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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 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 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02VATICAN3717 | HOLY SEE SIGNS ACCORD WITH CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) THE HOLY SEE SIGNED A JURIDICAL ACCORD WITH THE CZECH REPUBLIC JULY 25 REGULATING THE STATUS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE AGREEMENT, REACHED AFTER THREE YEARS OF OCCASIONALLY DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS, GUARANTEES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FREEDOM TO CONDUCT ITS ACTIVITIES, IN [...] | 2002-07-29 14:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL RO LO BU EZ VT |
02VATICAN4470 | VATICAN IRE AT NEW RUSSIAN "NYET" TO ITS CLERGY [...] THE VATICAN HAS SHARPLY CRITICIZED THE RECENT EXPULSION OF TWO POLISH PRIESTS FROM RUSSIA. THIS BRINGS TO FIVE THE NUMBER OF CATHOLIC CLERGY EXPELLED FROM RUSSIA THIS YEAR, INCLUDING BISHOP JERZY MAZUR OF THE SIBERIAN DIOCESE OF ST. JOSEPH. A TERSE STATEMENT ISSUED SEPTEMBER 9 BY VATICAN S [...] | 2002-09-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PL RS VT |
02VATICAN4742 | HOLY SEE TO TAKE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CONCERNS TO [...] (C) FOLLOWING THE HOLY SEE'S REBUKE OF RUSSIA BEFORE OSCE CHIEFS OF MISSION TO THE HOLY SEE FOR ITS SERIES OF EXPULSIONS AND VISA DENIALS TO CATHOLIC CLERGY (REF A),VATICAN OSCE DESK OFFICER TOLD POLOFF SEPTEMBER 30 THAT THE HOLY SEE PLANS TO SEEK REDRESS WITHIN THE OSCE FOR THE CANCELLATION [...] | 2002-10-01 11:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PL RS VT |
03BRUSSELS4143 | FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS),which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A),provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...] | 2003-08-28 18:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03KUWAIT296 | (U) MTCR PLENARY RESULTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2003-01-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PL KU MTCRE |
03KUWAIT5235 | (U) AMBASSADOR AND POLISH PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Ambassador met with Polish PM Leszek Miller on November 10, 2003 at Bayan Palace, prior to the Prime Minister,s scheduled visit to Iraq. Discussion centered on coalition efforts in Iraq, including Ambassador Jones,s new responsibilities in Baghdad. The PM exp [...] | 2003-11-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KU PL |
03KUWAIT5368 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND OTHERS STIFFING KUWAIT ON [...] (C) This is an action message. See Para 3. 2. (C) MFA continues to drub us on lack of Dominican and other coalition members' responsiveness in completing SOFA discussions. As addresses know, Kuwait bent its own rules and allowed Dominican and other battalions to transit Kuwait in advan [...] | 2003-11-24 06:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEC ELAB DR PO SN PL KU SD |
03TEGUCIGALPA1724 | STATUS OF HONDURAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY: Training continues for the all volunteer Task Force Xatruch (TFX),the 370 soldier contingent Honduras plans to deploy to Iraq by mid-August. The task force is composed of 35 officers and 335 enlisted soldiers. TFX will deploy as part of the Spanish Brigade in the Polish Division [...] | 2003-07-22 19:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV SP PL HO |
04AMMAN7660 | POLISH POLICE PRESENCE IN JORDAN AT RISK [...] (C) Summary. A high level USG approach in Warsaw is recommended to seek reevaluation of a decision to withdraw Polish trainers from the Iraq cadet program in Jordan. End summary. 2. (C) Polish Ambassador Biera (protect) confirmed to Charge on September 15 that Poland,s Ministry of Inter [...] | 2004-09-15 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO PL |
04AMMAN9678 | IRAQI POLICE TRAINING - POLES SEEK MORE MONEY, [...] (U) Action requested: See para 5. 2. (U) Polish General Eugeniusz Szczerbak, First Deputy Commander in Chief of the Polish Police, toured State/INL,s Jordanian-Iraqi Police Training Center (JIPTC) outside Amman November 28. Ten excellent Polish police officers are currently serving at JIP [...] | 2004-12-07 07:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC MOPS PL IZ JO |
04BRATISLAVA676 | ICJ ADVISORY OPINION: SLOVAKIA UNDECIDED [...] (C) On June 15, Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Oskana Tomova, Director of the UN Office at the Slovak MFA. Tomova stated that Slovakia supports the U.S. position of closely following the roadmap, but was still deliberating their final position. She added that the issue must be consi [...] | 2004-07-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS PL LO UNGA ICJ |
04BRATISLAVA804 | SLOVAKIA NOT PREPARED TO COMMIT AT FORCE [...] (C) Charge demarched FM Eduard Kukan 8/31 on reftel points. Kukan had already received the points from another source (NFI). He said that Slovakia would maintain its current troop commitment, and was aware of Slovak MOD attendance at the Warsaw conference, but did not know of any intention t [...] | 2004-08-31 17:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ PL LO |
04BRUSSELS4112 | POLISH EU PERMREP AMBASSADOR GRELA MEETING WITH EB [...] (C) Summary: Poland Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Marek Grela stressed that the Polish government strongly endorses giving Turkey a date for accession talks to the EU this fall, said progress was being made on Cyprus aid issues among EU ambassadors, expressed concern over the [...] | 2004-09-27 08:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU PL ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5159 | EU ENLARGEMENT DRIVES GRADUAL HARDENING IN EU [...] (C) Summary: The November 25 EU-Russia summit reflected a shift in the EU,s approach to Russia toward a tougher, more disciplined policy, a process that began following what many Member States viewed as Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi's pandering to Russian President Putin at the 2003 summit. [...] | 2004-12-07 16:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS PL LH NL UK GM IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5302 | EU COMMITTED TO SENDING A POSITIVE MESSAGE TO KIEV [...] (C) The December 13 GAERC endorsed a European Neighborhood Policy "Action Plan" (AP) for EU-Ukraine cooperation, billing it as part of an effort to send a positive signal to Kiev. In fact, the AP's provisions remain unchanged from the draft which existed prior to the recent events, and offer li [...] | 2004-12-16 13:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UP RS PL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04PARIS9160 | UKRAINE: FRENCH ON YUSHCHENKO VICTORY [...] (U) MFA desk officer for Ukraine Benoit Fremont described French satisfaction that the re-run of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential election had been conducted freely and fairly. Fremont agreed that while there had been some problems with the balloting, the level of fraud had not [...] | 2004-12-28 16:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU UP FR PL |
05ANKARA6751 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Senior Advisor and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch and NEA Iraq Desk Officer Michele Siders to travel to Turkey from December 1-2, 2005 for consultations on Iraq. The point of contact for the visit is Political Offi [...] | 2005-11-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV PREL IZ AU PL RO RS IT FR BE NATO EUN |
05BAGHDAD2938 | POLISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ INDICATED DIMINISHED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish Ambassador to Baghdad Ryszard Krystosik told Charge d'Affaires July 10 that Poland will be phasing down its participation in MNF-I after December. The decision is not so much because of the expiration of UNSC resolutions as it is because the duration and scope of the dep [...] | 2005-07-13 07:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS PL IZ |
05BRUSSELS1514 | WARSAW WINS SEAT OF EU BORDER AGENCY; EU [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 14 agreed that Warsaw would be the seat of the newly created Agency for the management of the EU external borders. The ministers also agreed to intensify contacts with Libya in order to combat illegal immigration, while insisting t [...] | 2005-04-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG PL AL LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05DUSHANBE1966 | TAJIKISTAN'S VIEWS OF US FORCE POSTURE (C-RE5-00249) [...] (S) Post's DATT and DCM polled their colleagues informally on the questions below. The following answers should be seen as the Tajik government's current mood on these hypothetical questions. When and if negotiations were to start, outside pressures and local politics would influence the rh [...] | 2005-12-08 09:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PINR MARR PREL AJ PL RO TI |
05HANOI719 | Pragmatic Diplomacy: Vietnam's Relations with [...] (SBU) Vietnam's relations with post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe and Mongolia have shown the GVN's willingness to move beyond ideology and politics to satisfy practical foreign policy, economic and security needs. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of C [...] | 2005-03-24 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PGOV SOCI RS EZ PL HU MG VM |
05PARIS1617 | FIRST FRANCO-POLISH SUMMIT, FEB. 28, ARRAS, FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac hosted Polish President Kwasniewski and several ministers for the debut Franco-Polish summit in Arras (northern France) on Feb. 28. French media emphasized that Paris and Warsaw "sealed their reconciliation" (Le Figaro, Mar. 1) at the summit. Both the MFA desk for [...] | 2005-03-11 10:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR PL |
05PRAGUE1578 | DLOUHA REPLY TO ADAMS LETTER: THANKS FOR SUPPORT [...] (U) On Nov. 3, Poloff forwarded reftel letter from Thomas Adams to Gabriela Dlouha, the Czech MFA Transition Promotion Unit Coordinator. Dlouha responded promptly, thanking the U.S. for its commitment to the Belarus radio project. She also said the GOCR will provide an initial grant of $80,000, [...] | 2005-11-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | BO EAID EZ PL |
05SOFIA27 | BULGARIA PUSHES FOR MILITARY SALES TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In another sign that Bulgarian political leaders are agressively looking for concrete benefits from their military participation in Iraq, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Lydia Shuleva met with Ambassador and the Iraqi Ambassador to Bulgaria, Hayder Al Barrack, on Jan [...] | 2005-01-05 15:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL PGOV PL IZ BU |
05SOFIA677 | BULGARIA OFFERS TO PROVIDE DEFENSE ARTICLES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past year, Bulgarian political leaders have aggressively looked for concrete benefits from their military participation in Iraq. Most recently, the Prime Minister raised the issue with Deputy Secretary Zoellick (ref A). Post has noted that contracts and subcontracts awarded [...] | 2005-04-08 14:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL PGOV PL IZ BU |
05TELAVIV45 | (C) PM'S ADVISOR ON RENEWED REPARATIONS CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: A GOI working group charged with developing a five-year plan on Holocaust-era reparations, pensions and restitution is considering a recommendation that the GOI ask Germany for about $500 million -- possibly in the form of new German-made submarines -- in compensation for what the GOI [...] | 2005-01-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL MASS PL IS GOI EXTERNAL |
05VIENNA2698 | CENTRAL EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS PLEDGE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the annual meeting of the "Salzburg Forum" (an informal conference of Central European Interior Ministers) Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania pledged to strengthen police cooperation against organized crime, corruption, and [...] | 2005-08-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KCOR KCRM SMIG EZ HU PL LO SI RO BU AU EUN |
05VILNIUS1345 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SENSENBRENNER [...] Post warmly welcomes CODEL Sensenbrenner and is pleased to grant country clearance for the period of January 10-12, 2006 for the purpose of high-level discussions regarding visa policy in Lithuania. 2. Ambassador Mull will greet the CODEL on its arrival at the airport. The Embassy's poin [...] | 2005-12-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT OREP ASEC AFIN FR NL PL RS LH |
05VILNIUS1354 | GOL READJUSTING IN IRAQ BASED ON SAME RATIONALE AS [...] (C) We delivered ref A points on USG troop readjustments in Iraq to Ministry of Defense Undersecretary Renatas Norkus on December 28 and Vytautas Leskevicius, of the MFA's Security Policy Department, on December 29. Both officials said that the GOL's decision not to replace the detachment of [...] | 2005-12-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ PL LH |
05WARSAW1057 | Poland Still Lobbying EU on Open Pension Fund [...] (SBU) Summary: Poland is concerned that it will not be able to meet the 2007 target date agreed with the EU for meeting the Maastricht criteria on the road to adopting the Euro if the EU does not change the way it counts pension fund assets. In 2004, the EU's statistical agency, Eurostat, dec [...] | 2005-02-25 11:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL EUN |
05WARSAW1117 | Poland: 2005 Special 301 Submission - Gradual [...] (SBU) Poland's efforts to improve its IPR protection continued through the fourth quarter of 2004, with increased activities by customs and police authorities to curb IPR violations in the optical disc area. It is clear that copyright and trademark protection is significantly better than se [...] | 2005-03-02 08:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR PL |
05WARSAW1122 | Poland: 2005 Special 301 Submission - Gradual [...] (SBU) Poland's efforts to improve its IPR protection continued through the fourth quarter of 2004, with increased activities by customs and police authorities to curb IPR violations in the optical disc area. It is clear that copyright and trademark protection is significantly better than sev [...] | 2005-03-02 09:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR PL |
05WARSAW1126 | POLISH PREMIER WEIGHS JOINING NEW PARTY, PREDICTS [...] (SBU) In an interview published March 2, Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka signaled that he is considering an offer to join a new, centrist political party (the "Democratic Party," or PD) being formed by the liberal Freedom Union (UW),disaffected politicians from the governing SLD, and other [...] | 2005-03-02 12:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PL |
05WARSAW1168 | POLAND: FIFTH ANNUAL (2005) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 18-21 of REFTEL A. Embassy point of contact is POLOFF Tom Yeager (telephone: 48-22-504-2676, fax 48- 22-504-2613, e-mail yeagerta@state.gov). POLOFF (FP- 04) spent 65 hours collecting data and compiling report; Two POLFSNs spent [...] | 2005-03-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM |
05WARSAW1201 | LOW-COST AIRLINES FACE CHALLENGES WITH POLISH [...] (SBU) Low-cost airlines continue to expand their operations in Poland. During this rapid growth, air carriers have encountered difficulties dealing with the Polish airport authority, PPL. SkyEurope, in particular, has publicly announced that it will not increase its Warsaw operations due to [...] | 2005-03-03 11:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW1204 | POLISH PM PRESSES FOR JUNE ELECTIONS, DEFERS [...] (SBU) In a much-anticipated address March 3, Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka underscored his determination to seek the dissolution of parliament May 5, clearing the way for new elections June 19, but said that he would not decide on his own political future (i.e., whether to abandon the gover [...] | 2005-03-03 14:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PL |
05WARSAW1205 | POLISH OPPOSITION LEADER LAYS OUT PROSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Jan Rokita, the head of Poland's leading opposition party (PO - Platforma Obywatelska/Civic Platform),and the man expected to be the country's next Prime Minister outlined the key planks of his economic policy at a March 1 meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce. Rokita said [...] | 2005-03-03 14:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL PL |
05WARSAW1225 | FOREIGN JEWISH NGOS PROTEST LACK OF CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) In Warsaw on February 16-17, a World Jewish Restitution Organization delegation discussed private property restitution with the Ambassador, SLD party leader Jozef Oleksy, opposition leader Jan Maria Rokita, Treasury Minister Jacek Socha and Sejm Speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz. The dele [...] | 2005-03-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PHUM KNAR PL |
05WARSAW1267 | IRAQ TAKES STEPS TO BUILD ITS CIVIC RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) During a meeting on other issues, the Iraqi Ambassador to Poland, Hussein Shialtagh, commented that the Iraqi Embassy in Poland is trying to build closer military, commercial, and civic relations with Poland. He said that while the military relationship is already quite robust due to Po [...] | 2005-03-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL IZ PL |
05WARSAW1273 | POLISH FISHING INDUSTRY: THE HAPPY UNEMPLOYED [...] Per EU requirements, Poland is in the middle of restructuring its Baltic fishing fleet to meet EU requirements. Part of that process includes the reduction of the fleet by scrapping vessels and compensating the vessel owners and operators. The Restructuring Agency responsible for implementin [...] | 2005-03-07 14:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ECON PL EU |
05WARSAW1282 | POLISH PIPELINE COMPANY FINALIZING A BUSINESS PLAN [...] (C) As promised, PM Belka met with his Ukrainian counterpart PM Tymoshenko early in her tenure to discuss practical steps the two sides could take to deepen their bilateral ties. The two Prime Ministers agreed to form a bilateral committee to accelerate work on linking the Odessa-Brody oil pi [...] | 2005-03-08 11:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL PL |
05WARSAW1283 | POLISH COMPANY FEARS IRAQ WILL CANCEL SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) In December 2004, Poland's defense holding company, Bumar, signed a number of contracts with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense to provide military supplies and equipment to Iraq (reftel). Prominent among these deals were two contracts to deliver several large Russian-built cargo/transport hel [...] | 2005-03-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV IZ PL |
05WARSAW13 | Further Press Stories on Alleged Polish Bribery [...] (U) Summary: Polish papers continue to follow allegations that a shadowy Polish tycoon, Marek Dochnal, bribed a parliamentarian related to the privatization sale of a steel mill. There are also allegations that Dochnal was involved in the campaign by Russian companies to buy shares in Poland' [...] | 2005-01-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PARM PREL PL |
05WARSAW1320 | Poland Cautiously Optimistic EcoFin Will Loosen [...] (U) Polish papers widely reported that EU Finance Ministers came to no final conclusions at their March 8 EcoFin meeting on loosening the Stability and Growth Pact procedures for calculating deficits. For Poland, this means that EcoFin has yet to make a final decision on how to classify the [...] | 2005-03-09 13:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW1369 | LOT AIRLINES CEO DISCUSSES BOEING'S OFFER [...] (SBU) The CEO of LOT Airlines met with the Ambassador to discuss the LOT tender for wide-body aircraft. LOT still does not know when the final decision on which aircraft it will purchase will be made. The CEO expects, however, that if the decision is postponed past the middle of April the en [...] | 2005-03-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW1371 | Poland: Debate on Film Act Heating Up [...] (SBU) Legislation being drafted by the Polish Parliament (Sejm) to impose a tax on foreign broadcasts into Poland is being hotly debated in the government. Sejm deputies want to use the collected revenue to subsidize the domestic film industry. Although the Ministry of Culture sees no prob [...] | 2005-03-11 10:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN KIPR PL |
05WARSAW1395 | Polish Finance Minister Requests Formal Agreement [...] (SBU) On March 10, the Embassy received a letter from Finance Minister Gronicki (dated March 1) expressing appreciation for U.S. acceptance in principle of Poland's offer to repay its outstanding Paris Club debt early. Per the Paris Club Secretariat's instructions to Poland to seek formal agr [...] | 2005-03-14 07:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PL |
05WARSAW1396 | BRUSSELS CUTS TWO BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CO2 [...] (SBU) On March 8, the European Commission issued its much- delayed decision on national CO2 allotments under the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme. The EU conditionally accepted Poland's National Allocation Plan, but cut its proposed emissions by 16.5 percent (from 286 to 239 million tons). Altho [...] | 2005-03-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON PREL PL EUN |
05WARSAW1469 | GEORGIA BORDER MONITORING ORGANIZATION AND THE EU: [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief delivered Ref A demarche on the EU and Georgia Border Monitoring on March 14 to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, Counselor in the Security Policy Department, who handles all security issues related to Georgia. Kuzinski responded on March 15, indicating that the GOP position on Border Mo [...] | 2005-03-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS GG RS ZJ PL EUN OSCE |
05WARSAW1520 | POLAND SUBMITS DETAILS OF IRAQ'S DEBT [...] (C) The Iraqi Embassy in Warsaw provided us with a copy of a letter Finance Minister Gronicki sent to his Iraqi counterpart, Adil Abdul Mahdi, detailing Iraq's outstanding debt to Poland. According to the Ministry of Finance (MOF),Iraq owes Poland USDOLS 786,225,209.93 (including USDOLS 30 [...] | 2005-03-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL PL |
05WARSAW1521 | POLISH HELICOPTERS YET AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The Polish state-owned holding company, Bumar, continues to work with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense on helicopter contracts. Bumar understands that the contracts were amended at the insistence of U.S. military advisors, who Bumar believes were pressured to do so by American and [...] | 2005-03-17 13:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP PARM ECON IZ PL |
05WARSAW1522 | POLISH PM BELKA AND HIS PARTY AT ODDS [...] (U) A March 16 meeting between PM Marek Belka and the leadership of the governing Democratic Left Alliance (SLD),ended with disagreement over Belka's plan to resign this spring and the leadership's announced desire for fall elections. Belka stuck to his position that he will resign on May 5, [...] | 2005-03-17 13:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PL |
05WARSAW1895 | Poland to Host Visegrad Meeting of Environment [...] (U) On April 7-8, the Polish Minister of Environment will host his counterparts from Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Republics in Krakow. MinEnvironment officials report that the primary focus of the agenda will be to coordinate their approaches to a variety of environmental issues within the [...] | 2005-04-05 13:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG ETRD PREL PL EUN |
05WARSAW206 | Poland Pleasantly Surprised at Upturn in [...] (SBU) Summary: Polish and Russian firms had feared that Poland's EU accession would disrupt trade, in part because the EU required Poland to abrogate its bilateral trade agreement with Russia. Despite problems in some sectors, trade has expanded significantly. Polish exports were up more [...] | 2005-01-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ENRG EPET PREL PL |
05WARSAW2061 | PRIVATE PROPERTY COMPENSATION BILL ADVANCES TO [...] (U) Following a sharp debate April 15, the Polish Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority of 303 to 105 to send to committee a government bill that would provide cash compensation for property nationalized after the Second World War. Although in the debate, the opposition Civic Platform [...] | 2005-04-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KNAR PGOV PHUM PL IS |
05WARSAW2164 | PROPOSED WARSAW CONFERENCE ON DISABILITIES IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. The Polish government sent a letter to USAID Administrator Natsios on April 6 stating that while it supports the idea of an international conference on Iraqi disabled issues in principle, it sees many obstacles to moving ahead with such a conference in Poland at this time due to [...] | 2005-05-04 14:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECON IZ PL |
05WARSAW2252 | Polish Finance Ministry Releases Annual Report on [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Polish Ministry of Finance's Financial Intelligence Unit (the General Inspectorate for Financial Information, or GIIF),released an annual report in April on its activities in 2004 to combat money laundering and terrorism finance. The Polish Government has [...] | 2005-05-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW2265 | HOLOCAUST ISSUES SPECIAL ENVOY EDWARD O'DONNELL IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his May 4-7 visit to Poland Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador Edward O'Donnell discussed with key Polish officials and leaders of the Jewish community Poland's ChairmRmQqMQnd plans for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews (MHPJ). ITC discussions centered o [...] | 2005-05-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNAR PGOV PHUM PL BE BO EZ HU IS UP WJRO |
05WARSAW2467 | Polish Finance Ministry Hopes Higher Taxes Excise [...] (U) On June 1, the Polish Ministry of Finance announced that it would increase the excise tax on imported heating oil and liquefied gas used for cars (autogas) by mid-June. Under the proposal, the excise tax on heating oil would be raised from 233 Zloty ($68.70) per 1000 liters to 1028 Zloty ( [...] | 2005-06-06 15:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EPET ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW2496 | Poland Continues to Chip Away at its Budget Deficit [...] (U) In early June, the Ministry of Finance released its initial assumptions for the 2006 budget, officially kicking off the six month budget drafting season. The Ministry of Finance purposely proposed conservative estimates for growth (4%) and inflation (1.5%). Finance also set the budget de [...] | 2005-06-09 08:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PL |
05WARSAW2598 | ENGAGING THE IRAQ COALITION: NO CHANGE IN POLISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland plans to reduce its military contingent in Iraq by roughly 300 for its fifth rotation that will begin in mid-July 2005, leaving approximately 1,400 Polish troops in the Multinational Division Center South (MND-CS). These troops will increasingly focus on training missions [...] | 2005-06-17 13:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL IZ PL |
05WARSAW26 | Polish Parliament Enacts 2005 Budget with Lower [...] (SBU) Summary: Just before Christmas, the Polish Government completed work on a 2005 budget which has a lower deficit for the first time in three years (forecast at 3.7% of GDP compared to 4.8% in 2004). In drafting the 2005 budget, the GOP built on its success in 2004 in revitalizing the pri [...] | 2005-01-05 06:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW2711 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) Ambassador spoke to Polish Foreign Minister Daniel Rotfeld on June 30 to urge him to support the U.S. agenda for reform of the UN. Drawing on Reftels A and B, Ambassador emphasized the importance the Secretary attaches to broad reform, and emphasized that this goes farther than UNSC re [...] | 2005-07-01 08:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PREL PGOV AORC PL UNSC |
05WARSAW2779 | LARGEST POLISH TEACHERS UNION BACKS [...] (U) In a surprise move, the Union of Polish Teachers (ZNP) announced on July 6 that it would support the Social Democracy of Poland (SdPl) in fall elections. ZNP followed the far-left Union of Labor (UP) and minuscule Greens 2004 Party, which had earlier signed election alliances with the SdP [...] | 2005-07-07 15:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PL |
05WARSAW2814 | G-4 RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM: POLAND CAN'T SAY "NO" [...] (C) The Polish government has decided to co-sponsor the Group of Four (G-4) framework resolution based on its long-standing commitment, dating back to the early 1990's, to support Germany's bid for a permanent seat on the Security Council. Reviewing the Polish position, MFA Deputy Director fo [...] | 2005-07-12 13:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PL UNSC |
05WARSAW2846 | POLAND: IRAQI DEBT FORGIVENESS AND PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Polish MFA's Iraq Task Team relayed that Poland's Embassy in Amman will most likely represent Poland at the upcoming Donors' Meeting at the Dead Sea, and that Poland is not planning on committing any funds to Iraq reconstruction in the immediate future, but is co [...] | 2005-07-14 14:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ JO PL |
05WARSAW2887 | EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED LUNCH WITH LAW AND [...] (C) EUR A/S Dan Fried met July 11 for lunch with center-right Law and Justice (PiS) leader and presidential candidate, Lech Kaczynski. They reviewed the bidding in the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections, with Kaczynski saying differences between PiS and expected coalition partn [...] | 2005-07-20 09:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ECON PL |
05WARSAW2889 | EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED BREAKFAST WITH CIVIC [...] (C) EUR A/S Dan Fried held a breakfast meeting July 11 with Jan Rokita, the head of the centrist Civic Platform (PO). Rokita, who is likely to become Prime Minister should PO lead a coalition government after the September 2005 parliamentary elections, reviewed the political state of play in [...] | 2005-07-20 09:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL |
05WARSAW2912 | ELECTION SEASON IN FULL SWING WITH PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) With just over two months until parliamentary elections and just under three months until the first round of presidential elections, the election season in Poland is in full swing. The presidential race is still fluid. Parliamentary speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, who entered the race s [...] | 2005-07-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
05WARSAW3010 | PRESS REPORTS WRONG: POLAND AND IRAQ HAVE NOT [...] (SBU) On the heels of Prime Minister Marek Belka's July visit to Baghdad, several Polish press outlets reported that Belka promised the Iraqi government forgiveness of 80 percent of Iraqi debt, in line with the Paris Club's agreement. However, Poland's Iraq Task Team at the Ministry of Foreign [...] | 2005-08-03 10:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ PL |
05WARSAW3044 | IRAQ-POLAND: JONES-SMITH CONSULTATIONS WITH GOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Richard Jones Senior Adviser to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Policy (S/I) led an interagency delegation to Warsaw July 28-29 to consult with senior GOP officials and encourage continued substantial Polish participation in the Iraq Coalition and the Multi-Nati [...] | 2005-08-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR PL IZ |
05WARSAW3104 | RENEWAL OF ISAF'S U.N. MANDATE - POLAND NOT AN [...] (C) PolMil Chief shared Ref A views on the ISAF mandate with Jakub Urbanik, action officer for Afghanistan/Iraq operations in the MFA Department of Security Policy, who was familiar with the U.S. intentions for revising the NATO operational plan. After discussing the issue with the Polish NAT [...] | 2005-08-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF PL NATO UNSC |
05WARSAW3111 | NEW TENSIONS IN POLISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH [...] (U) The Polish government has expressed concern and Polish politicians and media outrage over the past week's beatings in Moscow of three members of the staff of the Polish Embassy (one Russian employee, one Polish technical staff member, and one Polish diplomat) and one journalist for the P [...] | 2005-08-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
05WARSAW3151 | Economic Impact of EU Accession on Poland [...] (SUB) Sixteen months after Poland's EU accession, post surveyed a number of government officials and economic experts on the impact of accession. Despite some caveats, there appears to be consensus that Poland has adapted smoothly to the EU's common market. Dramatic export growth has fuele [...] | 2005-08-19 09:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PL EUN |
05WARSAW3161 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S DEMOCRACY [...] Polcouns delivered reftel demarche August 19 to Katarzyna Katsperczyk, who handles Community of Democracy issues in the MFA's Department of Policy Planning. Katsperczyk said that Poland, as a convener and strong supporter of the Community of Democracies and the UN Democracy Fund, will be makin [...] | 2005-08-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PL UNGA |
05WARSAW3178 | POLAND: U.S. PROVIDER SEEKS TO OFFER VOICE [...] (SBU) California TOK, a Delaware-registered firm, is making ambitious plans to enter the Polish telecoms market with inexpensive international voice services. Although the service will rely on an individual customer's existing broadband connection, the company eschews labeling its service v [...] | 2005-08-23 11:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PL ECCP |
05WARSAW3194 | SUPPORTING TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS: POLAND [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Polish MFA's European department, underscoring our concern about possible attempts to impose additional pre-conditions for Turkish EU accession negotiations. Polish MFA desk officer for Turkey Patrycja Ozcan assured us that the Polish government fully [...] | 2005-08-24 11:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU PL EUN |
05WARSAW3210 | MTCR POINTS DELIVERED TO POLISH MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PL MTCRE |
05WARSAW3234 | POLISH APPROACH TO SEPTEMBER 1-2 EU GYMNICH [...] (C) Responding to reftel points, Polish MFA Director for CFSP Beata Kolecka confirmed that Poland will hold a firm line against any new conditions for the start of Turkish accession talks, resist efforts to soften ICTY conditionality for Croatia, and maintain positions complementary to the U.S. [...] | 2005-08-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU PL EUN |
05WARSAW3242 | POLISH STATEMENT WELCOMES IRAQI DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) Following our approach (Ref B),the Polish MFA late August 29 released a public statement in support of Iraq's draft constitution. Unofficial embassy translation of the original Polish-language text follows. 2. (U) Begin text of Polish MFA statement. "Poland welcomes the completion [...] | 2005-08-31 09:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ PL |
05WARSAW3249 | Poland: Economic Relations with Ukraine [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (U) Ukraine is Poland's second largest CIS trade partner, after the Russian Federation (due mainly to energy imports). Improving trade statistics demonstrate the increasing significance of Ukraine to the Polish economy, with [...] | 2005-08-31 13:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL EINV PL |
05WARSAW3250 | ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA: POLAND [...] (C) Polish MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and Africa Wojciech Bozek assured us August 31 that neither Polish Foreign Minister Daniel Rotfeld nor President Aleksander Kwasniewski has any plans to meet with Al-Asad in New York, for both reasons of policy and scheduling. Bozek indicated [...] | 2005-08-31 13:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY PL UNGA |
05WARSAW3270 | Polish Economy not yet Hurt by Rising Oil Prices [...] (SBU) Rapidly increasing oil prices have had a limited effect on the rate of inflation in Poland to date. Over the past 12 months, the average zloty price of oil has increased 12 percent, while the consumer price index rose only 1.3 percent and producer prices remained unchanged. Nevertheless [...] | 2005-09-02 12:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW3277 | POLAND DEFERS DECISION ON IRAQI DEBT TO NEXT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 4. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Polish Finance Ministry Under Secretary Wieslaw Szczuka told us September 1 that, despite press reports, the Polish Government still has taken no decision regarding a write-off of Iraqi debt. At [...] | 2005-09-02 15:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PL IZ |
05WARSAW3286 | POLAND: FRENCH WANT MORE TELECOMS STOCK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-06 09:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV PL ECCP |
05WARSAW3287 | Poland's Monetary Policy Council Continues [...] (SBU) Poland's Monetary Policy Council (MPC) cut interest rates for the fifth time in 2005, reducing all by 25 basis points (bp) except for the rediscount rate, which dropped by 50bp. As of September 1, basic Central Bank rates are: lombard rate 6.0 percent, rediscount rate 4.75 percent, r [...] | 2005-09-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW3298 | CENTRIST CIVIC PLATFORM SURGES IN PRE-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The centrist Civic Platform (PO) has moved into a strong first-place position in the latest opinion surveys, with just a few weeks remaining before Polish parliamentary and presidential elections. PO's recent surge suggests that the party will dominate a coalition government fo [...] | 2005-09-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PL |
05WARSAW3300 | POLAND: PROBLEMS WITH SAUDI WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Sara Riley from the U.K. Embassy regarding the WTO accession of Saudi Arabia. Riley noted concerns with regard to certain EU member states, including Poland, stemming from dual fuel pricing regimes (one for domestic, one for export). According to Riley, the Poles are [...] | 2005-09-07 13:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PL SA WTO |
05WARSAW3305 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) "SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PL MTCRE |
05WARSAW3360 | WHAT'S AT STAKE IN POLISH ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With just a few weeks remaining in the Polish parliamentary and presidential election campaigns, all signs indicate that the new government and head of state will be ones committed to advancing long-standing principles of Polish foreign and economic policy. September 25 parliamen [...] | 2005-09-14 13:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PL |
05WARSAW3361 | POLAND: Government Announces Antipiracy Strategy [...] (U) During the September 13, Council of Ministers meeting in Warsaw, the interagency group approved a strategy for combating intellectual property rights (IPR) piracy. The report focuses several strategic goals and emphasizes the importance of the "public-private sector partnership" to achiev [...] | 2005-09-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR PL |
05WARSAW3387 | POLAND WEIGHS UKRAINIAN ROLE IN ADDRESSING [...] (C) Polish officials confirmed to us September 16 that they are likely to respond positively to a Ukrainian proposal to host a meeting at the NSA-equivalent level between Poland and Belarus. Slawomir Kaminski, a deputy director in Polish National Security Adviser Jerzy Bahr's office, explained [...] | 2005-09-16 11:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BO UP PL |
05WARSAW3393 | POLISH ELECTIONS UPDATE: PO, PIS MAINTAIN LEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The centrist Civic Platform (PO) and center-right Law and Justice (PiS) continue to dominate the party preference polls with little more than a week before Polish parliamentary elections September 25. The latest surveys indicate that PO still far outpaces PiS, and that, togethe [...] | 2005-09-16 14:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PL |
05WARSAW3410 | POLISH RESPONSE REGARDING WEAPONS SALES TO [...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Economy (MOE) and MFA officials responsible for export controls. Both ministries confirmed that there was an agreement with Indonesia for sale of the Kobra air defense system to Indonesia, but there were as yet no applications for [...] | 2005-09-19 13:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MASS PL LY IN |
05WARSAW3422 | POLISH MINISTRY OF ECONOMY UNCONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Polish government officials responsible for energy security are unconcerned about the recent agreement between Germany and Russia to construct a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea despite almost daily news articles about the proposed project. Our contacts concede that the proje [...] | 2005-09-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PL GM RS |
05WARSAW3423 | POLISH NSA REQUESTS MEETING ON BELARUS [...] (C) Following up on reftel conversations concerning our interest in close coordination with Poland on Belarus, Polish National Security Advisor Jerzy Bahr has requested a meeting with the Ambassador in advance of a planned September 29 meeting in Kiev with Bahr's Belarusian counterpart. The A [...] | 2005-09-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BO UP PL |
05WARSAW3427 | POLISH PARLIAMENTARY RACE TIGHTENS [...] (SBU) Summary: With just days to go before September 25 Polish parliamentary elections, latest opinion polls indicate a tightening race between the front-running Civic Platform (PO) and its likely coalition partner, the center-right Law and Justice (PiS). In contrast to the inconclusive elect [...] | 2005-09-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
05WARSAW3429 | CHILDREN OF MARTIAL LAW AND YOUTHFUL POLITICS IN [...] (U) Summary: A survey of the youth wings of Poland's political parties and discussions with young voters give a picture of a generation raised in post-communist Poland fairly disengaged from the political process. While dedicated individuals in and out of the party structure try to reverse thi [...] | 2005-09-21 10:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PL |
05WARSAW3447 | OSCE: HDIM OPENING FOCUSES ON OSCE REFORM [...] Summary: The opening session of the 2005 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting gave participants a chance to set out their views of the OSCE, against the backdrop of reform discussions ongoing in Vienna. Poland, the U.S., and Kyrgyzstan voiced strong support for OSCE's human rights work and [...] | 2005-09-23 09:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PL OSCE |
05WARSAW3456 | LIKELY COALITION PARTNERS NECK-AND-NECK ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: National opinion surveys on the last day of the Polish parliamentary election campaign show the centrist Civic Platform (PO) and center-right Law and Justice (PiS) running roughly even (albeit with a slight edge to PO),highlighting the fierce contest for first place between the [...] | 2005-09-23 14:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PL |
05WARSAW3465 | POLISH RIGHT VICTORIOUS IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Preliminary results and exit polling from Poland's September 25 parliamentary elections indicate a convincing victory for the center-right Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO),who are expected to begin formal coalition negotiations as early as September 27. PiS's nar [...] | 2005-09-26 10:13:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PL |
05WARSAW3469 | POLAND: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (U) Summary: Muslim extremism is not perceived to be an issue of concern in Poland; the Muslim community is very small and the population is 96 percent Roman Catholic. However, the Embassy and ConGen Krakow closely monitor the media for any indications of rising extremist threats. Given the co [...] | 2005-09-27 09:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PL |
05WARSAW3473 | OSCE: HDIM ELECTION ISSUES [...] (U) Summary. Election issues were the focus of three early events at this year's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM)in Warsaw. During the first HDIM Working Session, the clear fault line that separates most NGOs and participating States, including the United States, from Russia and [...] | 2005-09-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PL OSCE |
05WARSAW3477 | FINAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED IN POLAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The final results of Polish parliamentary elections confirmed a narrow first-place finish for the center-right Law and Justice (PiS),followed by its anticipated coalition partner, the Civic Platform (PO). The latest forecasts for parliamentary seat distribution indicate that P [...] | 2005-09-27 14:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PL |
05WARSAW3494 | JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI UNEXPECTEDLY WITHDRAWS AS PM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move September 27, Law and Justice (PiS) party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski named Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz as the party's candidate to be Prime Minister. Kaczynski's decision to remove himself from the running is widely interpreted as a bid to improve his twin brothe [...] | 2005-09-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL KJRE |
05WARSAW3545 | TIME TO THINK SOFA FOR POLAND [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Warsaw recommends that the USG begin negotiations for a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Poland as soon as possible. In the context of both NATO obligations and bilateral programs, U.S. military per [...] | 2005-10-05 07:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR PREL MASS PL NATO |
05WARSAW3557 | TUSK STILL LEADS IN TIGHTENING PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (U) Summary: Civic Platform (PO) candidate Donald Tusk remains the odds-on favorite to replace Aleksander Kwasniewski as Poland's next President, although the race with his principal rival, Law and Justice (PiS) candidate Lech Kaczynski is tightening in the final days before the October 9 el [...] | 2005-10-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL |
05WARSAW3575 | PRESIDENTIAL PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT [...] Summary: Civic Platform's (PO's) Donald Tusk remains in the lead for the October 9 first round of the Polish presidential race, with today's final pre-election polls showing his edge over Law and Justice (PiS) challenger, Lech Kaczynski varying from just one to eight points. Other candidate [...] | 2005-10-07 13:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PL |
05WARSAW3578 | TUSK EDGES OUT KACZYNSKI IN FIRST PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As predicted, Civic Platform's (PO's) Donald Tusk prevailed in the first-round of Poland's presidential election on October 9, and will face Lech Kaczynski in a second round of balloting on October 23. Despite only a three point margin over his rival, Tusk has bounced in post- [...] | 2005-10-11 13:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL |
05WARSAW3608 | SURROGATE MUD-SLINGING BACKFIRES ON KACZYNSKI [...] (C) The presidential campaign of Law and Justice (PiS) candidate Lech Kaczynski seems to have suffered a blow when a surrogate's false attack on Civic Platform (PO) rival Donald Tusk backfired. PiS's self-described "bull terrier," Jacek Kurski charged publicly that Tusk's grandfather voluntee [...] | 2005-10-14 14:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
05WARSAW3613 | POLAND: U.S. POLICY TOWARD BELARUS [...] (C) We shared reftel (A) demarche points with Polish MFA officials October 12 and 13, highlighting the results of our policy review and our determination to coordinate closely with partners in support of Belarusian democracy. Polish officials indicated that Poland shares the broad outlines of [...] | 2005-10-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BO PL |
05WARSAW3615 | POLISH PRIME MINISTER CANDIDATE EMPHASIZES DESIRE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met for about 30 minutes October 14 with Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Law and Justice's (PiS) candidate for prime minister. Marcinkiewicz emphasized the importance PiS and its coalition partner Civic Platform (PO) attached to the U.S. relationship, raised offsets and mili [...] | 2005-10-17 15:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR PL |
05WARSAW3625 | POLISH MFA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief was called in to MFA October 17 by Deputy Director for Security Policy Tadeusz Chomicki to discuss the upcoming selection of a new chairman for the Zangger Committee. Chomicki explained that the Polish delegation had provided to the British Mission in Vienna, which acts as s [...] | 2005-10-18 14:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC KNNP PL EUN |
05WARSAW3627 | POLISH MFA STATEMENT ON IRAQ REFERENDUM [...] In response to reftel demarche, the Polish MFA released October 18 the following public statement in support of the Iraqi constitutional referendum. 2. Begin text of embassy translation of statement. "Poland has welcomed a nationwide referendum on the new constitution that was conducted o [...] | 2005-10-18 15:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ PL |
05WARSAW3632 | POLAND RESPONDS TO AVIAN FLU OUTBREAKS [...] Summary. In response to the confirmed outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in Romania and Turkey, the GOP has taken several steps to prepare for a potential outbreak on Polish soil. An emergency anti-epidemic committee has been formed that cuts across key ministries and agencies, including Heal [...] | 2005-10-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL PL KSTH WHO |
05WARSAW3642 | POLAND/CUBA: MFA SENIOR OFFICIAL MEETS ONLY WITH [...] (C) This is an action request for WHA/CCA and USINT Havana. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Director for the Americas Henryk Szlajfer gave PolCouns a read-out on his recent visit to Cuba, where he met only with opposition figures, and was completely boycotted by the government. H [...] | 2005-10-20 08:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PL CU |
05WARSAW3650 | POTENTIAL ASYLUM REQUEST FROM IRAQI DIPLOMAT IN [...] CONOFF was visited on October 19, 2005 by Mohammed N. Muthanna, Third Secretary and Consul for the Iraqi Embassy in Warsaw, in connection with a potential asylum request by Mr. Muthanna. Muthanna told CONOFF that he believes that he has been targeted for assasination by either "Baathists" or " [...] | 2005-10-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PHUM PINR PL PREL IZ |
05WARSAW3661 | LECH KACZYNSKI ELECTED PRESIDENT OF POLAND [...] Summary: Lech Kaczynski snatched victory in Poland's presidential election on October 23, in a surprising come from behind win against Donald Tusk. Elections results will be announced officially this afternoon, but with well over 90 percent of the votes tallied, Kaczynski secured his election [...] | 2005-10-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON PL |
05WARSAW3694 | DEFMIN CANDIDATES TELL EUR DAS PEKALA NEW GOP WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a brief October 20 visit to Warsaw, EUR DAS Mark Pekala met separately with the three leading candidates for Defense Minister in the expected coalition government of Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO). Although perspectives and tones differed, Bronislaw Komorowski ( [...] | 2005-10-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR PL |
05WARSAW3700 | POLISH GOVERNMENT COALITION TALKS BREAK DOWN [...] (C) Summary: Coalition negotiations between Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO) collapsed October 26 following PiS's decision to put forward its own candidate for parliamentary speaker, who was quickly elected with the support of radical opposition parties. PiS and PO leaders were u [...] | 2005-10-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
05WARSAW3732 | POLAND CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING [...] (U) Poland reacted very quickly and strongly to Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 statement that Israel should be "wiped off the map" (reftel). The Polish MFA spokesman issued on October 27 a strong condemnation of Ahmadi-Nejad's remarks. Text follows in para 3 below. 2. (C) Pol [...] | 2005-10-31 13:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IR PL |
05WARSAW3734 | MARCINKIEWICZ NAMES POLISH GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz named his new cabinet on October 31, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs going to career diplomat Stefan Meller and Defense to Radek Sikorski. Reaching out to moderates like Zbigniew Religa as Minister of Health and Teresa Lubinska at Finance suggests that de [...] | 2005-10-31 14:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PL |
05WARSAW3794 | NEW POLISH DEFMIN SIKORSKI HOPES TO VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Ashe, new Defense Minister Radek Sikorski expressed his desire to visit Washington during the week of November 28 for official meetings with Secretary Rumsfeld and other senior officials. In a focused half-hour discussion, Sikorski also [...] | 2005-11-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PL |
05WARSAW3795 | NEW POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE [...] (C) During Ambassador's initial call, Poland's newly named Foreign Minister Stefan Meller said he would travel back to Moscow (where he served as Ambassador until his October 31 appointment) on November 13 to arrange his move back to Warsaw, but also to meet with Foreign Minister Lavrov and, h [...] | 2005-11-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL |
05WARSAW3806 | POLISH PM MARCINKIEWICZ SET TO WIN CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz presented his government's program to parliament November 10, confident of prevailing in a vote of confidence later that day. Both the populist Self-Defense (SO) and the right-wing League of Polish Families (LPR) parties have given [...] | 2005-11-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PL |
05WARSAW3825 | POLISH MILITARY PREPARES TO REMAIN IN IRAQ, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the November 8-9 Force Generation Conference in Warsaw for the sixth rotation of the Multinational Division Center-South (MND-CS) in Iraq, the Chief of Strategic Planning for the Polish General Staff outlined plans for a continued, albeit reduced Polish presence in Iraq. [...] | 2005-11-14 15:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PL |
05WARSAW3826 | NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT LISTS MISSILE DEFENSE IN [...] (U) In a published addendum to his November 10 expose to the Sejm (Parliament) in advance of the first vote of confidence in his newly formed government (reftel),PM Marcinkiewicz included a specific statement on missile defense cooperation with the United States. The statement listed as one [...] | 2005-11-14 16:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV PARM PL |
05WARSAW3872 | POLISH APPROACH TO NOVEMBER 21 EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche upon receipt and reviewed with Polish MFA Director CFSP Beata Kolecka November 18. Kolecka provided the following outline of the Polish government's approach to the November 21 GAERC. 2. (C) Defense Issues: Poland is in full accord with our position an [...] | 2005-11-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PL EUN |
05WARSAW3903 | POLAND: UPDATED INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] Summary. Post has reported extensively on our positive relationship with the GOP in its effort to prepare for a potential avian influenza outbreak (see refs b - e). Polish officials are actively preparing for the appearance of the disease, which they expect will occur in the Spring. Rather [...] | 2005-11-23 14:50:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PL |
05WARSAW3909 | POLISH RESOLVE REINFORCED ON CUBA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The transition to a center-right government in Poland and the Polish MFA Latin America director's recent visit to Havana appear to have strengthened Polish determination to promote democratic reform in Cuba, both through the European Union and bilaterally. We view this developmen [...] | 2005-11-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU PL EUN |
05WARSAW3914 | DEPUTY PM STRESSES LAW, VISAS IN MEETING WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In Ambassador Ashe's November 23 introductory call on Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Ludwik Dorn, discussion focused on law and order issues but also included visas as well as next-generation national leadership. The Ambassador underscored his desire to host a lunch [...] | 2005-11-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM CVIS PL |
05WARSAW3954 | NAC COMMUNIQUE: POLAND SUPPORTS STRONG LANGUAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-01 16:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE PL NATO |
05WARSAW4009 | POLISH VIEWS ON DECEMBER 12 GAERC [...] (C) Post delivered ref (A) demarche upon receipt and reviewed with Polish MFA Director for CFSP Beata Kolecka December 8. Points on Balkans issues were delivered separately and Polish views were reported in Ref (B). 2. (C) The December 12 GAERC and the subsequent European Council meetings [...] | 2005-12-08 14:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PL EUN |
05WARSAW4020 | LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT [...] (C) Summary: Governing Law and Justice (PiS) officials are pursuing a strategy of dividing and conquering right-wing and nationalist Polish parties, and pondering whether to call early elections -- perhaps as soon as early 2006 -- to strengthen their position. The main opposition, PiS's woul [...] | 2005-12-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
05WARSAW4025 | POLAND'S 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PL EUN |
05WARSAW4030 | POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER MELLER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Polish Foreign Minister Stefan Meller travels to Washington next week as the representative of a new center-right government that pledges continuity in foreign policy and sustained engagement in support of democracy throughout the world. Meller is expected to bring a positive mes [...] | 2005-12-13 10:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON PL |
05WARSAW4037 | IRAQ: POLES SIGNAL READINESS TO STAY, BUT PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials and parliamentarians who met with Robert Deutsch, Deputy Senior Advisor for Iraq, on December 8 in Warsaw suggested that Poland will likely remain in Iraq past January 2006, but in reduced numbers, and with an eye to withdrawing by the end of 2006. Because Polish [...] | 2005-12-13 16:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS MARR IZ PL |
05WARSAW4045 | POLAND'S CIVIC PLATFORM -- THE JILTED BRIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland's leading opposition party, the Civic Platform (PO),hopes to cast itself as the only viable political alternative to the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS),although its sudden metamorphosis from would-be coalition leader to outspoken critic has led some Poles, including [...] | 2005-12-14 12:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
05WARSAW4050 | Lepper undergoes a transformation on economics [...] (SBU) In a recent interview for business daily "Puls Biznesu" Andrzej Lepper, the leader of Samoobrona (Self Defense) the third largest party in the Polish Parliament, presents himself as a social-liberal as opposed to his portrayal as a dedicated socialist during the election period. His vie [...] | 2005-12-15 09:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PL |
05WARSAW4058 | 2006 HAGUE COMPLIANCE REPORT PREPARATION -- POLAND [...] (SBU) We welcome the opportunity to provide comments related to Poland's compliance with The Hague Convention provisions. Although we generally agree with the negative portrayal of Poland's compliance efforts, we believe that Poland has made some small progress in its handling of Hague cases [...] | 2005-12-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KOCI PL |
05WARSAW4065 | POLAND: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW [...] (U) Ambassador called on new Minister of Transport and Construction, Jerzy Polaczek, on December 9 to discuss the new government's plans for speeding up infrastructure development. Minister Polaczek commenting that his first priority was to ensure that he spent the government's resources wi [...] | 2005-12-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAIR ECPS ELTN PREL PL |
05WARSAW4067 | POLAND 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Poland's geographic location places it directly along one of the main routes between the former Soviet Union republics and Western Europe used by narcotics-traffickers and organized crime groups. According to Polish government estimates, narcotics-trafficking, organized crime activity, auto th [...] | 2005-12-16 16:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KTFN PL |
05WARSAW4075 | POLAND: THE IRAQI AIR FORCE MEETS WITH BUMAR, BOTH [...] (S) On 14 December 2005 Econoff and ODC Warsaw personnel met with Iraqi Air Force generals and then observed a meeting hosted by Bumar and attended by five Iraqi Air Force generals. The participants discussed, sometimes heatedly, the 36 helicopters covered in Bumar's multifacted contract to [...] | 2005-12-20 12:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | EAID ECON MARR PGOV PREL IZ PL |
05WARSAW4079 | PIS MAKES PLAY FOR PUBLIC MEDIA [...] (U) On December 16th Law and Justice (PIS) moved to change the National Broadcasting law and effectively seize political and, consequently, editorial control of Polish Public Television (TVP) and Radio (PR). The amendment was fast-tracked through Parliament (same day reading and voting with n [...] | 2005-12-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS KPAO PGOV PREL PL |
05WARSAW4113 | Update on GOP's Anti-Trafficking Policies [...] Our discussions with Polish government officials, NGOs, and academic institutions reveal that the GOP has taken significant steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in Poland. For the first time ever, the GOP has allocated funds from the state budget for the implementation of the Nationa [...] | 2005-12-23 08:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KJUS PL |
05WARSAW4124 | DRAFT POLISH DEFENSE BUDGET, MORE FOR [...] SUMMARY: Poland's Parliamentary Defense Committee offered a glimpse of future defense spending when it approved the $5.6 billion draft defense budget for 2006 on December 15. This represents a 3.3% increase (adjusted for inflation) over 2005. Significant elements of the draft include $1 billi [...] | 2005-12-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREL PTER PARM PL |
05WARSAW58 | Markets Show Increasing Appreciation for the [...] (SBU) Summary: The Zloty appreciated the most of any convertible currency against the Dollar, growing 20% in 2004. Most observers attribute this rise to a mix of factors, including greater political stability under the current technocratic government, Poland's entry into the EU in May, and t [...] | 2005-01-06 06:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW742 | Polish Government Appreciates USG Acceptance of [...] (U) On January 28, Econ Counselor delivered the news that the USG creditor agencies would participate in Poland's offer to prepay its Paris Club debt to Finance U/S Szczuka. Econoff subsequently followed up with MOF technical experts. During these conversations, we took the opportunity to expl [...] | 2005-02-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PL |
05WARSAW794 | SECURITY PROBLEMS AT WARSAW'S AIRPORT HIT THE PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. In late January 2005, the European Union conducted an airport security assessment at Warsaw's Okecie airport. The EU assessors identified a number of deficiencies at the airport, including two important security problems related to passenger/baggage screening and maintaining th [...] | 2005-02-11 05:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW924 | Polish Government Declares Half a Loaf on Public [...] (U) On February 1, the Council of Ministers issued a communiqu claiming that provisions implemented to date of the government's fiscal reform plan (the "Hausner plan," named after its chief architect, Economy Minister Jerzy Hausner) would save 25.4 billion Zloty ($8.2 billion) between 2004-7. [...] | 2005-02-18 07:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW959 | Defeat of Health Care Bill Prompts Health Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: On 17 February, the Sejm rejected a long awaited bill on restructuring of public health care units. The bill, prepared as part of the government's public finance reform package, was designed to write off up to $3 billion in local hospital debts in exchange for reforms, including [...] | 2005-02-22 05:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB PREL PL |
05WARSAW966 | Polish Ministry of Finance Reorganizes Debt [...] (U) At the end of January, the Ministry of Finance reorganized its debt department, creating a unified department from two formerly separate units, one for foreign debt and one for domestic debt. Pawel Kowalewski, the new head of the unified department, explained to Econoffs that this unifica [...] | 2005-02-22 11:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
05WARSAW985 | BOEING CEO MEETS WITH POLISH MINISTER OF TREASURY [...] (SBU) Boeing CEO, Harry Stonecipher, met with the Polish Minister of State Treasury, Jacek Socha, on February 18, to discuss Boeing's activities in Poland. The meeting centered on LOT's tender for long-haul aircraft and also touched on Boeing's plans to cooperate with Polish companies for tool [...] | 2005-02-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EFIN PREL PL |
06ANKARA3096 | TURKEY'S ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) We approached the MFA team attending the Anatolian Sun PSI exercise in Antalya on May 26 about the GOT's planned attendance at the June 23 High Level Political Meeting. MFA officials said their initial thinking was that International Security Affairs Director General (A/S equivalent) Tom [...] | 2006-05-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM US PL TU |
06ANKARA6703 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, November 2006 [...] The second annual meeting of Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) convened under PM Tayyip Erdogan on November 30 to assess external threats, recent developments in the region, the ongoing fight against the PKK terrorist organization, military policies and modernization needs of the military [...] | 2006-12-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL FR GR IS RS FI PL GG RO BU PK TU |
06BAGHDAD1181 | COALITION PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ PRTS [...] (U) Please see para 4 for an ACTION REQUEST. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Five of the eight planned U.S.-led Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) have been staffed and have received initial training: three are fully operational, one is at initial operational capability (IOC) and expected to achieve [...] | 2006-04-11 17:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL IZ AS JA PL KS ES MD LO MK |
06BAGHDAD1290 | POLISH COALITION SUPPORT FOR PRT IN QADISIYAH [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post requests the Department to demarche the Government of Poland regarding the Poles' role in leading a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Qadisiyah. The Poles' experience in the region makes them the optimal choice [...] | 2006-04-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ PL |
06BELIZE499 | BELIZE: ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 19:07:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP PARM US PL XX BH |
06BERLIN1501 | PSI: GERMAN ATTENDANCE AT HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL PL GM |
06BERLIN721 | VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT KACZYNSKI TO GERMANY [...] (C) Summary: During his visit to Berlin on March 8-9, Polish President Kaczynski criticized German positions on the EU, the German-Russian gas pipeline and the commemoration of World War II refugees. However, his public remarks were relatively restrained, and German officials described the [...] | 2006-03-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM PL |
06COPENHAGEN833 | ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL MEETING [...] (SBU) MFA PSI Action Officer Casper Nervil confirmed June 9 that MFA State Secretary Michael Zilmer-Johns will represent Denmark June 23 at the High-Level Political Meeting for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Warsaw. As an Under Secretary-equivalent in the MFA, he currently has [...] | 2006-06-12 12:46:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM PL DA |
06DUBLIN677 | IRELAND TO ATTEND PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 13:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP PARM US PL XX EI |
06HELSINKI1131 | EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on 6 November met with Finnish MFA Counselor for Russia Paivi Laine to discuss the Nov. 3 EU-Russia foreign affairs PPC and preparations for the EU-Russia summit on 24 November. The PPC had "gone well" and Northern Dimension preparations are "on track"; however, the Presi [...] | 2006-11-07 09:07:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ENRG PL FI RU |
06HELSINKI1173 | DAS KRAMER AND FINNISH DG ESKELINEN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer on 15 November met with Finnish Director General Eskelinen and other foreign ministry staff to discuss U.S. consultations around the G-8 Political Directors' meeting in Moscow and Finnish preparations for the upcoming EU-Russia summit on 24 [...] | 2006-11-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RU FI EUN BO MD PL UP |
06HELSINKI525 | FINNISH RESPONSE - ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL [...] Finland will be represented at subject conference by Helsinki-based technical expert Erik af Halstrom and by its Ambassador to Poland. WARE [...] | 2006-06-08 11:20:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP PARM US PL XX FI |
06ISLAMABAD9585 | FATA: MISSION PAKISTAN REPORTING AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable is intended to inform the inter-agency discussion on how to stimulate counterrorism progress, stability, and political change in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Mission Pakistan--in biweekly "Interagency FATA Working Group" meetings that include office [...] | 2006-05-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PL PREL PGOV |
06KIEV2589 | UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP [...] (S) We delivered USG response (ref A) July 5 to the Ukrainian government's (GOU) proposed agenda for the July 11-12 nonproliferation working group (NPWG) meetings to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko nodded understanding when we highli [...] | 2006-07-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UK PL UP |
06KIEV3464 | UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED VISIT: THE FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging PM Yanukovych's inevitable influence in shaping Ukrainian foreign policy, FM Tarasyuk asserted to EUR A/S Fried during their September 6 dinner that President Yushchenko could still maintain his primacy on foreign policy, as established in the Constitution, b [...] | 2006-09-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MD GG PL UP |
06KIEV3905 | UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH PROMISES CONTINUITY ON WTO, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych assured EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that he would continue to make progress on WTO membership and European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Funding for a NATO information campaign was part of the 2007 draft budget. With the support of t [...] | 2006-10-10 16:11:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR ETRD ENRG EPET OVIP PREL PINR PL |
06KRAKOW266 | BIO OF CANDIDATE FOR MINISTER IN POLISH MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: CG met with Krzysztof Szczerski, Vice Director of the Institute for Political Sciences and International Relations at Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Szczerski confirmed what we had heard--that he is being considered for a high position in the Polish MFA and that he will kn [...] | 2006-12-13 15:51:00 | Consulate Krakow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PL |
06KYIV4305 | UKRAINE: LITHUANIAN MFA U/S PAVILIONIS AND A/S [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Zygimantas Pavilionis and A/S Fried discussed developments in the region and measures needed to address recent Russian assertiveness. Paviolionis said that the Lithuanian, Polish, and Ukrainian Presidents formed an effective "troika" in working tog [...] | 2006-11-17 16:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BO UP RS GG TU PL LH |
06KYIV4407 | UKRAINE/POLAND: PM KACZYNSKI'S VISIT SIGNALS [...] (C) Summary: Both the Ukrainian and Polish sides hailed the November 15 visit of Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski to Kyiv as a solid sign of continuity in Poland's working relationship with the government of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych. During his one-day visit, Kaczynski met with Yanukovych, Preside [...] | 2006-11-30 12:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG PL UP |
06MUSCAT945 | PSI: OMAN STUDYING POLAND INVITE [...] (SBU) Foreign Ministry Disarmament Affairs officer Abdullah al-Riyami confirmed to Pol/Econ chief June 11 that Oman has received the official Polish invitation to attend the June 23 Proliferation Security Initiative High-Level Political Meeting (refs A-C),including information regarding on-li [...] | 2006-06-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP PL MU |
06NICOSIA790 | CYPRIOT AMBASSADOR IN WARSAW TO REPRESENT GOC AT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM US PL CY |
06OSLO729 | NORWEGIANS WILL ATTEND HLPM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM US PL XX NO KNNP |
06PARIS2306 | POLISH EMBASSY ON FRANCO-POLISH AND FRANCO-GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: Polish Embassy PolCouns described for us April 6 an improving Franco-Polish relationship and growing French interest in the Weimar triangle grouping of France, Germany and Poland. She attributed growing French activism to attempts to offset its waning influence both vis-a-vis G [...] | 2006-04-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN GE PL KPKO CG |
06PARIS3344 | MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO REGARDING [...] Guidance requested - see paragraph 6. 2. Poland's Ambassador to UNESCO, Maria Wodzynska-Walicka, met with Ambassador Oliver this morning, May 18th at the US Mission, to request USG support in Poland's efforts to formally change the name of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp on the W [...] | 2006-05-18 14:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PL UNESCO |
06PARIS4363 | TRYING TO POSTPONE THE AUSCHWITZ NAME CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Israel is attempting to delay the Auschwitz name change issue from reaching UNESCO's World Heritage Conference for discussion or decision during the upcoming meeting in Vilnius next month. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO and current Charge d'Affairs for I [...] | 2006-06-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PL GM IS UNESCO |
06PRAGUE12 | CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. Czech FM Cyril Svoboda visited Moscow December 20 for meeting with Russian FM Lavrov in Moscow. The two agreed that Russian President Putin may visit Prague in the spring, but only if the Czechs agree (under pressure) to sign IPR license agreements for Soviet-era military technolo [...] | 2006-01-04 17:49:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM MARR RU PL EZ |
06PRAGUE142 | ERB RADIO PROJECT: CZECHS LOOKING FOR WAYS AROUND [...] (C) In Poloff's meeting on February 3 with Gabriela Dlouha, Director of Czech MFA's Transformation Coordination Unit (TRANS),Dlouha expressed concern with delays affecting the European Radio Broadcast (ERB) project. (Note: ERB plans to broadcast independent radio programs into Belarus from Po [...] | 2006-02-10 16:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | BO EAID EZ PL |
06PRAGUE170 | CZECHS OPPOSE VENEZUELA'S UNSC AMBITIONS; THOUGHTS [...] (U) A/DCM February 16 delivered reftel demarches on (a) Venezuela's UNSC ambitions, and (b) U.S. thoughts on the next UN Secretary General, to Jan Kara, Director of the Czech MFA's United Nations Department. 2. (C) Kara shared that the Czech Republic is similarly opposed to Venezuela's camp [...] | 2006-02-16 17:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE EZ PL |
06PRAGUE360 | CZECH REPUBLIC AND MISSILE DEFENSE: SUPPORTIVE, [...] (S) Summary: The Czech Republic may be a good candidate to host ground-based ballistic missile defense (BMD) interceptors and/or a BMD radar. However, Czech involvement in the project will be contingent on careful handling of the issue in the domestic political arena. The too-close-to-call Jun [...] | 2006-04-07 05:42:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | MARR PREL PL EZ UK RS |
06PRAGUE540 | CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS IN AMBASSADOR ON [...] (SBU) Czech FM Cyril Svoboda called in the Ambassador on the morning of May 19 to discuss the recently approved Senate amendment to immigration reform legislation that would extend the visa waiver program (VWP) to Poland, but not to the Czech Republic. Svoboda, who faces re-election in two wee [...] | 2006-05-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS PGOV EUN PL EZ |
06STATE141362 | IRAQ: GUIOANCE FOR U.S.-POLAND BILATERAL [...] (C) Department instructs a delegation led by Deputy S/I Barbara Stephenson to participate in bilateral talks with Poland on August 31 in Warsaw to discuss Poland's leadership of the Multinational Division - Center South (MND-CS) in Iraq. The purpose of the talks is to convey the outlines of t [...] | 2006-08-28 19:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MARR MOPS PREL IZ PL |
06TALLINN572 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ESTONIAN PSI HLPM ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM PL EN |
06THEHAGUE1265 | NETHERLANDS/PSI: DUTCH ATTENDANCE AT PSI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 15:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM US PL NL |
06ULAANBAATAR609 | FM TELLS AMBASSADOR NSC WILL DECIDE 7TH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ambassador, accompanied by Polish ambassador, met on August 9 with Foreign Minister Enkhbold to urge Mongolia to reconsider its decision to reduce the 7th rotation to Iraq to a few staff officers. Ambassador noted that Washington welcomes Mongolia's decision to send [...] | 2006-08-10 08:17:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MG IZ PL |
06ULAANBAATAR646 | Visiting PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon Makes Progress On [...] (SBU) PACOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon paid his first visit to Mongolia, August 19-21, at the invitation of Mongolian Chief of the General Staff LTG Togoo. The Admiral's observation of Mongolia's first-ever multinational peacekeeping training exercise, Khaan Quest 06, and joint press [...] | 2006-08-25 00:20:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL PTER KPKO MG IZ PL |
06USUNNEWYORK569 | POLAND: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given [...] | 2006-03-23 15:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN PL |
06VATICAN126 | CATHOLIC - ORTHODOX RELATIONS: NATIONALITY COUNTS [...] (C) New hope for Catholic-Orthodox relations in the pontificate of Benedict XVI has been predicated in part upon the exit of the Polish Pope John Paul II, seen by many as an obstacle to improved relations with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) because of his nationality and his role in the do [...] | 2006-07-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI PL RS TU VT |
06VATICAN83 | POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 11:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PL SOCI PREL VT |
06VATICAN84 | POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART TWO [...] (U) This cable is the second of two messages previewing Pope Benedict's May 25-28 visit to Poland. Reftel details Poland's continuing importance to the Holy See and touches on several on-going issues in the Polish Church from the perspective of the Vatican. This installment focuses in more [...] | 2006-05-24 07:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PREL PL VT |
06VIENNA1718 | AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 14:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM PL AU |
06VILNIUS1008 | EU DECISION HELPS REFINERY DEAL BUT SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) Summary: Poland's PKN Orlen has overcome the main legal obstacle hindering its purchase of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) -- approval of the EU's competition authority -- but other hurdles remain. The investigation into the October 12 fire will not conclude before February 1 [...] | 2006-11-09 13:14:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL |
06VILNIUS1017 | LITHUANIAN REFINERY BOARD RESIGNS AFTER FAILING TO [...] (C) Nelson English, the Amcit General Director of Mazeikiu Nafta (MN),Lithuania's only oil refinery, called us late on November 9 to say that that MN's board of directors had resigned after failing to oust him at a board meeting earlier that evening. He said that the GOL's three representativ [...] | 2006-11-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL VE |
06VILNIUS11 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SENSENBRENNER [...] Congressman Sensenbrenner, on behalf of Ambassador Stephen Mull and our colleagues at the U.S. Mission in Vilnius, thank you for traveling to Lithuania. Your visit here will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War [...] | 2006-01-06 05:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OVIP PL LH |
06VILNIUS1111 | SALE OF LITHUANIA'S REFINERY NEARS COMPLETION [...] (C) Summary: The official closing of the sale of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery to Poland's PKN Orlen should occur on December 15. The GOL will receive nearly USD 852 million and Yukos International USD 1.5 billion for its majority stake. MN will also fire six high-level manage [...] | 2006-12-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL VE NL |
06VILNIUS442 | VILNIUS CDC SUMMIT: DEMOCRACY IS EUROPE'S DESTINY [...] (U) Heads of state from the Baltic, Black Sea and Caucasus regions gathered with EU and U.S. high-level officials May 4 for a regional conference, "Common Vision for a Common Neighborhood," which Lithuania and Poland co-hosted. This second Community of Democratic Choice (CDC) summit enabled f [...] | 2006-05-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO LT LG EN PL GG BO AM AJ UP RO |
06VILNIUS637 | LITHUANIA SEEKS TO LINK UP WITH POLISH AND SWEDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Plans to link Lithuania to the electricity grids of Poland and Sweden are moving forward, according to several well-placed sources. These links would complement the nearly complete Estonia-Finland power bridge and hook the Baltics into Western Europe's electricity grid for the fi [...] | 2006-07-07 11:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV LH PL SW |
06VILNIUS944 | PROSECUTORS AND GOL WILL INVESTIGATE CAUSE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL |
06VILNIUS962 | LITHUANIAN REFINERY FIRE LOOKS LIKE ACCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: There is no evidence yet to suggest that the October 12 fire at Lithuania's oil refinery was anything other than an unfortunate accident. Five different investigations into the blaze continue. The fire will delay finalization of the purchase of the refinery by Poland's PKN Orle [...] | 2006-10-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL |
06WARSAW1011 | POLAND - Letter Delivered on Health Ministry Price [...] (SBU) DCM, accompanied by Econoff, called on Deputy Health Minister Boleslaw Piecha and delivered a letter from Ambassador Ashe to Health Minister Zbigniew Religa (see para 7). At issue is the May 18 announcement by the Ministry of Health to cut prices for imported pharmaceuticals, ostensibly [...] | 2006-06-01 05:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KIPR PL |
06WARSAW107 | POLAND: SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak visited Warsaw on November 29 and 30, 2005 to discuss the USG position on genetically modified organisms (GMO's),with GOP officials, members of the academic community, and the media. While the current GOP and much [...] | 2006-01-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ETRD EAGR KSCA ECIN PL |
06WARSAW1098 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - JUNE 8, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 14:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW111 | BUDGET IS PASSED; ELECTIONS STILL POSSIBLE [...] Voting well past midnight on January 25, the Polish Parliament passed the budget proposed by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party by a vote of 269 to 180. Voting was protracted owing to 225 proposed amendments, each considered and voted individually. The budget was passed by a party-line v [...] | 2006-01-25 14:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PL |
06WARSAW1142 | SENIOR DOS AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH ADVISOR SPIRNAK'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Madelyn Spirnak, State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology, attended meetings in Warsaw on May 22 and 23, and in Krakow on May 24, 2006. Her visit came at a crucial time in the new GOP's legislative assault on agricultural biotechnology. In March the GOP [...] | 2006-06-12 09:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON EAGR ETRD PL |
06WARSAW1159 | POLISH CANDIDATE UP FOR RE-ELECTION TO UNHRC WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PL |
06WARSAW1161 | POLAND'S ECOFUND: CRISIS OR MISUNDERSTANDING? [...] (SBU) Action request for State, EB/IFD/OMA and OES/ENV, paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Internal disputes at Ecofund discussed in Ref A have grown worse, threatening to disrupt the operations of the Fund. At the heart of the matter is the role that the Polish Treasury Ministry is play [...] | 2006-06-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV KSCA PL |
06WARSAW1169 | ARE THE KACZYNSKIS WOBBLY ON DEMOCRACY? [...] (C) Summary: One month into the political marriage of convenience which delivered a long-sought parliamentary majority, the Kaczynski brothers are moving forward with their agenda to beat back the last vestiges of Polish Communism by means that their critics charge are anti-democratic. Thei [...] | 2006-06-14 09:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PL PREL |
06WARSAW1171 | POLISH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE REFORM: CASTING OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, President Lech Kaczynski signed into law three bills that will liquidate Poland's existing Military Information Services (WSI) on September 30, 2006 in order to create two new services on October 1, 2006, the Military Intelligence Service (SWW) and the Military Counte [...] | 2006-06-14 12:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MCAP PGOV MARR PL |
06WARSAW1172 | POLAND WILL SUPPORT MDA, CONTEMPLATING ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 13:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC PL |
06WARSAW1202 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 15:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PL |
06WARSAW1220 | U.S. MISSION - POLAND EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel guidance, both Embassy Warsaw and Consulate General Krakow convened a joint meeting (via digital video conferencing) of core EAC members at both posts on June 20, 2006 to discuss security planning for the four official American Independence Day celebrations sponso [...] | 2006-06-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR KSAC PL |
06WARSAW1223 | POLAND: Health Ministry Moves Forward on Foreign [...] (SBU) According to a pharmaceutical LAWG group member, the Ministry of Health has published its ordinances for cutting official prices for imported pharmaceuticals by 13 percent. The ordinances were published in the Polish language Journal of Law no. 101, on 19 June 2006. The publication of [...] | 2006-06-21 13:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PL |
06WARSAW131 | ASSISTANT SECRETARIES FRIED AND FLORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) State Department Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Fried, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Peter Flory, accompanied by Ambassador, EUR DAS Mark Pekala, NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson, and Polcouns, met January 25 with Prime Mi [...] | 2006-01-27 14:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG MASS MARR EINV PL |
06WARSAW1314 | GOP REQUESTS US CONTACT SLOVAK GOVERNMENT ABOUT [...] (C) This cable contains an action request, para 2. (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting S/P Director Stephen Krasner, officials at the Ministry of Economy requested U.S. assistance in contacting the government of Slovakia about Polish interest in acquiring from Yukos its 49 perc [...] | 2006-06-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL UR RS KZ LH LO EZ PGOV |
06WARSAW134 | CIVIC PLATFORM AND LAW AND JUSTICE INSIDERS SEE [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO) leaders and insiders told Ambassador and Poloffs that early elections are increasingly likely, despite the Sejm's passage of the budget January 24. After a late night January 26 Sejm session in which PiS once agai [...] | 2006-01-27 16:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
06WARSAW1341 | POLAND: WEIGHING IN ON PHARM PRICE CUTS [...] (U) This contains an action request (see paragraph 6). 2. (C) The Ministry of Health,s decision to impose a 13 percent cut in the official price for imported pharmaceutical products was implemented on July 1, 2006. The draft regulations to impose the price cuts were published on the Minist [...] | 2006-07-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PL WTO |
06WARSAW1445 | POLAND ON MISSILE DEFENSE: NO PRECONDITIONS, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the CDA on July 17, two senior MFA officials, Americas Director Henryk Szlajfer and International Security Policy Director Robert Kupiecki, reiterated Poland's continuing strategic interest in negotiating a bilateral agreement on Missile Defense (MD) with no prec [...] | 2006-07-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARS MASS PL |
06WARSAW146 | AMBASSADOR ASHE'S COURTESTY CALL ON NEW MINISTER [...] Ambassador Ashe paid a courtesy call to Poland's Minister of the Environment Jan Szyszko on January 27. Ambassador Ashe began by talking of his admiration of Poland's national parks systems and his dedication to increasing the green spaces of Knoxville during his tenure as Mayor of the city. [...] | 2006-01-31 16:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV PREL PL |
06WARSAW148 | U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE II - ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Begin Summary. Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable reports on the Energy [...] | 2006-01-31 18:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL PL UP RS NO AJ TX |
06WARSAW1489 | ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE POLISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) is stung by criticism that it is anti-Semitic, gutting Holocaust education, and too slow to act on long delayed private property restitution, but does not have a strategy to deal with these problems. PiS points to its heretofore good [...] | 2006-07-20 14:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNAR PL |
06WARSAW149 | RESPONDING TO POLISH NON-PAPER REQUESTING [...] (C) Summary. Post received January 24 a non-paper apparently prepared personally by DefMin Sikorski, revising the non-paper he had handed to Secretary Rumsfeld December 7 in Washington. Unless otherwise instructed Embassy intends to use talking points at para. 7 in responding to GOP official [...] | 2006-01-31 19:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP MASS PGOV OVIP PL |
06WARSAW1514 | THE (LAST?) BATTLE FOR PUBLIC MEDIA IN POLAND [...] (U) Journalists and media observers continue to bemoan the perceived loss of independence for public media. While Polish Public media has ebbed and flowed with majority politics since 1989 never has the division between politicians and media been drawn in such sharp relief. The dust is settl [...] | 2006-07-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PL |
06WARSAW1515 | POLAND: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] On July 18, Econoff delivered reftel demarche points to Mr. Jerzy Pomianowski, Director of Development Co-operation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr.Pomianowski sent the following response dated July 21, 2006. 2. Begin text. Thank you for the information on U.S. assistanc [...] | 2006-07-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EUN PL |
06WARSAW1523 | THE (LAST?) BATTLE FOR PUBLIC MEDIA IN POLAND [...] (SBU) Journalists and media observers continue to bemoan the perceived loss of independence for public media. While Polish Public media has ebbed and flowed with majority politics since 1989 never has the division between politicians and media been drawn in such sharp relief. The dust is set [...] | 2006-07-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PL |
06WARSAW1529 | POLAND'S EURO ADOPTION A DISTANT PROSPECT [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Poland has not yet set a target date for Eurozone entry even though it must eventually adopt the Euro. The Euro convergence issue, however, is being actively debated among economists and politicians in Poland. Bankers, as expected, support fast Euro adoption, while most [...] | 2006-07-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
06WARSAW1551 | LEBANON - TAPPING INTO POLAND'S POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to senior officials in the MFA and the presidential chancellery, the Polish government is prepared to contribute to the planned stabilization force in Lebanon. In addition, the GOP wants very much to participate in future meetings of the Lebanon Core Group, particularly [...] | 2006-07-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID LE PL |
06WARSAW1552 | IRAN: DEMARCHE ON P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE DELIVERED [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Director for Middle East/Africa Amb. Maciej Kozlowski on July 25. Kozlowski was grateful for the information, which he said matched internal documents received from the EU-3. He asked, however, if there was any assistance the GOP co [...] | 2006-07-28 14:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP IR PL EU |
06WARSAW1553 | POLISH MFA U/S KOMOROWSKI TO LEAD POLISH [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of reftel, Acting PolCouns provided talking points on Lebanon force generation conference to MFA Americas Director Henryk Szlajfer. After consultation with MFA senior leadership, Szlajfer notified Acting PolCouns that MFA U/S Stanislaw Komorowski would lead the Polish delega [...] | 2006-07-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO LE PL |
06WARSAW1570 | OPERATION PROMISED LAND - ITALIANS AND POLES TAKE [...] Summary: On July 18, Polish and Italian police made simultaneous arrests of 25 individuals allegedly involved in the trafficking and forced labor of an estimated 1000 Polish citizens in the Apulia region of southern Italy. PolOff and LegAtt met with the Polish police officers involved in the [...] | 2006-08-02 08:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KJUS KCRM PGOV PL |
06WARSAW1574 | LEBANON - POLISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF RESCHEDULED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Polish U/S Komorowski's delegation has returned to Warsaw and will not be able to attend the rescheduled Lebanon force meeting on August 3, but senior Polish leaders remain committed to significant participation in the process. The MFA believes that the August 1 GAERC discussion [...] | 2006-08-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO LE PL |
06WARSAW1580 | CASTRO SUCCESSION: POLAND SUGGESTS A "FRESH START" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOP has not yet developed a policy on Castro succession, but Henryk Szlajfer, the senior MFA official dealing with Cuba, suggested that the best approach would be to "set aside" the existing record on Cuba and make a fresh start at reaching a trans-Atlantic consensus with the [...] | 2006-08-03 09:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM CU PL EU |
06WARSAW159 | VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT LECH KACZYNSKI TO [...] (C) Polish President Lech Kaczynski's determination to make his second foreign trip (after the Vatican) to Washington, with less than two months in office, is testament to our close partnership and to the deep admiration the new president has for the United States. A longtime activist in the [...] | 2006-02-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL |
06WARSAW1592 | DEPARTMENT ENERGY ADVISER HELLMAN'S ENERGY [...] (C) Economics Ministry State Secretary Piotr Naimski told visiting State Department Energy Advisor Steve Hellman August 1 that Poland is very concerned by the cut-off of Russian oil shipments to Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta refinery due to alleged 'accidents and technical difficulties.' The Pole [...] | 2006-08-04 08:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET LH PL PREL |
06WARSAW1595 | U.S. AIR MARSHALS TRAIN POLISH BORDER GUARDS [...] SUMMARY: In July 2006, sixteen Polish Border Guards (BG) attended two weeks of airport/border security training at the Federal Air Marshal Training Facility in Atlantic City, NJ. The Program provided Polish air marshals with the skills and capabilities necessary to provide security aboard Pol [...] | 2006-08-04 12:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PARM PREL ECON PTER PL |
06WARSAW160 | A/S FRIED AND FLORY DISCUSSIONS WITH POLISH [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried's January 24 and 25 discussions with senior officials of President Kaczynski's staff reviewed issues likely to be on the agenda during President Kaczynski's February 9 meeting with President Bush. A/S Fried and Ambassador Ashe also had a separate breakaway meeting wit [...] | 2006-02-02 11:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG OVIP MASS PL UP RS |
06WARSAW1600 | POLISH ROADS: ROOT PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) Poland's highway system remains practically non-existent. Though Prime Ministers Marcinkiewicz and Kaczynski have both made highway building centerpieces of their initial public addresses, systemic problems remain. Despite the availability of EU reimbursement funds, sources within the [...] | 2006-08-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ELTN EU PL |
06WARSAW1601 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - AUGUST 4, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-04 14:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW1610 | NEW HEAD OF CHANCELLERY A LOYAL KACZYNSKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. 43-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo is a Lech Kaczynski protege and one of the President's closest confidantes. Szczyglo's appointment as Head of the Presidential Chancellery will assure a loyal staff operation, but may not necessarily affect policy formulation. Though a member of t [...] | 2006-08-07 13:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PL |
06WARSAW1611 | POLAND - PRICE CUTS ON REFUNDABLE DRUGS LIST [...] (U) On July 22, 2006 Embassy received a copy of a letter from Polish Health Deputy Minister Boleslaw Piecha to Pawel Zelewski, President of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Companies Association (IPCA). The letter is the Ministry of Health's response to IPCA's concerns with regard to a 13 percent [...] | 2006-08-07 13:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TBIO EINV PL |
06WARSAW1630 | NEW HEAD OF CHANCELLERY A LOYAL KACZYNSKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. 43-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo is a Lech Kaczynski protege and one of the President's closest confidantes. Szczyglo's appointment as Head of the Presidential Chancellery will assure a loyal staff operation, but may not necessarily affect policy formulation. Though a member of t [...] | 2006-08-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PL |
06WARSAW1632 | Poland: Frank Mermoud's Visit [...] (SBU) Frank Mermoud, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, visited Warsaw July 14 to urge the Polish government to change its position on the 13% reduction in reimbursement prices for imported drugs that became effective July  [...] | 2006-08-08 06:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG PREL PL |
06WARSAW1646 | JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI TAKES CHARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Speaking non-stop for an hour and forty minutes without break, and only rarely looking at his notes, PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski delivered on August 4 an impressive tour d'horizon of Polish government policies, making clear that he is solidly in charge of the gov [...] | 2006-08-09 07:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR PL |
06WARSAW1664 | LEBANON: POLAND OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UNIFIL-PLUS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER UN PL |
06WARSAW1676 | MISSILE DEFENSE: STRONG POLITICAL WILL IN POLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public opposition to hosting a U.S. MD site in Poland is, as the opposition to the Iraq War, thin and not strongly felt. All major political parties on the left and the right continue to support an MD site, and the government leadership is committed to the project. There is no do [...] | 2006-08-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PL |
06WARSAW1679 | POLAND: GOVERNMENT PLAN TO CARVE CHANNEL ON POLISH [...] (U) Summary. Reftel describes the intermittent quarrels between the GOP and the Kaliningrad authorities and Moscow over ship access to the Baltisk Strait, which is the only point of entry into the Vistula Bay, and is located in Russian territory. As a result, the Polish city of Elblag and [...] | 2006-08-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT SENV PREL RS PL |
06WARSAW1683 | Emigration Tightens Poland's Labor Markets: "Will the Last [...] That Poles are leaving Poland in search of jobs and higher wages in other countries is nothing new. For Poland this is merely dj vu, yet another wave of emigration, another generation of young Poles leaving the country in search of better opportunities elsewhere. Past migrations of Poles hav [...] | 2006-08-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ELAB SOCI PREL SMIG PL XG XH |
06WARSAW1721 | WORKING WITH THE KACZYNSKI BROTHERS - GO STRAIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Now that PM Jarek Kaczynski has consolidated power domestically, the Polish government is starting to re-consider its position in the world. Jarek Kaczynski has very little foreign affairs experience, but he has also chosen to take foreign policy decision-making authority on him [...] | 2006-08-17 15:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OVIP PL |
06WARSAW1734 | POLAND - JULY 2006 SINGAPORE OPERATIONAL EXPERTS [...] Poloff delivered reftel points on the Singapore OEG to Lukasz Zielinski, PSI point of contact in the MFA Security Policy Department. Zielinski responded that he had attended the OEG and the GOP had found it very fruitful. He noted with some pride that many delegations had the success of the [...] | 2006-08-19 08:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL LE PL |
06WARSAW174 | POLAND REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UNCHR CANDIDACY [...] The Polish MFA delivered January 30 a diplomatic note containing a message for the Secretary from Foreign Minister Stefan Meller. As anticipated in reftel, the Poles request our support to secure a spot on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) from 2007-2009. Text at paragraph [...] | 2006-02-03 14:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KUNR ADCO PHUM PL UN |
06WARSAW1746 | POLAND: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNIFIL [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points on UNIFIL contributions to MFA Middle East Africa Director and MFA Americas Acting Director on August 17. DCM also raised the issue in a previously scheduled meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Pawel Kowal on August 18. Kowal indicated that Poland [...] | 2006-08-22 06:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE PL |
06WARSAW1758 | POLAND: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR ROBUST UNIFIL-PLUS [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered Ref A points August 22 to Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for ME-Africa. Plominski said that FM Fotyga was to meet at 1200 with DefMin Sikorski to review GOP plans for UNIFIL-plus in advance of the August 23 meeting of selected EU foreign ministers in Brussel [...] | 2006-08-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE PL |
06WARSAW176 | U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE III: EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable covers the SD sessions on East [...] | 2006-02-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL UP BO RU |
06WARSAW1763 | POLAND: URGING IRAN-SYRIA TO RESPECT ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche August 22 to Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for ME-Africa. Plominski acknowledged the points and agreed that Iran and Syria had to be held to their obligation under UNSCR 1701. He also said that the GOP planned no delegations to either Tehera [...] | 2006-08-22 15:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE PL |
06WARSAW177 | POLISH GOVERNING PARTY SIGNS COOPERATION ACCORD [...] (SBU) Summary: Poland's governing Law and Justice (PiS) party concluded a "stabilization pact" February 2 with opposition protest parties Self-Defense (SO) and the League of Polish Families (LPR),committing the parties to cooperate on a detailed legislative agenda but stopping short of a form [...] | 2006-02-03 15:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW178 | POLAND: DOE OFFICIALS DISCUSS SPENT REACTOR FUEL [...] Econoff attended a meeting of DOE officials Michael Tyacke and Igor Bolshinsky and GOP officials from the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA),State Treasury, and Radioactive Waste Management Authority on 26 January 2006. Tyacke and Bolshinsky presented information on the DOE's Russian Resea [...] | 2006-02-03 15:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY KNNP ECON ENRG PL IAEA |
06WARSAW1796 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR - POLAND [...] (U) In response to reftel, post provides the following information regarding the Polish textile and apparel sector, all data from end-year 2005: Total production: in textiles 8.96 billion PLN (2.89 billion USD); in apparel 4.47 billion PLN (1.44 billion USD)(Note: revenues from activities w [...] | 2006-08-25 15:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX PL |
06WARSAW1798 | NEW DEPUTY DEFMINS: MACIEREWICZ STIRS UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed MOD U/S Antoni Macierewicz, responsible for transformation of the military intelligence services (REF A),has triggered an uproar by accusing "most former Polish foreign ministers" of being Soviet agents. PM Kaczynski who forced the appointment over DefMin Sikorsk [...] | 2006-08-26 05:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PL |
06WARSAW1886 | IMSO: POLAND SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE [...] (C) Deputy Econ Counselor provided reftel diplomatic note and campaign materials to Mr. Bogdan Rozycki, Counselor, in the Polish Ministry of Transport. Mr. Rozycki stated that Poland decided in early August to support Mr. Lett's candidacy to be head of the International Mobile Satellite Org [...] | 2006-09-06 17:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS PL |
06WARSAW1890 | NEW EXXON-MOBIL TECHNOLOGY OFFERS POLAND POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. ExxonMobil Exploration (EM) executives briefed Acting Economic Counselor on discussions with the GOP to explore Poland's willingness to work with EM to utilize new gas technology that could unlock tight gas supplies. If EM decides to pursue the project, it plans to work with th [...] | 2006-09-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG NO PL |
06WARSAW2008 | POLAND'S PKN ORLEN DISCUSSES MAZEIKIU NAFTA, [...] (C) PKN Orlen's (PKNO) Deputy President Cezary Filipowicz requested information from the USG on whether Yukos International is considering a proposal to put the Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) refinery shares into escrow to further protect them from Yukos Finance. Poland is attempting to gain support fr [...] | 2006-09-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD PL AJ KZ RS ES LG LH PREL |
06WARSAW203 | POLES NOTE DETERIORATION OF ATMOSPHERE IN TEHRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Polish Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski, told us that his attitude toward Iran had "completely changed" during his January 30-31 visit to Iran. He now believes Tehran is determined to acquire nuclear weapons. In a separate read-out MFA Director [...] | 2006-02-09 09:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP PL IR AORC |
06WARSAW2057 | (C) MISSILE DEFENSE AND POLAND: REQUEST FOR AN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) As reported reftel, public debate in Poland over Missile Defense is intensifying even as the Polish government prepares itself for an expected U.S. offer on MD. A critical element of both processes is the perceived reaction and/or th [...] | 2006-09-21 15:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL |
06WARSAW2063 | SO LEADER LEPPER FORCED OUT OF GOVERNMENT AMID [...] (SBU) Summary: Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski on the evening of September 19 forced out his Agriculture Minister, Andrzej Lepper, in a surprise move that has many speculating that early elections will be called for November. Kaczynski gave as an explanation only that Lepper had been a disrupti [...] | 2006-09-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PROG PL |
06WARSAW2064 | POLAND: SECOND ROUND OF PRICE REDUCTIONS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified/NOT for internet distribution 2. (SBU) At a September 15 meeting, Piotr Blaszczyk, the Acting Director of the Drug Policy and Pharmacy Department of the Polish Ministry of Health, issued a second round of price cuts to 27 pharmaceutical companies. The price [...] | 2006-09-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON PL |
06WARSAW207 | POLAND: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the last two years, Poland has been a staunch ally of the United States. According to the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland spent about 1,213,151,800 Zloty ($370,994,434) and committed 4,122 troops to Iraq-coalition and NATO operations in 2005. In 2004, Polan [...] | 2006-02-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MCAP PM KS KU QA SA US PL TC NATO |
06WARSAW2091 | POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. ARMS TRANSFER POLICY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL VE PL |
06WARSAW2104 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UNSC RACE: POLAND URGES [...] (C) Political Counselor orally delivered paragraph four points of reftel demarche to Beata Baranska, Director of the Political Division in the MFA's UN Department, emphasizing that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's UNGA speech was further evidence of that Venezuela was not an appropriate cand [...] | 2006-09-29 09:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PL |
06WARSAW2106 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - September 29, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-29 10:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW2111 | MISSILE DEFENSE: POLAND OPEN TO SHARING WITH [...] (C) Splitting Missile Defense assets between Poland and the Czech Republic is a good idea according to Robert Kupiecki, Director of MFA Security Policy and Chairman of Poland's interagency working group on Missile Defense. On September 29, he told DCM that he and his counterpart in the Czech [...] | 2006-09-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL |
06WARSAW2115 | TURBULENT POLITICAL SCENE CONTINUES AS PM [...] (C) Summary: Poland's seemingly endless political turbulence continues to follow twists and turns that lead to constant speculation and disagreement about whether there will be early elections, whether Law and Justice (PiS) can form a new majority, and whether the opposition can cobble toget [...] | 2006-09-29 15:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PL |
06WARSAW2168 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - October 6, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW2176 | NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT: POLAND [...] (C) In the course of a previously scheduled meeting October 9 with MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, DCM delivered the substance of Ref A. Waszczykowski indicated that the GOP fully supported the U.S. position on the North Korean announcement of a nuclear test. MFA Director for East Asia & Pacif [...] | 2006-10-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN PARM KNNP PINR PL |
06WARSAW2188 | RUSSIAN FM LAVROV IN POLAND: A SOFT TOUCH, EXCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met October 5 with President Lech Kaczynski, PM Jarek Kaczynski and FM Anna Fotyga during a one-day visit to Warsaw. According to senior officials from the MFA and presidential chancellery, the overall tone of the visit was positive, although little was a [...] | 2006-10-12 15:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL RS GG IR |
06WARSAW2197 | DELIVERY OF TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE UN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 14:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA PL |
06WARSAW2218 | BACK TO THE FUTURE: ANDRZEJ LEPPER RETURNS TO [...] (C) Summary: In a late night meeting October 16, away from the glare of the press, Andrzej Lepper and his Self-Defense (SO) party returned to the coalition government led by Law and Justice (PiS) PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who had dumped Lepper a scant four weeks ago. Lepper was restored to his [...] | 2006-10-17 15:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
06WARSAW2222 | REQUEST TO POLAND TO SPONSOR AMENDMENT TO CUBA [...] (C) DCM met October 19 with MFA Under Secretary Witold Waszczykowski to request that Poland sponsor an amendment to the annual Cuba Embargo Resolution at the UN General Assembly. (Note: PolCouns had raised the issue with UN Acting Director Miroslaw Luczka October 13. End Note.) Waszczykows [...] | 2006-10-18 13:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA PL |
06WARSAW2224 | NORTH KOREA: POLISH MFA ASKS FOR INTENSIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA East Asia Pacific Department Director Jacek Najder invited Pol External Chief in for a lengthy discussion of Polish policy on North Korea, which culminated in a request for intensified bilateral consultations. Poloff took advantage of the opportunity to deliver Ref A demarche [...] | 2006-10-18 14:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP PL KN |
06WARSAW2238 | POLAND ON LAHTI DINNER: ENERGY POLICY KEY, "NO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland looks forward to both the internal EU meetings and dinner with Russian President Putin October 20 in Lahti, Finland. The GOP considers Lahti an important venue for discussing renewal of the Russian Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA),but believes that there is no [...] | 2006-10-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD PL EUN RS |
06WARSAW2257 | MEETING SUMMARY FOR STAFFDEL FOLDI IN POLAND [...] This cable has been cleared by Staffdel Foldi. MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL POLICY - THE RULES AND REGS 2. For the governmental perspective, Staffdel Foldi met with Krzysztof Wieckiewicz, Director of the Department of the Public Benefit at the MOL. The 2003 Law on the Organizations of Pub [...] | 2006-10-24 13:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PHUM PL |
06WARSAW2259 | POLISH RESPONSE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] (C) PolCouns October 24 delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Department officer Agnieszka Wyznikiewicz, urging that Poland oppose Third Committee agenda items on "The Situation of the Lebanese Children," and "Consequences of the Israeli Invasion on the Human Rights Situation in Lebanon." On th [...] | 2006-10-24 14:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PHUM PREL PTER PL |
06WARSAW2283 | POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING [...] (C) PolCouns October 24 delivered reftel demarche to Beata Baranska at the MFA's UN Division, stressing the importance of Poland continuing to abstain or possibly vote against three the three resolutions which would continue the mandate of institutions that are biased against Israel, and stre [...] | 2006-10-27 10:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL PL |
06WARSAW2286 | REVIVAL OF JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Twentieth century Poland's history of Jewish relations has made many Jews see Poland solely as a Jewish cemetery and hotbed of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism persists, but is no worse than most European countries, and rejection of anti-Semitism is on the rise, notwithstanding th [...] | 2006-10-27 13:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNAR PGOV PHUM PREL PL |
06WARSAW231 | POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER MELLER TO RESIGN [...] (SBU) Polish Foreign Minister Stefan Meller all but confirmed during a February 13 press conference that he intends to resign his post, citing frustration over his diminishing authority over Polish foreign policy. Meller denied press speculation that he might step down for health or family rea [...] | 2006-02-14 11:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW2312 | MFA DEMORALIZED AND WEAKENED UNDER FM FOTYGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lech Kaczynski's tight grip on foreign policy has squeezed out his own Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with a corresponding loss of effectiveness in European institutions and overall quality in Polish foreign policy. The politicization of top and mid-level positions, [...] | 2006-11-02 16:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
06WARSAW2322 | UPCOMING LOCAL ELECTIONS VIEWED AS A BAROMETER OF [...] (U) Summary: Poles will vote in municipal and regional elections nationwide on November 12, in what is cast as a referendum on the Kaczynski government, and a barometer of their political strength in the wake of the latest series of domestic political troubles. The race for mayor in Warsaw i [...] | 2006-11-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | QEL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW2323 | READOUT OF CENTCOM,S IRAQ CONFERENCE IN WARSAW 3-5 [...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM,s Coalition conference in Warsaw 3-5 Oct 2006 successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. All presentations and some keynote speeches [...] | 2006-11-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS IZ PL |
06WARSAW2333 | CWC: POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF [...] (C) Post provided reftel talking points November 2 to Janusz Wawrzyniuk, CWC action officer in the MFA Security Policy Department. Wawrzyniuk responded on November 6, stating that the MFA was prepared to support fully the U.S. request for an extension to April 29, 2012 of the CWC 100 percent [...] | 2006-11-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PL CWC OPCW |
06WARSAW2354 | AFGHANISTAN: POLISH PRESIDENT FORMALLY APPROVES [...] (C) During a previously scheduled meeting November 7, FM Fotyga informed Ambassador that President Kaczynski had formally approved the deployment of approximately additional Polish troops to Afghanistan in 2007. As reported reftel, DefMin Radek Sikorski announced in Washington that Poland wou [...] | 2006-11-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PL AF |
06WARSAW2360 | POLAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS CONTINUING UKRAINE REFORM [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche October 31 to Amb. Andrzej Krawczyk, Foreign Policy Adviser to President Lech Kaczynski. Krawczyk responded that Ukraine was a key bilateral partner of Poland and a high priority in Polish foreign policy to which President Kaczynski attaches great importance. [...] | 2006-11-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UP PL NATO |
06WARSAW2370 | POLAND WILL FOLLOW EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche November to Mariusz Lewicki of the MFA UN Department. After consulting widely within the MFA and contacting the Polish Mission in New York, Lewicki responded late in the evening that the GOP had decided the "highest priority was to maintain the [...] | 2006-11-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA CU PL |
06WARSAW2372 | POLISH OPPOSITION RUNNING STRONG IN URBAN AREAS [...] In the final days before Poles vote in local and regional elections, opposition candidates are poised to capture a majority of Polish cities and are running ahead of the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) in regional assemblies (sejmiks). With multiple candidates running in most mayoral races [...] | 2006-11-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PL |
06WARSAW2388 | POLAND ON THE GAERC: NO IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK, BUT [...] (C) Pol External Chief provided reftel points November 7 by fax to Pawel Herczynski, Deputy Director of the MFA EU Department. Herczynski responded by phone November 8, indicating that he would not be able to provide feedback before the November 13-14 GAERC. He explained that the internal co [...] | 2006-11-14 14:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PL |
06WARSAW2389 | INCUMBENTS AND OPPOSITION CLAIM VICTORY IN LOCAL [...] Summary. Poles voted in municipal and regional elections nationwide on November 12, with many incumbents sailing to re-election, and the opposition Civic Platform (PO) running strong in provincial assemblies. The center piece of the election, the race for Warsaw mayor, will see a run off on [...] | 2006-11-14 14:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW2390 | POLAND BLOCKS GAERC ON LAUNCHING NEW PCA [...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Fotyga announced at the November 13 GAERC that Poland would continue its opposition to the EU opening negotiations for a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia in advance of the November 24 EU-Russia Summit, absent Russian ratification of the European Energ [...] | 2006-11-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD EAGR PL EU |
06WARSAW2394 | POLAND SUPPORTS FULLY MATHESON CANDIDACY TO THE ILC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ILC UNGA PL |
06WARSAW240 | Poland's Stabilization Pact - What it means for the [...] (SBU) On February 2, the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party signed a stabilization pact with two opposition parties - Self Defense (SO) and the League of Polish Families (LPR). The pact includes a list of bills the parties agree to support, and a shorter list of those they will d [...] | 2006-02-15 10:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
06WARSAW2404 | TRANSNISTRIA: POLAND SUPPORTIVE ON EU PEACE [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel points to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for global threats and the Eurasian conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski noted that Poland continued to support strongly efforts to develop an EU Peace Consolidation Mission (PCM) for Mo [...] | 2006-11-16 15:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL PL |
06WARSAW2411 | POLAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GPS-GALILEO, POLAND [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to MFA America's Desk Director Andrzej Jaroszynski and Jacek Losik, Director of the Telecommunications Department in the Ministry of Transportation. Initial reaction shows that all is on track and Poland plans to ratify the agreement soon. The U.S.- EU GPS [...] | 2006-11-17 10:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TSPA SENV ECPS PL |
06WARSAW2412 | POLAND ON NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION OF [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel points November 17 to Beata Baranska, Political Affairs Chief in the MFA UN Department. Baranska responded that she understood from the Polish delegation in New York that, following EU consultations on November 16, the Finnish EU presidency had received [...] | 2006-11-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EU PL |
06WARSAW2415 | TOUGH TIMES FOR THE LEAGUE OF POLISH FAMILIES [...] (C) Summary. Only six months after joining the ruling Polish government coalition, the ultra-Catholic League of Polish Families (LPR) was the big loser in last weekend's regional elections, and faces an uncertain future. Party leader Roman Giertych has been a lightning rod for criticism, an [...] | 2006-11-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW2425 | POLAND STEADFAST ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Charge and Pol External Chief delivered reftel points November 17 to Robert Kupiecki, Director of MFA Security Policy Department. Charge stressed U.S. appreciation for Poland's exemplary commitment to ISAF and OEF, both through its planned deployment of 1200 troops in early 2007 and for i [...] | 2006-11-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PL AF |
06WARSAW2433 | POLAND OPTIMISTIC ON DRAFT UNSCR TEXT ON IRAQ [...] (C) Pol External Chief and British counterpart delivered Ref B points jointly November 20 to Amb. Krzysztof Plominski, Acting Director of the MFA Middle East Africa Department. PolExtChief also took the opportunity to share Ref A text of Secretary Rice's letter to the UNSC President. SIPDIS [...] | 2006-11-22 07:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ |
06WARSAW2434 | POLAND ON TURKEY EU ACCESSION [...] (C) DCM and PolCouns conveyed U.S. concerns about the prospect of EU sanctions on Turkey (reftel) to Deputy FM Pawel Kowal on November 21. Kowal acknowledged the concerns but had no substantive response. 2. (C) PolExt Chief discussed the issue in greater detail later the same day with Pawe [...] | 2006-11-22 08:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN NATO PL |
06WARSAW2470 | OPPOSITION CAPTURES WARSAW MAYORALTY [...] Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz from the opposition Civic Platform (PO) will become Warsaw's first woman mayor on Saturday, December 2. Gronkiewicz-Waltz won a decisive victory against former PM Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, the acting Mayor, in run off elections held on November 26. Gronkiewicz-Waltz ca [...] | 2006-11-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW2475 | POLAND: RESPONSE FOR LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Post provides the following in response to reftel questions. 2. (C) According to Jan Przegalinski, Cuba Specialist at the Ministry of Economy, Poland has no investments in Cuba. However, there is a small amount of trade. Poland expoQs approximately USD 14 million worth of goods to C [...] | 2006-11-29 15:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CU ETRD ETTC PREL PL |
06WARSAW2478 | POLAND-IRAQ: GOP PREPARING TO CONFIRM TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior MFA officials stated privately that the Council of Ministers would shortly forward to President Kaczynski a decision extending the Polish deployment to Iraq through December 31, 2007, consistent with the newly passed UNSCR 1723, while MOD and the General Staff confirmed pl [...] | 2006-11-30 11:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ |
06WARSAW2479 | POLAND-IRAQ: GOP PREPARING TO CONFIRM TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior MFA officials stated privately that the Council of Ministers would shortly forward to President Kaczynski a decision extending the Polish deployment to Iraq through December 31, 2007, consistent with the newly passed UNSCR 1723, while MOD and the General Staff confirmed pl [...] | 2006-11-30 11:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ |
06WARSAW2491 | POLISH ATTITUDES TOWARD INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHAN DRUG [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR EAID EUN SNAR PL |
06WARSAW2511 | POLAND: GOVERNMENT STEPS UP EFFORTS VS. FORCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the months since stories broke of Poles trafficked to Spain and Italy for forced labor (Reftel) the Polish government has stepped up efforts in the fight against human trafficking. The Polish National Police (PNP) has supplemented the five person Central Anti-Trafficking Uni [...] | 2006-12-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS KCRM PGOV IT PL SP SW UK |
06WARSAW2514 | POLAND'S RESPONSE TO US-EU AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on December 6 to Sylwia Ciszewska, Director of the Air Transport Department and Malgorzata Alberti, Head of the International Agreements Division, both with the Civil Aviation Office (CAO). The CAO had learned about the U.S. announcement from the European [...] | 2006-12-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EI EUN KTIA PL |
06WARSAW2525 | WHY POLAND DOESN'T WANT A GAS INTERCONNECTION TO [...] (C) EconOff discussed Poland's lack of enthusiasm for building a new gas interconnection to Germany with Pawel Konzal, PGNiG Board Advisor and Krzystof Rogala of the Office of Oil and Gas Supply Diversification in the Ministry of Economy. Konzal explained that Poland opposed the constructio [...] | 2006-12-07 13:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PL GM RS NO |
06WARSAW2542 | POLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNGA EMERGENCY [...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered reftel points December 1 to Beata Baranska, Political Affairs Chief in the MFA UN Department. Baranska responded that Poland shares the U.S. view that any resolution on a Register of Damages should be entirely consistent with the report of the UNSYG. The GOP concu [...] | 2006-12-08 15:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PL |
06WARSAW2545 | POLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S FLAWED [...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered reftel demarche December 1 to Krzysztof Plominski, Acting Director of MFA Middle East/Africa Department. Plominski acknowledged the U.S. position and expressed similar concerns over the undemocratic candidate selection process for Assembly of Experts and the "circu [...] | 2006-12-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PL |
06WARSAW2546 | POLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING THE [...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered Ref A demarche December 1 to Krzysztof Plominski, Acting Director of MFA Middle East Africa Department. Plominski responded that the GOP was watching closely the situation in Lebanon following the assassination of Pierre Gemayel. Poland continued to support the de [...] | 2006-12-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS PL |
06WARSAW2564 | POLAND: AMBASSADOR'S INTRO CALL ON NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution. 2. (U) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on new Minister of Construction, Andrzej Aumiller on December 7. During the meeting, Aumiller explained his hope to build 3 million housing units in Poland over the next eight year [...] | 2006-12-13 15:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PL |
06WARSAW2606 | MSP COORDINATOR AND BACKUP COORDINATOR FOR POLAND [...] As provided by email earlier, the designated MSP coordinator for Embassy Warsaw is Political Internal Chief David Van Cleve (vanclevedhl@state.gov) and the backup coordinator is David Morris, Political External Chief (morrisdt@state.gov). HILLAS [...] | 2006-12-19 10:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KSPR AMGT KSEP KICA AFIN ABUD PL |
06WARSAW2608 | LOT POLISH AIRLINES VIEW ON INCLUSION OF AVIATION [...] (C) In a follow up to reftels, EconOff met with Edyta Michalak and Rafal Szalc of LOT Polish Airlines legal department to discuss inclusion of international aviation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). LOT lawyers explained to EconOff that LOT is currently embroiled in a domesti [...] | 2006-12-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EINV SENV PL |
06WARSAW2609 | POLISH COALITION FINDS FACE-SAVING EXITS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Poland's ruling coalition continues to lurch along, after two weeks of political distraction spurred by revelations of a sex scandal in Samoobrona (SO) and renewed accusation of neo-Nazi activity by the League of Polish Families (LPR) youth wing. While both junior partners foun [...] | 2006-12-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW2610 | NO RESPONSE YET ON DEMARCHE: WHO RECOMMENDATIONS [...] Poloff delivered reftel points December 8 to Jaroslaw Strejczek, officer in the MFA UN Department. Strejczek responded that this was the first he had heard of the issue and would confer with other offices within the GOP, including the Ministry of Interior's (MOI) Narcotics Department. 2. [...] | 2006-12-19 15:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR UNCND UNCRIME PREL PL |
06WARSAW2611 | S/CT CRUMPTON HEARS POLISH PERSPECTIVES OF THE GWOT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-19 15:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PL |
06WARSAW2614 | POLAND'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Through various interviews with GOP officials, Post obtained the following responses to reftel questions on databases, watchlists, information sharing and biometrics. In response to reftel question, given the information below, Poland appears to be a valid partner for data shar [...] | 2006-12-19 16:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PL |
06WARSAW2636 | S/CT CRUMPTON HEARS POLISH PERSPECTIVES OF THE GWOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on December 13, Deputy Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, and Chief of the National Security Bureau, Wladyslaw Stasiak, conveyed their thoughts on counterterrorism to Ambassador Henry Crumpton, State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism. In his si [...] | 2006-12-22 09:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PL |
06WARSAW2653 | SPOT REPORT: SLUBICE, POLISH BORDER TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloff went to Slubice, which sits on the Polish-German border, to investigate labor disputes and a longstanding issue concerning the town's Jewish cemetery. Despite its location in a special economic zone, unemployment hovers near 30%, higher than the surrounding province. One [...] | 2006-12-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB PL |
06WARSAW2654 | SPOT REPORT: SLUBICE, POLISH BORDER TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloff went to Slubice, which sits on the Polish-German border, to investigate labor disputes and a longstanding issue concerning the town's Jewish cemetery. Despite its location in a special economic zone, unemployment hovers near 30%, higher than the surrounding province. One [...] | 2006-12-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB PL |
06WARSAW2655 | SPOT REPORT: SLUBICE, POLISH BORDER TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloff went to Slubice, which sits on the Polish-German border, to investigate labor disputes and a longstanding issue concerning the town's Jewish cemetery. Despite its location in a special economic zone, unemployment hovers near 30%, higher than the surrounding province. One [...] | 2006-12-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB PL |
06WARSAW269 | POLISH FM MELLER TO REMAIN UNTIL A SUCCESSOR CAN [...] (C) The Polish president and prime minister declined to act on Foreign Minister Stefan Meller's reported resignation, offering instead some general words of support and indications that Meller's concerns about his position (notably his absence from the National Security Council) will be addres [...] | 2006-02-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW280 | POLAND: Embassy Warsaw Special 301 Input [...] (SBU) Despite lingering problems in enforcement and, particularly, in judicial adjudication of optical disc (OD) piracy cases, there has been slow, but nonetheless steady, progress in Poland's handling of IPR violations, warranting maintenance of Poland's position on the Watch List. And while [...] | 2006-02-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PL |
06WARSAW296 | POLES WILL NOT MEET WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Polcouns met February 23 with Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for Africa and the Middle East, to deliver reftel demarche on meetings with Hamas. Plominski said that Hamas had not made a request to send a delegation, and that Poland would not accept such a Hamas delegation even if aske [...] | 2006-02-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW297 | POLES ISSUE STATEMENT CONDEMNING BOMBING OF THE [...] (C) Polcouns met February 23 with Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for Africa and the Middle East, and as per reftel requested that Poland issue a statement condemning the bombing of the al-Askariya Shrine in Samarra. Plominski said that a statement was under preparation that would condemn t [...] | 2006-02-23 15:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ PL |
06WARSAW308 | POLAND: Comment on Pharma's Special 301 Input [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG. 2. (SBU) Pharma's call for Priority Foreign Country (PFC) status for Poland is understandable. The industry has indeed faced many challenges in dealing with the Polish government prior to accession, and some of these issues [...] | 2006-02-24 15:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PL |
06WARSAW312 | POLAND DELIVERS NON-PAPER ON ENERGY SECURITY TREATY [...] (SBU) Summary: Late Friday, February 24 the office of Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz delivered a letter addressed to President Bush with an accompanying non-paper outlining Poland's proposed European Energy Security Treaty. An unofficial translation of the letter to President Bush is included [...] | 2006-02-24 17:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC ENRG ECON EU PL NATO |
06WARSAW325 | UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER FAILS TO CLARIFY GAS [...] (C) Energy issues dominated the discussions during the February 16-17 visit to Poland by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov and the separate February 21 visit by Anatolij Kinach, Secretary of the Ukrainian Office of National Security and Defense. According to the MFA, however, the Po [...] | 2006-02-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG PL UP |
06WARSAW329 | YASTRZHEMBSKY VISIT HAILED AS SIGNALING WARMING IN [...] (C) Summary: Polish officials told us they hope the January 20 visit to Poland by Sergei Yastrzhembsky, an advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will signal the end of the "mini cold war" between Russia and Poland. Yastrzhembsky discussed a potential meeting between Putin and Polish [...] | 2006-02-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL RU |
06WARSAW339 | POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...] | 2006-03-01 06:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM |
06WARSAW341 | DEFENDING ODIHR ELECTION MONITORING [...] (C) Polish MFA Deputy Director for Security Policy (OSCE Affairs) Marek Ziolkowski assured us February 28 that the Polish government shares our concerns about Belgian FM (and OSCE Chairman-in-Office) De Gucht's proposal to send his own representatives to observe the elections monitoring process [...] | 2006-03-01 10:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BE BY PL OSCE |
06WARSAW347 | POLAND AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: CROSS AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoffs recently discussed GOP contingency preparations for an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) with the Polish Ministry of Health. Polish Health Ministry officials believe that AI is still primarily a threat to Polish agriculture, but stressed that the GOP has planned thoro [...] | 2006-03-01 15:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW348 | POLAND WILL PROPOSE POSTPONEMENT OF EIB LOAN TO [...] (C) Begin Summary. Poland's MFA reported that it will recommend postponing a final decision on the EIB loan to the Syrian government until after a report on Syria's cooperation on the Rafiq Hariri assasination is provided to the UNSC in late March. Poland is uncertain that the postponement [...] | 2006-03-01 16:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV SY PL |
06WARSAW35 | POLISH GOVERNMENT REPLACES FINANCE MINISTER TERESA [...] (C) In a surprise move, Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz has replaced Finance Minister Teresa Lubinska with ex-Civic Platform Party (PO) insider and budget expert Zyta Gilowksa. In addition, Gilowska will hold the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. From September 2001 to May 2005 Gilowska was a membe [...] | 2006-01-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PL PREL |
06WARSAW353 | POLISH PRESIDENT CAUTIONS YUSHCHENKO ON GAS DEAL [...] (C) In the course of his February 28-March 1 visit to Ukraine, Polish President Lech Kaczynski delivered a strong message to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on the January gas deal with Russia, expressing concern about the consequences of the agreement for Ukraine's economy and its abili [...] | 2006-03-02 13:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PGOV UP PL |
06WARSAW358 | POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...] | 2006-03-03 06:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM |
06WARSAW36 | POLISH GOVERNMENT REPLACES FINANCE MINISTER TERESA [...] (C) In a surprise move, Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz has replaced Finance Minister Teresa Lubinska with ex-Civic Platform Party (PO) insider and budget expert Zyta Gilowksa. In addition, Gilowska will hold the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. From September 2001 to May 2005 Gilowska was a membe [...] | 2006-01-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PL PREL |
06WARSAW363 | POLAND: Netia (Now P4) Chooses Chinese Firm for 3G [...] (U) According to a recent Netia/P4 press release, Chinese telecoms equipment vendor Huawei won a contract to build third-generation (3G) infrastructure. P4, formerly known as Netia, won a license last year for a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) license. UMTS services are des [...] | 2006-03-03 09:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV PL |
06WARSAW380 | POLAND'S PROPOSED EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY TREATY [...] (C) Poland continues to consult with EU partners on its proposed European Energy Security Treaty. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski requests a meeting with Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns March 20 or 21 to discuss mechanisms in the NATO Treaty that can be transferred to [...] | 2006-03-03 16:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PL |
06WARSAW381 | INFIGHTING CONTINUES AMONG STABILIZATION PACT [...] (SBU) Summary: While the Stabilization Pact signed February 2 between Poland's governing Law and Justice Party (PiS) the League of Polish Families (LPR) and Self Defense (SO) helped stave off early elections, it has not stopped political battling among the partners, nor guaranteed the smooth [...] | 2006-03-03 16:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW48 | POLISH PROTEST PARTIES FACE CHALLENGES IN BACKING [...] (SBU) Since coalition talks with Civic Platform (PO) fell apart in late October, the minority Law and Justice (PiS) government has relied on the support of two protest parties in parliament: Andrzej Lepper's populist, agrarian Self Defense (SO) and the extreme right-wing League of Polish Fami [...] | 2006-01-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PL |
06WARSAW481 | FHWA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR VISITS POLAND, [...] (U) Summary. Poland's lack of a quality road infrastructure presents serious problems for economic development, road safety, and quality of life. In continuing to investigate this problem and encourage GOP action, Embassy Warsaw Public Affairs and Econ Sections collaborated to bring King Ge [...] | 2006-03-16 08:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELTN PL |
06WARSAW487 | POLISH PRESIDENT KACZYNSKI'S FIRST VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Polish government and German embassy officials judged Polish President Lech Kaczynski's March 8-9 visit to Berlin (his first-ever visit to Germany, "besides the Frankfurt airport," as he put it) a success, although low expectations and an evident sense of relief that it had not go [...] | 2006-03-16 13:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM GM PL |
06WARSAW497 | POLISH DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION AT A STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its position as a minority government and ongoing domestic political battles, the Marcinkiewicz government is beginning to define the future strategic direction of the Polish military. In the coming months, the parliament will consider bills that would radically reorganiz [...] | 2006-03-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL |
06WARSAW50 | POLAND: Scenesetter for CODEL Duncan Visit, January [...] (U) Poland with an area of 313,000 square kilometers is about the size of New Mexico. Poland's population of 38.6 million (2004 est.) is 96 percent ethnically Polish and almost entirely Roman Catholic. However, there are also small German, Belarussian, Roma, Ukrainian, Jewish and Russian min [...] | 2006-01-12 13:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ECON PL CVIS ETRD |
06WARSAW504 | POLAND MOVES TO ACCELERATES MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] SUMMARY: Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Defense Minister (DefMin) Sikorski announced their shared intention to accelerate modernization of the Polish military at a press conference following the annual meeting of Defense Ministry and Armed Forces leadership on March 13. Their plan include [...] | 2006-03-17 14:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL |
06WARSAW518 | IN FRUSTRATION, POLISH GOVERNING PARTY CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Declaring "no other way out" of Poland's ongoing political stalemate, governing Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski announced March 18 that his party will seek to dissolve parliament and hold new elections in May, prior to Pope Benedict XVI's scheduled visit to Poland at the [...] | 2006-03-20 16:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PL |
06WARSAW525 | POTENTIAL AREAS OF ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (C) The Government of Poland continues to consider energy security a top priority. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski plans to travel to the U.S. in mid-April to discuss energy topics with USG officials. Naimski told us that the GOP is flexible with regard to the content, form and scope of i [...] | 2006-03-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL PREL |
06WARSAW53 | POLISH BUDGET ROW HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNING PARTY'S [...] (SBU) Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) minority government set off an uproar January 11 among opposition parliamentary groups, including those supporting the government, when it backed off from scheduling a budget vote this weekend, reviving suspicions that PiS plans to use a budget delay to cal [...] | 2006-01-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PL |
06WARSAW547 | CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL STRIKES DOWN PORTIONS OF [...] (SBU) On March 23 the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland (Supreme Court equivalent) ruled that four articles of the new media law rammed through Parliament in late December last year (Reftels A and B) were unconstitutional. As a result the operations of the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) [...] | 2006-03-24 13:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL PL |
06WARSAW554 | MISSILE DEFENSE: POLAND EAGER TO RENEW TALKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Americas Director Henryk Szlajfer told DCM March 23 that the GOP is eager to renew formal discussions on hosting U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) assets and welcomes the visit of ASD Flory's delegation for that purpose. MFA U/S Waszczykowski and MOD U/S Koziej are prepar [...] | 2006-03-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PL |
06WARSAW555 | POLAND: DCM MEETING IN MINISTRY OF ECONOMY ON AIG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) DCM met with Andrzej Kaczmarek of the Ministry of Economy March 23 to follow up Embassy's March 14 meeting (reftel) with Gmina Raszyn Mayor and Vice-Mayor. AIG Lincoln Residential Director Christopher Sweeney als [...] | 2006-03-24 14:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PL |
06WARSAW563 | POLAND: Counterfeiting Poses Problem for U.S. Firm [...] (U) In order to clarify issues related to Levi's Special 301 submission, Econoff met with Zbigniew Trendak, Brand Protection and Security Manager for Levi Strauss. Trendak reiterated the charges made in Levi's Special 301 brief, noting that prosecution of counterfeit cases has dropped 28 perc [...] | 2006-03-27 13:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR PL |
06WARSAW579 | POLAND: EU INTEGRATION OFFICE LUMBERS ON [...] (C) According to Director for Analyses and Strategies, Piotr Serafin (protect) at the Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE),integration of the Office,s functions into the Foreign Ministry is &going nowhere.8 With this third and latest attempt at disbanding UKIE in almost as [...] | 2006-03-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PL |
06WARSAW581 | KACZYNSKI TWINS PRESS FOR ELECTIONS OR COALITION [...] (C) Summary: The political drama in Warsaw continues unabated with President Lech Kaczynski on March 23 joining in calls for early parliamentary elections this spring. Unconvinced, the Polish parliament voted down a proposal by the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party intended as a first st [...] | 2006-03-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW595 | DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DEBT REDUCTION [...] (C) Polish Finance Ministry Director of Foreign Policy Dr. Jacek Tomorowicz indicates that the Marcinkiewicz Government has not yet considered the matter of writing off Iraq's debts to Poland. Up to now, Poland and Iraqi officials have been trying to come to an agreement as to the amount of [...] | 2006-03-31 14:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ PL |
06WARSAW597 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MARCH 31, 2006 [...] Very little has changed this week in the spread of AI throughout Poland. Two additional outbreaks have been detected. One is in Bydgoszcz, where five swans been confirmed for H5N1. This brings the total number of outbreaks for Bydgoszcz to three. The other new outbreak site is at Lake Rza [...] | 2006-03-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW634 | POLAND: GOP PREPARES FOR FATF EVALUATION [...] (SBU) Contacts at Poland's Ministry of Finance reported to Econoff that the Ministry is preparing for a Financial Action Task Force evalution that will occur in May. Ministry of Finance contacts stated that they expect results to be issued within six months of the visit, and that the Ministr [...] | 2006-04-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KCRM PTER PREL PL |
06WARSAW7 | Poland's new Treasury Minister Resigns amid [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. On the evening of January 3, Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz accepted the resignation of Treasury Minister Andrzej Mikosz. Mikosz's resignation was forced by an article published in the daily "Rzeczpospolita" detailing a loan worth US $300,000 which Mikosz's wife gave to a [...] | 2006-01-04 15:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
06WARSAW789 | DUTCH ENERGY CONFERENCE - POLISH RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor and Dutch Econ Officer jointly demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for North America Ambassador Henryk Szlajfer per reftel instructions. Szlajfer stated that Foreign Minister Meller is considering attending the dinner on the evening of May 17 and the first hou [...] | 2006-04-28 09:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PREL NL PL EUN |
06WARSAW790 | POLAND: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND POCS REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 09:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PTER EAGR PARM PREL PL CBW UNGA |
06WARSAW791 | POLAND FAST-TRACKING IEA MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Pawlel Konzal, Advisor to Minister of Economy told us on April 28 that Poland is fast-tracking IEA membership. The GOP recently held discussions with the IEA's Deputy Executive Director Bill Ramsey concerning membership requirements, telling him that Poland would like to become a full m [...] | 2006-04-28 10:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PL |
06WARSAW792 | IAEA/HEU MINIMIZATION: POLAND CONCERNED OVER GTRI [...] (SBU) Summary. Polish National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) staff confirmed the GOP is concerned about the increasing costs associated with the GTRI project. PAA President Jerzy Niewodniczanski estimates that the provision of 25 fresh fuel elements will cost between USD 1.5 - 2 million, mone [...] | 2006-04-28 10:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG KNNP TRGY PL IAEA |
06WARSAW793 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - APRIL 28, 2006 [...] There have been no new outbreaks of AI in Poland during the past week. The infected and surveillance zones in Swinoujscie and Torun have been lifted, and the areas have been declared free of AI. 2. Between April 18-22 the Polish Veterinary Service, with the assistance of police, fire, mi [...] | 2006-04-28 10:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW795 | POLAND SUPPORTS EU RESOLUTION ON UN MANAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 12:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PL UNGA UN |
06WARSAW809 | FM MELLER SUBMITS RESIGNATION [...] Widely anticipated, Polish Foreign Minister Stefan Meller submitted his resignation on April 28. Meller said at a press conference that he does not believe that the proposed coalition between the governing Law and Justice party, Self Defense and a break away group from the League of Polish F [...] | 2006-05-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW819 | INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE: POLAND SUPPORTS [...] As requested reftel, Poloff delivered demarche request to the Polish MFA on April 27. Poland's representative to the upcoming meetings in Luxembourg will be the MFA's Witold Spirydowicz. Given the movement of the Germans on the issue of access to the Bad Arolsen archives, we proceeded with t [...] | 2006-05-04 14:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNAR PREL PL MFA |
06WARSAW833 | IRAQ: POLAND CONFIRMS MND-CS CONTINGENT WILL STAY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 14:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PL IZ |
06WARSAW862 | MINISTER OF DEFENSE SIKORSKI ON F-16 PROGRAM, IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 08:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MCAPS PREL PL IZ |
06WARSAW920 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GIERTYCH [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador to Poland David Peleg called on President Lech Kaczynski May 17 to express his government's concern over the appointment of Roman Giertych as Minister of Education, given Giertych's anti-Semitic associations and his new responsibility for Holocaust education p [...] | 2006-05-18 15:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PL |
06WARSAW931 | POLAND: WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-19 15:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC TBIO PL WHO |
06WARSAW943 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MAY 22, 2006 [...] There have been no new outbreaks of AI in Poland during the past week. The only existing outbreak site is in Warta Village recorded on May 4, 2006 and is still under quarantine. The General Veterinary Inspectorate office stated that bird migration is due to end shortly, reducing risk of new [...] | 2006-05-22 14:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW944 | POLISH STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 14:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ PL |
06WARSAW953 | POLISH PRESIDENT'S MEETINGS WITH UKRAINIAN, GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian and German presidents paid reciprocal visits to Polish President Lech Kaczynski in mid-May, marking the importance of those bilateral relationships and the slow warming of personal contacts between the apprehensive Polish leader and his colleagues next door. With Yu [...] | 2006-05-23 10:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM UP PL |
06WARSAW980 | POLAND'S ORLEN ANXIOUS FOR COURT DECISION IT CAN [...] (C) Summary: PKN Orlen's Wojciech Wroblewski, told us that PKN Orlen is waiting for U.S. court approval of the sale by YUKOS of its controlling stake in the Mazeikiu refinery for the purchase to go through. PKN Orlen aggressively pursued the sale both as a strategic asset and as a way to b [...] | 2006-05-25 15:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV ETRD LH PL RS KZ |
07ANKARA2968 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: October & November 2007 [...] In the keynote speech delivered at the opening of the Turkish War Academies on Oct. 1, CHOD GEN Yasar Buyukanit underlined the theme that no power can divide Turkey, change its secular structure, or shake the Turkish nation's confidence in its military. Emphasizing the importance of the fight [...] | 2007-12-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL YI CI AJ IZ GR KS IT UK IS CY PL |
07ANKARA403 | RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND [...] (C) Ambassador raised ref a points February 22 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary (U/S-equivalent) Haydar Berk, stressing unacceptable Russian threats to Poland and the Czech Republic even though Russia knows missile defenses based in those countries pose no threat to the Russian strategic arsenal. [...] | 2007-02-23 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL CZ RU TU |
07ANKARA522 | RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Acting DDG Serhan Yigit told us March 7 that Turkey had decided against making any public statement concerning Russian threats to Poland and the Czech Republic as we had urged MFA officials to do on February 22 and 23 (ref a). 2. (C) Yigit told us the MFA is concerned t [...] | 2007-03-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL CZ RU TU |
07ASHGABAT1248 | TURKMENISTAN MISSES POLISH NATIONAL DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang hosted a reception in Ashgabat on November 19 in honor of Poland's National Day. Standard practice for national day receptions in Ashgabat is for both Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Mered [...] | 2007-11-20 05:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG UP PL RS TX |
07BAGHDAD1235 | POLES READY FOR A MORE ROBUST ROLE? [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 7. 2. (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: As Coalition and Iraqi forces conduct active combat operations aimed at restoring security and the rule of law in Dhiwaniyah, questions over the mandate and approach of the Polish forces based in the area have arisen in [...] | 2007-04-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PTER IZ PL |
07BAKU1227 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON ENERGY ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-hour one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on October 8, President Aliyev outlined with frustration current problems on energy in advance of the Vilnius Summit. British Petroleum (BP) is "stealing our oil," he asserted sharply, seeking to put pressure on Azerbaijan to delay t [...] | 2007-10-09 14:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV RS TU UP KZ PL GG LH TX AJ |
07BAKU287 | ENERGY AND RELATIONS WITH EU AT THE FOREFRONT OF [...] (C) Summary: Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga's February 28 - March 1 visit to Azerbaijan focused on energy cooperation and assisting Azerbaijan in its relations with the EU. These two issues are highlighted in a bilateral Memorandum of Cooperation (text below) that was signed during the [...] | 2007-03-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PL UP AJ |
07BERLIN1071 | CHANCELLOR MERKEL PREVIEWS G-8 SUMMIT [...] Summary: German Chancellor Merkel emphasized climate change, hedge funds, Africa, and closer cooperation with emerging economies as core themes for the June 6-8 G-8 Summit in her remarks before the Bundestag May 24. Merkel acknowledged the debate on climate change is contentious, but argued d [...] | 2007-05-25 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SENV ENRG PREL PGOV PL EU GM |
07BERLIN45 | GERMANY TAKES RUSSIAN - BELARUS OIL DISPUTE IN [...] (U) German reaction to the cutoff of Russian oil via the Druzhba Pipeline has been relatively muted. Economics Minister Michael Glos stated there was no cause for alarm as Germany has sufficient reserves to cover any shortages. That said, Glos demanded that "the pipeline be reopened as soon [...] | 2007-01-09 16:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM |
07BERLIN520 | GERMAN PRESIDENCY SEES CLIMATE/ENERGY AND PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel has identified energy/climate change and progress on an EU constitution as her top priorities for the remainder of Germany's EU presidency, according to officials in the Chancellery and MFA. The German government believes the EU's consensus position has laid th [...] | 2007-03-14 16:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SENV ENRG PREL PGOV PL EU GM |
07BERLIN700 | USD/P EDELMAN'S MARCH 28 CONSULTATIONS IN BERLIN [...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Edelman, accompanied by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Deputy Director Maj. Gen. Anzalone, visited Berlin March 28 to hold consultations on missile defense and Afghanistan with senior officials in the defense and foreign ministries and at the chancellery [...] | 2007-04-03 16:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO MOPS GM PL EZ RS AF |
07BRATISLAVA371 | V-4 CONFERENCE: SLOVAKIA MAKES NICE WITH HUNGARY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Robert Fico used the June 18-19 Bratislava V-4 summit to showcase partnership with its neighbors on pre-arranged issues of agreement, such as V-4 entry into the Schengen area. Fico and Hungarian PM Ferenc Gyurcsany also used the opportunity to orchestrate a succe [...] | 2007-06-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI HU PL EZ LO |
07BUCHAREST227 | ROMANIA WILL MAKE STRONG STATEMENT RESPONDING TO [...] (C) DCM and Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche on February 27 to MFA State Secretary (de facto Deputy Foreign Minister) Adrian Vierita. Vierita agreed that it was important for Allies to convey to Moscow the message that overreaction on the missile defense issue was neither constructive [...] | 2007-02-28 15:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ PL RO |
07HELSINKI144 | FINNISH RESPONSE - RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra on March  [...] | 2007-03-02 11:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ PL FI |
07HELSINKI187 | FINLAND: MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH [...] (C) The public reaction in Finland to US missile defense plans in Eastern Europe and Russian misrepresentations of them have been largely muted. Several editorials and comments from leading politicians appeared in the immediate aftermath of Putin's Munich speech, but very few of these directl [...] | 2007-03-15 16:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU FI |
07KABUL2743 | POLAND TO CONSIDER A PRT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Polish Government will soon consider whether to stand up a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. Internal discussions will begin in Warsaw on August 17. Polish diplomats in Kabul have met with Embassy PRT director to sound out initial USG thoughts. Based on [...] | 2007-08-16 09:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF PL |
07KYIV126 | UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2 (S) Summary: We delivered draft agenda contained ref A to MFA Director Belashov January 17. His specific comments on the agenda contained below in para 4. Belashov also complained that USG suspicions about possible transfer cases were often ba [...] | 2007-01-19 09:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC PHSA PINR CA UK PL UP |
07KYIV183 | UKRAINE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE AND [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: After a year-long hiatus (refs A and B were transmitted in January 2006),a Ukrainian MFA official said Ukrainian comments on a draft PSI ship-boarding agreement might be provided by the end of January, after which the Ukrainian [...] | 2007-01-25 13:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP PHSA KTIA EWWT PL UP |
07KYIV1897 | UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION AND CFE; [...] (C) Visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer briefed Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk August 2 on the results of the July 30 U.S.-Russia experts' meeting on missile defense cooperation as requested reftel, as well as on parallel Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) discussions. Ya [...] | 2007-08-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO AJ CZ PL RS UP |
07KYIV2673 | UKRAINE: READ-OUT OF MOSCOW TWO-PLUS-TWO MEETING [...] (U) We drew on ref A October 23 to brief MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor Rustam Rustamov on the results of the U.S.-Russia "2-plus-2" discussions held October 12-13 in Moscow. Belashov, who was on his way the same aftern [...] | 2007-10-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS UP |
07KYIV2985 | UKRAINE: PLANNING FOR EURO 2012 SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2012 European Soccer Championship (Euro 2012),to be co-hosted with Poland, offers Ukraine opportunities to attract USD billions in foreign investment, improve the business climate, and make needed infrastructure upgrades. The event, which attracts an immense following in [...] | 2007-12-10 07:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV PL UP |
07KYIV546 | UKRAINE: ENGAGING UKRAINE ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: We passed reftel points and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LTG Obering's powerpoint presentation to MOD and MFA officials February 26-28. Ambassador's February 21 conversation with Presidential adviser, preeminent Ukrainian strategic thinker, and former rocket scientist Vo [...] | 2007-03-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PL EZ UP |
07KYIV705 | UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE [...] (C) Ambassador had a discussion on U.S. missile defense plans March 26 with parliament (Verkhovna Rada) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Vitaly Shybko. Shybko said his Committee on Foreign Affairs and the other committee of jurisdiction, the Committee on National Security and Defense, had e [...] | 2007-03-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP PINR RS PL EZ US UP |
07KYIV779 | UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE QUESTIONS FOR U.S.; [...] (U) This is an action request for missile defense related information. See para 5. 2. (SBU) We met with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov at his request March 30. Belashov expressed his appreciation for Missile Defense Agenc [...] | 2007-04-02 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP PINR RS EZ PL US UP |
07LUXEMBOURG110 | LUXEMBOURG PRESSED TO REIN IN ITS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Following up to ref A, Embassy translated and sent to EUR/UBI the text of a statement by Foreign Minister Asselborn made March 13 before the Chamber of Deputies explaining his public comments crticizing the planned European missile defense system (MDS)(ref B). Embassy believes that the st [...] | 2007-03-15 16:34:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NATO MARR PL EZ RU LU |
07MADRID395 | SPAIN ON RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 17:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MARR PL PREL SP |
07MADRID824 | SPAIN: MISSILE DEFENSE IS NRC ISSUE, NOT OSCE ISSUE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM OSCE EZ PL RS SP |
07MONTERREY67 | ELEVEN IRAQIS WITH FALSE PASSPORTS DETAINED IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) On January 20, eleven Iraqi nationals attempted to gain entry into Mexico at Monterrey International Airport. They arrived in Monterrey on AeroMexico flight 22, a direct flight from Madrid. The group consisted of nine Iraqi men, one Iraqi woman, and one minor Iraqi child. From their h [...] | 2007-01-25 19:08:00 | Consulate Monterrey | SECRET | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR INTERPOL MX IZ CY TU PL SP |
07MOSCOW4357 | POLISH PRESIDENT REQUESTS PUTIN MEETING AT KATYN [...] (C) Polish President Kaczynski surprised the GOR on September 4 by conveying his interest in a visit to Katyn and Smolensk on September 17, the date the Soviet Red Army seized eastern Poland in 1939, and requesting a meeting with President Putin. Polish Charge d'Affaires Zbigniew Rzonca told [...] | 2007-09-06 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PL RS |
07MOSCOW4633 | POLISH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KATYN "CONSTRUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary. DFM Titov characterized President Kaczynski's visit to Katyn as "constructive," noting that Kaczynski had depicted Katyn as an historical event and focused on the future of Russian-Polish relations. Titov also said that any request by Kaczynski to meet with Putin would have been [...] | 2007-09-20 08:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL RS |
07MOSCOW5761 | RUSSIA HOPEFUL BUT CAUTIOUS ABOUT A BREAKTHROUGH [...] Summary: The MFA told us that new Polish PM Tusk's pro-European stance, positive statements about Russia-Poland bilateral ties, his decision to remove Poland's veto on Russia's OECD accession, and recent efforts to address Russian concerns about Polish meat were clearly steps in the right dir [...] | 2007-12-07 15:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL RS |
07OTTAWA133 | CANADA KEEN TO PARTICIPATE IN U.S.-UKRAINE [...] (C) Responding to reftel, on December 24 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Global Partnership Program Director General Troy Lulashnyk told us that Canada would be pleased to participate in any non-proliferation discussions with the Ukrainians that the U.S. thinks a [...] | 2007-01-25 17:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EWWT CW PHSA EAID PINR UP UK PL CA |
07PARIS1364 | JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL TRACING [...] (U) On April 5, German Embasssy First Secretary Stefan Krawielicki and Poloff delivered a joint demarche to French MFA Director of Archives Jean Mendelson concerning the opening of the International Tracing Service (ITS) archives for the purpose of research and the provision of copies of arch [...] | 2007-04-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BE FR GM GR IS IT LU PHUM PL UK |
07PARIS685 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton took up with Political Director Gerard Araud February 22 our concerns about Russia's reaction to our missile defense initiative with Poland and the Czech Republic and, in particular, Russian threats against those two NATO allies. Araud, who had coincidentally [...] | 2007-02-22 16:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ FR PL |
07PRAGUE1276 | CZECH REPUBLIC BRIEFED ON US MISSILE DEFENSE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS |
07PRAGUE1290 | CZECHS RAISE "ALARM" ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SITE [...] (U) Action requests in para 15. 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Czechs are concerned about the pace of negotiations on the European MD site, as well as what they perceive as a lack of full USG commitment to the project. Ambassador has heard in the past week from Deputy PM Vondra and D [...] | 2007-12-11 17:07:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL PL EZ |
07PRAGUE52 | CZECH PM PUBLICLY WELCOMES U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel non paper on the fielding of U.S. missile defense assets to Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar at 10:45 a.m., Saturday, January 20. Pojar, who was visibly excited, welcomed the document, indicating that it largely tracked with what he had heard about Undersecreta [...] | 2007-01-20 11:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ PL |
07PRAGUE760 | INFORMATION ON U.S.-RUSSIA MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered information on suggested U.S.-Russia expert-level missile defense consultations to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomas Pojar and the Czech inter-ministerial missile defense working group June 25. A/DCM informed Pojar the consultations should take place in the next we [...] | 2007-06-26 08:58:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MNUC OPRC PARM PREL RS AJ EZ PL UP |
07REYKJAVIK42 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 17:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR EZ PL IC |
07SOFIA377 | BULGARIA: MISSILE DEFENSE PD STRATEGY [...] (U) Per Ref A request, Post has designated DCM Alexander Karagiannis as the POC for public diplomacy and outreach efforts on missile defense. 2. (U) During the Sofia visit of Admiral Harry Ulrich, CINCUSNAVEUR, the Admiral briefed the Sofia and Varna press corps in appearances on February 2 [...] | 2007-03-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KPAO PL EZ RU BU |
07STATE138761 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Notetaker Aaron Jensen Romania --------- Foreign Minister Adrian Mihai Cioroianu U.N. Permanent Representative Mihnea Motoc Charge Daniela Gitman Political Director Stefan Tinca Chief of Cabinet Gabriel Sopanda 2. [...] | 2007-10-02 17:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG HU SR MD RU MK AL PL RO |
07STATE152799 | STEERING GROUP NON-PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Background: The Partnership for Democratic Governance was successfully rolled out at a well-attended high level event co-hosted by OECD and UNDP in New York on October 1, 2007. The Department appreciates Posts' support and effort [...] | 2007-11-05 22:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AU BR CA CI EAID ET JA KDEM KS MX NL NZ PL PO |
07STATE154920 | U.S. RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSED U.S.-POLISH EXPORT [...] (U) This is an Action request. Please, see para 3 below. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: Responding to an earlier U.S. suggestion for cooperation to improve Georgia,s export controls, Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Witold Waszczykowski has proposed a joint U.S.-Polish Export Con [...] | 2007-11-09 19:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC MASS PGOV GG PL |
07STATE159779 | U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION NONPAPER [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Non-Paper on the U.S. proposal to Russia of missile defense cooperation and transparency and confidence-building measures in paragraph 4 was delivered by Embassy Moscow to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 21 (Ref [...] | 2007-11-23 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CR MARR PARM PL PREL RS |
07STOCKHOLM214 | SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND AND [...] (c) Polcouns met 2/28 with MFA Deputy Director General for European and Global Security Ambassador Nils Daag regarding negotiations for Poland and the Czech Republic to host U.S. missile defense assets. Daag, whose portfolio has just been expanded to include responsibility for the United Nat [...] | 2007-02-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EZ PL SW |
07TALLINN165 | ESTONIA: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND [...] (U) As requested Ref A, Post has designated Acting DCM Eric Johnson as the POC for public diplomacy and outreach efforts on missile defense. 2. (C) As reported Ref B, Estonia agrees with the USG position on the Russian response to U.S. missile defense plans. We do not expect any wavering o [...] | 2007-03-13 09:07:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU EN |
07TALLINN227 | ESTONIA'S VIEW ON POLISH PARTICIPATION IN IGNALINA [...] (C) Based on our recent discussions with key officials in Estonia's energy sector, it is clear that Estonia is open to the idea of Polish participation in the Ignalina nuclear power project. However, GOE and Eesti Energia officials have expressed concern to us about the Lithuanian approach t [...] | 2007-04-04 06:17:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON LG LH PL EN |
07TBILISI2024 | GEORGIA: POTENTIAL POLISH MANPADS SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (U) On August 11 Charge delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Nikoloz Vashakidze. Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili received the message from EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried in a telephone conversation on August SIPDIS 10. 2. (U) Vashakidze responded that the MFA u [...] | 2007-08-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07THEHAGUE1447 | NETHERLANDS:DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA EXPERTS [...] Poloff delivered reftel on U.S.-Russia experts meeting on missile defense cooperation to Dutch MFA Senior Advisor of Security Affairs and Non-Proliferation Frank van Beuningen. Van Beunigen appreciated the information. GALLAGHER [...] | 2007-08-03 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO UP AJ CZ PL RS |
07THEHAGUE330 | NETHERLANDS: INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered reftel points to MFA working level contacts on February 22; we will engage at higher levels as soon as possible, but this may take several days as the new government was sworn in today. In the meantime, the initial response from the MFA working level suggests the D [...] | 2007-02-22 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MARR PL PREL RS NL |
07ULAANBAATAR150 | AMBASSADOR MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Enkhbold on March 6 to follow up on the phone call the previous evening between President Bush and President Enkhbayar, and to state our hope that we will receive an early and positive response on our request that Mongolia send an 8th rot [...] | 2007-03-06 08:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | MARR PREL MASS IZ MG PL |
07ULAANBAATAR156 | MONGOLIAN ARMED FORCES PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE 8TH [...] (S) On March 7, DATT was told by a tired-looking Chief of General Staff LTG Togoo that he would meet with senior government officials in late afternoon regarding the issue of an 8th rotation of 100 troops to Iraq. Togoo said he would need to meet with DATT after that meeting (note: most likel [...] | 2007-03-07 08:16:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL |
07ULAANBAATAR169 | SENIOR LEADERS ENDORSE 3-MONTH EXTENSION OF TROOPS [...] (S) On March 13, Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Tsogtbaatar told Ambassador and ADCM that the National SIPDIS Security Council (the President, Speaker, and Prime Minister) had met on Friday, March 9, and recommended that the government decide to extend for three months Mongolia's 7 [...] | 2007-03-13 06:54:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL |
07ULAANBAATAR173 | MONGOLIA EXTENDS CURRENT TROOP ROTATION IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-14 08:49:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL |
07ULAANBAATAR275 | PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR SAYS NEW IRAQ [...] (C) During a May 7 meeting on other matters, Charge asked Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tsogtbaatar about the status of Mongolia's decision on sending an 8th rotation of troops to provide force protection for Polish troops at Camp Echo. Tsogtbaatar replied that he knew that the deadline [...] | 2007-05-10 07:51:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL |
07ULAANBAATAR325 | PRESIDENT SAYS DECISION TO BE MADE "SOON" ON [...] (C) During a June 6 one-hour call on President Enkhbayar, the Ambassador noted that there had been great satisfaction during his recent consultations in Washington on the state of bilateral security cooperation. In particular, at the National Security Council, at the State Department, and at [...] | 2007-06-06 07:42:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MG IZ PL |
07ULAANBAATAR339 | DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS IRAQ ROTATION DECISION TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 12 call on Defense Minister Sonompil, the Ambassador emphasized that there is great interest in Washington in Mongolia's formal approval of the 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Minister of Defense Sonompil responded that the Mongolian National Security Council (NS [...] | 2007-06-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL CH RU |
07ULAANBAATAR355 | DECISION ON 8TH ROTATION TO IRAQ DELAYED BY [...] (C) During a June 19 meeting, Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Tsogtbaatar told E/P Chief that the GOM's decision on sending an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq has been delayed because of the June 14 parliamentary vote to dismiss Ts. Nyamdorj as Speaker. He noted that, because of the dismi [...] | 2007-06-19 08:47:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV PINR MG IZ PL |
07ULAANBAATAR375 | NSC RECOMMENDS 8TH ROTATION TO IRAQ; SOLDIERS [...] (C) On June 25, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Davaasuren confirmed to DCM that on the evening of June 22 the National Security Council (President, Speaker and Prime Minister) had agreed to recommend to the Cabinet that Mongolia send an 8th rotation of soldiers to Iraq. Ahead of [...] | 2007-06-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL |
07ULAANBAATAR382 | Cabinet Approves 8th Rotation to Iraq [...] (SBU) On June 26, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas, Middle East and Africa Director General Jambaldorj confirmed to the Ambassador that the Cabinet had earlier that day approved an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Tsogtbaatar and Foreign Policy Adviso [...] | 2007-06-27 08:54:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV EFIN MG IZ PL |
07ULAANBAATAR56 | MONGOLIA NONCOMMITTAL ON 8TH ROTATION IN IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: In meetings this week, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen urged that Mongolia send a full 8th rotation of soldiers to provide force protection to Polish troops in Iraq. In response, Foreign Minister Enkhbold noted the government's earlier decision to red [...] | 2007-02-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | MARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL |
07USNATO161 | USNATO SUPPORTS CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH GERMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 14:33:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO MARR MASS NATO PGOV PREL EU GM PL CZ RS |
07USNATO265 | MISSILE DEFENSE: A/S ROOD CONSULTS WITH CZECH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the April 19 meetings at NATO HQ on Missile Defense (reftels),Assistant Secretary Rood briefed his Czech, Polish, French and German counterparts on his April 17 meetings in Moscow and the U.S. offer of Cooperation across the full spectrum of missile defense act [...] | 2007-04-23 17:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL CZ PL RU |
07USNATO284 | RESPONSE TO COUNTRY CLEARANCE CABLE: FOREIGN [...] U.S. Mission NATO welcomes the visit of Mr. Richard L. Prosen to conduct consultations with USNATO and NATO International Staff in Brussels, May 9-11, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been requested at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel for arrival on May 9, 2007. 3. U.S. Mission POC: [...] | 2007-05-03 13:54:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OSCE OTRA PREL PL BE |
07VATICAN139 | HOLY SEE: DISCUSSING FATHER RYDZYK [...] (C) Summary. Department's Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues met key officials from the Holy See and the Redemptorist order to discuss the case of Radio Maryja and the impact of Father Rydzyk's anti-Semitic remarks on Polish restutition efforts. Church officials spoke cautiously but took caref [...] | 2007-10-01 08:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI PHUM SCUL PL VT |
07VILNIUS25 | LITHUANIA ON IRAN: SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY WITHOUT [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Jurate Ramoskiene, First Secretary in the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division, on SIPDIS January 11. She said that the GOL is "absolutely" supportive of a "two-dimensional approach" to Iran, including both sanctions and pro-democracy efforts. She said t [...] | 2007-01-11 17:07:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL IR LH PL |
07WARSAW1071 | DEMARCHE ON KEY US OBJECTIVES AT THE WORLD HEALTH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 12:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU ECON WHO PL |
07WARSAW1072 | CITES DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 12:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA ECON PL |
07WARSAW109 | POLAND: SIX INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] This is Mission Poland's (Embassy Warsaw and ConGen Krakow) response to reftel on identifing the six influential Polish women. PolOff David Van Cleve is Post's officer responsible for tracking women's issues (Tel: 48 22 504-2720. Fax: 48 22 504 2613. Email: VanCleveDHL@state.gov). 2. Post h [...] | 2007-01-18 14:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL PL |
07WARSAW1097 | FM FOTYGA OUTLINES POLISH FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES [...] Summary: FM Anna Fotyga outlined the government's foreign policy priorities in a two hour report to the Polish Parliament on May 11. Fotyga repeatedly stressed the need for greater energy security, referring to it as the "flagship issue" of Poland's foreign policy. She did little to amelio [...] | 2007-05-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PL |
07WARSAW1098 | YOUR JUNE 8 VISIT TO POLAND AND MEETING WITH [...] (C) Mr. President. The Polish people and government, as well as I and my entire staff, are looking forward to your June 8 visit as a sign of the importance you attach to our close partnership with Poland, and for the boost it will give the relationship as we embark on negotiations to place a [...] | 2007-05-11 16:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL |
07WARSAW110 | POLAND: SIX INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] This is Mission Poland's (Embassy Warsaw and ConGen Krakow) response to reftel on identifying six influential Polish women. PolOff David Van Cleve is Post's officer responsible for tracking women's issues (Tel: 48 22 504-2720. Fax: 48 22 504 2613. Email: VanCleveDHL@state.gov). 2. Post has [...] | 2007-01-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL PL |
07WARSAW1117 | Polish On-line Consumers: Promising Growing Market [...] With high speed internet access becoming ever more common in Poland, the proportion of those with access making purchases increasing, and buyers overwhelmingly reporting positive online experiences, it comes as no surprise that the Polish consumer online market is doing well. U.S. companies s [...] | 2007-05-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT EINV PL |
07WARSAW1131 | AVON POLAND: EXAMPLE OF SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Avon Cosmetics Poland is a proven success story of American investment in Poland. Avon began operations in Poland in 1992 and in 15 years has expanded to include Avon's largest manufacturing facility in the world, 11 representative support centers, and more than 250,000 direct sales repr [...] | 2007-05-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PL |
07WARSAW1162 | POLAND-KOSOVO: GOP STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF PROMPT [...] (C) Pol External Chief on May 15 delivered reftel demarche on Kosovo UNSC action to Piotr Siebeneichen, Balkans Unit Chief in the MFA European Department. Siebeneichen reiterated his government's strong support for the Ahtisaari Report and an expeditious resolution of the Kowovo status questi [...] | 2007-05-17 13:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL YI |
07WARSAW1163 | POLAND-IRAQ: INFORMING THE GOP OF LEADERSHIP [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche during the week of May 14 in separate meetings with MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, PM's foreign policy adviser Amb. Andrzej Sados and Presidential Chief of Staff Elzbieta Jakubiak. The Polish side expressed appreciation for the political message on transfer of [...] | 2007-05-17 13:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PL IQ GG |
07WARSAW1165 | POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON THE GROWING [...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel on May 17 to Jacek Hinz, Deputy Director of the America,s Division responsible for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolCouns reviewed U.S. concerns over increasing ties between Iran and Venezuela, emphasizing growing economic and poli [...] | 2007-05-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER IR VE PL |
07WARSAW1178 | POLAND - RESPONSE TO CITES DEMARCHES [...] Per ref C, Econoff delivered reftel demarches on the upcoming CITES COP 14 to the Department of the Washington Conference in the Ministry of Environment. A written response was received on May 18 from Krzysztof Lissowski, Deputy Director of the Department of Forestry, Nature Conservation and [...] | 2007-05-21 14:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA ECON PL |
07WARSAW1179 | POLAND COMPLAINS ABOUT NEW CO2 LIMIT, BUT WILL [...] The Government of Poland is upset that the EU approved a CO2 emissions limit 1/3 lower than the GOP requested. Although the approved limit is close to Poland's current emission level, and Poland lowered CO2 emissions 18% since 1990, the GOP fears that such a cut-back in emissions will slow fu [...] | 2007-05-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW121 | POLES WILL PURSUE TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (C) Summary. Polish oil pipeline operator PERN will make a last ditch effort to negotiate a deal with Yukos International to purchase its share of Transpetrol in Slovakia. The GOP fully supports PERN's efforts, as control of Transpetrol by a non-Russian entity is a major energy security go [...] | 2007-01-19 15:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL SO RS PREL |
07WARSAW1218 | START OF MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN POLAND: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, A/S John C. Rood's U.S. delegation began negotiations on a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) agreement with Poland's team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski. The Poles outlined specific concerns with the U.S. draft BMD agreement. However, they stres [...] | 2007-05-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PL |
07WARSAW1221 | POLAND-IRAQ: FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONCERN [...] (C) Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga called Ambassador in on Friday, May 25, to discuss the changes in the leadership structure of the Multi-National Division Center South (MND-CS) in Iraq, in particular the decision to create a new command (MND-C) that would assume command of MND-CS elemen [...] | 2007-05-25 15:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PL IQ GG |
07WARSAW1237 | TIP ISSUES GRAB POLISH HEADLINES [...] (U) Summary. Polish media has recently highlighted a number of instances where law enforcement mishandled and deported TIP victims. Interior Minster Kaczmarek seized on the bad press to highlight the seriousness of the problem to the public and launched an internal investigation, and the Huma [...] | 2007-05-30 09:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KJUS PL |
07WARSAW1265 | POLES ADVISED AGAINST MANPADS TO GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarche, advising that Poland not sell MANPADS to Georgia, to Ambassador Tadeusz Chomicki on May 29. Chomicki appreciated hearing the U.S. position, but politely cautioned that, "This decision rests with the highest authorities in Poland." As if to pre [...] | 2007-05-31 14:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW1279 | POLAND SUES EU OVER CO2 LIMITS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1281 | INCREASE IN WALK-IN TRAFFIC TO WARSAW'S CONSULAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the last year Warsaw,s consular section has seen an increase in both the number and diversity of walk-ins seeking asylum or refugee status in the United States. The majority of cases continue to come from neighboring countries, primarily Belarus. However, recent applicants ar [...] | 2007-06-01 14:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT PREF PHUM ASEC RSOX PL |
07WARSAW1295 | POLES OPPOSE RUSSIAN AGENDA FOR CFE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche by poloff, Polish MFA's expert on the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, Mieczyslaw Kozinski, labeled Russia's agenda "a non-starter," and called for "NATO solidarity" to oppose Russian goals for the 12-15 June Extraordinary Conference under t [...] | 2007-06-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL PL |
07WARSAW1332 | POLAND MAKES PLANS TO HOST EURO 2012 [...] (U) Since Poland and Ukraine won the rights to host the UEFA European Football Championship in 2012 (EURO 2012),all SIPDIS parts of the Polish Government have been discussing plans to improve infrastructure in time to cope with the crowds. The GOP anticipates around 21 million tourists i [...] | 2007-06-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ELTN EAIR PL |
07WARSAW1338 | WILL POLAND USE ITS VETO ON THE EU CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Warsaw has had a slew of EU leaders pay a visit on the eve of the June 21 EU Summit in Berlin on a constitutional convention. Last week Italian PM Prodi had brutally frank talks with the Polish President and PM. According to a senior Italian diplomat, Prodi called his meeting with PM Kac [...] | 2007-06-08 11:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
07WARSAW1382 | POLAND-EU: GOP THOUGHTS ON THE JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel GAERC demarche June 14 to Pawel Herczynski, Deputy Director, MFA EU Department. Please find below Herczynski's responses on individual agenda items. 2. (C) Cuba: Herczynski noted that the PSC had decided June 13 after a long and bitter discussion to [...] | 2007-06-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PL |
07WARSAW1383 | MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN: POLAND UNDERTAKES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) After Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Juliusz Gojlo, MFA Head of the Iraqi Task Group, PolCouns was asked to meet June 15 with Gojlo and Iran Deskoff Andrzej Lysiak to discuss a related demarche made by the Iranian Embassy. Ly [...] | 2007-06-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN PL |
07WARSAW1384 | POLAND ON REQUEST TO DEMARCHE SCO MEMBER STATES [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister-Counselor in the MFA Asia Pacific Department. Ciebien carefully reviewed the U.S. position and promised to consult with colleagues in the Security Policy Department and the Eastern Policy Department (which handles Central Asia) [...] | 2007-06-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AF KS PL |
07WARSAW1398 | GIERTYCH ATTACKS ON SOCIAL ISSUES, BUT KACZYNSKIS [...] (U) Summary. The far-right Catholic nationalist League of Polish Families (LPR) party has been using controversial wedge issues such as abortion and gay rights in an attempt to re-capture the support of voters who largely chose Law and Justice (PiS) in the 2005 election. But LPR head Roman [...] | 2007-06-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PL |
07WARSAW1423 | POLAND: CORPORATE EXCELLENCE NOMINATION FOR 3M POLAND [...] Summary. Embassy Warsaw nominates 3M Poland for the Corporate Excellence Award in the U.S. multinational corporation category. 3M Poland began operations in Poland in the 1960's and began investing in the country in 1991. Through acquisitions and growth 3M Poland now employs 850, with plans [...] | 2007-06-20 15:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1428 | IRANIANS TELL POLES THAT SITUATION OF DETAINED [...] (C) MFA Iraq Task Force Chief Juliusz Gojlo informed PolCouns June 21 that he had met the previous day with a counselor from the Iranian Embassy to inquire about the status of American citizens detained in Iran (Ref A) and to provide Iran our views on the "Irbil Five"--the Iranians detained i [...] | 2007-06-21 10:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN PL |
07WARSAW1430 | MISSILE DEFENSE: POLAND'S PLAN FOR JUNE 25 TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, Robert Kupiecki, Director of Security Policy, Polish MFA, briefed DCM and Poloff on Poland's plan for the June 25 Missile Defense (MD) negotiations in Washington D.C. Kupiecki cautioned that, despite earlier indications, Poland would not present counter drafts of the [...] | 2007-06-21 17:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PL |
07WARSAW1438 | POLAND: ANNUAL INVESTMENT DISPUTE REPORT [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any ongoing expropriation disputes involving Poland and U.S. companies or citizens. However, on April 29, 2004, Cargill filed a request for arbitration with the Polish Government relating to its investment in an isoglucose plant in Wroclaw. In 1995, Cargill invested [...] | 2007-06-22 12:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV PL |
07WARSAW1457 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAGUE CONVENTION, MIELEC [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Ziobro to discuss Hague Convention on International Child Abduction enforcement and the investigation of corruption in the privatization of the Mielec aircraft factory. Minister Ziobro promised to look into the handling of the Szuta cas [...] | 2007-06-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV ECON PREL PL |
07WARSAW1493 | Polish consumer e-commerce: Considerations for new [...] Leading Polish internet players have a recipe for success in the Polish and other central European internet markets. New entrants following the lead of these players should consider online infrastructure, logistics, consumer market characteristics and online consumer behavior when making the [...] | 2007-06-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT EINV PL |
07WARSAW1521 | POLAND PROBABLY NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE AMMO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 11:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU PL |
07WARSAW1549 | INITIAL POLISH REACTION TO AMBASSADOR SWING [...] Per reftel, Pol External Chief provided bio and press announcement of Amb. William Swing's IOM candidacy on July 9 to Dariusz Manczyk of MFA International Organizations Department, and also briefed Manczyk orally on the U.S. position regarding current DG McKinley's independent candidacy. Manc [...] | 2007-07-10 16:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG PL |
07WARSAW1581 | POLAND: POC FOR DHS/CBP C-TPAT COUNTRY CLEARANCES [...] The US Embassy Warsaw POC for C-TPAT Country Clearances and visits is: Kasia Dragan, Political Assistant Telephone: 48 22 504 2536 Fax: 48 22 504 2678 Email: DraganKE@state.gov PIASCIK [...] | 2007-07-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PL |
07WARSAW163 | KOSOVO STATUS TIMELINE: POLAND FULLY ON BOARD [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche on the Kosovo status timeline on January 18 to Piotr Siebeneichen, Chief of the Balkans Division in the MFA Europe Department. Siebeneichen said the Polish and U.S. positions were nearly identical; Poland strongly supported Un Special Envy Ahtis [...] | 2007-01-26 10:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PL |
07WARSAW165 | POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...] | 2007-01-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL |
07WARSAW166 | POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...] | 2007-01-26 11:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL |
07WARSAW1664 | WITH COALITION IN TATTERS AFTER ONE YEAR OF PM [...] (C) Summary: With his coalition in tatters Prime Minister Jarek Kaczynski on July 27 pulled back -- at least for the moment -- from calling early elections. Many PiS leaders discount opinion polls and believe they could once again come out ahead in elections. More importantly, Kaczynski ma [...] | 2007-07-27 15:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL |
07WARSAW1699 | MISSILE DEFENSE: POLES PROPOSE SEPTEMBER FOR NEXT [...] (C) In an August 2 meeting with Charge and poloff, Poland's lead Missile Defense (MD) negotiator, Witold Waszczykowski, indicated that the next round of MD negotiations should occur on September 10, agreeing with his principle advisor, Robert Kupiecki, who said this was a "realistic meeting d [...] | 2007-08-03 09:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PL |
07WARSAW1715 | CORRECTED COPY: MISSILE DEFENSE: POLES PROPOSE [...] (C) In an August 2 meeting with Charge and poloff, Poland's lead Missile Defense (MD) negotiator, Witold Waszczykowski, indicated that the next round of MD negotiations should occur on September 10, agreeing with his principle advisor, Robert Kupiecki, who said this was a "realistic meeting d [...] | 2007-08-07 10:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PL |
07WARSAW1721 | WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE BOOMING BUT FACES CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1723 | WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE BOOMING BUT FACES CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary: Until a long-expected correction in July 2007, Warsaw Stock Exchanges (WSE) indices have been breaking new records and reaching new highs for over three years. The WSE is central Europe's leader in IPOs with 39 in less than 7 months. The number of foreign companies on the WSE [...] | 2007-08-08 14:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1726 | WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE CREATES NEW SMALLER EXCHANGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-09 08:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ZFR ECON EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1728 | POLAND: PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Mariusz Lewicki, MFA Head of the Economic and Social Division of the UN Department, to seek support for Steve Carr,s candidacy to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent,s Standing Committee. Lewicki responded that the MFA would review the informat [...] | 2007-08-09 12:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PL PREF PREL ICRC |
07WARSAW1731 | INTERIOR MINISTER LOBS ACCUSATIONS AFTER BEING [...] (U) Summary: The firing of Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek August 8 caught the political world by surprise and revealed perhaps greater internal disarray in the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party than was suspected even when insider Ludwig Dorn resigned as Interior Minister six months [...] | 2007-08-09 14:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
07WARSAW1743 | WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE CREATES NEW SMALLER EXCHANGE [...] Summary. The Warsaw Stock Exchange's (WSE's) new trading platform NewConnect will be launched on August 30, 2007. NewConnect will be dedicated to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with high growth potential. The new exchange has less restrictive listing and capitalization requirements. T [...] | 2007-08-10 12:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1745 | PIS INSIDER SAYS ELECTIONS "PROBABLE" AFTER [...] (C) In the wake of the August 8 firing of Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek, part of the fallout of the July firing of Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper, there is once again serious talk of early elections, but there has yet to be any concrete action to set the process in motion. As expe [...] | 2007-08-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL |
07WARSAW1748 | POTENTIAL POLISH MANPADS SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary: In three separate meetings August 10, Charge and Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Robert Draba, the President's acting Chief of Staff, who oversees the presidential-level Polish-Georgian commission; Adam Lipinski, Chief of the Prime Minister's Political Cabinet and advisor on [...] | 2007-08-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW1755 | KACZYNSKIS END TURBULENT COALITION AND PREDICT [...] (SBU) President Lech Kaczynski and his brother Prime Minister Jarek Kaczynski put an end August 13 to a turbulent 15-month coalition government, saying early elections were inevitable and would take place toward the end of October. Prime Minister Kaczynski fired all ministers from the League [...] | 2007-08-13 15:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL |
07WARSAW1759 | GETTING READY FOR SEPTEMBER 6-7 TALKS ON MISSILE [...] (C) In an August 14 meeting with DCM and Pol Intern, Robert Kupiecki -- principal advisor to Poland,s lead Missile Defense (MD) negotiator Witold Waszczykowski -- promised a Polish draft text on an MD basing agreement in a few days. Kupiecki assured us that the Polish draft text on security c [...] | 2007-08-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL |
07WARSAW1760 | POSSIBLE ELECTIONS: INITIAL OUTLOOK AND PROGNOSIS [...] (C) Summary: Early elections now seem more likely than at any other time since Law and Justice (PiS) won the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2005, but are still not completely certain. No action will be taken in moving forward on a resolution to dissolve the Sejm until Septembe [...] | 2007-08-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MARR PL |
07WARSAW1764 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO'S NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KV YI UN PGOV EU PREL PL |
07WARSAW1786 | SCENE-SETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO POLAND [...] Your visits to Warsaw come at a somewhat turbulent political time in Poland, with the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party leadership having just dissolved a fractious coalition with two extremist junior partners and declared they will seek elections in the fall. The elections could be stave [...] | 2007-08-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL |
07WARSAW1793 | MISSILE DEFENSE: POLES DELIVER DRAFT SITE AGREEMENT [...] (C) On August 20, Andrzej Kremer, Director of the Legal and Treaty Department, Polish MFA, delivered Poland's counter-draft of the Missile Defense basing agreement along with amplifying comments to DCM. He was careful to describe how this document fits into the broader scope of our bilateral [...] | 2007-08-20 15:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PL |
07WARSAW181 | POLAND-EU: POLISH FM FOTYGA'S VIEWS ON JANUARY [...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered Ref B and C pre-GAERC demarches January 17 to Pawel Herczynski, Deputy Director of the MFA EU Department. Herczynski was unable to coordinate a response within the MFA before the January 22 GAERC. However, Post provides below post-GAERC comments by FM Fotyga at a Ja [...] | 2007-01-26 16:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EUN PL |
07WARSAW1814 | DEFMIN TELLS REP TURNER THAT POLES AIM TO "BUY" [...] (C) While speaking on Missile Defense issues, Defense Minister Aleksander Szczyglo expressed Poland's desire to purchase "modern" air defense missile systems from the U.S. in a meeting with Congressman Michael Turner, member of the HASC, on August 17. Ambassador, DATT and Ministry of Defense [...] | 2007-08-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MAS PREL PL |
07WARSAW1820 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY [...] Embassy Economic counselor presented reftel points on August 23 to Darek Manczyk, official responsible for aviation affairs in the Polish Foreign Ministry Office of UN System and Global Affairs. Manczyk said that Poland has a policy of supporting EU and NATO members for the boards of interna [...] | 2007-08-24 10:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EINV PL |
07WARSAW1821 | MANPADS SOLD TO GEORGIA BY POLAND ACCORDING TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-24 10:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW1826 | RUMORS FLY AS CALENDAR IS SET FOR DISSOLVING [...] (C) Summary. Political turmoil continues in Poland as three separate motions for dissolving parliament are under consideration. Sejm Marshall Ludwik Dorn set the vote on dissolution for September 7. With a razor thin majority, the motion may pass, setting the stage for October elections; al [...] | 2007-08-27 05:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PL |
07WARSAW1843 | LOT AIRLINE MANAGEMENT ON CHALLENGING POLISH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 13:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PL |
07WARSAW1867 | POLISH AVIATION OFFICIAL: "WE HAVE SURRENDERED OUR [...] (U) Econoff met with Grzegorz Kruszynski, president of the Polish Civil Aviation Office on August 28 to discuss the upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) General Assembly. Kruszynski said he would be a delegate to the General Assembly, taking place in Montreal, Canada, [...] | 2007-08-31 12:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1870 | POLAND: RUSSIAN RESEARCH REACTOR FUEL RETURN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Econcoff met with Anna Mank, a director in the Polish Ministry of the State Treasury (MST) and Ivan Bolshinsky, a senior technical advisor with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),on August 27 to discuss the status [...] | 2007-08-31 13:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP KTIA PARM PL RS |
07WARSAW1886 | POLAND AHEAD OF U.S. ON SUPPORTING GEORGIA AT OSCE [...] (C) On September 5, Poloff demarched Elzbieta Beziuk of Polish MFA on supporting Georgia at the September 6 OSCE meeting (ref a). After offering Poland's complete cooperation at the September 6 meeting, Beziuk turned the tables and expressed three Polish aspirations on Georgia issues. One, [...] | 2007-09-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OSCE PL |
07WARSAW1897 | POLAND TO SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF FELICE GAER FOR UN [...] As a follow up to Reftel demarche, Embassy received a diplomatic note informing that Poland will support the candidacy of Felice Gaer for re-election to a seat in the United States Committee against Torture at the October 8 election in Geneva. Original diplomatic note will be pouched to Wash [...] | 2007-09-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA PL |
07WARSAW1916 | PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED, MINISTERS FIRED, ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The Polish Parliament voted to dissolve itself by a wide majority on September 7, setting the stage for early elections. President Kaczynski as expected set the election date for October 21. The political fur is already flying in what is expected to be a brutal campaign. Civic [...] | 2007-09-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PL |
07WARSAW1918 | NEED PIRATED MUSIC? FILMS? WARSAW STADIUM STILL [...] (U) Summary: The "Russian market" at the Warsaw Stadium, for years the most visible symbol of intellectual property theft in Poland, was supposed to close at the beginning of July to make way for construction of a new stadium needed for the 2012 European Soccer championship (reftel). However [...] | 2007-09-11 08:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR PL |
07WARSAW1930 | POLAND-NATO/GEORGIA: GOP AN ACTIVE PROPONENT OF [...] (C) On the margins of September 6-7 U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations, Pol External Chief shared reftel points on the NAC visit to Georgia (including points intended for "cool" and cold" posts) with MFA Security Policy Director Robert Kupiecki, who fully agreed with the U.S. position tha [...] | 2007-09-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG PL RS |
07WARSAW1934 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: POLAND WILLING TO SCAN SHIP [...] Econoff presented Reftel points on August 29 to Tadeusz Gorecki, assistant director of the Department of Maritime Transportation. While noting that Poland shipped almost 38,000 containers directly to the U.S. in the year ending April 30, Gorecki said he foresaw no problems with Poland's abli [...] | 2007-09-13 05:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EWWT PL PTER |
07WARSAW1938 | POLAND:MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, ROUND THREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S John C. Rood's U.S. delegation conducted a productive third round of negotiations on Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) with Poland's team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski on September 6-7 in Warsaw. The two sides exchanged views on the strategic context of [...] | 2007-09-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PL |
07WARSAW1974 | DEMARCHE: POLAND WILL VOTE WITH EU ON ICAO [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. This cable is not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Post sent a copy of the demarche on split currency assesments, per reftel, to the Polish Civil Aviation Office (PCAO). However, econoff was unable to make an appointment at PCAO to discuss the demarc [...] | 2007-09-19 13:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ICAO PL |
07WARSAW1975 | POLAND AND NORDSTREAM TALKING PAST EACH OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Polish interlocutors continue to tell post that they oppose the construction of the proposed Nordstream gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. They complain that the Nordstream company announces information to the press rather than discussing it with the Ministry of Economy. Oppo [...] | 2007-09-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETRD PL RS EN XH XG PREL |
07WARSAW1981 | POLAND ENERGY: PIPELINES, MERGERS, STORAGE, GAS [...] (C) Summary: Poland continues to pursue the construction of the Odessa-Brody Plock oil pipeline and GOP officials will meet with counterparts from Georgia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan in Tbilisi on September 26. The Ministry of Economy opposes the merger of PKN Orlen and Lotos Refinery because [...] | 2007-09-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETRD PL PREL |
07WARSAW1988 | POLAND CAN NOT CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) Acting Econ Counselor delivered reftel talking points to Olga Zawadzka-Kucharska of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Development Assistance (Polish AID). Ms. Zawadzka-Kucharska explained that her department had already allocated all of its voluntary contributions for the 200 [...] | 2007-09-21 14:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PL PTER |
07WARSAW2003 | AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ AT ISSUE IN POLAND'S NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish military participation in Afghanistan and Iraq has become an issue in the snap elections set for October 21 (REF A),with leading opposition party Civic Platform (PO) expressing doubts about continuing deployments. Defense Minister Aleksander Szczyglo has recommended that [...] | 2007-09-25 12:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PL |
07WARSAW2006 | POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Polcouns met September 25 with Beata Baranska, MFA Deputy Director for UN Affairs, to review U.S. priorities for the 62nd UNGA. Baranska said that Poland generally would have the same goals for UNGA as last year. Poland wants to see the reform process speeded up, especially on financi [...] | 2007-09-25 14:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PL |
07WARSAW2011 | POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. DRAFT [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Beata Baranska, MFA Deputy Director for UN Affairs, providing her with a copy of the draft resolution and reviewing orally with her reftel talking points. Baranska said she would immediately forward to her colleagues in New York and Geneva the dra [...] | 2007-09-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PL |
07WARSAW2033 | RACE TIGHTENS IN CLOSING WEEKS [...] (C) Summary. With elections in three weeks, the Kaczynski political machine is humming, effectively sidelining its main opposition and counting on its strength in rural areas to deliver what would be an electoral first in post-communist Poland: re-election. The Kaczynskis have managed to s [...] | 2007-10-01 15:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
07WARSAW2043 | KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE REGIME [...] (SBU) Poloff met October 2 with Beata Stoczynska, Acting Director, and Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister Counsellor from the Asia-Pacific Department of the MFA to deliver reftel points on Burma. Stoczynska confirmed that Poland is pushing within the framework of the EU to keep pressure on the Burmes [...] | 2007-10-02 15:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM PL |
07WARSAW2052 | POLAND TO SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF STEVE CARR FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PL PREF PREL ICRC |
07WARSAW2059 | POLAND SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On Thursday, October 4, Andrzej Sados, Under Secretary of State for International Relations called in the SIPDIS DCM to request US support in reqeusting that the UN Security Council issue a statement condemning the October 3 attack on the Polish Ambassador to Iraq. The DCM was handed [...] | 2007-10-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ PL UNSC |
07WARSAW2082 | KRAKOW,S PO LEADER PREDICTS PO LOSS [...] (U) This cable was drafted by ConGen Krakow. 2. (C) Summary: Krakow,s PO leader (and lead candidate on the PO list),Senator Jaroslaw Gowin, told Poloff on October 5 that his party will probably lose the coming parliamentary elections, both in Krakow and the nation. In Gowin,s view, the [...] | 2007-10-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
07WARSAW2091 | POLAND: MFA OFFICIAL REVIEWS GAERC AGENDA; [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns met October 11 with Pawel Herczynski, MFA Deputy Director for EU Affairs, to review reftel issues in advance of the October 15-16 EU Foreign Ministers meeting. While most of his comments were predictable, Herczynski added a new twist on Poland's approach to EU-Russia [...] | 2007-10-11 14:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL WTO PL |
07WARSAW2101 | TUSK COMING ON STRONG, BUT IS IT TOO LITTLE TOO [...] (U) Summary: With polls flip flopping between the ruling Law and Order (PiS) and main opposition Civic Platform (PO),the October 12 debate between PM Kaczynski and PO's Donald Tusk may prove decisive in a tight race. After weeks of running an anemic and lackluster campaign, Tusk came out s [...] | 2007-10-15 14:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
07WARSAW2104 | CFE: POLAND SUPPORTS PARALLEL ACTION, BUT DOUBTS [...] (C) Poland supports the U.S. proposal for parallel action on the A/CFE but has noted that since the Russians labeled it "insufficient" there is no basis for Poland to pursue ratification at this time. On October 11, in the wake of the of the informal CFE seminar held by all 30 state parties O [...] | 2007-10-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE PL |
07WARSAW2128 | MUD-SLINGING CAMPAIGN DRAWS TO A CLOSE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Poles will go to vote this Sunday with increasingly stark campaign ad messages of "disaster" in the health sector, a fresh corruption scandal carefully timed for maximum political impact, and a dash of anti-Semitism to add to the campaign. The final week has seen spirited mud-s [...] | 2007-10-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PL |
07WARSAW2129 | GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORTS TARGET PRO-PO YOUNG [...] (U) With youth vote possibly delivering the election to the opposition Civic Platform (PO),turn out of students in this weekend's parliamentary elections will be a crucial factor. Students are more energized this year than in previous rounds, particularly in 2005 when many opted to sit out. [...] | 2007-10-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PL |
07WARSAW2131 | POLISH SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN BURMA [...] (SBU) On October 18, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister Counselor for MFA,s Asia department. Ciebien stated that in addition to Poland,s statement expressing concerns over the developments in Burma, the Government of Poland has raised the issue with va [...] | 2007-10-19 12:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BM PGOV PHUM RREL PL |
07WARSAW2136 | URBAN VOTERS DELIVER LANDSLIDE VICTORY TO CIVIC [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Civic Platform (PO) won a decisive victory over ruling Law and Justice (PiS),as urban and youth voters, motivated apparently by PO leader Donald Tusk's decisive debate with PM Jarek Kaczynski, and by PiS's over-the-top campaign tactics, turned out in high numbers. [...] | 2007-10-22 14:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR PL |
07WARSAW2142 | CIVIC PLATFORM GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO LEAVE IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: With their victory clear, Civic Platform (PO) leaders are making public statements on a wide range of foreign policy objectives, including their party's position on Polish deployment in Iraq. Reflecting widespread popular dissatisfaction with the Iraq war, PO consistently has ca [...] | 2007-10-23 14:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MARR PL |
07WARSAW2148 | POLAND'S VIEWS ON THE UPCOMING UNGA THIRD COMMITEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 22, PolOff met with Mariusz Lewicki, Head of the Human Rights Section in the MFA,s UN Department, to discuss reftel issues to be tabled at the UN Third Committee next month. Lewicki reaffirmed that Poland will continue to support country specific resolutions, which [...] | 2007-10-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR UN PL |
07WARSAW2149 | WARSAW STADIUM CLOSES (SORT OF) [...] (U) Summary: On October 1, government authorities closed the "crown" of the Warsaw Stadium, where most trade in pirated goods had taken place. The periphery of the Stadium is still open to traders. Counterfeit goods can still be found, although the quantity seems to be less, and the goods a [...] | 2007-10-25 07:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV PL |
07WARSAW2154 | ACTION REQUEST: LETTER FROM MFA PROPOSES [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests that the Department respond positively to the Polish government's invitation to participate in a Polish-U.S. seminar on export controls in Tbilisi, Georgia as outlined in the letter text quoted below. END ACTION REQUEST. 2. (C) Background: Ambassador re [...] | 2007-10-26 09:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW2155 | POLAND'S RESPONSE ON BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PL BM |
07WARSAW2157 | CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION -- POLAND TO SUPPORT THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 12:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA ETRD PHUM UNAUS CU PL |
07WARSAW2171 | POLAND: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified/NOT for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On October 29, post delivered reftel points to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski and Marian Siemakowicz of the Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and to Elzbieta Frankow-Jaskiewicz of the Department [...] | 2007-10-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ECON PL |
07WARSAW2173 | POLAND WILL MAKE DECISION ON NOV.2 REGARDING IAAC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 13:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UNGAPL PL |
07WARSAW2180 | POLAND WELCOMES PROPOSAL ON CUBA, AWAITING EU [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Mariusz Lewicki, Head of the Human Rights Section in the MFA,s UN Department. He welcomed and was very satisfied with the U.S decision to refrain from introducing a Cuba resolution at the current UNGA and to drop its call for a vote on the HRC package whi [...] | 2007-11-02 13:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA PL |
07WARSAW2181 | POLAND TO SUPPORT SWISS CANDIDATE FOR IIAC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 13:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UNGA PL |
07WARSAW2185 | FROM BIALE MIASTECZKO TO THE BALLOT BOX, HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While leaders of the Doctors and Nurses Unions claim to have avoided the politicization of health care in the latest elections, the presiding Law and Justice (PiS) party used the threat of privatization of hospitals in a last minute bid to influence swing voters in the campaign [...] | 2007-11-02 15:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV PL PREL TBIO |
07WARSAW2188 | POLAND'S IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland faces significant political and legal obstacles to continuing its Iraq deployment beyond 2008, especially without an applicable United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR). Civic Platform (PO),which won the October 21 parliamentary elections and is certain to form [...] | 2007-11-02 16:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ PL |
07WARSAW221 | GOP REQUEST USG SUPPORT POLISH CANDIDIATE FOR OECD [...] During a phone call between Polish Minister of Economy Wozniak and Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez on January 31, Wozniak asked the USG to support a Polish candidate for the position of OECD Deputy Secretary General. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski subsequently informed CDA of the request. [...] | 2007-02-02 11:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD ETRD PL |
07WARSAW2212 | POLISH PHARMACEUTICALS: PROGRESS AT LAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Health finally issued an update to its list of drugs eligible for reimbursement from the National Health Service. The list was great news for the industry. Twenty-one innovative active substances were added. Also, a new law that went into effect on September [...] | 2007-11-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR TBIO ETRD PL |
07WARSAW2224 | TUSK DESIGNATED AS NEW POLISH PM [...] (U) Summary. President Lech Kaczynski designated Donald Tusk as Poland's next prime minister on November 9, as expected. Tusk promised to unveil his recommended cabinet tomorrow, November 10. Presidential advisor Michal Kaminski confirmed that the cabinet should be sworn into office on Fri [...] | 2007-11-09 17:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
07WARSAW2230 | POLISH PEOPLEQS PARTY (PSL) IN GOVERNING COALITION RAISES [...] (U) Civic Platform (PO) led by Prime Minister-designate Donald Tusk will establish a coalition with the Polish PeopleQs Party (PSL) in order to form a new government. PO won PolandQs October Parliamentary election with 41.5 percent of the vote, with PSL garnering 9 percent. In November PSL wi [...] | 2007-11-14 06:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PL |
07WARSAW2231 | POLISH IPR ADVANCEMENT: TRAINING FOR ALL [...] Summary: The Polish government has issued a higher education guideline calling for all Polish university students to receive instruction in intellectual property rights (IPR). To our knowledge, this is the first time such a step has been taken anywhere in the world. The President of the Po [...] | 2007-11-14 09:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KIPR PL |
07WARSAW2233 | POLAND: DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU PROGRESS ON BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has delivered reftel demarche to the Polish Ministries of Economy, Environment and Agriculture. Poland is in the process of forming a new government, and consequently its capacity to engage on the issue before November 21 is limited. Although it appears unlikely that Pol [...] | 2007-11-14 10:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EUN PL |
07WARSAW2243 | ADDRESSING POLISH DISAPPOINTMENT OVER GAGOR'S NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although reactions vary in intensity, Poland,s foreign and security affairs community is clearly disappointed over the November 14 defeat of Polish Chief of the General Staff Gen. Franciszek in his bid to become Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC). A significant minorit [...] | 2007-11-15 16:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL PL |
07WARSAW2246 | NEW POLISH FM SIKORSKI AND MOD KLICH LIKELY TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper on November 15 to Pawel Herczynski in the MFA's EU Department, in anticipation of the November 19-20 GAERC in Brussels. Herczynski said he was "99% sure" that Poland would be represented by new FM Radek Sikorski, who would be accompanied by new Minister o [...] | 2007-11-16 11:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV PL |
07WARSAW2265 | POLAND: BIOTECH POLICY UNCERTAIN-POSITIVE CHANGE [...] (U) On 21 November AgAtt Kate Snipes delivered ref. A demarche on the EU discussion regarding a tolerance level for low level presence of unapproved biotech products to Dr. Andzej Wojtyla, Head of Sanitary Inspection and Emilia Kalinska, Specialist on GM Food at the Polish Ministry of Health a [...] | 2007-11-23 11:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EUN TBIO PL |
07WARSAW2266 | POLES FORMULATING PLAN FOR JOINT EXPORT CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-23 11:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC MASS PGOV GG PL |
07WARSAW2272 | ASYLUM SEEKERS IN POLAND- PART 1: THE BASICS [...] (U) Poland,s accession to the Schengen area, permitting open travel within much of Europe, and its geographical location on the Eastern border of the European Union, have had a large influence on the number of Eastern Europeans (especially Chechens) seeking asylum in Poland. As the number of [...] | 2007-11-27 15:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF PL |
07WARSAW2273 | POLAND'S MINORITY ROMA FACE UPHILL BATTLES DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While Poland's Roma population is not as large or significant as those in nearby countries, it remains a community which faces significant challenges. The GOP has recognized the distressing situation of the Roma minority in Poland. In 2001 it created the Pilot Program for the [...] | 2007-11-27 16:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL PL |
07WARSAW2274 | PM TUSK WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: As expected, PM Donald Tusk won a vote of confidence in the Polish Sejm on November 24, winning 238 votes (230 are necessary). Tusk presented his governmental expose to the Sejm on November 23, outlining an ambitious agenda that includes health sector reform, infrastructure imp [...] | 2007-11-27 16:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
07WARSAW2289 | MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON CHANGE IN CUBA [...] (C) Emboffs met with Daniel Gromann, Deputy Director of the MFA's Americas Division, and until August 2007, Poland's Charge d'Affaires in Havana. Gromann spent six years in Havana, and was Charge for his final two years. He played an instrumental role with respect to setting up the video co [...] | 2007-11-29 14:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CU PL |
07WARSAW231 | POLAND: MOE ATTEMPT TO STOP OIL TANKER LOADING [...] (C) Summary: J&S Executives report that Minister of Economy Wozniak requested that the company not load an oil tanker during the recent Druzba oil pipeline shutoff, a request the company denied. J&S currently supplies 50% of Poland's crude, but is diversifying in Europe, the U.S. and Canad [...] | 2007-02-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PL RS UR NO |
07WARSAW2313 | AMBASSADOR MEETS POLAND'S NEW AG. [...] (SBU) Summary. Dec. 3, Ambassador Ashe called on new AgMinister Marek Sawicki, accompanied by AgCounselor. As reported reftel, Sawicki is a member of Poland's minority party, PSL, in the new governing coalition with PO that came to office after parliamentary elections Oct. 21. Minister Saw [...] | 2007-12-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL |
07WARSAW2338 | POLAND TO SUPPORT UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (U) On December 7, PolOff delivered reftel points regarding the votes on country specific resolutions in the upcoming UNGA Plenary to Mariusz Lewicki, Head of the Human Rights Section in the MFA,s UN Department. Mr. Lewicki assured us that Poland will attend the Plenary and reiterated Poland, [...] | 2007-12-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA PL |
07WARSAW2339 | POLAND WILL SUPPORT PROSPER'S CANDIDACY FOR UN CERD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA PL |
07WARSAW2341 | POLES TO FOCUS ON KOSOVO, EASTERN DIMENSION AT [...] (C) POLOFF passed reftel talking points to Pawel Herczynski, in the MFA's EU Department. Herczynski said the December 9-10 GAERC will focus primarily on Kosovo and EU Neighbors policy. Herczynski said that the GOP will be very disappointed if the EU fails to speak in one voice with respect [...] | 2007-12-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
07WARSAW2347 | POLAND TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) PolCouns met December 10 with Wieslaw Kucel, Counselor in the MFA's Middle East and Africa Department to deliver reftel demarche. Kucel, who accompanied Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski to the Annapolis conference, said that Poland would be represented by at least Deputy Foreign Minist [...] | 2007-12-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS PL |
07WARSAW2355 | NEW ENERGY CZAR WANTS MORE ECONOMIC LIBERALISM IN [...] (C) Adam Szejnfeld, the newly appointed Secretary of State in the Economics Ministry responsible for energy affairs, told the DCM that he wants to bring more economic liberalism into Poland's energy policy. Szejnfeld said he will review over the next three months the various energy projects p [...] | 2007-12-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV PL |
07WARSAW2361 | AMBASSADOR THOMAS SCHWEICH'S DECEMBER 3 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) On 3 December, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, United States Coordinator for Afghan Counternarcotics and Justice Reform and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, briefed a roundtable of Polish government officials on the new U.S. five pillar st [...] | 2007-12-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF KNAR PGOV PL PREL |
07WARSAW2362 | WTO/GAMBLING: POLAND LIKELY TO STAY OUT OF THE GAME [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche regarding the WTO dispute settlement proceeding on gambling and betting services to Mieczyslaw Nogaj, Director of the Trade Policy Department at the Polish Ministry of Economy, and to Joanna Katner-Pruszynska, Counselor to the Minister of Economy. She [...] | 2007-12-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO PL |
07WARSAW2369 | RUSSIA LIFTS BAN ON POLISH MEAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Polish and Russian Ministers of Agriculture have announced that next week the two-year old Russian ban on imports of fresh meat from Poland will be lifted, removing a major trade irritant. Thanks to strong demand, trade levels should quickly rebound. The Russian embargo on [...] | 2007-12-13 14:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PREL PL RU |
07WARSAW2379 | HIV-AIDS PATIENTS IN POLAND [...] According to a panel of experts who met in Warsaw November 29, 22 years after the first HIV cases were noted in Poland, Poles continue to stigmatize and discriminate against HIV positive persons. The panel, made up of Polish doctors, nurses, and social workers from NGO's, met to mark World AI [...] | 2007-12-17 13:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO PL |
07WARSAW2381 | POLAND'S REACTOR FUEL RETURN PROGRAM: REACHING [...] (C) Summary: Poland's stalled reactor fuel return program may finally be getting underway, thanks to an executive order establishing a new inter-ministry coordinating group. However, the Poles estimate transferring their reactor fuel waste to Russia could take until 2016 or 2017, beyond the [...] | 2007-12-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA TRGY ENGR PARM PL |
07WARSAW2387 | POLAND - TAKING ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] (U) In an effort to recognize the recent 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Campaign and the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, Post held a Digital Video Conference (DVC) with U.S. and Polish experts to assess major challenges related to the eradication of do [...] | 2007-12-18 09:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM PL |
07WARSAW2388 | POLAND BIO: MACIEJ NOWICKI, MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) Maciej Nowicki was named Poland's Minister of Environment on November 16, 2007. He is widely considered one of Poland's most respected environmentalists. Since 1992, he has been the president of Ekofundusz, an organization he founded to provide financial support for environmental prote [...] | 2007-12-18 12:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR SENV ECON PGOV PL |
07WARSAW2392 | POLISH NOMINEES FOR THE ONDCP/INL 23-24 JANUARY [...] To follow up on our interim response to Ref A text, the following individuals have been identified for participation in the January 23-24, 2008 Regional Drug Demand Reduction seminar to be held in Budapest, Hungary. a) Mr. Michal Sztyk, Chief Specialist from the Ministry of Health, Depart [...] | 2007-12-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | OTAR SNAR PL |
07WARSAW2395 | POLAND'S PRACTICAL APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: For practical reasons, the new Polish government is committed to improving relations with Russia (ref A) without abandoning core principles on democracy and energy security. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's decision to stop opposing Russian OECD membership was the first in a series o [...] | 2007-12-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS |
07WARSAW2399 | POLAND'S ENTRY INTO THE SCHENGEN ZONE [...] On December 21, 2007, Poland will join the European Union's Schengen area along with seven other Central European nations and Malta. After months of preparation and coordination with other EU members, Poland is ready to enter the Schengen zone and, with its 1185 km eastern frontier, defend the [...] | 2007-12-19 16:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL PREF SMIG PGOV EU PL |
07WARSAW2409 | 2007 COUNTERTERRORISM REPORT - POLAND [...] SUMMARY: There have been no reported terrorist groups or incidents in Poland. Despite this, Poland addresses counterterrorism issues domestically and internationally and is a firm partner of the United States in this sphere. Overseas, Poland provides about 1200 troops to the International Sec [...] | 2007-12-31 10:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR PL |
07WARSAW246 | DEMARCHE TO GOP ON DEPUTY PM LEPPER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Charge delivered the points from reftel to MFA Americas Director Andrzej Jarosinski, saying that the United States did not intend to interfere in the GOP's internal politics, but that we were concerned and saddened that Deputy PM and Minister of Agriculture Andrzej Lepper would receive an [...] | 2007-02-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PL |
07WARSAW247 | DEPARTURE OF DEFMIN RADEK SIKORSKI: RESIGNATION OR [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski accepted February 5 the resignation of DefMin Radek Sikorski, only hours after the MOD spokesman announced that Sikorski had submitted it. Although it will not be clear how Sikorski's departure might affect U.S. interests until a successor is named, the chang [...] | 2007-02-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL |
07WARSAW258 | NEW DEFMIN ALEKSANDER SZCZYGLO, A LOYAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: 44-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo, Head of the Presidential Chancellery and a loyal protege and confidante of President Lech Kaczynski (Ref A),will succeed Radek Sikorski (Ref B) February 7 as Poland's Minister of Defense. By acknowledging Sikorski's concerns over the control of mi [...] | 2007-02-06 15:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PL |
07WARSAW308 | "THIRD TWIN" RESIGNS FROM INTERIOR; REPLACED BY [...] (U) The uproar over Ludwik Dorn's unexpected departure from government continued as his replacement, Janusz Kaczmarek, was sworn in February 8 as the new Minister of Interior (MSWiA). As reported reftel, Dorn's departure from MSWiA may signal a crack in the PiS inner circle, a group long dist [...] | 2007-02-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
07WARSAW31 | Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...] | 2007-01-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM |
07WARSAW315 | POLISH FM ON HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche on Iran Export Credits to Polish FM Anna Fotyga on January 25. Fotyga responded that the GOP took the Iran sanctions very seriously and would make every effort to ensure compliance with UNSCR 1737. She could not promise at present that Poland would t [...] | 2007-02-09 13:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC PL IR EXIM UNSC OECD |
07WARSAW316 | POLAND-EU: FM FOTYGA REQUESTS THAT U.S. MONTHLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA officials, FM Anna Fotyga has requested that her briefing book for every GAERC include the text of the monthly U.S. pre-GAERC demarches. Fotyga has become fully engaged in Poland's relations with the EU and clearly values U.S. views, and our cooperation with MFA [...] | 2007-02-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EUN PL |
07WARSAW317 | POLAND: DELIVERY OF LETTER TO ENCOURAGE V-10 [...] (C) Political External Chief delivered Ref B letter from PDAS Volker and DAS DiCarlo February 9 to MFA European Department Director for forwarding to MFA U/S Krzysztof Szczerski, who is both the current Political Director and the U/S supervising EU and European issues. Chmielewski indicated t [...] | 2007-02-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN YI PL |
07WARSAW319 | FATAH-HAMAS GOVERNMENT: POLAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche on the Fatah-Hamas national unity government on February 9 to Pawel Herczynski, MFA EU Department Deputy Director. Herczynski commented that the U.S.views were fully consistent with Quartet principles, and therefore they reflected EU policy as [...] | 2007-02-09 15:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS PL |
07WARSAW320 | POLAND'S ECONOMY STARTS TO HIT ITS STRIDE [...] (U) Poland's GDP rose 5.8 percent in 2006 to $337 billion, according to the National Statistics Agency, the best performance since 1996. Growth was propelled by a 5.8 percent rise in domestic demand, sharply increased EU funds inflows, and surging investment (up 16.7 percent). Profiting from [...] | 2007-02-09 15:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PL |
07WARSAW321 | POLAND: SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL [...] (C) Post apologizes for the delay in responding to Reftel demarche on Iran Civil Society and Democracy programming. Due to internal reorganization and a near 100 percent turnover in staff, The Polish MFA Department for Africa & Middle East was unable to meet with us over the past several weeks [...] | 2007-02-09 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN PL |
07WARSAW33 | Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...] | 2007-01-08 14:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM |
07WARSAW355 | KACZYNSKIS SEEK TO SOLDIER ON DESPITE CRACKS IN [...] (C) Summary. There is a crisis atmosphere within the government as President and Prime Minister Kaczynskis' most loyal political lieutenants are squabbling publicly. Even for the Kaczynskis, who have overseen a government buffeted by crisis (much of their own making),the resignations last [...] | 2007-02-14 16:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
07WARSAW372 | POLAND: SHOWING OF AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH AND HIGHLIGHTING [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post co-sponsored the Polish premiere of Al Gore's movie on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," and used the occasion to articulate U.S. policy on climate change and to highlight USG efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The screening, at an environmental and clean en [...] | 2007-02-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW387 | POLAND: ENSURING EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UN [...] (C) Political External Chief delivered Ref A talking points February 9 to Juliusz Gojlo, Iran/Iraq Team Chief in the MFA Middle East Africa Department. Gojlo undertook to distribute the U.S. views to the Polish interagency for comment, but warned that it could take some time to provide a resp [...] | 2007-02-20 09:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN PL |
07WARSAW395 | POLAND (QUIETLY) ENDING NORTH KOREAN LABORER [...] (C) On February 16, Poloff met with Piotr Mierecki, Director of the Department of Migration Policy at the Ministry of Interior. Mierecki indicated that the GOP has taken a decision internally to end the North Korean work program, under which 25 North Korean welders are working at the Gdansk S [...] | 2007-02-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB EZ KN PL |
07WARSAW431 | POLAND: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST [...] (C) Charge shared reftel points February 22 with MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, explaining that this was the approach the USG was taking to inform allied and friendly European governments of our Missile Defense plans and to reassure them in the wake of strongly negative Russian rhetoric in recen [...] | 2007-02-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MARR PREL PL |
07WARSAW433 | NO RESPONSE ON REQUEST FOR POLAND'S SUPPORT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SNAR UNCND PL |
07WARSAW498 | PM KACZYNSKI AIMS TO PASS RESTITUTION LAW IN 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (the Conference) held its annual meeting in Warsaw from February 26-28, in part to press the GOP for passage of a law for restitution or compensation for property taken by the Nazi and Communist regimes. In meetings with t [...] | 2007-03-01 14:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PL |
07WARSAW500 | POLAND-EU: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA EU Department Deputy Director Pawel Herczynski, the March 5-6 GAERC will be heavily focused on energy and climate issues, in advance of the March 8-9 European Council (EC) meeting. Emissions standards will be the most difficult part of the discussion. Herczynski [...] | 2007-03-01 15:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EUN ENRG PL IR |
07WARSAW563 | POLAND: ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE INITIATIVES [...] In response to ref A, post takes the opportunity to highlight post initiatives in environment and science. Various initiatives are already underway and post is planning for continued and increased cooperation in these areas. The Ambassadorplays a significant role in many of the environmental [...] | 2007-03-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV KPAO ENRG PL |
07WARSAW583 | YUSHCHENKO AND KACZYNSKI DISCUSS ENERGY, EU: TALK [...] (C) Summary: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Polish President Lech Kaczynski focused on the Odessa-Brody pipeline project as well as Ukrainian aspirations for greater engagement with the EU during their March 7 meetings in Plock, Poland. Yushchenko's subsequent call for dialogue wi [...] | 2007-03-09 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SENV EINV ETRD EAGR PL |
07WARSAW593 | POLAND: POC FOR MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] Embassy Warsaw POC for overall Missile Defense issues is Political External Chief David Morris, (48)(22)504-2657 or IVG 8-628-2657, e-mail MorrisDT@state.gov. POC for Public Diplomacy efforts is Information Officer Andrew Schilling, (48)(22)504-2331 or IVG 8-628-2331, e-mail SchillingAJ@state [...] | 2007-03-12 16:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU |
07WARSAW595 | POLAND: PHARMACUETICAL DATA EXCLUSIVITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) According to representatives of the Employer's Union of Innovative Pharmaceutical Companies (INFARMA),Poland has adopted the "8+2+1" data exclusivity system for drugs centrally registered in the European Union (EU) through the European Medicines Agency (EMEA). This means that innovative [...] | 2007-03-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PL |
07WARSAW610 | POLAND QUIETLY SUPPORTS US-EU OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Malgorzata Alberti, Head of the International Agreements Division of the Civil Aviation Office. Pawel Moniak, a specialist in the International Agreements Division, and the Polish representative during the most recent negotiations in Brussels was als [...] | 2007-03-13 16:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR KTIA PREL EU PL |
07WARSAW648 | POLAND-OSCE: GOP REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HCNM [...] (C) MFA Security Policy Director Robert Kupiecki informed DCM on March 14 that Poland had formally nominated former Polish Foreign (Adam) Daniel Rotfeld to the position of OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities (HCNM). Noting Rotfeld's close association and cooperation with the U.S. f [...] | 2007-03-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE PINR PL |
07WARSAW688 | POLAND: COMPETITION INCREASING IN TELCOM SECTOR [...] Competition in Poland's telecommunications sector is increasing rapidly due to the strong new policies of the telcom regulator. By forcing the monopoly telcom company, TPSA, to lease its lines to other telcom providers, consumers finally can choose which voice and internet services they use. [...] | 2007-03-20 15:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT PL |
07WARSAW691 | POLAND-GERMANY: (C-RE7-00514) MERKEL'S SPRING [...] (U) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's March 16-17 visit to Poland was deemed a great success by both sides, and could prove an important step in warming previously frosty bilateral relations (reftel). By declaring opposition to the claims of German WWII expellees on Polish land Merkel earned [...] | 2007-03-20 15:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR ENRG PL GM |
07WARSAW729 | FRONTEX: A PRIMER ON THE EU'S BORDER CONTROL AGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Headquartered in Warsaw, the EU's external border control agency, FRONTEX, focuses on EU-level coordination of "intelligence driven operational cooperation" to strengthen security at the EU's external borders. In a meeting with Pol-Mil Officer, FRONTEX External Relations Officer [...] | 2007-03-23 15:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KNNP KSTCPL PL |
07WARSAW735 | Polish e-commerce: Challenges, but Solid Fundamentals. [...] Poland's e-commerce sector appears to be doing well although some challenges remain in the level of internet access, business IT investment, and government e-commerce initiatives. The business-to-consumer segment of the market has already reached 4 billion zloty ($1.4 billion) annually, while [...] | 2007-03-26 08:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT EINV PL |
07WARSAW748 | POLAND SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S PLAN, BUT EXPRESSES [...] (C) DCM met March 27 with Krzysztof Szczerski, Under Secretary of State for Europe at Polish MFA, to deliver SIPDIS reftel Demarche on Kosovo. (Note: Neither Minister nor Deputy Minister were available.) Szczerski stated "Poland is for the Ahtisaari plan," but then went on to outline "a f [...] | 2007-03-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU PL |
07WARSAW755 | AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; STATE-DOD CONTACTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 11:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ECON MARR MASS CASC EAGR PL |
07WARSAW764 | POLES PONDER ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Witold Waszczykowski, Under Secretary of State Polish MFA, indicated that Poland may be prepared to consider accepting Guantanamo detainees in response to DCM delivery of reftel demarche on March 28. Waszczykowski asked how many detainees we might want Poland to take and when. Without m [...] | 2007-03-30 06:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG PL |
07WARSAW797 | POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERING GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG PL |
07WARSAW810 | POLAND'S PERM REP WILL SIGN US-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR KTIA PREL EU PL |
07WARSAW855 | DEMARCHE ON ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE MTG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 07:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV AOCR AY KSCA KTIA PL |
07WARSAW86 | POLAND: DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Bryza and Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski discussed a deal for gas for Azerbaijan and Georgia that would relieve both countries of their dependence on Russian gas, and exchanged views on the political situation in Georgia. Naimski restated his opposition to t [...] | 2007-01-12 15:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL RS GG AJ KZ LH LG EN LO PL |
07WARSAW865 | FM FOTYGA DECLINES TO TAKE TO-BE FREED GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR XG PL |
07WARSAW908 | WMO QUADRENNIAL CONGRESS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV TPHY WMO PL |
07WARSAW935 | TWO POLAND SUBMISSIONS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2007 [...] Two Polish NGOs prepared proposals for G/TIP funded projects in response to Reftel. Post has already submitted the full proposals for the projects to the G/TIP Programs Section regional officer for EUR. Summary information for each project follows: 2. PROJECT PROPOSAL ONE: COMBATING HUM [...] | 2007-04-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG PL |
07WARSAW937 | POLAND-IRAQ: GOP REAFFIRMS MND-CS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30, an interagency delegation met with GOP officials to press for a GOP commitment to maintain Polish troops and bases in Iraq through the end of 2007 (del list in para 2). The common Polish position was a commitment to keep Polish troops in Iraq throughout 2007 with a p [...] | 2007-04-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL PL |
07WARSAW958 | POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND MAY 3 ICI MEETING [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Fotyga informed visiting Secretary of Defense Gates April 25 that she will attend the SIPDIS May 3 ICI meeting. She also said that she was endeavoring to do what she could on Iraq debt, but repeated several times that debt forgiveness would be very difficult given P [...] | 2007-04-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN PGOV PL |
07WARSAW976 | POLAND: DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO THE COALITION [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, we have been informed that Polish attendees at the Iraq Coalition Conference in Tampa, FL April 30-May 2 will be Juliusz Jacek Gojlo (Chief of the Iraqi Task Group, Department of Africa and the Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Brigadier General Witold [...] | 2007-04-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER PL |
07WARSAW979 | POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: DELIVERY OF DRAFT BMD [...] (C) DCM delivered draft Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) agreement text (Ref A) on April 26 to MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, along with previously provided site map attachments originally provided to the GOP on January 25 (Ref B). Waszczykowski acknowledged receipt of the draft and undertook t [...] | 2007-04-27 17:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PL |
07WARSAW982 | EMBASSY WARSAW CELEBRATES EARTH DAY [...] In celebration of Earth Day and the 10th anniversary of the GLOBE program in Poland, the Ambassador and other Embassy officers participated in a variety of events promoting increased protection of the environment. The GLOBE program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) [...] | 2007-04-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV PL |
07YEREVAN735 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) We delivered reftel information to Arshak Manukyan, head of the MFA's Division of Non-Conventional Arms and Global Security, who thanked us for the update. GODFREY [...] | 2007-06-05 10:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL FI PL PO SW AM |
08BEIJING3950 | OCTOBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ZARDARI VISIT, [...] Spokesperson Qin Gang made the following key points at the October 16 MFA press briefing: -- China will take seriously any request from Pakistan to help that country weather the financial crisis. Qin would not, however, give details of any agreement on financial assistance reached between Ch [...] | 2008-10-16 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM EFIN ECIN EAGR PL SN JA NK |
08BEIJING4509 | DECEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, TORTURE IN [...] Key points at the December 11 MFA press briefing: -- The Six-Party Talks Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting is still ongoing, as the parties are "discussing and deciding" formalities in bilateral sessions as well as plenary sessions. -- China has "taken note" of a recent Free Tibet report cl [...] | 2008-12-11 23:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM ECON EFIN EAIR CH FR PL JA KS |
08BEIJING4555 | DECEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, DETENTION [...] Key points at the December 16 MFA press briefing: -- China believes the Six-Party Talks is a "process," with the major task being implementing the second phase of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a "comprehensive manner." All six parties "agreed verification was necessary," but th [...] | 2008-12-16 23:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM ECON EFIN EAIR CH FR PL JA KS |
08BELGRADE1268 | SERBIA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW AMBASSADORS SANS AGREMENT [...] (SBU) At its weekly session on November 20, the Serbian government (GOS) endorsed the appointment of seven new ambassadors, even though we later learned from MFA contacts that the government had not yet requested agrement for the ambassadors-designate. This lapse of diplomatic protocol may com [...] | 2008-12-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL CA FR GM MO PL RO SZ SR |
08BERLIN1285 | GERMANY PASSES ON OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON [...] (C) Summary: German MFA officials responsible for energy policy and Iran are reluctant to engage Poland and Croatia on their efforts to develop Iranian natural gas resources. They expressed a preference for United Nations action, as well as very keen interest in learning more about the respo [...] | 2008-09-18 15:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL HR PL IR GM |
08BERLIN1663 | GERMANS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT RELATIONS WITH POLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA and Chancellery contacts viewed Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's visit to Berlin on December 5-6 and the bilateral government consultations in Warsaw on December 8 as the culmination of a year's worth of hard work by both countries to improve relations. However, Germany is [...] | 2008-12-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL GM |
08BRATISLAVA310 | EUR DAS BRYZA'S JULY 1 VISIT TO BRATISLAVA [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Matt Bryza, accompanied by Ambassador Obsitnik and Pol-Econoff, met with Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on July 1 for a wide-ranging dicussion on Armenia-Azerbaijan, Georgia-Abkhazia, Turkmenistan and the Nabucco gas pipeline, Transpetrol, increased transparency in Ukr [...] | 2008-07-03 18:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL AM AJ GG TX UP RS PL |
08BUDAPEST1010 | HUNGARIAN, CZECH AND POLISH TENTH ANNIVERSARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 11:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO HU PL EZ |
08BUDAPEST345 | U.S.-RUSSIA MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the fourth round of expert-level meetings in Budapest December 13, U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak, continued to discuss U.S. plans to place a missile [...] | 2008-04-02 12:02:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM MASS PAO KNNP NATO EU EZ PL |
08CARACAS1559 | GBRV IMPEDES VISIT OF LECH WALESA [...] (C) Summary. The GBRV discouraged the visit of Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of Poland Lech Walesa to Venezuela on November 2, citing security concerns. Walesa, a prominent pro-democracy figure, has at times been critical of President Chavez. The government reportedly notifie [...] | 2008-11-10 14:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PL EZ VE |
08MOSCOW267 | POLISH FM SIKORSKI PREPARES FOR TUSK VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Polish FM Sikorski visited Moscow January 21 in preparation for Prime Minister Tusk's February 8 consultations. No new ground was broken in discussions with FM Lavrov on missile defense; the GOR reiterated that it had no "veto" power over Poland's cooperation with the U.S., wit [...] | 2008-02-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR PL RS |
08MOSCOW2787 | PURSUING NORMALCY, LAVROV VISITS WARSAW [...] (C) Summary: Polish diplomats tell us it was a "miracle" that FM Lavrov visited Warsaw September 10-11, citing Poland's signing of the missile defense agreement and support for Georgia as justifications to cancel. The MFA reported that Lavrov never considered canceling the visit, and Russia [...] | 2008-09-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL RS |
08MOSCOW3386 | GOR DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN GEORGIAN/POLISH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOR has rejected allegations of Russian involvement in the November 23 shooting at the Georgian-Polish presidential motorcade. In reaction to the incident that garnered little attention in the Russian media, the MFA, MOD and security services unanimously called the incide [...] | 2008-11-24 11:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS GG PL |
08MOSCOW3475 | POLISH MANPADS ALLEGED IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) On November 26 MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed us a nonpaper and video that allege Polish-made MANPADS were discovered in Itumkale, Chechnya. The video showed a raid on a home in Itumkale which housed a weapons cache, including small arms, ammunition, and MANPADS. According [...] | 2008-12-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG |
08MOSCOW3773 | GOR NEVER RECEIVED INFO FROM POLAND REGARDING [...] (C) On December 30 we delivered ref A nonpaper to MFA DVBVR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral, who told us the GOR passed a diplomatic note regarding Polish GROM MANPADS sales to Georgia to the GOP via the Russian Embassy in Warsaw in June 2008, prior to the August conflict. To date, the GOR has [...] | 2008-12-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG |
08MOSCOW410 | POLISH PM TUSK'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REF: A. MOSCOW 267 B. MOSCOW 5585 Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells for reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] (C) Summary: Polish PM Tusk's trip to Moscow served as a symbol of the thawing of bilateral relations and a willingness on both sides to engage, if not agree. Missile defense discussions produced no new proposals, and Polish diplomats characterized Putin's position as "tough," including pushing for [...] | 2008-02-15 05:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR ENRG PL RS |
08OTTAWA188 | POLISH FM OFFERS HELICOPTERS FOR KANDAHAR [...] (C) During a February 3-4 visit to Ottawa, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski informed Canada that Poland was prepared to offer two Russian-made helicopters to support Canadian Forces in Kandahar. According to Polish Embassy DCM Artur Michalski Sikorski -- during a private [...] | 2008-02-06 19:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PL CA AF |
08PARIS305 | GOF: U.S. PUSHING FOR "TOO MUCH, TOO SOON" ON [...] (S) Summary. In two meetings on February 14, one with Philippe Carre, the Director of Strategic Affairs bureau at the MFA and the second with Philippe Errera, the Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner, the French expressed disappointment that an agreement that they understood had been rea [...] | 2008-02-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR MOPS NATO PREL FR EZ PL |
08PRAGUE16 | TUSK VISIT TO PRAGUE: NO CHANGE IN CZECH POSITION [...] (C/NF) Summary: The January 10 meeting of the Czech and Polish PMs appears not to have resulted in any significant change in the Czech approach to missile defense (MD) negotiations. PM Topolanek stated during a joint press conference with Tusk that the Czech side still intends to conclude neg [...] | 2008-01-11 11:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL PGOV PL EZ |
08PRAGUE208 | CZECH REPUBLIC: MISSILE DEFENSE RATIFICATION END [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 16:19:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ RU PL |
08PRAGUE37 | CZECHS TWEAK THEIR MISSILE DEFENSE GAMEPLAN [...] (C) Summary: There are signs that the Czech approach to missile defense has shifted slightly in recent days, partly as a result of the Jan 17 Security Council meeting, partly in response to changes in Poland. For the most part these are not major shifts but simply adjustments to the Czech time [...] | 2008-01-24 14:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL NATO PL EZ |
08PRAGUE788 | CODEL TAUSCHER'S DECEMBER 18 MEETINGS IN PRAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 18 trip to Prague, Representatives Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO) met with Czech FM Schwarzenberg, DFM Pojar and DPM Vondra. Representative Tauscher stressed linking a possible radar site in the Czech Republic to short and medium range missile [...] | 2008-12-19 14:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR PREL PGOV NATO RS PL EZ |
08RIGA361 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Press reports that the US was considering Lithuania as an alternative site for deployment of missile defense (MD) assets should negotiations with Poland fail have seen wide publication in the Latvian press on June 18. As a result, M [...] | 2008-06-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL PL LH LG |
08STATE102240 | MISSILE DEFENSE:PATRIOT/PAC III STILL AT CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: After agreeing to submit the PAC-III (Patriots) issue to a subgroup for further study, A/S Mull's delegation and their Polish counterparts agreed July 23 to begin looking at the transition of some work on Poland's military modernization from the bilateral Security Cooperation Cons [...] | 2008-09-24 19:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PL PREL MASS |
08STATE112655 | READOUT OF AUGUST STRATEGIC COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Mark Kimmitt and DAS/D Dan Fata co-chaired the fifth formal meeting of the bilateral Strategic Cooperation Consultative Group (SCCG) in Washington, DC on 26 August. Topics discussed included updates on Polish LORs submitted in mid-August, the status of SOFA negotiations, and [...] | 2008-10-22 20:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PL |
08STATE121038 | BLUE LANTERN OUTREACH TO POLAND: DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Directorate of Defense Trade Controls in the (PM/DDTC) met September 10 and 11 with country team, Polish Ministry of Defense (PMOD),and local defense industry to discuss the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program an [...] | 2008-11-14 15:57:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KOMC PL |
08STATE128096 | POLISH MANPADS ALLEGED IN CHECHNYA [...] (SBU) This is an action message; please see para 3 below. 2. (C) On November 26, Russian MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed to Embassy Moscow a nonpaper and video that allege Polish-made MANPADS were discovered in Itum-Kalinsk (Itumkale),Chechnya. The nonpaper requested from [...] | 2008-12-04 23:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MCAP PREL PTER MASS GG PL RS |
08STATE134448 | SUBJECT: U.S. RESPONSE ON RUSSIAN NON-PAPER: [...] (SBU) This is an action message; please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Per reftel A, Russian MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed a nonpaper which requested any materials the USG has regarding an alleged incident of illegal trafficking of Polish MANPADS in Georgia. The Government of Ru [...] | 2008-12-24 18:14:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG |
08STATE56861 | E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, APRIL 30TH MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary. Senior U.S., Nordic, and Baltic officials met in Washington D.C. on April 30th for the eleventh Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE) Political Directors' meeting. They agreed: that MAP for Georgia and Ukraine in December is desirable, but may be problematic; that the cu [...] | 2008-05-28 15:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KNEI PREL EUR BO GG PL RS UP XZ ZB SW NO LG LH IC |
08STATE72987 | T LETTER OF THANKS TO UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE [...] SUMMARY: Polish Under Secretary of State Witold Waszczykowski delivered the luncheon address during the Senior-Level Meeting for all states endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) held on May 28, 2008, in Washington, DC, on the occasion of the PSI's Fifth Anniversary (copy forw [...] | 2008-07-08 16:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PL |
08STATE81662 | ISN LETTER OF THANKS TO POLAND PSI PRESENTER [...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: On May 29, 2008, the United States hosted a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Outreach Workshop in Washington, attended by representatives of 21 countries that have not yet endorsed the PSI, as well as most of the 92 PSI participating states. The workshop provi [...] | 2008-07-29 20:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PL |
08STATE92512 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050101261 for the export of military radios to Poland. PM/DDTC outreach team plans to compl [...] | 2008-08-28 15:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PL |
08TBILISI2193 | GEORGIA: SHOOTING NEAR PRESIDENTIAL CONVOY [...] (C) Summary and comment. While observing Russian and Ossetian checkpoints on the edge of South Ossetia, Georgian President Saakashvili and Polish President Kaczynski heard gunfire from a seeming short distance away and quickly departed from the area. No one was injured. The motorcade was at [...] | 2008-11-24 14:29:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PL RU GG |
08TBILISI2203 | GEORGIA: DETAILED ACCOUNT OF SHOOTING NEAR [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. A more comprehensive readout of the November 23 incident at the South Ossetian administrative boundary (see reftel) indicates the motorcade went right up to a combined Russian/Ossetian checkpoint on the administrative boundary of South Ossetia, and the presidents t [...] | 2008-11-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS PL RU GG |
08USNATO16 | USD/P EDLEMAN, COUNSELOR COHEN UPDATE NATO SECGEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ambassador Eric Edelman and Counselor of the Department of State Dr. Eliot Cohen used a January 9 meeting at NATO with Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to assure him SIPDIS that U.S.-led efforts among RC-South Allies to produc [...] | 2008-01-11 16:56:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK EZ PL |
08USNATO265 | A/S FRIED WARNS NATO SYG, PERM REPS OF DANGER OF UN, EU DELAY IN KOSOVO AND OF POLITICAL DRIFT IN GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ CONFLICT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 15:45:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EZ GG KV MK PL RS UNMIK |
08USNATO407 | READOUT: GENERAL OBERING'S 28 OCTOBER MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Obering, the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA),stopped in Brussels October 28 to address NATO Perm Reps on his way to Warsaw and Prague. He updated Allies regarding missile defense (MD) and introduced his successor, Major General (soon t [...] | 2008-10-31 17:33:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PARM MARR CZ PL MNUC |
08WARSAW1004 | DPM/ECONMIN PAWLAK PROPOSES CAP REFORM [...] (U) This message is an action request - see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Warsaw is receiving more signals that the GoP - or elements within it - sees the failure of Doha Round negotiations as a point of departure for deeper U.S.-EU economic integration and liberalization. In Ref B meeting with [...] | 2008-08-27 12:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EUN PGOV PL TBIO WTO |
08WARSAW1009 | POLAND REJECTS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) MFA Director for Eastern Policy Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz told us that the Polish Foreign Minister's public statement of August 27 makes clear the GoP's rejection of Russian recognition of Georgia's breakaway regions. Bratkiewicz noted in particular that Russian actions are in violation of t [...] | 2008-08-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU PL |
08WARSAW101 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DRAFT RESOLUTION ON GAZA [...] POLOFF delivered reftel talking points on the proposed Human Rights Council draft resolution on Gaza to Ambassador Maciej Kozlowski at the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division on January 24. He had no immediate reaction. ASHE [...] | 2008-01-24 16:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PL |
08WARSAW1010 | CODEL LIEBERMAN URGES UNITED SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Codel Lieberman met separately August 21 with Polish FM Sikorski and PM Tusk to express solidarity over events in Georgia. FM Sikorski said Western Europeans were starting to understand the nature of the Russian threat, although he warned of Russian "purchases" of leading Europ [...] | 2008-08-28 15:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON ENRG GG PL |
08WARSAW1018 | POLISH MFA OFFERS NO RESPONSE TO MED-D SOFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 12:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN PL |
08WARSAW102 | POLAND: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) In accordance with ref A, poloff engaged Polish diplomats, Juliusz Gojlo, Iraq Desk, and Piotr Erenfeicht, NATO Operations Action Officer, on the future of Polish engagement in Iraq, its legal basis and the possibility of a Defense Cooperation Agreement. The Polish government has declared [...] | 2008-01-24 16:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ PL |
08WARSAW1032 | POLISH VIEWS ON GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) The GOP stated officially that it was pleased with the results of the September 1 special EU Foreign Ministers' summit on Georgia and Russia, but in private, Poles express disappointment that more was not done. In response to reftel demarche, Tomasz Orlowski of the Polish MFA Department of [...] | 2008-09-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GG PL |
08WARSAW1037 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: POLAND STILL SUPPORTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 14:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA PL |
08WARSAW1039 | POLES SUPPORT AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] (C) Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski thanked DCM September 4 for reftel information about plans to increase the capabilities of the Afghan National Army, and expressed support for the effort. Komorowski reminded that Poland has been seeking to join the Joint Coordination Board. [...] | 2008-09-05 07:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF PL |
08WARSAW1053 | BELARUS/POLAND - FM SIKORSKI TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told AmEmbassy Minsk Charge Moore that Belarusian authorities are "terrified" about the implications that Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has for Belarus. FM Sikorski reportedly sees recent developments in Belarus, including the release of politic [...] | 2008-09-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW1055 | POLISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA EU Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us the GoP has avoided responding "emotionally" on Georgia, notwithstanding the severity of the crisis. The GoP will not press for strong EU measures against Russia, preferring to give Russia time to reflect on developments. Although i [...] | 2008-09-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV EUN ZL ZI SO YI TU GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1060 | RUSSIAN FM LAVROV OPEN TO MD CONFIDENCE-BUILDING [...] (C) The fact alone that FM Lavrov followed through on a planned visit to Warsaw September 11 spoke volumes about Russia's and Poland's ability to talk to each other despite major differences over Missile Defense (MD) and the Caucasus. The respectful atmospherics were as important as the visi [...] | 2008-09-12 11:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG PL |
08WARSAW1069 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. GOP will consider guarded support for amendment of the ISAF oplan to expand CN authorities, provided actions resulting from amendment do not have a negative impact on safety of Polish troops. However, the Poles believe that the priority should be training Afghans to take on thei [...] | 2008-09-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PL |
08WARSAW1073 | GEORGIA - POLAND TO TAKE "BALANCED APPROACH" TO [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche September 15 to MFA Georgia Desk Officer Tomasz Orlowski. Orlowski said Poland agrees with U.S. views that Russia appears to be pushing harder in international fora on allegations that Georgia committed acts of genocide in South Ossetia during the conflic [...] | 2008-09-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CG RS XG XH PL |
08WARSAW1074 | BELARUS/POLAND - MFA CONTINUES TO LOBBY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Polish MFA officials told us that Belarusian FM Martynov took a "soft, friendly" tone in his September 12 meeting with FM Sikorski. They attributed the meeting's success -- and Belarus' apparent warming to the West -- as a reaction to Russian actions in Georgia and a growing Bel [...] | 2008-09-16 12:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW1075 | UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 15:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID PL |
08WARSAW108 | POLISH MFA'S RUSSIA EXPERT SEES CHANGE IN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's newly-appointed Eastern Policy Director, Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz, described the atmosphere during FM Radek Sikorski's recent visit to Russia as warm, but doubted it reflected any fundamental change in Russian outlooks. He said the Russians now say publicly that they acknow [...] | 2008-01-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS |
08WARSAW1081 | POLISH MFA: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV SENT MIXED MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a briefing for European and US diplomats, MFA Director for Eastern Policy Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz characterized Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Poland on September 10-11 as a "mixed message" to Warsaw regarding Russia's policy towards its neighbors. The Russian [...] | 2008-09-17 16:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS CG PL |
08WARSAW1086 | NO TO IRAN DEAL FOR NOW; BUT WHAT NEXT ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) EEB DAS Doug Hengel met the week of September 8 with government officials and leadership of the state-controlled oil and gas company (PGNiG) and was assured that no energy deal with Iran was imminent. All agreed on the importance of ensuring that Iran did not develop nuclear weapons and [...] | 2008-09-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IR PREL PL |
08WARSAW1093 | THE END OF A SUCCESSFUL IRAQ MISSION: EVALUATING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 15, Poland will bring to a close her five-year mission in Iraq. On balance, the Polish military presence in Iraq must be seen as a success. The deployment dates from the earliest days of the coalition in 2003; it survived two changes in government in Warsaw; and the [...] | 2008-09-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PL |
08WARSAW1098 | MISSILE DEFENSE: WHAT THE LOCALS WANT [...] Paragraph 3 contains the text of a petition presented to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk by the inhabitants of Redzikowo, the small town near Slupsk where a U.S. missile interceptor site (part of the "anti-missile shield) is to be located. Tusk received the petition during his visit to Slups [...] | 2008-09-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW1099 | POLES CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR INCREASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 05:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ PL |
08WARSAW1104 | POLAND/DPRK - GROWING INTEREST IN PROMOTING HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish Government is very interested in the humanitarian and human rights situation in North Korea (DPRK). MFA officials told Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Christian Whiton that they are exploring ways to take effective action. The Poles expressed inte [...] | 2008-09-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PHUM PREL KN PL |
08WARSAW1105 | POLAND CONCERNED ABOUT VENEZUELA AND BOLIVIA; SEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoP is concerned about the political situation in Bolivia and Venezuela -- particularly after the expulsions of the U.S. Ambassadors to both countries. MFA Deputy Director Daniel Gromann indicated that Poland supports the EU position of "constructive engagement" with both cou [...] | 2008-09-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ENRG BL VE PL |
08WARSAW1108 | A POTENTIAL ALLY ON CHINESE PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Econ and Political Officers discussed points and passed on non-paper to officials at the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign Affairs respectively (REF A). Polish officials were supportive of the message and agreed with the importance of engaging the Chinese on weapons proliferation [...] | 2008-09-23 12:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR PL |
08WARSAW1112 | POLES AGREE THERE SHOULD BE NO BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 05:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1114 | POLAND AG BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Polish debate on biotechnology is heating up, with nudging from the Embassy. From April to September, an industry coalition supporting biotech has coalesced, and we are starting to see local leaders following their constituents in countering negative propaganda and demanding ac [...] | 2008-09-24 07:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL |
08WARSAW1117 | RECOMMENDATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Warsaw recommends that a presidential delegation at the highest possible level represent the United States at commemoration ceremonies in Warsaw on November 11 marking the 90th anniversary of Poland's regaining its independence. This is a tremendously significant milestone for t [...] | 2008-09-24 10:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW1128 | POLAND ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AND ESC VOTE [...] (C) Embassy Warsaw delivered ref A points to the Polish MFA. Miroslaw Luczka, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of UN and Human Rights, informed us on September 24 that Poland would most likely abstain if the ESC were brought to vote because of external political factors. Luczka expla [...] | 2008-09-25 16:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PL |
08WARSAW1129 | PSL LEADERS SEE FUTURE CLOSELY TIED TO CIVIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Polish People's Party (PSL) has largely linked its short-term future to the success of its senior coalition partner, Civic Platform (PO). According to PSL's Parliamentary Caucus Chair Stanislaw Zelichowski and PSL Deputy Party Chairman Jan Bury (also a Deputy Treasury Minist [...] | 2008-09-26 07:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PL |
08WARSAW113 | BAD AROLSEN ARCHIVES AND SECOND PROTOCOL PROCEDURE [...] In a January 23, 2008 meeting with EUR/OHI's Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, the MFA Legal Department's Krzystof Kocel said that all partner countries involved in the International Tracing Service (ITS) had completed their internal requirements for passage, and that the Second Protocol gove [...] | 2008-01-28 16:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KJRE PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW1138 | GOP TO PUT FORWARD DRAFT PRIVATE PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish Treasury Vice Minister Krzysztof Laszkiewicz told visiting Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy September 12 that draft legislation on compensation for WWII and Communist-era confiscations is ready to be introduced to the Sejm (the lower house [...] | 2008-09-29 11:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PL |
08WARSAW1140 | POLAND WRESTLING WITH CIVILIAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland begins its fourth Afghanistan rotation November 1 with the consolidation of 1,450 soldiers in Ghazni province. The GoP agreed to take sole responsibility for operations in Ghazni in March 2008, and began detailed military planning at that time -- particularly to secure t [...] | 2008-09-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MAPP AF PL |
08WARSAW1141 | Animal Cloning Attitudes in Poland [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable reports a round table discussion Sept. 19 in Warsaw on the subject of scientists' views on animal cloning and the food supply. January's announcement of deregulation for clones by FDA has sparked controversy, with a vote by the European Parliament against the techn [...] | 2008-09-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL |
08WARSAW1142 | ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche regarding the upcoming Georgia donors conference in Brussels to Tomasz Orlowski, Georgia desk officer at the Polish MFA, as well as Barbara Gronowska and Joanna Poplawska in the MFA's Development Cooperation Department on September 22. The MFA is working [...] | 2008-09-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN KCRS EUMEM PREL GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1144 | POLISH MFA: CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH BELARUS AFTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 13:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW1147 | POLISH MFA: CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH BELARUS AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official told us that the GoP agrees with the U.S. and OSCE assessment that the September 28 parliamentary elections in Belarus were neither free nor fair. The MFA saw some "minor improvements" in the election process and will seek to continue a dialogue with Bel [...] | 2008-09-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW1170 | POLAND TO CONTINUE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (C) The GOP considers the potential threat posed by Iran to be among the world's "highest concerns," according to Piotr Kozlowski, Iran desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Political External Chief made reftel demarche 3 October with Kozlowski and left copies of UNSC Resolution [...] | 2008-10-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR MNUC PARM PL |
08WARSAW1171 | OPIC SUPPORT FOR GREEN EMERGY MARKETS FUND - DUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 11:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PL |
08WARSAW1173 | POLES DEEPEN AFGHANISTAN ENGAGEMENT DESPITE PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 1, Poland will increase its military presence and take on new responsibilities in Afghanistan. Polish forces will consolidate control over military operations in Ghazni province, and a Polish civilian contingent will replace its U.S. PRT counterpart over the course [...] | 2008-10-07 06:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PL MAPP |
08WARSAW1175 | POLAND TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poland will abstain on Serbia's UNGA resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ),according to MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow. In response to reftel demarche, Sobkow, who is responsible for EU foreign policy an [...] | 2008-10-07 10:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV PL |
08WARSAW1183 | SECOND SOFA PLENARY CONCLUDES AMID POSITIVE [...] (SBU) U.S. and Polish delegations convened in Warsaw October 6-8 for the second plenary round of negotiations on the supplemental bilateral SOFA. Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer led the Polish delegation. PM Senior Advisor Ambassador J [...] | 2008-10-09 06:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PL |
08WARSAW1185 | US CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE THIRD REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 06:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP OTRA TRGY PL |
08WARSAW1188 | GAERC - POLISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER 13 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us October 9 that while Belarusian elections were flawed and there has been no significant improvement in terms of democracy and human rights, Poland will support a temporary suspension of the travel ban. The ban should be lifted, [...] | 2008-10-10 06:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN BO GC RS UZ ZI PL |
08WARSAW1195 | UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE SESSION: POLAND TO ABSTAIN [...] (C) Despite the U.S. request to do so, Poland will not oppose any of the four resolutions of interest to NATO during the current session of the UNGA First Committee. Lukasz Zielinski and Monika Lipert of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy Department told us October 10 that join [...] | 2008-10-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC UNGA PL |
08WARSAW1205 | POLAND NON-COMMITTAL ON ACCEPTANCE OF PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO PL |
08WARSAW1217 | POLISH FINANCIAL SECTOR OK; THE REAL WORRY IS THE [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of denial that worsening global economic conditions would have a significant impact here, Poland,s economic elite is wakening to increased risk. Poland does not appear to share the immediate risk to its bank balance sheets that is crippling global finance, though p [...] | 2008-10-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PL |
08WARSAW1218 | POLISH MFA WORKING WITH FINANCE MINISTRY ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS PL |
08WARSAW1236 | EXPERTS LEVEL ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL DIALOGUE(ECD) CONTINUES [...] Commerce/ITA DAS for Europe Paul Dyck held a series of meetings Oct. 1-2 in Warsaw with U.S. industry and the Ministry of Economy as a part of continuing our Bilateral Economic and Commercial Dialogue (ECD) with the Polish government. He was accompanied by Commerce/ITA Director for European Cou [...] | 2008-10-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON BEXP PL |
08WARSAW124 | COHABITATION TENSIONS CONTINUE AS PRESIDENT SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: President Lech Kaczynski's often-clumsy efforts to assert the power and role of the presidency have created a bumpy record at "cohabitation" with PM Donald Tusk's government, and done nothing to increase the president's influence or his party's popularity. President Kaczynski a [...] | 2008-01-30 11:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PL |
08WARSAW1250 | AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 28 MEETING WITH SEJM SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of the Sejm (lower house of parliament) Bronislaw Komorowski expressed satisfaction with lessons learned by the Polish military in Iraq. Discussing the November 1 Polish takeover of responsibilities in Afghanistan's Ghazn [...] | 2008-10-29 07:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM AF IZ PL |
08WARSAW1258 | POLAND AGREES THAT ATTENDANCE AT IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Warsaw has no intention of participating in the November 30 nuclear conference in Iran. Juliusz Gojlo, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Africa and the Middle East, said October 29 that Poland fully respected its obligations under various UNSC resolutions [...] | 2008-10-29 17:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MNUC TRGY IR PL |
08WARSAW1259 | COMBATTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM: POLISH MFA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) indicated that it might host Exercise Planning Group (EPG) activities of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism in 2010, but could not do so in 2009 due to internal staffing concerns. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Poloff delive [...] | 2008-10-29 17:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PL |
08WARSAW1264 | UNESCO MEETING ON HUMAN CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 13:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TBIO UNESCO PL |
08WARSAW1271 | POLAND INTENSIFIES EMISSIONS DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Summary: Recent robust Polish diplomacy on climate change issues has raised the country's profile in the EU's internal energy and climate debate and spotlighted its role as host of the 14th Annual Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-14) in December. In visits to Madrid, Paris, Be [...] | 2008-11-03 16:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EMIN ENRG SENV PL |
08WARSAW1274 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' VISIT TO POLAND - 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE [...] Mr. Secretary, you are coming to Poland at an exciting time, following several high-profile bilateral successes: the August signing of the Missile Defense Agreement; the successful conclusion of a five-year Polish deployment in Iraq; and the simultaneous strengthening of support for the NATO [...] | 2008-11-04 15:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD KIPR PL PGOV |
08WARSAW1278 | BLUE LANTERN SITE VISIT TO WB ELECTRONICS POST [...] SUMMARY: Staff from Embassy Warsaw, including Political Officer Duncan Walker, DHS/ICE official Glenn Spindel, and ODC representative Lt. Marek Strosin, accompanied Blue Lantern team on site visit to WB Electronics (WBE). Team met with WBE representative Justyna Dytrych who verified order, pr [...] | 2008-11-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PL |
08WARSAW1280 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WELCOMES OBAMA'S ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Grzegorz Schetyna told the Ambassador the November 4 elections in the U.S. recalled the excitement of Poland's own November 2007 general elections, and said Poles are counting on President-elect Obama to bring about a more open U.S. foreign policy. Schetyn [...] | 2008-11-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR PTER PL |
08WARSAW1281 | MDA VISIT ADVANCES PROSPECTS FOR RATIFYING MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 28-30 visit to Poland, Missile Defense Agency Director Obering and Incoming Director O'Reilly described the benefits of the planned interceptor Missile Defense (MD) interceptor site to Slupsk area residents and, in Warsaw, reviewed U.S.-Russian consultations o [...] | 2008-11-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP PL |
08WARSAW1285 | POLISH VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski, Poland will oppose the unconditional resumption of negotiations on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia, but will take a "careful" approach at the November 10-11 EU Foreign Ministers Meeting (GAERC). B [...] | 2008-11-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN GA RS BK AF SY IZ PL |
08WARSAW1289 | LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM PRIME MINISTER TUSK [...] Post has been informed that the following letter of congratulations from Polish Prime Minister Tusk has been delivered by the Polish Embassy in Washington to President-elect Obama. A scanned copy of the letter is posted on the Prime Minister's website (www.premier.gov.pl). 2. Begin English [...] | 2008-11-10 06:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP PL |
08WARSAW1295 | POLAND SUPPORTS RESTARTING OF EU-RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. An MFA official told us November 12 that the GoP had shifted policy and now supported the November 10 EU decision to re-initiate negotiations with Russia on a new partnership agreement, despite Russia's failure to meet its commitments in Georgia. The official denied press reports [...] | 2008-11-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1301 | WARSAW EMPATHIZES WITH U.S. ON DEA EXPULSION BUT [...] (C) Warsaw agrees that the suspension of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) operations in Bolivia could have a serious impact on the level of narcotics, particularly cocaine, entering the European market. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was aware of the DEA suspension and fea [...] | 2008-11-14 07:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SNAR BL PL |
08WARSAW1312 | FORMER POLISH PRESIDENT WALESA STILL INTENDS TO [...] (C) Post appreciates and concurs with Embassy Caracas' reporting (reftel) on the aborted visit of former Polish President Lech Walesa to Venezuela. Although they were not responsible for arranging Walesa's visit, MFA officials downplayed "exaggerated" Polish press coverage of the visit cance [...] | 2008-11-17 14:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PL VE |
08WARSAW1327 | INCSR/POLAND - POST INPUT FOR 2008-2009 [...] (SBU) Per ref A guidance, the following is Embassy Warsaw's submission for Part I of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Strategy Report (INCSR). Post's submission for Part II will follow septel. 2. (SBU) Begin text: ---------- I. Summary ---------- Poland has traditionally bee [...] | 2008-11-20 06:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS PL |
08WARSAW1334 | GOVERNMENT ACTS QUICKLY TO AVERT POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Poland's two coalition parties -- Civic Platform (PO) and the Polish People's Party (PSL) -- acted quickly to resolve what Prime Minister Tusk characterized as a "misunderstanding" between himself and Labor Minister Jolanta Fedak (PSL). Controversy erupted November 17 when Fedak unexpec [...] | 2008-11-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB ECON PL |
08WARSAW1338 | POLAND TO SIDE WITH EU ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 07:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PL IS PA LE SY |
08WARSAW134 | FUNDING REQUEST FOR FY2008 EEB BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH IN [...] Summary. Post requests USD $34,000 to fund agricultural biotechnology programs in FY 2008. Funds are targeted at key issues where USG investments can have the greatest impact. This year, prospects are brighter to influence Polish decision-makers with a new, more pro-business government in pl [...] | 2008-01-31 06:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL |
08WARSAW1350 | POLAND: PRESIDENT'S SECURITY ADVISOR HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 26 meeting with DCM, Wladyslaw Stasiak, the Head of the Polish President's National Security Bureau, highlighted the Presidential Administration's policy towards Poland's Eastern neighbors, emphasizing President Kaczynski's desire to revive Europe's waning inter [...] | 2008-11-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV AJ BO GG UP PL |
08WARSAW1365 | WARSAW WILL NOT SIGN CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL PL |
08WARSAW1366 | POLAND ON POTENTIAL PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Polish government is keenly aware of the challenges in Pakistan and the importance of managing them successfully. Provided that it can muster a meaningful donation, Poland is likely to attend the proposed conference, although no information is available regarding the leve [...] | 2008-12-01 16:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK PL |
08WARSAW1374 | POLAND SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) The U.S. can rely on Polish support on the major issues of concern at the December 4-5 Helsinki ministerial meeting -- the Russian European security treaty initiative, Georgia, and the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). Jacek Emmel in the MFA Security Policy Department told us th [...] | 2008-12-03 17:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KDEM GG RS PL PHUM |
08WARSAW1378 | GAERC - POLISH VIEWS ON DECEMBER 8-9 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland is "90 percent satisfied" with the EU Commission's report on the Eastern Partnership, despite the fact that the Commission failed to appoint a Special Coordinator for the project and had committed only 400 million euros, 200 million less than the sum originally proposed by [...] | 2008-12-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ZL IS PK CG TU PL |
08WARSAW1382 | POLISH ISAF STRATEGY UNCLEAR ON CIVILIAN ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOP has engaged in a continuing interagency review to determine its long-term strategy in Afghanistan. The strategic planning process has gained little traction, stalling on the question of how long to plan for a Polish presence. On the other hand, the GOP has taken near-t [...] | 2008-12-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PL MAPP |
08WARSAW1386 | USDA TRAINS VETS IN PULAWY WITH EMERGING MARKETS FUNDS [...] SUMMARY: USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service provided training to 22 veterinarians and scientists of the Ukrainian Veterinary Service at Poland's Pulawy National Institute for Veterinary Science December 1-5, 2008. Poland's vets invited USDA to take part in an EU-sponsored event alr [...] | 2008-12-08 11:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD PL |
08WARSAW1387 | STAFFDEL YOUNG: POLES LOOKING FOR DEFENSE AID IF [...] (C) StaffDel Young told GoP interlocutors November 26 that the new U.S. administration's review of missile defense (MD) effectiveness could take longer than 8-10 months. In response, working-level officials from the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs replied that a long delay or cance [...] | 2008-12-08 12:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MCAP PL |
08WARSAW1391 | POLAND: NO OBJECTIONS TO U.S. CRITERIA-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PL |
08WARSAW1392 | POLAND/GERMANY - ALL SMILES, BUT HALTING PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit here, GoP officials are pointing to an improved Polish-German relationship as one of the top accomplishments of the government's first year in office. However, despite the Germans' poorly hidden preference for Prime Minister Tu [...] | 2008-12-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL |
08WARSAW1393 | OPEN SKIES TREATY REIMBURSEMENT FOR POLAND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PL |
08WARSAW1394 | SCENESETTER FOR THE UN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Poland's government recognizes that the on-going Fourteenth United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Poznan (due to enter its High Level segment later this week) is largely a waypoint on the road to next year's Fifteenth UN Conference in Copenhagen. It nonetheless views [...] | 2008-12-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PREL ETRD KIPR PL |
08WARSAW1395 | POLISH FM A LOCAL FAVORITE IN NATO RACE [...] (SBU) Polish media place Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on a short list of international favorites to succeed de Hoop Scheffer as NATO Secretary General. Besides Sikorski's individual merits, analysts here believe the Polish option stands out because other powers have had a recent turn [...] | 2008-12-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PL |
08WARSAW1405 | CUBA - LIBERTAD ACT RESPONSE FROM POLAND [...] (U) Post provides the following in response to ref A questions. 2. (U) Promotion of democracy and human rights in Cuba: Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movement and it [...] | 2008-12-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL CU PL |
08WARSAW1408 | POLISH LEFTIST LEADER OUTLINES RECOVERY STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Grzegorz Napieralski, Chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD),blasted the intransigence of the ruling Civic Platform (PO) party, a stance that has forced the SLD into tactical alliances with President Kaczynski and the Law and Justice (PiS) party on some votes. Despite [...] | 2008-12-11 13:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL |
08WARSAW1409 | POLAND: A NATURAL U.S. ALLY ON EASTERN POLICY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Like us, Poland seeks to draw key countries on the eastern boundary of Europe, like Ukraine and Georgia, towards Western institutions. An increasingly active regional player, Poland has evolved since 1989 from aid-recipient to donor, helping us to spur reforms in the region. Warsaw [...] | 2008-12-12 06:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV BO GG UP RS PL |
08WARSAW1418 | POLAND UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO [...] (S) The GoP is leery about taking on additional financial commitments in the Middle East, including support for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). In addition to the possibility of cuts in the GoP's overall foreign affairs budget next year, Stanislaw Gulinski of the MFA's Africa and Mid [...] | 2008-12-15 14:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC LE SY PL |
08WARSAW1419 | POLAND - UN HARMONIZATION OF SERVICES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) While not familiar with the U.S. proposal for the harmonization of conditions of service at the UN, MFA UN Department Counselor Dariusz Manczyk told poloff December 15 he is familiar with the current system's problems. Manczyk was pessimistic about the prospects for a quick solution. De [...] | 2008-12-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER PL PREL UNGA |
08WARSAW1425 | Poland - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence [...] (U) Summary. Mission Poland actively participated in the 2008 international campaign "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" by raising awareness of the problem through a series of profiles posted on Embassy Warsaw's website of individuals and institutions actively working against g [...] | 2008-12-16 13:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM SCUL PL OIIP |
08WARSAW1428 | POLES EAGER FOR DEBRIEF ON FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 15:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREF PARM NATO PL |
08WARSAW1435 | POLISH MFA ON MANPADS: RUSSIA CAPITALIZING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Polish MFA attributed Russia's alleged October discovery of Polish-made GROM MANPADS in Chechnya (originally delivered to Tbilisi) to Georgia's unprofessional handling of the weapons. The Russians, in turn, capitalized on the discovery to "discredit Poland and Georgia." The M [...] | 2008-12-18 14:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MCAP PREL PTER MASS GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1437 | CODEL SCHWARTZ/POLAND - NATO, EU MUST DO MORE ON [...] (C) Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak and prominent Polish MPs, including Sejm Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Krzysztof Lisek, told CODEL Schwartz that NATO must do more to address Georgia's security problems. If NATO does not offer MAP, it must offer something tangible to r [...] | 2008-12-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CG PL |
08WARSAW1446 | FOURTH SOFA PLENARY CONCLUDES AMID STEADY PROGRESS [...] (SBU) U.S. and Polish delegations convened in Warsaw December 16-18 for the fourth plenary round of negotiations on the supplemental bilateral SOFA. Deputy Defense Minister Stanyslaw Komorowski and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer led the Polish delegation. PM Senior Advisor Ambassado [...] | 2008-12-23 09:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PL |
08WARSAW1448 | POLAND MIGHT RE-EVALUATE TROOP LEVELS IN [...] (S) Warsaw fully recognizes the importance of next year's presidential election in Afghanistan and will do its best to maintain the security and integrity of the electoral process, especially in Ghazni Province, where approximately 1600 Polish troops are stationed. Roman Strzemiecki and Domin [...] | 2008-12-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR PL |
08WARSAW1450 | POLAND'S PLANS FOR A CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Polish government has committed to develop a nuclear power sector, driven by CO2 emissions constraints and reluctance to rely on imported energy. Prime Minister Tusk recently announced his intention to have two reactors up and running by 2020; an ambitious target for a coun [...] | 2008-12-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV TRGY BEXP BTIO PL |
08WARSAW1452 | INVITATION TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 10:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIT PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PL |
08WARSAW150 | POLAND: RRRFR DIP NOTE RECEIVED [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Polish Government. 3. (SBU) (Begin text) DPB 10-9-08 (Complimentary opening) in order to facilitate the provision of technical assis [...] | 2008-02-04 14:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KTIA TRGY ENGR PARM PL |
08WARSAW153 | POLAND: TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (C) On February 1, Econoff shared reftel points with the Polish government regarding USG plans to submit the names of four Syria-based terrorist facilitators to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee. Econoff met separately with Elzbieta Frankow-Jaskiewicz from the Polish Ministry of Finance's Depa [...] | 2008-02-05 09:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN PL |
08WARSAW160 | POLAND TO ATTEND UN.GIFT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG PL |
08WARSAW165 | POLAND SEEKS TO BE EUROPEAN IPR LEADER [...] (U) Summary: Poland's Minister of Culture has ambitious plans to introduce cutting edge EU-wide legislation regarding intellectual property rights (IPR) during Poland's EU presidency in 2011. The first step is an update to Polish legislation, at the end of 2008. At the same time, a consens [...] | 2008-02-07 10:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ITRD KIPR PL |
08WARSAW189 | POLAND: SMOOTH SAILING AHEAD FOR COAST GUARD PORT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econoff accompanied a team of U.S. Coast Guard officers to a meeting on January 29 with Polish officials to discuss an upcoming port facility visit under the International Port Security Program (IPSP). The Polish [...] | 2008-02-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW199 | POLAND REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR FATF MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On February 11, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) called in the embassy to ask that the USG support Polish membership at the upcoming February 25-29 plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The MFA indicated that achieving FATF membership is a top priority for [...] | 2008-02-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PL KTFN EFIN PREL PTER |
08WARSAW223 | POLAND SIGNS REACTOR FUEL RETURN CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary. Wlodzimierz Tomczak, chief of Poland's Radioactive Waste Management Plant (RWMP),signed a preliminary contract with Battelle Energy Alliance, a U.S. Department of Energy contractor, on February 8, putting into motion Poland's long-stalled participation in the Russian Reactor R [...] | 2008-02-19 13:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA PARM PL RS TRGY ENGR |
08WARSAW237 | 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: REMOVE POLAND FROM WATCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Poland made notable progress in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) in 2007. The Warsaw Stadium closed. Poland implemented the EU's Enforcement Directive, closed a major legal loophole, called for IPR education for all university students, and began working to crea [...] | 2008-02-21 11:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR PL |
08WARSAW243 | PM TUSK AND ADVISERS CONFIRM PUBLICLY THAT POLAND [...] (C) Per Refs B and C, during the week of February 18 Charge demarched MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski and Presidential Chief of Staff Anna Fotyga urging prompt Polish recognition of Kosovo. Following a February 20 meeting with President Lech Kaczynki, PM Donald Tusk told the media February 21 th [...] | 2008-02-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR KV PL |
08WARSAW244 | POLAND INPUT FOR ENERGY REPORT TO CONGRESS [...] Poland produces limited quantities of oil and gas for domestic consumption and serves as a transit route for Russian gas pipelines to Western Europe. Poland has significant coal reserves which are used to produce 90% of its electricity. In response to reftel request, post is pleased to prov [...] | 2008-02-22 14:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV APER ABUD PL |
08WARSAW245 | POLISH FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON PM'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: Polish PM Donald Tusk's February 8 trip to Moscow accomplished little in concrete terms, but the political symbol of renewed dialogue with the Russians was viewed positively by the majority of Poles. FM Radek Sikorski briefed foreign mission representatives February 19 on Tusk' [...] | 2008-02-22 15:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PL PREL ENRG ETRD RS LI LO |
08WARSAW250 | POLAND: AMBASSADOR AND MIN FINANCE DISCUSS FATF, [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In an introductory courtesy call on new Minister of Finance Jacek Rostowski on February 14, Rostowski told Ambassador that Poland's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) membership is an important GOP priority. He explained that the Ministry is currently amendi [...] | 2008-02-26 09:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
08WARSAW258 | PGNIG MOU COULD LEAD TO $2 MILLION INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Summary. PGNiG Executives told post that the agreement recently signed with Iran's Offshore Oil Company is a Memorandum of Understanding to discuss future cooperation in gas exploration and development. The next step would be another agreement to invest up to $2 million in seismic surv [...] | 2008-02-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC IR PL PREL |
08WARSAW277 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR MEETING MARCH 10 WITH POLISH [...] (C) Mr. President, your meeting on March 10 with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will underscore Poland's importance as a key ally of the United States, one which has stood shoulder to shoulder with us in Iraq, is stepping up its commitments in Afghanistan, and is the potential host for mis [...] | 2008-03-03 16:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS OVIP PL |
08WARSAW285 | POLAND: EIGHTH ANNUAL (2008) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-31 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Andrea Gorog (telephone: 48-22-504-2621, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail GorogA@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-04) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one political [...] | 2008-03-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL |
08WARSAW309 | POLISH RESPONSES TO THE MARCH 10 GAERC [...] (C) Acting PolCouns met with Pawel Herczynski of the MFA's EU Department on March 7 to discuss the March 10 GAERC. Owing to FM Sikorski accompanying PM Tusk to Washington that day, the Polish delegation will be led by MFA Undersecretary Grazyna Bernatowicz. Herczynski said the GOP's top prio [...] | 2008-03-10 06:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN PL |
08WARSAW314 | MISSILE DEFENSE AND POLISH MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] (C) Summary: A State-DOD delegation led by PM Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull met with Polish counterparts February 29, in Warsaw to propose a way forward on U.S.-Polish collaboration in support of Poland,s defense modernization as related to U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations. [...] | 2008-03-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR PL RS |
08WARSAW361 | DOMESTIC POLITICAL SQUABBLE DELAYS LISBON TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Prospects for ratifying the EU's Lisbon Treaty in the Polish parliament are anything but clear, as the treaty has taken center stage in a domestic political ruckus pitting PM Tusk against the Kaczynski brothers. After hard-headed negotiating by President Kaczynski over Poland's [...] | 2008-03-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW370 | POLAND'S RESPONSE TO BURMA REFERENDUM DEMARCHE [...] (C) On March 19, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA,s Burma desk officer Sebastian Domzalski. Domzalski stated that the GOP shares the U.S. concerns regarding the planned May referendum on the Burmese constitution. He noted that although Poland is unlikely to make a bilateral statement [...] | 2008-03-21 15:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PL BM |
08WARSAW388 | POLISH NON-PAPER ON MD NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador Ashe met with Polish FM Radek Sikorski on March 27 to receive the GOP's non-paper with respect to the Missile Defense initiative and modernization of Polish defenses. The text of that paper is provided in paragraph 4. FM Sikorski said that the paper would not be delivered in [...] | 2008-03-27 16:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR PL RS |
08WARSAW390 | MINDEF KLICH APOLOGIES FOR MD PRESS LEAK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 11:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PL |
08WARSAW391 | FM SIKORSKI ON PROPOSAL FROM CUBA ON PRISONER [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting to pass a non-paper on Polish cooperation with the United States on the Missile Defense initiative, Polish FM Radek Sikorski raised a proposal for releasing political prisoners passed by Cuban authorities to the United States through Poland. The substance of t [...] | 2008-03-28 11:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PL CU |
08WARSAW392 | POLISH FM ON BELARUS JOINT COMMUNIQUE AND [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting to pass a non-paper on Polish cooperation with teh United States on the Missile Defense initiative, Polish FM Radek Sikorski raised two additional issues with respect to possible collaboration on a joint U.S./EU communique on Belarus and U/S Paula Dobriansky's [...] | 2008-03-28 11:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL BL |
08WARSAW393 | CODEL BOUCHER'S MEETINGS WITH POLISH MINISTRIES OF [...] (U) Summary: On March 20, a visiting delegation of six U.S. Members of Congress met with Rafal Baniak, Under Secretary in the Polish Ministry of Economy, and with SIPDIS Minister of Environment Maciej Nowicki. Given Poland's heavy dependence on coal, the Polish government is scrambling t [...] | 2008-03-28 12:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG SENV EU PL |
08WARSAW443 | POLAND'S MINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Regional Development Bienkowska told Ambassador that the EU funds Poland will receive in 2007 to 2013 will not be sufficient to meet all of Poland's needs. Infrastructure development is her Ministry's main priority. The Tusk government devolved responsibility fo [...] | 2008-04-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL PL |
08WARSAW446 | POLAND'S MINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Regional Development Bienkowska told Ambassador that the EU funds Poland will receive in 2007 to 2013 will not be sufficient to meet all of Poland's needs. Infrastructure development is her Ministry's main priority. The Tusk government devolved responsibility fo [...] | 2008-04-09 14:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL PL |
08WARSAW457 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY [...] Welcome to Poland. You are coming to Poland at a time when the Polish government is eagerly looking forward to hosting the 14th session of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 14). More than 10,000 participants from over 190 countries are expected to [...] | 2008-04-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP SENV ECON ENRG PREL PL |
08WARSAW468 | POLAND ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: So far Polish officials have not begun to discuss whether to make a pledge at the Afghanistan Conference in Paris in June, let alone the possible amount. Like other European governments, they have been thinking of the Conference in purely political terms. Nevertheless, Afgha [...] | 2008-04-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NATO PGOV PREL AF PL |
08WARSAW512 | POLAND: U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETING WITH MFA SIKORSKI [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Radek Sikorski told Under Secretary for Global Affairs Dobriansky that Poland has selected a head for the Secretariat of the Community of Democracies, although the name is not yet public. Minister Sikorski believes the U.S. should do more to support [...] | 2008-04-23 08:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV KDEM PL |
08WARSAW519 | ACTION REQUEST: APPROVAL OF WITNESS PROTECTION [...] This is an action request for INL/AE. Please see para 3-5. ----------- Background ----------- 2. In November 2002, the U.S. signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the GOP on "Financing the Activities Aimed at Preventing and Combating Crime in Poland." There were five projects outlined p [...] | 2008-04-24 09:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN ABUD PL |
08WARSAW532 | U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETS WITH POLISH MINISTERS OF [...] This cable contains a guidance request. See para. 8. 2. (SBU) On April 14, Under Secretary of State Paula Dobriansky met with Polish Minister of Environment Maciej Nowicki and Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak to discuss the upcoming United Nations Framework on Climate Change's fourte [...] | 2008-04-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP SENV ECON ENRG PREL PL |
08WARSAW538 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - POLAND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Overall food prices in Poland have risen about 7 percent in the past year, but are not reflected in lower rates of consumption as wage increases topped 10 percent in the same period. A continuing increase in prices could affect at-risk populations in poorer regions. Rising food [...] | 2008-04-30 13:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PL PREL |
08WARSAW578 | POLAND ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (C) On May 9, EconOff delivered reftel demarche to (1) Alicja Adamczyk, President of the Polish Patent Office (and one of the candidates for WIPO Director General),(2) Zbigniew Barszcz, from the Department of Economic Development at the Economy Ministry, and (3) Karina Kostrzewa, Deputy Dire [...] | 2008-05-09 14:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL PL |
08WARSAW579 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POLISH HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL BM PL |
08WARSAW588 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 12:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL PL AG |
08WARSAW594 | PHARMACEUTICALS: NEW REIMBURSEMENT LIST LEAVES [...] (C) Summary: On May 14, Polish Health Minister Ewa Kopacz announced a draft update to the list of drugs eligible for reimbursement from the National Health Fund. As expected, the list contains only generics. The new list is sure to raise the frustration level of U.S. producers of innovativ [...] | 2008-05-14 14:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR PL |
08WARSAW596 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on May 13 2008 to Juliusz Gojlo, head of the Polish MFA,s Iraqi Task Force. Gojlo said that MFA Undersecretary Ryszard Schnepf would head the Polish Delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm, though he [...] | 2008-05-15 14:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ PL |
08WARSAW597 | POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In support of USG commitments to work with Poland on the latter,s military modernization, and to secure Poland,s earliest return to missile defense (MD) talks, PM AA/S Stephen Mull led an interagency team (including DASD Fata and EUCOM BG Mayville and BG Carr) to a bilateral Secur [...] | 2008-05-15 15:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MCAP PL |
08WARSAW603 | MAY 21 -- CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY [...] Embassy Warsaw is working with the Government and local NGO's on outreach efforts related to Cuba Solidarity Day, described in reftels. Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movem [...] | 2008-05-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL CU PL |
08WARSAW604 | MAY 21 -- CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY [...] Embassy Warsaw is working with the Government and local NGO's on outreach efforts related to Cuba Solidarity Day, described in reftels. Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movem [...] | 2008-05-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL CU PL |
08WARSAW608 | POLAND'S NATIONAL BANK GENERALLY SYMPATHETIC TO [...] (C) National Bank of Poland (NBP) President Slawomir Skrzypek told us May 15 that he is generally sympathetic to Turkey's desire to change its status at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from that of a donor country to that of a 'country of operation.' Skrzypek said h [...] | 2008-05-16 16:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PL EAID TU |
08WARSAW614 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON LEBANON [...] (C) In absence of Ambassador and of senior Middle East officials at the MFA, Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche May 19 to Boguslaw Ochodek, First Counselor in the Africa and Middle East Department. After PolCouns reviewed points urging Poland to make private and public statements, [...] | 2008-05-19 13:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE PL |
08WARSAW631 | FRENCH PRESIDENT SIGNS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP ON [...] (C) French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Poland on May 28, signing a "strategic partnership" agreement with Poland that is more symbol than substance. The French DCM admitted to Poloffs on May 29 that they were relieved that the trip, cancelled three times since the first proposed date i [...] | 2008-05-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
08WARSAW643 | POLAND - MISSILE DEFENSE: FINDING A WAY FORWARD? [...] (C-NF) After a lengthy hiatus, there are high expectations in Warsaw that Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) negotiations will resume soon. As irritating as the pause has been, Polish positions on defense modernization have softened in the interim, and we may actually be better positi [...] | 2008-06-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS PL RS IR |
08WARSAW674 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: SINGLE IMPORTS OF VEHICLES [...] (U) This cable contains a request for guidance regarding a proposed Polish law that could threaten several hundred million dollars of U.S. trade in vehicles. ------------------------ Background: Homologation ------------------------ 2. (U) Polish law specifies three procedures applic [...] | 2008-06-11 09:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD BEXP PL |
08WARSAW687 | POLAND: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) In response to reftel, post provides the following information, in the format requested in reftel para. 15. 2. (U) Post is aware of two (2) claims of U.S. Claimants that may be outstanding against the Government of Poland. 3. (SBU) (A). Claimant designation: Claimant A. (B) A [...] | 2008-06-16 06:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KIDE PL |
08WARSAW702 | POLAND SEEKS ADVICE ON OIL EXPLORATION IN IRAQI [...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) Former PKN Orlen VP for Exploration and Development Cezary Filipowicz told EconOff that state-owned PKN Orlen is interested in on-shore oil exploration in Iraqi Kurdistan. Filipowicz noted that Orlen had long experience in Ir [...] | 2008-06-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PL IZ |
08WARSAW709 | POLAND ENERGY SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Poland's concern about its energy security heightened with the Russian shut-offs of gas to Ukraine, oil to Belarus, and oil to the Mazeikiu refinery through the Druzba pipeline in the last few years. The previous PiS-led government developed a plan and began to take steps to i [...] | 2008-06-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL PREL |
08WARSAW710 | HELPING POLAND HELP ITSELF ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Poland continues to look to the USG to work with it to ensure its energy security in view of what it considers a significant threat from the government of Russia and Russian energy companies. Continuing a dialogue on energy security issues with Poland and the EU will assist the [...] | 2008-06-23 13:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL PREL |
08WARSAW731 | POLAND ENERGY SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Poland's concern about its energy security heightened with the Russian shut-offs of gas to Ukraine, oil to Belarus, and oil to the Mazeikiu refinery through the Druzba pipeline in the last few years. The previous PiS-led government developed a plan and began to take steps to i [...] | 2008-06-26 06:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL PREL |
08WARSAW732 | HELPING POLAND HELP ITSELF ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Poland continues to look to the USG to work with it to ensure its energy security in view of what it considers a significant threat from the government of Russia and Russian energy companies. Continuing a dialogue on energy security issues with Poland and the EU will assist the [...] | 2008-06-26 06:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL PREL |
08WARSAW74 | POLAND READIES AIR MARSHALL AGREEMENT WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) William Gaches, Assistant Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA),and Paul Rodgers, TSA Representative in Brussels, visited Warsaw December 6-7. While in Warsaw, Gaches and Rodgers met with officials from Poland's Civil Aviation Office to discuss a proposed [...] | 2008-01-17 15:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PL PTER |
08WARSAW75 | POLAND BIO: BARBARA KUDRYCKA, MINISTER OF SCIENCE [...] Barbara Kudrycka was appointed Minister of Science and Higher Education on November 16, 2007. Prior to her appointment, Kudrycka served since 2004 as a deputy to the European Parliament in Brussels. She also served as rector of the Bialystok School of Public Administration from 1998-2007. [...] | 2008-01-17 15:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PL SCUL TSPL |
08WARSAW794 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED:POLAND AND THE UPU CONGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 12:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ETRD WTRO PL |
08WARSAW806 | PGNIG ON REPORTED GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The president of Poland's state-owned gas company, PGNiG, confirmed that his company is in discussions with Iran to develop the Lavan gas field. However, contrary to press reports, he stated the company is not on the verge of signing a deal. End summary. 2. (C) On June 30 [...] | 2008-07-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PL IR |
08WARSAW81 | A/S FRIED MEETINGS WITH NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: A/S for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Fried during his January 16-17 visit discussed Missile Defense (MD),Iraq, and Afghanistan during his meetings with President Lech Kaczynski, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw [...] | 2008-01-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PL |
08WARSAW812 | NEW FRIENDS OF GEORGIA CALL FOR MAP, LESS RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 25, DAS Bryza participated in the "New Friends of Georgia" (NFG) conference along with Foreign Ministers, State Secretaries or Special Representatives from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, NATO, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden and the EU Council [...] | 2008-07-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GA PL |
08WARSAW813 | POLAND AND MISSILE DEFENSE: 95 PERCENT DONE OR 95 [...] (S) As Washington sits down to lunch today, President Kaczynski will be trying to cajole/pressure Prime Minister Tusk into concluding negotiations with the US on Missile Defense (MD). Kaczynski will draw on an agreement privately reached between the two last March in Urata, when, according t [...] | 2008-07-09 10:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PL RS IR |
08WARSAW823 | POLAND MAY AVOID GM ANIMAL FEED BAN [...] (U) Summary. Legislation to delay a ban on genetically modified crops in animal feed until 2012 will likely be signed by President Kaczynski soon after he receives it from the Parliament. The Sejm (parliament) and Senate gave final approval to the legislation July 11 and will send the draft [...] | 2008-07-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL |
08WARSAW828 | EU Ends Excessive Deficit Procedure [...] (U) Summary: On July 8, EU Finance Ministers formally ended a four-year old excessive deficit procedure (EDP) regarding Poland. This lifts a cloud over some EU subsidies, brings Poland closer to Euro adoption, and gives the Polish government more breathing room for decisions on aid programs and [...] | 2008-07-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW837 | RECENT POLISH PROGRESS ON IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) EconOffs met on July 10 with Wojciech Rzasiecki, Deputy Director of the Guarantees Department in the Polish Ministry of Finance, to get the latest readout on Iraqi debt. According to Rzasiecki, Finance Minister Jan Vincent Rostowski had recently held interministerial meetings with the Mi [...] | 2008-07-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IZ PL |
08WARSAW845 | POLAND'S ENERGY CZAR ON GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: According to the Polish Prime Minister's top energy advisor, if PGNiG were to abandon its discussions with Iran regarding the Lavan gas field, PGNiG would expect U.S. help -- and deals with U.S. companies -- to obtain natural gas elsewhere in the Middle East. In addition, the [...] | 2008-07-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IR PL |
08WARSAW86 | AMBASSADOR HONORS POLISH PROFESSOR FOR DISTINGUISHED [...] (U) Summary. January 17, Ambassador Victor Ashe presented an award to Professor Henryk Jasiorowski, acknowledging his scientific work and leadership to develop Polish and global agriculture. The award, a post-initiated project of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),recognizes Jasiorows [...] | 2008-01-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL |
08WARSAW871 | POLAND: MAKTOUM FOUNDATION ENTREPRENEURS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Post regrets that it does not have any names meeting criteria contained in reftels to recommend for the Maktoum Foundation Entrepreneurs Conference. Ref A requested that discussion of the event and potential invitees be restricted to USG only. If that restriction were removed, post mi [...] | 2008-07-22 13:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL PL |
08WARSAW889 | UPU CONGRESS: POLAND WANTS US SUPPORT, BACKS US [...] (SBU) Ref A requested post demarche the Polish government seeking support for U.S. candidates at the upcoming Congress of the Universal Postal Union. When the demarche was delivered, Poland had no candidates of its own (see ref B). However, on July 18 post received a diplomatic note stating [...] | 2008-07-24 14:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ETRD WTRO PL |
08WARSAW909 | ANTARCTIC TREATY: POLAND MAKING PROGRESS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 15:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY PL |
08WARSAW910 | INVESTMENT IN POLAND [...] Summary: Inflows into Poland from foreign direct investment continue at sustained, high levels. In 2007, FDI was estimated at USD 18.5 billion. EU funds accounted for another USD 10.1 billion, and remittances for USD 4.3 billion. Poland continues to be attractive to investors, although some [...] | 2008-07-30 05:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW923 | POLAND TO JOIN EU CONSENSUS ON LIFTING KARADZIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EU ICTY PL BK |
08WARSAW934 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW BURMA SANCTIONS: POLAND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-06 13:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD BM PL |
08WARSAW937 | POLAND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT EU ACCESSION FOR TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-06 15:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV TU EUN PL |
08WARSAW940 | BIOTECH: MINISTRY OF ECONOMY ENGAGING [...] (SBU) Polish Economy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak (PSL) August 6 signaled to Charge that he regarded Poland's hard-line stance on agricultural biotechnology as a relic of the previous government's tactic of deploying conflict and fear - in this case against GMOs. Quoting [...] | 2008-08-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL |
08WARSAW941 | POLAND/IRAN: DEPUTY PM OPPOSES POLISH INVESTMENT [...] (C) In a meeting August 6 with Charge, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak expressed in clear terms his opposition to Polish state-owned gas company PGNiG's discussed $2 billion investment in Iran's Lavan gas field. He said he would express his opposition to th [...] | 2008-08-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETTC EPET ENRG PREL PL IR |
08WARSAW945 | POLISH ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Plans are still being developed for a proposed Polish-Spanish-Emirati Agricultural Training School in Afghanistan. Poland's USD 1.3 million pledge at the Paris Support Conference will be used for a 2008 donation to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund. The Poles remain keenly [...] | 2008-08-11 14:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NATO MARR EAID PL AF |
08WARSAW947 | GOP RALLIES NEIGHBORS, EU TO CONDEMN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland has taken on a surprisingly forceful leadership role during the Georgia conflict. President Kaczynski has coordinated regional demonstrations of solidarity with Tbilisi -- including a planned August 11 joint trip to Tbilisi along with the Ukrainian and Baltic presidents -- and l [...] | 2008-08-11 16:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL |
08WARSAW949 | TFGG01: POLES SUPPORT GEORGIA, PREDICT RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer told Charge August 12 that the GoP welcomes the Russian announcement of a cease-fire, and hopes for early Russian-Georgian talks. Kremer said President Kaczynski's visit to Georgia today is aimed at gathering information, and demonstratin [...] | 2008-08-12 18:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL |
08WARSAW95 | POLAND: LET OPERATIVES PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (C) On January 18, Econoff shared reftel points with the Polish government regarding USG plans to submit the names of four LeT operatives to the UN 1267 sanctions committee. Econoff met seperately with representiatives from the Polish Ministry of Finance's Department of Financial Information, [...] | 2008-01-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN PL |
08WARSAW953 | TFGG01: POLAND'S CHOD ON GEORGIA, UKRAINE, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 12:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL |
08WARSAW963 | MISSILE DEFENSE AGREEMENT INITIALLED AD REF [...] (C) After two days of talks between Polish and U.S. delegations, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer and Under Secretary John Rood initialled ad referendum a Missile Defense agreement and a bilateral Declaration of Strategic Cooperation on August 14. FM Sikorski, who took part in two one [...] | 2008-08-14 20:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PEL MARR MASS MCAP PL |
08WARSAW973 | POLAND'S UNCOMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable outlines the upcoming crisis in Polish agriculture. The rural economy enjoys significant subsidies from the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP),but the CAP, drought, and a failure of leadership from the Ministry of Agriculture, are creating the circumstances under w [...] | 2008-08-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL |
08WARSAW974 | POLAND: SECRETARY RICE, FM SIKORSKI SIGN MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 15:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MCAP PL |
08WARSAW984 | POLAND ASKING WHAT'S NEXT? RESPONSE TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. In an August 22 meeting with DCM, Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak commended the creation of the NATO Commission on Georgia as "a good first step," but had little to offer in terms of Polish thinking on follow-up, despite President Kaczynski demonstrated flair for [...] | 2008-08-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL RU GG PL |
08WARSAW99 | POLISH PHARMACEUTICALS: U.S. COMPANIES UPBEAT [...] (C) Summary: The November 2, 2007 update to Poland's reimbursement list represents a dramatic breakthrough on market access to Poland for the U.S. research pharmaceuticals industry. At least six major pharmaceutical companies saw key products added to the list, a change which will mean subst [...] | 2008-01-24 14:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR TBIO ETRD PL |
09ASTANA1767 | KAZAKHSTAN HAS NO PROBLEM WITH INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF [...] (C) On October 2, the Ambassador informed Kazakhstan's Security Council Secretary and Assistant to the President, Marat Tazhin, that the inaugural flight of the U.S.-Russia transit agreement would likely occur on October 5 (reftel). The Ambassador emphasized that the U.S. government is mainta [...] | 2009-10-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RU KZ KG UA PL |
09ATHENS1103 | A/S Gordon's June 27 Meeting with Polish FM Sikorski: Russia [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Assistant Secretary Gordon met with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on the margins of the June 27-28 NATO-Russia Council and OSCE Informal Ministerial in Corfu, Greece. Their discussion centered on Georgia, U.S.-Russia nuclear disarmament negotiations, missile defen [...] | 2009-06-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PL |
09BAGHDAD3042 | RIDING HIGH AFTER THE CONFERENCE: IRAQ'S NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Sami al-Araji, the chairman of Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC) and our organizational partner for the October 20-21 U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference (BIC) in Washington, outlined for us his plans to capture the momentum from Iraq's investment conference [...] | 2009-11-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IZ PREL FR GM PL |
09BAKU746 | AZERBAIJAN'S REACTION TO MISSILE DEFENSE ALL ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Charge briefed Foreign Minister Mammadyarov on the United States' new approach to missile defense in Europe on September 18. The Minister focused on the relevance of Gabala radar station in the new architecture, and maintained the line the GOAJ has followed since the missile def [...] | 2009-09-18 10:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ RU IR PL CZ AJ |
09BELGRADE645 | SERBIA: REGIONAL SUMMIT TRUMPETS CQERATION BUT YIELDS [...] (C) Serbia hosted over a dozen Central European presidents at a June 19-21 summit focusing on regional cooperation in the realms of energy, economics and European integration. Though hailed as a success for Serbia's regional policy, the summit yielded little beyond symbolism and rhetoric. T [...] | 2009-07-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AL AU BK BU EZ HR IT KV LO MD MK MW PL |
09BERLIN1315 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, IRAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghan Runoff Elections 3. VP Biden in Europe, Missile Defense Policy Shift 4. Iranian Nuclear Program 5. Climate Protection  [...] | 2009-10-21 12:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IR EZ PL |
09BERLIN1320 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, VP BIDEN IN EUROPE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Nuclear Program 3. VP Biden in New Europe 4. Guantanamo 5. Climate Protection 6. Afghanistan  [...] | 2009-10-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF US PL IR GM |
09BERLIN1327 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAN-ISRAEL, NATO MINISTERIAL, VP [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Secret Meeting between Iran and Israel 3. Afghanistan/NATO Ministerial 4. Taliban in Pakistan 5. Biden in Europe  [...] | 2009-10-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PK AK IR IS GM RO EZ PL |
09BUDAPEST693 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) POL Counselor discussed reftel points September 18 with Dr. Gabor Horvath, the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Security Policy and Non-Proliferation. Horvath expressed appreciation for the U.S. briefing, noting that Hungary was not itself directl [...] | 2009-09-18 16:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PL EZ HU |
09CARACAS195 | CHAVEZ REFUSES FORMER POLISH PRESIDENT WALESA'S [...] (C) Summary: With five days to go until the February 15 constitutional referendum on removing official term limits, Chavez is trying to marginalize and discredit any potential critics. He has again denied democracy activist and former Polish President Lech Walesa entrance into Venezuela -- [...] | 2009-02-11 22:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KIRF VE PL |
09CHISINAU729 | POLISH AMBASSADOR UPSET BY USG [...] (C) In a September 22 meeting with several third country diplomats and Moldovan Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials, Polish Ambassador to Moldova Krzysztof Suprowicz told Defense Attach that Poland did not understand the logic or the mentality of the recent U.S. decision concerning the change [...] | 2009-09-24 14:51:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PINR PL MD |
09DOHA468 | QATAR RESHUFFLES AMBASSADORS [...] (U) On July 22, 2009, a local Arabic-language newspaper, Al Arab, published a wide-ranging list of new ambassadorial appointments by the Government of Qatar. 2. (U) Of note, the Amir appointed Mishaal Bin Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Thani, a member of the ruling family, as Qatar's Permanent Repre [...] | 2009-07-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL INRB PINR QA IR EG DJ JA PK PL GM NL |
09DUSSELDORF44 | WHAT IS STIRRING NRW M-P RUETTGERS ON HIS ROAD TO ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: During an October 28 introductory call by the Consul General, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers, newly returned from hosting federal coalition negotiations at the NRW representation in Berlin, took stock of national topics and the state of major pol [...] | 2009-11-03 10:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB SENV PL GM |
09KABUL3981 | ACTION REQUEST: ENGAGING COALITION PARTNERS TO QUICKLY [...] This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners with Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. We understand c [...] | 2009-12-10 09:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ PL TU AF |
09KYIV1091 | GERMAN, POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS' ROCKY VISIT [...] (C) The German and Polish Foreign Ministers visited Kyiv on June 17 to push political cooperation in dealing with the economic crisis and the need for stability in gas transit to Europe. President Yushchenko unexpectedly put off the meeting with the FMs, sending them (unwillingly) sightseeing [...] | 2009-06-29 17:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP GM PL |
09KYIV1715 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...] | 2009-10-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP PL KZ RU |
09KYIV1716 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...] | 2009-10-05 03:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP PL KZ KG RU |
09KYIV466 | A View from the Window: Consular Elements of the Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past several months, the Consular Section at Embassy Kyiv has seen changes that reflect the severe downturn in Ukraine's economy. As "economic crisis" became a ubiquitous refrain, the volume of nonimmigrant visa applications dropped noticeably. Fraudulent cases incre [...] | 2009-03-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EFIN ECON ETRD KFRD XH PL UP |
09KYIV578 | POLAND AS UKRAINE'S ADVOCATE [...] (C) Ukrainian officials regard Poland as a strong bilateral partner, Ukraine's primary advocate in the European Union, and as a key supporter of Ukraine's NATO aspirations. Poland and Ukraine maintain close contacts at all levels: Presidential, Prime Ministerial and via their Foreign Ministri [...] | 2009-04-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP PL |
09MEXICO3161 | UN/MEXICO: GOM WILL SUPPORT ARAB PROPOSAL ON [...] Poloff delivered demarche points in reftel A, emphasizing that, while the USG fully supported full investigations of all allegations of human rights violations during the Gaza conflict, we could not support an unbalanced resolution that focused entirely on the actions of Israel. Poloff stresse [...] | 2009-11-05 20:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MX PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KPAL ISPL PL |
09MOSCOW12 | RUSSIA AND POLAND HOLD MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) On December 19 a Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Lieutenant-General Yevgeniy Buzhinskiy hosted a Polish delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister (and former Ambassador to the United States) Przemyslaw Grudzinski to discuss Polish missile defense (MD) t [...] | 2009-01-08 14:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS MCAP RS PL |
09MOSCOW1397 | RUSSIA AND POLAND SEEK TO INTENSIFY RELATIONS [...] (C) The Russian MFA called Polish FM Sikorski's May 5-6 visit to Moscow a success for "intensifying relations." The MFA and Polish diplomats tell us that they have expanded track two mechanisms in an effort to keep contentious issues from derailing high-level talks. The GOR expressed its pr [...] | 2009-05-29 11:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PL RS |
09MOSCOW1642 | NO OFFICIAL GOR POSITION ON PATRIOT MISSILES IN [...] (C) MFA North America Desk First Secretary Aleksey Ivanov told us the GOR had no official position on the possible rotating-basis deployment of Patriot anti-missile systems in Poland. He told us that many GOR officials, however privately oppose such a move because they interpret Polish statem [...] | 2009-06-22 10:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MCAP MARR RS PL |
09MOSCOW2240 | PUTIN TO VISIT GDANSK TO MARK 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (C) PM Putin will attend the commemoration of the outbreak of World War II in Gdansk, Poland on September 1. During a meeting with PM Tusk, the sides are expected to sign agreements on cultural exchanges, transit of the Kaliningrad Bay, and the transfer of Polish HEU to Russia for reprocessin [...] | 2009-08-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PL RS |
09MOSCOW2391 | RUSSIA AND MD: AWAITING CONFIRMATION [...] (C) Official Moscow took the news that the U.S. would "shelve" MD plans in the Czech Republic and Poland calmly, awaiting an official confirmation. Neither President Medvedev nor PM Putin have commented on the purported decision. Duma, defense, and commentators did not pass up the opportuni [...] | 2009-09-17 12:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL RS |
09MOSCOW2747 | RUSSIA: POLISH PM SIKORSKI REOPENS OLD FIGHTS [...] (SBU) Russian media and officials are concerned with Polish FM Radoslaw Sikorski's November 4 comments to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. In particular, they noted Sikorski's request for U.S. forces on the ground in Poland to "protect against Russian aggression" a [...] | 2009-11-06 14:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PL RS |
09PARIS1529 | FRENCH MAY SELL MISTRAL CLASS SHIPS TO RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a series of meetings November 9-12, French MFA officials described the possible sale of a French Mistral-class helicopter carrier ship to Russia, and the licensing of the production of several other such ships in Russia, as a pragmatic economic deal--far from sealed--that [...] | 2009-11-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MASS RU GG PL FR |
09PARIS1563 | FRANCE GROWS CLOSER TO RUSSIA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Franco-Russian relations are growing closer and more stable, driven by France's increasingly pragmatic approach toward Moscow and desire to take the lead in shaping European relations with Russia. Bilateral exchanges have grown more intense, "dense," and frequent, [...] | 2009-11-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MASS GG PL RU FR |
09PRAGUE39 | BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDING REQUEST. [...] This is a joint cable from missions in Prague, Warsaw, Vilnius, and Bratislava requesting Agricultural Biotechnology Outreach Funds announced ref A. The joint mission proposal intends to develop a biotechnology outreach program using the Czech Republic as a hub for the central Europe and Balt [...] | 2009-01-20 15:57:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EZ PL LO LH |
09PRAGUE564 | CZECH GOVERNMENT DELEGATION REACTS CONSTRUCTIVELY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with Czech officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and Prime Minister's Office, a USG delegation headed by USD/P Flournoy briefed on President Obama's decision regarding missile defense (MD) in Europe. Overall the Czech off [...] | 2009-09-22 10:30:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ PL RS |
09PRAGUE722 | CZECH VIEWS ON THE VISEGRAD FOUR (C-RE9-02125) [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Poloff met on December 14 with Jiri Cistecky, Director of the Czech MFA's Central European Department, and Petr Maryska, a member of the Central European Department's Visegrad 4 (V-4) working group, to discuss Czech perceptions of the current state of V-4 cooperat [...] | 2009-12-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL EZ PL HU LO |
09STATE125736 | (S) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON POLAND FORMING A [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING POLISH OFFICIALS,S DECISION TO CREATE A NEW REGIONAL GROUP, SIMILAR TO THE V-4, INVOLVING ROMANIA AND UKRAINE. WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE PERCEPTION OF OTHER V-4 COUNTRIES TOWARDS POLISH "ASSERTIVENESS" WITHIN THE VISEGRAD GROUP A [...] | 2009-12-08 23:00:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL BO EZ PL RO UP |
09STATE127892 | NATO CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR OUR BALTIC ALLIES [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 2-3. 2. (S/NF) Summary and Action Request. The United States is developing a strategy for reaffirming both NATO and U.S. commitment to the core responsibility of the Alliance: collective defense. Examining NATO's approach to contingency plannin [...] | 2009-12-15 09:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO MARR MCAP PREL EN LG LH PL |
09STATE34957 | RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING SUPPORT OF BLUE [...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of political officer Duncan Walker in supporting the Blue Lantern program. As you know, Blue Lantern is the Department's primary instrument for monitoring the end-use of exported defense articles, technology, and s [...] | 2009-04-09 17:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETTC KOMC PL |
09STATE38591 | ACTION REQUEST: DEMARCHE ON BALTIC ENERGY SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Prime Ministers and Energy Ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will meet in Vilnius on April 26-27 to discuss energy security; Poland, Sweden and Finland will be represented at lower levels, as will CEOs of several Baltic energy companies. The United States supports and has [...] | 2009-04-17 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG LG LH PL RS SW FI |
09STATE4079 | U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC COOPERATION - RESPONSE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Post is requested to provide to the appropriate officials the text in paragraph 3 as the U.S. response to the Polish Memorandum on Strategic Cooperation. The text of the original Polish memorandum is included for reference in paragraph 4. 2. (U) Background: [...] | 2009-01-15 15:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MCAP PL |
09STATE4359 | GUIDANCE REGARDING INVITING CHINA TO THE FRIENDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 22:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AU AORC PREL FR NATO AF RU PL CH |
09STATE60621 | POLAND--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-12 00:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP PL |
09STATE83586 | (U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON POLISH POSITION [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTEL ON THE POLISH POSITION TOWARDS UKRAINE'S EURO-ATLANTIC FUTURE AND WARSAW'S INCREASING FRUSTRATION WITH KYIV'S LACK OF PROGRESS ON REFORMS AND THE RECENT POLISH-GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTERS' VISIT. WE PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED POST'S ASSESSMENTS O [...] | 2009-08-11 22:06:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PL |
09STOCKHOLM262 | SWEDEN PUSHES GREATER ENERGY SECURITY FOR BALTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Bo Diczfalusy, Director-General for Energy at the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Transportation, and MFA Baltic Desk Officer Isabella Torngren, told Econoffs on April 27 that Sweden: - views energy security as a key part of its EU Presidency focus on the Baltic Sea Strate [...] | 2009-04-27 13:24:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG LG LH PL RS FI SW |
09TEGUCIGALPA892 | PRO-COUP BUSINESSMAN CLAIMS LECH WALESA PLANS VISIT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Prominent businessman Adolfo (Fito) Facusse, who opposes the return of President Zelaya, told EconCouns on September 3 that he and others were involved in planning for a visit to Honduras by former Polish president Lech Wales [...] | 2009-09-04 22:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL HO PL |
09UNVIEVIENNA15 | CHINA IN VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (SBU) Mission conveyed to the Permanent Mission of France, host of the January 22 meeting, Ref A instructions that the U.S. supports inviting Russia and Poland to the meeting, if the Afghan ambassador here concurs. According to the French Mis [...] | 2009-01-16 08:33:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN CH |
09UNVIEVIENNA7 | FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TO MEET AGAIN JANUARY 22 [...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INL and SCA. Please see Para 8. 2. (U) The French Mission will host the next meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan Group (Ref A) on January 22. The draft agenda includes corruption, precursors, UNODC Independence Evaluation Unit report on Afgha [...] | 2009-01-12 14:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN |
09USNATO200 | POLES REQUEST ASSISTANCE BRINGING MONGOLIAN [...] (C/NF) During a May 18 introductory meeting with Ambassador Daalder, Polish Permanent Representative Winid requested U.S. assistance in the deployment of a Mongolian unit to Afghanistan where they would provide force protection for a Polish camp in Ghazni. The Mongolians would be brought in u [...] | 2009-05-19 18:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL MARR MCAP PL MG AF |
09USNATO403 | CZECH PERMREP ASKS FOR GREATER U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The new Czech Ambassador to NATO has privately predicted a potentially unfavorable turning-point in the general direction of Czech foreign and security policy. He said challenges would result for Czech transatlanticists, due to the impact of the U.S. decision to retool missi [...] | 2009-09-22 14:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS RS EZ PL |
09USNATO561 | ACTION REQUEST: A DECISION ON NATO CONTINGENCY [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: NATO contingency planning will be on the agenda during a December 16 meeting of Baltic and Polish leaders. It is also on the draft agenda of the Secretary General's December 10 meeting with SACEUR and the Chairman of the NATO [...] | 2009-12-02 11:14:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MCAP MARR LH LG EN PL |
09USNATO597 | POLES REQUEST SHORT DELAY ON CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S) Poland's NATO Deputy PermRep Adam Bugajski informed Charge December 22 that Warsaw plans to issue a non-paper on the proposed inclusion of the three Baltic countries in NATO's EAGLE GUARDIAN plan, which currently addresses the protection of Poland (reftel A). Bugajski requested the US rev [...] | 2009-12-22 15:15:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MCAP MARR PREL NATO PL |
09USUNNEWYORK607 | POLISH MISSION PROTESTS NYC REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Representatives of the Polish Mission to the UN (PMUN) met June 16 with the NYC Commission for the UN (NYCC) to clarify rules re Real Property Transfer Tax (RPTT) in NY. USUN/HC was invited to attend. The PMUN is in contr [...] | 2009-06-19 20:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OFDP PL KREC |
09VATICAN95 | INTERFAITH DIATRIBES TURN TO DIALOGUE IN KRAKOW AT ANNUAL [...] (U) Summary: At the 22nd edition of an annual interfaith dialogue to promote peace, held this year in Krakow with thousands of observers, hundreds of senior religious and political leaders expressed great agreement on themes like food security. They also engaged in some interfaith sniping, un [...] | 2009-09-14 14:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VT PL |
09WARSAW1004 | POLISH GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER [...] (C) The GoP fully agrees with the approach outlined in reftel, according to MFA Iran desk officer Piotr Kozlowski. Poland continues to support full, comprehensive, and transparent negotiations between P5 plus 1 members and Iran. In bilateral exchanges with Iranian officials, the GoP will stre [...] | 2009-09-29 15:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR PL |
09WARSAW1005 | POLAND WELCOMES TRILATERAL MIDDLE EAST MEETING [...] (C) GoP officials were pleased that U.S., Israeli, and Palestinian leaders met last week. Although the Poles discerned little progress, they saw the symbolic talks as establishing a precedent for more detailed discussions in coming months and, more importantly, demonstrating a renewed U.S. c [...] | 2009-09-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS PL |
09WARSAW1006 | POLAND ON OUTCOME OF U.S. BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM PL |
09WARSAW1018 | IRANIAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS: CHALLENGES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Berlin Iran Watcher and Embassy Warsaw Public Affairs Counselor attended a "Women's Solidarity for Democracy" conference organized by the Warsaw-based Permanent Secretariat of the Community of Democracies. The conference topic was the Iranian civil rights movement and [...] | 2009-09-30 16:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IR PL |
09WARSAW1027 | POLAND APPROVES INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU KZ KG UA PL |
09WARSAW1028 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Warsaw is an opportunity to reset relations with Poland, a loyal ally. Poles have long aspired to building a special relationship with the U.S., on par with what we have with the UK, but they believe the U.S. has not always shown the same enthusiasm. To an extent, many Poles [...] | 2009-10-05 11:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ECON PL |
09WARSAW1029 | SUPPORT FOR POLAND'S ASPIRING NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Polish government requests US assistance in launching a nuclear power program. PM Tusk's goal of generating nuclear power by 2020 is optimistic. However, simultaneously meeting Poland's carbon emissions commitments and addressing its energy security concerns will require d [...] | 2009-10-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV TRGY BEXP BTIO PL |
09WARSAW1037 | POLAND'S POTENTIAL SHALE GAS INVESTMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The success of companies in the U.S. at extracting gas from shale and other unconventional sources has generated some excitement in Poland. Several majors and mid-majors have applied for exploration licenses over the past year and performed broader market and investment climat [...] | 2009-10-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV PL |
09WARSAW1039 | PM TUSK RESHUFFLES CABINET IN WAKE OF CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an effort to "ensure public trust" in his government and in the ruling Civic Platform (PO),PM Tusk announced October 7 the resignations of Deputy PM / Interior Minister Grzegorz Schetyna, Justice Minister Andrzej Czuma, and Deputy Economy Minister Adam Szejnfeld. Tusk said he [...] | 2009-10-07 16:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS PL |
09WARSAW1049 | POLAND: STILL ON BOARD WITH TWO-TRACK APPROACH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland remains solidly behind the double-track approach towards Iran. While encouraged by the outcome of the P5 1 talks, MFA officials told us they are "prudently skeptical" about Tehran's intentions and will continue to support tougher measures if Iran fails to fulfill its com [...] | 2009-10-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PARM PL UK |
09WARSAW1065 | PM TUSK PLACES SAFE BETS IN VACANT CABINET POSTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Tusk's appointees to replace cabinet ministers dismissed in the wake of Poland's "Gambling-gate" scandal (ref A) reflect a preference for continuity, stability, and expertise over big names or Civic Platform (PO) party insiders. On October 14, Tusk tapped Malopolska Governor [...] | 2009-10-19 06:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS KCRM PTER PL |
09WARSAW1066 | GICNT: POLAND LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN COBALT AND [...] (C) Poland is likely to participate in the Global Initiative's November COBALT exercise and the January 2010 Exercise Planning Group meeting, according to the Polish MFA. Poloff and a Russian Embassy official delivered reftel demarche to Szymon Bochenski of the MFA's security policy departmen [...] | 2009-10-19 09:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC PL |
09WARSAW1068 | PM TUSK REMAINS MAN TO BEAT DESPITE SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly two years in office and in the midst of a corruption scandal and the global economic crisis, PM Tusk's public approval has held steady at around 50 percent, a feat unprecedented since 1989. By dismissing ministers implicated in the "Gamble-gate" scandal, even absent [...] | 2009-10-19 12:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR PL |
09WARSAW1069 | FM SIKORSKI PITCHES U.S.-POLISH TEAMWORK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Sikorski told visiting DRL A/S Posner that it is in the U.S. and Polish "national DNA" to share the benefits of liberty with the world. He said that together, U.S. resources and Poland's transformational experience could reinvigorate the Community of Democracies (CD). Sikorsk [...] | 2009-10-19 12:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV PL |
09WARSAW107 | POLAND'S DIVIDED LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is strong consensus among Poland's left-wing parties that they could garner as much as 25 percent of the vote in June 2009 European Parliament elections by running a unified list. Although the left pays dearly for its division, its leaders cannot decide how, and under whos [...] | 2009-01-30 16:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
09WARSAW1071 | HLDG: CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRESS ON U.S. BMD AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, led a U.S. delegation to Warsaw for the first ever U.S.-Poland High Level Defense Group (HLDG). Polish Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Stanislaw Komorowski led the Polish dele [...] | 2009-10-20 08:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MARR PL |
09WARSAW1087 | POLISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER 26-27 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland largely shares U.S. views on the Western Balkans, Afghanistan/Pakistan and the Middle East. Poland supports a sustained EU operational presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as visa liberalization regimes for both Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Poland appreciates [...] | 2009-10-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PL |
09WARSAW1091 | BALTIC ENERGY BRIDGE: POLAND CHEERS FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. The Polish government (GoP) views Baltic energy security as important to its regional diplomatic efforts, particularly to building EU energy solidarity and managing EU-Russian relations. However, the GoP does not believe that connecting Baltic energy markets to Poland or other [...] | 2009-10-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV PREL PL |
09WARSAW1093 | POLISH FM SIKORSKI'S MISSION TO MIDDLE EAST: [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official characterized FM Sikorski's October 19-20 trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories as an "information gathering" mission to help Poland prepare for its EU presidency in the second half of 2011. Although Poland will continue to engage Israelis and Pal [...] | 2009-10-28 06:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IS PL PREL |
09WARSAW1096 | POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA PRIORITIES, OFFERS A FEW [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) Poland will support UNGA Third Committee country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK. Although some states argue that the resolutions cross into the domain of the UN Human Rights Council, MFA UN and Huma [...] | 2009-10-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN PL |
09WARSAW1100 | POLES ON BOARD FOR COORDINATED APPROACH ON [...] (C) MFA officials welcomed reftel suggestion to engage in a coordinated approach to the Afghan Government on gubernatorial appointments. Ambassador Jerzy Wieclaw, Chief of the MFA's South Asia Division, said he would encourage the Polish Embassy to reach out to the U.S. mission in Kabul to b [...] | 2009-10-30 13:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PL AF |
09WARSAW1112 | POLES FATALISTIC ABOUT UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland shares our desire to integrate Ukraine into Western institutions, but many in the GoP view the upcoming Ukrainian presidential election in zero-sum terms: a likely victory for Russia and loss for Poland -- no matter which candidate wins. Many Poles believe that for five ye [...] | 2009-11-02 16:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL UP RS |
09WARSAW1113 | GAMBLING SCANDAL SHOWS LIMITS OF GOP'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent "Gamble-gate" scandal reminded Poles that the Tusk Government has failed to make good on anti-corruption pledges, including a vow to create a "shield" against abuse of privatization and public tenders. Nor has the government passed promised laws to curb undue business [...] | 2009-11-03 09:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM PHUM PL |
09WARSAW1120 | POLAND AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON GOLDSTONE [...] (C) Although MFA experts will review U.S. arguments in more detail, Poland will likely support the U.S. position if and when a resolution comes up for a vote. Josef Osas, Minister-Counselor in the MFA's Africa and Middle East Department, said Poland's assessment of a possible Arab Group reso [...] | 2009-11-04 16:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL ISPL PL |
09WARSAW1121 | POLAND: UNGA ICSC ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PL |
09WARSAW1122 | POLAND TO SIGN LONG-TERM GAS DEAL WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Tusk's energy committee is expected to approve today, November 4, a new agreement with Russia on gas and transit through 2037. The deal will then go to the Council of Ministers for final approval, probably on Tuesday, November 10. The contract includes a reduce [...] | 2009-11-05 07:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENIV ENRG ETRD PGOV PL |
09WARSAW113 | POLAND - PRIME MINISTER TO FUND TIP VICTIMS SHELTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Following front-page media coverage about the potential closure of Poland's only shelter providing specialized assistance for victims of trafficking in Poland (reftel),Prime Minister Tusk offered public assurances January 13 that the GoP would provide the funds necessary to kee [...] | 2009-02-02 15:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL |
09WARSAW1130 | "BE PREPARED" -- WARSAW AND KRAKOW CONSULAR SECTIONS COMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Consular Sections at U.S. Embassy Warsaw and U.S. Consulate General in Krakow launched their year-long commitment to crisis management training by holding a full-day crisis management exercise using air crash and H1N1 pandemic scenarios. American Citizen Service (ACS) Units i [...] | 2009-11-05 16:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CMGT ASEC PL |
09WARSAW1136 | POLAND: 2009-10 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Mission Poland's submission for the 2009-2010 INCSR Part I follows: Begin Text: I. Summary Poland has traditionally been a transit country for drug trafficking. As economic conditions improve, it is increasingly a more significant consumer of narcotics and producer of amphetamine [...] | 2009-11-10 08:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM PL |
09WARSAW1137 | POLAND: KEEP BELARUS SANCTIONS, BUT HOW? [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GoP supports a rollover of the current EU sanctions mandate set to expire in March 2010, as well as extending the suspension of travel restrictions against EU officials, which expires on December 15, 2009. However, according to MFA officials, Poland still cannot commit to a [...] | 2009-11-10 15:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN BO PL |
09WARSAW1138 | POLES ACCEPT U.S. RATIONALE FOR NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA PL |
09WARSAW1139 | HLDG: CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRESS ON U.S. BMD AND [...] This corrected cable replaces WARSAW 01071. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, led a U.S. delegation to Warsaw for the first-ever U.S.-Poland High Level Defense Group (HLDG). Polish Undersecretary of Defense for Policy [...] | 2009-11-12 07:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MARR PL |
09WARSAW1140 | POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER CRITICIZES RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) The controversy sparked by FM Sikorski's reported call for U.S. troops in Poland "as a shield against Russian aggression," although subsequently retracted by Interfax, was widely covered in the media and distracted from an otherwise disciplined and positive trip for the FM to Washington. [...] | 2009-11-12 07:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PL PREL RS |
09WARSAW1150 | POLAND SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF EUFOR MISSION IN [...] (C) Poland favors UN Security Council renewal of the EUFOR mandate in Bosnia. Tomasz Lekarski, Deputy Director of the MFA Security Policy Department, said he did not expect any major obstacles to renewal when UNSC considers the issue November 18. However, he described the EU's position on E [...] | 2009-11-17 17:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU BK PL |
09WARSAW1153 | NO DAYLIGHT BETWEEN POLISH, U.S. POSITIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland agrees that Afghanistan's partners need to urge the GoA to tackle a few top priorities, such as improving good governance, fighting corruption, and bolstering Afghan security forces. MFA officials told us the West should make clear to President Karzai that continued sup [...] | 2009-11-19 10:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PL |
09WARSAW1163 | POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER LOOKS FOR "STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told the Ambassador on November 20 that negotiations over the U.S.-Polish Supplemental SoFA Agreement are "done." The Foreign Minister did not mention Prime Minister Tusk having approved the SoFA text, as required, but left the strong impress [...] | 2009-11-24 17:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MARR PHUM ECON ENRG PL |
09WARSAW1164 | POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER LOOKS FOR "STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told the Ambassador on November 20 that negotiations over the U.S.-Polish Supplemental SoFA Agreement are "done." The Foreign Minister did not mention Prime Minister Tusk having approved the SoFA text, as required, but left the strong impress [...] | 2009-11-25 07:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MARR PHUM ECON ENRG PL |
09WARSAW1170 | AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR IN POLAND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Morningstar traveled to Poland November 12-14 to meet with government, opposition and business officials on a wide range of regional energy security topics. The visit followed Vice President Biden's commitment in Warsaw to further cooperation on energy security and t [...] | 2009-11-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV PREL PL |
09WARSAW1178 | FRAUD SUMMARY - POLAND [...] (U) Although the Polish economy is slowing due to the global economic crisis, it has proven to be more resilient than other European economies. After 2008's 4.9 percent growth, Eurostat predicts Poland's GDP will drop to 1.2 percent in 2009. In comparison, the EU as a whole is expected to se [...] | 2009-12-01 07:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PL |
09WARSAW1185 | POLISH MFA: MIXED PROGRESS WITH EASTERN NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland's engagement with Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus is yielding mixed results, according to Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz, Director of the MFA's Eastern Department. What Bratkiewicx described as a "pragmatic approach" toward Russia has led to some movement on historical issues and broug [...] | 2009-12-02 16:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PL PREL |
09WARSAW1187 | POLAND'S POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland will respond positively to a U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan and, after interministerial consultations, hopes to announce its own increase soon, according to MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow. Poland prides itself on being a pro-Israel voice within the EU, Sobkow sa [...] | 2009-12-02 16:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KNNP EFIN IR PL |
09WARSAW1188 | POLAND SUPPORTS US AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial Polish reactions to the newly announced Afghanistan strategy have been supportive nearly across the board. In a morning interview, Prime Minister Tusk said Poland should respond to the U.S. call as a manifestation of "Allied solidarity". Previewing the December 1 call [...] | 2009-12-02 16:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP NATO KPAO PL |
09WARSAW1195 | POLES AGREE WITH U.S. POSITION ON BURMA [...] (C) Poland fully agrees with the U.S. position on Burma, as outlined in Ref A, and will press the EU to support democratic reform in Burma. Danuta Bolimowska, First Counselor in the MFA's Asia-Pacific Department, said Poland had limited influence bilaterally, but she thought U.S. re-engageme [...] | 2009-12-07 11:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM PL |
09WARSAW1197 | POLISH VIEWS ON DECEMBER 7-8 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref points December 3 to MFA EU Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski, who responded with a summary of Poland's positions for this first EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC). With a view to establishing the EU as a global actor, Poland endorses all activities aimed at strengtheni [...] | 2009-12-07 18:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EUN PL |
09WARSAW1198 | POLES WELCOME U.S. APPROACH ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) The GOP appreciates the U.S. approach to the December 7 meeting of the UN Human Rights Council, per reftel, as well as Washington's broader engagement strategy with North Korea. Urszula Rasnowiecka of the MFA's Asia-Pacific Department said she hoped that such recent developments would stim [...] | 2009-12-07 18:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA KN PL |
09WARSAW1200 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S TAUSCHER'S DECEMBER 10-11 [...] (C) Welcome. Since your visit to Warsaw in mid-September, much has changed for the better in the bilateral relationship, although clean-up may be needed in light of Polish government statements on Patriot missiles following the December 4 meeting between the Secretary and Foreign Minister Sik [...] | 2009-12-08 18:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV RS PL |
09WARSAW1204 | POLAND SEEKS TO BUILD CSDP AS CREDIBLE PARTNER FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As one of the goals of its 2011 EU Presidency, Poland aims to give life to the European Union Common Security and Defense Policy. To that end, Polish PM Tusk and French President Sarkozy issued a Declaration on Security and Defense on November 5 in Paris. Polish MFA officials [...] | 2009-12-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR NATO EU PL |
09WARSAW121 | POLISH SENATORS TO AMBASSADOR: POLAND DESERVES DUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, members of the Polish Senate's Foreign Affairs Committee urged that progress on building a Polish-U.S. strategic partnership not slow or stop, regardless of the current U.S. Administration's decision on the Ballistic Missile Defense Ag [...] | 2009-02-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS PL |
09WARSAW1211 | POLAND: OUT OF CYCLE REVIEW OF INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. We assess the Polish Government's (GoP's) November 23 Out-of-Cycle review (OCR) submission as credible. The GoP has tightened its efforts to fight IPR violations, particularly with regard to internet piracy, to strengthen public awareness of the value of IP, and to [...] | 2009-12-10 18:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PL |
09WARSAW122 | UKRAINE, POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC SUMMIT ON GAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Lech Kaczynski's January 28 meeting in Wroclaw with Ukrainian President Yushchenko and Czech Prime Minister Topolanek, representing the EU presidency, produced only an inconclusive assessment of the Ukraine-Russia gas agreement. Officials from President Lech Kaczynski' [...] | 2009-02-04 06:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG RS CZ BO UP PL |
09WARSAW1220 | U.S.-POLISH COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Polish Counterterrorism Working Group met December 11 to review ongoing bilateral counterterrorism cooperation, primarily between U.S. and Polish law enforcement, homeland security, and crisis management agencies. Visiting S/CT officials provided a briefing on the Obama [...] | 2009-12-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KCRM PL |
09WARSAW1222 | GOP ENGAGEMENT DE-ESCALATES STANDOFF WITH CHECHEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Polish border guards December 15 stopped a train carrying more than 150 mostly Chechen refugees en route to Dresden, Germany. The refugees said they were on their way to Strasbourg to protest poor conditions for refugees in Poland. However, they did not have permission to travel [...] | 2009-12-17 18:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PL |
09WARSAW1228 | POLAND COULD ACCEPT "COMPLEMENTARY" CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR POLAND AND BALTIC STATES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 14:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | NATO MCAP MARR PREL PL |
09WARSAW1231 | POLAND: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] In response to reftel, post submits the following narrative for Poland's 2009 Country Report on Terrorism. Embassy POC is Amy Walla, Political Officer, WallaAC@state.gov. 2. Begin Text: Poland The Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration assesses the terrorist threat lev [...] | 2009-12-22 14:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC PL |
09WARSAW125 | POLAND'S SZCZYGLO: TROOP INCREASES FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, newly-appointed Chief of Poland's National Security Bureau, Aleksander Szczyglo said that in light of the military's increasingly dire funding picture, he no longer knew if it would be possible to add to Poland's 1,600 troops in Afgh [...] | 2009-02-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AF IS LE PL |
09WARSAW1250 | SEJM SPEAKER KOMOROWSKI ON U.S.-POLISH RELATIONS [...] (C) In his first meeting with Sejm Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski (Civic Platform - PO),Ambassador Feinstein heard that the Speaker sought U.S. help building public support for Poland's troop increase in Afghanistan. Komorowski also agreed that NATO contingency planning was a positive developm [...] | 2009-12-31 14:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | NATO MARR MCAP PREL PGOV PL |
09WARSAW136 | KACZYNSKI'S NEW CLOTHES: LAW AND JUSTICE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. The opposition Law and Justice Party (PiS) stands to benefit from growing Polish economic anxieties, and party chair Jaroslaw Kaczynski has criticized the government's unwillingness to undertake deficit spending to provide an economic stimulus. Otherwise, PiS's "new" anti-crisis [...] | 2009-02-06 16:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
09WARSAW139 | POLAND ON EU CLIMATE PACKAGE, ENERGY SECURITY AND [...] (C) Piotr Serafin, Under Secretary of the Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE) recently briefed EconCouns and ESTOff on: 1) Polish tactics and outcome of the December 12, 2008 EU climate package; 2) a new EUR 3.5 billion allocation for European energy and power interconnecti [...] | 2009-02-10 06:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG SENV EPET ENRG EUN PL |
09WARSAW14 | STATUTORY AND POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ON POLISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Statutory limitations and a general political culture that straightjackets large-scale military acquisition projects are impeding the GoP,s ability to advance its defense modernization program. The Polish Ministry of Defense (MoD) was obligated to return approximately USD 350 m [...] | 2009-01-07 12:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PMAT PL |
09WARSAW144 | POLAND APPROVES ANTARCTIC TREATY MEASURES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KSCA KTIA AORC SENV TPHY PL |
09WARSAW146 | POLAND/RUSSIA: MOVING FORWARD IN CHOPPY WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Vladimir Putin's proposed spring visit to Warsaw has not yet been scheduled, but Polish officials tell us that energy security will likely top the agenda. Prime Minister Tusk's staff said the media accurately described Tusk's January 29 meeting with Putin in Davos as a discussion [...] | 2009-02-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PL RS |
09WARSAW15 | POLAND APPRECIATES ADVANCE NOTICE OF NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 16:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PL |
09WARSAW16 | POLISH VIEWS ON WAY FORWARD ON SEPARATIST REGIONS [...] (C) Polish Deputy FM Andrzej Kremer told DCM that the GoP fully agrees with U.S. strategic objectives, but is concerned about the tactics outlined in reftel. For instance, the EU could find itself in a legal bind (and it's legal commitment to defend Georgian territorial integrity called into [...] | 2009-01-08 08:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | GG PL PREL RS |
09WARSAW166 | MINISTER HAILS POLISH FOREIGN POLICY PRAGMATISM, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sikorski's annual report to parliament highlighted improved relations with Germany, a pragmatic conversation with Russia, new influence within the EU, and expectations of strategic cooperation with the U.S. Poland's EU initiatives over the last year produced [...] | 2009-02-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR RS PL |
09WARSAW170 | POLAND WANTS LIVE PATRIOTS, “NOT POTTED PLANTS†[...] (S) SUMMARY. GOP officials are not privy to the full range of U.S. planning and thinking with regard to the prospective Patriot battery rotation here, but they do have expectations -- some naive, some tactical -- that they are making increasingly clear. For example, when told last autumn that the P [...] | 2009-02-13 15:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MAPP PL |
09WARSAW18 | Poland/TIP - Continued Forward Progress, But ... [...] (SBU) Summary. Poland has continued to make strides in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons. Poland ratified the 2005 Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings on November 17. It will enter into force on March 1, 2009. The Polish government and Interna [...] | 2009-01-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL |
09WARSAW181 | POLAND SUPPORTS STRONGER MEASURES AGAINST [...] (C) Ewa Zalewska, the Desk officer for Mauritania at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told us that Poland fully supports having the EU impose stronger sanctions against Mauritania's military junta, including visa denials, travel restrictions, and the freezing of assets. Zalewska emphas [...] | 2009-02-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN AA MR PL |
09WARSAW182 | POLAND MONITORING U.S. IMPACT ON DURBAN REVIEW [...] (C) The Polish government was surprised by the USG decision to participate in the Durban Review working group in Geneva. Miroslaw Luczka, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of United Nations and Human Rights, asked whether the U.S. has a plan coordinated with some of the key countries, a [...] | 2009-02-18 16:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PL PREL |
09WARSAW183 | POLISH ENERGY PRIORITIES: GAS SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (C) Poland's new energy security strategy has still not been released from the Prime Minister's Office, but after over a year in power, PM Tusk has announced most of his key priorities. In an important policy change, the government is embracing gas interconnections -- including to the German [...] | 2009-02-18 16:50:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | KGHG SENV EPET ENRG EUN PL |
09WARSAW185 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR FEBRUARY 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) At the top of Foreign Minister Radoslaw "Radek" Sikorski's agenda when you meet next week will be securing an symbolically important early White House meeting for Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The Poles want an early summit -- preferably by April -- to signal that the new administration [...] | 2009-02-19 06:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP MARR US PL |
09WARSAW186 | POLISH RESPONSE TO U.S. PLANS FOR MARCH 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 06:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG PREL PL |
09WARSAW191 | AUTO WEAKNESS MANAGABLE, BUT EU-15 PROTECTIONISM [...] (U) Summary. Poland,s relatively well balanced economy has shielded Poles from the worst of the global financial crisis and recession, but weakening exports are finally bringing the global recession home. Automobile manufacturing, Poland,s largest export industry, began to weaken in September [...] | 2009-02-19 16:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PL |
09WARSAW192 | ANTI-SEMITISM IN POLAND: AN UP-CLOSE LOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Members of Poland's Jewish community, as well as Jewish and Catholic religious leaders and community activists, question the utility of two recent attitude surveys suggesting a rise in anti-Semitism in Poland. More accurate indicators are the low incidence of anti-Semitic violen [...] | 2009-02-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PL |
09WARSAW199 | BIOTECHNOLOGY CORN EVENT DEMARCHE [...] FAS Agricultural Counselor delivered reftel demarche on Pioneer and Syngenta GMO corn hybrid approvals at the Ministry of Environment, February 20, 2009, meeting with New Technologies Department Director, Agnieszka Dalbiak. Dalbiak said Poland has not decided how it will vote on February 25 i [...] | 2009-02-23 13:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD PL |
09WARSAW2 | POTENTIAL GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS FROM RUSSIA TO [...] (C) Summary. Reporting from the Polish Embassy in Kyiv, conveyed to us by MFA's Economic Department, confirms reports from Embassy Berlin and Kyiv (Refs B and C) that the Ukrainians have found a way to pay gas debts to Gazprom and will avert a shutoff on January 1. That said, Polish authorit [...] | 2009-01-01 13:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL RU PL |
09WARSAW20 | POLES SKEPTICAL OF RUSSIAN INTENTIONS ON CFE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS PL |
09WARSAW205 | POLISH MFA ON AFGHANISTAN STRATEGIC REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. In a February 23 meeting with Charge to discuss reftels, Deputy Foreign Minister Jacek Najder suggested that the U.S. strategic review of Afghanistan/Pakistan policy should seek ways to empower Afghanistan's governors, the key to building stability outside the major cities. Najd [...] | 2009-02-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PL |
09WARSAW212 | POLAND: CANNOT TAKE LEAD IN NTM-I BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) In response to retel demarche, Lucyna Golc-Kozak, the Head of the Operations and Crisis Management Section at the Polish MFA, told us that Poland will not take the lead as the Principal Coordinating Nation for a border security program within the NATO training mission in Iraq. Golc-Kozak s [...] | 2009-02-25 15:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ PL |
09WARSAW218 | POLAND ON THE G-20 PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. The Poles are concerned about the evolving composition of the G-20. While they like the G-20 as a forum for coordinating, they are worried that the current composition does not reflect the variety of perspectives needed to comprehensively meet the challenge. They have also not [...] | 2009-02-27 16:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KFIN ECON PL |
09WARSAW22 | CODEL TAUSCHER VISIT TO POLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Tauscher emphasized to Polish interlocutors December 17 that the U.S. remained committed to missile defense (MD),but insisted that the long-range component must be realistically tested and certified effective before deployment. In the meantime, Tauscher said Congress woul [...] | 2009-01-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL MARR MCAP NATO PL CZ RS |
09WARSAW225 | POLAND: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Poland be removed from the Special 301 Watch List. In 2008, Poland consolidated and extended the major advances it made during 2007 in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). Improved enforcement was highlighted in February, when Polish police raid [...] | 2009-03-02 15:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR PL |
09WARSAW23 | CODEL TAUSCHER'S MEETING WITH POLISH FM SIKORSKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 16 conversation visiting CODEL Tauscher and Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski discussed Missile Defense, including Russian views of MD in Europe, Georgia and Afghanistan. On Missile Defense, Congresswoman Tauscher described Congressional plans to seek a strategic pa [...] | 2009-01-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PL PREL |
09WARSAW231 | POLAND - HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, DURBAN REVIEW, HRR [...] (C) Summary. The GoP is pleased with the USG decision to be an active observer at the Human Rights Council (HRC). Poland intends to run for a seat on the HRC in 2010. The GoP will remain part of the Durban Review process despite having little hope for the draft text. The Country Report on Hum [...] | 2009-03-03 09:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PL |
09WARSAW238 | POLAND:CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 09:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG PL |
09WARSAW24 | POLAND/TIP - LACK OF FUNDS IMPERILS POLAND'S ONLY [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR G/TIP AND DRL. PLEASE SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Although Poland continues to make strides in combating trafficking in persons (reftel),a funding shortage could prompt the NGO LaStrada to close Poland's only shelter providing specialized assistance to T [...] | 2009-01-08 15:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG PL |
09WARSAW253 | POLAND'S ECONOMY HOLDS STEADY: FORTUNE FAVORS THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Poland's economy is slowing amidst global weakness, but thanks to good timing and good policy, it is not in crisis. Poles are sheltering behind the prudent fiscal, monetary, and regulatory policy of recent years; the relative immaturity of Poland's consumer credit market; and [...] | 2009-03-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PL |
09WARSAW257 | POLAND AND ODIHR - NEW MATERIAL TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 5, the Polish Ministry of Education and the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched a set of teaching tools to combat anti-Semitism. The materials are specifically aimed at middle-school age (gymnazium) students. Discussions are underw [...] | 2009-03-10 14:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PL |
09WARSAW258 | POLAND/GERMANY - WHO'S AFRAID OF ERIKA STEINBACH, [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Tusk and PM-Advisor Bartoszewski have been criticized by the opposition and media commentators for failing to communicate the extent of Polish opposition to the establishment of a German documentation center for expellees. In the view of these critics, the withdrawal of German [...] | 2009-03-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GM PL |
09WARSAW259 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Removing Poland from the Special 301 Watch List now would acknowledge progress on traditional intellectual property rights (IPR) issues, and -- if the USG decides in the future to use the Special 301 process to draw attention to market access issues like those troubling the in [...] | 2009-03-10 16:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR PL |
09WARSAW26 | POLAND AND RUSSIA TO HOLD REGULAR SECURITY MEETINGS [...] (C) Poland and Russia have agreed to a regular dialogue to discuss a wide range of security issues, including the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, NATO-Russia relations, non-proliferation, and missile defense (MD). The decision occurred in the context of a December 19 meeting between Po [...] | 2009-01-08 16:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PREL MARR RS PL |
09WARSAW260 | POLISH VIEWS ON MARCH 16-17 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland believes the EU will reach a general consensus on extending -- for another six months -- suspension of the EU's travel ban on Belarusian officials. Poland views as a positive initiative the Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister's March 6 visit to Warsaw to address Polish conc [...] | 2009-03-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN AF TU PL |
09WARSAW261 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S MARCH 15 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Prime Minister/Interior Minister Minister Grzegorz Schetyna is interested in expanding cooperation with the new Obama administration. Your meeting with Schetyna is an opportunity to extend already strong U.S.-Polish security cooperation to other spheres, including countert [...] | 2009-03-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KJUS KCRM PL |
09WARSAW277 | POLAND - NO REPORTS OF FORCED CHILD LABOR IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 13:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP PL |
09WARSAW279 | POLES INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK IR UN PL |
09WARSAW288 | POLISH FINANCIAL SECTOR: WILL THEY NEED THE IMF? [...] (C) Summary. Poland's financial sector continues to look sound, with adequate liquidity and access to global markets. However, potentially serious vulnerabilities have been exposed by the prolonged strain on European parent banks, the deepening economic downturn, and the steep decline in the [...] | 2009-03-19 17:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PL |
09WARSAW294 | POLAND: INTERNAL BATTLE LEADS TO DISMISSAL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO PL |
09WARSAW296 | POLAND: GLOBAL INITIATIVE ATTENDANCE UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) Accompanied by Russian and South Korean diplomats, we jointly delivered Ref A invitation on March 17 to Szymon Bochenski of the MFA's Security Policy Department, who said there was a 50/50 chance that a Polish police representative would attend the April 14-16 Global Initiative Exercise [...] | 2009-03-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS MCAP PINR PINS PL |
09WARSAW297 | POLES INTEND TO REMAIN IN KFOR FOR THE LONG HAUL [...] (C) Warsaw has no plans to reduce or withdraw its forces from NATO's KFOR mission in Kosovo. Jan Szopozniak of the MFA's Security Policy Department told us March 19 that NATO missions had the highest priority among all military operations requiring the deployment of Polish troops abroad. He [...] | 2009-03-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KV PL |
09WARSAW298 | POLAND: ARE WE SINCERE? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Polish political leaders have largely recovered from initial misgivings about recent U.S. overtures to Russia. The President's public clarification of his letter to President Medvedev, as well as the meeting between FM Sikorski and Secretary Clinton, have set aside for now Poli [...] | 2009-03-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PM PL |
09WARSAW3 | POTENTIAL GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS FROM RUSSIA TO [...] (C) Summary. Reporting from the Polish Embassy in Kyiv, conveyed to us by MFA's Economic Department, confirms reports from Embassy Berlin and Kyiv (Refs B and C) that the Ukrainians have found a way to pay gas debts to Gazprom and will avert a shutoff on January 1. That said, Polish authorit [...] | 2009-01-01 13:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL RU PL |
09WARSAW301 | POLAND: INTERNAL BATTLE LEADS TO DISMISSAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The March 17 dismissal of Agnieszka Rozmaszewska-Guzy as the director of Polonia TV and U.S.-funded Belsat appears to reflect an internal political battle over financial resources and control of the Polish media rather than a shift in GoP policy towards Belarus. Our contacts say [...] | 2009-03-23 10:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO PL |
09WARSAW309 | POLAND LIKELY TO INCREASE ISAF DEPLOYMENT IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 08:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF PK PL |
09WARSAW314 | POLAND SUPPORTS US ON SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish MFA is encouraged by the new U.S. administration's firm stance on Georgia's territorial integrity. Tomasz Orlowski, Head of the Central Asia and South Caucasus Section at the Polish MFA, told us that Poland and the U.S. appear to be "on the same page." Orlowski said Po [...] | 2009-03-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS RS BO GG PL |
09WARSAW32 | LECH WALESA CALLS FOR NEW ERA OF U.S. LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Nobel Laureate and former Polish President Lech Walesa told the Ambassador January 10 that the United States -- while still a military and economic power -- is no longer the moral or political leader it once was. After the fall of communism, Walesa said, the world needs to be "rearranged." [...] | 2009-01-12 16:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PL |
09WARSAW323 | POLISH MFA: ENGAGE BELARUS BUT PROTECT MINORITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish MFA continues to push for EU and U.S. engagement with Belarus to keep it out of Russia's clench, but insists that such engagement should not be at the expense of the Polish minority in Belarus. An MFA official told us the Union of Poles in Belarus held a successful ele [...] | 2009-03-26 13:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO PL |
09WARSAW328 | POLAND: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing Israeli Ambassador David Peleg lamented Polish disengagement from Mideast peacekeeping missions due to the focus on Afghanistan and suggested that the Poles should keep a more open mind about the incoming Israeli government. In his view, Prime Minister Tusk may have l [...] | 2009-03-27 15:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS XF PL |
09WARSAW33 | FORMER POLISH PM KACZYNSKI MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with the Ambassador, a subdued and reflective Jaroslaw Kaczynski -- former Prime Minister and current chair of the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party -- characterized the U.S.-Georgia charter as an important development given Georgia's precarious politic [...] | 2009-01-12 16:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PL |
09WARSAW339 | YOUR MEETING WITH POLAND'S LEADERSHIP IN PRAGUE [...] (C) Your April 5 meeting with Poland's leadership (which is likely to be both President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk) is much anticipated in Warsaw. If you meet with them together, which I expect to be the case, it will be the first time these two political rivals have met jo [...] | 2009-03-31 08:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP PHUM MARR ECON ENRG CVIS PGOV PL |
09WARSAW345 | POLAND'S "TRUTH-TELLER" CANDIDATE FOR COE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland's candidate for Council of Europe (COE) Secretary General has done it all. Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz has served as prime minister, foreign minister, justice minister, and parliamentary speaker; he has also run twice for president. A moderate social democrat, he is one of t [...] | 2009-04-01 07:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM COE PL |
09WARSAW351 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROGERS VISIT TO WARSAW, [...] (SBU) Mission Poland warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Warsaw. Your meetings will occur one day after President Obama meets with the Polish leadership on the margins of the U.S.-EU Summit in Prague, which will likely be with both Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Lech Kaczynski. [...] | 2009-04-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR OREP ENRG MARR RS PL |
09WARSAW360 | POLAND IN NATO: LOOKING FOR RESPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Nothing about us without us" has become the clarion call of Poland's security strategy in the post-communist era. Poles are determined to have a say in security arrangements that affect them, having suffered all too often as the pawn of larger powers. Because Poles see NATO a [...] | 2009-04-03 16:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR NATO PL |