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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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00THEHAGUE1659 | DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN THE CARIBBEAN MINISTERIAL [...] THE DUTCH WILL ATTEND THE MINISTERIAL. THE NETHERLANDS WILL BE REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL AFFAIRS AND DRUG POLICY DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, STEVEN VAN HOOGSTRATEN. HE WILL BE ASSISTED BY OFFICIALS FROM BOTH THE DUTCH ANTILLES AND ARUBA, ALTHOUGH [...] | 2000-06-05 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM XL FR NL UK |
03GUATEMALA2651 | GUATEMALA'S DELEGATION TO OAS SPECIAL CONFERENCE [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on October 7. In a follow-up meeting on October 9, Rodriguez said that the Guatemalan delegation would be led by Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez. Other delegates include Mini [...] | 2003-10-15 23:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC MARR PARM XM XL XS GT |
03SANTODOMINGO5768 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S DELEGATES TO OAS SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-17 17:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC MARR PREL PARM XM XL XS DR |
03SANTODOMINGO6000 | SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS INFORMATION [...] Reftel A and B points were delivered to Ambassador Francia Sencion, Director of the Americas Desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry, on October 22. GODR Ambassador Jesus Maria Hernandez, who was identified in Reftel A as Summit Coordinator, is out of the country and unavailable. Sencion will for [...] | 2003-10-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KSUM KDEM XM XL DR |
03TEGUCIGALPA1914 | CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT REPORT TO CONGRESS: HONDURAS [...] No summary [...] | 2003-08-13 21:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD HO PGOV USTRD XK XL |
03TEGUCIGALPA1964 | CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT REPORT TO [...] Post submits the following report in response to reftel request for the biannual report to Congress on the operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as required by section 213(b) of the CBERA. --------------------------- Commitment to WTO and FTAA --------------------- [...] | 2003-08-19 23:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ELAB PGOV HO XK XL USTR |
03THEHAGUE2693 | DUTCH POSTPONE ELIMINATION OF P-3 FORCE FOR ONE [...] (U) Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp has postponed the planned closure of Valkenburg Air Base and the elimination of the Royal Dutch Navy P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft fleet based there until January 2005. He had previously planned to eliminate these assets in January 2004. In postponi [...] | 2003-10-24 09:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SNAR KCRM EAIR PHSA MOPS NL XL |
04ANKARA1087 | IRAQI ASSETS: RAFIDAIN BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-25 08:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IZ PREL TU XL |
04ANKARA3138 | IRAQI ASSETS: TURKISH GOVERNMENT CLAIMS NONE EXIST [...] (SBU) On 26 May, DCM met with MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Middle East & Africa) Taksin Burcuoglu to press for a response to Refs B & C. Burcuoglu replied that "until now Turkey has been unable to find" the bank accounts. Burcuoglu further stated that the situation is [...] | 2004-06-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ PREL TU XL |
04BRUSSELS2605 | EC RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE FOR BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (SBU) USEU Development Counselor presented reftel demarche to European Commission (EC) Desk Officer for Haiti Lut Fabert-Goossens, in the Directorate-General for Development. Fabert-Goossens said the EC appreciates concerns expressed by the US and concurs with our assessment of needs and prio [...] | 2004-06-18 09:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN HA XL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04GUATEMALA1519 | GOG RESPONSE ON ECLAC MEETING IN PUERTO RICO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-17 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAID PHUM XL XM GT UN ECLAC |
04GUATEMALA1758 | GOG WILL NOT ATTEND HAITI DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-15 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA PREL XL GT |
04PARAMARIBO504 | SURINAME: MULLING OVER RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED CUBAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points on Cuban and Haitian migrants at Guantanamo Naval Base to Surinamese Foreign Minister Marie Levens on July 9, and asked for Suriname's assistance in providing a resettlement opportunity for [...] | 2004-07-13 13:29:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG MARR HA XL NS |
04SANTODOMINGO5856 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS AMB. MAISTO ADDRESSES FREE [...] (U) U.S. PermRep to the OAS Ambassador John Maisto, emphasized goals of the OAS Monterrey and Quebec Summits of the Americas in discussions with government, private sector, and NGO leaders and the media during his September 16-18 visit to Santo Domingo. He was accompanied by Ambassador Hertel [...] | 2004-10-25 20:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KSUM KCOR KHIV ETRD SCUL XL XM DR |
04SANTODOMINGO6052 | SANTO DOMINGO PARTICIPANTS IN WHA ECONOMIC [...] Embassy Santo Domingo will send econ officers Stephen Wheeler and Mark Kendrick, arriving Wednesday, December 8 and departing Friday, December 10. HERTELL [...] | 2004-11-04 17:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | XL AMGT APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD DR |
04TEGUCIGALPA201 | HONDURAN DELEGATION TO OAS CICTE; 2002 OAS CT [...] PolOff delivered January 20 reftel demarche on the OAS CICTE to MFA Director for Multilateral Issues Wendy Flores. MFA Director General fro Foreign Policy Mario Fortin told PolOff January 26 that the GOH delegation will only be Frontier Police Chief Ramon Sabillon. Note: Sabillon is an excel [...] | 2004-01-26 21:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KTIA XL XM CA HO OAS |
04TEGUCIGALPA58 | HONDURAS TO BE HELPFUL AT SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE [...] (C) Ambassador Palmer delivered Ref A demarche to Honduran President Ricardo Maduro and Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista on January 8 and 7. (Note: Post had delivered Ref B demarche to MFA on December 29. End Note.) In separate meetings with President Maduro and FM Rosa Bautista, Amba [...] | 2004-01-09 22:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM KDEM XM XL HO |
05BAGHDAD2425 | TROUBLED AL-ANBAR'S PRDC OFF TO A GOOD START [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee (PRDC) held its first official meeting May 29 in Ramadi. Local officials from across the province and directors-general from various ministries attended the session, reflecting genuine and broad interest in the PRDC init [...] | 2005-06-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ XL |
05BAGHDAD3020 | BAGHDAD MAYOR ARRESTED AT AIRPORT [...] (C) Mayor of Baghdad, Dr. Alaa Al-Tamimi, was arrested July 18 by officials from the Al Mamoon Police Center at the Baghdad International Airport. The police arrested the mayor on orders from the Ministry of Interior on suspicion of his possible links to corruption in the Amanat, Baghdad's e [...] | 2005-07-21 07:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ XL BAGHDAD |
05BAGHDAD3042 | FALLUJAH: CITY IMAMS ISSUE FATWA ON POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 19 Fallujah city council session, Sheikh Kamal Shakir Mahmood -- a leading imam and council member -- announced that city clerics had issued a Fatwa (religious edict) calling upon all Fallujah residents to participate in the upcoming referendum and election. City i [...] | 2005-07-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ XL |
05BAGHDAD3135 | FALLUJAH/RAMADI: VOCAL SUNNI MOBILIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah city groups continue to echo intentions to participate in the upcoming constitution referendum and follow-on December election. Religious, tribal and political leaders have emphasized to Fallujah Poloff that they intend to educate Fallujah/Ramadi and neighboring area r [...] | 2005-07-29 12:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ XL |
05BAGHDAD3754 | FALLUJAH: WORD ON THE STREET REGARDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Fallujah residents, an engineer and a lawyer told us that Anbar residents remain mobilized for the upcoming referendum, heeding calls by religious and tribal leaders to register and participate. Both men expressed opposition in principle to the Coalition presence in Iraq, al [...] | 2005-09-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ XL |
05BAGHDAD4034 | FALLUJAH: GEN CASEY MEETS LOCAL LEADERS, URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Casey, MNF-I Commanding General, met September 22, 2005, with Fallujah leaders at the downtown Civil-Military Operations Center. He stressed his continued personal commitment to Fallujah's reconstruction and improved security; progress had been made since his last visit [...] | 2005-09-29 13:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ XL |
05BAGHDAD4176 | FALLUJAH: LEADERS MEET WITH IECI COMMISSIONER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah city leaders met with IECI Chairman, Izadin Shufiq, UN IFES elections expert Philip Sfocina, and an Embassy/USAID delegation October 6, 2005, at the Fallujah Civil-Military Operations Center (CMOC). Residents criticized the number of seats (nine) the Transitional Nation [...] | 2005-10-11 06:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ XL |
05BAGHDAD4215 | FALLUJAH: MOBILIZED FOR THE REFERENDUM, BIG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujans are mobilized to vote in large numbers October 15. Most residents remain primarily focused on immediate needs in the recovering city (power, water, and security) rather than the national political debate. City leaders have not yet formally urged rejection of the const [...] | 2005-10-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ XL |
05BAGHDAD4290 | FALLUJANS OVERWHELMINGLY REJECT CONSTITUTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah and neighboring area residents voted in large numbers during the October 15 referendum. They overwhelmingly rejected the constitution, according to initial reports from Fallujah-based IECI staff. The large turnout in Iraq's "city of mosques", alongside low turnout in th [...] | 2005-10-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ XL |
05BAGHDAD4291 | SUNNI DEPUTY CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN REFLECTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Immediately after polls closed for the October 15 constitutional referendum, Baghdad City Council Deputy Chairman (and sole Sunni member) Riyadh Nassir Al Adhadh shared his thoughts about the referendum and politics with PolOff. Dr. Riyadh said that perhaps half of the Sunni vot [...] | 2005-10-18 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ XL |
05BAGHDAD4807 | FALLUJAH MUFTI, A COALITION ALLY, KILLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sheikh Hamza Abass Muhna al-Esawe, Fallujah's universally respected mufti and senior imam, was killed November 29, 2005. He had functioned as an effective coalition ally since Operation Al Fajr. Initial reports from local Iraqi police indicate masked gunmen shot Hamza as he lef [...] | 2005-12-01 19:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM IZ XL |
05BAGHDAD4971 | FALLUJANS MOBILIZED FOR ELECTION AMID INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujans stand mobilized for the December 15 election. Momentum flowing from the October 15 referendum - when an estimated 200,000 residents in the city and surrounding communities voted - should lead to repeat high turnout. Campaign posters and fliers dot the city; Ahmed Chal [...] | 2005-12-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EFIN KDEM IZ XL |
05BOGOTA9975 | DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner on October 18, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot said Latin America needed strong regional and multilateral institutions to navigate its future and fortify democratic values. As a Caribbean neighbor, the Netherlands was prepared to help advance this process. The Netherlands [...] | 2005-10-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR XL XM CO VE NL |
05BRASILIA763 | BRAZIL RESPONSE TO OAS SOCIAL CHARTER DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On March 21, Poloff delivered reftel demarche --regarding the chairmanship of the OAS Working Group to draft the OAS Social Charter and Action Plan-- to Counselor Mariangela Rebua, Head of the Division of Social Affairs, and her Deputy, Adriano Silva Pucci, at Brazil's Foreign Ministry. [...] | 2005-03-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI BH GY MX XL XM NS |
05CARACAS42 | DEMARCHE ON IAEA SAFEGUARDS AND ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-06 17:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY PREL AORC XM XL OPDC VE IAEA |
05DOHA1131 | G77 SUMMIT: NEW DEVELOPMENT FUND PROPOSED AT CLOSING [...] Summary. The G77 South Summit ended June 16 with a proposal for a new development fund to which Qatar would contribute $20 million. Leaders called on developed nations to meet the target of 0.7% of GDP toward overseas assistance. In addition to improved access to markets in developed economies, [...] | 2005-06-21 08:15:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL ETRD KDEM XA XB XC XD XE XK XL XM XO QA UN |
05GEORGETOWN1317 | CARICOM SECGEN SPEAKS ON EVE OF SINGLE MARKET [...] SUMMARY: A rare, frank press conference by CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington outlined some of the SIPDIS challenges that face the imminent CARICOM Single Market Economy (CSME). Information dissemination, funding for a regional development fund, reconciliation of laws, and memory of [...] | 2005-12-16 18:14:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ETRD BEXP CARICOM GY XL |
05GEORGETOWN1318 | CARICOM Likely to Observe Haiti Elections [...] SUMMARY. CARICOM officials communicated two wildly inconsistent messages on December 15 regarding the CARICOM's intention to send observers to the upcoming Haitian elections. CARICOM official told PolOff that CARICOM has not made a decision yet whether to send observers but continues to fol [...] | 2005-12-16 19:49:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM CARICOM GY HA XL |
05GEORGETOWN1321 | CARICOM MOVING AHEAD TO OBSERVE HAITI [...] (SBU) On December 19, Ambassador Bullen spoke with Hugh Cholmondeley, Head of CARICOM's Task Force on Haiti. Cholmondeley discussed CARICOM's plans to send observers to monitor the upcoming Haitian elections. - CARICOM does not believe that Haiti will be ready to hold elections on January 8. [...] | 2005-12-19 16:17:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM CARICOM GY HA XL |
05KINGSTON1033 | CARICOM CIVAIR: CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS ON A [...] Econoff delivered the letter provided in reftel to Angela Brown, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on April 11. Brown did not have any immediate comment. 2. Econoff informally conveyed reftel information to Colonel Torrence Lewi [...] | 2005-04-14 18:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR GY XL JM |
05KINGSTON1037 | DEMARCH DELIVERED: WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL [...] Responding to reftel request, Charge on April 5 communicated talking points by telephone to Gilbert Scott, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security, and to Barbara James, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry Tourism. Both were interested in the issue and appreciated the advance [...] | 2005-04-14 20:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM AADP AMGT CASC CMGT CPAS KPAO KCSY KHLS PGOV PREL CA BD XL XM |
05KINGSTON1814 | RE: WHA CIVAIR: REQUEST FOR INFO ON TRANSPORT [...] (U) Per reftel A, on July 20 Econoff contacted the office of Minister of Transport and Works Robert Pickersgill. His office confirmed that the Minister would be attending the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) meeting to be held in Brasilia, Brazil, August 25-26, 2005. His s [...] | 2005-07-26 16:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CA |
05KINGSTON2163 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] This cable responds to ref A tasking. ---------- Background ---------- 2. Textiles and apparel became Jamaica's leading non- traditional export during the early 1990s, after Jamaica started benefiting from the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The benefits from this U.S. program allow [...] | 2005-09-15 16:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV XL JM |
05KINGSTON2166 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] This cable responds to ref A tasking. ---------- Background ---------- 2. Textiles and apparel became Jamaica's leading non- traditional export during the early 1990s, after Jamaica started benefiting from the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The benefits from this U.S. program allow [...] | 2005-09-15 18:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV XL JM |
05KINGSTON2332 | USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...] | 2005-10-13 20:12:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM |
05KINGSTON2333 | USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...] | 2005-10-13 20:12:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM |
05LIMA757 | CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS (PERU) [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-16 15:54:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HA PE XL UNSC |
05MADRID3201 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM LEON: [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon Sept. 7 to review key issues in the US-Spain agenda in the coming months, including BMENA and Latin American issues. He thanked the GOS for its sincere and concrete support for the victims of Hurricane [...] | 2005-09-08 16:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP XF XM XL XG |
05NASSAU1827 | CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE ON HIV/AIDS CONFRONTS STIGMA [...] Summary: On October 3 and 4, Post hosted international HIV/AIDS experts and 10 Caribbean mission representatives for the 4th Caribbean Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. Ambassador Rood opened the conference with an appeal to reduce the 2.3 percent Caribbean infection rate by compassi [...] | 2005-10-21 16:06:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID TBIO OVIP KHIV XL BF |
05NASSAU393 | FOREIGN MINISTER POISED TO RAISE PROFILE IN CARICOM [...] (C) His intelligence, work ethic, and undisguised ambition have made Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell one of the three or four most powerful members of the Perry Christie Government and a person of growing influence in the Caribbean. Currently the vice-chairman in the Commonwealth Min [...] | 2005-02-25 16:57:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL OFDP PGOV XL BF CARICOM |
05OTTAWA537 | CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning Venezuela's bid to chair the OAS working group on the social charter, to Leonard Beaulne, Deputy Director of the Inter-American Affairs Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on February 18. Beaulne relayed that FAC was also tracking this [...] | 2005-02-18 20:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI XA XL XM CA FAC |
05PARIS965 | FRENCH SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HA XL FR UNSC |
05QUITO401 | CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] On February 15, PolOffs delivered a non paper on consolidating support for Haitian elections (Reftel) to Paulo Moreno, the head of the MFA's UN Affairs office, as well as to MFA Human Rights Director General Julio Prado. On February 17, Moreno told PolOff that the GOE considers promoting st [...] | 2005-02-17 19:59:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HA XL EC UNSC |
05ROME3640 | CHAVEZ STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT AS LATIN AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary. Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi delivered our message on consolidating democracy and ensuring respect for human rights to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during their meeting October 17 in Milan. Chavez was in Italy for the October 17 UN Food and Agriculture Organization's 60th Ann [...] | 2005-10-31 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XM XL IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
05SANJOSE1671 | COSTA RICAN REPRESENTATION AT WHTI MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-21 22:01:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CS |
05SANTODOMINGO3564 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN [...] This cable is in response to the USITC's request for the 2004 Caribbean Basin Investment Survey. According to the Dominican Export and Investment Center, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Dominican Republic in 2004 totaled USD 650 million, down from USD 1.01 billion in 2003. Investment i [...] | 2005-07-12 11:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN DR |
05SANTODOMINGO3678 | DOMINICAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON INFO FOR MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-19 19:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CA |
05SANTODOMINGO4097 | DOMINICAN DEPUTY MFA ON AUG28 CHAVEZ SOCIAL [...] (SBU) On August 23 Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandro Liriano listened carefully to DCM's delivery of talking points concerning the Venezuelan initiative to exert control the OAS Social Charter undertaking. Liriano replied that the Dominicans are sending to the event their newly appointed ambas [...] | 2005-08-25 18:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XL KSUM SOCI DR OAS |
05TEGUCIGALPA1776 | HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON CHAVEZ SOCIAL CHARTER EVENT; [...] (C) Charge and PolChief delivered August 25 ref A demarche on the Venezuelan-hosted Social Charter event (schedule for August 28) and emphasized USG concern to Minister of the Presidency Ramon Medina Luna and Foreign Minister AMB Mario Fortin. PolChief noted that USG representation would be at [...] | 2005-08-26 20:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PREL KSUM XL XM HO OAS |
06BELIZE248 | BELIZE RESPONSE US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL INITATIVE ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post passed non-paper and draft Initiative concerning the U.S.-CARICOM Initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Arms (CITIA) to CEO Lawrence Sylvester of the Belize Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and to North American Desk Officer Aisha Borland. 2. (SBU) Borland no [...] | 2006-03-17 20:43:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL MASS OAS XL BH |
06BELIZE487 | DEMARCHE: TESTING CARICOM CONSENSUS IN SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 19:27:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC PBTS OAS BH GT VZ XL |
06BOGOTA10581 | INVITATIONS SENT FOR WHITE WATER TO BLUE WATER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 12:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PHSA CO XL XK |
06BRASILIA1886 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ESTH CONFERENCE IN FOZ DO [...] Country clearance is granted for the following people to travel to Brazil to attend the ESTH Western Hemisphere Conference that will be held from September 13-16, 2006 at Foz do Iguassu, Brazil. - Alfred Schandlbauer - Colleen Crenwelge - Michael Keller - Josh Cartin - Nancy Long - Pat O'Re [...] | 2006-09-08 18:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA XM XL BR |
06BRASILIA2378 | BRASILIA HUB HOSTS 2006 CONFERENCE OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE [...] The September 13-16 Western Hemisphere Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officers Conference (ESTHOC) in Foz do Iguazu, Brazil was by all accounts a great success. Forty-six people representing US embassies in nineteen Latin American countries as well as USG entities USGS, EPA, USAI [...] | 2006-11-09 20:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA XM XL BR |
06BRIDGETOWN1002 | FRAUDULENT US PASSPORT INFORMATION FAXED TO [...] On 05/16/2006, Police Constable Taylor of the Royal Barbados Police Force requested assistance from the Embassy Bridgetown regarding verification of two fax photo copies of US passports received by a local travel agent. 2. According to Constable Taylor, his office was requested to verify a [...] | 2006-06-12 14:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1019 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FRIEND FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Michael N. Friend to travel to Barbados June 19 - June 22, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to perform ADPE maintenance and upgrades to the TCSC server. 2. Embassy assistance is not required. Point of contact is CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, [...] | 2006-06-14 15:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR ASEC SNAR KRIM OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1057 | MOTTLEYNOMICS - THE RETURN OF THE STATE? [...] (C) Summary: Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley recently announced a plan for massive government investment in the ailing furniture and garment industries. She touted the idea as a way to reduce Barbados' persistent trade deficit and slow the outflow of foreign exchange. Her proposa [...] | 2006-06-16 20:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND PGOV EFIN PINR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1066 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LORETTA MCNEIR FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Transporation Security Administration (TSA) Representative Loretta McNeir to travel to St. Lucia July 25-28, 2006. Ms. McNeir will participate in the airport assessment and she will meet with the Director of Civil Aviation or their de [...] | 2006-06-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1067 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO VERBRASKA AND MERRILL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration Security Enforcement Academy employees Michael Verbraska and Frances Merrill for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis July 10-14, 2006. The travelers will be providing a National Program Development Workshop i [...] | 2006-06-20 14:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1069 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARENGO AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Miami International Field Office (IFO) Aviation Safety Inspectors, Mel Marengo and Don Carnicella for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 26-30, 2006. The travelers will perform re-certification inspectio [...] | 2006-06-20 18:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1072 | DOMINICA DROPS DIPLOMATIC CASE AGAINST SWITZERLAND [...] (C) Summary: Dominica has dropped the case it brought against Switzerland at the International Court of Justice, choosing not to pursue the matter of a questionable "diplomat" who had been stripped of his diplomatic status. The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GCOD) withdrew in May [...] | 2006-06-22 11:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1078 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RAFFAELE FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Herbert Raffaele, Chief of the Division of International Conservation, Fish and Wildlife Service, for travel to Dominica July 7-14, 2006. Mr. Raffaele will attend the Executive Board meeting of the Society for the Conservation and Study of C [...] | 2006-06-22 20:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV TBIO KSCA DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1081 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PUNTONET FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector Joaquin Puntonet for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on June 28, 2006. Mr. Puntonet will perform "R" items from the inspectors' work program on air carrier Coastal Air Transport. 2. Per reft [...] | 2006-06-22 20:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1091 | ST. KITTS RESPONSE TO BENEFICIARIES OF CBTPA [...] Embassy Bridgetown has received from the Government of St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis the following response to the demarche on the Beneficiaries of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) dated June 8, 2006 (ref B). Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International [...] | 2006-06-23 18:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1095 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #22 - VENEZUELA HALTS FUEL [...] (C) Summary: In early June, Venezuela abruptly cut off the supply of Orimulsion fuel oil to the Arawak Cement Plant in Barbados with a year left in the contract, rerouting future shipments to China. According to an Arawak executive, Venezuela is the only supplier of Orimulsion, and the plant [...] | 2006-06-23 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EIND PREL ETRD BB XL VE CH |
06BRIDGETOWN111 | AI REPORT #6: POST TRIPWIRE INPUT PERSONNEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown has designated Lauren Bradley and Nancy Nelson to be responsible for inputting the Avian Influenza Tripwire Data. Requested information on employees is below. 2. Name: Lauren M. Bradley Position Title: Office Management Specialist (OMS) Office: Political/Economic Cle [...] | 2006-01-18 20:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1112 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LAGUNA AND OLESON FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Aviation Security Inspectors Diana M. Laguna and Jay D. Oleson for travel to St. Lucia from July 24-28, 2006. The travelers will conduct inspections of the air carrier stations at the Georg [...] | 2006-06-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1116 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CARVER AND RHEA FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Geophysicist David Carver and IT Specialist Susan Rhea to travel to St. George's, Grenada, from July 11-28, 2006, for the purpose of working with government officials on installing a seismic monitoring station in the co [...] | 2006-06-28 20:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA TPHY TBIO KSCA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1127 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #23: DOMINICA, GRENADA AND ST. [...] (C) Summary: Dominica, Grenada, and St. Kitts have each signed bilateral agreements with Venezuela allowing joint venture companies to begin receiving petroleum products under the PetroCaribe oil accord. Dominica and Grenada will reportedly import several different types of fuel, including d [...] | 2006-06-30 16:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL DO GJ SC VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1128 | BARBADOS 2005 ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] Summary: The Barbados economy performed well in 2005. GDP growth, inflation, and unemployment registered 4.1, 5.1, and 8.5 percent, respectively. Construction drove growth, making up for a drop in tourism. The fiscal deficit (2.9 percent of GDP) and the national debt (88 percent of GDP) ha [...] | 2006-06-30 16:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EIND EINV ELAB ETRD PINR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1129 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DIXON TO TRAVEL TO DOMINICA [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Sadie Dixon to travel to Dominica on or about July 15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to assist with the Legal Drafting activity in Dominica. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact M [...] | 2006-07-03 11:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1130 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PICK TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Billy Pick, HIV Technical Advisor, USAID to travel to Barbados on or about July 12, 2006 and to depart on/about July 22, 2006. The purpose of travel is to provide requested HIV prevention technical assistance to the Caribb [...] | 2006-07-03 11:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1132 | SCHOLARSHIPS FROM MALAYSIA AND GREECE ENHANCE [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 4. 2. (U) In early June the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) announced the availability of seventeen scholarships for undergraduate and graduate study abroad. Fifteen scholarships are being offered in partnership with the government of [...] | 2006-07-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO AC GR MY XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1133 | CARIBBEAN CHUTZPAH OVER WHALING [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Caribbean countries displayed considerable chutzpah during the June meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in St. Kitts. Eastern Caribbean delegates to the IWC accused Western nations of practicing colonialism and racism by attempting to keep in place the i [...] | 2006-07-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1139 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO BARBADOS WELCOMES U.S.-PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two separate conversations with Ambassador and DCM, Chinese Ambassador to Barbados Liu Huanxing discussed WHA A/S Shannon,s trip to Beijing, possible U.S.-PRC consultations on hemispheric cooperation, the recent visit of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the Easter [...] | 2006-07-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR EAID EINV ETRD BB CH XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1140 | DOMINICA MAY CEDE BIRD ISLAND TO VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominica has moved closer to abandoning its claim on Bird Island, a small piece of rock and sand located in the center of the Caribbean Sea that is also claimed by Venezuela. Following a June meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Sker [...] | 2006-07-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PHSA PGOV PINR PREL EAID DO VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1161 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAREN D. TURNER TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Karen D. Turner, USAID/J-Cars Mission Director to travel to Barbados on/about July 12, 2006 to August 13, 2006. The purpose of this TDY is to provide coverage to the Caribbean Regional Program satellite office in the absence of a USG represent [...] | 2006-07-06 21:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1174 | INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION: KITTITIANS [...] (C) Summary: The International Whaling Commission (IWC) wrapped up its annual meeting in St. Kitts on June 21, amid expressions of dissatisfaction and disgruntlement from delegates representing anti-whaling nations and environmental groups. At the heart of the distress was a referendum that [...] | 2006-07-07 20:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN118 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LINDA BROWN FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Linda Brown, Reports Officer for South America and Central America and the smaller Caribbean island states, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to Barbados February 10 - 15, 2006. Ms. Brown will be assessing recent g [...] | 2006-01-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1201 | CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK STAFFING DATA [...] This cable is an update to Ref A in reponse to the requests in Refs B and C. 2. Because the U.S. is not a member of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),Post had difficulty obtaining detailed staffing data for the organization. The CDB finally sent the Embassy the requested information [...] | 2006-07-12 17:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON EAID XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1215 | ST. LUCIA PM SAYS CARICOM TO BACK VENEZUELA FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 call on Ambassador Kramer to discuss possible changes to the St. Lucia Consular Information Sheet (septel),St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony said he believed CARICOM Heads of Government (HOGs) had decided to vote as a bloc to support Venezuela over Guatemala f [...] | 2006-07-13 18:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR ETRD ST VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1216 | ST. LUCIA - PM ON GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 call on Ambassador Kramer, St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony pleaded for the USG to delay toughening the language on crime in the St. Lucia Consular Information Sheet (CIS) until after national elections. To make his case, he highlighted his government's effor [...] | 2006-07-13 18:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ASEC PREL PGOV PINR SNAR KCRM ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1220 | BARBADOS SUGAR INDUSTRY - STILL ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The ailing Barbados sugar industry is a large drain on government resources. In 2004, the country lost US$498 on each ton of sugar exported, for a total loss of US$17,136,360. Instead of shutting down this incredible drain on resources, the government plans to invest US$150 m [...] | 2006-07-13 20:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PGOV BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1236 | OECS 25TH ANNIVERSARY: PITY PARTY OF NINE [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) met in St. Kitts June 21-23 to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization's founding. The event could have provided an opportunity for participants to extol the advances made since the signing of the [...] | 2006-07-14 21:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PINR SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1254 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #24: GRENADA'S PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Grenada (GOG) hopes to use the PetroCaribe oil accord to import diesel supplied by PDVSA, Venezuela's state-owned oil company, as a means to gain leverage over Grenada's privately owned electric company and convince it to lower rates charged to consumers. At [...] | 2006-07-18 18:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL GJ VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1255 | GRENADA PRIME MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION INQUIRY [...] (C) Summary: The investigation into allegations of corruption against Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell is stalled and may die quietly. The Commission of Inquiry, which was charged with investigating a claim that Mitchell accepted a suitcase containing US$500,000 in exchange for granting [...] | 2006-07-18 18:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM GJ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1258 | GRENADA OPPOSITION TO U.S.: WE ARE NOT A THREAT [...] (C) Summary: The leadership of Grenada's opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is anxious that the USG understand the party is not led by unreconstructed communists who want to turn the country sharply to the left. The opposition leaders, several of whom were members of the People's [...] | 2006-07-18 20:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM GJ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1259 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LAGUNA AND OLESON FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Aviation Security Inspectors Diana M. Laguna and Jay D. Oleson to travel to St. Lucia, July 24-28, for the purpose of assessing security conditions, conducting U.S. air carrier station insp [...] | 2006-07-18 20:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN126 | MISSENT COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ROGER I. [...] Embassy Bridgetown received a country clearance request from USDA for Roger I. Vargas to travel to Papeete, French Polynesia. The cable was missent to Bridgetown. Post requests that the country clearance be resent to Embassy Suva. 2. Embassy Bridgetown handles country clearances for the f [...] | 2006-01-19 21:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR OTRA BB XL FJ FP XB XV |
06BRIDGETOWN1276 | BARBADOS TO ABSTAIN ON UNSC VOTE; SEEKS ECOSOC [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 5. 2. (C) At a July 19 reception, Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur pulled Ambassador Kramer aside and told her Barbados plans to abstain from voting for either Venezuela or Guatemala to fill the non-permanent UN Security Council seat open in Janu [...] | 2006-07-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR UNGA XL VE |
06BRIDGETOWN1279 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #25: ANTIGUA ESTABLISHES NEW [...] (C) Summary: The government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) signed a joint-venture agreement with the Venezuelan National Petroleum Company (PDVSA) on July 14, making it the latest Caribbean country to enter into such an arrangement under the PetroCaribe oil accord. This signing establishes " [...] | 2006-07-20 21:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL AC VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1286 | CARICOM HEADS SPEAK OUT ON DOHA ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: At their recent annual meeting, CARICOM Heads of Government (HOGs) said they felt marginalized in World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha round negotiations. In the HOGs' opinion, "small and vulnerable economies" are being ignored in the trade talks, which have been dominated by t [...] | 2006-07-21 20:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EAID PREL PINR WTO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1287 | OECS SIX SIGN ON TO CSME [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of quibbling and backtracking (Ref B),the six nations of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) signed on to the single market phase of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) at the start of the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting July 3-6 in St. [...] | 2006-07-21 21:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN EAID PREL PINR XL |
06BRIDGETOWN131 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TREASURY ADVISOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly grants country clearance to Treasury Advisor Charles K. Sciarini to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from January 22 - 30, 2006 and to Barbados from January 30 - 31, 2006. 2. Purpose of trip is to work with the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU)in Antigua and meet wi [...] | 2006-01-20 14:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1315 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO STEP UP INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 was held July 26-27 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to pull together an informal group composed of hosting and playing nations and the international com [...] | 2006-07-28 22:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CPAS PINR PTER AFIN UNSC USOAS XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1336 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS EXPERT CONSULTANT [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Frances Asturias to travel to St. Lucia arriving August 3, 2006 and departing September 8, 2006. The purpose is to serve as management advisor for Peace Corps staff. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean b [...] | 2006-08-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1362 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Cynthia Warner, Lab Advisor, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barbados for the period September 2-10, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, fax: 1(246)228-8589 [...] | 2006-08-04 16:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA XL BB |
06BRIDGETOWN1375 | CWC 2007: TRADEWINDS BECALMED [...] (U) This is an action message: see para. 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SOUTHCOM's annual Tradewinds exercise may be a victim of Caribbean indifference. To date, there has been tepid response to MLO requests for information on participation by Cricket World Cup (CWC) countries. Post respectfully [...] | 2006-08-08 21:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC MOPS PREL XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1376 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MASON TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. John Mason, Executive Associate to travel Barbados for the period August 19-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct Evaluation Planning and Performance Management workshops. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID [...] | 2006-08-09 12:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1377 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WARNER TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Cynthia Warner, Lab Advisor, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barbados for the period September 2-10, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, fax: 1(246)228-8589 [...] | 2006-08-09 13:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1389 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WARD FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to DOE Director of Policy and International Affairs Gary K. Ward, to travel to Bridgetown, Barbados, from August 10-11 to meet with Government of Barbados energy officials and private sector representatives to discuss the upcoming energy [...] | 2006-08-10 17:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN139 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RENE RODRIQUEZ [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Rene Rodriquez, for travel to Barbados March 24, 2006. Mr. Rodriquez will be replacing Mr. Michael Papale as the new OSTR. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is required. Point of contact is Mike Papale, OSTR, (246) 436-4950, ext 2407. He wi [...] | 2006-01-23 11:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1403 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MANHERTZ AND DEMERCADO TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Huntley Manhertz, Consultant Economist and Ms. Marlene Demercado, Program Officer, Development Associates Inc. to travel to Barbados for the period August 19-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a workshop with [...] | 2006-08-11 18:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1404 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BESHAWRED TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Lily Beshawred, Deputy Program Director, Office of Program Development and Management USAID/Jamaica to travel to Barbados for the period August 21-27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to assist in conducting the Performanc [...] | 2006-08-11 18:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN142 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE officers William Buonocore and John Reiter to escort criminal David Smith #A076582354 to Barbados on January 23-24, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified Barbados authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy ass [...] | 2006-01-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1422 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WISECARVER TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Steven Wisecarver to travel to Barbados on or about August 18 through November 18, 2006. The purpose of travel is to serve as interim Office Director for CRP satellite office. 2. Hotel reservations have been confirmed at [...] | 2006-08-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1423 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KING TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Hope King, Public Health Advisor, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barbados for the period August 20-21, 2006 and September 20-21, 2006. 2. Post notes that traveler will be staying at the Hilton Barbados Hotel, Bridgetown, Ba [...] | 2006-08-15 14:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN143 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE OFFICERS MILLER AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE officers Anne Miller and Bruce Wright to escort criminal Rashe Raphiel #A074853546 to St. Lucia on February 7-8, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified St. Lucia authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy assis [...] | 2006-01-23 14:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1452 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EARLE TO TRANSIT BARBADOS TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Peter Earle, to travel to Antigua August 25, 2006 and to Dominica August 26, 2006. The purpose of this travel is to conduct training sessions for numerators for the baseline survey. 2. Please note that traveler will be stay [...] | 2006-08-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA AC DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1453 | MFA STATEMENT ON UN RESOLUTION 1701 [...] Embassy Bridgetown received via fax a statement from Dominica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour on UN Resolution 1701. Begin Text Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour on the UN Resolution 1701 Calling for a Ceasefire in the Lebanon/Israeli Conflict [...] | 2006-08-18 16:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ODIP DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1470 | REQUEST FOR AGREMENT: FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JULIAN N. [...] Embassy Bridgetown received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the Commonwealth of Dominica 2. Begin text of diplomatic note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the Commonwealth of Dominica presents its compliments to [...] | 2006-08-22 17:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OFDP DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1471 | LETTER FROM FONMIN MILLER TO SECSTATE ON BARBADOS ECOSOC [...] Embassy Bridgetown received the following diplomatic note and letter to Secretary Rice from Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dame Billie A. Miller, Government of Barbados. The letter has been forwarded to WHA/CAR via diplomatic pouch registration number 8970080 on August 22, 2006. 2. Begin text [...] | 2006-08-22 17:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1495 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ADOLFO A. FRANCO TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator, Latin America and the Caribbean, to travel to Barbados on or about September 25-27, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Office [...] | 2006-08-25 17:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN150 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ALDEN PROVOST FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologist, Alden Provost to travel to Barbados, February 27 - March 7, 2006. Mr. Provost has been invited to teach a training course on the use of U.S. Geological Survey ground-water modeling software saturated-unsat [...] | 2006-01-23 19:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN151 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ARMBRISTER AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown - Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) requests clearance for, IRG/OFDA-LAC Consultants Mrs. Beryl Armbrister and Mr. Clive Lorde, employed by/contractor for OFDA, to travel to Kingston, Jamaica on/about February 6-10, 2006 to be Instructors at the Initial Damage Ass [...] | 2006-01-23 20:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB JM XL |
06BRIDGETOWN152 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ARSO BRIDGETOWN [...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown request country clearance for S/A Sean A Nedd, ARSO, to travel to Port Au Prince from Feb 2-12, 2005 as part of DS/IP/WHA security detail for scheduled Government of Haiti Elections. 2. Embassy Bridgetown requests that hotel reservations be made in the name of trav [...] | 2006-01-23 20:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB HA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1526 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1026, Barbados #1027, Dominica #1028, St. Kitts #1029, St. Lucia #1030, St. Vincent #1031, and Grenada #1032) on August 29, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2 [...] | 2006-08-30 17:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1527 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1026, Barbados #1027, Dominica #1028, St. Kitts #1029, St. Lucia #1030, St. Vincent #1031, and Grenada #1032) on August 29, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2 [...] | 2006-08-30 17:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1533 | MESSAGE DELIVERED: BARBADOS ECOSOC CANDIDACY [...] Per ref A instructions, response was delivered to Her Excellency Dame Billie Miller, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Government of Barbados, under cover of Diplomatic Note #1130 on August 31, 2006. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will rep [...] | 2006-08-31 20:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC UNGA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1542 | ST. LUCIA'S DISCONNECTED PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Kramer and MLO Aboyagye traveled to St. Lucia August 3 to dedicate two SOUTHCOM-constructed projects and meet informally with St. Lucia Prime Minister Anthony. While both ceremonies created positive public impressions of U.S.-St. Lucia cooperation, Ambassador Kramer [...] | 2006-09-01 21:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SNAR KPAO PINR UNGA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1543 | GRENADA - BLUE LANTERN ON LICENSE 05-1001037 FOR [...] (U) Post was unable to conduct a site visit to Grenada but gathered information on the end user via telephone and email. (Note: Embassy Grenada is a one-officer post and at present no American is stationed there. Thus, Embassy Bridgetown has taken responsibility for this Blue Lantern Chec [...] | 2006-09-05 11:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GJ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1544 | BRIDGETOWN POC FOR BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM [...] (U) Per reftel request, post submits the following point of contact information for the Blue Lantern program: Anthony Eterno, Economic Officer, Amembassy Bridgetown; PH: 246-436-4950, ext. 2230; FX: 246-431-0384; EM: eternoar@state.gov. Mr. Eterno's estimated date of departure from post is S [...] | 2006-09-05 11:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1546 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAREN TURNER TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Karen D. Turner, Mission Director USAID/Jamaica-Caribbean to travel to Barbados on or about September 24-30, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Officer Steven Wisecarve [...] | 2006-09-05 12:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1547 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S. KEN YAMASHITA TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. S. Ken Yamashita, Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS to travel to Barbados on or about September 24-28, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Control officer is Martina Strong at Embassy Bridgetown Tel: 1 [...] | 2006-09-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN155 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOHN WILSON TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for John Wilson, Development Program Specialist to travel to Tobago for the period February 13-15, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in Hurricane Ivan close out events in Tobago. 2. Mr. Wilson is an FSN officer with no security [...] | 2006-01-23 21:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB TD XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1556 | BARBADOS: OP-ED RILES LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 26, a leading daily newspaper ran a half-page op-ed piece in its weekly "As A Matter Of Fact" column, which offended Barbados' Jewish community. Intended as criticism of the armed conflict in Lebanon, the article degenerated into the propaganda of intolerance. The pap [...] | 2006-09-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC OPRC KPAO SCUL BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1564 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] Per instructions in reftel, talking points on U.S. Views of UNSC Resolution 1695 were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1173, Barbados #1174, Dominica #1175, St. Kitts #1176, St. Lucia #1177, St. Vincent #1178, Grenada #1179) on September 7, 2006. The original Diplomatic No [...] | 2006-09-07 18:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1565 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT [...] Per instructions in reftel A, talking points on the XIV Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement in Havana, Cuba, September 11-16, were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1181, Barbados #1182, Dominica #1183, St. Kitts #1184, St. Lucia #1185, St. [...] | 2006-09-07 18:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CU XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1568 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAMACHO FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Joaquin Camacho to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on September 21, 2006, for the purpose of performing "en-route inspections to certificate holder Coastal Air as part of work program". 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not re [...] | 2006-09-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1575 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on the President's speech on detainees in the War on Terror were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1194, Barbados #1195, Dominica #1196, St. Kitts #1197, St. Lucia #1198, St. Vincent #1199, Grenada #1200) on September 8, 2006. The or [...] | 2006-09-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CU XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1591 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM FOR [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on Iran's Nuclear Program for Attendees of the NAM Summit were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1210, Barbados #1211, Dominica #1212, St. Kitts #1213, St. Lucia #1214, St. Vincent #1215, Grenada #1216) on September 11, 2006. The origi [...] | 2006-09-12 16:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | IR PHUM PREL PTER XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1596 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO REESE AND DEPALMA FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to John Reese and Joseph Depalma to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from October 8-14, 2006, for the purpose of providing an international civil aviation national program development workshop. 2. Per reftel request, in order to make hotel reser [...] | 2006-09-12 19:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1605 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE FOR [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on the UN Peacekeeping Force in Darfur for Attendees of the NAM Summit were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1229, Barbados #1230, Dominica #1231, St. Kitts #1232, St. Lucia #1233, St. Vincent #1234, Grenada #1235) on September 13, 20 [...] | 2006-09-13 17:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1623 | PROFILE OF BARBADOS OPPOSITION LEADER DAVID [...] (C) Summary: In a September 11 meeting with PolOff, leader of the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) David Thompson sought to portray his party as the party of the "common man," who will rise up in the next election to defeat the Barbados Labour Party (BLP),which has ignored his inter [...] | 2006-09-14 20:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ELAB SMIG BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1640 | DOMINICA HOPES FOR IMPROVED U.S.-CARIBBEAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kramer and Dominica Foreign Minister Savarin exchanged views on U.S.-Caribbean relations in a September 8 meeting in Bridgetown. Savarin explained that, in addition to Guatemala's claim on Belize territory, Guatemala's role in damaging the Caribbean banana industry is [...] | 2006-09-15 19:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PBTS PHSA DO CH VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN168 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HUBBS AND LAVOIE [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for USSS employees Michael Hubbs and David Lavoie to come to Bridgetown between the dates January 31 - February 3, 2006. The purpose of their visit is to assist local law enforcement with counterfeit currency investigations and provide a counterfei [...] | 2006-01-26 12:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1687 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and reports were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1276, Barbados #1277, Dominica #1278, St. Kitts #1279, St. Lucia #1280, St. Vincent #1281, and Grenada #1282) on September 20, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on [...] | 2006-09-21 18:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CMGT PGOV PREL KPAO KCSY KHLS XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1695 | BRIDGETOWN PARTICIPATION IN THE 2006 CARIBBEAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-22 20:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV PINR XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1696 | EARLY LOOK AT THE NEXT BARBADOS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Peter Wickham, a political insider and a well-connected political consultant based in Barbados (ref B),gives the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) a good chance of winning the next election, expected in the second half of 2007. The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) could fall [...] | 2006-09-22 20:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ELAB BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1706 | ANTIGUA - HALF MOON BAY: INCREASING COMMON GROUND; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 20 Ambassador Kramer and legal counsel to the Half Moon Bay property's Amcit majority shareholder met with Antigua and Barbuda Attorney General and Minister of Tourism to revitalize efforts to resolve differences surrounding the 11-year-old expropriation case of the [...] | 2006-09-25 20:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PGOV PREL PINR CASC ELAB OPIC KIDE AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1708 | PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR'S POPULARITY RISES [...] SUMMARY: In a public opinion poll published over the weekend, Prime Minister Owen Arthur and his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) came out as clear winners. The poll demonstrates that the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) and its leader, David Thompson, face an uphill battle in their effor [...] | 2006-09-25 21:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN171 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LACY BRANCH TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Project Developers Inc,(sub- contractors of Stronghold Engineering) personnel Lacy Branch. The purpose of this trip is to survey current construction operation during the period Feb. 06 - Feb.11, 2006. Please be informed that [...] | 2006-01-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1715 | ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: BLUE LANTERN ON [...] (U) Post was unable to conduct a site visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines but gathered information on the end user via telephone and email. Post did not uncover any derogatory information on Coreas Hazells, Inc. Coreas Hazells appears to be a legitimate firearm retailer. 2. (U) Co [...] | 2006-09-26 18:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1718 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HOGAN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS, [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Patrick Hogan, Peace Corps Associate Director for Safety and Security, to travel to Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, and Dominica a/o October 1, 2006 and to depart a/o October 12, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to accompany Peace Co [...] | 2006-09-26 20:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB ST GJ DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1719 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EDWARDS AND COVINGTON TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Edwards, Director of IT Infrastructure, and Eric Covington, Lead IT Specialist to travel to St. Lucia from October 22-27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to consult with Peace Corps staff to gather requirements for future I [...] | 2006-09-26 20:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1730 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHOUBA TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS, [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Peace Corps Safety and Security Officer Neil Shouba to travel to Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Kitts/Nevis, Grenada, and Antigua/Barbuda from o/a October 1-16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve as the Technical Advisor [...] | 2006-09-27 17:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST DO SC GJ AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1743 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #26: ST. LUCIA PM'S OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Press Secretary to St. Lucia's Prime Minister confirmed press reports that St. Lucia and Venezuela will soon sign a bilateral Petrocaribe agreement and that Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) made a separate deal with Hess Oil to use its storage facilities on Saint Lucia for P [...] | 2006-10-02 11:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV ST VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1761 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STEELE FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Vernon Steele to travel to Dominica from October 11-13, 2006, for the purpose of participating in the Ross University School of Medicine Research Medical Symposium. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not requested. Visit [...] | 2006-10-04 19:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN177 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICHARD [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Security Management Deputy Director Richard Colquhoun to visit Barbados on February 21-23, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to evaluate and review SSM's performance. Please be informed that safety shoes are required to gain access to the site. [...] | 2006-01-27 17:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASEC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1778 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FARMER TO TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to International Health Coordinator, William Farmer, who will meet with Peace Corps staff to perform an assessment of medical facilities. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean based in St. Lucia will arrange [...] | 2006-10-06 21:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST DO SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1780 | BRIDGETOWN HOSTS SUCCESSFUL 2006 REGIONAL CHIEFS OF [...] On September 26-27, Embassy Bridgetown hosted the Fifth Regional Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. The conference brought together U.S. ambassadors and officials from ten embassies, as well as representatives from Washington and the Caribbean region. The conference reviewed the progr [...] | 2006-10-06 21:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID TBIO KHIV BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1790 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KIRK TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Matthew Kirk to travel to Barbados to attend the Cricket World Cup 2007 planning meetings to be held on October 11-12, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of contact is [...] | 2006-10-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1791 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BRANDON LEE TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Brandon Lee to travel to Barbados to attend the Cricket World Cup 2007 planning meetings to be held on October 11-12, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of contact is [...] | 2006-10-10 16:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1793 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON VENEZUELA'S GREATEST HITS [...] Per reftel instructions, a message from Charge d'Affaires Mary Ellen T. Gilroy was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1348, Barbados #1349, Dominica #1350, St. Kitts #1351, St. Lucia #1352, St. Vincent #1353) on October 4, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed [...] | 2006-10-10 17:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC BB VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1795 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RODRIGUEZ TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Eric Rodriguez, BCBP, to travel to Barbados to attend the airlines CARICOM APIS briefing from scheduled from October 16-18, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of conta [...] | 2006-10-10 19:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1798 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NORTH KOREA'S ANNOUNCEMENT [...] Per reftel instructions, the talking points and President Bush's speech on North Korea's announcement of a nuclear weapon test were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1379, Barbados #1380, Dominica #1381, St. Kitts #1382, St. Lucia #1383, St. Vincent #1384) on October 10, 200 [...] | 2006-10-10 19:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM XL |
06BRIDGETOWN180 | ST. VINCENT REQUEST FOR ALL MARINE RESEARCH VESSEL [...] This is an action message for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environment and Science Affairs (OES),Marine Research Vessels (MRVs),Office of Oceans Affairs. See paragraph four. 2. Embassy Bridgetown received the following diplomatic note, No. 35/2006, from the Government of St. [...] | 2006-01-27 18:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KNRV SENV VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1807 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO QUAIN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Estelle Quain to travel to Bridgetown to participate as a presenter at the Caribbean Training Integration Workshop on or about November 12 - 18, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative/Barbados, James Goggin, Phone: 1(246) [...] | 2006-10-12 10:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1810 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LLOYD TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Ethleen Lloyd, Chief of Global AIDS Program, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados on or about November 11 - 18, 2006 to attend workshop with Caribbean HIV/AIDS training coordinators. 2. Post understands traveler has reservations at the Acc [...] | 2006-10-12 17:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KSCA OTRA ASEC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1811 | AMBASSADOR KRAMER FAREWELL TOUR: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 visit to Antigua and Barbuda, Ambassador Kramer met with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, continuing her series of farewell meetings with leaders of the seven island-nations to which she is accredited. The Ambassador also met with Minister of Housing, Cultu [...] | 2006-10-12 19:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PGOV PREL PINR CASC ELAB OPIC KIDE AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1816 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LLOYD TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Ethleen Lloyd, Chief of Global AIDS Program, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados on or about November 11 - 18, 2006 to attend workshop with Caribbean HIV/AIDS training coordinators. 2. Post understands traveler has reservations at the Acc [...] | 2006-10-13 17:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KSCA OTRA ASEC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1826 | ST. VINCENT NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, letter on St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Day from President Bush to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 1411 on October 13, 2006. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report a [...] | 2006-10-16 18:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1834 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and non-papers were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1401, Barbados #1402, Dominica #1403, St. Kitts #1404, St. Lucia #1405, St. Vincent 1406) on October 11, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. P [...] | 2006-10-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1835 | BARBADOS' LABOR AND POLITICS: A HISTORICAL [...] SUMMARY: The stable democratic history of Barbados has been characterized by occasional periods of upheaval predicated by a lack of political, social and economic parity. The Social Partnership, first established in 1993, was created to thwart the then-downward spiraling economy and provide [...] | 2006-10-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1836 | BARBADOS' LABOR RELATIONS TODAY [...] (U) Summary: In the four decades since independence, Barbados has enjoyed a relatively calm industrial relations environment, with successive governments focused on ensuring social stability by promoting economic progress of all socio-economic groups. The history of Barbados is intertwined [...] | 2006-10-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1847 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1718 [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1415, Barbados #1416, Dominica #1417, St. Kitts #1418, St. Lucia #1419, St. Vincent 1420) on October 19, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report [...] | 2006-10-19 18:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM KN XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1849 | A PLAN FOR SALVATION: SECOND CWC 2007 ISAG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 held its second plenary meeting October 11-12 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Participants reviewed progress reports on the Regional Security Plan (RSP) threat assessments, and public health and safety issues [...] | 2006-10-19 19:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CASC PINR KCIP KTIA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1878 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the St. Lucian police force who has been nominated for training in the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Candidate's name and informat [...] | 2006-10-25 19:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SL XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1879 | BARBADOS: EARLY ELECTIONS RUMORED [...] (C) Summary: Although Barbados' next parliamentary election is not constitutionally due until 2008, rumors are swirling in the media and among the political commentariat that Prime Minister Owen Arthur is considering calling early elections, perhaps even this fall. If he does decide to call [...] | 2006-10-26 10:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1883 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS IT SPECIALIST MR. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Adam McWilliams to travel to St. Lucia arriving o/a October 26, 2005. The purpose is to assist with a telecommunications project. 2. POC while in St. Lucia will be Ms. Kate Raftry, Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean Countr [...] | 2006-10-26 18:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1884 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS IT SPECIALIST MR. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Domenico Palombo ams to travel to St. Lucia arriving o/a October 26, 2005. The purpose is to assist with a telecommunications project. 2. POC while in St. Lucia will be Ms. Kate Raftry, Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean C [...] | 2006-10-26 18:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1885 | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, letter on Antigua and Barbuda National Day from Prime Minister Spencer was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 1444 on October 25, 2006. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report any response. KRAMER [...] | 2006-10-26 19:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1886 | DOMINICA NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, letter on Dominica National Day from President Bush to President Liverpool was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 1443 on October 25, 2006. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report any response. KRAMER [...] | 2006-10-26 19:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1887 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1453, Barbados #1454, Dominica #1455, St. Kitts #1456, St. Lucia #1457, St. Vincent 1458) on October 26, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post [...] | 2006-10-26 19:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1888 | FACT SHEET DELIVERED ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT SESSION [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1459, Barbados #1460, Dominica #1461, St. Kitts #1462, St. Lucia #1463, St. Vincent 1464) on October 26, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will [...] | 2006-10-26 19:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA KWMN XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1889 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ELIZABETH BUNKER AND CRIST [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth A. Bunker and Crist Chensvold to travel to St. Lucia from November 5-22, 2006. From St. Lucia, Bunker and Chensvold will travel to Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and St. Vincent. The purpose of this trip is fo [...] | 2006-10-26 19:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1893 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO E. CALDEIRA TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Ellen Caldeira, HRSA, to travel to Barbados from November 13-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to participate in a panel discussion on Human Capacity Development at the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Center. 2. Embassy understa [...] | 2006-10-27 13:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1896 | AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: On October 25, Ambassador Kramer met with Barbados' Foreign Minister Miller. They discussed U.S.-Barbadian relations, the continued deadlock over the GRULAC UN Security Council Seat, and planning for Caribbean Heritage Month celebrations in 2007. End Summary. "Things are Look [...] | 2006-10-27 17:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC UNSC ETRD KWMN BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1897 | AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL TOUR: ST. VINCENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Ambassador Kramer paid farewell courtsey calls on the Foreign Minister, Prime Minister, and Governor General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In her meeting with the Foreign Minister, he candidly admitted that the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOS [...] | 2006-10-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAIR ETRD UNSC KPAO VE VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1899 | AMBASSADOR KRAMER FAREWELL TOUR: ST. LUCIA [...] (SBU) On October 13, Ambassador Kramer traveled to St. Lucia for farewell meetings with Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony, Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy and Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator Victor Philip La Corbiniere. The Ambassador used the meetings to gauge St. Luc [...] | 2006-10-27 17:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SNAR KPAO PINR UNGA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN190 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR COLON TO TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to COL Wilfredo Colon, United States Army (USA) for travel to Barbados February 02 - 04, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to meet with Ambassador Kramer and USMILGRP Commander, CDR Peter Kilfoyle on the State Partnership Program. 2. Understan [...] | 2006-01-31 10:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1902 | BARBADOS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN: [...] (C) Summary: Barbados' next parliamentary elections will likely be decided by pocketbook issues and the voters' judgment of which party is best prepared to address their concerns over the cost of living, economy, and unemployment. Even though a recent poll gave his government poor marks on it [...] | 2006-10-27 17:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1904 | AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: During her October 23 farewell meeting with Barbados' Prime Minister Arthur, Ambassador Kramer took stock of U.S.-Barbadian relations and discussed areas where greater collaboration could be useful. Ambassador Kramer urged Prime Minister Arthur to review Barbados' stance on Vene [...] | 2006-10-27 18:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC UNSC ETRD CASC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN191 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Sherry Petronsky and John Langer to escort Fabian Gittens #A097410426 to Barbados, February 9-10, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified Barbados authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy assistance [...] | 2006-01-31 10:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1910 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO L. ELDRED TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Lois J. Eldred, Director Global AIDS Program, HRSA, to travel to Barbados from November 13-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to be a keynote speaker at a Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Center meeting. 2. Embassy understands th [...] | 2006-10-30 17:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SENV OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1915 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO L. ELDRED TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Lois J. Eldred, Director Global AIDS Program, HRSA, to travel to Barbados from November 13-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to be a keynote speaker at a Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Center meeting. 2. Embassy understands th [...] | 2006-10-31 13:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SENV OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1916 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO L. ELDRED TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Lois J. Eldred, Director Global AIDS Program, HRSA, to travel to Barbados from November 13-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to be a keynote speaker at a Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Center meeting. 2. Embassy understands th [...] | 2006-10-31 15:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SENV OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN192 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Carlos Torres and Datza Valcarcel to escort Richard Elliott to Antigua, February 7-8, 2006 2. Embassy RSO has notified Antigua authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy assistance is not required. [...] | 2006-01-31 10:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1931 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #27: EVERYTHING ON TRACK FOR [...] (C) The first Petrocaribe delivery is set for mid-November 2006 and is expected to include a variety of fuel products, including diesel and liquid petroleum gas. However, subtle signs point to possible delays in the shipment. On October 9, Acting Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Housin [...] | 2006-11-02 17:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV DO VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1933 | BARBADOS LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE: PROMISING [...] (U) Summary: The ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) met over the weekend for their annual conference. Prime Minister Owen Arthur did not announce the date for the next general election, as some had expected. He did, however, promise to run again and to deliver another big BLP victory. The [...] | 2006-11-02 19:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1934 | DOMINICA: A NEW ATTEMPT AT OFFSHORE FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dominica plans to resurrect both its economic citizenship program and its offshore financial services sector. Both programs previously left scars on Dominica's reputation, and so the government is emphasizing that it will implement these programs with appropriate regulation and [...] | 2006-11-02 19:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1936 | ARRIVAL AT POST - AMBASSADOR MARY M. OURISMAN [...] Ambassador Mary M. Ourisman arrived at post on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, at 5:00 p.m. local time, and assumed charge. 2. The Certificate of Transfer relinquishing charge of Embassy Bridgetown from Ambassador Kramer to Mary M. Ourisman was signed and is filed with post's permanent records. [...] | 2006-11-02 19:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PGOV PREL BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1941 | PETROCARIBE 28: SANTA IS FROM CARACAS [...] (C) Christmas came early for Barbados this year. From October 23-27, a high-level Venezuelan delegation dashed into Bridgetown to publicly rejuvenate Venezuela's relationship with Barbados, bearing gifts and agreements on tourism, satellites and cement, among others. The timing of this frien [...] | 2006-11-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV XL VE |
06BRIDGETOWN1945 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Candidate's n [...] | 2006-11-03 21:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1946 | ST. LUCIA: RULING PARTY HAS A LEG UP ON A CLOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia faces a close race in the upcoming national elections, which have not yet been called but are expecteD sometime in December. The opposition party is resting its hopes on the current desire for change apparent among the populace, while the ruling party is basing its cam [...] | 2006-11-03 21:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1951 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GEORGE FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to John George, Entomologist, USDA/ARS/SPA, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from November 13-18, 2006, for the purpose of participating in the 13th Meeting of the Amblyomma Programme Council (APC). 2. Per reftel, no further embassy assistanc [...] | 2006-11-06 19:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR OTRA AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1953 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1509, Barbados #1510, Dominica #1511, St. Kitts #1512, St. Lucia #1513, and St. Vincent #1514) on November 6, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. [...] | 2006-11-06 20:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1956 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTIONS [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1517, Barbados #1518, Dominica #1519, St. Kitts #1520, St. Lucia #1521, St. Vincent #1522) on November 6, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post wil [...] | 2006-11-07 17:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN198 | REQUEST TO INCREASE LOCAL GUARD COVERAGE - US [...] (SBU) Post requests authorization to increase the coverage of an existing local guard position at the U.S. embassy in Grenada by 15.5 hours. US MISSION - GRENADA 2. (SBU) AmEmbassy Grenada is an unclassified lock and leave stand-alone facility. The embassy compound has two (2) vehicle e [...] | 2006-01-31 10:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ABUD ASUP AFIN GJ BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1988 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-14 20:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1989 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMO'S MARITIME SAFETY [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee Meeting were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1524, Barbados #1525, Dominica #1526, St. Kitts #1527, St. Lucia #1528, St. Vincent #1529) on November 7, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were al [...] | 2006-11-14 20:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2016 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on Country-Specific Resolutions at the UN were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1547, Barbados #1548, Dominica #1549, St. Kitts #1550, St. Lucia #1551, and St. Vincent #1552) on November 8, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were al [...] | 2006-11-16 22:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2018 | EASTERN CARIBBEANS PONDERING THEIR VOTES ON [...] (U) Per ref B instructions, talking points on Belarus' Anti-U.S. Resolutions were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1569, Barbados #1570, Dominica #1571, St. Kitts #1572, St. Lucia #1573, St. Vincent #1574) on November 15, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed [...] | 2006-11-16 23:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2019 | THREE VOTES FOR MATHESON TO INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] Per ref B instructions, talking points in support of the re-election of Michael Matheson to the International Law Commission were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1531, Barbados #1532, Dominica #1533, St. Kitts #1534, St. Lucia #1535, and St. Vincent #1536) on November 7, [...] | 2006-11-17 00:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN202 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AVSED TO TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Lt CDR Kimberley J. Avsec, U.S Coast Guard, for travel to Barbados February 22 - 26, 2006 and to Antigua and Barbuda February 26 - 02 March, 2006. The purpose of these missions is to have bi-lateral port security discussions with port officials of [...] | 2006-01-31 10:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2024 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1584, Barbados #1585, Dominica #1586, St. Kitts #1587, St. Lucia #1588, St. Vincent #1589) on November 17, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Pos [...] | 2006-11-17 20:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2025 | U.S. FY2007 SUGAR TAFIFF RATE QUOTA ALLOCATIONS [...] Per reftel request, post informed host government officials in Barbados and St. Kitts and Nevis of the FY2007 raw cane sugar WTO TRQ country/economy allocations, established by USTR on August 3, 2006. 2. For Barbados, post notified Carl Simpson, head of the Barbados Agricultural Managemen [...] | 2006-11-17 20:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ELAB ETRD BB SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2026 | TAIWAN INVOLVEMENT IN ST. LUCIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although many observers believe that Taiwan is supporting the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) in the December 11 St. Lucian elections, there is little evidence because of the lack of transparency in campaign finance. PM Anthony has expressed concern that Taiwan will provide [...] | 2006-11-17 21:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL TW SL XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2027 | ST. LUCIA ELECTIONS DECEMBER 11; COMPETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Anthony announced that St. Lucian elections will be held on December 11. Two key polls have predicted conflicting outcomes for the elections. The track record of the pollster predicting that the ruling party will retain its majority in Parliament seems to be the m [...] | 2006-11-17 21:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN203 | MISSENT COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CLARK AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown received a country clearance request from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Weather Service (NWS) for Kenneth Clark and Alphonse Wissman to travel to Nassau, Bahamas. The cable was missent to Bridgetown. Post requ [...] | 2006-01-31 12:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2034 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following eight (8) candidates from various Eastern Caribbean security forces who have been nominated for training in the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on any of [...] | 2006-11-20 11:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
06BRIDGETOWN204 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JACK AMEN FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Jack Amen, Veterinary Attache, Embassy Santo Domingo, for travel to Barbados February 15 - 18, 2006, to discuss issues related to the Caribbean Amblyomma Program with Al Anzaldua, Labor/ESTH Officer, and/or John Ashworth, Economic Officer, t [...] | 2006-01-31 12:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN206 | EASTERN CARIBBEAN WARY OF CARICOM SINGLE MARKET [...] (U) Summary. The January 1 "start" of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and January 30 signing are purely ceremonial events because the CSME is a patchwork process that countries must implement through national legislation. Owing to fears of a mass influx of foreign labor, concerns [...] | 2006-01-31 14:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD ELAB EAID EIND EFIN PREL XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2063 | TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (C) Embassy Bridgetown's Area of Responsibility (AOR) includes: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Embassy Grenada does not have classified capability, so Embassy Bridgetown will also handle Terrorism Finance Coordinat [...] | 2006-11-22 22:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN KVPR XL |
06BRIDGETOWN207 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRAVEL TO BARBADOS AND [...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to LTG H Steven Blum, Chief National Guard Bureau (CNGB),Dr. John Finney, POLAD to Chief NGB, Major Joseph Reale, Executive Officer and Aide to the Chief NGB, Major Philip Johnson, National Guard Bureau-J5/IA SOUTHCOM Desk Chief and Mrs. Susan Blu [...] | 2006-01-31 14:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2079 | (OURISMAN, MARY M, ***-**-0401) REQUEST PERMISSION TO BE [...] I hereby request permission to be absent from post to attend the WHA Chiefs of Mission Conference in Washington, D.C. December 6 - 8, 2006. Prior to the conference, I will attend the Security Overseas Seminar at FSI December 4 - 5. 2. During my absence, Deputy Chief of Mission Mary Ellen [...] | 2006-11-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ALOW APER OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN208 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS TDY [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Peace Corps TDY Judith Kerr to transit Barbados to St. Lucia from February 2 - 17, 2006. The purpose is to assist with administrative matters during the period in the absence of post's Administrative Officer. 2. Post un [...] | 2006-01-31 14:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2083 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO [...] (U) See action request para 11. 2. (C) Summary: On November 16-17, 2006, Ambassador Ourisman visited Antigua and Barbuda to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Antiguan officials, including the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Perma [...] | 2006-11-28 11:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AC ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL EINV CASC |
06BRIDGETOWN2084 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST. [...] (U) Summary: On November 14-15, 2006, Ambassador Ourisman visited St. Kitts and Nevis to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Kittitian and Nevisian officials, including the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, who identified trade and U.S. assistance as ke [...] | 2006-11-28 11:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2087 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ANDERSON FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Donald Anderson, Contractor for U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from December 7-12, 2006, for the purpose of performing a site survey in anticipation of the installation of a seismological station in Barbuda. 2. Pe [...] | 2006-11-28 12:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2089 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECUQTY COUNCIL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1590, Barbados #1591, Dominica #1592, St. Kitts #1593, St. Lucia #1594, St. Vincent #1595) on November 27, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post wi [...] | 2006-11-28 13:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PARM KNNP XL |
06BRIDGETOWN209 | 2005 END USE MONITORING - EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown is responsible for the NAS- funded program in seven countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is also responsible for monitoring equipment provided to the French department of Martini [...] | 2006-01-31 17:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AMGT XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2095 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON API BAMAKO CONFERENCE [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1624, Barbados #1625, Dominica #1626, St. Kitts #1627, St. Lucia #1628, St. Vincent #1629) on November 28, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post wi [...] | 2006-11-28 21:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU MA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN212 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SUTHERLAND MILLER [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Sutherland Miller, Legal and Regulatory Reform Specialist to travel to Barbados on February 8-11, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to conduct work under Chemonics contract. 3. Mr. Miller has no access security clearance 4. [...] | 2006-01-31 20:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA AC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN213 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MADELYN S. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Madelyn S. Marchessault, (M/P) from February 20 - 22, 2006 who will be part of the group accompanying Under Secretary of State Fore on her trip to WHA posts. 2. Embassy point of contact is Management Counselor Leo F. Voyt [...] | 2006-01-31 21:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2136 | BARBADOS - BLUE LANTERN ON LICENSE 05-050018615 [...] Post was able to conduct a site visit to SportsImports in Barbados. Post can confirm the order for tactical weapons systems under license 05-050018615. Post did not uncover any derogatory information on the foreign consignee, Greg Cozier of SportsImports, and he appears to be a legitimate fi [...] | 2006-12-05 18:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2145 | BARBADOS AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN TO BOYCOTT ACP [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, talking points discouraging governments from attending the 7-8 December African Caribbean Pacific Group of States (ACP) Summit in Khartoum were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1655, Barbados #1656, Dominica #1657, St. Kitts #1658, St. Lucia #16 [...] | 2006-12-06 16:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI SU XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2146 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APIS LEGISLATION [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1661, Dominica #1662, St. Kitts #1663, St. Lucia #1664, St. Vincent #1665) on December 6, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. No demarche was sent to the Ba [...] | 2006-12-06 18:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC KDHS XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2156 | BARBADOS AND CUBA - LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN216 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATHRYN DYE FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Kathryn Dye, International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce, for travel to Barbados February 5 - 9, 2006, to provide support and counseling to Commercial Service clients visiting Barbados. 2. Per reftel, the traveler require [...] | 2006-02-01 17:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP OTRA BMGT ABUD AFIN BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2163 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL DONALD TO TRAVEL TO [...] EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO MICHAEL DONALD, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISOR FOR THE CARIBBEAN, TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 10-16, 2006. 2. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT IS USAID REPRESENTATIVE JAMES GOGGIN, TEL: 1(246) 228-8070, FAX: 1(246) 228-8589. MR. DONALD W [...] | 2006-12-08 17:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT EAID ASEC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2164 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR BLACKWOOD AND DONALD TO [...] USAID BRIDGETOWN REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MR. MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD, SENIOR TECHNICAL SPECIALIST, USAID, AND MR. MICHAEL DONALD, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISER, TO TRAVEL TO TOBAGO FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 13-14, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO REVIEW FOR INTERNAL CLOSING OUT PURPOSES S [...] | 2006-12-08 17:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAID TD XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2176 | BARBADOS' ECONOMY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: With the economy becoming a central issue in the early stages of Barbados' parliamentary campaign (reftel),Prime Minister Arthur's government is under increasing pressure to defend its record management. In a recent meeting, Minister of State in the Finance Ministry Clyde Masc [...] | 2006-12-11 16:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2177 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "Terrorist Finance: Domestic USG Designation of Hizballah-related individuals in the Tri-Border Area" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1686, Barbados #1687, Dominica #1688, St. Kitts #1689, St. Lucia #1690, and St. Vincent #1 [...] | 2006-12-11 20:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PREL XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2180 | OCTOGENARIAN SIR JOHN COMPTON RETURNED TO THE HELM IN ST. [...] (U) The opposition United Workers Party (UWP) unexpectedly dominated the December 11 St. Lucia parliamentary elections with an 11-6 win. This electoral upset returns 80-year-old Sir John Compton to the Prime Minister's seat for his seventh term in the position (Compton previously served 1964-7 [...] | 2006-12-12 16:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KCRM ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2203 | BARBADOS LABOR: A DEAL, A RIFT, AND A SURPRISE [...] (U) Summary: The week of December 10 proved to be an eventful one for Barbados' labor unions. On Tuesday, December 12, the National Unon of Public Workers (NUPW) reached a new two-year wage agreement with the government that will give public employees a 10 percent salary increase for the pe [...] | 2006-12-18 12:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2204 | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: UPDATE OF THE WORST FORMS OF [...] Summary: While Antigua and Barbuda lacks a comprehensive policy or action program on child labor, it does have a policy and legal framework for addressing issues connected with child labor, including education, child care, welfare, social security, and labor administration. Antiguan officia [...] | 2006-12-18 12:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2208 | BARBADOS - BLUE LANTERN ON LICENSE 05-050020094 [...] Post was able to conduct a site visit to Secure Risk Management in Barbados. Post can confirm the order for semi-auto pistols, hand guns, revolvers, and ammunition under license 05-050020094. Post did not uncover any derogatory information on the foreign consignee, Geoffrey B. Browne of Sec [...] | 2006-12-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2211 | BARBADOS: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: While Barbados does not have a comprehensive policy or action program on child labor, it does have a solid framework of policies in areas connected with child labor, including education, child care, welfare, social security, and labor administration. Barbados has only recently begun [...] | 2006-12-18 14:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2214 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHEN AND ZAIDI [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Mi Chen and Irum Zaidi, HHS/CDC Epidemiologists, to travel to Roseau, Dominica, from January 20-27, 2007, for the purpose of discussing HIV case surveillance-related issues. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands that no assistance is requeste [...] | 2006-12-18 18:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KSCA KHIV DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2224 | AMERICAS COMPETITIVENESS FORUM: SUGGESTED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-20 16:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ELAB ECON SOCI KSUM XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2225 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS [...] Per ref A instructions, Emboffs attempted to deliver verbal demarches on the unfeasibility of proposed changes to APIS to Eastern Caribbean capitals. As in Grenada (ref B),many interlocuters were unavailable because of holiday activities but messages regarding substance of demarche and requ [...] | 2006-12-20 19:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2226 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON 19 DEC. UNGA VOTE [...] Per reftel instructions, Emboffs delivered verbal demarches encouraging Eastern Caribbean government PermReps to attend the 19 December UNGA Plenary and vote against attempts to overturn country-specific human rights resolutions. Foreign Ministry officials were uncertain whether their repres [...] | 2006-12-20 19:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2228 | BARBADOS LABOR: A DEAL, A TEMPEST, AND A SURPRISE [...] (U) Summary: The week of December 10 proved to be an eventful one for Barbados' labor unions. On Tuesday, December 12, the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) reached a new two-year wage agreement with the government that will give public employees a 10 percent salary increase for 2007- [...] | 2006-12-20 20:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2233 | BARBADOS' ECONOMY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: Barbados' economy continues to grow at a steady pace and is projected to expand by 3.4 percent in 2006. However, a recent meeting with Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Senior Director for Research revealed the CBB's concerns over the economy's medium to long-term health. Barba [...] | 2006-12-22 18:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2234 | BARBADOS REAFFIRMS FRIENDSHIP AND DIFFERENCES WITH [...] (C) Summary: On December 7-8, Barbados hosted the fourth meeting of the Barbados/Cuba Joint Commission to discuss opportunities for deepening the two countries' relations and exploring new areas for cooperation. The headline announcement from the meeting was Barbados' agreement to participat [...] | 2006-12-22 18:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BB CU XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2235 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WESTFALL, [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Treasury Tax Advisors Larry Westfall, James Kopidlansky, Richard Voskuil and Treasury Program Officer Stephanie Fugate, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from February 4-9, 2007, for the purpose of providing CARICOM/COTA regional management tr [...] | 2006-12-22 18:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EFIN AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2237 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #29: A COMEDY OF ERRORS IN [...] (C) In a recent conversation with PolOff, Dr. Joseph Bannis, Permanent Secretary for Public Works and Public Utilities, grinned as he shared how humorous he found the myriad of logistical struggles surrounding Petrocaribe. According to Bannis, Petrocaribe is proving to be only a political prog [...] | 2006-12-22 19:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL VE DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2248 | NEW ST. LUCIAN CABINET: MOSTLY QUALIFIED, BUT... [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sir John Compton's new cabinet was sworn in on December 19. Although the UWP picked appropriately prepared candidates for most ministries, it seems the Foreign Minister and Minister for Home Affairs and National Security are surpringly inexperienced for their posit [...] | 2006-12-27 13:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2250 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GREEN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Robert Green, IRM/TSI/Employee, to provide computer logistics during office move, travel to Barbados on or about January 9-16, 2007. 2. Reservations are confirmed at the South Beach Resort and Vacation Club, Rockley at Accra, Christ Church - Tel [...] | 2006-12-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AMGT EAID OVIP BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2265 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRITTON TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Avril Britton, Financial Support Advisor USAID/Jamaica to travel to Barbados on or about January 2-4, 2007 for to perform Section 1311 and Accruals Review. 2. Reservations are confirmed at the Coral Sands Beach Resort, Worthing, Christ Chu [...] | 2006-12-29 22:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2266 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MULLINGS FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Audrey Mullings, OFDA/IRG consultant to travel to Dominica on or about January 9-12, 2007 to Co-facilitate Technical Assistance in Shelters and Shelter Management and Damage Assessment and Needs Workshops. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is no [...] | 2006-12-29 22:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN239 | CARIBBEAN POLITICS: AN INSIDER'S VIEW [...] (C) Summary: Caribbean political campaigns are awash with money from a variety of sources, particularly wealthy expatriates seeking to influence governments, according to regional political consultant Peter Wickham. The availability of money favors ruling parties and has dramatically changed [...] | 2006-02-03 20:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EINV OFDP PINR SNAR XL |
06BRIDGETOWN290 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WAHLBERG, MOTES [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Debra Wahlberg, Preston Motes and Laura Vinoly to travel to Barbados on February 22-23, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings with USAID personnel and to train USAID staff to operate the DEVIS Management, Monitoring and Eval [...] | 2006-02-14 17:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN291 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREENE TO TRAVEL TO [...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Robin Greene, Logistics Management Specialist for travel to Barbados March 11 - 18, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to attend the RSS Security Cooperation Conference. 2. Embassy assistance is requested. Hotel and transportation arra [...] | 2006-02-14 19:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN292 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WILCOX TO [...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Cynthia M. Wilcox, Supply Analyst for travel to Barbados March 12 - 18, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to attend the RSS Security Cooperation Conference. 2. Embassy assistance is requested. Hotel and transportation arrangements are [...] | 2006-02-14 19:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN294 | GRENADA: MORE UNFOUNDED COUP RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of hurried phone calls and circumspect hints that something unspecified was about to happen in Grenada, Prime Minister Keith Mitchell finally confided to the Ambassador during a face-to-face meeting in December that he feared opposition politicians were out to change [...] | 2006-02-14 19:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC GJ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN300 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HUBERT WRIGHT [...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Hubert D. Wright, Engineer for travel to Saint Lucia February 22 - 24, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to visit the Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) Warehouse sites and meet with Embassy and contractor personnel on changes and work [...] | 2006-02-16 16:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN304 | 2005 OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT (OCSR) FOR [...] CHIEF OF MISSION (COM) responsibility extends to seven (7) independent nations of the Eastern Caribbean including: -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Barbados -- Dominica -- Grenada -- St. Kitts and Nevis -- St. Lucia -- St. Vincent and the Grenadines CONSUL GENERAL (CG),Bridgetown provides c [...] | 2006-02-17 12:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KCRM KSAC BB GJ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN310 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TIMOTHY STEVENS FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Timothy N. Stevens, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA, to travel to Barbados March 19 - 26, 2006. The purpose of Mr. Stevens' trip is to serve as a technical advisor for collaborative research [...] | 2006-02-17 17:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAGR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN311 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAZUKO SAKATA FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Kazuko Sakata, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),to travel to Barbados February 19 - 25, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for Dr. Sakata to attend the Winter Conference on Neural Pla [...] | 2006-02-17 17:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KSCA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN312 | ST. LUCIA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Former St. Lucia Prime Minister John Compton has warned against the deepening ties between CARICOM member states, Venezuela and Cuba. Compton, leader of the opposition United Workers Party, expressed his concern that St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony and other Caribbean l [...] | 2006-02-17 17:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ENRG CU VE ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN313 | RSS CHAIRMAN AGREES TO PARTNERING WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Kramer and the National Guard Bureau (NGB) Chief, Lt. General Blum, met February 3 with Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Spencer, acting in his capacity as Council Chairman of the Regional Security System (RSS),to pitch RSS participation in USSOUTHCOM's State Part [...] | 2006-02-17 17:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN315 | GRENADA: A REQUEST COUCHED IN FAMILIAR ALARMISM [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Ambassador Kramer, advisors to Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell requested U.S. assistance in bringing a naval floating hospital to Grenada during Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. Barry Collymore and Dr. Rudy Webster warned that the opposition would take a [...] | 2006-02-17 18:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR CH GJ VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN316 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAVID ROBINSON FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to David G. Robinson, National Malacologist, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA/APHIS, for travel to Barbados March 19 - 26, 2006. The purpose of Dr. Robinson's trip is to conduct collaborative re [...] | 2006-02-17 19:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR OTRA BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN318 | QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT FOR EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN [...] (U) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION: ---------------------------------- AMERICAN EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN located on Barbados is comprised of 8 resident agencies housed in four separate facilities; the Chancery, the Admin Annex, the Consular building and the warehouse. Construction on t [...] | 2006-02-21 12:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN322 | QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT FOR EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN [...] (U) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION: ---------------------------------- AMERICAN EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN located on Barbados is comprised of 8 resident agencies housed in four separate facilities; the Chancery, the Admin Annex, the Consular building and the warehouse. Construction on t [...] | 2006-02-21 15:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN323 | BARBADOS CABINET RESHUFFLE INCLUDES FORMER [...] SUMMARY: On February 18, Prime Minister Owen Arthur announced a major cabinet reshuffle after months of speculation that a change was eminent. The reorganization added three new ministers to the cabinet, including former opposition leader Clyde Mascoll as Minister of State in the PM,s office [...] | 2006-02-21 16:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN337 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OMAR GONZALEZ FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Omar Gonzalez, Deputy Director in the Caribbean Basin Agricultural Trade Office (CBATO),to travel to Antigua and Barbuda February 27 - March 1, 2006. Mr. Gonzalez will be conducting trade servicing with importers and retailers of food produc [...] | 2006-02-22 18:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN344 | ST. VINCENT'S DISPUTE WITH TEXACO CONTINUES: WILL [...] (C) Summary: The dispute between the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) and Texaco over the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has continued since the company threatened in November 2005 to stop supplying the island with the fuel unless the government-regulated price is ra [...] | 2006-02-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET ETRD VC VE TD XL |
06BRIDGETOWN368 | VENEZUELA AND CUBA INCREASE AID AND COOPERATION IN [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela and Cuba recently stepped up their assistance to Dominica by providing funding for various development projects and sending their citizens, including military personnel, to the small island-state. A project to expand Dominica's main airport has been partly funded by Ve [...] | 2006-02-27 20:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID CU DO VE VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN383 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for int [...] | 2006-03-01 20:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN384 | TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA [...] (U) As requested in ref A, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked [...] | 2006-03-01 20:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN385 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally traffick [...] | 2006-03-01 20:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN386 | TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficke [...] | 2006-03-01 20:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN387 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationall [...] | 2006-03-01 20:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN388 | TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationall [...] | 2006-03-01 20:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN392 | LIAT PILOTS' SURPRISE SICKOUT LEAVES HUNDREDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Without advance warning, Leeward Islands Air Transit (LIAT) cockpit crews staged a sickout beginning 4:00 a.m. March 1. This industrial action left hundreds of passengers stranded, including the Principal Officer in Grenada and an Embassy-sponsored jazz group. LIAT is vital [...] | 2006-03-02 17:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELAB PREL PGOV KPAO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN429 | GRENADA: THE PRIME MINISTER, OFFSHORE BANKS AND [...] (C) Summary: Keith Mitchell's ten-year tenure as Prime Minister of Grenada has been tarnished by numerous allegations of corruption, the worst of which involve Grenada's once thriving offshore banks and its economic citizenship program. This situation was highlighted in February by the convic [...] | 2006-03-08 16:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CPAS EFIN EINV KCRM OFDP GJ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN431 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TIM HOLTZ TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Tim Holtz, Medical Officer, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to transit Barbados en route to Guyana for the period March 25-26, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, f [...] | 2006-03-08 21:15:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA XL BB |
06BRIDGETOWN432 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STEVEN YOON TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Steven Yoon, Epidemiologist, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to transit Barbados en route to Guyana on March 16, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, fax: 1(246)228 [...] | 2006-03-08 21:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA ASEC XL BB |
06BRIDGETOWN455 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points regarding the competing Venezuelan and Guatemalan candidacies for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council to the MFAs of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Of th [...] | 2006-03-13 21:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE UN XL |
06BRIDGETOWN458 | DELIVERED: GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: FOR GI WINES [...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche on Geographical Indications (GI): Support for the Joint Proposals on the Multilateral System for GI Wines and Spirits, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic No. 301),Barbados (Diplomatic No. 302),Dom [...] | 2006-03-14 19:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD WTRO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN469 | ST. LUCIA BY-ELECTION WON BY SUSPECTED DRUG [...] (C) Summary: The by-election held March 13 to fill a vacant seat in the St. Lucia Parliament was won by an individual suspected of drug trafficking. Richard Frederick, who ran for the seat as an independent, is currently under investigation by U.S. and St. Lucia law enforcement authorities f [...] | 2006-03-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR KCRM ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN471 | HAVE WE LOST THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN: DO WE CARE [...] SUMMARY: (C) Public positions and policies taken by Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines ) the seven nation states of the Eastern Caribbean (EC) ) appear to be diametrically opposed to those of the USG. Yet, priv [...] | 2006-03-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US XL |
06BRIDGETOWN489 | DELIVERED: POTENTIAL US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL [...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche on the US-CARICOM Ministerial Initiative on Combatting Illicit Arms Trafficking to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 317),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 318),Dominica (Diplomatic Note No. [...] | 2006-03-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL MASS AC BB DO GJ SC ST VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN490 | DELIVERD: DEMARCHE OPPOSING RESOLUTION TO EXPAND [...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche opposing a resolution to expand UN participation of dependent territories to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 334),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 335),Dominica (Diplomatic Note No. 336),S [...] | 2006-03-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV AC BB DO GJ SC ST VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN501 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Frances Asturias to travel to St. Lucia arriving March 22 and departing June 1, 2006. The purpose is to serve as management advisor for Peace Corps staff. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean based in St [...] | 2006-03-21 17:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN505 | BARBADOS REQUESTS URGENT USG ASSISTANCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley requested USG assistance in funding and setting up a Caribbean regional immigration database before Cricket World Cup 2007. Speaking during a March 17 meeting with Ambassador Kramer, Mottley asked the USG to take the regional immigrati [...] | 2006-03-21 19:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER ASEC SNAR XL |
06BRIDGETOWN529 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FITZPATRICK AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Lisa Fitzpatrick, Director and Deputy Director Ken Hunt, of CDC Global AIDS program to travel to Barbados for the period March 27-29, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: [...] | 2006-03-24 13:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA XL BB |
06BRIDGETOWN530 | HOW MANY CUBANS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cuban Government recently promised to provide hundreds of thousands of Cuban-made energy-efficient lightbulbs to the island-nations of Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Cuban aid in the region, previously confined largely to medical assistan [...] | 2006-03-24 19:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG PINR PREL XL CU VE CH |
06BRIDGETOWN533 | EASTERN CARIBBEAN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY POSSIBILITIES [...] (U) This message is in response to the action request in Ref A. See contact list in paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Caribbean is a land of missed opportunities for alternative energy. High oil prices, however, have recently brought the issue to the forefront. This is a very [...] | 2006-03-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENS SOCI EAID EPET TRGY ENRG XL CU VE |
06BRIDGETOWN553 | EASTERN CARIBBEAN MOVES TOWARD ECONOMIC UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Caribbean's small island-states are creating an economic union that could lead to political integration. Under a draft plan, the heads of government of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) would sit on a supranational body that has the authority to mak [...] | 2006-03-30 12:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EFIN PGOV PREL UK XL |
06BRIDGETOWN554 | ST. VINCENT: A VIOLENT DEATH AND A DIPLOMAT'S [...] (C) Summary: The recent death of the top aide to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, together with the departure of a British diplomat who was among the PM's closest friends, has significantly changed the political landscape of this small country. The tragic murder [...] | 2006-03-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL OFDP UK VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN578 | U.S. FAA CATEGORY ONE STATUS PRESENTATION - THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an official ceremony on March 24, organized by the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority, Ambassador Kramer presented the organization with Category One status on behalf of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. This classification could open the way for regional air [...] | 2006-04-04 12:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD AORC PREL XL AC |
06BRIDGETOWN587 | FORMER ANTIGUAN DIPLOMAT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Sir Ronald Sanders, a prominent former Antiguan diplomat, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Kramer to share his well-informed views. Sanders expressed the following opinions: Caribbean Ambassadors in Washington spend too much time at the OAS and not enough time engaging the U [...] | 2006-04-05 17:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD EINV PINR XL AC |
06BRIDGETOWN588 | FORMER ANTIGUAN DIPLOMAT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Sir Ronald Sanders, a prominent former Antiguan diplomat, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Kramer to share his well-informed views. Sanders expressed the following opinions: Caribbean Ambassadors in Washington spend too much time at the OAS and not enough time engaging the U [...] | 2006-04-05 17:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD EINV PINR XL AC |
06BRIDGETOWN602 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #20: TEXACO AND VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) and Texaco have settled their dispute over the pricing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),with the GOSV agreeing to increase the government-regulated price of this cooking fuel used in nearly every home on the island. The [...] | 2006-04-07 11:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET ETRD VC VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN603 | DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE ITU RADIO [...] Embassy Bridgetown has delivered the demarche on the U.S. Candidate for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations Board to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 396),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 397),Dominica [...] | 2006-04-07 11:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS XL |
06BRIDGETOWN605 | DELIVERED: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche Urging Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Endorsement to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 411),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 412),Dominica (Diplomatic Note No. 413),St. Kitts and Ne [...] | 2006-04-07 12:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XL |
06BRIDGETOWN612 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HERMENCE [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Hermence Matsotsa to St. Lucia for TDY from April 18 to September 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve a five month HIV/AIDS related Crisis Corps assignment in St. Lucia. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Ea [...] | 2006-04-07 20:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN628 | BARBADOS AGENDA FOR APRIL 12 CARICOM-USTR MEETING [...] (C) Ambassador Kramer exchanged views with Barbados Foreign Minister Dame Billie Miller at an April 7 Diplomatic Corps breakfast at the Hilton Hotel. At the Foreign Minister's request, the Ambassador sat next to her to discuss the upcoming April 12 United States Trade Representative (USTR) m [...] | 2006-04-11 15:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL PINR XL |
06BRIDGETOWN635 | WIN-WIN OR LOSE-LOSE: MARITIME BORDER DISPUTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 11, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague handed down its ruling finally establishing a single maritime boundary between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. The new border differs from those claimed by each of the parties in their pleadings, yet both countries a [...] | 2006-04-12 18:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS EWWT ETRD EPET PHSA TT BB GY VE XL |
06BRIDGETOWN642 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BARBER TO TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Dr. Charles Barber to travel to Dominica April 30 - May 6, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 228-8589. 3. Entry requirement [...] | 2006-04-13 14:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN645 | DELIVERED: U.S. NOT TO RUN FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy Bridgetown has delivered the demarche on the U.S. decision not to run for the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 444),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 445),Dominica (Diplomatic Note [...] | 2006-04-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM XL |
06BRIDGETOWN646 | DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] Embassy Bridgetown has delivered the demarche on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council and enclosed letter from Secretary Rice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 453),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 454),Dominica (Diplomati [...] | 2006-04-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PHUM XL |
06BRIDGETOWN647 | DELIVERED: U.S. CANDICACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche on the U.S. Candidacy for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council Seat to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 364),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 365),Dominica (Diplomatic Note [...] | 2006-04-13 15:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS AORC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN654 | ST. KITTS SUGAR TRANSITION - JOBS AVAILABLE, [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the St. Kitts Sugar Transition Team, there are around 700 former sugar workers still unemployed and about 600 available hotel jobs. (Note: St. Kitts ended its centuries-old sugar industry in 2005, after decades of financial losses at the state-run sugar company. [...] | 2006-04-19 14:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELAB ECON PREL PGOV KPAO SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN655 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BOOTHE TO TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Mr. Peter Boothe, Voucher Examiner, USAID/Jamaica to travel to Barbados on April 24-28, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 228-8 [...] | 2006-04-19 21:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA EAID BB GY XL |
06BRIDGETOWN684 | BARBADOS - EMBASSY INPUT ON OPIC-SUPPORTED [...] Summary: In response to Ref A, Post concurs with the establishment of an OPIC-supported investment fund in the region that will target Barbados, among other countries. That said, the buyout strategy outlined in paragraph 4 of reftel may face local opposition. End Summary. ---------------- [...] | 2006-04-21 20:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN694 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ANGELA DAVIS TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for the following person to attend the Latin American & Caribbean Avian Influenza Meeting on May 3-5, 2006. Name: Angela Davis Title: Program Management Specialist Purpose: To attend the Avian Influenza Meeting Passport Number: PC611409 - ( [...] | 2006-04-25 18:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB PE XL XM |
06BRIDGETOWN700 | ST. LUCIA: VIOLENT CRIMES HIGHLIGHT POOR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of violent crimes has drawn attention to St. Lucia's poor security situation, which has the potential to hurt this Caribbean nation's tourism- dependent economy. In the course of only a few weeks, several St. Lucians were killed, the nation's Roman Catholic Bishop was [...] | 2006-04-26 20:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN703 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PEREZ FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to George Perez, Senior Aviation Security Inspector,Transportation Security Administration, for travel to St. Lucia May 3-7, 2006. Mr. Perez is conducting air carrier station inspections of U.S. air carriers, and monitoring and observin [...] | 2006-04-27 15:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN744 | CLARITY OF PURPOSE ACHIEVED ON CWC REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mottley hosted a meeting between Embassy officials and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director of Foreign Operations in Customs and Border Protection (CBP),Charles Stallworth, April 18, 2006. The meeting proved to be beneficial as it de [...] | 2006-05-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER ASEC CPAS XL |
06BRIDGETOWN746 | BARBADOS AND CUBA - LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 18:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN753 | CARIBBEAN WHALING VOTES SOLD TO JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Caribbean nations sold Japan their support for ending the international ban on whaling, complain environmentalists who fear that the Caribbean could help Japan overturn this prohibition during the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) June meeting in St. Kitts and Nevis. The [...] | 2006-05-03 21:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN754 | ST. VINCENT: A DEMOCRACY UNDER STRESS [...] (C) Summary: Democracy is under threat in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, according to an increasing number of Vincentians who warn that the PM's fondness for the leaders of Cuba and Venezuela is indicative of his autocratic nature. Gonsalves's detractors a [...] | 2006-05-03 21:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KDEM CU VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN755 | CRICKET BREAKFAST SERVES UP FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kramer met controversial Texan billionaire Allen Stanford for the first time at an April 21 "Legends of Cricket" breakfast in Barbados. Stanford bent the Ambassador's ear concerning his significant new tourism and property investments in Antigua and plans for his Caribbean S [...] | 2006-05-03 22:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EAIR EFIN PREL PGOV PINR KCRM AC BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN76 | THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) During a recent visit to the region, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Agustin Carstens expressed concern that Caribbean nations would take on more debt through the concessionary financing scheme offered by Venezuela's PetroCaribe oil initiative. Carstens spoke hi [...] | 2006-01-12 13:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CPAS EAID EFIN TW XL |
06BRIDGETOWN772 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ANJABEBU ASRAT [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Anjabebu Asrat to travel to St. Lucia for TDY from May 8 to October 31, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve as six month HIV/AIDS related Crisis Corps assignment in St. Lucia. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps [...] | 2006-05-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN785 | CORRECTED COPY: CARIBBEAN WHALING VOTES SOLD TO [...] (U) Corrected copy of ref A, which did not include the EST Collective as an addressee. 2. (C) Summary: Caribbean nations sold Japan their support for ending the international ban on whaling, complain environmentalists who fear that the Caribbean could help Japan overturn this prohibition d [...] | 2006-05-08 18:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN804 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JULIE CICCARONE [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Country Desk Officer Julie Ciccarone to travel to St. Lucia for TDY from May 22 to June 4, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the close of service conference for Peace Corps volunteers as well as attending training [...] | 2006-05-10 16:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN816 | DELIVERED: U.S. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE [...] Embassy Bridgetown has delivered the demarche on the U.S. National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza by fax to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs for the governments of Antigua and Barbuda (diplomatic note 0547),Barbados (diplomatic note 0548),Dominica (diplomatic note 0549),St. Kitts and Nevi [...] | 2006-05-11 20:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV KPAO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN826 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICHARD PYLE TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Special Services Officer, Richard Pyle to travel to St. Lucia for TDY from May 11 to May 17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet staff and volunteers in St. Kitts and St. Lucia. 2. Embassy Bridgetown would like to [...] | 2006-05-12 19:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN829 | MALAYSIA PRIME MINISTER VISITS ST. VINCENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines over the course of four days in April and May for what was touted by St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves as a follow-up to his successful March visit to Malaysia and Singapore. Whil [...] | 2006-05-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV OVIP PGOV PINR PREL JM MY VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN841 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TRAVEL TO GRENADA [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to the following persons for travel to Grenada on or about May 23, 2006. Nidhi Tandon Shannon Pritchard Hannah Dupal Anna Biroo Christine Wilson Catherine Ormond Mary Seraphin Julia Winston Dauphine Cato Ammorelle Edwards Joclyn Trumpet [...] | 2006-05-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA GJ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN85 | ST. VINCENT OPPOSITION CHALLENGES ELECTION RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: St. Vincent and the Grenadines opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) has challenged the outcome of the nation's December 7, 2005, election, in which the ruling Unity Labor Party (ULP) won 12 Parliamentary seats to the NDP's 3. Charging that voting irregularities could have alt [...] | 2006-01-13 14:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN855 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL TAYLOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to USAID personnel Michael Taylor for travel to Grenada on May 23 - 25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings related to the review and close out of GBAR SME activity at Belmont Estate. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not req [...] | 2006-05-16 21:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA GJ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN87 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AI [...] The following is in response to questions posed by reftel. -------------------------- Preparedness/Communication -------------------------- 2. Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and containing a pandemic once it occurs [...] | 2006-01-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON PREL SENV TBIO SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN875 | DOMINICA'S DIPLOMATIC TROUBLE WITH SWITZERLAND [...] (C) Summary: Dominica brought Switzerland to the International Court of Justice over the Swiss decision to strip a Dominica "diplomat" of his diplomatic status. Russian-born Roman Lakschin, who obtained Dominica citizenship through the Caribbean island-state's economic citizenship program, wa [...] | 2006-05-19 18:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN877 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #21 - CHAVEZ MAY ALLOW PRIVATE [...] (C) Summary: The Executive Director of Simpson Oil Limited (SOL) believes that Venezuela may work through SOL to import and distribute PetroCaribe fuel in the Eastern Caribbean. Such a move would contradict PetroCaribe's design as a government-only oil agreement. SOL used its participation [...] | 2006-05-19 21:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV XL VE |
06BRIDGETOWN889 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAMACHO FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),Aviation Safety Inspector Joaquin Camacho for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on May 31, 2006. Mr. Camacho will perform en-route inspections to "certificate Holder Coastal Air as part of work program." [...] | 2006-05-23 17:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN890 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HALLDORSON, BACHMAN, [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Treasury Advisors Marvin Halldorson, Shirley Bachman, and Rickey Hector for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 4-30. Mr. Halldorson departs June 24. The Treasury Advisors will conduct a Gaming Course Phase I and Internet Gaming workshop [...] | 2006-05-23 19:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN891 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO COTTER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Offical, Office of International Affairs (OIA) Patrick Cotter to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from June 3-10, 2006. Mr. Cotter will attend the Third Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition in colla [...] | 2006-05-24 19:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN896 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NOAA EMPLOYEES FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) employees Jeffrey Breiwick, Robert Rownell, Phillip Clapham, Megan Dohahue, Douglas Demaster, Peggy Krahn, Rick Leduc, Da [...] | 2006-05-25 19:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY EFIS OTRA AMGT KSCA SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN899 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HAMILTON TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. O'Neil Hamilton to travel to Antigua for the period May 30 to June 2, 2006 and to Dominica June 6-10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct four Public Outreach 101 training workshops. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not requir [...] | 2006-05-25 19:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA AC DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN906 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BERNARD LINK FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Bernard E. Link, Regional Environmental Officer, for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 4-10, 2006. Mr. Link will participate in the Third Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition in collaboration with the 12th Annual Wider Caribbean Was [...] | 2006-05-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN910 | CLOCK TICKING (LOUDLY) ON CARIBBEAN IMMIGRATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the second ad hoc CARICOM Attorneys General meeting in Jamaica (Reftel A),Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mottley requested a meeting with Ambassador Kramer to discuss the urgency of getting USG commitment for [...] | 2006-05-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN911 | BARBADOS/TRINIDAD MARITIME BOUNDARY DISPUTE: THE [...] (C) Summary: Barbados Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Teresa Marshall invited representatives from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. to the MFA for a private briefing on the recently settled Barbados/Trinidad maritime boundary dispute. Marshall painted a picture of slipper [...] | 2006-05-26 19:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS EPET EFIS PREL BB TT XL |
06BRIDGETOWN913 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RICHARD DAVIS FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Richard Davis, Management and Program Analyst, Center for Disease Control (CDC),for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 4-11, 2006. Mr. Davis will participate in the Third Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition and will present the PAH [...] | 2006-05-26 20:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA KSCA AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN924 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KRUSE AND HILLARY FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service employees Edward Kruse and Anne Hillary. Mr. Kruse will visit Antigua and Barbuda June 5-9, to meet with the Caribbean Health Institute and government representatives on [...] | 2006-05-30 18:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AC ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN936 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CIOMPERLIK FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Michael Ciomperlik, Entomologist, Plant Protection and Quarantine Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture for travel to Barbados July 13-21, 2006, and September 24-October 7, 2006. Mr. Ciompe [...] | 2006-05-31 21:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAGR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN937 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WACKOWSKI AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Stephen Wackowski, Professional Staff Member, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee (SCOM) for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis June 14-21, 2006. Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Todd Bertoson, Senator Ted Ste [...] | 2006-05-31 21:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OREP AFIN SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN944 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HURR AND VON GIEJER [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Representative Allan Hurr and TSA Senior Aviation Security Inspector Dan Von Giejer for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis June 5-9, 2006. The travelers will assess security conditions and inspect the [...] | 2006-06-01 20:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN950 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BENEFICIARIES OF CBTPA [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered via fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #685, Barbados #686, Dominica #687, St. Kitts #688, St. Lucia #689, St. Vincent #690, and Grenada #691) on June 1, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were mailed on June 2, 2006. 2. P [...] | 2006-06-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN951 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MCLANAHAN AND ALLAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Officials Elizabeth McLanahan, International Affairs Specialist, and Heather Allan, International Affairs Fellow, for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 5-7, 2006. Travelers will attend [...] | 2006-06-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN952 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OLTMANS AND JOHNSON [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Officials Samuel J. Oltmans, Physicist, and Bryan J. Johnson, Chemist, for travel to Barbados June 25-30, 2006. Travelers will set up a surface ozone monitoring site and balloon oz [...] | 2006-06-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY SENV BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN953 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LISA ANDREWS FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Lisa Andrews, National Park Service, Outdoor/Educational Specialist, Big Cypress National Preserve, for travel to Grenada June 19 - July 1, 2006. Ms. Andrews will provide technical assistance to the Grenada Park Flight Project on behalf of t [...] | 2006-06-02 18:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY SCUL SENV KSCA GJ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN963 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO U.S. IWC DELEGATION [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to members of the U.S. International Whaling Commission (IWC) Delegation for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis. Members of the delegation will begin arriving on/about June 7, and will depart o/a June 22. The delegation will attend the 58th Annual [...] | 2006-06-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA ETRD SENV EFIS KSCA SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN968 | THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer traveled to Tokyo in May to meet Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other officials. Accompanied by Antigua Minister for Tourism Harold Lovell and the country's new Ambassador to Japan and representative to the International Wh [...] | 2006-06-07 19:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL OFDP OVIP SENV JA XL |
06BRIDGETOWN978 | CUBAN-EASTERN CARIBBEAN LOVE AFFAIR CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Cuba and the Eastern Caribbean continued their very public romance in May. The St. Lucia Prime Minister traveled to Havana and returned with a pledge from Cuba to train 300 St. Lucian nurses, while his Government praised the "wonders" of Cuba's eye care assistance program. Dom [...] | 2006-06-08 18:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID CU XL |
06BRIDGETOWN979 | FREEDOM OF THE PRESS THREATENED IN THE EASTERN [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Freedom of the press is threatened in the Eastern Caribbean by governments that are increasingly intolerant of criticism. Government officials in several countries have threatened to impose legal standards upon what they complain is an unrestrained media that engages in li [...] | 2006-06-08 18:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN992 | EASTERN CARIBBEAN DELAYS ENTERING CARICOM SINGLE [...] (SBU) Summary: CARICOM's delay in setting up a special fund for less developed countries threatens to further postpone the entry of the small nations of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) into the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The OECS members made the establishm [...] | 2006-06-09 19:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD EAID PGOV PREL XL |
06BRIDGETOWN993 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WHALEY FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to David Whaley, Professional Staff Member, House Resources Committee (HRESO),for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from June 15-21, 2006. Mr. Whaley will attend the International Whaling Commission's 58th Annual Meeting as part of the U.S. Deleg [...] | 2006-06-09 20:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OTRA SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN994 | STAFFING DATA REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-09 21:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN997 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO USPS AND DOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dennis Delehanty, Director of Postal Affairs, Bureau of International Organizations, U.S. Dept. of State; Michael Regan, Director, International Postal Affairs, U.S. Postal Service; Brian Hutchins, International Postal Affairs Specialist, U.S [...] | 2006-06-09 21:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AORC VC XL |
06GENEVA2348 | ILC - JAMAICA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR PROFESSOR [...] U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Jamaica requesting USG support for the candidacy of Professor Stephen Vasciannie for election to the International Law Commission at elections to be held in New York during the 61st session of the United Nations Genera [...] | 2006-09-22 11:45:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA UNSC JM XL |
06GEORGETOWN151 | GUYANA ASSUMES CHAIR OF RIO GROUP [...] (U) SUMMARY. Guyana has assumed chairmanship of the Rio Group from Argentina. At the handing over ceremony FonMin Insanally emphasized that the group will focus on democracy and human rights, poverty alleviation, and multilateralism under Guyana's stewardship. Guyana has a proud history of l [...] | 2006-02-13 20:39:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EU HA XM XL GY UN |
06GEORGETOWN203 | CARICOM QUESTIONS ON MINISTERIAL AGENDA AND [...] (U) Ambassador met with CARICOM A/SYG for Community and Foreign Relations, Ambassador Colin Granderson, March 1 to briefly discuss upcoming ministerial with Secretary Rice. Granderson gave Ambassador a non-paper containing CARICOM's proposed agenda, questions pertaining to the working meals, [...] | 2006-03-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XL |
06GEORGETOWN21 | CARICOM A/SGY DISCUSSES PROPOSED MINISTERIAL [...] (U) On January 4, Ambassador and DCM met with Ambassador Colin Granderson, CARICOM A/SGY for Foreign and Community Relations, to discuss the agenda for the Secretary's proposed February meeting with CARICOM SIPDIS foreign ministers. 2. (SBU) Granderson is awaiting responses from CARICOM [...] | 2006-01-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XL CARICOM |
06GEORGETOWN242 | CUBA ON DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE IN CARIBBEAN [...] (U) Cuba's Ambassador to Guyana and CARICOM, Alejandro Marchante Castellanos, presented his credentials to CARICOM SYG Edwin Carrington March 10. In his remarks, Castellanos said that Cuba planned to establish four new diplomatic missions in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Vincent and the [...] | 2006-03-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL GY XL CU |
06GEORGETOWN258 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-CARICOM INITIATIVE TO [...] DCM delivered demarche per reftel March 17 to Ambassador Elizabeth Harper, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General. Harper was receptive to the concept of the initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking In Arms. She recognized the proposal as a step towards moving the U.S.-CARICOM dialogue [...] | 2006-03-17 20:25:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS PARM PREL XL GY CARICOM |
06GEORGETOWN299 | PROPOSED AGENDA FOR APRIL 12 CARICOM-USTR [...] an extension of the waiver for CBI (which expired in December 2005) 2. possibility of negotiating an appropriate US-CARICOM Trade Agreement 3. a re-configured Trade and Investment Council and the modalities attendant hereto (as suggested by the US Secretary of State on the occasion of t [...] | 2006-03-30 19:43:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL EAGR ECIN XL GY |
06GEORGETOWN344 | OAS OBSERVERS FOR GUYANA, CONCERN OVER ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. OAS A/SYG Ramdin led a three-person OAS mission to Guyana April 6-11 that paves the way for an OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) with a broader role of ensuring that Guyana has elections. His visit coincided with the Guyana Elections Commission's (GECOM) capitulation that [...] | 2006-04-18 14:16:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OAS XL GY |
06GEORGETOWN365 | Venezuela and the Caribbean [...] Following is text of the editorial in today's Stabroek News newspaper, Guyana's leading independent newspaper. The editorial is a good reflection of the Guyanese thinking man's view of Venezuela, Chavez, and the 160 year-old boundary dispute. 2. BEGIN TEXT: It was columnist Mr. Reggie D [...] | 2006-04-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS ECIN EINV EPET EAID XL VE GY |
06GEORGETOWN5 | Guyanese Business Optimistic as CSME Approaches [...] On Christmas Day, GOG President Jagdeo signed documents indicating Guyana's commitment to the CSME, becoming the sixth CARICOM head of state to do so. This was the culmination of several initiatives aimed at preparing Guyana for CSME compliance by January 1. In other recent developments, parli [...] | 2006-01-03 16:18:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ECON BEXP XL GY CARICOM |
06GEORGETOWN519 | GUYANA'S SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S UNSC PUSH UP IN [...] (U) Ambassador delivered demarche May 31 per reftel to Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudy Insanally. 2. (C) Insanally is "sympathetic to Guatemala's ambition" for the Latin American non-permanent UNSC seat, but the "bugbear" remains its border issue with Belize. He referred more than once t [...] | 2006-06-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC GY XL |
06GEORGETOWN63 | CARICOM SYG DISCUSSES MINISTERIAL MEETING AGENDA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with CARICOM SYG Carrington January 17 to discuss proposed ministerial between Secretary and CARICOM FonMins. Carrington suggested postponing the meeting until the week of March 27. CARICOM is in general agreement with the five broad agenda topics, but requested [...] | 2006-01-19 12:26:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XL CARICOM |
06GEORGETOWN651 | NO CARICOM CONSENSUS YET ON UNSC SEAT [...] (U) Under the headline "Venezuela or Guatemala for UN seat? Caricom still undecided", the independent Stabroek News reported July 6 that the CARICOM Heads of Government have refrained from reaching consensus on a regional block vote for the UNSC seat. Guyana FonMin Insanally's comments indica [...] | 2006-07-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS UNSC CARICOM GY XL |
06GEORGETOWN69 | HAITI COOL TO CARICOM OFFER TO OBSERVE, ASSIST [...] (SBU) During a meeting on a separate issue with CARICOM SYG Carrington on January 17, CARICOM A/SYG Granderson told Ambassador that "after much procrastination" Haiti had informed CARICOM that "Haiti does not really need CARICOM technical assistance for the elections". Granderson is trying to [...] | 2006-01-19 21:52:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM GY HA XL CARICOM |
06GEORGETOWN96 | CARICOM TO OBSERVE HAITI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-27 19:29:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM HA XL |
06KINGSTON1007 | CARICOM MINISTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY MEET TO [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting of CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement addressing security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 held in Kingston on May 19 and 21, ministers were very receptive to proposals for USG assistance, through the OAS Inter-American Committee Aga [...] | 2006-05-22 19:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS OAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM |
06KINGSTON1118 | GOJ REQUEST FOR DELEGATION TO MEET STAKEHOLDERS IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In response to a request from Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott of the Ministry of National Security (MNS),Econoff met on June 5 with Scott and with O'Neal Hamilton, Special Advisor to the Chairman, CARICOM Subcommittee on Re [...] | 2006-06-07 19:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL JM |
06KINGSTON1269 | STATE/DHS DELEGATION DISCUSSES CRICKET WORLD CUP [...] (C) Summary: DHS A/S Randy Beardsworth led a joint State/DHS delegation meeting with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Phillips in Kingston on June 22 to discuss security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC). Phillips proposed an international advisory group established [...] | 2006-06-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM |
06KINGSTON1805 | JAMAICA: DEBT AND ANEMIC GROWTH ENCUMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-12 20:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR SOCI IDB IMF JM XL |
06KINGSTON2020 | JAMAICA: TRAFIGURA SCANDAL MAY AFFECT TIMING OF GENERAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Trafigura scandal delineated septel has forced the resignation of Colin Campbell, Minister of Information and Development and PNP General Secretary, and may cause the Prime Minister to wait to call elections until late next year. Prior to this latest imbroglio, many observers had spec [...] | 2006-10-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET KCOR XL XK JM |
06KINGSTON2151 | JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador Johnson and Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, met October 30 to discuss a range of common concerns. Minister Phillips noted that the October 26 meeting with DHS Secretary Chertoff in Port of Spain, Trinidad, had been a positive one, if somewhat shorter than CARIC [...] | 2006-10-31 20:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MARR XL JM |
06KINGSTON2189 | JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION [...] (U) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll commissioned by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. Since Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) became head of the PNP and Prime Min [...] | 2006-11-07 19:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK |
06KINGSTON2251 | JAMAICA: OPPOSITION JAMAICAN LABOUR PARTY STAGES [...] (C) With music blaring and clouds of ganga floating in the air, the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) staged its 63rd Annual Conference November 18-19 at the National Arena in Kingston. Local media estimated the crowd of green-clad supporters in the "tens of thousands," with the vast majority watchin [...] | 2006-11-20 16:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EDU PINR SOCI XL XK JM |
06KINGSTON2313 | PNP CAGEY OVER LOCAL ELECTION DATE [...] (C) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) continues its evasiveness on when elections will finally be called. During two recent private meetings with Emboffs, however, PNP officials strongly suggested that local elections would be held in January. General elections would be held, contacts [...] | 2006-11-29 19:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JM XL |
06KINGSTON2314 | (C) AIR JAMAICA: REPORTS OF MY DEMISE ARE NOT [...] (C) The GOJ simply does not grasp the dire predicament faced by Air Jamaica. The carrier literally could cease operations at any time, much like the situation with Swissair in October 2001. A cocktail of enormous and growing debt, a lack of political will to make painful and expensive choices [...] | 2006-11-29 19:37:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV JM XL |
06KINGSTON2328 | JAMAICA: CDA'S MEETING WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a regular bimonthly meeting with GOJ Permanent Secretary Douglas Saunders, he and CDA discussed a range of areas of mutual interest. CDA, accompanied by econoff, delivered reftel talking points on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI),the Millennium Challenge Corp [...] | 2006-12-01 19:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ETRD EFIN KMCA OAS MARR MOPS JM XL |
06KINGSTON2384 | JAMAICA: MALARIAL OUTBREAK UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Jamaican malaria outbreak (reftel) will likely get worse before it gets better, according to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Country Director Dr. Ernest Pate. In private discussions with Embassy officials on December 8, Pate said that there are 53 confirmed cases, but [...] | 2006-12-08 18:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI TBIO CASC PGOV AID CDC JM XL |
06KINGSTON2396 | JAMAICA: INPUT FOR 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The following is keyed to reftel, para. nine: General Assessment ------------------ No acts of international terrorism of major significance occurred in Jamaica in 2006. Safe Haven Assessment --------------------- Jamaica is not known as a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist organiz [...] | 2006-12-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JM XL |
06KINGSTON2409 | JAMAICA: PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS UNFEASIBLE [...] (C) Summary: On December 18, econoff delivered ref. A talking points to O'Neil Hamilton, Special Advisor to Minister of National Security (MNS) Peter Phillips. On December 19, DCM reiterated the points to MNS Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott, and econoff followed up with SIPDIS Hamilton o [...] | 2006-12-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR KJUS XL |
06KINGSTON563 | GOJ'S RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) March 16, Poloff delivered reftel talking points via facsimile to Joy Wheeler, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. On March 20, Poloff received a response from Karl Hamilton, Ministry of National Security, through Claudette Francis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2006-03-21 14:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL JM |
06NASSAU442 | SCENESETTER FOR NASSAU CARICOM MINISTERIAL: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's March 21-22 meeting in Nassau with CARICOM foreign ministers offers an opportunity to frame a positive, forward-looking agenda for our relations with the Caribbean. With the Haitian elections behind us, the ministerial will allow us to reinvigorate our cooperation [...] | 2006-03-14 21:10:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF ECON ETRD OTRA PGOV PREL SNAR XL |
06PARAMARIBO736 | NO RESPONSE YET IN SURINAME TO CARICOM ON UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 19:01:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA XL NS |
06PARIS1732 | FRANCE ON EXPANDING UN PARTICIPATION OF DEPENDENT [...] Deputy Polcouns discussed reftel points on rights of dependent territories March 16 and again March 17 with MFA IO Political Affairs DAS-equivalent Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, whose office is also responsible for decolonization issues but does not deal directly with the UN Economic Commission f [...] | 2006-03-17 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL FR PGOV ECON XL UNO ECLAC |
06PORTOFPAIN568 | CABLE TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad affiliate of DIRECTV has threatened legal action against T&T cable company Columbus Communications if Columbus does not cease illegally broadcasting HBO U.S. signals. The threat appears to be partly directed at the T&T regulator, which as yet has taken no action to require C [...] | 2006-05-08 19:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN1333 | T&T WILL NOT "SOFTEN" RESOLUTION ON ABOLITION OF [...] In a planned double-pronged approach to the MFA, Polchief shared the U.S. preferred language for preambular paragraph 8, on November 17, with MFA Multilateral Division Director Susan Gordon. The Ambassador then raised the issue with Minister of Foreign Affairs Arnold Piggott, the order of con [...] | 2006-11-20 18:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1344 | MANNING AND CHERTOFF: CLOSER COLLABORATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Manning hosted DHS Secretary Chertoff for a bilateral meeting on October 26, SIPDIS prior to a multilateral meeting with CARICOM representatives (reported septel). In the meeting, Manning assured Secretary Chertoff on Cricket World Cup security preparations [...] | 2006-11-22 17:58:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1349 | SECRETARY AND CARICOM: BROAD DIALOGUE NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary Chertoff,s October 26 meeting with CARICOM representatives highlighted the potential for greater cooperation building on existing structures for Cricket World Cup 2007. CARICOM is happy to receive assistance for Cricket World Cup, and further collaboration on interdic [...] | 2006-11-24 10:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN1394 | DEALINE LOOMING ON APIS LEGISLATION [...] On December 5, Ambassador Austin delivered Reftel talking points to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph, regarding the urgent need for enactment of legislation relative to the Advance Passenger Information System before December 25. In addition, the Ambassador raised the issue earlie [...] | 2006-12-07 18:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR KJUS PGOV PREL TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN1445 | PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS UNFEASIBLE:T&T RESPONSE [...] Ambassador Austin delivered the points contained in Reftel to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph, discussing them with the minister on three separate occasions. The Ambassador emphasized to Joseph the technical impossibility, at this late stage in the development of the software for [...] | 2006-12-21 14:17:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR KJUS XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN164 | T&T'S FOREIGN MINISTER PREVIEWS CARICOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Gift previewed the agenda for the February 9-10 CARICOM Intersessional meeting. Gift expects PetroCaribe will generate significant debate at the meeting. He also anticipates that CARICOM's relations with Haiti will warm some after the meeting. Gift inquired ab [...] | 2006-02-02 19:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN204 | CARICOM ON CRICKET WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS [...] (U) Prime Minister Keith Mitchell of Grenada provided a mid-morning press briefing on February 9 during the CARICOM Inter-Sessional meeting on the state of play of Cricket World Cup (CWC) preparations and the status of West Indies cricket more generally. Mitchell opened by noting that West I [...] | 2006-02-13 19:50:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN217 | CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL WRAP-UP: PETROCARIBE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the final press conference of the 17th CARICOM Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting, members announced that they had resolved two of the most contentious issues, Haiti's status in CARICOM and PetroCaribe. On PetroCaribe, T&T decided to support suspension of the common [...] | 2006-02-14 20:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ETRD EPET XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN489 | OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND - TRINIDAD [...] Post is pleased to comment on reftel report of a possible OPIC-supported investment fund. AIC has had a presence in T&T since 2003. We understand that it was founded and is controlled by Jamaican Michael Lee-Chin, now residing in Canada. In July 2005, Central Bank Governor Williams spoke at [...] | 2006-04-25 11:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OPIC EFIN TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN529 | JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: Energy dominated the visit of Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller to Trinidad April 24-26. Regional crime, drug trafficking and security concerns relating to the 2007 Cricket World Cup also figured in discussions she had with T&T PM Patrick Manning. No new agreements came [...] | 2006-04-28 19:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD PREL TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN568 | CABLE TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad affiliate of DIRECTV has threatened legal action against T&T cable company Columbus Communications if Columbus does not cease illegally broadcasting HBO U.S. signals. The threat appears to be partly directed at the T&T regulator, which as yet has taken no action to require C [...] | 2006-05-08 19:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN662 | GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: APPROACH TO TRINIDAD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 15:04:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR WTRO TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN663 | WTO WAIVER FOR CBTPA BENEFICIARIES [...] A/DCM delivered points from reftel on June 1 to Razia Ali, MFA Director for International Trade. Ali appreciated the fact that we were approaching other beneficiary countries of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) and Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). Ali had raise [...] | 2006-06-01 15:35:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO OAS TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN671 | OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO [...] (SBU) A/DCM made reftel demarche early on June 1 with Kathleen Seenarine, MFA Americas Department acting director. Seenarine said she was familiar with both issues, having prepared the briefing book for Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift. She committed to convey our request at once via email to t [...] | 2006-06-02 13:53:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL XL TD MX |
06PORTOFSPAIN672 | OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO [...] (SBU) A/DCM made reftel demarche early on June 1 with Kathleen Seenarine, MFA Americas Department acting director. Seenarine said she was familiar with both issues, having prepared the briefing book for Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift. She committed to convey our request at once via email to t [...] | 2006-06-02 13:53:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL XL TD MX |
06PORTOFSPAIN690 | CWC ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE: DETAILS WOULD BE [...] (U) Political Officer delivered the demarche contained reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk, Multilateral Affairs Desk and Protocol Office (as each office has a hand due to how this assistance is proposed to be delivered),and passed a copy to the Office of the Prime Minist [...] | 2006-06-05 17:32:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER OAS XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN787 | PARAGUAY TO MEET CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES ON WTO [...] A brief AP story appeared in the June 28 Trinidad Express business supplement regarding Paraguay and the waiver in the World Trade Organization (reftels) for countries enjoying benefits of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). The article, reporting on a recent meeting in Guyana, [...] | 2006-06-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO EAID TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN807 | T&T MFA ON UPCOMING UN ISSUES [...] (C) Political Officer and Political Assistant/Reader met with Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ms. Roanna Gopaul, on July 5 to discuss the UN Security Council election. Gopaul indicated that T&T had not yet decided between Guatemala and Venezuela, and was well aware of the U.S. posit [...] | 2006-07-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA SMIG XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN841 | T&T MFA ON CARICOM'S UNSC CANDIDATE CRITERIA [...] (C) Political Officer met with Ms. Sandra Honore, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs CARICOM division on July 13. She stated, in no uncertain terms, that the CARICOM communique issued after the St. Kitts Heads of Government Meeting in early July outlines a clear set of criteria that any [...] | 2006-07-14 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN849 | IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY DETAILS CARICOM CWC [...] (C) According to Lancelot Sellman, Director of CARICOM's Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS),the decisions made at the July 3 Heads of Government meeting will allow Cricket World Cup (CWC) security preparations to move forward at full speed. He clarified the establishment o [...] | 2006-07-18 11:37:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CVIS KCRM CARICOM XL TD |
06SANJOSE2259 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING [...] Summary. Energy production and distribution in Costa Rica are controlled by two parastatal entities. If the U.S.- Central America-DR Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) is ratified and comes into force before the March 2008 deadline, CAFTA-DR will require opening of some sectors of the economy, b [...] | 2006-10-13 19:59:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PGOV XK XL XM |
06SANTODOMINGO1418 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CIVIL [...] Per reftel, Embassy contacted the following pro-democracy civil society organizations to encourage their registration as "Special Guests" to attend the OAS General Assembly: -- Human Rights Institute Santo Domingo, -- Foundation for Institutionality and Justice (FINJUS),-- Center for Integra [...] | 2006-05-02 11:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | OAS PREL PHUM XK XL XM XR XS |
06SANTODOMINGO3759 | CODEL ENGEL: HAITIAN ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 9-10 Congressional visit led by Rep. Eliot Engel touched some of the most sensitive points in the Dominican psyche. The group had intended to learn about a range of issues, but their trip, truncated by a late departure from Washington, was defined in the Dominican [...] | 2006-12-18 18:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR PHUM PREF PREL EWWT DR XL OREP ELAB |
06SANTODOMINGO947 | UN ECLAC: DEPENDENT TERRITORIES DEMARCHE - [...] Embassy political officer met with MFA under secretary for economic affairs and trade negotiations Juan Guiliani Cury on March 16 to deliver reftel demarche opposing Caricom efforts to allow associate members to participate in ECOSOC and subordinate bodies. Political officer emphasized the ex [...] | 2006-03-17 12:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECLAC XL DR |
06THEHAGUE311 | NETHERLANDS/CARIBBEAN: MOD ON CARRIER PORT CALL [...] (U) This contains an information request for State Department (paragraph 6). 2. (C) Summary: DATT and poloffs met on January 9 with Major General Bertholee, Director of Operational Readiness, The Netherlands Defense Staff, Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) to discuss Caribbean Lion (CL),Part [...] | 2006-02-10 14:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS SNAR NT VE XL |
06THEHAGUE353 | NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: DUTCH CABINET HAS [...] (C) This is an action/guidance request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Dutch cabinet is seized with the issue of proposed carrier port calls to the Netherlands Antilles and is expected to discuss it, as well as the upcoming Caribbean Lion exercise, at the February 17 cabinet meeti [...] | 2006-02-16 10:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE |
06THEHAGUE386 | NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: GONL WILL APPROVE [...] (C) The MFA has informed us that the GONL would approve a formal request for a carrier visit by USS George Washington to St. Maarten in mid-April. They would also approve cruiser and destroyer visits to Curacao and Aruba. 2. (C) In a conversation February 21 with CDA, Marion Kappeyne van d [...] | 2006-02-22 06:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE |
07BRIDGETOWN1001 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NORTON AND HIGGS FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Gregory Norton, Special Agent, NCIS and Ms. Tracy Higgs, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from August 12 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to liaise with USMLO, RSO, DEA and host nations' law enforcement [...] | 2007-08-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1021 | ST. LUCIAN HOUSING MINISTER RICHARD FREDERICK MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucian Housing Minister, Richard Frederick, returned for police questioning on July 18 as part of an investigation against Frederick's alleged customs violations. Various authorities and observers are concerned that the Director of Public Prosecutions will not pursue the cas [...] | 2007-08-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1025 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING, [...] (SBU) In response to the latest tracking of Tropical Storm Dean, Ambassador Ourisman chaired an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, attended by A/DCM, P/E, RSO, DET CDR, LEGATT, DEA, IRS, CON, ORA, IPO, MLO, USAID, OFDALAC, PAS, and GSO. Also in attendance [...] | 2007-08-15 21:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BB CASC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1028 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...] | 2007-08-16 19:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1029 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...] | 2007-08-16 19:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1032 | HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1 [...] (U) As of August 16, Tropical Storm Dean intensified to a category two hurricane, moving toward the west at approximately 23 mph, with maximum sustained winds of up to 100 mph. As of 1700 hours, Hurricane Dean was located 210 miles east-northeast of Barbados and approximately 305 miles east o [...] | 2007-08-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC EAID XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1033 | HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1 [...] (U) As of August 16, Tropical Storm Dean intensified to a category two hurricane, moving toward the west at approximately 23 mph, with maximum sustained winds of up to 100 mph. As of 1700 hours, Hurricane Dean was located 210 miles east-northeast of Barbados and approximately 305 miles east o [...] | 2007-08-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC EAID XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1035 | HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #2 [...] (U) At approximately 0200 hours EST, Hurricane Dean made its way past Barbados as a Category-2 hurricane. Dean's center was approximately 85 miles east-southeast of Martinique and 90 miles north-northwest of Barbados, traveling at a rate of 23 mph and with winds up to 100 mph. Embassy Bridget [...] | 2007-08-17 17:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1037 | HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FROM THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] Many Eastern Caribbean countries are still formulating their delegations to the 62nd UN General Assembly. Eastern Caribbean delegations will not require interpretation services. Post also informed all married Heads of Government of the First Lady's Event on Literacy and Health, September 24, [...] | 2007-08-17 18:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SOCI TSPL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1038 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-08-17 18:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1039 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-08-17 18:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN104 | ST. LUCIA: NEWLY APPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia's newly appointed Foreign Minister, Rufus Bousquet, visited the U.S. Embassy in Barbados on January 18 to discuss his visa ineligibility with the Consul General. FM Bousquet also paid a courtesy call on the DCM, who asked about APIS legislation for Cricket World Cup an [...] | 2007-01-30 21:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1042 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARSTELLER AND DONNELLY FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Suzanne Marsteller, Special Agent, NCIS and Mr. Thomas Donnelly, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Saint Lucia from August 19 - 24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to liaise with host nation law enforcement and also to p [...] | 2007-08-18 17:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1043 | HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #3 [...] On August 17, Hurricane Dean moved away from the Eastern Caribbean Region, making way for national assessments team to perform damage and needs assessments. As of the end of business day, Regional Rapid Needs Assessment Teams (RNATs),assembled by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Syst [...] | 2007-08-20 10:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1052 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARMBRISTER AND MORRIS TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA/IRG Consultant Beryl Armbrister and OFDA/IRG Instructor Terry Morris to travel to St. Lucia o/a September 9-15, 2007 to deliver training for instruction course. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions [...] | 2007-08-21 14:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1054 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-08-21 18:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1055 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORE [...] Post reqests the Department's assistance in screening thefollowing candidate who has been nominatedfor training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominated f [...] | 2007-08-21 18:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1056 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-08-21 18:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1060 | DECLARATION OF DISASTER: DOMINICA AND ST. LUCIA [...] As a result of the passage of Hurricane Dean on August 16/17 the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is beyond the capability of the governments of St. Lucia and the Commonwealth of Dominica to respond, is of sufficient magnitude to warrant U.S. government assistance, and is in [...] | 2007-08-22 21:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC EAID ST DO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1087 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WALTON AND PESARE FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Jeffrey L. Walton, Supervisory Special Agent, NCIS and Mr. Jean-Paul G. Pesare, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from September 06 - 07, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to attend a meeting with U.S Embassy of [...] | 2007-08-27 17:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1098 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S VISIT TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (SBU) Ambassador Ourisman traveled to Antigua and Barbuda August 15-16, 2007, with Embassy Bridgetown USAID Director for the Eastern Caribbean and the Regional Security Officer. The Ambassador met privately with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, as well as Minister of Health, John Maginley. The [...] | 2007-08-29 17:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PGOV PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1099 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CARLTON DUNCAN TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Carlton Duncan, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, OCOO, OD, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barbados to facilitate an orientation for the HIV Prevention Activity for the Caribbean region, September 05 - September 14, 2007. 2. Understand no Embassy assis [...] | 2007-08-30 19:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA CDCC EAID US BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1114 | ST. LUCIA PM SIR JOHN COMPTON ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: St. Lucia Prime Minister Sir John Compton's health has starkly deteriorated. On September 1, he was flown to Martinique where he is currently on life support. Compton's chosen successor, current Acting Prime Minister Stephenson King, appears positioned to officially succeed him [...] | 2007-09-04 20:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1121 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARMBRISTER AND MORRIS TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA/IRG Consultant Beryl Armbrister and OFDA/IRG Instructor Terry Morris to travel to St. Lucia o/a September 9-15, 2007 to deliver training for instruction course. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, [...] | 2007-09-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1135 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ABELAR AND HIGGS FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Hector Abelar, Special Agent, NCIS and Ms. Tracy Higgs, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from September 18 - 23, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to liaise with USMLO and RSO and to provide support for a Unit [...] | 2007-09-05 19:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1145 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...] | 2007-09-06 19:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1147 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MILLINGTON TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Robert C. Millington, USN, from September 07 - September 14, 2007. The purpose of this visit is for the implementation and training of the Defence Travel System (DTS) to USMLO staff. 2. Embassy points of contact are C [...] | 2007-09-06 21:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1168 | ST LUCIA PRIME MINISTER JOHN COMPTON PASSES AWAY [...] Prime Minister of St. Lucia Sir John Compton passed away on September 7 from a series of strokes and other complications. He was 82 years old. Compton led St. Lucia to independence from the United Kingdom in 1979, becoming the island state's first prime minister. He also served as Premier o [...] | 2007-09-10 20:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1170 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO O?NEAL FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mrs. Mitzi O?Neal, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from September 18 - 23, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to liaise with USMLO and RSO and to provide support for a United States naval ship visiting Bridgetown [...] | 2007-09-10 21:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1192 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GORMLEY [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Wilma Gormley to travel to Barbados o/a September 23-29 2007. The purpose of this visit is to work with CHART to establish a budget and SOW for the CHART Network. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID HIV Specialist, Angela [...] | 2007-09-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1196 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAIN AND KIDD [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Clarence Cain, CENTAM Project Manager and Mr. Robert Kidd, Executive Director, for travel to Barbados from September 19 - 21, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to meet with officials at the Caribbean Disaster Emergency [...] | 2007-09-13 15:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1203 | DOMINICA AFTER DEAN -- VENEZUELA WILL HELP US [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dominica has been promised assistance from Venezuela to improve infrastructure, particularly roads and retaining walls, in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean from August 16-17. These pledges far outstrip the modest assistance the USG has been able to provide to date, giving Hugo [...] | 2007-09-14 19:15:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PGOV PREL VE DO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1204 | MRS. GONSALVES ACCEPTS INVITATION TO THE LUNCHEON [...] Per reftel instructions, invitations was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Note (Antigua and Barubda #0848, Barbados #0849, St. Vincent #0850) on September 6, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post was informed through a telephone conversation [...] | 2007-09-14 20:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1205 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEONARD O/A SEPTEMBER 14-30, 2007. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Julie Leonard, USAID/OFDA Regional Advisor, from O/A September 14-30, 2007. The purpose of her visit is to provide OFDA/LAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean Hurricane Season 2007. 2. Embassy po [...] | 2007-09-14 21:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1206 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROGERS FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Ronald Rogers, USSOUTHCOM, for travel to Barbados from September 17 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to brief the MLO on the Command Strategy ? 2016 and to receive an overview and tour of the RSS Central Liaiso [...] | 2007-09-14 21:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1207 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROGERS FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Ronald Rogers, USSOUTHCOM, for travel to Barbados from September 17 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to brief the MLO on the Command Strategy - 2016 and to receive an overview and tour of the RSS Central Liaison [...] | 2007-09-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1213 | REGIONAL AIRLINE COMPETITION AND THE AMERICAN [...] (U) The Government of St. Lucia recently granted American Eagle fifth freedom rights to operate flights between St. Lucia and Barbados beginning on September 5 and future service between St. Lucia and Trinidad. The announcement created significant division between the LIAT shareholder governm [...] | 2007-09-17 21:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ELAB PREL PGOV CASC ASEC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1225 | ST. LUCIA'S NEW CABINET SPORTS FAMILIAR NAMES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 9, 2007, Prime Minister Stephenson King was sworn in as Prime Minister of St. Lucia, following Sir John Compton's death on September 7th. King appointed his new cabinet on September 12th but made few changes to his predecessor's cabinet. The new cabinet is most notab [...] | 2007-09-19 21:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1226 | COMPTON FUNERAL HIGHLIGHTS U.S. TIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Sir John Compton's funeral was extremely well-attended, with 1000 guests at the cathedral and hundreds more outside. Attendees included diplomatic dignitaries from around the world. Compton's friendship with the United States was well-documented in the provided program. The fu [...] | 2007-09-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PGOV PREL ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN123 | CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) In response to reftels, it is Embassy Bridgetown's assessment that the Eastern Caribbean countries would be highly unlikely to accept migrants or to operate camps to detain migrants. All seven of the Eastern Caribbean islands, and especially the northernmost three--Antigua and Barbuda, Do [...] | 2007-02-01 21:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV XL |
07BRIDGETOWN124 | EASTERN CARIBBEAN: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] In response to ref A request, Embassy Bridgetown has identified a number of women who hold leadership positions and have been influential in their countries and the region. Some, like Barbados' Dame Billie Miller, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Carol Jacobs, Chair of the Board of th [...] | 2007-02-01 21:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1247 | Encouraging Contributions to the Special Tribunal for [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0911, Barbados #0912, Dominica # 0913, St. Kitts #0914, St. Lucia # 0915, St. Vincent #0916) on September 19, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will re [...] | 2007-09-24 19:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER LE XL |
07BRIDGETOWN125 | GRENADA'S SCRAMBLE FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Among local media predictions for the new year is one of increased People's Republic of China (PRC) efforts to gain influence on the United States' back doorstep, in the Caribbean, and specifically within CARICOM. Several local commentators have called for Grenada and CARICOM to [...] | 2007-02-01 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PINR PHUM CASC GJ CH CU VE XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1254 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RICHTSMEIER [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Linda Richtsmeier, GS-12, Quality Assurance Representative, DESC Americas, for travel to Barbados on October 25, 2007. The purpose of travel is to conduct an Into-Plane Audit at the Grantley Adams International Airport fuel te [...] | 2007-09-26 15:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1256 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (U) During her September 19-21 visit to St. Kitts and Nevis to celebrate that nation's National Day, the Ambassador raised biofuels and the Angelus expropriation case with Prime Minister Denzil Douglas and Foreign Minister Timothy Harris. The Ambassador also used the trip to draw public attenti [...] | 2007-09-27 12:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV PREL CVIS XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1283 | Antigua and Barbuda to Support F. Gaer's Candidacy for the [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0759, St. Vincent #0760) on August 13, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post has learned that the Government of Antigua and Barbuda will support Felice Gae [...] | 2007-10-02 15:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER LE XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1294 | U.S. Draft Resolution on "Condemning the use of Rape as an [...] (U) The text of the proposed USG-sponsored resolution was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0954, Barbados #0955, Dominica #0956, St. Kitts #0957, St. Lucia #0958, St. Vincent #0959) on October 1, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2 [...] | 2007-10-04 22:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM KWMN SOCI UN XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1297 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LCDR FELTON [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados, October 08 to 09, 2007. The purpose of mission is in direct support of U.S. Homeland Security?s International Port Security Program. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR [...] | 2007-10-05 12:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1298 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LCDR FELTON [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados, October 08 to 09, 2007. The purpose of mission is in direct support of U.S. Homeland Security?s International Port Security Program. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR [...] | 2007-10-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1316 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MITCHUM, [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CONTR. Christopher Mitchum, TSGT Nicholas Shabdue and GG-13 Ken Swaney, for travel to Barbados, October 11 to 12, 2007. The purpose of mission is TACSAT radio removal from RFA Wave Ruler and install on RFA Wave Knight whilst i [...] | 2007-10-10 18:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1326 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SMITH PLUS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CDR Roger A. Smith, USCG, Mr. Thomas White, USCG, Mr. Tivo Romero, USCG and LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Antigua and Barbuda from October 22 to 09, 2007. The purpose of mission is in direct support of U.S. Homeland [...] | 2007-10-15 12:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1327 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SOTOLONGO AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to 1LT Hector Sotolongo, ARNG for travel to Barbados from October 19, 2007 to September 18, 2008 and to WO1 Freddie Lofton, USAR for travel to Barbados from October 25, 2007 to September 18, 2008. The purpose of this travel is for [...] | 2007-10-15 15:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1330 | Terrorism Finance: Designation of Three Saudi Nationals [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1017, Barbados #1018, Dominica #1019, St. Kitts #1020, St. Lucia #1021, St. Vincent #1022) on October 16, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report [...] | 2007-10-16 20:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SA XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1331 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LT GEN NORMAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LT GEN Norman R. Seip, Mrs. Kathleen Seip, LT COL Alberto Moreno-Bonet, and MAJ Brandon Avella, for travel to Barbados on October 23, 2007. The purpose of travel is to confer with the U.S. Ambassador and Country Team. 2. [...] | 2007-10-16 20:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1336 | USPTO GIPA Enforcement Program for Prosecutors Demarche [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0983, Barbados #0984, Dominica #0985, St. Kitts #0986, St. Lucia #0987, St. Vincent #0988) on October 10, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. OURISMAN [...] | 2007-10-17 14:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OTRA XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1339 | BARBADOS SEEKS ASSISTANCE WITH ITS [...] (u) This is an action request, see para 10. 2. (sbu) Summary: In a wide-ranging courtesy call with the Ambassador October 17, Barbados? Minister for Social Transformation said he was leading an effort to establish a domestic program for reintegrating paroled prisoners into Barbadian s [...] | 2007-10-17 21:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ELAB PHUM BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1341 | US-OWNED MEDICAL SCHOOL IN ST. VINCENT TO SHUT DOWN [...] (U) Summary: After months of speculation, and negotiations with the GOSVG, St. George's University (SGU),which operates the Kingstown Medical College in St. Vincent, announced that it will cease operations by January 2008. While the medical school had originally announced that it was only sca [...] | 2007-10-18 15:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM KPAO ELAB AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1343 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MULLER TO TRAVEL TO ANTIGUA [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Duane Muller, Senior Program Specialist, EGAT/ESP/GCC, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda O/A November 5-7, 2007 to participate in a UNFCCC Expert Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluating Capacity-Building in Developing Countries on behalf of the USG. [...] | 2007-10-18 19:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1348 | WIREC DELEGATION: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) Post enthusiastically supports the nominations of individuals from Antigua and Barbuda for participation in WIREC in March 2008. Antigua and Barubda ------------------- -- Honorable Wilmoth Daniel, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works -- Honorable Trevor Walker, Minister with [...] | 2007-10-22 12:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET SENV EAID XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1349 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MJR EDWARD R. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Edward R. Harvey, USAF for travel to Barbados from October 31, 2007 to November 03, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to have an orientation visit as the incoming Deputy Chief, Military Liaison Office, Barbados and East [...] | 2007-10-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1351 | BARBADOS WORKER'S UNION DISPUTE WITH ADM BARBADOS [...] Sir Roy Trotman, General Secretary of the Barbados Workers' Union, sent the following letter to Laboff on Friday, October 19. Begin text: Dear Mr. Aller I am aware that part of your duties is to say (sic) on top of US business relations with the people of Barbados generally and particu [...] | 2007-10-23 16:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1354 | RSS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE? [...] (C) Summary: Now that the urgency for region-wide security cooperation necessitated by the hosting of the ICC Cricket World Cup has dissipated, the Regional Security System (RSS) appears to be reaching a crucial turning point. With the UK Special Assistance Team (UK-SAT) planning to leave Ant [...] | 2007-10-23 19:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1357 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MULLER TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Duane Muller, Senior Program Specialist, EGAT/ESP/GCC, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda O/A November 5-7, 2007 to participate in a UNFCCC Expert Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluating Capacity-Building in Developing Countries on behalf of the USG. [...] | 2007-10-25 19:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1372 | DOMINICAN CABINET RESHUFFLE TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit reshuffled his cabinet October 16, taking the Foreign Minister portfolio himself and shifting previous Foreign Minister Charles Savarin to Public Utilities and Energy. According to one official, this will separate Housing from Public Util [...] | 2007-10-30 18:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ENGR EPET XL DO |
07BRIDGETOWN1377 | ST. VINCENT PM USES INDEPENDENCE DAY TO "PASS OUT [...] (SBU) During Ambassador Ourisman's October 26-28 visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to celebrate that nation's Independence Day, the Ambassador attended Independence Day activities and spoke to Prime Minister Gonsalves on issues ranging from Cuba to foreign investment in the Grenadi [...] | 2007-10-31 15:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL XL EINV |
07BRIDGETOWN1384 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CLARK PLUS SIX [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the following USSOUTHCOM personnel, for travel to Barbados from December 09 ? 14, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to attend the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) Disaster Preparedness Conference at the [...] | 2007-11-01 21:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1385 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MITCHUM PLUS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Christopher Mitchum, Contractor, SGT David Cooper, USA and alternate Mr. Theodore Duck, JIATFS Telecommunications Manager for travel to Saint Lucia November 07, 2007 to November 09, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to pr [...] | 2007-11-01 21:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1386 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DEWENTER FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Daniel Dewenter, USAFR for travel to Barbados from November 02, 2007 to September 30, 2008. The purpose of this travel is for TDY assignment as Exercise Coordinator. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye [...] | 2007-11-01 21:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1389 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CORDOVA FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LtCol Kirk F. Cordova Major Edward R. Harvey, USMC for travel on the following dates of travel. The purpose of this travel is to conduct site surveys of USSOUTHCOM Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) projects within the Easte [...] | 2007-11-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AC BB DO SC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1406 | BIGEST POLUTRY PRODUCER IN BARBADOS LOOKING AT [...] Summary: POl/ECON Deputy was contacted by the GM of Chickmont Foods, Barbados who was interested in finding out how to export chickens to the US market. POL/ECON Deputy met with the GM, Geoffry Goddard, to explore their plans and learn more about the poultry industry in Barbados. Mr. Goddard [...] | 2007-11-07 18:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1409 | ST LUCIA: JOHN COMPTON'S DAUGHTER LIKELY TO WIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jeanine Compton-Rambally, daughter of former prime minister Sir John Compton, will likely win an upcoming by-election for the seat left vacant by her father's death. Although unlikely, the opposition could narrowly win the seat if the participation of two independent candidates sp [...] | 2007-11-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CN TW ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1410 | ST. KITTS ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS GALORE [...] (U) During a recent visit to New York, St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas reiterated his nation's commitment to foreign investment and announced plans for additional high-end resorts to invest in St. Kitts. The government's apparent success in attracting well-known [...] | 2007-11-08 19:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV PREL CVIS XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1414 | ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - BLUE LANTERN ON [...] (U) Post was unable to conduct a site visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines but gathered information on the end user via telephone and email. Post did not uncover any derogatory information on Securico, Inc. Securico appears to be a legitimate firearms retailer. 2. (U) Securico, Inc [...] | 2007-11-09 17:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1419 | DEPORTEE REINTEGRATION PILOT PROGRAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel A instructions, additional points on the Deportee Reintegration Pilot Program were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Note #1274 to the Government of Barbados on November 9, 2007. Per reftel B instructions, demarche regarding the signing of the Deportee Reintegration IOM s [...] | 2007-11-13 17:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1420 | BRIDGETOWN SUBMISSION FOR THE OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ELAB AMGT XK XL USTR OECS |
07BRIDGETOWN1423 | COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET [...] Post does not believe that tying 2008 ship visits to the anniversary of Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet would advance post's public diplomacy and other strategic objectives. US NAVAL FORCES SOUTHERN under US SOUTHERN COMMAND is promoting "Partnership for the Americas" theme with requisite [...] | 2007-11-14 20:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO MASS MOPS XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1439 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MORGAN PLUS SEVEN FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the following United States Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (USCG LEDET) team, for travel to Barbados from November 28 - 29, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to embark on HMS Largs Bay, which will be berthed at the B [...] | 2007-11-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1440 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TO ST. LUCIA: ARTICLE 98, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's October 17-19 trip to St. Lucia was highlighted by a positive meeting with PM King that helped move our Article 98 agenda forward. In addition, the Ambassador's presentation of USD 2 million to the OECS for a biodiversity grant and USD 39,000 worth of DSATA bomb [...] | 2007-11-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EINV EIND ASEC CASC KTIA ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1442 | DOMINICA: SKERRIT SUPPORTS DOLLAR DIPLOMACY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit thanked China, Venezuela, and Cuba in his Independence Day speech, citing specific assistance these countries have recently provided. Other thanks also went to the European Union, which has also provided substantial assistance. This speech is an [...] | 2007-11-20 17:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID DO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1447 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STAKE PLUS TWO FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Randy Stake, Contractor, SSGT Lona Castle, Communications Technician and alternate Mr. Theodore Duck, JIATFS Telecommunications Manager, for travel to Barbados November 29, 2007 to December 01, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to provide tec [...] | 2007-11-21 20:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1450 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR SOPHIA CAVE [...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for Sophia Cave, USAID Administrative Assistant, to travel to Santo Domingo o/a December 2-8, 2007. 2. The purpose is to attend Financial Management training in Santo Domingo. 3. Itinerary as follows: December 2 AA 5108 San Juan to Santo D [...] | 2007-11-23 19:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB DR XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1469 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SCHMIDT FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CDR Harry Schmidt, USCG, for travel to Barbados December 03, 2007 to December 05, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to provide technical support onboard the RFA Largs Bay, which will be berthed at the Bridgetown Port. 2. Embassy point of conta [...] | 2007-12-03 15:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1472 | BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Barbados and Cuba enjoy a close relationship. As head of CARICOM this year, Barbados has publicly declared CARICOM's commitment to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as sports, health, education, agricultur [...] | 2007-12-03 21:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1473 | CARICOM WANTS OPEN SKIES [...] (U) Policy-makers within CARICOM's civil aviation cluster expressed enthusiasm for an Open Skies Agreement with the United States. The addition of new airlines and routes in the region, combined with unimpressive growth in the tourism sector has set the stage for discussions on a regional avi [...] | 2007-12-03 21:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON FAA XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1475 | ST. VINCENT REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR CU XL PGOV |
07BRIDGETOWN1476 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAUL BONICELLI [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul J. Bonicelli, Assistant Administrator, to travel to Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Antigua December 9 to 14, 2007 to conduct program oversight. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative, James [...] | 2007-12-04 18:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1477 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JERRY BISSON, TEAM LEADER [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jerry Bisson, Environment Team Leader to travel to St. Lucia and St. Kitts & Nevis O/A December 10-14, 2007. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative, Mansfield Blackwood at tel. 1-246-227-4154 or 227-4118, fax. [...] | 2007-12-04 18:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1478 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HANNAH FAIRBANK [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Hannah Fairbank of the Natural Resources Management Office in the Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade Bureau (EGAT) to travel to St. Lucia, Antigua and St. Kitts and Nevis O/A December 10-14, 2007. 2. Embassy point of [...] | 2007-12-04 18:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1480 | ST. KITTS REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 19:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1481 | DOMINICA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 19:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU DO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1482 | THE UNDERBELLY OF SUCCESS: ST. KITTS' KID CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Recent newspaper stories in St. Kitts and Nevis have highlighted the plight of child abuse in that country. The operator of a government-subsidized Children's Home has complained of threats against the home's female occupants and a recent incident in which a Cuban diplomat is all [...] | 2007-12-04 19:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL KWMN |
07BRIDGETOWN1483 | BARBADOS NATIONAL DAY: AN ELECTION PULPIT [...] (U) Barbados celebrated its 41st year of independence from Great Britain on November 30. Both the current ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) and the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) took advantage of the occasion to posture themselves favorably for the upcoming national election, pred [...] | 2007-12-04 20:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1490 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RICHTSMEIER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Linda Richtsmeier, Quality Assurance Representative, DESC Americas, for travel to Antigua from December 09 - 10, 2007. The purpose of travel is to conduct an into-plane audit at the V C Bird International Airport fuel terminal. [...] | 2007-12-05 19:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1491 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SULLIVAN FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to FC2 Craig Sullivan, USN for travel to the countries listed in the following travel itinerary. The purpose of this visit is for vacation. TRAVEL ITINERARY ---------------- 17 December 2007 Barbados 18 December 2007 Saint L [...] | 2007-12-05 19:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AC BB ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1494 | ST. LUCIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1498 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DEWENTER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Daniel Dewenter, USAF for travel to Barbados from December 13, 2007 to September 30, 2008. The purpose of this travel is for TDY assignment as Exercise and Operations Officer. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Ko [...] | 2007-12-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1499 | DEPORTEE DEBATE: FLOGGING OLD MYTHS [...] (sbu) Summary: Objectivity continued to lose the battle against alarmism during a discussion of the criminal deportee issue at the December 4 inter-sessional meeting of the Association of Caribbean Chiefs of Police in Barbados. Local media keyed on an alarmist - and as yet unpublished - CA [...] | 2007-12-07 15:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SOCI PHUM PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN150 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR COLLINS AND BARROR TO TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Letty J. Collins and Camilla Barror to travel to St. Lucia from February 11, 2007 to March 4, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct an administrative review of PC/Eastern Caribbean, requiring some in-country travel. [...] | 2007-02-07 21:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1501 | ANTIGUA-BARBUDA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (C) Antigua and Barbuda enjoys a close relationship with Cuba. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) has publicly declared CARICOM's commitment to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in health, education, transportation, and scien [...] | 2007-12-07 17:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN151 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SMITH, ARMBRISTER, [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA/IRG Chief of Party, Stephen Smith and OFDA/IRG Consultants, Beryl Armbrister and Cecil Shillingford; and OFDA/IRG Instructor, Cuffy McMillan and OFDA/IRG Participants, Daniel Simon, Claudine Roberts and Christopher Raville to travel to St. Vi [...] | 2007-02-07 21:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1530 | THE SEX INDUSTRY AS A POTENTIAL AVENUE FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Various government officials and NGO representatives are recognizing the possible existence of trafficking victims in St. Lucia, particularly in the commercial sex industry. Most foreign prostitutes fulfill some technical elements of trafficking, even if they are willing partici [...] | 2007-12-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM PGOV ELAB DR ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1539 | BARBADOS OPPOSITION BOYCOTTS PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Summary: On December 12, the Barbados opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) launched its most aggressive attack yet against the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP). The DLP announced an indefinite boycott of both houses of Parliament, protesting both the ruling Barbados Labour Party's ( [...] | 2007-12-17 20:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1548 | ONE-SIDED VICTORY?: ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ADOPTS [...] (U) Summary: In early December 2007 the St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis Parliament approved major changes to the country's election laws, the first changes since 1984. Reforms in the current law include the introduction of a national voter identification card and new regulations allowing [...] | 2007-12-18 21:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL VE CU |
07BRIDGETOWN1554 | DOMINICA DEVELOPING PRISONER REINTEGRATION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) The Dominica Prison Service is developing and implementing inmate rehabilitation and reintegration plans. Felix Gregoire, Cabinet Secretary, and Matthew LeBlanc, Labour Commission, both confirmed to PolOff that PM Skerrit has made prisoner rehabilitation a priority and is allocating fund [...] | 2007-12-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL EAID DO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1557 | COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1300, Barbados #1301, Dominica #1302, St. Kitts #1303, St. Lucia #1304, St. Vincent #1305) on November 19, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. As of this day, [...] | 2007-12-21 13:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1561 | PETROCARIBE #34: EC LEADERS FLOCK TO PETROCARIBE [...] (U) Summary: Eastern Caribbean Heads of State departed for the Fourth Petrocaribe Summit on Friday, December 21st in Cienfuegos, Cuba. The summit comes among praises from leaders in St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who have benefited from the Petrocaribe program. The pa [...] | 2007-12-21 19:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL CU |
07BRIDGETOWN1562 | DOMINICA: TRAFFICKING VICTIMS LIKELY EXIST, BUT NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff hosted a roundtable discussion on trafficking in persons, pulling together representatives from key government offices and NGOs. The discussion showed that, although many officials believe trafficking victims might exist among commercial sex workers, Chinese laborers, an [...] | 2007-12-21 19:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PHUM PGOV ELBA CN DR ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN1563 | ST. VINCENT: OPPOSITION LEADER SEEKS US ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: On December 20th, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Arnhim Eustace called PolOff to express his concern that the current government is corrupted by the drug trade. In relation to the criminal charges filed against him for "making mal [...] | 2007-12-21 19:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM SNAR PGOV INRB PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN161 | BARBADOS: SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP ON HIV/AIDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 29-30, the U.S. Department of Labor-International Labor Organization's HIV/AIDS Workplace Program hosted a sustainability workshop, which focused on developing a strategy for carrying forward the Program's mission after the Program officially concludes in December [...] | 2007-02-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | BB ECON ELAB KHIV PGOV PREL SOCI XL |
07BRIDGETOWN162 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #30: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (C) The Prime Minister of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB),Baldwin Spencer, continues to portray Hugo Chavez as an altruistic benefactor and a friend of the Caribbean. To date, both governments have signed agreements with an estimated value of USD 48 million allocated betweenthe [...] | 2007-02-09 13:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN163 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SIMMONS TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Gregory S. Simmons, Acting Director, USDA, to travel to Barbados from February 24 to March 3, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to review the pink bollworm pest control operations during the winter cotton production season as requested by th [...] | 2007-02-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAGR XL BB |
07BRIDGETOWN178 | BARBADOS RELEASES DRAFT ENERGY POLICY [...] The Ministry of Energy and the Environment of the Government of Barbados (GOB) recently unveiled its draft National Energy Policy and invited a wide range of stakeholders to provide comments and suggestions. The proposed policy's priorities include energy conservation, alternative energy dev [...] | 2007-02-12 12:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR ETRO EAID EPET EINV PGOV PREL BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN180 | STATUS OF APIS LEGISLATION IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] Per WHA/CAR's instructions, post is reporting on the status of the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) legislation in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. ------------------- Antigua and Barbuda ------------------- 2 [...] | 2007-02-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN189 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur assured the United States of his commitment to continue building a strong and warm bilateral relationship. PM Arthur and Ambassador Ourisman discussed trade, disaster risk man [...] | 2007-02-12 19:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR ECON ETRD BB JM XL |
07BRIDGETOWN194 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO GRENADA [...] (U) Summary: On January 17-19, 2007, Ambassador Ourisman visited Grenada to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Grenadian officials including the Prime Minister and the Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, [...] | 2007-02-12 21:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT GJ XL |
07BRIDGETOWN195 | (C) ST. LUCIA PM COMPTON HOLDS HIS CARDS CLOSE BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, Deputy Chief of Mission Gilroy called on Government of St. Lucia (GOSL) Prime Minister Sir John Compton to congratulate him on his return to power and to review the bilateral relationship. She also raised USG concerns about charismatic cabinet member Richard Frede [...] | 2007-02-12 21:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR SNAR ASEC EAID ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN213 | PETROCARIBE UPDATE #31: CHAVEZ TO VISIT DOMINICA [...] (C) Summary: Various media report that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Dominica and St. Vincent on February 16 and 17, respectively, to open fuel storage tank facilities. Despite the reality of several logistical and technical setbacks with fuel delivery and storage for the Petro [...] | 2007-02-16 20:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN22 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MCCRAY FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Robert McCray, NOAA, to travel to St. Vincent and the Grenadines from January 14-20, 2007, for the purpose of conducting a 5-day hazard analysis and critical control point training workshop and on-site plant evaluation for the Fisheries Divis [...] | 2007-01-05 20:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN2268 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following fourteen (14) candidates from various Eastern Caribbean security forces who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-01-02 10:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN227 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0121, Barbados #0122, Dominica #0123, St. Kitts #0124, St. Lucia #0125, St. Vincent #0126) on February 20, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post wi [...] | 2007-02-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG XL |
07BRIDGETOWN228 | PETROCARIBE #32: CHAVEZ VISIT UNEVENTFUL [...] (C) Summary: On February 16-17, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The visit was light on substance and heavy on atmospherics, as he reiterated past Petrocaribe-related promises and resorted to his usual vitriolic anti-American talking points. [...] | 2007-02-21 19:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN23 | GRENADA TRYING TO READ ST. LUCIA TEA LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Grenadians are reading the tea leaves of the St. Lucia election, hoping to find clues to their own future. Speculation is rampant that Prime Minister Keith Mitchell will call elections following Cricket World Cup in an attempt to ride the expected popular high following successfu [...] | 2007-01-05 20:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR GJ XL |
07BRIDGETOWN236 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MURRAY TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Rodney Murray computer specialist, OD, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados March 1 - 3, 2007 to assist management staff on information technology preparations for CDC office move to Barbados from Trinidad and meet with Embassy staff officials concerning [...] | 2007-02-22 21:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EAID OTRA ASEC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN239 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism: Request for States to Become Partner Nations" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0167, Barbados #0168, Dominica #0169, St. Kitts #0170, St. Lucia #0171, and St. Vincent #0172) on [...] | 2007-02-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN241 | ST. LUCIA NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, letter on St. Lucia National Day from President Bush to Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 0153 on February 20, 2007. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report any response. [...] | 2007-02-26 17:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN242 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Royal Grenada Police Force who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. [...] | 2007-02-26 17:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN250 | DELIVERED REPLY MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY OF STATE [...] Per reftel instructions, the reply from Secretary of State Rice to St. Lucia Foreign Minister Bousquet's condolence message for President Ford's passing was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 0083 on February 1, 2007. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. [...] | 2007-02-28 16:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN254 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "IAEA Report on Iranian Compliance with UNSCR 1737" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0173, Barbados #0174, Dominica #0175, St. Kitts #0176, St. Lucia #0177, and St. Vincent #0175) on February 26, 2007. The original Diplomatic [...] | 2007-03-01 18:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP IR XL |
07BRIDGETOWN255 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NURICK TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Karen Nurick to travel to Barbados O/A March 20 and depart O/April 5, 2007 to assist the Mission with designing the program and drafting the procurement documentation for the new HIV/AIDS activities. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not requ [...] | 2007-03-01 19:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN261 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following three (3) candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candid [...] | 2007-03-01 22:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN262 | TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally [...] | 2007-03-01 22:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN263 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationall [...] | 2007-03-01 22:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN264 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destinati [...] | 2007-03-01 22:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN265 | TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for int [...] | 2007-03-01 22:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN266 | TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally [...] | 2007-03-01 22:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN267 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Post consulted with the Royal St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis Police Force, the Ministry of National Security, and NGOs and has received no reports [...] | 2007-03-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN268 | TIP SUBMISSION - GRENADA [...] Embassy Grenada provides its response for reftel questions in paragraph 2. 2. Begin text: SUMMARY: Post consulted with the Royal Grenada Police Force, Ministry of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Labour, and NGOs and has received no reports of any form of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) as def [...] | 2007-03-01 22:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF GG XL |
07BRIDGETOWN277 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate will parti [...] | 2007-03-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN283 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GOGGIN AND ETERNO TO TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for James L. Goggin, USAID Representative-Barbados, and Anthony R. Eterno, Economic Officer, to travel to Santo Domingo from March 26-30, 2007. The purpose is to attend the Mission Disaster Preparedness Training in the Caribbean. 2. Mr. Goggin [...] | 2007-03-05 21:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB DR XL |
07BRIDGETOWN284 | THIRD CWC 2007 ISAG MEETING: CWC TO WALK BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 held its third plenary session February 23 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to bring together the group of hosting and playing nations and the international community fo [...] | 2007-03-05 21:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PTER CASC PINR KCIP KTIA XL |
07BRIDGETOWN287 | CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK STAFFING DATA [...] This cable responds to Ref C. 2. Because the United States is not a member of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),Post had difficulty obtaining detailed staffing data for the organization (Ref A). The CDB finally sent the information, which Post forwarded via e-mail on March 1 to Lynette [...] | 2007-03-06 18:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON EAID XL |
07BRIDGETOWN290 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 60-DAY UNSCR 1737 REPORT [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "U.S. 60-day Report to UN Security Council on UNSCR 1737" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0183, Barbados #0184, Dominica #0185, St. Kitts #0186, St. Lucia #0187, and St. Vincent #0185) on March 1, 2007. The original Diplomati [...] | 2007-03-07 11:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IR XL |
07BRIDGETOWN310 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR METES TO TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Peace Corps Program and Training Officer Nick Metes to travel to St. Lucia arriving March 19 and departing approximately June 19, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to be on a three month TDY as the acting program and traini [...] | 2007-03-13 12:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN312 | RSS C-26 AIRCRAFT AND COLOMBIA [...] (C) Per ref A, Ambassador Ourisman informed Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur that INL's proposal to repair the two C-26 aircraft of the Regional Security System (RSS) airwing was no longer offered. 2. (C) In response, PM Arthur and other officials noted that, in principle, Barbados w [...] | 2007-03-13 20:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BB CO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN331 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MULLINGS TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Audrey Mullings, OFDA/IRG consultant to travel to Dominica on or about March 18-24, 2007 to facilitate Training for Instructors course. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions please contact Michael Taylor a [...] | 2007-03-16 21:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA DO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN332 | PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR'S POPULARITY CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent public opinion poll confirmed that Prime Minister Owen Arthur remains the most popular Barbadian politician and is well-positioned to lead his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to victory in parliamentary elections expected later this year. David Thompson, PM Arthur's rival an [...] | 2007-03-19 14:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN333 | PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR'S POPULARITY CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent public opinion poll confirmed that Prime Minister Owen Arthur remains the most popular Barbadian politician and is well-positioned to lead his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to victory in parliamentary elections expected later this year. David Thompson, PM Arthur's rival an [...] | 2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN334 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...] | 2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN335 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...] | 2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN336 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...] | 2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN337 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...] | 2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN338 | PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR'S POPULARITY CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent public opinion poll confirmed that Prime Minister Owen Arthur remains the most popular Barbadian politician and is well-positioned to lead his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to victory in parliamentary elections expected later this year. David Thompson, PM Arthur's rival an [...] | 2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN341 | AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR METES TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown amends country clearance for Peace Corps Program and Training Officer Nick Metes to travel to St. Lucia arriving March 19 and departing approximately on September 1, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to be on a six month TDY as the acting program and training officer for P [...] | 2007-03-19 20:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN347 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0233, Barbados #0234, Dominica #0235, St. Kitts #0236, St. Lucia #0237, St. Vincent #0238, and Grenada #0239) on March 19, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. [...] | 2007-03-20 19:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG XL |
07BRIDGETOWN348 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MERRILL AND LAGUNA [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Frances B. Merrill and Diana M. Laguna, Transportation Security Specialists, TSA, to travel to St. Vincent and the Grenadines from May 13-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide an International Civil Aviation Basic Security Trainin [...] | 2007-03-20 21:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN349 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EMERSON AND SWEET FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Mark Emerson and William J. Sweet, Transportation Security Specialists, TSA, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from May 29 - June 8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide an International Civil Aviation Basic Security Training program [...] | 2007-03-20 21:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR SC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN353 | PETROCARIBE #33: CHAVEZ TIES WORRY ST. VINCENT [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with St. Vincent and the Grenadines' (SVG) private sector representatives reveal widespread anxiety over the Vincentian government's growing ties with Venezuela, especially the close relationship between Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and Venezuelan P [...] | 2007-03-21 18:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL |
07BRIDGETOWN367 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no confirmed derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate [...] | 2007-03-23 21:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN369 | OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR SAINT VINCENT'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The head of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) opposition party, Arnhim Eustace, has stepped up his criticism of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in the last three weeks. His most recent themes included Gonsalves' December pardon of a convicted drug dealer and Gonsalves' emb [...] | 2007-03-26 17:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM VC VE XL |
07BRIDGETOWN385 | ST. KITTS TO PARTICIPATE IN BIOFUELS INITIATIVE [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on proposed Biofuels Assistance were delivered to St. Kitts and Nevis' MFA Permanent Secretary Theresa Nisbett via fax and telephone conversation on March 29, 2007. Brazilian Ambassador Orlando Galveas Oliveira joined Ambassador Ourisman in delivering t [...] | 2007-04-03 17:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG SC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN396 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NOBLE TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO DAVID NOBLE, REGIONAL CONTROLLER, TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS ON OR ABOUT APRIL 17-21, 2007 TO PREPARE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE BARBADOS MISSION ACCOUNTING RECORDS FROM JAMAICA TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT IS USAID REPRESENTAT [...] | 2007-04-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN397 | U.S. DISENGAGEMENT IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Bridgetown would like to offer the following assessment of the possible consequences of further cuts in U.S. assistance to the Eastern Caribbean. The economic realities--or more aptly--vulnerabilities of these microstates are such that further reductions in U.S. presen [...] | 2007-04-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BB CU VE XL |
07BRIDGETOWN399 | REQUEST TO REPROGRAM FMF FUNDS IN FY 08 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 11 and 12. 2. (U) Embassy Bridgetown has registered in reftel its concerns regarding the State Department's decision to eliminate FY 08 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for the Eastern Caribbean. While we strongly urge the Department to reverse th [...] | 2007-04-04 16:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BB ST VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN405 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL,S VISIT TO THE EASTERN [...] I look forward to welcoming Chairman Engel and his delegation to the Eastern Caribbean on April 13-16. In anticipation of our meetings with Grenada's Prime Minister Mitchell and Vincentian Prime Minister Gonsalves, I would like to offer the following background on the region and key U.S. pol [...] | 2007-04-05 20:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP ECON PREL PGOV PBTS PINR VC GJ XL |
07BRIDGETOWN406 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no confirmed derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate [...] | 2007-04-05 21:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN409 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR QUAIN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Estelle Quain to travel to Barbados on or about April 30 to May 16, to lead the evaluation team of USG support to the Caribbean HIV and AIDS regional training initiative. 2. Hotel reservation is made at the Grand Barbados Beach Resort, telepho [...] | 2007-04-05 21:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN416 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-CARICOM [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0288, Barbados #0289, Dominica #0290, St. Kitts #0291, St. Lucia #0292, St. Vincent #0293, and Grenada #0294) on April 5, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. [...] | 2007-04-10 19:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM XL |
07BRIDGETOWN429 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-04-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN44 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidat [...] | 2007-01-09 21:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN449 | CARICOM SUMMIT RESPONSES [...] Per reftel instructions, Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche on the 19-21 June US-CARICOM Ministerial/Summit on April 5. Follow-up calls were placed on April 13. 2. Eastern Caribbean Responses: Antigua and Barbuda confirmed receipt of the demarche; GOAB is still looking into it a [...] | 2007-04-16 13:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM XL |
07BRIDGETOWN451 | DISAPPOINTING CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007 [...] (C) Summary: Four years ago, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed an agreement to host the world's third largest sporting competition, the Cricket World Cup (CWC),from February to April, 2007. Caribbean governments have reportedly spent over USD 500 million on preparations for what they [...] | 2007-04-16 13:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ASEC EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CASC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN452 | SVG PM GONSALVES TO CUBA FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Likely as a guest of the state, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves will travel to Cuba April 13 for medical treatment, rest, and relaxation following a car accident in St. Vincent which resulted in his hospitalization on April 9. He is planning to be gone at least two weeks. END S [...] | 2007-04-16 13:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CU VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN454 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-04-16 21:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN46 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SMITH, BAILEY AND DABREO TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA/IRG Participants Carl Smith, Cecil Bailey and Sharlene Dabreo to travel to Dominica to participate in a training course on Natural Disaster Reduction for the period January 29 thru February 2, 2007. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is [...] | 2007-01-10 12:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA DO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN461 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CARICOM-U.S. INITIATIVE TO [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "CARICOM-U.S. Initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Arms" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0313, Barbados #0314, Dominica #0315, St. Kitts #0316, St. Lucia #0317, and St. Vincent #0318) on April 16, 2007. The original D [...] | 2007-04-17 19:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL BB |
07BRIDGETOWN464 | ST. LUCIA - PIERRE REACHING FOR SLP HELM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a private conversation on March 30, deputy leader of the opposition St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) Philip Pierre shared his views on the future of his party and evaluated his potential competitors in the ruling United Workers Party (UWP). Pierre indirectly admitted that he pl [...] | 2007-04-17 20:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN465 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARMBRISTER TO TRAVEL TO ST. [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA/IRG consultant Beryl Armbrister to travel to St. Lucia o/a May 7-11, 2007 to coordinate and monitor damage assessment course and meet with NDC to plan and confirm the country activities for June 2007-2008. 2. Understand Embassy assistanc [...] | 2007-04-17 21:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN469 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...] | 2007-04-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN47 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LUKE TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Robert A. Luke, VOS Program Manager, to travel to Barbados from January 25-29, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to train Massachusetts maritime cadets on weather onserving and chart interpretation during sea term cruise aboard USTS Enterpri [...] | 2007-01-10 13:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA XL BB |
07BRIDGETOWN470 | BARBADOS CENTRAL BANK: OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Senior Director for Research, Dr. Daniel Boamah, is projecting solid growth for Barbados' economy in 2007 and no serious impact from the disappointing Cricket World Cup. The CBB plans to announce that it has revised its economic growth projections [...] | 2007-04-20 20:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN471 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED [...] As instructed in reftel, Post is submitting the following four (4) project proposals for G/TIP-managed FY 2007 ESF and INCLE Funds. Full proposal narratives will be sent via email. 2. Name of Applicant: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) -- Office for the Eastern Caribbean Requeste [...] | 2007-04-20 22:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG XL |
07BRIDGETOWN472 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED [...] As instructed in reftel, Post is submitting the following four (4) project proposals for G/TIP-managed FY 2007 ESF and INCLE Funds. Full proposal narratives will be sent via email. 2. Name of Applicant: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) -- Office for the Eastern Caribbean Requeste [...] | 2007-04-20 22:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG XL |
07BRIDGETOWN473 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREPARING FOR WMO [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "Preparing for WMO Quadrennial Congress" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0306, Barbados #0307, Dominica #0308, St. Kitts #0309, St. Lucia #0310, and St. Vincent #0311) on April 12, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were al [...] | 2007-04-23 14:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN475 | NOTIFICATION OF TIEA INVALIDITY DELIVERED TO ST. [...] (SBU) Per refs A and B, Ambassador and DCM warned PM John Compton in separate meetings in February that St. Lucia was at risk of losing its "convention benefit" under U.S. tax law. 2. (U) On April 16, 2007, post notified the government of St. Lucia formally via Diplomatic Note #0302 of th [...] | 2007-04-23 19:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN476 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-04-23 21:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN483 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...] | 2007-04-24 22:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN487 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...] | 2007-04-25 21:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN488 | ST. LUCIA - TAIWAN BACK IN, CHINA TO BOW OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of St. Lucia formally announced during its April 24 budget debate that it will re-establish full diplomatic relations with Taiwan. In exchange, Taiwan has agreed to develop agricultural diversification, ecotourism, information technology, and learning centers thro [...] | 2007-04-25 22:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD OFDP CH TW ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN492 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAMACHO FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Joaquin Camacho to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on May 23, 2007 and May 30, 2007, for the purpose of performing en-route inspections to Coastal Air as part of work program. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. [...] | 2007-04-26 21:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN493 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NPT PREPCOM [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0358, Barbados #0359, Dominica #0360, St. Kitts #0361, St. Lucia #0362, and St. Vincent #0363) on April 26, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will rep [...] | 2007-04-26 21:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM XL |
07BRIDGETOWN495 | BARBADOS AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN UNWILLING AND [...] (C) Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean remain both unwilling and unable to support Coalition military action in Iraq. Representatives of the Barbados Government have vociferously opposed U.S. action in Iraq, as have other Eastern Caribbean leaders. Regional governments remain opposed to acti [...] | 2007-04-27 17:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN500 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-04-27 21:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN505 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-04-30 20:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN506 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR VARIOUS U.S. [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for various training courses sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following can [...] | 2007-04-30 20:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN51 | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CABINET CHANGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 31, Prime Minister Spencer announced several changes (listed below) in his cabinet. Although some of the rearrangement of duties seems quite practical, others appear to have been made in reaction to accusations of corruption. Two significant adjustments are the shift [...] | 2007-01-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG XL |
07BRIDGETOWN513 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-05-02 19:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN515 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAPPEL FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Kristen Cappel to travel to St. Lucia from May 21-25, 2007, for the purpose of attending the regional workshop for the prevention and control of illegal trade in ozone depleting substances and dependent technologies. 2. Per reftel, Embassy [...] | 2007-05-02 20:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV TPHY KSCA SL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN518 | BARBADOS PM ARTHUR'S CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Owen Arthur, Barbados' most popular politician, is well positioned to win an unprecedented fourth term in the next parliamentary election, which is expected later in 2007 or in 2008. He will run on his solid record of achievement over the past 12 years, supported [...] | 2007-05-03 17:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN519 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IWC ANNUAL MEETING [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0387, Dominica #0388, St. Kitts #0389, St. Lucia #0390, St. Vincent #0391) on May 3, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report any responses. OUR [...] | 2007-05-03 19:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS PREL ETRD KSCA XL |
07BRIDGETOWN52 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LEONARD, SARMIENTO, LORDE, [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA Regional Training Advisor, Rene Carrillo, OFDA Regional Advisor, Julie Leonard, OFDA/IRG Technical Manager, Dr. Juan Pablo Sarmiento, OFDA/IRG Consultant, Clive Lorde, and OFDA/IRG Instructors, Howie Prince, Philmore Mullins, Carl Smith, Karl [...] | 2007-01-17 21:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN520 | ST. VINCENT SENDS MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY ON VIRGINIA [...] The following message was received 3 May 2007. Begin Text: Ref. FACT/110(3) Note No. 239/2007 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines present (sic) its compliments to the Embassy of United States of America in Barbados and has the honou [...] | 2007-05-03 20:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN522 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHARLES WARREN AND NATHAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Charles Warren, Statistician and Nathan Jones, Statistician, Global Tobacco Control Program, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados from May 6-11, to participate as the teaching faculty at the Global Tobacco Surveillance System workshop for [...] | 2007-05-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA US BB CDCC EAID XL |
07BRIDGETOWN525 | (C) ST. LUCIA: TAIWAN DECISION MAY WEAKEN COMPTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Rufus Bousquet has emerged as the head of a rival faction set on forcing Prime Minister Sir John Compton to retire from politics and leave FM Bousquet in charge. If Compton's departure is the outcome of current infighting in the five-month-old government, suspec [...] | 2007-05-04 18:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN526 | BARBADOS SENDS MESSAGE ON AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT [...] This message is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. On May 3, 2007, post received Diplomatic Note No. IR/200783 from the Government of Barbados requesting air transport rights in the United States on behalf of Air Jamaica. Please see full text of the Diplomatic Note in para 3. Po [...] | 2007-05-04 20:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN543 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0381, Barbados #0382, Dominica #0383, St. Kitts #0384, St. Lucia #0385, St. Vincent #0386) on May 7, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report an [...] | 2007-05-08 17:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM XL |
07BRIDGETOWN547 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-05-08 20:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN548 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-05-08 20:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN550 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-05-08 20:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN551 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-05-08 20:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN561 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KEN YAMASHITA TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Susumu Ken Yamashita, Director, GH/OHA to travel to Barbados May 20-22, 2007 to assist the Mission with staffing and management issues in light of CDC co-location. 2. Hotel reservation has been confirmed for traveler at the Coral Sands Beach [...] | 2007-05-09 20:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA US BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN566 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FRIED TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to HS3 Athena Fried, USCG from May 25 to May 27, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide medical support to the USCGC EAGLE during their summer patrol. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Milit [...] | 2007-05-09 20:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN567 | CORRECTED COPY -- COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FRIED TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to HS3 Athena Fried, USCG from May 25 to May 27, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide medical support to the USCGC EAGLE during their summer patrol. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Milita [...] | 2007-05-09 20:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN570 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GILMORE TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton L. Gilmore, USCG Liaison Officer from May 26 to May 30, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have preliminary port discussions with government officials IAW IMO ISPS code and U.S. Maritime Transportation Safety Ac [...] | 2007-05-09 20:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN572 | CONGRESSWOMAN'S VISIT TO "GRENADA 13" PRISONER [...] (C) Summary: During CODEL Engel's recent visit to Grenada, Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) asked post to arrange a meeting with Bernard Coard, the leader of the group known as the "Grenada 17" who were convicted of the 1983 assassination of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and others. PM Mit [...] | 2007-05-09 21:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ASEC GJ XL |
07BRIDGETOWN573 | (C) GRENADA PM MITCHELL ON CHAVEZ'S BAD LIST? [...] (C) Summary: In a somewhat tense mid-April meeting with Charge, Grenada's Keith Mitchell shared his fears that strongly leftist Caribbean leaders, led by St. Vincent's Ralph Gonsalves, had persuaded Hugo Chavez that the pro-American Grenada government should not receive further Venezuelan as [...] | 2007-05-09 21:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID AC DO GJ IS VC VE XL |
07BRIDGETOWN579 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY (WHA) [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0416, Barbados #0417, Dominica #0418, St. Kitts #0419, St. Lucia #0420, St. Vincent #0421) on May 10, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report an [...] | 2007-05-10 20:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AORC PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN589 | ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT CRISIS POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's May 10 meeting with St. Lucia's Comptroller of Customs and the Acting Commissioner of Police was a cry for help from PM Compton and his few remaining loyalists. While PM Compton is reportedly recovering in New York from a stroke, his chances of hanging on to power may be [...] | 2007-05-14 13:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN604 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate nominated for U.S.-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominated for the Machinery Tech A/ [...] | 2007-05-15 20:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN606 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RODRIGUEZ PLUS FIFTEEN FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to the following USSOUTHCOM J5 personnel for travel, Antigua and Barbuda on the below-mentioned dates. The purpose of this mission is to attend the Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC) 2007. Major Heidi Rodriguez, USA, 16 May - 25 May, 20 [...] | 2007-05-15 21:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN608 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BOES FOR TRAVEL TO ANTIGUA [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to LCDR Christopher L. Boes, Chief, USMLO - Trinidad and Tobago, for travel to Antigua and Barbuda May 22 - 26, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to attend the Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC) 2007. 2. Embassy points of contact [...] | 2007-05-15 21:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN610 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JACKSON TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to SFC Sandra Jackson, USA, May 20 to May 24, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to conduct a USSOUTHCOM directed Staff Assist Visit (SAV). 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Offi [...] | 2007-05-16 11:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN615 | ST. KITTS: GOVERNMENT EXPROPRIATION LEAVES AMCITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Bridgetown continues to assist Amcit property owners in the expropriation case involving the government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) and the Angelus resort. The GOSKN has mishandled the case by providing poor information to the owners and delaying the resolution of t [...] | 2007-05-16 20:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV CASC PGOV KIDE SC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN616 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nomin [...] | 2007-05-16 21:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN62 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MCNEIR FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to TSA Caribbean Representative Loretta McNeir to travel to Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados from January 21-26, 2007, for the purpose of meeting with airport officials. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Em [...] | 2007-01-19 19:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN621 | DELIVERED VOTING PRACTICES IN THE UN 2006 [...] Per reftel instructions, post delivered "Voting Practices of the United Nations 2006" to the foreign ministries of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines on May 11, 2007. 2. Post will forward any responses. OURISMAN [...] | 2007-05-16 21:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA SC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN622 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CITES COP 14 PREPARATION [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "CITES COP 14 Preparation: Gauging Response for U.S. Proposals on Species Listings - Lynx, Sawfish, Coral" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0437, Barbados #0438, Dominica #0439, St. Kitts #0440, St. Lucia #0441 and St. Vincent [...] | 2007-05-16 21:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA ETRD XL |
07BRIDGETOWN625 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate nominated for U.S.-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominated for the Pre-Ranger and Ra [...] | 2007-05-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN629 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS NAUGHTON AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officers Michael Naughton and Lawrence Dolan to escort deportee Dwayne Fahie, A035 186 493 to British Virgin Islands on May 29-30. 2. Embassy point of contact is A/RSO Sean A. Nedd at Embassy Bridgetown Tel: 1-246-436- [...] | 2007-05-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CVIS OTRA VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN63 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FINNEMAN AND PERSAUD [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to TSA Civil Aviation Security Inspectors Thomas Finneman and Julian Persuad to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from February 6-13, 2007, for the purpose of assessing airport security conditions. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is [...] | 2007-01-19 19:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN632 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS AG [...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados Attorney General Dale Marshall thanked the United States for its assistance during Cricket World Cup and looked forward to further cooperation in the areas of security and law enforcement. He also requeste [...] | 2007-05-18 19:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC CASC SNAR ECON ETRD BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN633 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DONALD MAY 29 - JUNE 6, 2007 [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Donald, Regional Environmental Advisor for the Caribbean, to travel to Dominica from May 29 - June 1, 2007 and to Barbados June 1-3 and June 5-6, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to assist Mission in Agency environme [...] | 2007-05-18 20:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA DR BO BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN636 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR SOPHIA CAVE [...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for Sophia Cave, USAID Administrative Assistant, to travel to Santo Domingo from June 10-15, 2007. 2. The purpose is to attend orientation and training in Santo Domingo. 3. Itinerary as follows: June 10 AA 1857 San Juan to Santo Domingo [...] | 2007-05-18 20:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB DR XL |
07BRIDGETOWN639 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LUTTMAN TO TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Forensic Examiner Jennifer Luttman to travel to Basseterre, St. Kitts from June 18 - 21,2007. The purpose of this travel is to testify to details of DNA examinations performed in conjunction for case 163G-BB-1791. 2. Reservations have been co [...] | 2007-05-18 21:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN64 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RINCHKO FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Charles A. Rinchko, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda and St. Vincent and the Grenadines from January 22-26, 2007, for the purpose of conducting increased FAA surveillance of Caribbean Sun Airlines during flights to [...] | 2007-01-19 21:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY AC VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN641 | CRICKET WORLD CUP MAY DELIVER LONG TERM SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: While the Cricket World Cup (CWC) has been an economic disappointment for the region (ref A),it has generated changes and reforms in the CARICOM security infrastructure that may yield lasting benefits for the region. The United States contributed to the region's CWC preparatio [...] | 2007-05-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ASEC EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CASC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN644 | ST. LUCIAN CABINET COUP FAILED, BUT NEW PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia's Prime Minister Sir John Compton reportedly returned from New York on May 19. His weakened state probably means that St. Lucia's unsettled political situation will continue. The government has made no official announcements since his return, but it is likely that Acti [...] | 2007-05-22 20:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN645 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HANOVER TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LTJG Bradley S. Hanover, USCG to travel on May 28. The purpose of this mission is to return from TDY orders on board the USCGC EAGLE to Coast Guard Atlantic area. LTJG will disembark the EAGLE at Barbados Port Authority; proc [...] | 2007-05-22 20:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN648 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...] | 2007-05-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN652 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...] | 2007-05-23 16:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN654 | BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Embassy Bridgetown recommends a waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for Barbados. Barbados and Cuba enjoy a good relationship. Both countries recently committed to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number [...] | 2007-05-23 19:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN656 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 16 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados Chief Justice Sir David Anthony Cathcart Simmons expressed appreciation for U.S. support to the Barbadian judicial branch over the years. Simmons spoke fondly of his working relationship with previous U.S [...] | 2007-05-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN658 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0474, Barbados #0475, Dominica #0476, St. Kitts #0477, St. Lucia #0478, St. Vincent #0479) on May 24, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report an [...] | 2007-05-24 18:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP AORC AMGT ASEC ABUD OTRA KSUM XL |
07BRIDGETOWN66 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARMBRISTER AND SHILLINGFORD [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Beryl Armbrister and Cecil Shillingford to travel to Antigua O/A January 22 and depart O/A January 27, 2007 to Instruct Shelters and Shelter Management Course & Initial Damage Assessment Courses. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not require [...] | 2007-01-20 14:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN663 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CURNOW TO TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to ENS Peter J. Curnow, USN for travel to Saint Lucia May 29 - June 04, 2007. The purpose of this mission is for leave. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Office, 1-246-227-4339 or ce [...] | 2007-05-25 16:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN664 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GILMORE SMITH AND KALISZ TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton L. Gilmore, USCG; LCDR Roger Smith, USCG and LT Thomas Kalisz, USCG for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis June 17 - 21, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to have port security discussions with Government officials [...] | 2007-05-25 16:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN665 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BENITEZ TO TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CMC Daniel O. Benitez, NAVBASE, for travel to Saint Lucia May 29 - June 05, 2007. The purpose of this mission is for leave. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Office, 1-246-227-433 [...] | 2007-05-25 16:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN669 | ST. LUCIA: FREDRICK INVESTIGATION AND MLAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 17 television talk show, a prominent news personality leaked the details of a standing evidence request made under the U.S.-St. Lucia Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) concerning Richard Fredrick, St. Lucia's Housing Minister suspected of ties to drug trafficking [...] | 2007-05-25 21:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS KTIA KCOR PREL PGOV PINR SNAR ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN67 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARMBRISTER AND SHILLINGFORD [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Beryl Armbrister and Cecil Shillingford to travel to Antigua O/A January 22 and depart O/A January 27, 2007 to Instruct Shelters and Shelter Management Course & Initial Damage Assessment Courses. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not require [...] | 2007-01-23 10:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN676 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MILLINGTON TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Robert C. Millington, USN, from August 04 - August 11, 2007. The purpose of this visit is for the implementation and training of the Defence Travel System (DTS) to USMLO staff. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. K [...] | 2007-05-29 18:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN692 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MICHAEL TAYLOR TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for Michael Taylor, Program Specialist, USAID Barbados, to travel to Trinidad June 1-2, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit is to attend an agriculture donor conference. 3. Itinerary as follows: June 1 LI 703 Bridgetown to Port-of-Spa [...] | 2007-05-31 18:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB TD XL |
07BRIDGETOWN700 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1747 [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0512, Barbados #0513, Dominica #0514, St. Kitts #0515, St. Lucia #0516, St. Vincent #0517) on June 1, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report an [...] | 2007-06-01 20:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP XL |
07BRIDGETOWN701 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0506, Barbados #0507, Dominica #0508, St. Kitts #0509, St. Lucia #0510, St. Vincent #0512) on June 1, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report an [...] | 2007-06-01 20:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN XL |
07BRIDGETOWN711 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS DPM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 30 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Mia Mottley, thanked the United States for its assistance during Cricket World Cup and looked forward to further cooperation in the a [...] | 2007-06-05 17:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | BB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN717 | DEMARCHE ON THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to six countries in the Eastern Caribbean. Officials of all six countries expressed concern about the growing ties between Venezuela and Iran, but as is typical for the Eastern Caribbean, they refused to commit to speaking out or taking action in international [...] | 2007-06-06 13:15:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR XL |
07BRIDGETOWN72 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SEGURA TO TRAVEL TO ANTIGUA [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Nelly Segura to travel to Antigua O/A February 18 and depart O/A February 22, 2007 to conduct Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis Course. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Mansfield Bl [...] | 2007-01-23 17:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OTRA AC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN721 | ST. LUCIA - BLUE LANTERN ON LICENSE 05-1014600 FOR [...] Post conducted a site visit to two locations operated by G & T, Inc. in St. Lucia to assess its operations and on-site security. Post has no concerns of the security of firearm and ammunition inventory at these locations. Post did not uncover any derogatory information on the foreign consign [...] | 2007-06-06 17:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN737 | E. CARIBBEAN AND VENEZUELAN FOREIGN AID: RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Five Eastern Caribbean countries have signed Petrocaribe agreements. St. Lucia nullified its agreement with Venezuela under the new Compton administration in 2006. Barbados also turned down the Petrocaribe offer, but it is still a beneficiary of other Venezuelan assistance. Hugo [...] | 2007-06-07 19:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV XL |
07BRIDGETOWN739 | MEETING WITH ST. VINCENT FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 1, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sir Louis Straker, paid a courtesy call on DCM Mary Ellen T. Gilroy. Key points of their discussion included the upcoming Caribbean Conference, LIAT's perceived monopolistic posture, Petroc [...] | 2007-06-07 20:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR EPET EINV EWWT CU VE VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN740 | OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS LOUDER FOR ST. VINCENT'S [...] (C) Summary: On Friday, June 8, opposition party leader, Arnhim Eustace, will lead another protest demonstration in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). This time, Eustace has managed to gain public support from several members of St. Vincent's private sector. However, Eustace's goals for t [...] | 2007-06-07 20:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN749 | ST. LUCIA CABINET RESHUFFLE, A STEP TOWARD A NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 6, St. Lucia Prime Minister Sir John Compton reshuffled his cabinet, firing Foreign Minister Rufus Bousquet, demoting Home Affairs Minister Keith Mondesir, and giving their portfolios to Acting Prime Minister Stephenson King. Given Compton's health problems, it is widely [...] | 2007-06-08 18:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AORC OVIP KSUM KJUS KTIA ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN751 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SA GOLDFINGER AND SA JOSEPH JUNE [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to SA Michael Goldfinger and SA Mark Joseph from June 11-13, 2007 for travel to Grenada. The purpose of their visit is to provide operation support for an ongoing investigation. 2. Embassy point of contact is Acting Country Attache [...] | 2007-06-08 21:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA XL BB GJ |
07BRIDGETOWN754 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HAIG TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to SK1 Charles Haig, USN, from June 17 - July 01, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to conduct a Staff Assist Visit (SAV). 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Office, 1-246-227-433 [...] | 2007-06-11 20:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN764 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD [...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer, to travel to Grenada June 20-21, 2007 and Georgetown from June 21-23, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for final certification under the Hurricane Ivan Pro [...] | 2007-06-13 18:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR |
07BRIDGETOWN767 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARIA GARCIA [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Maria Virginia Garcia, Financial Analyst of USAID/DR Controller's Office, to travel to Barbados o/a June 18-23, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit is to provide financial management support to USAID Barbados. 3. Embassy [...] | 2007-06-13 20:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA DR BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN770 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AUDREY MULLINGS. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Audrey Mullings, OFDA/IRG Consultant to travel to St. Vincent O/A June 18-23, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to facilitate shelter management and initial damage assessment courses. 2. Embassy point of contact is James G [...] | 2007-06-13 21:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN774 | AMOR ETERNO: CUBA'S RELATIONS WITH THE EASTERN [...] (C) Cuban Foreign Minister, Felipe Perez Roque, received praise for his country from Caribbean governments last week at the Organization for Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Summit in Grenada on May 25, and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Cuba Summit, held in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on [...] | 2007-06-14 11:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN777 | AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD [...] Embassy Bridgetown advises changes in travel schedule for Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer. Mr. Blackwood's travel dates are Grenada from June 22-23, 2007 and Georgetown from June 20-22, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for final certific [...] | 2007-06-14 20:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR |
07BRIDGETOWN785 | BARBADOS - BLUE LANTERN: RESPONSE FROM RBPF ON [...] (SBU) Post has received an interim reply from the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF),responding to the Embassy's February 8, 2007, request for information concerning the application by Sports Imports to import ten (10) Remington 700 rifles. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: June 12, 2007 Mr. Ch [...] | 2007-06-15 20:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN788 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SA GOLDFINGER AND SA JOSEPH JUNE [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to SA Michael Goldfinger and TFO Mark Joseph from June 19-20, 2007 for travel to St. Vincent. The purpose of their visit is to provide operation support for an ongoing investigation. 2. Embassy point of contact is SA Thomas Garland [...] | 2007-06-15 20:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN789 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO REGO FOR TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to LCDR Francisco S. Rego, USCG, for travel to Barbados June 20 - 22, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to conduct a USSOUTHCOM directed IG inspection. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Office, (246) 2 [...] | 2007-06-15 21:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN790 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO COUCH PLUS THREE TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Joseph Couch, USCG, CDR Lee Scruggs, USCG, Mr. James Hurst, USCG and LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines July 09 - 14 2007 and to Dominica July 14 - 19 2007. The purpose of these mission [...] | 2007-06-15 21:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA VC DO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN793 | AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD [...] Embassy Bridgetown advises changes in travel schedule for Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer. Mr. Blackwood's travel dates are changed to June 19-22, 2007. 2. The purpose of the amendment to Georgetown is to attend CARICOM's Donors' Meeting. 3. Itinerary as follows: [...] | 2007-06-18 14:15:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR |
07BRIDGETOWN803 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WOLFE [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Kelly Wolfe, Senior Technical Advisor for NGO/Community Development in OHA, to travel to Barbados O/A July 15-21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a Mid-term Evaluation of the CRP Strategy. 2. Embassy point of [...] | 2007-06-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN810 | ST. LUCIA HOUSING MINISTER FREDRICK HELD FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia Housing Minister Richard Fredrick was questioned on June 18 by St. Lucian authorities for his alleged involvement in customs duty evasion. After six hours, he was released and asked to return on July 18 for further questioning. Contacts stated that the Director of Pub [...] | 2007-06-20 18:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS KTIA ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN821 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ICAO ASSEMBLY: ENVIRONMENTAL [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0578, Barbados #0579, Dominica #0580, St. Kitts #0581, St. Lucia #0582, St. Vincent #0583) on June 22, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report a [...] | 2007-06-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON XL |
07BRIDGETOWN846 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SPECIAL AGENT ANDREW ARTHURTON JUNE [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to SA Andrew Arthurton from June 28 through July 1, 2007 for travel to St. Vincent. The purpose of his visit is to provide operation support for an ongoing investigation. 2. Embassy point of contact is Acting Country Attache Rogeana [...] | 2007-06-28 19:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN848 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ARMBRISTER JULY 3-6, 2007. [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Beryl Armbrister, OFDA/IRG Consultant, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis O/A July 3-6, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to meet with National Disaster Office. 2. Embassy point of contact is James Goggin, USAID Representative, tel. 1-246-227 [...] | 2007-06-28 20:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS SC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN85 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. The Government offers special [...] | 2007-01-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN850 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AIR AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Border Protection Air and Marine Support Pilots Jorge Delgado, Jose Rivera and Robert Lebron, and Aviation Enforcement Officers Alexander Santiago and Juan Garcia for June 28, 2007 for travel to St. Vincent. The purpose of their visi [...] | 2007-06-28 20:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN860 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CERDA FOR TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to LCDR Rene Cerda, USN, for travel to Barbados July 01 to September 30, 2007. The purpose of this travel is for TDY assignment as Deputy Chief, USMLO. 2. Hotel reservation has been confirmed for traveler at the Accra Beach Hotel and Resort, Rockl [...] | 2007-06-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN880 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CORDOVA AND UHARRIET TO TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LtCol Kirk Cordova, SCEN and Major John Uharriet, SCJTRE, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis July 16 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to conduct inspections and surveys on New Horizons 2003 projects. 2. Travele [...] | 2007-07-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN892 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SCRUGGS PLUS THREE FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CDR Lee Scruggs, USCG, LT Thomas Kalisz, USCG, LT Michael Pierno, USCG, and LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados August 11 - August 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have port security discussions with Government officials of [...] | 2007-07-12 16:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN894 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SCRUGGS PLUS THREE FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CDR Lee Scruggs, USCG, LT Thomas Kalisz, USCG, LT Michael Pierno, USCG, and LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados August 11 - August 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have port security discussions with Government officials o [...] | 2007-07-13 13:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN899 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MERCADO AND MARSTELLER FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Rafael J. Mercado, Special Agent, NCIS, and Ms. Suzanne M. Marsteller, Special Agent, NCIS, for travel to Barbados from July 15 - 17, 2007 and to Saint Lucia from July 17 - 18, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to meet [...] | 2007-07-13 20:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN906 | ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT CRISIS POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's May 10 meeting with St. Lucia's Comptroller of Customs and the Acting Commissioner of Police was a cry for help from PM Compton and his few remaining loyalists. While PM Compton is reportedly recovering in New York from a stroke, his chances of hanging on to power may be [...] | 2007-07-16 19:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN907 | CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING: HALTING [...] (C) Summary: The 28th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference took place in Barbados on July 1-4, 2007. Unsurprisingly, the Caribbean leaders agreed on a number of measures that should ensure some forward momentum in the region's integration efforts in the economic, security, and social develo [...] | 2007-07-16 19:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BB EAID EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN912 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STEVEN HORTON AND GUY HARRIS [...] EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN WARMLY WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO JIATF PERSONNEL FROM JULY 23-24, 2007. THE PURPOSE OF THIS VISIT IS TO PROVIDE TECHINICAL SUPPORT FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION. 2. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT IS DEA SPECIAL AGENT RONALD O. MORRISON TELEPHONE NUMBER 246-22 [...] | 2007-07-17 21:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA GJ XL |
07BRIDGETOWN918 | CONGRESSWOMAN'S VISIT TO "GRENADA 13" PRISONER [...] (C) Summary: During CODEL Engel's recent visit to Grenada, Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) asked post to arrange a meeting with Bernard Coard, the leader of the group known as the "Grenada 17" who were convicted of the 1983 assassination of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and others. PM Mit [...] | 2007-07-19 20:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ASEC GJ XL |
07BRIDGETOWN920 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0628, Barbados #0629, Dominica #0630, St. Kitts #0631, St. Lucia #0632, St. Vincent #0633) on July 12, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report a [...] | 2007-07-19 20:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP XL |
07BRIDGETOWN923 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEONARD O/A JULY 29 THRU AUGUST 12, [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Julie Leonard, USAID/OFDA Regional Advisor, to travel to Barbados O/A July 29 thru August 12, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit is to provide OFDA/LAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean Hurricane [...] | 2007-07-19 21:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN942 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WASHBURN PLUS TWO FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CAPT Terry Washburn, USN, Mr. John Samson, DAC and Mr. Lindsay Johnson, DAC, for travel to Barbados August 06 - August 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct inspections and staff assistance visits to evaluate the eff [...] | 2007-07-23 20:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN943 | CARICOM CHAIR GIVES FREE PASS TO CUBA, AGAIN [...] (U) In a joint press conference with Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper on July 19, Barbados Prime Minister and CARICOM Chair, Owen Arthur, told journalists that CARICOM has never approved and will never support unilateral sanctions against Cuba. While Barbados support for Cuba is not unus [...] | 2007-07-23 20:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN949 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SYNDER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CAPT Randall Synder, for travel to Barbados August 17 - August 21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to act as the presiding officer and guest speaker at the change of command ceremony, during the USS MITSCHER's port call to Bridgetown. 2. Emb [...] | 2007-07-25 18:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN952 | CANADA PM STEPHEN HARPER ADDRESSES BARBADOS [...] (SBU) On July 19, Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, addressed a standing room only audience of approximately 200 senior officials, diplomats and top business representatives in Barbados. Harper unveiled Canada's plan to play a bigger role in the hemisphere and create "a new partnership [...] | 2007-07-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | BB ETRD ETTC PGOV PINR PREL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN96 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the follow eight (8) candidates from various Eastern Caribbean police forces and immigration departments who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has [...] | 2007-01-29 19:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER XL |
07BRIDGETOWN962 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROMERO FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Tivo Romero, USCG Contractor, for travel to Barbados August 11 - August 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have port security discussions with Government officials of Barbados. These discussions will directly support the U.S Homeland Sec [...] | 2007-07-30 19:15:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN963 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HELTON FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Dwayne A. Helton, USSOUTHCOM J1, for travel to Barbados from September 11 - 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a staff assistance visit (SAV). 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief [...] | 2007-07-30 19:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
07BRIDGETOWN964 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LESLIE FOR TRAVEL TO ANTIGUA [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CDR Stephen A. Leslie, COGATT, for travel to the countries listed in the following itinerary. The purpose of this visit is for the introduction of the Coast Guard Attach to the area of accreditation. ITINERARY --------- [...] | 2007-07-30 19:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AC BB DO SC ST VC XL |
07BRIDGETOWN965 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ARMBRISTER O/A AUGUST 13-18, 2007 [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Beryl Armbrister, Consultant, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis O/A August 13-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to facilitate technical assistance in damage assessment and needs analysis development and conduct initial damage assessment trainin [...] | 2007-07-30 21:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS SC XL |
07BUENOSAIRES1997 | ARGENTINA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-05 18:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS CITEL XK XL XM ECON ITU AR |
07GEORGETOWN111 | CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER TO DOD A/S [...] (SBU) Post received diplomatic note from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post to transmit the following letter from CARICOM Acting Secretary General Amb. Lolita Applewaite to Assistant Secretary of SIPDIS Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter request DOD consider deploying maritime assets [...] | 2007-01-26 20:44:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC MASS MCAP PREL PARM ASEC XL GY |
07GEORGETOWN141 | GUYANA PREPARES FOR FIRST PETROCARIBE OIL DELIVERY [...] (U) Petrocaribe is making its formal debut in Guyana in May amid unrealistic expectations. Optimistic Guyanese government leaders are prepared to reap its promised benefits but unprepared for the logistics and ramifications of doing business under the untested program. GoG officials also exp [...] | 2007-02-07 20:16:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL ENRG PBTS XL VE GY |
07GEORGETOWN209 | ANOTHER CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER [...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note today from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post transmit the attached letter from CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington to Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter requests DoD give urgent consideration to deployment to the reg [...] | 2007-02-21 19:28:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MCAP OPDC PARM PREL MASS XL GY |
07GEORGETOWN211 | MAKE HASTE SLOWLY - CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Rudy Insanally told the Ambassdor that the Heads of Government participating in the 18th CARICOM Inter-Sessional in St. Vincent on February 12-14 were determined to "make haste slowly" on a range of issues including governance, trade, economic development and re [...] | 2007-02-22 16:36:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EAID EAGR ENGR EAIR SMIG CARICOM XL |
07GEORGETOWN435 | CARICOM: LITTLE PROGRESS ON CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (SBU) After a month of trying for a substantive discussion with CARICOM Secretariat on the agenda for the 20/20 Conference, Secretary General Carrington told Ambassador that CARICOM agrees with the broad themes suggested by the U.S. and wished to add another "Migration and Development" that mi [...] | 2007-05-04 19:53:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC KSUM CARICOM XL |
07GEORGETOWN455 | MAKING THE USNS COMFORT A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Guyana's capital and populated coastal areas benefit from one of the more impressive primary health care delivery systems in the low-income world. On the other hand, Guyana's hinterland areas are in great need of the primary health care services the USNS Comfort's ashore team co [...] | 2007-05-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MASS MOPS PREL TBIO XK XL GY |
07GEORGETOWN587 | CARICOM RESPONDS TO CITIA DEMARCHE [...] Post received a Diplomatic Note from CARICOM Secretariat June 12 forwarding for USG consideration a draft press release on small arms, light weapons, and ammunitions incorporating numerous amendments made by CARICOM member states to the earlier draft prepared by the USG. The note was recieved [...] | 2007-06-12 20:25:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS PARM PREL CARICOM XL |
07GEORGETOWN616 | CARICOM ON VACATION IN AUGUST [...] The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat informed post by Diplomatic Note that the Secretariat will be operating with a skeleton staff during August 2007 to facilitate the annual vacation of CARICOM staff. 2. Washington agencies should expect CARICOM to be less responsive than normal d [...] | 2007-06-22 18:33:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CARICOM XL |
07GRENADA53 | CARICOM SUMMIT RESPONSE - GRENADA [...] Per reftel instructions, Embassy Grenada delivered the demarche on the 19-21 June U.S.-CARICOM Ministerial/Summit on April 5. Embassy followed up by telephone on April 9 and 19. 2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade Acting Permanent Secretary Oliver Joseph confirmed that Prim [...] | 2007-04-19 23:17:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM XL |
07GRENADA85 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD [...] Embassy Grenada grants country clearance for Mr. Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer, to travel to Grenada June 20 - 21, 2007. 2. Post understands that the purpose of Mr. Blackwood's visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for final certification under the Hurricane Ivan Progra [...] | 2007-06-14 14:27:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR |
07GRENADA87 | COUNTRY CLEAREANCE GRANTED TO MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD FOR [...] Embassy Grenada grants country clearance for Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer for the new dates: arriving in Grenada June 22 and departing June 23, 2007, as stated in ref C. 2. Post understands that the purpose of Mr. Blackwood's visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for f [...] | 2007-06-14 22:07:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR |
07KINGSTON100 | JAMAICA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-19 16:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MASS MARR JM XL |
07KINGSTON1036 | JAMAICA: JLP'S GENERAL SECRETARY SPEAKS FRANKLY [...] (SBU) Deputy Director for WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff recently met with Karl Samuda - MP and General Secretary for the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP). Samuda spoke SIPDIS frankly about the state of Jamaica and proposed changes to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) should the JLP win. [...] | 2007-07-03 19:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL |
07KINGSTON1071 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES ELECTION [...] (U) Ending months of speculation and prophecizing, Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) called faithful People's National Party (PNP) members to rally in Kingston on July 8 ostensibly to introduce the 60 PNP candidates running for election. After hours of standing and waiving PNP [...] | 2007-07-09 20:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SNAR XL |
07KINGSTON1116 | JAMAICA: ENDORSEMENT OF FY08 SECTION 1206 NDAA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 19:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MASS MARR JM XL |
07KINGSTON112 | JAMAICA: TOBACCO-RELATED ACTIVITIES [...] (U) Per reftel, Post has found no evidence of involvement in tobacco-related activities. Post has not reported on efforts to support GOJ tobacco control efforts. Neither tobacco indistry representatives nor tobacco growers have approached embassy personnel to promote tobacco or tobacco produ [...] | 2007-01-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD JM XL |
07KINGSTON1126 | JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL |
07KINGSTON1127 | JAMAICA'S "FINANCE MINISTER IN WAITING" ROLLS OUT [...] (C) In a private meeting with DCM and EMBOFFS, JLP Shadow Finance Minister and member of Parliament Audley Shaw outlined a slew of policies, including a new debt management program and tax reforms, to restructure the Jamaican economy. After 18 years in opposition, "Jamaica's Finance Minister in [...] | 2007-07-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL XL JM |
07KINGSTON113 | JAMAICA: TOBACCO-RELATED ACTIVITIES [...] (U) Per reftel, Post has found no evidence of involvement in tobacco-related activities. Post has not reported on efforts to support GOJ tobacco control efforts. Neither tobacco indistry representatives nor tobacco growers have approached embassy personnel to promote tobacco or tobacco produ [...] | 2007-01-23 14:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD JM XL |
07KINGSTON1131 | JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING CASE PROMPTS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is pursuing a particularly egregious case of labor exploitation under the recently passed Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, 2007 (reftel). GOJ officials have approached the International Organization of Migration (IOM),th [...] | 2007-07-20 16:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL |
07KINGSTON1161 | JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-25 20:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON1170 | JAMAICAN REACTION TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (SBU) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports. On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack an [...] | 2007-07-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL |
07KINGSTON1171 | JAMAICAN AND FEDERAL AGENCIES REACTION TO [...] (U) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack and th [...] | 2007-07-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL |
07KINGSTON1209 | JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT [...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...] | 2007-08-07 17:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL |
07KINGSTON1211 | JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT [...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...] | 2007-08-07 18:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL |
07KINGSTON1237 | A MOUNTAIN VIEW OF JAMAICAS POLITICAL VIOLENCE [...] (U) Following an ebb in years of extreme election violence of the 1980's, many Jamaicans predict that the current ongoing national campaign may see an upturn in violence. Thus far, the political seems to be concentrated in constituencies of South East Saint Andrew, East Saint Andrew, and East [...] | 2007-08-09 21:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON JM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI XL KPAO |
07KINGSTON1252 | JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 4 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON1266 | TFJM01: JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-18 23:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC JM KFLO MARR PINR PREL XL XK |
07KINGSTON1288 | JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER 5 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-23 20:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON1317 | JAMAICA: KEY FIGURES PREDICT OPPOSITION LABOUR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 14:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI EFIN KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON132 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KINGSTON CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] Post grants country clearance to the following individuals for travel to Jamaica, 29 January, 2007 to 2 February, 2007: John Haralson, James McVerry, Paul Baldwin, Marshall Derks, Joseph Chamberlain, Ann Jackson, AnneMette Lavery, Keith Sims, and Major Louis Poore. The purpose of this travel i [...] | 2007-01-26 17:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA JM XL |
07KINGSTON1325 | JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 6 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-01 16:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON1326 | JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY ON COURSE TO VICTORY IN [...] (SBU) The passage of Hurricane Dean has failed to dampen the momentum of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),with Opposition Spokesman on Information Dwight Nelson predicting a landslide victory. Nelson told EmbOff that the People's National Party (PNP)'s attempt to gain lost ground through hurrica [...] | 2007-09-01 16:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON1336 | JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING'S OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY (JLP) WINS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-04 20:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON1369 | JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING TO BE SWORN-IN AS PRIME MINISTER ON [...] On the afternoon of September 6, Embassy received an advance facsimile of the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of Diplomatic Note 8/802/380) ---------------------------------------- "The Min [...] | 2007-09-07 19:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON OVIP JM XL |
07KINGSTON1389 | JAMAICA: NEW PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL |
07KINGSTON1423 | JAMAICA: THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 18:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI JM XL |
07KINGSTON1425 | JAMAICA: MEDEVAC REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 19:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PHUM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL |
07KINGSTON1445 | JAMAICA: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 17:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID JM XL |
07KINGSTON1470 | JAMAICA: MEET THE KEY CABINET MINISTERS OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-27 16:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PGOV PREL JM XL |
07KINGSTON1490 | JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE [...] (SBU) The new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade confirms that a growth-oriented, reformist government seeking stronger ties to both the private sector and to the U.S. now has taken the helm of the Jamaican ship of state. End Summary and Conclusion. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied [...] | 2007-10-01 18:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID SOCI JM XL |
07KINGSTON1515 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE AS [...] On October 2, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Office Director for Multilateral Affairs Pamela Ingelton. 2. Ms. Ingelton said she would consult with the Permanent Secretary, and other government agencies on the draft resolution. SIPDIS Ms. [...] | 2007-10-09 20:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI JM XL |
07KINGSTON1525 | JAMAICA: MEET THE OTHER NEW CABINET MINISTERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-11 15:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL JM XL |
07KINGSTON1570 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE DELAYED [...] On October 23, PolOff had an appointment to meet with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Office Director of Multilateral Affairs Pamela Ingelton to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Unfortunately, Ms. Ingleton was diverted by urgent business and thus was unable to meet as schedule [...] | 2007-10-23 20:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN JM XL |
07KINGSTON1586 | JAMAICA: OPERATION KINGFISH'S THIRD ANNIVERSARY; [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 19:24:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AFIN ASEC PARM SOCI PHUM TRSY JM XL |
07KINGSTON1602 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO DELIVERED [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Office's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton had no comment in response to the demarche. Poloff left talking points as a non-paper, and Ms Ingleton p [...] | 2007-10-29 17:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU JM XL |
07KINGSTON1603 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE DELIVERED [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton had no comments, but promised to pass the information on to the appropriate people in the Ministry. Post will [...] | 2007-10-29 17:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN JM XL |
07KINGSTON1604 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...] | 2007-10-29 17:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL |
07KINGSTON1605 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...] | 2007-10-29 17:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL |
07KINGSTON1609 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE CANDIDACY [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton promised to give the U.S. talking points to her superiors prior to the vote on Mr. Walker's candidacy. Post wil [...] | 2007-10-30 20:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UN UNGA JM XL |
07KINGSTON1610 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton stated that Jamaica believes this is an issue best left to the UN. However, she promised to give the U.S. talkin [...] | 2007-10-30 20:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | OAS PREL JM XL |
07KINGSTON1611 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION DELIVERED [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to the U.S. position that Jamaica should join the Hague Abduction Convention, and promised to brin [...] | 2007-10-30 20:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KTIA JM XL |
07KINGSTON1625 | JAMAICA: LETTER TO TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS re [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 19:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL |
07KINGSTON1626 | JAMAICA/BAHAMAS: ARGENTINA IS APPROACHING HOST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 20:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PTER ASCEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR JM XL |
07KINGSTON1641 | JAMAICA: "CASH PLUS" -- A TICKING FINANCIAL TIME [...] (U) Irrational exuberance abounds among Jamaica's less experienced investors, many of whom deposit their fortunes with Cash Plus Limited in exchange for promised annual returns of 120 percent. Through a series of advertising campaigns over the last five years, Carlos Hill, the principal owne [...] | 2007-11-07 15:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PINR SOCI SNAR KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON1656 | JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF JAMAICAN CANDIDATE TO IMO [...] Per Reftel B, on October 30, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) requesting the U.S. officially support the Jamaican candidate for Category "C" of the Council. 2. On November 5, the Embassy received a follow-up phone call from the Bilat [...] | 2007-11-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL |
07KINGSTON1665 | JAMAICA: CLEARANCE FOR R/V CORWITH CRAMER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-15 18:02:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT JM KRVC TPHY XL |
07KINGSTON1680 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] Per reftel (C),Charge' delivered demarche, and provided copies of country-specific background, to the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, on November 16. 2. At midday on November 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...] | 2007-11-19 19:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA JM XL |
07KINGSTON1686 | JAMAICA:LOCAL ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Fresh from their first successful Parliamentary elections in 18 years the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is poised to carry that success over to local elections. Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding recently announced that the local elections for over 200 local government seats will be held on De [...] | 2007-11-21 15:13:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCOR SOCI JM XL |
07KINGSTON1730 | JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO CUBA LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III [...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba or any Jamaican firm with a commercial presence in Cuba. However, Jamaicans generally oppose U.S. policy towards Cuba, which hampers post's efforts to gather accurate investment [...] | 2007-11-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | TRAD ETTC PREL JM XL |
07KINGSTON1749 | JAMAICA: "CASH PLUS" UPDATE, GOJ GETTING WORRIED, [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) estimates there are two dozen alternative investment schemes in the country, although many are much smaller than Cash Plus and have different characteristics. Support for the schemes is driven by Jamaicans who feel they have been shut out from the services [...] | 2007-12-05 18:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PINR SOCI SNAR KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON186 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S POPULARITY FADES AMONG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON SNAR KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON25 | JAMAICA: MALARIA UPDATE [...] (U) Malaria infections (refs A and B) continue to be detected with the latest number of confirmed cases standing at 192 as of January 3. The Ministry of Health (MOH) continues to fog and distribute mosquito netting to at-risk communities. In addition, the MOH has been assisted by USAID which [...] | 2007-01-05 18:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI TBIO CASC PGOV AID CDC JM XL |
07KINGSTON252 | JAMAICA: SEEKING A 505 AGREEMENT THAT MAY APPLY TO [...] Per Reftel, PolOff and MLO met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Under Secretary for Bilateral and Regional Affairs, Amb. Maxine Roberts, and MFAFT Legal Counselor Michelle Walker on the afternoon of February 12, and provided text of proposed new agreement. 2. [...] | 2007-02-20 20:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL |
07KINGSTON342 | JAMAICA: LIQUID NATURAL GAS PROJECT IN DOUBT; SIGNIFICANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ostensibly because of production constraints, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) reportedly will renege on its promise to supply Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to Jamaica, thus jeopardizing a USD 1.6 billion expansion of Alcoa's alumina operations in Port Esquivel. Jamaica's lead role in the n [...] | 2007-03-12 19:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL CARICOM JM TT XL |
07KINGSTON43 | JAMAICA: CRICKET WORLD CUP (CWC) CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] The following is keyed to Reftel, paragraph six: A. POST'S SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ---------------------------- Monday, Jan. 29 --------------- -- arrival of CMT Team Leader John Haralson in Kingston Tuesday, Jan. 30 ---------------- 0900-0950: In-brief with Ambassador, DCM/Chair EAC, an [...] | 2007-01-10 20:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA PTER JM XL |
07KINGSTON434 | JAMAICA: "SISTER P" MARKS ONE YEAR AS PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),the unelected Prime Minister of Jamaica, rose to the head of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) last February. As PNP leader, she replaced the retiring elected Prime Minister P.J. Patterson to become the country's first female Prime Minister on [...] | 2007-03-28 11:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON51 | JAMAICA: TIC FOLLOW UP RESPONSE [...] Summary: Post engaged GOJ and private sector contacts per instructions in ref. A. There was broad support for the concept of USG assistance, whatever form it might take, although some believed that DVCs may prove unwieldy and inefficient, as CARICOM member states must reach consensus on any [...] | 2007-01-11 20:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD XL JM |
07KINGSTON534 | JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT, WASHINGTON [...] Per Reftel, PolOff provided the proposed agenda and notional schedule to the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Caribbean and American Affairs, Mrs. Joy Wheeler, on April 12, emphasizing the U.S. commitment to a successful, positive, outcomes-based US [...] | 2007-04-12 19:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PREL OAS JM XL |
07KINGSTON584 | JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT JUNE 19-21; [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-23 16:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM PREL ENRG MARR PHUM OAS JM XL |
07KINGSTON593 | JAMAICA: LONG-TERM AGREEMENT ON STATUS OF FORCES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-24 20:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA JM XL |
07KINGSTON637 | JAMAICA: ELECTION VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with the Commissioner of Elections Danville Walker, the Commissioner noted that he believes the risk of political violence during elections is low. He also revealed his belief that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) did not call elections earlier in order [...] | 2007-05-02 17:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON640 | JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE [...] Summary: (SBU) Post would like to add its voice to the chorus from the English-speaking Caribbean (refs. A,B) respectfully requesting that the Commercial Service reconsider its proposal to close its office in Kingston, Jamaica. Our concerns mirror those from our regional counterparts: -- T [...] | 2007-05-02 20:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL |
07KINGSTON820 | JAMAICA: GOJ OFFICIALS RAISE QUESTIONS/CONCERNS [...] (C) Deputy Director of WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff visited Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Permanent Secretary Ambassador Douglas Saunders on May 22. Williams raised the issue of the Government of Venezuela's attempts to enlist OAS support in calling for the e [...] | 2007-05-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI OAS XM XL JM |
07KINGSTON843 | JAMAICA HOSTS WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 [...] SUMMARY: The first outreach event on implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 (2004) in the Caribbean was held in Kingston, Jamaica on May 29-30, 2007. Representatives from 11 Caribbean states attended. The workshop was successful in increasing participants' kno [...] | 2007-05-31 17:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ETTC KNNP PARM PREL PTER XL XM JM |
07KINGSTON887 | JAMAICA: PNP FACES INTERNAL PROBLEMS/LACK OF [...] (SBU) Poloff recently met with longtime People's National Party (PNP) activist and organizer Karen Cross to discuss recent media reports of problems within the PNP which could impact the outcome of the upcoming elections (due by October 2007). During the meeting, Cross confirmed that there is [...] | 2007-06-06 18:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL |
07KINGSTON897 | JAMAICA: AIR JAMAICA SELLS LONDON ROUTES, WANTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Air Jamaica Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Conway considers the recent sale of the airline's prestigious London-Kingston route essential to the airline's long-term viability. He also says he is willing to work with the USG however he can to combat the problem of drug smugg [...] | 2007-06-07 20:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV SNAR JM XL |
07KINGSTON903 | JAMAICAN ECONOMY SLUGGISH IN FIRST QUARTER [...] The Jamaican economy expanded by two percent during January to March 2007. Growth was driven by agriculture and construction, as tourism output declined for the first time in four years, following the return of Cancun after hurricane damage. Inflation of one percent was the major success stor [...] | 2007-06-11 13:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND CPAS JM XL |
07KINGSTON91 | JAMAICA: CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 19:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF JM XL XR |
07KINGSTON927 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 7TH ANNUAL TIPS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the 7th Annual TIP country report on Jamaica to the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) National Anti-Trafficking Task Force at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 11. The task force is headed by Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Justice Ca [...] | 2007-06-13 16:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL |
07KINGSTON953 | JAMAICA: MOUNTING POLITICAL TENSIONS WITH APPROACH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-19 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
07LIMA4 | IDENTIFICATION OF OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS [...] Post provides the following information to identify "democracy practitioners" in Peru. Diego Garcia Sayan, justice reform, political analysis. Garcia Sayan was the Peruvian Minister of Justice from November 2000 to July 2001 and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Peru from July 2001 to July 20 [...] | 2007-01-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM HUM PREL XL XK XM XR XS OAS PE |
07NICOSIA551 | CYPRUS ALSO CONCERNED WITH INTERNET FREEDOM IN CUBA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-02 05:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT PREL ECON TINT CU XL XG CY |
07OTTAWA1359 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO INTERNET FREEDOM RESTRICTIONS IN CUBA [...] Summary: Embassy Ottawa delivered information regarding the lack of internet freedom in Cuba to Foreign Affairs Canada's Cuba desk on July 6. Canadian officials expressed concern for Cubans' lack of internet access and reassured us that they place no credibility in Cuban claims that this is d [...] | 2007-07-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT PREL ECON TINT CU CA XL XG |
07OTTAWA2233 | U.S.-CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Canadian Policy Planners met November 29-30 to discuss the broad strategic outlook over the next 25 years (with specific reference to the National Intelligence Council's 2020 and 2025 projects) and a range of international and regional issues that represent policy priorit [...] | 2007-12-07 22:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CA AF PK XB XL XM XK |
07PANAMA1762 | PANAMA: INPUT FOR 2007 CBERA OPERATION REPORT - [...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is Part 1 of 2 of Post's report on Panama's current performance with respect to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as amended by the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnerhsip Act (CBTPA). Part 1 responds to the questions set forth in reftel paragraph 6. Part 2 resp [...] | 2007-11-14 22:48:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ECON ETRD XK XL |
07PANAMA1766 | PANAMA: INPUT FOR 2007 CBERA OPERATION REPORT - [...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is Part 2 of 2 of Post's report on Panama's current performance with respect to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as amended by the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnerhsip Act (CBTPA). Part 1 responds to the questions set forth in reftel paragraph 6. Part 2 resp [...] | 2007-11-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ECON ETRD XK XL |
07PARAMARIBO233 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CARICOM-U.S. INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] Per reftel, Poloff delivered demarche to Terence Craig Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA) April 18, 2007. Craig said that he was unaware of our desire to issue a joint statement to begin cooperative efforts to combat illicit trafficking in arms. Poloff share [...] | 2007-05-10 19:55:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL JM BB GY TD NS |
07PARAMARIBO550 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED; 2007 WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to Chantal Elsenhout, Deputy Head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS). Elsenhout said she would forward the information to the Ministry of Transportation, Communication, an [...] | 2007-10-16 19:29:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS CITEL XK XL XM NS |
07PARAMARIBO558 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CIVAIR-CARIBBEAN - OPEN SKIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 18:36:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA XL NS |
07PARAMARIBO577 | POST INPUT TO REPORT THE OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN [...] (U) Post submits input for the report on the Operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Answers are keyed to reftel. 2. (U) Paragraph 6. (1) WHETHER THE BENEFICIARY COUNTRY HAS DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO UNDERTAKE ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE WTO UNDER OR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND [...] | 2007-11-02 17:41:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AMGT XK XL NS |
07PARAMARIBO622 | BUREACRATIC BLOCKS ON OPEN SKIES, DIRECT FLIGHTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After delaying for months in response to Embassy attempts to set up a meeting to further discuss air traffic with the United States, government of Suriname (GOS) Minister of Transportation, Communication, and Tourism (TCT) Richel Apinsa tabled Open Skies, saying the GOS prefer [...] | 2007-12-04 18:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA XL NS |
07PORTAUPRINCE1989 | VENEZUELAN & CUBAN CONSTRUCTION OF 3 ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuela and Cuba appear to be taking advantage of Haiti's electricity gap. GOH sources up to and including President Preval say Haiti is accepting delivery of three Venezuela-supplied generators to supply Port-au-Prince, Cap Haitien and Gonaives. The generators are to be inst [...] | 2007-12-20 19:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ENRG EFIN XL HA VE CU |
07PORTAUPRINCE266 | CHAVEZ COMING TO HAITI? [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Haitian Media on February 2 reported that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez planned to visit Haiti as early as the following week. However, the foreign ministry's political director, Wiener Jean Baptiste, on Fe [...] | 2007-02-07 17:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID XM XL HA VE |
07PORTAUPRINCE492 | CHAVEZ ARRIVES LATE [...] (SBU) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Haiti March 12 for meetings with Haitian President Rene Preval and Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo Hernadez. Though the GoH had announced bilateral meetings with the Venezuelan President, as well as a trip to a construction site, Chavez arr [...] | 2007-03-13 17:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE |
07PORTAUPRINCE522 | PREVAL: CHAVEZ VISIT A MESS [...] (C) Summary: To hear President Rene Preval tell it, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Haiti on March 12 was a logistical nightmare and an annoyance to the GoH. Chavez thwarted Preval's efforts to keep the public profile of the visit low key. In the aftermath of the visit, Preval t [...] | 2007-03-16 19:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE |
07PORTAUPRINCE679 | CARICOM SUMMIT RSVP EXPECTED SOON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM PREL OAS XL HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE859 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CARICOM INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 17:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL HA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1031 | OAS LABOR MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DECENT WORK AS THE CENTER [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE XV INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LABOR (IACML) IN PORT OF SPAIN SEPTEMBER 11-13 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND LABOR OBJECTIVES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO BE REINFORCED THROUGH ENGAGEMENT ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AMONG LABOR MINISTERS, I [...] | 2007-10-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SOCI OAS XK XL XM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1154 | CABLE TV PIRACY ENDS (ALMOST) IN TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) With the signing of a content agreement October 30, Trinidad's main cable company Flow and HBO-Latin America ended years of controversy about cable TV piracy in Trinidad. Starting December 1, Flow will pay for HBO-LA programming and discontinue unlicensed premium movie broadcast [...] | 2007-11-27 11:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TD XL |
07PORTOFSPAIN554 | TRINIDAD'S CABLE TV PIRACY DISPUTE HEATS UP [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In the latest skirmish in the long-standing Trinidad and Tobago cable TV piracy wars, HBO-Latin America launched a media blitz May 9 accusing Trinidad's cable provider Flow of ongoing cable piracy and failing to negotiate in good faith to purchase cable feeds legally. Flow respo [...] | 2007-06-06 18:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TD XL |
07PORTOFSPAIN648 | 2007 REPORT FOR BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to our survey, twelve Trinidad-based companies reported US$793 million in investment generating an estimated US$1.0 billion in exports to the US under CBERA/CBTPA. CBERA preferences have contributed to rapid growth of petrochemicals, ethanol, and selected manufacturing [...] | 2007-07-03 12:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON TD XL |
07PORTOFSPAIN681 | DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S [...] On July 3, poloff faxed and subsequently hand-delivered demarche per reftel to Laura West, Director, Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On July 6, another copy was faxed to Gerard Thompson, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thompson informed p [...] | 2007-07-09 17:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN689 | DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S [...] On July 12, Poloff spoke with Gerald Thompson, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thompson informed Poloff that his Ministry had received the Diplomatic Note and was in the process of consulting with the relevant authorities. 2. Thompson added, "The longstandi [...] | 2007-07-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT TD |
07PRAGUE789 | CUBANS WILL SOON HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AT [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Director of the Transformation Cooperation Unit Gabriela Dlouha to discuss Internet access in Cuba and deliver reftel. Dlouha said that after a year and a half of trying to get the necessary hardware onto the island, the Czech mission in Havana has finally succeed [...] | 2007-06-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINT ECON TINT CU XL XG EZ |
07ROME1493 | CUBA AND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] (C) Poloff raised reftel points with MFA Caribbean and Central America Office Director Michele Pala on July 9. He also provided detailed background information and urged that the GOI look for opportunities to help expand internet access for Cuban civil society. 2. (C) Pala said that Ital [...] | 2007-07-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ECON EINT PREL TINT XG XL IT |
07ROME1945 | ITALY PRIVATELY FAVORS ICAO AVIATION EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Italy (GOI) representatives recently indicated unofficially that Italy would prefer a global aviation emissions solution rather than the EU Commission's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). GOI MFA comments suggest that, with a commitment to global and bindin [...] | 2007-09-12 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR SENV ECON ETRD XA XB XD XF XG XL IT |
07SANJOSE1248 | COSTA RICA INPUT - USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI/CBERA/CBTPA) has played a key role in the growth of the Costa Rican economy over the last 23 years, fueling Foreign Direct Investment (FDI),which has expanded the economy and diversified export opportunities. In the past seven years, accordin [...] | 2007-06-28 12:13:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN CS |
07SANTODOMINGO1049 | JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE [...] //// PLEASE CANCEL THIS TELEGRAM. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SANTO DOMINGO 1050 REPEAT 1050 - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - The vagaries of inter-island travel will make regional coverage less than optimal. - Without [...] | 2007-05-03 19:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1050 | CORRECTED COPY - SANTO DOMINGO: REQUEST TO [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Santo Domingo concurs fully with issues raised in Refs A, B, C, and we urge Commerce's reconsideration of its proposal to close its offices in the listed countries. - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - Th [...] | 2007-05-03 20:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR |
07SANTODOMINGO75 | CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION - PROBABLE DOMINICAN [...] (S) Santo Domingo country team considers that the Dominican government would NOT/NOT be willing to receive any Haitian migrants in the event of a mass migration event and that it would NOT/NOT be willing to place Cuban migrants in a camp or under any similar system of controls. In the unlike [...] | 2007-01-12 17:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | SECRET | PREL PREF XL XM XR DR |
07STATE126663 | CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN - MOVING AHEAD ON [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of periodic updates for posts describing progress on June initiatives and deliverables of the 2007 Conference on the Caribbean. It also requests posts to engage with host governments to encourage effective follow-through on the part of relevant host governm [...] | 2007-09-10 17:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ENRG SNAR EAID CU XL |
07STATE149873 | NETHERLANDS: PROGRESS ON STATUS OF FORCES [...] This is an action request -- see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. Ref A reported delivery to the MFA Legal Department of a new draft text for a long-term SOFA provided by Ref B. The USG is seeking a long-term SOFA with the Netherlands that would cover U.S. forces present in the Netherlands Antilles [...] | 2007-10-29 14:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MARR MASS MOPS NL XL NT |
07THEHAGUE1037 | NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT EXTENSION [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Post received June 1 the diplomatic note from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 21 regarding the one-year extension of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The Dutc [...] | 2007-06-01 14:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL NL NT XL |
07THEHAGUE1220 | NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, emboffs delivered the draft long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) text pertaining to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba on June 20 to the MFA Legal Department. A/DCM discussed the draft agreement with MFA Deputy Political Director Wim Geerts on June 21. Geerts said t [...] | 2007-06-25 08:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT |
07THEHAGUE1990 | RFG -- NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, DCM Gallagher raised the lack of progress made on a long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba with MFA Head of the North America Directorate Jos Schellars on November 1. A [...] | 2007-11-15 12:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL |
07TOKYO2703 | ICAO ASSEMBLY - SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR KEY U.S. [...] (U) On June 13, post delivered the points in STATE 77572 to Yoshiyasu Kawaguchi, Deputy Director, Specialized Agencies Division, International Cooperation Bureau, MOFA, and asked for the GOJ's support. Mr. Kawaguchi is not a specialist on these issues, but promised to deliver our request to t [...] | 2007-06-15 05:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD XA XF XB XG XD XL |
08BEIJING4152 | A/S SHANNON LEADS U.S.-CHINA LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) China views Latin America as a stable region with great economic potential, MFA Latin American Affairs Department Director General Yang Wanming told Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas A. Shannon during the U.S.-China Latin America Subdialogue in Beijing on October 16 [...] | 2008-11-06 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD CH XL XM |
08BELMOPAN265 | BELIZE SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our assessment, based on discussions within Country Team and with regional law enforcement officers covering Belize, is that inclusion in regional efforts to strengthen border protection and to combat alien smuggling would be of great benefit. Anti-gang efforts aimed at preven [...] | 2008-05-23 19:19:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL MASS MOPS XL BH |
08BRASILIA1460 | U.S. CANDIDACY FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 19:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN AORC PGOV PREL XK XL XS BR |
08BRASILIA1636 | BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 1: BRAZIL HOSTS FOUR REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a two-day period, December 16-17, Brazil hosted a series of four summit meetings at the seaside resort of Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, involving the heads of state or high-level government officials of 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries: The Common Market of the South [...] | 2008-12-20 17:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KSUM ECON OAS XL XM BR |
08BRASILIA1637 | BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 2: BRINGING LATIN AMERICA AND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with ministerial level contacts on December 18 and 19 who commented with varying degrees of detail on the series of summits (Mercosul, UNASUL, Rio Group, and Latin America/Caribbean--CALC) hosted by Brazil in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia December 16-17 (Ref A). Seni [...] | 2008-12-20 18:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN KSUM MARR XM XL BR MX CU |
08BRIDGETOWN101 | Bridgetown Input for new Required Reports to Congress on [...] Embassy Bridgetown provides input for the new required reports to Congress on Energy. 2. Political / Economic section and USAID handle energy matters. Seven employees in both sections (combined) work on energy matters. 3. 1 Political/Economic Officer: 35 percent of time -- renewable s [...] | 2008-02-15 21:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV APER ABUD XL |
08BRIDGETOWN102 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SONJAI REYNOLDS-COOPERS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Sonjai Reynolds-Cooper, Education Officer, to travel Bridgetown, Barbados O/A February 13 - 17, 2008. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative-Barbados, James Goggin, at tel. 1-246-227-4395 or 227-4118, fax. 1-24 [...] | 2008-02-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA XL BB |
08BRIDGETOWN104 | THE NATURE ISLE DEVELOPING GREEN ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Dominica is poised to develop its geothermal and other renewable energy sectors. If successful, geothermal energy could supply all of Dominica's energy needs, as well as export considerable energy to the neighboring French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe [...] | 2008-02-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN116 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 [...] (U) Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC, a.k.a. "Invest Barbados"),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. [...] | 2008-02-25 14:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV XL |
08BRIDGETOWN120 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA [...] (U) As requested (ref A),below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationa [...] | 2008-02-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF ST XL |
08BRIDGETOWN121 | TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA [...] (U) As requested (ref A),below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for international [...] | 2008-02-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF DO XL |
08BRIDGETOWN122 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ARRIETA FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to YA-02 Felix Arrieta, USN, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR [...] | 2008-02-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN123 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED KOSOVO, ARTICLE 98, CUBA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 21 meeting with the Ambassador, St. Lucian PM King reemphasized his support for Kosovo independence and Article 98, although the GOSL has yet to act on either issue. In discussing the deliverables from the June 2007 Conference on the Caribbean, King's advisor expla [...] | 2008-02-27 18:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTIA ETRD PBTS XL |
08BRIDGETOWN124 | PETROCARIBE #35: ST. KITTS AND PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: St. Kitts and Nevis has begun preparations for hosting the Fifth Petrocaribe Summit. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan energy initiative appears to be gaining momentum in the country, following the first successful delivery of Petrocaribe fuel in December 2007 and evolving plans for the [...] | 2008-02-28 18:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV PINR XL VE |
08BRIDGETOWN125 | SNAPSHOT: ISLAM IN NEVIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following-up on contacts made at the Embassy's inaugural Iftar, PolOff met with the leader of the Nevis Muslim Association, as well as with leaders from the local university's Muslim Association. While both groups are small, they are well-integrated into the tiny island comm [...] | 2008-02-28 18:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL SOCI PREL PHUM XL SC |
08BRIDGETOWN130 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for [...] | 2008-03-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC XL SC |
08BRIDGETOWN132 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or desti [...] | 2008-03-03 16:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF XL VC |
08BRIDGETOWN134 | ST. VINCENT: MAN ACQUITTED OF KILLING PM'S PRESS [...] (U) Summary: In a year of sensational crime stories, St. Vincent witnessed its most sensational trial fall apart this week, as the man accused with the 2006 murder of the Prime Minister's press secretary was acquitted of the charges. The presiding judge had earlier ruled that an oral confessio [...] | 2008-03-04 13:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SOCI PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL XL VC |
08BRIDGETOWN135 | ATF ETRACE MOU [...] Per reftel instructions, copies of the ATF eTrace MOU were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0179, Barbados #0180, Dominica #0181, St. Christopher and Nevis #0182, St. Lucia #0183, St. Vincent and the Grenadines #0184) on March 4, 2008. [...] | 2008-03-04 13:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ETTC XL TX PARM |
08BRIDGETOWN139 | Successful Commercial Outreach Trip to St Kitts [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 19:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV PREL SC XL AMCHAMS |
08BRIDGETOWN14 | WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, invitation letter from Secretary Rice was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0020, Barbados #0021, St. Kitts #0022, and St. Lucia #0023) on January 08, 2008. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post WIREC POC is [...] | 2008-01-08 18:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO OPDC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN140 | Labor Unions in St Kitts - Going Through Transformation [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 19:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ECON SC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN141 | COMMERCIAL OUTREACH TRIP TO ST KITTS, PART TWO [...] (U) Summary: Poloffs conducted a week-long commercial outreach trip to St Kitts during diplmatic week February 18 to 22. Poloffs met with lcal business leaders, government finance and invesment officers, and hosted two receptions for thelocal American business community, while promotig increa [...] | 2008-03-04 21:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV PREL SC XL AMCHAMS |
08BRIDGETOWN149 | 2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT - EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown is responsible for the NAS-funded program in seven countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is also responsible for monitoring equipment provided to the French department of Martinique. [...] | 2008-03-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN XL |
08BRIDGETOWN150 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (u) The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the [...] | 2008-03-06 12:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN156 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ST. LUCIA [...] (u) The Government of St. Lucia practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the fiscal yea [...] | 2008-03-07 19:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN157 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN BARBADOS [...] (u) The Government of Barbados practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the fiscal year [...] | 2008-03-07 19:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN158 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN DOMINICA [...] (u) The Government of Dominica practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the fiscal year [...] | 2008-03-07 19:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN159 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (u) The Government of Antigua and Barbuda practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the [...] | 2008-03-07 19:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN162 | TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked m [...] | 2008-03-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN163 | TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, o [...] | 2008-03-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN21 | BARBADOS ELECTION UNPREDICTABLE TO THE END [...] (U) SUMMARY: With elections scheduled for January 15, the Barbados political landscape has heated up with accusations flying between the two main parties, the launch of their political manifestos, and the increased vigor of on-the-ground canvassing and media campaigning. Statistically, the op [...] | 2008-01-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CN TW BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN220 | ST. VINCENT: PM'S (FIRST) RAPE CASE HIJACKED BY [...] (C) Summary: The judge reviewing the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP's) February decision to "discontinue" the rape case against Prime Minister Gonsalves has ruled that the DPP acted properly and within the parameters of the law. The lawyers for the accuser have appealed the case, and ha [...] | 2008-04-01 12:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL ASEC XL VC |
08BRIDGETOWN229 | ST. VINCENT RULE OF LAW SLUMPING, ECONOMY GRINDING [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the much-publicized rape case against the Prime Minister which was discontinued by the prosecution (Ref A),rule of law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a public black eye. With the murder rate among the highest in the world, meanwhile, crime is pe [...] | 2008-04-03 19:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SNAR PREL PHUM ASEC XL VC |
08BRIDGETOWN23 | LABOR STRIFE HEATING UP IN EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] Summary: In recent months, there have been a number of high-profile industrial actions in the Eastern Caribbean. Behind the increase in industrial actions, lies a worsening economic situation for the average worker, who is facing shrinking real income due to high inflation, and decrease in re [...] | 2008-01-11 17:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN25 | BARBADOS BUSINESS CLIMATE ON EVE OF ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Barbados' elections slated for January 15, pundits have been speculating the post-election business climate. Many have settled on a wait-and-see approach as they claim that the economic climate will only take shape after the election results are known. Others predict that [...] | 2008-01-11 21:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN294 | NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee Meeting were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0407, Barbados #0407, Dominica #0409, St. Christopher and Nevis #0410, St. Lucia #0411 [...] | 2008-05-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA XL |
08BRIDGETOWN295 | PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE (PSI): INVITING NON-PSI [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI): Inviting Non-PSI States to Attend the PSI Fifth Anniversary Outreach Workshop were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0400, Barbados #0401, Dominica #0402 [...] | 2008-05-06 18:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP XL |
08BRIDGETOWN298 | SENIOR ROUNDTABLE FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Senior Roundtable for Women's Justice were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0419, Barbados #0420, Dominica #0421, St. Christopher and Nevis #0422, St. Lucia #0423, St. Vincent and the Grenadine [...] | 2008-05-06 19:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM KPAO PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN299 | U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the U.S. Candidate for Inter-American Juridical Committee were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0413, Barbados #0414, Dominica #0414, St. Christopher and Nevis #0416, St. Lucia #0417, St. Vincent a [...] | 2008-05-06 19:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OAS XL |
08BRIDGETOWN310 | UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the UNSC Resolution on Somali Piracy were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0455, Barbados #0456, Dominica #0457, St. Christopher and Nevis #0458, St. Lucia #0459, St. Vincent and the Grenadines #04 [...] | 2008-05-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XL |
08BRIDGETOWN311 | U.S.-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the U.S.-EU Prisoners of Conscience Declaration were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0461, Barbados #0462, Dominica #0463, St. Christopher and Nevis #0464, St. Lucia #0465, St. Vincent and the Gre [...] | 2008-05-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PHUM PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN317 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON FRASER [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jason Fraser, Regional Legal Advisor, to travel Bridgetown, Barbados O/A May 19 - 21, 2008. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Barbados, Mansfield Blackwood, Senior Technical Officer at tel. 1-246-227-4154 or 227-4118, fa [...] | 2008-05-15 20:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA XL BB |
08BRIDGETOWN319 | FURTHER POLITICAL SHAKE-UP IN ST. LUCIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three members of parliament in St. Lucia are threatening to leave the ruling United Workers Party if their demands, which include the dismissal of a competent, but disliked, appointed member of cabinet and the reinstatement of a politically unpopular figure, are not met. If they [...] | 2008-05-16 21:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EINV ETRD KTIA ST XL |
08BRIDGETOWN332 | CHINA'S POLITICAL INVESTMENT IN EC PAYS DIVIDENDS [...] (C) PM David Thompson's May 7-9 visit to Beijing highlights China's increasing engagement in the Eastern Caribbean to improve economic and business ties and increase aid. The visit, which generated new economic and business ties and increased aid, was seen as successful by commentators, who [...] | 2008-05-22 18:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EINV OFDP PINR SNAR CH XL |
08BRIDGETOWN346 | ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT TEETERS ON THE BRINK OF [...] (C) St. Lucia's leadership crisis came to a head in late May as two ministers threatened to leave the governing party and serve as independents and others weighed their options. With the government facing the loss of its majority in parliament, Economic Planning Minister Ausbert d'Auvergne re [...] | 2008-05-29 18:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR CN SL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN349 | ST VINCENT LABOR UNIONS PRAGMATIC ON ECONOMIC [...] (u) Summary: St. Vincent's labor commissioner, public service union general secretary and the national workers movement general secretary were all upbeat in recent meetings, in contrast to the general downbeat assessment of the labor scene they portrayed six months earlier. The labor moveme [...] | 2008-05-29 20:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN357 | 2008 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] a. Claimant A b. 2002 c. In December 2001, Claimant A (a holding company comprised of 98 percent U.S. and 2 per cent Canadian shareholders) requested that Embassy Bridgetown intervene with the GOAB to halt the expropriation of a 110-acre beachfront property. Despite Post interventions [...] | 2008-06-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV AC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN358 | 2008 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [...] a. Claimant A b. June 2006 c. In June, 2007, the SVG High Court found that Claimant A had violated the terms of the "Alien's (Land-Holding Regulation) Act." The court ruled that Claimant A was required to spend a minimum of USD 15 million on construction within three years of receiving [...] | 2008-06-03 18:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV VC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN36 | TEMPERS, CARS SET ABLAZE BY ST. KITTS ELECTORAL [...] (U) Summary: Following the passing of electoral reform law in December 2007 in St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis, tempers have flared as the opposition has raised objections to the ruling Labour party's implementation of re-registration rules. In what has devolved into a vicious battle in [...] | 2008-01-16 21:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN362 | U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CHAIRPERSON FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS [...] Per reftel instructions, Sarah Hanson, Director, Caribbean Basin Agricultural Trade Office, delivered demarches on the U.S. Candidate for Chairperson FAO/WHO CODEX Alimentarius Commission, as follows: Antigua and Barbuda: delivered to Mrs. Dianne Lalla-Rodriguez, Director, Antigua and Barbu [...] | 2008-06-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO XL |
08BRIDGETOWN40 | SEA TURTLE SANCTUARIES STAVING OFF EXTINCTION [...] Summary: Operators of sea turtle sanctuaries in Barbados, Dominica and St. Vincent are expressing optimism about the long term viability of sea turtles in the region, but noted that obstacles remain in ensuring long term survival. There is growing awareness throughout the Eastern Caribbean tha [...] | 2008-01-22 16:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EFIS PGOV PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN42 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WALTER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Andrew D. Walter, OS3, USCG, for travel to Barbados January 25, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to disembark the USCGC FORWARD at the Barbados Port Authority, Bridgetown, transit Grantley Adams International Airport to return to the United [...] | 2008-01-23 19:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN43 | NEW BARBADOS CABINET SWORN IN [...] (SBU) In a four-hour ceremony January 20 that included an extensive ecumenical service, the Governor General of Barbados officially swore into office the new cabinet. New PM David Thompson used the event to set the tone for his government's priorities: to manage expectations for the econom [...] | 2008-01-23 19:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN436 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL GRANTED TO GILMORE PLUS TWO TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, LCDR Bryan Ullmer, USCG and LCDR Matthew Colmer, USCG for travel to Dominica July 20 - 22, 2008. The purpose of this mission is to conduct port discussions with port officials IAW the U.S. Maritime Tra [...] | 2008-07-10 15:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA DO XL |
08BRIDGETOWN44 | NEW BARBADOS CABINET SWORN IN [...] (SBU) In a four-hour ceremony January 20 that included an extensive ecumenical service, the Governor General of Barbados officially swore into office the new cabinet. New PM David Thompson used the event to set the tone for his government's priorities: to manage expectations for the econom [...] | 2008-01-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN45 | AMBASSADOR GARNERS POSITIVE PRESS IN ST. KITTS AND [...] (U) Summary: During her January 10-11 visit to St. Kitts and Nevis, the Ambassador again drew attention to USG contributions to the Federation by attending two events at the Hamilton House in Nevis, and addressing a graduating Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program class. As with the Ambassa [...] | 2008-01-24 17:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PTER PREL ECON EINV CVIS XL |
08BRIDGETOWN48 | BRIDGETOWN: UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS STATE OF PLAY [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Bridgetown has also contributed to programs aimed at indigenous populations in the Eastern Caribbean. 2. (U) Through the Ambassador's Democracy Fund, Embassy Bridgetown administered a grant to the Carib Territory of Dominica in 2005 for the amount of $15,0 [...] | 2008-01-24 20:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OAS PGOV PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN49 | Renewed Interest in Barbados for AmCham [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMCHAMS BEXP ECON ETRD EIND ASEC BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN507 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO USG DEL TO CEP IGM [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dave Hermann (State/OES),Elizabeth McLanahan (NOAA),Patrick Cotter (EPA),Matthew Burton (State/L),Timothy Lattimer (State/EST REO San Jose),and Ed Kruze (NOAA) to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from September 7-14, 2008 to attend the 13t [...] | 2008-08-14 17:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV XL |
08BRIDGETOWN57 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SMALLS FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Sheila Smalls, Florida Parole Commission, for travel to Barbados February 04 to February 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the State Partnership Program (SPP) Barbados Subject Matter Exchange (SMEE). 2. Embassy points of cont [...] | 2008-01-31 20:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN573 | EXPECTED EASTERN CARIBBEAN ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (u) We have received partial information from six of our seven host governments concerning their attendance at the UNGA and the meeting with the Secretary on September 25. Local ministries have confirmed as follows: Antigua and Barbuda: Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer will lead the Antigua [...] | 2008-09-22 18:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP UNGA PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN574 | AMBASSADOR'S FIRST CALL ON NEW GRENADA GOVT [...] (U) The Ambassador and Grenada Charge met August 15 with newly elected Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter David, and Opposition Leader Keith Mitchell in separate meetings. Thomas' National Democratic Congress (NDC) beat out Mitchell's New National Party [...] | 2008-09-22 18:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL INRB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN58 | ST. VINCENT POLICE OFFICER ALLEGES RAPE BY PRIME [...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 5. 2. (C) Summary: On January 30, 2008 a prominent lawyer and key Embassy contact called PolOff to request help with a legal case in which a St. Vincent police officer alleges that SVG Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves raped her. The contact [...] | 2008-01-31 20:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC |
08BRIDGETOWN584 | RAPE VICTIM DROPS CASE; GONSALVES SET FOR [...] (C) Alleged rape victim and police constable Michelle Andrews, who filed rape charges against Prime Minister Gonsalves in January, replaced her lawyers and discontinued all legal proceedings against the Prime Minister in a snap decision that caught her previous legal counsel completely by surp [...] | 2008-09-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN585 | DOMINICA: THE POLITICS OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Dominica media outlets recently reported threats of unspecified punitive action by the government against the U.S.-owned monopoly electricity provider DOMLEC Corporation over rising energy costs. At the same time, the government has announced its intention to build a new power plant wi [...] | 2008-09-25 18:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ENRG EINV PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN587 | HESS OIL, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GAINING GROUND IN ST. [...] (SBU) In mid-September, the St. Lucian press was abuzz with the rumor that Hess Oil CEO John Hess had visited the island and met with the PM to discuss its long-planned seven billion U.S. dollar oil refinery. Local Hess Oil managers, however, told poloff that the alleged meeting never took [...] | 2008-09-26 20:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OECS EINV ECON XL |
08BRIDGETOWN588 | REGIONAL SECURITY AND EXPROPRIATION CASE HEADLINE [...] (U) Prime Minister Denzil Douglas of St. Kitts and Nevis provided lukewarm assurances of his country's support on key upcoming human rights issues at the UNGA during a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador. The Ambassador also urged the PM to bring closure to the long-standing Angelus prope [...] | 2008-09-26 20:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL MASS XL |
08BRIDGETOWN591 | USS FARRAGUT ANCHORS OUTREACH EVENTS IN ST. LUCIA [...] (C) A three-day port call by the USS Farragut formed an ideal platform for community outreach events by the Ambassador and the Farragut's crew, and afforded an opportunity to engage with regional prime ministers who were in town for an OECS heads of government meeting. While a promised Artic [...] | 2008-10-01 17:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL MARR XL |
08BRIDGETOWN617 | SHIPMENT OF HUMANITARIAN GOODS UNDER THE DENTON [...] (U) Post has a good working relationship with the Good News Project staff in their Wisconsin headquarters and on the ground in the Eastern Caribbean. Recent Denton Program humanitarian shipments to Dominica and St. Lucia were handled very well by the local consignee, working closely with the [...] | 2008-10-10 13:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MASS PHUM XL |
08BRIDGETOWN62 | "ALBA" GAINS MOMENTUM IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the participation of three Eastern Caribbean heads of government at the sixth Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) summit in Caracas in late January 2008, the organization's influence in the region is making headlines and appears to be picking up steam. Domin [...] | 2008-02-01 17:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL VE |
08BRIDGETOWN625 | KUDOS TO EEB/CBA FOR SUPPORTING COMMERCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 22:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OECS EINV ECON XL |
08BRIDGETOWN63 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TALKS CRIME, "ALBA," CULTURE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion over breakfast, Ambassador Ourisman and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves covered the crime situation in St. Vincent, the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),the state of the region's primary air carrier (LIAT),t [...] | 2008-02-01 18:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EINV XL NU VE |
08BRIDGETOWN636 | ST. LUCIA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Sister Anthonia David, St. Lucia, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). A highly qualified registered nurse and administrator of the Holly Family Children's Home, she has become a leading advocate for deve [...] | 2008-10-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL |
08BRIDGETOWN637 | DOMINICA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Angelica Pierre-Louis, of Dominica, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). The president of the Dominica National Council of Women, she has become a leading advocate for developing infrastructure in Dominica [...] | 2008-10-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL |
08BRIDGETOWN638 | BARBADOS NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Mary Thompson, RN, of Barbados, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). A highly qualified registered nurse and president of the Business and Professional Women's Club, Mary Thompson has become a leading adv [...] | 2008-10-24 15:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL |
08BRIDGETOWN641 | ST. VINCENT NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Nicole O.M. Sylvester, lawyer and human rights activist from St. Vincent, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). Nicole is an accomplished lawyer and president of the St. Vincent Human Rights Association. I [...] | 2008-10-24 16:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL |
08BRIDGETOWN643 | GRENADA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Dr. Beverly Theresa Nelson-La Qua, of Grenada, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). Dr. Nelson is unique in Grenada for recognizing an unfilled need and then volunteering her time to find a solution. She [...] | 2008-10-27 18:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL |
08BRIDGETOWN646 | AMBASSADOR RAISES CARICOM LETTER WITH PM GONSALVES [...] (C) The Ambassador used the occasion of St. Vincent's National Day celebration to call Prime Minister Gonsalves to account over an inflammatory letter he sent to CARICOM leaders on September 24. In the letter, Gonsalves expressed support for irresponsible accusations by the Venezuelan Ambas [...] | 2008-10-28 18:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XL |
08BRIDGETOWN649 | U.S. INVESTOR AT WIT'S END IN DOMINICA [...] (SBU) AGGPIT Caribbean, L.L.C. (incorporated at 14900 Intracoastal Drive, New Orleans, LA 70129),a startup quarry investment into Dominica, is facing difficulties in obtaining the final permits needed to start operations and has requested U.S. government assistance. This US $1 million invest [...] | 2008-10-29 21:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KTDB ETRD PGOV SENV XL |
08BRIDGETOWN665 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM THE [...] Embassy Bridgetown received a fax from Saint Christopher and Nevis's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Note No. 777/2008),which included a letter from the Premier of the Nevis Island Administration containing a congratulatory message for President-Elect Barack Obama. The complete text of the lette [...] | 2008-11-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PGOV XL |
08BRIDGETOWN666 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM ANTIGUA [...] Embassy Bridgetown received a fax from Antigua and Barbuda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Note No. 328/2008),which included a letter from the Prime Minister containing a congratulatory message for President-Elect Barack Obama. The complete text of the letter follows in paragraph 2. Post will [...] | 2008-11-12 13:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PGOV XL |
08BRIDGETOWN667 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 13:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PGOV XL |
08BRIDGETOWN67 | QUARRY CONNDRUMS IN DOMINICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GOCD) is attempting to revamp the quarry industry. Currently, the quarry industry is unregulated, leading to critical environmental degradation and undercharged royalties on land use. The quarry industry, along with the proposed [...] | 2008-02-01 21:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EAID ETRD EINV XL DO PGOV |
08BRIDGETOWN690 | ST. VINCENT OPPOSITION IN A DISMAL STATE [...] (C) St. Vincent's New Democratic Party (NDP) is dispirited and mired in self pity, and appears incapable -- despite potential openings -- to mount any serious opposition to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The party's lackluster leadership has had difficulty targeting their criticisms and maki [...] | 2008-11-21 17:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR XL |
08BRIDGETOWN691 | EARTH, WIND AND FIRE: ST. KITTS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The early success of a geothermal project in Nevis, a budding interest in wind energy, and a shortage of suitable land is diminishing the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis' (GOSKN) earlier interest in pursuing bio-fuels. Nevis,s geothermal reservoir, which is capable of generating more [...] | 2008-11-21 17:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL EINV KTDB IR XL |
08BRIDGETOWN699 | BARBADOS - DOIN' THE CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) A comprehensive cabinet reshuffle announced November 24 saw only five of Barbados, thirteen cabinet positions remain unchanged. The move, sold as a positive step to put the right people in the right places by the Prime Minister, was predictably criticized by the opposition. Despite the [...] | 2008-12-02 20:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN700 | BARBADOS - DOIN' THE CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) A comprehensive cabinet reshuffle announced November 24 saw only five of Barbados, thirteen cabinet positions remain unchanged. The move, sold as a positive step to put the right people in the right places by the Prime Minister, was predictably criticized by the opposition. Despite the [...] | 2008-12-02 20:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN701 | EASTERN CARIBBEAN DRAGGING FEET ON DEPORTEE [...] (c) In recent weeks, we have become aware of a string of cases in which prospective deportees from Eastern Caribbean (EC) countries have been unable to return to their country of citizenship because of delays from their U.S.-based consulates in processing required travel documents. As a res [...] | 2008-12-02 20:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM CVIS PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN704 | ST LUCIA CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FREDERICK HEADS [...] (SBU) The long-running saga of the Minister Richard Frederick's corruption case appears headed towards a final resolution. Frederick lost his action for dismissal of charges against him relating to evasion of taxes for the importation of a vehicle, and the case is finally headed to trial. I [...] | 2008-12-02 20:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OECS POL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS XL |
08BRIDGETOWN706 | ST LUCIA CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FREDERICK HEADS [...] (SBU) The long-running saga of the Minister Richard Frederick's corruption case appears headed towards a final resolution. Frederick lost his action for dismissal of charges against him relating to evasion of taxes for the importation of a vehicle, and the case is finally headed to trial. I [...] | 2008-12-03 17:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | OECS POL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS XL |
08BRIDGETOWN714 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Dominica has not taken steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. Dominica regularly participates in annual CARICOM-Cu [...] | 2008-12-10 20:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
08BRIDGETOWN715 | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) At the 2008 CARICOM-Cuba Summit, Antigua and Barbuda publicly declared its commitment to deepening its relationship with Cuba further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as renewable energy, sports, health, education, agriculture, engineering, d [...] | 2008-12-10 20:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN716 | BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Barbados and Cuba enjoy a close relationship. At the 2008 Caribbean Community-Cuba Summit, Barbados publicly declared its commitment to deepening its relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as renewable energy, sports, health, [...] | 2008-12-10 20:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN717 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Kitts and Nevis has not taken any steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country made public [...] | 2008-12-10 20:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
08BRIDGETOWN718 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Lucia has not taken steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. St. Lucia regularly participates in annual CARICOM- [...] | 2008-12-10 20:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
08BRIDGETOWN72 | POST CANNOT CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR WIREC DELEGATION [...] In response to the Department's request (Reftel) for post funding for delegates to attend WIREC, post has determined that no discretionary funds are available for this purpose. Post has no reason to believe that funding presents an obstacle to Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevi [...] | 2008-02-05 15:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XL |
08BRIDGETOWN720 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has not sought to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country made publ [...] | 2008-12-10 21:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ERTD ETTC PREL CU XL |
08BRIDGETOWN721 | DOMINICA CABINET RESHUFFLE AMID CORRUPTION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced on November 19 a cabinet reshuffle designed to curb allegations of widespread corruption among his cabinet ministers. The reshuffle fueled speculation among the opposition that early elections are likely to be announced for the middle [...] | 2008-12-11 11:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN725 | HIGH COURT DECISION GIVES ST. KITTS A NEW CHANCE [...] (U) In an effort to develop its tourism industry with large-scale projects that can create jobs, generate visitors, and lure high-end investors, the government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) has taken to expropriating land from smaller, individual investors under its eminent domain laws and s [...] | 2008-12-12 18:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KIDE EINV PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN726 | ANTIGUAN AUTHORITIES BRACING FOR RECESSION [...] (C) Summary: Despite the current global economic crisis, the Antiguan government remains bullish on tourism, and several large tourism real estate development projects continue to move forward. The effect of the global crisis has yet to affect the real estate market, largely due to the ongoi [...] | 2008-12-12 19:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN CVIS EINV OFDP PINR XL |
08BRIDGETOWN727 | ST. KITTS AND NEVIS BANKS ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) is making a considerable commitment to tourism development on its southeastern peninsula. The increased development, along with added flights from the U.S. and Europe, could position St. Kitts and Nevis as a tourism leader in the Eastern Car [...] | 2008-12-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN728 | DOMINICA'S ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE DESPITE [...] (SBU) Despite recent turmoil in world markets, Dominica is showing some signs of improved economic vitality, with new infrastructure projects coming on line and economic growth projected to reach a respectable three percent. Economic contacts remain cautiously optimistic that Dominica will be [...] | 2008-12-15 16:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ENRG EINV PREL XL |
08BRIDGETOWN751 | SECURITY, ECONOMY, HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) In her farewell call on St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, the Ambassador highlighted successes in building cooperation between our countries during her tenure and expressed her hope for continued close cooperation in the future. The Ambassador cited ongoing cooperation o [...] | 2008-12-30 18:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV MASS PHUM XL |
08BRIDGETOWN752 | SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND KOSOVO ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Ambassador Ourisman paid a farewell call on an engaging Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda December 16. Spencer told the Ambassador she will be missed and praised her service to the U.S. and its relations with the region. The Ambassador called Spencer,s attention to op [...] | 2008-12-31 15:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XL ZL |
08BRIDGETOWN77 | DOL ILO FUNDED PROGRAM IN BARBADOS WINDS DOWN [...] (U) Summary: In December, 2007, DOL funding for the ILO/DOL HIV AIDS in the Workplace program ended in Barbados. The ILO program held a workshop in November 2007 to discuss the results of the program and to look at next steps towards setting up a domestically funded successor program. Key reco [...] | 2008-02-05 20:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB BEXP ECON KHIV ILO LAB BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN78 | ST. VINCENT: RAPE CHARGES AGAINST PM GONSALVES [...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 8. 2. (C) On February 4, 2008 the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines "discontinued" the criminal rape case filed against St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The case was earl [...] | 2008-02-06 20:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC |
08BRIDGETOWN79 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OSBOURNE FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Victoria B. Osbourne, FMS Program Manager, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 08, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embassy poin [...] | 2008-02-06 20:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN80 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARBURY FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Brenda Marbury, CG TECOM SCETC for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to brief and participate in the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embass [...] | 2008-02-06 20:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN88 | WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, invitation letters under Ambassador Oursiman's signature were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Dominica #0120 and St. Vincent and the Grenadines #0121) on February 12, 2008. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this d [...] | 2008-02-13 19:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY DO VC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN89 | DOMINICANS CONCERNED ABOUT ALBA [...] (U) SUMMARY: While the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GOCD) defends its decision to join Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),many sectors in Dominican society are concerned about the long-term consequences of this agreement. The decision to halt progres [...] | 2008-02-13 20:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VE DO XL |
08BRIDGETOWN93 | PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: EC [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ourisman carried out ref b demarche February 13 by calling the Prime Ministers of Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St. Luia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and theGrenadines, and meeting with Barbados PM Thompso on the same day. Embassy Grenada raised the issue wit [...] | 2008-02-14 16:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK SR XL |
08BRIDGETOWN95 | Commercial Outreach Efforts in Eastern Caribbean [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted a lunch on February 11 for the newly formed American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) for Barbados. The board, drawn from ten of the larger American companies in Barbados, will hold an organizational meeting in the last week of February and will begin operations short [...] | 2008-02-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD EINV ASEC BB XL AMCHAMS |
08BRUSSELS1661 | EU-CUBA DIALOGUE FOCUSED ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (C) Summary: EU officials spoke positively about the renewal of the EU-Cuba dialogue at foreign minister level on October 16 and the re-launching of development cooperation on October 24. On October 16, FMs Kouchner, Schwartzenberg, and Commissioner Michel discussed the human rights situatio [...] | 2008-10-28 15:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU ENRG ETRD EINV KDEM EUN XL EAID |
08BRUSSELS378 | U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. WHA PDAS Craig Kelly participated in the March 5 U.S.-EU troika meeting on Latin America in Brussels. PDAS Kelly updated participants on the Colombia/Ecuador situation and the EU delegation noted that Colombian VP Santos would be meeting with EU HiRep Solana the evening of March [...] | 2008-03-11 14:05:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XK XL XM UEU |
08BUENOSAIRES1480 | ARGENTINA SUPPORTS U.S. BID FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (U) Poloff raised Ref A points with Counselor Fabiana Laguzzo, Director of Women's Issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 27. Laguzzo indicated that she did not foresee any difficulties in supporting the U.S. bid for the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of W [...] | 2008-10-28 14:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL XK XL XM XS AR |
08GEORGETOWN309 | GUYANA/CARICOM SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Guyana Summary: As demonstrated by two mass killings by gangs earlier this year and general homicide rates across the country, Guyana is ill-equipped to address its modern security challenges. Historically, security has been hindered by limited financial and human resources, poor training [...] | 2008-05-23 21:55:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL MASS MOPS XL GY |
08GRENADA104 | SOFT TARGET PROGRAM - OVERSEAS SCHOOL SECURITY IN GRENADA [...] This is an action cable for James Witt, OBO/PE/SM/OPB. 2. The Embassy surveyed one local school that traditionally has been used by Mission and AmCits that qualifies for the Soft Target Program (reftel). As mandated by the Department, the RSO (resident in Bridgetown) came to Grenada and con [...] | 2008-07-23 20:53:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD ASEC AFIN GJ XL |
08GRENADA108 | EMBASSY GRENADA CLOSED AUGUST 4 FOR EMANCIPATION DAY [...] Embassy Grenada will be closed Monday, August 4, 2008 for the local celebration of Emancipation Day. 2. Post will resume normal operations on Tuesday, August 5. 3. Charge d'Affaires Karen Jo McIsaac will be reachable at Embassy's emergency number (cell phone) 1-473-407-2495 or at the Res [...] | 2008-07-31 19:22:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC APER CASC XL |
08GRENADA111 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT JULY 27 - AUGUST 2, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: a. ECSRC Issues Cease & Desist Order to SGL The Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission (ECSRC) last week issue [...] | 2008-08-08 18:10:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ASEC ECON XL |
08GRENADA122 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT AUGUST 24 - 30, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Chinese Donate Equipment and Supplies to RGPF The PRC signed an agreement with Grenada's Commissioner of Police James [...] | 2008-09-02 22:51:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN KIPR ETRD CH XL |
08GRENADA128 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATED INFORMATION ON GRENADA'S [...] (U) Embassy Grenada updates information provided ref A about Government of Grenada officials attending the 63rd UNGA. The GOG finally provided the information to us on September 17. 2. (SBU) A. Grenada's Head of State, Governor General Sir Daniel Williams will not attend UNGA. B. Attend [...] | 2008-09-17 22:50:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA GJ XL |
08GRENADA129 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 7 - 13, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. VAT to be put on hold Grenada's Minister for Finance Nazim Burke announced that the government will not implement Valu [...] | 2008-09-18 20:35:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SOCI XL GJ |
08GRENADA131 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 14 - 20,2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Private Sector Warns of Possible Labor Unrest The Senator representing the private sector in the upper house of Parlia [...] | 2008-09-24 18:17:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN GJ XL |
08GRENADA133 | GRENADA: 2009 HOLIDAY LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 15:38:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER OTRA GJ XL |
08GRENADA134 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 21 - 27, 2008 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. IMF Predicts Low Growth for Grenadian Economy The IMF's staff mission predicted a 1.6 per cent increase in economic growth for [...] | 2008-10-01 21:32:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID SOCI SENV GJ XL |
08GRENADA136 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 4, [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: A. Grenada Pioneers New AOSIS Fund Grenada's Foreign Minister and the deputy Foreign Minister of Greece announced on behalf of th [...] | 2008-10-10 21:34:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC KCRM SOCI XL GJ |
08GRENADA137 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 5 - 11, 2008 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: A. Grenada's Prime Minister Visits Washington Prime Minister Tillman Thomas termed "successful" his whirlwind one-day tour of the [...] | 2008-10-16 21:12:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SOCI EFIN GJ XL |
08GRENADA138 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 19 - 25, 2008 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Caribbean Financial Action Task Force visits Grenada According to the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Tillman Thomas to [...] | 2008-10-30 17:56:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG GJ XL |
08GRENADA139 | REAGAN MONUMENT REDEDICATION HIGHLIGHTS GRENADA INTERVENTION [...] (U) In a moving October 25 ceremony, the Ambassador re-dedicated the Ronald Reagan Monument in St. George's, Grenada honoring U.S. Service members who gave their lives in the 1983 U.S.-Caribbean intervention to restore democracy to Grenada. The Ambassador read a letter of appreciation from form [...] | 2008-10-30 18:47:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPAO PGOV XL |
08GRENADA140 | GRENADA GRANTS CLEARANCE TO USCGC MOHAWK TO ENTER ITS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 12:47:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS SNAR PREL GJ XL |
08GRENADA141 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 1, [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Alleged Plan for Benefits for Former Revolutionaries Local press reported that a coordinated effort is underway to promote the [...] | 2008-11-05 20:54:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB ETRD PREL GJ XL |
08GRENADA95 | NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS ENDS NEW NATIONAL PARTY 13 YEAR [...] (SBU) Grenada's main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC),won a landslide victory on July 8, 2008, taking eleven of fifteen seats in the lower house of Parliament. With 80 percent of registered voters voting, NDC won 50.97 percent to the New National Party's (NNP) 47.77 p [...] | 2008-07-11 23:21:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GJ XL |
08GUATEMALA763 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SMIG AORC XR XM XL CA GT |
08HAVANA717 | MGJM01: HURRICANE GUSTAV DEVASTATES WESTERN CUBA [...] (U) Through a combination of official news and contacts with individuals in the affected regions, we can report that it appears that Pinar del Rio province suffered severe damage in Hurricane Gustav, and that housing and infrastructure on the Isla de la Juventud was almost totally destroyed. [...] | 2008-09-02 21:44:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EAID PINR PINS PREL XL XK |
08HAVANA718 | MGJM01: Effects of Hurricane Gustav on Cuba [...] Hurricane Gustav made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Western Cuba, Pinar del Rio province on August 30 after passing over Isla de Juventud. The eye of the hurricane passed approximately 50 miles from the city of Havana, mitigating the amount of wind and rain received. No serious damag [...] | 2008-09-03 12:32:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR CU XL XK |
08KATHMANDU580 | NEPAL SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITIONS FOR ICAO MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 09:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER XA XF XB XG XD XL |
08KINGSTON1001 | FINANCIAL CRISIS ROCKS JAMAICA [...] (SBU) Jamaica's fragile economy has begun to feel the effects of the global financial meltdown, with the contagion effects already evident in the financial market. The local currency has depreciated by more than six percent since the beginning of October, due largely to margin calls from overse [...] | 2008-11-24 20:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY JM XL |
08KINGSTON1014 | JAMAICAN OFFICIALS ADDRESS PREVENTION, PROTECTION, AND [...] On November 22 poloff spoke at a panel discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP) hosted by local NGO Woman, Inc. The discussion, one of several themed talks over a two-day trade fair/fundraiser for the NGO, featured Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lisa Palmer Hamilton, Director of the N [...] | 2008-12-01 15:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PGOV KTIP JM XL |
08KINGSTON1023 | JAMAICAN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS: THE VIEW FROM A VISA WINDOW [...] (SBU) The Consular Section offers a unique perspective on economic patterns and sheds light on the individual economic situations of average Jamaicans. As seen from the perspective of a visa window, the economic situation of most Jamaicans appears tenuous and inconsistent, reflected in part in [...] | 2008-12-04 16:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD SOCI PREL KFRD CVIS TRSY XL JM |
08KINGSTON1028 | JAMAICA: INFINITY ETHANOL DEAL TO CLOSE IN DECEMBER [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) plan to sell the assets of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) parastatal to Brazilian-based Infinity Bio-Energy missed the original target of September 31, but should be completed by December 31. Infinity blames contract negotiations and the global credi [...] | 2008-12-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON ETRD EAGR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM |
08KINGSTON104 | JAMAICA: JAPANESE REQUEST THAT U.S. EMBASSY CHAIR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 19:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC DHS JA JM XL |
08KINGSTON1042 | JAMAICA RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III, [...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. On July 23 while speaking at an event hosted by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) on the theme "Cuba and its Neighbors: The Challenges of Change," Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding said: "My hope is that within a s [...] | 2008-12-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | TRAD ETTC PREL JM XL |
08KINGSTON1053 | JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT RETAINS DEATH PENALTY, NO [...] (C) Summary: In the lead up to a November 24 parliamentary vote in which legislators decided to retain the death penalty in Jamaica, there was strong public debate on the issue. Most Jamaicans, frustrated by the high crime level, support maintaining the death penalty. The discussion also r [...] | 2008-12-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR SNAR ASEC KCOR CPAS PBTS JM XL |
08KINGSTON1086 | AIR JAMAICA: FUTURE PLANS AND BUYERS [...] (SBU) On December 17 Econoff met with Air Jamaica (AJ) CEO and President Bruce Nobles, who outlined his plan for restructuring the beleaguered airline in a lead up to divestiture. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is still hoping to have a buyer lined up by March 31, although the actual deal may [...] | 2008-12-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ECON ETRD EINV IBRD IDB JM XL |
08KINGSTON1090 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 20:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA JM XL |
08KINGSTON13 | JAMAICA: REPLY TO FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE REQUEST [...] In response to post's diplomatic note no. 2007-019 of January 30, 2007 (reftel),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the below GoJ diplomatic note no. 358/803/3, dated 4th December, 2007. The GoJ's note contains a number of prop [...] | 2008-01-07 20:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV PTER KTIA JM XL |
08KINGSTON130 | URGENT MEDEVAC REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 19:24:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PHUM PM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL |
08KINGSTON147 | JAMAICA: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it is able to pass a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-consistent patent law. Its trademark and copyright regimes meet international standards, and enforcement efforts over the past year have been com [...] | 2008-02-15 12:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR USTR ETRD XL JM |
08KINGSTON159 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 18:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM XL |
08KINGSTON17 | JAMAICA: 2008 WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (U) In response to reftel A, Econoff delivered invitation letter to Clive Mullings, Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications. The GOJ had said it will send a delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) in March 2008, but it has not decided its membe [...] | 2008-01-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET SOCI EINV SENV XL JM |
08KINGSTON192 | JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MEDEVAC REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PHUM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL |
08KINGSTON21 | AIR JAMAICA STILL BLEEDS CASH, GOJ SEEKS BUYER [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is aggressively searching for a private sector partner to take over ailing Air Jamaica. The airline lost nearly USD 120 million in 2007 with expectations that losses for 2008 will be USD 160 million. Air Jamaica has struggled with profitability for years [...] | 2008-01-08 16:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SOCI ETRD EAIR ECON EINV XL JM |
08KINGSTON228 | JAMAICA: FATAL POLICE SHOOTINGS AND EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (U) Local Human Rights NGO Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) released a joint study with George Washington University (GWU) law school on fatal police shootings in Jamaica. According to the report, there were over 270 victims of police killings in 2007, nearly a fifth of all murders committed last ye [...] | 2008-03-14 11:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB SOCI KCRM JM XL |
08KINGSTON244 | JAMAICA: WITHER THE PEOPLE,S NATIONAL PARTY? [...] (SBU) After more than 18 years in power, it has taken less then six months in opposition for the wheels to come off the People,s National Party (PNP) machine. The party that lost what once had seemed a sure-thing election, continues to embarrass itself. A number of the scandals came to light [...] | 2008-03-19 14:12:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PGOV KCOR PREL KCRM EAID SOCI PINR CU JM XL |
08KINGSTON245 | CORRECTED JAMAICA: WHITHER THE PEOPLE,S NATIONAL [...] (SBU) After more than 18 years in power, it has taken less then six months in opposition for the wheels to come off the People,s National Party (PNP) machine. The party that lost what once had seemed a sure-thing election, continues to embarrass itself. A number of the scandals came to light [...] | 2008-03-19 18:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PGOV KCOR PREL KCRM EAID SOCI PINR CU JM XL |
08KINGSTON277 | JAMAICAN BUDGET TECHNOCRATS OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) released a USD 7 billion estimated expenditure budget on March 27. The fiscal deficit is 5.5 percent of GDP, but should return to the 4.5 percent of GDP target for next year. The GOJ is focusing on increased tax compliance and taking tougher measures agai [...] | 2008-04-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS ETRD PREL PGOV EINV EAIR JM CH VZ XL |
08KINGSTON279 | JAMAICA'S BOOMING REAL ESTATE MARKET [...] (SBU) Jamaica is undergoing a historic real estate boom, with five straight years of price increases in real terms. Prices in the residential sector jumped by more than 20 percent in the last year, and show no immediate signs of abating. Resort properties, which have become the most dynamic s [...] | 2008-04-02 20:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS ETRD SENV EINV JM XL |
08KINGSTON280 | JAMAICA: MARCH POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) The current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led government continues to press forward, albeit at a snail's pace. When the JLP released their manifesto, during the campaign for the national elections last summer, it was full of promises for innovations and reform proposals (Ref A). Now, with no re [...] | 2008-04-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON EAIR JM XL |