austrian and OSCE officials. Septels report Con [...]
2006-03-03 10:48:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL FR GM DA AU
06VIENNA653AUSTRIAN CHANCELLERY'S VIEWS ON HAMAS: STICK TO
[...] (C) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Professional Staff Member Jonathan Katz, joined by DCM and PolOff, met with Chancellor Schuessel's senior foreign policy adviser, Hans Peter Manz, on February 22. Manz spoke at length on the approach that Austria's EU Presidency is taking toward [...]
2006-03-03 11:05:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL GM AU
06VIENNA758EU FOREIGN MINISTERS: HAMAS MUST AGREE TO QUARTET
[...] Summary: At their regular informal "Gymnich" meeting on March 10-11, EU foreign ministers confirmed existing EU policy toward Hamas, insisting it must meet the conditions established by the Quartet. They also discussed continuing efforts to strengthen the dialogue between the EU and the Isla [...]
2006-03-13 13:59:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IS FR AU
06VIENNA786Abbas Plea for Continuation of EU Assistance
[...] (U) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS VISITED VIENNA ON MARCH 14. THE TALKS WITH GOA OFFICIALS CENTERED ON ABBAS' PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF EU ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIANS. 2. (U) ABBAS UNDERLINED THE PALESTINIAN COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, THE OSLO ACCORDS, THE ROADMAP, AN [...]
2006-03-15 14:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IS EUN AU
06VIENNA829 Abbas Plea for Continuation of EU Assistance
[...] (U) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS VISITED VIENNA ON MARCH 14. THE TALKS WITH GOA OFFICIALS CENTERED ON ABBAS' PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF EU ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIANS. 2. (U) ABBAS UNDERLINED THE PALESTINIAN COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, THE OSLO ACCORDS, THE ROADMAP, AN [...]
2006-03-20 10:44:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IS EUN AU
06VILNIUS147PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE: LITHUANIA DISTURBED BY
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Palestinian assistance to Vaclovas Salkauskas, head of the MFA's Middle East Division, February 13. Salkauskas said that Lithuania agrees with the USG stance against assistance to a new Palestinian Authority government unless it renounces terrorism, re [...]
2006-02-13 13:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL RS IS LH
06VILNIUS233 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS STRONG BILATERAL
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Mull traveled to Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city, on February 28 to discuss regional development, promote student travel to the United States, and pay a courtesy call on Lithuania's new Air Force Commander. The Ambassador highlighted our strong bilateral relation [...]
2006-03-06 10:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OVIP LH
06VILNIUS379PROSECUTORS APPEAL SENTENCING OF CONVICTED NAZI
[...] Lithuania,s Prosecutor General,s Office appealed on April 14 the lack of a sentence for convicted Nazi collaborator Algimantas Mykolas Dailide. The 85 year-old Dailide was convicted of crimes against Jews for his collaboration with the Nazis on March 27, but the court imposed no sentence due [...]
2006-04-21 14:08:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PHUM CPAS LH
06VILNIUS584JEWISH CEMETERY IN VILNIUS - OVERVIEW AND UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The newest front in Lithuania's struggle to come to terms with its troubled past is a Jewish cemetery that Russian Czars closed in 1830 and which they and the Soviets largely destroyed. The site, known as the Snipiskes cemetery, has attracted the fervent interest of the Committee for th [...]
2006-06-21 14:14:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KNAR LH
06VILNIUS663LITHUANIA TO RAISE NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES AT JULY 17
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Tomas Gulbinas, Head of the MFA's Common Foreign Policy and Security Division on July 14. Gulbinas told us that the July 17 GAERC will concentrate on the priorities of the Finnish Presidency as discussed in the EU political Director's July 6 meeting in Helsin [...]
2006-07-14 14:15:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALUN KPAL PREL LH
06VILNIUS789PM AND FM UNDECIDED ON LEBANON; SEE OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: PM Kirkilas and FM Vaitiekunas both told the Ambassador in initial courtesy calls that Lithuania's likely contribution to UNIFIL would be small, given its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. They said [...]
2006-08-23 12:37:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM ENRG ECON LE LH
06VILNIUS945PLANS FOR SNIPISKES CEMETERY - A CHANCE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The GOL's working group on the Snipiskes cemetery recently finished its work and submitted its conclusions to the Prime Minister. At the group's recommendation, the Prime Minister issued a decree calling for the establishment of a committee of experts to research the boundaries [...]
2006-10-13 13:42:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALSCUL PREL LH
06WARSAW1489ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE POLISH GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) is stung by criticism that it is anti-Semitic, gutting Holocaust education, and too slow to act on long delayed private property restitution, but does not have a strategy to deal with these problems. PiS points to its heretofore good [...]
2006-07-20 14:03:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNAR PL
06WARSAW1551LEBANON - TAPPING INTO POLAND'S POTENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to senior officials in the MFA and the presidential chancellery, the Polish government is prepared to contribute to the planned stabilization force in Lebanon. In addition, the GOP wants very much to participate in future meetings of the Lebanon Core Group, particularly [...]
2006-07-28 14:18:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID LE PL
06WARSAW1684UNSCR 1701: POLAND GRATIFIED AT UNIFIED POSITION
[...] (U) Charge shared Ref A points on UNSCR 1701 with Acting Foreign Minister Pawel Kowal, who stated that MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski was in the process of drafting a public statement on the resolution. Waszczykowski told Charge separately that the MFA statement would welcome the passage of UNS [...]
2006-08-12 14:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE
06WARSAW1758POLAND: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR ROBUST UNIFIL-PLUS
[...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered Ref A points August 22 to Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for ME-Africa. Plominski said that FM Fotyga was to meet at 1200 with DefMin Sikorski to review GOP plans for UNIFIL-plus in advance of the August 23 meeting of selected EU foreign ministers in Brussel [...]
2006-08-22 14:43:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE PL
06WARSAW203POLES NOTE DETERIORATION OF ATMOSPHERE IN TEHRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: Polish Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski, told us that his attitude toward Iran had "completely changed" during his January 30-31 visit to Iran. He now believes Tehran is determined to acquire nuclear weapons. In a separate read-out MFA Director [...]
2006-02-09 09:03:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP PL IR AORC
06WARSAW2246DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE - PRESERVING LEBANESE PM
[...] (S) Pol External Chief delivered reftel talking points on Syrian efforts to destabilize the Lebanese political situation October 20 to MFA Middle East & Africa Department Director Krzysztof Plominski. According to Plominski, MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski (de facto PolDir) was planning to visit [...]
2006-10-20 15:01:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM PLN LE SY
06WARSAW2259POLISH RESPONSE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE
[...] (C) PolCouns October 24 delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Department officer Agnieszka Wyznikiewicz, urging that Poland oppose Third Committee agenda items on "The Situation of the Lebanese Children," and "Consequences of the Israeli Invasion on the Human Rights Situation in Lebanon." On th [...]
2006-10-24 14:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALUNGA PHUM PREL PTER PL
06WARSAW2283POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING
[...] (C) PolCouns October 24 delivered reftel demarche to Beata Baranska at the MFA's UN Division, stressing the importance of Poland continuing to abstain or possibly vote against three the three resolutions which would continue the mandate of institutions that are biased against Israel, and stre [...]
2006-10-27 10:58:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALUNGA PREL PL
06WARSAW2286REVIVAL OF JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND, BUT CHALLENGES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Twentieth century Poland's history of Jewish relations has made many Jews see Poland solely as a Jewish cemetery and hotbed of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism persists, but is no worse than most European countries, and rejection of anti-Semitism is on the rise, notwithstanding th [...]
2006-10-27 13:21:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALKNAR PGOV PHUM PREL PL
06WARSAW2415TOUGH TIMES FOR THE LEAGUE OF POLISH FAMILIES
[...] (C) Summary. Only six months after joining the ruling Polish government coalition, the ultra-Catholic League of Polish Families (LPR) was the big loser in last weekend's regional elections, and faces an uncertain future. Party leader Roman Giertych has been a lightning rod for criticism, an [...]
2006-11-17 15:00:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW296POLES WILL NOT MEET WITH HAMAS
[...] (C) Polcouns met February 23 with Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for Africa and the Middle East, to deliver reftel demarche on meetings with Hamas. Plominski said that Hamas had not made a request to send a delegation, and that Poland would not accept such a Hamas delegation even if aske [...]
2006-02-23 15:27:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW339 POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...]
2006-03-01 06:42:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM
06WARSAW358 POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...]
2006-03-03 06:47:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM
06WARSAW819INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE: POLAND SUPPORTS
[...] As requested reftel, Poloff delivered demarche request to the Polish MFA on April 27. Poland's representative to the upcoming meetings in Luxembourg will be the MFA's Witold Spirydowicz. Given the movement of the Germans on the issue of access to the Bad Arolsen archives, we proceeded with t [...]
2006-05-04 14:23:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNAR PREL PL MFA
06WARSAW920ISRAELI AMBASSADOR RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GIERTYCH
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador to Poland David Peleg called on President Lech Kaczynski May 17 to express his government's concern over the appointment of Roman Giertych as Minister of Education, given Giertych's anti-Semitic associations and his new responsibility for Holocaust education p [...]
2006-05-18 15:08:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PL
06WELLINGTON155CDR CENTCOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: General Abizaid's February 23-25 visit to New Zealand came one month after Admiral Fallon's visit amid high media interest in the bilateral relationship. The General met with Prime Minister Clark, Defense Minister Goff and Foreign Minister Winston Peters, as well as with Chief of [...]
2006-02-28 01:37:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON234APPROACH TO NEW ZEALAND ON ISRAEL/JUSCANZ
[...] (C) Summary: As requested reftel, Ambassador McCormick and the Australian and Canadian High Commissioners called on Foreign Minister Peters to urge that New Zealand support Israeli membership in the Geneva JUSCANZ group. Peters promised to discuss the issue with Prime Minister Clark, and we [...]
2006-03-27 05:31:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NZ
06WELLINGTON379GNZ REMAINS COOL TO ISRAELI JUSCANZ PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) As noted Ref A, Ambassador McCormick and his Australian and Canadian counterparts met with Minister Peters in late May to urge that New Zealand support Israeli membership in the Geneva JUSCANZ group. This followed representations by other Embassy officers at lower levels. Minister Peters [...]
2006-05-16 23:27:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM 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
06WELLINGTON629NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LEBANON
[...] (U) On August 14, Acting DCM delivered reftel information to Darryl Dunn, Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. (SBU) Dunn said that GNZ welcomes the resolution and remains interested in participating in a UN force. Ministry of Defence [...]
2006-08-14 03:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN IS NZ
06WELLINGTON811KIWI MUSLIMS: HEADING TOWARD INTEGRATION OR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand's small but active Muslim community points to a member of parliament, regular appearances on national television by community leaders, ready access to the Prime Minister and her cabinet, and joint statements with Jewish organizations as hallmarks of movement into [...]
2006-10-17 02:34:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPINS SMIG PGOV PREL PTER NZ KISL
06WELLINGTON826KIWI MUSLIMS: WAHHABIS IN THEIR MIDST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand Muslims are getting increased attention from broader society as the community faces internal divisions, Wahhabi influence from overseas groups, and discrimination. Alleged Wahhabi activities have been at the heart of some publicized schisms involving mosque admin [...]
2006-10-24 02:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PTER PREL KISL SMIG NZ
06WELLINGTON842NZ WILL ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Post provided reftel demarche to Darryl Dunn, Director of the Middle East and Africa Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On October 30, Ondine Godtschalk, Policy Officer in the Division, called Pol-Econ Couns to say that as in the past, New Zealand would absta [...]
2006-10-30 03:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA NZ IS
06YEREVAN1123AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS RESOLUTION 1701 IN ARMENIAN MEDIA
[...] On August 14, the Ambassador gave an interview to Armenian Public TV to explain UN Security Council Resolution 1701 on Lebanon. The interview was aired without commentary on Public TV's evening news, the most-watched news programs in the country. During the interview, Ambassador Evans emphas [...]
2006-08-17 05:15:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UN KPAO LE AM
06YEREVAN1268GEORGIA ARRESTS ARMENIANS FOR CROSSING SEPARATIST
[...] (C) Since early August, numerous Armenian citizens have been arrested in Georgia for transiting the breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia without Georgian permission, which is illegal under Georgian law. Armenian media claim that 100 have been arrested. Armenian diplomats have co [...]
2006-09-13 12:57:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AM GG RU
06YEREVAN1492DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Valery Mkrtumian, the head of the Armenian MFA's International Organizations Department. Mkrtumian said "many countries" had approached the GOAM with a request to cosponsor the NAM-sponsored resolutions. "We will not cosponsor, and we will take into consider [...]
2006-10-25 04:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALUNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER AM
06YEREVAN1506DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AT
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Valery Mkrtumian, head of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Mkrtumian noted that Armenia had abstained from the vote on the resolution on the Division for Palestinian Rights. Regarding our request that Armenia abstain from voting on the other t [...]
2006-10-27 04:12:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS AM
06YEREVAN269 ARMENIA ENJOYS FOUR YEARS OF DOUBLE-DIGIT
[...] (SBU) For the fourth year in a row, Armenia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a double-digit rate according to National Statistical Service data. (Note: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has consistently praised the National Statistical Service for the quality of its data. End Note. [...]
2006-02-23 14:30:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID AM
06YEREVAN315 N-K: KOCHARIAN'S PRIME-TIME INTERVIEW
[...] (SBU) In a rare, 45-minute television interview aired live on March 2, President Kocharian addressed Nagorno-Karabakh and OSCE-Minsk Group-led negotiations at Rambouillet in February. Looking fully at ease and in complete control of the scene, Kocharian answered questions from a carefully se [...]
2006-03-02 12:58:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AJ AM
06YEREVAN64ARMENIA CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS IN VIEW OF U.S.
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on reporting Iran to the UNSC to Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian January 13. Although officially on leave, Kirakossian was well aware of recent developments, had seen the EU-3 FMs' statement already and undertook to consider how Arm [...]
2006-01-13 13:44:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALAORC EU IR KNNP PARM PREL
06YEREVAN751ARMENIANS CAUGHT IN HEADLIGHTS ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with President Kocharian late June 1 to deliver ref A points on Iran, and with Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian the following day. Kocharian had no immediate reaction except to repeat his concerns about the heightening tensions over Iran's nuclear program, to la [...]
2006-06-02 10:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IR AM
06YEREVAN948 TFLE01. ARMENIA DENOUNCES
[...] On July 14, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the situation in Lebanon which condemns the use of "disproportionate force intended solely to collectively punish civilians..." Full text of the statement below: 2. Begin text of Armenian Foreign Ministry Statement [...]
2006-07-17 10:32:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL LE AM
06YEREVAN951HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER: DEMOCRACY COULD BE
[...] (C) During a July 13 lunch with Mission staff at the Ambassador's residence, Armenian Human Rights Defender Armen Harutyunyan speculated about Armenia's chances of becoming the region's leading democracy. When the Ambassador raised the linkage between potentially fraudulent elections and susp [...]
2006-07-17 11:16:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM AM
06ZAGREB1168AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HSP ADVISOR MATE GRANIC
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 22 with former foreign minister and "strategic advisor" to the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) Mate Granic at the latter's request. Granic described the recent evolution of the HSP's world view as it sought to shed its nationalistic image and become a main [...]
2006-09-27 11:05:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HR
06ZAGREB1306DEMARCHE DELIVERED - ISRAEL AT UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 10:12:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS HR
06ZAGREB1362SEAS RICKMAN SCENESETTER: ANTI-SEMITISM RARE, BUT SPLIT IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Overt anti-Semitic acts are rare in Croatia; the Government, NGOs and religious communities work together to promote tolerance as part of Croatia's recovery from ethnic conflict which ended eleven years ago. When members of the Jewish community were harassed in Zagre [...]
2006-11-13 15:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM HR
06ZAGREB45CROATIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] SUMMARY: Only in recent years has Croatia begun to emerge as an attractive destination for investment. Croatia lagged behind many of the other countries of Central and Eastern Europe in attracting foreign investment following the fall of the Berlin Wall, partly as a result of the conflicts [...]
2006-01-13 12:53:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
06ZAGREB768 ANTI-SEMITISM ROUND TABLE HIGHLIGHTS RECENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Following several incidents targeting members of the Jewish community in early June, community leaders organized a round table on anti-Semitism in Croatia June 20. Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Ephraim Zuroff, representatives of ethnic minorities, the Catho [...]
2006-06-26 10:10:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM HR
06ZAGREB805(C) IRANIAN AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES CROATIAN
[...] (C) The atmosphere in Iran is much more positive following the P5 1 nuclear offer, Iranian Ambassador Shamsian told Croatian Presidential foreign policy advisor Budimir Loncar the week of June 19. Loncar briefed the DCM on the content of his meeting with Shamsian June 28. 2. (C) The GOI [...]
2006-07-03 12:12:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC HR IR IZ
06ZAGREB861MFA CONDEMNS HEZBOLLAH ATTACKS, SYRIAN COMPLICITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The MFA condemned Hezbollah attacks on Israel from Lebanese territory in a July 17 statement and called on the international community to facilitate a quick calming of the crisis. The MFA's director of middle eastern affairs told PolOff that the GoC fears the confli [...]
2006-07-19 13:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
07ABIDJAN595COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON UNSCR 1747 (IRAN)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 10:12:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IV
07ABIDJAN856COTE D'IVOIRE: UPDATE ON DEMOBILIZATION,
[...] (C) Summary. Alain Michel Lobognon, Communications Director at the Prime Minister's Office, and Jean-Luc Stalon, Chief of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) Unit, told Poloff that agreement on the ranks of the Forces Nouv [...]
2007-08-16 12:11:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS IV
07ABUDHABI103 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY BURNS TO
[...] Summary: Print and electronic media gave extensive coverage to the visit of Under Secretary Nicolas Burns to the UAE January 22-23. 2007. The Arabic and English print media prominently carried photos and news agency story of Ambassador Burns meeting with Mohammed Bin Rashid (1/23) and Moha [...]
2007-01-25 13:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1119FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, IRAQ, FOREIGN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah (AbZ) on July 2 to urge UAEG measures to stem the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and to persuade the Syrian government to do more on this matter. AbZ undertook to engage Bashar al Assad on taking action against the travel o [...]
2007-07-03 11:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER KNNP MCAP PINS PARM CJAN ETRD ETTC KPAO
07ABUDHABI1125 MEDIA REACTION: INTER-PALESTINIAN DIFFERENCES BLAIR
[...] SUMMARY: A KUWAITI INTELLECTUAL STRONGLY ATTACKS FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAMISTS AND URGES THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO PUT THEM ON TRIAL AS WAR CRIMINALS. ANOTHER COLUMNIST CRITICIZES THE QUARTET DECISION TO APPOINT TONY BLAIR AS MIDDLE EAST ENVOY, DESCRIBING HIM AS THE WRONG MAN IN THE WRONG PLACE. [...]
2007-07-05 11:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1177FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH ON GCC +2, SYRIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) on July 14 evening to discuss the planned GCC 2 meeting (Ref A),his upcoming trip to Syria with UAE President Khalifa, and Pakistan. END SUMMARY. GCC 2; Israeli-Palestinian Issue ----------------------- [...]
2007-07-16 12:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ IS SY PK AE
07ABUDHABI1190 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: POTUS REMARKS ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] SUMMARY: President Bush's July 16 call for an international conference on the Middle East receives relatively sparse coverage in the UAE's print media. "Al-Khaleej" voices skepticism regarding the peace conference, and notes that peace is impossible before the end of Bush's presidency. The ed [...]
2007-07-18 08:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1191UAE REACTION TO POTUS 7/16 REMARKS
[...] (C) Reactions from UAE political contacts on President Bush's July 16 call for an international coference on the Middle East have been generally positive, although UAE media reaction has been skeptical. Ambassador spoke with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed twice on 7/17 evening v [...]
2007-07-18 09:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL AE
07ABUDHABI1234 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: While the editorial in "Al-Bayan" lauded Khalifa's welcoming statements on Bush's call for a peace conference, the editorial in "Al-Khaleej" considers the conference useless if its agenda is unclear and is not based on UN resolutions. End Summary. 2. Under the headline "The K [...]
2007-07-23 11:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1238ABZ ON GCC+2, UNGA, IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Ambassador previewed the themes to be discussed at the upcoming July 31 GCC 2 Sharm el-Sheikh meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) on July 23 (ref A). AbZ asked for additional information on the issue of increased assistance for Iraq, wondering if the Iraq C [...]
2007-07-23 13:14:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV UNGA IZ IR LE AE
07ABUDHABI1248 MEDIA REACTION: BLAIR ROUND TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST;
[...] SUMMARY: A UK-based Lebanese writer in "Al Ittihad" states "Bush's conference exploits the current weakness of the Palestinians" while an Egyptian writer describes the peace initiative as a "Feast of the Wicked." A UAE columnist in "Al Ittihad" states Iran is politically blind in pursuing a [...]
2007-07-25 13:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1250 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BLAIR VISIT TO THE UAE
[...] SUMMARY: Blair's visit to the UAE receives front page coverage in "Al-Bayan" and "Al-Ittihad," as well as inside coverage in "Al Khaleej". All articles focus on the official news agency(WAM)'s statement that "It is high time to find a working mechanism to achieve peace." An editorial on Blai [...]
2007-07-26 08:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1262 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BLAIR'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] SUMMARY: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" opines that Blair will face many obstacles from both the Israeli and the American sides, especially because Arabs have offered everything they can. "Al-Ittihad" published an op-ed written by former U.S. Ambassador to the UAE, William Rugh, in which he asks wh [...]
2007-07-29 08:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1273UAE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HAZZA DISCUSSES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On July 29, UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Hazza and USSC LtG Dayton discussed efforts to support the Palestinian Authority. USSC Dayton urged the UAE to coordinate its security assistance efforts with the USG and stated that he would be coordinating Palestinian security [...]
2007-07-30 10:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNKPAL MASS MARR PTER IS IR AE
07ABUDHABI1274 MEDIA REACTION: US ARMS DEAL TO THE GULF /ASSISTANCE TO
[...] SUMMARY: The U.S. arms deal with the Gulf and assistance to Israel were covered in all front pages of the UAE print media on 7/29. On 7/30, interest is quickly re-directed, however, to the Iraqi soccer win of the Asian Cup, which generates extensive coverage in all UAE print media. A cartoon [...]
2007-07-30 10:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1389(S//NF) IN TOUR OF THE HORIZON WITH U/S LEVEY, UAE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 13:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNECON KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PARM AE IR
07ABUDHABI1413 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ AND THE U.S. OCCUPATION; REPORT ON
[...] SUMMARY: A UAE writer in "Al-Khaleej" opines that America has become bored as a result of its failure to accomplish its objectives in Iraq. "Al-Khaleej" does not believe that dragging other countries, such as Britain, the U.N. and recently France, into Iraq will help solve the Iraqi crisis an [...]
2007-08-23 13:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1489 INTERNET VIDEO REMIX "SHATER SHATER"
[...] SUMMARY: A short (1:25) video clip showing Arab leaders as "good students" of the United States is circulating on mobile phones and the Internet. The clip, in the style of popular satirical videos on the American website "Jib Jab", sarcastically depicts Arab leaders as school children, obedie [...]
2007-09-06 10:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1564 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL-U.S., SYRIA AND IRAN
[...] SUMMARY: An editorial in "Al-Khaleej" compares U.S. and Israeli claims about Syrian nuclear weapons/technology to statements about Iraqi WMD, and wonders whether the U.S. is lying, "again". A columnist in "Al-Bayan" views the U.S. and Israel as collaborating to weave around Syria the same pa [...]
2007-09-19 12:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1565 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: US AND IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: An editorial in "Al-Khaleej" suggests that the objectives of America's war in Iraq will not be satisfied until the country is divided, its oil put under U.S. control and the entire region disrupted. A Kuwaiti writer in "Al-Ittihad" urges Gulf States to unite against what may happen [...]
2007-09-19 12:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI183 MEDIA REACTION: QUARTET MEETING IN US/MECCA MEETING
[...] Summary: "Al-Khaleej" considers the Quartet meeting in Washington an American attempt to reinforce that the committee's positions do not deviate from the American position. A columnist in "Al-Ittihad" criticized the fact that there is no tolerance among Muslims towards the others and called [...]
2007-02-06 11:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1944SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ANNAPOLIS (1)
[...] SUMMARY: A Lebanese columnist in "Al-Khaleej" writes that wars have historically been waged under the umbrella of peace slogans and that Annapolis' real objective is to pave the way for wars in Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. A Jordanian columnist in "Al-Khaleej" opines that Arab participatio [...]
2007-11-29 08:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1949 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ANNAPOLIS (2)
[...] SUMMARY: A Lebanese columnist in "Al-Khaleej" believes that Annapolis will do nothing but buy time and calm for Arab leaders at the expense of Palestinians and suggests that the situation will not truly improve until the Arab people revolt to reclaim their confiscated rights. A UAE writer in [...]
2007-11-29 12:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1999 UAE Foreign Minister on Paris Donors' Conference, Iran, and
[...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with Ambassador December 13 afternoon, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) covered regional issues, including support for the Palestinian Authority, the Iranian President's appearance at the recent GCC Summit, the NIE, and the need to encourage rapid Lebanese p [...]
2007-12-13 13:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL PARM MNUC KNNP IS IR AE
07ABUDHABI203 UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 10:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR
07ABUDHABI22 MEDIA REACTION: EXECUTION OF SADDAM/NEW STRATEGIES IN
[...] Summary: "Al-Khaleej" warns that Bush's new strategy for Iraq will likely only make the situation worse. A female UAE columnist in "Al-Bayan" discussed the reasons of Saddam's execution ignited fires of sectarianism between Sunnis and Shiites and laid the responsibility on the current Iraqi [...]
2007-01-08 10:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI294 MEDIA REACTION: LEBANON/RICE MEETING/IRAQ
[...] Summary: The editorial in "Al-Khaleej" wondered how Bush could expect to win Arabs' or Iraqis' trust when he is not able to win the trust of U.S. Senators. The editorial in "Al-Khaleej" opines that all that the United States does in the region is for Israel. The editorial in "Al-Bayan" views [...]
2007-02-20 12:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI307 MEDIA REACTION: RICE VISIT TO NEA REGION/CHENEY'S
[...] Summary: The editorial in "Al-Khaleej" speculates on why Rice bothers to come to the region when all she says is a "clone" of what the Israelis say. Another editorial in "Al-Khaleej" mocked Vice President Cheney's statement announcing that the United States will complete its mission in an hon [...]
2007-02-22 09:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI33 MEDIA REACTION: EXECUTION OF SADDAM/RICE'S VISIT TO MIDDLE
[...] Summary: A UAE columnist in "Al-Khaleej" discussed the losses born by Bush: "Though pleased with Saddam's execution, Bush will be very disappointed when the American project in Iraq fails." "Al-Khaleej" front page described Rice's visit to Palestine as "a bribe" to get Arabs "to support the [...]
2007-01-10 10:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI342MAHMOUD ABBAS VISITS UAE
[...] (U) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his visit to the UAE on February 27. We will follow up with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed in a meeting scheduled for March 1. According to a press release by the official Emirates News A [...]
2007-02-28 13:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL AE
07ABUDHABI35FM ABDULLAH VISITS TEHRAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 9 visit to Tehran, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) met with Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to discuss "regional cooperation and stability." AbZ told Ambassador that he made a "forceful" argument to [...]
2007-01-10 14:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI361UAE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 11:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL AE
07ABUDHABI395ANTI-BOYCOTT TEAM WORKS WITH UAEG OFFICIALS
[...] (U) Summary: On March 5, Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) officials Edward Weant and Fred Davidson, Department of State official Danielle Monosson, and Econoff met with Ministry of Economy (MOE) officials Undersecretary Abdullah Al-Saleh and Legal Advisor Issa Baddo [...]
2007-03-08 13:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KBCT AL IS AE
07ABUDHABI396 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-08 14:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI422MARCH 1 US-UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION TASK FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 13:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM PGOV ETTC ETRD ECIN AE IR
07ABUDHABI458UAE MOVING FORWARD ON GSD; DEFINING THE AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: Following the October 19, 2006 Gulf Security Dialogue session held in Abu Dhabi, Embassy has identified and clarified key areas of potential cooperation with the UAEG, particularly vis-a-vis the "existential threat" the UAE perceives from Iran. Future GSD discussions with the UAE [...]
2007-03-18 11:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI475 MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN UNITY GOVERNMENT/IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: The editorial in "Al-Khaleej" considers American-Israeli refusal to recognize or deal with the Palestinian national unit government as a confirmation of their joint resentment of peace for the Palestinians. It urges Arabs to demand the lifting of sanctions imposed on Palestinians. [...]
2007-03-20 09:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI509 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ARAB SUMMIT IN RIYADH
[...] SUMMARY: A UAE columnist in "Al-Ittihad" expects the Arab summit to end up being a waste of time because he believed Arabs are impotent and unable to confront existing challenges and threats. The editorial in "Al-Khaleej" wonders why the U.S. and Israel ignored the Arabs' peace initiative five [...]
2007-03-26 12:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI528 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ARAB SUMMIT IN RIYADH
[...] SUMMARY: The editorial in "Al-Khaleej" wonders about the sudden U.S. interest in the Arab Peace Initiative, five years from it's declaration. The editorial concludes that if the U.S. continues to deceive Arabs and not forcefully stop Israeli terrorism, then the U.S. will simply be wasting it [...]
2007-03-28 14:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI603UAE INVITES CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS TO ABU DHABI
[...] In a first-of-its-kind effort to win friends on Capitol Hill, the UAE Embassy in Washington funded the travel of eight Congressional staffers, most of them Chiefs of Staff, four Republicans and four Democrats, to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, April 1-7. The visit was low-key but offered staffers the [...]
2007-04-12 12:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM OFDP OPRC OREP AE
07ABUDHABI695 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ'S ISOLATING WALLS
[...] SUMMARY: An Iraqi columnist in "Al-Khaleej" writes two op-eds over consecutive days on the Aadhamiya wall in which he describes it as a ghetto and compares it to the wall that divides Israel from Palestine. A columnist in "Al-Bayan" is also strongly critical of the "isolating walls" built ar [...]
2007-04-26 09:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI702CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON APRIL 24 MEETING
[...] (S) Summary. On April 24 Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) hosted CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon for an introductory lunch, in what was the Admiral's first visit to the UAE since assuming command [...]
2007-04-26 15:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM IZ IR AF PK SY LE IS AE
07ABUDHABI77 MEDIA REACTION: US TO HIT IRAN; Interview with
[...] Summary: "Al-Khaleej" believes that Arabs should take a clear position on current U.S. military plans, which have been rejected by the American peoples themselves. A UAE columnist in "Al-Ittihad" asserts that all indicators show that the United States is about to start a war against Iran. A [...]
2007-01-22 14:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI779 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AHMADINEJAD VISITS THE UAE
[...] SUMMARY: "Gulf News" called Ahmadinejad's visit an opportunity to "open a new page in relations." "Khaleej Times" opines that the visit marks a "clear shift in greater Middle East politics, one involving a break from the traditional status-quo-maintenance to a proactive resolution of lingeri [...]
2007-05-14 11:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI868 MEDIA REACTION: WELCH'S VISIT TO LEBANON/AMNESTY
[...] SUMMARY: The unsigned editorial in "Al-Khaleej" comments on the latest Amnesty International report which accuses the U.S. of human rights violations. A columnist in "Al-Khaleej" is critical of David Welch's visit to Lebanon, feeling it is meddling in sovereign Lebanese affairs. A Qatari int [...]
2007-05-24 10:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI894 MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN TALKS/U.S. SANCTIONS ON SUDAN
[...] SUMMARY: The unsigned front-page editorial in "Al-Khaleej" wonders what role the Arabs are playing in the Iranian-U.S. talks. In response to Bush imposing sanctions on Sudan, the editorial in "Al-Khaleej" describes Bush's policies as anti-Arab, focused only on showering them with sanctions and [...]
2007-05-30 10:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI910ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE MEETS WITH SENATOR LIEBERMAN
[...] (S) Summary. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) received U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman at his Palace in Abu Dhabi on May 29. MbZ encouraged increased communication and planning in face of a "resurgent" Persian Empire [...]
2007-06-03 10:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER IR IZ SA AE
07ABUDHABI97U/S BURNS' JANUARY 22 MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE
[...] (S) Summary. UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) sketched for U/S Burns his impressions during a January 9 visit to Tehran. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) in a wide-ranging discussion expressed strong reservations about free elections in the Middle East, stating that greater democra [...]
2007-01-24 12:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER KPAL ETTC IZ IR IS SY LE AE
07ABUJA1533 CHIEF OJO MADUEKWE TO BE FOREIGN MINISTER?
[...] (C) At a farewell dinner he hosted for the departing Israeli Ambassador and me, PDP General Secretary Ojo Maduekwe "let it be known" that he will be Nigeria's next Foreign Minister. I took the opportunity to underscore to him the importance of continued, indeed, increased Nigerian engagemen [...]
2007-07-18 11:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI
07ABUJA2447NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONQWITH
[...] (U) Poloff met with Charles Ononye, Deputy Director of the Nigerian MFA's International Organizations Division, on November 27 to deliver reftel demarche. Ononye promised to consider the U.S. reasons for opposing the three resolutions and confer with his colleagues in New York, but he was ul [...]
2007-11-27 15:01:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA NI IS
07ABUJA2465NIGERIA: DESERTIFICATION A GROWING PROBLEM
[...] Summary. At least 40% of the surface area surrounding the Sahara Desert is threatened by desertification, drought and desert encroachment. Nigeria is losing 1,355 square miles (sqm) of range and crop lands each year, and the far northern states of Sokoto, Kebbi and Katsina have had more than 4 [...]
2007-11-28 17:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR TBIO ECON PGOV SOCI NI
07ABUJA669NIGERIA: ELECTIONS PREP - THE SIX STATE TOUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloffs visited Enugu, Anambra, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Bauchi states over the period of March 20 to 30, meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (where possible),NGOs, local media, and other stakeholders in the elections process. With only two weeks to elections, our P [...]
2007-04-11 06:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ACCRA1585A/S FRAZER'S MEETINGS IN GHANA: SUDAN, SOMALIA, AU
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the July 18-19 AGOA Forum in Accra, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Jendayi Frazer and NSC Special Assistant to the President on African Affairs Bobby Pittman met with senior GOG officials, including outgoing Foreign Minister Akufo-Addo and President Kuf [...]
2007-07-25 17:09:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALAU GH PGOV PREL SO SU
07ACCRA483GHANA AT 50: A WORLD VIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the seventh and final in a series of scene setter cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the third looking at Ghana's external relations. Throughout its history Ghana has been independent and vocal on the international stage. It has preferred multilateral solutions, espe [...]
2007-03-01 18:05:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR CH ECON GH IN PGOV PHUM PREL RS
07ADANA108SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 13 AND 14,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 13 and 14, 2007. Please note Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. RADIKAL / BOLGE / EVRENS [...]
2007-09-17 05:54:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA47TURKEY REOPENS ARMENIAN AKDAMAR CHURCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following a year and a half of restoration work, the 10th century Armenian Akdamar Church was reopened in a March 29 ceremony attended by a GOAM delegation and members of the diplomatic establishment from Ankara, as well as members of Turkey's Armenian population. In opening rem [...]
2007-04-03 14:42:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07ADANA5SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 10, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 13:26:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA6SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARAY 10, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 14:07:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADDISABABA1275ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR ERITREA
[...] (U) Post responses are provided per ref A. A. (S/NF) WHAT ARE ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR DEALING WITH ERITREAN PRESIDENT ISAIAS AND THE BORDER IMPASSE? ---------------------- PERCEPTIONS OF ERITREA ---------------------- 2. (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles and the hard-core elemen [...]
2007-04-24 12:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL PINS PBTS ET ER XW
07ADDISABABA1535ETHIOPIA: BROKEN PROMISES, UNMET EXPECTATIONS --
[...] (S/NF) U.S.-Ethiopian mil-to-mil relations, specifically security assistance, are currently facing their most difficult challenges in the eleven years the Ambassador has observed U.S.-Ethiopian relations. The deterioration is an accumulation of missteps, misunderstandings, and misreadings of [...]
2007-05-21 16:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MASS ET US SO
07ADDISABABA1743FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO DPRK TRADE AND STOPPING
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Addis has pressed Ethiopian senior officials at every ministry and at every level to establish alternatives to North Korean trade and military ties. Ethiopia has significantly reduced trade with North Korea and is moving forward on phasing out the country's sole ammunit [...]
2007-06-05 09:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR MASS MCAP ECON KN ET
07ADDISABABA2361ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER WEIGHED DOWN BY SOMALI
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles, visibly weighed by the past weeks of tough negotiations on the amnesty for 38 high profile opposition leaders jailed since December 2005, and the close oversight of operations in Somalia and the Ogaden, questioned the Ambassador on July 24 over the Ogaden [...]
2007-07-25 15:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PINS CASC EAID MASS MOPS ET SO IS
07ADDISABABA238ETHIOPIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007
[...] Begin Ethiopia's 2007 Investment Climate Statement: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ There are few changes since last year's Investment Climate Statement report. The 2005/2006 highlights include: -- A new proclamation governing trademark registration and pr [...]
2007-01-26 07:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA813ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART 1 - OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. (Due to length of information reported, responses are being reported in two complementary cables.) 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-41 [...]
2007-03-16 06:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ET
07AITTAIPEI155MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SATELLITE MISSILE TEST,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage January 20-22 on the brawl at the Legislative Yuan's final session last Friday, which resulted in failure to pass the FY 2007 budget for the Central Government and other bills; on the debt-ridden Rebar Asia Pacific Group; [...]
2007-01-22 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1580MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-16 08:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI98MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S IRAQ SECURITY PLAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to give extensive reporting and editorial coverage January 12 to the alleged violation of securities transaction regulations of the Rebar Asia Pacific Group. News coverage also focused on President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Nicaragua a [...]
2007-01-15 22:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07ALGIERS1140AHMADINEJAD VISITS ALGIERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad's August 6-7 visit to Algiers generated significant noise, but apparently little of substance. The press, responding to a pre-visit public relations effort by the Iranian embassy here, obligingly described the Ahmadinejad visit as part the "r [...]
2007-08-13 08:17:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER OPEC ENRG ETRD KISL KNNP IR AG
07ALGIERS1764AMBASSADOR SCHULTE DISCUSSES IRAN AND NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian officials told visiting UNVIE Amb. Schulte that they have encouraged Iran to cooperate with the international community regarding its nuclear programs, but they stopped short of agreeing to make a public statement that Iran has violated its commitments under the Non-Prol [...]
2007-12-09 15:11:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG KNNP PGOV IR AG
07ALGIERS249ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BEDJAOUI CRITICIZES U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Bedjaoui and U/S Hughes agreed February 24 on the need to work in partnership with the U.S. in finding solutions to the problems of the region. While agreeing on the importance of fighting terrorism across borders, Bedjaoui and Hughes parted ways on how best to bring about vi [...]
2007-02-27 10:30:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL KDEM AG
07ALGIERS950AQIM SEEKING RECRUITS IN ALGERIA AND BEYOND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) incorporates several recruiting methods that include imams trawling prisons, upscale internet videos and capitalizing on festering local resentment of America and the West. Over a period of four weeks, AQIM's newly launched website has rece [...]
2007-07-03 10:13:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PTER AG
07AMMAN1150JORDANIAN VIEWS ON JAPAN'S "CORRIDOR OF PEACE AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan has been discussing a number of Jordan Valley projects with the Israelis over the past several years. Several would be contingent upon financial support from Japan. All are likely to be discussed in the four-party talks between Japan, Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian T [...]
2007-03-13 14:45:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR ELTN PREL KPAL IS JO JP
07AMMAN1218TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY'S MEETINGS IN AMMAN
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister Ziad Fariz and Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Governor Umayya Toukan during his March 5th visit to Amman, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey discussed Jordan's draft [...]
2007-03-19 05:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KTFN PREL ECON JO
07AMMAN1243COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DENNIS HADRICK
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance for the visit of PM/WRA Program Manager Dennis Hadrick to Jordan from April 1-6, 2007, as requested reftel. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at para 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is [...]
2007-03-19 13:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT PREF PREL OTRA KHDP JO IZ
07AMMAN1276Embassy AI Task Force Meets With Diplomatic Community,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met with representatives from other embassies, Amman-based UN organizations, and Government of Jordan (GoJ) officials on March 7 to share information on avian flu preparedness. The GoJ is focusing now on pandemic preparedness, and [...]
2007-03-21 04:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU XF JO
07AMMAN1312AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE AHEAD OF ARAB LEAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-25 03:14:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL JO XF IS IZ IR LE SU KWBG
07AMMAN1508KING AND SENIOR OFFICIALS GREET
[...] (C) Summary: The King and senior GOJ officials told a Jordanian-sponsored staffdel that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the core issue in the Middle East. They described the burden large numbers of Iraqis impose on Jordan. The Minister of Labor explained the GOJ's plan to address repo [...]
2007-04-09 14:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ELAB IS JO IZ IR SY
07AMMAN1541SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES' VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] (C) King Abdullah and the Jordanian government are looking forward to your visit here. The Jordanian government plays a key role in the administration's top priorities in the region, including the effort in Iraq, reviving progress toward a Palestinian-Israeli settlement and broader Arab-Isr [...]
2007-04-11 14:42:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV MARR JO
07AMMAN1672GOJ RECEIVES SENIOR ISRAELI VISITORS
[...] (C) Summary: The back-to-back visits to Jordan this week of Israel's Foreign Minister and a Knesset delegation are the first such visits since 2005 that the GOJ publicly acknowledged. Senior GOJ-GOI consultation, while frequent, has been mostly behind the scenes in recent years. The GOJ hop [...]
2007-04-18 13:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IS JO
07AMMAN1801STATE SECURITY COURT UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) sentenced Ziad al-Karbouli and three others to death and handed down prison sentences in three other terrorism-related cases, while Jordan's Court of Cassation upheld the SSC's death penalty verdict for would-be suicide bomber Sajida Rishawi. Meanw [...]
2007-04-26 14:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
07AMMAN2063Request for Speaker to Address U.S. Foreign Policy
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: U.S. Speaker program addressing U.S. foreign policy 2. TIME FRAME: Fourth Quarter, FY-07; 3-day program. 3. PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM: PA Amman would like to program an expert in U.S. foreign policy for three days of talks and media interviews. Educated Jordanians ar [...]
2007-05-15 15:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SCUL JO
07AMMAN2240JAF TO TRANSFER MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] (U) Action request - see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) has identified the following items for transfer to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): 2 million rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition, 1 million rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, and 500,000 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition. [...]
2007-05-24 13:23:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL JO LE
07AMMAN2241GOJ DEFENDS MOVE ON GREEK PATRIARCH
[...] (C) In conversations May 22 and May 24, the director of FM Khatib's private office, Thamer Adwan, stressed to Polcouns that the GOJ was carrying out its responsibilities under the Jordan-Israel peace treaty and Greek church law when it withdrew its recognition of Theophilos III, the Greek Ort [...]
2007-05-24 13:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI JO
07AMMAN2267GOJ REPUDIATES FEDERATION PROPOSALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: KING ABDULLAH AND JORDANIAN OFFICIALS ARE ATTEMPTING TO DISTANCE THE GOJ FROM A JORDANIAN SENATOR'S SUGGESTION TO ISRAELI POLITICIANS THAT IT IS WORTH EXPLORING A JORDANIAN-PALESTINIAN FEDERATION BEFORE PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD. HOWEVER, THE KING'S RECENT ENGAGEMENT WITH PROMINENT [...]
2007-05-28 12:44:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PBTS KWBG IS JO
07AMMAN2305GOJ ELABORATES ON ITS WITHDRAWAL OF RECOGNITION OF
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: JORDAN'S RATIONALE FOR WITHDRAWING RECOGNITION OF GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH THEOPHILOS III IS BASED ON UNFULFILLED PROMISES REGARDING THE RECLAMATION OF CHURCH LANDS AND INCREASING THE ROLE OF ARAB MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH MADE TO THE GOJ WHEN THEOPHILOS ASCENDED TO THE PATRIARCHY [...]
2007-05-31 07:25:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI JO KWBG IS
07AMMAN2464KING AND SENIOR OFFICIALS WELCOME CODEL LEAHY
[...] (S) Summary: King Abdullah told Codel Leahy that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the key issue facing Jordan, time was running out to make progress, and soon a two-state solution may not be perceived as feasible. The King urged Democrats and Republicans to present a unified position on [...]
2007-06-10 06:36:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL IS JO IZ IR SY
07AMMAN251OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR JORDAN IN 2007
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: Both the GOJ and oppositionists view the two elections expected in 2007 as the chief challenges - and opportunities - of the coming year. Both camps are already framing their positions on foreign and domestic issues with an eye toward the polls. Islamists and o [...]
2007-01-21 16:14:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM JO
07AMMAN2562JORDAN SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY PROCEEDING WITH PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: After years of research and discussion, the GOJ is evaluating three bids to transfer water from the Disi Aquifer in southern Jordan to Amman. Officials are also contemplating an unofficial offer from an Arab country to exploit Disi and/or build a large desalinatio [...]
2007-06-14 13:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SENV JO
07AMMAN2613GOJ PUBLICLY SUPPORTS ABU MAZEN
[...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah and the GOJ registered strong support for Abu Mazen and the new government of Salam Fayyad. Local media were largely supportive of preserving the legitimacy of Palestinian Authority institutions, although some blamed the international community and Arab states for [...]
2007-06-18 14:07:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS JO
07AMMAN2615JORDAN TO NAME RETIRED GENERAL MUHAMMAD AL-ALLAF
[...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Khatib informed Ambassador in confidence on June 17 that retired Major General Muhammad al-Allaf will be named Jordan's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. This appointment has not been made public; please protect accordingly. 2. (C/NF) A [...]
2007-06-19 08:03:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR JO
07AMMAN2668SUPPORTING HAMAS BACKFIRES ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
[...] (C) Summary. Most Jordanian elite support U.S. backing of Palestinian President Abbas, and most Jordanians support Fatah over Hamas in their current conflict. The Islamic Action Front's support for Hamas' takeover in Gaza has backfired against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Jordan because of [...]
2007-06-21 15:13:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS JO
07AMMAN2752Jordan's Electricity Sector Prepares to Meet Increasing
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's national electric utility expects the country's electricity needs to grow by 10 percent annually due to increases in real economic growth and population (especially of Iraqis),and a rising standard of living for some Jordanians. To meet growing demand, electricity tra [...]
2007-06-26 11:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON JO
07AMMAN2827 JORDAN REPEATS REQUEST FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR PARIS CLUB
[...] (SBU) Jordanian officials have renewed their request for the U.S. to join in supporting a debt buyback scheme. The King's Officer Director, Bassem Awadallah, sent Ambassador a new background paper and the text of a letter the Finance Minister sent to the head of the Paris Club (text below). [...]
2007-07-01 15:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PREL JO
07AMMAN2870A/S WELCH MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHATIB
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Welch and Ambassador met Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al Khatib on June 27. A/S Welch and Khatib agreed that the new PA government led by Salaam Fayyad represented positive change compared to the NUG. Khatib emphasized that PM Olmert's actions now would be more [...]
2007-07-04 12:55:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PREF JO KPAL IS IZ QA LE
07AMMAN2955RETURN OF PRISONERS FROM ISRAEL WELCOMED; TERMS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Jordanians broadly welcomed the transfer from Israel of four Jordanian prisoners who had been serving life sentences there. Nonetheless, the GOJ faces some criticism for agreeing to their continued confinement, and for a lack of progress on the cases of some thirty [...]
2007-07-09 15:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL IS JO
07AMMAN2980STAFFDEL SOCHA TOLD THAT PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with Christopher Socha, Senior Policy Advisor to Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC),Jordanian interlocutors stressed the urgency for movement toward a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and that Jordan was not able to further accommodate Iraqi [...]
2007-07-11 14:20:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL JO
07AMMAN2989QUEEN AND SENIOR OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Queen and senior GOJ officials told a GOJ-sponsored staffdel that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the core issue facing the Middle East. They warned against a sudden withdrawal from Iraq and discussed key challenges they perceive as facing Jordan: extremism, Syrian and [...]
2007-07-12 12:58:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL IS JO IZ IR SY
07AMMAN3005ISLAMISTS AND OPPOSITION PARTIES, WAR OF WORDS
[...] (C) Summary. In the run-up to municipal elections, pro-government editorialists and smaller opposition parties continue to take swings at the Islamic Action Front (IAF) for its perceived backing of Hamas, mid-June takeover in Gaza. The degree of IAF backpedaling is in the eye of the beholder, [...]
2007-07-15 10:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KPAL KWBG JO
07AMMAN3043GENERALLY POSITIVE JORDANIAN REACTION TO POTUS
[...] (C) Summary. Jordanian reaction to the President,s speech among political contacts has been generally positive, with a strong emphasis on the call for an international conference. Those we canvassed were hopeful, although with a definite "wait-and-see" approach on the parts of some and outri [...]
2007-07-17 13:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL JO
07AMMAN3126JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE BATTLE FOR ZARQA
[...] (SBU) Election fever is building in Zarqa, the third largest city in Jordan and hometown of the infamous former leader of Al Qa'ida-in-Iraq Abu Musab al Zarqawi. Zarqa is Jordan's industrial heartland, a bedroom community for many workers in Amman, and houses significant military facilities. [...]
2007-07-24 07:30:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL JO
07AMMAN3162JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE ISLAMIST -
[...] (SBU) Municipal election campaigning is in full swing across Jordan with an explosion of posters, rallies, and spontaneous political salons throughout the country. (The political environment in Amman itself, by contrast, remains subdued, given that the mayor and half the municipal council are [...]
2007-07-26 07:33:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL JO
07AMMAN3179JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY BUDGET ADVISOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Treasury Advisor Mr. James Edward Moonier, to Jordan July 27 - Aug 12, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Natalie E. B [...]
2007-07-29 07:45:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL JO
07AMMAN3230EXACT Continues to Play a Vital Role in Fostering
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG organized a Steering Committee meeting of the Regional Water Data Banks project (EXACT) July 15 - 16 at the Dead Sea in Jordan. EXACT is a project initiated under the Multilateral Peace Process Working Group on Water Resources. The EXACT meeting brought Palestinian, Is [...]
2007-08-01 06:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TPHY KPAL JO IS XF
07AMMAN3240JORDAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ISLAMIST BOYCOTT:
[...] (C) Summary. The Islamic Action Front,s (IAF) withdrawal from July 31 municipal elections is being read as a pre-meditated step to undermine the legitimacy of the polling, employed after a last-minute realization that GOJ boosting of nationalist candidates was succeeding beyond IAF expectatio [...]
2007-08-01 15:58:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL JO
07AMMAN3242REGENT TELLS STAFFDEL GROVE: NEED UNITED FRONT
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Regent stressed to STAFFDEL Grove the need for urgent movement toward a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in order to enable a united front against Iran to emerge. Discussions with interlocutors during the STAFFDEL's visit also focused on U.S. financi [...]
2007-08-01 16:05:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF JO KPAL IS IZ IR
07AMMAN3328JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ALEX BURKART AND JODY DANIEL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of ISN/NESS Deputy Director Alex Burkart and ISN/RA Jody Daniel to Jordan August 8 - 10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to discuss Jordan's interest in developing a nuclear energy program. All visitors to Jordan [...]
2007-08-07 07:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP OTRA ENRG PARM JO
07AMMAN3336WELCOME UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the Jordan transit of Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and Kristen Hecht on August 9, 2007. Embassy officers will meet the travelers upon arrival at Queen Alia International Airport and transport them to the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge on the Jordan-Is [...]
2007-08-07 12:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT OTRA OVIP PREL JO
07AMMAN3353JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE RADIOACTIVE SOURCE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Mark Soo Hoo and Paul Ebel of Sandia National Laboratories, and Ian Gross of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to Amman, Jordan from August 25 - 31, 2007 to conduct training for the Iraq Radioactive Source Regulatory Aut [...]
2007-08-08 13:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO
07AMMAN3355Country Clearance for Mr. Steven Welker
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance for the August 8 - 12, 2007 travel to Jordan of Mr. Steven Walker, Agricultural PRT Advisor in Iraq, to attend a meeting in Amman with New Mexico State University representatives. The traveler should carefully review this message, especially the thr [...]
2007-08-08 13:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR OTRA JO
07AMMAN3356JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSSA EMPLOYEES SANSOT AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Walter Sansot and Douglas Dahl to Amman, Jordan from August 31 - September 07, 2007, as requested reftel. The team will conduct activities in support of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative Program. Travelers shoul [...]
2007-08-09 11:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO
07AMMAN3397JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR PARKER
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Treasury Advisor Mr. Joe Parker, to Jordan September 1-8, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit [...]
2007-08-13 11:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EFIN PREL JO
07AMMAN3400JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NNSA ANDERSSON, GHANBARI,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Christina Andersson, Farajollah Ghanbari, Adriane Littlefield, and Reeve Daren of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to travel to Amman, Jordan from Augus [...]
2007-08-13 11:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO
07AMMAN3436JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC SENIOR SERVICE FELLOW OLEG
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Senior Service Fellow Oleg Bilukha to Jordan, August 31 - September 07, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control office [...]
2007-08-15 14:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KSCA OTRA TPHY JO
07AMMAN3441WELCOME CODEL SHELBY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Shelby to Jordan from August 29-31, 2007, as requested reftels. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Dr. Deborah "Duffy" Winters [...]
2007-08-16 07:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ JO OTRA
07AMMAN3463JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of U.S. Forest Service Assistant Director John Carpenter to Jordan, August 25 - 31, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Contro [...]
2007-08-19 09:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR OTRA JO
07AMMAN3472JORDAN SEES SLIGHT INCREASE IN TRADE DEFICIT AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan saw its trade deficit widen slightly to USD 3.4 billion during the first half of 2007, due to imports that more than doubled rising exports. Despite an overall increase in total national exports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) reported that apparel exports to [...]
2007-08-19 13:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ELAB EAID IS IZ JO
07AMMAN3482JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection employees Joyce Gouge, Jackie Ramsey, and Ronald Kihnel to Jordan, August 22 - September 01, 2007, for the purpose of conducting International Seaport Interdiction Training [...]
2007-08-20 16:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA JO
07AMMAN3516JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH EMPLOYEE JOE HARFORD
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of NIH employee Dr. Joe Harford, to Jordan, September 1-5, 2007, for the purpose of conducting a site visit to the Jordan Cancer Registry. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the thre [...]
2007-08-22 13:43:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA TBIO OTRA JO
07AMMAN3599JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EMPLOYEE COLLINS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Jimmie Collins to Jordan, August 30 - September 16, 2007, for the purpose of conducting an annual program review of Cooperative Mon [...]
2007-08-28 05:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO
07AMMAN3612JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC/CLDP OFFICIALS TEJTEL AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Commerce officials Marc Tejtel and Sana Akili to Jordan, September 07 - 10, 2007, for the purpose of meeting with the Judicial Institute of Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this mes [...]
2007-08-28 05:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT PGOV JO
07AMMAN3615JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC/CLDP OFFICIALS FILPI AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Commerce officials James Filpi and Gregory Howell to Jordan, September 03 - 06, 2007, for the purpose of attending an OECD working group meeting to facilitate development of commercial law programs in th [...]
2007-08-28 05:48:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT PGOV JO
07AMMAN3627JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EMPLOYEE MOHAGHEGHI
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Amir Mohagheghi to Jordan, August 30 - September 05, 2007, for the purpose of conducting an annual program review of Cooperative Mo [...]
2007-08-28 13:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO
07AMMAN3629JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC SENIOR SERVICE FELLOW OLEG
[...] (SBU) Ref A requested country clearance for Senior Service Fellow Oleg Bilukha to travel to Jordan August 31 - September 7, 2007. Ref B approved the request for country clearance for this travel. Ref C advised that travel to Jordan will now take place September 7 - 20. 2. (SBU) Embassy A [...]
2007-08-28 13:30:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KSCA OTRA TPHY JO
07AMMAN3632JORDAN'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD PLAYS ELECTION BOYCOTT
[...] (SBU) The rhetorical clash between the GOJ and Islamists continues, with the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),milking accusations of government fraud in the July 31 municipal elections to position itself for fall parliamentary elections. The [...]
2007-08-28 14:20:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV KISL KDEM JO
07AMMAN3642JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Jennifer Peterson, Liza Paqueo, and Howard Horton, to Jordan, September 4-11, 2007, for the purpose of providing technical assistance to Jordan's Badia Research and Development Center and coordinating with other Jorda [...]
2007-08-29 11:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR OTRA JO
07AMMAN3647JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH EMPLOYEE SHADEN KAMHAWI
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of NIH employee Dr. Shaden Kamhawi, to Jordan, September 5-16, 2007, for the purpose of visiting the Sand Fly Project field site and meeting with collaborators at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. All vis [...]
2007-08-29 14:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO OTRA KSCA JO
07AMMAN3656JORDAN WELCOMES MOU ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND PROPOSES
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Khaled Touqan will represent the Government of Jordan (GOJ) at the September 16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial, and has proposed signing the Memora [...]
2007-08-30 11:26:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALENRG PGOV EPET JO
07AMMAN3666JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ EMPLOYEE GUNNISON
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Justice employee Michael Gunnison to Jordan, September 04 - 06, 2007, for the purpose of attending meetings on terrorist financing. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especiall [...]
2007-09-03 12:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC AMGT JO
07AMMAN3731JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VALI YALDA BIBO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit to Jordan of Embassy Baghdad Economic Section employee Vali Yalda Bibo from September 12 - 23, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. ( [...]
2007-09-05 13:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA APER IZ JO
07AMMAN3767 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Inspector General Howard J. Krongard to Jordan from September 17 - 19, 2007, as requested reftel. Travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Man [...]
2007-09-11 07:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC ASIG OTRA JO
07AMMAN3787JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CBP LORIA AND DOHERTY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sean Doherty and Richard Loria of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Jordan, September 22-25, 2007, for the purpose of conducting C-TPAT validations. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, e [...]
2007-09-12 11:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA APER JO
07AMMAN3796WELCOME CODEL BAUCUS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Baucus to Jordan from September 16-17, 2007, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Mark Wilson, Economic [...]
2007-09-12 13:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OTRA JO
07AMMAN3797CREDIBLE MUSLIM VOICES IN JORDAN
[...] (S) Per reftel, the Embassy has identified the persons listed in paragraph 2 as credible Muslim voices. While the persons identified in this message would not approve of all or even many U.S. foreign policies, they do share a general position that terrorism and violent extremism are contrary t [...]
2007-09-12 14:43:00Embassy AmmanSECRETKPAO KISL JO
07AMMAN3806The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Balancing Development and
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) manages the city of Aqaba and its surrounding 26 kilometers of Jordanian coastline. Roughly 30 percent of this strategic and precious real estate is a protected marine habitat. During meetings regarding environmental issues in [...]
2007-09-13 11:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
07AMMAN3814UPDATE ON U.S.-JORDAN TRADE ISSUES
[...] (U) This message contains action request for State, USDA, and USTR; please see paragraphs 5, 7, 10, and 15. 2. (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) seeks responses to several trade proposals under the rubric of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA),as well as flexibility on a [...]
2007-09-13 14:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
07AMMAN3817JORDAN'S STONE AND MARBLE INDUSTRY: BETWEEN A ROCK
[...] Summary: Exports to the U.S. from Jordan's stone and marble industry reached $1.3 million in 2006, representing one of the few Jordanian goods besides garments to enter the U.S. market, but still only a small fraction of the $1.4 billion in total Jordanian exports to the U.S. Although the co [...]
2007-09-13 15:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EIND EAID JO
07AMMAN3826COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB OFFICER MANU
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests approval for ESTH Hub Officer Manu Bhalla to visit Tel Aviv, Israel, September 23-26, 2007, to meet with ESTH Counselor Paul Rohrlich, tour MERC projects and have meetings regarding ESTH issues in Israel. 2. (U) Traveler requests Embassy assistance with hotel re [...]
2007-09-16 10:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV OTRA IS
07AMMAN386BURST OF PROGRESS AHEAD OF DEMINING MEETING
[...] (C) Jordan cleared in 2006 nearly one-half of its minefields. However, the GOJ is concerned about conventional and terrorist threats from Syria, and may delay plans to remove mines along its northern border. Jordan will host the 2007 Meeting of States Parties to the demining treaty, at whic [...]
2007-01-30 11:26:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MCAP JO
07AMMAN3869JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/SLAC EMPLOYEE TANTAWI
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center employee Sami Tantawi to Jordan, November 15 - 20, 2007, for the purpose of presenting a lecture at the 6th User Meeting for Sesame. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review t [...]
2007-09-17 13:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG OTRA JO
07AMMAN3870JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC EMPLOYEE HENRY WALKE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of CDC employee Henry Walke to Amman, Jordan, September 22 - 28, 2007, for the purpose of teaching classes to Iraqi Ministry of Health staff in Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especia [...]
2007-09-17 13:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA OTRA JO
07AMMAN3877JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS EMPLOYEES LARSEN AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of USGS employees Matthew Larsen and Verne Schneider to Jordan, September 22 - 26, 2007, for the purpose of reviewing the USGS program in Jordan. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially t [...]
2007-09-18 12:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY KSCA ECON OTRA SENV JO
07AMMAN3889JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND AHLC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-19 11:30:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF EUN
07AMMAN3909Jordan's Economic Zones Aim to Attract Investment and
[...] Summary: Jordan has taken an approach of developing geographically delineated, policy-favored commercial zones to attract investment and promote economic development. In addition to industrial estates and free zones, King Abdullah recently announced the launch of a fourth economic developmen [...]
2007-09-23 04:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV JO
07AMMAN3949 American Foreign Policy Scholar Walter Russell Mead
[...] SUMMARY: During a two-day speaker's program September 3-4, Council on Foreign Relations scholar Walter Russell Mead adroitly discussed many U.S. foreign policy issues, and disabused his influential audiences of several misperceptions they held concerning the motives and processes behind the f [...]
2007-09-25 13:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SCUL JO
07AMMAN4015FIRST UNSCR 1540 OUTREACH IN ARAB REGION PROMOTES
[...] (U) Summary. The Regional Seminar, "Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) for Arab States," took place on 4-5 September 2007 in Amman, Jordan. Jordan hosted the workshop jointly with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UN ODA) in close cooperation w [...]
2007-09-27 13:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP EU OSCE ARF
07AMMAN4038Jordan's Textiles and Apparel Production: Still Competitive
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref D, Post provides below updated statistics and information on the textile and apparel industry in Jordan. Jordan's exports of textile and apparel slightly decreased during the first half of 2007 to USD 568 million, with over 90% going to the U.S. market. The [...]
2007-09-30 13:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KTEX JO
07AMMAN4043JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMEMBASSY CAIRO AGRICULTURAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Agricultural Minister Counselor Peter Kurz to Jordan, October 08-11, 2007, for a supervisory visit. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. [...]
2007-10-01 10:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR OTRA JO
07AMMAN4102JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC EMPLOYEE OLEG BILUKHA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of CDC employee Oleg Bilukha to Amman, Jordan, October 28 - November 05, 2007, for the purpose of facilitating a coordination meeting on the pilot project of injury surveillance in Iraq. 2. (SBU) Control officer for t [...]
2007-10-04 14:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA OTRA TBIO JO
07AMMAN4174Jordan Continues to Strengthen Avian Influenza
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met October 9 with representatives from the Government of Jordan (GoJ) to share information on avian flu preparedness. The meeting focused on: tracking the progress of avian flu; surveillance and detection training; and preparedn [...]
2007-10-11 13:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU XF JO
07AMMAN4202JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE AND SNL EMPLOYEES COLLINS,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Jimmie Collins, and Sandia National Laboratories employees Amir Mohagheghi, and Ruth Duggan to Jordan, November 2 - 13, 2007, for t [...]
2007-10-17 06:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO
07AMMAN4203JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE BERKLEY NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory staff scientist Zahid Hussain to Jordan, November 15 - 20, 2007, for the purpose of chairing the 6th Sesame Beamlines Committee. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review th [...]
2007-10-17 06:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG AORC ASEC KSCA OTRA TRGY JO
07AMMAN4226JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SNL EMPLOYEES HORAK, HAYCRAFT,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sandia National Laboratories employees Karl Horak, Debbie Haycraft, and Gaurav Rajen to Jordan, November 1 - 10, 2007, for the purpose of hosting a Web Access for Civil Society Initiatives meeting at the Cooperative M [...]
2007-10-18 10:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP JO
07AMMAN4227Israeli Embassy, Japanese, and Jordanian views on Peace
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following Israeli President Peres' late September briefing of Ambassadors Jones and Hale and subsequent request for the U.S. to encourage Jordanian progress on implementing elements of the Peace Valley Project, Post has engaged Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials, representativ [...]
2007-10-18 10:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN ETRD PREL SENV KWBG JO IS
07AMMAN4379FY08 PRIORITIES AND WORK-ITEMS FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB
[...] The Amman ESTH Hub for the NEA Bureau was established in 1997. The current incumbent (Manu Bhalla) is the fourth Hub officer. He is supported by regional environmental specialist Rana Safadi, who has served with the Hub for eight years. Key Priorities and Work Items ----------------------- [...]
2007-10-30 09:49:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL TBIO ETRD EAID PGOV JO
07AMMAN438SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT FRANCES TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO
[...] ( C ) The Jordanian government and Embassy Amman are looking forward to your visit February 3-5. Jordan is a key partner on counterterrorism and other top U.S. priorities. King Abdullah views U.S. success in Iraq as essential to his own success; he also shares our concerns on Iran and is look [...]
2007-02-01 10:53:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPTER PREL JO
07AMMAN4409King Abdullah Publicly Declares His Optimism About
[...] Summary: Jordan's King Abdullah has publicly expressed his full support and hope about the Annapolis conference on three different occasions recently. The first came following his October 18 meeting with the Secretary in London, followed by statements he made October 28 in Bahrain and October [...]
2007-11-01 07:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDJO KPAO KMDR PREL
07AMMAN4441JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Los Alamos National Laboratory employee Daniel Whalen to Jordan, November 1, 2007 - April 24, 2008, to undertake a TDY assignment to the Cooperative Monitoring Center-Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully re [...]
2007-11-01 16:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP FARM OTRA JO
07AMMAN4444DESPITE CONCERNS, SENIOR OFFICIALS TELL AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings with senior Jordanian government officials on October 28, Ambassador Crocker noted that the surge had been successful, stressed that opportunities remain to constrain Iran, and emphasized the importance and potential impact of an Arab diplomatic presence [...]
2007-11-01 18:13:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNIZ JO PGOV PREL
07AMMAN4499JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HOWARD PASSELL AND JESSE ROACH
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sandia National Laboratories employees Howard Passell and Jesse Roach to Jordan, November 09 - 24, 2007 for the purpose of holding a workshop with Iraqi engineers and hydrologists on the use of system dynamics modelin [...]
2007-11-07 14:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP JO
07AMMAN4561CAMPAIGN DIRTY TRICKS: VOTE BUYING, MUD SLINGING,
[...] (C) Summary. Campaigning for the November 20 parliamentary elections is in full swing, with candidate tents springing up like mushrooms, posters and banners blanketing the traffic circles, and numerous newspaper editorials devoted to the big questions of representation, benefits of participa [...]
2007-11-14 06:08:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALJO PGOV KDEM
07AMMAN4571CAMPAIGN DIRTY TRICKS: VOTE BUYING, MUD SLINGING,
[...] (C) Summary. Campaigning for the November 20 parliamentary elections is in full swing, with candidate tents springing up like mushrooms, posters and banners blanketing the traffic circles, and numerous newspaper editorials devoted to the big questions of representation, benefits of participa [...]
2007-11-14 13:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALJO PGOV KDEM
07AMMAN4584JORDAN ELECTIONS: PALESTINIANS AND THEIR
[...] (C) Summary. Jordanians of Palestinian origin face difficult choices in the November 20 elections for Jordan's lower house of parliament. Candidates of Palestinian origin talk about unfairness in Jordan's electoral system and within Jordanian society, both of which lead to under-representati [...]
2007-11-15 13:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALJO PGOV PREL
07AMMAN4612JORDAN ELECTIONS: ON ELECTION EVE, POLITICS IN AN
[...] (C) Summary. In the stretch of slums and refugee camps that lies to the south and east of Amman, the campaign for Jordan's November 20 elections has a markedly different flavor than elsewhere in the country. Candidates here speak frankly about the issues that matter to their constituents: p [...]
2007-11-19 11:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALJO PGOV KDEM ECON SENV KPAL
07AMMAN4622 JORDAN IN NEED OF GSM-102 PROGRAM OR OTHER EXPORT CREDIT
[...] This message contains an action message for the U.S. Export-Import Bank, the Small Business Administration, and USDA. Please see paragraphs 3 and 6. 2. Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Secretary General Montasser Oklah told EmbOffs and visiting representatives from the Foreign Agricu [...]
2007-11-19 14:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON JO
07AMMAN4623MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ELECTION STRATEGY PUT TO THE
[...] (C) Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is fielding 22 candidates in the November 20 election for the 110-seat lower house of parliament under the banner of its political party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),with the slogan, "Islam is the Solution." IAF successes or failures in the polls will [...]
2007-11-19 14:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM JO
07AMMAN4663ON ANNAPOLIS, FLEETING HOPE LEAVENS LOW
[...] (C) Summary: As the Annapolis conference approaches, we have been pulsing our Jordanian contacts on their expectations for the event, speaking to a broad range of Palestinians and East Bankers. While few of our contacts evinced optimism about the meeting, neither complaints about its expecte [...]
2007-11-21 16:20:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL JO IS
07AMMAN4676JORDAN'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: SALAH BASHIR
[...] (C) Summary. Jordan's new, young, U.S.-educated Foreign Minister, Salah Bashir, is one of Jordan's leading reformists, and therefore a controversial figure among traditionalists threatened by change. As a dynamic, reforming Justice Minister, Bashir suffered a backlash against his merit-based [...]
2007-11-25 14:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR JO
07AMMAN4678U.S. Remains Jordan's Top Trading Partner as Jordan Builds
[...] Summary: Jordan's trade deficit increased 12.3 percent to JD 3.807 billion (USD 5.377 billion) during the first nine months of 2007. Although exports to the United States have slightly decreased in 2007, Jordan has increased imports of American goods by approximately 8.1%, yielding an overa [...]
2007-11-25 14:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
07AMMAN4732KING ABDULLAH UPDATES CODEL INOUYE ON SYRIAN
[...] (S) CODEL Inouye accompanied by Ambassador met with King Abdullah on November 28 and discussed developments in Iraq, the Annapolis meeting and a potential opportunity to change Syrian behavior. End Summary. 2. (U) Senators Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens, Ambassador, and Minority Staff Direc [...]
2007-11-29 15:43:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL SY JO
07AMMAN4736Jordan Media Reaction to the Annapolis Meeting
[...] "Annapolis: Before and After" Columnist Samih Ma'aitah in the independent, pro-business Arabic daily Al-Ghad commented November 29, "There is no need to fear that the Annapolis meeting will waste Arab and Palestinian rights. The meeting was not required to resolve the Palestinian issue but t [...]
2007-11-29 16:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDJO KPAO KMDR
07AMMAN4762CODEL ROHRABACHER MEETS WITH JORDANIAN ROYAL COURT
[...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah and NGOs who work with Iraqi refugees, Codel Rohrabacher heard about Jordan's struggle to cope with increased demands on its overburdened infrastructure. While describing Jordan's economic direction as posit [...]
2007-12-03 12:15:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALJO PGOV KPAL SENV
07AMMAN4764JORDANIANS ON ANNAPOLIS: WE WANT TO BELIEVE
[...] (C) Jordanian reaction to Annapolis has been marked by the same mix of positive official comments and private cynicism and hope that was on display in the run-up to the conference (ref a). 2. (C) Public, official commentary has been positive, reflecting King Abdullah's strong public support [...]
2007-12-03 15:05:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS JO
07AMMAN4772KING RAISES THE BAR IN OPENING SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah opened the first session of Jordan's newly elected parliament on December 2. His top issue was the economy and the imperative to improve the standard of living, followed closely by political reform. On both issues, the King challenged legislators in both houses t [...]
2007-12-04 15:09:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KISL JO KDEM
07AMMAN4777Coordinated Programming for 60th Anniversary of
[...] As mentioned in Reftel, Embassy Amman has begun planning several high-impact events to commemorate 60 years of U.S.-Jordanian diplomatic relations. (While actual U.S. diplomatic recognition came in January 1949, we intend to begin our celebratory events in the summer 2008.) Given Embassy Tel [...]
2007-12-05 10:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDJO IS KPAO KMDR PREL
07AMMAN4885CAN NATIONALISM FILL JORDAN'S POLITICAL VOID?
[...] (C) Summary: Throughout the recently concluded election season, Post was exposed to an undercurrent of discontent with the structure of Jordan's political system. Urban elites and tribal notables alike recognized that the current fractured, incoherent political discourse prevents progress o [...]
2007-12-12 06:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL KPAL JO
07AMMAN5023WELCOME CODEL DAVIS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Representative Lincoln Davis and delegation to Jordan on January 12, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control Officer for this visit is Co [...]
2007-12-26 13:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
07AMMAN5026WELCOME CODEL SCHUMER
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Schumer to Jordan from December 29, 2007 thru January 2, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...]
2007-12-26 14:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
07AMMAN5049WELCOME CODEL PRICE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Price to Amman, Jordan from January 9-12, as requested reftel. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...]
2007-12-30 12:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO
07AMMAN5057JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR William Louden
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of William Louden to Jordan from 29 December through 4 January 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elec [...]
2007-12-30 14:43:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
07AMMAN5058JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR James Holland
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Holland and Peter McGrew to Jordan from 17 January through 2 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Departm [...]
2007-12-30 14:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
07AMMAN5060WELCOME CODEL WOLF
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Wolf to Jordan from January 4-5, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country clearan [...]
2007-12-31 12:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
07AMMAN51FURTHER REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations against the execution of Saddam Hussein took place in several cities after Friday prayers, January 5. Editorials continued to criticize the execution, the Iraqi government, and the USG, but also fired a number of salvos in Iran's direction. END SUMMARY. ---- [...]
2007-01-07 15:53:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ IR JO
07AMMAN52FURTHER REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations against the execution of Saddam Hussein took place in several cities after Friday prayers, January 5. Editorials continued to criticize the execution, the Iraqi government, and the USG, but also fired a number of salvos in Iran's direction. END SUMMARY. ---- [...]
2007-01-07 16:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ IR JO
07AMMAN551GOJ TO REQUEST SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Increasingly concerned by violence in the Palestinian areas and in Iraq, and by prospects that both conflicts could further destabilize the region, senior Jordanian officials have told Ambassador that the GOJ will soon ask the U.S. for supplemental military and economic assistan [...]
2007-02-07 07:05:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MASS EAID JO
07AMMAN606COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INL TEAM TO JORDAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Robert Byrnes, Gary Alexander, Michael Perez, and Hal Meawad to Amman, Jordan from February 10-15, 2007, to discuss extension of operations at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC),as requested reftel. All vis [...]
2007-02-08 13:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JO
07AMMAN662WELCOME CODEL KYL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes CODEL Kyl to Amman, Jordan from February 17-18, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Matthew Eussen, Political-Military Affairs Officer. Cont [...]
2007-02-12 16:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ IS JO
07AMMAN668Unity Dam on Syria-Jordan Border Storing 3 MCM of Water,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Al Wehdah (Unity) Dam on the Yarmouk River along the Jordan-Syria border was completed in November 2006. The dam can store 110 million cubic meters (MCM) of water, but it currently holds only 3 MCM. When filled, the reservoir is designed to supply 50 MCM of drinking water [...]
2007-02-13 06:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL PGOV SY JO
07AMMAN676SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] (C) King Abdullah and Embassy Amman look forward to your return to Jordan. He welcomes your personal engagement on Israeli-Palestinian issues. He is also looking forward to his upcoming visit to the U.S., which will include an address to a joint session of Congress March 7. 2. (C) Since y [...]
2007-02-13 14:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF KPAL IS IR JO
07AMMAN680COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary Lawrence Butler and Bryan Payne to Amman, Jordan from February 18-20, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control of [...]
2007-02-13 16:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER KU IZ JO
07AMMAN702REACTION TO PUTIN'S VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MET WITH KING ABDULLAH ON REGIONAL ISSUES AND ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION DURING HIS VISIT FEBRUARY 12-13. PUTIN ALSO MET SEPARATELY WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) SEE SEPTEL FOR AN INITIAL READOUT ON PRESIDENT PUT [...]
2007-02-14 13:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPAL IS RS JO
07AMMAN728COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Anne Patterson and Melanie (Brooke) Darby to Amman, Jordan from February 20-21, 2007 and Febraury 23-26, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragrap [...]
2007-02-16 09:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR IZ JO
07AMMAN873APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO JORDAN, FEBRUARY 3-5
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND COUNTERTERRORISM (APHSCT) FRANCES FRAGOS TOWNSEND AND HER DELEGATION MET SEPARATELY WITH PRIME MINISTER BAKHIT, PRINCE FAISAL, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR DAHABI, MAJOR GENERAL JAMAL SHAWABKAH (COMMANDER OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS [...]
2007-02-26 12:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IR JO IS KPAL
07AMMAN878COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SHERYL SMITH INL/RM/MS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance to Sheryl Smith to Amman, Jordan from February 28 to March 9, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Matthew Eussen, Political-Military [...]
2007-02-27 06:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AMGT JO
07AMMAN898SCENESETTER FOR JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT
[...] (C) King Abdullah left Amman February 27 for London. He will arrive in Boston February 28, and in Washington March 4. He is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress March 7. He met with Secretary Rice February 20. 2. (C) The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will again be at the top [...]
2007-02-27 13:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IR IZ JO
07ANKARA1024ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1033 TURKISH NEXT STEPS ON EREZ ZONE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 1 meeting, Guven Sak, the brains behind the Turkish business association TOBB's effort to develop the Erez industrial zone in northern Gaza, described his planned next steps. Consonant with reftel reporting, Sak believes that a security arrangement covering movement [...]
2007-05-02 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAID KWBG BEXP TU
07ANKARA1066ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-07 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1081ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-08 13:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1093GROWTH HELPING ANATOLIAN BACKWATERS, BUT WORRIES ABOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TU
07ANKARA1132TURKISH VIEWS ON OECD ENLARGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey supports Russian OECD membership because of Russia's importance to Turkey and because Turkey believes greater Russian participation in international fora will make Russia feel more secure. Keeping Cyprus out of the OECD is their top priority but Turkey is open to consider [...]
2007-05-11 13:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN OECD TU
07ANKARA115U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 10:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA1175ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1189ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 14:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1219TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March & April 2007
[...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Yasar Buyukanit gave his annual speech to the War College in Istanbul on March 16. In contrast to previous years, the speech was closed to the press, but was subsequently leaked to the media. In the speech, Buyukanit refrained from comment abou [...]
2007-05-21 10:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL FR AJ PK KS MK YI GM BU AL IT SI
07ANKARA1257ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1271ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 12:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA133U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Turkish National Security Council President Yigit Alpogan told U/S Burns January 19 that 2007 would be a challenging year for bilateral relations. The Turkish government hopes passage of an Armenian genocide resolution in the U.S. Congress can be averted, fears relations with the U.S. wil [...]
2007-01-24 08:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER NATO IZ IR KPAL EPET ENRG ZK
07ANKARA1372CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP ON TURKEY, CODEL NELSON
[...] (SBU) Summary. PM Erdogan and FM Gul met May 28 with Codel Nelson and the Congressional Study Group on Turkey. An unusually upbeat Erdogan focused on the solid footing of the US-Turkish strategic relationship and Turkey's efforts to contribute to regional peace and stability, including in Af [...]
2007-06-04 13:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS TU US IZ SY AM LE
07ANKARA1373CODELS NELSON AND WHITFIELD MEETING WITH D/CHOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Chief of Defense General Ergin Saygun briefed Codels Nelson and Whitfield on May 28 on Turkey's contributions to regional peace and stability. He complained that some European nations were seeking to re-define trans-Atlantic security at NATO's expense. He described the [...]
2007-06-04 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL MARR TU
07ANKARA1392ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1411ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 11:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA142TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, December 2006
[...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on December 28. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq and the Iraq Study Group's report were discussed and Turkey's relat [...]
2007-01-24 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL AJ KG GR YI TS PK IS TU
07ANKARA147ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA150TURKEY OFERS TO HOST MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: TURKEY HAS OFFERED TO HOST A PROSPECTIVE PAGE 02 RUEHAKA0150 C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 000150 ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SUMMIT AND/OR TRILATERAL MEETING INVOLVING SECRETARY RICE SHOULD SUCH A MEETING INVOLVING PM OLMERT AND ABU MAZEN TAKE PLACE. CONTINUING PM ERDOGAN'S ELECT [...]
2007-01-25 15:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL TU IS
07ANKARA1509FIRST US-TURKEY MIL-MIL COMBINED PLANNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the initial bilateral US/Turkey Combined Planning Committee (CPC) meeting, hosted by the US European Command J-5 on May 22-24 in Stuttgart, US and Turkish action officers exchanged views and developed proposals on a full range of military-to-military cooperation. Separate [...]
2007-06-14 05:09:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS MASS TU
07ANKARA1516ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1553ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-18 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1573ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-20 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA160ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN TURKEY: MORE, BUT NOT ENOUGH
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to the Heritage Foundation's 2007 Index of Economic Freedom (IEF),Turkey has made impressive strides in reducing the dead weight of government interference in the economy and economic decision-making over the past five years. This helps explain Turkey's similarly i [...]
2007-01-26 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV BEXP PGOV TU
07ANKARA1603ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 11:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA161ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 12:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1619ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 13:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1658ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-27 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1671BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] Per reftel request, we met with Guvenli Yasam (Full name: Guvenli Yasam Is Guvenligi San. Tic. Ltd. Sti.) Founder/Owner Hasan Deliduman in late May regarding license number 05-050042160. Deliduman confirmed all details of the contract, including the order for 250 Camelbaks (Model: Camelbak Ch [...]
2007-06-28 10:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEG ETTC KOMC TU
07ANKARA1673ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 13:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1679TURKEY: A TALE OF TWO (SUB-PROVINCIAL) CITIES -
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Two sub-provincial capitals and several villages in Ankara province provide a window into parties' election preparations. Rival parties delivered the same angry message on US policies on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),Iraq, and Israel. The visits also gave us a glimpse int [...]
2007-06-29 09:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1687ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 06:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1705ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 12:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1732STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY'S MEETINGS WITH MFA OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate July 2 meetings, HCFA Senior Staff Member Alan Makovsky discussed the Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR),Middle East and regional issues and Cyprus with MFA U/S Apakan, Deputy U/S Cevikoz and Deputy U/S Berk. Apakan reviewed his recent consultations in Israel, noting [...]
2007-07-06 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PTER AJ AM IR IS
07ANKARA1745ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 12:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1797DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADER AGAR BETS ON THE POWER OF
[...] (C) Summary and comment. In a July 13 meeting, Democrat Party (DP) leader Mehmet Agar told the Ambassador he is optimistic that DP can win enough votes to cross Turkey's ten percent threshold and secure parliamentary seats in the July 22 general elections. Agar is counting on solid media co [...]
2007-07-16 06:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1812TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2007
[...] The joint air force Anatolian Eagle Exercise-2007/2 (second exercise of the year) took place in Konya June 11-22. United States, Britain, Pakistan, Jordan and NATO attended the exercise. The first Anatolian Eagle Exercise was held in 2001. Government-Military Focus on Terrorism ------------ [...]
2007-07-17 07:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL CH RO UK KS RS GM GR TU
07ANKARA1816TURKISH AMBIVALENCE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: Two Embassy-organized videoconferences and a recent Turkish roundtable reveal continued ambivalence about Iran's nuclear program among Turkey's non-governmental policy elites, including academics, think-tankers, and columnists. Turkish opinion-makers do not want to see Iran, a nei [...]
2007-07-17 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM IR TU
07ANKARA1879ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-23 13:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA188ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-30 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1907TURKEY: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION AT UNESCO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-26 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC BO SI TU
07ANKARA1915TURKISH U/S APAKAN ON AGENDA FOR TALKS WITH U/S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA U/S Apakan told Ambassador July 24 that he plans to pursue a broad agenda during his late August bilateral consultations with U/S Burns and others in Washington. Apakan expressed interest in the U.S. internal debate over Iraq and medium-long term U.S. plans and expectations t [...]
2007-07-26 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU US
07ANKARA1928TURKISH PM ADVISOR ON ELECTIONS, REGIONAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Turkish PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu said the AKP's July 22 electoral showing was a big victory that effectively puts the party in Turkey's political center. In a July 24 conversation with the Ambassador, Davutoglu expressed uncertainty about how PM Erdogan will handle th [...]
2007-07-27 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL US TU
07ANKARA1952ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 08:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1958ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 11:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA199ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2002ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2039ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA206U.S.-TURKEY POLICY PLANNING CONSULTATIONS: DATE
[...] (U) This contains an action request: please see para 8. 2. (U) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Policy Planning Atilla Gunay informed us that the Turkish side accepts the proposed date of February 22 for bilateral policy planning talks. Ambassador Altay Cengizer, who will shortly t [...]
2007-02-01 11:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TU US
07ANKARA2080ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-14 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2110ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2122ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA215ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2166ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 12:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2193TURKEY SHOCKED BY ADL REVERSAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Anti-Defamation League's reversal in describing the events of 1915 as genocide has shocked Turkey. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs blasted the ADL statement and rejected ADL National Director Foxman's concern that passage of an Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) [...]
2007-08-24 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AM IS TU
07ANKARA2196GOT OFFICIALS PRESS CODEL SPECTER ON CONTINUED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials believe the U.S. must remain in Iraq to ensure the country's future as a unified state. They also see increased involvement by the United Nations as an asset. Senator Specter argued that Iraqi political leaders have had sufficient time to establish a power-shar [...]
2007-08-24 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY
07ANKARA220 TURKISH BUSINESS ECOURAGED ON GAZA PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish business officials say they had productive meetings in Israel in mid-January about their proposed development of the Erez Industrial Zone in Gaza. Israeli officials said they would start work on special tax and security arrangements for the zone, with the MOD taking t [...]
2007-02-02 06:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID PREL TU
07ANKARA2209ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2210ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2211ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA222TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS: VOLATILE BUT RESILIENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish-Israeli relations, especially over the past 15 years are perhaps best described as one academic put it: "...(C)ompare it to a late-life love affair. Two parties who have known each other for years suddenly develop a near-passionate relationship, to the astonishment of the [...]
2007-02-02 10:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR KWBG IS TU
07ANKARA2222ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2287ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-07 12:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2290ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-07 12:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2291ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-07 12:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2292ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-07 12:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2307POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF TURKISH AIRSPACE BY ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Babacan has expressed his concern over reports that Israeli warplanes may have violated Turkish airspace near the Turkey-Syria border on September 6. A full investigation is underway. According to press reports, jettisoned fuel tanks -- allegedly associated with [...]
2007-09-10 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SY IS TU
07ANKARA2308ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-11 07:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2315ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-11 13:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2336VISIT OF U/S BURNS TO TURKEY SEPTEMBER 18-20
[...] (C) Everything has changed since your January visit. A new electoral mandate for PM Erdogan; a new, activist President Gul; a victory for democracy; positive statements on US-Turkey relations and the imperative to push forward on EU accession-related reforms -- real opportunity for progress o [...]
2007-09-13 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON ENRG MARR KNNP TU
07ANKARA2348TURKEY: SYRIAN FM'S VISIT OVERSHADOWED BY AIRSPACE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Israeli jets' September 6 violation of Syrian and Turkish airspace overshadowed Syrian FM Mouallem's previously scheduled visit. Calling on Israel to provide an explanation, FM Babacan simultaneously urged all parties to show restraint for the sake of regional stabil [...]
2007-09-14 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IS LE SY TU IQ
07ANKARA2355ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-17 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2372ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-19 11:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2386ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2388ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 11:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2408ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-26 04:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2416ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-26 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2419ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2436ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2439ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2454ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-03 06:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2461ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-03 14:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2465TURKEY: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan warmly received U/S Burns on September 19 and underscored areas where Turkey is working to be a regional leader, in line with U.S. efforts, including Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),and troops in Afghanistan and Lebanon. Erdogan expressed frustr [...]
2007-10-04 10:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA2467TURKEY: U/S BURNS CONSULTATIONS WITH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns consulted with senior Turkish MFA officials on a broad array of issues during bilateral meetings in Ankara September 19. They discussed Iraq, the PKK, Iran, U.S.-Turkey bilateral relations and the impact of a Congressional Armenian genocide resoluti [...]
2007-10-04 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TU IZ IR
07ANKARA247TURKISH POLICE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
[...] (C) Per ref a, LEGATT approached the Tukish National Police (TNP) Organized Crime and Anti-Terrorism Departments on January 31 to offer the visit of a DIA CHUCKWAGON team to assist in identifying the origin of the confiscated weapons contained in ref b. TNP officials noted their appreciaton of [...]
2007-02-06 05:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA2473ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 04:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2492AGR: GOT SQUARELY FOCUSED ON OCTOBER 10
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior MFA officials informed the Ambassador that they view the October 10 mark-up on the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) in the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) as critical. They are engaged at the highest levels to prevent the resolution from passing out of committee [...]
2007-10-05 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS AM TU
07ANKARA250ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-06 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2501ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA252FORMER TURKISH PRESIDENT DEMIREL ON ARMENIA
[...] (C) Summary: Former Turkish President Demirel is worried about the "extremely negative" impact of an Armenian genocide resolution on the Turkish public and on US-Turkish relations. In a private lunch with Ambassador and Demirel advisor Mehmet Ali Bayar on February 5, the former president pre [...]
2007-02-06 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU UZ AM IZ
07ANKARA2522TURKISH MFA REACTION TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VOTE
[...] (c) Turkish MFA U/S Apakan convoked Ambassador October 11 regarding the House Foreign Affairs Committee vote on the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) the day before. He expressed great appreciation for Administration efforts against the AGR and was well aware of work by the President, Secret [...]
2007-10-11 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL US TU
07ANKARA2532TURKEY: USD(P) EDELMAN AND A/S FRIED DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USD(P) Edelman and EUR A/S Fried told MFA U/S Apakan and senior MFA officials October 13 that the Administration regrets House Foreign Affairs Committee passage of HR 106 and will continue to strongly oppose its passage by the House. They urged Turkish officials to avoid reactions [...]
2007-10-15 12:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU AR AF IZ
07ANKARA2534ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-15 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2537TURKEY: USD(P) EDELMAN AND A/S FRIED DISCUSS PKK
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Apakan and Deputy Defense Chief GEN Saygun told USD(P) Edelman and A/S Fried October 13 that Turkey is reaching the end of its patience with PKK terrorism and expects concrete US help. They noted recent unprecedented attacks, including rocket attac [...]
2007-10-15 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA2539TURKEY: USD(P) EDELMAN AND A/S FRIED DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: USD(P) Edelman and EUR A/S Fried told Deputy Chief of Defense GEN Ergin Saygun October 13 that the Administration regrets House Foreign Affairs Committee passage of HR 106 and will continue to strongly oppose its passage by the House. They urged the Turkish military to avoid react [...]
2007-10-15 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TU AR AF IZ
07ANKARA2550ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-16 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2584TURKEY: REENGAGING ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relationship with Israel has reached a new and somewhat different equilibrium. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's occasional casual use of anti-Israeli rhetoric and rapprochement with Israel's arch enemies has caused the once warm friendship to [...]
2007-10-18 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
07ANKARA2585SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (c) Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu told Ambassador October 17 that Turkey worked hard during President Assad's visit to persuade Syria to participate in the Middle East Peace conference planned for Annapolis in late November if it is invited. 2. (c) Assad and FM Mua [...]
2007-10-18 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY TU
07ANKARA2587TURKEY: INTENSIVE MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. Turkish FM Babacan embarked on the second leg of an intensive period of Middle East and regional outreach this week. His October 17-19 visit to Egypt and Lebanon follows closely on the heels of his recent tour of Syria, Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories. As a [...]
2007-10-19 08:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL IS IZ SA SY TU XF
07ANKARA260ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 12:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2622TURKEY: OFFICIALS EXTREMELY ALARMED, ON MESSAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. High-level officials from the ruling party and government bureaucracy are delivering the same anxious message: the Turkish people are on the verge of slipping beyond the government's control. Anger stoked by a series of vicious attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has r [...]
2007-10-24 09:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU
07ANKARA2634ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2635ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2636ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2640TURKEY: FM BABACAN CONTINUES REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish FM Babacan continued his intensive outreach to Middle East neighbors with trips to Egypt and Lebanon while, concurrently, Syrian President Asad and FM Mualem visited Ankara. GOT officials continue to urge the SARG to stem the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and to play [...]
2007-10-25 08:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IS IZ LE SY TU XF
07ANKARA2643ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2645ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 13:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2657ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 11:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2676ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA270ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2702WARM RECEPTION FOR FM BABACAN IN IRAN; TEPID
[...] SUMMARY. Turkish FM Babacan received a warm reception from Iranian political leaders in his first visit to Iran, October 27-28. Iran is well-positioned to understand Turkey's PKK dilemma, but Iranian leaders did not extend support for a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq. Iran an [...]
2007-11-02 09:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP PARM EFIN IR IZ TU
07ANKARA2716ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2719ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2722TURKEY: EXPECTATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT
[...] (C) We met with MFA Department Head for South Asia Devrim Ozturk to share USG expectations for the upcoming IAEA report on Iranian implementation of the work plan (ref a). Ozturk welcomed the points and promised to share them with colleagues in other departments. He said the GOT continues t [...]
2007-11-06 11:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC IR TU
07ANKARA2728TURKEY: REQUEST TO MEET WITH PLO REPRESENTATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 11:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS WB
07ANKARA2734PERES AND ABBAS TO MEET IN ANKARA
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkey will host Israeli President Peres and Palestinian Authority President Abbas for concurrent visits from November 11-13. GOT officials say they have scheduled the coinciding visits to reinforce U.S. and others' efforts prior to a possible Middle East meeting. Th [...]
2007-11-07 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
07ANKARA2736DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT ON HAMAS
[...] (U) This contains an urgent action request - please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Charge raised reftel points November 8 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay. He was accompanied by Middle East Deputy Director General Omer Onhon. Charge stressed both USG and Palestinian Authority Presid [...]
2007-11-08 09:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU
07ANKARA2741ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2749ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 13:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2751DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT ON HAMAS
[...] (S) Ambassador used the opportunity of a meeting late November 8 with Turkish FM Babacan on other subjects to urge steps by the Turkish authorities to stop the planned "International Jerusalem Meeting" planned for Istanbul and prevent HAMAS-related fundraising that may be planned there. Drawi [...]
2007-11-09 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU
07ANKARA2760DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT ON HAMAS
[...] (s) Further to ref a, Ambassador raised November 13 with Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu US objections to the "International Jerusalem Meeting" planned for Istanbul. Davotoglu indicated that President Gul had discussed this earlier in the day with Palestinian President [...]
2007-11-13 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU
07ANKARA2761ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2762TURKEY: EU PROGRESS REPORT BRINGS NO SURPRISES
[...] (C) Summary: The EU's annual progress report on Turkey, released November 6, went largely unnoticed here as the public and media remained focused on the latest PKK terrorist crisis. The GOT was pleased to see a "balanced" report, according to MFA and its EU Secretariat officials. Human righ [...]
2007-11-13 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2765ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2769PERES ENCOURAGES MODERATION, COMPROMISE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed a group of Bilkent University students and faculty on November 11, his first public event during a three-day visit to Ankara. He encouraged the students to embrace a future defined by moderation and risk-taking. Throughout his talk, Pe [...]
2007-11-14 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KMDR TU IS
07ANKARA2779ANKARA FORUM PROVIDES GOT PLATFORM FOR PERES,
[...] (SBU) In what the Turkish media has labeled a "mini-summit," President Gul hosted Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a November 13 meeting of the private sector-led, government supported Ankara Forum. Bringing together Turkish, Israeli, and Pal [...]
2007-11-15 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KMDR TU IS
07ANKARA2781GOT LAYS ANNAPOLIS MARKER WITH PERES, ABBAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the first Israeli leader ever to speak before a predominantly Muslim parliament, President Shimon Peres joined Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in addressing the Turkish Grand National Assembly on November 13. In consecutive speeches, the two leaders expressed [...]
2007-11-15 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KMDR TU IS
07ANKARA2786ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-11-16 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA279TURKEY: PAKISTANI PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S NEW
[...] (C) Pakistani President Musharraf visited Ankara February 6, meeting wit President Sezer and Prime Minister Erdogan over the course of his one-day stay. According to MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Omer Onhon, Musharraf's meetings focused solely on what Onhon described as "Pak [...]
2007-02-09 11:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PK TU
07ANKARA2805ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-11-20 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2807TURKEY: PROSECUTOR OPENS CLOSURE CASE AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey's top prosecutor filed an indictment with the Constitutional Court on November 16 to close down the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) for alleged ties to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The indictment calls for a ban against DTP participat [...]
2007-11-20 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA281ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-02-09 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2815SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush, when we promised to support effective measures to eliminate the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist threat from northern Iraq. A November 20 follow-up visit by Generals Cartwright and Pet [...]
2007-11-21 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MASS PARM IR IZ TU
07ANKARA2818ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-11-23 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2820TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL TO TRAVEL TO PAKISTAN; WILL
[...] (C) Turkish President Gul telephoned President Musharraf November 19 to request an opportunity to visit Pakistan, preferably in early December, according to MFA South Asia desk officer Ilhan Sener. Traditionally, Pakistan is one of the first foreign visits by a Turkish President, after north [...]
2007-11-23 15:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF PK TU
07ANKARA2826ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-11-26 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2835JERUSALEM MEETING UNNECESSARY DISTRACTION FROM
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: Despite repeated requests from the international community and the MFA to cancel the conference, Turkish authorities decided to allow the most recent "International Jerusalem Meeting" to occur as scheduled in Istanbul, November 15-17. Speakers advocated the use of vio [...]
2007-11-27 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU IS
07ANKARA2837TURKEY: MALATYA MURDER TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY AMID
[...] (C) Summary: The high-profile trial of seven men accused of the April murder of three Christian bookstore workers in the southeastern city of Malatya began on November 23. Five defendants face multiple life sentences for murder and terrorist acts; two others are charged with assisting in the [...]
2007-11-27 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2839ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-11-28 06:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2846ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-11-28 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2862ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-11-30 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2891ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-12-04 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2907TURKEY/IRAN: INITIAL TURKISH REACTION TO NATIONAL
[...] (C) Ambassador reviewed the NIE key judgments and reftel points with MFA Undersecretary Apakan and President/Prime Minister advisor Davutoglu on December 4. Drawing on points in reftel, Ambassador highlighted the NIE's conclusion that Iran had a nuclear weapons program and stopped it in 2003, [...]
2007-12-06 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR TU
07ANKARA2909ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-12-06 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2914TURKEY: PEACE UNIVERSITY TO DEVELOP ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) This cable contains confidential business information not intended for external distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: As President Gul prematurely announced during the recent Peres/Abbas visit to Turkey, Bilkent University Rector and philanthropist Ali Dogramaci is building a "Peace Unive [...]
2007-12-07 11:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPRELEVU EINV TU IS
07ANKARA2926ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-12-10 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2953ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2968TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: October & November 2007
[...] In the keynote speech delivered at the opening of the Turkish War Academies on Oct. 1, CHOD GEN Yasar Buyukanit underlined the theme that no power can divide Turkey, change its secular structure, or shake the Turkish nation's confidence in its military. Emphasizing the importance of the fight [...]
2007-12-14 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL YI CI AJ IZ GR KS IT UK IS CY PL
07ANKARA2973TURKEY: CURRENT THINKING ON THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Turkish officials, parliamentarians, academics, and opinion-makers following publication of the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran, reveal the following: -- While the GOT remains opposed to and very concerned about a nuclear-armed Iran, it f [...]
2007-12-16 01:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNUC OREP TU IR
07ANKARA2985ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-12-17 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA3000TURKEY: JORDANIAN KING DISCUSSES MEPP, SYRIA WITH
[...] (C) Jordanian King Abdullah's discussions with President Gul and PM Erdogan during his December 10 visit focused primarily on regional security issues, according to MFA Levant desk officer Cem Ulusoy. All three leaders expressed support for the latest round of the Middle East peace process ( [...]
2007-12-18 11:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IS JO SY
07ANKARA3014TURKEY'S TOP BUSINESS GROUP TAKES LEAD IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges (TOBB) is a leader in the Ankara Forum for Economic Cooperation between Turkey, Palestine, and Israel (refs A-C). They are developing free trade zones in Gaza and the West Bank, although they are frustrated by lack of pro [...]
2007-12-19 10:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD PREL TU IZ AF PA IS
07ANKARA3020ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-26 07:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA3045TURKEY: CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES
[...] (C) President Gul, PM Erdogan, DCHOD Saygun and DefMin Gonul all expressed satisfaction with U.S. support to Turkey against PKK terrorism. The Turkish people have a more positive view of the U.S. as a result. Codel Skelton stressed the common struggle against terrorism and U.S. understanding [...]
2007-12-28 11:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OREP AM IZ IR TU KV IS KPAL
07ANKARA3049ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-28 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA307ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-02-13 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA317ANKARA MEDIA REACTION@SDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA335ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-02-15 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA351ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-02-16 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA375ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-02-21 13:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA379TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, January 2007
[...] The Turkish Parliament ratified on January 24 the Bilateral Agreement on Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Nonproliferation Purposes (EXBS),which was originally signed on June 14, 2005. The agreement, which was ratified despite the objection of the CHP (Republican Peop [...]
2007-02-22 10:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL LE GR UP IS AJ TU
07ANKARA399ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-23 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA418ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-02-26 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA449ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-02-28 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA47ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2007-01-10 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
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