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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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03AMMAN6028GOJ PLANS TO CLOSE RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Habashneh informed UNHCR on Sept. 8 that the GOJ intends to close the Ruweished refugee camp and transfer the remaining 550 camp residents to the no-man's land (NML) camp between the Jordanian and Iraqi border posts, preferably by October 15. UNHCR and the [...]
2003-09-18 16:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
04GUATEMALA3272GUATEMALA'S WISH LIST FOR MIGRANTS
[...] Summary: Guatemala's MFA sent the Embassy its latest proposal for the U.S. Government to extend legal status to its large population of undocumented migrants resident in the U.S. While we have repeatedly advised the GOG that many of these proposals are politically or legally untenable, we be [...]
2004-12-27 18:10:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG ASEC PHUM PREL CVIS SNAR EAID GT
04LIMA126PERUVIAN NARCOTRAFFICKER FERNANDO ZEVALLOS:
[...] (SBU) Embassy's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office plans to deliver two letters on January 13: -- one to suspected narcotrafficker Fernando Zevallos Gonzalez requesting that he present himself at the Embassy to make a sworn statement regarding his eligibility to enter the U.S. a [...]
2004-01-09 16:32:00Embassy LimaSECRETCVIS SNAR PREL KCRM PINR PE
04STATE61816EXCEPTION TO VANCE MEMORANDUM - APPROVAL FOR U.S.
[...] (S) IN VIEW OF CHANGING WORLD CONDITIONS AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY HAS APPROVED A MODIFICATION TO THE 1977 VANCE MEMORANDUM. WHICH STATES, IN PART, THAT NO OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OR FOREIGN SERVICE SHALL DIRECT, ARRANGE FOR, PERMIT, OR UNDERTAKE [...]
2004-03-19 19:16:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
05BUCHAREST1518VISAS VIPER: JUNE 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Embassy Bucharest's Visas Viper Committee met on 28 June 2005. Consul General Bryan Dalton chaired the meeting. No new names were submitted to the committee at the meeting. Since May,s Visas Viper Report (Ref B),post submitted no additional names for consideration b [...]
2005-07-08 13:25:00Embassy BucharestSECRETASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR LE PINR PTER RO KANSOU TALAL MOHAMAD
05KINGSTON2728SIX POLICE OFFICERS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
[...] (C) In late November, six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers, all members of the now disbanded Crime Management Unit, were put on trial for the unlawful killing of four people at a home in Crawle, Clarendon in May 2003. Chief Judge Lensley Wolfe ruled that the prosecution failed to make a p [...]
2005-12-19 19:20:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR JM
05LAGOS1660SITREP #7: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) The consular response team (CRT) yesterday liaised with Nigerian authorities to review identification documents found at the crash site. They found no/no information indicating additional AMCITs were on board, other than the one known AMCIT and two LPRs whose names match the manifest. T [...]
2005-10-25 11:33:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL
05SANSALVADOR3459 FY-2006 Consular Package Narrative for San
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 22:23:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD AFSI ASIG ES
05WARSAW1371 Poland: Debate on Film Act Heating Up
[...] (SBU) Legislation being drafted by the Polish Parliament (Sejm) to impose a tax on foreign broadcasts into Poland is being hotly debated in the government. Sejm deputies want to use the collected revenue to subsidize the domestic film industry. Although the Ministry of Culture sees no prob [...]
2005-03-11 10:58:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN KIPR PL
05WARSAW2061PRIVATE PROPERTY COMPENSATION BILL ADVANCES TO
[...] (U) Following a sharp debate April 15, the Polish Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority of 303 to 105 to send to committee a government bill that would provide cash compensation for property nationalized after the Second World War. Although in the debate, the opposition Civic Platform [...]
2005-04-20 14:51:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KNAR PGOV PHUM PL IS
05WARSAW2889EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED BREAKFAST WITH CIVIC
[...] (C) EUR A/S Dan Fried held a breakfast meeting July 11 with Jan Rokita, the head of the centrist Civic Platform (PO). Rokita, who is likely to become Prime Minister should PO lead a coalition government after the September 2005 parliamentary elections, reviewed the political state of play in [...]
2005-07-20 09:58:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
05WARSAW2912ELECTION SEASON IN FULL SWING WITH PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) With just over two months until parliamentary elections and just under three months until the first round of presidential elections, the election season in Poland is in full swing. The presidential race is still fluid. Parliamentary speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, who entered the race s [...]
2005-07-22 14:38:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
05WARSAW3298CENTRIST CIVIC PLATFORM SURGES IN PRE-ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The centrist Civic Platform (PO) has moved into a strong first-place position in the latest opinion surveys, with just a few weeks remaining before Polish parliamentary and presidential elections. PO's recent surge suggests that the party will dominate a coalition government fo [...]
2005-09-07 13:39:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON PL
05WARSAW3360WHAT'S AT STAKE IN POLISH ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: With just a few weeks remaining in the Polish parliamentary and presidential election campaigns, all signs indicate that the new government and head of state will be ones committed to advancing long-standing principles of Polish foreign and economic policy. September 25 parliamen [...]
2005-09-14 13:58:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PL
05WARSAW3393POLISH ELECTIONS UPDATE: PO, PIS MAINTAIN LEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The centrist Civic Platform (PO) and center-right Law and Justice (PiS) continue to dominate the party preference polls with little more than a week before Polish parliamentary elections September 25. The latest surveys indicate that PO still far outpaces PiS, and that, togethe [...]
2005-09-16 14:05:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PL
05WARSAW3427POLISH PARLIAMENTARY RACE TIGHTENS
[...] (SBU) Summary: With just days to go before September 25 Polish parliamentary elections, latest opinion polls indicate a tightening race between the front-running Civic Platform (PO) and its likely coalition partner, the center-right Law and Justice (PiS). In contrast to the inconclusive elect [...]
2005-09-21 08:57:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
05WARSAW3429 CHILDREN OF MARTIAL LAW AND YOUTHFUL POLITICS IN
[...] (U) Summary: A survey of the youth wings of Poland's political parties and discussions with young voters give a picture of a generation raised in post-communist Poland fairly disengaged from the political process. While dedicated individuals in and out of the party structure try to reverse thi [...]
2005-09-21 10:23:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON PL
05WARSAW3456LIKELY COALITION PARTNERS NECK-AND-NECK ON EVE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: National opinion surveys on the last day of the Polish parliamentary election campaign show the centrist Civic Platform (PO) and center-right Law and Justice (PiS) running roughly even (albeit with a slight edge to PO),highlighting the fierce contest for first place between the [...]
2005-09-23 14:41:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PL
05WARSAW3465POLISH RIGHT VICTORIOUS IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Preliminary results and exit polling from Poland's September 25 parliamentary elections indicate a convincing victory for the center-right Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO),who are expected to begin formal coalition negotiations as early as September 27. PiS's nar [...]
2005-09-26 10:13:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PL
05WARSAW3477FINAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED IN POLAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The final results of Polish parliamentary elections confirmed a narrow first-place finish for the center-right Law and Justice (PiS),followed by its anticipated coalition partner, the Civic Platform (PO). The latest forecasts for parliamentary seat distribution indicate that P [...]
2005-09-27 14:04:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PL
05WARSAW3557TUSK STILL LEADS IN TIGHTENING PRESIDENTIAL RACE
[...] (U) Summary: Civic Platform (PO) candidate Donald Tusk remains the odds-on favorite to replace Aleksander Kwasniewski as Poland's next President, although the race with his principal rival, Law and Justice (PiS) candidate Lech Kaczynski is tightening in the final days before the October 9 el [...]
2005-10-05 14:17:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PL
05WARSAW3700POLISH GOVERNMENT COALITION TALKS BREAK DOWN
[...] (C) Summary: Coalition negotiations between Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO) collapsed October 26 following PiS's decision to put forward its own candidate for parliamentary speaker, who was quickly elected with the support of radical opposition parties. PiS and PO leaders were u [...]
2005-10-26 15:13:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
05WARSAW3806POLISH PM MARCINKIEWICZ SET TO WIN CONFIDENCE VOTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz presented his government's program to parliament November 10, confident of prevailing in a vote of confidence later that day. Both the populist Self-Defense (SO) and the right-wing League of Polish Families (LPR) parties have given [...]
2005-11-10 14:29:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PL
05WARSAW4020LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
[...] (C) Summary: Governing Law and Justice (PiS) officials are pursuing a strategy of dividing and conquering right-wing and nationalist Polish parties, and pondering whether to call early elections -- perhaps as soon as early 2006 -- to strengthen their position. The main opposition, PiS's woul [...]
2005-12-09 15:49:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
05WARSAW4045POLAND'S CIVIC PLATFORM -- THE JILTED BRIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland's leading opposition party, the Civic Platform (PO),hopes to cast itself as the only viable political alternative to the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS),although its sudden metamorphosis from would-be coalition leader to outspoken critic has led some Poles, including [...]
2005-12-14 12:52:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
05WARSAW4079PIS MAKES PLAY FOR PUBLIC MEDIA
[...] (U) On December 16th Law and Justice (PIS) moved to change the National Broadcasting law and effectively seize political and, consequently, editorial control of Polish Public Television (TVP) and Radio (PR). The amendment was fast-tracked through Parliament (same day reading and voting with n [...]
2005-12-20 14:50:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDECPS KPAO PGOV PREL PL
05WELLINGTON738SUGGESTED STRATEGY FOR ALIEN (BUI) REQUEST TO GNZ
[...] (SBU) This message contains an action request, at paragraph 6. 2. (C) Post believes that reftel demarche would be a very hard sell to GNZ officials. New Zealand prides itself as a strong player in supporting human rights. The Government has also been strongly criticized in the recent pa [...]
2005-09-23 02:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV NZ
06ANKARA5796HIJACKING OF THY FLIGHT 1476 ON OCTOBER 3, 2006
[...] (U) Turkish Deputy Director General for Civil Aviation, Haydar Yalcin, described for us the October 3 hijacking of Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 flight 1476. Yalcin said Turkish national Hakan Ekinci seized control of the flight soon after its departure from Tirana in route to Istanbul's Ataturk [...]
2006-10-05 09:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAIR ASEC TU
06BAGHDAD3161SOCIAL ACTIVISTS PUSH FOR CROSS-SECTARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqiyya member Saad Al Janabi (elected to the CoR but deprived of his seat at the behest of the De-Ba'athification Commission) has been working to relieve sectarian tensions through community meetings and provision of basic essentials. Currently working in Adhamiya, Kadhimyah, a [...]
2006-08-29 04:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BEIJING10603HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR URGES CHINA TO TAKE
[...] (C) The Ambassador used Ref A points to urge China to renew cooperation on human rights issues in a May 30 meeting with MFA International Organizations Director General Wu Hailong. DG Wu replied that China is ready to conduct exchanges on human rights on the basis of equality and mutual respect, bu [...]
2006-05-30 12:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING15559HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA ON RELIGIOUS PRISONERS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 26, POLOFF RAISED USG CONCERN ABOUT THE RECENT DETENTION OF AN AIDS ACTIVIST, THE BEATING DEATH OF A JOURNALIST AND THE CONVICTION OF SEVERAL UNDERGROUND PROTESTANT LEADERS, INCLUDING SOME SENTENCED TO DEATH. AN MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION OFFICIAL HAD NO INFORMATION ABOUT [...]
2006-07-27 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF CH
06BEIJING24491HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY URGES RELEASE OF YANG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 10:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING6852APRIL 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESIDENT HU'S U.S.
[...] Key points made at the April 11 MFA press briefing are as follows: - President Hu Jintao will visit the United States April 18-21, Saudi Arabia April 22-24, Morocco April 24-26, Nigeria April 26-27 and Kenya April 27-28. - Beijing hopes President Hu's U.S. trip will help reduce bilateral [...]
2006-04-11 10:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING7092MFA PREVIEWS PRESIDENT HU'S TRIP TO THE UNITED
[...] During a special April 14 MFA press briefing, Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi previewed President Hu Jintao's April 18-29 visits to the United States, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Nigeria and Kenya. Beijing stands ready to strengthen mutual trust and cooperation with the United States and addres [...]
2006-04-14 08:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR
06BRIDGETOWN199FRAUD SUMMARY - BRIDGETOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 10:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BB
06DHAKA997FRAUD SUMMARY - DHAKA
[...] SUMMARY. Dhaka is a high fraud post with a full-time FPM and a busy FPU. Fraud, especially in IV and DV cases, is a daily occurrence for adjudicators, and is most often found in ages of children, marital status, and qualification for the DV program. Most Bangladeshi documents are unreliable, [...]
2006-02-27 10:08:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS BG
06GEORGETOWN60FRAUD SUMMARY - GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
[...] SUMMARY: Economic and cultural pressure to migrate continues to motivate all forms of immigration fraud in Guyana. Cooperation with elements of the Government of Guyana (GoG) and civil society enables post to detect and combat some types but corruption and cultural support for migration compl [...]
2006-01-18 21:16:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM GY
06MANAGUA803VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States by Roberto Erasmo Cedeno Borgen, born in Nicaragua on November 25, 1938 and by Aminta Or [...]
2006-04-10 20:16:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MEXICO5312MEXICO'S GOVERNMENT, MEDIA PROCESS AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: While certainly not uniformly laudatory, public and private responses to last week's consular announcement and ambassadorial statement on rising border violence have so far been measured. The statements generated predictable criticism from some quarters that we have impinged [...]
2006-09-19 21:09:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS MX
06MONTEVIDEO1111SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GOODLATTE'S VISIT TO URUGUAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy welcomes Codel Goodlatte to Uruguay and greatly appreciates its contributions to US foreign policy objectives. Your November 28-29 visit comes at an auspicious time in our bilateral relationship and will coincide with the arrival of the US Ambassador to Uruguay, Frank E [...]
2006-11-22 15:44:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP OVIP EAGR ECON UY
06NAIROBI1650SOMALIS IN KENYA: ABANDONED KIDS, IMPOSTORS, AND
[...] (U) Summary: Post has seen great activity since Ref A among naturalized Somalis and Somali nationals in Kenya. A rash of Somali Amcit, LPR, and asylee children have contacted post with stories of abandonment by Somali family members after trips to Kenya or Somalia. Post has also noted sever [...]
2006-04-13 14:39:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NICOSIA1208TFLE01: THE EVACUATION CRISIS IS NOT YET OVER:
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. With civilian outflow from Lebanon slowing, Post is facing a looming crisis involving the approximately 250 or so people who remain in the Cyprus International Fairgrounds because one or more members of their families cannot [...]
2006-07-27 09:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC LE CY
06NICOSIA1216TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 19 AS OF 1700 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 1700L was 13,229. 9,389 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 1700L on July 27. 488 will spend the night at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds. End summary. POLITICAL 2. (U) GOC Interior Minister Chris [...]
2006-07-27 15:33:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1222TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 20 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, FRIDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 0800L was 13,231. 9,944 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 0800L on July 28. 494 are currently were at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds as of 0800L on July 28. CONSULAR 2. (C) The following are co [...]
2006-07-28 07:20:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1256TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 29 AS OF 0800 LOCAL,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nicosia emptied the Cyprus International Fairgrounds facility of U.S.-assisted arrivals from Lebanon on August 1, and the last U.S.-chartered flight departed on August 2 at 0345L with 170 people. As the local Sigma Television station filmed, embassy buses drove away fro [...]
2006-08-02 09:36:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06SANTODOMINGO1349CRIMINAL DEPORTEES: DOMINICAN OFFICIALS AND
[...] Dominican PermRep to the UN Erasmo Lara-Pena has been energetically promoting the idea of a program of social services and support for Dominicans who are deported from the United States after serving time in U.S. jails. He published a lengthy proposal in daily "Hoy" on March 11. On March 24 P [...]
2006-04-21 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS DR KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR
06SANTODOMINGO3179DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ASKS FOR "WAIVER" ON
[...] (U) Action request, para 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador used a one-on-one meeting with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez on October 5 to raise point-by-point reftel demarche on the Department's requirement that individuals recently appointed as Consul General New York and Consul General San [...]
2006-10-06 17:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCASC CVIS OFDP PREL DR
06SANTODOMINGO3655SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO THE DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in the Dominican Republic warmly welcomes your planned December 8-10 visit to Santo Domingo. Space permitting, Ambassador Hans Hertell will greet you in Washington, DC on the day of your departure, and travel with you via milair to Santo Domingo. We have arrange [...]
2006-12-06 11:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EPET PHUM PREF PREL ETRAD ECON DR
06SOFIA259Smuggling of Bulgarians through Mexico
[...] Bulgaria is a transit point for illegal migration and alien smuggling as well as a source country for illegal migration to the United States. A common smuggling scheme remains for Bulgarians to obtain Mexican visas, travel to Mexico as tourists and from there cross illegally into the U.S. T [...]
2006-02-21 14:56:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD ASEC BU
06VIENTIANE302THE LAO COMMUNIST PARTY'S GAME PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) -- the ruling Communist Party -- has absolute confidence in its ability to govern Laos well into the future. The Party believes that it is responsible for economic gains over the past decade, not comprehending that much of that progress w [...]
2006-03-30 09:28:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV SOCI LA
06VIENTIANE306NEW CENTRAL COMMITTEE LINEUP
[...] LTG Choummaly Sayasone (3) Present position: Lao State Vice President (since 2001),Party Secretary General Previous position: -- Deputy Prime Minister -- Minister of National Defense -- Vice Minister of National Defense Age: 69 Date of birth: June 3, 1936 Place of birth: Attapeu Province [...]
2006-03-31 08:29:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR LA
06VIENTIANE312LAOS' NEW PARTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CHOUMMALY
[...] (C) The 8th Party Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) elected Choummaly Sayasone as its new Secretary-General on March 21. Choummaly has been a fixture in the Central Committee for more than two decades, but remains one of the least-known of the senior leaders. A long-tim [...]
2006-04-03 09:53:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL LA
06VIENTIANE447DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: LAOS REWRITES ITS
[...] (C) Laos isn't unique among countries whose governments rewrite history to serve their own ends, but the Communist leadership here has taken the process to its extreme. The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) has concocted a black-and-white version of the recent past that is designed pure [...]
2006-05-19 04:30:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALSOCI PGOV PINR LA
06WARSAW111BUDGET IS PASSED; ELECTIONS STILL POSSIBLE
[...] Voting well past midnight on January 25, the Polish Parliament passed the budget proposed by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party by a vote of 269 to 180. Voting was protracted owing to 225 proposed amendments, each considered and voted individually. The budget was passed by a party-line v [...]
2006-01-25 14:22:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW1169ARE THE KACZYNSKIS WOBBLY ON DEMOCRACY?
[...] (C) Summary: One month into the political marriage of convenience which delivered a long-sought parliamentary majority, the Kaczynski brothers are moving forward with their agenda to beat back the last vestiges of Polish Communism by means that their critics charge are anti-democratic. Thei [...]
2006-06-14 09:21:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PL PREL
06WARSAW134CIVIC PLATFORM AND LAW AND JUSTICE INSIDERS SEE
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO) leaders and insiders told Ambassador and Poloffs that early elections are increasingly likely, despite the Sejm's passage of the budget January 24. After a late night January 26 Sejm session in which PiS once agai [...]
2006-01-27 16:06:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW1489ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE POLISH GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) is stung by criticism that it is anti-Semitic, gutting Holocaust education, and too slow to act on long delayed private property restitution, but does not have a strategy to deal with these problems. PiS points to its heretofore good [...]
2006-07-20 14:03:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNAR PL
06WARSAW1514THE (LAST?) BATTLE FOR PUBLIC MEDIA IN POLAND
[...] (U) Journalists and media observers continue to bemoan the perceived loss of independence for public media. While Polish Public media has ebbed and flowed with majority politics since 1989 never has the division between politicians and media been drawn in such sharp relief. The dust is settl [...]
2006-07-25 14:17:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PL
06WARSAW1523THE (LAST?) BATTLE FOR PUBLIC MEDIA IN POLAND
[...] (SBU) Journalists and media observers continue to bemoan the perceived loss of independence for public media. While Polish Public media has ebbed and flowed with majority politics since 1989 never has the division between politicians and media been drawn in such sharp relief. The dust is set [...]
2006-07-26 13:09:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PL
06WARSAW159VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT LECH KACZYNSKI TO
[...] (C) Polish President Lech Kaczynski's determination to make his second foreign trip (after the Vatican) to Washington, with less than two months in office, is testament to our close partnership and to the deep admiration the new president has for the United States. A longtime activist in the [...]
2006-02-01 16:08:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
06WARSAW1646JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI TAKES CHARGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Speaking non-stop for an hour and forty minutes without break, and only rarely looking at his notes, PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski delivered on August 4 an impressive tour d'horizon of Polish government policies, making clear that he is solidly in charge of the gov [...]
2006-08-09 07:10:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR PL
06WARSAW177POLISH GOVERNING PARTY SIGNS COOPERATION ACCORD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poland's governing Law and Justice (PiS) party concluded a "stabilization pact" February 2 with opposition protest parties Self-Defense (SO) and the League of Polish Families (LPR),committing the parties to cooperate on a detailed legislative agenda but stopping short of a form [...]
2006-02-03 15:20:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW1798NEW DEPUTY DEFMINS: MACIEREWICZ STIRS UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed MOD U/S Antoni Macierewicz, responsible for transformation of the military intelligence services (REF A),has triggered an uproar by accusing "most former Polish foreign ministers" of being Soviet agents. PM Kaczynski who forced the appointment over DefMin Sikorsk [...]
2006-08-26 05:00:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PL
06WARSAW2063SO LEADER LEPPER FORCED OUT OF GOVERNMENT AMID
[...] (SBU) Summary: Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski on the evening of September 19 forced out his Agriculture Minister, Andrzej Lepper, in a surprise move that has many speculating that early elections will be called for November. Kaczynski gave as an explanation only that Lepper had been a disrupti [...]
2006-09-22 13:59:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PROG PL
06WARSAW2115TURBULENT POLITICAL SCENE CONTINUES AS PM
[...] (C) Summary: Poland's seemingly endless political turbulence continues to follow twists and turns that lead to constant speculation and disagreement about whether there will be early elections, whether Law and Justice (PiS) can form a new majority, and whether the opposition can cobble toget [...]
2006-09-29 15:30:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PL
06WARSAW2218BACK TO THE FUTURE: ANDRZEJ LEPPER RETURNS TO
[...] (C) Summary: In a late night meeting October 16, away from the glare of the press, Andrzej Lepper and his Self-Defense (SO) party returned to the coalition government led by Law and Justice (PiS) PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who had dumped Lepper a scant four weeks ago. Lepper was restored to his [...]
2006-10-17 15:22:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW2286REVIVAL OF JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND, BUT CHALLENGES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Twentieth century Poland's history of Jewish relations has made many Jews see Poland solely as a Jewish cemetery and hotbed of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism persists, but is no worse than most European countries, and rejection of anti-Semitism is on the rise, notwithstanding th [...]
2006-10-27 13:21:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALKNAR PGOV PHUM PREL PL
06WARSAW2312MFA DEMORALIZED AND WEAKENED UNDER FM FOTYGA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lech Kaczynski's tight grip on foreign policy has squeezed out his own Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with a corresponding loss of effectiveness in European institutions and overall quality in Polish foreign policy. The politicization of top and mid-level positions, [...]
2006-11-02 16:16:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW2322UPCOMING LOCAL ELECTIONS VIEWED AS A BAROMETER OF
[...] (U) Summary: Poles will vote in municipal and regional elections nationwide on November 12, in what is cast as a referendum on the Kaczynski government, and a barometer of their political strength in the wake of the latest series of domestic political troubles. The race for mayor in Warsaw i [...]
2006-11-03 15:17:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALQEL PGOV PL
06WARSAW2389INCUMBENTS AND OPPOSITION CLAIM VICTORY IN LOCAL
[...] Summary. Poles voted in municipal and regional elections nationwide on November 12, with many incumbents sailing to re-election, and the opposition Civic Platform (PO) running strong in provincial assemblies. The center piece of the election, the race for Warsaw mayor, will see a run off on [...]
2006-11-14 14:57:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW240Poland's Stabilization Pact - What it means for the
[...] (SBU) On February 2, the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party signed a stabilization pact with two opposition parties - Self Defense (SO) and the League of Polish Families (LPR). The pact includes a list of bills the parties agree to support, and a shorter list of those they will d [...]
2006-02-15 10:18:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL PL
06WARSAW2415TOUGH TIMES FOR THE LEAGUE OF POLISH FAMILIES
[...] (C) Summary. Only six months after joining the ruling Polish government coalition, the ultra-Catholic League of Polish Families (LPR) was the big loser in last weekend's regional elections, and faces an uncertain future. Party leader Roman Giertych has been a lightning rod for criticism, an [...]
2006-11-17 15:00:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW2564POLAND: AMBASSADOR'S INTRO CALL ON NEW
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution. 2. (U) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on new Minister of Construction, Andrzej Aumiller on December 7. During the meeting, Aumiller explained his hope to build 3 million housing units in Poland over the next eight year [...]
2006-12-13 15:41:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI PL
06WARSAW2609POLISH COALITION FINDS FACE-SAVING EXITS FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Poland's ruling coalition continues to lurch along, after two weeks of political distraction spurred by revelations of a sex scandal in Samoobrona (SO) and renewed accusation of neo-Nazi activity by the League of Polish Families (LPR) youth wing. While both junior partners foun [...]
2006-12-19 15:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW35POLISH GOVERNMENT REPLACES FINANCE MINISTER TERESA
[...] (C) In a surprise move, Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz has replaced Finance Minister Teresa Lubinska with ex-Civic Platform Party (PO) insider and budget expert Zyta Gilowksa. In addition, Gilowska will hold the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. From September 2001 to May 2005 Gilowska was a membe [...]
2006-01-10 13:08:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PL PREL
06WARSAW36POLISH GOVERNMENT REPLACES FINANCE MINISTER TERESA
[...] (C) In a surprise move, Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz has replaced Finance Minister Teresa Lubinska with ex-Civic Platform Party (PO) insider and budget expert Zyta Gilowksa. In addition, Gilowska will hold the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. From September 2001 to May 2005 Gilowska was a membe [...]
2006-01-10 15:11:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PL PREL
06WARSAW381INFIGHTING CONTINUES AMONG STABILIZATION PACT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the Stabilization Pact signed February 2 between Poland's governing Law and Justice Party (PiS) the League of Polish Families (LPR) and Self Defense (SO) helped stave off early elections, it has not stopped political battling among the partners, nor guaranteed the smooth [...]
2006-03-03 16:26:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW48POLISH PROTEST PARTIES FACE CHALLENGES IN BACKING
[...] (SBU) Since coalition talks with Civic Platform (PO) fell apart in late October, the minority Law and Justice (PiS) government has relied on the support of two protest parties in parliament: Andrzej Lepper's populist, agrarian Self Defense (SO) and the extreme right-wing League of Polish Fami [...]
2006-01-12 13:05:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW497POLISH DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION AT A STRATEGIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its position as a minority government and ongoing domestic political battles, the Marcinkiewicz government is beginning to define the future strategic direction of the Polish military. In the coming months, the parliament will consider bills that would radically reorganiz [...]
2006-03-17 09:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL
06WARSAW50POLAND: Scenesetter for CODEL Duncan Visit, January
[...] (U) Poland with an area of 313,000 square kilometers is about the size of New Mexico. Poland's population of 38.6 million (2004 est.) is 96 percent ethnically Polish and almost entirely Roman Catholic. However, there are also small German, Belarussian, Roma, Ukrainian, Jewish and Russian min [...]
2006-01-12 13:40:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN ECON PL CVIS ETRD
06WARSAW518IN FRUSTRATION, POLISH GOVERNING PARTY CALLS FOR
[...] (SBU) Declaring "no other way out" of Poland's ongoing political stalemate, governing Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski announced March 18 that his party will seek to dissolve parliament and hold new elections in May, prior to Pope Benedict XVI's scheduled visit to Poland at the [...]
2006-03-20 16:02:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PL
06WARSAW53POLISH BUDGET ROW HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNING PARTY'S
[...] (SBU) Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) minority government set off an uproar January 11 among opposition parliamentary groups, including those supporting the government, when it backed off from scheduling a budget vote this weekend, reviving suspicions that PiS plans to use a budget delay to cal [...]
2006-01-12 15:43:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW7Poland's new Treasury Minister Resigns amid
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. On the evening of January 3, Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz accepted the resignation of Treasury Minister Andrzej Mikosz. Mikosz's resignation was forced by an article published in the daily "Rzeczpospolita" detailing a loan worth US $300,000 which Mikosz's wife gave to a [...]
2006-01-04 15:22:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL PL
06WARSAW920ISRAELI AMBASSADOR RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GIERTYCH
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador to Poland David Peleg called on President Lech Kaczynski May 17 to express his government's concern over the appointment of Roman Giertych as Minister of Education, given Giertych's anti-Semitic associations and his new responsibility for Holocaust education p [...]
2006-05-18 15:08:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PL
07ACCRA709THE FUTURE OF LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN GHANA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR Representative Aida Haile Mariam told Ref Coord on March 14 that refugees were becoming more serious about repatriation, with the deadline for returning to Liberia with UNHCR assistance only 3-1/2 months away. A preliminary headcount at Budumburam Camp completed on March [...]
2007-03-29 18:49:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF GH LI TO
07ADDISABABA2393REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION: PARDONED ETHIOPIAN
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Per 9FAM 40.21(a) N10 "Political Offenses," and Ref B, Post requests formal determination from CA/VO/L/A that the convictions of Berhanu Nega and Yacob Hailemariam constitute "political offenses." These individuals have applied for reinstatement of their LPR status, but f [...]
2007-07-30 16:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALCVIS PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2635REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION: PARDONED ETHIOPIAN
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Per 9FAM 40.21(a) N10 "Political Offenses," Post requests formal determination from CA/VO/L/A that the convictions of Birtukan Mideksa, Gizachew Shiferaw, Hailu Araya and Biruk Kebede constitute "political offenses." These individuals have applied for NIVs, but are pending [...]
2007-08-24 13:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALCVIS PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2813ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERS EXPLORING FUTURE OF PARTY AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since their pardon and release from prison in July and August, the members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Supreme Council have begun actively working to reestablish themselves as the recognized leadership of the CUD. After nearly two years in prison, the former lea [...]
2007-09-17 13:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ASMARA625POSSIBLE ADOPTION FRAUD INVOLVING GSE OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Eritrean-American dual national, Nigisti Teklay, met with Conoff July 13 to request assistance with an alleged fraudulent case of adoption and in obtaining permission from the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) to depart the country. Ms. Teklay had recently returned t [...]
2007-07-20 07:26:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALKFRD KOCI CASC ER
07ASMARA967 QUARTERLY FRAUD REPORT - ASMARA
[...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the October to December 2007 period. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. (SBU) The Government of the State of Eritrea's (GSE) economic policies continue to cause scarcity of goods and impoverishment [...]
2007-12-27 11:04:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER
07ASTANA1732KAZAKHSTAN: POST ENDORSES FY 2007 SECTION 1206
[...] (SBU) Post fully supports the FY 2007 proposal for Section 1206 funding for Kazakhstan submitted by CENTCOM. The funding is intended to increase the ability of the KAZBRIG to support allied and partner operations in support of counterterrorm and peace support operations. 2. (SBU) Post's Sec [...]
2007-06-22 07:09:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS KZ PREL
07BRATISLAVA62INFLUENTIAL SLOVAK WOMEN
[...] Five outstanding and influential women in Slovakia are: Iveta Radicova, PhD sphere: politics Member of Parliament Vice Chair of SDKU (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union) political party Former Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, and Family bio: www.sdkuonline.sk/volby2006/003 radicova.sh [...]
2007-01-31 16:32:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL LO
07CASABLANCA73 FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA
[...] SUMMARY: All consular operations for Morocco are located at Casablanca, which is a medium-fraud post where the impact is greater on Immigrant Visas (IV) than on Nonimmigrant Visas (NIV). Post's FPU consists of a (part-time vice consul FPM and one FSN Fraud Investigator (FSN/FI). The majorit [...]
2007-04-10 13:19:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MO
07DAMASCUS1155ACS IN SYRIA - DECEIVED, DETAINED AND DEPORTED
[...] (SBU) Summary. American Citizen Services (ACS) staff at Embassy Damascus had twenty cases of detention and/or abandonment of US citizens in the fourth quarter FY-2007. Six cases involved women fleeing their families due to abuse or to avoid arranged marriages. Four cases, some still ongoing, [...]
2007-12-06 15:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF CVIS ASEC KFRD KCRM KOCI KWMN SY
07DAMASCUS796 CONSULAR OPERATIONS IN A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 06:46:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM SY IZ IR
07DAMASCUS797 CONSULAR OPERATIONS IN A STATE SPONSOR OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consular Operations at Embassy Damascus are impacted by the fact that the Syrian Arab Republic is a State Sponsor of Terrorism, as well as by our growing Iraqi workload. This cable focuses on the salient features of conducting consular work in this special environment. End Sum [...]
2007-08-07 08:55:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM SY IZ IR
07IRANRPODUBAI39SENATOR LIEBERMAN TALKS TO IRANIANS IN DUBAI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 15:24:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV IR OREP
07IRANRPODUBAI5IRAN-UAE: TWO-WAY INVESTMENT (C-TN7-00045)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 06:08:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN PGOV IR
07KINGSTON887JAMAICA: PNP FACES INTERNAL PROBLEMS/LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Poloff recently met with longtime People's National Party (PNP) activist and organizer Karen Cross to discuss recent media reports of problems within the PNP which could impact the outcome of the upcoming elections (due by October 2007). During the meeting, Cross confirmed that there is [...]
2007-06-06 18:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07MASERU507LESOTHO: 2007 UNICEF COUNTRY PROGRAM DOCUMENT COMMENTS
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Maseru submits the following comments regarding the 2007 UNICEF Draft Country Programme Document for Lesotho. 2. UNICEF is a visible and active UN agency in Lesotho, cooperating effectively with the GOL, donors, and partners. The five-year program proposal [...]
2007-08-29 10:53:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREF SOCI UN LT
07MONROVIA491LIBERIA: UPDATE ON HIGH PROFILE CORRUPTION
[...] (U) The Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 24 on a motion filed by attorneys for former National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) Chairman Guyde Bryant arguing that Bryant cannot be tried for "economic sabotage" (See Reftel A) because he enjoys immunity under Article 61 of the C [...]
2007-04-26 14:36:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM KJUS LI
07NAIROBI2771QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref I reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-07-06 06:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NICOSIA125NEW LAW BRINGS CYPRUS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH EU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cyprus's Parliament passed February 1 a new immigration law to bring the nation into compliance with European Union norms. Under the legislation, legally employed foreign workers who have been on the island for five years can apply for long-term residency. That many officials [...]
2007-02-13 05:10:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CY
07VIENTIANE925VIENTIANE APPLICATION FOR ECA PERFORMING ARTS INITIATIVE
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: U.S. Embassy Vientiane requests ECA funding in the amount of $11,500 under the Performing Arts Initiative (PAI) for the Battery Dance Company (BDC) to travel to Vientiane for four days (April 19-23, 2008). The BDC will conduct an Asian regional tour with travel to South K [...]
2007-12-27 09:55:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO LA
07WARSAW1097FM FOTYGA OUTLINES POLISH FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
[...] Summary: FM Anna Fotyga outlined the government's foreign policy priorities in a two hour report to the Polish Parliament on May 11. Fotyga repeatedly stressed the need for greater energy security, referring to it as the "flagship issue" of Poland's foreign policy. She did little to amelio [...]
2007-05-11 15:30:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW1098YOUR JUNE 8 VISIT TO POLAND AND MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Mr. President. The Polish people and government, as well as I and my entire staff, are looking forward to your June 8 visit as a sign of the importance you attach to our close partnership with Poland, and for the boost it will give the relationship as we embark on negotiations to place a [...]
2007-05-11 16:28:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1398GIERTYCH ATTACKS ON SOCIAL ISSUES, BUT KACZYNSKIS
[...] (U) Summary. The far-right Catholic nationalist League of Polish Families (LPR) party has been using controversial wedge issues such as abortion and gay rights in an attempt to re-capture the support of voters who largely chose Law and Justice (PiS) in the 2005 election. But LPR head Roman [...]
2007-06-18 13:46:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR PL
07WARSAW1664WITH COALITION IN TATTERS AFTER ONE YEAR OF PM
[...] (C) Summary: With his coalition in tatters Prime Minister Jarek Kaczynski on July 27 pulled back -- at least for the moment -- from calling early elections. Many PiS leaders discount opinion polls and believe they could once again come out ahead in elections. More importantly, Kaczynski ma [...]
2007-07-27 15:51:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1745PIS INSIDER SAYS ELECTIONS "PROBABLE" AFTER
[...] (C) In the wake of the August 8 firing of Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek, part of the fallout of the July firing of Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper, there is once again serious talk of early elections, but there has yet to be any concrete action to set the process in motion. As expe [...]
2007-08-10 14:15:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1755KACZYNSKIS END TURBULENT COALITION AND PREDICT
[...] (SBU) President Lech Kaczynski and his brother Prime Minister Jarek Kaczynski put an end August 13 to a turbulent 15-month coalition government, saying early elections were inevitable and would take place toward the end of October. Prime Minister Kaczynski fired all ministers from the League [...]
2007-08-13 15:40:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1760POSSIBLE ELECTIONS: INITIAL OUTLOOK AND PROGNOSIS
[...] (C) Summary: Early elections now seem more likely than at any other time since Law and Justice (PiS) won the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2005, but are still not completely certain. No action will be taken in moving forward on a resolution to dissolve the Sejm until Septembe [...]
2007-08-14 15:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1786SCENE-SETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO POLAND
[...] Your visits to Warsaw come at a somewhat turbulent political time in Poland, with the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party leadership having just dissolved a fractious coalition with two extremist junior partners and declared they will seek elections in the fall. The elections could be stave [...]
2007-08-17 14:06:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1826RUMORS FLY AS CALENDAR IS SET FOR DISSOLVING
[...] (C) Summary. Political turmoil continues in Poland as three separate motions for dissolving parliament are under consideration. Sejm Marshall Ludwik Dorn set the vote on dissolution for September 7. With a razor thin majority, the motion may pass, setting the stage for October elections; al [...]
2007-08-27 05:18:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS PL
07WARSAW1916PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED, MINISTERS FIRED, ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: The Polish Parliament voted to dissolve itself by a wide majority on September 7, setting the stage for early elections. President Kaczynski as expected set the election date for October 21. The political fur is already flying in what is expected to be a brutal campaign. Civic [...]
2007-09-10 15:04:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PL
07WARSAW2033RACE TIGHTENS IN CLOSING WEEKS
[...] (C) Summary. With elections in three weeks, the Kaczynski political machine is humming, effectively sidelining its main opposition and counting on its strength in rural areas to deliver what would be an electoral first in post-communist Poland: re-election. The Kaczynskis have managed to s [...]
2007-10-01 15:21:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW2101TUSK COMING ON STRONG, BUT IS IT TOO LITTLE TOO
[...] (U) Summary: With polls flip flopping between the ruling Law and Order (PiS) and main opposition Civic Platform (PO),the October 12 debate between PM Kaczynski and PO's Donald Tusk may prove decisive in a tight race. After weeks of running an anemic and lackluster campaign, Tusk came out s [...]
2007-10-15 14:11:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2128MUD-SLINGING CAMPAIGN DRAWS TO A CLOSE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Poles will go to vote this Sunday with increasingly stark campaign ad messages of "disaster" in the health sector, a fresh corruption scandal carefully timed for maximum political impact, and a dash of anti-Semitism to add to the campaign. The final week has seen spirited mud-s [...]
2007-10-19 10:15:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PL
07WARSAW2136URBAN VOTERS DELIVER LANDSLIDE VICTORY TO CIVIC
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Civic Platform (PO) won a decisive victory over ruling Law and Justice (PiS),as urban and youth voters, motivated apparently by PO leader Donald Tusk's decisive debate with PM Jarek Kaczynski, and by PiS's over-the-top campaign tactics, turned out in high numbers. [...]
2007-10-22 14:06:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN MARR PL
07WARSAW355KACZYNSKIS SEEK TO SOLDIER ON DESPITE CRACKS IN
[...] (C) Summary. There is a crisis atmosphere within the government as President and Prime Minister Kaczynskis' most loyal political lieutenants are squabbling publicly. Even for the Kaczynskis, who have overseen a government buffeted by crisis (much of their own making),the resignations last [...]
2007-02-14 16:11:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW691POLAND-GERMANY: (C-RE7-00514) MERKEL'S SPRING
[...] (U) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's March 16-17 visit to Poland was deemed a great success by both sides, and could prove an important step in warming previously frosty bilateral relations (reftel). By declaring opposition to the claims of German WWII expellees on Polish land Merkel earned [...]
2007-03-20 15:46:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR ENRG PL GM
08ASTANA2399 KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY PESSIMISTIC ON MADRID LAWS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the second in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, several leading NGOs shared their views on the draft laws on political parties, electio [...]
2008-12-04 12:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08BEIJING648BAIDU CEO DENIES HIJACKING OF RIVAL SEARCH ENGINE
[...] (C) Contrary to popular Chinese perception, China's top search engine, Baidu.com does not enjoy a special relationship with the PRC Government, company founder Li Yanhong told Poloff in a recent meeting. However, Li said, Baidu does engage in extensive self censorship of Internet searches but [...]
2008-02-22 10:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PROP SOCI EINT CH
08BEIRUT198LEBANON: A/FM MITRI ON IRAQI REFUGEES, ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri as Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa was once again in Beirut seeking to mediate a resolution to the presidential election deadlock between the majority and the opposition. Mitri was not hopeful that [...]
2008-02-11 08:15:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALCASC EAID IS KPAL LE PGOV PREF PREL SA SY
08CHENGDU2HENAN AIDS CAMPAIGNER GAO YAOJIE'S MEMOIRS SET FOR EARLY
[...] (C) Summary: Dr. Gao Yaojie's youngest sister discussed her two week stay with her sister in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. Gao is closely monitored and her family members regularly pressured. Gao's next two books -- on AIDS in Henan and her memoirs -- may tempt the authorities to deal more h [...]
2008-01-03 09:02:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIALPHUM KHIV SOCI CH
08DJIBOUTI687FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI
[...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two- thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 reside [...]
2008-08-27 09:18:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
08FREETOWN489 Fraud Summary - Freetown
[...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...]
2008-10-03 09:48:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SL
08KINSHASA367DC-9 CRASH UPDATE - 45 CONFIRMED DEAD
[...] Summary: Six days after the April 15 crash of a Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 at Goma airport (ref A),and in the absence of an official report, the toll of passenger and ground casualties stands at 121, with 45 dead and about 76 injured. Company and civil aviation officials say they have found the [...]
2008-04-21 12:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAIR PGOV ECON KPKO CG UN
08KOLKATA73RELIGIOUS WORKER VISA FRAUD: MONKS, PRIESTS, NUNS AND THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post refused nearly 60% of all applicants seeking to obtain R-1 religious worker visas in CY 2007. To validate those adjudications and verify the bona fides of religious institutions in Post's consular district, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) visited or attempted to visit ov [...]
2008-02-26 07:48:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS SOCI KCRM KFRD IN
08LAGOS159FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS FIRST QUARTER 2008
[...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 144 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...]
2008-05-05 07:44:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC NI
08LAGOS27FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS FOURTH QUARTER 07
[...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 135 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...]
2008-02-01 06:16:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC NI
08MONROVIA63LIBERIA: MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER ON USG ASSISTANCE,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian Finance Minister Antoinette Sayeh is grateful for USG, especially Treasury, support for the GOL's multilateral debt-relief efforts. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) will assess the best use of USG assistance in the debt management strategy, and welcomes the rapid respons [...]
2008-01-23 14:39:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ASEC PGOV KCRM EWWT LI
08NAHA78NAHA HOSTS SIA MILITARY PASSPORT COURIER TRAINING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ConGen Naha in coordination with State Department Special Issuance Agency (SIA) and Department of Defense hosted a Military Passport Agents' Training Conference on Camp Foster Marine Base August 19-20 in Okinawa, Japan. Over 40 military passport agents from military installations [...]
2008-09-02 02:21:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT CPAS JA
08SANTODOMINGO1924AGREMENT REQUEST FOR ROBERTO SALADIN TO BE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. The Dominican Government has requested agrement for Roberto Saladin to be their next Ambassador to the United States. The request was made on December 5 via diplomatic note no. 29065 (sent to WHA/CAR). Post requests that the Department consider the request and [...]
2008-12-17 14:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON CVIS DR
08STATE48120RESOURCE GUIDE FOR USG TERRORIST INFORMATION SHARING
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 14. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: As a result of several different Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) as well as 9/11 Commission Act requirements designed to enhance U.S. security, Washington agencies have concluded a number of biographic [...]
2008-05-06 22:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PTER KLHS
08TAIPEI386DPP CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH ON ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND
[...] (C) Summary: DPP candidate Frank Hsieh told the Director on March 18 that he trails the KMT's Ma Ying-jeou by a 3-5 percent margin but is working to close the gap before the presidential election on Saturday, March 22. Hsieh noted that the March 12 intrusion at his headquarters by four KMT l [...]
2008-03-18 12:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
08TBILISI1216LEGAL PROFESSION REFORM INDEX SHOWS GEORGIA'S
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: On July 10, the American Bar Association released the second volume of its Legal Profession Reform Index (LPRI) which assesses the performance of the legal profession in Georgia. Overall, there have been significant improvements since the first LPRI in 2005: out o [...]
2008-07-15 13:22:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08VIENTIANE468 LAOS AND U.S. HOLD INITIAL DISCUSSIONS ON REPATRIATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: A three-member joint State/DHS(ICE) delegation traveled to Vientiane for "preliminary discussions" about the repatriation to Laos of Lao nationals and former Lao nationals. The Government of Laos (GOL) representatives agreed that they are obligated under international law to [...]
2008-08-26 09:33:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC KCRM LA
08VIENTIANE579LAOS TO HOST REGIONAL RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE; NGO, DRL VISITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parallel visits by the Department's first Ambassador for Religious Freedom and a key DRL staff member helped promote the issue of religious freedom in Laos this past week. AMB (ret.) Robert Seiple brought an invitation from an NGO now headed by his son for Laos to host an intern [...]
2008-10-27 10:30:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI LA VM
08WARSAW1408POLISH LEFTIST LEADER OUTLINES RECOVERY STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Grzegorz Napieralski, Chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD),blasted the intransigence of the ruling Civic Platform (PO) party, a stance that has forced the SLD into tactical alliances with President Kaczynski and the Law and Justice (PiS) party on some votes. Despite [...]
2008-12-11 13:23:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
09ABUDHABI378 Fraud Summary - Abu Dhabi
[...] Country Conditions Note: Many aspects of this report should be viewed in tandem with the Fraud Summary from Consulate General Dubai. While the two posts in the UAE see somewhat different applicant pools (Notably, Dubai is the primary NIV processing post for persons in Iran, while Abu Dhabi [...]
2009-04-14 12:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE
09AMMAN2260 FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN
[...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a GDP per capita of $5,100 and a population of over 6.3 million. Over 78% of the people live in urban areas and one third of all Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 66 percent of the economy, industry covers about 30 percen [...]
2009-10-12 12:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO
09AMMAN2670JORDAN--A/SCHWARTZ MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ON
[...] (C) Summary. PRM Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz met with Jordan's Prime Minister, Nader Al-Dahabi, on November 17, 2009. They discussed several issues involving Iraqi refugees, primarily the importance of allowing Iraqis to return home for "look-see" visits while preserving their right t [...]
2009-12-09 14:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PREL JO
09ASMARA340Eritrea Fraud Summary through August 2009
[...] The Eritrean government (GSE) continued its harsh economic policies, which further increased the scarcity of basic goods and the impoverishment its people. Grocery stores are thinly stocked; meat and fish are not always available, and basic commodities such as sugar, flour, cooking oil, coffee [...]
2009-10-01 14:05:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ZA IL KE SD EG ER
09BEIJING1283 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 10
[...] (SBU) On May 13, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) posted a travel advisory about travel to the U.S. related to the H1N1 outbreak. Earlier in the day, MFA had notified Embassy Beijing of their intent to issue the travel advisory, noting that the advisory is not a travel warning, but rat [...]
2009-05-13 11:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BELMOPAN400 FRAUD SUMMARY - BELMOPAN
[...] Per Reftel B, U.S. Embassy Belmopan provides the following information for the period March, 2009 - September, 2009: a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Fraud encountered during visa and American Citizen Services interviews remains at moderately low levels. Post saw a slight increase in NIV fraud. Be [...]
2009-10-30 21:35:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BH
09BOGOTA3128FRAUD SUMMARY - COLOMBIA
[...] This country fraud summary from the Bogota Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) covers the period from February 2009 to August 2009. --------------------- A. Country Conditions --------------------- 2. Despite improving security and positive, but slower economic growth in Colombia du [...]
2009-09-30 19:15:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD CO
09CAIRO2291 Baby Traffickers Resurface in Alexandria
[...] (SBU) Summary: An American Citizen couple attempted to register a newborn as their biological child during a scheduled consular outreach visit held at the American Center in Alexandria. The couple fit the profile developed by the Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) in reftels and the case was re [...]
2009-12-13 14:59:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CASABLANCA188SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 11:46:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MO
09CHENGDU157SW CHINA: JUNE FOURTH DISSIDENT, U.S. LPR ZHOU YONGJUN
[...] (SBU) Summary: US LPR Zhou Yongjun, who was reportedly seized by PRC mainland authorities in Hong Kong in September 2008 and subsequently detained in Guangzhou and Sichuan, will go on trial in Suining, Sichuan on August 21. Zhou's lawyers at the Beijing "Mo Shaoping Law Firm" legal opinio [...]
2009-08-19 09:58:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PHUM PGOV CH
09CHENGDU182AMBASSADOR HUNTSMAN MEETS SICHUAN GOVERNOR JIANG
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 28 meeting in Chengdu with Ambassador, Governor Jiang praised U.S. private and government assistance to Sichuan after the May 2008 earthquake and reported that good progress had been made in rebuilding homes, schools and hospitals. Ambassador recalled how, like oth [...]
2009-09-03 09:15:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIALCH PGOV PHUM ECON
09CHENGDU266CHENGDU B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Consulate Chengdu's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted a validation study of all private Chinese passport holders who were issued B1/B2 visas in CY2008. Based on a review and analysis of 800 randomly-selected visa issuances, the illegal overstay rate was found to be 2.0 perc [...]
2009-11-19 09:09:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CH
09CHENNAI174Applying in Chennai: No English? No problem.
[...] Summary. Consulate Chennai conducted a validation study for the first three months of calendar year 2008 of its non-English speaking B1/B2 applicants and found the visa holders had a 97.6 percent compliance rate. Post adjudicated approximately 84,000 visas during this time, including 11,253 n [...]
2009-06-05 02:51:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI306India Biannual Fraud Update
[...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. While the majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants, the volume of frau [...]
2009-10-13 01:10:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI77India Semi-Annual Fraud Update
[...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. The majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants. Despite a relatively lo [...]
2009-03-13 07:37:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHIANGMAI2CITIZENSHIP MANUAL OUTLINES LEGAL MAZE FACING STATELESS HILL
[...] UNESCO has collaborated with the Thai Government (RTG) and an NGO to publish a Citizenship Manual that will serve as a "how to" guide for government officials and civil society on citizenship procedures among stateless hill tribe minorities. Broadly speaking, a highlander who is born in Thaila [...]
2009-01-06 02:01:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG ELAB PREF PGOV PREL SNAR KWMN TH BM
09CIUDADJUAREZ516FRAUD SUMMARY - CIUDAD JUAREZ - MARCH THROUGH AUGUST 2009
[...] (U) Ciudad Juarez, located in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, forms the larger half of the Ciudad Juarez/El Paso metropolitan area with the largest population center on any international border in the world. The Ciudad Juarez/El Paso area is one contiguous community separated by a visible lin [...]
2009-10-01 15:15:00Consulate Ciudad JuarezUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX
09COLOMBO1006MFA CALLS IN AMBASSADOR OVER DHS QUESTIONING OF
[...] (C) On November 2, Foreign Minister Bogollagama called in Ambassador regarding reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had requested that Sri Lankan Chief of Defense (CHOD) Sarath Fonseka come in for a "voluntary" interview with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office [...]
2009-11-02 12:37:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1045 FRAUD SUMMARY - SRI LANKA
[...] Political insecurity and socioeconomic conditions put pressure on Sri Lankans of all ages and societal classes to migrate legally and illegally to the United States. In May 2009, the Sri Lankan government announced victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),an armed insurgent g [...]
2009-11-18 07:43:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CE
09COLOMBO359 FRAUD SUMMARY - SRI LANKA
[...] Political insecurity, economic and population pressures, and the lure of earning hard currency put pressure on Sri Lankans of all ages and classes of society to migrate legally and illegally to the United States. The violent civil conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation [...]
2009-03-30 11:32:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CE
09CONAKRY335 FRAUD SUMMARY FOR CONAKRY GUINEA
[...] Following is Post's fraud summary for the period September 2008 through March 2009; responses are keyed to Reftel. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. In December 2008, the long-time President of Guinea died and within hours a Captain in the military proclaimed [...]
2009-06-15 08:24:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GV
09CONAKRY70DCM URGES GUINEA'S PRIME MINISTER TO MOVE TOWARD
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Komara asked for US assistance in anti narcotics activities and judicial sector reform. During a January 23 meeting, which included the Minister of Justice and two other military officers, the PM said the president of the CNDD was determined to pursue anyone involve [...]
2009-01-27 16:55:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GV
09DHAKA950FRAUD SUMMARY - DHAKA
[...] Dhaka is a high fraud post. In FY 2009, Dhaka's FPU conducted FPU verifications (mostly site visits) for 488 cases, not/not counting cases referred for DNA analysis. Many of these cases required several site visits to complete. Infrastructure, especially road infrastructure, is poor outside [...]
2009-10-06 09:54:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BG
09DJIBOUTI1252FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI
[...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...]
2009-10-08 15:32:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DJIBOUTI1272CORRECTED COPY - FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI
[...] CORRECTED COPY of 09 DJIBOUTI 1252. See paragraph 36 for revised text. 2. Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the wor [...]
2009-10-13 11:51:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DJIBOUTI569FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI
[...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...]
2009-05-28 11:56:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DUBAI408FRAUD SUMMARY - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] Country Conditions Fraud at Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai is low. Concern about visa fraud in the UAE is generally limited to visa applications from Third Country Nationals (TCNs) living in or visiting the UAE. UAE citizens ("Emiratis") are a minority in their own country, c [...]
2009-10-05 10:51:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE
09FRANKFURT1722 FRANKFURT'S IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT VALIDATION STUDY
[...] SUMMARY: Consulate General Frankfurt conducted a validation study of Frankfurt's 2007 Iranian B-1/B-2 travelers. Of the 288 applicants who traveled to the United States, 19 (6.6%) claimed asylum, adjusted status or overstayed. For the vast majority who returned from the United States without [...]
2009-07-01 08:52:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD IR GM
09FREETOWN127 Fraud Summary - Freetown
[...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...]
2009-04-03 08:41:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CPAS ASEC KFRD SL
09FREETOWN391 Fraud Summary - Freetown
[...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...]
2009-10-02 08:09:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CPAS ASEC KFRD SL
09GUATEMALA1250GUATEMALA PERFORMING ARTS INITIATIVE (PAI) PROPOSAL -
[...] SUMMARY: Post proposes to program critically-acclaimed, U.S. Spanish-speaking jazz artist Luis Bonilla and ensemble to perform in the U.S.-Guatemala Binational Center's (Instituto Guatemalteco Americano, IGA) Tenth Annual International Jazz Festival, and Post seeks PAI funding for same. Guate [...]
2009-11-10 22:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL
09HONGKONG1968REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE: ZHOU YONGJUN
[...] (C) Action Request: Post requests Department concurrence to approach Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Wong Yan-lung to request formal clarification of the departure from Hong Kong to Mainland China of U.S. LPR Zhou Yongjun. This case has drawn increased media attention in recent weeks, as an N [...]
2009-10-22 10:17:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CH HK
09HYDERABAD63H1N1 POSITIVE AMERICANS QUARANTINED IN HYDERABAD
[...] SUMMARY: To date, Hyderabad ACS has verified the U.S. citizenship of five persons quarantined for H1N1 influenza in our consular district. Two adults have been released, while three Amcit minors have tested positive and continue in quarantine. Several LPRs (U.S. legal permanent residents) hav [...]
2009-06-18 11:40:00American Consulate HyderabadUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KFLU IN
09ISTANBUL203LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE H1N1 OUTBREAK IN TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Amcit transit passenger was Turkey's first confirmed H1N1 case. His mother, a green card holder (LPR),also tested positive for the virus. Subsequently six more confirmed H1N1 cases have been announced by the Government of Turkey (GOT) including an additional U.S. citizen [...]
2009-06-09 05:39:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CASC KFLU PREL AMGT TU
09JERUSALEM1804FRAUD SUMMARY -- JERUSALEM
[...] Semiannual fraud report for Consulate General Jerusalem follows, formatted per instructions in ref C. (A) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Jerusalem's consular district includes Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. JERUSALEM: Jerusalem's diverse population includes Palestinian residents of E [...]
2009-10-13 09:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ECON KWBG IS XF
09JERUSALEM2044VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Visas Viper 2. The following information is provided for watch-listing purposes as the Department and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) deem appropriate. 3. The source for all Visas Viper submissions includes Jerusalem RSO sources, to include both Israeli and Palestinian securi [...]
2009-11-13 18:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PTER ASEC PINR PREL KVPR KWBG
09KAMPALA1241FRAUD SUMMARY - UGANDA
[...] (U) Uganda is a country in political and economic transition. It is estimated that 31% of its 30 million people live below the poverty line, and in northern Uganda, over 70% of the population lives below the poverty line. A high unemployment rate and the lack of a living wage for many Ugandan [...]
2009-10-27 09:12:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UG
09KATHMANDU910FRAUD SUMMARY - KATHMANDU, NEPAL
[...] Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita income of less than USD400. A precarious peace following ten years of armed civil conflict, the Maoist party intimating a potential return to violence, weak government institutions under the current government - the second [...]
2009-10-05 12:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NP
09KINGSTON1176JAMAICA: FR RESULTS FORCE APPLICANTS TO FACE THEIR DUAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) continues its work in detecting and combatting fraud by using existing technologies, building partnerships, and documenting trends. In this regard, we are pleased to report that thus far in FY 2010, we have intercepted several applica [...]
2009-12-28 15:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS SMIG KFRD JM
09KINGSTON452JAMAICA: GOVERNING PARTY TO CHALLENGE PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (U) Summary: In reaction to protracted legal challenges against the qualifications of four of his ruling Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Members of Parliament (MP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding indicated on May 29 that he would consider mounting similar efforts against "several" sitting MPs f [...]
2009-06-08 14:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KUALALUMPUR476MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - June 12, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed a total of 11 H1N1 cases in Malaysia. Of these 11 cases, seven cases have been previously treated and released with no reported deaths. The remaining four cases are currently receiving treatment in quarantine including one U.S. Lawful P [...]
2009-06-12 08:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KYIV1767 KYIV: B1B2 VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS-OVERSTAYS UP
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Kyiv concluded a validation study of B1/B2 visas issued between June 1, 2007 and May 31, 2008. During this time period, Post issued 21,331 B1/B2 visas. The validation study showed a total overstay rate of 4 percent, with a 3.8 percent margin of error. The study was intended [...]
2009-10-14 11:23:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09LAGOS165FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS
[...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...]
2009-04-02 06:06:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09LAGOS476FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS
[...] (SBU) Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP/person is 1,500 dollars, and [...]
2009-12-14 12:32:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09LAGOS487FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS
[...] (SBU) Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 149 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inf [...]
2009-12-29 07:45:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09LIMA480Fraud Summary: Lima
[...] (U) Post is submitting its semi-annual fraud summary for September 2008 - February 2009. Responses are keyed to paragraph markers in reftel. Post continues to submit septel spot reports on specific cases of interest. ITEM A: COUNTRY CONDITIONS -------------------------- 2. (U) Peru's e [...]
2009-03-31 22:23:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PE
09MEXICO3153MX 2009-516, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (November 20, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Sedena Special Training, in Mexico D.F., beginning January 10, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2009-11-05 15:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO909CONSULATES NOGALES AND HERMOSILLO'S CONSULATES
[...] (SBU) On February 24 and 25, Hermosillo and Nogales conoffs toured a common staging area in northern Sonora, following the well-worn route that &polleros,8 or migrant smugglers, use to move people from southern Mexico through the desert into the United States. Conoffs spoke with those who prov [...]
2009-03-26 23:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO944FRAUD SUMMARY - EMBASSY MEXICO CITY
[...] SUMMARY: During the six months from September 2008 to February 2009, Embassy Mexico City's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on the detection of fraudulent documents, the identification of prominent purveyors of fraudulent materials, and training in fraud detection and interviewing techniqu [...]
2009-04-01 13:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX
09MONROVIA186LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR TOURS RECOVERING LIBERIA PETROLEUM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Managing Director Harry Greaves outlined an ambitious strategic development plan during the Ambassador's tour of LPRC facilities on February 23. The state-owned petroleum import and storage monopoly has undergone impressive financial and [...]
2009-03-10 11:59:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EWWT ECON EINV PGOV LI
09MONROVIA227 FRAUD SUMMARY - LIBERIA, SEPTEMBER - FEBRUARY 2009
[...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Liberia continues its gradual recovery from fourteen years of civil war. Limited parts of the capital city, Monrovia, have electricity and the city still lacks a functioning water/sewer system and telephone network; health care is substandard. Government institution [...]
2009-03-30 16:09:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LI
09MONROVIA540UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: INFO REPSONSE
[...] In response to our request, the MFA provided the following information on Martin George: Name: Martin O. N. George Date of Birth: August 3, 1947 Place of Birth: Buchanan, Grand Bassa County Passport No.: Not available Parents: Rev. Coker A. J. George, Sr. (Deceased) Mrs. Etta Russel [...]
2009-07-24 10:52:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC LI
09MONROVIA662 LIBERIA: PRESIDENT DISMISSES OIL COMPANY HEAD AMID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dismissed the head of the state-owned Liberia Petroleum Refining Corporation (LPRC) on September 5, following a Ministry of Justice probe into the alleged acceptance of bribes in exchange for a USD 24.8 million concession. Sirleaf's sacking of a lo [...]
2009-09-11 13:02:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENGR LI
09NEWDELHI1671INDIA - FIRST PANDEMIC H1N1 DEATHS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India experienced its first confirmed pandemic H1N1 influenza related death on 3 August, and has had a total of seven reported deaths over the past week. The number of positive cases rose to 959 as of 10 August. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH) has announced new [...]
2009-08-11 08:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NEWDELHI2348VALIDATION STUDY OF NEW DELHI'S OVER 55 APPLICANTS
[...] SUMMARY: Fraud Prevention personnel undertook a validation of B1/B2 visas issued to those over the age of 55 in a select timeframe. Conventional wisdom at post is that those older applicants with children well-established in the U.S. respect the law and do not attempt to overstay, particular [...]
2009-11-20 08:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI2409K-1 FIANCE(E)VISAS: TILL DEATH DO US PART?
[...] New Delhi has completed its first-ever K-1 Fianc(e) Visa validation study. During FY2008, New Delhi's Immigrant Visa (IV) Unit issued 184 fianc(e) visas. In almost 50 percent of the cases, we were able to contact neither the beneficiary nor the petitioner due to disconnected, non-existent, or [...]
2009-12-01 09:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI7VALIDATION STUDY OF BHUTANESE NIV APPLICANTS
[...] (SBU) In response to concerns raised by smuggling of Bhutanese applicants (reftel),Embassy New Delhi has completed a three-part validation study of Bhutanese non-immigrant visa (NIV) applicants. The study reviews (1) Bhutanese students issued F, M or J visas between FY 2006 and FY 2008, (2) [...]
2009-01-02 10:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN BT
09NIAMEY836 Niamey Fraud Summary (March 1 - Sept 30, 2009)
[...] The following cable responds to the Department's request (ref A and B) for updated information on patterns of fraud in consular activities and post's fraud prevention efforts. a. Country Conditions in Niger ------------------------------ 2. Niger recently was ranked last among the 182 count [...]
2009-10-27 06:29:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SOCI SCUL NG
09PARTO42301(U) Secretary Clinton's April 17, 2009 Meeting
[...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d) 2. (U) April 17, 2009; 9:45 a.m.; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Charge d'Affaires Roland Bullen A/S Thomas Shannon, WHA Cheryl Mills, [...]
2009-04-23 02:36:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL SNAR ETRD EAID
09PRAIA178FRAUD SUMMARY - PRAIA
[...] (U) Per reftel, the following is Embassy Praia's semi-annual fraud reporting cable covering March 2009 to August 2009. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (U) A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Cape Verde is an archipelago located 500 kilometers west of Senegal. Cape Verde gained its independence from [...]
2009-09-30 16:42:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CV
09SANAA1729FRAUD SUMMARY - SANA'A
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East, with an illiteracy rate of over 50% and unemployment rates over 30%. Yemen is also home to upwards of 500,000 - 600,000 refugees, mostly of Somali origin. Due to lack of opportunities in Yemen, the impetus for and volume of [...]
2009-09-29 04:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC YM
09SANJOSE807COSTA RICA: MERIDA SPOT REPORT #2: FBI CAFE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From September 1-3, an FBI fingerprint team evaluated Costa Rica's various fingerprint programs as part of the Merida Initiative's Central American Fingerprint Exchange (CAFE). While noting the diverse levels of sophistication of Costa Rica's fingerprint programs depending on [...]
2009-09-23 13:46:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR SNAR CS
09SANSALVADOR170PROMINENT ECONOMISTS ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following ARENA's come-from-behind victory in San Salvador in the January 18 legislative/municipal elections, prominent economists, including many former ministers, were optimistic about ARENA's chances in the March 15 presidential race, but concerned over inducements ARENA may h [...]
2009-02-25 00:42:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ES
09SANTIAGO1022FRAUD SUMMARY - CHILE
[...] Chile is a democratic country with a developing free-market economy. Chile is a key U.S. partner in promoting democracy, human rights, and free trade in the region and beyond. The United States and Chile have a Free Trade agreement that took effect January 1, 2004. Compared to other countr [...]
2009-10-29 18:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC CI
09SANTIAGO346FRAUD SUMMARY - SANTIAGO (SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY 2009)
[...] Chile is a democratic country with a developing free-market economy. Chile is a key U.S. partner in promoting democracy, human rights, and free trade in the region and beyond. The United States and Chile have a Free Trade agreement that took effect January 1, 2004. There is relatively littl [...]
2009-04-14 20:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CI
09SANTODOMINGO1235 FRAUD SUMMARY - SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (U) Santo Domingo submits its semi-annual fraud report for the period March 2009 - August 2009 following format in ref A. ---------------------- A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Country conditions generally remain as reported in previous Fraud Summaries, refs B [...]
2009-10-21 20:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DR
09SANTODOMINGO155CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FERNANDEZ: LETTER OF CREDIT,
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (SBU) On February 2, the Charge met with President Fernandez at the President's request. Fernandez inquired about the possibility of the U.S. Federal Reserve providing a stand-by letter of credit to the GODR. He noted that the Federal [...]
2009-02-03 19:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN CVIS KCRM DR
09SANTODOMINGO161APPROVAL OF AGREMENT FOR DOMINICAN AMBASSADOR
[...] Per Reftel request, Post delivered agrement approval to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Begin diplomatic note. No. 40 The Embassy of the United States presents its compliments to the Secretariat of State for Foreign Relations of the Dominican Republic and has the honor to refer to the d [...]
2009-02-05 15:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP PREL PGOV DR
09SANTODOMINGO1624ARSO-I Led Team Breaks Up Visa Counterfeiting Ring with
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 18:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD ASEC SMIG DR
09SANTODOMINGO898MINIMAL CHANGES TO DOMINICAN LEADERSHIP - SO FAR
[...] (U) As is the tradition, the President of the Dominican Republic announced changes in his cabinet and among his advisors on August 16. There have so far been no sweeping or radical changes, but the following are noteworthy: -- Celso Marranzini replaces Radhames Segura as Executive Vice- [...]
2009-08-18 09:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL DR
09SANTODOMINGO964PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ SEEKS BILAT WITH POTUS,
[...] (C) President Leonel Fernandez, in an 8/24 meeting with Charge, DCM and EconPol Counselor: -- Requested a bilateral with POTUS on the margins of the UNGA or in Washington; -- Indicated that he favors people with experience in the community they will be serving to occupy consular positi [...]
2009-08-25 18:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ODIP PGOV ECON DR
09SARAJEVO464Half of Bosnian Au-pairs remain in America
[...] [Summary] Sarajevo FPU recently completed a validation study for all J1 au-pair cases Post issued in 2006. Nearly half of the program participants from Bosnia found legal ways to stay in the USA. [End Summary] 2. Methodology: FPU examined cases from 2006 to provide ample time for return [...]
2009-04-14 11:40:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK
09SKOPJE203FRAUD SUMMARY - SKOPJE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 11:25:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KV MK
09STATE112727RESPONSE TO THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER
[...] Action request: Mission Geneva is requested to convey to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the text of the letter in paragraph 3. This is in response to Mr. Ibrahim Wani's letter of July 10, 2009, requesting input from the United States on Human Rights Council Re [...]
2009-11-02 15:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHCR
09STATE113599RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST: ZHOU YONGJUN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Department concurs with Post's demarche request in reftel. Please note talking points included in para. 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: In response to reftel, Department reqests Post seek clarification at the appropriate level of the Hong Kong government regaring the [...]
2009-11-03 21:46:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCH HK PGOV PHUM PREL
09STOCKHOLM408Swedes Propose Seminar to Break HLCG Redress Roadblock
[...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) Mary Ellen Callahan met with her counterparts at the Swedish Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to discuss how to make progress on the final issue relating to the High Level Contact Group's agreement on the principles for [...]
2009-07-08 05:55:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS EUN PGOV PREL KCRM SW
09STPETERSBURG132FRAUD SUMMARY - ST. PETERSBURG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 09:24:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RS
09STPETERSBURG43FRAUD SUMMARY - ST. PETERSBURG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 10:36:00Consulate St PetersburgUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RS
09TAIPEI570TAIWAN HOPES CROSS-STRAIT LEGAL COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: The Cross-Strait Joint Crime-Fighting and Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement (cross-Strait MLAA) signed in Nanjing on April 26 (See ref B for text of agreement),is intended to expand and regularize the judicial cooperation already enjoyed on a case-by-case basis under the 1990 Kinm [...]
2009-05-12 09:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRIM KJUS PGOV CH TW
09VIENTIANE120LAOS AND U.S. DISCUSS BASIC PROCEDDURES FOR LAO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 07:36:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC KCRM LA PREL
09VIENTIANE303LAOS H1N1 INFLUENZA UPDATE: THREE CASES CONFIRMED
[...] Laos' second and third cases of H1N1 influenza were confirmed this week. The two new cases are members of an American family that had just arrived from the U.S. for a visit. The elevated body temperature of the young Amcit son was picked up by an airport thermal scanner on arrival in Vientia [...]
2009-06-24 07:58:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09WARSAW107POLAND'S DIVIDED LEFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is strong consensus among Poland's left-wing parties that they could garner as much as 25 percent of the vote in June 2009 European Parliament elections by running a unified list. Although the left pays dearly for its division, its leaders cannot decide how, and under whos [...]
2009-01-30 16:59:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
09WARSAW301POLAND: INTERNAL BATTLE LEADS TO DISMISSAL OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The March 17 dismissal of Agnieszka Rozmaszewska-Guzy as the director of Polonia TV and U.S.-funded Belsat appears to reflect an internal political battle over financial resources and control of the Polish media rather than a shift in GoP policy towards Belarus. Our contacts say [...]
2009-03-23 10:36:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL BO PL
09WARSAW443RIGHT-WING RADICALS CONTROL POLISH PUBLIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Piotr Farfal, a former skinhead affiliated with the nationalistic League of Polish Families (LPR) , remains in control of Polish Public Television (TVP) -- opinions remain divided on just how long he will manage to stay in office. Barring a serious Farfal misstep, the only mecha [...]
2009-04-29 14:04:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PL
09WARSAW522EURO ELECTIONS: POLES SEEK MORE OF A GOOD THING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland's love affair with the European Union colors the message of its European Parliament (EP) candidates, who largely focus on maintaining EU largesse and maximizing Polish influence within the EU. The expected post-election consolidation of Polish deputies inside only three [...]
2009-05-22 14:55:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN PL
09WARSAW574EURO ELECTIONS: CIVIC PLATFORM HEADED FOR BIG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As expected when the campaign began, the ruling Civic Platform (PO) should win around half the votes in June 7 elections for European Parliament, according to opinion polls issued in the campaign's final days. The opposition Law and Justice (PiS) will finish a distant second, wi [...]
2009-06-05 10:43:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN PL
10JERUSALEM217 LOVE AND MARRIAGE: A PALESTINIAN MARRIAGE AND BENEFIT
[...] (U) The single most pernicious pattern of fraud encountered by Post is marriage and benefit fraud employed by Palestinian men. Under the pattern, individuals exploit certain aspects of Sharia Law or use fraudulent divorce certificates to engage in sham divorces and then marry Americans solely [...]
2010-02-05 13:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD PTER KWBG KPAL IS
10MONROVIA136OIL SHORTAGE HITS LIBERIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oil importers were forced to impose rations January 15 and gas stations temporarily shut down January 24, after an oil refinery in Cote d'Ivoire that supplies the majority of Liberia's oil unexpectedly malfunctioned and ceased exports. The state-owned Liberia Petroleum Refining [...]
2010-02-01 14:52:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON ENRG LI
10MONROVIA47LIBERIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions were lifted on timber exports in 2006 and on diamond exports in early 2007. Liberia is now Kimberly Process compliant. The removal of sanctions opened t [...]
2010-01-13 11:56:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ECON PGOV OPIC USTR KTDB LI
10NASSAU110Validation Study: Bahamian F1 visa holders
[...] SUMMARY: Due to limited choices in post-secondary educational institutions in the Bahamas, each year many Bahamians choose to study in the United States. In November and December, 2009, Post completed a validation study examining overstay rates for Bahamian nationals studying on F-1 visas [...]
2010-02-02 21:52:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD BF
10PORTAUPRINCE48TFHA01: EMBASSY PORT AU PRINCE EARTHQUAKE SITREP as of 1200,
[...] (SBU) Aftershocks continue, but since 6:00am January 14, some Embassy personnel have been able to sporadically send and receive phone calls and text messages on mobile phones. All land lines are still down. Trilogy International, parent company of ComCel/Voila, Haiti's largest cellphone ser [...]
2010-01-15 17:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA PGOV AID
10SANTODOMINGO116SDO Sit Rep 7 - Haiti Earthquake response
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Sitrep 7, further to reftel A: 2. (U) Ref B reports on Haiti relief and reconstruction conference held in Santo Domingo on 18 January. Also, on 19 January, WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela gave print and TV interviews, then met with SOUTHCOM Co [...]
2010-01-20 01:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID CMGT AMGT MARR DR HA
10STATE15608TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) Seven members of the House are expected to travel to Haiti February 19, and a second CODEL is expected to travel February 26. (TF-1/Bureau of Legislative Affairs e-mail) EVACUATIONS/AMERICAN CITIZEN ISSUES ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Haitian authorities released [...]
2010-02-20 07:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE3291GIVING PRIORITY APPOINTMENTS TO SEARCH AND
[...] Due to the tragic events in Haiti, posts may receive emergency requests for visa interview appointments for Host Nation Search and Rescue Teams and Humanitarian Relief efforts, as well as from family members and next- of-kin (NOK) of victims. Posts should extend the same humanitarian consider [...]
2010-01-13 15:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ASEC OTRA HT
10TELAVIV140IN DEPTH: DEAD SEA COSMETICS AND SKINCARE INDUSTRY FRAUD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 05:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS ASEC KFRD KCRM CMGT PINR IS
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