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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE 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00THEHAGUE1887 | ICJ FINDS NO JURISDICTION OVER PAKISTAN-INDIA [...] IN A JUDGMENT ISSUED ON JUNE 21, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) DECIDED THAT THE COURT LACKED JURISDICTION OVER A CLAIM BROUGHT BY PAKISTAN AGAINST INDIA ARISING OUT OF THE ALLEGED DOWNING BY INDIAN FORCES OF A PAKISTANI AIRCRAFT TRAVELING IN PAKISTANI AIRSPACE. BY A VOTE OF 14 TO 2 [...] | 2000-06-23 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IN PK ICJ |
01ABUDHABI6422 | AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM GORDON R. OLSON, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (S) POLOFF REVIEWED REFTEL POINTS ON THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN WITH MUHAMMAD ABDUL RAHIM ABDUL JALIL, MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS ON NOVEMBER 7. SHE HANDED OVER A COPY OF THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH [...] | 2001-11-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER AF PK TC |
01BEIJING10339 | PRC POSITION ON AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-15 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL PTER |
01HANOI2817 | VIETNAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE A DESIRE TO PRESERVE "TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIPS" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE LARGER THRUST OF THE GVN'S REGIONAL AND GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICY OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN TO BROADEN ITS BASE OF DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS AND TO PUT A GREATER EMPHASIS ON BUSINESS TIES. FOR EXAMPLE, V [...] | 2001-10-29 04:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD KPAL VM IZ IS PK SY TU AF LY |
01ISLAMABAD648 | UPDATE: PAN AM HIJACKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ALL FIVE PAN AM 73 HIJACKERS REMAIN INCARCERATED AT ADIALA PRISON, RAWALPINDI. A JANUARY 31 LAHORE HIGH COURT (RAWALPINDI BENCH) DEPORTATION HEARING CONSIDERED THE CASE OF HIJACKER SULIEMAN AL-TURKI ONLY. ACTION ON AL- TURKI'S DEPORTATION REMAINS PENDING AS THE LIBYAN EMBASSY [...] | 2001-02-06 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAIR PLO PK |
01PARIS11204 | FRENCH VIEWS OF AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (C) WE DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE'S OFFICE AND TO MFA AFGHAN DESK OFFICER BRUCE BOURDON ON OCTOBER 11 AND FOLLOWED-UP WITH A MEETING WITH BOURDON ON OCTOBER 12. BOURDON TOLD US THAT THE FRENCH WERE ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR EU PARTNERS REGARDING AFGHANISTAN'S P [...] | 2001-10-16 05:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FR PK PREL |
01STATE176819 | AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (C) ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT THESE ARE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD REQUEST HOST COUNTRY INPUT. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD HAS MADE A SIMIL [...] | 2001-10-11 01:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK |
01STATE176853 | AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (C) ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT THESE ARE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD REQUEST HOST COUNTRY INPUT. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD HAS MADE A SIMIL [...] | 2001-10-11 02:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK |
01VATICAN4483 | VATICAN URGES U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE VATICAN IS STRONGLY URGING U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, AT LEAST AT THE WORKING LEVEL. ACKNOWLEDGING U.S. CONCERNS, DELEGATION DEPUTY AND AMCIT MONSIGNOR FRANK DEWANE PLEDGED VATICAN WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR COMPROMISES IN THE FINAL WCAR DOCUMENT. NONETHELESS, MSGR. DEWANE TOLD POL [...] | 2001-08-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI IS CH PK XF SF VT WCAR UNHCR VTWCAR |
01VATICAN5693 | SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 ON U.S. EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. DFM NOTED THE VATICAN WAS ARRANGING A 10/28-10/29 INTERFAITH MEETING IN CAIRO OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS THAT WOULD ALSO ADDRESS 9/11 AND ITS AFTERMATH [...] | 2001-11-02 16:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK IN VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN5960 | PROGRESS OF WAR EFFORT REASSURES A WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: VATICAN CRITICISM OF THE WAR EFFORT IS NOW LESS LIKELY, ACCORDING TO THE VATICAN AFGHANISTAN DESK OFFICER, SINCE ADVANCES BY THE U.S.-LED COALITION FACILITATE A MORE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAN ANTICIPATED. THE VATICAN HOWEVER JUDGES ISLAMABAD AN UNRELI [...] | 2001-11-19 14:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AF PK IN VT |
02KATHMANDU371 | FY 02-03 SA BUREAU ESF FOR REGIONAL INITIATIVES [...] Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia, based at Embassy Kathmandu, would like to propose several projects for FY 02 and FY 03 funding via South Asia Bureau regional Economic Support Funds (ESF). While all of the proposals have an environmental dimension, they are cross- cutting, m [...] | 2002-02-15 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PGOV IN PK NP BD AF REO |
02KATHMANDU685 | DROUGHT ASSESSMENT/MITIGATION IN WESTERN S ASIA [...] In response to ref a, the Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia in Kathmandu offers the following proposal on drought assessment and mitigation for selected regions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. While we have used the format prescribed by ref c, REO would also like to submi [...] | 2002-04-05 04:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI PK IN AF XD REO |
02KUWAIT5560 | (S) TERRORIST FINANCE: INFORMATION ON NGO WITH [...] (S/NF) Per reftel request, the following information is provided regarding Kuwait-based NGO Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiya (LDI: Islamic Call Committee). The information is publicly available. Any new additional information will be provided via ORCA channels. 2. (U) Established in 1984, LD [...] | 2002-12-29 06:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PK KU PTER ETTC EFIN ECON CVIS |
03BRUSSELS5593 | A/S ROCCA CONSULTATIONS ON SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) On December 8 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with EU counterparts at the European Commission to discuss ongoing developments in South Asia (participants listed para 11). --On Afghanistan, interlocutors said at this time they could identify only euros 20 million in available Comm [...] | 2003-12-11 14:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03COLOMBO1116 | Sri Lankan MFA views on Indo-Pakistani [...] (C) During separate June 24 meetings with Charge focused on other subjects, Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo and MFA Additional Secretary for SAARC Sarala Fernando touched on current Indo-Pakistani relations within SAARC. (Note: Rodrigo is the former head of the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmand [...] | 2003-06-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CE IN PK |
03COLOMBO1343 | GSL interdicts human smuggling attempts, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the GSL has interdicted several large-scale human smuggling attempts. Those netted in the raids (over 800 people) have overwhemingly been third country nationals, mostly from India and Pakistan. This is a departure from an earlier trend involving mainly loca [...] | 2003-08-01 06:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM PTER CVIS KFRD CE PK |
03ISLAMABAD8950 | 2003 TERRORISM REPORT FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PK |
03KABUL1007 | SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH FM ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary: During his April 11 meeting with FM Abdullah, SE Khalilzad addressed both regional and domestic Afghan developments. Khalilzad suggested that the renewed activity of the Taliban and other destabilizing elements in the South might be addressed through a trilateral (U.S.-Afghan-Pak [...] | 2003-04-18 04:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK |
03KABUL1015 | SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH NDS CHIEF [...] (S/NF) Summary: SE Khalilzad met on April 11 with National Directorate of Security (NDS) Chief Engineer Aref to discuss current security conditions, his views on proposed US-Afghan-Pakistan trilateral discussions, and to review NDS reform. Aref told SE Khalilzad that Pakistan was indeed promo [...] | 2003-04-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK |
03KABUL1560 | PROPOSAL TO WORK WITH ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The USG and the World Bank are planning to hold the ministerial-level Regional Trade Initiative Conference on the margins of the IMF/WB Annual Meetings in Dubai from September 21-23, 2003. 2. (C) The interagency community is considering a proper venue to conduct a preliminary planning [...] | 2003-06-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL AF PK TU IR |
03KATHMANDU1643 | NEPAL: PAKISTAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE CAUGHT WITH [...] (SBU) On August 19, Nepalese Police arrested an administrative staff member of the Pakistani Embassy, allegedly carrying counterfeit Indian currency. The staff member was released into the Pakistani Ambassador's custody and deported over the weekend. The Pakistani Embassy denies all the cha [...] | 2003-08-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON ETTC KCRM IN PK NP XD |
03ROME244 | ITALY: DPRK; AFGHAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA OFFICIALS ASSURED CHARGE THAT THE GOI WOULD PURSUE NO INITIATIVE ON THE DPRK, INCLUDING THE IDEA OF "HUMANITARIAN" OIL SHIPMENTS, WITHOUT OUR CONCURRENCE AND COLLABORATION. CHARGE ALSO SOUGHT REACTION TO REF A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN TRADE TO AFG [...] | 2003-01-21 13:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD KN AF PK IT |
03ROME3682 | WFP READOUT ON THE USE OF BIOMETRICS FOR [...] U.S. MISSION ROME SOUGHT AND RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) REGARDING THE REGISTRATION OF REFUGEES USING BIOMETRICS. ALTHOUGH THE PAKISTAN CASE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL AS REPORTED, WFP CONSIDERS THAT SUCH A PROCEDURE MAY BE USEFUL IN THE FUTURE AND THEREFORE WOULD [...] | 2003-08-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID TZ PK WFP |
03THEHAGUE1595 | DUTCH CANDIDATE FOR EU MIDDLE EAST ENVOY [...] (U) Noting that Marcel Kurpershoek is one of two finalists to replace Angel Moratinos, we want to share our impressions and some biographic details. Kurpershoek currently is resident in Pakistan, where he serves as Dutch ambassador to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Taji [...] | 2003-06-20 12:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EU IS NL PK |
04ABUDHABI2194 | DEPUTY CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES REGIONAL SITUATION WITH UAE ARMED FORCES DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-04 10:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | IZ MARR MASS MOPS PK PREL SA TC YM |
04ABUDHABI2508 | CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, REGIONAL THREATS WITH SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | AF IZ PK PREL PTER SY TC |
04ABUDHABI3094 | UAE TO BE FEATURED IN HBO CAMEL JOCKEY EXPOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has learned from two regional NGOs that HBO television will soon broadcast a documentary alleging that UAE camel racetracks continue to use foreign children as camel jockeys, despite the UAEG's September 2002 ban forbidding this practice. The program may also highlight miser [...] | 2004-09-13 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TC PK BG |
04ABUDHABI3742 | CHILD CAMEL JOCKEY DEATH UNCOVERS MORE CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PK PREL TC |
04ABUDHABI4237 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO MEETS WITH UAE LEADERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PK PREL TC |
04ABUDHABI4418 | UAE OPENS FIRST CAMEL JOCKEY SHELTER AND REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UAEG, in cooperation with the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust Association (a Pakistani NGO),opened the region,s first shelter and rehabilitation center for rescued child camel jockeys on December 2 near Abu Dhabi. Sixteen boys are already housed in the shelter, which can hold up [...] | 2004-12-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | BG PHUM PK PREL TC |
04ABUDHABI905 | CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, SYRIA, [...] (S/NF) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid on March 17 discussed Iraq's transfer of sovereignty and potential future leadership, Pakistan's military operations against Al Qaida along the Afghan border, terrorism financing, U.S. approaches to Syria, with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Pri [...] | 2004-03-29 12:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER AF SY IZ PK TC |
04AMMAN3951 | U/S LARSON MEETING WITH PAKISTANI MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Minister Shaikh for 15 minutes on May 15 on the margins of the WEF at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Also present in the meeting were Larson visit control officer Greg Lawless and notetaker Amy Schedlbauer. 2. (SBU) Larson gave the minister a copy of the draft G-8 Plan o [...] | 2004-05-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL PK EFIN JO |
04AMMAN8073 | MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) A/DCM called on Manar Dabbas, of FM Muasher,s personal staff, September 20 to deliver points provided reftel requesting treatment in Jordan of an ailing Afghani being released from Guantanamo. Dabbas replied that, while he recognized the humanitarian dimensions of the case, the GOJ woul [...] | 2004-09-28 11:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER KAWC AF PK JO |
04ANKARA2422 | TURKEY: MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO GME POINTS, [...] (C) In an April 29 meeting, Emboff delivered reftel talking points and draft papers to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Section Chief Hasan Sekizkok. Emboff 1) reviewed GME points raised by U/S Larson and A/S Burns during their April 13 briefing, 2) solicited tangible GOT input on developin [...] | 2004-04-29 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI PREL EAID XF PK TU |
04ANKARA482 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S TURKEY VISIT CEMENTS TIES, SKIPS KEY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Musharraf's January 19-22 visit to Turkey was heavy on ceremony and warm rhetoric, but apparently skipped over key issues of cross-border terrorism and non-proliferation. The visit appeared designed to cement ties, which had become testy in 2002, and to avoid contro [...] | 2004-01-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PARM PK PREL PTER TU |
04BRUSSELS3926 | EU AFGHAN ELECTION SUPPORT MISSION PLANS VISITS TO [...] (C) Summary: The EU Democratic Election Support Mission (DESM) in Afghanistan will send small teams to Pakistan and Iran to assess out-of-country registration procedures for Afghan refugees. This is not intended as a formal diplomatic monitoring mission. The preregistration visit to Islamabad [...] | 2004-09-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AF IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4994 | A/S ROCCA DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 12 and 15 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with DG Robert Cooper of the European Council and DDG Herve Jouanjean of the European Commission to discuss the current situation and upcoming challenges in South Asia. A/S Rocca raised concerns about deteriorating p [...] | 2004-11-24 10:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04KATHMANDU1319 | NEPAL: DEPARTING INDIAN AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Moriarty on July 13, outgoing Indian Ambassador to Nepal (and future Indian Foreign Secretary) Shyam Satan stressed that a negotiated settlement with the Maoists resulting in multiparty democracy could only be achieved if there were political unity bet [...] | 2004-07-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PINR PREF BH PK NP |
04KUWAIT3547 | PAKISTAN BAN ON DRIVERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KU MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
04KUWAIT3590 | GOK REMOVES BAN ON THIRD-COUNTRY DRIVERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB IN IZ MOPS PK PREL |
04KUWAIT3683 | US MILITARY, EMBASSY MEET WITH PAKISTANIS ON DRIVER BAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ELAB ETRD IZ KU MOPS PHUM PK PREL |
04MADRID2961 | SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC 1540 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary. We delivered reftel demarch to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director Genral of UN Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga, Special Assistant to the Director General of the Coordination Unit for Spain's Participation in the UNSC, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares and Yt [...] | 2004-08-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PK SP UNSC |
04MADRID3073 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER [...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee (HASC),and delegation, to visit Spain from August 24-25, 2004 for an overnight stop at Rota Naval Base. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is Econ Officer Richard C. Mer [...] | 2004-08-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO PK AF IZ BA DJ EG SP |
04NEWDELHI6998 | JASWANT IN THE WILDERNESS [...] (C) Summary: In a warm and constructive November 1 discussion with the Ambassador, Parliamentary Opposition Leader Jaswant Singh reaffirmed his commitment to the US-India relationship, remarking that "I have paid a political price for my support of better relations" between New Delhi and Washi [...] | 2004-11-02 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PK IZ IN |
04NEWDELHI7251 | INDIA PLEASED ON INDO-PAK TIES, BUT "DOESN'T [...] (C) Summary: India remains upbeat on relations with Pakistan as the pair look toward Round Two of the Composite Dialogue (CD) beginning in late November and extending through early 2005, but is seeking to dampen expectations for breakthroughs on tough bilateral issues such as Kashmir. The de [...] | 2004-11-16 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG IN PK INDO PAK |
04NEWDELHI7395 | ONE YEAR INTO THE INDO-PAK CEASE-FIRE: OPEN-ENDED [...] (C) Summary: As India and Pakistan mark the one year anniversary of their Line of Control (LOC) cease-fire in Kashmir, more Indian troop redeployments and other Indo-Pak progress are "only natural" if cross-border terrorism and infiltration by Pakistan remain low, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakista [...] | 2004-11-19 14:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG IN PK IR INDO PAK |
04NEWDELHI7424 | GOI DOCUMENT: INDO-PAK PROPOSALS WHERE INDIA [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...] | 2004-11-22 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD IN PK INDO PAK |
04NEWDELHI7425 | GOI DOCUMENT: RECENT INITIATIVES IN INDO-PAK [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...] | 2004-11-22 13:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD IN PK INDO PAK GOI |
04NEWDELHI7426 | INDIA SAYS SAFTA ON CRUISE CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is heading into the January SAARC Summit in Dhaka upbeat about having maintained an ambitious SAFTA (South Asia Free Trade Area) negotiating schedule that aims to have a document ready for member ratification by mid 2005. This optimism has prevailed despite apprehension i [...] | 2004-11-22 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD PK BG IN GOI |
04NEWDELHI7427 | GOI DOCUMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...] | 2004-11-22 13:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KNNP MOPS IN PK GOI INDO PAK |
04NEWDELHI7494 | INDIA WELCOMES AZIZ, FIRST PAKISTANI PM VISIT IN [...] (C) Summary: India received Shaukat Aziz warmly and at the highest levels, on the first visit of a Pakistani PM to New Delhi since 1991. The GOI went out of its way to project a welcoming message, because of the importance it places on reconciliation with Islamabad and because it sees Aziz as [...] | 2004-11-24 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PK IN INDO PAK |
04NEWDELHI7512 | SENATOR BAYH'S MEETINGS IN NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: In a series of senior level GOI meetings on November 23-24 during a private visit to India, Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) heard a strong Indian commitment to move ahead with our bilateral partnership, coupled with concern about the potential disruptive effect of US F-16 sales to [...] | 2004-11-29 05:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP KIPR MASS IN PK IR |
04NEWDELHI7571 | BJP ASSAILS CONGRESS OVER PAKISTAN F-16 SALES [...] (U) In its recent national meeting in Ranchi, Jharkhand, the BJP National Executive for the first time attacked the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's foreign policy, assailing in particular the Congress' mismanagement of the Pakistan F-16's issue. In its November 29 "Resolution on Some [...] | 2004-11-30 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS IN PK INDO PAK |
04NEWDELHI7673 | INDIAN JOURNALISTS RAVE ABOUT VISIT TO PAKISTANI KASHMIR [...] (C) Summary: Participants returning from a November 19-December 1 trip by 26 Indian journalists to Pakistan have reported overwhelming popular support in Pakistani Kashmir for opening the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Road. The media representatives were generally surprised by what they saw, and not [...] | 2004-12-03 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK |
04NEWDELHI7703 | INDO-PAK TRACK II EXCHANGES STRONG, MARRED ONLY BY DISAGREEMENT ON KASHMIR [...] (C) Summary: As India and Pakistan move into Round II of their Composite Dialogue (CD),people-to-people exchanges continue at an accelerating pace, building goodwill, expanding non-official ties, and keeping up a positive atmosphere for formal talks. The recent visit by Pakistani Punjab Chi [...] | 2004-12-06 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN PK INDO PAK |
04NEWDELHI7735 | DIXIT REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO INDO-PAK RAPPROCHEMENT; CAUTIOUS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Meeting December 7 with the Ambassador, Indian NSA Dixit offered a guardedly optimistic assessment of the Indo-Pak peace process, reaffirming the PM's commitment to ""innovative solutions"" but also cautioning that there will be no territorial concessions by India. ""Short of that [...] | 2004-12-08 07:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK IZ INDO PAK |
04NEWDELHI7755 | PROPOSED BUS SERVICE STALLED BY DOCUMENT DISPUTE; RAIL LINK MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: The December 7-8 talks in New Delhi on beginning a bus service between the two parts of Kashmir made no progress after the governments failed to break the impasse over documentation and modalities for crossing the LOC. Each side offered what they termed compromise solutions, but [...] | 2004-12-08 13:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECPS IN PK INDO PAK |
04NEWDELHI8192 | MEA STATEMENTS AND BRIEFINGS: MALAYSIA, SLOVAKIA, [...] Summary: This is another of our periodic messages summarizing public statements by MEA Spokesman Navtej Sarna and other MEA officials. Here we report Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi's and Slovak President Gasparovic's visits to India, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's trip to South Korea and [...] | 2004-12-28 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP TSPA MY LO KS PK BG BM CE NP IN GOI |
04PARIS9154 | U.S. EMBASSY DEMARCHE TO THE FRENCH CONCERNING POSSIBLE PROLIFERATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES BETWEEN INDIA'S DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (DRDO) AND THE FRENCH FIRM SAGEM [...] (S) On 12 December 2004, EST officer Alexander Tounger delivered a demarche and provided a non-paper to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the planned visit in m [...] | 2004-12-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE |
04PRAGUE1870 | CZECH MFA SOLICITS US OPINION ON POTENTIAL SALE OF [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 7 2. (C) As foreshadowed in Reftel A, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is, for the second time this year, soliciting US opinion on the possible sale of a Czech-produced passive radar system to Pakistan. 3. (C) As in the previous case, dealt with [...] | 2004-12-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PINR EZ PK |
04SANAA680 | 3/20/04 ABIZAID MEETING WITH SALEH: CT OPS IN [...] (C) Summary. During his 3/20/04 visit to Sanaa, GEN Abizaid, accompanied by Ambassador and senior staff, called on President Saleh. Saleh asked about ongoing Pakistani CT operations in Waziristan. He asserted that good intelligence and money to spread around were more effective in tribal re [...] | 2004-03-24 08:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER EAID IZ AF PK YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA956 | GMEI: SUPPORT COMBINED WITH ADVICE FROM DFM NOMAN [...] (c) Summary: On 4/21, Pol/Econ Chief delivered talking points (ref b) and GMEI paper package (ref c) to DFM Noman. While pledging to support the reforms, Noman's initial reaction included a reminder that the USG's credibility vis a vis reform is being adversely impacted by the Administration's [...] | 2004-04-27 05:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI PREL EAID XF PK YM |
04THEHAGUE2124 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHAN ELECTIONS: DUTCH PREPARED TO [...] Poloff delivered ref A and B messages August 23 to Wilfred Mohr, Head of the Dutch MFA's South Asia Division. With regard to ref A request that the Dutch approach Iran on out of country registration and voting, Mohr acknowledged that the Government of Iran "needs to do more." He revealed that [...] | 2004-08-25 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PK AF IR NL |
04THEHAGUE2303 | DUTCH RESPONSE: AFGHAN OOC VOTING AND G-8 AFGHAN [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Wilfred Mohr, Head of South Asia Division, on September 13 to inquire about Dutch/EU plans for monitoring out of country registration and voting in Iran and Pakistan (ref A). Mohr responded that the EU expected to involve its embassies in the process, but had not yet estab [...] | 2004-09-13 12:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AF NL EAID MOPS MARR NATO NAC |
04THEHAGUE2490 | DUTCH PROVIDE READOUT OF BILATERAL MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Both the Dutch and Pakistanis are pleased with the September 26-27 visit of President Musharraf in The Hague. The bilateral visit included an audience with the Queen, meetings with parliamentarians and business executives, and a discussion with the local Pakistani community. T [...] | 2004-09-30 07:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PK NL |
04VATICAN1968 | U/S BOLTON PREVIEWS SEA ISLAND NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Under Secretary Bolton previewed Sea Island G-8 Summit non-proliferation initiatives for Holy See Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo May 17, emphasizing the President's desire to ensure that efforts to address WMD threats were a priority for G-8 nations. Bolton highlighted progress in imple [...] | 2004-05-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR LY IN PK IS VT |
05ABUDHABI2090 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and Ambassador met May 8 to review developments in Iraq and U.S.-UAE relations. At our urging, the UAE issued a statement May 9 welcoming the newly formed Iraqi government. HbZ agreed th [...] | 2005-05-10 09:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CJAN KNNP PK GZ IZ WEU TC |
05ABUDHABI2158 | SUBJECT: UAE UPSET OVER PUBLICITY OF COOPERATION WITH U.S. MILITARY IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-14 09:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PTER TC |
05ABUDHABI2178 | MBZ ON IRAQ, IRAN, PAKISTAN [...] (U) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed,s weekly Sunday "VIP Majlis" provided an excellent opportunity for a visiting National Defense University delegation to observe first-hand the UAEG,s informal consultative process. MbZ, brothers MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan and Interior [...] | 2005-05-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MASS PHUM ELAB IR IZ XF SA PK FR TC |
05ABUDHABI2559 | PAKISTAN'S MUSHARRAF ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf paid his first official visit to the UAE since President Khalifa succeeded the late Sheikh Zayed last November. During the June 4-5 visit, the two leaders discussed the war on terror, Pakistan's internal political stability, Pakistan's ties wit [...] | 2005-06-08 10:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON PK TC |
05ABUDHABI2975 | CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL SMITH VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Smith met July 2 with UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed Al Kaabi and UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Staff Pilot Major General Khaled Al Buainnan. Smith briefed Al Kaabi on international troop deploym [...] | 2005-07-05 03:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MASS AF IZ IR PK SA TC |
05ABUDHABI3244 | GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Abizaid praised the UAEG for its steadfast determination to wage a public campaign against extremist i [...] | 2005-07-25 07:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC |
05ABUDHABI4045 | MBZ ON IRAQ, EXTREMISM, PALESTINIANS, SAUDIS [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) told Ambassador and a visiting delegation led by retired U.S. four-star generals over dinner September 20 that he expected the Iraqi people would approve a new Constitution on October 15. MbZ reiterated his support for former [...] | 2005-09-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ IR SA SY PK TC |
05ABUDHABI4103 | OFAC DISCUSSES WMD, TERFIN WITH UAEG, BANKS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-28 08:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN PTER EFIN SNAR PK KN IR TC |
05ABUDHABI4227 | SUBJECT: UAE PROMISES CONTINUED COOPERATION ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION [...] (S) Summary: On October 1-2, 2005, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, National Security Director for Counterproliferation Strategy David Stephens, and T Senior Advisor Patricia McNerney met with UAE officials to discuss the issue of Iran,s nuclear progr [...] | 2005-10-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM IR PK TC SY NK |
05ABUDHABI4283 | UAE RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SIGNIFICANT [...] (U) Summary: With Pakistanis being the second largest ethnic group in the UAE, the impact from, and the response to, the earthquake disaster in Pakistan has been both immediate and significant. President Khalifa approved the disbursement of USD 100 million to Pakistan to provide immediate rel [...] | 2005-10-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID PK TC |
05ABUDHABI4741 | ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: UAEG and Abu Dhabi government interlocutors told Secretary Bodman during his November 11-13 visit that the UAE is committed to expanding crude oil production (including condensates) to 4 mb/d over the next seven to ten years, with 200,000 b/d coming on line in early 2006. The UAE [...] | 2005-11-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PK AF SA IR IZ |
05ABUDHABI4979 | RIGHTS ACTIVIST ALLEGES CAMEL JOCKEYS TRAIN AT [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney alleges that underage camel jockeys continue to train after dark in several camel racetracks in at least three of the country's seven emirates. Burney, who plans to be in Washington to meet with G/TIP later this month, told us that he [...] | 2005-12-12 04:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PREL PK AE |
05ABUDHABI510 | U/S BOLTON VISITS UAE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton met with UAE officials on January 31 to discuss the status of Iran,s nuclear weapons programs and to present future options for addressing the threat on the UAE,s doorstep, including referral to the [...] | 2005-02-05 02:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ETTC IR IZ KNNP PARM PK TC |
05AMMAN4597 | BMENA CONFERENCE: A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment Conference in Amman on May 18, Pakistan's Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar told Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne that her government was pleased to be part of the BMENA process and was committed to broa [...] | 2005-06-09 05:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID KMPI PREL ECON JO PK |
05AMMAN8431 | JORDAN: EARTHQUAKE RELIEF DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff met October 25 with Ambassador Mohammed Siraj, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, to discuss reftel appeal for contributions to the international effort to provide earthquake relief and rehabilitation to Pakistan. Siraj said that he would inform the Jordanian [...] | 2005-10-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL JO PK |
05ANKARA3843 | APPROACHING TURKEY ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF F-16 [...] (C) Charge raised the issue of Turkey transferring F-16 aircraft to Pakistan (reftel) with Minister of Defense Vecdi Gonul during their initial meeting on June 30. Gonul thought the prospect was a good opportunity, noting the need to be supportive of Pakistan in general. 2. (C) PolMilCouns [...] | 2005-07-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS TU PK |
05ANKARA4661 | TURKEY WILLING TO TRANSFER F-16S TO PAKISTAN, FOR [...] (C) This is an action request. MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen informed us on Aug. 9 that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) is willing to provide to Pakistan some F-16 Block 30s that will not be included in Turkey's F-16 modernization program. He added, however, that T [...] | 2005-08-10 04:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS TU PK |
05ANKARA4944 | THIRD PARTY TRANSFER REQUEST: TRANSFER OF [...] (C) This is an action request. Post received on Aug. 18 a diplomatic note requesting initiation of USG procedures to consider approval of the transfer of 500 US-origin sonobuoys (250 AN-SSQ-41B type, 150 AN/SSQ-62B type, and 100 AN-SSQ-77A type) from the Turkish Navy to the Pakistani Naval Com [...] | 2005-08-24 10:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL TU PK |
05ANKARA5164 | TURKEY PROVIDES THE STAGE FOR HISTORIC [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul was the scene of historic August 31 - September 1 meetings between Israel FM Shalom and Pakistani FM Kasuri. The Pakistanis contacted Turkish PM Erdogan for help in setting up the meeting; the Turks had no role in its political substance. The GOI appreciates Turkey's [...] | 2005-09-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS PK |
05ANKARA5504 | TURKEY FINE WITH F-16 REQUEST WITHDRAWAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PK TU |
05ANKARA6447 | TURKEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) The ongoing suffering in Pakistan struck a deep chord in Turkey, leading to a broad outpouring of public interest and support for contributing to the earthquake relief effort, epitomized by Prime Minister Erdogan's October 20 visit to the affected area, during which he pledged $150 mill [...] | 2005-10-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PK |
05ANKARA6449 | TURKEY CONSIDERING SUPPORTING PAK MI-17 HELICOPTER [...] (C/rel NATO) PolMilCouns raised Pakistan's urgent need for MI-17 parts with MFA NATO Affairs Deputy Director General Fatih Ceylan on Oct. 26. Noting that Turkey was doing its utmost to assist Pakistan in this time of need, Ceylan promised a prompt response. Turkey would do what it could, he [...] | 2005-10-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS PK TU NATO |
05ANKARA6557 | TURKEY COMMITTED TO ASSISTING PAKISTAN BUT [...] (SBU) On November 2, MFA officer Sebnem Incesu reiterated Turkey's commitment to assisting Pakistan. As noted in ref B, Turkey's initial pledge of USD 150 million led the list of international donors in terms of dollar amount. Incesu stated that a final decision regarding what additional ass [...] | 2005-11-02 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM TU PK |
05ANKARA6669 | TURKEY UNABLE TO PROVIDE PARTS FOR PAKISTANI MI-17 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-10 16:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS TU PK NATO |
05ATHENS2898 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GREEK ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on Greek Assistance to Pakistan earthquake relief and rehabilitation on November 3, 2005 to Deputy Foreign Minister Evripidis Stylianidis. 2. (U) Mr. Stylianidis replied in a letter dated November 4, 2005. Text of letter: Dear Mr. Ambassador, [...] | 2005-11-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL GR |
05BAGHDAD4386 | IRAQI CONTRIBUTION TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) The Iraqi Ministry of Defense has offered to send an Iraqi Army engineering company of approximately 140 men to Pakistan to assist in earthquake relief (reftel). A letter was passed to the Iraqi MFA for formal transmission to the government of Pakistan, that must then decide whether or [...] | 2005-10-25 11:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL MOPS PK IZ |
05BRUSSELS883 | A/S DEWEY BILAT WITH AFGHAN DELEGATION [...] (U) Summary. On February 15, PRM Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey held a bilateral meeting with the Afghan delegation to the EU-UNHCR co-chaired Strategic Consultations on Refugees and Population Movements to and from Afghanistan (septel). A/S Dewey sought Refugee Minister Dadfar,s views on progr [...] | 2005-03-04 09:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID AF PK USEU BRUSSELS |
05CAIRO8163 | EGYPT'S SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] Egypt responded immediately to Pakistan's humanitarian crisis following the earthquake and has already donated 45 tons of relief supplies, including tents, blankets, food and medicine. The Ministry of Defense used three of its own C-130s and two U.S. Navy C-130s to transport the supplies. [...] | 2005-10-24 13:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PK PHUM PREL EG |
05CAIRO8424 | APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL EG |
05CAIRO8496 | EGYPT TO PROVIDE MI-17 PARTS TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Following the Ambassador's conversation with DefMin Tantawi (Ref A) requesting that Egypt provide parts for the MI-17 helicopters supporting Pakistan's earthquake relief effort, the Ministry of Defense advised Post on November 6 that it will provide some or all of 15 of the 23 items reque [...] | 2005-11-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PHUM PK EG |
05CAIRO8595 | EGYPT DONATES MI-171 PARTS TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PK EG |
05CANBERRA884 | GOA COUNTERTERRORISM UPDATE: RELEASE OF CT BUDGET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia augmented its counterterrorism efforts in the Asia-Pacific region with its recent announcement of a four-year, A$40.3 million (USD$30.6 million) regional counterterrorism package and with progress on a counterterrorism memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pakistan. [...] | 2005-05-24 07:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PK AS XC |
05DHAKA503 | BDG ANGRY REACTION TO SAARC POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) BDG cabinet members, opposition and civil society expressed anger with India over the SAARC cancellation announced February 2. Cabinet members told ambassador that Delhi made the announcement without giving Dhaka prior notification and after telling them earlier in the day that the conference [...] | 2005-02-03 04:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BG IN PK NP SAARC |
05DHAKA6292 | SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL ENERGY MEETING, DHAKA, [...] THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE USAID SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ENERGY (SARI/ENERGY) WAS HELD IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH ON DECEMBER 6-7, 2005. THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING WAS REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY THROUGH TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ACCESS. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY 115 PERSONS FROM THE PRIVATE AN [...] | 2005-12-21 03:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG US IN NP CE PK AF TH |
05DUBLIN1359 | IRELAND CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL PAKISTAN PLEDGES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 15:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1564 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-30 10:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN PREL EFIN ETTC PK PTER EI |
05DUSHANBE1733 | TAJIKISTAN AND USCENTCOM COOPERATE TO DELIVER DISASTER [...] (U) With airlift support by the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Air Force, the Government of Tajikistan shipped 25 tons of humanitarian assistance to Pakistan via separate sorties on October 20 and 22. The Tajik contribution included food, medicine, blankets, and clothes. At the request of [...] | 2005-10-26 09:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID MOPS PK TI |
05GENEVA2655 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #8: MEETING ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides a readout of an October 7 meeting in Geneva on the situation of Afghan refugees in Iraq and Pakistan. The meeting occurred, and the cable was drafted, before the October earthquake in Kashmir. At this time, it is still unclear what ramifications, if any, th [...] | 2005-11-01 14:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID AF PK IR UNHCR |
05GENEVA2731 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE LEAVES AN UNCLEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten days after the 26 October UN ministerial conference on aid for Pakistan's earthquake victims, there is still a dramatic under-funding of UN agencies and other partners in the UN Flash Appeal. While the conference netted $579 million in additional pledges, raising the total am [...] | 2005-11-09 06:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
05HELSINKI1186 | FINLAND INCREASES ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTANI [...] (U) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA officials noted that they would increase their Pakistan earthquake relief assistance by another EUR 4M (approximately USD 4.4M). This increase--pending Parliament approval--would bring Finland's total official contribution to over EUR 9M (or approxima [...] | 2005-11-10 08:48:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL FI |
05ISLAMABAD15208 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THEY NEED [...] (c) Summary and Comment: The scale of devastation from yesterday's earthquake is becoming increasingly clear as information comes in from remote, outlying provinces. The Government now estimates that the number of fatalities could range between 32,000 and 40,000 -- and possibly more. Villag [...] | 2005-10-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD15254 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE - WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S NEXT [...] Summary and introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) says that it has confirmed 19,136 deaths and 42,397 injuries from the October 8 earthquake; both figures will climb as rescue/recovery efforts continue. The GOP has centralized disaster relief coordination in the Prime Minister's of [...] | 2005-10-11 02:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV ASEC PA |
05ISLAMABAD15278 | TFPK01: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE -- DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) now has a firmer grasp on managing relief efforts, but still faces coordination problems between its civilian and military leaders. The Prime Minister's coordination center is considering a USG proposal to have embassy liaison [...] | 2005-10-12 02:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PK PREL PAS |
05ISLAMABAD15286 | TFPK01: POLITICAL PARTIES AND MILITANT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's political parties are mobilizing their own relief/recovery operations for victims of the South Asian earthquake. All have promised to send funds, supplies, and teams to the affected areas and several are setting-up independent relief camps. In addition, Kashmiri mil [...] | 2005-10-12 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK |
05ISLAMABAD15316 | TFPK01 - PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Relief supplies and assistance teams are beginning to reach affected areas even as transportation remains a serious on-going problem. There is great concern that deteriorating weather conditions -- snow has already begun falling in parts of Kashmir -- may exace [...] | 2005-10-12 16:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15463 | POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: The GOP and the Pakistan military have faced substantial media and public criticism, much of it unjustified, for their perceived ineffectiveness in earthquake response. Musharraf's public address on October 12, a damage control exercise, was overshadowed by continued media images [...] | 2005-10-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID MASS PK |
05ISLAMABAD15513 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Relief efforts in Pakistan are pushing forward, as the government begins to implement a coherent Concept of Operations for managing its response to the crisis. The U.S. has received diplomatic clearance to double its milair relief flights into Islamabad, and a [...] | 2005-10-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK MASS PARM AEMR ASEC PGOV AADP CASC AID |
05ISLAMABAD15518 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: SURVEY TRIP TO MUZZAFARABAD [...] Summary: A USG survey team consisting of personnel from State, USAID, and DOD visited Muzzafarabad and surrounding areas of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) from October 11-13. During the visit, the team met with officials from the local and AJK government, the Pakistani military, and relief workers [...] | 2005-10-15 08:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15522 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary and introduction: One week after the October 8 South Asian earthquake, public and private relief operations on the ground are pushing forward. The Government of Pakistan's (GOP) strategic concept of operations for the relief campaign, however, continues to evolve, with the Army' [...] | 2005-10-16 05:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15531 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UNHCR PLANS FOR CAMPS AND [...] The October 8, 2005 magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Pakistan left an estimated 3.3 million people without shelter (UN Office of Humanitarian Coordinator, October 15). Providing temporary shelter from them remains a top priority of the international assistance effort and the government of Pakist [...] | 2005-10-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID MASS PARM PGOV PK PREL AID UN |
05ISLAMABAD15550 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MFA EMPHASIZES URGENT NEED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 15, Foreign Secretary Muhammed Riaz Khan, in a meeting with Ambassador Crocker, explained the GOP,s highest near term priority was obtaining winterized tents and blankets for the three million people needing shelter in the affected areas, and he requested U.S. assi [...] | 2005-10-17 02:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD MASS PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15555 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] From October 13 to 15, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad. The USAID/DART,s assessments confirmed that winterized tents are the priority in earthquake affected areas. The health cluster estimates that 67,000 persons are in need of imme [...] | 2005-10-17 08:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID ECON KMDR KPAO MASS OIIP OPRC PGOV PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15677 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONLY MINOR MISSTEPS IN [...] (U) In the days since a violent 7.6 earthquake rocked northern Pakistan at 0853 October 8th, the Pakistan military has responded to the national crisis with valor and dedication. Army helicopters were in the air less than two hours after the quake struck, flying reconnaissance missions over [...] | 2005-10-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PK MASS AEMR PREF ASEC PGOV EAID |
05ISLAMABAD15728 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Eleven days into Pakistan's earthquake disaster, substantial U.S. assistance continue to encourage the Pakistani public and give confidence to the government that it has strong international backing as it confronts the worst catastrophe in its history. Over the next several days, a U.S. [...] | 2005-10-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PK PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD15730 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that there are 100,000 to 250,000 people who are not receiving relief in remote areas. UNICEF will be assessing these un-accessed areas. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) requested that the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) establish camps [...] | 2005-10-20 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15731 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AN OPEN DOOR TO KASHMIR? [...] (C) Summary: During an October 18 press conference, President Musharraf sent out a trial balloon on Kashmir, announcing that Pakistan would allow Kashmiri civilians--including Kashmiri politicians--from across the LOC to come to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to meet relatives and assist in rec [...] | 2005-10-20 01:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV IN |
05ISLAMABAD15736 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PUBLIC REACTION TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: Public criticism of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) relief operations continues. Media images of angry survivors still waiting for adequate relief, coupled with often-inaccurate and inflamatory editorials are fueling this resentment. Opposition parties have seized on this c [...] | 2005-10-20 05:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15766 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The Government of Pakistan (GOP) estimates that the earthquake killed 41,121 people and injured 67,634 others, and these numbers are likely to increase. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the GOP has made a credible effort to respond to the earthquake given [...] | 2005-10-20 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15769 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ISLAMIST AND EXTREMIST [...] (S) Summary: Islamist parties, clergy, and militant/extremist groups are using the Kashmir earthquake to strengthen their public image in affected areas...and to raise money. Member parties of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) are engaged in independent relief efforts through their charitable [...] | 2005-10-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PTER PK |
05ISLAMABAD15856 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: TRANSPORTING TENTS FROM [...] With snow already falling on some areas affected by the October 8 earthquake, getting winterized tents or other forms of shelter to those whose homes were destroyed is quickly emerging as a critical element of relief efforts. Given the magnitude of the crisis -- the current estimate is three [...] | 2005-10-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAID PK PREF PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD15860 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On October 21, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 62,000 tents were delivered to Pakistan by the international community and 50,000 tents have been delivered by the Government of Pakistan (GOP). IOM further stated that there are currently 194,000 tents available [...] | 2005-10-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15862 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KARZAI TO MAKE CONDOLENCE [...] (C) On October 21, the Afghan Embassy confirmed to post that AfghQsident Karzai plans to make a short condolence visit to Pakistan on Monday, October 24. According to Afghan Ambassador Tarzi, President Karzai will call on President Musharraff and PM Aziz, followed by a press event. The Paki [...] | 2005-10-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK PGOV AF |
05ISLAMABAD15950 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THE U.S. MUST ACCOMPLISH IN GENEVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREF PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15959 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KASHMIRI GOVERNMENT VIEWED AS [...] (C) Summary: The autonomous Government of Azad Jammu Kashmir (GAJK) has played virtually no role in earthquake relief. Its bureaucracy was devastated along with the capital of Muzzafarabad, while its political leadership (most of which was in Islamabad at the time of the earthquake) has been [...] | 2005-10-24 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16005 | KARZAI CONDOLENCE VISIT TO PAKISTAN OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a brief visit to Pakistan October 24 to express condolences and support for Pakistan in the aftermath of the October 8 earthquake. Afghan Ambassador Tarzi told us that from his perspective, the visit went very well. Karzai first met with Musharraf who e [...] | 2005-10-25 01:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON MASS PREL AF PK |
05ISLAMABAD16024 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...] | 2005-10-25 09:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16025 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...] | 2005-10-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16051 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MBS GEARING UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the detailed needs assessment is just beginning, multilateral development banks (MDBs) are trying to come up with funds to support reconstruction needs following Pakistan's October 8 earthquake. The World Bank board will vote October 25 on a $200 million package of e [...] | 2005-10-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PREF PK |
05ISLAMABAD16063 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) On October 25, Ambassador received USN VADM Stufflebeam, commander of the NATO team visiting Islamabad to coordinate NATO's earthquake relief deployment to Pakistan. VADM Stufflebeam told Ambassador that he would only be on the ground in Pakistan for the time necessary to conduct a Comma [...] | 2005-10-26 02:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK MASS PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC NATO UN |
05ISLAMABAD16073 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 22 to 23, a team of three Foreign Service nationals from USAID/Pakistan conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad and several villages that were affected by the earthquake. The team visited Muzaffarabad city, Shaeed Gali, Hasan Gali, Jabbi Haider Shah, Lamian Battian, and Gari Hab [...] | 2005-10-26 11:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16138 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...] | 2005-10-28 01:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16139 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...] | 2005-10-28 01:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16140 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PARTS SHORTAGE MAY SOON [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Since October 8, Pakistan's Army Aviation has kept its fleet of heavy-lift MI-17 helicopters in the air flying daily sorties transporting relief supplies to areas devastated the South Asian earthquake. To accomplish this dramatic shift in its mission, reourcef [...] | 2005-10-28 01:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD16190 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission staff with direct interaction with the UN's earthquake relief effort - from the team leader for USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to emboffs attending UN sectoral cluster groups -- characterize the UN response thus far as "a day late and a dollar short," wit [...] | 2005-10-31 01:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
05ISLAMABAD16220 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is increasingly open to non-tent shelter alternatives. In Muzaffarabad, the U.N. Children,s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that it has met 80 to 90 percent of SPHERE standards for water. The GOP h [...] | 2005-10-31 04:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16473 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF [...] (C) The isolation of many areas impacted by the October 8 earthquake has long afforded Islamist politicians and conservative religious clerics an uncritical audience for their at times extremist worldviews, in which America (or the West) as enemy of Islam featured prominently. Anecdotal evide [...] | 2005-11-04 02:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK PAS |
05ISLAMABAD16474 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 30 to 31, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) Economic and Livelihoods Advisor (ELO),Program Officer (PO),Water and Sanitation Officer (WSO),Shelter and Settlements Advisor (SSA),Earthquake Expert (EE),Military Liaison Officer (MLO),Field Officer (FO),[...] | 2005-11-04 02:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16480 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE: WHERE WE ARE AND [...] (U) Summary. As we approach the one-month anniversary of the earthquake, post offers this overview of relief efforts to date and an assessment of key priorities for the future. The earthquake itself caused much more damage and loss of life than initially estimated, but the Pakistani and inte [...] | 2005-11-04 15:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR MASS PNAT PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16553 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...] | 2005-11-07 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC |
05ISLAMABAD16577 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...] | 2005-11-08 08:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC |
05ISLAMABAD16641 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PROTECTION SECTOR REPORT [...] Due to the enormity and complexity of this emergency and the major focus on providing shelter to villages in the mountains, it has been extremely difficult to monitor relief distributions in order to ensure that vulnerable populations, including those without effective male protection, are id [...] | 2005-11-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16643 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF [...] As of November 2, approximately 981,800 affected beneficiaries in Pakistan are receiving food aid. This is 98% of the 1 million caseload identified by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP). WFP's recent assessment estimates more than 2.3 million people are in need of food aid. Various non-gove [...] | 2005-11-09 06:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC EAGR PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16741 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: FIELD VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] From November 2 through 9, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb visited Pakistan to work with USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on developing programming and staffing plans for next approximately 150 days of the earthquake emerg [...] | 2005-11-10 09:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16819 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On November 5, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb, accompanied by the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART),traveled to earthquake-affected areas. The group met with implementing partners and members of the Government of Pakistan [...] | 2005-11-12 07:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16827 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: THE ROLE OF NGOS IN THE [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) subscribes to the overall Government of Pakistan (GOP) Federal Relief Commission (FRC) strategy that primary focus at this stage in the relief effort should be placed on providing in-situ shelter and food security support for earthquake-affec [...] | 2005-11-14 02:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16834 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] On November 6, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) met with representatives of all seven implementing partners in Pakistan. On November 7, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb and USAID/DART staff met with Kevin Kennedy, the ne [...] | 2005-11-14 04:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16837 | CRITICAL NON-FOOD RELIEF SUPPLIES: WHAT IS STILL [...] DART staff has reviewed documents from the Government of Pakistan Federal Relief Commission (FRC),information from various UN reports, and input from a number of NGO implementing partners, in order to evaluate current requirements and available supplies for a number of critical non-food items [...] | 2005-11-14 10:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV PK |
05ISLAMABAD16850 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KAGHAN AND ALLAI VALLEYS [...] Summary: A team from the Embassy's Forward Operating Base in Mansehra (Officer-in-Charge (OIC),USAID/DART Field Officer, U.S. Military Liaison Officer) and representatives of five USAID-funded NGOs visited the Northern Kaghan and Allai Valleys on November 9. In both areas, Pakistan military [...] | 2005-11-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS MOPS ECON PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16875 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AREAS IN MANSEHRA DISTRICT [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Forward Operating Base - Mansehra Officer-in-Charge (OIC) and Emboff accompanied NWFP Parliament minority leader on a November 7 tour of Mansehra tehsil. During the visit, it became clear that relief was not reaching several areas damaged by the October 8 earthquake. R [...] | 2005-11-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ASEC AEMR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16881 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART WATER AND [...] From October 19 through November 13, a water and sanitation officer (WSO) was deployed to Pakistan as part of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). Through numerous trips through affected areas; assessments, and interviews with representatives of non-governmental organizations [...] | 2005-11-15 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17267 | SUCCESSFUL DONOR CONFERENCE GIVES MAJOR BOOST [...] (SBU) summary and comment. The Musharraf Government is basking in the glow of a successful November 19 donor reconstruction conference that raised $6.0 billion (GOP's current internal figure, as of November 21 evening) in pledges for earthquake reconstruction, comfortably in excess of both t [...] | 2005-11-21 21:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PK PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD17311 | SIX WEEKS AFTER PAKISTAN'S EARTHQUAKE: ASSESSING [...] With few exceptions, UN agencies were inadequate to the task in the weeks immediately following Pakistan's earthquake. In some cases they remain so. Certainly the challenges have been great, involving overwhelming needs, difficult terrain, multiple donors and the need to work closely with [...] | 2005-11-22 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PK AORC UN |
05ISLAMABAD17384 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: THE SITUATION IN KOHISTAN [...] Summary: Southern Kohistan fared somewhat better than neighboring provinces during the October 8 earthquake with only two subdistricts affected and comparatively less damage. In terms of assistance, however, the 50-55% of the affected areas, population left homeless have fared far worse. Onl [...] | 2005-11-25 08:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17421 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] With the onset of winter, some Pakistanis living at higher elevations are beginning to relocate temporarily to lower elevations. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has received reports, however, of people moving not just from the mountains to camps at lower elevations, but als [...] | 2005-11-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17426 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART ECONOMICS AND [...] Immediately following the October 8 earthquake, relief agencies concentrated efforts on providing affected populations with urgently needed humanitarian assistance and shelter to assure survival during the upcoming winter months. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team's (DART) program ha [...] | 2005-11-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17557 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] In October 2005, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) reported that preliminary assessments by the UN World Food Program (WFP) estimated more than 2.3 million Pakistanis in need of food assistance per reftel. At that time, several NGOs suggested this figure was too high, but mor [...] | 2005-11-28 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17621 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR [...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...] | 2005-11-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17623 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR [...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...] | 2005-11-29 18:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17711 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART COLLABORATION [...] Coordinating relief efforts and ensuring that USAID implementing partners reach populations in need without duplicating efforts are significant aspects of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team's (DART) work. Given the difficulties of this humanitarian operation, there is a need for coll [...] | 2005-12-01 08:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD17835 | IRAN PIPELINE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; GOP DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOP officials took Ref B demarche points on the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline under consideration but had no immediate reply. Petroleum Secretary Waqar met with Iranian officials in Tehran November 16-17 in what was termed a "confidence building" meeting that discussed routing o [...] | 2005-12-01 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR PK |
05ISLAMABAD17853 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART USING GIS TO [...] Since the beginning of the earthquake response, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has included a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Officer. The GIS Officer, currently from the U.S. Department of State's Humanitarian Information Unit, regularly prepares maps and informatio [...] | 2005-12-02 08:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD18030 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES ANOTHER MEDIA [...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...] | 2005-12-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
05ISLAMABAD18159 | CORRECTED COPY -- PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES [...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...] | 2005-12-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
05ISLAMABAD18328 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART BOLSTERS SHELTER [...] The rapid onset of the Himalayan winter has brought greater urgency to efforts to winterize shelters of earthquake-affected populations. Agencies are stepping up efforts to ensure that families receive adequate winterization materials and tools, including blankets and plastic sheeting to rein [...] | 2005-12-09 14:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD18492 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART MONITORS [...] On December 11, 2005, the US Military provided helicopter transport to Pashtu and Gangwal villages in the remote earthquake-affected Allai Valley for three USAID/DART members, the Commander of the 3rd Marine Hospital Shinkiari and Mansehra, and the US Embassy's Mansehra Forward Operating Base [...] | 2005-12-13 04:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD18810 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: CONFUSION OVER WFP AND GOP [...] On December 1, 2005 the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and the Government of Pakistan (GOP) implemented a new division of geographic responsibilities to distribute food to approximately 2.3 million people in the earthquake-affected areas of Northern Pakistan. The GOP requested that WFP move it [...] | 2005-12-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD19100 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN PERFORMANCE SHOWS [...] More than two months into the earthquake relief effort, the UN has made some improvements in response to early criticisms of start-up delays and performance issues reported in ref A. However, a lack of overall UN leadership, poor coordination, and insufficient staff continues to undermine the [...] | 2005-12-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
05ISLAMABAD19471 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART WATER AND [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) water and sanitation officer (WSO) in Mansehra is addressing critical sanitation and water supply issues in Mehra and other camps, and providing technical assistance to agencies working in earthquake-affected areas of Northwest Frontier Provin [...] | 2005-12-29 05:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05KABUL5272 | PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR DEDICATED TO IMPROVING [...] (C) Ambassador Neumann met with newly arrived Pakistan Ambassador Tariq Azizuddin in a December 28 courtesy call. Azizuddin is dedicated to improving relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and arrived with a mandate to attack all irritants in the bilateral relationship as they appear. Th [...] | 2005-12-29 05:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AF |
05KUWAIT4640 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-30 13:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PK KU |
05KUWAIT4684 | APPEAL FOR INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) As reported in ref B, Ambassador met with Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi on November 1 to commend the GOK for its $100M pledge and to urge increased GOK assistance to earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan. Without offering specifics, Al-Humaidhi said that the initial $100M package w [...] | 2005-11-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4746 | GOK TO ATTEND NOVEMBER 19 ISLAMABAD CONFERENCE BUT [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. According to MFA and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) officials, the GOK is unlikely to make any additional pledges at the November 19 Islamabad conference. However, a GOK delegation, including KFAED's Director of Operations, will attend the conference. [...] | 2005-11-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PK KU |
05KUWAIT5031 | MUSHARRAF THANKS KUWAIT FOR EARTHQUAKE AID; GOK [...] (SBU) In Kuwait for the first stop on a Gulf tour, President Pervez Musharraf thanked the GOK for its $100 million in earthquake aid and received assurances that Pakistan would receive concessional oil sales. The Pakistani Ambassador told us on December 6 that the visit, (which coincided wit [...] | 2005-12-06 14:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EINV KU PK |
05MADRID3691 | SPAIN PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR NATO RESPONSE FORCE [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on October 21 with MOD Deputy Director for Defense Policy Admiral Enrique Perez Ramirez and Spain's Defense Counselor to NATO CAPT Gonzalo Rodriguez. They said that Spain recognizes the urgency of the situation and is prepared to fully support whatever NATO [...] | 2005-10-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK SP NATO |
05MADRID3793 | SPANISH PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (SBU) ESTHOFF made reftel points October 24 to Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) Technical Cabinet Director Dolores Martin Villalba, asking for information on earthquake-related assistance already provided to Pakistan and encouraging Spain to announce further contributions a [...] | 2005-10-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PK SP |
05MANAMA1562 | BAHRAIN: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief October 23 delivered reftel demarche concerning contributions to Pakistan earthquake relief and rehabilitation to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz was grateful for information on the [...] | 2005-10-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL BA PK |
05MANAMA1622 | BAHRAIN: APPEAL FOR INCREASED PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-02 14:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL BA PK |
05MANAMA1668 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL OPENING AND [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 9:00 a.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Speakers: Secretary Rice SIPDIS Bahrain FM Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa Moroccan FM Benaissa UK Foreign Secretary Straw Jordan Planning Minister Al-Ali Russia Deputy Foreign Minister [...] | 2005-11-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI EAID PGOV PREL PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
05MANAMA1669 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL SESSION ON [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 11:00 a.m., Manama, Bahrain. Kirk Wolcott (notetaker) 2. (U) SUMMARY. One of two main components of the second BMENA Forum for the Future, held November 12 in Bahrain, centered on the continuing need to promote knowledge and education throughout the region (the s [...] | 2005-11-14 10:21:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
05MANAMA1670 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL SESSION ON [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 12:10 p.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Peter Mulrean (notetaker) 3. (U) SUMMARY. During the afternoon session of the Forum for the Future, participants discussed Civil Society and the Democracy Assistance Dialogue. W [...] | 2005-11-14 10:23:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
05MANAMA1671 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE [...] SUMMARY. Initial contributing governments to the Foundation for the Future and Fund for the Future gathered for a public announcement of the new initiatives on the margins of the November 11-12 Forum for the Future conference in Manama. All speakers emphasized the importance of democratic an [...] | 2005-11-14 10:38:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
05MANAMA1676 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: NOVEMBER 11 SENIOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Officials Meeting of the BMENA Forum for the Future on November 11 finalized preparations for the Ministerial session the following day. Representatives of governments, civil society and the private sector reviewed progress on BMENA initiatives undertaken since last D [...] | 2005-11-14 11:51:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
05MANILA1853 | INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT CAPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf's state visit produced a new counterterrorism cooperation agreement that will regularize and expand intelligence exchanges between Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Musharraf [...] | 2005-04-22 07:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL PK IN RP |
05MANILA2356 | ISLAMIC NGOS IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) Summary. A variety of local and international charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with Islamic connections operate in the Philippines but under increasing scrutiny. Police and immigration authorities have lamented the lack of resources and enforcement mechanisms to keep [...] | 2005-05-23 07:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL EAID PINS PREL EFIN KTFN LY SA PK TH RP |
05MINSK1312 | Belarus Unlikely to Help Pakistan with Mi-17 Parts [...] On October 27, Emboffs delivered reftel information to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS). Deputy MChS Minister Boris Baringolts said it was doubtful Belarus could supply the needed parts as his ministry had difficulty keeping its own h [...] | 2005-10-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PK PREF NATO MASS BO |
05MUMBAI1682 | TERRORIST DAWOOD IBRAHIM HAUNTS INDIA FROM AFAR AS DAUGHTER WEDS IN AN AMERICAN-BRANDED HOTEL [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 13. 2. (C) Like a bad dream, terrorist and underworld figure Dawood Ibrahim returned to the headlines of India's media in July when his daughter married the son of a famous Pakistani cricket player. An upscale wedding reception brazenly took place a [...] | 2005-08-08 09:38:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN PGOV PREL KCRM SA PK AE IN |
05MUSCAT1533 | TFPK01: OMAN GRANTS BLANKET OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 07:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC MARR PREL AMGT CASC PK |
05NEWDELHI1073 | ""NATWAR'S MAN"" SK LAMBAH: INDIA'S LIKELY NEW SPECIAL ENVOY TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: The expected appointment of retired career diplomat Satinder Kumar Lambah as Special Envoy to Pakistan would maintain the web of engagement between New Delhi and Islamabad, but at a quieter pitch, a decidedly lower political level, and with firmer MEA guidance than was the case w [...] | 2005-02-10 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI1113 | NATWAR SINGH TO RESTART INDO-PAK DIALOGUE IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: FM Natwar Singh's February 15-17 trip to Islamabad will be an opportunity for the two governments to re-engage at a high level after a hiatus of nearly two months, during which the most important bilateral stories -- Islamabad's request for World Bank assistance to resolve the Ba [...] | 2005-02-11 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI1141 | LOOKING AT DPRK, GOI COMPLAINS OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY RE AQ KHAN [...] (C) For the Indian government, North Korea's explicit reaffirmation of its nuclear status has revived concern about the nexus with Pakistan. MEA Director of Disarmament and International Security Affairs Venu Rajamony complained to PolCouns on February 9 that neither Pakistan nor the U.S. ha [...] | 2005-02-14 11:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL IN PK KN |
05NEWDELHI1234 | KASHMIR BUS AGREEMENT A ""HISTORICAL MILESTONE"" [...] (C) Summary: The February 16 agreement by India and Pakistan to begin bus service across the LOC between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad beginning on April 7 is the most important Kashmir-specific CBM since the November 2003 LOC ceasefire agreement, and will have important political ramifications in [...] | 2005-02-16 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK IN INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI1282 | CROSS-LOC BUS DEAL HAILED AS ""MOTHER OF ALL CBMS"" [...] (C) Summary: After several weeks in which the process of Indo-Pak normalization appeared to be grinding to a halt (Ref B),this week's Islamabad deal has shifted the dynamic, at least temporarily, in a much more constructive direction. PM Manmohan Singh's fingerprints were clearly in evidence [...] | 2005-02-18 09:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI1298 | INDIA SAYS SAARC STILL ALIVE, SUMMIT HINGES ON NEPAL/BANGLADESH ACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast with the predominant view in the Indian media that by opting out of the Dhaka Summit, India dealt a fatal blow to SAARC, the GOI told us it remains committed to the organization. MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) V. Ashok told PolCouns and Poloff on February 16 that he was [...] | 2005-02-18 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECIN PK NP BG IN SAARC |
05NEWDELHI1424 | THE BJP PROMISES FIREWORKS FOR BUDGET SESSION [...] (C) Summary: The BJP leadership is determined to disrupt Parliament when the Budget Session convenes on February 25, insisting that the agitation will not end until the UPA ""restores"" the deposed Goa government (Reftel B). Congress plans to undercut the agitation by convening the Goa Assemb [...] | 2005-02-24 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK |
05NEWDELHI1426 | FOREIGN SECRETARY EMPHASIZES NEIGHBORS' IMPACT ON INDIA [...] (C) Summary: In a carefully considered February 14 speech on New Delhi's South Asia policy, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran unveiled a more muscular approach toward India's neighborhood that reflects the GOI's shifting view of its role in the world. Departing from the standard GOI line on the [...] | 2005-02-24 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN KDEM NP BG PK CE IN SAARC |
05NEWDELHI1480 | BAGLIHAR, OTHER J&K HYDEL PROJECTS COMPLICATE INDO-PAK CALCULUS [...] (C) Summary: The Indian government recently offered new evidence of its benign intentions for the Baglihar hydel project by noting that, if its dam were used to inundate Pakistan, one of its own existing downriver projects would be the first casualty. Although the MEA continues to exude conf [...] | 2005-02-25 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ECON IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI1521 | KARZAI IN NEW DELHI: FUNDING FOR PUL-I-KHUMRI LEADS INDIA'S COMMITMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to New Delhi and Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's prior trip to Kabul were ""immensely successful,"" MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun Singh told PolCouns on February 28. In connection with Karzai's visit, India [...] | 2005-02-28 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EAID MASS IN AF IR PK |
05NEWDELHI1542 | INDIA QUERIES US ON POSSIBLE PAKISTAN-CHINA PROLIFERATION [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (C) During a February 23 meeting with AC/RSS Director Bob Gromoll, SA/RA Director John Schlosser, PolCouns, and Pol-MilOff, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar asked about the status of a USG response to two GOI non [...] | 2005-03-01 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP CH PK IN INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI1546 | MEA CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 conversation with PolCouns and Poloff, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was generally upbeat about short-term Indo-Pak rapprochement, and expressed cautious optimism about long-term sustainability of this trend. After shari [...] | 2005-03-01 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MOPS KNNP IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI1551 | TERRORIST THREATS MARR SUCCESSFUL KASHMIR POLLS [...] (C) Summary: The February J&K municipal elections produced largely positive results. Participation, among the most important criteria for defining a ""successful"" election in the state, greatly exceeded expectations (even in areas with a history of alienation from New Delhi),proving again [...] | 2005-03-01 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN PK |
05NEWDELHI1553 | GOI REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION ON REPORTED PAKISTAN ARMS OFFER TO NEPAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Following up the Foreign Secretary's earlier approach to the Ambassador on the subject of third country arms transfers to Nepal (reftel),Acting MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Renu Pall called in PolCouns and PolOff on March 1 to inf [...] | 2005-03-01 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IN PK NP |
05NEWDELHI1764 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL PRAKASH,S MARCH 19-28 VISIT TO USA [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Clark, we greatly appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit to the USA of your counterpart, Admiral Arun Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee. President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree that Indo-US relati [...] | 2005-03-08 05:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MASS MOPS PTER PK XD IZ IN |
05NEWDELHI1866 | INDO-PAK CRICKET: FROM ""LOVE-FEST"" TO MINI-SUMMIT [...] (C) Adding to the veritable ""love-fest"" that Mission contacts and Indian press have reported surrounding the Pakistan cricket team's current tour of India (septel),the MEA has publicly cleared the way for an official invitation to Pakistan President Musharraf to attend a match ""of his cho [...] | 2005-03-10 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI1872 | HOME MINISTER UPBEAT ON KASHMIR, WORRIES OF POTENTIAL MAOIST SPILLOVER FROM NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Home Minister Shivraj Patil credited Pakistan with reducing infiltration, called the law and order situation in the state ""more comfortable,"" and expressed confidence that the first Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus would roll on schedule on Apr [...] | 2005-03-10 13:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK NP IN |
05NEWDELHI1921 | US ARMS SUPPLIES TO PAKISTAN BACK IN THE PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: With Secstate Rice due to arrive in India March 15, and with political memories still fresh from the announcement of major non-NATO Ally status for Pakistan last March, the issue of F-16 sales to Pakistan is rising. Indian concern regarding the F-16 issue is reflected in a series of GO [...] | 2005-03-11 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MASS PK IN |
05NEWDELHI2189 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION [...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff on March 22 delivered Ref A talking points and supporting non-paper to newly ensconced MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha. Sinha welcomed the news of adding Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the UNSC 1267 Committee list of organizations affiliated [...] | 2005-03-22 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL IN PK |
05NEWDELHI2226 | LOOKING TO MUSHARRAF VISIT, MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: Recently ensconced MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha was largely upbeat on Indo-Pak relations during a March 22 introductory meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, especially with regard to the Indo-Pak cricket series and the anticipated April 16-17 visit o [...] | 2005-03-23 11:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI2270 | A SMALL STEP, A GIANT LEAP: FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR KASHMIR BUS [...] (C) Summary: Preparations for what J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has called the ""mother of all CBMs,"" the first bus to cross the LOC in 58 years on April 7, are on track, with the J&K government and GOI moving purposefully to ensure a successful launch. Initial passengers will be [...] | 2005-03-24 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK |
05NEWDELHI2380 | MAKING OUR SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE A REALITY [...] (S) Summary: We recommend capitalizing on Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's April 13-14 meetings with the Secretary and the President to make significant progress on SIPDIS strategic, energy and economic tracks the Secretary highlighted in her March 15-16 visit to India. Specifically, we su [...] | 2005-03-30 16:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL ENRG MASS KNNP ETRD IN PK NSSP |
05NEWDELHI2410 | SAARC: NO SUMMIT IN SIGHT, SAFTA ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Prospects for a rescheduled SAARC Summit in 2005 are diminishing amidst scheduling difficulties and Indian concerns over the coup in Nepal and instability in Bangladesh. In a March 30 meeting with USAIDoff and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) V. Ashok expressed optimism, ho [...] | 2005-03-31 11:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN PREL IN PK NP BG SAARC |
05NEWDELHI2474 | OFFER TO SECURE THE KASHMIR BUS LINE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-01 14:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER IN PK |
05NEWDELHI2475 | DELHI EU MEMBER STATE MISSIONS TAKE ROSY VIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: At a March 31 meeting of EU and "likeminded" countries hosted by the Danes, EU member state representatives evinced surprising optimism about the potential for a constituent assembly and constitutional changes to resolve the impasse in Nepal. We noted a clear preference for an I [...] | 2005-04-01 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK |
05NEWDELHI2586 | MORE THAN CRICKET: MUSHARRAF TO HAVE FULL BILATERAL VISIT [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns and Poloff on April 5 that the GOI is hoping for ""something more concrete than an exchange of views"" when President Musharraf meets Prime Minister Singh and other leaders during his April 16-18 visit to New Delhi [...] | 2005-04-06 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI2597 | INDIAN CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE PROCUREMENT FOR PAKISTAN'S WMD PROGRAM VIA US FIRM [...] (S) On March 25, MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA),Nutan Kapoor passed to PolMilOff a nonpaper outlining Indian concern about a Chinese firm trying to procure a fixed gamma ray spectrometer from a US firm for shipment to Pakistan. The GOI asks that th [...] | 2005-04-06 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC PK CH IN INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI2604 | TERRORIST ATTACK ON SYMBOL OF KASHMIR BUS [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. The April 6 fidayeen (suicide) attack in Srinagar (Ref A) was targeted at the most significant Indo-Pak CBM in years, the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus, which is scheduled to travel April 7 for the first time in 58 years between Indian and Pakistani [...] | 2005-04-06 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PK IN |
05NEWDELHI2606 | ICRC FRUSTRATED WITH INDIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary: In a April 1 confidential briefing on GOI detention centers in Kashmir, ICRC XXXXXXXXXXXX described to D/Polcouns torture methods and relatively stable trend lines of prisoner abuses by Indian security forces, based on data derived from 1491 interviews with detainees during 2002-2004. [...] | 2005-04-06 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PHUM PREL PTER IN PK |
05NEWDELHI2631 | HISTORIC SRINAGAR-MUZAFFARABAD ""PEACE CARAVAN"" ROLLS! [...] (C) Summary: In an act of personal and political courage, the Prime Minister, joined by key cabinet and Congress Party colleagues, traveled to Srinagar on April 7 to inaugurate the bus service that has captured the imaginations of Kashmiris on both sides of the LOC. Emphasizing that ""nothing [...] | 2005-04-07 13:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK IN |
05NEWDELHI2682 | NATWAR LOOKS AHEAD TO UN AND NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS IN WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh offered an upbeat preview of his April 13-14 meetings in Washington, placing particular importance on the issues of India's role in the UN and India's quest for access to US origin nuclear power [...] | 2005-04-08 15:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ETTC IN PK UNSC NSSP |
05NEWDELHI2788 | INDIAN LEFT REMAINS ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO US SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Most Indian strategic commentators have endorsed the Administration's March 25 South Asia Initiative, and there is an emerging consensus within the GOI that India should capitalize on this opportunity to ensure close ties to the US. India's Communist parties remain adamantly oppo [...] | 2005-04-13 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MASS IN PK NSSP |
05NEWDELHI282 | PM UPBEAT ON US-INDIA RELATIONS REAFFIRMS EXPORT CONTROL COMMITMENT WITH CODEL FRIST [...] (C) Summary: Senators Frist, McConnell, DeWine and Coleman discussed a broad range of issues with PM Manmohan Singh during their January 10 meeting, including US-India ties, Tsunami disaster relief, democratization in Burma, HIV/AIDS, trade and the WTO, Iraq, NSSP, Indo-Pak relations, and UNS [...] | 2005-01-12 08:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC EAID KDEM IN PK IZ BM CE US |
05NEWDELHI2866 | INDIA UPBEAT ON MUSHARRAF MINI-SUMMIT, BUT KEEPING [...] (C) Summary: India is expecting a successful April 16-18 visit by the Pakistan President, largely because Musharraf has laid out positive and realistic goals that mesh with New Delhi's. The Reuters interview he gave on the eve of his departure was music to India's ears, and was taken here as [...] | 2005-04-15 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI2884 | INDO-PAK MINI-SUMMIT BURIES ""GHOST OF AGRA"" [...] (C) Summary: India and Pakistan exorcised the ghost of the (failed) 2001 Agra Summit during President Musharraf's April 16-18 visit to New Delhi, with a solid list of CBMs, muted discussion on Kashmir, and very positive personal interactions (with more high-level visits possible this year). [...] | 2005-04-18 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI2925 | NARAYANAN WORRIED ABOUT NEPAL AND BANGLADESH, PLEASED WITH MUSHARRAF VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with SA A/S Rocca and Charge on April 18, Indian NSA MK Narayanan expressed concern about trends in Nepal and Bangladesh. On Nepal, the King had no policy to restore democracy or defeat the Maoists, which worried New Delhi because the insurgents were becoming more aggres [...] | 2005-04-19 11:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN BG NP PK |
05NEWDELHI2932 | A TROUBLED BJP TURNS TO THE RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Facing multiple crises, including electoral lethargy, growing ideological divides and an uncertain leadership succession, the BJP is drifting further to the right in an attempt to rouse its Hindutva base. The imminent departure of former PM Vajpayee and Party President Advani ha [...] | 2005-04-19 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK |
05NEWDELHI2933 | INDIA REQUESTS CENTCOM LNO, NEW INFO ON IRAQ, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with SA A/S Christina Rocca and Charge on April 18, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar was upbeat about Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's recent meetings in Washington and about new opportunities for Indo-US cooperation since Dr. Rice's March 16 visit. However, he [...] | 2005-04-19 12:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS TRGY ETTC PK IZ IN NSSP |
05NEWDELHI2949 | JASWANT SINGH SUPPORTS THE SECRETARY'S MARCH 25 SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with A/S Rocca and the Charge in New Delhi on April 18, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the Secretary's May 25 South Asia Initiative, especially its SIPDIS military aspects such as co-production. Singh implied tha [...] | 2005-04-20 09:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV IN PK NSSP |
05NEWDELHI2994 | MEA SAYS ""CRICKET SUMMIT"" RE-FRAMED INDO-PAK AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha dismissed the suggestion that India had obtained more than Pakistan from the ""Cricket Summit,"" highlighting Manmohan Singh's vision of a new agenda for Indo-Pak relatio [...] | 2005-04-21 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI301 | AFTER DIXIT, INDIA PONDERS ROLE OF ITS NSA AND WHO [...] (C) Summary: Two questions now swirl around India's National Security Advisor position: will it lose its major role in the Indian foreign policy establishment, and who will land the job permanently? JN Dixit's death has prompted media speculation that PM Manmohan Singh is reassessing what he want [...] | 2005-01-12 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK |
05NEWDELHI303 | INDIA VERY CONFIDENT IT IS RIGHT ON BAGLIHAR DAM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with PolCouns, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was brimming with confidence that India was in the right on the Baglihar Dam issue. If Pakistan went forward with arbitration, as it has suggested, India is ready, and will be v [...] | 2005-01-12 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ECON PK IN INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI3213 | GOI STANDING FIRM AS BAGLIHAR PROCESS UNFOLDS [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry has denied to us reports that the GOI will halt work on the controversial Baglihar hydroelectric project to bring the GOP back to the negotiating table, maintaining that New Delhi has not changed its position regarding the legality of the project (reftel). Th [...] | 2005-04-28 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI3218 | PARADIGM SHIFT ON KASHMIR UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's landmark visit to Delhi has strengthened the paradigm shift underway in India about the prospects for progress on Kashmir. Under the leadership of PM Manmohan Singh and the Pakistani President, the two countries have broken their impasse over Kashmir as the [...] | 2005-04-28 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK IN |
05NEWDELHI3220 | INDIA DENIES UNLAWFUL IMPORT OF CONTROLLED [...] (C) Following several articles in the international and Indian press, PolCouns queried MEA Director, Disarmament and International Security (DISA),Venu Rajamony on April 26, about the GOI investigation of the case of Asher Karni, an Israeli businessman recently indicted in the US for unlawfu [...] | 2005-04-28 13:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP TSPA ETTC PK IN GOI |
05NEWDELHI3275 | INDIAN LAWMAKERS MISSING MESSAGE ON US-INDIA [...] (C) Summary: During an Indo-US Parliamentary Forum (IUPF) gathering on April 27, Indian lawmakers were upbeat about US-India relations, but were surprisingly uninformed about key details of the initiatives underway to make the strategic partnership a reality. Suggesting that the positive impa [...] | 2005-05-02 07:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PARM KNNP PK CH IN NSSP US |
05NEWDELHI3308 | INDIA UPBEAT WITH SHEINWALD ON CHINA AND PAKISTAN; [...] (C) Summary: Aside from nuclear issues (septel) UK NSA Sir Nigel Sheinwald's April 25-26 visit to New Delhi stuck to familiar ground, with the PM, NSA Narayanan, and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran providing an encouraging backdrop for SIPDIS the September 7-8 India-EU and India-UK Summits. [...] | 2005-05-02 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PK IZ NP BG CH IN AF UK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI35 | INDIA UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN COMPOSITE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Indian readouts track closely with Islamabad's detailed and generally positive assessment of the December 27-28 meeting of Foreign Secretaries that concluded the second round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue (reftel). In a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Saran r [...] | 2005-01-03 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ENRG IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI352 | MEA NON-PAPER ON TERRORIST CAMPS IN PAKISTAN AND PAKISTANI KASHMIR [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun K Singh on January 12 showed PolCouns and Poloffs information on the locations and size of eight terrorist camps located in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir. The data are as follows: 2. (S) Begin list: -- Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (L [...] | 2005-01-13 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL IN PK |
05NEWDELHI355 | MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, DESPITE SLOW PACE [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Foreign Ministry remains optimistic about Indo-Pak relations, despite slow progress in the recent round of the Composite Dialogue, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun K Singh told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloffs on January 12. ""The process has mo [...] | 2005-01-13 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI3587 | SRINAGAR CAR BOMB: NEW KASHMIR TERRORIST M.O.? [...] (U) A car bomb exploded in the summer capital of J&K on May 11, killing two persons, injuring more than 50, and damaging more than one dozen vehicles and some 40 shops and other buildings. J&K police sources have confirmed the casualty figures, and report that the blast was an improvised exp [...] | 2005-05-12 09:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PK IN |
05NEWDELHI3599 | GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT KASHMIRIS THINK [...] ... (COPY THE FORMATED FILE)) SUBJECT: GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT KASHMIRIS THINK Classified By: Polcouns Geoff Pyatt, for Reasons 1.4 (B, D) Â [...] | 2005-05-12 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK IN |
05NEWDELHI364 | INDIAN LEGISLATORS TELL CODEL LEACH THEY ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senators Sam Brownback and John Corzine, and Representatives James Leach, Earl Blumenaur, Scott Garrett, Wayne Gilchrest, Frank Pallone, and Diane Watson discussed a broad range of issues with an Indian parliamentary delegation led by MP Murli Deora, the President of the India [...] | 2005-01-13 15:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC EAID KDEM PINR IN PK US INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI3647 | GOI RENEWS CALL FOR IC-814 INFO AS TRIAL NEARS END [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) During a May 9 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall delivered the following non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investigation into the December 1999 IC-814 hijacking. The non-paper is id [...] | 2005-05-13 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK AF GOI |
05NEWDELHI3717 | NSA NARAYANAN PRESSES FOR ACTION AGAINST LET, WELCOMES EXCHANGE ON NEPAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-17 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN MASS NP PK PREL PTER INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI3745 | MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, CLEARER ON SIACHEN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 18 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha gave us the clearest GOI position on Siachen we have had in some time, stressing that settlement will require a signed map showing current troop positions in order to close [...] | 2005-05-18 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS ENRG IN PK AF TX INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI3746 | AFGHANS AND INDIANS ENCOURAGED BY BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Ambassador to India Khalili expressed strong appreciation for Indian assistance to his country in a May 17 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, and told us that PM Manmohan Singh will visit Kabul in late June. In Khalili's view, the GOI welcomes Afghanistan's strategic partne [...] | 2005-05-18 13:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SNAR IN IR PK AF |
05NEWDELHI3769 | MEA PROVIDES "NEXT STEPS" FOR US-INDIA CT JWG [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- see Para 4. 2. (U) Summary: MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall recently gave Poloff the GOI's understanding of the next steps agreed to at the August 31-September 1, 2004, Sixth Meeting of the India-US Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),with a r [...] | 2005-05-19 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL EFIN SNAR TBIO IN AF PK CE BG NP US INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI3846 | SUSPECTS ABOUND IN TWIN DELHI CINEMA BOMB BLASTS [...] (C) Summary: No person or group has yet claimed responsibility for the explosions in two New Delhi movie theaters on May 22 that killed one person and injured at least 50. Both cinemas, located in neighborhoods with large Sikh populations, were screening the controversial detective film "Jo [...] | 2005-05-24 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER ASEC OVIP PREL IN PK |
05NEWDELHI3878 | PRIORITIZING INDIA'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Petroleum Additional Secretary (International Cooperation) Talmiz Ahmad outlined India's priorities for accessing more foreign fuel sources in a May 24 meeting with Charge and Emboffs. While domestic fuel subsidies continue to consume much of his attention, Minister [...] | 2005-05-25 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PK XA ZK ZP IN |
05NEWDELHI388 | SAARC SUMMIT: WHAT'S THE HOLD UP? [...] (C) Summary: The GOI has not yet agreed to the proposed February 7-9 dates for the SAARC Summit, and media reports indicate New Delhi has suggested February 6-7 instead. The MEA remains tightlipped about the reasons for delay, but some New Delhi foreign policy watchers speculate that the SAAR [...] | 2005-01-14 10:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD BG PK IN SAARC |
05NEWDELHI3882 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 AND IJG PRENOTIFICATIONS [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Poloff, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall expressed gratitude on behalf of the MEA's Americas and International Security divisions for keeping them in the loop on Washington's diplomatic CT efforts (Refs A-D). Admitting that MEA had limited information on ter [...] | 2005-05-25 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN IN ID UZ PK |
05NEWDELHI3969 | INDIAN FOCUS ON FROZEN, WET, AND SOFT PAK BORDERS [...] (C) Summary: New Delhi is currently focused on three Indo-Pak territorial disputes, with senior officials in Islamabad discussing two of them, demilitarizing Siachen Glacier (May 26-27) and demarcating the international border at Sir Creek (May 28-29). Conventional thinking in Delhi is that, [...] | 2005-05-27 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI4089 | PM OPTIMISTIC ON INDO-PAK BUT COUNSELS AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: Speaking to foreign journalists on May 30 regarding the UPA government's one year anniversary, PM Manmohan Singh offered an upbeat assessment of Indo-Pak relations, but warned that a major terrorist attack could still derail the peace process. He also advised against artificial [...] | 2005-06-01 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG CE IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI4124 | GOI AGREES TO COORDINATION ON PUL-I-KHUMRI, [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with a delegation from Embassy and USAID Kabul and the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Dilip Sinha agreed to Indian participation as necessary in a donor Steering Committee in Kabul to coordinate technical de [...] | 2005-06-02 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ENRG PREL IN AF PK |
05NEWDELHI4200 | GOI CAUTIOUS ON SEPARATIST VISIT TO PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: During a June 3 farewell call that GOI Kashmir Interlocutor NN Vohra requested with soon-to-depart D/Polcouns, the senior official focused on two unprecedented events: the ground-breaking visit of what he termed "so-called moderate separatists" to Pakistani Kashmir and Pakistan p [...] | 2005-06-03 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI4232 | ADVANI'S DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE IN PAKISTAN PROVOKES [...] (C) Summary: During his landmark May 30-June 6 trip to Pakistan, Opposition Leader LK Advani renounced his former antagonism towards Pakistan and its founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, lauding him as a secular "ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity." Advani's public recognition of Pakistani sovereignty [...] | 2005-06-06 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IN PK |
05NEWDELHI4234 | GOI WATER ISSUES FLOWING SLOWLY WITH PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with SA Bureau's S&T Officer for Pakistan and Bangladesh Marcella Szymanski, the MEA emphasized GOI commitment to working with Bangladesh to create water sharing agreements to benefit both countries and to resolving its water issues with Pakistan consistent with [...] | 2005-06-07 03:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT SENV BG PK IN INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI4270 | ADVANI RESIGNATION THROWS THE BJP INTO TURMOIL [...] (U) BJP President LK Advani threw his party into turmoil on June 7 when he abruptly announced his resignation after a tempest erupted following his recent visit to Pakistan (Reftel). In his letter of resignation Advani stood by his remarks in Pakistan praising the country's founder Muhammad [...] | 2005-06-07 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN PK |
05NEWDELHI4315 | ADVANI'S RESIGNATION - WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The turmoil surrounding Advani's dramatic June 7 resignation as BJP President continues. The BJP leadership meeting June 8 voted unanimously for him to remain, while the Sangh Parivar (family of Hindu nationalist groups) spent the day celebrating his resignation and anticipating [...] | 2005-06-08 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN PK |
05NEWDELHI4449 | SIKH TERRORISTS, WEAPONS CACHES SEIZED AFTER DELHI [...] (C) Summary: The recent arrests of terrorists from the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) group -- which is proscribed under the US Terrorist Exclusion List -- included all the main conspirators in the May 22 twin cinema bombings as well as a BKI leader who had escaped police custody earlier t [...] | 2005-06-13 13:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IN PK CA GM TH TC |
05NEWDELHI4532 | GOI DECLINES OFFER OF ITEMIZERS FOR KASHMIR BUS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-15 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER IN PK |
05NEWDELHI4718 | INDIAN NON-PAPER ON PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO PURCHASE [...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following non-paper regarding possible sale of a fixed gamma ray spectrometer by the US firm Canbe [...] | 2005-06-21 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM PK CH IN US INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI4719 | INDIAN NON-PAPER ON PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following non-paper regarding Pakistani entity Project Management Organization's efforts to procur [...] | 2005-06-21 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PK CH IN INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI4721 | SCENESETTER FOR INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MUKHERJEE,S 25 JUNE - 2 JULY VISIT TO THE USA [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Rumsfeld, we appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit of Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and see many opportunities to accelerate our burgeoning defense cooperation with a nation we believe to be the key to a prosperous and peaceful future for South A [...] | 2005-06-21 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL ETTC ETRD KNNP MASS PTER IN NP PK IZ IR |
05NEWDELHI4760 | INDIAN PANCHAYATIS GIVE GLOWING REPORT ON [...] The New Delhi-based Institute for Social Sciences (ISS) on June 16 hosted Pakistani High Commissioner Aziz Ahmed Khan for the formal release of the trip report detailing the two-week tour of Pakistan that ISS organized for 33 elected Indian local government representatives. The delegation of [...] | 2005-06-22 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI492 | INDIA DOWNPLAYS LOC CEASEFIRE VIOLATION [...] (C) New Delhi has publicly downplayed the January 18 evening incident of artillery fire at the LOC, the first such case since guns fell silent in November 2003, and has assigned its Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) to discuss the incident with his Pakistani counterpart via a reg [...] | 2005-01-19 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI4961 | US-INDIA NON-PROLIFERATION DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Arms Control A/S Stephen Rademaker and representatives from AC, NP, SA, OSD, and Embassy met GOI counterparts, led by MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar on June 16 to continue the ongoing bilateral dialogue on strategic stability and nonproliferation [...] | 2005-06-29 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC IR PK CH IN NSSP |
05NEWDELHI5048 | U/S BURNS' DISCUSSIONS ON SOUTH ASIAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 25 to review Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, and briefly Sri Lanka. Although pleased with the groundswell of support for people-to-people exchanges with Pakistan, Saran warned that a single [...] | 2005-07-01 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK AF IR NP BG CE IN US |
05NEWDELHI5117 | AFGHAN FM ABDULLAH DISCUSSES TALIBAN VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah's July 3-5 visit to New Delhi was uneventful, but gave the GOI a chance to display its continued commitment to Afghan reconstruction and its determination to play a role in Central Asia through its relationships in Afghanistan. According to the Af [...] | 2005-07-05 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AF IN PK UNSC |
05NEWDELHI5165 | LET PRIME SUSPECT IN SYMBOLIC AYODHYA ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: The July 5 attempt by suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) terrorists to wreck the controversial Ayodhya temple site was foiled by Indian security forces who had been previously alerted that the group might target religious sites. The incident, however, is causing significant rippl [...] | 2005-07-06 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM IN PK |
05NEWDELHI5216 | BJP MISCALCULATES AGAIN: EFFORTS TO CAPITALIZE ON [...] (C) Summary: BJP attempts to capitalize on the July 5 Ayodhya terrorist attack have largely fallen flat, and opposition calls for the resignation of Home Minister Patil and the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister have evoked little popular response. BJP calls for nationwide strikes and demonstrations [...] | 2005-07-07 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KISL IN PK |
05NEWDELHI5226 | PM: SPIKE IN TERRORISM COULD THREATEN INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: In addition to the July 6 attack in Ayodhya, senior J&K politicians and civilian officials are increasingly under terrorist attack, and a long string of bombings in Kashmir is growing more lethal. The recent incidents in J&K, coupled with the Ayodhya attack (Ref A),led to PM Si [...] | 2005-07-07 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI5382 | DELHI WORRIED ABOUT SPIKE IN TERRORISM, THREATS, [...] (C) Summary: Indian concerns over possible spectacular terrorist incidents are escalating, based on the recent London and Ayodhya attacks, widespread speculation on what high-profile target might be next, and a significant uptick in terrorism reporting in the Indian media, most of which point [...] | 2005-07-13 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL SCUL ASEC IN PK |
05NEWDELHI5446 | GOI WANTS TO HELP US IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told us on July 14 that India is very committed to its Afghan reconstruction projects, is looking for opportunities to do more in reconstruction, vocational training, and election and governance technical assistance, a [...] | 2005-07-14 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KDEM PTER IN PK AF IR |
05NEWDELHI5447 | INDO-PAK RAPPROCHEMENT CONTINUES DESPITE TERROR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 14 meeting, MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha reassured us that Indo-Pak rapprochement would continue despite indications Islamabad is ramping up cross-border infiltration and terrorism. The Composite Dialogue round is half-way through but there has been no progress in t [...] | 2005-07-14 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ENRG ETRD KDEM IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI5521 | INDIAN WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE OBSTACLES IN POLITICS [...] Summary: Despite an impressive list of accomplishments, including several current Chief Ministerships and presidency of the Congress party, Indian women continue to face cultural and practical barriers to their participation in politics. Female political leaders insist that greater women's par [...] | 2005-07-18 10:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KWMN PINR SOCI IN AF BG PK |
05NEWDELHI5522 | INDIAN POLICE DETAIL L-E-T ROLE IN AYODHYA ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: Indian police and press sources have broadly outlined the role of Lashkar-e-Taiba (L-e-T) in the July 5 attack on the disputed Ayodhya temple site in Uttar Pradesh. Several suspected accomplices have been detained, the alleged "mastermind" is reported to have returned to Pakistan, [...] | 2005-07-18 10:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IN PK |
05NEWDELHI5592 | SRINAGAR BOMBING MERITS PUBLIC USG RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: A powerful car bomb possibly detonated by a suicide bomber killed at least 3 security personnel and two unidentified persons (probably including the terrorist) outside of a school today in Srinagar. Police sources tell us [...] | 2005-07-20 09:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV IN PK |
05NEWDELHI5756 | INDIA SEEKS US INTERVENTION WITH PAKISTAN ON NEPAL [...] (C) Echoing the GOI appeal last March (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar sought the Charge's SIPDIS assistance in conveying to Washington a formal GOI request for US intervention with Pakistan to prevent a possible Pakistan Ordinance Factory delivery of eight million roun [...] | 2005-07-26 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PTER IN NP PK |
05NEWDELHI586 | PRESERVING THE LOC CEASEFIRE [...] (U) This is an action request for SA. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (S) The LOC ceasefire is one of the most important achievements in the slow but steady Indo-Pak rapproachement process that began in mid-2003 with former PM Vajpayee's ""Hand of Friendship"" speech, but without US engagemen [...] | 2005-01-24 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL MOPS IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI5925 | KASHMIRIS: INDIA NOW HOLDS ALL THE CARDS, BUT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A survey of Kashmiri political opinion in Srinagar, Jammu, and Delhi indicates a consensus that India is in a magisterial position right now: our contacts assess that India's strategic stock is secure and rising on the heels of the PM's visit to Washington; they agree the mood of [...] | 2005-08-01 07:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS ECON ASEC PBTS IN PK |
05NEWDELHI5960 | MHA ADDRESSING TERRORISM, WILLING TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: Special Secretary (Home) KP Singh told Charge, Consul General and Poloff on August 1 that recent terrorist attacks in India, while worrisome, represent a return to past levels of higher terrorist activity to which India was accustomed. He identified several new MHA initiatives t [...] | 2005-08-02 08:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC MASS IN PK NP |
05NEWDELHI6032 | WEST BENGAL FRETS OVER ALLEGED ISI CONTAGION [...] (C) A two day visit to Calcutta revealed surprisingly deep anxiety over the presence in West Bengal of terrorist cells and radical Islamist groups allegedly linked to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The starkest message during PolCouns' August 1-2 visit came from Home Secretary [...] | 2005-08-04 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL IN BG PK |
05NEWDELHI6036 | INDIA'S SAARC PRIORITIES: SAFTA IS KEY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 28 meeting, newly appointed MEA Joint Secretary for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) P.K. Kapur highlighted the GOI's priorities for the November 12-13 meeting in Dhaka, including the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA),a poverty and infrast [...] | 2005-08-04 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECIN EAID BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC |
05NEWDELHI6150 | DELHI ON WARY TACK WITH ISLAMABAD, MULLING TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting political concern about increased infiltration across the Line of Control (LOC),and BJP sniping over the UPA government's failure to hold Pakistan accountable for terrorism in India, the GOI's top leadership has remained committed to forward progress in the Ind [...] | 2005-08-08 15:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON PTER KDEM KISL MOPS PK IN INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI621 | INDIA WELCOMES MORE CONTACT BETWEEN KASHMIRIS [...] (C) Summary: The Pugwash-sponsored conference on Kashmir held in Kathmandu last December has reinforced growing GOI receptivity towards contact between Kashmiris from India and Pakistan, and New Delhi is considering proposals for a follow-on meeting, possibly in Srinagar, according to Kashmir [...] | 2005-01-25 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN NP PK |
05NEWDELHI6213 | INDIAN SUPREME COURT VERDICT IN 2001 PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Mohammad Afzal, reduced a death sentence to 10 years imprisonment for Shaukat Hussain, and acquitted Navjot Sandhu (aka: Afsan Guru),and SAR Geelani (of whom three are Kashmiris) in connection with the spectacular December 13 [...] | 2005-08-10 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS IN PK |
05NEWDELHI6311 | PUNJAB WORRIED ABOUT DRUGS AND JOBS, NOT TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to media reports warning of a resurgence in Khalistani terrorism in Punjab and northern India, Poloff traveled to Chandigarh August 4-5 to interview government, business, police, civil society and political leaders. They were uniformly unperturbed by reports of mil [...] | 2005-08-12 13:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EAGR SNAR ELAB EINV IN PK |
05NEWDELHI6312 | MEA ON PAKISTAN TALKS: SOME PROGRESS, MANY DOUBTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Pakistan policy manager Dilip Sinha believes India and Pakistan made good but slow progress in their latest round of Composite Dialogue efforts, with a more constructive climate than earlier discussions. They agreed to extend the LOC ceasefire, establish nuclear hotlines, pre [...] | 2005-08-12 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON ECIN ETRD MOPS IN PK AF INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI6411 | INDIA ALLEGES PAKISTANI AND CHINESE WEAPONS SALES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-18 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IN PK NP CH |
05NEWDELHI6414 | MEA UNSURPRISED BUT ANXIOUS IN REACTION TO BANGLA [...] (C) Summary: The MEA told us that the few indicators so far available point to the Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh as author of the August 17 bombing wave. The MEA further theorized that the terrorists' goal was to demonstrate organization and sophistication. Delhi views Bangladesh's terrori [...] | 2005-08-18 16:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA |
05NEWDELHI6520 | ALL EYES ON UNGA SUMMIT AS INDO-PAK TALKS WRAP UP [...] (C) Summary: Round Two of the Indo-Pakistan Composite Dialogue (CD) is drawing to a close with few concrete results, although the two sides managed to preserve a sense of forward movement, which reinforces the broad Indian public support for rapprochement with Pakistan. To facilitate dialogu [...] | 2005-08-24 14:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ECON SNAR SCUL PBTS PINR IN PK INDO PAK UNGA |
05NEWDELHI6596 | TOUGH NEW ANTI-HIJACKING POLICY, AT LEAST ON PAPER [...] (C) Summary: To break with earlier ad hoc practices -- many of which yielded disastrous results -- the GOI recently unveiled India's first formal anti-hijacking policy and streamlined bureaucratic procedures in the event of a successful hijacking in Indian airspace. The Indian Air Force (IAF [...] | 2005-08-26 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR MOPS KSAC IN PK |
05NEWDELHI6691 | PUSHING INDO-PAK DELIVERABLES FOR UNGA MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Although the bonhomie and impressive "to do" list that emerged from the April "cricket summit" (Ref C) gave a palpable boost to Indian perceptions of Indo-Pak relations, the relationship soured in New Delhi's eyes after the GOI reported worsening trends on cross-border infiltrati [...] | 2005-08-31 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EAID ECON PGOV IN PK AF UNGA INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI6694 | MEA EAGER TO WORK WITH US ON BANGLADESH AND SRI [...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, new MEA Joint Secretary for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar Mohan Kumar SIPDIS agreed to the need for greater information sharing and policy coordination between GOI and USG on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Stressing that Bangladesh is "India's most impo [...] | 2005-08-31 14:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA |
05NEWDELHI6797 | PM'S KABUL VISIT: TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY TO WORK [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's August 28-29 visit to Kabul is playing as a resounding foreign policy success in New Delhi. The announced USD 50 million additional assistance, proposals for new areas of cooperation, Parliament ground-breaking and ribbon cutting of the Habibia sc [...] | 2005-09-02 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID IN AF PK IR |
05NEWDELHI680 | MEA HOPEFUL LOC FIRING ""A ONE-TIME PROBLEM"" [...] (C) On the margins of a January 27 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, DCM expressed our hope that the SIPDIS January 18 and 20 cross-LOC shelling incidents (reftel) would not impede the ongoing Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue. Saran responded that he understood the USG concern and was [...] | 2005-01-27 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI6915 | INDIAN DEPUTY NSA UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, HESITANT ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy NSA VK Nambiar told A/DCM and Poloff on September 7 that he was optimistic the Indo-Pak peace process would continue to make slow progress, and looked forward to PM Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Musharraf during the UNGA summit. Nambiar highlighted instability i [...] | 2005-09-08 08:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KNNP IN IR PK BG INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI709 | INDIA REINVENTING NSA POSITION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: MK Narayanan, formally named on January 25 as India's new NSA, will be a different kind of National Security Adviser than his high-profile, powerful predecessors, JN Dixit and Brajesh Mishra. After several weeks of debat [...] | 2005-01-28 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK |
05NEWDELHI7230 | WHITHER THE BJP? [...] (C) Summary: Well-documented divisions (reftels) have recently prevented the BJP from fulfilling its role as India's leading opposition party and led to a string of electoral defeats. The latest "crisis" was the expulsion and reinstatement of BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana. The core issue is [...] | 2005-09-15 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN PK |
05NEWDELHI7259 | INDO-PAK UNGA MEETING POSITIVE, NO FIREWORKS [...] (C) Summary: The September 14, four-hour Manmohan Singh-Musharraf dinner meeting and joint statement on the sidelines of UNGA continued the positive bilateral vibe even if it did not produce new deliverables, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha told us during a Septemb [...] | 2005-09-16 13:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV IN PK AF INDO PAK UNGA |
05NEWDELHI7345 | ALL EYES ON VAJPAYEE AS ADVANI AND RSS TUSSLE [...] (C) Summary: The BJP's leadership conclave in Chennai ended with a bang when LK Advani picked a very public fight with the Hindu right-wing RSS over the future ideological direction of the party. On September 18, Advani finally submitted to RSS pressure to resign (in December) as party pres [...] | 2005-09-20 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER IN PK BG |
05NEWDELHI749 | HIGH TURNOUT IN FIRST ROUND OF J&K LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Consolidating the pattern set in other recent state elections, Kashmiris turned out in large numbers in municipal elections in North Kashmir on January 30, defying terrorist intimidation and a separatist-led boycott campaign, and demonstrating that they want to have a greater say i [...] | 2005-01-31 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IN PK |
05NEWDELHI7494 | GOI CONSIDERING RUSSIAN THRUST IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: As India perceives a shift by Central Asian nations toward their Soviet roots and increased competition from China, the GOI is taking a new look at how to orient its foreign policy in the region. Frustrated with the slow progress expanding influence in its extended neighborhood a [...] | 2005-09-26 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ETRD MOPS CN PK AF IN |
05NEWDELHI7505 | NEPALESE MAOISTS STILL TOP CONCERN FOR GOI [...] (C) Summary: The GOI still sees the Maoists as its chief concern in the ongoing crisis in Nepal, MEA told us on September 27. However, the GOI believes the cease-fire could be a sign of progress toward an ultimate political solution, if the Maoists prove sincere in their professed commitment [...] | 2005-09-27 08:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS KDEM IN NP PK CH |
05NEWDELHI7767 | SECOND ANNUAL SOUTH ASIA POLITICAL REPORTING [...] (U) Summary: The September 29 South Asia Political Reporting Officers' Conference in New Delhi brought together almost 50 officers and FSNs from Indian consulates, South Asian countries, the broader region and Washington to discuss recent developments. Participants discussed the July 18 Indo [...] | 2005-10-05 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BD PK NP IN |
05NEWDELHI7777 | HOME SECRETARY UPBEAT ABOUT DECLINE IN TERRORISM, [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST FOR S/CT IN PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador following an MLAT signing ceremony, Home Secretary VK Duggal was moderately upbeat over the security situation in Kashmir, noting that the situation was calm enough for the valley to welcome [...] | 2005-10-06 08:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER CASC CJAN IN PK NP GOI |
05NEWDELHI7794 | GOI J&K POINTMAN CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with visiting US Ambassador to Islamabad Ryan Crocker, GOI Interlocutor on Kashmir NN Vohra was generally upbeat on Indo-Pak relations and said that Islamabad is sending positive signals on Kashmir, but Musharraf is not doing enough to combat cross-border [...] | 2005-10-06 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PBTS IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI7795 | DNSA NAMBIAR TO AMB CROCKER: PAKISTANI GLASS HALF [...] (S) Summary: Playing bad cop, Deputy National Security Advisor Vijay Nambiar gave visiting US Ambassador to Pakistan a twenty minute assessment of Pakistani terrorists' ties to regional and global jehadi groups as a way of "balancing Musharraf's rhetoric." Bangladesh, he feared, was the new hub for [...] | 2005-10-06 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PBTS ECON MOPS PK IN INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI7803 | HOME SECRETARY OPTIMISTIC ON PAKISTANI TIES, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Reviewing India-Pakistan relations for visiting US Ambassador to Islamabad Ryan Crocker, Home Secretary VK Duggal observed on October 4 that Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations are generally "on the upswing," but lamented the lack of concrete evidence of a change of Pakistani intentions [...] | 2005-10-07 05:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI7874 | BAGLIHAR DAM: NEUTRAL EXPERT VISITS SITE, WILL [...] (U) Summary: World Bank-appointed Neutral Expert Dr. Raymond Lafitte today completed his tour and consultations on the controversial Baglihar Dam; he gave the GOI a preliminary read-out and will file a comprehensive report by October 21. The process, under the auspices of the World Bank-broker [...] | 2005-10-07 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI7880 | TFPK01: INDIA ANALYZING ITS NEEDS, ACKNOWLEDGES US [...] (U) Please see Action Request in Para 4 below. 2. (SBU) In a meeting October 10 with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran (other topics reported septel),the SIPDIS Ambassador conveyed to India the condolences of the United States for the loss of life and injuries sustained as a result o [...] | 2005-10-10 09:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC KISL PREL PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN US |
05NEWDELHI7910 | TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 11, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update on salient events in India since the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: "The Hindu" of Oct. 11 reports 927 are dead in Indian Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The J&K government doesn't expect the death toll to go above 1100 because only 180 more are considered [...] | 2005-10-11 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN |
05NEWDELHI7984 | TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005 [...] (U) The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Ja [...] | 2005-10-14 09:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN |
05NEWDELHI7990 | TFPK01: KASHMIRIS SEEK LOWERING OF BORDERS AS [...] (C) Summary: PM Singh and the senior Indian leadership have moved swiftly following the October 8 earthquake to show Kashmiris that India shares their grief and would help them, but relief efforts have been slow to reach some areas. The quake is having its impact in Kashmiri politics, too, wit [...] | 2005-10-14 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS PK IN |
05NEWDELHI7992 | TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005 [...] The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Jammu an [...] | 2005-10-14 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN |
05NEWDELHI8012 | MEA LARGELY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, BUT QUAKE NO [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that it was too soon to assess the damage the October 8 earthquake dealt to terrorism in Kashmir, although he cautioned that the terrorists' setbacks may only [...] | 2005-10-14 14:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS ENRG PBTS ETRD IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI8034 | INDO-PAK COUNTRY TEAMS DISCUSS HOW TO ENCOURAGE [...] (C) Summary: Taking advantage of Ambassador Crocker's trip to India, New Delhi and Islamabad country teams on October 4 convened a round table discussion on Indo-Pak relations. Both sides agreed that, although there are few feasible avenues for direct USG involvement in this sphere -- and th [...] | 2005-10-17 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EPET MASS KPAO IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI8035 | AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH DELHI DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Crocker's October 4 meeting with strategists focused largely on Indian concerns that Musharraf is continuing Pakistani polices that foster intolerance, a hawkish stance on India, and cross-border terrorism. With business leaders, the emphasis was on recent increment [...] | 2005-10-17 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV ETRD IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI8073 | J&K ATTACK WILL DEEPEN GOI ANGER OVER TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: Terrorists affiliated with Pakistan-based al-Mansoorian (a front name used by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba) on October 18 conducted a daytime suicide attack on a secure residential compound in Srinagar, killing the J&K Education Minister and two security personnel. This attack appears desi [...] | 2005-10-18 10:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IN PK |
05NEWDELHI8120 | INDO-PAK "DISASTER DIPLOMACY" SOFTENING BORDERS [...] (C) Summary: Terrorism aside (Ref A),the diplomatic vibes of disaster diplomacy are resonating well in India. The GOI warmly welcomed Musharraf's October 18 decision to permit "any amount" of Kashmiris from J&K to cross the LoC into Pakistani Kashmir to assist with earthquake reconstruction [...] | 2005-10-19 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECPS PBTS IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI8163 | USG QUAKE ASSISTANCE CAN HELP BUILD GOODWILL IN J&K [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 8 earthquake that carved a path of destruction through Kashmir continues to claim lives as the death toll continues to rise. A USAID/OFDA team completed a rapid assessment in J&K (Ref A) and reports more extensive damage and a slower humanitarian assistance respons [...] | 2005-10-20 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS IN PK US |
05NEWDELHI8231 | JASWANT SINGH BELIEVES THE UPA IS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING THE INDO/US RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Ambassador in New Delhi on October 21, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the India/US agenda and its many components, but reading between the lines, that support was actually qualified. Singh seemed [...] | 2005-10-24 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PINR IN PK IR |
05NEWDELHI8245 | BURNS-SARAN OCTOBER 21 MEETING ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Much progress was made in the October 21 opening meeting in Delhi between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran which reviewed the US-India joint ventures launched at the July 18 Summit. Both agreed that the two sides must ensure that smal [...] | 2005-10-24 11:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS EAID EAGR ENRG EINV KNNP ETRD EAIR ETTC ECPS TSPA TBIO TSPL CVIS KDEM SENV IN PK US |
05NEWDELHI8247 | NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN [...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...] | 2005-10-24 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH |
05NEWDELHI8253 | INDIA OPENS LOC TO HELP PAKISTAN DESPITE TERROR [...] (U) Summary: Consistent with the PM's admonition to find ways to make the Line of Control (LoC) less relevant and facilitate quake relief, the GOI is putting aside fears that terrorists will seize the advantage even as it creates camps along the LoC to provide food, shelter, and medical attent [...] | 2005-10-24 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR PHUM EAID IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI826 | REACTING TO NEPAL, INDIA WILL NOT ATTEND THE SAARC SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: The MEA announced on February 2 that India will not attend the SAARC Summit scheduled for February 6-7 in Dhaka. Both publicly and privately, GOI officials cited both King Gyanendra's actions in Nepal on February 1, and the security situation in Dhaka following the violence of J [...] | 2005-02-02 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN BG PK NP SAARC |
05NEWDELHI8510 | DESPITE TERROR BLAST, NEW KASHMIR CHIEF MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a suicide car bombing that killed five, Cabinet Affairs Minister and Sonia Gandhi close aide Ghulam Nabi Azad became Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir November 2, as per a 2003 power-sharing agreement between Congress and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's PD [...] | 2005-11-04 09:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM PBTS PTER ASEC PK IN |
05NEWDELHI8749 | OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: GOI PROPOSES US OBSERVER STATUS AT SAARC [...] (U) For SA: SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In a surprise development, the GOI has told us that it would welcome US participation as an Observer to SAARC. At a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit briefing on November 16, MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) P.K. [...] | 2005-11-17 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECIN AORC BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC |
05NEWDELHI8751 | KASHMIRIS QUIETLY APPRECIATIVE OF INDIAN ARMY AND [...] (C) Summary: Indian Kashmiris have been quietly appreciative of the way the Army, J&K state government, Indian NGOs, and Indian businesses and citizens provided relief following the October 8 earthquake. Immediately following the quake, soldiers threw themselves into rescue efforts and opene [...] | 2005-11-17 15:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KISL PTER EAID MOPS PK IN |
05NEWDELHI8791 | INDIANS WORRY LASHKAR TERRORISTS ARE THRIVING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Apprehension is mounting in India about Pakistan-based terrorist groups' exploitation of relief efforts to enhance their capabilities, recruitment, and operations against India. Indians are also noticing with alarm that terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jammat- [...] | 2005-11-18 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PBTS KISL MOPS PINS EAID ASEC PK IN |
05NEWDELHI8928 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY FRETS ABOUT JIHADI [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Indian Foreign Secretary Saran summoned the Charge on November 24 to register concern about several dimensions of international relief activities in Pakistani Kashmir. Saran's delivery of the non-paper in para 5 was low key and respe [...] | 2005-11-25 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS EAID IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI8933 | INDIA COMMITTED TO RE-BUILD AFGHANISTAN DESPITE [...] (U) Anger in India is mounting following the November 19 kidnapping and subsequent murder by the Taliban of MR Kutty, one of 290 Border Roads Organization employees who have been working on the GOI-funded Zaranj-Delaram road in Nimruz Province, Afghanistan. The discovery of Kutty's throat-sli [...] | 2005-11-25 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EAID MARR MASS PBTS AF IN PK |
05NEWDELHI9008 | MEA SHARES INDIAN INTEL BLAMING LET FOR DIWALI [...] (S) Summary: Following up on MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar's November 14 assurance that the Indian government would share with us information regarding the October 29 Diwali bombings (Ref B),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar on November 29 confirmed to Charge and Poloff th [...] | 2005-11-29 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS EFIN KCRM KTFN PBTS PK IN TS GOI |
05NEWDELHI9031 | KASHMIRI LEADERS SHARE PERSPECTIVES WITH CODEL [...] (SBU) Kashmiri political leaders and human rights advocates described in differing viewpoints the problems facing Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and emphasized the need for redoubled peace efforts between India and Pakistan during a November 28 meeting with CODEL Burton and embassy officers. Mirwa [...] | 2005-11-30 11:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL PBTS PHUM OREP IN PK |
05NEWDELHI9207 | IN DIVIDED PUNJAB, DIPLOMACY DANCES TO A BHANGRA [...] (SBU) Summary: Drawn together by shared historical, cultural, and ethno-linguistic ties, the Indian state of Punjab and Pakistan's Punjab province continue to forge deeper relations even as Delhi-Islamabad rapprochement has slowed. This message details recent progress in people-to-people con [...] | 2005-12-06 13:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS SCUL IN PK |
05NEWDELHI9592 | GOI'S TAKE ON CHINA'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting on India's relationship with Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),MEA J/S Jaimini Bhagwati (Eurasia) suggested that India and the US should look for opportunities to advance our shared interests in the region. Bhagwati speculated [...] | 2005-12-20 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL KDEM MOPS CH IN PK RS |
05NEWDELHI9752 | GOI NON-PAPER ON LINKAGES AMONG TERRORIST GROUPS [...] (S) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha in a December 27 meeting passed to Acting DCM a 10-page non-paper on connections among various terrorist groups, entitled "Inter-Group Linkages". The terrorist groups addressed in the non-paper include the following: al-Qaida an [...] | 2005-12-27 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN PINR SNAR IN PK BG AF |
05NEWDELHI9771 | MEA LOOKS AHEAD TO PAKISTAN TALKS, SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Speaking on December 27, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that the GOP is dragging its feet in implementing agreed-upon confidence-building measures and presenting its own ideas in a "half-baked" manner, but was confident that relations would mud [...] | 2005-12-28 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EAID EPET ELTN MOPS KDEM KNNP IN PK AF IR INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI997 | NEW NSA SIGNALS COMMITMENT TO US-INDIA [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador since his elevation as National Security Adviser, MK Narayanan identified progress in US-India relations as one of the three or four top priorities that the PM has tasked him to focus upon. Although Narayanan was uninformed about Phase 2 o [...] | 2005-02-08 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER BG NP IN PK US |
05OTTAWA1502 | US-CANADA POLMIL TALKS: FIRST IN A DECADE [...] (SBU) On April 27, Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) hosted the first US/CAN political-military consultations in more than a decade. The day-long talks opened with each side providing an overview of its recently released national defense policy/strategy. Topics covered in the talks included cont [...] | 2005-05-18 21:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PK IN CA |
05OTTAWA3170 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: TRANSPORTING TENTS FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA PK EAID PREF PREL SENV |
05OTTAWA3173 | CANADA TO FOLD DART UNDER NATO UMBRELLA FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 16:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK CA NATO |
05OTTAWA3198 | CANADA: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] The GOC is contemplating an additional pledge at Geneva but the amount is not yet confirmed. They asked if post has information on the amount the US plans to announce. The Canadian delegation to the October 26 conference in Geneva will be led by their Ambassador, Paul Meyers, or his alterna [...] | 2005-10-25 19:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PK CA |
05OTTAWA3278 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) DCM conveyed ref A points November 1 to Jonathan Fried, the Prime Minister's senior foreign policy advisor. We provided follow-up copies to Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency. Canada responded quickly and generously to the South Asian earthquake (s [...] | 2005-11-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MARR MOPS PHUM PREL PK CA |
05OTTAWA3421 | CANADA WILL GIVE MORE -- FOLLOW-UP APPEAL FOR [...] (SBU) Steve Blais, who officially becomes Director of the Pakistan and South Asia office at the Canadian International Development Agency next Monday, said the GOC plans to announce that it will make a major commitment to earthquake relief after it has had time to digest the World Bank/Asia D [...] | 2005-11-18 14:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM SENV CA PK |
05OTTAWA3425 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF: NO IMMEDIATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM SENV CA PK |
05OTTAWA3749 | OTTAWA TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMMENDMENT, GOC [...] (S) Econoff met with our Foreign Affairs Canada counterpart on terrorist financing to provide the information in reftel. He had discussed this briefly with U.S. delegates in London and had then discussed the subject with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). At that time, CSIS [...] | 2005-12-23 17:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER CA PK |
05OTTAWA942 | CANADA INFORMED OF NEW SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, on March 29 polmiloff delivered the Fact Sheet on Broadening the U.S. strategic partnership with South Asia to Keith Fountain, Acting Director of the South Asia Division (PSA) at Foreign Affairs Canada. Fountain said that he normally handles Afghanistan policy and wo [...] | 2005-03-31 18:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS PK IN CA PSA |
05PARIS1087 | PSI/MTCR: SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA [...] (S) Based on the request in Ref (A) cable for immediate action, morning of 19 February 2005, EST officer delivered demarche and non-paper regarding a shipment of French-origin equipment to Syria to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA D [...] | 2005-02-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
05PARIS1517 | PSI: FORMAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHES ON PSI CASE INVOLVING SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA; POSSIBILITY THAT GOODS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ON TO SYRIA [...] (S) On 04 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a non-paper representing the Government of France's (GOF) formal response to the Embassy demarches presented on 19 February and 01 March. The French non [...] | 2005-03-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
05PARIS1731 | PSI: UPDATE FROM THE FRENCH MFA ON THE STATUS OF THE SYRIA BOUND CARGO IN PIRAEUS [...] (S) On 15 March 2005, EST officer was contacted by David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a readout of the 15 March demarche by the French Embassy in Athens delivered to Greek MFA Director of Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) ma [...] | 2005-03-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
05PARIS174 | MTAG 04 - 04: DEMARCHE ON FRENCH FIRM'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM (S) [...] (S) On 30 December 2004, EST officer delivered a demarche to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the 10 December shipment of telemetry equipment from the French f [...] | 2005-01-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE |
05PARIS1762 | PSI: FRANCARE REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL; SHRINKING LEGAL OPTIONS (S) [...] (S) On 16 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation regarding cargo of currently embargoed goods held in Piraeus port consigned to a Syrian entity. Bertolotti described the 14 March meeting between French officials and [...] | 2005-03-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
05PARIS2135 | PRESENTATION OF NEW SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PK IN AF FR |
05PARIS2270 | FRENCH VIEWS ON NEW U.S. SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IN AF PK FR |
05PARIS5133 | MTAG 04-04: FRENCH FIRM'S CONTINUING ATTEMPTS TO ASSIST PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM: DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PK PREL |
05PARIS6342 | SEPTEMBER 11-12 VISIT OF INDIAN PM SINGH TO FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 16, poloff met with MFA India desk officer to discuss Indian PM Manmohan Singh's meetings with the French President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and others September 11-13. The meetings, aimed at strengthening an already close bilateral relationship between [...] | 2005-09-16 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP PARM IN IR PK UK GM FR |
05PARIS8509 | USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...] | 2005-12-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO |
05PRAGUE106 | ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL SALE OF CZECH PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Reftel reported the request of the Czech government for the U.S. government's opinion on the potential sale of a passive surveillance system (PSS) to the Air Force of Pakistan. This cable offers additional technical and background information on the system. Note: ref A mistakenly made r [...] | 2005-01-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PINR PK EZ |
05PRAGUE1252 | "DOWNGRADED VERA": LIKELY CZECH YES TO PAKISTAN, [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to formally oppose a sale of a passive surveillance system, model ASDD-01, to Vietnam. This move effectively blocks that deal for the immediate future. The GOCR is currently involved in a high-level debate on the merits of issui [...] | 2005-08-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PK VM |
05PRAGUE1363 | CZECHS LICENSE A ONE-YEAR VERA SYSTEM LOAN TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PK |
05PRAGUE1535 | CZECHS REVIEWING MI-17 PARTS REQUEST FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Pol-mil Off delivered reftel points to Czech MFA Security Policy Deputy Director Vaclav Balek Oct 27. The Czechs do have MI-17s in their inventory. Balek had not heard Pakistan planned to ask NATO for MI-17 parts. He said the GOCR would examine the request carefully. CABANISS [...] | 2005-10-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS EZ NATO |
05PRAGUE1581 | CZECHS ON PAKISTAN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION [...] (U) DCM met November 11 with Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to discuss Czech assistance to Pakistan. Pojar, who was until recently Director of the Czech NGO People in Need, provided the following information: -- Czech government assistance to date totals approximately $4.5 milli [...] | 2005-11-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL PK EZ |
05PRAGUE892 | CZECH PROPOSAL FOR PASSIVE RADAR SYSTEM TO VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-13 08:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PINR PREL EZ VM PK |
05PRETORIA4452 | DEMARCHE -- APPEAL FOR INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM PK SF |
05RABAT2199 | MOROCCO: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Acting Pol/C met October 25 with MFA Director of UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to discuss reftel appeal for contributions to the international effort to provide earthquake relief and rehabilitation to Pakistan. Bourita noted that he was in the process of drafting a decision memo on this very t [...] | 2005-10-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL PK MO |
05RANGOON1199 | SOUTH ASIAN VIEWS ON BURMA: ENGAGE THE GENERALS [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime has generally looked North and East (China and ASEAN) for its foreign political relationships and to China and Thailand for its primary economic ties to the outside world. India's two-year old policy of sustained engagement with the current SPDC regime, howeve [...] | 2005-10-21 09:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM IN PK CE NP BG |
05ROME4169 | IRAQ - ITALY REQUESTS HELP TO DISBURSE SOFT LOANS [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Federika Ferrari Bravo, MFA Coordinator for Economic Assistance to Iraq, asked December 6 for U.S. help to complete an Italy-Iraq loan agreement to permit Italy to disburse a five million euro soft loan to reestablish the Iraqi [...] | 2005-12-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PHUM PK PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AVIATION FAA |
05STATE26545 | MTAG: TAIWAN ENTITIES SUPPORTING PAKISTANI MISSILE PROGRAM; FOLLOW-UP ON TRANSFERS TO SYRIA (C) [...] (U) This is an action request. AIT Taipei please see para 4. 2. (S) Background: We want to raise with Taiwan concerns about Pakistan-based machine tools procurement agent K.M. Enterprise acquiring computer numerically- controlled (CNC) machines from the Taiwan manufacturer She Hong Ind [...] | 2005-02-14 20:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TW PK SY |
05TAIPEI4068 | MTAG: TAIWAN INVESTIGATION RESULTS ON XTRA AND SHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-04 08:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW SY PK |
05TAIPEI683 | MTAG: TAIWAN ON EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered ref A talking points to BOFT and to NSC on February 14, 2005. BOFT reported on February 18 that the Ecoma Company has provided assurances it will cease trade with Iran. In a meeting with AIT on February 17, BOFT provided updates on several export control cases, and [...] | 2005-02-18 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PK PREL SY TW |
05THEHAGUE2860 | NETHERLANDS: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (C) National Security Advisor Rob Swartbol said October 21 that the Dutch are considering deploying a field hospital in conjunction with the Czechs as part of the international assistance relief efforts. The deployment could happen in "about a week" once the Dutch and Czechs finalize plans, he [...] | 2005-10-21 13:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NL NATO |
05THEHAGUE2892 | NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: DUTCH WILL PROVIDE FIELD [...] Emboffs delivered reftel A points to Director of Humanitarian Affairs and Pakistan relief coordinator Joost Andriessen, as well as Western Hemisphere department staff. 2. Andriessen told econoff the Netherlands had pledged 17 million Euros (USD 20.5 million) "so far." He did not rule out [...] | 2005-10-25 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK NL |
05THEHAGUE2934 | NETHERLANDS: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS, EXPERTISE [...] (C) DAO contacts confirm that the Netherlands does not have any MI-17s, spare parts or relevant maintenance expertise on this type of Russian helicopter, and will be unable to provide assistance with regard to Pakistan's request. SCHOFER [...] | 2005-10-28 08:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS NL NATO |
05THEHAGUE3247 | NETHERLANDS: EXCESS F-16 INQUIRY [...] (C) The GONL is not/not interested in selling F-16s to Pakistan -- either directly or through the United States. Dutch MOD State Secretary Cees van der Knaap told Charge and ODC Chief December 2 that the re-sale issue is very clear: the Dutch will not sell F-16s to Pakistan, and will not be as [...] | 2005-12-05 14:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL ETTC MARR PK BE PREL MAS |
05VIENNA3427 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 21 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level Director for Political Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said Austria had reached the limits of its capabilities in deploying 60 troops from the elite NBC unit to the [...] | 2005-10-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AU AMEMR NATO |
05VIENNA3443 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) Charge presented ref (a) points on October 24 to Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, who is currently acting deputy Foreign Minister. Charge expressed appreciation for Austria's deployment of a military unit of 60 troops with water purification equipment to the [...] | 2005-10-24 15:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREL AU |
05VIENNA3542 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- APPEAL FOR INCREASED [...] (U) Charge presented ref (a) demarche on November 3 to Irene freudenschuss-Reichl, the Under Secretary-level Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Assistance Section. 2. (SBU) Freudenschuss-Reichl said Austria's national contribution for earthquake relief in Paki [...] | 2005-11-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREL AU |
05VIENNA3978 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AMENDED DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) On December 23, Embassy Vienna delivered the prenotification regarding the amended designation of Lashkar e-Tayyiba to include Jamaat-ul-Dawa (and its variants) on the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list. We spoke to Finance Ministry official Angelika Schloegel, money laundering and terrori [...] | 2005-12-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PK PREL PTER AU |
05VILNIUS1188 | GOL CONTRIBUTING TO NATO MISSION IN PAKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: The GOL is heeding NATO's call for contributions to its relief effort in Pakistan by sending water purifications specialists and equipment to the affected region under the Alliance's umbrella. This comes on top of the GOL's previous financial (104,000 USD) and material (tents an [...] | 2005-11-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL PK LH |
05VILNIUS1341 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LITHUANIA RECEIVES LET [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | KTFN EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER LH |
05WELLINGTON848 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Post on October 25 delivered the ref A demarche -- seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and rehabilitation in Pakistan -- to the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID reported October 28 that New Zealand had contributed NZ $1.5 m [...] | 2005-10-28 02:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO |
05WELLINGTON884 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON NATO SUPPORT [...] (C) Post's defense attache on October 28 delivered the ref C demarche -- encouraging New Zealand's contribution to the NATO relief effort in Pakistan -- to Air Vice-Marshal David Bamfield, vice chief of the New Zealand Defense Force (ref A). In a letter dated November 2, Air Marshal Bruce Fer [...] | 2005-11-14 03:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO |
05YEREVAN1885 | ARMENIA: NONCOMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AM NATO |
05YEREVAN1911 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR PAK [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Pakistan's MI-17 helicopter operations to Deputy Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Artur Aghabekyan. Aghabekyan contacted Chief Military Inspector General-Lieutenant Alik Mirzabekyan, who said that Armenia does not/not have MI-17 helicopters in it [...] | 2005-10-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS AM NATO |
05YEREVAN2022 | ARMENIA: LACK OF SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN RELIEF [...] (C) On multiple occasions since October 21, Armenian Defense and Foreign Affairs officials have not responded to our calls for military and other assistance -- which we think they are capable of rendering -- to the Pakistan relief effort. Early promises to answer requests for assistance (reft [...] | 2005-11-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS AM IN PK NATO |
06ABUDHABI1329 | UAEG REGISTERS CONCERN OVER TENSION BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary: On March 29, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, visited Abu Dhabi and met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. Al Noaimi expressed concern about growing tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and suggested including India in trilateral talks to ease the fricti [...] | 2006-04-04 15:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK AE |
06ABUDHABI1932 | S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and Ambassador received a readout of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders' 8th consultative summit, held a day earl [...] | 2006-05-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL KWBG PK AF LE JO |
06ABUDHABI2633 | AMBASSADOR KHALIZAD MEETS DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 15, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and urged the UAEG to engage the newly formed government in Iraq. He also outlined USG support for PM Maliki's goals of eliminating militias, and promoting national r [...] | 2006-06-25 12:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN EPET AF PK SO IR AE |
06ABUDHABI2688 | IMPROVING THE UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION RECORD [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met June 26 evening with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) to discuss the USG's plans to take a number of immediate steps to address the continuing problem of diversion of goods from the UAE to Iran's WMD and missile programs (ref A). AbZ listened caref [...] | 2006-06-28 10:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC IR PK AF AE |
06ABUDHABI3027 | SCENESETTER FOR SCA A/S AMB BOUCHER TO UAE [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Boucher, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes your visit to discuss support for Afghanistan with the UAE leadership. We have requested a meeting with a senior member of the ruling family (the Crown Prince or Foreign Minister). We recommend that you acknowledge the UAE contrib [...] | 2006-07-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS MASS EINV AF PK AE |
06ABUDHABI3140 | EMIRATES FOCUSED ON SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During a July 29 lunch with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his younger brother Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher pressed SIPDIS for continued support of Afghan reconstruction a [...] | 2006-08-02 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ENRG MOPS PK AF AE |
06ABUDHABI3818 | A/S O,BRIEN AND A/S SULLIVAN CO-CHAIR 3RD U.S./UAE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (S) Summary. The third meeting of the U.S./UAE Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi on September 12, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwei [...] | 2006-09-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KTFN SO PK AF IZ AE |
06ABUDHABI3944 | GENERAL ABIZAID WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE: IRAN, [...] (S) On the evening of October 9, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) Al Nahyan discussed Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. On Iran, MbZ pressed for clarity on U.S. "war plans" and cal [...] | 2006-10-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM IR AF PK IZ AE |
06ABUDHABI73 | A/S WAYNE BRIEFS UAE LEADERSHIP ON STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: On the occasion of a condolence call for the death of Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Maktoum, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne and Ambassador Sison met January 6 with several top UAE officials to discuss the Strategic [...] | 2006-01-08 09:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ IR IS SY LE AE PK |
06AITTAIPEI2349 | MTAG: BOFT ACTION ON SHE HONG [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-11 08:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC MTCRE PARM PK TW |
06ALMATY1456 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher discussed Kazakhstan's business climate, regional economic integration, and oil and gas infrastructure projects on April 10 with representatives of American companies operating in Kazakhstan. While acknowledging that their companies were thriving in [...] | 2006-04-21 04:09:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ AF PK |
06ANKARA1400 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its first meeting of 2006 on February 23. Turkey-Iran relations, February 4 IAEA decision on Iran's nuclear program, and Turkey's foreign assistance policy topped the agenda. Turkish media coverage of the meeting was wider than other months. The [...] | 2006-03-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
06ANKARA2083 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March 2006 [...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Hilmi Ozkok gave his annual speech to the Istanbul War Academy on March 16. He noted the importance of a cohesive domestic government in the international place of a country; underlined the importance of a sound security strategy based on a st [...] | 2006-04-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
06ANKARA4129 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on June 22. National and international security issues and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Palestinian governance, the Israeli general election, the EU accession process and the Single European S [...] | 2006-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU AS PK AL CG AJ KZ IT |
06ANKARA4796 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2006 [...] Over 10,000 individuals from Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Moldova, Germany, Canada, USA, Australia, Lebanon, France and other countries were evacuated from Lebanon via Turkey. Close to 1,700 US Citizens were flown to the US on contract aircraft out of Incirlik Air Base. The evacuation o [...] | 2006-08-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU PK AU IS SU GR |
06ANKARA6437 | TURKEY'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 09:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SENV TU PK |
06ANKARA6703 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, November 2006 [...] The second annual meeting of Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) convened under PM Tayyip Erdogan on November 30 to assess external threats, recent developments in the region, the ongoing fight against the PKK terrorist organization, military policies and modernization needs of the military [...] | 2006-12-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL FR GR IS RS FI PL GG RO BU PK TU |
06ASHGABAT107 | TURKMENISTAN'S MI-8 DOWN IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The GOTX fumbled for three days -- January 21-23 -- before it could come up with a formal request for Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Coalition Forces' assistance in a search for a GOTX relief helicopter -- probably crashed with seven crewmembers in the mountains in Afghanistan -- which [...] | 2006-01-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PREL AF PK TX |
06ASHGABAT704 | TURKMENISTAN AND PAKISTAN: PROBLEMS ABOUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Pakistani Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkmenistan, Dr. Ali Ahmad Arian on June 30 and talked about the bilateral relationship between Turkmenistan and Pakistan, including their declining trade relations, Trans-Afghan Pipeline feasibility, educational exchanges, an [...] | 2006-07-05 12:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PK TX KPAO ETRD EPET ZK PGOV |
06ATHENS1652 | PAKISTANI EMBASSY CLAIMS GOG COMPLICITY IN HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 16 meeting with Poloffs, Pakistani XXXXXXXXXXXX relayed his concerns that human smuggling could be funding destabilizing separatist, Muslim-extremist, and even terrorist movements in Pakistan, notably in the Balochistan province. His concern is heightened by what he [...] | 2006-06-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PINR PINS PK SMIG SOCI PTER |
06BAKU1684 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a November 14 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov provided an overview of the new ministry, created in December 2005. Jamalov, who was appointed in March, said the ministry [...] | 2006-11-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM RS TU PK UP |
06BAKU1715 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SADIKOV SAYS "THE TIME IS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadikov November 20 to discuss Azerbaijan's priorities as the chair of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s Foreign Ministers' Conference. According to Sadikov, the GOAJ seeks to "breathe new life" into the or [...] | 2006-11-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL AJ PK EG MY |
06BEIJING18547 | PRC/PAKISTAN: CLOSE COOPERATION ON KEY ISSUES, BUT THE TWO CAPITALS DON'T SEE EYE-TO-EYE [...] (C) Summary. Recent speculation that China has agreed to provide Pakistan with additional nuclear reactors is "nonsense," stated MFA Asian Affairs Department Deputy Division Director for Pakistan Wang Xilin, insisting that China will strictly adhere to its international obligations as a member of t [...] | 2006-09-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH PK |
06BEIJING20223 | DDG LUO ON CHINA-SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: China remains concerned about instability in Nepal, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Luo Zhaohui told Polmincouns in a September 22 discussion of China-South Asia issues. China continues to avoid contact with the Maoists in Nepal and wonders what role the UN could play [...] | 2006-09-22 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR XD AF NP IN PK CH |
06BEIJING22983 | OCTOBER 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CHINA-AFRICA [...] Key Points made at the October 31 Press Briefing were: -- Japan's demand that North Korea not rejoin the Six-Party Talks as a nuclear power can be handled within the framework of the Talks. -- There has been no change in China's policy regarding the normal trade relations with the DPRK. [...] | 2006-10-31 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH PK KN |
06BEIJING23549 | CHINA/CENTRAL ASIA - URUMQI HIGH LEVEL FORUM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the fourth session of the Central, West and South Asia Regional Economic Cooperation High- Level Forum held in Urumqi, Xinjiang on September 2, 2006, participants effused about the future of regional cooperation and economic integration. The Executive Director of the Sunbr [...] | 2006-11-06 23:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL PTER EFIN CH ZK RS TU PK |
06BEIJING23776 | NOVEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINESE SUBMARINE [...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- MFA Spokesperson Jiang Yu claims ignorance of reports that a Chinese submarine followed the USS Kitty Hawk. He said China is an &adamant force8 in the region and the world for peace and stability. -- Jiang deflected questio [...] | 2006-11-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO KN CH EC JA IN PK |
06BEIJING23849 | PRC/INDIA: DESPITE CHINA'S AMBASSADOR'S PRESS [...] (C) China and India are working closely together to ensure that Preident Hu Jintao's November 20 ) 23 trip to India is a success, according to a Chinese MFA official and an Indian Embassy officer. In separae meetings, both officers confirmed that recent press statements made by China's Ambass [...] | 2006-11-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN PK CH |
06BEIJING24126 | NOVEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the November 28 MFA Press Conference were: -- This afternoon in Beijing the heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations from China, the United States and the DPRK held meetings, including bilateral and trilateral talks, on the resumption of the Six-Party Talks but no date has yet b [...] | 2006-11-28 11:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN CH PK EC CY SU |
06BEIJING24541 | PRC/INDIA: MFA SAYS NO CHANGE IN POSITION ON [...] (C) PRC views on the US)India civil nuclear agreement have not changed, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Xia Tian said when asked about Ref A report suggesting that China's MFA Spokesperson had characterized the agreement as "beneficial." Xia told p [...] | 2006-12-15 00:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CE PK CH |
06BEIJING4671 | MTAG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MISSILE-RELATED STEEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA KN KS PK CH |
06BEIJING5972 | PRC/INDIA: ACADEMICS SKEPTICAL OF U.S.-INDIA [...] (C) In reaction to the U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, China should review the multilateral agreements it participates in that the United States is also a party to, according to the China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations Assistant President Yang Mingjie. [...] | 2006-03-30 11:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG IAEA IN PK CH |
06BEIRUT350 | LEBANON'S RESPONSE TO ICAO DEMARCHE FOR U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR ICAO AORC EG ET FR LE PK SA TS |
06BERLIN3452 | GETTING MORE FROM GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany remains a key partner in Afghanistan and Chancellor Merkel is committed to succeeding, but we need to find new ways to increase German resolve and resources. Post believes the Germans can do more in the near term in many of the key areas Embassy Kabul has identified i [...] | 2006-12-07 18:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS AID ECON AF PK GM |
06BERN2064 | SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION: SWISS UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 17:35:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PK SZ |
06CALCUTTA413 | SHADOW LINES - INDIA STRUGGLES WITH SECURITY ON ITS EASTERN [...] (C) Summary. Porous borders with Bangladesh and Burma present a serious threat to India's security that India so far has been unable to manage effectively. In West Bengal, politicians, intelligence, law enforcement, and academics all agree on the growing problem of Islamist infiltration int [...] | 2006-09-13 12:11:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL BG IN NP PK |
06DARESSALAAM1049 | NEXT UN SECRETARY GENERAL PREDICTED BY UNHCR AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-27 11:09:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PK TZ |
06DHAKA412 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MAHMUDA RAHMAN KHAN TO [...] USAID/Bangladesh requests country clearance for Ms. Mahmuda Rahman Khan to travel to Lahore, Pakistan o/a January 31 o/a February 4, 2006. She plans to arrive Lahore on January 31, 2006 at 1515 on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) PK267 and depart on February 4, 2006 at 0705 on Pakistan [...] | 2006-01-26 06:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BG PK |
06DUBAI4995 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-05 08:30:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PK ETTC KOMC AE |
06DUBAI6051 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-26 05:40:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PK ETTC KOMC AE |
06DUBLIN342 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-30 16:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC PK EI |
06DUBLIN501 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF JUD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC PK EI |
06DUSHANBE2019 | DUSHANBE ELECTRICITY CONFERENCE PRODUCES MEMORANDUM OF [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan moved three steps closer to establishing a regional transmission system and electricity market at the Second Central and South Asia regional electricity market conference. During the October 26-28 conference in Dushanbe, [...] | 2006-11-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF KG PK |
06DUSHANBE668 | TAJIKISTAN'S HYDRO ENERGY PRICING DILEMMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan faces critical choices to increase its hydropower exports and streamline domestic consumption and production. However, as long as the government provides cheap-or free-electricity, reforming the existing system will prove extremely difficult. Some simple steps to redu [...] | 2006-04-12 07:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EENG EINV AF PK TI |
06DUSHANBE698 | TAJIKISTAN'S TRANSPORTATION SECTOR: BY PLANE, TRAIN, OR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Improving Tajikistan's air, rail, and road transportation network supports Secretary Rice's Infrastructure Integration Initiative for Greater Central Asia. Creating a cohesive transportation network passable throughout the year decreases transportation costs and promotes trade th [...] | 2006-04-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EAID ELTN ETRD AF PK TI |
06DUSHANBE703 | TAJIK GOVERNMENT ENACTS HOUSEHOLD EXCESS ELECTRICITY RATE [...] (U) According to media reports, the Tajik Anti-Monopoly Committee approved on April 11 an excess electricity consumption rate above 250 kWh per month for private households retroactive to the beginning of April. The base electricity rate remains the same at 0.5 cent. Per reftel, the 0.5 cent [...] | 2006-04-14 05:44:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV SOCI AF PK TI |
06EFTOISLAMABAD17875 | BALOCHISTAN CLOSED BUT QUIET IN FOLLOW-ON PROTEST; [...] (U) On September 6, Balochistan was again shut down by a general "wheel jam and shutter down" strike to protest the death and burial of Nawab Bugti at the hands of the government (reftels). As with the September 1 and 3 strikes, the province-wide shutdown was generally peaceful and extended i [...] | 2006-09-07 13:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
06GENEVA2178 | ANTI-VEHICLE MINE PROTOCOL: ENGAGING PAKISTAN ON A [...] (C) This is an action request. As recommended by Pakistani Amb Masood Kahn to USDEL in Aug 28-Sept 6 CCW meeting, Mission Geneva requests that Department convey the points at para 6 to Pakistani ambassador in Washington and that DoD request military attach in Islamabad to convey same points [...] | 2006-09-08 07:13:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PREL PK |
06GENEVA2251 | PAKISTANI PERMREP ON OIC TACTICS FOR HRC -- TIT [...] (C) In a meeting, at our request, Ambassador Tichenor delineated U.S. concerns regarding the Human Rights Council and urged Pakistani PermRep Masood Khan to take a more constructive approach to safeguard the Council's credibility. Khan, while appearing calm and reasonable, laid out an OIC s [...] | 2006-09-14 15:13:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PK |
06GEORGETOWN817 | INFORMATION ON DAR-UL-ULOOM ISLAMIC CENTER AND [...] (U) Post has gathered the following information in response to the questions posed in Ref A: A. (S/NF) What is the relationship between the Dar-ul-Uloom Islamic Center in Guyana and the center in Trinidad? Individuals from the center in Guyana and Trinidad share personal and professional [...] | 2006-08-14 18:46:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PK TD GY |
06ISLAMABAD10142 | GOP WELCOMES U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) On the evening of May 31, the Ambassador conveyed key points on the Secretary Rice's announcement that the U.S. will to join the EU-3 in direct talks with Iran, if Tehran first verifiably stops its enrichment and reprocessing program, to Foreign Minister Kasuri (Ref A). The Foreign Minis [...] | 2006-06-01 10:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD10237 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA AIDS DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL UNGA KHIV |
06ISLAMABAD10261 | FM KASURI TELLS IRAN "TAKE THE OFFER" [...] (C) On June 2, Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri told the Ambassador that he had telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Muttaki the previous day to share Pakistan's assessment that Secretary Rice's May 31 statement on Iran (Ref B) was a SIPDIS positive shift in U.S. policy. Kasuri told Muttak [...] | 2006-06-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV IR KNNP |
06ISLAMABAD10429 | KABUL DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE TO GENERATE PRESS IN [...] Pakistani papers continue to give attention to last week's demonstrations in Kabul, with most characterizing the precipitating incident as a sign of American arrogance and the resulting demonstrations as a bellwether of increasing Afghan impatience with the American presence. The high point [...] | 2006-06-05 10:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AF |
06ISLAMABAD10467 | ELECTION COMMISSION STARTS TO UNVEIL ITS PLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: Encouraging developments out of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and from senior GOP officials indicate that US-led international pressure may be chipping away at the business-as-usual approach many expected from Pakistan,s electoral machinery. Building on over one year [...] | 2006-06-05 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL PK AADP EAID |
06ISLAMABAD10539 | MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON FATA PLAN [...] (C) In a May 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on May 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...] | 2006-06-06 11:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MARR |
06ISLAMABAD10554 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) On June 3, Poloff delivered reftel demarache points to the Ministry of Foreign Affair's UN Director, Imran Siddiqui. Siddiqui explained that for many delegations the preoccuption with the potential use of force against Iran drove the NAM's statement in support of Iran. Siddiqui said that [...] | 2006-06-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR PK |
06ISLAMABAD10555 | PAKISTAN OBJECTION TO NAM STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On June 3 Poloff meet with Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN Director, Imran Siddiqui. After delivering demarche points on the NAM's statement on Iran (reftel B),Poloff asked Siddiqui to explain why the Pakistani delegation objected to a paragraph in the final document at the NAM's Minister [...] | 2006-06-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK IN PREL |
06ISLAMABAD10608 | CORRECTED COPY: MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON [...] (C) In a June 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on June 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...] | 2006-06-07 03:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MARR |
06ISLAMABAD10740 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF [...] (C) On June 7, 2006, poloff joined Australian Deputy High Commissioner Jason Robertson in delivering demarche points and non-papers (Ref A) on the Chair's text of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to MFA Director General (UN) Tasneem Aslam. (Note: Both the Australian High [...] | 2006-06-07 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UN PK |
06ISLAMABAD10746 | SNAPSHOT OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN AJK [...] Summary: In July, voters in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) will elect a new President, Prime Minister (PM),and legislative assembly (AJKLA). Since 1975, elections in AJK have been regular and relatively fair. The position of AJK President and Prime Minister has traditi [...] | 2006-06-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD10849 | BIO: NWFP GOVERNOR MUHAMMAD ALI JAN ORAKZAI [...] (SBU) Recently appointed the Governor of the New North West Frontier Province (NWFP),Lt. General (retired) Muhammad Ali Jan Orakzai is an Alikhel-Orakzai Pashtun from Orakzai Agency. The Alikhel is the largest tribe in Orakzai Agency. Born in December 1947, he previously served as Corps Com [...] | 2006-06-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD10850 | GOP TELLS IRAN "ENGAGE WITH P-5 + GERMANY" [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR KNNP PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD11103 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] (C) On June 12, poloff delivered ref A points to MFA Director (Disarmament Cell) Mohammad Kamran Akhtar, stressing the U.S. desire to avoid "linkages" in fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament (CD). Akhtar responded that the Government of Pakist [...] | 2006-06-13 04:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PARM MNUC KNNP CDG |
06ISLAMABAD11148 | GOP READY TO RECEIVE BTIF DETAINEES [...] (C) At the June 6 Tripartite Commission meetings in Rawalpindi, GOP MFA Afghanistan Director, Aamir Shouket, told Poloff that he spoke with the Pakistani Ambassador to Kabul regarding the transfer of the four Pakistani detainees at Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF). The Ambassador h [...] | 2006-06-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD11164 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERPART VISIT BY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 14:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MASS MCAP EAID |
06ISLAMABAD11267 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) On June 14, poloff delivered Ref A points on the Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA (UN) Director Shafqat Ali Khan. Khan responded by saying that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) also wants the HRC to get off to a strong start. To that end, the GOP agrees that this initial session of t [...] | 2006-06-15 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL UN PHUM |
06ISLAMABAD11311 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY PAKISTAN VICE [...] (S) Pakistan,s President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March visit to Pakistan as a landmark in the bilateral relationship. In [...] | 2006-06-15 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD11364 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MINISTER SHERPAO ON [...] (S/NF) On June 13, Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche in a meeting with Interior Minister Sherpao. (The meeting also covered a broad range of others issues which are reported in septels.) 2. (S/NF) Minister Sherpao agreed to Ambassador's request to provide the USG with a comprehensive li [...] | 2006-06-16 02:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PK |
06ISLAMABAD11365 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PAKISTAN'S TRAFFICKING [...] (U) On June 12, Ambassador met with Interior Minister Sherpao to cover a broad range of issues (other reported septels),including trafficking in persons. Minister Sherpao said he had read the 2006 TIP report and found the section on Pakistan to be encouraging. He also thanked Ambassador for [...] | 2006-06-16 02:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PK KWMN |
06ISLAMABAD11431 | GOP CONCERNED BY POSSIBLE UN MANDATE REVIEW OF [...] (U) This cable has an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 16, MFA Additional Secretary (UN & Policy Planning) Tariq Osman Haider convened Ambassador to express the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) concern that the U.S. had included the UN Military Observer Group in Indi [...] | 2006-06-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL UNSC KPKO KUNR |
06ISLAMABAD11504 | PRIME MINISTER AZIZ DISCUSSES CHALLENGES ON THE [...] (C) Assistance Request. In the course of a June 12 discussion (other subjects reported separately),Prime Minister Aziz noted that the government is moving ahead with a comprehensive strategy to bring stability to the tribal areas and recalled his request for US funding to support an $200-35 [...] | 2006-06-19 07:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV EAID PK AF PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD11546 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OIC MINISTERIAL IN BAKU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD11675 | FATA: MISSING PAKISTANI JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD IN [...] (U) On June 17, Pakistani media reported that the body of Hayatullah Khan Dawar, a Pakistani journalist who has been missing since December 5, 2005, was discovered by local officials in North Waziristan on Friday, June 16. The Mir Ali Assistant Political Agent Muhammad Fida Khan told the "D [...] | 2006-06-20 05:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD11708 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON [...] (C) At a June 19 lunch with Director General of the MFA Khalid Mahmood, Ambassador raised Ref A points regarding the possibility of highly politicized statements and resolutions regarding Israel at the initial session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. Mahmood said that the Governm [...] | 2006-06-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PHUM UN |
06ISLAMABAD11740 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR DOD U/S RYAN HENRY'S [...] (S) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your June 25-28 visit to Islamabad. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March vis [...] | 2006-06-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MASS |
06ISLAMABAD11883 | INTERNATIONAL ELECTION MONITORING IN PAKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Effective monitoring is vital to strengthen the credibility of Pakistan's upcoming elections. Among other things, this requires strong coordination and a broadly international response. Multiple election monitoring initiatives involving many donors will waste scarce resources a [...] | 2006-06-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL PK AADP EAID |
06ISLAMABAD12211 | AFGHAN AMBASSADOR ON FM SPANTA'S JUNE 23 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On June 25, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi offered poloff a read-out of foreign Minister Spanta's June 23 visit to Pakistan, his first bilateral foreign travel since assuming office. While in Islamabad, Spanta was received by President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz [...] | 2006-06-27 06:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL AF IN |
06ISLAMABAD12261 | FOREIGN STUDENTS STUDYING IN PAKISTANI MADRASSAS [...] (C) On June 23, in response to our request of June 13 (Ref A and B),Minister of Interior Sherpao passed to Ambassador documents on AMCIT and other Westerners studying in Pakistani madrassas. 2. (C) The GOP package identified a total of 77 students from the United States and nine (9) Eu [...] | 2006-06-27 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER |
06ISLAMABAD12265 | CONSENSUS ON ELECTION AND RECONCILIATION BEGINS [...] (C) Summary. The visit of elections expert Andrew Raucci provided a rare opportunity for a frank dinner discussion between senior representatives from most of Pakistan's key political parties: PML, PPP, PML-N/ARD, MQM and ANP. Raucci's comment about the critical need for credibility in the el [...] | 2006-06-27 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD12319 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BIOSAFETY AND PATHOGEN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 07:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PREL PTER TBIO |
06ISLAMABAD12389 | FATA: TALKS AND TRUCES ON THE TABLE IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary. Militants in North Waziristan on June 25 offered a one-month "cease-fire" on their deadly attacks on security forces and pro-government elders, if the Government of Pakistan (GOP) acquiesces on five demands. North Waziristan tribal elders re-iterated these demands during a June 27 [...] | 2006-06-30 02:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD12391 | FATA: PAKISTANI TALIBAN THREATEN JUI-F INTERESTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior officials from the Islamist Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) report increasing concern over the influence and activities of Pakistani Taliban sympathizers in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),border areas of Balochistan, and certain districts [...] | 2006-06-30 04:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KISL PK |
06ISLAMABAD12517 | END OF THE HUDOOD ORDINANCES? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Following a two month public awareness campaign, President Musharraf on July 1 instructed the Council on Islamic Ideology (CII) to prepare a revised Hudood Ordinance for review and adoption by August. In addition, the President announced his intention to sign an order on July [...] | 2006-07-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KISL KWMN PK |
06ISLAMABAD12688 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: G-77 AND UN MANAGEMENT REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD12689 | PAKISTAN MANPADS COLLECTION PROGRAM: JULY 3 FIELD [...] (U) This cable contains an action request: please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On July 3, 2006, poloff and PM/WRA Kabul-based EOD contractor Drew Prater flew to Quetta, Balochistan to assist Government of Pakistan (GOP) Ministry of Interior (MOI) program manager COL Abbas and field manager [...] | 2006-07-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PGOV MASS |
06ISLAMABAD12740 | PAKISTANI OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS DISCUSS [...] (c) Summary: Visiting S/CT DAS Virginia Palmer, Chief S/CT Strategist David Kilcullen and SCA DAS John Gastright met June 22-24 in Islamabad and Peshawar with a range of officials and journalists to review developments in Pakistan's troubled tribal region. All interlocutors, whether civilian [...] | 2006-07-06 05:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PK PTER |
06ISLAMABAD12773 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] Polcouns delivered reftel demarche July 6 to Imran Haider, Deputy Director of Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Haider alluded to Foreign Minister Kasuri's July 6 comments in Paris, in which Kasuri characterized the North Korean missile launches as "a most unfortunate developme [...] | 2006-07-06 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP PK |
06ISLAMABAD12829 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) On July 6, Poloff delivered reftel points to the MFA Director for Americas, Diyar Khan. Khan recognized the name of the Pakistani detainee (RABBANI, ABDUL AL-RAHIM GHULAM, US9PK-001460DP) and said that Rabbani has been identified as a Pakistani national. Khan took note of the thirty day [...] | 2006-07-07 05:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD13344 | WOMEN'S RIGHTS: ONE STEP FORWARD, MORE IN THE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Minister of Women's Development Sumaira Malik's campaign to improve the state of women's rights in Pakistan won its second battle on June 8, when President Musharraf signed an Ordinance into law that will release nearly 1300 women from prison. The Ordinance orders women current [...] | 2006-07-12 09:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD13345 | UPDATE: SECURITY INSPECTION OF EMBASSY ISLAMABAD, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-12 10:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASIG ASEC PK |
06ISLAMABAD13376 | MUKHTARAN MAI: ACCUSATIONS OF FAMILY MEMBERS [...] (S/NF) A range of credible NGO contacts have confirmed to post serious problems within the local community being instigated by Mukhtaran's family in her home district of Mianwalli. These six well-respected Pakistani NGOs, including Strengthening Participatory Organizations, Pattan, and Awaz C [...] | 2006-07-12 13:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | KWMN PHUM PGOV PK |
06ISLAMABAD13378 | OPTIONS FOR DRL PROGRAMMING SUPPORT TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Summary: Consultations with Pakistan's Minister of Women's Affairs, as well as women legal scholars and activists from across Pakistan, point to two promising areas for USG assistance in promoting women's human rights in Pakistan. The first is support for public information campaigns to [...] | 2006-07-13 04:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWMN PGOV PHUM PK |
06ISLAMABAD13519 | MUMBAI BLASTS: BROAD CONDEMNATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani leaders and politicians have been unanimous in their condemnation of the July 11 Mumbai bombing, with the Foreign Ministry issuing a strong statement within hours of the attack that cited both President Musharraf and the Prime Minister Aziz. On July 13, President Mus [...] | 2006-07-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK IN PREL |
06ISLAMABAD13677 | JIRGA CALLED TO NEGOTIATE PEACE IN WAZIRISTAN [...] (C) Summary. NWFP Governor Jan Mohammad Orakzai on July 16 announced the convening of a 45 member grand jirga to bring peace to Waziristan (and FATA at-large). The jirga of FATA notables--comprised of MNAs, Senators and mostly JUI-F local politicians from 6 of the 7 agencies--will be tasked wi [...] | 2006-07-18 02:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD13801 | MUMBAI BOMBINGS: PAKISTAN SEES POSTPONEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani leaders, including President Musharraf, regret India's cancellation of the Foreign Secretary level Composite Dialogue talks planned for July SIPDIS 20-21. They confirm that Indian counterparts informed them over the weekend that the talks would not be taking place. [...] | 2006-07-19 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK IN |
06ISLAMABAD13862 | BALOCHISTAN: RAIDS ON ILLEGAL AFGHANS NET TALIBAN [...] (C) Summary. Police in Quetta arrested approximately 200 Afghan nationals during a series of raids July 16, 17, and 18 intended to round up illegal Afghans ahead of the closure of two refugee camps next month. Police officials indicate that those arrested are accused of being in Pakistan witho [...] | 2006-07-19 18:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD140 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART UPDATE ON [...] Effective information management, implemented from the earliest stages of a natural disaster, can improve the quality of the humanitarian response. In the Pakistan earthquake, the UN introduced the cluster system without providing supporting documentation or comprehensive terms of reference a [...] | 2006-01-05 09:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
06ISLAMABAD14096 | EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF SUNDAY TIMES JUD TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 21, London,s Sunday Times published a story written by Marie Colvin that detailed a slavery ring run by a member of a USG designated terrorist organization, Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD). The story follows a Pakistani Christian named 'Amir', whose real name is Pervaiz Yaqoob (pl [...] | 2006-07-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PHUM PK KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD |
06ISLAMABAD14190 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR [...] (C) On July 21, Poloff delivered ref A demarche points to the MFA Acting-Director for Americas, Abdul Hameed. Hameed accepted demarche points and said he would forward them to the appropriate parties. On July 22, Poloff followed up with MFA Director for Disarmament, Wasim Ashraf. Ashraf sa [...] | 2006-07-24 10:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC PK |
06ISLAMABAD14208 | PAKISTANIS EXPEL 58 AFGHANS [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani authorities turned over 58 Afghan nationals to Afghanistan Sunday from among the more than 200 Afghans rounded up in and around Quetta early last week. It is not known whether any of the 58 have ties to the Taliban, but Embassy contacts say the 58 were among those arreste [...] | 2006-07-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
06ISLAMABAD14209 | JULY 24 UPDATE ON GRAND JIRGA [...] (C) Consulate Peshawar and Post have confirmed July 23 press stories that militants in Waziristan have extended a one-month ceasefire with Government of Pakistan (GOP) army troops until August 25. On July 21, militants also released four Frontier Corps scouts that were being held captive. [...] | 2006-07-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD143 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART UPDATE ON [...] Effective information management, implemented from the earliest stages of a natural disaster, can improve the quality of the humanitarian response. In the Pakistan earthquake, the UN introduced the cluster system without providing supporting documentation or comprehensive terms of reference a [...] | 2006-01-05 09:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
06ISLAMABAD14349 | A PRIMER ON BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: This cable--the first in a series of cables on the province--is intended to serve as a primer on Balochistan, Pakistan's largest, least developed, and most sparsely populated province. Other cables in this series will cover the tribal and ethnic political dynamics of the province, [...] | 2006-07-27 13:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
06ISLAMABAD14910 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON UPCOMING GOP VISIT TO [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On July 31, Poloff met with MOI LtCol Imran Yaqoob, who said that only two GOP officials plan to travel to Guantanamo to visit detainees of Pakistani nationality -- himself and MOI Operations Officer, Major Khalid Mahmood Khan. Yaq [...] | 2006-08-02 02:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD15302 | CONFIRMATION OF GOP VISIT TO GTMO [...] (S) On August 4, poloff delivered Ref A points in separate meetings with National Crisis Management Center (NCMC) Operations Director LTC Imran Yaqoob and MFA (Americas) Hameed Abdul. 2. (S) LTC Imran said that poloff's points track with the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) understanding [...] | 2006-08-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC |
06ISLAMABAD15543 | SOUTH WAZIRISTAN PARLIAMENTARIANS POSITIVE ON LOYA [...] (C) Two senior and well-connected participants in the North Waziristan jirga expect the assembly to succeed and to issue binding decisions within 10-15 days. While not divulging the details of each side's negotiating positions, they report that if the jirga is successful, it will result in t [...] | 2006-08-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD15567 | POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TRAVEL TO KARACHI AND [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Poloff C. Gordon Bonin to travel to Karachi and onward to Quetta for a series of meetings with Balochistan political figures. This will be a continuation of a visit to Balochistan with Ambassador Crocker. Itinerary is as follows: 2 August 11 -- arrive in [...] | 2006-08-07 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD15637 | LAHORE POST CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy requests post clearance for DCM Peter Bodde, Tanya Bodde, and Theresa Grencik. The party will be visiting post for meetings and a reception. 2. DCM Peter Bodde and Tanya Bodde's itinerary is as follows: August 11 Dep Islamabad on PK 387 at 1500; arrive at 1550. August 12 Dep L [...] | 2006-08-08 04:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD15640 | KARACHI POST CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Ambassador Crocker, Gordon Bonin, and ARSO Erin Pallack. The party will be visiting Karachi, Quetta, and Gwadar for meetings. 2. Proposed itinerary by DAO C-12 aircraft Depart Islamabad: 10 Aug @ by DAO C-12 aircraft Arrive Quetta: 10 Aug @ by [...] | 2006-08-08 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD15649 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE |
06ISLAMABAD15766 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DERAILING UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on August 9 to Tariq Osman Hyder, Additional Secretary for UN Affairs at the MFA. 2. Hyder responded that the decision to appeal to the Human Rights Council (HRC) was made at the August 3 meeting in Malaysia of the Organization of the Islamic Conference ( [...] | 2006-08-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | IS LE MOPS PHUM PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD15977 | GOP SIGNS CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS MAINTENANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 15:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ETTC LY MASS MCAP PINR PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD15981 | DEMARCH DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on the UNSC Lebanon Resolution to MFA UN Director Syed Haider Shah on August 12. 2. Shah responded that Pakistan was not in a position to comment at this time as it is still gathering information and developing its own assessment. He noted however that [...] | 2006-08-12 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE PK |
06ISLAMABAD16148 | POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR VISIT TO LAHORE [...] This is a request for post clearance for Political Officer C. Gordon Bonin to visit Lahore August 19-20. The purpose of the visit is personal travel to see the Badshahi Masjid, the Lahore Fort, the gate closing ceremony at the Wagah Border Crossing, and other sites and events as recommended b [...] | 2006-08-16 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD16256 | PESHAWAR CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Mohammed Motiwala, Rohit Nepal, Ragini Gupta, and Jennifer Maatta. The party will travel to Peshawar for meetings with local officials and consultations at the Consulate. 2. The party will travel via armored GOV. The tentative itinerary is as follows: [...] | 2006-08-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD16266 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BALOCHISTAN SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Balochistan, Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said that Pakistan,s anti-Taliban efforts is currently focused on expelling undocumented Afghans, but that there is no long-term plan for dealing with the Afghan population. Ghani believes th [...] | 2006-08-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK MOPS AF MASS MCAP PTER |
06ISLAMABAD16269 | GWADAR: THE NEARLY BLANK CANVAS [...] (U) Summary. During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Gwadar, Balochistan, provincial and Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) officials laid out their grand vision for the port,s future--which they hope will someday rival Dubai, providing a key transshipment point for trade with Afghanista [...] | 2006-08-18 02:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK ECON EAID |
06ISLAMABAD16302 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOLITICITING UNIFIL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (C) On August 18, poloff presented reftel points to MFA (UN) Director Haider Shah. Poloff also asked about the accuracy of August 18 reports in the Pakistani press quoting Foreign Minister Kasuri, traveling in the Middle [...] | 2006-08-18 11:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MARR MOPS PK PREL UN |
06ISLAMABAD16434 | POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR STAFFDEL SANOK VISIT TO [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Staffdel Sanok, Poloff Gordon Bonin, ODRP Major Benjamin Janes, ODRP Colonel Ronald Huther and FPD Greg Carter to visit Pakistan Air Force Mushaf Airbase, Sargodha, Punjab, on August 26. Travel to/from Mushaf Airbase is to be provided by PAF. No assistance [...] | 2006-08-22 04:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD16441 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL SANOK, AUGUST 23-27 [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Stephanie Sanok, Regina Burgess, Julian A. Haywood, LTC Craig Greene, Mark J. Fedor, and Kelly Bulliner from August 23 to August 27. The purpose of the visit is fact-finding concerning F-16 aircraft security in Pakistan and narcotics [...] | 2006-08-22 04:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK UK AF |
06ISLAMABAD16721 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] (U) On August 23, poloff delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UN-I) Director Haider Shah. Shah said that, in recent weeks, the MFA's missions around the world had received requests from other countries for support of their candidates to the Internation [...] | 2006-08-24 01:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PK |
06ISLAMABAD16739 | ISLAMIC BANKING IN PAKISTAN (C-TN6-00207) [...] (C) Summary. With limited government support, Islamic banking has gained momentum in Pakistan in the past three years. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reports that the capital base of the Islamic banking system has more than doubled since 2003 as the number of Islamic banks operating in P [...] | 2006-08-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN EFIN KTFN PK |
06ISLAMABAD16800 | NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON THE PM: SOUND, FURY, SLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties joined forces on August 23, tabling a long-anticipated, no confidence vote on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. The opposition knows that it does not have the votes needed to succeed, but seems determined to relish this opportunity to ramp up its criticism of the Mu [...] | 2006-08-25 02:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD16934 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KERRY KRONSTADT, CRS [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Senior CRS analyst Kerry Kronstadt from September 16, 2006 to September 20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Embassy, GOP and other officials as part of his CRS portfolio. 2. Control officer for the visit will be R [...] | 2006-08-28 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK |
06ISLAMABAD16935 | POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR POLITICAL OFFICER RALPH [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Ralph Anske for the period August 31 - September 1, 2006. 2. Post's prompt attention to this clearance request is appreciated. Should approval be granted, schedule will be discussed with post via e-mail. . BODDE [...] | 2006-08-28 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC PK |
06ISLAMABAD16944 | DEATH OF NAWAB BUGTI, BALOCH TRIBAL INSURGENT [...] (C) Summary: The killing of Baloch tribal insurgent leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti by security forces on Saturday has dismayed politicians across the political spectrum, including members of the party that President Musharraf relies on to run the country, and triggered riots in a limited number [...] | 2006-08-28 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
06ISLAMABAD16956 | HUDOOD AMENDMENTS MOVED TO COMMITTEE AS ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: After a initial failure to convene a quorum on August 18, the Pakistan Muslim League-led (PML) government of Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz introduced a bill during the August 21 National Assembly session proposing amendments to the Hudood Ordinance, the draconian 19 [...] | 2006-08-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PGOV KWMN KDEM PHUM |
06ISLAMABAD16962 | BALOCHISTAN (2): THE GRIEVANCES [...] (C) Summary. While the Government of Pakistan (GOP) undertakes projects to develop Balochistan, in part to turn the province into a transit point linking Pakistan to western Afghanistan and the Central Asian states, it faces a distrustful and resentful provincial population. This wariness and [...] | 2006-08-29 04:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV KTER PINR |
06ISLAMABAD16987 | BALOCHISTAN (3): A RESTLESS HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: Balochistan has a history of uprisings against Pakistani rule. Major insurrections occurred in 1947-48, 1958, throughout the 1960s, and 1973-77. The Bugti tribe has been waging a localized insurgency since 2004. This cable on insurrections in Balochistan since the founding of Pak [...] | 2006-08-29 10:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR |
06ISLAMABAD16994 | BALOCHISTAN (4): WHO'S WHO - THE BALOCH TRIBES [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Baloch people give their name to Balochistan Province in Pakistan, where roughly two thirds of them live, as well as Sistan-va-Baluchestan Province in Iran. The Baloch are further spread across the southern reaches of Afghanistan. Baloch society is tribal, wit [...] | 2006-08-29 10:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR |
06ISLAMABAD17014 | REACTION TO DEATH OF NAWAB BUGTI SHIFTS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: From Sunday's ""we've got him"" triumphialism, the government's position on the death of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has evolved to a denial that the Baloch tribal leader was the victim of a targeted assassination. The back pedaling follows growing criticism of the security operation [...] | 2006-08-29 12:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
06ISLAMABAD17255 | DEATH OF NAWAB BUGTI CONTINUES TO ROIL THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Protests over the government's killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti continued into the third day, August 29. Demonstrations, road blockages, riots and even several bombings appear to have been in reaction to the Nawab's death. The apparent inability of the government t [...] | 2006-08-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
06ISLAMABAD17256 | NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON PM AZIZ FAILS [...] (C) Summary: The government easily defeated an August 29 no-confidence vote against Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz. Opposition leaders admitted they tabled the motion knowing it could not pass, but said the vote was intended to stake out a position against the government as an opening move in th [...] | 2006-08-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
06ISLAMABAD17257 | NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON PM AZIZ FAILS [...] (C) Summary: The government easily defeated an August 29 no-confidence vote against Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz. Opposition leaders admitted they tabled the motion knowing it could not pass, but said the vote was intended to stake out a position against the government as an opening move in th [...] | 2006-08-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
06ISLAMABAD17261 | GOP RESPONSE ON DETAINEE REPATRIATION AND READ-OUT [...] (C/NF) On August 25, PolCouns met LTC Imran Farooq, MoI/National Crisis Management Cell Operations, to solicit his assessment of his visit to the detention facilities at Guantanamo (GTMO). LTC Imran said that interviews with the Pakistani detainees went well. The Pakistani delegation left [...] | 2006-08-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD17546 | BALOCHISTAN (5): THE PASHTUNS -- BALOCHISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: In Balochistan, violent Baloch tribal leaders and vociferous Baloch nationalists grab the headlines, while the Pashtuns interests and issues are buried on the inside pages. Like the Baloch, the Pashtuns share deep-seated anger toward the federal government for Islama [...] | 2006-09-04 07:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR |
06ISLAMABAD17547 | BALOCHISTAN (6): THE NATIONALIST INSURGENCY [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Despite widespread disillusionment with Islamabad, the most recent tribal uprising led by Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti is a localized insurrection, in which the Nawab had rhetorical support from Baloch nationalists, but little concrete backing in the province-at-large. The [...] | 2006-09-04 07:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR |
06ISLAMABAD17548 | BALOCHISTAN (7): FINDING A SOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: To bring peace to the restive province of Balochistan, Islamabad must overcome pervasive distrust and skepticism toward the central government and its proposed development projects by ensuring the people of the province -- Baloch and Pashtun alike -- are the first and main benefic [...] | 2006-09-04 07:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR |
06ISLAMABAD17594 | BUGTI INTERRED, FAMILY IGNORED, BALOCHISTAN QUIET [...] (U) Protests over the August 26 death of Bugti tribal leader Nawab Bugti (refs A,B, and C) continued over the weekend. On August 31, the government announced that it had retrieved Bugti's remains from the cave in which he was killed. Its decision to bury the body rather than to return the rem [...] | 2006-09-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV KTER PINR |
06ISLAMABAD17766 | NORTH WAZIRISTAN PEACE ACCORD ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and local tribal leaders announced that the 45-member Grand Jirga for North Waziristan Agency (NWA) had a peace agreement with the GOP. (Note: Consulate Peshawar has obtained a copy of the agreement and has translated the Urd [...] | 2006-09-06 14:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PK PTER |
06ISLAMABAD17768 | SEPTEMBER 9 F-16 SIGNING DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Summary: GOP sources told Office of Defense Representatives Pakistan (ODRP) September 6 that the scheduled September 9 signing of the F-16 LOA would not happen. The same day, MODP (Ministry of Defense Production) sent ODRP a memo requiring an unspecified per-plane price cut; signific [...] | 2006-09-07 02:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL MOPS UN MARR |
06ISLAMABAD17890 | JULY 27-29 COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. From July 27-29 CENTCOM J-8 led a team of OSD-Comptroller, OSD-Policy, CENTCOM, Joint Staff and Embassy personnel to discuss Coalition Support Fund (CSF) issues with the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) Joint Staff, military services, and Ministry of Finance. The U.S. delegation [...] | 2006-09-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK |
06ISLAMABAD17908 | DEMARCHE ON NAM SUMMIT DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UN-I) Director Haider Shah. Poloff and Shah discussed the issues that might be discussed during the NAM summit in Havana: the UN Security Council race between Guatemala and Venezuela, an internationa [...] | 2006-09-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU PK |
06ISLAMABAD17963 | NORTHERN WAZIRISTAN UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 8 [...] (S) Summary: While the September 5 agreement between the GOP and North Waziri leaders allows foreigners to remain in the North Waziristan Agency so long as they do not engage in attacks on or in Afghanistan, some foreigners reportedly are leaving NWA for neighboring areas, a development th [...] | 2006-09-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL MOPS UN MARR LE |
06ISLAMABAD17992 | EMBASSY RECOMMENDATION ON ENGAGING GOP ON F-16 SALE [...] (C) Summary: Post requests senior officials from SCA, PM, H, and OSD convene Pakistani Ambassador Durrani and reinforce the importance of the September 15 Offer Expiration Date (OED) for signing the F-16 Letter of Acceptance(LOA.) End Summary 2. (C) Over the weekend, Ambassador Crocker enga [...] | 2006-09-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL MASS |
06ISLAMABAD18012 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SPEECH ON GWOT DETAINEES, [...] (C) On September 7, 2006, PolCouns presented Ref A points to MFA (Americas) Director Mansood Khan. Khan appreciated the briefing and requested additional information on draft to establish military commission and the timeline for Congressional action. DCM also presented the same points to Fo [...] | 2006-09-12 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF KAWC PHUM PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD18189 | Test message [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PK |
06ISLAMABAD18379 | PAKISTAN MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OPERATIONS [...] (C) Operation MTN Thrust began in Southern Afghanistan (Kandahar, Helmand, and Nimroz) in May. The Operation set the conditions for NATO Operation Medusa, which began in July. Operation MTN Fury began in Eastern Afghanistan (Ghazni, Loghar, Paktika, Paktiya, and Khowst) August 1, with deci [...] | 2006-09-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD18473 | TERRORISM FINANCE: COMMENTS ON DRAFT PAPER ON [...] (S/NF) Embassy Islamabad provides the following comments and observations on the draft "Disrupting External Financing to the Taliban" paper. These comments are in addition to those forwarded to SCA/PB in Ref. B. 2. (S/NF) In "Introduction": Office of the Defense Representative Pakist [...] | 2006-09-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL KTFN PTER |
06ISLAMABAD18474 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL PHELAN [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Mr. Michael Phelan, Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committe from September 25, 2006 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to assess the progress made and the ongoing challenges faced by the Un [...] | 2006-09-19 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA PK OREP AFIN |
06ISLAMABAD18707 | LAHORE POST CLEARANCE REQUEST MOHAMMED MOTIWALA [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Poloff, Mohammed Motiwala, for personal travel to Lahore from September 30 to October 1. 2. Mr. Motiwala's itinerary is as follows: Arrive Lahore September 30 at 8:50 am via PK 385 Depart Lahore October 1 at 8:00 pm via PK 388 3. Mr. Motiwala request [...] | 2006-09-21 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD18778 | OPTIMISTIC VIEW ON PAK-AFGHAN RELATIONS FROM MFA [...] (C) Summary: The MFA Afghanistan Director told PolOff September 20 that high level engagement between Pakistani and Afghan leaders would continue through the autumn and was, he hoped, becoming institutionalized. The official reported that Presidents Karzai and Musharraf would meet on Septem [...] | 2006-09-22 08:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EAID PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD18788 | GOP REQUEST FOR HELP ON SATELLITE COORDINATION [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see para 3. 2. (SBU) On September 22, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Disarmament-Director, Imran Haider, called in Poloff to pass diplomatic note Dismnt-1/9/06 dated September 22, 2006. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) is requesting the Depa [...] | 2006-09-22 10:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK FCC ITU ECPS |
06ISLAMABAD18902 | SPOT REPORT - RUMORS OF A COUP [...] (C) Summary. On September 24, Pakistan was abuzz with (unfounded) rumors of a coup against President Musharraf, who was away on official travel in the United States. Cell phones and text messages allowed the rumor to quickly spread and many Government of Pakistan (GOP) and Embassy officials [...] | 2006-09-25 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PK |
06ISLAMABAD18917 | HUDOOD ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS: A BIG SLOPPY MESS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: With President Musharraf on official travel in the U.S., the governing Pakistan Muslim League (PML) announced a tactical retreat in it beleaguered campaign to amend the Hudood Ordinance, the Sharia-based laws on criminalizing extramarital sexual relations and e [...] | 2006-09-25 11:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM KWMN PGOV PHUM PK |
06ISLAMABAD18929 | REQUEST FROM GOP TO BAN TRAVEL BY ALLEGED BLA [...] (U) This cable contains action requests; please see para. 8. 2. (SBU) On September 14, the Consular Section received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) presenting a list of 80-some individuals that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) asserts are connected to the Ba [...] | 2006-09-25 12:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD18997 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On September 26, poloff delivered ref A and B demarche points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Human Rights and Security Council) Assistant-Director Wajit Hashmi. Hashmi said he would take demarche points under advisement and would forward them to his superiors. BODDE [...] | 2006-09-27 07:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN PREL PK |
06ISLAMABAD19121 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (1): THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF [...] (C) Pakistan is now entering a year of high political stakes, as President Musharraf grapples with his own future in the run-up to provincial and federal parliamentary while political allies and rivals parry and position themselves for possible post-election scenarios. These elections will pl [...] | 2006-09-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK |
06ISLAMABAD19122 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (2): THE BASICS [...] (U) This cable, the second in a series of cables mapping the political terrain as Pakistan approaches nationwide elections in 2007, reviews the fundamentals of the Pakistani electoral system, as well as possible time lines for the sequencing of provincial, federal and presidential elections. [...] | 2006-09-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD19123 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (3): ELECTORATE AND PARTIES [...] (C/NF) Summary and introduction. Pakistani voters have historically alternated between anti-incumbent backlashes and populist ground swells in which voters simply join the bandwagon of expected winners. Which behavior prevails in the coming elections will depend on the ratio of anti-governm [...] | 2006-09-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD19124 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (4): THE UNIFORM [...] (C) This cable, the fourth in a series mapping the political terrain as Pakistan approaches nationwide elections in 2007, reviews a uniquely Pakistani issues that will color the run-up to presidential, provincial and federal parliamentary elections: whether President Musharraf will relinqui [...] | 2006-09-27 13:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK |
06ISLAMABAD19125 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (5): MUSHARRAF'S COALITION [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Pervez Musharraf has three options for ensuring a solid political foundation for his moderate and progressive agenda as he prepares for 2007 elections. He can stand by the present Pakistan Muslim League (PML) coalition and leadership; stick with the PML, but di [...] | 2006-09-27 13:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD19126 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (6): THE U.S. ROLE [...] (C/NF) Summary and introduction: The U.S. casts an outsized shadow over Pakistani domestic politics; with the onset of these elections, we have an opportunity to nudge Pakistan toward a stable and sustainable democratic order. Throughout the coming year, we should confirm our support for a [...] | 2006-09-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD19152 | NORTH WAZIRISTAN INCIDENTS UPDATE [...] (C) The following list of incidents reported in the local press appear to violate the North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement which tribal leaders and the GOP signed on September 5. The list has been culled from local press reporting and contacts in the area. According to our conta [...] | 2006-09-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL MOPS PTER |
06ISLAMABAD19193 | BALOCHISTAN: UNQUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 06:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PK |
06ISLAMABAD19208 | F-16 LOA SIGNED AT LAST. [...] (C) MG Tariq Salim Malik, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Defense Production (MODP),signed the Letter of Acceptance (LOA) to purchase 18 F-16s Saturday evening, September 30. Following the private signing ceremony, MODP presented to Office of Defense Representative Pakistan a side mem [...] | 2006-10-02 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS MCAP PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD19795 | AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH 11TH CORPS [...] (U) Ambassador met with 11th Corps Commander (Peshawar) LTG Mohammad Hamid Khan on October 5. ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and Peshawar PO (notetaker) were also present. Meetings with NWFP Governor Orakzai and FATA Additional Chief Secretary Arbab reported septels. 2. (C) The 11t [...] | 2006-10-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PK PREL MOPS PTER AF |
06ISLAMABAD19796 | AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH NWFP GOV. ORAKZAI [...] (U) Ambassador met with North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai on October 5. Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shehzad Arbab, Secretary to the Governor Azmat Orakzai, ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and [...] | 2006-10-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER EAID PINR PK PREL SNAR AF |
06ISLAMABAD19804 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FATA SECRETARIAT [...] (U) Ambassador met with Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shehzad Arbab on October 5. FATA Secretariat Secretary for Planning and Development Zafar Hassan, ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, Peshawar PO, USAID Officer (notetaker) were [...] | 2006-10-10 12:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON SOCI PK |
06ISLAMABAD20570 | FATA SECURITY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 22-OCTOBER 12 [...] (SBU) Introduction: This cable reports on security developments in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) between September 22 and October 13, as culled from press reports and conversations with post's interlocutors. The cable also lists cross-border activity from FATA and N [...] | 2006-10-19 04:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL MOPS PTER |
06ISLAMABAD20669 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOP REACTION TO DPRK NUCLEAR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Pakistan has condemned the nuclear tests conducted by North Korea and is in the process of preparing administrative notices necessary for UNSCR 1718 to take effect in Pakistan. Despite t [...] | 2006-10-20 06:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KN KNNP PK PREL UN |
06ISLAMABAD20831 | TERROR FINANCE: RESPONSE RECEIVED TO REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER PK |
06ISLAMABAD20834 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRIPARTITE REQUEST ON THE UN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-23 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL PK UN |
06ISLAMABAD20835 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN WILL SEND OBSERVERS [...] (C) On October 19, PolCouns delivered reftel points to MFA (Disarmament) Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar, along with a copy of the letter from General Abizaid inviting the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to participate in Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Exercise "Leading Edge." The Off [...] | 2006-10-23 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK KNNP EG KE MNUC PARM PREL |
06ISLAMABAD20836 | PAKISTANI CONCERNS OVER SPECULATION ON U.S. [...] (S) During an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador on Indo-Pak relations, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz shifted the conversation to ask about press reports that President Bush had likened the current situation in Iraq to the U.S. experience in Vietnam. (Note: Aziz's question was a [...] | 2006-10-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PTER IZ |
06ISLAMABAD20837 | PESHAWAR BOMBING UPDATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The October 22 explosion in Peshawar's old city that killed at least seven people and wounded 40 others is a reminder that, while much of the world focuses on Pakistan's efforts to fight the export of terror, the GOP is also combating domestic terror and many other [...] | 2006-10-23 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER |
06ISLAMABAD21073 | PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: THE VIEW FROM PAKISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Pakistani officials have been tasked to coordinate a border region jirga to which Afghan President Karzai would be invited, but are proceeding at a measured pace. The Pakistan approach reflects a consensus that such an event must be organized with great care to [...] | 2006-10-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PTER AF PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD21222 | INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSSES BORDER AREA SECURITY, [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: In an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao offered a candid assessment of the security situation in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA),sharing his private assessment that vigorous Government of Pakist [...] | 2006-10-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD21223 | PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...] | 2006-10-31 10:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD21224 | MFA PREVIEWS EXPECTATIONS FOR COMPOSITE DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 10:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | IN PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD21698 | FATA SECURITY UPDATE: OCTOBER 15-28 [...] (C) Embassy contacts in North Waziristan continue to report "foreigners" departing NWA for other tribal agencies, apparently a response to the September 5 jirga agreement. The contacts add that militant commanders who remain in NWA are "thriving," and that Taliban commanders are demanding fe [...] | 2006-11-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD21879 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF DETERMINED TO DEAL WITH BORDER [...] (S) Summary: In a November 7 meeting at his Army HQ office, President Musharraf told Asstsant Secretary Boucher that he would propose selective mining of the border with Afghanistan. Saying that it is too early to judge whether the North Waziristan jirga agreement is a success, the Preside [...] | 2006-11-08 08:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF EAID ECON ETRD IN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD21882 | SUICIDE ATTACK IN MALAKAND AGENCY KILLS 35 [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 9. 2. (C) Summary: At approximately 08:00 (local) November 8, a suicide attacker detonated a bomb at the front gate of Dargai Fort during morning exercises, killing himself and at least thirty five (35) Pakistani soldiers. Give [...] | 2006-11-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PK PTER PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD21904 | SUBJECT: BALOCHISTAN -- PAST THE CRISIS? [...] SUMMARY: (C) In the ten weeks since Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in an encounter with the Pak Army, the Government of Pakistan has moved on several fronts to defuse another "nationalist" uprising by Baloch tribals who feel increasingly marginalized in their own province. Massive development [...] | 2006-11-09 08:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK |
06ISLAMABAD21931 | THE RIGA SUMMIT AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) During Assistant Secretary Boucher's November 6-7 visit to Islamabad, post was struck by senior Pakistani officials' and politicians' pessimism over Afghanistan. Interlocutors repeatedly expressed concerns that the U.S. and NATO were not in Afghanistan for the long-haul. While we know t [...] | 2006-11-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL |
06ISLAMABAD21946 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan. The two discussed the upcoming strategic dialogue, including the status of dialogues on energy, education, and science and technology [...] | 2006-11-13 02:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EAID ECON ENRG ETRD MNUC PARM PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD21947 | BOUCHER AND KASURI COVER F-16S, JIRGAS, NORTH [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Kasuri. In the meeting, Kasuri asked for consideration on F-16 payments and previewed Pakistani thoughts on the joint jirgas announced after President Musharraf and [...] | 2006-11-13 02:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MASS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD21948 | THE RIGA SUMMIT AND PAKISTAN -- CORRECTED COPY, [...] (C) AmEmbassy Kabul concurs with this telegram. 2. (C) During Assistant Secretary Boucher's November 6-7 visit to Islamabad, post was struck by senior Pakistani officials' and politicians' pessimism over Afghanistan. Interlocutors repeatedly expressed concerns that the U.S. and NATO wer [...] | 2006-11-13 02:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL |
06ISLAMABAD21968 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On November 7, Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed the political situation, remarking that the Bajaur incident had played into the hands of the religious opposition, and that the mood of the general populace was truly angry. He re [...] | 2006-11-13 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK |
06ISLAMABAD21999 | UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP MCAP PREL PK IN |
06ISLAMABAD22023 | PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...] | 2006-11-16 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22024 | VOX POPULI: REACTIONS TO BAJAUR MADRASSA ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) public remains exercised over the October 30 Pak-Mil attack on an extremist madrassa in Bajaur Agency and the November 9 retaliatory suicide bombing at Dargai Fort. In the rest of Pakistan, neither event has resonated outside of the commu [...] | 2006-11-16 11:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22025 | INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO ON HIGH PROFILE TERROR CASES, IPR AND MISSING AMCITREF: [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, the Ambassador and Interior Minister Sherpao reviewed U.S.-Pakistani cooperation on the investigation into the 2006 Karachi Consulate bombing. Sherpao assured the Ambassador that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is committed to defending the conviction of Omar [...] | 2006-11-16 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CASC ECON KCRM PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22026 | GOP REQUESTS REPATRIATION OF GTMO AND BAGRAM [...] (U) This cable contains action requests; please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) In early November, POL received a copy of an MFA note verbale dated 12 October 2006 requsting the repatriation of six (6) Paksitani nationals currently in custody in the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay [...] | 2006-11-16 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22028 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES WOMEN'S PROTECTION BILL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request: please see para. 7. 2. (C) Summary: After weeks of acrimonious debate, Pakistan's National Assembly passed the controversial Women's Protection Bill on November 15, amending provisions in the Shari'a-based Hudood Ordinance on rape and sex outs [...] | 2006-11-16 12:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | KWMN PGOV PHUM PK |
06ISLAMABAD22046 | FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS ON PAK-AFG JIRGAS, BAJAUR [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Kasuri reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to hold a jirga as discussed at the September 27 trilateral iftar at the White House, but noted that Pakistan's vision for the event is limited to the tribal areas along the Pa [...] | 2006-11-17 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF IN PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22057 | BOMBINGS AND SUICIDE ATTACKS: A PLAGUE ON BOTH [...] (C) A November 17 suicide bomb attack on a police van in Peshawar that killed the bomber and seriously injured two police officers is another reminder that the recent spike in suicide bombings in Afghanistan is now mirrored on this side of the Pak-Afghan border. The November 8 suicide bomb a [...] | 2006-11-17 11:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22070 | TRIBAL AREAS: VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The jury is still out on the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement. Violations of the agreement continued during October 29 to November 12 period. However, cross-border attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan's Paktika province appear to have decre [...] | 2006-11-20 08:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22174 | TERROR FINANCE: EMBASSY PRESSES GOP ON UN 1267 [...] (C) Summary: As noted in Ref A, post has raised the ongoing operations of two UN 1267 Committee-designated entities -- Al Rashid Trust, Al Akhtar Trust and Lashkar-e-Tayyba/Jamaat ud-Dawa (LeT/JuD) -- with contacts throughout the Government of Pakistan (GOP). While the Ambassador has pressed the is [...] | 2006-11-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF EFIN PK PREL PTER KTFN UN |
06ISLAMABAD22178 | FOREIGN SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: During a November 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan was positive about the tone of the November 13-14 Composite Dialogue talks, saying that the atmosphere was business-like with no "excessive restating of positions." The effort focused on exploring ar [...] | 2006-11-27 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF IN PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22215 | GOP NOTIFICATION OF BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 00:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PK KNNP MCAP IN |
06ISLAMABAD22237 | PAKISTAN KEEN ON GPOI, SEEKS MORE INFO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para 6. 2. (SBU) On November 28, PolOff met MFA Director (UN I) Haider Shah to follow up on reftel USG proposal for Pakistan to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). Shah said that Pakistan is amenable to takin [...] | 2006-11-30 05:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MARR MASS PK |
06ISLAMABAD22251 | FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES PREDICTING NATO FAILURE IN [...] (U) Following a November 29 press account (reftel) that described Pakistani Foreign Minister Khushid Kasuri as privately telling visiting foreign ministers of NATO member states that the Taliban is winning in Afghanistan and advising NATO members from sending in more troops, the Ministry of [...] | 2006-11-30 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL NATO |
06ISLAMABAD22290 | PROTECTION OF PAKISTANI WOMEN: NOW, IT'S THE LAW [...] (U) Summary: On December 1st, President Pervez Musharraf signed the Women's Protection Bill (WPB) into law, marking the first time in three decades that a Pakistani government has successfully rolled back laws that have stood virtually untouched since the institution of the Hudood Ordinance [...] | 2006-12-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD22303 | SENIOR PAKISTAN SENATOR WANTS TO REACH OUT TO [...] (C) During a December 1 meeting with poloffs, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed discussed his desire to begin a regular parliamentary exchange with his counterparts in Afghanistan. He said that he discussed hi [...] | 2006-12-05 03:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD22317 | GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE: PAKISTAN'S [...] This cable contains an action request -- please see para 3. 2. On December 4, MFA Director (UN I) Haider Shah delivered to Poloff the Government of Pakistan's written response to the U.S. proposal for Pakistan to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) (ref B). Pakistan [...] | 2006-12-06 09:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS PK |
06ISLAMABAD22323 | PAKISTAN'S ELITE REACT DIFFERENTLY TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) On December 4, Indian television network NDTV interviewed President Musharraf in Islamabad for an Indian audience. Although his remarks were reported widely in the international press the day after the interview, Pakistan's news media was slower in picking up the story. During the interv [...] | 2006-12-06 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PK |
06ISLAMABAD22365 | GOP ARRESTS BALOCH POLITICAL LEADERS TO STOP LONG [...] (U) On November 27, police raided Baloch National Party (BNP) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal's office and put him under house arrest. The arrest was the most prominent of a series that have occurred since the announcement of a "long march" from Gwadar to Quetta to protest President Musharraf's [...] | 2006-12-08 03:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD22385 | FIGHTING GWOT: IMPROVING FMF, FMS, AND OTHER [...] (S) As we enter the sixth year of this long war, it is increasingly clear that our Foreign Military Funding/Foreign Military Sales (FMF/FMS) programs, unchanged since 9/11, are not suited to the needs of GWOT allies like Pakistan. Difficulties we have encountered with some security assistanc [...] | 2006-12-09 04:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL |
06ISLAMABAD22440 | GOP STRATEGY FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES PLAGUED BY DELAYS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Pakistan's three-year Afghan refugee strategy remains stalled at the ministerial level with no firm date for signature and final approval. The plan hinges on several components: the registration of Afghan refugees to distinguish between refugees and migrants; promised camp cl [...] | 2006-12-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV AF PK |
06ISLAMABAD22449 | TRIBAL AREAS: TALIBANIZATION THREAT PERSISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Twelve weeks after the signing of the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement, the number of cross-border attacks from Pakistan into Afghanistan has declined. However, it is perhaps more likely that the decline is due to coalition force operations in Afghanistan [...] | 2006-12-14 05:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PK AF PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22462 | ANTI-TERRORISM COURT DECLINES JURISDICTION OVER [...] (U) On December 13, 2006, a judge of the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) dismissed charges under Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) against 25 year old Rashid Rauf, who was arrested in August 2006 on charges of planning to carry explosives (29 bottles of hydrogen peroxide) aboard a [...] | 2006-12-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER UK |
06ISLAMABAD22479 | VERBAL ATTACKS BY AFGHAN PRESIDENT WEARING ON [...] (U) Summary: A series of public statements by Afghan President Karzai accusing Pakistan of fomenting instability and violence in Afghanistan have deeply irritated Pakistani officials and popular opinion generally. Although official statements in response have thus far been restrained, Pakis [...] | 2006-12-15 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MOPS PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22499 | LEADING PAKISTANI PASHTUN BROADCASTER TROUBLED [...] (C) Summary and introduction: According to Hassan Khan, editor of Pakistan's leading Pashtun language foreign affairs television program on Khyber TV, Afghan President Karzai seemed "confused about many things" during their lengthy meeting in early December meeting. Khan, who described his [...] | 2006-12-18 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL PTER NATO |
06ISLAMABAD22572 | POSTURING OVER WOMEN'S RIGHTS LEGISLATION REFLECTS [...] (C) With no fanfare and in the privacy of his office, President Musharraf signed the Women's Protection Bill (WPB) into law on December 1. The bill,s contentious journey through Parliament cast into sharp relief the cleavages within and between Pakistan's major political parties. The Pakista [...] | 2006-12-23 05:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN PK |
06ISLAMABAD22617 | FM KASURI DESCRIBES VISIT TO DECEMBER VISIT TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-28 05:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF IR PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD22618 | FOREIGN MINISTER KASURI ON ANTI-PAKISTAN RHETORIC [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting following his return from Iran, Foreign Minister Kasuri speculated on the motives behind the verbal offensive that Afghan President Karzai and other senior Government of Afghanistan (GOA) officials launched against Pakistan only days after the Foreign Minister [...] | 2006-12-28 05:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF MOPS PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22643 | DUBAI WEDDING BRINGS PML, PPP TOGETHER [...] (U) On 26 December, ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (Shujatt) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto (BB) spoke for more than 20 minutes at the Dubai wedding of Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob's daughter (Yaqoob is the Pakistani founder and chai [...] | 2006-12-29 07:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
06ISLAMABAD3117 | TERRORIST FINANCE: VIEW ON POTENTIAL DESIGNATIONS [...] (S/NF) Post welcomes intiative described reftel to target prominent inciters of terrorist acts. Should these test cases prove successful, we believe that a number of individuals from terrorist and militant organizations in Pakistan would make appropriate targets for future consideration. Pos [...] | 2006-02-22 12:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN CVIS ETTC KTFN PREL PTER PK |
06ISLAMABAD3195 | GOP WILLING TO ACCEPT RETURN OF PAK GITMO DETAINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 06:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD3208 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] (C) On February 23, 2006, per reftel instruction, PolCounselor contacted MFA Spokesperson Tasneem Aslam and MFA Americas Director General Sohail Mehmood to urge the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to issue a statement condemning the bombing of the al-Askariya Shrine. He also shared with the MF [...] | 2006-02-24 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KPAO PGOV PK PREL PTER PAS |
06ISLAMABAD3253 | POST CLEARANCE FOR GAUTAM RANA [...] Post welcomes and grants post clearance for the visit of Gautam Rana for February 27, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Avian Flu town hall meeting. 2. Control officer for the visit will be Mohammed Motiwala. He can be reached at the following numbers: Embassy: 92-51-208-00 [...] | 2006-02-25 08:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD3318 | AGREEMENT WITH PAKISTAN ON STATUS OF FORCES - [...] (U) On February 23, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) transmitted its proposed final text for a Status of Forces Agreement, based on the U.S. text in ref A. The only change to the U.S. text is in para 10, where the U.S. draft stated that: " The mutually agreed duration of this agreement is 90 [...] | 2006-02-27 08:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA PK |
06ISLAMABAD3542 | 15TH PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-U.S. TRIPARTITE MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The 15th U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Tripartite Commission meeting, held at Bagram on February 25, was characterized by frank discussion between the Afghan and Pakistani delegations. The agenda focused on cross-border issues, intelligence sharing, steps to counter IEDs, and the lin [...] | 2006-03-03 02:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD3575 | SHIPMENT OF ALUMINUM ALLOW SHEETS AND RODS [...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A talking points to Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, who, in turn, discussed the issue with SIPDIS the Prime Minister. Based on this conversation, Khan subsequently informed the Ambassador that Pakistan was not in a position to touch the ship in Karachi. 2. (S [...] | 2006-03-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC PK |
06ISLAMABAD3576 | KARACHI BOMBING: CONDOLENCES AND CONDEMNATIONS [...] Summary. Pakistani politicians at all levels--from President Musharraf and PM Aziz to a wide-spectrum of political party representatives--have reached out to US Embassy and Consulate officials to offer their condolences and express their condemnation of the 2 March bombing outside of the US Co [...] | 2006-03-04 02:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PHUM PGOV PTER |
06ISLAMABAD3684 | PAKISTAN CONSIDERS NEW SOFA TO BE IN FORCE AS OF [...] (C) On March 2, poloff delivered to MFA Americas Desk Director Diyar Khan the diplomatic note (text ref A) confirming USG acceptance of the SOFA language in the earlier GOP note, reported ref B. Director Khan confirmed to poloff on March 7 that the GOP has no objections to the USG note and co [...] | 2006-03-07 09:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA PK |
06ISLAMABAD3705 | POST REQUESTS TWO WEEK DELAY IN JUD DESIGNATION [...] (S) After reviewing the time line presented in ref A and B for moving forward with the UN 1267 and domestic terrorism finance designation of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) as an alter-ego of current terrorism finance designee Lashkar-e-Tayyba (LeT),Ambassador requests a two-week delay in pre-notificaion, pr [...] | 2006-03-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN PK PREL PTER KTFN |
06ISLAMABAD3754 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US GOVERNORS DELEGATION [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gov. James Douglas, Gov. Kenny Guinn, Gov. Phil Bredesen, Gov. Tim Kaine, Maj. Gen. Summaral, Maj Patrick Lewis, Dan Wilmot, Claude Chafin and Ltc. John Schroeder for March 15 and 16. The purpose of the visit is to transit Pakistan. [...] | 2006-03-08 08:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD3804 | CARTOONS FAIL TO UNITE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: For a brief moment, Pakistan's political opposition appeared poised to transform popular anger over the Danish cartoon issue into protests against the Musharraf government. In the end, however, self-interest and government inducements have combined to split the divergent parties [...] | 2006-03-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PK |
06ISLAMABAD3807 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR PM - A/S JOHN HILLEN [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 15 - 18 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...] | 2006-03-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KDEM MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD3808 | SLIGHT GAINS FOR PML IN SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a follow-up to the January 2nd "retirement" of 50 Senators (reftel A),Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) in each of Pakistan's four provinces were charged with electing replacements on March 6. Each Provincial Assembly elected 11 Senators in a secret-ballot overseen by the Provi [...] | 2006-03-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV KDEM |
06ISLAMABAD3895 | MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...] | 2006-03-10 04:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD3898 | MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...] | 2006-03-10 06:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD4373 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PACE [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 20 - 22 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...] | 2006-03-17 11:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN |
06ISLAMABAD4386 | PUGWASH CONFERENCE: KASHMIRI CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: A three-day gathering of Kashmiris, Pakistanis and Indians in Islamabad highlighted the continuing effort of President Musharraf to build support for his peace proposals. The meeting featured a two-and-a-half hour exchange with Musharraf on his ideas for demilitarization, self-g [...] | 2006-03-17 12:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK IN PTER |
06ISLAMABAD4595 | DRL FUNDING FOR 2007 PAKISTAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Post has designed an electoral support strategy in order to promote free and fair elections national and provincial elections in 2007. In order to implement fully the various aspects of this strategy, we will require dedicated funding support from DRL to complement our USAID DG [...] | 2006-03-20 14:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KDEM PK |
06ISLAMABAD4597 | ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 5 2. (C) Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan, Chairman of the secular Pashtun-nationalist Awami National Party (ANP) called on Ambassador on March 17 to discuss his recent meeting with President Musharraf (septel). According to Asfandyar, the ANP has taken [...] | 2006-03-20 14:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
06ISLAMABAD4761 | VICE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF WANTS ANA TO JOIN [...] (C) During a March 17 conversation with PM - A/S Hillen, Pakistan's Vice Chief of Army Staff GEN Ahsan Saleem Hyat said that he would welcome the expanding a joint exercise between the U.S. and Pakistan military schedule for later this spring to include a unit from the Afghan National Army ( [...] | 2006-03-22 02:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL MOPS MASS AF |
06ISLAMABAD4767 | ANP AND PPP MOVING TOWARDS ACCOMMODATION WITH THE [...] (S) Summary: In recent separate meetings, Awami National Party (ANP) Chairman Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan and Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim delivered closely coordinated messages to the Embassy. Both leaders were prepared to support an alliance o [...] | 2006-03-22 05:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
06ISLAMABAD5070 | MFA SEEKS INFORMATION ON 1267 COMMITTEE [...] (S) Summary: On March 24, MFA Director Tasneem Aslam advised DCM that the GOP seeks "hard evidence" from the USG that could be used in domestic legal proceedings on the implemenation of terror financing sanctions against organizations designated by the UN 1267 Committee. Aslam claimed that [...] | 2006-03-27 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN |
06ISLAMABAD5123 | A/S HILLEN VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Introduction: On his March 15-18 visit to Pakistan, A/S John Hillen and PM/RSAT Tom Canahuate met with senior Government of Pakistan (GOP) officials, as well as Pakistan's top military leadership. Describing his role in soliciting support for USG security assistance to Pakistan from the U [...] | 2006-03-28 08:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PTER MOPS MASS MCAP PREL |
06ISLAMABAD5234 | PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-29 07:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD5235 | PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-29 07:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD5307 | PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. President Bush's March 3-4 visit to Pakistan inspired a range of opinions on the state of the US-Pakistan relationship. Government officials, such as President Musharraf, PM Aziz, and FM Kasuri expressed satisfaction with the visit and its outcomes, including the launching of a [...] | 2006-03-29 12:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD5357 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT - EMBASSY [...] (U) This message contains action requests; please see Para. 5. 2 (S) Post has had several opportunities in the past week to update the Government of Pakistan (GOP) on the USG intention to request that the UN 1267 Committee amend the designation of Lashkar-e-Tayyba (LET) to include Jammat-u [...] | 2006-03-30 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PTER KTFN UN |
06ISLAMABAD5358 | END-USE, RETRANSFER AND SECURITY ASSURANCES FROM [...] This message contains an action request; please see para. 6. 2. By letter dated 18 March 2006, CAPT Muhammad Tahir, Pakistan Navy, forwarded to the Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan (ODRP) an original End User Certificate (EUC),serial number 71/2006, signed by BG Khan Azam Kh [...] | 2006-03-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PK TU |
06ISLAMABAD5381 | AFGHAN AMBASSADOR SAYS PAK-AFGHAN ATMOSPHERICS ARE [...] (C) In a March 29 conversation, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi told Ambassador that he feels that the atmosphere between Islamabad and Kabul is clearing. On the eve of his return to Kabul for consultations, Tarzi said that he sensed that the GOP is eager to put aside the heated public rhetoric that [...] | 2006-03-31 02:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF PGOV PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD5382 | AMBASSADOR'S BILATERAL TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: On March 29, Ambassador called on Foreign Secretary Mohammed Riaz Khan to discuss follow-on action SIPDIS after the March 3-4 visit by President Bush, particularly a time frame for the Foreign Secretary's Strategic Dialogue discussions with P - U/S Burns and cooperation on e [...] | 2006-03-31 02:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL EAID ETRD PGOV PK AF PTER PARM KNNP |
06ISLAMABAD5537 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned April 12-15 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan towa [...] | 2006-04-03 06:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EAID MASS MOPS OVIP PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD5596 | GOVERNMENT'S CHARM OFFENSIVE LEAVES MANY BALOCH UNIMPRESSED [...] (S) Summary: While sporadic engagements continue between Baloch nationalists and military and Frontier Corps units, the Pakistan government has recently announced a series of political and economic initiatives to address some of Balochistan's long-standing grievances, including promises of more fed [...] | 2006-04-03 14:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PK |
06ISLAMABAD5723 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEVADA TEST SITE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-05 04:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KTBT PK |
06ISLAMABAD5724 | GOP WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INCB [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-05 04:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN PK SNAR |
06ISLAMABAD5767 | YASIN MALIK TELLS KASHMIRI MILITANTS "GIVE PEACE A [...] (S) Introduction: Srinagar-based Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik has told post that he has used his extended March-April 2006 visit to Pakistan to reach out to Kashmiri militant leaders, counseling them to lay down their arms and give the peace process a chance. In between highly-pub [...] | 2006-04-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PK PGOV PTER IN |
06ISLAMABAD5822 | A/S BOUCHER AND PAKISTANI FM KASURI DISCUSS U-S [...] (C) Summary: In an April 4 meeting with visiting SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher, Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri repeated Pakistan's request that the U.S. consider a "package deal" on civil nuclear cooperation that would include Pakistan as well as India. At a minimum, the U.S. should choo [...] | 2006-04-06 04:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG MNUC PGOV PK IN PREL |
06ISLAMABAD5887 | TERROR FINANCE: INFORMATION DELIVERED ON 1267 [...] (S) On April 5, Poloff delivered Ref A talking points and background papers on Laskhar-e-Tayyba (LET) and Al-Akhtar Trust to MFA (UN) Director Imran Siddiqui. Poloff pressed Siddiqui of the importance the U.S. places on full and vigorous implementation of UN 1267 Committee terror finance sa [...] | 2006-04-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL KTFN PTER ETTD PK EFIN |
06ISLAMABAD5903 | A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary. SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher reviewed a range of regional issues in separate April 4 discussions with Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri and Foreign Secretary Khan. Kasuri and Khan were optimistic on relations with India, taking heart from PM Singh's recent speech in Amritsar [...] | 2006-04-06 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN AF PK IR |
06ISLAMABAD5931 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE GOP TROOP [...] (C) On April 5, poloff presented reftel demarche points to MFA (UN) Director Imran Siddiqui. Siddiqui said that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) was aware of the text of UNSCR 1663, but had not yet received a request from UN/DPKO to contribute troops or logistical support for a Darfur peacek [...] | 2006-04-07 04:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK KPKO UN MASS |
06ISLAMABAD5945 | MESSAGE DELIVERED THAT U.S. IS NOT RUNNING FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-07 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA PK |
06ISLAMABAD5978 | A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher reviewed the status of Strategic Dialogue initiatives and options for structuring the Dialogue in April 4-5 meetings with Foreign Minister Kasuri, Foreign Secretary Khan and Additional Secretary for the Americas Shahid Kamal. All sides agreed SIPD [...] | 2006-04-07 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PK |
06ISLAMABAD5983 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GOVERNORS DELEGATION [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gov. Mitch Daniels, Gov. Jeb Bush, Gov. Joe Manchin, Gov. Tom Vilsack, Lt. General Blum, Maj. Reale, Ltc. Schroeder, Dan Wilmot, and Anthony Welcher for April 16 and 17. The purpose of the visit is to transit Pakistan. 2. Contro [...] | 2006-04-10 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OTRA BE PK AMGT ASEC |
06ISLAMABAD6116 | A/S BOUCHER MEETS SENATE CHAIRMAN AND NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher, Senate Chairman Mohammedmian SIPDIS Soomro and National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain confirmed their support for the USAID legislative strengthening project. Both leaders promised to secure a si [...] | 2006-04-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAID PK |
06ISLAMABAD6117 | A/S BOUCHER MEETING WITH CHIEF ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with A/S Boucher, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Qazi Mohammad Farooq stressed his commitment to holding a free and fair election in 2007. A/S Bouhcer pledged our continued support and stressed the importance of the commission's independence as vital to su [...] | 2006-04-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PK |
06ISLAMABAD6136 | PAKISTAN REITERATES CALL FOR STRATEGIC RESTRAINT [...] (U) In an April 5 address at Columbia University, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated Pakistan's call for a "package deal" on civil nuclear cooperation involving both India and Pakistan and noted that Pakistan had sought a "strategic restraint regime" to prevent an arms race and stabilize [...] | 2006-04-12 07:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP PK IN |
06ISLAMABAD6198 | KARACHI POST CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy requests post clearance for Ambassador Crocker and ARSO Eric Alm who will be visiting post for meetings. Their itinerary is follows: April 14-Dep Islamabad on Air Blue 203 at 0930; arrive at 1135. April 15-Dep Karachi on Air Blue 204 at 1600; arrive at 1805. 2. Please provide [...] | 2006-04-12 14:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD6242 | INDIA-PAKISTAN COMPOSITE DIALOGUE MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Although there have been no major breakthroughs since the opening meetings of the third round of Composite Dialogue talks in January, delegations from India and Pakistan have been busy working on a variety of issues. The frequency of these high-level meetings suggests that Pak [...] | 2006-04-13 13:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PK PREL ETRD |
06ISLAMABAD6419 | PRIME MINISTER AZIZ BRIEFS SENATOR HAGEL ON [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with visiting Senator Hagel (R-NE),Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated Pakistan's opposition to any nuclear weapons program in Iran, but supported Iran's right to a civil nuclear energy program. He praised Afghan President Karzai, and highligh [...] | 2006-04-14 14:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL MARR PK AF IN PGOV IR |
06ISLAMABAD6420 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF EXPRESSES CONCERN TO SENATOR HAGEL ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-14 15:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD6647 | WITH SENATOR HAGEL, FOREIGN MINISTER KASURI PUSHES FOR CIVIL NUCLEAR TRANSFERS AND WARNS THAT A MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAN WOULD MEAN DISASTER FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | IN IR PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD7164 | A PRIMER ON PAKISTAN'S FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED [...] Summary. This cable is intended to serve as a basic primer on Pakistan,s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The seven tribal agencies that make up the FATA are administratively, legally, and politically distinct from the rest of Pakistan. This primer focuses on these unique features o [...] | 2006-04-24 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD7423 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION CHECK: [...] On March 7, 2006, EconOff and FCS FSN visited Advanced Engineering Research Organization (AERO),located at Air Weapons Complex (AWC),Haripur Road, Wah. The purpose of the visit was to conduct a Post Shipment Verification check on the shipment of a "Digital Compass Module" exported by GECS, I [...] | 2006-04-27 05:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT ETTC PK |
06ISLAMABAD7505 | CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS PROMOTIONS, DEMOTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary. After several weeks of speculation, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has selected some bright party stars, rewarded PML loyalists, and switched the portfolios of four ministers in a cabinet reshuffle on April 26. Presiding over a ceremony at Aiwan-e Sadar, President Mushar [...] | 2006-04-28 04:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PGOV PREL IRNB |
06ISLAMABAD7537 | BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST NOTIFICATION [...] (S) On April 28, 2005, MFA Disarmament Cell Director Muhammad Kamran Akhtar notified poloff that Pakistan would conduct a ballistic missile test on April 29-30 over the Arabian Sea. Akhtar said that the GOP has sent written notification to the Government of India regarding this missile test [...] | 2006-04-28 11:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KNNP MCAP PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD7563 | SIXTEENTH MEETING OF U.S.-AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Tripartite Commission (TPC) Met at GHQ in Rawalpindi April 19 -- the third Tripartite conducted at the four-star level and the second official visit to Pakistan by Afghanistan's Chief of the General Staff. Atmospherics were favorable, continuing a trend seen in earlier TPC [...] | 2006-04-28 15:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PK AF PTER |
06ISLAMABAD7564 | SCENESETTER FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned May 3-4 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharra [...] | 2006-04-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PK PGOV MASS MOPS PTER MCAP |
06ISLAMABAD7629 | POLITICAL AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE SCENESETTER FOR [...] (U) In anticipation of the U.S.-Pakistan Defense Consultative Group (DCG) meetings in Washingont May 1-5, Embassy Islamabad offers the following snapshots of political and security assistance developments in Pakistan. U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Partnership ----------------------------------- [...] | 2006-05-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD7770 | PRINCE SULTAN'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN: MOSTLY OPTICS; [...] (C) Summary. In the week following Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud's April visit to Pakistan, PolCouns sought assessments in separate meetings with the MFA Director General for the Gulf region Sajjad Haider, Saudi Embassy DCM Abdullah Al-Omari and a respected local journalist, Far [...] | 2006-05-02 11:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PK SA |
06ISLAMABAD7771 | PSI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) See action request at para 5. 2. (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche in a meeting with MFA Director General for Disarmament Qazi Khalilullah and Director for Disarmament Kamran Aktar, urging that Pakistan endorse PSI Interdiction Principles as a precursor to participation in the Ju [...] | 2006-05-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP PK |
06ISLAMABAD7780 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL AIR FORCES COMMANDER [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your May visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of [...] | 2006-05-02 12:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD7822 | GOP RESPONSE TO EXBS PROPOSAL [...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) On April 28, POLCOUNS presented MFA Additional Secretary (UN & Disarmament) Tariq Usman Haider a proposed SIPDIS schedule of EXBS training courses and seminars (reftel). While affirming that the GOP is interested [...] | 2006-05-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL ETTC KSTC PARM |
06ISLAMABAD7823 | GOP SUPPORTS PAKISTANI, NOT IRANIAN, HRC CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-02 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PK PREL UNHRC |
06ISLAMABAD7884 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG REQUEST TO EXTEND CWC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PK PREL CWC |
06ISLAMABAD8148 | A STRATEGY FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: With the appointment of a credible, permanent Chief Election Commissioner (CEC),Pakistan is moving in the necessary direction for free and fair elections in 2007. Post believes that the credibility of the 2007 contest has significant implications for long-term stability and de [...] | 2006-05-05 08:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM EAID OIIP KPAO PK |
06ISLAMABAD8207 | DENIAL OF COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANDIA LABS [...] Post regrets that it is unable to offer country clearance to reftel visitors due to the limited advance notice, While post strongly supports the objectives of the mission, visits like this, involving numerous meetings (especially in other cities) will require more than four days notice. 2. [...] | 2006-05-05 12:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD8327 | D-8 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-09 05:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BG EG ID IR IS IZ MOPS MY NI PGOV PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD8328 | GOP REQUESTS INFORMATION FOR GUATANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated May 3 requesting complete addresses and other personal information to confirm Pakistani nationality for Guatanamo Bay detainees who have been identified by the Pentagon for release. Full text of the note follows: [...] | 2006-05-09 05:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD8391 | TERROR FINANCE: JI-4 AND JUD DOMESTIC DESIGNATION [...] (C) On April 28, 2005, poloff presented to MFA (UN) Deputy Director Shazia Ashraf Qazi non-papers containing the notice of the UN 1267 Committee designation of four members of Jemaah Islamiya (Ref A) and notice of the U.S. domestic designation of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) (Ref B). On May 4, polo [...] | 2006-05-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER KFIN ECON UN |
06ISLAMABAD8487 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US GOVERNORS DELEGATION [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gov. Mitt Romney, Gov. Matt Blunt, Gov. Mark Sanford, Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Anthony Welcher, Dan Wilmot, Ltc. Kurt Vogel, Capt. Ernest Barringer, Eddie Johnson, Barbara Davis, and Maj. Matt Green for May 25 and 26. The purpose of th [...] | 2006-05-11 09:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA PK OVIP |
06ISLAMABAD8829 | S/CT AMB CRUMPTON ENCOURAGES ROBUST GOP [...] (C) Introduction and summary: Visiting Islamabad on May 3-4, S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton and S/CT Senior Advisor Michael Hurley engaged political, diplomatic and military interlocutors on Pakistan's counterterrorim (CT) strategies and policies. Calling on National Security Advisor Tariq [...] | 2006-05-16 02:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD8845 | PAKISTANI COMPLIANCE WITH OIC AND AL BOYCOTTS [...] Post offers the following response to reftel queries regarding Pakistani observance of boycotts of Israel and Israeli-made products. 2. Pakistan is not a member of the Arab League (AL) and is not, therefore, bound by the AL boycott (ALB). 3. Pakistan is a member of the Organization of [...] | 2006-05-16 10:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL PK |
06ISLAMABAD9088 | AT D-8 SUMMIT, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY TELL IRAN TO [...] (S) Prior to his departure to the D-8 Summit in Bali last week, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the Ambassador that he and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan would be meeting with Iranian President Ahmedinejad and asked if we had any advice. As conveyed to SCA and NEA Ambassador told Aziz that w [...] | 2006-05-18 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL IR TK |
06ISLAMABAD9098 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US TO TABLE FMCT DRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD9152 | PAKISTANI COMPLIANCE WITH OIC AND AL BOYCOTTS [...] Post offers the following response to reftel queries regarding Pakistani observance of boycotts of Israel and Israeli-made products. 2. Pakistan is not a member of the Arab League (AL) and is not, therefore, bound by the AL boycott (ALB). 3. Pakistan is a member of the Organization of [...] | 2006-05-19 07:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL PK |
06ISLAMABAD9336 | NSA TARIQ AZIZ READY TO REACH OUT TO AFGHAN [...] (S) During a May 22 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told Ambassador that Pakistan's senior leaders are increasingly concerned by both the security situation in Afghanistan and by public accusations by Afghanistan President Karzai and Foreign Minister Spanta blaming Pakista [...] | 2006-05-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL AF |
06ISLAMABAD9358 | PAKISTANI COMMENTS ON UPCOMING SIACHEN-SIR CREEK [...] (U) Summary. The Pakistani press has cast reports on the upcoming Composite Dialogue talks on Siachen glacier (May 23-24) and Sir Creek (May 25-26) in a lackluster light, mostly by lifting bylines from the Indian press. There has been little discussion on what proposals the GOP will bring [...] | 2006-05-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD9473 | EXPLAINING THE SECURITY FORCES IN THE FATA [...] (U) This cable provides an introduction to the myriad of security forces besides the regular Pakistani Army that operate in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and adjoining regions of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). 2. (U) Frontier Corps. The paramilitary Frontier Corp [...] | 2006-05-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK MARR SNAR KCRM PTER EAID |
06ISLAMABAD9486 | GOP PM AZIZ CONGRATULATES NEW IRAQI PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PREL IZ KDEM |
06ISLAMABAD9499 | PM AZIZ TO TALK SENSE TO IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 13:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | IR PGOV PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD9696 | LIMITED PROGRESS ON DOMESTIC EXTREMISM [...] (U) This is the third in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Progress on combating domestic extremism, part of the GOP's July 2005 crackdown, has suffered from competing priorities, limited political capital, and a vocal op [...] | 2006-05-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PK |
06ISLAMABAD9703 | GOP DECLINES PSI INVITATION...AGAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-25 11:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK PHSA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD9704 | FREE, FAIR, AND ISI: THE PML ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to PML Secretary General Mushahid Hussain, the party's goal in the upcoming elections is a plurality in the National Assembly. He identified urban areas in central Punjab (Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad) as the chief battlegrounds, predicted a strong PML victory in [...] | 2006-05-25 11:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER MOPS PK AF IR |
06ISLAMABAD9705 | PAK-SINO RELATIONS: “HIGHER THAN THE HIMALAYAS, DEEPER THAN THE SEA†[...] (C) Summary. At a May 23 conference celebrating 55 years of Pakistan-China relations, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz characterized the Sino-Pak relationship as a model bilateral relationship, in which both countries are committed to peaceful co-existence, sovereign equality, and non-i [...] | 2006-05-25 11:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | CH IN PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD9706 | FATA: STRATEGIES AND REDLINES [...] (C//NF) Summary. The stabilization of Pakistan's Federally Administered Areas (FATA) and the acceleration of political and economic development in this troubled region is a complex task that will determine the success of USG and Government of Pakistan (GOP) counterterrorism efforts. Since 9/11, [...] | 2006-05-25 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS EAID ECON |
06ISLAMABAD9708 | FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...] | 2006-05-25 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK |
06ISLAMABAD9709 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) On May 25, Poloff delivered reftel demarche points on UN reform at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial-level meeting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's UN-I Director, Imran Siddiqui. Having recently served at Pakistan's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York and well [...] | 2006-05-26 01:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC UNGA PK |
06ISLAMABAD9710 | FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...] | 2006-05-26 01:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK |
06ISLAMABAD9711 | NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR SUPPORTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an introductory call with the Ambassador on May 25, recently appointed Minister for Women's Development and Youth Affairs Sumaira Malik provided an overview of her key programmatic priorities, offering new and valuable areas for immediate and medium-term USG assistance. Mal [...] | 2006-05-26 04:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KWMN EAID PGOV SOCI PK |
06ISLAMABAD9712 | PAK MIL SUPPORT IN BALOCHISTAN FOR OPERATION [...] (S) Per SCA request (ref A),post offers this summary of Pakistani military operations in Balochistan in support of CFC-A Operation Mountain Thrust. 2. (S) On May 20, Coalition Joint Task Force (CJTF-76) and the Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan (ODRP) representatives met with [...] | 2006-05-26 05:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD9772 | UK FACILITATES TRANSIT OF DANISH CARGO [...] (C) In response to inquiries via State and Defense Department channels (Reftel),post has confirmed through the British High Commmision (BHC) and Danish Defense Command Representatives that Danish military cargo transiting Pakistan en route to Afghanistan was successfully offloaded at Karach [...] | 2006-05-26 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD9875 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Sandia National Laboratories' staff Jose R. Rodriguez and James W. Purvis from June 10 to 16. The purpose of the visit is to participate in an IAEA training course in Islamabad. Post understands that IAEA's local partner, the Pakista [...] | 2006-05-30 05:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC ASEC ENRG KNNP OTRA PK |
06ISLAMABAD9890 | PARTIES PREPARE THEIR ELECTORAL STRATEGIES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Electoral strategies for Pakistan's major parties are coalescing in advance of the likely late 2007/early 2008 national and provincial elections. At this stage, most parties, save the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N),have adopted a go-it-alone strategy. The ruling Pakist [...] | 2006-05-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL PK |
06ISLAMABAD9892 | MUSHARRAF TELLS IRAN "STOP ENRICHMENT NOW" [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 09:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | IR KNNP PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD9911 | GOP RESPONSE TO PROPOSED EXBS PROGRAMMING [...] (U) Post appreciates the comprehensive programming that ISN/ECC has laid out for Pakistan between July 2006 nd January 2007 (ref A). The Government of Pakistan (GOP),through the MFA Disarmament Cell, has indicated that it wishes to participate in all of the proposed programs and is committ [...] | 2006-05-30 10:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PGOV PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD9964 | PROGRESS TOWARDS DEMOCRACY [...] (C/NF) Summary: The upcoming national and provincial elections will be an important bellwether on progress towards democratization in Pakistan. However, free and fair elections must be supported by long-term systemic changes that are necessary to institute good governance and firm civilian co [...] | 2006-05-31 07:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PHUM PK |
06ISLAMABAD9997 | AFGANISTAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy Islamabad requests country clearance for the following to attend meetings with Embassy Kabul counterparts June 6- June 7: Â [...] | 2006-05-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK AF |
06JEDDAH149 | ACHIEVING DIALOGUE WITH ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 7, Consul General Gfoeller and Jeddah Pol/Econ Chief met with President of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Al-Madani and senior staff members. CG delivered points in ref B. Al-Madani and his associates were cordial and forthcoming. In a wide ranging conversation Al- [...] | 2006-02-15 10:04:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ KISL KPAL PK PREL SA SOCI |
06KABUL145 | SENATOR REED MEETS WITH FIRST VICE PRESIDENT MASOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH SENATOR REED, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT MASOOD STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND MINERALS SECTORS, FOR AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE. THE SENATOR ASSURED HIM OF THE UNITED STATES' LONG-TERM COMMITM [...] | 2006-01-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EAGR EINV PK AF |
06KABUL146 | KARZAI MEETS WITH CODEL BAYH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 10 MEETING WITH SENATORS BAYH (D-IND) AND BOND (R-MO) AND REPRESENTATIVE FORD (D-TN),KARZAI OUTLINED THE PROGRESS AFGHANISTAN HAD MADE OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, FOCUSING ON COUNTERNARCOTICS RATHER THAN TERRORISM AS THE REAL CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE. HE REITERAT [...] | 2006-01-11 09:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PTER SNAR PK AF |
06KABUL1714 | KARZAI NERVOUS ON PROVINCIAL SECURITY: RESURRECTS [...] (C) In the wake of recent insurgent activity in the South, President Karzai is afraid he may be losing public confidence in his government's authority in rural provincial districts, and he is once again broaching the idea of raising informal auxiliary police units to provide security in ce [...] | 2006-04-17 05:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MARR PTER EFIN AF PK |
06KABUL2970 | NDS DIRECTOR SALEH ON INSURGENCY - CAUSES AND [...] (S/Rel Aus and GB) Summary: NDS Director General Amarullah Saleh told visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator and Chief Strategist on June 27 that the Taliban insurgency is now focused largely on Zabul, Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan. For the moment it is still a "measurable problem," he said. S [...] | 2006-07-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER PREL MOPS AF PK |
06KABUL30 | PRT-QALAT: GOVERNOR FIRES SHAMULZAI DISTRICT CHIEF, [...] (U) Summary: Zabul Provincial Governor Arman used a carrot and stick approach (local autonomy and good officials; development projects) and argued both Islam and geopolitics at a shura to try to convince Shamulzai district elders not to deal with the Taliban. While Arman is willing to fire [...] | 2006-01-03 09:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF PK |
06KABUL3515 | PRT/QALAT - BORDER INCIDENT LEAVES SEVERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 09:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF AF PK |
06KABUL4009 | SRSG KOENIGS' BRIEFING ON PROPOSAL FOR [...] (S) In an August 27 briefing for resident embassy/mission representatives, SRSG Koenigs reported on his recent visit to Islamabad and sought support for his proposal for an organized political dialogue (as complement to the tripartite process and involving the UN, the NATO political represent [...] | 2006-09-06 13:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UNAF NATO PK AF |
06KABUL4062 | PRESIDENT MUSHARAF'S VISIT TO KABUL: LAYING THE [...] (C) Keenly aware of domestic skepticism over Pakistan's claims that it is committed to controlling cross-border elements of the ongoing insurgency, President Karzai nevertheless made the decision to host a very public visit by President Musharaf to Kabul on September 6-7. The theme of the vis [...] | 2006-09-11 03:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK AF |
06KABUL4321 | SECURITY OPERATIONS GROUP SEPT 21: SOUTHERN [...] (S) Summary: Although the usual Policy Action Group (PAG) was canceled this week due to high-level travel, Minister Wardak convened the Security Operations Group (SOG) today, Sept 21, at the Ministerial level in order to keep up the momentum on security-related projects, particularly the auxi [...] | 2006-09-21 14:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER MARR PGOV PK AF |
06KABUL4777 | SENATORS FRIST AND MARTINEZ MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Karzai hosted an Iftar dinner in honor of Senators Bill Frist and Mel Martinez, at the end of their October 2 visit to Afghanistan. Karzai used the dinner to express deep appreciation for U.S. support for Afghanistan, and particularly for the President's efforts to encourage Pr [...] | 2006-10-04 02:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER OREP PK IN IR AF |
06KABUL5398 | SON OF SLAIN AFGHAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST MAKES [...] (SBU) Naqibullah (No Last Name),the 18-year-old son of Safia Ama Jan, the Director of Women's Affairs in Kandahar province, who was gunned down outside her home in September (see reftel),contacted post to report threats against himself and violent acts against his father since the murder of [...] | 2006-11-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER PK AF |
06KABUL5653 | PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR QUESTIONS JIRGAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 28-29 meetings with the Ambassador, Pakistan Ambassador to Afganistan Sardar Tariq Azizuddin, noting that he was speaking personally without instructions, raised fundamental questions on the meaning and purpose of the cross-border jirgas. Searching for possible al [...] | 2006-12-03 06:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | AF ASEC MARR MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06KABUL5889 | SENATOR MCCAIN AND KARZAI DIFFER OVER PAKISTAN [...] (C) Over a December 15 dinner, Senator McCain and President Karzai disagreed over the extent to which the Government of Pakistan was supporting the Taliban and terrorism in Afghanistan. Karzai,s theme throughout the evening was that Afghans see Pakistan as entirely intertwined with Taliban e [...] | 2006-12-18 11:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK |
06KABUL8 | SOUTHERN GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. On 28 Dec, the Governors and Police Chiefs of Kandahar, Zabul and Helmand provinces met with key Regional Command (RC) South commanders and staff. Security dominated the agenda. Many Taliban are migrating to Pakistan for the winter but RC South and the governors all want to ke [...] | 2006-01-02 10:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF PK |
06KABUL804 | LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPAND AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Ronald Neumann 1.4 (d). This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (C) Positive Afghan-Pak relations are essential to long-term stability in Afghanistan and to U.S. strategic objectives in the struggle against terrorism. President Bush's visit [...] | 2006-02-24 11:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PTER PREF EAID AF PK |
06KUWAIT223 | PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN AMBASSADORS COMMENT ON LABOR [...] Pakistani Ambassador Mohammad Aslam called on the Ambassador on January 22 to discuss the ongoing succession process in Kuwait (septels) and bilateral issues between Pakistan and Kuwait. He also reported that the Pakistani labor community in Kuwait is faring well in general. He said that durin [...] | 2006-01-24 08:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KCRM PK AF KU |
06KUWAIT262 | FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY INITIATES KUWAIT [...] Post organized and hosted on January 24th a meeting of labor officials from source countries for expatriate labor in Kuwait to engage on how to better work together to improve the status of Kuwait's large expatriate labor force. Representatives from the embassies of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Paki [...] | 2006-01-25 14:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB CE BG ID RP PK IN KU |
06KUWAIT3211 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BALKHAM(7-17 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Balkham to travel to post o/a 13 to 14 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 13 Aug, [...] | 2006-08-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS PK AF KU IZ JA COUNTRY |
06KUWAIT3828 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL FRIST [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Frist to travel to post o/a 3 October, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 2 October (one nig [...] | 2006-09-24 13:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF KU IZ JO |
06KUWAIT4484 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL KING (22 NOV - 29 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL King to travel to post o/a 24-25 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...] | 2006-11-20 09:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AE AF IZ KU KG GM QA UK PK |
06KUWAIT4616 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (12-19 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain/Lieberman to travel to post o/a 13-15 Dec, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver [...] | 2006-12-11 05:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IS KU IZ AF PK IR GM COUNTRY |
06KYIV4469 | UKRAINE/NIAG 6167: PAKISTAN HEAVY WATER PURCHASE [...] (S) We relayed inquiries regarding Ukrainian State Enterprise Ecoantilid's potential sale of heavy water to the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan (ref A) and Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company's potential cooperation with Chinese 11 Institute on development of the RD-120 liquid rocket engine (re [...] | 2006-12-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MTCRE CH PK UP |
06LAHORE159 | JAMAAT-UD-DAWA RALLY URGES MUSLIMS TO UNITE AGAINST WEST [...] (U) Approximately 20,000 people turned out for an anti-cartoon rally organized by Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) and held at Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan park on Friday, March 17. Representatives from various conservative religious and political organizations joined with prominent JUD leaders in accusing t [...] | 2006-03-24 09:57:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PK |
06LAHORE318 | MNA ALLEGES ABUSE AFTER RELEASE FROM JAIL [...] (U) On May 22 a Lahore anti-terrorism court released PML-N MNA Saad Rafique on bail after more than three months in jail. Accused by the government of inciting the violent February 14 anti-cartoon protests in Lahore, Rafique was originally taken into custody outside the National Assembly on Feb [...] | 2006-06-27 04:12:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PK |
06LONDON7311 | (C) PAKISTAN: ARD CHAIRMAN IN LONDON [...] (C) The Chairman of Pakistan's Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD),Makhdum Amin Fahim, is visiting London and met with Poloff October 13. He said former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif (whose parties, PPP and ML/N respectively, are the main components of ARD) wil [...] | 2006-10-13 14:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PK UK |
06LONDON8004 | (U) PAKISTAN: PM BLAIR MEETS MUSHARRAF IN LAHORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: November 19 talks between PM Blair and President Musharraf focused on counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, and Islamic extremism, according to Kate English of FCO's Pakistan Section (based on a preliminary read-out from the UK High Commission in Islamabad). Musharraf complained to B [...] | 2006-11-20 17:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID PK AF UK |
06MUMBAI1261 | MAHARASHTRA POLICE UPDATE ON ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN WESTERN [...] (C) A top Maharashtra anti-terrorist official has told us that the three suspected terrorists killed in the foiled June 1 attack on the RSS headquarters in Nagpur were probably foreigners. J.J. Singh, Additional Chief of Police in the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS),also acknowledged t [...] | 2006-07-06 10:29:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KIRF KISL CASC ASEC PK IN |
06MUMBAI1310 | AS DEATH TOLL NEARS 200, CONTOURS OF MUMBAI BOMBING [...] (C) Despite the local media's poor track record in handling on-the-record remarks, enough reputable media outlets have directly attributed a particular theory of the Mumbai train bombings to senior police leadership that the contours of the investigation are emerging. If the state's media is t [...] | 2006-07-14 13:47:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN |
06MUMBAI1332 | (C) PAKISTAN'S ISI INVOLVED IN MUMBAI BOMBINGS, TOP POLICE [...] (C) Maharahstra's top police official told the Consul General on July 19 that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) had a clear hand in the July 7 Mumbai train bombings. P.S. Pasricha, Director General of the state police, said the bombs used in the attacks may point to an A [...] | 2006-07-19 13:29:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN |
06MUMBAI1356 | POLICE MAKE FIRST ARRESTS IN MUMBAI TRAIN BOMBING CASE [...] (C) Investigators have reportedly made the first formal arrests in connection with the July 7 train bombings in Mumbai that killed over 180 people. If the media reports match information we have received from the police, then those arrested are suspected of having helped move materials for the [...] | 2006-07-21 10:17:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN |
06MUMBAI1506 | STILL NO BREAKTHROUGH IN MUMBAI TRAIN BOMBING INVESTIGATION, POLICE SAY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 18:17:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC IN KISL PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06MUMBAI1652 | MUMBAI BOMBING INVESTIGATIONS REVEAL DETAILS OF MUSLIM [...] (C) Although police have now arrested 14 men in connection with the July 11 Mumbai train bombings, investigators still appear to know little about the actual perpetrators of the well-planned act of terrorism that killed 187 people and left few traces. All those arrested have been charged on th [...] | 2006-09-08 11:48:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN |
06MUMBAI1755 | (C) LOCAL MUSLIMS AND PAKISTAN NATIONALS PLANTED BOMBS ON [...] (C) Three local Muslims and four Pakistanis planted the bombs that killed 187 persons on seven Mumbai commuter trains in July, the Mumbai police chief told the Consul General on September 26. A.N. Roy said the police had detained two of the local men who had planted bombs. One of the two men [...] | 2006-09-27 12:09:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN |
06NEWDELHI1175 | PM REACHES OUT TO ARRAY OF KASHMIRI LEADERS AS J&K [...] (C) Summary: Mixed private reaction, ranging from support to suspicion, greeted the GOI announcement that PM Singh would, on February 24, bring together moderate Kashmiri separatists and J&K elected political leaders for a roundtable conference in New Delhi. The event appears designed by the [...] | 2006-02-15 14:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM MOPS PBTS IN PK |
06NEWDELHI1269 | INDIAN ARMY CHIEF DEMANDS END OF CUSTODIAL DEATHS [...] (SBU) Custodial deaths will no longer be tolerated in the Kashmir Valley, Indian Chief of Army Staff General J.J. Singh told his field commanders on February 9. "Singh convened a meeting in Baramulla (approximately 30 miles from Srinagar) and categorically told his subordinates that custodial [...] | 2006-02-17 15:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KISL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI1320 | INDIA AND THE US ON NEPAL: STILL NO DAYLIGHT, WE [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran sought reassurance on February 22 that India and the US were still reading off the same page on Nepal policy, and underlined that India still sees the Maoist insurgency as the principle problem in Nepal. He requested USG action to convinc [...] | 2006-02-22 14:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS IN NP PK |
06NEWDELHI1445 | KASHMIRIS SPOIL PM'S DELHI DIALOGUE BUT INDIA [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister continues to try to implement his vision of reconciliation in Kashmir, despite much political turbulence there and criticism from the BJP. PM Singh's February 25 roundtable on Kashmir attracted mainstream politicians, academics, and intellectuals, but none of t [...] | 2006-02-27 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KISL IN PK IZ |
06NEWDELHI1611 | INDIANS SATISFIED WITH CONTINUED INCREMENTAL [...] (C) Indians are generally pleased with the status of Indo-Pakistan relations; as long as terrorism levels stay low and the bulk of jihadi terrorism stays in J&K, the GOI and our contacts support continued incremental progress on the peace process between South Asia's nuclear neighbors. A rec [...] | 2006-03-08 03:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL MOPS PBTS ETRD SCUL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI162 | TERRORIST FINANCE: POSTPONEMENT OF ACTION ON LET [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-09 14:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN IN PK |
06NEWDELHI163 | INDO-PAK WALTZ SLOWS: BACKWARD ON RHETORIC, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 conversation with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar underlined that much of the current friction between India and Pakistan stems from ongoing Pakistan-sponsored terrorism against India, including the spectacular Diwali bombings and t [...] | 2006-01-09 14:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ELTN ECIN ETRD IN PK |
06NEWDELHI1632 | JIHADIS PRIME SUSPECTS IN VARANASI BLASTS; [...] (C) Summary: A March 7 evening terrorist bomb attack at one of three main Hindu temples in the holy city of Varanasi, followed by a second blast at the city's train station, put the country on high alert, but has not yet incited a major communal backlash, which terrorist analysts say was the [...] | 2006-03-08 13:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC PREL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI20 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) Summary: Speaker Hastert, your delegation's upcoming visit to India on January 10-13 provides a significant opportunity to advance the burgeoning India/US relationship. After forty years of drift during the Cold War, the US and India are making up for lost time. Thanks to the energy a [...] | 2006-01-03 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PK INCB IR |
06NEWDELHI2090 | PM'S OLIVE BRANCH TO PAK: BUREAUCRACY, PUNDITS SEE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh's speech launching the bus service to Nankana Sahib from Amritsar on March 24 continued his efforts to push rapprochement with Pakistan, but Singh still faces resistance from skeptical Indo-Pak watchers in India and his own bureaucracy. Singh's speech was no [...] | 2006-03-27 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2216 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] (S) Poloff on March 30 delivered Reftel demarche on amending the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee listing on Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) to include the names Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq (IKK) to MEA Director (Americas) Gaitri Kumar and MEA Director (Pakistan) Jeeva Sagar. Both ex [...] | 2006-03-31 11:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2363 | SIX ALLEGED VARANASI TERRORISTS ARRESTED [...] (U) Uttar Predesh police on April 5 announced the arrests of six alleged terrorists they say were behind the March 7 twin bomb blasts in Varanasi (Reftel). The press reports -- many of which were un-bylined, a possible sign they came from an Intelligence Bureau or Research and Analysis Wing s [...] | 2006-04-07 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2527 | JASWANT SINGH CAUTIOUS IN MEETING WITH A/S BOUCHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 7 meeting with SCA A/S Boucher, former Indian Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh cautioned that the US and India should not emphasize the nuclear agreement to the exclusion of other bilateral initiatives, but agreed that the two share a civilization an [...] | 2006-04-13 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MNUC KIRF ENRG IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2561 | TERRORISTS UNSUCCESSFULLY STRIKE DELHI AND [...] (C) Summary: Thirteen people were injured, but none killed, by two bombs that went off during Friday (April 14) evening prayers at the Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, the largest mosque in South Asia and a popular tourist destination (although tourists are escorted out of the mosque grounds by cust [...] | 2006-04-17 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC KISL PGOV IN PK |
06NEWDELHI264 | CODEL KERRY PROBES FOR AN INDIAN BOTTOM LINE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry, Prime Minister Singh underlined India's intention to fulfill the terms of the July 18 civil nuclear understanding, but rebuffed the Senator's effort to explore enhancements to the deal that might help to minimize Congressio [...] | 2006-01-12 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ENRG PTER ECON IR PK CH IN |
06NEWDELHI2706 | INDO-PAK ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seen from Delhi, Indo-Pak engagement seems to keep going strong, with the PM planning what he hopes will be a May or July trip to Pakistan that will be heavy on substantive achievement. In addition, India has made an important water concession to Pakistan and highly placed sourc [...] | 2006-04-21 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM PTER ECON EWWT IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2875 | YASIN MALIK VISA [...] (SBU) Action Request: Post recommends that Department request DHS to approve a 212(d)(3)(A) waiver of nonimmigrant visa ineligibilities as appropriate for Yasin MALIK (DOB: 3 April 1965),President of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF),to seek medical treatment in Bethesda, MD. We [...] | 2006-04-27 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PTER PGOV KDEM PHUM IN PK |
06NEWDELHI294 | NSA NARAYANAN MULLS SENATOR KERRY'S SUGGESTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry that focused exclusively on the civil nuclear agreement and nuclear non-proliferation, NSA MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's support for its draft separation plan, and allowed that New Delhi "will not backtrack" on obligati [...] | 2006-01-14 09:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP SENV PTER IN PK CH |
06NEWDELHI2967 | INDIA STRENGTHENS RESOLVE IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA and PA. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the Taliban's decapitation of an Indian mobile phone network engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani support for the T [...] | 2006-05-01 14:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS EAID IN PK |
06NEWDELHI3130 | HURRIYAT UPBEAT ABOUT MEETING WITH PM SINGH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The moderate separatist Kashmiri Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq was quite pleased with their May 3 meeting with Indian PM Singh and his commitment to dialogue on the full range of Jammu and Kashmir issues and to improved human rights. The Hurriyat are also gearing up to begin [...] | 2006-05-05 14:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PINR KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI3289 | BIO NOTES: NEW PAKISTANI DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on May 4 informed Post of the arrival of Mohammad Afrasiab, previously Minister (Political) at the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing, as their new Deputy High Commissioner. (NOTE: In his CV and nearly all press references, Afrasiab uses only his family [...] | 2006-05-12 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IN PK CH NZ |
06NEWDELHI3304 | INDIA WARMLY WELCOMES VISITING PAKISTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian government rolled out the red carpet for visiting Pakistani People,s Party Parliamentarians, arranging a meeting with PM Singh, a lunch hosted by MEA MOS E. Ahamed, and meetings with BJP supremos LK Advani and Jaswant Singh. The meetings show the value India is placing [...] | 2006-05-12 10:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ECON IN PK |
06NEWDELHI3417 | BIO NOTES: THE (PAKISTANI) AMBASSADORS AKRAM [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan High Commission (New Delhi) Counselor Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, a frequent Poloff interlocutor, shared with Poloff his impressions of Pakistani Ambassadors Munir and Zamir Akram. Qazi worked for Munir for five years in Geneva (probably 1995-2000),and for Zamir for se [...] | 2006-05-17 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IN PK NP SZ |
06NEWDELHI3466 | WHY IT'S TOUGH FOR INDIA TO CLIMB DOWN FROM SIACHEN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-18 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
06NEWDELHI3506 | AN INDIAN ROGUE'S GALLERY ENTERTAINS A PAKISTANI TALIBAN APOLOGIST [...] (C) Pakistani hard-liner and Taliban advocate Fazlur Rahman visited India from May 15-19. During his visit, he was guest of honor at a Delhi reception hosted by the Deobandi Political organization Jamiat-i-Ulama-i-Hind (JuH),that we steered well clear of. The JuH failed to convince most promine [...] | 2006-05-19 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN PK AF |
06NEWDELHI3549 | AGAINST BACKDROP OF KASHMIR TERROR, HURRIYAT [...] Summary: Terrorists killed seven and injured scores more in a spectacular mid-day May 21 attack on a Congress party rally in downtown Srinagar. The next day, even as more grenades exploded in Srinagar, the peaceful separatist All Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq rejected [...] | 2006-05-22 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI356 | LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S. OPPOSE TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...] | 2006-01-18 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK |
06NEWDELHI369 | LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S., OPPOSE TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...] | 2006-01-18 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK |
06NEWDELHI3730 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (U) This is an Action Request for EB and S/CT, please see Para 3. 2. (C) Poloff on May 4 delivered Reftel talking points to MEA Director (Americas) Gaitri Kumar, who accepted them without substantive comment. Econoff on May 5 delivered Reftel talking points to Finance Ministry, Departmen [...] | 2006-05-30 08:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN PK |
06NEWDELHI3833 | INDIA WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN, BUT IS [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar after NSA Narayanan remained unavailable throughout the day either to meet with or speak on the phone to the Ambassador. Jaishankar acknowledged our demarche's requests for Indian action, but made no further s [...] | 2006-06-01 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI3835 | TERRORISTS INCREASINGLY TARGETING HINDUS [...] (C) Summary: Recent terror attacks targeting Hindus could impact Indo-Pak rapprochement and spark religious tension. A foiled May 31 dawn attack on the hardline Hindu Rashtriya Swyamsewak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur that would likely have led to communal violence was averted because of [...] | 2006-06-01 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC KIRF IN PK |
06NEWDELHI3873 | ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHIC NOTES ON PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary: This message contains biographic reporting on two Pakistani diplomats currently serving to New Delhi -- a key posting for any Pakistani Foreign Service officer. The first, Counselor (Political) Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, will be of interest because of his meteoric rise through t [...] | 2006-06-05 10:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IN PK |
06NEWDELHI3882 | NAM DECLARATION ON IRAN: MEA SAYS GOI POSITION ON [...] (C) Summary: DCM delivered Ref A demarche on June 5, stressing USG concern that India agreed to such a one-sided and weak NAM statement regarding Iranian nuclear activity, and noting that sending mixed messages to Iran at this critical juncture is not productive. Minister of State for Exter [...] | 2006-06-05 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN IR AF |
06NEWDELHI396 | ENERGY AND TRADE DOMINATE CODEL GILLMOR'S MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: A congressional delegation led by Congressman Gillmor (R-OH) held a wide-ranging discussion with Indian Members of Parliament at a meeting convened by the Indo-US Parliamentary Forum on January 13. Energy and trade dominated the session, with the Indian Parliamentarians stress [...] | 2006-01-19 14:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP KNNP ENRG ECON ETRD IN PK |
06NEWDELHI4005 | SIACHEN NOT IN DANGER OF BEING SOLVED, SAY OUR [...] (C) Summary: A Siachen deal during the May 23-24 talks in Delhi was never a slam dunk, according to Indian and Pakistani diplomats who were members of their respective countries' delegations. Although the atmospherics were excellent, rumors of a new formulation to break the logjam were just [...] | 2006-06-08 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MOPS PGOV PTER PBTS IN PK |
06NEWDELHI4369 | NEW KASHMIR BUS SAFELY LAUNCHED, BUT TERROR [...] (SBU) Summary: The second trans-LoC bus, connecting Poonch in J&K with Rawalkote in Pakistani Kashmir for the first time in 58 years, kicked off yesterday without a hitch or an attack. This bus may end up being more heavily used than the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route because more families are [...] | 2006-06-21 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PBTS SCUL ELTN IN PK |
06NEWDELHI4588 | INDIA WALKED A FINE LINE ON IRAN AT THE SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora told the Ambassador June 28 that he had informal conversations with Iranian President Ahmedinejad 3-4 times at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and while Ahmedinejad had been reserved due to India's IAEA votes against I [...] | 2006-06-29 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI4900 | GOI DECISION-MAKING, POST-MUMBAI BLASTS: WHAT TO [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of October's Diwali bombings in Delhi (Ref D),NSA Narayanan put us on notice that although that attack did not surpass the GOI's threshold for absorbing terrorism, he could not say definitively how close it came to crossing the line. His more recent warnings of [...] | 2006-07-12 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV ELNT IN PK |
06NEWDELHI4973 | CONGRESS PARTY THINKING ON PAKISTAN - POST MUMBAI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-14 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS KISL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5030 | PM SINGH BESIEGED BY MULTIPLE POLITICAL CRISES [...] (C) Summary: After weeks under fire over primarily domestic issues, the July 11 Mumbai and Srinagar attacks have added a foreign policy dimension to criticism of PM Singh's performance, which will spill over into the July 24 Parliament session. Manmohan Singh is under attack politically from [...] | 2006-07-18 10:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5036 | INDIA SUSPENDS PAKISTAN PEACE PROCESS INDEFINITELY [...] (C) Summary: The MEA and the Pakistani High Commission laid out their positions in separate meetings with Poloff on July 17 and 18. The GOI is convinced that Pakistan is behind the Mumbai bombings, but is not yet prepared to abandon the India/Pakistan peace process or to make clear public a [...] | 2006-07-18 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI5129 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON LETTER TO KC SINGH [...] (C) The condolence letter from Ambassador Crumpton to Ambassador K.C. Singh was delivered on 13 July. 2. (C) We received the following response dated 14 July on 19 July. Please advise if Ambassador Crumpton wishes to receive the original of the letter. "Dear Hank, Thank you very much f [...] | 2006-07-21 04:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KCIP PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
06NEWDELHI5132 | PURPORTED "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" LIST EXPANDS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 06:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KCRM IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5133 | WHY AL-QA'IDA WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY GAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: We -- and many of our contacts -- are skeptical about the July 13 telephone claim by a man calling himself "al-Qa'ida's Kashmir spokesman Abu Hadeed" to Current News Service in Srinagar -- our J&K journalist contacts say terrorist groups regularly use CNS to distribute their me [...] | 2006-07-21 06:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL SCUL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5239 | PURPORTED "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" LIST EXPANDS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue talks on Terrorism and Narcotics Trafficking on May 30 in Islamabad, Home Secretary VK Duggal and his Pakistani counterpart Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah exchanged their countries' "most wanted" lists of fugitives each capital seeks e [...] | 2006-07-26 08:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KCRM IN PK |
06NEWDELHI554 | MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK DESPITE PUNDITS' NAYSAYING [...] (C) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with PolCouns, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha provided a positive read-out of the January 17-18 Third Round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue talks, and of Indo-Pak relations generally, despite the pall cast by the cross-bo [...] | 2006-01-25 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD ELTN MOPS KNNP IN PK |
06NEWDELHI556 | JEHADI TERRORISM STALKS INDIA'S TIES WITH AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: India enters the new year under the continued threat of jehadi terrorist attacks that could harm American interests and negatively affect Indo-Pak relations. The nature and scope of terrorist attacks launched by jehadi groups, particularly Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT),ev [...] | 2006-01-25 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR ASEC KISL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5609 | A/S BOUCHER AND FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN TALK [...] (S) Summary. In an August 7 meeting between A/S Boucher and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, A/S Boucher: -- told Saran that the U.S. is committed to maintaining the spirit of the civil-nuclear deal as agreed on July 18; and -- explained concrete steps the U.S. has taken against Pakistani t [...] | 2006-08-11 10:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PARM KNNP AORC UN NP PK |
06NEWDELHI5692 | PM'S I-DAY SPEECH WARNS PAKISTAN, LAUNCHES 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amidst suffocating security due to the very severe terror threat, PM Singh's annual Independence-day speech delivered from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Old Delhi largely ignored foreign relations and needed structural economic reforms to focus on populist domestic issues, prim [...] | 2006-08-17 13:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PTER PINR IN PK |
06NEWDELHI6133 | THE PM PICKS A WINNER: SHIV SHANKAR MENON TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 31 announcement that seasoned diplomat Shiv Shankar Menon will succeed Shyam Saran as Foreign Secretary with Saran moving to a newly-created post as the PM's Special Envoy for the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal represents not only a domestic coup for PM Singh, but also bod [...] | 2006-09-01 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6511 | INDIAN PUBLIC RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-19 05:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6523 | KASHMIR: POLICE REPORT TERRORIST INFILTRATION [...] (S) Summary: Military leaders in India sounded an ominous warning last week, just as Prime Minister Singh was leaving for his meeting with Pakistani President Musharraf in Havana, that terrorist infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir had risen sharply this year. Like many similar press releases [...] | 2006-09-19 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6584 | MEA ENGAGED ON AFGHANISTAN, DOUBTFUL ON PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent discussion, MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha told US that India: -- Could do more in Afghanistan but was worried about security -- Doubted the wisdom of Pakistan's agreements with Waziristan tribes -- Envisioned a robust economic conference that would not be a don [...] | 2006-09-21 13:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ENRG EPET KISL PK |
06NEWDELHI6647 | KASHMIR: SELF RULE, SOFT BORDER SOLUTION GAINING [...] (S) Summary: Indian government responses to Musharraf's recent book, in which he discussed a four part solution to the Kashmir issue, are likely to be harsh publicly, and targeted for domestic consumption. However, journalists with access to the Prime Minister's office say the proposal is ve [...] | 2006-09-25 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6737 | INDIAN PM FACING OUTCRY AGAINST ANTI-TERROR PLAN [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Singh has come under fire in India for his agreement with Pakistan to combat terrorism jointly. Opposition BJP leaders and hardliners in PM Singh's own party and India's security establishment have unleashed a barrage of statements criticizing the agreement. They [...] | 2006-09-27 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6766 | "PRAGMATIC" MAOISTS GETTING CLOSER TO KOIRALA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepalese Maoists are getting closer to PM Koirala, according to Sudhindra Bhadoria of the left-leaning New Delhi-based South Asian Forum for People's Inititatives, because they are pragmatists who are not "hard and fast" on the issues of arms and the role of the monarchy in the fu [...] | 2006-09-28 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS KDEM PK NE IN |
06NEWDELHI6841 | INDIA ACCUSES PAKISTANI INTELLIGENCE OF DIRECTING [...] (S) Summary: India's new Foreign Secretary, Shiv Shankar Menon, struck out at Pakistan on October 1 in his first few hours in office, backing Mumbai police claims to have hard evidence that Pakistani intelligence was behind the July 11 bombings in Mumbai. Menon further tied the success of the [...] | 2006-10-03 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6913 | THE COMMUNISTS AND CONGRESS SPAR OVER THE INDO/US [...] (C) In its September 12-13 Central Committee meeting the CPI(M) leadership assailed the UPA government's relationship with the US, accusing it of sacrificing Indian autonomy and taking dictation from Washington on foreign policy and economic issues. The CPI(M) pledged to continue agitating [...] | 2006-10-05 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ENRG EPET MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI7273 | KASHMIR: PENDING EXECUTION CAUSING STRIFE FOR CONGRESS NEW DELHI 00007273 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary. The Srinagar Valley erupted in protest during the first weeks of Ramazan when the Indian Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convicted facilitator of the 2001 attacks on the Indian Parliament. The Indian President has granted Afzal's family a temporary re [...] | 2006-10-20 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI7359 | INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO [...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani intelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that [...] | 2006-10-26 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
06NEWDELHI7360 | INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO [...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani itelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that t [...] | 2006-10-26 13:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
06NEWDELHI7585 | NARAYANAN SEES PAKISTANI EFFORT TO BUILD TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan to discuss counter-terrorism issues and the state of India-Pakistan relations ahead of the Foreign Secretary talks on November 14th and 15th. Narayanan warned that the recently thwarted terrorist attack in Mysore [...] | 2006-11-03 15:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI7748 | BOUCHER DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Indian Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha on November 10th to discuss India's relations with Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. Boucher emphasized the importance to the United States that India voice its conc [...] | 2006-11-13 08:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI7759 | BOUCHER DISCUSSES NUCLEAR TALKS, BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reflecting the rapid maturation and quickly broadening scope of US-India strategic coordination, visiting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Subramanyam Jaishankar discussed the o [...] | 2006-11-13 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI7767 | BOUCHER AND MENON TOUR D'HORIZON: PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher SIPDIS and Ambassador Mulford in a Nov. 10 meeting that countering Pakistani mistrust about India's role in Baluchistan will be difficult. India is concerned about the growin [...] | 2006-11-14 04:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
06NEWDELHI7797 | INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES RESUME DIALOGUE [...] (C) At their just concluded their meetings in New Delhi, Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries Shivshankar Menon and Riaz Mohammad Khan agreed to a fourth round of composite dialogue despite ongoing Indian concerns about continued terrorist attacks. Press reports said Indian Foreign Minis [...] | 2006-11-15 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI7954 | INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES LAUNCH COUNTER-TERROR JOINT MECHANISM, REVIEW SIACHEN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
06NEWDELHI7997 | INDIA REBUILDING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL [...] (S) Summary: In a November 24 conversation, Israeli DCM Yoed Magen described to us a renewed positive trend in India's relationship with Israel. Magen told the DCM that Israeli National Security Advisor Ilan Mizrachi is coming to Delhi from November 27th through 30th for a high level intell [...] | 2006-11-27 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI8020 | NARAYANAN TELLS PISTOLE INDIA SEEKS TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary: In a frank November 27th discussion with FBI Deputy Director Pistole, National Security Advisor Narayanan explained that while the overall intelligence relationship had improved, the U.S. could only strengthen its counter-terrorism cooperation with India by sharing signals intell [...] | 2006-11-29 04:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN |
06NEWDELHI803 | UNPRECEDENTED INDIA VISIT BY SAUDI KING BOOSTS [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary Sanjay Singh told PolCouns and Poloff on February 2 that Saudi King Abdullah's January 25-28 New Delhi visit - the first in 50 years by a Saudi monarch - was a great success, and far broader in scope than was reported in the media. The visit highlighted energy [...] | 2006-02-03 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ETTC PTER UNGA IN SA PK IR IS |
06NEWDELHI8191 | INDIA DOES NOT DISMISS MUSHARRAF PROPOSAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mukherjee told Ambassador December 6 that Pakistan President Musharraf's proposal on Kashmir contained no new ideas, but was instead an effort to repackage old proposals. He said the GoI would carefully assess Musharraf's message, adding that he saw "no negative [...] | 2006-12-06 15:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
06NEWDELHI8250 | S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR PALMER AND ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary. In a December 7 meeting, S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and Ministry of External Affairs Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh discussed: -- Indian flexibility on dates for the next CTJWG, presumably in February; -- Pakistani-based terrorism, i [...] | 2006-12-08 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN |
06NEWDELHI8273 | BURNS AND MENON DISCUSS PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 7 U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue working lunch, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon discussed: -PAKISTAN: Menon said that the latest round of Foreign Secretary-level talks was productive, but Pakista [...] | 2006-12-11 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PARM PBTS IN PK |
06NEWDELHI8356 | HOME MINISTRY AGREES TO CLOSER COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an extremely collegial exchange, S/CT Deputy Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Virginia Palmer identified several areas for future counterterrorism (CT) cooperation in a Dec. 8 meeting with three senior Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials, who briefed her on the current [...] | 2006-12-15 01:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PARM KISL PK BG IN |
06NEWDELHI8387 | INDIAN COUNTERTERRORISM EXPERTS URGE GREATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Stay the course in Afghanistan," urged Indian counterterrorism experts in Dec. 7 meetings with visiting S/CT Deputy Director Virginia Palmer. Describing a need for the Karzai government to extend its writ beyond Kabul, for a national identity to improve morale, and for greater unity f [...] | 2006-12-18 06:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KISL PK AF IN |
06OSLO1189 | NORWAY HAS TERRORISTS? THE RISING TIDE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anti-Semitism and Muslim extremism appear to be on the rise in Norway. On 22 September authorities charged four men for terrorism in the wake of an attack on the main synagogue in Oslo and related threats to the Israeli and American embassies. Two of the suspects are of Pakistani [...] | 2006-09-27 10:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KISL PREL PGOV SOCI IS PK NO |
06OSLO1422 | NORWAY'S EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION PLEDGES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PK PREL NO |
06OSLO560 | TERRORIST FINANCE DESIGNATION: JUD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 08:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC PK NO KTFN |
06OTTAWA3432 | CANADA UPDATE ON DONOR PLEDGE FOR SOUTH ASIA [...] (sbu) Econcouns received an update (per reftel) on Canada's disbursement of funds pledged for earthquake relief and reconstruction in Pakistan from Department of Foreign Affairs Pakistan Policy Officer Jon Bonnar and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Pakistan Analyst Stuart Lane [...] | 2006-11-17 22:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID PK PREL |
06PARIS4854 | PAKISTANI FM KASURI'S JULY 5 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri discussed a range of issues with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy in meetings in Paris on July 5. According to the MFA's Pakistan desk officer, Kasuri appeared stunned when Douste-Blazy requested a list of the sensitive techn [...] | 2006-07-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IO PK PREL |
06PARIS5057 | (S) NIAG 6104: PAKISTANI NUCLEAR-RELATED PROCUREMENT IN FRANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 16:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ETTC FR KNNP MNUC PARM PK PREL |
06PARIS7551 | HEAD OF AFGHAN SENATE CONDEMNS PAKISTAN DURING [...] (C) Summary: In private meetings at the French Senate and MFA November 14-16, head of the Afghan Senate Sibghatullah Mujaddedi had only one aim: forcefully and obsessively to denounce alleged Pakistani support of Taliban insurgents and to call for international condemnation of Pakistan. The [...] | 2006-11-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR AF PK |
06PESHAWAR108 | ANP CHIEF SCANS THE HORIZON [...] (C) Awami National Party (ANP) Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan would actively support President Musharraf's government, if the GOP embraced three key ANP initiatives: (1) provincial autonomy in health, local government, education, and agriculture; (2) changing the name of the Northwest Frontier Pro [...] | 2006-03-06 15:21:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK |
06PESHAWAR109 | FRONTIER SENATE RACES [...] (C) On March 6, President Musharraf's PML-Q party and its junior partner -- the PPP-Sherpao (PPP-S) -- won four out of eleven senate seats in indirect elections held in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) assembly. This was an impressive performance since these parties commanded only a thin [...] | 2006-03-07 11:44:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
06PESHAWAR141 | NWFP PML-Q CHIEF PROPOSES A STRATEGY FOR WAZIRSTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-24 10:32:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK |
06PESHAWAR143 | NWFP PML-Q CHIEF PROPOSES A STRATEGY FOR WAZIRSTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 06:06:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK |
06PESHAWAR255 | NEW FRONTIER GOVERNOR ON THE WAY [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Khalil ur-Rehman recently confided that Lt. General (retired) Ali Mohammed Jan Orakzai will soon replace him. Embittered by his premature removal, Rehman castigated his replacement, claiming Orakzai was not aggressive enough in 2003-04 tribal op [...] | 2006-05-23 07:35:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PTER PK |
06PESHAWAR346 | PML-Q FACTIONS CLASH [...] (SBU) A June 29 clash between two factions of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) Pakistan Muslim League - Q (PML-Q) exposed deep fissures in the party's provincial leadership. A forward bloc supported by Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Relations Salim Saifullah Khan scheduled a pr [...] | 2006-07-06 06:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI PK |
06PESHAWAR360 | CORPS COMMANDER AND NWFP GOVERNOR ON FATA ISSUES [...] (C) On July 10, 11th Corps Commander Lt. General Hamid Khan told the Ambassador the Pakistan Army will maintain its involvement in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) development, chiefly due to the Governor's lack of civilian capacity. The Army is the only entity with a comprehensive [...] | 2006-07-13 03:57:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR EAID PK AF |
06PESHAWAR413 | 11TH CORPS COMMANDER DISCUSSES JIRGA, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND NWFP POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: 11th Corps Commander Lt. General Hamid Khan expressed optimism that the jirga organized by the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Jan Orakzai will be successful. If not, he plans to "hammer" the militants into submission. Khan does not plan to negotiate with foreig [...] | 2006-08-02 12:12:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK AF |
06PESHAWAR46 | JUI-F OFFICIALS ON GWOT [...] (SBU) At a 1/24 meeting with South Waziristan tribal elders and parliamentarians, Opposition leader and JUI-F President Maulana Fazlur Rehman stressed his party advocated political, not armed struggle to achieve its goals. Following a lengthy closed-door session, he announced the group agreed [...] | 2006-01-26 07:47:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINS KISL ASEC PREL AF PK |
06PESHAWAR66 | SECTARIAN VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN THE SOUTH [...] (SBU) After a relatively quiet five years, the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) southern district of Hangu erupted in sectarian violence on February 9, the tenth day of Muharram. Two bomb blasts, reportedly caused by suicide bombers, shattered a Shi'a procession around noon, killing thirt [...] | 2006-02-10 08:35:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PK |
06PESHAWAR67 | A DEBATE ON WAZIRISTAN SECURITY: FRONTIER CORPS VS. PAKISTAN [...] (C) Two of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) most experienced journalists covering the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) maintain growing security problems (see reftel) are hampering GOP counter-terrorism efforts in North and South Waziristan. These problems are spilling over [...] | 2006-02-13 11:35:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PK PTER EAID SNAR KDEM AF |
06PESHAWAR68 | NEW ROLE FOR TRIBAL COUNCILS?: FINDING A VOICE FOR ECONOMIC [...] (C) In response to the deteriorating security situation in North Waziristan (Ref A),11th Corps Commander Hamid Khan has prodded the Political Agent there to work closely with that agency's council on new development projects. Since their establishment in late 2004, agency councils had been [...] | 2006-02-13 11:59:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAID PREL ECON MOPS KISL PK |
06PESHAWAR77 | AWAMI NATIONAL PARTY ON TRIBAL AREAS: DEMOCRACY NOW, TALIBAN [...] (SBU) On February 11, the Pashtun-based progressive Awami National Party (ANP) convened a conference of tribal elders in Peshawar to assess the situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). ANP National President Asfandyar Wali Khan urged tribal people to rise up against gueri [...] | 2006-02-16 10:32:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK AF |
06PESHAWAR79 | THE POLITICS OF UNREST IN PESHAWAR [...] (C) Summary. The anti-cartoon protests in Peshawar and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 15 resulted in three deaths (including a child),60 injured, and widespread looting and destruction of businesses. The extensive rioting appears to have been ignited by religious fervor [...] | 2006-02-16 14:30:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL CASC PK |
06PESHAWAR82 | GOP/ARMY RELATIONS IN WAZIRISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-17 13:08:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL MARR PK PTER EAID SNAR |
06PESHAWAR86 | CLERIC ISSUES A FATWA AGAINST DANISH CARTOONISTS [...] (SBU) On February 17, Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Qureshi (heading Peshawar's oldest mosque, the Mohabat Khan) offered a bounty in excess of $1 million for the killing of any of the Danish cartoonists who drew the allegedly blasphemous sketches of the Prophet Muhammad. He announced that Mohabat Kha [...] | 2006-02-21 12:56:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL ASEC PREL PGOV CVIS PK |
06PESHAWAR91 | CHIEF MINISTER ON PESHAWAR RIOTS [...] (C) Summary. Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani recently discussed the 2/15 Peshawar protests (Ref A) with us. He said police are currently reviewing television and video footage of the riots and will arrest protestors who broke the law. He outlined a two-pr [...] | 2006-02-23 10:46:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL ASEC PREL PGOV PK |
06PESHAWAR94 | OPPOSITION LEADER ON DEMOCRACY [...] (C) National Assembly Opposition Leader Maulana Fazlur Rahman recently told us he supports giving the GOP a list of names for the permanent head of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) -- but only if (1) the GOP publicly solicits nominations from all political parties and (2) the GOP includin [...] | 2006-02-23 12:40:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
06PESHAWAR99 | NEW FRONTIER GOVERNOR TO BE NAMED [...] (C) In the shadow of President Bush's imminent arrival, GOP sources have leaked President Musharraf's decision to replace Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Khalil ur-Rehman in the next few days, according to local press reports. Rumors regarding Rehman's departure have been rampant [...] | 2006-03-01 12:14:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL PTER PK |
06PRAGUE192 | CZECH MEDICAL AID TO THE MIDDLE EAST: "A SIGNAL TO [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Ambassador Cabaniss, the Iraqi Ambassador, and the Pakistani Charge d'Affaires visited Iraqi and Pakistani children recuperating in Prague from surgery on February 21. The purpose of their visit was to thank the Czech government for its "medevac" program, which brings critica [...] | 2006-02-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL IZ PK EZ |
06PRAGUE46 | CZECHS IN ASIA: CONTINUED FOCUS ON CHINA, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic plans active engagement with East and South Asia in the first half of 2006, with most attention focused on China. During a visit to Prague in December, the Chinese PM closed an investment agreement that, according to critics, noticeably favors Chinese interests [...] | 2006-01-13 18:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV EZ CH BM IN PK AF VM CB |
06PRAGUE663 | CZECHS TO LICENSE SALE OF FIVE PASSIVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOCR is about to license the export of five ASDD-01 passive detection surveillance systems to Pakistan. The Czech MFA gave its approval to the deal June 14. They explained that after a year of discussions with the USG on exports of the system to Pakistan, they already unde [...] | 2006-06-15 16:23:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ETTC KSTC PARM EZ PK |
06PRAGUE861 | CZECHS CONFIR THEY LICENSED SALE OF FIVE PASSIVE [...] (/NF) Poloff and DATT on July 28 met with MFA CFSP Director Vaclav Balek to discuss the Czech Republi's sale of five ASDD-01 passive surveillance detction systems to Pakistan (Ref A). There had bee rumors that the license for the sale had been refused at the insistence of the Czech Ministry of [...] | 2006-07-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EZ STC PARM PGOV PK PREL |
06PRISTINA912 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CODEL DREIER, NOVEMBER 23, [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Representative David Dreier, Chairman - House Rules Committee, Brad Smith, Professional Staff Member and LTC Paul Kennedy, Lead Military Planner, to visit Pristina November 23, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings wi [...] | 2006-10-31 10:33:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MIK YI PK AF FI |
06RIYADH8384 | TERRORISM FINANCE: POST REPONSE ON SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia has information linking the proposed South African designees to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. However, there are no special sensitivities regarding these proposed designees. We believe Saudi Arabia will take the necessary actions, once the UN 1267 Committee adopts [...] | 2006-10-18 13:56:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SF PK SA |
06ROME666 | WFP'S INTERIM RESPONSE TO UNHAS NEEDS IN PAKISTAN [...] As per ref A),USMISSION UN ROME shared with the UN World Food Program (WFP) issues of concern that: continued support for the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) is not critical to ongoing humanitarian relief efforts beyond March 31, 2006; both UNHAS and the UN Joint Logistics Center (UNJLC) [...] | 2006-03-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON PGOV PREL PK WFP |
06SEOUL4404 | ROKG DECISION TO RELEASE MACHINE TOOL EXPORT TO [...] (S) On December 26, PolOff delivered the information contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Deputy Kim Jae-woo. On December 28, Kim informed PolOff that the Ministry of Commerce, Energy and Industry (MOCIE) decided to release t [...] | 2006-12-28 08:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS PK |
06STATE113997 | (S) NIAG 4130/6001: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI NUCLEAR-RELATED PROCUREMENT IN CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-11 21:32:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | CH KNNP MNUC PARM PK PREL |
06STATE178573 | TAIWAN FIRM'S MACHINE TOOL EXPORTS TO PAKISTAN (S) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-25 20:09:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC MTCRE PARM PK PREL TW |
06STATE39514 | MTAG: MISSILE-RELATED STEEL TO DPRK AND [...] (U) This is an action request, Embassy Beijing please see Para 6. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: We want to bring information about additional potentially missile-related transfers to North Korea and Pakistan to China's attention. First, in August 2005, we shared with the PRC information indicatin [...] | 2006-03-10 18:17:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH KN KS PK |
06STATE93016 | (U) ISLAMIC FINANCE (C-TN6-00207) [...] (C) AS POSTS ARE AWARE, POLICY MAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN THE GROWTH AND IMPLICATIONS OF ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, WHICH OFFER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH ISLAMIC LAW, WHICH FORBIDS PAYING OR RECEIVING INTEREST, MANDATES THAT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BE BASED ON REAL ECON [...] | 2006-06-07 23:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN EFIN AL BA BK EG ID KU MU MY PK QA SA |
06TALLINN315 | PRENOTIFICATION OF AMENDMENT TO LET DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC PK EN |
06TALLINN891 | TALLINN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRIST CODEL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Frist, to include Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist; Senator Mel Martinez; Majority Leader Staffers: Mr. Eric Ueland, Chief of Staff, Ms. Amy Call, Communications Director, and Mr. Stephen Rademaker, Policy Director for National Secur [...] | 2006-09-27 05:44:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF KU IZ JO EN |
06TALLINN894 | TALLINN ? ADDITIONAL COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for David Broome, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, and John Klemmer, Senate Photographer, Sergeant at Arms, and, to travel to Tallinn, Estonia on October 1, 2006 as part of CODEL Frist. This will be a refueling stop only; all members of [...] | 2006-09-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF KU IZ JO EN |
06THEHAGUE1999 | PAKISTAN BORDER STRATEGY MEETING: DUTCH ATTENDEES [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel invitations to Dutch officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Finance. The following Dutch officials plan to attend the September 18 Pakistan Border Strategy meeting: -- Ruud Treffers, Director General for International Cooperation, Dutch [...] | 2006-09-13 12:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CT EAID PK NL |
06THEHAGUE2587 | NETHERLANDS: BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Summary: During his December 6 visit to The Hague, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher highlighted the strategic importance of a stable Afghanistan in a zone of potential stability stretching from Central to South Asia. He stressed the results of a rec [...] | 2006-12-11 14:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL |
06TOKYO5820 | EB DAS MOORE COVERS ECONOMIC AGENDA AT FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: EB DAS Chris Moore covered a range of issues with Ministry of Finance Senior Deputy Director General Rintaro Tamaki, including Central Asia, the recent G-7 and IMF meetings, the economic priorities of the new Abe administration, and possibilities for ongoing U.S.- Japan dialogue o [...] | 2006-10-06 04:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAGR ECON EFIN JA PK KZ LI |
06TOKYO6404 | U.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 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER AS ID RP TH AF PK IZ JA KN |
06ULAANBAATAR300 | Mongolia to Stay Shanghai Coop Org Observer [...] (SBU) Poloff met on April 21 with MFA Acting Director for Policy Planning T. Janabazar. Poloff asked about a press report (ref a) that stated that Mongolia, along with Iran, India, and Pakistan, would soon become Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members. Janabazar categorically state [...] | 2006-04-21 07:36:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PTER CH MG IN PK IR |
06USNATO729 | INDIA TO SEEK NATO POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer reported to the NATO PermReps today that India would like to seek, on a strictly confidential basis, the opening of political consultations with NATO. The Indian Ambassador told the Secretary-General in a private meeting that India will send [...] | 2006-12-19 15:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL IN PK AF |
06USUNNEWYORK1154 | PAKISTAN AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: This cable, which focuses on Pakistan's opposition to U.S. positions and interests at the UN, is the second in a series. Like Egypt -- the first UN member state reviewed by USUN (reftel) -- Pakistan is one of a handful of countries (including India, Brazil, and South Afri [...] | 2006-06-06 21:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM ECON AORC KUNR UNGA UNSC PK |
06USUNNEWYORK827 | PAKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...] | 2006-04-20 19:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN PK |
06WELLINGTON709 | NEW ZEALAND - INVITATION TO PAKISTAN BORDER STRATEGY [...] Embassy delivered reftel invitation to New Zealand Finance Minister Michael Cullen on September 7, 2006. Copies of the invitation were also faxed to Scott McHardy at the NZ Treasury, Matt Dalzell of NZAID, and Gabrielle Rush from the Americas Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [...] | 2006-09-08 02:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID CT NZ PK |
06ZAGREB1486 | PAKISTAN NUCLEAR FACILITY: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga requested USG guidance from PolOff December 15 regarding a pending export license application from Croatian nuclear scientists to offer technical training in "Sym [...] | 2006-12-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL PK HR ARMS CONTROL |
07ABIDJAN959 | (U) ACTION COMPLETED: IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan completed action requested in reftel. Here is the biographic information on three influential Ivoirian Muslim leaders who have favorable views of the United States and offer an alternative view to Islamic extremism. 2. (SBU) El Hadj Aboubacar FOFANA Gender: Male DOB [...] | 2007-09-12 18:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PK PO QA RP RS RW SA SF SG SL SN SO SP |
07ABUDHABI1177 | FOREIGN 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 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IS SY PK AE |
07ABUDHABI1180 | DUBAI RULER/UAE PM MOHAMMED BIN RASHID ON IRAQ, [...] (S) Summary: On July 15, Ambassador met with UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR). MbR complained about the Iranian influence in Iraq and voiced his belief that the current situation in Iraq is a civil war which w [...] | 2007-07-16 15:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PARM EAID IR IZ LE AF PK SY |
07ABUDHABI1730 | INVITATION TO PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENT [...] Embassy delivered an invitation letter to UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi's office on September 16, the first day after the end of the UAE's Eid Al-Fitr holiday. Al-Suwaidi had already departed for the U.S. On September 18, Econchief contacted Saeed Al-Hamiz, Central Bank [...] | 2007-10-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID AF PK AE |
07ABUDHABI1939 | MBZ LOOKS TO U.S. MARINE CORPS FOR TACTICAL TRAINING [...] (S) Summary: Over lunch in Abu Dhabi November 21, Commandant of the Marine Corps General James T. Conway and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) discussed the dynamics of terrorism, the need to root extremism out of education, and the proper role of the mosque. MbZ said the UAE w [...] | 2007-11-27 13:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR AF PK AE |
07ABUDHABI700 | CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON APRIL 24 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 13:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PARM IZ IR AF PK SY LE IS AE |
07ABUDHABI702 | CENTCOM 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 15:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PARM IZ IR AF PK SY LE IS AE |
07ANKARA1219 | TURKEY: 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 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL FR AJ PK KS MK YI GM BU AL IT SI |
07ANKARA142 | TURKEY: 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 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL AJ KG GR YI TS PK IS TU |
07ANKARA143 | TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: NO NEW CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK TU |
07ANKARA1793 | PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN: CONSTRUCTIVE START TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 6, Ankara hosted the first meeting of the Afghanistan-Pakistan-Turkey Joint Working Group (JWG),established by the leaders of the three counties at their April 2007 summit meeting in Ankara. The deputy foreign minister-level meeting identified various confidence buildin [...] | 2007-07-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PREF PBTS SNAR AF PK TU |
07ANKARA2134 | TURKEY: GOT CONCERNED ABOUT PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOT is following developments in Pakistan with concern. It is encouraging President Musharraf to compromise with his political opponents and broaden his base. Though not enamored of Musharraf, the GOT fears his departure would herald much greater instability and is looking [...] | 2007-08-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AF PK TU |
07ANKARA2304 | TURKEY CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Historical ties, shared experience, and common interests in the region have forged a 60-year bond of friendship and alliance between Pakistan and Turkey that has endured political and ideological changes in the two countries. Despite an Islamic ideology that is in marked contra [...] | 2007-09-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV MARR MASS IN PK TU |
07ANKARA279 | TURKEY: 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 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK TU |
07ANKARA2820 | TURKEY: 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 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
07ANKARA2928 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL URGES PAKISTAN OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Turkish President Gul, during a December 2-3 visit to Islamabad, urged Pakistan's opposition leaders to put President Musharraf above the political fray and compete amongst themselves in the upcoming, January 6 elections. Pointing to the long and bumpy road Turkish [...] | 2007-12-10 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
07ANKARA3052 | MGPKO2: TURKEY CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION, [...] (U) Turkey has strongly condemned the assassination of former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto and called for unity in the face of terrorism and extremism. In its December 27 statement, the MFA greeted the news of Bhutto's death with great sorrow and went on to state, "There is no doubt that thes [...] | 2007-12-28 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PK TU |
07ANKARA88 | TURKEY'S VIEWS ON GOALS FOR AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY [...] (C) Ambassador reviewed US thinking on Afghanistan ahead of the January 26 NATO foreign ministers meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan on January 17. Drawing on reftel points, he highlighted the NATO leaders, discussions in Riga and their commitment to Afghanistan and the success of th [...] | 2007-01-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK TU |
07ANKARA986 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-TURKEY TRILATERAL: EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will promote constructive dialogue and seek to cool negative Karzai-Musharraf rhetoric during April 30 three-way, AF-PK-TU discussions, senior MFA officials told the Ambassador April 26. The GOT would like to achieve a Joint Statement and agrees that the Organization of the [...] | 2007-04-27 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER ISCON AF PK TU |
07ATHENS2399 | MGPK02: GREECE CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION [...] Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis condemned the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, expressing shock at the death of "a leading international personality who struggled steadfastly for democracy, peace, respect for human dignity and reconciliation in her count [...] | 2007-12-28 06:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GR PK |
07BAKU108 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on January 18. The Ambassador said that the January 26 NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial will focus on a more comprehensive approach to Afghanistan, including new USG commitments, and emphasized that t [...] | 2007-01-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PK PREL AJ |
07BEIJING1101 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PROCUREMENT EFFORTS BY [...] (S) China will investigate the additional information provided by the United States regarding efforts by the Pakistan Heavy Mechanical Complex to procure ring-rolling and flow forming machines in China, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Acting Deputy Director He Yi s [...] | 2007-02-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA PK CH |
07BEIJING1484 | AFM CUI TIANKAI ATTEMPTS TO BROKER BETTER TIES [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan February 6-9 in an effort to broker better relations between the two countries in light of recent tensions, according to an MFA official. While in Afghanistan, Cui negotiated an agreement to improve the security s [...] | 2007-03-07 06:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID AF PK CH |
07BEIJING1761 | MARCH 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA, [...] Key points made at the March 15 MFA press conference were: -- China deeply regrets the U.S. Treasury Department ruling on Banco Delta Asia and seeks a solution conducive to the spirit of the Six-Party Talks and beneficial to Macau's stability. -- The denuclearization working group will mee [...] | 2007-03-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MNUC KN KS JA CH PK |
07BEIJING2059 | MARCH 27 PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, PM WEN [...] Key points made at the March 27 MFA press conference were: -- The MFA Spokesman said no date has been set for the next round of Six-Party Talks, discussed DAS Glaser's visit on the Banco Delta Asia issue and ducked other questions about why last week's Talks broke down. -- Premier Wen will [...] | 2007-03-27 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC CH KN KS JA RS ST SP IN PK |
07BEIJING2360 | APRIL 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the April 10 MFA Press Conference by MFA Spokesman Qin Gang were: -- The MFA would not comment on the likelihood of the DPRK's meeting the April 13 deadline, nor would they give details on A/S Hill's visit to Beijing or a possible meeting with VFM Wu. -- Asked if China was [...] | 2007-04-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KPAL PK VM |
07BEIJING2746 | APRIL 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA, [...] Key points at the April 24 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- Technical questions remain on the Banco Delta Asia issue, specifically how DPRK parties can acquire their money through normal transfer of funds. -- Liu made no comment on whether FDA officials woul [...] | 2007-04-24 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KS KN IN PK AF RS |
07BEIJING2802 | PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER AZIZ'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (C) Prime Minister Aziz's April 16-20 visit to China focused on promoting economic cooperation, stated MFA Asia Department Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Zhang Yiming. China and Pakistan signed several agreements that were "firsts" for China including the China-Pakistan Joi [...] | 2007-04-26 08:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID AF PK CH |
07BEIJING4301 | JUNE 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, A/S [...] Key points at the June 26 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA thanked all parties for their efforts in solving the BDA issue, but gave reporters no information on when the Six-Party Talks would resume. -- IAEA DDG Heinonen will brief Beijing on his trip to the DPRK upon its completion an [...] | 2007-06-26 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN UNSC KS KN JA IZ CI TU PK CH |
07BEIJING4577 | JULY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, U.S. [...] Key points at the July 10 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes for a Heads of Delegation meeting in "mid-July," but setting a date requires the consent of all parties. -- China calls for immediate corrective action in response to reports of an FBI advertisement in San Francisco local [...] | 2007-07-10 09:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KS KN BM PK NG IZ AF CH |
07BEIJING4871 | XINJIANG: AMCIT REPORTS HAJJ RESTRICTIONS, [...] (C) Chinese authorities have increased restrictions on Xinjiang's Uighur population by collecting Uighurs' passports to prevent unauthorized Hajj travel, according to an American citizen businessman in Xinjiang and other Embassy contacts. A low-ranking PLA officer reportedly told the businessma [...] | 2007-07-25 23:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIF KISL SOCI CASC CH PK SA |
07BEIJING499 | JANUARY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ANTI-SATELLITE [...] Key points made at the January 23 MFA press conference were: -- The MFA Spokesman confirmed the test of an anti- satellite missile earlier this month, said the test did not target any country and reaffirmed that China opposes the weaponization of space and will not participate in a space ar [...] | 2007-01-23 11:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KIRF PREF CH KN JA XA LE PK |
07BEIJING531 | CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED [...] (S) Poloff delivered Ref A message concerning the delivery of a false end-user certificate by a Pakistan missile entity to a Chinese supplier and attempts by Iran's Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group to procure steel plates in China to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Th [...] | 2007-01-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE PK IR CH |
07BEIJING5898 | XINJIANG POLICE: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM THREATENS [...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) visited Urumqi, Kashi and China's border with Kyrgyzstan during an August 29-31 trip to the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Public Security Bureau officials simultaneously touted the success of anti-terrorism efforts in Xinjiang w [...] | 2007-09-09 22:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER OREP SNAR PREL PRGOV TI PK KG AF CH |
07BEIJING5946 | SEPTEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NUCLEAR EXPERTS [...] Key points at the September 11 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Teams of Chinese and Russian nuclear experts have arrived in Pyongyang to discuss specifics of the disablement of DPRK nuclear facilities. -- No date has been set for the upcoming Six-Party Talks. -- The PRC is working with the i [...] | 2007-09-11 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KOLY SENV KS KN PK RS SR JA CH FR |
07BEIJING6156 | CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED [...] (S) Poloff conveyed reftel points concerning efforts by Pakistan to acquire missile-related equipment from Chinese firms to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on September 19. 2. (S) Wang told Poloff that Beijing's policy on missile expor [...] | 2007-09-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK |
07BEIJING6233 | CHINESE TERRORISM EXPERT CALLS HIZB UT-TAHRIR A [...] (C) Ma Pinyan, a terrorism expert at the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, told Poloff September 1 that while violent terrorism is on the decline, Xinjiang authorities are concerned by the growth of non-violent fundamentalist movements like Hizb ut- Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Party of Libera [...] | 2007-09-21 08:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TI PK KG AF KZ CH |
07BEIJING6844 | OCTOBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GAMBARI VISIT, J-10 [...] Key points at the October 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- UN Special Envoy Gambari met with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi and State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan on October 24-25. -- China has taken note of the "untrue and groundless" reports in the Russian media th [...] | 2007-10-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM IR RS JA SU TU IZ PK |
07BEIJING6975 | CHINA WISHES TO WORK WITH USG TO PROMOTE STABILITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: China is deeply concerned about the current state of emergency in Pakistan and hopes Pakistan President Musharraf will maintain stability there, according to MFA Asian Affairs Director General Hu Zhengyue. Hu told Pol [...] | 2007-11-05 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM MNUC PGOV CH PK |
07BEIJING7036 | NOVEMBER 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, BIBLE BAN, [...] Key points at the November 8 MFA Press Briefing: -- China requested that Iran "respond positively" and "attach importance to" the concern of the international community. (Note: some news organizations stated that China "demanded" Iran respond positively. The word in Chinese was "yaoqiu" whi [...] | 2007-11-08 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS PK IR AF ID VE SN |
07BEIJING7037 | COUNTERTERRORISM: PRC ADOPTING PRAGMATIC APPROACH [...] (C) PRC citizens have increasingly been victims of violence overseas in recent years, including murders and kidnappings in Africa and attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Despite evidence that some of these incidents specifically targeted Chinese and clear signs that the PRC is experimenting [...] | 2007-11-08 23:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL CASC PGOV CH PK XA IZ AF UN |
07BEIJING7173 | XINJIANG: CONTACT SAYS DEMONSTRATION, ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary: A three-day protest in Xinjiang in September highlighted the presence in China of Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (the Islamic Party of Liberation),according to a well-connected Muslim contact. The protest was especially significant because it occurred in the more ethnically Han northe [...] | 2007-11-20 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER OREP CASC PGOV KIRF PK KG AF KZ CH TI |
07BEIJING7295 | CHINA-INDIA DEFENSE TALKS BUILD CONFIDENCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The first Chinese-Indian "Annual Defense Dialogue," held in November, and mid-December's planned joint military exercises will bolster confidence in bilateral relations, according to Chinese MFA officials and academics and Indian Embassy officials. However, academics believe the [...] | 2007-11-30 10:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN PK |
07BEIJING7329 | QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 1: GOVERNMENT CONTROLS, [...] (C) Government controls on Islam such as Hajj restrictions, training of imams and guidelines on mosque operations, persist in northwest China's Qinghai Province. During a September 14-19 visit, PolOff read a sign in one mosque in rural Haidong Prefecture that warns worshippers that religion m [...] | 2007-12-04 10:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER CH PK SA |
07BEIJING7330 | QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 2: FOREIGN LINKS GROW [...] (C) Ties between Muslims in northwest China's Qinghai Province and those in the Middle East are on the rise because of widespread satellite TV use and an increasingly mobile populace. Qinghai contacts told PolOff September 14-19 (ref A) that many Muslim communities are trying to embrace more [...] | 2007-12-04 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PK CH SA |
07BEIJING7550 | XINJIANG AUTHORITIES BLOCK UNSANCTIONED HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: A well-placed contact told Poloff December 3 that Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) officials seek to eliminate all Hajj pilgrimages other than those arranged by the Islamic Association of China (IAC). The contact said that Saudi Arabia requested China to prohibit Chinese M [...] | 2007-12-19 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ CH |
07BEIJING7591 | SURPRISINGLY SMALL INCREASE IN CHINESE HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: Saudi Arabian Consul Majed Alshammary (protect) told Poloff December 13 that Saudi Arabia would admit 20,000 Chinese Hajj pilgrims annually if China permitted it, although China has stated it will allow 10,700 Hajj pilgrims in 2007. Alshammary said he is surprised that China did [...] | 2007-12-21 06:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK MY SA CH |
07BEIJING7654 | PRC/PAKISTAN: CHINA CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION [...] (C) Beijing condemns the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as a terrorist act, MFA Asia Department Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Zhang Yiming told PolOff December 28. China has sent condolences to Bhutto's family as well as the families of the [...] | 2007-12-28 08:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH PK |
07BERLIN135 | GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN AND NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: German officials welcomed the U.S. comprehensive approach to Afghanistan, covered in the Secretary's meetings January 17-18 with Chancellor Merkel and SIPDIS Foreign Minister Steinmeier, and followed up January 22 by the Deputy Chief of Mission. Berlin expects to [...] | 2007-01-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS NATO PINS AF PK GE |
07BERLIN1669 | (S) INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI ENTITY SEEKING GERMAN [...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ulrike Wolf August 28 concerning the attempt by the Pakistan firm Intertrade to procure technical assistance from the German firm Deckel Maho Gildemeister (DMG). Wolf said she would pass the infor [...] | 2007-09-05 13:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM PK |
07BERLIN2080 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19 [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Thomas Schieb, Deputy EU Correspondent at the MFA, and relayed the points to the Chancellery. 2. (C) Schieb provided substantive comments on the following topics: --Upcoming EU Summits with China, Africa, and India: The November 19 GAERC agenda [...] | 2007-11-16 16:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK |
07BERLIN272 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY TALKS WITH GERMAN [...] (C) Summary -- Meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt February 8, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed that day's EU Troika meeting with the Pakistani Foreign Minister, Iran and North Korea, Chancellor Merkel's transatlantic initiative, the Iraq Compact, and Germa [...] | 2007-02-11 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL GM IZ PK AF |
07BERLIN555 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MARCH 19 [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and German MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg discussed the need to maintain political unity within the international community on Iran and to work together to ensure effective implementation of multilateral agreements. They also discussed [...] | 2007-03-20 13:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL SENV ENRG EAIR MARR GM IZ PK |
07BERLIN864 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DISRUPTING TALIBAN FINANCING: [...] (S) Global Affairs Off delivered ref demarche to Mathias Sonn, MFA Office Director for International Counterterrorism Cooperation, who said he agrees completely with the idea of German and joint approaches to Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the UAE along the lines of reftel. Given the military [...] | 2007-04-27 18:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER EFIN KTFN KPAO AF PK GM ZU ZP |
07BERLIN912 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DISRUPTING TALIBAN FINANCING: [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) As previewed ref B, Pol-Mil Chief followed up on the demarche concerning Taliban financing (ref A) with Eckhart Blaurock, the Afghanistan action officer in the MFA's NATO Office May 3. Blaurock indicated that he had discussed [...] | 2007-05-04 16:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER EFIN KTFN KPAO AF GM PK ZU ZP |
07BRUSSELS1462 | A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH THE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 17, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. South Asia delegation to the COASI (the EU's Asia-Oceania Working Party) Troika on South Asia, discussing Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, U.S.-EU-India relations, and the situati [...] | 2007-05-02 12:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN AF PK IN CE NP BG |
07BRUSSELS3500 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE URGING THE EC TO SEND [...] (C) USEU delivered points (reftel) on December 11 to Helen Campbell, Head of Unit for South Asia in the European Commission DG for External Relations (RELEX),and, separately, to Stefano Gatto, elections desk officer in the RELEX Office for Human Rights and Democratization. We were not able t [...] | 2007-12-13 16:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
07BRUSSELS3544 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU ON PAKISTAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-31 09:54:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER PHUM KDEM PK EUN |
07BRUSSELS493 | EU FOCUSES ON PAKISTAN, WARY ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with senior officials from the European Commission and Council and with Representatives of the European Council Political and Security Committee January 25-26 to discuss Afghanistan, Pakistan [...] | 2007-02-13 15:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EUN AF PK |
07BUENOSAIRES1644 | NEW PROTECTIONIST NON-TARIFF BARRIERS TARGET [...] (SBU) President Kirchner and Economy Minister Peirano announced an ill-defined package of non-tariff protectionist measures that targets imports of plastics, textiles, artificial leather, and tires. Growing Argentine imports from China (up 54% in the first half of 2007) were singled out as a [...] | 2007-08-22 18:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK RP |
07BUENOSAIRES1648 | ARGENTINA: NON-TARIFF TRADE BARRIERS NOT YET OFFICIAL, BUT [...] (SBU) President Kirchner's announcement late last week of non-tariff measures aimed at curbing Asian imports is affecting U.S. companies. Argentine customs has held up many Asian import shipments, including those from U.S. high technology companies Dell and Honeywell, pending clarification of [...] | 2007-08-23 09:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK RP SN |
07BUENOSAIRES1708 | ARGENTINA: CHINESE REACTION TO NON-TARIFF BARRIERS [...] (SBU) Ten days after President Kirchner announced the imposition of non-tariff barriers on burgeoning Asian imports, local media has reported that China struck back with retaliatory phytosanitary inspections of Argentine soy shipments, though two grain trading company reps say the inspections o [...] | 2007-08-29 19:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAGR ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK |
07CANBERRA1799 | BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND U.S. POLICY FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-31 05:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS PGOV PINR PINS PK PREL PTER |
07CHENGDU203 | PRESENTING CHENGDU'S COLORFUL FIRST PAKISTANI CONSUL [...] (C) Summary: Recently arrived to assume his duties in Chengdu, Pakistan's first consul general to southwest China may have been picked for his current assignment due to his experience in Burma and military background. The JF-17 fighter aircraft jointly developed and produced by China and Paki [...] | 2007-08-03 01:01:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MASS PK CH |
07DHAKA1092 | RESPONSE TO INQUIRY RE. CLAIMS FACILITY FOR CAMEL [...] (U) At request of Department (reftel),Post has requested information from the GOB on the facility being set up by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to compensate camel jockeys. Post addressed Department's questions to the Ministry for Home Affairs (MOHA),which oversees anti-trafficking programs [...] | 2007-07-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN AE SU PK MR BG |
07DJIBOUTI1076 | DJIBOUTI OFFERS SUDAN PEACEKEEPERS [...] (C) The President of Djibouti has instructed his armed forces to prepare for a possible deployment of peacekeeping forces to the Darfur region of Southern Sudan. The size of the proposed force is expected to be a reinforced company of 150-200 troops, including a police or military police platoo [...] | 2007-09-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PK PREL SU DJ |
07HANOI1009 | "ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...] | 2007-05-30 00:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY |
07HANOI1012 | "ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...] | 2007-05-30 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY |
07HELSINKI51 | FINNISH RESPONSE -- FULL COURT PRESS FOR [...] (SBU) PolChief discussed NATO/ISAF's new "Comprehensive Approach" to bolstering the mission in Afghanistan and the Jan. 26 and Feb. 8 NATO ministerials (reftels) with Finnish Roving Ambassador to Afghanistan Antti Koistinen and MFA Director for Security Policy Kimmo Lahdevirta on Jan. 25. I [...] | 2007-01-26 09:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK FI |
07ISLAMABAD1021 | PAK SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE HIGH-LEVEL TALIBAN [...] (U) Local newspapers reported on March 2 that Pakistani security forces had captured high-ranking Taliban leader Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, along with up to five others, on February 26 in Quetta. An anonymous Pakistani official said that two of those captured with Obaidullah "could be" Amir Kha [...] | 2007-03-03 08:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD1028 | FM KASURI'S FEBRUARY 20-21 VISIT TO NEW DELHI [...] (C) Summary: In a March 1 meeting with PolOff, MFA Director-General for South Asian Affairs Jalil Jilani provided a readout of Foreign Minister Kasuri's February 20-21 visit to New Delhi. Jilani previewed the upcoming March 6 anti-terror talks in Islamabad and described the nuclear accord [...] | 2007-03-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IN MNUC PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD1094 | PAK MFA SAYS AFGHAN JIRGA COMMISSION COMING MARCH [...] (C//NF) In a March 7 phone call with PolOff, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Afghan jirga commission will visit Islamabad for meetings with the Pakistani jirga commission March 10 or March 11. The Ministry is waiting for confirmation of exact dates from Kabul. Th [...] | 2007-03-07 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD1103 | PAKISTANI QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) PolOff met March 5 with Kamran Akhtar, Director of the Pakistan Foreign Ministry's Disarmament Cell, to invite the Government of Pakistan to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Akhtar said that Pakistan supported the initiative in principle but would not sig [...] | 2007-03-08 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP PK RS |
07ISLAMABAD1124 | PAKISTAN'S CHIEF JUSTICE SUSPENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 9, President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on various corruption charges. Chaudhry had developed a reputation for judicial activism during his short time on the bench and ruled against the Government of [...] | 2007-03-11 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK |
07ISLAMABAD113 | DOMESTIC TERROR KILLS MORE THAN 900 IN 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY: A well-regarded local think tank calculates that more than 900 Pakistanis died from terrorist-related attacks in 2006. In addition, more than 1,500 were wounded. The numbers, broken down by province and nature of the incidents, highlight the difficult domestic environment the gov [...] | 2007-01-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD1147 | OPERATIONAL PLAN REVIEW - PAKISTAN [...] We look forward to the upcoming Operational Plan Review for Pakistan, scheduled to take place in Washington on March 13. 2. In advance of that review, let us quickly highlight two items that were noted in the transmittal memo for our Operational Plan in early February: First, the importanc [...] | 2007-03-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD115 | NGO HOSTS POL PARTIES ON THE QT TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, The Asia Foundation's Pakistan office convened a multiparty dialogue to discuss how political parties can assist democratic development with the goal of making some concrete recommendations ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. The session was meant to be low [...] | 2007-01-09 05:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
07ISLAMABAD1176 | NATIONWIDE PROTESTS FOLLOW CHIEF JUSTICE'S [...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf's March 9 suspension of Supreme Court Chief Justice Ifthikar Chaudhry has ignited the ire of Pakistan,s legal community and consumed the attention of the press and intelligentsia. Hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- of lawyers and other sympathizers protested na [...] | 2007-03-13 14:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD119 | EMBASSY PROTESTS ASSAULT ON NEW YORK TIMES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1194 | AITZAZ AHSAN ON HIS LATEST CLIENT: THE CHIEF [...] (C) On March 13, Aitzaz Ahsan, a lead attorney for now "suspended" Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, told Ambassador that the five-day-old saga of the Chief Justice was "maximum political theater." Seeming to relish his role in the drama (it is hard to turn on the television without [...] | 2007-03-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1234 | VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT DEMONSTRATIONS OVER CHIEF [...] (C) Fighting broke out between the police and demonstrators in front of Pakistan's Supreme Court the afternoon of March 16, the second day of the Supreme Judicial Council's proceeding against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Demonstrations in other cities around Pakistan were tense [...] | 2007-03-16 12:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PNAT PREF PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1240 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STATE/DOE DELEGATION [...] American Embassy Islamabad grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of SCA/RA Director John Schlosser and ISN/RA Kahtryn Schultz from the Department of State, and Kelly Cummins, Anne Kohnen, Jimmie Collins, Chis Landers, and Greg Herdes from the Department of Energy to Islamabad M [...] | 2007-03-17 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK PREL KNNP |
07ISLAMABAD1267 | AS PROTESTS OVER CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: Protests over the proceedings against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry continued over the weekend, drawing an estimated crowd of 10,000 - 12,000 in Lahore on Saturday. The protests continue to be minimally violent by Pakistani standards. The Chief Justice controversy conti [...] | 2007-03-20 02:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1270 | FOREIGN SECRETARY CONVENES AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan convened Ambassador March 19 to discuss the controversy surrounding President Musharraf's decision to make the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court "non-functional." Khan stressed that Pakistan was not in a "crisis situation." He admitted that government offic [...] | 2007-03-20 07:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1279 | PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...] | 2007-03-20 13:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1280 | CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: JUSTICES RESIGN, [...] (U) Pakistan's press and elite continue to focus on the controversy over Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension. As of mid-afternoon March 20, the following occurred: - There were no reports of large-scale demonstrations in any of Pakistan's cities on March 20. - On March 20, Naseer [...] | 2007-03-21 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD1293 | LAWYERS, POLITICAL PARTIES PROTEST CHIEF JUSTICE'S [...] (SBU) On March 21, lawyers and political party members took to the streets once again to protest the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Except for a report that police in Quetta injured several demonstrators, protests nationwide were peaceful. Islamabad: A group of 300-400 protes [...] | 2007-03-21 12:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD1329 | WHAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY IS. . .AND IS [...] (C) Two weeks in -- and occasionally breathless commentary in the international press aside -- observers increasingly believe that President Musharraf's government has not been seriously wounded by the Chief Justice controversy. Barring the outbreak of widespread street violence leading to [...] | 2007-03-23 09:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD133 | STATUS OF FRONTIER CORPS [...] (SBU) On December 29, 2006, PolCouns raised with the MFA's America's Desk post's request for information regarding the legal status of the Frontier Corps. (Reftel) Post had twice earlier requested the MFA's assistance in parsing the legal underpinnings of the Frontier Corps, as the issue ha [...] | 2007-01-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD1331 | INTERIOR MINISTER ON STATUS OF PAK-AFGHAN JIRGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher on March 15 and with Ambassador on March 19, Interior Minister and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Afthab Ahmed Khan Sherpao reviewed the status of the Pak-Afghan jirga process [...] | 2007-03-24 06:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PREF PK AF |
07ISLAMABAD1334 | MUSHARAFF TO ATTEND ARAB SUMMIT [...] (U) Most of Pakistan's March 25 papers highlighted Saudi King Abdullah's invitation to President Musharraf to attend the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Riyadh. According to the press, this is the first time the Arab League has invited a Pakistani leader to attend a League summit as a part [...] | 2007-03-26 06:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1354 | MUSHARRAF ON CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY, FATA, AND JIRGAS [...] (U) Ambassador paid his farewell call on President Musharraf on March 24. The meeting was front-page news in most Pakistani papers, with many articles emphasizing Musharraf's promise to "fight the war on terror to the end." The press coverage highlighted the strength of the U.S.-Pakistan st [...] | 2007-03-26 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1362 | CHIEF JUSTICE SUSPENSION PROTESTS SET ON "SIMMER" [...] (C) The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy called for further demonstrations on March 26 to protest Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension. Turnout was highest in Lahore (septel),where approximately 1,200 Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz, and Jamaat-e-Isla [...] | 2007-03-26 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PK |
07ISLAMABAD1377 | PAKISTAN WANTS EFFECTIVE VERIFICATION IN P-6 [...] (C) On March 26, Deputy Chief of Mission delivered points in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN Affairs Tariq Osman Hyder. Hyder responded that Pakistan was firm in its opposition to a negotiating mandate for the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty that did not inclu [...] | 2007-03-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK IN KNNP PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1417 | UPCOMING BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL IN AF |
07ISLAMABAD1451 | PAKISTANI PARTICIPANTS IN AMMAN PROLIFERATION [...] The Government of Pakistan warmly welcomes the invitation of the United States to participate in the Proliferation Awareness Training taking place in Amman, Jordan, April 16-18. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has selected the following 9 individuals to participate: Â [...] | 2007-04-02 12:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PK KNNP |
07ISLAMABAD1456 | CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Judicial Council deciding the fate of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is scheduled to meet again on April 3. Islamabad police are planning for a possibly large demonstration that day, but public interest in the Chief Justice controversy has declined markedly during [...] | 2007-04-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1466 | CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: MINOR PROTESTS THROUGHOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD1490 | CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: THE COURTROOM AND THE STREET [...] (C) The bulk of the April 3 session of the Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry involved a debate over the in camera nature of the Council. (The Chief Justice wants public proceedings; the government wants them closed.) In a conversatio [...] | 2007-04-04 15:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD1514 | PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...] | 2007-04-05 14:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1515 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH CODELS REYES AND [...] (U) Codel Reyes -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX); Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ); and Congressman Darrel Issa (R-CA) -- and Codel Tierney -- Congressman John Tierney (D-MA); Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN); Congressman George Miller (D-CA); and Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) -- called [...] | 2007-04-06 03:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1516 | OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR MANHANDLING CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (U) On April 3, the Supreme Court indicted seven senior government and police officials on charges of contempt of court for their March 13 manhandling of non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. A three-member bench of Acting Chief Justice Bhagwandas, Justice Jillani, and Justice Mulk [...] | 2007-04-06 03:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD1517 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH CODELS REYES AND [...] (U) Codel Reyes -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX); Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ); and Congressman Darrel Issa (R-CA) -- and Codel Tierney -- Congressman John Tierney (D-MA); Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN); Congressman George Miller (D-CA); and Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) -- ca [...] | 2007-04-06 03:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1570 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH COMMANDER USCENTCOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: New U.S. Central Command Commander, Admiral William J. Fallon, met March 31 with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. They discussed Musharraf,s participation at the recent Arab League Summit (disappointing),Musharraf's interest in engaging on Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts [...] | 2007-04-10 08:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1583 | MUSHARRAF TELLS MCCAIN: DON’T PULL OUT OF IRAQ [...] (U) On April 3, President Musharraf met with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Richard Renzi (R-AZ),Musharraf's third U.S. Congressional delegation of the day (reftel). The group,s discussion focused on Iraq, the broader Middle East, and the Pak-Afghan border region. ----------------- [...] | 2007-04-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS PK AF IZ IR ID MY SA LE |
07ISLAMABAD1607 | INTERIOR MINISTER OUTLINES NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C) During an April 10 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs John Gastright SIPDIS and the Charge, Minister of Internal Affairs and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said that the Pak-Afghan Jirga Commission meeting schedul [...] | 2007-04-11 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK AF |
07ISLAMABAD1631 | CODEL LOWEY MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 12:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1647 | 3,000 WOMEN, A MOSQUE, AND GUNS: A STORY ANY [...] (C) Fiery headlines in the Pakistani and international press about Islamabad's Red (Lal) Mosque and the adjacent women's madrassah (seminary) could lead readers to believe that talibanization has spread to Islamabad -- or that extremism has appeared suddenly at the Red Mosque. In reality, [...] | 2007-04-13 06:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1659 | ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING, ANOTHER ROUND OF PROTESTS [...] (SBU) The Supreme Judicial Council met again on April 13 to continue hearings on "non-functional" Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Initial media reports indicate the proceedings focused on the composition of the Supreme Judicial Council. Media outlets reported Chaudhry's head lawyer, Aitzaz [...] | 2007-04-13 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD1687 | AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI'S ISLAMABAD VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli met with a wide spectrum of government officials, civil society, and media -- and garnered significant media coverage -- during her March 14-19 visit to Islamabad. Her interlocutors p [...] | 2007-04-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN PK |
07ISLAMABAD1688 | RED MOSQUE UPDATE [...] (C) Talks continued over the weekend between the leaders of the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) and the government. Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Ghazi, the two leaders of the mosque, have softened their public tone toward the government. During Friday,s sermon, Aziz delivered a more tempered message [...] | 2007-04-16 13:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
07ISLAMABAD1698 | RED MOSQUE CALLS OFF NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) On April 16, the administration of the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) announced that it would suspend talks with the government, after mosque leaders accused the government of aerial surveillance and spraying unknown gases on the mosque. Red Mosque leader Maulana Ghazi told a news conference that, [...] | 2007-04-17 11:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD1737 | CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: ORDERLY PROTESTS, SUPREME [...] (SBU) THE HEARING: The Supreme Judicial Council handling the reference against suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry met today (April 18) and, as expected, adjourned without major developments. The next hearings are scheduled for April 24, May 2 and May 3. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Chaudh [...] | 2007-04-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINS PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD1779 | DELEGATION ADVANCES NON-PRO DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | IN KNNP PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1780 | CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: THE SUPREME COURT SET [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting, Aitzaz Ahsan, lead counsel for non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, updated poloffs on the legal proceedings against his client. On April 18, Aitzaz appeared before the Supreme Judicial Council hearing Chaudhry's case and demanded that three justices o [...] | 2007-04-20 11:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1783 | CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: THE SUPREME COURT SET [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting, Aitzaz Ahsan, lead counsel for non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, updated poloffs on the legal proceedings against his client. On April 18, Aitzaz appeared before the Supreme Judicial Council hearing Chaudhry's case and demanded that three justices o [...] | 2007-04-20 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1786 | TENSIONS FLARE OVER FENCING: UPDATE FROM PAKISTAN [...] (C) Pakistan Military contacts confirm that the April 19 Pakistan Military-Afghan National Army confrontation over the location of the Shkin-Angor Adda area fence transpired as reported reftel. Pakistan Military officials were unable to meet with Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan [...] | 2007-04-20 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1813 | GENERAL PASHA ON FENCE CONFRONTATION [...] (C) MG Helmly, Chief, Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan, met on April 21 with MG Ahmad Pasha, Pakistan Military Director General of Operations, to discuss the April 19 confrontation between Afghan Army and Pakistan Army troops near Angor Adda and Shkin. MG Helmly complimented Pasha [...] | 2007-04-23 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1815 | MUSHARRAF OFFERS TO HELP ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) During an April 20 interview with the Al-Arabiya television network, President Musharraf offered to help ameliorate the Israel-Palestinian impasse any way he could. He volunteered to travel to Jerusalem if the parties involved thought it would be helpful. His offer followed months of hi [...] | 2007-04-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1833 | CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: APRIL 24 [...] (C) Coinciding with the Supreme Judicial Council and Supreme Court hearings in Islamabad, demonstrations occurred around Pakistan on April 24. In a manner that has become routine since the Chief Justice controversy began in March, police established road blocks and barriers on all major avenue [...] | 2007-04-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV ASEC |
07ISLAMABAD1834 | CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: THE HEARINGS [...] (U) On April 24, both the Supreme Court and the Supreme Judicial Council considered petitions relating to the presidential reference against the Chief Justice. In the Supreme Court, Presiding Justice Muhammad Raza Khan excused himself from considering the Chief Justice's petition. Khan said h [...] | 2007-04-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1842 | PAKISTAN'S UPCOMING ELECTIONS, PART 1: STABILITY [...] (U) Pakistan's upcoming general elections -- expected to occur in late 2007 or early 2008 -- are a topic of frequent conversation and speculation among the country's elite, media, and international community (including recent U.S. Congressional delegations). When Pakistanis go to the polls the [...] | 2007-04-25 11:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
07ISLAMABAD1844 | CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT WORRIED ABOUT PML'S SITUATION [...] (C) Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us April 25 he was worried that the ongoing Chief Justice controversy was harming his party's political situation. He described the opposition's ability to generate excitement over the Chief Justice's plight as a gro [...] | 2007-04-25 12:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD1846 | RED MOSQUE (LAL MASJID) STAND-OFF OFFICIALLY OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The stand-off between the Government and the Jamia Hafsa women's madrassa officially ended the night of April 24. Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain toured the madrassa and confirmed the students there had met all the government's demands. The governmen [...] | 2007-04-25 12:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD189 | RIFT IN PAKISTAN'S ISLAMIST PARTY ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI),Qazi Hussain Ahmed, announced January 4 that he will quit as chairman of Pakistan's six-party Islamist political alliance, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA). JI and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) -- its main MMA partner -- are at odds over [...] | 2007-01-11 11:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PK |
07ISLAMABAD1943 | PAKISTAN UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO IRAQ MISSION [...] (C) Post assesses that Pakistan would not be willing to contribute troops or other support to the current Iraq Coalition, nor would it be productive to raise the matter with the Government of Pakistan at this time. 2. (C) Pakistani officials have intimated privately in the past that they w [...] | 2007-05-02 04:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER PK IZ |
07ISLAMABAD1994 | MUSHARRAF AND KARZAI IN ANKARA: AN INTERIM [...] (C) Summary: Working-level contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us May 3 that the April 30 meeting between Presidents Musharraf, Karzai, and Sezer reinforced Pakistan and Afghanistan's common commitment to fighting the Taliban. The meeting also presented opportunities to further [...] | 2007-05-03 13:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL AF PGOV |
07ISLAMABAD2017 | CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE-- MAY 4 [...] (C) The legal process to decide the fate of Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has split into two concurrent tracks -- one in the Supreme Court and the other in the Supreme Judicial Council. Both bodies resumed hearings May 2 and 3 on the reference against the Chief Justice. Acting C [...] | 2007-05-04 12:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD2023 | SINDH HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF AL RASHID TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, the Sindh High Court (SHC) suspended the Pakistan government's decision to freeze the assets of Al Rashid Trust (ART) and seal its offices. The two-member bench, which included the Chief Justice, ruled there was no justification for the closing of the offices. Th [...] | 2007-05-05 09:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO PK |
07ISLAMABAD2033 | SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS SUPREME JUDICIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) On May 7, Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the Supreme Judicial Council (the ad hoc body hearing evidence against Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry since March) to suspend proceedings against the Chief Justice. The suspension will stay in force while the Supreme Court considers several peti [...] | 2007-05-07 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2067 | MUSHARRAF'S CHANGED POLITICAL SITUATION: LESS [...] (S) Two months in, observers, including some of President Musharraf's main supporters and advisors, believe that the Chief Justice controversy has inflicted political harm on the President. Musharraf's political position is now more fragile. We continue to agree with the prevailing informe [...] | 2007-05-08 19:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2083 | DARFUR MISSION DEMARCHE: PAKISTAN WOULD NEED TO [...] (SBU) On May 7, Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, urging Pakistan to make a public commitment of troops and police for the future UN/AU hybrid operation. In response, Khan referred to Pakistan's clear, longstanding policy regarding its peacekeeping op [...] | 2007-05-10 03:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO PK SU |