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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 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| 04BRUSSELS4881 | EU/DPRK: SE DETRANI DISCUSSES 6PT, KEDO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During consultations November 9 with Special Envoy Joseph DeTrani and EAP/K Director Jim Foster, EU officials underscored the EU's firm support for the Six-Party Process and willingness to play a constructive role when the time comes. They urged the US to consult early if the EU i [...] | 2004-11-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL KNNP PHUM EAID PINR IR KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BANGKOK5406 | THAILAND REJECTS ASEAN-KOREA FTA [...] (U) Thailand declined to join its nine ASEAN neighbors in the signing of the ASEAN-Korea FTA in Kuala Lumpur last week. Mr. Sarig Ubolbarn of the Department of Trade Negotiations explained that the RTG had yet to reach agreement with Korea on opening Korea's market to Thailand's rice exports. [...] | 2006-09-01 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TH |
| 06SEOUL1089 | S/E LEFKOWITZ'S REMARKS ON KAESONG PROMPT [...] (C) Recent South Korean press reports drew attention to Special Envoy Jay Lefkowitz's March 30 remarks at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) calling for independent monitoring of labor conditions at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),and the subsequent response from Assistant Unificat [...] | 2006-04-03 08:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KN KS |
| 06SEOUL1266 | STAFFDEL VISIT TO KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX [...] (U) During an April 12 staffdel visit to the South Korean-managed Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in North Korea, KIC officials said that informal conversations with North Korean workers indicated that the DPRK provided the workers with approximately 70 percent of their wages, for a base inc [...] | 2006-04-18 06:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ELAB PHUM PREL KS KN |
| 06SEOUL1328 | LABOR GIRDING FOR FTA BATTLE [...] (SBU) The U.S. FTA labor negotiating team visited Seoul April 4 to 7 to meet with Korean government, labor and management officials and conduct background research. Korean organized labor representatives were wary of an FTA and feared that it would precede mass layoffs like those experienced [...] | 2006-04-21 09:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV |
| 06SEOUL1330 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM BAN: NORTH KOREA, [...] (C) Summary: In their April 21 luncheon meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Ban discussed several bilateral and North Korea-related issues (see refs for discussions on ROK-Japan relations and Ban's candidacy for UNSYG). On North Korea, Ban said Seoul intended to raise human rights [...] | 2006-04-22 09:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KS KN |
| 06SEOUL1375 | A/S HILL'S APRIL 13-14 MEETINGS WITH MOFAT YU [...] (S) During an April 13 meeting, MOFAT Acting Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan stressed to EAP A/S Christopher Hill and the Ambassador the need for patience with North Korea on the nuclear issue, a public emphasis on the importance of the Six Party Talks, and increased Chinese pressure on the Nor [...] | 2006-04-25 07:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC EFIN KNNP KS KN |
| 06SEOUL1377 | A/S HILL'S APRIL 13 MEETINGS WITH CHUNG [...] (C) In separate meetings April 13, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill discussed the status of Six Party Talks and U.S.-ROK relations with the leaders of Korea's two main political parties. Chung Dong-young, Chairman of the ruling Uri Party and former Minister of Unification, expressed concern that [...] | 2006-04-25 08:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PNUC KS KN |
| 06SEOUL1399 | MINISTRY OF UNIFICATION ON APRIL 21-24 [...] (C) In an April 26 read-out of the April 21-24 inter-Korean ministerial in Pyongyang, Assistant Minister for Unification Policy and Public Affairs Lee Kwan-sei emphasized to the DCM the extensive effort Seoul made on persuading the DPRK to return to the Six Party Talks and to engage the inter [...] | 2006-04-26 08:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC EAID KN KS |
| 06SEOUL1435 | NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETARY SONG MIN-SOON ON [...] (S). Summary: In an April 28 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Secretary Song Min-soon said that the ROK was prepared to compromise with Japan on naming underwater features located in the East Sea/Sea of Japan, but that Japan seemed intent on pushing the issue to the lim [...] | 2006-04-28 10:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON KS KN |
| 06SEOUL1470 | UNIFICATION MINISTER ON SIX PARTY TALKS, S/E [...] (S) In a May 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Unification Lee Jong-seok said he believed, from his meetings with North Korean counterparts at the April 21-24 inter-Korean ministerial in Pyongyang, that the DPRK would return to the Six Party Talks if given a face-saving way to do so. [...] | 2006-05-02 07:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PHUM MNUC EAID KN KS |
| 06SEOUL1472 | ROK QUESTIONS PERCEIVED USG POLICY SHIFTS ON DPRK [...] (C) In a May 1 meeting with the POL M/C, Cho Tae-yong, Director-General of MOFAT's North American Affairs Bureau, asked whether USG policy had changed toward the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) and on granting asylum to North Koreans who had already been resettled in South Korea. Cho protest [...] | 2006-05-02 07:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KS |
| 06SEOUL1529 | DPRK ECONOMY: INTER-KOREAN WORKING-LEVEL ECONOMIC [...] (C) The most recent round of regular working-level (Director General-level) Inter-Korean Economic Talks ended with not so much as a whimper. The meeting, held in Kaesong on May 3-4, was to have focused on discussions on the inter-Korean railroad and related projects. No progress was made. S [...] | 2006-05-08 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV PREL KS KN |
| 06SEOUL1629 | Round-Up of North-South Exchanges: April 2006 [...] North-South exchanges during April included cooperative efforts to preserve historic relics in the North, as well as practical exchanges in the agricultural, cultural and athletic fields. South Korea's humanitarian assistance to the North during April appeared to be smaller than in previous m [...] | 2006-05-15 22:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG SOCI ETRD KS KN |
| 06SEOUL1631 | INTER-KOREA RAIL LINKS: WILL KIM DAE-JUNG MAKE IT [...] (SBU) South Korea and North Korea have agreed to conduct test runs of two cross-border railways on May 25, some 55 years after those rail lines were cut off at the onset of the Korean War. The agreement was reached at a special three-day working-level meeting dedicated to road and railway issu [...] | 2006-05-15 23:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ELTN EINV PREL RS CH KN KS |
| 06SEOUL1643 | AMERICAN ACADEMIC SKEPTICAL ABOUT KIM DAE-JUNG'S [...] (SBU) In a May 12 meeting with poloff, Dr. Brian Myers, Professor of Korean Studies at Inje University, expressed skepticism that a June visit to North Korea by former President Kim Dae-jung would result in any substantial changes in the North's behavior or its return to the Six Party Talks. [...] | 2006-05-17 00:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC EAID KN KS |
| 06SEOUL1836 | EAP PDAS STEPHENS' JUNE 1 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT [...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with EAP PDAS Kathleen Stephens, Assistant Minister of Unification Park Chan-bong stated that the DPRK's latest display of uncooperative behavior in inter-Korean dialogue led Seoul to question whether the DPRK leadership was experiencing some new internal strife in its [...] | 2006-06-02 08:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC MARR ECON KN KS |
| 06SEOUL1879 | NORTH-SOUTH COOPERATION: DPRK AND ROK REACH [...] (SBU) North Korean and South Korean delegations meeting on Jeju Island reached an agreement late on June 6 that should allow the two sides to go forward with test runs of the two reconstructed cross-border railways located on the east and west coasts of the Korean Peninsula. Under the deal, S [...] | 2006-06-07 08:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EINV SOCI KN KS |
| 06SEOUL1920 | POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) The dust is still settling from the Uri Party's catastrophic loss in the May 31 local elections (Ref A). As reflected in post-election polls, voters used the election to send a clear message of dissatisfaction to President Roh. While President Roh has stated that he will continue the adm [...] | 2006-06-09 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
| 06SEOUL1947 | DPRK ECONOMY: PDAS STEPHENS' VISIT TO KAESONG [...] (SBU) EAP PDAS Stephens visited the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) project site on June 2, finding conditions consistent with previous Embassy reporting (reftels). Some new findings included additional detail on wage and employment conditions in the complex, as well as the existence of a sm [...] | 2006-06-12 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV SOCI KN KS |
| 06SEOUL1952 | DPRK ECONOMY: PDAS STEPHENS' VISIT TO KAESONG [...] (SBU) EAP PDAS Stephens visited the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) project site on June 2, finding conditions consistent with previous Embassy reporting (reftels). Some new findings included additional detail on wage and employment conditions in the complex, as well as the existence of a sm [...] | 2006-06-13 00:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV SOCI KN KS |
| 06SEOUL1963 | KORUS FTA: SENIOR BLUE HOUSE OFFICIALS PLEDGE [...] (SBU) A troika of key senior Blue House officials told the Ambassador that they are paying very close attention to the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). The Chief Secretary to the President for National Policy outlined the SIPDIS Korean government's plans for internal coordinatio [...] | 2006-06-13 05:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV KS |
| 06SEOUL1964 | OPPOSITION LEADER DISCUSSES ALLIANCE, FTA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a June 6 luncheon with the Ambassador, Park Geun-hye, leader of the opposition Grand National Party (GNP),reaffirmed the primacy she placed on the U.S.-ROK alliance. On North Korea, she criticized the Roh Administration's "unconditional" engagement with the North, but opined [...] | 2006-06-13 05:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KS |
| 06SEOUL1968 | AMBASSADORS TOUR KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX [...] (C) Although Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) tourism has not yet become as routine as the USO's twice-weekly trip to the DMZ, the visits themselves are developing along a familiar pattern. On June 12, the Ambassador joined a large delegation of ambassadors and other high-level officials who [...] | 2006-06-14 00:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KS KN |
| 06SEOUL1972 | EAP PDAS STEPHENS' JUNE 11 MEETING WITH MOFAT [...] (C) In a June 11 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Director General for North American Affairs Cho Tae-yong informed EAP PDAS Kathleen Stephens that the ROKG preferred having Secretary Rice visit the ROK before the July 26-28 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting so that the [...] | 2006-06-14 05:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MNUC KN KS |
| 06SEOUL1981 | KOREA-ASEAN FTA: TRADE IN GOODS AGREEMENT FINALIZED [...] (SBU) Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),with the exception of Thailand, finalized and signed the Trade in Goods (TIG) part of their free trade agreement (FTA) on May 16 in Manila. The agreement will liberalize 90 percent of tariff lines, amounting to 90 percent of [...] | 2006-06-14 08:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KS XC |
| 06SEOUL2095 | U.S. BUSINESS REPS AND AMBASSADOR MEET PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) The Ambassador accompanied Citibank Chairman Bill Rhodes and other top representatives of the U.S.-Korea Business Council (USKBC) to their June 22 courtesy call on President Roh. The meeting focused on the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) and lasted a little over an hour. US [...] | 2006-06-25 22:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV KS |
| 06SEOUL2140 | AMBASSADOR, INDIANA GOVERNOR GREET NEW PM [...] (SBU) On June 26, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook, during which PM Han stressed the importance of the U.S.-ROK alliance and bringing the DPRK back to the Six Party Talks. The Prime Minister also expressed a personal interest in the Kaesong Industrial Com [...] | 2006-06-27 08:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KS KN |
| 06SEOUL2182 | "STRENGTHENING SELF-RELIANCE, BUT NOT AT THE COST [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent speech to ROK generals, President Roh Moo-Hyun identified security as the most important element in inter-Korean relations, above peace and unification. While reaffirming his commitment to realizing a &self-reliant8 defense, Roh emphasized the importance of the U.S. [...] | 2006-06-30 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID KN KS |
| 06SEOUL2190 | SOHN HAK-KYU, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF KOREA? [...] (C) Sohn Hak-kyu (GNP),outgoing Gyeonggi Province Governor and presidential hopeful, outlined his qualifications and vision for leading the ROK to the Ambassador June 29. Sohn currently trails other presidential hopefuls in the polls, but hopes to bolster his standing as the "progressive" c [...] | 2006-07-03 05:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS |
| 06SEOUL2227 | ROKG OFFICIALS DISCUSS DPRK MISSILES, KIC, [...] (C) In a series of meetings on June 28, SFRC Professional Staff Member Frank Jannuzi told officials from the Ministry of Unification (MOU),Ministry of National Defense (MND),and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) that the ROK should seek to dissuade a DPRK missile launch. Seo [...] | 2006-07-06 06:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC ETRD KS KN |
| 06SEOUL2238 | ROK REACTIONS TO DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES-DAY TWO [...] (C) xxxxx that despite its decision to suspend humanitarian aid to the DPRK, it would ship another 24,700 metric tons of fertilizer 6-7 July. This final shipment will complete the delivery to the North of the pledge of 350,000 metric tons South Korea made earlier this year. MOU officials have expla [...] | 2006-07-06 09:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS |
| 06SEOUL2254 | A/MOU EXPLAINS ROK ENGAGEMENT WITH DPRK [...] (C) The A/DCM called on Assistant Minister of Unification Park Chan-bong on July 6 to verify that the ROKG planned to proceed with a final portion of an earlier pledge of fertilizer assistance to the DPRK and intended to hold an inter-Korean ministerial next week as scheduled despite the Nort [...] | 2006-07-07 09:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KS KN |
| 06SEOUL2362 | UNIFICATION MINISTRY ON JULY 11-13 INTER-KOREAN [...] (C) On July 14, Assistant Unification Minister Lee Kwan-sei provided a readout of the July 11-13 inter-Korean ministerial to the A/DCM and emphasized that South Korean government used the meetings to urge the DPRK to return to the Six Party Talks and convey strong ROK regret about the DPRK mi [...] | 2006-07-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC EAID KS KN |
| 06SEOUL2457 | ROKG AID SUSPENSION TRIGGERS ANGRY DPRK BACKLASH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a July 21 meeting with the A/DCM, Secretary to the President for National Security Strategy SIPDIS Park Sun-won said that the DPRK has responded strongly to the ROKG's suspension of humanitarian aid following the DPRK's July 5 missile launches. To date, the DPRK has indica [...] | 2006-07-21 09:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PREF PGOV KS KN |
| 06SEOUL2460 | UNIFICATION MINISTRY DISCUSSES DPRK RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Unification Ministry officials on July 21 told the A/DCM that the North seemed to be showing its anger with the ROKG decision to halt food and fertilizer assistance by cutting inter-Korean governmental contact at the Kaesong Industrial Complex and suspending family reunion projects. The R [...] | 2006-07-21 10:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
| 06SEOUL2488 | FTA LABOR TEAM MEETS KCTU, OTHER LABOR GROUPS [...] (SBU) Formally meeting with U.S. officials in Seoul for the first time, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU),the more radical of the ROK's two major labor federations, welcomed the U.S. FTA labor negotiators to their headquarters on July 13. In a professional and business-like me [...] | 2006-07-24 23:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV |
| 06SEOUL2535 | ROK MINISTER OF UNIFICATION'S "U.S. FAILED" [...] (C) South Korean Minister of Unification Lee Jong-seok's July 23 televised remark that the United States "failed the most" in not preventing North Korea from launching missiles on July 5 sparked a strong negative reaction from both sides of the aisle in the National Assembly and among editoria [...] | 2006-07-27 06:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
| 06SEOUL2684 | ROKG TO PROVIDE FLOOD-RELATED AID TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) The ROKG is expected to announce emergency aid to the DPRK, probably through private NGOs, in the next few days, in the wake of reports of hundreds of deaths and extensive agricultural and infrastructure damage from the mid-July floods in the North. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade [...] | 2006-08-09 09:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KN KS PGOV |
| 06SEOUL272 | MOFAT OFFICIALS UPBEAT ON CURRENT ROK-PRC RELATIONS [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) officials told poloffs January 20 that the generally positive state of ROK-PRC bilateral relations was attributable mainly to the expanding volume of bilateral trade and growing educational exchanges, but also partially to the recent deteriora [...] | 2006-01-23 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON MNUC CH KN KS |
| 06SEOUL3222 | OPCON TRANSFER ISSUE DOMINANT DURING OSD NORTHEAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11-12, DOD/OSD Northeast Asia Director John Hill visited South Korean government officials in Seoul to discuss U.S.-ROK Alliance issues. In his meetings at the Ministries of Defense (MND),Unification (MOU) and Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),OSD Hill stressed th [...] | 2006-09-18 23:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MCAP KN KS |
| 06SEOUL3390 | SCENESETTER FOR HAGEL CODEL TO KOREA [...] (SBU) Despite a successful summit last month with President Bush, President Roh continues to face criticism in the press and even within his own party. Roh still has 15 months in office, but it is widely believed he is already a "lame duck". Nonetheless, he must still address a number of ke [...] | 2006-10-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD KN KS MARR PGOV PREL |
| 06SEOUL3421 | MND READOUT ON OCT 2 N-S KOREAN MIL-TO-MIL TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MND North Korea Policy Team Director Moon Seong-mook provided Embassy with a readout on the October 2nd North-South Mil-to-Mil talks. (NOTE: He has also submitted a detailed report of this to UNCMAC). During the two hours of talks, Moon said the DPRK complained about balloons c [...] | 2006-10-04 11:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR KN KS |
| 06SEOUL3426 | KOREAN RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR TEST: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (S) SUMMARY: The South Korean government's response to North Korea's October 9, 2006 announcement that it had conducted a successful nuclear test included a pledge by FM Ban for swift, sure and strong action, beginning with suspension of a scheduled shipment of emergency relief aid to the Nort [...] | 2006-10-09 13:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP CH KN KS JA |
| 06SEOUL3442 | FINANCIAL MARKETS REBOUND DAY AFTER DPRK,S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL KS KN |
| 06SEOUL3558 | PSI: ROKG NEEDS MORE TIME [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In response to reftel request, the Ambassador on October 15 raised PSI with National Security Advisor Song Min-soon. Separately, DCM also conveyed reftel points on October 16 to Park In-kook, Deputy Foreign Min [...] | 2006-10-17 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KNNP EWWT KS KN |
| 06SEOUL3559 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) On October 16, the DCM presented reftel points on UNSCR 1718 to Park In-kook, Deputy Foreign Minister for Policy Planning and Public Affairs, urging that South Korea, along with other countries, come up with concrete steps to implement the resolution. Park said the ROKG welcomed UNSCR 17 [...] | 2006-10-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KS KN |
| 06SEOUL3592 | A/S HILL'S SEOUL MEETINGS: ROKG NOT PLANNING [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Hill's October 17-18 meetings in Seoul revealed that, while Seoul said it was prepared to implement UNSCR 1718, the ROKG had decided that the resolution did not specifically target North-South engagement projects, such as the Kaesong Industrial Complex and Mount Kumgang [...] | 2006-10-20 03:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN |
| 06SEOUL3670 | OCTOBER 25 BY-ELECTIONS: ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR RULING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In another crushing defeat for the ruling Uri Party, the two National Assembly seats up for grabs in the October 25 by-elections went overwhelmingly to the opposition. To add insult to injury, in Incheon, the Uri Party candidate, a close friend of Uri Chairman Kim Geun-tae, ca [...] | 2006-10-26 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KS |
| 06SEOUL3684 | GNP PARLIAMENTARY VICE SPEAKER LEE SANG-DEUK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a lunch meeting on October 25 with the Ambassador, GNP National Assembly Vice Speaker Lee expressed concern over the Roh administration's handling of the U.S.-ROK alliance, OPCON transfer, North Korea and expressed general dissatisfatction with Roh. Lee's clear message was th [...] | 2006-10-27 02:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN |
| 06SEOUL3764 | KOREA'S NEW MINISTER OF UNIFICATION: LEE JAE-JEONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lee Jae-jeong, Senior Vice President of the Advisory Council on Democratic and Peaceful Unification, former Assemblyman (2000-2004),Anglican Pastor and former Campaign Publicity Director for Roh Moo-hyun's 2002 campaign, was nominated November 1 to be the next Minister of Unif [...] | 2006-11-01 08:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 06SEOUL3861 | FORMER GYEONGGI GOVERNOR SOHN HAK-KYU ON NORTH [...] (C) Over lunch with the Ambassador on November 3, GNP Presidential hopeful and former Gyeonggi Province Governor Sohn Hak-kyu asked many probing questions about where U.S.-ROK relations were headed and offered his views on North Korea and his assessment of the ROK political scene, including h [...] | 2006-11-09 01:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN |
| 06SEOUL3881 | URI PARTY REP. CHUN JUNG-BAE ON NORTH KOREA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Uri Representative Chun Jung-bae made his case why the Uri Party has a chance to maintain the Blue House in next year's presidential election and why he might be the person to lead the Uri Party charge. Chun, the former Justice Ministe [...] | 2006-11-09 09:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN |
| 06SEOUL3922 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.- ROK MINISTERIAL AT APEC [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your November 18 meeting with South Korean National Security Advisor and Foreign Minister-designate Song Min-soon comes as the Republic of Korea (ROK) has entered a period of significant transition. In the foreign policy arena, change began with the October 9 DPRK nuclear [...] | 2006-11-14 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS |
| 06SEOUL3975 | DEPARTING UNIFICATION MINISTER URGES FLEXIBILITY [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 16, Unification Minister Lee Jong-seok reconfirmed that the ROKG would support the UN resolution on DPRK human rights. Noting his awareness of USG disappointment with the ROKG's November 13 announcement on PSI, Lee told the Ambassador that Seou [...] | 2006-11-17 05:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KS KN |
| 06SEOUL3992 | HEARINGS IN THE ASSEMBLY FOR FM, MOU, DEFMIN GO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister-designate Song Min-soon, Defense Minister-designate Kim Jang-soo and Unification Minister-designate Lee Jae-jeong all passed through committee hearings in the National Assembly with relative ease on November 16 and 17. The Assembly has no power to stop cabinet n [...] | 2006-11-17 08:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 06SEOUL3997 | DPRK SANCTIONS: CASH FLOW FROM ROKG PROJECTS FALLS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 02:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PREL EINV KS KN |
| 06SEOUL4014 | LEE MYUNG-BAK: THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF KOREA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 20 meeting with the DCM, former Seoul Mayor and leading presidential hopeful Lee Myung-bak said that the December, 2007 ROK presidential elections will be about the economy above all else. He said the Korean economy should be growing at a 7 percent rate instead of [...] | 2006-11-21 05:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN |
| 06SEOUL4036 | CHUNG DONG-YOUNG: STILL HOPING TO BE KOREA'S NEXT [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, former Unification Minister and Uri Party Chairman Chung Dong-young discussed the resumption of the Six Party Talks, state of the KORUS FTA, future of the Uri party, and the recent elections in the U.S. Chung was confident that the Uri Party could still p [...] | 2006-11-22 07:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 06SEOUL4165 | TIGHTENING INSPECTIONS OF NORTH-SOUTH CARGO [...] (C) SUMMARY and Action Request: Since their inception in 2004, the East and West Transportation Corridors -- allowing goods and South Korean citizens to travel to/from North Korea by passing through the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) -- have been a monitoring challenge. The problem has become more [...] | 2006-12-05 08:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS |
| 06SEOUL4247 | GOVERNOR ROMNEY VISITS KOREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney visited South Korea on December 6-7 and met with a wide range of government and non-governmental leaders, gave a speech to AMCHAM, visited the DMZ and received a briefing from USFK. The Governor's meetings focused on North Korea and the curren [...] | 2006-12-14 00:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN |
| 06SEOUL425 | WHAT IS GOING ON WITH NORTH KOREAN ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) In the three years following North Korea's July 2002 economic reform program, most South Korean experts on the North Korean economy came to share certain assumptions about the state of transformation of economic policy in the North. Some of the key elements of that shared "conventional wi [...] | 2006-02-07 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR EFIN PREL KN KS |
| 06SEOUL4260 | U.S.-ROK ALLIANCE MANAGEMENT - LOOKING AHEAD TO [...] (C) With only 12 months left until the next presidential election, President Roh finds himself stuck in the lowest approval ratings ever for a Korean president -- 5.7 percent according to the most recent poll, low teens according to others. Roh's desperation to recover and have some say in th [...] | 2006-12-14 08:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PREL |
| 06SEOUL4261 | ROK ACADEMICS OFFER MULTI-DIMENSIONAL APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several conservative ROK academics urged a multi-pronged approach toward North Korean human rights, arguing that the U.S. should take larger number of refugees, continue sanctions and increase radio broadcasts into North Korea, while providing humanitarian assistance and promotin [...] | 2006-12-14 09:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL KS KN CH |
| 06SEOUL4294 | MOU DEPUTY MINSTER UNDERSCORES AID SUSPENSION [...] (C) In a follow-up to the Ambassador's discussion with Foreign Minister Song Min-soon on December 14 (ref A),POL M/C met with Deputy Unification Minister Lee Kwan-sei on December 15 and requested the ROKG to establish a stricter inspections regime for North-South cargo moving through the two [...] | 2006-12-18 06:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC ECON KS KN |
| 06SEOUL4309 | INCOMING UNIFICATION MINISTER URGES FLEXIBILITY ON [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 18, Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung reaffirmed that the U.S.-ROK alliance was "essential" to peace on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. The ROKG would work closely with the USG, fully implement UNSCR 1718, and cooperate with the inte [...] | 2006-12-19 02:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KS KN |
| 06SEOUL4341 | DPRK GOLD CROSSING THE DMZ [...] (C) There have been seven scheduled shipments of gold bars across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) since the end of August. Only three of the shipments occurred, the most recent on December 14. All three shipments passed through the western Transportation Corridor (TC West),which is primarily use [...] | 2006-12-20 08:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KS KN |
| 06SEOUL449 | KOREA'S FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ASEAN [...] (U) On December 13, 2005, the Republic of Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced the conclusion of a Framework Agreement for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA). Although the parties had also concluded negotiations for the Trade-in-Goods (TIG) and Dispute S [...] | 2006-02-08 08:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL KS KN XB |
| 06SEOUL498 | FORMER KIM IL SUNG UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR SAYS [...] (SBU) Dr. Cho Myungchul, a think tank researcher who defected to South Korea in 1994 after years of living among the DPRK elite, told poloff on February 8 that social discontent among the DPRK's working class was kept in check through propaganda and periodic acts of decency by the state, rath [...] | 2006-02-14 05:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI MNUC PINR EAID ECON KN KS |
| 06SEOUL559 | DPRK ECONOMY: KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, BOOM OR [...] (SBU) A round of discussions with South Korean companies operating in the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in North Korea revealed that most are generally satisfied with business conditions at the project site. While most firms profess to be making money or to be on track with their business [...] | 2006-02-17 09:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL KS KN |
| 06SEOUL657 | PROMINENT SCHOLAR SAYS U.S. SHOULD UNDERMINE DPRK [...] (SBU) Andrei Lankov, a prominent authority on the DPRK, told the Ambassador on February 27 that the United States should ignore the DPRK at a political level, as the Kim Jong-il regime was a threat only to its own people. He argued that a low-key effort to provide greater information to Nor [...] | 2006-03-02 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON SOCI KS KN |
| 06SEOUL827 | ROK URGES ACTIVE, CONTINUED AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Director General for North American Affairs Cho Tae-young told POL M/C on March 13 that the ROK was attempting to gain permission to pay wages directly to workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC). Until that permission is granted, North Korean workers are being required to sign fo [...] | 2006-03-15 02:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EINV KS KN |
| 06SEOUL862 | ROK-JAPAN MAR 7 STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN TOKYO: LONG [...] (C) In March 13-14 meetings with poloff, MOFAT and Japanese Embassy contacts said South Korean VFM Yu Myung-hwan's exhaustive meetings with Japanese VFM Yachi during the March 7 ROK-Japan strategic dialogue in Tokyo failed to result in progress on a number of bilateral and regional issues. Y [...] | 2006-03-16 08:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC JA KN KS |
| 06SEOUL875 | AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 14 LUNCH WITH KIM GEUN-TAE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Kim Geun-tae, a senior member of the Uri Party and a presidentiaQhopeful, told the Ambassador March 14 that U.S. and ROK officials needed to manage more effectively public portrayals of differences in Seoul's and Washington's approaches to the North Korea nuclear issue. He [...] | 2006-03-17 08:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 06SEOUL901 | AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 17 MEETING WITH URI CHAIRMAN [...] (C) In a March 17 meeting, Uri Party Chairman Chung Dong-young pressed the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) for South Korea and for the inclusion of Kaesong-made goods in the U.S.-ROK FTA. On North Korea, Chung recommended de-linking illicit DPRK activities from the Six Party Talks. The Ambassador [...] | 2006-03-21 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EINV KS KN |
| 06SEOUL935 | SENATOR BOND'S MARCH 20 CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond, ROK Minister of Unification Lee Jong-seok underscored the level of importance the ROKG attached to the U.S.-ROK alliance, stressing that Seoul looked to Washington to counterbalance the increasing Chinese influence in the region. [...] | 2006-03-23 04:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS ECON EAID KN KS |
| 06TOKYO2656 | U.S.-ROK POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. During a May 11 bilateral lunch meeting between ROK and U.S. policy planners, ROK Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-kook told S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that although China is changing, it is still resistant to ideas that could limit [...] | 2006-05-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR CH TW KN KS JA |
| 06TOKYO3237 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 01:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5331 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/15/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5902 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1540 | S/E LEFKOWITZ MEETING WITH SOUTH KOREAN PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Jay Lefkowitz met with South Korean Perm Rep Choi Young-jin to discuss North Korean human rights resolutions this fall at the UN General Assembly Third Committee and the UN Human Rights Council. They also discussed refugees, the Kaesong Industrial Complex and a poss [...] | 2006-08-15 18:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL UNGA UNHCR UNHRC KN KS |
| 07BEIJING6932 | MORE BLEAK CONDITIONS IN NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary: The agricultural situation in North Korea continues to deteriorate according to UN FAO experts briefing Beijing-based diplomats. Although the spring harvest was better than usual, food shortages are still expected. Three major agricultural disasters hit the DPRK in 2007, includi [...] | 2007-11-01 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV CH KN |
| 07BRUSSELS1327 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREPARED TO INCREASE [...] (C) EAP PDAS Stephens discussed DPRK with European Commission (EC) Director for Korea/Japan Alan Seatter April 17, outlining developments since the February 13 agreement. Seatter noted that the EU will increase its assistance, particularly regarding food security, if the DPRK implements its in [...] | 2007-04-20 06:55:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KNNP EUN JA KN KS |
| 07PRAGUE400 | NORTH KOREAN DG FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS VISITS CZECH [...] (SBU) On April 12, Political Economic Counselor met with Jan Fury, Director of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the recent visit of Mr. Kim Chun Guk, DPRK MFA Director General for European Affairs. Kim visited Prague on April 3 after att [...] | 2007-04-16 05:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ KN |
| 07PRAGUE401 | NORTH KOREAN DG FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS VISITS CZECH [...] (SBU) On April 12, Political Economic Counselor met with Jan Fury, Director of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the recent visit of Mr. Kim Chun Guk, DPRK MFA Director General for European Affairs. Kim visited Prague on April 3 after att [...] | 2007-04-16 05:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ KN |
| 07SEOUL1047 | CHUNG DONG-YOUNG'S ADVISORS SET FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Advisors to presidential hopeful and former Uri Party chairman Chung Dong-young's (DY) told us April 4 that Chung likely would leave the Uri Party to form his own coalition party before the presidential candidate registration deadline of April 23. Chung's advisors asserted th [...] | 2007-04-10 07:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KN KS PGOV PINR PREL |
| 07SEOUL1052 | FM SONG ON FTA, 6PT, U.S.-ROK ALLIANCE, AND IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 10, Foreign Minister Song Min-soon told the Ambassador that the ROKG and USG should stay coordinated on the KORUS FTA to avoid any perception that different interpretations existed on what was negotiated. Some in the ROK were concerned that the U.S. Congress might push f [...] | 2007-04-10 10:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KS KN IZ |
| 07SEOUL1112 | GOVERNOR RICHARDSON AND FORMER SECRETARY PRINCIPI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 11-12 visit to Seoul, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and former Secretary of Veteran's Affairs Principi noted that the DPRK had been cooperative in facilitating the transfer of the remains of servicemen thought to have died during the Korean War. The Richa [...] | 2007-04-17 04:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MUNC KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1175 | KOREAS AGREE TO RICE AID AND TEST RUNS OF RAILWAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 23 briefing on the April 18-22 Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee talks in Pyongyang, Director-General for Unification Policy Planning Um Jong-sik told A/DCM that the ROKG used the meetings to emphasize the need for the DPRK to implement the Februar [...] | 2007-04-23 09:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC EAID KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1189 | MOFAT DELIVERS NONPAPER ON KIC EXPANSION [...] (C) In an April 23 meeting with A/DCM, MOFAT Director-General for North American Affairs Cho Byung-jae passed a nonpaper that says, given the February 13 "Initial Actions" agreement, the ROKG intends to resume efforts to expand development of the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),which had be [...] | 2007-04-24 07:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC EAID KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1327 | TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON'S MARCH VISIT TO SEOUL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the eve of the 8th KORUS-FTA round, Treasury Secretary Paulson visited Seoul March 6-7 to meet President Roh Moo-hyun, Deputy Prime Minister Kwon O-kyu, and Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong. His discussions reaffirmed: (1) high-level support on both sides for keeping the KORUS- [...] | 2007-05-07 01:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD KN KS PREL EINV PGOV |
| 07SEOUL136 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FORMER PRESIDENT KIM [...] (C) Summary: On January 16, Ambassador and Mrs. Vershbow hosted former President Kim Dae-jung and his wife Lee Hee-Ho to lunch at the Ambassador's Residence. While professing to avoid interfering in politics, the 83-year old Kim -- who said his health had improved recently -- offered his vie [...] | 2007-01-17 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC ETRD ECON KS KN CH |
| 07SEOUL1361 | SOHN HAK-KYU PLANS TRIP NORTH TO BOOST RATINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Gyeonggi Governor and presidential candidate Sohn Hak-kyu met with the Ambassador on May 7 to discuss his planned May 9-12 trip to North Korea, where he hopes to discuss his proposed 10-year reconstruction plan for the North. He hoped his visit would contribute to the dev [...] | 2007-05-08 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PINR PREL |
| 07SEOUL1387 | MEDIA REPORTS NORTH SOUGHT TALKS WITH SOUTH BEFORE [...] (C) Secret contacts between Seoul and Pyongyang are nothing new. Many previous ROK presidents, including Kim Dae-jung, Roh Tae-woo and Park Chung-hee, relied on their secret negotiations to harvest significant results. A flurry SIPDIS of press revelations indicate that President Roh Moo-h [...] | 2007-05-09 22:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1405 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR BAEK ON FTA, ALLIANCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 10 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Baek Jong-chun said his responsibilities were defined: work closely to support the KORUS FTA, USFK relocation agreements, and progress in the Six-Party Talks (6PT). Baek expressed optimism that the Banco De [...] | 2007-05-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1439 | URI PARTY VISIT TO PYONGYANG: DPRK SAID IT IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Five Uri Party parliamentarians, led by potential presidential candidate Rep. Kim Hyuk-kyu, met with the Ambassador on May 9 to brief him on their May 2-5 trip to Pyongyang. Kim said that the North Korean side had stressed: (a) its commitment to implementing the February 13 "Initi [...] | 2007-05-14 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1444 | FORMER PM HAN MYEONG-SOOK SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND U.S. [...] (C) Former Prime Minister and current presidential contender Han Myeong-sook met with the Ambassador over lunch on May 11. Han expressed optimism that the KORUS FTA maintained strong support in the National Assembly and may be ratified in the fall; legislators opposed to the FTA were in the [...] | 2007-05-14 08:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 07SEOUL1480 | UNIFICATION MINISTER CLAIMS RICE AID TO DPRK CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung expressed enthusiasm about the planned May 17 inter-Korean railways tests calling them a first step toward restoring peace to the Korean Peninsula. Lee said that inter-Korean dialogue and Six-Party Talks ( [...] | 2007-05-16 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1557 | BILATERAL RICE AID TO START IN LATE MAY BUT 6PT [...] (C) Rice assistance: MOFAT North America DG Cho Byung-jae said that the ROKG would provide some bilateral rice aid by the end of May, given political and interagency pressure to do so; ideally, the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) issue would be resolved by then and the DPRK would start Yongbyon shutd [...] | 2007-05-21 09:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1608 | ACCOUNTS OF THE INTER-KOREAN RAILWAYS TRAIL RUNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With much fanfare on May 17, South and North Korea conducted test runs of two cross-border railways. Before the trains departed in the morning, ROK Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung said that the test runs indicated that "the heart of the Korean Peninsula is beating again." M [...] | 2007-05-25 08:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1670 | LEE MYUNG-BAK FOREIGN POLICY ADVISORS ON U.S.-ROK [...] (C) Members of presidential contender Lee Myung-bak's foreign policy team told poloffs on May 30 that Lee would likely advocate a "pragmatic" approach to the U.S.-ROK alliance, aimed principally to preserve room to strengthen the relationship after the election without alienating progressives [...] | 2007-06-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1687 | NORTH-SOUTH MINISTERIAL HITS RICE HEADWIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 4 briefing for the diplomatic community, Um Jong-sik, Director-General for Unification Policy Planning at the Ministry of Unification (MOU),described the May 29 - June 1 inter-Korean ministerial talks as helpful in that the North Koreans showed up and did not walk out [...] | 2007-06-04 09:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC EAID KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1841 | PROGRESSIVE COALTION: CLEAR AS MUD? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, the Ambassador met with Park Sang-cheon and Kim Han-gill, the co-chairs of the newly formed Moderate Unified Democrats (MUD) and discussed FTA, North Korea, Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),SOFA and the future of the MUD party. The MUD co-chairs said their goal was [...] | 2007-06-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL |
| 07SEOUL2014 | FOREIGN POLICY OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH KOREAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korea's presidential candidates have focused much of their campaign efforts on domestic and economic issues. On foreign policy, from what we can glean from public statements, debates, and meetings with foreign policy advisors, one thing is certain: all of the candidates, [...] | 2007-07-05 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PGOV PREL |
| 07SEOUL2044 | DPRK DEFECTOR FILES: THE UNTAPPED SOURCE [...] (S) The USG possesses an enormous trove of information about the DPRK that has been almost entirely untapped. The files contain over 9,180 Korean-language debriefs, spanning 1997 to the present, of North Korean citizens who escaped from the DPRK and were accepted by the ROKG for resettlement [...] | 2007-07-09 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | CH ECON ELAB KDEM KIRF KN KS KWMN PGOV PHUM |
| 07SEOUL2144 | KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: THE INTER-KOREAN [...] (C) The Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),a tidy enclave where 24 South Korean companies employ almost 16,000 North Korean workers on DPRK soil, is the most tangible and significant aspect of North-South relations. By our calculation using parallel market exchange rates, the North Korean gov [...] | 2007-07-18 06:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KS KN |
| 07SEOUL2189 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CHUNG DONG-YOUNG REACHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Unification Minister and Uri Party chair Chung Dong-young was the guest of honor on July 11 at the 170th Symposium on Korea's Foreign and Security Policy hosted by the Asia-Pacific Policy Research Institute (APPRI). Chung began his speech by criticizing not only his com [...] | 2007-07-22 22:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KN KS PGOV PREL |
| 07SEOUL220 | POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION 1: THE KOREAN [...] (C) During Session 1 of the January 11 U.S.-ROK-Japan Policy Planning Talks, ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Park In-kook, Japanese Deputy Vice Minister Masaharu Kono, and S/P Director Stephen R. Krasner outlined their respective countries' foreign policy priorities and strategies toward North Ko [...] | 2007-01-23 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KS |
| 07SEOUL2410 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT LIKELY TO BROADEN ECONOMIC [...] (C) During the two days since the surprise announcement of an August 28-30 North-South summit to be held in Pyongyang (reftel),hints have emerged that the ROKG will offer to considerably broaden economic cooperation with the North under the heading of "social overhead capital," possibly inclu [...] | 2007-08-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PINR PREL |
| 07SEOUL2457 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT: PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Progressive National Assembly members Lee Hwa-young and Kim Chong-ryul told poloffs on August 16 that President Roh Moo-hyun will emphasize strengthening economic ties during the August 28-30 summit with Kim Jong-il because he sees denuclearization as best handled through the Six-Party Ta [...] | 2007-08-16 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL ECON EINV |
| 07SEOUL2481 | PRESIDENT ROH SETS MODEST GOALS FOR SUMMIT IN [...] (SBU) In his August 15 National Day speech, President Roh Moo-hyun set modest goals for his planned August 28-30 summit with the DPRK's Kim Jong-il, saying that the meeting should help the two Koreas "develop their relationship into one that is predictable and trustworthy," and defending his a [...] | 2007-08-17 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PGOV PREL |
| 07SEOUL2529 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT: FOREIGN AND UNIFICATION MINISTERS [...] (C) Expanded North-South economic cooperation is only possible if the DPRK continues to make progress on denuclearization, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Song Min-soon told the Ambassador at an August 20 meeting. -- Song also said the summit would be about implementing existing agreem [...] | 2007-08-21 09:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL ECON EINV |
| 07SEOUL2531 | NORTH/SOUTH AGREE TO WAGE HIKE AT KAESONG [...] (C) On August 3, North and South Korean authorities agreed to give North Korean workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) a 5-percent pay raise, effective September 10. DPRK authorities had sought two earlier pay raises since the KIC broke ground in 2003, but this pay hike is the first [...] | 2007-08-21 22:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 07SEOUL2573 | LEE MYUNG-BAK COMES OUT AGAINST OCTOBER SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: GNP Presidential Candidate Lee Myung-bak advisor Nam Sung-wook told poloffs on August 23 that newly-crowned GNP candidate Lee was opposed to the proposed October 2-4 North-South Summit because of the effect it could have on the December elections, and because the summit aftermat [...] | 2007-08-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
| 07SEOUL2696 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON ROK-DPRK SUMMIT AND [...] (C) During a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Baek Jong-chun, who will accompany President Roh Moo-hyun to the APEC meetings, said that the October 2-4 North-South summit would support the Six-Party Talks and denuclearization, but he was not confident that Kim [...] | 2007-09-05 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL |
| 07SEOUL2728 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PROF. MOON CHUNG-IN, GNP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed the latest developments in the Six-Party Talks, the upcoming North-South summit and ROK's December presidential elections with Yonsei Political Science Professor Moon Chung-in and GNP Lawmaker Won Hee-ryong. Over a relaxed lunch, Moon explained that Pres [...] | 2007-09-07 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
| 07SEOUL276 | PDAS STEPHENS' MEETING WITH DEPUTY UNIFICATION [...] (C) Deputy Minister of Unification for Unification Policy and Public Relations Lee Kwan-sei told EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathy Stephens that the ROKG was cautiously optimistic about progress at the next round of Six Party Talks (6PT),would continue the suspension of rice-and- [...] | 2007-01-29 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PREL OVIP |
| 07SEOUL2906 | NSA BAEK: EXPECT NO SURPRISES FROM N-S SUMMIT [...] (C) National Security Advisor Baek Jong-chun told the Ambassador during a September 19 meeting that all potential agenda items for the North-South Summit were now public knowledge. As a result, there would be no surprises at the summit. Baek thought that a joint summit statement would be 1/3 [...] | 2007-09-20 08:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 07SEOUL2974 | SUBJECT: ISSUES TO WATCH AT THE ROK-DPRK SUMMIT, [...] (C) President Roh Moo-hyun and his 300-person entourage of businesspeople, journalists and support staff will drive from Seoul to Pyongyang on the morning of October 2 for the second ROK-DPRK summit meeting with Kim Jong-il. This is the first chance for Roh and Kim Jong-il to meet face to face [...] | 2007-10-01 10:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL |
| 07SEOUL3006 | ROH SURPRISED BY DPRK ATTITUDE, BUT NO SURPRISES [...] (C) While the joint declaration from the North-South Summit contained no major surprises, President Roh was reported as being surprised by the level of suspicion in his meetings with the DPRK. The joint declaration included a DPRK commitment to denuclearization but made no overt mention of th [...] | 2007-10-04 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 07SEOUL3007 | ROH SURPRISED BY DPRK ATTITUDE, BUT NO SURPRISES [...] (C) While the joint declaration from the North-South Summit contained no major surprises, President Roh was reported as being surprised by the level of suspicion in his meetings with the DPRK. The joint declaration included a DPRK commitment to denuclearization and a peace regime to replace t [...] | 2007-10-04 09:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN ECON |
| 07SEOUL3024 | MOFAT READOUT OF NORTH-SOUTH SUMMIT: ROH "WENT TO [...] (C) In an October 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Cho Jung-pyo said that the ROK had reached a comprehensive agreement on the future direction of inter-Korean relations during the North-South Summit. Peace, inter-Korean economic cooperation, and reconciliation were the ma [...] | 2007-10-05 08:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL PGOV KS KN |
| 07SEOUL3026 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT DECLARATION: AMBITIOUS PLAN WILL [...] (C) The "Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Korean Relations, Peace and Prosperity" that emerged from the October 2-4 summit between President Roh Moo-hyun and the DPRK's Kim Jong-il is a "Sunshine Policy" manifesto: an action plan for peace-building and engagement that progressi [...] | 2007-10-05 10:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS ECON PGOV PREL |
| 07SEOUL3043 | MOU MINISTER DOWNPLAYS SUMMIT TENSIONS, HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) In an October 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Unification Minister Lee Jae-jung went into detail about the personal dynamics between President Roh Moo-hyun and Kim Jong-il at the October 2-4 Summit, and downplayed the awkward moments between the two. Lee's overall impression of the summit [...] | 2007-10-09 06:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROG KS KN |
| 07SEOUL3117 | MT. KUMGANG SHOWS GROWING ROK FOOTPRINT IN DPRK [...] (C) Summary. Mount Kumgang is sometimes regarded as a one-sided transfer of ROK tourist funds to DPRK coffers without much prospect of influencing the DPRK. The Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),in contrast, is seen as more beneficial because 16,000 North Korean workers are exposed to South [...] | 2007-10-17 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN ECON PREL |
| 07SEOUL3122 | NEW UNDP CANDIDATE CHUNG BANKS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, the progressive United New Democratic Party (UNDP) announced that former Unification Minister Chung Dong-young is the party's candidate for the December 19 presidential election. Chung won with a comfortable 43.8 percent of all physical, mobile phone, and opinion [...] | 2007-10-17 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
| 07SEOUL3177 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP: ROK CEOS NOT BULLISH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief Executives of four of South Korea's largest business groups, all of whom joined President Roh Moo-hyun's delegation to the October 2-4 summit with Kim Jong-il, told the Ambassador at an October 23 meeting that the summit experience reinforced their view that North Korea's s [...] | 2007-10-25 05:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV KN KS PGOV |
| 07SEOUL3178 | CHUNG DONG-YOUNG ADVISORS: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with Emboffs, members of United New Democratic Party (UNDP) candidate Chung Dong-young's policy advisory team discussed Chung's economic policy, his views on the U.S. and his strategy for overcoming Lee Myung-bak's sizable lead in the final 60 days of the ca [...] | 2007-10-25 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL KN KS |
| 07SEOUL3318 | FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR MANDATORY [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to questions posed in ref A. Nature and Incidence 2. (U) Question: Does forced labor exist in the country? Are men, women or children exploited through forced labor? Please indicate the sectors and locations in which persons are engaged in force [...] | 2007-05-22 08:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD EAID |
| 07SEOUL3323 | ROK OPINION OF CHINA DRIVEN BY GOGURYEO ANXIETY [...] (C) Mt. Baekdu, known in China as Mt. Changbai, is considered in Korea to be a sacred mountain, containing the legendary foundation of the nation. This highest mountain in Korea (and Manchuria) has come to the fore for many South Koreans because they perceive Chinese economic, cultural, and [...] | 2007-11-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PROG PREL |
| 07SEOUL3414 | SUBJECT: INTER-KOREAN PRIME MINISTERS' AGREEMENT: [...] (C) Summary: The November 14-16 South-North Prime Ministerial talks between the ROK's Han Duck-soo and the DPRK's Kim Yong-il ended with a detailed agreement -- eight pages, eight articles and 48 subsidiary points -- to implement many of the economic engagement projects that President Roh Moo [...] | 2007-11-28 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KS KN PGOV PREL |
| 07SEOUL3428 | DPRK ECONOMY: THE CHINESE "GRAB" FOR MINERAL [...] (C) Generating significant press 'buzz' between the North/South Prime Ministerial and Defense Ministers meetings this November, the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) recently issued a report urging the ROKG to adopt new policies promoting natural resource development in the DPRK. [...] | 2007-11-30 08:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ETRD PREL PGOV KN KS CH |
| 07SEOUL353 | DM PARK IN-KOOK ON CONCERNS ABOUT NORTH KOREA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 5 lunch hosted by Park In-kook, MOFAT Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations, Park updated the DCM on recent actions the ROK had taken to implement UNSCR 1718 and tighten inspections at the Western Transportation Corridor (TC West) t [...] | 2007-02-06 05:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD MNUC PARM PREL KN KS |
| 07SEOUL3535 | SOUTH-NORTH RELATIONS SINCE OCTOBER SUMMIT: HAIL [...] (C) President Roh Moo-hyun's October summit with Kim Jong-il was not the fourth-quarter touchdown that progressives were hoping for. Compared to the euphoria of the first South-North summit in June 2000, the public reaction was tepid, with no discernible effect on the presidential campaign. [...] | 2007-12-14 06:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL ECON EINV |
| 07SEOUL357 | THE AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GNP PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with GNP Presidential candidate Park Geun-hye on February 5. Park reiterated her commitment to follow her principles and run a clean campaign against her GNP rival, Lee Myung-bak, and dispelled any notions that she might leave the party to run as an independen [...] | 2007-02-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 07SEOUL359 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES 6PT, AID, KIC WITH [...] (C) In a February 5 meeting with Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung, the Ambassador noted that if progress were made at the Six Party Talks (6PT),it would be important to coordinate international approaches to synchronize assistance with DPRK actions ondenuclearization and to maintain our le [...] | 2007-02-06 09:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KS KN |
| 07SEOUL371 | ROK PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: HOW THEY DEFINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With less than 11 months until South Korea's presidential election, the candidates continue to focus their public comments on building personal popularity rather than tackling policy issues. In various meetings with Embassy officers, the four frontrunners for the presidency pro [...] | 2007-02-07 07:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 07SEOUL382 | EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN'S CONSULTATIONS ON CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen met with ROKG officials and academics January 26-27 to discuss North Korean asylum seekers, Six Party Talks (6PT),and China. The DAS told his ROKG interlocutors that the USG appreciated Seoul's cooperation with efforts to resett [...] | 2007-02-08 04:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC PREF KS KN CH |
| 07SEOUL457 | KOREAS TO HOLD WORKING-LEVEL TALKS ON FEBRUARY 15 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14, MOU Director-General for Unification Policy Planning Um Jong-sik told A/DCM that North and South Korea had agreed to hold working-level talks on February 15 at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC). The main objective was to set a date to resume North-South minist [...] | 2007-02-14 09:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN |
| 07SEOUL489 | PLANS TO COMMEMORATE THE "PYONGYANG REVIVAL" IN [...] (SBU) In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a large number of Protestant Americans came to Korea and found a reception. By 1907, Jang Dae Hyun Church in Pyongyang became the center of what became known as the "Pyongyang Revival," earned it the moniker "Jerusalem of the East." To commemo [...] | 2007-02-20 04:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PHUM SCUL PREL |
| 07SEOUL498 | UNIFICATION MINISTER PREVIEWS NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one breakfast meeting on February 20 with the Ambassador, Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung stressed that the February 13 Beijing agreement on "initial actions" was a good first step, but implementation was now the key. He said that the ROKG at inter-Korean minister [...] | 2007-02-20 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KS KN |
| 07SEOUL592 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CHUNG DONG-YOUNG DISCUSSES [...] (C) During a February 26 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, former Unification Minister and presidential hopeful Chung Dong-young and National Assembly members Chae Su-chan and Chung Eui-young discussed Korean politics, the Six Party process and resumption of aid to North Korea and the inc [...] | 2007-03-02 00:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 07SEOUL634 | NORTH-SOUTH MINISTERIAL TIES HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 5 briefing on the February 27-March 2 inter-Korean ministerial in Pyongyang, Assistant Minister for Unification Policy and Public Affairs Lee Kwan-sei told POL M/C that Seoul had three objectives for the talks: (1) to "normalize" inter-Korean relations stalled followin [...] | 2007-03-06 02:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC EAID KS KN |
| 07SEOUL695 | URI PARTY CHAIRMAN, JAPAN, RUSSIA, CHINA [...] (C) Summary: With over 20 reporters present at a March 2 lunch, Uri Party Chairman Chung Se-kyun, the Ambassador, Ambassador Ning Fukui of China, Ambassador Shotaro Oshima of Japan, Ambassador Gleb Ivanshentsov of Russia, along with Uri Party leaders lauded the Six Party February 13 "Initial [...] | 2007-03-08 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 07SEOUL770 | FORMER PM LEE HAE-CHAN'S VIST TO PYONGYANG: NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a March 14 breakfast with the Ambassador, former PM and current Uri lawmaker Lee Hae-chan said that, during his recent four-day trip to Pyongyang, he had told North Korea's number two, Kim Young-nam, that a North-South summit should occur only after concrete progress was mad [...] | 2007-03-15 09:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 07SEOUL794 | KIM GEUN-TAE SILENT ON ELECTIONS, VOCAL ON FTA AND [...] (C) While deflecting direct questions about his presidential aspirations, former Uri Party Chairman Kim Geun-tae spoke candidly over lunch with the Ambassador on March 15 about a number of issues including the KORUS FTA, Comfort Women, an inter-Korean Summit, and the Six-Party Talks. On the [...] | 2007-03-19 09:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 07SEOUL795 | CHARTING OUT INTER-KOREAN COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: At February 27 - March 2 inter-Korean ministerial talks, the Koreas agreed to resume several stalled North-South projects, including: construction of a family reunion center at Mt. Kumgang; video and direct family reunions; Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee and Red Cross t [...] | 2007-03-19 09:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MNUC KS KN |
| 07SEOUL799 | ROK ATTITUDES ON UNIFICATION: LONG-TERM PLANS VS. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The February 13 "Initial Actions" agreement has once again brought to the fore the resumption of inter-Korean engagement and the overall relationship between the two Koreas, including reunification. The ROK's constitution and presidential oath call for Korean un [...] | 2007-03-20 02:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC ECON KS KN |
| 07SEOUL934 | UK EMBASSY PYONGYANG PERSPECTIVE: CHANCE MEETINGS [...] (C) Richard Vowles, DCM at the British Embassy in Pyongyang, told a group of diplomats at a March 28 dinner in Seoul that his Embassy operates largely in an information-free "bubble" in Pyongyang, gaining little from frequent meetings with MFA officials. The four UK officers have almost compl [...] | 2007-03-30 06:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PREL |
| 07STATE156455 | COASI: US-EU DISCUSSION ON EAST ASIA, OCTOBER 22, [...] (S) European Union senior officials met with EAP counterparts for biannual consultations on Asia on October 22, 2007, in Washington. A/S Hill opened with an overview of the Six-Party Talks process, highlighting the roles of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Both sides shared views on [...] | 2007-11-14 22:40:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL XB |
| 07TOKYO1360 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO2533 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/06/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO2966 | The Japan Economic Scope June 28, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from June 28, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Economic Section's Thinning Ranks 4. Doha Stock Taking in Tokyo 5. Ag Text Delay -- Is There a Silver Lining? 6. US-Korea FTA -- Political Will Key to Deal 7. U.S. Beef: Technical [...] | 2007-06-29 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN129 | BRUNEI TO ADMIRAL KEATING: WE NEED AMERICANS IN [...] (C) During PACOM Commander Admiral Keating's visit to Brunei, we heard one clear and consistent message: in Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah's phrasing, "we need the Americans around this region." In a wide-ranging conversation, the Sultan welcomed U.S.-Brunei mil-mil activities including the ann [...] | 2008-05-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BX |
| 08SEOUL1 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8 VISIT TO [...] (C) Madam Secretary, We at Embassy Seoul are delighted that you are able to make this visit. Foreign Minister Yu is eager to see you, especially as he had to cancel his visit to Washington last month due to key National Assembly hearings. President Lee Myung-bak wants to thank you and the Pre [...] | 2008-12-31 05:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL1004 | WORLD VISION KOREA WELCOME IN NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPRK officials are rolling out the welcome mat for World Vision Korea, according to Park Chang-min, the North Korea Division Director who has managed its North Korean projects since 2001. After resisting expansion of the NGO's potato-seed project last year because it would requir [...] | 2008-05-16 01:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV |
| 08SEOUL1020 | UK AMBASSADOR TO DPRK: NORTH KOREA IS CHANGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Ambassador to Pyongyang, John Everard, told the DCM and Poloffs on May 16 that the there has been slow but noticeable change in North Korea during the two years that he has been serving there. North Korean elites were more openly flaunting their wealth in Pyongyang where it w [...] | 2008-05-20 01:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KNNP EAID KS KN |
| 08SEOUL1244 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JUNE 26-27 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Korea comes at a particularly sensitive time in U.S.-ROK relations. Since your last visit in February, the optimism that accompanied President Lee Myung-bak's inauguration has been replaced by growing public discontent with the Lee Administration and its policies. [...] | 2008-06-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
| 08SEOUL1319 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - June 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 23:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD SENV SOCI KS KN |
| 08SEOUL1417 | MT. KUMGANG SHOOTING AND ITS AFTERMATH BODE POORLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong told the Ambassador that growing anger in South Korea about the DPRK response to the Mt. Kumgang shooting incident could produce further deterioration in North-South relations and perhaps even affect the Six-Party Talks. He urged the U.S. [...] | 2008-07-15 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV |
| 08SEOUL155 | LEE MYUNG-BAK ADVISERS DEFINE RECIPROCITY [...] (C) Summary: During a January 17 dinner with the Charge, Nam Sung-wook and Suh Jae-jean, two close advisers to President-elect Lee Myung-bak, commented on the incoming administration's reciprocity-based criteria for engaging the North and their dim outlook for progress in the Six-Party Talks. [...] | 2008-01-25 03:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
| 08SEOUL1570 | VISIT TO RURAL DPRK: AGRARIAN, ORDERLY, QUIET [...] (C) During a June 30-July 5 visit to North Korea to evaluate the beginnings of the U.S. food aid program (ref A),Poloff and USAID officers spent three days in Pyongyang and also traveled to two port cities to the southwest--Nampo and Songrim--and four agricultural towns farther north--Hyangsan [...] | 2008-08-10 23:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN EAGR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI ELTN MARR |
| 08SEOUL1663 | MT. KUMGANG: HYUNDAI ASAN WAITING ON ROKG TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Hyundai Asan Senior Vice President Jang Whan-bin told poloff August 13 that only the ROKG could resolve the stalemate with the DPRK over the Mt. Kumgang shooting incident. He does not believe financial incentives will compel the North Koreans to negotiate, saying the matter had [...] | 2008-08-20 23:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KS KN |
| 08SEOUL1719 | ROKG BIDING ITS TIME ON SOUTH-NORTH RELATIONS [...] (C) -- Six months into the Lee Myung-bak Administration, the ROKG appears increasingly resigned to having no dialogue with North Korea this year, expecting the North to come to the table sometime in 2009. -- Minister of Unification (MOU) Kim Ha-joong, who helped launch "Sunshine Policy," i [...] | 2008-08-29 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
| 08SEOUL1946 | US-ROK CONSULTATIONS ON INTER-KOREAN POLICY AND DPRK CONDITIONS: NO DIALOGUE; KJI STILL IN CHARGE [...] (C) At the first of three scheduled consultation sessions between a U.S. delegation led by DAS Alex Arvizu and a ROKG delegation led by MOFAT DG for Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Huh Chul on September 24, Huh noted that the ROKG policy goal toward North Korea remained essentially the same as th [...] | 2008-10-06 03:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL1956 | OCT 2 INTER-KOREAN MILITARY WORKING LEVEL TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY The 37th inter-Korean military working level, Colonel-level talks were held at Panmunjom on Thursday, 2 Oct. This was the first North/South official meeting since Lee Myung-bak took office. The last military meeting was held on January 25, 2008. Colonel Lee Sang Chul of the ROK Mi [...] | 2008-10-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL20 | PRESIDENT-ELECT LEE'S ADVISORS REPUDIATE SUNSHINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Providing what might be a preview of President-elect Lee Myung-bak's North Korea policy during a KBS roundtable broadcast on January 1, 2008, two of Lee's foreign policy advisors, Park Jin, foreign policy lead on the transition team, and North Korea specialist Nam Sung-wook decl [...] | 2008-01-04 04:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PROG PREL ECON KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2037 | ROK UNIFICATION MINISTER ASSESSES INTER-KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong gave the Ambassador an assessment of the current state of inter-Korean relations during a courtesy call October 13. The DPRK's harsh rhetorical attacks on the Lee administration continued, Kim said, as did its refusal to meet to discuss implement [...] | 2008-10-16 02:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2119 | POLICY PLANNING BILATERALS: ROK FM YU EMPHASIZES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director of Policy Planning David Gordon met with ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and senior Blue House, MOFAT, and Ministry of Unification officials in Seoul on October 27. FM Yu told Gordon that trilateral U.S.-ROK-Japan policy consultations were important to both regional r [...] | 2008-10-29 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN JA KS KN AF |
| 08SEOUL2178 | LEAFLET DROPS IN NORTH KOREA TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Park Sang-hak, President of Fight for Free North Korea, an NGO active in promoting democracy and human rights for North Korea, said he had sent 1.8 million anti-Kim Jong-il (KJI) leaflets by balloon into North Korea this year and would not heed ROKG calls to stop. The DPRK has t [...] | 2008-11-07 04:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2192 | PRESS BULLETIN - November 10, 2008 [...] Prepare for Renegotiation of ROK-U.S. FTA (Hankyoreh Shinmun, November 10, 2008, Page 27) 2. Seoul Should Not Delay Introducing the FTA Ratification Bill to the National Assembly (Seoul Shinmun, November 10, 2008, Page 31) 3. Cooperation and Trust (JoongAng Ilbo, November 8, 2008, Page 26) [...] | 2008-11-10 07:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 08SEOUL2206 | ROKG'S CALM REACTION TO DPRK BORDER-RESTRICTION [...] (C) Summary: DPRK authorities announced on November 12 that "rigid limits and blockages" would be placed on land border crossings between South and North Korea as of December  [...] | 2008-11-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2218 | ROK PM HAN: PREPARED TO WAIT ON FTA, INTERNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK Prime Minister Han Seung-soo told the Ambassador during a courtesy call on November 13 that the ROKG was prepared to wait for the U.S. to take up the matter of its ratification of the KORUS FTA, but would encourage ratification of the accord by the National Assembly in the mea [...] | 2008-11-14 06:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EFIN ECON KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2270 | ROKG REACTION TO DPRK'S RATCHETING UP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- On November 24, the DPRK announced that it would further restrict South-North economic cooperation as of December 1 by stopping Kaesong City tours and reducing ROK managers entering the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) by half. -- A Foreign Ministry official said the ROKG, [...] | 2008-11-25 11:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2279 | PRESS BULLETIN - November 26, 2008 [...] The ROK and the U.S. Agree to Transform Cash-based Financial Contribution for USFK Upkeep to a Goods Provision (Dong-a Ilbo, November 26, 2008, Page 8) 2. 37% of ROK Lawmakers: "The KORUS FTA Would be Revised" (Dong-a Ilbo, November 26, 2008, Pages 1 and 6) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo, H [...] | 2008-11-26 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 08SEOUL2282 | ROK MINISTRY OF UNIFICATION ON DPRK BORDER [...] (C) Summary: The DPRK's November 24 announcement of measures to restrict economic exchange activity and border crossings continued to reverberate in Seoul. On November 26, ROK Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong reported to the National Assembly on the state of affairs, pointing out that restri [...] | 2008-11-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2285 | ANTI-DPRK LEAFLET DROPPING WILL CONTINUE, VOWS NGO [...] (C) Summary: On November 26, POL M/C met with Fighters For Free North Korea Chair Park Hak-Sang, responsible for sending anti-DPRK leaflets, triggering mounting tensions in South-North relations. Park said he was facing increasing pressure to stop, including the Ministry of Unification and f [...] | 2008-11-28 06:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2306 | NEW NGO REVEALS ABUSE AT PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN DPRK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 18 inaugural gathering of Campaign for North Korean Freedom (NK Freedom),Yonsei University Associate Professor of Law Hong Seong-phil explained that the group's founding was based on the notion that defectors needed to take ownership of the North Korean human r [...] | 2008-12-02 22:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV PROP KTIP KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2335 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS DISAGREE ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four National Assembly members evinced frustration with worsening South-North relations in separate December 2-3 meetings, but disagreed on the causes and possible solutions. They saw close coordination with the USG as crucial. All were pessimistic about KIC's future, though the [...] | 2008-12-05 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2336 | ROKG FOREIGN AND UNIFICATION MINISTERS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told the Ambassador in a December 4 meeting that he did not know whether the DPRK would take further steps that would result in the complete closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex, but that the ROKG was ready for that eventuality. The Foreign Mi [...] | 2008-12-05 10:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2382 | NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR INTELLECTUAL SAYS ELITE KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kim Heung-kwang of North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity, a group of predominantly elite North Korean defectors formed in June, and North Korea Reform Radio Representative Kim Seung-chul met with poloff on December 3 to describe plans to target elite North Koreans with messages an [...] | 2008-12-12 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL2408 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) DPRK Bond Prices Low and Falling: Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported November 7 by quoting Exotix Limited, a United Kingdom-based investment bank, regarding North Korean bond prices -- "The price has fallen since July this year. The market then was in the mid 20 cents, but it is now in the te [...] | 2008-12-16 05:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 08SEOUL2461 | ROK-RUSSIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE BUILDS ON CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: ROK Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak and Russian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Denisov discussed strengthening bilateral ties at the first ROK-Russia Vice Foreign Minister Strategic Dialogue in Seoul on December 18. Director of MOFAT's Russia and CIS Division [...] | 2008-12-23 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KS |
| 08SEOUL2502 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8 VISIT TO [...] (C) Madam Secretary, We at Embassy Seoul are delighted that you are able to make this visit. Foreign Minister Yu is eager to see you, especially as he had to cancel his visit to Washington last month due to key National Assembly hearings. President Lee Myung-bak wants to thank you and the Pre [...] | 2008-12-31 05:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL343 | SCENESETTER: LEE MYUNG-BAK PROMISES A BETTER [...] (C) Madam Secretary, the election of Lee Myung-bak, his appointment of pro-American advisors, and the likelihood that his party will secure a commanding majority in the National Assembly elections in April, provide an excellent opportunity to build a more substantial U.S.-ROK partnership for t [...] | 2008-02-21 03:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC KN KS OVIP |
| 08SEOUL365 | ROH MOO-HYUN'S TURBULENT TERM: HISTORIANS MAY BE [...] (C) Roh Moo-hyun ends his presidency a deeply disappointed man. According to Blue House contacts, Roh has been moody and morose since the presidential election in December which resulted in a lopsided victory for the conservative candidate Lee Myung-bak. Not helping Roh's mood is the piling [...] | 2008-02-25 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
| 08SEOUL37 | PRESIDENT-ELECT LEE MEETS FORMER USG OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During a January 4 meeting with former Secretary of Defense William Perry and other former senior SIPDIS USG officials, President-elect Lee Myung-bak said that: -- The DPRK government was feeling "tremendous uncertainty" after Lee's election and consequently had a wait-and-s [...] | 2008-01-07 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
| 08SEOUL45 | 2020 VISION OF A MORE VIABLE AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In our previous message (ref A),we described the impact that changes in and around the Korean Peninsula are having on the U.S.-ROK Alliance and argued that the mission and footprint of our military presence must adapt to meet those changes. We pointed out that while many aspec [...] | 2008-01-09 04:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MASS KN KS |
| 08SEOUL454 | NEW MOU MINISTER KIM HA-JOONG: OLD MOFAT HAND, [...] (C) Kim Ha-joong, the current ROK Ambassador to China and a career diplomat, has been named Lee Myung-bak's first Unification Minister. Resistance to his nomination from the opposition United Democratic Party is unlikely to be strong; he was one of the architects of the Sunshine Policy when he [...] | 2008-03-07 10:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PROG PREL PINR |
| 08SEOUL459 | UNIFICATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL SEES SOUTH-NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Unification's (MOU) Assistant Minister for Planning and Coordination Park Chang-bong, a veteran MOU official who criticized the Sunshine Policy, expects President Lee Myung-bak's government to make clear to the DPRK that most economic assistance, including fertili [...] | 2008-03-10 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL MNUC |
| 08SEOUL496 | BUSAN NOT AS FAR FROM NORTH KOREA AS YOU MAY THINK [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Korea. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Despite an apparent lack of attention to North Korean issues, the port city of Busan is home to several key players in the expansive realm of North Korean issues. While Busan is home to one of the [...] | 2008-03-13 04:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KS |
| 08SEOUL499 | SOUTH KOREAN NGOS' UPHILL STRUGGLE IN NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) In early March, DPRK officials faxed a request to their ROK counterparts at Mt. Kumgang saying that South Korean aid workers should "temporarily" halt visits to Mt. Kumgang and Kaesong, but noting that aid would still be accepted, with no further explanation. The message encapsulated No [...] | 2008-03-13 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KN ECON EAID |
| 08SEOUL616 | KIC EXPULSION SIGNALS DPRK DISCONTENT [...] (C) On March 27 at 1 a.m. Seoul time, 11 South Korean officials stationed at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) were expelled by the DPRK. According to the South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU),the DPRK cited Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong's comments linking denuclearization with e [...] | 2008-03-27 09:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
| 08SEOUL617 | ROK PRESIDENT LEE DELIVERS NUANCED STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to the Unification Ministry on March 26, ROK President Lee Myung-bak made extensive comments on North Korea, especially the importance of denuclearization. Lee stressed that peace and prosperity in North Korea could be achieved only through denuclearization. H [...] | 2008-03-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL623 | ROKG DOWNPLAYS NORTH KOREAN STYX MISSILE TEST [...] (C) The Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (MND) has confirmed Korean media reports that the North Korean People's Army (KPA) test fired three Russian-made Styx anti-ship missiles into the West Sea (Yellow Sea) at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time on Friday March 28. (Note: Due [...] | 2008-03-28 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MNUC PINS PREL KN KS JA |
| 08SEOUL636 | ROKG'S CALM RESPONSE TO DPRK RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak told the Ambassador on March 31 that recent DPRK rhetoric was an effort to test the new government's dedication to denuclearization, but that the ROKG would "respond calmly" without backing down. Assistant Minister of Unification Park Chang-bo [...] | 2008-03-31 10:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
| 08SEOUL67 | NEVER SAY DIE -- UNIFICATION MINISTER ARGUES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Unification Minister Lee Jae-jung stressed the need for a three-party summit between the U.S., DPRK and ROK, to declare an end to the Korean War and provide the necessary incentive for Kim Jong-il to give up his nuclear weapons. Lee list [...] | 2008-01-13 22:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL707 | NSA KIM ON NORTH KOREA, SUMMIT AND ALLIANCE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over an April 8, 2008 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, ROK National Security Advisor Kim Byung-kook said that President Lee's position on North Korea had not changed despite the heated rhetoric from Pyongyang. Lee wanted "sincere and substantive" dialogue with the North, d [...] | 2008-04-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD PINR KN KS |
| 08SEOUL774 | PRESIDENT LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY: ESTABLISHING [...] (C) Lee Myung-bak won the presidency on a conservative platform, emphasizing a new approach toward North Korea. Candidate Lee repeated over and over that ten years of Sunshine Policy had yielded nothing. During that time, the North, with newly acquired nuclear weapons, had become more dangero [...] | 2008-04-16 08:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV EAID PREL |
| 08SEOUL831 | THE DPRK ECONOMY: UPDATE ON KAESONG INDUSTRIAL [...] (C) Most of the South Korean firms operating in the DPRK's Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) remain satisfied with business conditions there, according to ROKG officials and company representatives. Newly arriving companies also seem confident about their investment plans over the longer term. [...] | 2008-04-25 06:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL KS KN |
| 08SEOUL976 | MINISTER OF UNIFICATION: ROKG STEADFAST ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Unification (MOU) Kim Ha-joong described ROKG policy as "steadfast" on its principle that significant economic assistance to the DPRK would require progress on denuclearization, but also "flexible" in terms of seeking dialogue a [...] | 2008-05-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
| 08TOKYO839 | LEGISLATORS EXPRESS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR 6PT, LEE [...] (C) Summary. LDP elder statesmen Taku Yamasaki and Koichi Kato discussed DPRK policy with A/S Hill during a roundtable at the Tokyo American Center on February 21. In addition to Yamasaki and Kato, the meeting included other leaders of a Diet league on Korean Peninsula issues. The discussion [...] | 2008-03-27 02:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KN JA |
| 08TOKYO895 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included plans by Japanese police to question as early as today the U.S. sailor whose credit card was found in the car of a slain taxi driver in Yokosuka on March 19 concerning his possible involvement in the murder. 2. "No More Indulgence Towa [...] | 2008-04-02 02:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09BEIJING1094 | APRIL 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Yasukuni Shrine, Dalai Lama, [...] Key points at the April 23 MFA press briefing: -- A "correct and proper handling" of historic issues is the bedrock of Sino-Japanese relations, and Japan should take appropriate steps to safeguard the relationship following Prime Minister Taro Aso's sending an offering to the Yasukuni Shrine. [...] | 2009-04-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH JA FR KN KS |
| 09BERLIN339 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, FINANCE, ISRAEL, NORTH KOREA [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS Nowruz Message to Iran 3. Bank Stabilization Plan 4. AIG Bonus Payments 5. Formation of New Israeli Government 6. North Korean Satellite Launch  [...] | 2009-03-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS KN |
| 09LISBON385 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S 12 JULY 2009 MEETING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg met on 12 July with Yu Myung-hwan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The meeting lasted 30 minutes; it took place on the margins of the Community of Democracies Ministerial conference in Lisbon. Min [...] | 2009-07-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PO KN |
| 09PARIS1558 | "NO SURPRISES" IN FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY JACK LANG,S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French Special Envoy Jack Lang urged DPRK leaders to return to Six-Party Talks during his five day "information-gathering" tour of North Korea from November 9-14 and visit to Beijing from November 5-9. MFA PDAS for Asia Theirry Viteau, who accompanied Lang to Pyongyang and Bei [...] | 2009-11-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR |
| 09SEOUL1005 | NORTH KOREA SHOWS WILLINGNESS TO KEEP KAESONG [...] (C) Summary: The third round of Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) talks on June 19 convinced involved ROK participants that North Korea would not close the KIC, because the North Korean delegation did not walk out during the lengthy meeting and the next meeting date was brought up by the DPRK d [...] | 2009-06-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1049 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 06:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1073 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JUNE 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue -- DPRK Intensifies H1N1 Flu Preventive Measures -- DPRK Bond Prices Nosedive Following Launch of DPRK Rocket -- DPRK Opens Limited Internet Cell Phone Service -- WHO Provides Tamifl [...] | 2009-07-08 01:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL1080 | NO BREAKTHROUGH AT KAESONG; NORTH-SOUTH IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: The fourth round of inter-Korean negotiations at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) on July 2 adjourned without significant results. The ROKG continued to emphasize the need for the ROK detainee's release; DPRK was solely focused on the USD 500 million fee, increased wages, an [...] | 2009-07-08 06:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1098 | CYBER ATTACKS: NIS PREMATURE IN BLAMING NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: Reports by South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS),leaked by National Assembly lawmakers, that blamed North Korea for the recent spate of Denial of Service cyber attacks against U.S. and South Korean websites quickly fueled hysteria in South Korea's conservative print [...] | 2009-07-10 07:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
| 09SEOUL1111 | USING MEDICINE TO OVERCOME THE NORTH-SOUTH IMPASSE [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Republic of Korea. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Green Doctors, a Busan-based NGO running the only clinic in the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),hopes to open a 150-bed hospital in the near future. In addition to providing medica [...] | 2009-07-14 06:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ELAB XE KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1112 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 06:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1169 | A/S KURT CAMPBELL´S MEETING WITH SENIOR SECRETARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: NSA Kim told A/S Campbell during a July 20 meeting that the ROK believed the North Korean regime could "hold on for sometime" after the death of Kim Jung-il. In the case of a total collapse, Kim unambiguously stated that North Korean territory is part of the ROK and unification is the [...] | 2009-07-24 06:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1171 | A/S CAMPBELL’S MEETING WITH ROK UNIFICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Unification Minister Hyun In-taek outlined Kim Jong-il's health and succession concerns, key figures and the current state of the DPRK for A/S Campbell. Although Kim Jong-il (KJI) remained firmly in control of the regime for now, he was unlikely to live beyond 201 [...] | 2009-07-24 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1194 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JULY 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- North Korea Begins Closing General Markets -- DPRK Sets Up Environmental Protection Plan -- DPRK Establishes a Charity Branch in Beijing -- DPRK Engages in Disaster P [...] | 2009-07-30 03:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL1235 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1241 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN'S VISIT TO KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Berman, welcome to Korea. The alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is strong, enduring, and strategically important. Your visit follows the successful June 16 U.S.-ROK Presidential Summit and adoption of the Joint Vision Statement. The Joint Vision Statem [...] | 2009-08-06 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1243 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-06 22:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1252 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 06:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1255 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 04:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1264 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 06:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1274 | DP CHAIR CHUNG URGES U.S. TO ENGAGE NORTH KOREA; [...] (C) Summary: At an August 10 lunch with the Ambassador, opposition Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Sye-kyun urged the United States to engage the DPRK in dialogue, asserting the U.S. and the ROK shared responsibility with the DPRK for the breakdown of the Six-Party Talks. Chung said for [...] | 2009-08-12 04:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1284 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 06:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1308 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 07:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1316 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 23:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1318 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1326 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1336 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1344 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1363 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1373 | DESPITE NORTH-SOUTH THAW, BLUE HOUSE TO MAINTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two trusted Ministry of Unification (MOU) interlocutors told us August 26 that the prevailing sentiment within the ministry is that the visit of the DPRK funeral delegation represented a "breakthrough" in inter-Korean relations. MOU expects positive results from the inter-Korean [...] | 2009-08-26 09:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1374 | DPRK ECONOMY - 2008 FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to data compiled by the (South) Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the ROK Ministry of Unification (MOU),DPRK foreign trade amounted to USD 5.64 [...] | 2009-08-27 01:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1377 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1380 | WI SAYS DENUCLEARIZATION IS STILL ROKG'S TOP [...] (C) During an August 24 meeting, ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac emphasized to Ambassador Philip Goldberg that the ROKG's top priority is still denuclearization. Wi noted that UNSCR 1874 was forcing the North Koreans to find creative ways [...] | 2009-08-27 23:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN KN KS CH |
| 09SEOUL1386 | HYUNDAI CHAIRWOMAN ON DPRK TRIP, KIM JONG-IL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 25 breakfast with the Ambassador, Hyundai Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun said DPRK leader Kim Jong-il (KJI) claimed a lack of trust between the two Koreas was the main reason for "difficulties" in inter-Korean relations. KJI groused that the Ministry of Unification (M [...] | 2009-08-28 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINR KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1389 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Think Tank: DPRK Faces Worst Economic Crisis since 1994 -- DPRK Develops Wind Power Capacity -- Number of DPRK Mobile Phone Users Increases to 48 [...] | 2009-08-31 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL1391 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1435 | ROK RELATIONS WITH UZBEKISTAN: BLOOD, GAS, GOLD [...] (C) Uzbek Embassy DCM Alisher Okhunjonov gave us an upbeat assessment of bilateral ties with South Korea, which is now Uzbekistan's number one East Asian investor and one of its top trade partners. Using Uzbekistan's large ethnic Korean community as a bridge, the Korea Gas Corporation, the Kor [...] | 2009-09-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PINR PGOV ECON EINV KS UZ |
| 09SEOUL1463 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1495 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1507 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL156 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 2, 2009 [...] The North's Provocations (JoongAng Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 26) 2. Inter-Korean Relations Cannot Be Resolved with a Strategy of Waiting (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 31, 2009, Page 23) 3. N. Korea Must Stop Its Pointless Threats (Chosun Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 27) 4. It Would be Di [...] | 2009-02-02 08:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL1563 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- New Finance Minister Named -- Labor Drive Campaign Extended -- DPRK Shuts Down Wholesale Market -- DPRK Expands Telecommunications Network -- Pyongyan [...] | 2009-09-30 05:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL1617 | RARE DPRK APOLOGY MAY SIGNAL START OF NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) During October 14 inter-Korean talks on flood prevention, the DPRK expressed regret for the deaths of six South Koreans caused by the unannounced release on September 6 of a huge amount of water from a dam just north of the DMZ. The Blue House moved quickly to characterize the North's con [...] | 2009-10-14 09:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1620 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 02:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1628 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 05:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1667 | ROK CONSIDERING MORE FOOD AID TO THE DPRK -- IF [...] (C) A senior Ministry of Unification (MOU) official told us that the October 16 inter-Korean Red Cross talks went unexpectedly badly. The North's delegation rejected South Korea's proposal to hold another round of family reunions and asked for a significant amount of food aid. Our contact re [...] | 2009-10-21 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1698 | HYUNDAI ASAN HOPING TO BENEFIT FROM NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) Hyundai Asan is preparing to move quickly to resume tourism to Kaesong city and Mount Kumgang in the event of a breakthrough in North-South relations, according to company executive vice president Jang Hwan-bin. Jang claimed that word-of-mouth reports about the Kaesong Industrial Complex's [...] | 2009-10-26 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1707 | "DR. CORN" SAYS DPRK HARVEST COULD BE OFF 60 [...] (C) Biologist Kim Soon-kwon, an internationally-recognized corn expert, told us on October 23 that the DPRK corn and rice harvests could be a staggering 60 percent lower than last year, based on recent field observations near Kaesong and Pyongyang. Kim explained that this year's crops were s [...] | 2009-10-27 09:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR SOCI KN |
| 09SEOUL1740 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Scholar: DPRK Economy Dysfunctional, Not in Crisis -- DPRK Restores Science and Technology Commission -- DPRK Establishes Ship Control Center to [...] | 2009-11-02 08:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL1762 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1839 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL186 | HEATED DPRK RHETORIC GETS COOL ROK REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent DPRK statements "nullifying" past inter-Korean agreements appear aimed at ratcheting up tensions, but the ROKG is not tense, based on our soundings of Blue House, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Unification officials. Those officials, as well as several academics, regarded i [...] | 2009-02-05 08:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1869 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1902 | PDAS DONOVAN'S NORTH KOREA MEETINGS AT MOFAT [...] (C) ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac told EAP PDAS Joe Dononvan during a 12/2 meeting that Korea appreciated Ambassador Bosworth agreeing to stop in Seoul immediately before and after his upcoming trip to Pyongyang. Wi was concerned by the [...] | 2009-12-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1933 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 00:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1941 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 01:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1956 | AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH UNIFICATION [...] (C) Unification Minister Hyun In-taek confirmed to the Ambassador on December 14 that the ROK will soon provide 500,000 doses of antiviral drugs to the DPRK to help it handle an H1N1 outbreak. Hyun said the Ministry of Unification (MOU) plans to increase the budget for DPRK-related activities [...] | 2009-12-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SOCI KN KS CH |
| 09SEOUL2008 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Experts: Currency Reform Will Increase Poverty -- DPRK Adopts New Economic Laws -- DPRK Population Exceeds 24 Million -- DPRK Seeks to Develop Wind Power -- DP [...] | 2009-12-28 05:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL282 | HYUNDAI GROUP SUGGESTS PATIENCE AND GENEROSITY [...] (C) Summary: Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun shared her views with the Ambassador on the current state of inter-Korean relations over lunch on February 13. Hyun said North Korea wanted to improve relations with South Korea, but the South's halting of fertilizer and rice deliveries whi [...] | 2009-02-26 01:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD MARR PGOV KS KN |
| 09SEOUL311 | ROK EXPERTS SAY PRESIDENT LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: South Korean experts on the DPRK agree that the North's recent escalation of tensions with the South marks a qualitative change in South-North relations and that President Lee Myung-bak's policy of "benign neglect" toward the North is largely responsible for the change. Kim Jong [...] | 2009-02-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN |
| 09SEOUL315 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) Slow Growth in Inter-Korean Trade Masks Big Changes in Composition: The Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced that inter-Korean trade in 2008 grew just 1.2 percent to USD 1.82 billion (following growth rates of 27.8 percent in 2006 and 33.2 percent in 2007). South Korea's exports to the [...] | 2009-03-01 22:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL342 | KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX NEEDS WORKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 2008, when North Korea threatened to "restrict and cut off" South Koreans' border access, including to the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) north of Seoul, it seemed that hostile inter-Korean politics might lead to the closure of what has been the centerpiece of econo [...] | 2009-03-05 00:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS KN |
| 09SEOUL363 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 08:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL364 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 08:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL371 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL381 | DPRK'S NORTH-SOUTH MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CUTOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Pyongyang promptly restored the inter-Korean movement of goods and personnel in the two transportation corridors after closing them for 24 hours on March 9, ROK Government and private contacts see an unforced error on the part of DPRK authorities, who seem not to have realized [...] | 2009-03-11 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS KN |
| 09SEOUL399 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL408 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL409 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL410 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL429 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL442 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL447 | KIC ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: DPRK'S INEXPLICABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite what ROK observers believed was the DPRK's deliberately provocative decision to restrict Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) access for the second time in a week on March 13, the South Korean government and businesses communities are not yet ready to give up on the six-year-o [...] | 2009-03-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON KS KN |
| 09SEOUL456 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL485 | SOUTH KOREANS CALM ABOUT NORTH KOREAN THREATS [...] (C) Summary: The South Korean public has reacted calmly to North Korea's increasingly hostile rhetoric and actions over the last six months. Even in the shadow of the North's impending missile launch, polls show only a slight up tick in public concern about the North Korean threat, and debate [...] | 2009-03-25 08:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
| 09SEOUL516 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL525 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 07:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL526 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 07:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL530 | NIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR KIM SOOK ON DPRK LAUNCH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and the Special Advisor discussed DPRK launch assessments, the state of the Six-Party Talks, the status of the South Korean detained in Kaesong, and ROK policy toward North Korea with ROK National Intelligence Service (NIS) First Deputy Director Kim Sook over lunc [...] | 2009-04-02 06:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL532 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL544 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
| 09SEOUL545 | ROK FM YU: STRONG UNSC RESPONSE KEY TO 6PT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told the Ambassador during a meeting April 5 shortly after the North Korean Taepo-Dong-2 (TD-2) launch that a strong, unified UN Security Council response to the launch was key to eventual resumption of the Six-Party Talks. A "lukewarm, mild att [...] | 2009-04-05 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KS KN CH RS UNSC |
| 09SEOUL560 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL568 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL58 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Inter-Korean Exchange Fund Allocation to Increase in 2009, although National Assembly Slashes ROKG Share: The Ministry of Unification (MOU) said December 14 that it will set aside about 1.5 trillion won (USD 1.1 billion) in 2009 to facilitate economic and humanitarian exchanges with North [...] | 2009-01-12 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL581 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 07:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL59 | ROK’S FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE NEIGHBORS: NORTH [...] (C) Summary: As a presidential candidate, Lee Myoung-bak called for a "creative reconstruction" of Korea's foreign policy. In his February 2008 inaugural address, Lee criticized his two predecessors, saying, "At times over the last ten years, we found ourselves faltering and confused." He vowed to [...] | 2009-01-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL602 | FORMER BLUE HOUSE INTER-KOREAN AFFAIRS CHIEF ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current standoff between North and South Korea will continue for several months, according to former Blue House Senior Secretary for Inter-Korean Affairs Um Jong-sik, but the North's serious food and fertilizer situation might lead to South-North dialogue later in the year. [...] | 2009-04-14 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL62 | NORTH-SOUTH RHETORIC: A YEAR OF CHILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The rapid deterioration in inter-Korean relations since conservative Lee Myung-bak was elected as ROK President just over a year ago was probably inevitable given LMB's commitment to change the ground rules of inter-Korean relations which had been painstakingly established over th [...] | 2009-01-13 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL626 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 06:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL633 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 07:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL640 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL645 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 06:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL647 | ROK NSA AND 6PT ENVOY DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Kim Sung-hwan and Six-Party Talks Envoy Wi Sung-lac separately told Staffdel Jannuzi on April 17 that the timing of reengaging North Korea would be important and Seoul and Washington should not appear "anxious." Wi suggested a dialogue should be o [...] | 2009-04-21 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP OREP EWWT KS KN |
| 09SEOUL654 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL655 | APRIL 21 SOUTH-NORTH MEETING AT KAESONG: NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Korean officials went to the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) on April 21 at the North's request for the first civilian inter-Korean meeting since President Lee Myung-bak's February 2008 inauguration hoping to discuss several urgent issues: the welfare of a South Korean en [...] | 2009-04-22 10:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KS KN |
| 09SEOUL660 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL664 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 04:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL672 | MND: DPRK MILITARY RHETORIC AND NATIONAL DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK's recent restaffing and expansion of the National Defense Commission (NDC) and its hostile military rhetoric over the last several months are related to the DPRK leadership's "top priority" need to stabilize the DPRK internally in preparation for succession, according to [...] | 2009-04-27 06:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KN KS |
| 09SEOUL674 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL678 | KAESONG NEGOTIATIONS HINGE ON DORMITORIES, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An important reason behind the DPRK's hostile attitude toward the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) is the ROKG refusal to build dormitories for additional workers. The USG should encourage the ROKG to build the dormitories and allow the KIC to expand to over 100,000 workers, bec [...] | 2009-04-28 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL708 | REVISING HISTORY: NEW ROK HISTORY TEXTBOOK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Starting from this spring, South Korean high school students will learn their history from a revised text of their familiar "A Modern and Contemporary History of Korea." The movement to revise the history text kicked off soon after the inauguration of President Lee Myung-bak, s [...] | 2009-05-04 09:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL716 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 07:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL732 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL745 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL776 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) DPRK Reportedly Bans Wide Array of Goods from Markets: The Korea Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) reported that "North Korea Intellectual Solidarity," a South Korean civic group consisting of 600 North Korean defectors, claimed that North Korean authorities released on March 15 a l [...] | 2009-05-15 01:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL791 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 23:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL797 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 05:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL808 | ROK'S KAESONG MANAGER: DPRK TRYING TO SHAKE ROK [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korea is trying to change the ROK's "political geography" through its hostile actions, including those targeted at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),according to President of the Kaesong Industrial Management Committee (KIDMAC) Moon Moo-hong. Moon, an Assistant Ministe [...] | 2009-05-20 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL815 | GROWING FRUSTRATION BY KIC COMPANIES, BUT NO SIGNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 19, Representative Kwon Young-seh (GNP) hosted a forum at the National Assembly to discuss the current situation at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC). Speakers and discussants included MOU Director General for KIC Project Bureau Kim Young-tak, former head of the Korea [...] | 2009-05-21 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KS KN |
| 09SEOUL818 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 06:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL826 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL830 | ROKG JOINS PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: On May 26 at 10:00 AM (Seoul Time),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced the ROKG's official endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),an immediate response to the North Korean testing of a nuclear device the previous day (reftel B). Still, the M [...] | 2009-05-26 09:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PHSA PINS PTER PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL840 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL843 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 10:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL872 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 07:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL881 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 06:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL893 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL907 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 06:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL91 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 20, 2009 [...] ROK-U.S. Cooperation Is Leverage in Resolving North Korean Nuclear Issue (Dong-a Ilbo, January 19, 2009, Page 31) 2. KORUS FTA and Hillary Clinton's True Intentions (Chosun Ilbo, January 20, 2009, Page 27) 3. Obama's Train of Hope (Dong-a Ilbo, January 20, 2009, Page 30) 4. The Incoming O [...] | 2009-01-20 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL924 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 07:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL930 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL931 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL941 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL965 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 07:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL973 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL976 | UNIFICATION MINISTRY RESTRUCTURING: LEANER AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the early days of the Lee Myung-bak Administration, when the Ministry of Unification (MOU) was slated to disappear, the MOU has been steadily weakened. Earlier this month, the ROKG announced a restructuring of the Ministry of Unification that: -- raises the profile of u [...] | 2009-06-18 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PREF KS KN |
| 09SEOUL982 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 05:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SHENYANG148 | PRC EXPERT FORESEES NO INSTABILITY IN DPRK POWER [...] (C) Summary: Jilin Province's foremost Korean Peninsula scholar does not foresee instability during the transfer of power to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il's successor, but predicated longer-term stability on an improved economic situation. After his reshuffle of the military in early 2009, Kim has [...] | 2009-08-21 03:10:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ECON KN KS CH |
| 09TOKYO1214 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/09 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 07:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1813 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/09 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-09 21:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1898 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND BURMA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to Monday's televised debate among the leaders of six major political parties ahead of the official start of the Lower House election campaign on Tuesday. 2. "What's Behind North Korea's Staging of Dialogue?" The business- [...] | 2009-08-18 02:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1995 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S INTER-AGENCY MEETING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 25, GOJ officials led by MOFA Asia DG Akitaka Saiki and Ambassador Philip Goldberg discussed UNSCR 1874 implementation and issues related to the DPRK's nuclear and missile programs. JapaQe officials said they are happy with the current level of coordination between the [...] | 2009-08-31 02:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL JA KN PARM KNSD UNSC |
| 10SEOUL107 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 28, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 07:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL141 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 1, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL146 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 2, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL175 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 5, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL182 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 8, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 06:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL195 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 9, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL205 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 10, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL318 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2010 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Grain Output Declines in 2009 -- Market Restrictions Eased -- Finance Chief Sacked Over Currency Debacle -- Scholar: Currency Reform Goal Was to Exp [...] | 2010-02-25 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 10SEOUL5 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 4, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 05:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL65 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 15, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 06:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL69 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 19, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 05:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL89 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 08:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL91 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 25, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 10SEOUL95 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JANUARY 2010 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- New Year's Editorial Focuses on the Economy -- DPRK Bans Foreign Currency Use -- DPRK Continues Closing Wholesale Markets -- Number of DPRK Cell Phon [...] | 2010-01-26 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
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