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00ATHENS1917	ENGAGING GREECE ON THE BALKANS: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR CAN MAKE [...] (C) LAST APRIL OUR EMBASSY ENDURED DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS, MANY OF THEM VIOLENT, BY ANGRY GREEKS PROTESTING THE NATO AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST SERBIA. EMOTIONS RAN HIGH WITH ANTI-AMERICANISM AND PRO- SERB EMOTIONALISM OFTEN TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. ALTHOUGH POLLS INDICATED OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE [...]	2000-04-20 12:18:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ZL GR

00BUCHAREST1644	ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS [...] (S) Summary. President Traian Basescu told an interagency team led by Ambassador Richard Jones, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, July 21 that SIPDIS Romania is "unconditionally committed" to a continued troop presence in Iraq. Basescu highlighted the armed f [...]	2000-07-26 07:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ
00HANOI1420	VISIT OF FRY FM JOVANOVICH TO HANOI: MORE SYMBOLISM THAN SUBSTANCE [...] SUMMARY: FRY FOREIGN MINISTER JOVANOVIC'S JUNE 4-8 VISIT TO VIETNAM FOCUSED ON LITTLE OF REAL SUBSTANCE. THE EMPHASIS ON ECONOMIC "INFORMATION-SHARING" PROMISES LITTLE FOR TRULY STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC RELATIONS. HANOI'S COVERAGE OF THE VISIT WAS MEASURED AND REHASHED CRITICAL RHETORIC FRO [...]	2000-06-30 02:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON VM SR
00HANOI686	VIETNAM IDEOLOGICALLY COMMITTED TO STATE-LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WARY OF DANGERS OF GLOBALIZATION [...] (C) SENIOR LEADERS RECENTLY HAVE EMPHASIZED FAMILIAR IDEOLOGICAL THEMES ABOUT THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S PREEMINENT ROLE IN ALL MAJOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING. A FOCUS OF THIS CENTER-LED GOVERNING STYLE IS THE NEED FOR A STRONG STATE SECTOR TO GUIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN THE VIEW [...]	2000-04-05 07:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR PHUM VM DPOL
00THEHAGUE1674	DUTCH ON F-16 (MNFP)--REVISED SIGNING CEREMONY [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-06 12:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP NL NATO DCI
00THEHAGUE1678	DUTCH GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF SOESTERBERG [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-06 15:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NL NATO
00THEHAGUE1695	PEACEKEEPING REMAINS SENSITIVE ISSUE IN... [...] SUMMARY: SINCE THE FALL OF THE SREBRENICA ENCLAVE IN 1995, DUTCH POLITICIANS HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN REVIEWING THEIR PEACEKEEPING DECISIONMAKING PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT DUTCH TROOPS WILL NEVER AGAIN BE PLACED IN SUCH AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION. GIVEN THEIR CONTINUING BELIEF IN THE GOAL OF PROMOTING PEACE A [...]	2000-06-07 13:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO MARR NL MPOS NATO EUN
00THEHAGUE1797	DUTCH INITIAL REACTIONS TO DTSI, MORE ON F-16 MNCP [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-16 13:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS ETTC MCAP ETRD KSEP PREL NL NATO
00THEHAGUE1879	FRY RIGHT TO ADDRESS THE UNSC: DUTCH WILL ABSTAIN [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-23 11:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR NL UNSC
00THEHAGUE1929	SHIRBRIG SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA/ERITREA PEACE: DUTCH WEIGHING PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-27 10:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL MARR ER ET NL UNSC
00THEHAGUE1950	DUTCH CONFIRM EU PLANS FOR MINISTERIAL TROIKA [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-28 11:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO NL OSCE EUN
01HARARE2397	MUGABE HEWS TO HARD LINE IN HEROES' DAY [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE'S NATIONAL HEROES' DAY ADDRESS TO A LARGE BUT LISTLESS CROWD AT HEROES' ACRE WAS DEFIANT IN TONE AND UNCHANGED IN SUBSTANCE. MUGABE LAMBASTED THE BRITISH FOR THEIR HISTORICAL SINS AND TOOK AIM AT THE U.S. OVER THE SENATE PASSAGE OF ZDERA. HE TALLIED UP FIGURES FOR LAND [...]	2001-08-14 11:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UK US ZI
01HARARE3341	MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SEKERAMAYI [...] No summary [...]	2001-11-08 11:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI
01LONDON7384	UNITED KINGDOM: 2001 ANNUAL TERRRORISM REPORT [...] POST HAS KEYED ITS RESPONSES TO REFTEL PARAGRAPHS. A) DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUPPORT THE ANTI-TERRORISM COALITION, PARTICULARLY IN ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAEDA AND THE TALIBAN. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG RECORD OF ACTIONS TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST THREA [...]	2001-12-21 16:23:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UK
01PRISTINA1593	THACI SCENESETTER: LEADER LOOKING FOR APPROVAL [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN K. MENZIES, COM, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B&D) SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF KOSOVO (PDK) PRESIDENT HASHIM THACI IS CONCERNED THAT WASHINGTON IS NEITHER MUCH INTERESTED IN NOR FRIENDLY TOWARDS HIM, AND WILL SEEK DEMONSTRATIONS OF APPROVAL, LAR [...]	2001-09-11 07:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ECON NATO SR
01SOFIA3033	BULGARIAN ELECTIONS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS [...] PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF BULGARIA'S JUNE 17 ELECTIONS SHOW A COMMANDING LEAD FOR THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT SIMEON II, WITH AN OUTRIGHT MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT SEEMINGLY LIKELY BUT NOT YET ASSURED. THE UDF OF PM KOSTOV HAS SUFFERED A SERIOUS DEFEAT, AND HE IS EXPECTED TO RESIGN AS PARTY LEADER SHORTLY. [...]	2001-06-18 09:26:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BU
01STATE157182	TASK FORCE SITREP 2 [...] (U) THE PRESIDENT WILL RETURN TO WASHINGTON TONIGHT. THE SECRETARY IS ALSO ENROUTE TO WASHINGTON. 2. (U) THE PRESIDENT EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCES. 3. (U) POSTS SHOULD REVIEW THE SEPTEMBER 11 STATEMENT OF WHITE HOUSE COUNSELOR KAREN HUGH [...]	2001-09-11 21:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL
01VATICAN3119	BACKGROUND PAPER FOR PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: BALKANS [...] (C) FOLLOWS IS AN EMBASSY DRAFT BACKGROUND PAPER FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03119 111605Z POSSIBLE VISIT BY PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE VATICAN. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. THE VATICAN IS VIGOROUS AND ACTIVE IN THE GLOBAL PURSUIT OF PEACE, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN DE [...]	2001-06-11 17:08:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OPRC VT
02ABUJA2813	NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI [...] (C) Summary: MFA convokes Ambassador, asserts GON will eschew force in Bakassi, whatever the ICJ decides, as long as Cameroon does the same. However, Abuja will want "time to study the verdict," a Joint Implementation Committee and a second summit. "Provocation" and "atrocities committed" b [...]	2002-10-09 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV
02ADANA431	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 25-26, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2002-12-30 10:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ANKARA7919	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-05 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8089	TURKS LUKEWARM ABOUT LUKASHENKO'S ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-08 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO TU NATO
02ANKARA8110	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT, ISSA, SMITH [...] Summary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen to follow a reasonable path with emphasis on EU membership. The economy is on eggshells, and the new government will need to stick to the IMF-backed reform pr [...]	2002-11-08 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU
02ANKARA8230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-14 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8373	ISAF COMMANDER MG ZORLU'S VISIT TO THE US - [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen recently informed Deputy Pol-Mil Counselor that ISAF Commander MG Zorlu would be traveling to the US November 20-26 to meet with USG and UN officials and private organizations to discuss Turke [...]	2002-11-18 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL TU UK AF
02ANKARA8380	TURKEY'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: YASAR YAKIS [...] (U) Turkey's 58th government, announced Nov. 18, includes former career diplomat and three-time ambassador Yasar (Yashar) Yakis (Yah-kish) as Foreign Minister. Bio below. 2. (C) A mostly conventionally-minded, retired 39-year veteran of the MFA, Yakis is now AK Vice Chairman for foreign [...]	2002-11-18 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8474	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-20 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8523	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-21 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8561	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-22 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8622	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-26 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8633	CODEL HASTERT'S MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: A codel led by Speaker Hastert met Nov. 21 with P.M. Gul and Parliament President ("Speaker") Arinc. Speaker Hastert congratulated Gul on AK's landslide election victory and Turkey's recent progress on political and economic reform. Gul echoed AK leader Erdogan's commitment to EU [...]	2002-11-26 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
02ANKARA8867	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Erdogan to US 2. Turkey-EU "Ozal treatment for Erdogan" Washington reporter of mass appeal "Milliyet" Yasemin Congar wrote (12/9): "The US President is going to host Tayyip Erdogan as a prime minister. Erdogan's treatment as Turkey's new leader coincides with the upcoming EU summit, [...]	2002-12-09 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8870	TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER [...] Legal issues are the most reported in Turkey's media. 2. More WSSD Follow-up. 3. Turkey's researchers compete for EU funding. 4. Ankara measures spike in air pollution. 5. Cooperation increases among Black Sea oceanographers. 6. Update on NATO Science projects --------------------------- [...]	2002-12-09 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KPAO TU
02ANKARA8900	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-11 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8902	COOPERATIVE AIRSPACE INITIATIVE AND BALKANS [...] (C) On December 11, Pol-MilOff delivered reftel A demarche on the Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI) to MFA/NATO officer Oya Ergin emphasizing the importance to the NRC of succeeding in this effort collectively. Ergin noted the MFA had been discussing this issue with the Turkish General Sta [...]	2002-12-11 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU NATO
02ANKARA8996	DEFMIN HOPES FOR DECISION ON IRAQ WITHIN DAYS [...] (S) Summary: In an introductory call on the new Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul December 16, Ambassador emphasized the positive outcome of AK Party Leader Erdogan's visit to Washington, the resolution of Turkey's participation agreement with the EU on ESDP, progress on Turkey's [...]	2002-12-17 05:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS TU IZ
02ANKARA9058	WOLFOWITZ AND GROSSMAN PRESS TURKS FOR SUPPORT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-20 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU
02ANKARA9080	2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKISH CONTRIBUTIONS [...] This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2002 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) Turkey experienced a major political change in 2002 when the governing coalition of Prime Minister Ece [...]	2002-12-23 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL TU NATO
02ANKARA9084	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-23 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9109	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-24 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9129	IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT RENEWS OPERATION NORTHERN [...] (U) On December 25, the Turkish Parliament approved by a show of hands the Prime Ministry's request to extend the mandate of Operation Northern Watch for six more months as of December 31, 2002. 2. (U) FM Yakis spoke on behalf of the GOT, explaining that the flights conducted by ONW were [...]	2002-12-26 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER TU IZ
02ANKARA9132	OYMEN DENIES THAT CHP IS DISCOURAGING COOPERATION [...] (C) Former Turkish NATO Permrep and current MP from the opposition CHP Onur Oymen told Ambassador 12/26 that reports of CHP leader Deniz Baykal having proposed to PM Gul that one option for Turkey was to "do nothing" with US on Iraq were untrue. Oymen said that the CHP is the opposition par [...]	2002-12-27 06:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
02ANKARA9135	IRAQ: OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH AND CIVILIAN [...] (C) MFA DG/Americas Banguoglu called in the DCM (accompanied by the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief and Pol-Mil Counselor) 12/24 to respond to our 11/29 dipnote urging the MFA to end the practice of routing civilian passenger flights over the ONW Resticted Operating Zone (ROZ) in sou [...]	2002-12-27 07:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ TU
02ATHENS4072	GREECE: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, THE GOG HAS ROTATED THREE FRIGATES (HS SPETSES, HS ADRIAS, AND HS PSARA) THROUGH ARABIAN SEA DUTY. EACH FRIGATE CARRIES APPROXIMATELY 200 CREW MEMBERS, A S-70B6 HELICOPTER, AND A UNIT OF HELLENIC NAVY COMMANDOS. GREECE HAS ALSO BEEN CONT [...]	2002-11-26 09:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER GR
02ISTANBUL2107	ANNAN CYPRUS PLAN: ISTANBUL COMMENTATORS [...] (C) Summary: Turks in Istanbul continue to debate the merits and drawbacks of a possible Cyprus settlement in the wake of Denktas's acceptance of the UN plan as a "basis for negotiations." Consensus among the experts with whom we have spoken in Istanbul (including Turkish Cypriots, journalist [...]	2002-12-04 10:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU GR CY UN
02LONDON8320	UNITED KINGDOM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS EMBASSY LONDON'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2002 "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" REPORT. EMBASSY INPUT IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. 2. (U) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UK TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN [...]	2002-11-25 10:59:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK
02MADRID4435	SPAIN: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] ACTIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA OPERATIVES BUILDING ON ARRESTS MADE IN 2001, SPANISH LAW ENFORCEMENT MADE ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF AL QAEDA ASSOCIATES DURING 2002. IN JANUARY, POLICE ARRESTED MOROCCAN CITIZEN NAJIB CHAIB MOHAMED IN A BARCELONA SUBURB. CHAIB MOHAMED WAS ACCUSED OF BELONGING TO A TERRO [...]	2002-12-05 09:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SP
02MILAN338	QADHAFI'S SON ON ITALY-LIBYA RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY: SEIF QADHAFI, SON OF LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMOR QADHAFI, SPOKE AT ISPI (INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS) IN MILAN, JUNE 10 ON "LIBYA AND ITALY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES WITHIN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA." SEIF QADHAFI, WHO WAS INTRODUCED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE "LIBYAN [...]	2002-06-12 15:05:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PINS PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON
02ROME1396	ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO NATO ASPIRANTS [...] MAINARDO BENARDELLI, OF THE MFA ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT, CONFIRMED THAT ITALIAN ASSISTANCE IS LIMITED TO ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA. A- ALBANIA --------- MILITARY ASSISTANCE ------------------- 2. PER REF C, ITALY IS ALBANIAS MOST IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER, LARGEST INVESTOR, AND LARG [...]	2002-03-19 12:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR ECON IT AL MC NATO
02ROME1589	BALKANS: GOI ON ASSISTANCE FOR BOSNIAN MILITARY [...] (C) GUIDANCE REQUEST. SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) THE MFA'S BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR, MAURIZIO MASSARI, TOLD POLOFF ON MARCH 27 THAT THE GOI WILL MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION'S PROGRAM TO HELP REINTEGRATE THE 10,000 BIH SOLDIERS TO BE DISCHARGED B [...]	2002-03-28 17:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN
02ROME1723	READOUT OF BERLUSCONI-PUTIN SUMMIT [...] (C) ON APRIL 5, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR, GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, TOLD POLMINCOUNS TOM COUNTRYMAN THAT THE APRIL 2-3 BERLUSCONI-PUTIN SUMMIT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RUSSIA-ITALY BILATERAL MEETING EVER HELD. PUTIN MADE CLEAR TO BERLUSCONI HIS DESIRE TO ENHANCE AND [...]	2002-04-05 16:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT PREL RS NATO MEPP
02ROME1725	BERLUSCONI SEEKS SUPPORT FOR BUSH-PUTIN MEETING IN [...] (C) AMBASSADOR SEMBLER ACCOMPANIED CODEL YOUNG TO AN APRIL 4 MEETING WITH PM BERLUSCONI, JUST HOURS AFTER THE PM RETURNED FROM HIS MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN IN MOSCOW AND SOCHI. FOLLOWING THE MEETING, BERLUSCONI PULLED THE AMBASSADOR ASIDE TO MAKE A ""PERSONAL REQUEST"" TO PRESIDENT BUSH ON NA [...]	2002-04-08 04:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT PREL RS NATO
02ROME1826	ITALY: COALITION CONTRIBUTIONS INITIATIVE [...] (U) EMBASSY ROME CONCLUDES THAT IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO DELIVER REF A DEMARCHE TO ITALY. THE GOI IS ALREADY MAKING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL, MILITARY, AND TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO OEF, THE STABILIZATION OF THE BALKANS, ISAF, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AFGHANISTAN, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE FORMER [...]	2002-04-12 06:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EAID IT
02ROME1848	ITALIAN RESPONSE TO GALILEO DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POST DISCUSSED REFTEL GALILEO TALKING POINTS WITH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA),THE ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY (ASI) AND THE MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION (MIT). THE OFFICIAL GOI RESPONSE WAS PROVIDED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ITALIAN GALILEO STEERING COMMITTE [...]	2002-04-12 14:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA TSPL ECON IT EUN
02ROME1918	U/S GROSSMAN DELEGATION CONSULTS WITH ITALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI AGREES THAT THE PRAGUE SUMMIT SHOULD BE A SUBSTANTIVE MEETING THAT COVERS MORE THAN JUST NATO ENLARGEMENT. MEETING WITH U/S GROSSMAN AND HIS DELEGATION IN ROME ON APRIL 16, SENIOR ITALIAN OFFICIALS ENDORSED THE IDEA OF REDEFINING THE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES INITIATIVE TO FOC [...]	2002-04-17 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT NATO
02ROME2005	FOLLOW-UP: BLUE LANTERN POST LICENSE [...] THIS MESSAGE RESPONDS TO REFTEL REQUESTS FOR POST- LICENSE CHECKS ON LICENSES 05-801368, 05-828803 AND 05-838504. THE FIRST TWO INVOLVE EXPORT OF OVER $100.000 WORTH OF PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS TO A.T.P. S.R.L. IN ITALY. THE LATTER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME [...]	2002-04-24 08:02:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN
02ROME241	BERLUSCONI,S FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS: ITALY REMAINS STRONGLY IN EUROPE, BUT THINKS OF NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] (C) IN HIS JANUARY 14 FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH BEFORE PARLIAMENT, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AGAIN EMPHASIZED ITALY'S SOLID SUPPORT FOR AND COMMITMENT TO REMAIN WITHIN EUROPE. HE COMMENDED THE EURO AND REAFFIRMED THAT ITALY'S FOREIGN POLICY WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE A SEA CHANGE DURING HIS TIME AT T [...]	2002-01-15 17:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME2628	ITALYS LOCAL ELECTION SNOOZE [...] CONSULATES NAPLES, MILAN, AND FLORENCE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS CABLE. 2. SUMMARY: ITALYS LOCAL ELECTIONS WERE OVERSHADOWED BY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 02628 310712Z ATTENTION TO THE NATO-RUSSIA SUMMIT IN ROME. ELECTIONS WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH INCUMBENTS OR I [...]	2002-05-31 07:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IT EUN
02ROME2772	ITALIAN POLICIES ON THE IMPORT, POSSESSION AND [...] THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' AUTHORIZATION UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 02772 101029Z UNIT FOR ARMAMENTS (UAMA) REGULATES EXPORTS OF ARMAMENTS, INCLUDING AUTOMATIC FIREARMS AND ASSOCIATED MUNITIONS. THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, DIRECTORATE OF A [...]	2002-06-10 10:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC IT EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME288	PROGRAM EVALUATION: PA ITALY "TRANSATLANTIC [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: ON DECEMBER 12, PA HELD A ONE- DAY SEMINAR ENTITLED "TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11," WHICH BROUGHT FOUR U.S. SPEAKERS AND 40 ITALIAN AND AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS TOGETHER TO DEBATE ECONOMIC, SECURITY AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN THE WAKE OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS [...]	2002-01-18 15:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PRC
02ROME3031	WOMAN IN DEFENSE: ITALY'S EXPERIENCE AFTER TWO [...] SUMMARY. AS THE GOI ATTEMPTS TO RESTRUCTURE AND "PROFESSIONALIZE" THE MILITARY SERVICE, BRINGING FEMALES IN IS VIEWED AS ONE WAY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE ARMED FORCES. ITALIAN WOMEN, WHETHER FOR ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03031 221235 [...]	2002-06-20 14:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV IT NATO
02ROME3680	PM BERLUSCONI WILL ALSO REMAIN FM BERLUSCONI "FOR [...] (SBU) DESPITE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MUSINGS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES IN THE GOI (REPORTED REFTELS),PM BERLUSCONI WILL NOT RELINQUISH HIS POST AS INTERIM FOREIGN MINISTER ANY TIME UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03680 251544Z SOON. REFTELS REPORTED THAT THE PM WAS LIKEL [...]	2002-07-25 15:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME3703	AMBASSADOR RAISES ICC AND OEF TROOP REQUEST WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR SEMBLER MET WITH GIANNI LETTA, U/S AT THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, ON JULY 26 TO PURSUE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL REFTEL DEMARCHES ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS. AMB. SEMBLER URGED THE GOI T [...]	2002-07-26 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IT KICC IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME3855	U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES WITH [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. U/S BOLTON DISCUSSED HIS RECENT MOSCOW VISIT, NON-PROLIFERATION AND ARMS COUNTROL ISSUES, MISSILE DEFENSE, THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, CHINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (REF A) AT AN AUGUST 5 WORKING LUNCH [...]	2002-08-06 11:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS MARR IT
02ROME3880	IRAQ: MARTINO CAUSES STIR OVER ITALIAN SUPPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO CAUSED A STIR AMONG ITALIAN POLITICAL LEADERS AND COMMENTATORS BY SUGGESTING THAT ITALY WOULD "AUTOMATICALLY" SUPPORT U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTION IN IRAQ. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT ITALY WOULD ONLY PARTICIPATE IN THE MILITARY EFFORT IF THERE IS "PR [...]	2002-08-07 09:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4031	GOOD ADVICE ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS FROM ITALY [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GIANCARLO ARAGONA URGED THE U.S. TO EXPLAIN THE EFFORT TO NEGOTIATE ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT "ROME TREATY" IN TERMS OF THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR ALLOWING CONTINUING USG INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT. "DON'T EMPHASIZE YOUR SEPAR [...]	2002-08-16 14:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM RS IR IT KICC UNGA
02ROME4122	ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP (ISSWOG) WAS HELD IN ROME ON MAY 7. SENIOR US MILITARY OFFICIALS MET WITH EMBASSY ROME REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS ISSUES EFFECTING US PERSONNEL STATIONED AT MILITARY FACILITIES IN ITALY. PARTICIPANTS AND AGENDA ITE [...]	2002-08-22 17:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR FORCES IN ITALY
02ROME4292	GPS/GALILEO CONSULTATIONS IN ITALY [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING 23-24 JULY CONSULTATIONS IN ROME, ITALIAN GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES PROVIDED A DIVERSE SET OF NUANCED RESPONSES TO US CONCERNS OVER THE POSSIBLE OVERLAY OF THE GPS M-CODE BY GALILEO PRS. WHILE ITALIAN TECHNICAL EXPERTS WORKING ON GALILEO EXPRESSED SOME SYMPATHY TO US CO [...]	2002-09-04 13:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA TSPL ECON IT
02ROME4303	ITALIANS RECEPTIVE TO MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS ON JULY 24, DOD DAS IAN BRZEZINSKI AND AN INTERAGENCY TEAM UPDATED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04303 01 OF 02 050734Z THE GOI ON THE US MISSILE DEFENSE (MD) PROGRAM, DISCUSSED THE NEW POST-SEPTEMBER 11 SECURITY EN [...]	2002-09-05 07:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MNUC IT CBW
02ROME4424	HUNGARIAN PM ASSURES HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR [...] (S) HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER MEDQYESSY ASSURED HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR RIDGE OF GOH SUPPORT FOR THE WAR ON TERROR, INCLUDING ITS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO STEMMING FINANCIAL SECRET PAGE 02 ROME 04424 121327Z SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND TO HOSTING THE ILEA IN [...]	2002-09-12 09:10:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MOPS PREL HU IT IZ
02ROME4484	WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ -- CORRECTED VERSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]	2002-09-13 17:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4485	WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]	2002-09-15 06:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4766	GALILEO DISCUSSION WITH ALENIA'S VIRIGLIO [...] (C) SUMMARY: EST SECTION RECENTLY MET WITH GIUSEPPE VIRIGLIO, CEO FOR THE SPACE DIVISION OF ITALIAN AEROSPACE COMPANY ALENIA SPAZIO. THE EUROPEAN GALILEO GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEM WAS DISCUSSED IN THE CONTEXT OF RECENT USG-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON GPS-GALILEO INTEROPERABILITY. VIRIGLIO [...]	2002-10-02 10:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA TSPL ECON EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME4887	A/S RADEMAKER'S ITALY CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) ITALIAN MFA ARMS CONTROL EXPERTS, MEETING WITH A/S RADEMAKER ON SEPTEMBER 25, WELCOMED THE NEW US POSITION ON THE 5TH BWC REVCON. AFTER RECEIVING CLARIFICATION OF THE PHILOSOPHY UNDERLYING THE US APPROACH TO THE BWC, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THEIR SKEPTICISM THAT THE NAM WOULD ACCEPT AN AGREE [...]	2002-10-08 07:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IT CBW
02ROME4963	CROATIA/ICTY: GOI SUPPORTS STRONG PRIVATE, NUANCED [...] (C) DRAWING ON POINTS REFTEL, POL MC ON OCTOBER 4 UNDERLINED TO DIRECTOR OF MFA BALKANS OFFICE MAURIZIO MASSARI USG'S VIEW THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA SHOULD COMPLY IMMEDIATELY AND IN FULL WITH THE INDICTMENT BY THE ICTY OF GENERAL BOBETKO. HE UNDERSCORED THE SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS OF NON [...]	2002-10-11 07:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KJUS PREL PGOV HR IT UN EUN
02ROME5018	ICC: ARTICLE 98 DISCUSSIONS WITH ITALY [...] (C) IN MEETINGS AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE AND THE FOREIGN MINISTRY, THE ICC/ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT NEGOTIATING TEAM PRESENTED A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE U.S. POSITION AND RATIONALE FOR OUR DRAFT ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT TEXT. ITALIAN COUNTERPARTS UNDERSCORED THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE EU GUIDEL [...]	2002-10-15 15:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT KICC
02ROME5049	THE 2003 BUDGET (PART I): A TIGHTROPE WALK [...] (U) THIS IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART SERIES ON THE ITALIAN BUDGET. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A DIVIDED ITALIAN CABINET, AFTER AN ALL-NIGHT DEBATE, HAS AGREED UPON AND SENT TO PARLIAMENT THE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL 2003 BUDGET. THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET IS AN ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH AN [...]	2002-10-17 07:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EUN
02ROME5090	BERLUSCONI-PUTIN MEETING: ITALIAN READOUT [...] (S) IRAQ WAS THE MAJOR SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION AT A WORKING LUNCH IN MOSCOW BETWEEN ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ON OCTOBER 16. THE TWO LEADERS AGREED ON THE NEED FOR A STRONG UNSC RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SEND INSPECTORS BACK TO IRAQ SOON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO GO "ANYWHERE, [...]	2002-10-17 16:25:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL IT IR IZ
02ROME5117	MISSILE DEFENSE FOLLOW-UP WITH ITALIANS [...] (C) THE GOI IS INTERESTED IN CONTINUING BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS ON MISSILE DEFENSE BUT WANTS FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITHIN NATO TO DEVELOP FURTHER A COMMON CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO THE PROGRAM, ACCORDING TO MINISTER CARLO TREZZA, MFA COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS. NATO MEMBERS, AND [...]	2002-10-21 11:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP IT NATO
02ROME5184	ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05184 01 OF 03 232138Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...]	2002-10-23 13:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME5193	ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05193 01 OF 03 232006Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...]	2002-10-23 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME5569	ITALIAN RESPONSE TO PRE- GAERC POINTS ON DPRK, [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 14, POLMINCOUNS DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO ROCCO ANTONIO CANGELOSI, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION. ON THE DPRK, CANGELOSI'S WANTED TO KNOW, "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THEM IN ORDER TO REOPEN THE DIALOGUE?" POLMINCOUNS REPLIED THAT WE HAD LOST CONFIDENCE IN ANYT [...]	2002-11-15 16:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KN TU CY IT EUN
02ROME5599	DELIVERY OF PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO PM BERLUSCONI [...] (S) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM, MET WITH PM BERLUSCONI AT CIAMPINO AIRPORT LATE EVENING OF 15 NOVEMBER TO DELIVER PRESIDENT BUSH'S MESSAGE ON THE PRAGUE NATO SUMMIT AND TO DISCUSS OTHER ISSUES (SEPTEL). BERLUSCONI WAS MAKING A SHORT SECRET PAGE 02 ROME [...]	2002-11-18 16:15:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME5849	UKRAINE - GOI TELLS KUCHMA TO SHAPE UP; WANTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 2, RUSSIA/FSU OFFICE DIRECTOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05849 01 OF 02 041727Z ROSA ANNA CONIGLIO TOLD POLOFF THAT THE NOVEMBER 26/27 VISIT OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT KUCHMA TO ITALY WAS CONSIDERED BY THE GOI TO HAVE BEEN A "GREAT SUCC [...]	2002-12-04 15:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL UP MASS IT
02ROME6037	EU COPENHAGEN SUMMIT - GOI CITES PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 17, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI TOLD POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN THAT THE GOI WAS, IN GENERAL, PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS IN COPENHAGEN. WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE DECISION ON TURKEY COULD HAVE BEEN MORE POSITIVE, HE [...]	2002-12-18 14:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY IT EUN
02ROME6059	ITALIAN TRANSPORT MINISTER DISCUSSES GALILEO WITH [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC MINISTER COUNSELOR SCOTT KILNER. REASONS 1.5B AND D. 2. (C) SUMMARY. ON 4 DECEMBER DCM MET WITH MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COUNSELOR EMILIO MARAINI AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 06059 191120Z [...]	2002-12-19 11:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA ETTC IT EUN
02ROME6149	MOD WHITE PAPER: DEFENSE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY'S 2002 DEFENSE WHITE PAPER (WP) PRESENTS THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AS A PILLAR OF ITALIAN NATIONAL SECURITY. THE NATIONAL ARMAMENTS DIRECTOR HAS OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFENSE PROCUREMENT AND NEGOTIATING INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION ACCORDS. STATE [...]	2002-12-27 17:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS IT NATO
02ROME715	GOI SLOWLY SHIFTING TO MILITARY ROLE FOR GALILEO [...] (C) SUMMARY. DESPITE SETBACKS IN DECEMBER AT THE EU TRANSPORT COUNCIL AND THE EU SUMMIT, GOI RESOLVE TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THE GALILEO GLOBAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM APPEARS TO HAVE STRENGTHENED. THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ARE A NOW FREQUENTLY HEARD ADMISSION THAT GALILEO NEEDS TO BE VIEWED IN A DUAL [...]	2002-02-13 09:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA ETTC IT
02ROME721	AMBASSADOR BURNS BRIEFS ITALIANS ON NATO ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. US AMBASSADOR TO NATO NICK BURNS DISCUSSED TASK FORCE FOX, NATO-EU AND NATO-RUSSIA RELATIONS, ENLARGEMENT AND THE BALKANS IN A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THE ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER, OTHER SENIOR ITALIAN OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS AND POLITICAL LEADERS WHILE IN ROME FEBRUARY 7 AND 8. [...]	2002-02-13 13:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IT NATO
02ROME73	RUGGIERO'S DEPARTURE DOES NOT EQUATE TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MEDIA ANALYSIS TO THE CONTRARY, THE WEEKEND "RESIGNATION" (UNDER DURESS) OF FM RENATO RUGGIERO DOES NOT EQUATE TO AN ABOUT-FACE IN ITALY'S PRO-EUROPEAN STANCE. ITALY WILL REMAIN SOLIDLY IN EUROPE -- AND IN NATO, AND A SOLID PARTNER OF THE U.S. RUGGIERO'S DEPARTURE [...]	2002-01-07 13:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT EU ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME783	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCHEON WITH PRESIDENT CIAMPI [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A PRIVATE LUNCHEON, ITALIAN PRESIDENT CIAMPI EXPRESSED HIS DEEP CONCERN OVER A DETERIORATING SITUATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS. HE MADE A DETAILED ARGUMENT THAT ITALY CAN AND MUST BE BOTH PRO EUROPE AND PRO US, WITH WHICH I AGREED. CIAMPI WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE [...]	2002-02-15 13:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT PREL ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME966	ITALIAN DEFMIN'S COMMENTS SPARK ANOTHER ROUND OF [...] ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO REVIVED OPPOSITION PARTY ACCUSATIONS THAT HE IS A "EURO-SKEPTIC" BY SUGGESTING THAT THE EU HAD RUSHED INTO CREATING ITS OWN MILITARY IDENTITY WITHOUT THINKING IT THROUGH. THE NUMBER OF TASKS APPROPRIATE FOR THE EU'S RAPID REACTION FORCE (RRF) SHOULD B [...]	2002-02-25 17:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS EU IT EUN
02VATICAN1922	VATICAN: MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT MARCH 2002 [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S ACTIVITIES FOR MARCH 2002 (NOTE: THIS PERIOD COINCIDED WITH EASTER WEEK CELEBRATIONS AT THE VATICAN, WHICH EMBASSY STAFF ATTEND AS PART OF OUR REPRESENTATIONAL DUTIES.). IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURIN [...]	2002-04-18 05:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN EAGR EAID VT VTPREL
02VATICAN2238	BIWEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR APRIL 16-30, 2002 [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 16-30, 2002. IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD. COVERED IN THIS CABLE ARE: -- AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENTIAL PRE-ADVANCE -- AMBASSADOR/FM TAURAN ON VEN [...]	2002-05-08 14:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN EAID VT EAGER VTPREL
03ABUDHABI1768	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK [...] REFTEL REQUESTED POST CONDUCT A PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON MIDDLE EAST OPTRONICS, LISTED AS THE FOREIGN CONSIGNEE ON DTC CASE #TA-1017-03, WHICH PROPOSES THE TRANSFER BY FLIR SYSTEMS OF TECHNICAL DATA FOR THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF FLIR THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT TO MIDDLE EAST OPTRONICS. 2. [...]	2003-04-14 04:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC TC
03ABUDHABI3248	MEDIA REACTION: AL KHALEEJ EDITORIAL ON IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN THE SHARJAH-BASED PAN-ARAB DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" DESCRIBED THE SITUATION OF U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ AS "A COSTLY DILEMMA." THE EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT THE US LAUNCHED THE WAR BASED ON "DECEPTION, FORGERY, AND LIES" AND THAT THE U.S. HAS "BEGUN TO HARVEST THE RESULT OF ITS DE [...]	2003-07-13 13:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI784	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA EXTENSIVELY COVERED INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS AND REACTION AGAINST A MILITARY STRIKE IN IRAQ. LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA CRITICIZED WHAT THEY CALLED A WEAK ARAB STANCE TOWARDS THE CURRENT CRISIS. "AL ITTIHAD" CRITICIZES U.S. PLANS TO CONTROL THE MIDDLE EAST, NOTING THIS IS NOT [...]	2003-02-18 08:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI896	MEDIA REACTION: RICHARD PERLE, IRAQ, AND UAE UNSC [...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUE TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL MEDIA. DUBAI-BASED ENGLISH DAILY "GULF NEWS" CARRIED A 2/23 INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD PERLE WHO SAID THAT "NO ONE HAS HARMED ARAB INTERESTS AS MUCH AS HE" (IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN). EDITORIALS PRAISED [...]	2003-02-24 10:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ADANA293	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 19, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ozgur Gundem / I [...]	2003-12-31 14:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA

03ADANA46	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 18, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-20 08:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA49	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 21, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-24 09:13:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA1002	NATO/IRAQ: GOT ACTION ON ARTICLE IV IS AT NATO [...] (S) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA Nato Department Fatih Celan February 8 regarding reftel request instructing Embassy and USNATO to coordinate with the GOT a formal Turkish request for Article IV consultations on February 10. Celan said he did not know whether the GOT intended to submit a [...]	2003-02-08 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU NATO
03ANKARA1005	IRAQ: USG-GOT SIGN MOU ON SITE PREPARATIONS [...] (S) The USG and GOT negotiating teams signed a Memorandum of Understanding late February 8 after the GOT accepted the USG position on the last remaining issue -- taxation. The GOT negotiator expressed surprise and noticeable frustration that the USG requested tax exception for a possible opera [...]	2003-02-08 23:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU
03ANKARA1091	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA1092	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HEFLEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1126	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-20 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1132	TURKEY ON IRAQ: STUMBLING UNWILLINGLY TOWARD THE [...] (C) Summary: Virtually all interlocutors from across the spectrum assume eventual GOT agreement to deployment of U.S. forces through Turkey. However, there is no clear GOT decision on the horizon; for their part, key elements of the Kemalist State are compounding the delay by using the Iraq q [...]	2003-02-20 20:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1161	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-21 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA122	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-06 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1267	IRAQ: CODEL HEFLEY PRESSES FOR TURKISH SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 20-21 meetings, Codel Hefley politely but aggressively pressed Turkey's leadership to permit U.S. forces to use Turkey as a potential base for operations. While recognizing the political difficulties Turkey's elected politicians face, the Codel called upon them to he [...]	2003-02-26 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD TU IQ
03ANKARA1567	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-12 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1634	TURKEY/IRAQ: OPPOSITION CHP'S GRATUITOUS [...] (C) Summary: Contacts from main opposition CHP say that although another UN resolution could influence some backbenchers, CHP is likely to continue to vote en bloc against U.S. troop deployment. Taking their cue from President Sezer, CHPers at all levels assert that any UNSC resolutionless op [...]	2003-03-14 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA1706	PRM A/S DEWEY'S MEETINGS WITH GOT AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by PRM Assistant Secretary Arthur Dewey discussed a range of Iraq-related SIPDIS humanitarian planning issues with the GOT, humanitarian organizations and representatives of the two Kurdish-administered areas of northern Iraq. Dewey emphasized the U.S. int [...]	2003-03-18 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1782	TURKS REPLY ON SEEBRIG ASSURANCES [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On March 17 polmiloff received a call from Oya Ergin of the MFA NATO Department. She informed that the GOT had almost completed its review of the Reftel text we had provided on October 16, 2002. When the review is complete, Post e [...]	2003-03-20 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA1805	DART: DISCUSSIONS WITH NATO/EADRCC ON HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) On March 13, Dart Field Office/North and Embassy PMA Scott Oudkirk met with Col. Bernie Hunstad and Tom Nett from NATO,s Euro-Atlantic Response Coordination Center (EADRCC). The one-hour meeting covered an overview of NATO,s role in providing humanitarian supplies to the Government of Tur [...]	2003-03-21 07:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1835	UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: MFA, UN AND [...] (C) Emboffs met with MFA, Turkish Red Crescent and UN officials just before and after the start of military operations in Iraq to gauge preparedness and review humanitarian assistance issues. MFA told us it is willing to host a coordination mechanism involving the USG and UN agencies, pending [...]	2003-03-22 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1955	TURKS SEEKING NO-COST VACCINES, DELAY DECISION ON [...] (C) MFA advised Economic Officer 3/25 that the GOT is waiting for no-cost vaccine offers through the NATO Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center (EADRCC) before accepting or declining our offer to sell through FMS pre-event smallpox and anthrax vaccines. Through NATO EADRCC, Denm [...]	2003-03-25 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU
03ANKARA2022	OESI PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: BLACK SEA LONG-TERM [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS
03ANKARA2298	TFIZ01: GOT AND TURKISH RED CRESCENT ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) Summary: MFA organized a meeting of Turkish Red Crescent (TRC),International Committee of the Red Cross and U.S. Embassy representatives to present and discuss a TRC proposal to send humanitarian supplies to Iraq and provide medical treatment in Turkey for injured Iraqis. The proposal c [...]	2003-04-09 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2432	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-14 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2521	THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: A FRACTIOUS AND SULLEN POLITICAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary: As refs (A-E) note, Turkish General Staff (TGS) remains deeply involved in day-to-day political life and policymaking, with attendant strains and divisions among senior military leaders over domestic and foreign policy issues. These divisions are more visible today than at any ti [...]	2003-04-18 08:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
03ANKARA2711	APRIL 29 MINI-SUMMIT ON ESDP: TURKS SHARE OUR [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On April 23, Polmiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA/Disarmament Second Secretary Esra Dogan. Dogan thanked us for sharing the USG approach with regard to the April 29 "European Defense Su [...]	2003-04-25 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU BE FR TU
03ANKARA2800	TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP CONTINUES TO TRY TO HAVE [...] (C) Summary: In private conversations with us, opposition CHP M.P.s assert they value U.S.-Turkey relations and claim the party is the United States' "best friend." Publicly, experienced CHP deputies continue to pursue an anti-American line that belies their private assurances. End Summary. [...]	2003-04-30 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2872	APRIL 29 BELGIAN MINI-SUMMIT: TURKS SHARE OUR [...] (C) On May 1, Polmiloff, drawing on reftel talking points, briefed MFA/NATO Department Second Secretary Esra Dogan on USG concern over the April 29 Belgian mini-summit Joint Statement. Dogan, who had also been briefed earlier that day by the UK Embassy, said she was not surprised by the min [...]	2003-05-02 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA2912	IRAQ: LETTERS FROM TGS CHOD OZKOK TO CJCS MYERS, [...] (C) On May 5, 2003, the Embassy received copies of three letters from TGS CHOD Gen. Ozkok: (1) an April 30 letter to CJCS Gen. Myers (see para two for text),(2) a May 1 letter to CJCS Myers (see para three for text) and (3) a May 1 letter to SACEUR Gen Jones (see para four for text). The fi [...]	2003-05-05 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA2975	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-07 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3181	SEEBRIG ASSURANCES: GOT STRESSES ITS SIGNATURE TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA324	TURKEY AGREES ON U.S. APPROACH TO EU BALKAN OPS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA331	NATO/IRAQ: TURKEY PATIENT FOR NOW BUT LOOKING FOR [...] (S) Summary: MFA DG for International Security Affairs Morali told DCM January 13 that NATO should move forward prudently on Articles IV and V with respect to Iraq. Nevertheless, the GOT hopes the package outlined in reftel with evolve as necessary and discussion of Article IV will not be defe [...]	2003-01-14 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ NATO
03ANKARA3416	THE TURKS AND THE STABILIZATION FORCE IN IRAQ [...] (C) The GOT continues to express an interest in participating in the stabilization force in Iraq. The Turks understand the political sensitivity of a neighboring state putting troops in Iraq. According to MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Sanivar Kizildeli, Turkey is not looking to use NATO as a "bac [...]	2003-05-27 06:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3463	TURKS FIRM IN THEIR SUPPORT FOR "OPTION TWO" FOR [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Polmiloff met with Fatih Ceylan, Head of the MFA NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs Department, on May 22 on the subject of NATO command restructuring. Ceylan said that Turkey wo [...]	2003-05-27 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU
03ANKARA3506	DAS PASCOE'S MAY 21-22 POST-WAR TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) State Department DAS for European Affairs Lynn Pascoe told GOT officials May 21-22 the USG was disappointed with Turkey over its handling of issues of major importance to the US, including Iraq and Cyprus. DAS Pascoe said the door to rebuilding relations was open, but it was up to Turkey t [...]	2003-05-29 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR AR TU IZ IS
03ANKARA3524	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-30 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3675	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-06 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3798	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3842	ARTICLE 98: GOT SAYS IT SUPPORTS AGREEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: GOT officials told a visiting State and Defense Article 98 delegation June 10 that the GOT in principle favors reaching an Article 98 agreement with the US, but cannot do so at this time because of intense EU pressure. The officials noted that Turkey is not a signatory to the Int [...]	2003-06-13 10:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA3858	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-15 04:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4016	TURKEY, BAE SYSTEMS AND SPEWS II: FURTHER DELAY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) BAE Systems and the Turkish government have been trying to secure an amendment to an existing Manufacturing License Agreement (MLA) that re-hosts Turkish software and jamming routines on the new SPEWS II hardware since early 2003. Turke [...]	2003-06-23 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS TU PREL
03ANKARA4026	TURKEY: AK GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON [...] (C) Summary: AK Party is engaging in a broad and popular anti-corruption campaign for both normative policy and narrower, hardball political reasons. By doing so, P.M. Erdogan and AK are: 1) implicating both their political and bureaucratic rivals; thereby 2) putting them on the defensive and [...]	2003-06-24 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA404	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN, [...] (S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, a small CENTCOM/EUCOM planning team will soon [...]	2003-01-16 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA4105	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-26 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA417	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-16 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4178	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4217	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-03 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4299	TURKEY: PRESS BEGINS TO QUESTION TURKISH MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish press' sensationalist reaction to July 4 U.S. arrest (and subsequent release) of Turkish special forces soldiers in Iraq shifted somewhat July 9. Even mainstream secularist journalists have begun to question what the Turkish military is or may have been doing in Iraq. Re [...]	2003-07-09 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4318	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 04:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4349	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4355	TURKISH MILITARY AND OPPOSITION CHP CONTINUE [...] (U) Action request -- para 10. 2. (C) Summary: While some of the Turkish press continues to fan anti-U.S. and anti-ruling AK party sentiment, other papers are featuring sources which point to charges that Turkish Special Forces were engaged in activities in Iraq inimical to cooperation wi [...]	2003-07-10 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA4384	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-11 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4467	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4552	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]	2003-07-21 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4559	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA462	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-17 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA467	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a critical time in US-Turkey relations. Over the last two years the US has supported IMF packages of unprecedented proportions to assist Turkey in recovering from its worst economic crisis in decades. The strategic partnership has grown as a result of Turkey's signi [...]	2003-01-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA4701	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-24 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4737	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-25 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4765	HLG CHAIRMAN'S LETTER PASSED TO THE GOT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-28 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC
03ANKARA4777	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-29 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA489	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-21 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4895	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-04 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5039	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-08 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5105	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-12 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5107	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-12 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5116	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-12 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5154	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-13 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5209	TURKEY PLANS TO DEPOSIT NATO INSTRUMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-15 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KTIA
03ANKARA5312	TURKS SHARE CONCERNS ON ESDP AND "BERLIN PLUS" [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-20 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EU TU
03ANKARA5356	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-21 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5409	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS' VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-25 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA5442	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S INITIAL CALL ON TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Edelman's initial call on Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer August 25, Sezer asserted the importance of the U.S.-Turkey relationship, raised Iraq, and commented on Cyprus' EU accession and Armenian genocide claims. The Ambassador stressed the importance of [...]	2003-08-26 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AM CY ECON PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA5464	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON FONMIN GUL: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: FonMin Gul said Aug. 27 the GOT wants a democratic, stable Iraq able to govern itself; GOT will move cautiously toward a decision on possible troop contribution to stabilization force; U.S. response to Turkey's concerns on PKK/Kadek remains a key point for Ankara. Reaffirming U.S. [...]	2003-08-28 10:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA548	SCENESETTER FOR SACEUR GENERAL JONES'S JANUARY 24 [...] (S) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively and should be completed 23 January 03. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, two small C [...]	2003-01-23 11:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA5515	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul September 1, Gonul affirmed his desire to foster closer cooperation with the US and to support the US in any way Turkey could. On Iraq, Gonul said he hoped the GOT would persuade the Turkish public and P [...]	2003-09-02 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5530	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-03 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5547	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH INVITES PRESIDENT BUSH TO [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who will travel to New York in March 2004, hopes he could also see President Bush in Washington then. He wants to invite the President to visit the Patriarchate when he is in Istanbul at the May 2004 NATO Summit. The Patriarch characterized his [...]	2003-09-03 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA5553	TURKEY'S U/S ZIYAL: QUALMS ABOUT IRAQ, URGENCY ON [...] (C) Turkish MFA Undersecretary Ziyal invited Ambassador for a meeting Sept. 3 to discuss Iraq, the PKK, the NATO Summit dates and Cyprus. Ziyal worried that the situation in Iraq was not improving and that Lebanonization remained a possibility. He raised Turkey's unhappiness with the Iraqi m [...]	2003-09-03 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS CY TU IZ NATO
03ANKARA5628	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5645	CHOD OZKOK EMPHASIZES KURDISH ISSUES AS KEY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the AMB's 9/5 introductory call on GEN Ozkok, the CHOD focused on ethnic tension in nIZ and its effect on Turkish public opinion, and thus on Turkey's ability to contribute troops to the stabilization force. US action on PKK/KADEK is also a key factor in Turkey's decision [...]	2003-09-05 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5728	NEW AIR FORCE CHIEF TAKES TOUGH TACK ON INCIRLIK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Air Chief Gen Ibrahim Firtina took a surprisingly aggressive approach on a range of issues at the AMB's introductory call 9/8. First, he surprised us by re-opening the F16 EW suite issue which his predecessor had agreed to (reftel). Then he implied that the US was lucky Turk [...]	2003-09-10 07:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA576	TGS PUSHES AGAIN TO KEEP NATO COMMANDS IN TURKEY [...] (C) In a Jan. 20 meeting with CJCS GEN Myers, Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok noted that NATO should maintain its Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Eskisehir and its Joint Sub-Regional Command (JSRC) in Izmir and pressed for US support. TGS J-3 LTG Karabay reiterated Ref A request for bilateral [...]	2003-01-24 09:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA5787	EXBS: SEPTEMBER 11 MEETING WITH TURKEY ON EXBS [...] (SBU) Summary: An interagency team led by NP/ECC Director van Son met with Turkish MFA and the Turkish interagency on September 11 to negotiate the proposed EXBS legal agreement so that planned EXBS assistance programs can commence. The Turkish and U.S. teams concentrated their discussions [...]	2003-09-12 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC PREL KSTC TU
03ANKARA6136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-30 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6217	INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE ON APPOINTMENT OF [...] (S) Deputy pol-mil counselor delivered ref a and b points to MFA NATO Department Head Atila Gunay October 2. Gunay said he was aware of the issue, having received a recent cable from the Turkish mission at NATO. Gunay explained he had held off on receiving deputy pol-mil counselor until now [...]	2003-10-03 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV BU TU
03ANKARA6238	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL VISIT TO TURKEY [...] Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship and where Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: the presence of PKK/Kadek terrorists in northern Iraq and whether Turkey will contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq [...]	2003-10-03 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6291	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-07 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6322	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-08 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6344	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-09 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6411	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-14 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6441	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6499	MFA DEPUTY U/S TUYGAN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told Ambassador October 16 that the GOT was grateful for the US assistance before and after the recent bombing in front of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad. Tuygan agreed that it was important for the US and Turkey to manage and "get right" the issue of a possible Turk [...]	2003-10-17 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC AF AR
03ANKARA6734	ANKARA WAITING FOR U.S. VIEWS ON ISTANBUL SUMMIT [...] (U) The is an action request; see para 5. Searching for NATO Summit Themes ================================ 2. (C) Pol-Mil Counselor and PolMilOff met with MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Sanivar Kizildeli October 24 and discussed Turkey's vision for the NATO Istanbul Summit. Kizildeli [...]	2003-10-27 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
03ANKARA6908	NATO: HLG MEETING -- CHAIRMAN'S LETTER TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MNUC TU
03ANKARA7006	IRAQ: TURKEY WELL-SITUATED TO SUPPORT COALITION [...] (C) Given Turkey's desire to rehabilitate its relations with us through cooperation in Iraq and the decision not to use Turkish troops as part of the stabilization force, we need to identify areas where Turkey -- and the Turkish military in particular )- can play a constructive and meaningful [...]	2003-11-10 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER
03ANKARA7016	NOVEMBER 18-19 US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP [...] (C) The November 18-19 meeting of the U.S.-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG) represents an opportunity to achieve a number of important objectives: to solidify dialogue between the US and Turkish militaries; to begin to reshape our security relationship to the 21st century; and, to empha [...]	2003-11-10 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF ASEC
03ANKARA7033	MFA RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON PFC [...] The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note, number 2003/ALGY/442572 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Henry Oran Smith (reftels),the dual (American and Turkish) citizen US Marine who deserted while at Incirlik AB on September 29. As anticipated in ref B, the note denies ou [...]	2003-11-12 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR CASC CPAS TU US
03ANKARA7039	TURKEY PREPARING TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KTIA TU
03ANKARA7098	CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Summary: The Turks came to the Nov. 7 Caucasus Working Group (CWG) working-level meeting armed with specific proposals for US-Turkish cooperation. The US should reciprocate at the Nov. 17 CWG in Williamsburg. Over the next seven months, the two sides should work towards having several ne [...]	2003-11-14 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA7114	TGS D/CHOD BASBUG'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON - AN [...] (C) Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Basbug will visit Washington November 16-21 to lead the Turkish delegation to the US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG). He has requested meetings with National Security Advisor Rice, DepSecDef Wolfowitz, CJCS Myers and VCJCS Pace. Basbug may also s [...]	2003-11-14 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF CY ASEC OVIP

03ANKARA7115	AMBASSADOR-ZIYAL MEETING ON IRAQ, REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). Summary ------- 2. (C) At their November 13 meeting, MFA Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal told the Ambassador that the GOT wanted to engage the USG on regional issues, particularly Iraq. Ziyal maintained that the USG a [...]	2003-11-14 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD IZ KIPR TU EINV
03ANKARA7134	AMBASSADOR'S NOV. 14 MEETING WITH P.M. ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: USG's tougher language and steps against PKK/KADEK/KHK in Iraq has made strong impression on P.M. Erdogan and he responded positively to Ambassador's statement that Washington has put its unhappiness with Turkey behind us. Erdogan sees back-to-back defense and economic partnershi [...]	2003-11-17 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA7157	DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The annual Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) inspections occurred the week of October 20-24, 2003 in Ankara, Izmir and Incirlik. While talks between the two sides became tense during discussions of a small number of specific issues, the overall mood of the inspec [...]	2003-11-18 07:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR ELAB ECPS ECON TU
03ANKARA7229	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER CICEK'S [...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Cicek's visit to Washington allows us to raise high-profile global issues with one of the Turkish cabinet's most influential and outspoken figures. Our priorities for his visit should be: 1) to urge continued GOT progress on EU-related human rights reform, and und [...]	2003-11-20 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EFIN IZ TU
03ANKARA7279	TURKEY TO CONSIDER HELO CONTRIBUTION TO ISAF [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche requesting additional helos to meet NATO's SOR for ISAF to MFA South Asia Head of Department Ergin Soner November 18. Soner noted the requirements, agreeing that meeting the SOR in order to go to the next stage of expanding ISAF outside Kabul and suppor [...]	2003-11-21 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF TU
03ANKARA7319	ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A "SOFT LANDING": VCJCS GEN [...] (C) You arrive in Turkey at a time when our focus is on increasing Turkish cooperation on Iraq reconstruction and minimizing the fallout from the decision to forego Turkey,s offer to contribute forces to the stabilization efforts in Iraq. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) saw deploying forces t [...]	2003-11-25 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU
03ANKARA7354	DAS PASCOE'S NOVEMBER 21 TRIP TO ANKARA [...] (S) Summary: EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe visited Turkey on November 21 for a series of meetings with MFA officials. In all his meetings, Pascoe urged MFA officials to think about the period leading up to the NATO Summit as a critical opportunity to showcase Turkey's achievements before the December [...]	2003-12-01 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AJ AM GG PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7378	TURKEY: 2003 TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2003, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to extend its leadership of the International Security Force (ISAF) into 2003. On October [...]	2003-12-02 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7448	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-05 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7580	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-10 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7610	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-11 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7611	DECEMBER 1-2 VISIT TO TURKEY OF UKRAINIAN PM [...] (U) The December 1-2 visit to Turkey of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych focused mainly on bilateral economic relations. In the first-ever visit of the PM of an independent Ukraine to Turkey, the two nations discussed bilateral trade and signed environmental and cultural agreements. At the end of the [...]	2003-12-11 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SENV TU UP
03ANKARA7612	U/S GROSSMAN FORCE POSTURE CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) In meetings with FM Gul, DCHOD GEN Basbug and others from MFA and TGS, U/S Grossman initiated consultations with the Turks on the US global posture review. He emphasized that this effort to move to a post-Cold War posture would be in accordance with our international security commitments a [...]	2003-12-11 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA7649	2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2004 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) In aiming to accelerate democratization, pursue its EU candidacy, revive the economy and tackle ch [...]	2003-12-15 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL TU
03ANKARA7724	ACTING VS. PKK/KADEK IN IRAQ BEFORE POTUS-ERDOGAN: [...] (S) In anticipation of the January 28 meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Erdogan, Post submits a list (see paras 2-5) of possible actions the USG could take against the PKK/KADEK/KHK in northern Iraq that the President could cite as completed deliverables in that meeting. The US [...]	2003-12-17 10:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS ETRD SNAR PINR IZ TU
03ANKARA7785	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE AND ECONOMY [...] (Sbu) Summary: In December 17 meetings with Economy Minister Babacan and Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the need for continued fiscal discipline, structural reform and resolution of foreign investment disputes. Both Ministers reconfirmed the GOT's commitment to continue ec [...]	2003-12-19 11:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EIND PGOV KIPR TU
03ANKARA7984	GROWING TURKISH REACTION, PUBLIC CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] Negative reaction by the Turkish Government, opposition politicians, and the press to the reported detention of 11 Turkish Special Forces troops in Northern Iraq continues to grow. Prime Minister Erdogan, describing the incident as "extremely distressing," said that he expects the situation t [...]	2003-12-30 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA8015	INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: PROPOSED RESPONSE TO TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) On December 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided us a diplomatic note approving the use of Incirlik Air Base for the operation to rotate US personnel and their associated equipment in and out of Iraq (reftel),and outlining the ru [...]	2003-12-31 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA806	HIGH LEVEL GROUP MEETING LETTER [...] (C) On January 30, 2003, Pol-Mil officer delivered reftel letter regarding the February 9-12 NATO High Level Group meeting in Colorado Springs to MFA/NATO Dept Official Rende. Rende promised to deliver the letter that day to Director General For International Security Affairs Morali. Rende [...]	2003-01-31 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC TU NATO NPG
03ANKARA810	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-31 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA838	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-03 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-06 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA971	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-07 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03BRUSSELS3231	EU PARLIAMENT U.S. RELATIONS RESOLUTION MIXED [...] (C) Summary: On June 19 the European Parliament (EP) passed a resolution on "A Renewed Transatlantic Relationship for the Third Millenium." Foreign Relations Committee Chair Elmar Brok, a German Christian Democrat and strong advocate of close transatlantic ties, drafted the resolution and time [...]	2003-06-23 12:43:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS4143	FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS),which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A),provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...]	2003-08-28 18:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5635	TRANSATLANTIC LEGISLATORS' DIALOGUE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: The biannual Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD) meetings were held in Williamsburg, Virginia on November 13-16 (list of participants in paras 20-21). The six members of Congress and ten members of the European Parliament (MEP's) reviewed the draft EU Constitutional Trea [...]	2003-12-16 12:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO396	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English weekly lay out "repercussions to the economies in this and many other parts of the world" On 3/9 an editorial in the SUNDAY TIMES (independent English weekly),"Gulf War and US," described the negative effects of another Gulf war on the Sri Lankan economy. The editorial [...]	2003-03-10 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE ECONOMICS
03FRANKFURT7034	Accession Countries And The Euro: Convergence [...] (SBU) Summary: EU member states and acceding countries (ACs) are beginning to face the dilemmas that EU economic rules are likely to present them both as soon as accession occurs in May 2004. EU rules require ACs to adopt the euro as soon as they fulfill the convergence criteria on inflatio [...]	2003-08-26 11:52:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
03HARARE451	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] In an opinion piece carried in the March 2 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail," Dr. Tafataona Mahoso criticized the United States and Britain for appearing to be "arm-twisting" the United Nations to sanction the war against Iraq. Under headli [...]	2003-03-04 06:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE642	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ - OPINION [...] The March 30 editions of the government- controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" and the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried a number of opinion pieces focusing on the war in Iraq. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "U.N. becomes irrelevant" the "The [...]	2003-03-31 12:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HELSINKI1579	U.S. SPEAKERS LEO MICHEL (TRACKER 19904) [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Dr. Leo Michel, INSS, and Dr. John Hulsman, Heritage Foundation, visited Helsinki for two program days (November 20-21) to participate in the Atlantic Council of Finland's (ACF) major conference on the transatlantic security relationship on Nov. 21. A total of 4 U.S. spe [...]	2003-11-26 12:56:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO FI
03ISTANBUL1427	ISTANBUL VIEWS ON SENDING TURKISH TROOPS TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul residents from all walks of life continue to worry about the situation in Iraq and the prospect of sending troops to Iraq. Whomever we meet with, and whatever the subject, the conversation inevitably turns to Iraq. Despite the widespread opposition before the U.S. inter [...]	2003-09-26 08:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1517	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINORITY RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (sbu) Summary: During courtesy calls on the Armenian Patriarch, Chief Rabbi, and Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan, Ambassador Edelman promised to maintain close relations with each community and to press the GOT to implement broader protection for religious freedom in Turkey. Each of the communit [...]	2003-10-14 11:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1821	U/S GROSSMAN'S 12/9/03 MEETING WITH ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: U/S Grossman met with the Governor of Istanbul to express U.S. solidarity with the people of Istanbul and Turkey, and our ongoing cooperation in the war on terror. Guler outlined a series of "lessons learned" from the attacks, and expressed optimism that Turkey would be better pr [...]	2003-12-11 10:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC OVIP PGOV PREL TU
03KABUL1744	NATO ISAF DELEGATION DISCUSSES SECURITY, AIRPORT [...] (C) Post hosted June 19 a meeting with the visiting NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) delegation led by Deputy Secretary General for Peacekeeping Robert Serry. Representatives from NATO embassies in Kabul included the UK, Spanish, Turks, Danes, and Dutch; the Germans, Belgians [...]	2003-06-29 05:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR AF
03KUWAIT4433	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION AUGUST 18-24 [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4613	(C) SPEAKER KHORAFI PREDICTS INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Assembly Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi told the Ambassador October 6 the Government should be able to muster a majority in the Assembly, but it will only become clear after parliament reconvenes later this month whether the Assembly (elected in July) will be more or less co [...]	2003-10-08 05:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL ETRD PINR KU
03KUWAIT4844	ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-25 10:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KU
03KUWAIT626	(C) GOK SAYS ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL WAS TOUGH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that the February 15-16 Arab League Ministerial in Cairo was very tough on Iraq and will not have given any comfort to Saddam. The Saudi FM in particular stated forcefully that the Europeans and Americans really had [...]	2003-02-19 18:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ KU
03LONDON9572	UNITED KINGDOM - 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy London's contributions to the 2003 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Report. Embassy input is keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]	2003-11-26 17:34:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PREL PGOV UK
03OTTAWA1136	CANADA RULES OUT BID FOR OSCE CHAIR [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-22 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CA OSCE
03OTTAWA1169	CANADIAN CONCERNS ABOUT EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT, [...] (C) Canada shares our strong concerns about the April 29 "European Defense Summit" (ref. A),and is pleased that we are making U.S. views clear to Europe. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, said the GoC considers the Summit very unhelpful both for [...]	2003-04-25 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO EU MK CA NATO
03OTTAWA144	CANADA ON ESDI/P AND EU BALKANS OPERATIONS [...] (C) Canada is pleased with the upswing in NATO-EU relations in the wake of the Prague and Copenhagen summits (reftel A),but shares our concern about unity of command issues. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, told us that Canada still had questi [...]	2003-01-14 19:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU CA BK NATO
03OTTAWA1539	MISSILE DEFENSE: CANADA ANNOUNCES DECISION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Canadian Government announced on May 29 that it has decided to enter into discussions with the U.S. on missile defense participation. This decision represents a dramatic shift in Canadian policy on missile defense, which was generally viewed in a negative light her [...]	2003-05-29 21:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CA
03OTTAWA1654	CANADIAN MILITARY PREPARING FOR KEY ROLE IN ISAF, [...] (C) While NATO is assuming the lead for ISAF, Canada will join Germany as one of the two largest troop contributors beginning in August. Canada will be providing two rotations of 1,800 personnel each for ISAF IV and V. While Canada will not back away from this commitment, it is expressing con [...]	2003-06-11 15:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AF IZ CG
03OTTAWA1722	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) Peter Harder, Canada's new Deputy Foreign Minister, met with Ambassador Cellucci on June 17 to discuss the bilateral relationship and his June 19-20 visit to Washington. Harder and the Ambassador discussed management of the relationship, energy cooperation, missile defense, the ICC, the T [...]	2003-06-18 15:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR SMIG PARM CA KICC
03OTTAWA1740	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) Peter Harder, Canada's new Deputy Foreign Minister, met with Ambassador Cellucci on June 17 to discuss the bilateral relationship and his June 19-20 visit to Washington. Harder and the Ambassador discussed management of the relationship, energy cooperation, missile defense, the ICC, the T [...]	2003-06-19 16:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR SMIG PARM CA KICC
03OTTAWA1899	ISAF: CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum visited Kabul June 23-24 in advance of Canada's participation in ISAF IV and V. McCallum met with Afghan President Karzai and Defense Minister Khan, among others, and visited the camp being set up for approximately 1,800 Canadian troops. Wh [...]	2003-07-07 12:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF CA
03OTTAWA2007	FY 2003 IV MRP "MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY" EVALUATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 10:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CA
03OTTAWA2128	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; AFRICA; [...] "Two down, one to go" Under the sub-heading, "The good news from Iraq: There's food in the markets, a new governing council and Saddam's sons are dead," columnist Margaret Wente wrote in the leading Globe and Mail (7/24): "As for the situation in Iraq, I have a hunch it's going better than [...]	2003-07-25 14:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2261	NATO SYG RACE: SPECULATION ABOUT CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: While NATO has never before had a non-European Secretary General, the name of Canadian Deputy Prime Minister John Manley has now surfaced as a possible candidate. While we do not have a sense for what Manley's prospects are in Brussels, we expect that he would jump at the chance [...]	2003-08-08 19:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CA NATO
03OTTAWA2306	MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; NATO; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "Taylor's odious exit' The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/12): "Charles Taylor has finally been pried from power in Liberia, and that's a relief. It offers hope, however faint, for the 3.3 million people who have endured 14 blood-spattered years under his kleptocratic reign of terror first a [...]	2003-08-12 20:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2358	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN; NORTH KOREA [...] "What should NATO do in Afghanistan?" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/18): "What's to be done when your raison d'tre has disappeared? That has been the question faced by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since the end of the Cold War. Who is NATO's enemy now that the Soviet empire [...]	2003-08-19 14:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2451	CANADA: ENLISTING HELP IN TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, DFAIT Deputy Director for the Western Balkans Margaret Moores and Defense and Security Relations desk officer Kelly Anderson affirmed to poloff the GOC's commitment to seeing PIFWCs brought to justice. Moores noted that while Canadian law precludes adoption [...]	2003-08-27 20:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL MOPS EFIN CLOK CVIS CA BK KWAC ICTY
03OTTAWA2473	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; WTO; AFRICA; U.S. [...] "Leaving Iraq would be unparalleled disaster" Columnist David Warren reflected in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (8/27): "...[T]he situation [in Iraq] continues to improve. It was never going to be a rose garden, but it is clear to impartial observers within the country that Iraqis themselve [...]	2003-08-29 12:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA386	GALILEO DEMARCHE - CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS U.S. [...] This is a sensitive but unclassified cable and should be treated accordingly. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel A request for a high-level demarche on EU plans for Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) to overlay the radio frequencies used by the GPS M-code, Ambassador Cellucci wrote letters [...]	2003-02-07 20:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA CA
03OTTAWA435	CANADA TO PROVIDE BATTALION AND BRIGADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum announced on February 12 that Canada will contribute a battalion and a brigade headquarters - a total of 1500 to 2000 personnel - to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan beginning in August. Two rotations of Can [...]	2003-02-13 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF IZ CA ISAF
03OTTAWA448	IRAQ/UN: CANADIAN REACTION TO FEBRUARY 14 [...] (SBU) Canadian Foreign Minister Bill Graham, speaking to the press after the February 14 weapons inspectors' report to the UN Security Council, said that the report shows progress as well as the need for continued pressure on Iraq. Graham said that while no-one is excluding the use of force, t [...]	2003-02-14 20:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS IZ CA UN
03OTTAWA49	YOUR MEETING WITH CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum is looking forward to discussing Iraq, missile defense, and NATO post-Prague in your January 9 meeting. Canada has told us it would participate militarily in a UN-blessed operation against Iraq, but is reserving judgement on participation if there i [...]	2003-01-08 13:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ CA NATO UN
03OTTAWA540	CANADA SEARCHING FOR PARTNERS FOR ISAF IV AND V [...] (C) Since Defense Minister McCallum's February 12 announcement that Canada would contribute a battalion and brigade headquarters to ISAF IV and V (reftel),the GoC has been busy seeking potential partners. The GoC has stressed that it does not have the resources to lead ISAF alone, and it hop [...]	2003-02-26 15:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF CA ISAF
03OTTAWA629	DEFENSE MINISTER MCCALLUM AND THE CANADIAN FORCES [...] (C) Nine months into his tenure as Minister, John McCallum is starting to put his mark on the Department of National Defense. He was able to get a greater-than-expected increase in defense spending in the latest GoC budget, and he has announced a defense review to guide transformation of the [...]	2003-03-06 21:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA660	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; TURKEY [...] "How to lose the war of public opinion" Under the sub-heading, "The Bush administration might think it has enough evidence to attack Saddam Hussein, but the polls show otherwise," Calgary Herald columnist Danielle Smith wrote in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (3/7): "Had Saddam Hussein been [...]	2003-03-10 20:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03OTTAWA679	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Liberating Iraqis is main justification for war" Columnist Rosie DiManno writing from Jordan made the following observations in the liberal Toronto Star (3/10): "The most urgent and compelling reason for invading Iraq is the one never mentioned by bickering diplomats at the United Nations: [...]	2003-03-11 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA929	CANADA RATIFIES NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-31 21:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL CA NATO
03OTTAWA985	ISAF: CANADIAN RECONNAISSANCE TEAM VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canada remains committed to providing a battle group and brigade headquarters to ISAF IV and V, but is making clear to potential partners that it will not serve as a lead or co-lead nation. While hoping for a substantial NATO role, Canada expects that Germany will end up as lead [...]	2003-04-04 21:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MARR CA NATO
03PRISTINA177	AAK ADAMANT ON INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A FEBRUARY 6 MEETING MARKED BY FRANK EXCHANGES, COM TOLD AAK PRESIDENT HARADINAJ THAT HIS PARTY'S DRAFT DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS AN UNWELCOME AND POTENTIALLY DESTABILIZING DIVERSION THAT LEAVES THE REAL BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT SADLY NEGLECTED. COM ASKED HARADINAJ TO CON [...]	2003-02-06 17:18:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NATO YI
03ROME1053	GOI PUSHES STRONGLY FOR EU ASSUMPTION OF ALLIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING BETWEEN DIRECTOR GENERAL GIANCARLO ARAGONA AND THE DCM, ARAGONA QUESTIONED CONTINUED DELAYS IN THE EU'S ASSUMPTION OF OPERATION ALLIED HARMONY FROM NATO AND MINIMIZED THE WORK NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE BERLIN PLUS PROCESS. DCM MADE CLEAR THE U.S. HAS NO OBJECTION T [...]	2003-03-13 19:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EU MARR MK PREL NATO EUN
03ROME1063	SUBJECT: GOI WILL DISCUSS KPC REFORM, UNION OF SERB MUNICIPALITIES, AND GOSM COOPERATION WITH ICTY DURING CONFIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 11, MFA BALKAN AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF THAT THE GOI AGREES WITH USG POINTS (REFTELS) ON THE NEED FOR KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS (KPC) REFORM, FORMATION OF THE UNION OF SERB MUNICIPALITIES, AND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CARDS ASSISTANCE, TYING IC [...]	2003-03-14 10:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI IT NATO
03ROME1117	FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI SPEAKS HIS MIND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ECONOMIC REFORM, INCLUDING OF THE PENSION SYSTEM, WILL MOVE FORWARD THIS YEAR, FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI UNDERSCORED IN A WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION WITH AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS ON MARCH 13TH. FRUSTRATED WITH STABILITY PACT CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY BRUSSELS, TREMONTI SAID THAT I [...]	2003-03-18 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ELAB IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS EUN
03ROME1524	TFI01: UPDATE ON ITALIAN JOURNALISTS IN BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) EARLY ON APRIL 9 MFA SECRETARY GENERAL'S CHIEF OF STAFF, ANTONIO ZANARDI LANDI, SPOKE TO DCM TO FOLLOW UP PREVIOUS EVENING'S APPROACH RE SAFETY OF ITALIAN JOURNALISTS IN BAGHDAD (REFTEL). DCM ADVISED THAT WE HAD PASSED ON GOI CONCERNS TO DEPARTMENT AND TO CENTCOM, AND REAFFIRMED THAT U. [...]	2003-04-09 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1564	U/S BOLTON BRIEFS ITALIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON BRIEFED SENIOR ITALIAN OFFICIALS ON IRAQ, NORTH KOREAN, IRAN AND OTHER NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES IN ROME ON APRIL 9, FOLLOWING HIS MEETINGS AT THE VATICAN (REPORTED SEPTEL). THE ITALIANS ARE ANXIOUS TO REPAIR RIFTS IN THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE, PARTICULARLY D [...]	2003-04-11 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL IT
03ROME1565	U/S BOLTON BRIEFS ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE JOHN BOLTON MET WITH ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO IN ROME ON APRIL 9 TO DISCUSS IRAQ AND THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE. THE MOD IS PREPARING A PACKAGE OF POST-CONFLICT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S APPROVAL TO INCLUDE MILITARY POLICE, [...]	2003-04-11 16:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1577	TFIZ01: ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE OUTLINES PROPOSED [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS. SEE PARA 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ECMIN AND ECONOFF MET ON APRIL 11 WITH ANTONIO BADINI, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND COORDINATOR OF ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE. BADINI WAS JOINED BY IRAQ OFFICE DIRECTOR LUIGI MACCOTTA. AT THE [...]	2003-04-14 10:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR EAID MOPS PREL PHUM IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1594	TFIZ01: ITALIAN PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON IRAQ PHASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE AND VOTE ON ITALY'S CONTRIBUTIONS OF MILITARY AND CIVIL ASSETS TO IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ON APRIL 15. WE HAVE URGED THE GOI TO SEEK PARLIAMENT'S APPROVAL FOR THE BROADEST AND MOST FLEXIBLE ITALIAN PARTICIPATION POSSIBLE SO THAT CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE [...]	2003-04-14 17:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR EAID MOPS PREL IT IZ ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1646	TFIZ01: ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE SEEKING TO LOCATE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLMIN COUNSELOR AND ECONOFF MET LATE APRIL 14 WITH ANTONIO BADINI, MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE COORDINATOR, AND HIS DEPUTY, LUIGI MACCOTTA. BADINI NOTED THAT PM BERLUSCONI HAD GIVEN HIS BLESSING TO SENDING INTEGRATED FORCES TO [...]	2003-04-16 15:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1678	FM FRATTINI COMMENTS ON EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT [...] (C) ON APRIL 16, MFA DEPUTY HEAD OF CABINET PASQUALE TERRACCIANO GAVE A/DCM A BRIEF READOUT OF FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI'S COMMENTS AT THE EU FM'S APRIL 14 LUNCH ON THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT. FRATTINI WAS APPARENTLY SCATHING IN HIS CRITICISM OF THE INITIATIVE, INSISTING, DESPITE ASS [...]	2003-04-18 11:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IT EU NATO EUN
03ROME1776	ESDP MINI SUMMIT - GOI VIEWS [...] (C) WE DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO GIOVANNI BRAUZZI, HEAD OF THE MFA'S NATO AFFAIRS OFFICE, AND SANDRO DE BERNADIN, ESDP DIRECTOR IN THE MFA EUROPEAN INTEGRATION BUREAU. AS INDICATED REF B, THE OFFICIAL GOI VIEW, AS VOICED BY FM FRATTINI AT THE APRIL 14 GAC LUNCH, IS STRONGLY CRITICAL OF THE I [...]	2003-04-28 17:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO
03ROME1834	ESDP MINI SUMMIT - FRATTINI WILL COME OUT SWINGING [...] (C) SANDRO DE BERNADIN, ESDP DIRECTOR IN THE MFA EUROPEAN INTEGRATION BUREAU, TOLD POLOFF THAT THE GOI WAS AS SURPRISED AS THE USG WITH THE CONTENT OF THE BELGIAN MINI-SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE. HE REITERATED STRONG GOI POSITION OUTLINED REF B: THE GOI WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY INITIATIVE THAT WILL UNDER [...]	2003-04-30 16:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT NATO ESDP
03ROME1887	ITALY WILL APPROVE CONSENSUAL SRO FOR ALGERIA AND [...] (S) ON APRIL 29, REF A POINTS WERE CONVEYED BY ROME ODC CHIEF TO VCHOD GENERAL CAMPORINI AND, SEPARATELY, BY POLOFF TO MFA ACTING NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR CARLO LO CASCIO. CAMPORINI SAID THAT ITALY WOULD SUPPORT THE FLIGHTS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER U.S. NON-CLANDESTINE USE OF SIGONELLA, AS LONG AS T [...]	2003-05-02 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR PBTS IT AG ML TS FORCES IN ITALY NATO
03ROME1971	PM BERLUSCONI'S LEGAL PROBLEMS COMING TO A HEAD [...] (C) SENATE PRESIDENT PERA TOLD THE AMBASSADOR LAST MONTH THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI'S LEGAL TROUBLES, AND FEARS THAT A MILAN COURT HE BELIEVES IS POLITICALLY BIASED AGAINST THE PM MAY ISSUE ITS VERDICT IN A JUDGE BRIBERY CASE TO COINCIDE WITH THE BEGINNING OF ITALY'S [...]	2003-05-07 16:49:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT
03ROME1992	IMPROVING TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS TOP PRIORITY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION ON MAY 2 ABOUT THE CURRENT - AND FUTURE - STATE OF US/EU RELATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY, MFA DIRGEN GIANCARLO ARAGONA TOLD VISITING USEU AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL THAT HE IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF US/EU RELAT [...]	2003-05-09 07:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO
03ROME200	ITALY MORE RECEPTIVE TO GALILEO M-CODE OVERLAY [...] (C) GALILEO AND THE M-CODE OVERLAY ISSUE CAME UP DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS ON JANUARY 14 AND 15 ON OTHER ISSUES (REPORTED SEPTEL) WITH MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (I.E. INDUSTRY) MARZANO AND GIOVANNI BRAUZZI, HEAD OF THE ITALIAN MFA NATO AFFAIRS OFFICE. MARZANO DISPLAYED CLEAR INTEREST IN [...]	2003-01-16 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA TSPL PREL ECPS ETRD IT EUN NATO AVIATION
03ROME2045	REVIEW OF ITALY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OIF [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY ANSWERED THE CALL TO ASSIST THE COALITION WIN THE WAR IN IRAQ. THE GOI MADE A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO KEEP ITS POLICY ALIGNED WITH THE U.S. AND STUCK TO IT, DESPITE INTENSE INTERNAL POLITICAL PRESSURE TO FOLD. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ROME 02045 [...]	2003-05-12 17:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME2137	GOI AGREES ON NEED TO COORDINATE "STEP BY [...] (C) MFA RUSSIA OFFICE DIRECTOR ROSA ANNA CONIGLIO SAID THAT POINTS REFTEL, WHICH POLOFF ORIGINALLY DELIVERED MAY 6, WERE USED AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AT THE EU COEST MEETING (AT 25) IN BRUSSELS THE FOLLOWING DAY. SHE SAID THAT ALL EU MEMBERS AND ASPIRANTS AGREED - THE US "STEP BY STEP" AND EU B [...]	2003-05-15 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU BO OSCE
03ROME2148	ITALY'S NEW IRAQ ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY OFFICERS MET ON MAY 13 WITH AMBASSADOR ANTONIO ARMELLINI, WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF ITALY'S CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PERSONNEL AS SPECIAL ENVOY IN IRAQ AND REPRESENTATIVE TO THE INTERIM AUTHORITY (REFS A, B). ARMELLINI RETURNED FROM BAGHDAD LAST WEEK HAVING RECEIVED, HE SAID [...]	2003-05-15 16:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT
03ROME2200	MARTINO OUTLINES DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ FOR PARLIAMENT [...] SUMMARY: ITALIAN MOD MARTINO TOLD PARLIAMENT MAY 14 THAT A CONTINGENT OF ABOUT 3000 MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL BE DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONAL IN IRAQ BY MID-JULY. TWO MINESWEEPS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THEATER WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL SOONER. AN ADVANCE TEAM WILL DEPART FOR IRAQ WITHIN DAYS TO ASSESS [...]	2003-05-16 16:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV EAID MOPS MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME2294	PDAS RIES VISIT: ECONOMIC PRIORITIES FOR ITALY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. GOI OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT AS EU PRESIDENT, ITALY'S TOUGHEST ECONOMIC CHALLENGE WILL BE TO HELP RESTORE CONSUMER AND INVESTOR CONFIDENCE IN THE MARKETS. A CREDIBLE MESSAGE BY THE ITALIAN PRESIDENCY AND COMMITMENT BY ALL EU MEMBERS TO JUMP-START EURO-ZONE ECONOMIES ARE NEEDED TO WI [...]	2003-05-23 08:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ETRD IT
03ROME2299	PDAS RIES CONSULTATIONS WITH GOI ON PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 20, EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF US-EU AND ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI. BOTH BALDOCCI AND CANGELOSI STRESSED THAT THE GOI'S TOP PRIORITY FOR THE ITAL [...]	2003-05-23 11:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO
03ROME2315	ITALIAN MOD ON NATO COMMAND STRUCTURE [...] (C) ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO IS ADAMANT THAT ANY NATO COMMAND STRUCTURING PLANS SHOULD MAKE SENSE BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, MARTINO'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR. DURING A MAY 23 DISCUSSION ON OTHER MATTERS, TRUPIANO TOLD POL-MIL COUNSELOR T [...]	2003-05-23 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS GR IT NATO
03ROME2326	OPPORTUNITY FOR "UPSTREAM" COORDINATION WITH EU ON [...] (U) SUGGESTED ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) DURING THEIR MAY 20 MEETING (REFTEL A REPORTS BULK OF CONVERSATION),MFA DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI TOLD PDAS RIES THAT FM FRATTINI PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE EU'S SUCCESSFUL "RECONSTRUCTING" OF THE GANG OF FOUR SE [...]	2003-05-27 16:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO ESDP
03ROME292	KEEPING ITALIAN SUPPORT STRONG [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. WHILE PM BERLUSCONI'S SUPPORT FOR THE US APPROACH TO IRAQ REMAINS RELIABLE, THE GOI - WITH EXTREME CAUTION - IS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EVENTUAL PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE EXTENT OF ITALY'S SUPPORT. (REF A). THE GOI CONTINUES TO WORK WITH US TO FIND WA [...]	2003-01-24 17:27:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR EAIR IT IRAQI FREEDOM FORCES IN ITALY
03ROME3107	GOI PLEDGES ENHANCED OSCE/EU COOPERATION DURING [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, MFA Political Director Giancarlo Aragona told visiting USOSCE Ambassador Stephan Minikes that the US and Italy must build on strong bilateral relations and work together to put transatlantic relations back on a strong footing. The OSCE is also extremely important i [...]	2003-07-08 15:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT PREL OSCE
03ROME3200	CODEL HYDE DISCUSSIONS ON ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini and Members of the Italian Parliament told CODEL Hyde that improving the transatlantic relationship was a priority for the Italian EU Presidency. Fini said that the GOI recognizes and appreciates the sacrifices America has made to preserv [...]	2003-07-14 12:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU IT EUN
03ROME323	MFO: ITALY CANNOT PROVIDE REPLACEMENTS FOR US [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KMFO PREL IT IS EG NATO
03ROME3263	EU PRESIDENCY: FRATTINI ADVOCATING AN ACTIVE [...] (C) IN A JULY 16 MEETING WITH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE, LUIGI MACCOTTA, ECONOFF UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE THAT THE USG PLACES ON THE COMMISSION'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CORE GROUP, AND EU MEMBERS' COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1483 (PER REFS A, B). MACCOTTA NOTED THAT THE FM WAS C [...]	2003-07-17 11:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL IZ IT EUN
03ROME3368	U.S.-EU TROIKA POLITIAL DIRECTORS - PRODUCTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Jones had broad, frank and productive discussions at the U.S.-EU Troika Political Directors meeting, chaired by Italian MFA POLDIR Giancarlo Aragona in Rome on July 18. Both sides agreed on the need for strengthened and complementary U.S.-EU and EU-NATO security relations un [...]	2003-07-24 09:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT EUN
03ROME3382	ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ON AUGUST 29 ESDP MEETING [...] (C) ON JULY 23, MFA CFSP COORDINATOR AND EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT SANDRO DEBERNARDIN BRIEFED POLOFF ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE AUGUST 29 ESDP MEETING DISCUSSED REFTELS. THERE HAD BEEN SOME THOUGHT TO HOLDING THE MEETING AT MINISTERS, LEVEL, AND THAT IS STILL A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT IS MORE LIKE [...]	2003-07-24 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EU IT NATO ESDP
03ROME3388	EUR A/S JONES DISCUSSIONS WITH PM DIP ADVISOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-25 11:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU IT EUN
03ROME3465	ITALIANS ON PREPARATIONS FOR PARIS PSI MEETING [...] (C) ITALY'S REPORT ON THE BRISBANE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE MEETING HAS BEEN CIRCULATED TO CONCERNED AGENCIES FOR COMMENT IN PREPARATION FOR THE SEPTEMBER PARIS MEETING, ACCORDING TO PIERO SARDI, ACTING HEAD OF THE ITALIAN MFA DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL OFFICE. SARDI SAID IT IS UN [...]	2003-07-30 16:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP IT EUN

03ROME353	ITALY: 2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-29 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	IT MARR MCAP NATO PREF
03ROME3567	GALILEO: AMBASSADOR ARAGONA ADVOCATES ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL TALKS TO RESOLVE M-CODE OVERLAY ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Political Director Gianfranco Aragona informed a U.S. delegation on July 16 that he still believes technical solutions exist to the U.S.-EU dispute over the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) signal overlay of the M-code. Aragona recognized US security concerns [...]	2003-08-06 15:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS NATO TSPA
03ROME3794	BERLUSCONI'S END OF SUMMER MEETINGS WITH SCHROEDER [...] (C) Summary: The agenda for PM Berlusconi's August 22/23 meeting with German Chancellor Schroeder will include the Intergovernmental Conference and transatlantic relations. We told the PM's acting diplomatic advisor that an excellent vehicle for improving US-EU relations would be a commitment [...]	2003-08-21 16:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GM AF EUN
03ROME3823	ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON ESDP; EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALY SUPPORTS USG VIEWS ON ESDP AND BERLIN PLUS. ITALIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE CALLED THE AUGUST 29 ESDP EXPERTS LEVEL MEETING TO PRE-EMPT A RUMORED "GANG OF FOUR" MEETING IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND TO FOCUS ON THE "POSITIVE ASPECTS" OF THE APRIL 29 SUMMIT DECLARATION. TH [...]	2003-08-22 15:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT EUN ESDP NATO PARM
03ROME3827	FUNDING FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS: ITALY WILL HELP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy will help us seek needed funding for Afghanistan, but funds will likely to have to come from EU coffers. While the Italians have not flatly ruled out increased bilateral assistance, our contacts think this is unlikely, given Italy's ongoing financial commitments, includi [...]	2003-08-22 16:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF IT USNC
03ROME3976	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - ITALY SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 1, MFA EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT AND ESDP COORDINATOR SANDRO DE BERNADIN TOLD POLOFF THAT OVERALL, THE ITALIAN PRESIDENCY WAS SATISFIED THAT THE "GANG OF FOUR" PROPOSAL FOR AN EU PLANNING OFFICE AT TERVUREN RECEIVED NO SUPPORT FROM THE OTHER EU MEMBERS AND ACCESSION COUNTRIES AT [...]	2003-09-02 17:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT EUN ESDP CFSP
03ROME4021	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - ON BOARD WITH MOST USG [...] (C) Poloff discussed all points ref a with MFA European Correspondent Sandro DeBernadin on September 1. He promised to take them under consideration as he continued to draft Foreign Minister Frattini's briefing papers for the Gymnich, in consultation with appropriate bureaus within the MFA. H [...]	2003-09-04 17:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT EUN ESDP
03ROME4035	WFP Response to US Rice Federation letter on WFP [...] (SBU) The USA Rice Federation in its letter dated July 30 questioned the "transparency" of World Food Program procurement tendering practices recommending that information such as WFP registered commercial vendors, tenders, awards, purchase prices, and country of origin should be made public i [...]	2003-09-05 15:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP
03ROME4101	ITALY'S REACTION TO NEW UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) ITALY CURRENTLY HAS A CONTINGENT OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 TROOPS IN IRAQ (UNDER BRITISH COMMAND IN IRAQ'S SOUTHERN ZONE) TAKING PART IN OPERATION ANTICA BABILONIA, WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AND RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE. A NEW UN SECURITY RESOLUTION IS UNLIKELY TO IMMEDIATE [...]	2003-09-09 07:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4133	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: A SLOW START ON AN [...] (C) Summary. The Italian Government unveiled an ambitious work program for its EU Presidency on July 1. Nine weeks into its Presidency, however, progress in most areas has been slow. Given the extended August break and the December holidays, Italy has, in effect, just over three months to c [...]	2003-09-10 17:42:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PGOV ECON PREL IT EUN
03ROME4407	EU IGC - A EURO-PARLIAMENTARIAN'S VIEW [...] Summary: Poloff and Pol Specialist met with European Parliament (EUP) Constitutional Affairs Committee President Giorgio Napolitano recently to hear his views on the EU Convention's draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and his thoughts on the upcoming Inter-Governmental Confer [...]	2003-09-26 07:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PREL PGOV IT EUN
03ROME4495	ITALIAN VIEWS ON GALILEO NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-30 16:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA ECPS IT NATO EUN
03ROME4564	EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERS MEETING IN ROME [...] (U) SUMMARY. EU Defense Ministers discussed five main issues during their Oct. 3-4 informal meeting in Rome, the first meeting of EU DefMins at 25. They proposed creating a working group to consider an EU role in Bosnia/SFOR, including replacing SFOR with an EU operation under UK command by [...]	2003-10-06 14:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EUN NATO
03ROME4580	ITALY: LIBYAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION A MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE MFA'S MIDDLE EAST OFFICE APPEARS MORE CONCERNED WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION STEMMING FROM LIBYA THAN WMD. POST ALSO PLANS TO RAISE OUR CONCERNS WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COOPERATION GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO, WHO OVERSEAS THE OFFICE DEALING WITH EXPORT CON [...]	2003-10-07 08:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP LY IT
03ROME473	ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF POWELL'S FEB. 5 UNSC [...] (U) SUMMARY: PM BERLUSCONI ENDORSED SECRETARY POWELL'S FEB. 5 PRESENTATION AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND CALLED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO REMAIN UNITED AND KEEP THE PRESSURE ON SADDAM TO DISARM. WHILE SAYING THAT WAR SHOULD BE THE VERY LAST MEASURE, THE PM CONTINUES TO STATE CLEARLY TH [...]	2003-02-06 09:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ IT PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4736	ITALY: FACTORS AFFECTING BASING OF U.S. MILITARY [...] (S/NF) US military forces in Italy, which are present under NATO auspices and operate on Italian (not US) bases, are generally welcome, and we expect that situation to continue. In return for basing access, Italy expects a spirit of partnership, timely consultation, and full respect for Itali [...]	2003-10-16 13:12:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IT FORCES IN ITALY
03ROME4841	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: OCTOBER 16-17 COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. The Italian EU Presidency is, in general, pleased with the results of the October 16-17 European Council Meeting and with progress thus far on the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC). Italy remains confident that any new EU agreements on European security architecture will not je [...]	2003-10-22 15:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT NATO EUN
03ROME4907	STRUCTURED COOPERATION: NEW VARIATIONS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senate President Pera told Ambassador Sembler on October 28 that Italy is discussing with other EU partners a new concept on structured cooperation which would have the IGC at 25 endorse structured cooperation as a concept. It would also delegate to the major European military pow [...]	2003-10-28 18:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT ESDP EUN NATO
03ROME5003	ITALY: MFA ON TROOPS AND PRT IN AFGHANISTAN, [...] (S) SUMMARY: KEY MFA INTERLOCUTORS SIGNAL THAT ITALY'S ASSESSMENT OF SENDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) TO GHAZNI IS MOVING FORWARD. THEY DOUBT THAT ITALY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND 1,000 OEF TROOPS TO KHOWST TO REPLACE U.S. MARINES THERE (SEE ALSO SEPTEL). THEY ALSO REPORTED BRIEFL [...]	2003-11-04 14:16:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MOPS MASS PREL EAID AF IT EUN AFGHANISTAN
03ROME5008	PM'S DIP ADVISORS ON REQUEST FOR TROOPS IN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. On October 31, Deputy Diplomatic Advisors to the PM, Paolo Dionisi and Francesco Talo, confirmed that Italy will likely approve our request for an extension of its deployment in Iraq. They asked that the Italian role in Iraq security and stabilization be given more public and offi [...]	2003-11-04 17:19:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5057	ITALY STILL UPSET ABOUT FLAGS TO POSTS [...] (C) Summary. DEFMIN Martino's office and the MFA's NATO Office warn that Italy will break silence if the Chairman of NATO's Military Committee follows through on a reported plan to put forward a flags to posts proposal to which Italy has registered strong objections. As related to SECDEF at l [...]	2003-11-06 16:00:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP PGOV IT AF IZ NATO
03ROME5093	FM FRATTINI INSISTS IGC SECURITY ARCHITECTURES ARE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Italian FM Frattini reiterated to Ambassador Sembler that "structured cooperation" would be inclusive (open to all 25 EU members) and implemented in coordination with NATO. He noted that an "encouraging statement" on European security initiatives from Secretary Powell would help [...]	2003-11-12 06:35:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO
03ROME5179	ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY - RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR [...] (C) ESDP: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL A POINTS, MFA INTERLOCUTORS REITERATED ITALY'S VIEW EXPRESSED IN REFTEL B AND PREVIOUS; THAT THE CHANGES UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE IGC DEALING WITH ESDP ARE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN, NOT MARGINALIZE, THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP. MFA NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR GIOVA [...]	2003-11-14 16:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO
03ROME5217	ITALY: STILL CONSIDERING GHAZNI PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE TERRORIST BOMBING OF ITALIAN CARABINIERI HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ, WE BELIEVE ITALY CONTINUES TO GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) IN GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN, ALTHOUGH A FINAL DECISION HAS NOT BEEN REACHED. AN MOD-LED TEAM IS I [...]	2003-11-18 14:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
03ROME5322	ITALIANS EXAMINING ISAF HELO AND OTHER REQUESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS STUDYING REFTEL A REQUEST TO CONTRIBUTE HELICOPTERS FOR ISAF, IS LIKELY TO DEPLOY A PRT TO GHAZNI, IS UNLIKELY TO RETURN TROOPS TO KHOST AND IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO EXTEND ITS MILITARY PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFMIN MARTI [...]	2003-11-22 07:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF IT NATO UN AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5448	ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY INSISTS IGC SECURITY [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 2, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EU INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES, GIUSEPPE BUCCINO, TOLD POLOFF THAT THE ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY, FM FRATTINI ESPECIALLY, WAS "VERY SATISFIED" WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE (IGC) "CONCLAVE" HELD IN NAPLES NOVEMBER 28-29. HE UNDERLINED THA [...]	2003-12-03 17:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO
03ROME5475	IRAQ: MOD MARTINO VOWS ITALY WILL STAY THE COURSE [...] Summary: Italian MOD Martino told parliament December 3 that Italy will keep its troops in Iraq, because pulling out now would create a "dangerous vacuum." In stating Italy's unrenounceable and firm commitment to combat international terrorism, he remarked that the nature of the mission rem [...]	2003-12-05 10:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5540	ITALIAN OFFICIALS RECEPTIVE TO U/S FEITH BRIEFING [...] (C) Summary. Senior Italian officials responded positively to U/S Feith's December 9 briefing on the USG strategy for global force repositioning. Important details will need to be worked out and existing legal arrangements may need to be modified but Defense Minister Martino and Prime Minist [...]	2003-12-11 11:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IT NATO ESDP GLOBAL DEFENSE
03ROME5665	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY HAS UNEVEN SUCCESS BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Against the backdrop of EU members' continuing divisions over Iraq, Italy's EU Presidency managed to further U.S. interests in fighting terrorism and in keeping the EU's defense and security policy in accord with NATO and the Berlin-Plus agreement - in line with Italy's Presidency [...]	2003-12-19 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IT EUN
03ROME5687	ITALIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE ON MILITARY TRANSFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. CHOD Moscha Moschini told an audience of high-level military officials that Italy's armed forces must focus on neutralizing the threat from non-state actors and contribute to international peace and security. Procurement policy should be calibrated to equip them to meet these o [...]	2003-12-22 18:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO
03ROME5688	ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ADDRESSES EUROPEAN [...] (U) Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino reiterated the need for Europe to improve actual military capabilities while building a European security concept that continues to features NATO as its core. Speaking at the Italian Defense Academy recently, Martino noted that the traditional, narr [...]	2003-12-22 18:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL IT NATO
03ROME5694	ITALY: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) The following is Rome's contribution to the 2004 burdensharing report to Congress. For the purpose of this cable, US. dollar amounts are calculated at the exchange rate of USD 1 = Euro .90 except when noted. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Mil Officer Susanne Rose, tel: [...]	2003-12-23 11:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA KS KU MCAP PREL SA US MARR IT QU TC NATO
03ROME600	ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON FLOW [...] (S) SUMMARY. ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT THE GOI WOULD NOT LET THE U.S. DOWN ON FLOW OF FORCES AND OTHER USG LOGISTICAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI IS COMMITTED TO MEETING ITALY'S RESPONSIBILITIES (N [...]	2003-02-13 18:17:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME699	ITALY: BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT RIDING TOUGH DOMESTIC [...] (C) ITALY HAS MADE ITS STRATEGIC CHOICE ON IRAQ. THE GOI WILL BACK FORCIBLE DISARMAMENT OF SADDAM, WITH OR WITHOUT A UN RESOLUTION, IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY. HOW IT GETS TO THAT DECISION POINT WILL BE MESSY, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE PM BERLUSCONI IS CONFRONTING A MOSTLY UNFAVORABLE POLITICAL SI [...]	2003-02-20 17:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME763	BERLUSCONI-BLAIR ROME MEETING: SADDAM MUST DISARM, [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE BERLUSCONI-BLAIR MEETING IN ROME FEB. 21 TOUCHED ON "THE EUROPE OF THE FUTURE," DEFENSE AND SECURITY, UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00763 241801Z BUT FOCUSED ON THE CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: MOSTLY IRAQ BUT ALSO THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. [...]	2003-02-24 16:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IT UK IZ IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME854	IRAQ: IRAN WOULD ACCEPT UN-SANCTIONED WAR IN IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: IRAN WOULD NOT OBJECT TO MILITARY ACTION TO DEPOSE SADDAM -- PROVIDED IT IS UN-SANCTIONED, IRANIAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00854 281620Z PRESIDENT KHATAMI HAS TOLD PM BERLUSCONI. KHATAMI'S VIEWS WERE DELIVERED TO BERLUSCONI BY HIS BROTHER, PAR [...]	2003-02-28 15:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME906	ITALY SEEKS USG CERTIFICATION FOR M113 TRANSFER TO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) THE ITALIAN MOD HAS PREPARED A "NON-PAPER" JUSTIFYING ITALY'S TRANSFER TO MACEDONIA OF AN ADDITIONAL 30 MILITARY TRANSPORT VEHICLES (M113) WHICH REQUIRES AN END USER CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00906 051739Z [...]	2003-03-05 14:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL IT NATO
03ROME928	ITALIAN UNIONS BARK, BUT SHOULDN'T BITE, ON [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00928 01 OF 02 061453Z SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) ITALY'S LABOR UNIONS ARE GETTING A LOT OF PRESS FOR THEIR ROLE IN DISRUPTING TRANSHIPMENT OF U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND CARGO, BUT THE REAL HEADL [...]	2003-03-06 13:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR ELAB PREL IT FORCES IN ITALY
03ROME931	GOI DISAPPOINTED WITH DELAY IN EU TAKEOVER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 5, ITALIAN MFA DEPUTY HEAD OF MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO EXPRESSED SURPRISE TO POLMIN AT THE US INTERVENTION (REF A) DURING THAT MORNING'S NAC IN BRUSSELS DEALING WITH THE EU'S PROPOSED TAKEOVER OF OPERATION ALLIED HARMONY. RATHER THAN FULLY CONCURRING WIT [...]	2003-03-06 17:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EU MARR MK PREL NATO EUN
03STATE73555	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ALBANIAN [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- THE DEPUTY SECRETARY EUR DAS BOGUE ALBANIA DESK OFFICER GREGORY (NOTETAKER) ALBANIA ------- AMBASSADOR FATOS TARIFA DCM RUDINA MULLAHI IRAQ/NANO VISIT =============== 2. (C) DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY EUR DAS BOGUE, GAVE AMBASSADOR TA [...]	2003-03-20 17:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL YI AL
03TEGUCIGALPA1667	MEDIA REACTION ON LIBERIA, JULY 14, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Carlos Alberto Montaner in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/12 entitled "Yankee, come home!". "The international public opinion wasn't prepared to witness the show put by countless demonstrators asking for a US military intervention in Liberia, to end the civil war th [...]	2003-07-14 21:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03THEHAGUE1524	DUTCH MFA ON "PEACE CONSOLIDATION" IN MOLDOVA PAPER [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-13 13:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PBTS NATO OSCE
03THEHAGUE1674	ICTY: LILIC'S TESTIMONY AGAINST MILOSEVIC A MIXED [...] (C) Summary. To outside observers, Former Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic's testimony against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) last week looked like a mixed bag. Lilic gave a detailed accounting of Milosevic's role in decision-maki [...]	2003-06-27 11:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1739	DUTCH PM BALKENDE OUTLINES AGENDA [...] (C) On June 30, Amb Sobel and Dutch PM Jan Peter Balkende discussed their objectives. The Prime Minister listed three issues on which he personally wanted to lead his new government: values, innovation, and the 2004 EU presidency. In the Fall, the PM will begin traveling to capitals to prepa [...]	2003-07-08 11:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EU MARR NL PREL PTER
03THEHAGUE1846	DUTCH CONCERNS ABOUT FURTHER FRANCO-GERMAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: In July 15 conversations with visiting Assistant Secretary Jones and the Ambassador, senior Dutch officials expressed concerns about Franco-German efforts to take concrete steps to implement decisions from the April 29 "Mini-Summit," especially the establishment of a distinct EU [...]	2003-07-22 09:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NL NATO
03THEHAGUE1855	A/S JONES' HAGUE VISIT: TRAFFICKING, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB KCRM KHIV KWMN PHUM PTER SMIG SNAR
03THEHAGUE1865	A/S JONES VISIT TO THE HAGUE: MIDDLE EAST AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD IZ NL PREL NATO
03THEHAGUE2209	EMBASSY THE HAGUE PARTICIPATION IN USNATO POL-MIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-02 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL AMGT NATO
03THEHAGUE2220	IAEA/IRAN: DUTCH MFA ON IAEA BOG NONCOMPLIANCE [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs delivered ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on September 3. The Dutch agree that a noncompliance resolution on Iran is warranted, but believe it may have to wait for Dir. ElBaradei's final report in November. According to Wilke there is "no u [...]	2003-09-04 09:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2298	RESPONSE TO SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY THAT ARE CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -YES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MUSLIM IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TURKS (300,000),MOROCCANS (280,000),IRAQIS (33,000),SOMALIS (29,000) [...]	2003-09-12 14:31:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
03THEHAGUE2421	DUTCH MFA RESPONSE TO ASPARUKHOV DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 15:09:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV BU NL NATO
03THEHAGUE2480	NEW DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER DESIGNATED - BERNARD [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende asked retired career diplomat Bernard Bot to accept the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs beginning in early December, 2003. Bot declared himself most willing to accept the position. The intention is for de Hoop Scheffer to st [...]	2003-09-30 14:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NL
03THEHAGUE2612	DUTCH FM-DESIGNATE SAYS TIES TO U.S. A TOP PRIORITY [...] (C) On October 10, FM-designee Ben Bot met with Amb. Sobel. Bot said he is committed to building upon the strong U.S.-Netherlands foundation that FM de Hoop Scheffer and PM Balkenende have set, including using the 2004 Dutch EU presidency to strengthen transatlantic relations. He expressed [...]	2003-10-10 15:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EU IZ NL PREL
03THEHAGUE2636	DUTCH PRIME MINISTER VISITS TURKEY [...] This is an action request for EUR/SCC Tom Weston. Please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Prime Minister Balkenende traveled to Istanbul and Ankara October 7-9 to discuss developments in Turkey's EU accession bid and Cyprus. Despite Turkish pleas, the Dutch made no promises on Turkey's EU c [...]	2003-10-16 11:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU TK NL
03THEHAGUE2685	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Informal budget discussions on Oct. 16 broke little new ground, and the stage is set for last-minute negotiations during CSP-8. DG Pfirter was in attendance and reiterated his call for a 7.36% increase. France stated that it had sent the DG's proposals and his calculations on the impact [...]	2003-10-22 15:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UK KS CWC
03THEHAGUE2726	STATUS OF DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: LIBERIA, [...] (S) Summary: Acting PolCouns met with the Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse (protect throughout) on October 29 to review the status of current and planned Dutch participation in international military operations in Liberia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. On Liber [...]	2003-10-29 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV NL LI AF IZ BK
03THEHAGUE2743	DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTER OUTLINES PLANS FOR [...] (U) Summary: Defense Minister Henk Kamp outlined drastic plans to restructure the Dutch armed forces during the annual parliamentary defense budget debate on October 21-23. Faced with mandated average spending cuts of 380 million Euros a year, Kamp called for cuts in certain major operational [...]	2003-10-31 14:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MCAP MARR PGOV NL NATO
03THEHAGUE2769	ICTY: KEY WITNESSES TESTIFY TO MILOSEVIC'S CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from political insiders the week of October 20 as the Prosecution continued to present its case against Slobodan Milosevic. Two key witnesses offered their versions of the [...]	2003-11-04 11:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2863	DUTCH POSITION ON ESDP PROVISIONS IN DRAFT TREATY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel GAERC points on ESDP to Hans Sandee, Head of MFA's Security and Defense Policy Office. Sandee (protect) said the GONL fully concurred with the U.S. position and shared in confidence with Poloffs a copy of the Dutch position on ESDP provisions in the draft convention [...]	2003-11-14 14:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NL EUN NATO
03THEHAGUE2906	AFGHANISTAN: UPDATE ON DUTCH PLEDGES AND [...] (SBU) Dutch Minister of Finance Gerrit Zalm has received the letter from Afghan Finance Minister Ghani (ref A) that concerns an appeal for accelerated pledges, according to MFA Afghan Desk Officer Marit van Zomeren of the MFA in a November 17 conversation with Embassy EconOff. Ms. Van Zom [...]	2003-11-18 21:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID NL PGOV PREL
03THEHAGUE2911	DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON REQUEST FOR CS/CSS FOR OIF [...] (S) PolMilOff delivered ref A request for Combat Support/Combat Service Support (CS/CSS) assets to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse on November 17. Gabrielse (protect throughout) said the GONL was currently focused on the renewal of the deployment of Dutch force [...]	2003-11-19 15:43:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ AF NL
03THEHAGUE2949	DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON CZECH FIGHTER ACQUISITION [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Arms Transfer Policy Chief Paul van den IJssel on November 25. The Dutch are also focused on the issue, and Van den IJssel said they were contemplating phone calls at a "high political level" to the Czechs (perhaps by D [...]	2003-11-25 12:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR PREL EZ NL NATO
03THEHAGUE2959	VISIT OF EUR PDAS CHARLIE RIES TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) During meetings in The Hague November 19-20 in advance of the Dutch EU presidency (July - December 2004),EUR PDAS Ries stressed the importance of early and close U.S.-Dutch consultations to avoid surprises and needless conflicts. On specific areas of potential cooperation, Ries pushed fo [...]	2003-11-26 09:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON PTER NL
03THEHAGUE2994	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) This November 19-20 workshop provided a valuable exchange of ideas and information. Mainly structured to put experts in the area of CW assistance and protection in touch with various companies who provide equipment, it also gave experts (and local delegations) the chance to hear how a n [...]	2003-12-02 15:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3002	DUTCH MAY DEPLOY APACHES IN SUPPORT OF ISAF [...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Kamp informed parliament on December 2 the GONL is investigating deploying four Apache attack helicopters to Afghanistan in support of ISAF. Kamp's decision, which came following a request from Lord Robertson during the December 1 NATO Defense Ministers' m [...]	2003-12-03 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3009	FY 2004 TARGET (INITIAL) ICASS INVOICES FOR [...] FOLLOWING ARE THE AGENCY'S INVOICE APPROVALS: NOTE: 21 OUT OF 22 INVOICES ARE SIGNED AND APPROVED. ONE AGENCY'S REPRESENTATIVE WAS NOT ABLE TO SIGN YET; SEE PAR (M) BELOW. A. AGENCY CODE: 1150.0 AGENCY NAME: DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY POST: THE HAGUE INVOICE TOTAL:$120,446 APP [...]	2003-12-04 15:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KICA AFIN AMGT ASEC ABUD
03THEHAGUE3051	DUTCH SHARE COPY OF UK-FR-GE ESDP NONPAPER [...] (C/NF) PM Balkenende's Foreign Policy Advisor (protect) passed to Amb. Sobel a copy of a French-British-German non Paper entitled "European Defence: NATO/EU Consultation, Planning and Operations" on December 11. Post transmits the text of the non paper in para 2. 2. (C) Begin text of Fren [...]	2003-12-11 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3150	THE NETHERLANDS: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON [...] (U) Point of Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Nathaniel Dean, (31) (70) 310-9346, email DeanNP@state.gov. Average exchange rate is one Euro equals 1.22 USD. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Netherlands made significant contributions to allied goals in 200 [...]	2003-12-19 15:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV NL NATO
03VATICAN1570	VATICAN LOOKING FORWARD: U/S BOLTON REVIEWS [...] (C) HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN, CARDINAL STAFFORD, THE AMERICAN HEADS OF THE COUNCIL FOR LAITY, AND ITALIAN CARDINAL RUINI, WHO IS THE VICAR OF ROME AND HEAD OF THE ITALIAN BISHOPS CONFERENCE, TOLD UNDER SECRETARY BOLTON APRIL 9 THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO IRAQ'S FUTURE AND ARE FOCUSED ON HUMANI [...]	2003-04-13 10:14:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ VT VTPREL
03VATICAN523	IRAQ: DASD BRZEZINSKI'S MEETING WITH HOLY SEE FM TAURAN: VATICAN STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF ADDITIONAL UN RESOLUTION [...] (C) HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINSTER ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN TOLD VISITING DASD IAN BRZEZINSKI FEBRUARY 7 THAT THE GAP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND HOLY SEE'S POSITION WAS ""NOT THAT BIG,"" ADDING THAT THE HOLY SEE AGREES THAT THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR SADDAM AND THAT HE NEEDS TO COOPERATE. FOR THE HOLY S [...]	2003-02-10 05:46:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ VT NATO
03YEREVAN2883	SEVENTH ANNUAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HELD IN YEREVAN [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John Ordway for reasons 1.4 (b&d). 2. (C) Summary. The seventh US-Armenian Strategic Dialogue took place in Yerevan November 20. The sides discussed regional security, defense cooperation, and cooperation on counter-terrorism. The delegation heads, EUR DAS Ly [...]	2003-12-02 05:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	AJ AM GG MARR PARM PGOV PREL PTER TU
03ZAGREB1047	CROATIA/ICC: STILL TAKING A TOUGH LINE ON ARTICLE [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR ON MAY 12 PRESSED DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER IVAN SIMONOVIC TO CONCLUDE AN ARTICLE 98 OR OTHER NON-SURRENDER AGREEMENT. SHOULD CROATIA FAIL TO DO SO BY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01047 01 OF 02 121715Z JULY 1 WHEN THE AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBERS [...]	2003-05-12 17:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR UNSC NATO
03ZAGREB107	CROATIA: THREE YEARS OF POST-TUDJMAN GOVERNMENT; A MIXED REPORT CARD [...] (C) WITH ONE GREAT EXCEPTION, THE THIRD YEAR OF THE RACAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00107 01 OF 05 151634Z GOVERNMENT RESEMBLED THE FIRST TWO: CROATIA MADE MODEST PROGRESS ON SOME REFORM ISSUES, STUMBLING FORWARD WHILE SPENDING FAR TOO MUCH ENERGY AND TIM [...]	2003-01-15 15:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB1230	KEEPING THE HDZ AT ARM'S LENGTH [...] (C) THE USG WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD THE HDZ AT ARM'S LENGTH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01230 01 OF 02 300952Z UNTIL IT HAS DEMONSTRATED -- IN ACTIONS, NOT JUST WORDS -- THAT IT WILL SUPPORT POLICIES WHICH ADVANCE OUR STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING STABILITY IN THE RE [...]	2003-05-30 09:33:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM HR
03ZAGREB1238	CROATIA: SUSPENSION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE WOULD [...] (C) CROATIA IS HEAVILY RELIANT ON FMF AND IMET FUNDING TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS OF MODERNIZATION AND INTEROPERABILITY WITH NATO. AS CROATIA STRUGGLES TO DOWNSIZE AND RESTRUCTURE ITS MILITARY, NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF ITS DEFENSE BUDGET IS CONSUMED BY PERSONNEL COSTS. THE LOSS OF U.S. MILITARY ASSIST [...]	2003-05-30 13:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KTIA ABUD MASS HR KICC NATO
03ZAGREB127	CROATIA EAGER TO MOVE FORWARD TO SIGN ADRIATIC [...] (C) THE ATTITUDE OF OFFICIALS IN THE GOC TOWARD THE "ADRIATIC CHARTER," AS PROMOTED BY BRUCE JACKSON, HAS BECOME SHARPLY MORE POSITIVE. CROATIA IS NOW PREPARING TO PARTICIPATE IN A DRAFTING SESSION WITH ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA AND LOOKS TO SEND ITS FOREIGN MINISTER TO WASHINGTON FOR A SIGNING [...]	2003-01-17 16:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM HR AL NATO
03ZAGREB1278	COMMITTING CROATIA'S FY-2003 FMF BUDGET [...] (C) IF CROATIA ACTS QUICKLY, IT CAN COMMIT THE FY2003 FUNDS AT RISK OF SUSPENSION UNDER THE AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBER'S PROTECTION ACT BEFORE CUTOFF DATE. AS INSTRUCTED (REFTEL A),ON JUNE 4 WE INFORMED THE GOC HOW IT CAN COMMIT THE USD 5.5 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR FY2003 TO AN EXISTING FMF CASE I [...]	2003-06-05 14:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KTIA ABUD MASS HR KICC NATO
03ZAGREB1296	CROATIA'S DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. [...] (C) So far, 2003 has not been a good year for our bilateral relationship with Croatia. On issue after issue, whether Iraq, intellectual property rights, unblocking of assets of the Former Yugoslavia, or now our proposed Article 98 agreement, the GOC not only has failed to deliver, but has ant [...]	2003-06-06 16:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PREF KAWC HR EVN NATO
03ZAGREB1298	SCENESETTER FOR AMB. LINO'S VISIT TO CROATIA JUNE [...] (C) With its application for membership in the EU's "in-box" and parliamentary elections around the corner, it is extremely unlikely that the Croatian government will move any closer to signing an Article 98 Agreement during your visit, or even discuss texts. We expect their entire focus will [...]	2003-06-06 17:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR HR KICC
03ZAGREB1365	MESIC SPEECH AT EMBASSY OPENING FAILS TO BOOST [...] (C) On June 13, President Mesic attended the ceremonial opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Zagreb. The Ambassador used the festive occasion to declare that the imposing, state-of-the art chancery is a concrete example of the United States' long-term commitment to Croatia. Rather than use his [...]	2003-06-13 16:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU HR
03ZAGREB14	MEDIA REACTION - ANNOUNCEMENT OF S/WCI AMB. [...] THE JANUARY 2 ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE CROATIAN PRESS OF THE UPCOMING VISIT OF S/WCI AMBASSADOR PIERRE PROSPER SPARKED A USEFUL RENEWAL OF THE PUBLIC DEBATE ON CROATIA'S STANDING WITH ICTY. PRESS COMMENTARIES WERE MIXED. AT ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM WAS CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR PUTTING INTE [...]	2003-01-03 14:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR HR
03ZAGREB1400	LINO DELEGATION VISIT: CROATIA WILL NOT SIGN [...] (C) Citing both political and legal reasons, the GoC told PM/B's Ambassador Marisa Lino on June 12 that Croatia cannot now sign an Article 98 Agreement. EU pressure, Croatia's status as a signatory of the Rome Statute and a "sensitive" domestic political environment were the main reasons cite [...]	2003-06-18 13:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR HR KICC
03ZAGREB1439	HDZ CONVENTION: EX-CONGRESSMAN SUGGESTS U.S. [...] (C) IVO SANADER IS PULLING OUT THE STOPS TO PRESENT HIS PARTY AS PRO-WEST AND RESPECTABLE. HDZ'S ANNUAL CONVENTION TOOK PLACE JUNE 21, AN EVENT SOME EXPECTED TO BE A YAWNER SINCE NO PARTY SEATS WERE UP FOR ELECTION. HDZ PRESENTED EX-U.S. CONGRESSMAN GUY VANDER JAGT AS THE CONVENTION'S KEYN [...]	2003-06-23 16:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR NATO
03ZAGREB1474	GOC APPROVES HOUSING MEASURES AIMED AT [...] (C) In what is being viewed as an abrupt change of policy, the Croatian Government on June 12 finally approved measures aimed at providing subsidized housing to refugees who enjoyed "tenancy rights" under the old Yugoslav system. In another development, Prime Minister Racan, for the first time [...]	2003-06-27 07:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV ECON HR BK
03ZAGREB1545	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) ON JULY 2 AMBASSADOR FRANK TOLD PRESIDENT MESIC AND FM PICULA THAT THE U.S. WOULD WORK WITH THE GOC TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, REFORMS OF THE ECONOMY, AND CROATIAN MEMBERSHIP IN NATO AND THE EU. HE CAUTIONED THAT THE GOC MUST COOPERATE WITH THE ICTY AND WORK TO RESOLVE RETURNS [...]	2003-07-07 07:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR NATO
03ZAGREB159	SCENESETTER FOR DAS BOGUE AND BRADTKE VISIT TO [...] (C) YOUR VISIT TO ZAGREB WILL TAKE PLACE JUST DAYS AFTER CROATIA'S FIRST ANP REVIEW AT NATO AND IN THE MIDST OF THE GOC'S PROCESS OF RE-DEFINING ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATO'S OTHER CONTINUING ASPIRANTS. BUT NATO IS NOT MUCH IN THE NEWS IN ZAGREB THESE DAYS; FOCUS IS ON RELATIONS WITH ICTY, C [...]	2003-01-22 18:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM HR IT NATO
03ZAGREB1660	POLITICS, POLITICS: AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON [...] (C) The opposition-leading HDZ party will remain strong after parliamentary elections this November, but it will not be able to form a government; Croatia's next coalition government will be largely similar to the current lineup of parties, Parliament Speaker Zlatko Tomcic confidently predict [...]	2003-07-23 15:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU HR NATO
03ZAGREB167	REFUGEE RETURNS: RATCHETING UP IC PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-23 18:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL HR EUN UN NATO UNHCR
03ZAGREB1674	PM RACAN TO AMBASSADOR: EAGER TO IMPROVE TIES WITH [...] (C) During their first meeting, on July 23, Prime Minister Racan said he wanted good ties with the newly arrived U.S. Ambassador. He alluded to sometimes rocky relations in the past, and stressed that it would be important to keep in regular contact, both formally and informally. Racan was [...]	2003-07-25 12:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR
03ZAGREB1680	REFUGEE RETURN ISSUES AND OPIC ROAD FINANCE; THE [...] (C) ON JULY 21, THE AMBASSADOR PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON RADOMIR CACIC, CROATIA'S MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, RECONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING. THE AMBASSADOR TOLD CACIC HE WAS PLEASED WITH RECENT GOC INITIATIVES AIMED AT SPEEDING UP THE PACE OF REFUGEE RETURNS. HE ENCOURAGED CACIC AND HIS MINI [...]	2003-07-25 15:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BEXP EFIN ELTN PGOV PBTS HR
03ZAGREB1796	CROATIA OPPOSES TIRANA'S ADRIATIC CHARTER MOU [...] (C) SUMMARY: CROATIA IS OPPOSED TO SIGNING THE ALBANIAN-PROPOSED MOU (REFTEL) ON IMPLEMENTING THE ADRIATIC CHARTER IN ITS PRESENT FORM. MFA AND MOD INTERLOCUTORS ASKED FOR U.S. VIEWS ON THE DRAFT MOU BEFORE CROATIA TAKES A FIRM POSITION, BUT THEIR INITIAL READ OF THE MOU IS THAT IT GOES BEYO [...]	2003-08-13 15:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL MK HR NATO
03ZAGREB1797	CROATIA CONDITIONALLY READY TO SUPPORT NEUM SHIP [...] (U) See action request for Embassy Sarajevo para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: We provided the MFA and MoD with a non-paper (text para 10) outlining our request for support for the visit of a U.S. military vessel to the BiH port of Neum. The MFA believes legal issues will need to be worked through b [...]	2003-08-13 15:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BH HR NATO
03ZAGREB1887	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON KEY BILATERAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C): With the political class returning from the Dalmatian coast, the Ambassador had separate tour d'horizon meetings this week with Foreign Minister Picula, Deputy Foreign Minister Simonovic, and Croatian Ambassador to the U.S. Grdesic to re-energize work on some key issues that have lain lar [...]	2003-08-29 15:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC HR NATO
03ZAGREB1925	INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ ADDS NEW WRINKLES TO OLD [...] (C) On September 3, the Slovenian Charge called upon the DCM to deliver a fairly low-key pitch that the U.S. and EU help "create the atmosphere" for a resolution over the conflict over the Croatian intention to announce an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic. In a presentation that [...]	2003-09-05 08:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV SI HR EUN
03ZAGREB1968	NEW UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON IRAQ WOULD [...] (C) PASSAGE OF A NEW UNSCR AUTHORIZING A UN-MANDATED MULTINATIONAL FORCE UNDER UNIFIED U.S. COMMAND WOULD MAKE THE GOC'S TASK OF SECURING PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL TO DEPLOY A CROATIAN CONTINGENT OF TROOPS TO IRAQ MUCH EASIER. DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ REMAINS POLITICALLY SENSITIVE. WITH ELECTIONS EXP [...]	2003-09-09 15:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL HR
03ZAGREB1989	BLUE LANTERN UPDATE FOR CROATIA [...] EMBASSY ZAGREB'S PRINCIPAL BLUE LANTERN CONTACT IS POL-MIL OFFICER ANTHONY GODFREY, TEL 385-1-661-2260, FAX 385-1-661-2178, EMAIL: GODFREYA@STATE.GOV. GODFREY IS EXPECTED TO DEPART POST IN LATE JUNE 2004. 2. EMBASSY ZAGREB USES A TEAM APPROACH AND TAKES BLUE LANTERN CHECKS SERIOUSLY. OVE [...]	2003-09-11 14:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC HR NATO
03ZAGREB2033	CROATIA DEFERS DECISION ON TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ [...] (C) The Croatian government has deferred plans to deploy a small military contingent to Iraq. Since the government and parliament are expected to dissolve in advance of parliamentary elections predicted for late November, it is now unlikely that an Iraq deployment will take place before 200 [...]	2003-09-18 11:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MOPS IZ HR NATO
03ZAGREB2041	FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA SEEKS USG COMMMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: THE AMBASSADOR MET ONE-ON-ONE WITH FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA ON SEPTEMBER 17 TO DISCUSS KEY BILATERAL ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF HIS AND PRESIDENT MESIC'S TRIP TO NEW YORK FOR THE UNGA (IRAQ TROOP CONTRIBUTION COVERED SEPTEL). ASKED BY THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT THE STATUS O [...]	2003-09-19 05:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC HR NATO
03ZAGREB2144	GOC RECEIVES POOR GRADES ON RETURNS-RELATED ISSUES [...] (C) Since its declarations this spring and June 12 initiative aimed at providing subsidized housing to refugees who enjoyed "tenancy rights" under the old Yugoslav system, the GOC has made little progress on key return-related issues. The number of refugees returning to Croatia lags behind th [...]	2003-10-06 05:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV ECON HR BK
03ZAGREB2173	CROATIA SUPPORTS PSI [...] On September 18, at a meeting with representatives of embassies of all eleven PSI states, Croatia's Foreign Ministry made an informal declaration of support for PSI principles, but asked questions about the legal framework for PSI and about plans for PSI infrastructure (ref a). After receipt [...]	2003-10-07 15:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS HR NATO

03ZAGREB2200	CROATIAN ELECTIONS PUT OUR BILATERAL ISSUES ON HOLD [...] (C) With the parliamentary campaign heating up, some bilateral issues have been put on hold until they can be addressed without political interference. In separate meetings, Presidential Foreign Policy Affairs Advisor Ivica Mastruko and MFA Asstant Minister for Non-European Affairs Drazen Mar [...]	2003-10-10 13:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHSA PBTS HR NATO
03ZAGREB2391	CROATIAN ELECTIONS: GOOD TIME TO STAY ON SIDELINES [...] (C) Summary: Elections are less than two weeks away and remain too close to call. Both sides have complained that the U.S. favors the other side. In contrast to 2000, when post played a rather prominent role shepherding the cats that made up Croatia's democratic opposition parties into som [...]	2003-11-12 12:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR
03ZAGREB2453	CROATIA'S ELECTIONS: ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP [...] (C) Voters head to the polls this Sunday, November 23, in what will probably be the closest general election in Croatia's short history. The only result we're ready to predict is that the overwhelming majority of voters will cast ballots for candidates who back integration into Euro-Atlantic [...]	2003-11-20 12:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HR
03ZAGREB2496	WHO WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL? HDZ LOOKS FOR COALITION [...] (C) DESPITE HIS OVERWHELMING VICTORY IN THE NOVEMBER 23 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, HDZ PRESIDENT IVO SANADER MAY HAVE TO WORK OVERTIME TO FORM A COALITION. THE HDZ WON 66 OUT OF 152 SEATS IN THE NEXT PARLIAMENT, MAKING 77 THE "MAGIC NUMBER" FOR A GOVERNMENT PROPOSED BY IVO SANADER TO WIN A VOTE [...]	2003-11-25 16:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2505	SCENESETTER FOR PROPOSED DECEMBER 6 SECDEF VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Croatia just two weeks after parliamentary elections will give the USG a unique opportunity to influence the next government's policy. Although HDZ President Ivo Sanader has not finished putting together the coalition which will give him the support needed to pass a vote of [...]	2003-11-26 15:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV HR NATO
03ZAGREB2565	SANADER'S HDZ STILL COBBLING TOGETHER COALITION; [...] (C) Nearly two weeks after his party scored a resounding win in Croatia's November 23 parliamentary election, HDZ President Ivo Sanader is still rounding up votes to pass a vote of confidence in the new parliament. Sanader will certainly be Croatia's next Prime Minister, but it is taking him [...]	2003-12-05 14:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HR
03ZAGREB2581	MESIC'S POLITICAL ADVISOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SANADER [...] (C) President Mesic is satisfied that relations with the incoming government led by HDZ should go smoothly. That is what his top domestical political advisor, Igor Dekanic, told us in his office on December 5. He said that HDZ President Ivo Sanader should get the formal nod from the preside [...]	2003-12-08 16:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HR
03ZAGREB2656	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM-DESIGNATE SANADER: [...] (C) We have "extremely high expectations." That was how Ivo Sanader described on December 19 what he hopes will be very good bilateral relations with the U.S. when he becomes Croatia's Prime Minister next week. Meeting at the Ambassador's request in the HDZ party headquarters, Sanader stre [...]	2003-12-19 15:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR
03ZAGREB2661	SANADER REACHES OUT TO CARLA DEL PONTE [...] (C) CROATIA'S INCOMING PRIME MINISTER, IVO SANADER, CALLED UP CHIEF PROSECUTOR CARLA DEL PONTE ON DECEMBER 19 TO UNDERSCORE HIS DESIRE TO MAINTAIN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL. TOM OSORIO (STRICTLY PROTECT),THE HEAD OF THE ICTY OFFICE IN ZAGREB, TOLD US AFTER THE TELEPHONE [...]	2003-12-22 10:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2676	NOW PRESENTING CROATIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT - SANADER [...] (C) Croatia's newly-constituted parliament confirmed Ivo Sanader as Prime Minister On December 23. The parliament also voted confidence in Sanader's ministerial appointments. The new cabinet will have 15 members, including Sanader and two deputy Prime Ministers, a sharp change from Racan's cu [...]	2003-12-23 13:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HR
03ZAGREB284	DASD RICARDEL LEADS BILATERAL DEFENSE [...] (C) FROM FEBRUARY 3-5, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MIRA RICARDEL LED A TEAM OF U.S. POLICY MAKERS FROM OSD, THE JOINT STAFF, MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD AND US EUROPEAN COMMAND IN BILATERAL DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS WITH CROATIA. IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PRIME MINISTER RACAN, DEF [...]	2003-02-06 08:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP MASS HR NATO
03ZAGREB288	CROATIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY OF [...] CROATIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 5 PRESENTATION TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. TIMING OF THE SECRETARY'S PRESENTATION UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00288 061035Z HELPED: IT OCCURRED SHORTLY BEFORE CROATIA'S [...]	2003-02-06 10:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR HR
03ZAGREB337	GOC PUSHING BACK ON IC CRITICISM ON RETURNS [...] (C) THE GOC IS REACTING TO IC PRESSURE ON REFUGEE RETURNS. MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND RECONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING, RADIMIR CACIC, HELD A HASTILY ARRANGED MEETING ON FEBRUARY 4 WITH THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY TO PRESENT HIS MINISTRY,S PROGRAM ON REFUGEE RETURN. THE EVENT AT THE SHERATON HOTEL [...]	2003-02-12 17:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL ECON HR OSCE EUN UNHCR
03ZAGREB338	WITH NO POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, CROATIA'S POSITION [...] (C) ALTHOUGH THE GOC MADE STRONG AND POSITIVE INITIAL STATEMENTS AFTER SECRETARY POWELL'S PRESENTATION TO THE UNSC CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00338 121756Z ON FEBRUARY 5, IT HAS DONE LITTLE SINCE THEN TO SHAPE THE PUBLIC DEBATE AND NOTHING TO DESCRIBE THE TH [...]	2003-02-12 17:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR HR IZ
03ZAGREB347	IRAQ: BUCKING UP THE WEAK-KNEED CROATIANS [...] (C) CROATIA'S INITIAL SUPPORT FOR THE USG POSITION ON CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00347 01 OF 02 131644Z IRAQ IS WAVERING UNDER PRESSURE FROM EU COUNTRIES AS THE GOC PREPARES TO PRESENT ITS APPLICATION FOR EU MEMBERSHIP. PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST ACTION IN IRAQ [...]	2003-02-13 16:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR IZ UN
03ZAGREB349	CROATIA: CHANGES TO LAW ALLOW MOD APPROVAL OF [...] ON FEBRUARY 6, THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT PASSED A DECISION TO MODIFY THE MARITIME LAW WHICH WILL GIVE THE MOD THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO APPROVE FORCE-PROTECTION MEASURES FOR WARSHIPS ENTERING CROATIA'S INTERNAL WATERS. THIS ISSUE WAS RAISED DURING U.S. - CROATIA BILATERAL DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS ON [...]	2003-02-14 10:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MOPS MARR PREL HR NATO
03ZAGREB367	QANTIWAR PROTESTS STAGED IN ZAGREB AND OTHER [...] SUMMARY: A FEW THOUSAND NGO ACTIVISTS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS GATHERED ON FEBRUARY 15 IN ZAGREB AND OTHER CROATIAN CITIES TO PROTEST AGAINST A WAR IN IRAQ. THE POLICE ESTIMATED THAT THE CENTRAL RALLY IN DOWNTOWN ZAGREB UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00367 210153Z [...]	2003-02-19 07:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV HR IZ
03ZAGREB432	CROATIA APPLIES FOR EU MEMBERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER RACAN SUBMITTED CROATIA'S OFFICIAL APPLICATION FOR EU MEMBERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 21 IN ATHENS. CROATIA'S STATUS AS A CANDIDATE COULD BE CONFIRMED WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME, THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION MINISTER SAID. REFUGEE RETURNS, COOPERATION WITH THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL (ICTY [...]	2003-02-26 16:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB489	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS PRIORITY ISSUES WITH NEW DEPUTY [...] (C) IN A MARCH 3 INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SIMONOVIC, THE AMBASSADOR REVIEWED THE U.S. APPROACH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00489 01 OF 03 061511Z ON IRAQ, STEPS TOWARD CROATIA,S CANDIDACY FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP, THE SFRY ASSETS SUCCESSIO [...]	2003-03-06 14:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PREF HR NATO
03ZAGREB519	SANADER'S HDZ: RATINGS UP, BUT STILL NOT READY FOR [...] (C) CROATIA'S OPPOSITION HDZ HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO REHABILITATE ITSELF IN THE EYES OF VOTERS EVER SINCE IT WAS EJECTED FROM POWER IN JANUARY 2000. PARTY LEADERS CLAIM -- LOUDLY AND OFTEN -- THAT THE HDZ IS COMPLETING ITS "DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION" FROM THE CORRUPT, NATIONALIST PARTY FOUN [...]	2003-03-10 17:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM HR
03ZAGREB523	"ADRIATIC 3" FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING, DUBROVNIK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ALBANIAN, CROATIAN AND MACEDONIAN FOREIGN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00523 01 OF 02 111302Z MINISTERS MET BRIEFLY IN DUBROVNIK MARCH 7 TO CONFIRM THE "ADRIATIC CHARTER" DRAFT TEXT (ALREADY WITH DEPARTMENT),ISSUE A DECLARATION AND GIVE THE I [...]	2003-03-11 12:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR AL MK IZ NATO
03ZAGREB579	IMPLICATIONS FOR CROATIA'S ECONOMY OF WAR WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) THERE IS NO REAL CONSENSUS ON HOW HOSTILITIES IN IRAQ COULD HURT THE CROATIAN ECONOMY. THE LOCAL MEDIA IS FULL OF SPECULATION, HOWEVER, AND THE COMMENTARY AND "ANALYIS" OFTEN BETRAY FAMILIAR -- ANTI-WAR -- BIASES. TOURISM IS THE SINGLE LARGEST SOURCE OF FOREIGN REVENUE FOR CROATIA, AND [...]	2003-03-14 17:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR HR IZ
03ZAGREB631	TFIZ01: CROATIA: POLITICIANS BACK GOC OPPOSITION [...] (C) ALMOST ALL OF CROATIA'S POLITICIANS HAVE PUBLICLY BACKED THE GOC DECISION NOT TO SUPPORT MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ ABSENT A NEW UNSC RESOLUTION (REFTEL). POLITICAL UNITY IN CROATIA IS A GENUINE RARITY. SOME LEADING GOVERNMENT FIGURES WANT TO TRY TO CATCH WHAT THEY THINK IS A WAVE OF LOCAL [...]	2003-03-19 17:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR HR IZ
03ZAGREB664	TFIZ01: TOP OFFICIALS COMMENT ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] IN AN INTERVIEW PUBLISHED ON MARCH 22 IN THE MASS MARKET DAILY "JUTARNJI LIST," PRIME MINISTER IVICA RACAN REITERATED HIS GOVERNMENT'S POSITION "REGRETTING" THE LACK OF UNSC UNITY OVER THE DECISION TO USE FORCE TO COMPEL IRAQ TO DISARM. HE SAID THAT ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT'S STATEMENTS FOL [...]	2003-03-24 17:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HR IZ
03ZAGREB716	NATO SYG IN ZAGREB: TURNING DOWN THE PRESSURE ON [...] (C) NATO SECRETARY GENERAL ROBERTSON VISITED CROATIA FOR A BRIEF STOPOVER ON MARCH 31. IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PM RACAN AND KEY CABINET MEMBERS AND WITH PARLIAMENT LEADERS, ROBERTSON DELIVERED A GENTLE MESSAGE, ENCOURAGING CROATIA TO STAY ON TRACK WITH REFORMS IDENTIFIED UNDER THE [...]	2003-04-01 15:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PREF HR NATO
03ZAGREB72	CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT ON IRAQ [...] ON JANUARY 8, CROATIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUED A STATEMENT CALLING FOR IRAQ TO "PRESENT CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT IT DOES NOT POSE A THREAT" TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. THE STATEMENT (SEE BELOW FOR AN INFORMAL TRANSLATION) NOTES CROATIA'S PARTICIPATION IN UNMOVIC, AND URGES THAT SHOULD AN INSPE [...]	2003-01-10 16:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ HR UN
03ZAGREB754	TFIZ01: CROATIAN CABINET ORDERS HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) ON APRIL 3, THE CROATIAN CABINET PASSED A DECISION (SEE TEXT AT PARA 4) TO SEND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE WITH A VALUE OF JUST UNDER USD 3 MILLION TO IRAQ. THE ASSISTANCE SHOULD INCLUDE BLANKETS, SLEEPING BAGS, BED LINENS, FLOUR, SUGAR, AND WATER PURIFICATION AGENTS. THE CABINET ALSO DIRE [...]	2003-04-04 15:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM HR IZ
03ZAGREB798	CROATIA/ICC/ARTICLE 98: NO EU PRESSURE BUT GOC NOT [...] (C) WE HAVE NOT DETECTED ANY BLATANT EU PRESSURE ON THE GOC NOT TO NEGOTIATE AN ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT WITH US. HOWEVER, FOR THE MOMENT, THE EU DOES NOT NEED TO STRONG-ARM THE CROATIANS. THE GOC IS NOWHERE NEAR TAKING A DECISION ON OPENING FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH US ON ARTICLE 98, LET ALONE [...]	2003-04-10 16:22:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM HR EUN
03ZAGREB94	2003: CRITICAL YEAR FOR RETURNS TO CROATIA [...] (C) CUTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S PRESENCE AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00094 01 OF 02 141716Z FUNDING IN CROATIA WILL MAKE THIS YEAR CRITICAL FOR REFUGEE RETURNS. OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, A BUDGET-STRAPPED UNHCR WILL DRAW DOWN ITS IN-COUNTRY OPE [...]	2003-01-14 16:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL HR UNHCR OSCE
03ZAGREB954	CROATIA AT THE SIGNING OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER [...] (C) CROATIA TOOK SOME TIME TO WARM TO THE IDEA OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER. BECAUSE OF ITS FEAR OF BEING TRAPPED IN A NEW BALKAN ALLIANCE AND ALSO BECAUSE OF AN ARROGANT ASSUMPTION THAT ITS MORE ADVANCED LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MADE IT A BETTER NATO CANDIDATE, CROATIA RESISTED TYING ITS FO [...]	2003-04-30 10:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR NATO
03ZAGREB972	CROATIAN GRUMBLING ABOUT TIRANA VENUE FOR ADRIATIC [...] (C) THE DECISION TO SIGN THE ADRIATIC CHARTER IN TIRANA, AND NOT IN WASHINGTON, LED TO GRUMBLING IN THE CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY AND SPECULATION IN THE PRESS HERE THAT CROATIA WAS BEING PUNISHED FOR ITS REFUSAL TO SUPPORT OUR APPROACH ON IRAQ. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY SOUGHT -- WITH NO SUCCESS [...]	2003-05-02 08:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR NATO
04ABUDHABI1515	UAE: BRIEFING ON PROPOSAL FOR NATO [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-11 12:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MEPP NATO PARM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI1831	UAE - Talk of reform in advance of the G8 [...] (C) Summary: There is a lively dialogue about the need for political, economic, and educational reforms in the UAE. We read about it in the local press, hear about it from our contacts, and we may be contributing to it by sending Emiratis on Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs. [...]	2004-06-02 13:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV ECON NATO KMPI TC
04ABUDHABI1992	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER, GEN ABIZAID, [...] (U) GENERAL ABIZAID: WELCOME BACK TO THE UAE. WE HAVE REQUESTED MEETINGS FOR YOU WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE SHAYKH KHALIFA BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, AS WELL AS WITH ABU DHABI DEPUTY CROWN PRINCE AND UAE ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF LT GEN SHAYKH MUHAMMAD BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN (MBZ). BOTH SHAYKHS WI [...]	2004-06-16 12:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PINS PREL PTER PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI2141	MEDIA REACTION: HANDOVER OF IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE TWO-DAY EARLY HANDOVER OF POWER IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE EARLY HANDOVER OCCURRED SO THAT PRESIDENT BUSH COULD PROVE HIS GOOD INTENTIONS IN IRAQ RIGHT BEFORE THE NATO SUMMIT. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "A [...]	2004-06-29 09:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI2566	Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi Visits UAE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 29-31 visit to Abu Dhabi, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi discussed bilateral relations and the latest developments in Iraq with Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ),Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Allawi discussed police training and mili [...]	2004-08-02 14:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TC PTER
04ABUDHABI2750	UPDATE ON UAE ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] (C) On August 14, LtG Naseer Arkaan Al-Abadi, acting Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces, met with LtG Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces to discuss the UAEG's offer to donate four reconnaissance aircraft to Iraq. [...]	2004-08-16 12:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2809	UAE PAPER ON DEPLOYMENT OF GCC FORCES TO IRAQ [...] (C) Special Assistant to Abu Dhabi Deputy Prime Minister and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed, Yousef al-Otaiba, in a courtesy call on the Ambassador, passed to us a paper analyzing the pros and cons of deployment of GCC forces to Iraq, which he said was prepared by the [...]	2004-08-18 14:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL ECON EFIN UN TC
04ABUDHABI3612	NEXT STEPS ON NATO'S ISTANBUL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-12 11:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL TC
04ABUDHABI629	Perceived inaction on Roadmap fuels debate [...] (C) Summary: There is a perception here among policymakers, students, journalists, and academics, that the USG no longer considers the Palestinian- Israeli issue a major priority. That perception is fuelled in recent weeks by the lack of any mention of it in the President's inaugural intervie [...]	2004-03-07 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS TC
04ABUDHABI630	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO [...] (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE. During your visit, we have requested meetings with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),and Dubai Crown Prince General Shaykh Muhammad bin Rashid Al M [...]	2004-03-07 14:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
04ABUDHABI923	U.S.-UAE Strategic Partnership a success [...] (C) Summary: The UAE hosted the second bilateral Strategic Partnership dialogue on March 21 with NEA A/S Burns and UAE Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed leading their respective delegations. The two sides reviewed progress on the comprehensive action plan that was agr [...]	2004-03-30 13:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KDEM PHUM IZ AF IR IS SY TC
04ADANA153	MERSIN PORT FACING NEED FOR CHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 09:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MARR MCAP EAGR EPET EWWT TU ADANA
04ADANA40	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 9, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 9, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriyet, M [...]	2004-04-12 05:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA43	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 10-2, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 05:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA65	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 26, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 26, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ulkede Gunde [...]	2004-06-01 11:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA81	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 15, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 07:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA84	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 17, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-18 12:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA85	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 18, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 18, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet / Du [...]	2004-06-18 12:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA88	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 22, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA89	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 19-20, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04AMMAN1054	RESULTS OF G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP [...] (SBU) DCM on February 5 hosted a discussion ref agenda items in preparation for the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting in Washington on February 20. Participants were counterparts from G-8 missions in Amman, in addition to representatives of interested states and organizations [...]	2004-02-11 08:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER EFIN JO
04AMMAN1736	PM FAYEZ TELLS U/S GROSSMAN THAT REFORM IN REGION [...] (U) U.S. U/S Marc Grossman Amb. Edward W. Gnehm NSC Staffer Dan Fried NEA DAS Alina Romanowski EUR A/DAS Glyn Davies P Special Assistant Jonathan Carpenter A/DCM Doug Silliman (notetaker) JORDAN ------ Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez Special Assistant Majed Qatarneh Media Advisor [...]	2004-03-08 16:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF PHUM ECON JO
04AMMAN5385	MEDIA REACTION ON TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-30 12:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN5397	IRAQIS IN JORDAN REACT POSITIVELY TO HANDOVER, BUT [...] SUMMARY: Iraqi contacts in Jordan see the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) as a positive step toward a better Iraq. They expect that the violence will continue in coming months, but subside as the IIG asserts its authority. These contacts maintain that security i [...]	2004-06-30 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN5508	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO JORDAN: IRAQ, [...] (C) King Abdullah has sought to portray Jordan (and himself) as both a peacemaker and deal-maker in the Middle East. The popular mood, however, is uneven: the invasion of Iraq and perceived stronger pro-Israel tilt in U.S. policy have shaken Jordanian popular confidence in the moral underp [...]	2004-07-06 15:04:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON PTER KPAL ASEC US JO
04AMMAN6918	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-17 06:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL JO NATO
04ANKARA1005	AFGHANISTAN: MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA and TGS reached an agreement February 18 to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. MFA/TGS want to move quickly: their goal is to stand up a PRT by the time of the NATO Summit. MFA/TGS have asked for Washi [...]	2004-02-20 16:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1041	ISTANBUL SUMMIT: TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF GME BUT [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor and polmiloff met with MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan to sound out MFA's thinking about the Greater Middle East (GME) initiative at the Istanbul Summit after the late January visit to Washington of Ambassadors Sensoy and Morali. Ceylan said that Ambassadors Sensoy [...]	2004-02-24 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1208	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-01 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1258	SCENESETTER FOR U/S GROSSMAN'S VISIT TO TURKEY: [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Ankara is a key opportunity to explain the Greater Middle East Initiative (GME) and to listen to Turkey's ideas about GME. Although GME has generated considerable commentary, few here understand its methods or aims. Internally, Turkey's path towards EU accession [...]	2004-03-02 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA1318	TURKISH PRT PROPOSAL: HMG TELLS TURKS NO [...] (C) MFA DDG for South Asia Aydin Evergin informed PolMilCouns March 4 that the GOT had informed the UK of its intent to establish a PRT in Maimana, Afghanistan (reftels) on March 2. On March 4, HMG responded by informing the Turks that London intended to establish a PRT there and that Norway [...]	2004-03-04 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA1345	NATO SYG COMES HAT IN HAND DURING FIRST VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During his February 18 introductory visit to Ankara NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer met with President Sezer, PM Erdogan, FM Gul, and MND Gonul. His agenda included Afghanistan, Iraq, terrorism and the Istanbul Summit. According to MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan, the SYG requested Turkey co [...]	2004-03-05 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS TU
04ANKARA1373	TURKEY WANTS TIGRIS-EUPHRATES BASIN AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials say Turkey wants to begin a dialogue with Syria and Iraq, leading to a comprehensive water sharing/management agreement for the Tigris-Euphrates basin, part of an effort by the Turkish government to contribute to stability in the region. They say that in the comin [...]	2004-03-08 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECIN IZ PREL SENV SY TU
04ANKARA1383	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: MFA WILLING TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE [...] (C) Drawing upon ref a talking points, Pol-Mil Counselor stressed to MFA NATO and Afghanistan Affairs Department officials the importance of strong allied contributions to NATO's efforts in Afghanistan. He also urged Turkey to be flexible with regard to its proposed PRT as the GOT works with [...]	2004-03-09 05:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU AF
04ANKARA1445	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1500	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1507	SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: General Basbug comes to Washington at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been one year since the 1 March vote and 5 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is approached from a multi- [...]	2004-03-12 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1539	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-15 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1542	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO IDEA OF [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Director General for Energy Hakki Akil asked March 12 for an initial USG reaction to the Ministry's initiative (reftel) to obtain agreement on voluntary principles committing oil companies to reduce the flow of oil throug [...]	2004-03-16 09:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1652	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GME, CYPRUS WITH TURKEY'S NSC [...] (C) Summary: Turkish NSC SecGen Sariisik welcomed hearing more about the Greater Middle East Initiative when the Ambassador called on him March 17. Sariisik and his deputy, LTG Uzun, had questions about the GME and the role the USG envisages for Turkey. They were careful in underscoring the [...]	2004-03-18 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
04ANKARA1665	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-19 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1711	AFGHAN COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Coordinator Taylor held wide-ranging and candid consultations with MFA and TGS officials in Ankara on March 12. Turkish officials stressed the theme of "Afghanistan for Afghans" throughout the talks, arguing their commitment to stabilization and reconstruction efforts ther [...]	2004-03-23 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1854	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-29 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1881	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: DEMARCHE TO GOT ON ALLIED [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor delivered reftel demarche to MFA DDG for NATO and International Security Affairs Fatih Ceylan March 30. He said the USG strongly supports NATO's expansion of ISAF and SACEUR GEN Jones' statement that Allies must fill the critical shortfalls of the CJSOR before Stage I can [...]	2004-03-30 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA1928	SCENESETTER FOR THE APRIL 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been more than a year since the 1 March vote and 6 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is best approached from a [...]	2004-04-02 06:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CY IZ TU
04ANKARA1946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-02 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2008	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-07 04:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2010	TURKISH MEDIA: REQUEST TO TAPE A PRIME-TIME [...] Post strongly supports the request of prominent Turkish national security strategist Faruk Demir and centrist daily "Aksam"'s Ankara bureau chief Nuray Basaran to tape an interview with Secretary Powell to feature as the inauguration, or one of the first broadcasts, of their new, prime-time TV [...]	2004-04-07 06:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2078	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: WHAT IS THE [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's reforms in pursuit of Turkey's EU candidacy suggest there is truth in his assertions that he and AKP hew to western concepts of democracy. At the same time, many in AKP and the Turkish "secular" establishment worry that because Erdogan and other AKP founders came out [...]	2004-04-09 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA21	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (Sbu) Summary: Minister of Industry Ali Coskun told Ambassador the GOT would introduce legislation to solve Cargill's zoning problem in January and claimed the GOT was working on the data exclusivity problem. Coskun seemed to take the Ambassador's point on the need to resolve some American co [...]	2004-01-05 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA2119	TURKISH POLITICS: OPPOSITION CHP LEADER BAYKAL [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP chairman Baykal and his allies in the party continue their campaign of denial in the face of fierce intra-party criticism. Their hold on the party leadership appears solid for now, following a marathon of recent meetings in which CHP members at all levels -- most of [...]	2004-04-13 07:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2204	TURKISH CHOD OZKOK GIVES DELPHIC MESSAGE ON [...] (C) Summary: Most Turkish commentators interpreted CHOD Ozkok's careful April 13 remarks on Cyprus as a signal the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will not oppose Turkish Cypriot or Turkish parliamentary acceptance of the draft Cyprus settlement. A number of observers, however, taking into account [...]	2004-04-16 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
04ANKARA2206	TURKEY AND NORTHERN IRAQ: KONGRA GEL (KGK) MITIGATION STRATEGY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reasons: 1.4 (b),(c) and (d). 2. (S) Summary: We agree with CPA that Turkish troops in northern Iraq could become a problem after the June 30 transfer of sovereignty, but Embassy Ankara does not believe the approach recommended in reftel will work wi [...]	2004-04-17 06:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
04ANKARA2218	GROWING TURKISH REACTION, PUBLIC CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] Negative reaction by the Turkish Government, opposition politicians, and the press to the reported detention of 11 Turkish Special Forces troops in Northern Iraq continues to grow. Prime Minister Erdogan, describing the incident as "extremely distressing," said that he expects the situation t [...]	2004-04-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2293	AFGHANISTAN: MFA/TGS TO RECOMMEND TO PM THAT THEY [...] (C) MFA and TGS will recommend to PM Erdogan that Turkey establish a PRT in Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan. The recommendation will also include a request for funding for the Turkish helicopters for ISAF, and a briefing on the possibility that the HRF in Istanbul may replace the [...]	2004-04-21 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2324	TURKISH MARKET SWINGS OVER CYPRUS REFERENDUM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets were flat today in the final day of trading before Saturday's referendum in Cyprus. The relative calm came after a week in which the IMKB-100 bounced up and down as sentiment shifted on prospects for a favorable outcome to the vote. A strong rally lat [...]	2004-04-22 16:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2332	TURKISH MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS IN RUN-UP TO POTUS [...] As we approach the June 26-29 POTUS visit to Turkey for bilateral meetings in Ankara and the NATO Summit in Istanbul, Turkish press interest in the visit is building. The embassy has received numerous requests from Turkish media outlets to interview USG principals in the run-up to the visit, a [...]	2004-04-26 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OVIP TU
04ANKARA2391	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2392	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2406	TURKEY CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN THE WILTON [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-29 08:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KPAO TU
04ANKARA2453	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2465	AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: MFA/TGS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns April 30 that MFA had just sent up for Foreign Minister Gul's approval the proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar. Ceylan, reiterating what his colleague told us a week earlier (reftel),emphasized that Takhar was the unanimous rec [...]	2004-05-03 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2475	TURKISH HELOS TO AFGHANISTAN: DECISION IS WITH [...] (C) MFA NATO Department Head Alper Coksun told deputy pol-mil counselor May 3 that Turkey and Luxembourg had worked out an acceptable arrangement for Luxembourg to finance the deployment of the three Turkish helos to/from Afghanistan in support of ISAF operations. Funding for spare parts and [...]	2004-05-03 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2505	Interior Ministry U/S on Aviation Security, [...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting with Interior Ministry Undersecretary Harput, DCM raised the continuing gap in border controls for international passengers transferring to domestic flights, police protection for the U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, and the Bedoian investment case. Mustafa Bal, h [...]	2004-05-04 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR ASEC EINV TU
04ANKARA2509	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-04 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2522	TURKEY/ARMENIA: STALEMATE STRANGLING GOODWILL [...] (C) Following Ambassador Edelman's April 30 meeting with FM Gul (ref A) we re-raised with Caucasus Department Head Adali Embassy Yerevan's proposal to open the border to participants in the upcoming Kars-Gyumri Symposium (ref B). (Ankara Polcouns raised this on April 22 with Adali's boss, DDG [...]	2004-05-05 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PREL TU
04ANKARA2541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-05 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2542	AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: FM GUL INFORMS NATO SYG [...] (C) MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns May 5 that NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer called FM Gul yesterday (5/4) about summit preparations. The SYG took advantage of the call to also urge Turkey to work with Italy to establish a PRT in Herat. Ceylan recalled that Turkey had had polmil t [...]	2004-05-05 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2594	IRAQ: TURKISH OFFICIAL, PARLIAMENTARY AND NGO [...] (SBU) While Turkish officials have not complained to us about the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners, the Turkish press, Parliament and NGO community are vocally expressing their disgust with the news. Several groups have peacefully demonstrated in front of the US and UK Embassies in Ankara. [...]	2004-05-07 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MOPS MARR TU IZ

04ANKARA2623	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-10 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2691	ISAF SHORTFALLS: TURKS CONTEND THEY HAVE THE [...] (C) During a recent discussion on Turkish helos for Afghanistan (ref b),NATO Department Head Alper Coskum confirmed what MFA officials had told us in late March (ref c): the Turkish military does not possess Role 2 and Casualty Staging Medical Unit capability. Coskun said the Turkish Genera [...]	2004-05-12 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2697	ADVANCING OUR ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN TURKEY AHEAD [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reason: 1.4(b,d) 2. (C) Summary: We have time to make one more hard push to advance our core economic interests in Turkey ahead of the end-June Presidential visit and NATO Summit. We need to use every opportunity during this period to enc [...]	2004-05-12 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ETRD PTER TU
04ANKARA2719	TURKEY INCHING TOWARD MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: NP PDAS Susan Burk met with a Turkish interagency group May 12 in Ankara followed by a call on MFA DG for International Security Affairs Turan Morali to push for more active Turkish participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The Turks noted that they were pl [...]	2004-05-14 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA2736	AFGHANISTAN: PM APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR PRT IN [...] (C) PM Erdogan approved the MFA/TGS proposal to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar province and agreed to provide the requisite funding. The MFA will instruct its missions in Kabul, Brussels and Washington to inform the appropriate authorities. Turkey will not consider [...]	2004-05-14 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2758	Secretary Mineta's May 23 to 25 Visit to [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes several weeks before the President's June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time of improving political relations and close cooperation on our key international priorities. Your meetings with Transport Minister Yildi [...]	2004-05-17 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER EAIR PREL OVIP TU
04ANKARA2779	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-17 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2812	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2821	REDUCED AEGEAN AIR ACTIVITY: NEED WE JUMP IN? [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
04ANKARA2822	AFGHANISTAN AND PRTS: TURKS SET ON TAKHAR [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting on Cyprus (septel),MFA U/S Ziyal reiterated to Ambassador and UK Ambassador Westmacott that Turkey is committed to establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar and is not considering alternative locations. 2. (C) UK Amb. Westmacott opened [...]	2004-05-18 16:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2823	TURKISH POLITICAL STABILITY: TENSIONS BREAK THE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has entered a period of increased political tension as a result of the education reform controversy. PM Erdogan will remain under constant pressure from within his AK Party and from the Turkish military. Erdogan and AKP are showing strains as even relatively "liberal" memb [...]	2004-05-20 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA2839	AMBASSADORS EDELMAN AND WESTMACOTT'S MAY 18 [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott, Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal and Deputy U/S Ilkin urged USUN and the UK UN delegation to stay in close touch with the Turkish delegation as the UNSC considered action after the SYG's report. The Turks expect a general [...]	2004-05-20 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-20 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2878	S/P REISS RAISES GME, IRAQ, IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 7 meetings in Ankara, S/P Director Mitchell B. Reiss discussed USG policies toward 1) the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq; 2) the Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI); 3) Iranian nuclear ambitions; and, 4) NATO,s Istanbul Summit. Turkish MFA U/S Ugur Ziyal, Policy Plan [...]	2004-05-21 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU
04ANKARA2894	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-24 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2901	TURKEY AND PRTS IN AFGHANISTAN: SETTING THE RECORD [...] (C) The Turkish press is reporting that Washington is debating whether to respond positively to Turkey's proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar province if the Turks refuse to go west or south. We provide a chronology of Turkey's PRT-related consultations and considerations leading up to their [...]	2004-05-24 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2906	BLAIR VISIT TO ANKARA: MARKING A DEEPENING OF [...] (U) Summary: During a brief but concentrated visit to Turkey May 17, UK PM Blair assured PM Erdogan and President Sezer the UK will back Turkey's EU bid and work to end the isolation of Turkish Cypriots. Blair and Erdogan agreed on a UK-initiated "Action Plan" to hold annual PM-level bilateral [...]	2004-05-25 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU
04ANKARA2913	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-25 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2914	CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the IEA's Seminar "Natural Gas in South East Europe," May 5-6, in Istanbul, Ambassador Mann met with Energy U/S Sami Demirbilek and MFA DDG for Energy Hakki Akil to discuss U.S.-Turkish coordination in support of the East-West Energy Corridor. Turkish officia [...]	2004-05-25 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ENRG EPET ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA2946	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING TURKEY FOR A LARGER [...] (C) The Ambassador deployed reftel talking points with MFA Deputy Under Secretary Ali Tuygan on May 25, noting that Turkey was receiving similar messages from SACEUR Gen Jones. He recalled previously discussing Turkey's contribution of a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) with U/S Ziyal (ref [...]	2004-05-27 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF TU
04ANKARA2947	AFGHANISTAN: TURKISH CHOD REITERATES TO GEN KUJAT [...] (C) Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok reiterated to NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee GEN Kujat May 26 that the GOT's position on establishing a PRT in Takhar was firm and that Turkey would not establish a PRT in an alternate location. Ozkok noted a decision to deploy Turkey's HRF in Istanbul to [...]	2004-05-27 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2974	IRAQ: TURKISH REACTION TO DRAFT UNSCR TEXT [...] (C) DCM presented Ref B points on introducing the draft Iraq UNSCR to MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu May 26, and discussed the text of the draft. Burcuoglu said it was important to Turkey that the UNSCR offer a high degree of visible sovereignty to the Iraqis and that t [...]	2004-05-27 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2977	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-27 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3008	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-01 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3033	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-01 18:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3046	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3077	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-03 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3088	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-04 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3120	US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP (HLDG): OSD [...] The Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) have been unable to reach SIPDIS agreement on acceptable dates to convene meetings of the HLDG's Political-Military Working Group (PMWG) and the Security Cooperation Working Group (SCWG). 2. Para 4 below c [...]	2004-06-07 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3121	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MAY RECONSIDER WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) During a June 4 meeting that included UK Ambassador Westmacott to discuss Cyprus (septel),Ambassador again encouraged MFA U/S Ziyal to consider establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the west or the south of Afghanistan. Ziyal was adamant that Turkey would not establish a [...]	2004-06-07 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA32	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-05 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3201	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3328	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-14 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA342	AMBASSODOR AND FINANCE MINISTER ON THE ECONOMY AND [...] (SBU) In a January 16 meeting, Ambassador congratulated Finance Minister Unakitan on Turkey's economic successes in 2003, but warned that the recovery remained fragile and that the GOT needed to implement the reform program fully. He predicted that the Prime Minister would hear similar comment [...]	2004-01-20 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3427	TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TURKISH MFA AVERS DEEP [...] (C) June 14 Polcounselor delivered reftel points, TIP backgrounder and Turkey TIP Narrative to MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman. DDG Otman averred deep disappointment in Turkey's designation. TIP officer reviewed reasons for Turkey's Tier 2 Watch List ranking, noting that much of Tu [...]	2004-06-16 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3481	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-18 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3484	SCENESETTER FOR CODELS FRIST, LUGAR, AND BEREUTER [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) appears unassailable, with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and no viable opposition party. GOT legal reforms have improved the chances for an accession negotiation start date from the EU in December. Yet AKP struggles with corruption, ad h [...]	2004-06-21 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU
04ANKARA3499	GLOBAL FORCE POSTURE REVIEW: STATIONING OF F-16S [...] (S) An inter-agency delegation led by State PM A/S Bloomfield consulted with MFA and TGS officials June 17 on the USG's latest thinking on the Global Defense Posture (GDP) review. A/S Bloomfield said the purpose of the visit was to continue the consultations that began last December, to provi [...]	2004-06-21 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3507	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-21 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3511	TGS CONCERNS ABOUT KIRKUK, PKK AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Ambassador met with DCHOD Ilker Basbug at latter,s request on June 21 for a tour d'horizon of current issues in the lead in to the President's visit to Ankara and the NATO Istanbul Summit. Basbug clearly wanted to make several points related to Iraq and U.S. Turkish relations. KIRKUK [...]	2004-06-22 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR TU IZ AF
04ANKARA3552	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE (GDP) REVIEW: TURKS NOT [...] (S) MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin told the Ambassador June 23 that the Turks would not have a more informed view of the potential request concerning stationing of F-16s in Turkey before the NATO Summit next week. (Note: MFA U/S Ziyal told visiting State PM A/S Bloomfield at the close of their Jun [...]	2004-06-23 17:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3553	NATO IN IRAQ: PRELIMINARY TURKISH VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Initial Turkish reaction to a NATO role in Iraq is positive, although no decisions on the GOT's position have yet been made. An MFA official told us that he saw merit in the Alliance offering training both inside and outside Iraq. He was sympathetic to French arguments that th [...]	2004-06-24 05:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA3589	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3603	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA361	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 18 CONVERSATION WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN EARLIER SCHEDULED FAMILY BRUNCH ON JANUARY 18, AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED PM ERDOGAN'S UPCOMING VISIT TO WASHINGTON EXTENSIVELY WITH DEPUTY PM AND FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH GUL. FM GUL LISTENED ATTENTIVELY AS AMBASSADOR WALKED THROUGH THE POINTS IN REFS A AND B LINE BY [...]	2004-01-21 04:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY IZ PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3618	AFGHANISTAN: GOT'S DECISION NOT TO ESTABLISH A [...] (C) Deputy pol-mil counselor contacted MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen June 25, following up on the Ambassador's earlier conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal on Turkish thinking on PRTs (ref a). Evirgen said that Turkey had completely abandoned its proposal to establish a PRT in Takh [...]	2004-06-25 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA3621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3622	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3631	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3632	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3633	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3673	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about Turkey- specific anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press clips. Text of any articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation, unless otherwise noted. 2 [...]	2004-06-29 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3676	EXPLOSION ON THY PLANE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: A bomb detonated on a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 today in Istanbul following its arrival from Izmir as it was being cleaned. There are conflicting reports as to the number of injuries to cleaning crew and the explosive used. End Summary. 2. (SBU) News agencies reported an [...]	2004-06-29 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER TU
04ANKARA3724	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 11:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3728	THE TURKISH MILITARY: OZKOK TRIES TO STRIKE [...] (C) Turkish General Staff (TGS) CHOD GEN Ozkok continues to balance the promotion of Turkey's EU membership prospects by reducing the Turkish military's past position at the commanding heights of politics with a desire to ensure that the Turkish military is able to intervene in domestic politi [...]	2004-07-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU PINR
04ANKARA3738	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3764	TURKISH MFA CLAIMS ARMENIA WILLING TO DISCUSS NK [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali portrays the June 28 meeting during the Istanbul NATO Summit between Turkish FM Gul and Armenian FM Oskanian, and a follow-on trilateral meeting including Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov, as steps forward in resolving the Nagorno Karab [...]	2004-07-07 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PBTS TU
04ANKARA377	Update on Investment Issues Facing U.S. Companies [...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's recent meetings with economy ministers, the Embassy has pressed GOT authorities hard to resolve the numerous disputes involving U.S. companies. We have stressed that progress in these cases will help make the Prime Minister's visit to Washington a succes [...]	2004-01-21 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR KIPR TU
04ANKARA3791	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3802	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3866	ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKISH MFA SAYS EU [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-13 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TU
04ANKARA3908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3989	CHARTING A WAY FORWARD ON US-TU MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: At the July 8 Missile Defense Technical Experts Group meeting in Ankara, the US and Turkey agreed that the completion of the joint architectural study of Turkey called for a new look at bilateral cooperation in the area of missile defense. The two sides agreed to three new studie [...]	2004-07-19 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM TU
04ANKARA4	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. VISIT, CYPRUS, NATO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Turkish PM Erdogan December 31 in advance of Erdogan's late-January U.S. visit. The Ambassador said White House officials view the visit as an opportunity to enhance U.S.-Turkey relations and set the stage for the June NATO Summit in Istanbul. The USG and G [...]	2004-01-02 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EINV AM CY TU
04ANKARA4072	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-21 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4118	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-23 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4125	TURKEY IN ACCORD WITH USG ON DUAL-HATTING U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the U.S. proposal to "dual-hat" the U.S. MNF-I Commander in Iraq for NATO's training mission for Iraqi security forces. MFA officials (rightly) predicted France would object. Turkey has offered to train Iraqis in Turkey, but may consider sending "two or three" li [...]	2004-07-26 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IZ TU
04ANKARA4147	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http://www.mfa.gov [...]	2004-07-28 09:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4148	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA415	TURKS IN INITIAL STAGES OF PLANNING FOR SUMMIT [...] (S) DCM spoke with MFA's Summit Task Force Head Ambassador Apaydin January 22 and relayed reftel request for a briefing on Summit security, emphasizing that this request was separate from other discussions we had had with the GOT about security for our own delegation. Apaydin said a High Level [...]	2004-01-23 07:08:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ASEC MARR TU
04ANKARA4267	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4269	KFOR: TURKEY NOT LIKELY TO LIFT CURRENT CAVEATS, [...] (C) On July 30, PolMilOff called on Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, to deliver ref a demarche. Coskun responded that after the March violence in Kosovo, Turkey revised its caveats for both SFOR and KFOR in an effort to be more effective and [...]	2004-07-30 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL TU YI
04ANKARA4273	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 16-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles not published in English is provided through unofficial local FSN translation or otherwise noted sources. 2. (U) Published July 28, 20 [...]	2004-08-02 08:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ANKARA4321	KFOR UPDATE: TURKS LIFT VIRTUALLY ALL CAVEATS [...] (C) On August 3, Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, notified PolMilOff that Turkey has lifted all/all national caveats on its forces operating in both KFOR and SFOR save one: National (i.e., parliamentary) approval would be required to act outsi [...]	2004-08-03 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU YI
04ANKARA4419	COMNAVEUR VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) Summary: Welcome back to Turkey! Although you are a frequent visitor, this visit is particularly important because you will be wearing your US (vice NATO) hat. As such, yours is the first visit by a US four-star admiral in a national capacity since ADM Natter,s visit as Fleet Forces Com [...]	2004-08-06 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA4485	TURKEY WILL NOT SEND PRT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Following up on mid-July reports that the GOT was reconsidering its decision not to send a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to Afghanistan (reftel),PolMilCouns and PolMilOff consulted both MFA and TGS sources, who denied that Turkey was reconsidering its June decision not to send a PR [...]	2004-08-10 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA4489	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-10 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4554	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS PLANNING FOR FEBRUARY [...] (C) On Aug. 10, PolMilOff called on Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Branch office, to discuss NATO issues, including Turkey's planning for the Istanbul High Readiness Force (HRF) to assume command of ISAF in February 2005. Yilmaz said that even absent a final NATO decision on the future [...]	2004-08-12 18:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA4590	SFOR TRANSITION: TURKS CONCERNED THAT EUROPEAN [...] (C) PolMilOff met Aug. 10 with Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Operations Branch office. Yilmaz reported that Turkey is committed to remain in SFOR at its current (one battalion) level after SFOR becomes an EU operation, and said he believes that the EU wants Turkey to stay. However, h [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU BK
04ANKARA4593	TURKS IN ACCORD WITH U.S. VIEW ON NEW AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM TU
04ANKARA4630	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-18 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4700	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-19 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4808	TIP IN TURKEY: ANTI-TIP NGO HRDF BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In August meetings with Emboff, Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Board Chairman Turgut Tokus outlined past and present progress to bring HRDF's TIP victims shelter on-line. He characterized support from the GOT, particularly the MOI and the MFA, as excellent and than [...]	2004-08-25 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA487	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-26 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4987	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN NATO POLICY DIRECTORS AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-03 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC TU
04ANKARA5081	BMENAI DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE CO-SPONSORS [...] (SBU) Summary: BMENAI Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) co-sponsor Turkey met separately with representatives from fellow co-sponors Italy and Yemen in Ankara September 7 and 8 and agreed on a broad outline for the DAD's efforts. They envision annual plenary meetings and separate periodic [...]	2004-09-09 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IT PREL TU YM
04ANKARA5115	AMBASSADOR AND DCHOD BASBUG DISCUSS CYPRUS, EU [...] (S) TGS Deputy Chief GEN Basbug told the Ambassador September 8 that developments regarding Cyprus were "worrisome," pointing at the European Court of Human Rights consideration of Loizidou clone cases and the lack of EU action on ending the isolation of northern Cypriots. He hinted that Anka [...]	2004-09-10 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PARM IZ CY IR TU
04ANKARA5205	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...]	2004-09-15 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5266	SCENESETTER FOR DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 21 [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes at a challenging time in our bilateral relations. Our painstaking efforts to rebuild relations over the last year, capped by a successful Istanbul NATO Summit in June, have resulted in the restoration of productive relations at the top military and civilian levels [...]	2004-09-16 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PARM PTER OVIP MOPS MASS CY IR
04ANKARA5306	SECRETARY ABRAHAM'S SEPTEMBER 21 VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes a few months after the President,s June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time when bilateral and political relations are generally on track. Your meeting with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler will provide an excellent op [...]	2004-09-17 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5373	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5453	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-23 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5482	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-24 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA549	TURKEY GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff met with MFA's new DDG for NATO and WEU Affairs Fatih Ceylan January 23 to get a readout of the GOT's latest thinking on ESDP. Ceylan, a longtime NATO policy wonk, was generally satisfied with progress on Berlin Plus, insofar as it was implemented in "Operation Concordia [...]	2004-01-28 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA5550	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW TLFC COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged General Buyukanit to discuss ways to improve our Army-to-Army relationship when the latter sees USAREUR CG General Bell in October. Buyukanit suggested that both sides made mistakes in the attack helicopter tender and expected the next time the GOT would [...]	2004-09-28 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS PINR IZ CY AF TU
04ANKARA5587	DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion on the U.S.-Turkish security cooperation relationship during their September 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ian Brzezinski and Deputy Chief of Turkish General Staff (DCHOD) Ilken Basbug agreed on the need to elevate the level [...]	2004-09-29 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS OVIP PGOV MOPS TU
04ANKARA5660	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-01 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5672	DASD BRZEZINSKI'S MEETING WITH TURKISH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: DASD Ian Brzezinski held a candid exchange with Turkish MFA Deputy Under-Secretary Baki Ilkin during a September 22 meeting to discuss ways to elevate the level of our bilateral dialogue. Ilkin confirmed Turkey's interest in developing the relationship and understood recent U.S. [...]	2004-10-02 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR OVIP PTER MOPS PARM TU

04ANKARA5712	TURKISH PRESIDENT SEZER OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH [...] (U) Summary: While underscoring the importance of relations with the U.S., President Sezer used his Oct. 1 address to parliament twice sharply to criticize U.S. non-action against the terrorist PKK sheltering in northern Iraq. In a lengthy and wooden assessment of the domestic state of affair [...]	2004-10-05 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA5717	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-05 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5721	DASD BRZEZINSKI DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY WITH [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Ian Brzezinski requested MFA Deputy Under-Secretary Sensoy's assistance to elevate the level of U.S.-Turkey strategic dialogue. He praised Turkey's agreement to command ISAF VII. On Missile Defense, he emphasized the importance of our [...]	2004-10-06 04:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR OVIP PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA573	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-29 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5742	MFA TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT INCREASED PKK ACTIVITY MEANS IRAQ AND COALITION MUST ACT [...] (S) Summary: PKK/Kongra Gel's increased terrorist activity in Turkey will stir up public opinion and prompt more Turks to ask why the United States has not taken firmer action against the organization, MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs Nabi Sensoy told the Ambassador Oct [...]	2004-10-06 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA5807	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-13 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5830	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-14 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5836	TURKISH MFA ON ISAF VII COMMAND, ISAF/OEF MERGER, [...] (C) PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Department for NATO Alper Coskun Oct. 8 to follow up on outstanding issues. On Turkey's command of ISAF VII starting in Feb. 2005, Coskun reported that planning remains on track, and that Turkey is waiting for the results of a NATO force generation meeting i [...]	2004-10-14 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ AF
04ANKARA6003	CYPRUS/MALTA PROBLEM: THE VIEW FROM ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will base its decision on how to break the impasse over Cyprus and Malta's participation in NATO-EU security cooperation on several factors: EU action to reach out to the Turkish Cypriots, EU leaders' Dec. 17 decision on beginning accession talks with Turkey, and Turkey's e [...]	2004-10-22 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR TU CY MT
04ANKARA6010	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-22 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6030	CODEL HASTINGS MEETS IN TURKEY IN FIRST OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 09:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PHUM PINR PINS PROP PTER AMGT TU IZ
04ANKARA6069	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-26 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6072	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING EFFORTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to G/TIP inquires about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following October 2004 TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report will be published on-line at the MFA website at http://www.mf [...]	2004-10-26 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6092	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6134	AEGEAN ISSUE: TURKS DENY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has not significantly increased flights in the Aegean and is not seeking confrontation with Greece, MFA and TGS officials told the embassy. The Turks provided data which (if accurate) indicate that they have not in fact significantly increased flights, but merely resumed n [...]	2004-10-28 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU GR
04ANKARA6254	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-04 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6257	NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO ASK TURKEY FOR A PRT [...] (C) We read with interest USNATO's thoughtful piece on ISAF Stage Two expansion (ref a). While we agree that it would be beneficial to have a Turkish PRT in Afghanistan, any request to the Turks should not be made until after their February-August 2005 stint as ISAF VII commander, during whic [...]	2004-11-04 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA6276	TURKISH PRESIDENT, PM CONGRATULATE POTUS, VP ON [...] (U) The Turkish MFA faxed us the following letters of congratulations dated November 4, 2004 from Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed to President Bush and a letter of congratulations dated November 4, 2004 from Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan to [...]	2004-11-05 09:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL
04ANKARA6285	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-05 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6366	TIP IN TURKEY: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6402	TURKS WON'T PUNISH MALTA BECAUSE OF CYPRUS [...] (C) MFA DDG for Multilateral Security Affairs Fatih Ceylan told PolMilCouns October 28 that a number of weeks earlier Ankara had delivered a demarche to Malta on the NATO-EU blockage issue. Turkey's message was that it would not stand in the way if Malta wanted to take the necessary steps to [...]	2004-11-12 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MT CY TU
04ANKARA6407	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-12 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6442	AEGEAN: TURKS ASSERT THAT THEY ARE DOING "NOTHING [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador raised Greek complaints about territorial air space violations by Turkish aircraft with TGS DCHOD GEN Ilker Basbug and MFA U/S Ali Tuygan on November 18. They both said that they understood the need for restraint, asserting that they were doing "nothing abnormal." [...]	2004-11-18 17:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU GR
04ANKARA6443	DAS KENNEDY DISCUSSES AEGEAN ISSUES WITH TURKISH [...] (S) Summary: DAS Laura Kennedy and Embassy Ankara DCM discussed the latest round of Turkish/Greek Aegean negotiations on November 12 with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin. Ilkin gave a readout of the status of Turkish/Greek negotiations on the Aegean, having just returned from Athens. Ilk [...]	2004-11-18 18:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	GR MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA6513	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-23 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6620	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-29 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6661	DSCA DIRECTOR LTG KOHLER'S DISCUSSIONS ON TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: DCHOD Basbug told visiting DSCA Director LTG Jeffrey Kohler on November 18 that the attack helicopter program was one of TGS' most important priorities. SSM Undersecretary Bayar underscored Turkish interest in US participation in the attack tender, which should be issued by year' [...]	2004-12-01 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA6687	TIP IN TURKEY: MFA REPORTS INTERIM PROGRESS [...] The National Task Force on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, established in October 2002, held its 7th meeting on November 3, 2004, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Mr. Murat Ersavci, the D.G. of Consular and Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The representatives participa [...]	2004-12-02 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU
04ANKARA6805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-07 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6816	Scenesetter for Codel Hastert [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, cooperation in Iraq, Turkey's EU accession prospects and the state of t [...]	2004-12-08 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL MARR PGOV ECON IZ TU
04ANKARA6835	Scenesetter for Treasury DAS Loevinger [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. It is also a delicate moment in relations with both the IMF and EU. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, coo [...]	2004-12-09 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
04ANKARA6838	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6882	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-10 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6967	RUSSIAN DEFMIN IVANOV'S EXTRA DAY IN ANKARA: BLACK [...] (C) Summary: Russian Defense Minister Ivanov, accompanied by Russian Navy Chief ADM Kuroyedov, had wide-ranging discussions with Turkish DefMin Gonul December 7, the day after President Putin departed. According to an MND official, Ivanov (unlike Putin--ref a) professed no problem with Turkey [...]	2004-12-15 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PINR RS TU IZ
04ANKARA6995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-16 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7038	DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The annual Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) inspections occurred on November 24 in Ankara and the week of December 6-10 in Izmir and at Incirlik Air Base outside of Adana. Due in part to new leadership and attitude on the Turkish side and a new US strategy, and i [...]	2004-12-17 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ELAB MARR TU
04ANKARA7041	TURKISH TRUCKERS' STRIKE DRAGS ON -- CONCERNS [...] (C) Striking Turkish truckers continue to block fuel deliveries to Iraq, and after 10 days, there is no indication that the shipping contractors and striking truckers have begun talks to settle the strike. The lead Turkish contractor, Petrol Ofisi, told us that they and the other Turkish con [...]	2004-12-17 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA7044	DEC. 12 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) In policy discussions with the Turkish General Staff during the Dec. 12 meeting of the Caucasus Working Group, DASD James MacDougall urged Turkey to consider how we might change our approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The TGS representatives believed the Minsk Group had failed [...]	2004-12-20 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
04ANKARA7059	TURKEY: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2004, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to assume command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for [...]	2004-12-20 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA7061	TURKEY OFFERS TRAINING AND PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO [...] (C) PolMilCouns and PolMilOff met Dec. 17 with MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan to discuss Turkey's plans for the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I). Ceylan provided information on a series of 1-2 week courses being offered to Iraqi officers under the auspices of Turk [...]	2004-12-20 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU IZ
04ANKARA7067	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (C) You arrive at a time when Turkey, having secured a 2005 start date for EU accession negotiations, will have begun to wake up warily to the enormous challenges entailed by harmonization. You arrive as well in a Turkey where much of the public, fed massive, continuing disinformation by an a [...]	2004-12-20 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ ECON TU
04ANKARA7106	A RARE GLIMPSE INTO TURKISH MILITARY INTEL: IRAQ, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Long-term Embassy contact with deep experience in intel and national security analysis has relayed to us from his sources the belief that (1) PKK and Sunni radicals collaborated in Dec. 17 murder of five Turkish security guards in Mosul; (2) PKK is readying a serious terrorism [...]	2004-12-22 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA7210	TURKEY CONSIDERING STEPPING (BACK) UP ITS PSI [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is preparing to step its participation up in the Proliferation Security Initiative -- participating in events in 2005 in Portugal and Spain, sending experts from Ankara to operational expert meetings even outside of Turkey' [...]	2004-12-29 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA7223	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA731	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-06 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA845	NEW NATO MEMBERS: GOT URGED TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-12 11:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KTIA TU
04ANKARA920	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS NEARING DECISION ON PRTS; [...] (C) MFA and TGS agree in principle that Turkey should lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. They intend to finalize their discussions by February 18 and seek the Prime Minister's backing (both political and financial) for Turkey to lead a PRT. If the PM concurs, the GOT [...]	2004-02-18 06:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA943	TURKS CAUTIOUS ABOUT PAPANDREOU'S PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to Greek PASOK candidate Papandreou's proposal that both Greece and Turkey cut their defense budgets to allow for more spending on education and other social programs (reftel),Turkish officials at MFA and TGS voiced skeptical openness to the idea. While they acknowle [...]	2004-02-18 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GR TU
04ANKARA971	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-19 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA992	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-20 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04BAGHDAD57	USEB 34: FM ZEBARI HERALDS NEW ERA FOR IRAQ [...] (C) IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER ZEBARI TOLD THE AMBASSADOR JULY 4 THAT THE NEW INTERIM IRAQI GOVERNMENT (IIG) MUST DEMONSTRATE ITS INDEPENDENCE AND SHOW THE IRAQI PEOPLE THAT THE TRANSFER OF POWER WAS GENUINE. HE HOPED DISBURSEMENT OF U.S. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS WOULD BE ACCELERATED AND SAID THAT STABI [...]	2004-07-06 19:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
04BRATISLAVA1006	SLOVAK TROOPS IN IRAQ AFTER POLISH WITHDRAWAL? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Robert Kalinak, Chairman of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee and member of the opposition party SMER, recently questioned the Slovak troop mandate in Iraq on a political TV talk show. While remaining supportive of coalition objectives in Iraq, he raised three issue [...]	2004-11-04 15:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL LO IZ AF NATO
04BRATISLAVA102	NEW NBU DIRECTOR FINALLY APPOINTED [...] (C) AFTER MONTHS OF COALITION WRANGLING, THE SLOVAK CABINET APPOINTED AUREL UGOR AS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) ON JANUARY 28. PRIOR TO THIS APPOINTMENT, UGOR WORKED IN THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (VSS),SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE FIRST DEPARTMENT SINCE OCTOBER 2 [...]	2004-01-29 15:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LO NBU
04BRATISLAVA1042	CYPRUS PEACEKEEPING CONTINGENT WILL NOT INCREASE; [...] (C) Radovan Javorcik, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, told poloff November 16 that the GOS will not increase its commitment to the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). The GOS will retain its position as a lead nation in sector three and the Slovak embassy [...]	2004-11-16 17:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL LO CY
04BRATISLAVA1059	TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] THE FOLLOWING ARE ANSWERS, PER REFTEL, TO THE AUDIT AND REPORTING PROCESS FOR MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN SLOVAKIA BASED ON RESPONSES FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (MOF). 2. HOW ARE MILITARY EXPENDITURES AUDITED? ACCORDING TO SLOVAK LEGISLATION, THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD),AS WELL AS OTHER [...]	2004-11-23 14:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID LO
04BRATISLAVA1067	SLOVAK REPONSE TO THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Slovak government and private citizens are very concerned about the turn of events in Ukraine. Ivan Korcok, MFA State Secretary, convoked the Ukrainian Ambassador to Slovakia November 25 to express his strong concern about the undemocratic events and called for a new election [...]	2004-11-26 17:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	PREL PHUM UP LO
04BRATISLAVA1087	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP DECEMBER 03, 2004 [...] (SBU) Parliament November 30 approved the MFA's draft resolution instructing the GOS to adopt an EU common position in favor of opening accession talks with Turkey. MFA representatives and PM Dzurinda's foreign policy advisor clarified to us that the caveat requiring "political conditions" mea [...]	2004-12-03 14:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL LO
04BRATISLAVA1129	AS I DEPART SLOVAKIA [...] (U) Mr. Secretary, As I prepare to leave Slovakia, I want to thank you for the opportunity to serve as Ambassador and look ahead briefly to the future of U.S. relations with Slovakia. WHERE WE ARE ------------ 2. (C) When I arrived in Slovakia in November 2001, we faced the very real [...]	2004-12-17 19:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON LO
04BRATISLAVA1142	12/21/04 MEDIA REACTION ON NEWS OF POTUS VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL LO
04BRATISLAVA1154	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP DECEMBER 23, 2004 [...] (C) Michaela Blanarova, Assistant to HZDS Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Viliam Veteska and HZDS Foreign Policy Advisor, told emboffs December 16 that Veteska is considering proposing an increase in the number of Slovak deminers in Iraq. She did not have any further details a [...]	2004-12-23 14:01:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM LO
04BRATISLAVA135	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN JAMES L. JONES, [...] (SBU) During your visit as SACEUR to Slovakia on February 12-13, you may wish to emphasize the following priorities that the U.S. and NATO share: -- encourage the GOS to maintain their commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defense; -- thank the GOS for their contributions to Operatio [...]	2004-02-10 06:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA161	THE SDKU DIVORCE [...] (C) Summary: Former Defense Minister Ivan Simko's new "Free Forum" party is the product of both a personality conflict and a struggle for power with PM Dzurinda. However, Simko's indecision about making a complete break from the SDKU and its government program lost him momentum. Coalition pa [...]	2004-02-17 13:33:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA175	SLOVAK MOD INTERESTED IN C-130 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT [...] (SBU) THE AMBASSADOR CONSULTED WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE LISKA AND CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF CEROVSKY ON 5 FEBRUARY AND 10 FEBRUARY, RESPECTIVELY, TO DISCUSS SLOVAK INTEREST IN ACQUIRING A NUMBER OF C-130 MEDIUM TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. BOTH LISKA AND CEROVSKY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE AMBASSADOR'S [...]	2004-02-23 06:13:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV ECON LO MILITARY
04BRATISLAVA192	ECONOMIC REFORM: THE VIEW ON THE GROUND [...] Summary. A radical tax overhaul, price liberalization and tightening of social benefits in recent months have combined to drastically alter the way most Slovaks view their incomes. Approximately 90 new laws came into effect on January 1, 2004 along with a host of other changes in recent mon [...]	2004-02-26 06:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB SOCI LO
04BRATISLAVA205	Slovakia Political Roundup February 7-27, 2004 [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Same Date, Separate Elections ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The referendum on early parliamentary elections, though scheduled for the same day as the presidential election, will not be on the same ballot because the refere [...]	2004-03-02 17:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR LO POLITICAL REFORM
04BRATISLAVA244	INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 11:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA258	NEW LAW ON PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON MARCH 11, THE SLOVAK PARLIAMENT APPROVED A NEW 48-PAGE LAW ON PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 132 OUT OF 136 PRESENT DEPUTIES VOTED FOR THE BILL. WHILE THE NEW LAW REDUCES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXEMPTED FROM SECURITY CLEARANCES, THE EXEMPTION OF ALL 150 MEMBERS OF PARLI [...]	2004-03-19 05:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA284	AN UPDATED SNAPSHOT OF PM DZURINDA [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. With increased opportunities to engage Prime Minister Dzurinda and the GOS during the NATO accession event at the White House on March 29, the FM informal in Brussels on April 2, and the Instanbul Summit, post offers an updated snapshot of the Prime Minister and his [...]	2004-03-24 09:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA294	Bratislava II: A Carrot for Balkans and Caucasus [...] Introduction: Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda hosted a conference March 19 under the banner "Towards A Wider Europe: The New Agenda." With most Visegrad-4 and Vilnius- 10 countries moments away from full membership in both NATO and the EU, the conference focused on how to expand the process [...]	2004-03-25 16:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA30	THEMES FOR THE VISIT OF SLOVAK MFA STATE SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: STATE SECRETARY FOR THE SLOVAK MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IVAN KORCOK (PRONOUNCED KOR-CHOK) WILL VISIT WASHINGTON JANUARY 14-16 TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE SLOVAKIA PLACES ON THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP AND TO INTENSIFY U.S.-SLOVAK DIALOGUE ON BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL ISS [...]	2004-01-12 13:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR LO
04BRATISLAVA330	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN ROBERT H. FOGLESONG, [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Welcome to Slovakia! I regret that I will not be able to join you in Sliac. I expect that you will have a productive visit on April 5 and learn first-hand how Slovakia will contribute to the Alliamce. I hope you will have the opportunity to return to Slovakia s [...]	2004-04-02 14:17:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA340	MECIAR OR GASPAROVIC: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US [...] (C) Summary: The April 17 run-off election for president does not present much of a choice: neither Meciar nor Gasparovic would be an ideal Slovak president in the view of the U.S. or Slovakia's new EU and NATO partners. Although the president does not directly influence foreign policy, thi [...]	2004-04-05 16:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA353	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NBU CHIEF UGOR [...] (C) ON MARCH 23 THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH RECENTLY APPOINTED NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) DIRECTOR AUREL UGOR. THE AMBASSADOR NOTED THE USG'S PLEASURE THAT SOMEONE WHO WAS INDEPENDENT AND APOLITICAL HEADING THE NBU. UGOR THANKED THE AMBASSADOR FOR USG AND NATO SUPPORT. NEW LAW ON CLA [...]	2004-04-07 13:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA414	ROBERT FICO TO VISIT DC IN MAY [...] (SBU) ROBERT FICO, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY SMER, THE MOST POPULAR PARTY IN SLOVAKIA, WOULD LIKE TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON DC FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS IN THE PERIOD OF MAY 15- 24. POST STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT FICO MEET WITH STATE DAS HEATHER CONLEY AND NSC DIRECTOR DAN FRIED. AS THE MOST P [...]	2004-04-23 07:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA490	FICO PREPARED FOR CRITICISM DURING WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Robert Fico, the most popular politicaian in Slovakia, will visit Washington May 17-19. Fico has a major influence on public opinion and has told the Ambassador on several occasions that he wants good relations with the U.S., but his public statements are often unhelpful. Fico h [...]	2004-05-17 14:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA513	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN STEGER [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES EUR/RPM NATO DESK OFFICER STEPHEN STEGER AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY 28 THROUGH JUNE 1, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS KASSIE KOHLER, POL OFFICER. THE PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5920-3166 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE I [...]	2004-05-25 09:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL SL OSCE NATO PERM
04BRATISLAVA562	HIGH-LEVEL USG PARTICIPATION IN SLOVAK NATIONAL [...] PRIME MINISTER DZURINDA HAS INVITED PRESIDENT BUSH OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SLOVAK NATIONAL UPRISING IN BANSKA BYSTRICA, SLOVAKIA (LETTER ALREADY DELIVERED IN WASHINGTON BY THE SLOVAK EMBASSY). AUGUST 29, 2004 MARKS THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY [...]	2004-06-09 05:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO LO
04BRATISLAVA583	DZURINDA: FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE USA [...] (SBU) PRIME MINISTER MIKULAS DZURINDA CAME TO THE EMBASSY THE EVENING OF JUNE 10 TO SIGN THE CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR RONALD REAGAN. DZURINDA AND THE AMBASSADOR USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE STRONG TIES AND POSITIVE FEELINGS BETWEEN SLOVAKIA AND THE UNITED STATES. DZURINDA TOLD THE AM [...]	2004-06-15 08:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA588	MEETING REQUEST WITH MICHAEL WYNNE [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 15:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV LO
04BRATISLAVA636	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC [...] (C) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM, CALLED ON RECENTLY INAUGURATED PRESIDENT IVAN GASPAROVIC AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE JUNE 30. GASPAROVIC GREETED THE AMBASSADOR WARMLY, THANKED HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK ON IMPROVING U.S.-SLOVAK RELATIONS, AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD BE IN FREQUENT C [...]	2004-07-01 15:28:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR LO US
04BRATISLAVA653	SLOVAKIA'S EXPENDITURES FOR DEPLOYMENTS ON COALITION AND [...] ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC HAS SPENT THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS ON OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS IN SUPPORT OF NATO AND COALITION OPERATIONS: MISSION YEAR FIRST YEAR 2004 TOTAL TO DATE BEGUN COST COST SFOR 1998 57 [...]	2004-07-07 14:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC MOPS LO MAR
04BRATISLAVA711	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON NATO DUAL-HATTING [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-27 14:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IZ LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA716	KDH MUSINGS DURING THE SUMMER LULL [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Slovakia's traditional summer vacation "cucumber season" allows time for liesurely meetings and deep thoughts. Poloffs recently met with Michal Dyttert, spokesperson for Pavol Hrusovsky, who is Chairman of Parliament and of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). He [...]	2004-07-29 08:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON PHUM LO
04BRATISLAVA723	SLOVAKIA TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON NSNW [...] (S) Poloff met with Rastislav Gabriel of the Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division of the Department of OSCE and Disarmament in the MFA on 29 July, per reftel. Gabriel said that Slovakia does not consider itself a major player on this matter and expects to follow the large [...]	2004-07-29 13:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR LO NATO UNGA
04BRATISLAVA736	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 30, 2004 [...] (SBU) Miroslava Lihanova of the European Affairs and Foreign Relations Department at the Ministry of the Interior told poloff that Slovakia has responded positively to the Greek bilateral request for security assistance for the Olympics. Throughout August, the Ministry of Interior Civil Defens [...]	2004-08-03 12:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KOLY GR LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA762	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 15:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA828	PARTICIPATION IN NATO POLICY DIRECTORS AND HLG [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-08 14:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC LO NATO NPG
04BRATISLAVA857	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD LA [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Welcome to Slovakia! I expect that you will have a productive visit on September 21 and learn first-hand how US security assistance programs have enabled Slovakia to significantly contribute to greater regional security and enhanced NATO interoperability. I look [...]	2004-09-17 14:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA896	SLOVAKIA STILL UNDECIDED ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) DCM raised reftel message on Turkey's EU accession with MFA State Secretary Ivan Korcok, MFA Acting General Director for European Affairs Frantisek Ruzicka, and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Milan Jezovica on September 28 and 29. Ruzicka said Slovakia was supportive in prin [...]	2004-09-29 14:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL EU TU LO
04BRATISLAVA900	DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage visited Slovakia September 14. During his meetings with Prime Minister Dzurinda, Foreign Minister Kukan, parliamentary leaders, and the media, he underscored that U.S.-Slovak relations are based on more than just coalition membership and reflect the shar [...]	2004-09-30 09:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAO LO CONS
04BRATISLAVA969	SLOVAKS FORMULATING POSITION ON EXPORT CONTROLS TO [...] (C) Per reftel, poloffs met October 15 with Karol Mistrik, Director of the Department of OSCE, Disarmament, and Council of Europe, MFA; Rastislav Krizan, export control expert in the same department; and Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, MFA. Mistrik presented the EU argument that a stre [...]	2004-10-22 14:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KOMC LO LY
04BRATISLAVA991	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP OCTOBER 28, 2004 [...] (U) The Pontis Foundation will bring an Iraqi delegation consisting of politicians, NGO workers, and diplomats to Slovakia for a brief introduction to the Slovak government and press. The Bratislava-based International Republican Institute (IRI) and the Pontis Foundation presented their exper [...]	2004-10-29 09:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL SMIG LO IZ
04BRUSSELS1074	SOLANA ON BOSNIA: PARTNERSHIP REQUIRES TRUST, TOO [...] (C) This is a joint USEU/USNATO message. Policy recommendation in para 12. 2. (C) Summary: In an animated discussion with Ambassadors Schnabel and Burns March 9 on planning for a post-SFOR EU mission in Bosnia, EU HiRep Javier Solana said, "If you want the EU to be your partner in Europe, [...]	2004-03-12 15:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BK MARR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1094	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN: WHAT TO EXPECT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-15 13:36:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1162	U.S.-EU DISCUSS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At U.S.-EU COEST consultations on March 16, EUR DAS Steven Pifer and EU interlocutors agreed that Russian progress on democracy and human rights and cooperation with the U.S. and EU in the former Soviet space were central to building a better strategic relationship with Russia. E [...]	2004-03-19 09:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP BO MD EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1338	EU LEADERS PLEDGE ACTION ON TERRORISM, NAME NEW CT [...] (U) In the wake of the Madrid bombings, EU leaders on March 25 issued a Declaration on Combating Terrorism (available at http://ue.eu.int/). They pledged to improve cooperation, to speed up implementation of agreed EU measures, and announced new initiatives to counter the terrorist threat. A [...]	2004-03-26 18:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS14	EUROPEAN SECURITY STRATEGY IN CONTEXT: ANALYSIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final draft of EU HiRep Javier Solana's European Security Strategy (ESS) -- adopted by EU heads of state at their December 12-13 Brussels Summit -- envisages a world of dangerous but preventable threats, multilateral solutions, and stabilizing partnerships. The ESS identifies [...]	2004-01-05 14:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM KNNP MARR MCAP EAID SOCI NATO OSCE UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1543	EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL APRIL 5-6 [...] (C) The EU Informal Defense Ministerial in Brussels on April 5/6 endorsed and appeared to expand the concept of the EU rapid reaction force, with Hirep Solana identifying as its elements rapid EU institutional decision-making, a planning cell, and battle groups. Solana explained that the purp [...]	2004-04-08 12:59:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1868	DINING WITH CHRIS: RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM RELEX [...] (C) Summary: Over rubbery fish at an Adenauer Stiftung affair on April 27, External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten touched briefly on why the EU will never be a "real power," the dubious backgrounds of some of the leaders of the EU's new members, next steps on Cyprus/Turkey, the differences be [...]	2004-04-28 14:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PBTS EUN USEU BRUSSELS

04BRUSSELS2027	EU ARMS AGENCY: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) The EU continues to develop the EU Arms Agency (EUAA),and hopes to have it up and running by the final quarter of 2004. The agency's mission is to develop a systematic EU approach to addressing ESDP capability needs. EU officials note that close coordination with NATO will be required i [...]	2004-05-10 13:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS TSPL EAGR MCAP PARM ETTC MASS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2068	EU COUNCIL ON NATO-EU RELATIONS [...] (C) EUR/RPM Director Dan Russell visited Brussels May 6-7 to meet with EU Council Secretariat officials responsible for EU European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) formulation. The primary topic of discussion was the transition in Bosnia from SFOR to a EU mission. In all of his meetings, R [...]	2004-05-13 06:46:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2091	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU hosted a U.S. delegation headed by USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes for the biannual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on May 7. Key findings were: --U.S.-EU Coordination within OSCE: cooperation between t [...]	2004-05-14 10:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2196	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: KEY RETURNING MEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the campaign now in full swing, almost all of the party lists for the June 10-13 European elections have been released in the 25 EU member states. This message describes some of the influential members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who, based on their party-list rankin [...]	2004-05-24 13:32:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2211	BRUSSELS VIEW OF IRELAND'S EU PRESIDENCY: A [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-25 11:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2262	USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- entire text. 2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as it absorbs its new members and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU under the Irish Presidency i [...]	2004-05-27 10:28:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2277	EU AGREES NEW NON-PROLIFERATION TEXT FOR SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. On May 26, the EU agreed to new non-proliferation language for inclusion in the draft EU-Syria Association Agreement. Last December, EU member states rejected an ad ref text negotiated by the European Commission for including non-proliferation language that was too watered down [...]	2004-05-27 16:26:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ETRD SY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2381	EUR/DAS BRADTKE'S SECURITY CONSULTATIONS WITH EU [...] (C) EUR/DAS Bradtke met May 26 in Brussels with EU leaders in the PSC Troika Format including representatives of the EU presidency, Council, and Commission. Bradtke and his EU interlocutors reviewed ESDP/NATO developments, including the BiH SFOR transition, the EU's planning for a civ-mil ce [...]	2004-06-03 13:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2593	MANY EU SUMMIT FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) During the EU Summit June 17-18 in Brussels, EU sources tell us EU leaders will approve a range of pre-cooked decisions on a broad range of foreign policy topics so that they can focus on Constitutional Treaty negotiations and top-level appointments (septel). EU leaders are expected to en [...]	2004-06-17 15:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID XA XF TU HR RO BG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2683	CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2004 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 9. 2. Summary. During its June 22 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from Eastern Europe (submitted by Germany),the Balkans and the Near East (Greece),Central Asia (Italy),South West Asia (U [...]	2004-06-23 15:01:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2794	EU LEADERS NOMINATE PORTUGUESE PM DURAO [...] EU leaders on June 29 nominated Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso as the next Commission President effective November 1. The leaders also renewed the mandate of Javier Solana as Council SG/CFSP High Rep with a commitment to appoint him as the first EU Foreign Minister once [...]	2004-06-30 11:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2972	JULY 12 GAERC DISCUSSIONS: ISRAEL, BURMA, SUDAN, [...] (U) EU FMs at their July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting discussed several issues, but took few concrete decisions other than a non-controversial approval of a Joint Action to agree on Operation "ALTHEA" as an EU Military Operation following on NATO's SFOR in [...]	2004-07-13 05:02:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MARR IS BM AF USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3059	US-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LOOK AT UPCOMING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. US-EU Political Director consultations in Brussels on July 13 discussed a broad agenda including summit follow-up, and compared notes on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Central Asia. EUR A/S Jones told the EU now is not the time to lift its arms embargo on China, and urged the EU, [...]	2004-07-19 07:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS ETRD MASS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3234	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SELECTS NEW VICE- [...] (U) Summary: The European Parliament (EP) elected 14 Vice-Presidents and 5 Quaestors (in charge of EP financial and administrative matters) on July 20 and 21 in Strasbourg. These elections -- which follow Josep Borrell's victory in the EP presidential election (septel) -- complete the elected [...]	2004-07-30 10:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3320	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: THE NEW FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: The new European Parliament (EP) Foreign Affairs Committee will be the largest EP committee, with 78 members. The Committee is responsible for drafting reports and making recommendations on Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) topics, European Security and Defense Policy ( [...]	2004-08-05 08:20:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS36	EU ADOPTS NEW NONPROLIFERATION STRATEGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: EU heads of state and government adopted an "EU Strategy Against Proliferation of WMD" at their December 12-13 Summit in Brussels. The strategy expands and integrates the various pieces of the EU's existing nonproliferation policies -- notably the nonproliferation Principles and [...]	2004-01-06 14:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP PINS UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3892	EUROPEAN DEFENSE AGENCY: TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) Summary: The establishment of a European Defense Agency (EDA) to harmonize moves to boost European military capacity might -- with important caveats -- develop in a way that is in accord with US and NATO interests. However, we should be wary of any EU Member State effort to employ the pr [...]	2004-09-14 11:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM ETRD EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3897	EU FMS SEND LOTS OF SIGNALS, BUT MAKE FEW [...] (SBU) The September 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU Foreign Ministers refined EU positions spelled out over previous months and recently discussed at the Sept. 3 Gymnich (ref B). On Sudan, the EU noted some progress, but insisted the GoS has not complie [...]	2004-09-14 13:29:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4009	EU/TURKEY: ACCESSION TALKS NOT A DONE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: The current conventional wisdom in Brussels is that Turkey will get "yes-but" recommendations to start accession talks with the EU from the European Commission on October 6 and the European Council on December 17. We expect the debate in both bodies to be contentious. It would o [...]	2004-09-21 09:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4112	POLISH EU PERMREP AMBASSADOR GRELA MEETING WITH EB [...] (C) Summary: Poland Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Marek Grela stressed that the Polish government strongly endorses giving Turkey a date for accession talks to the EU this fall, said progress was being made on Cyprus aid issues among EU ambassadors, expressed concern over the [...]	2004-09-27 08:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU PL ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4144	EUMS THOUGHTS ON REMAINING SFOR HANDOVER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Some issues related to the end of SFOR and the beginning of Operation Althea remain to be resolved, but planners in HR Solana's secretariat are confident that the transfer will go smoothly. The transfer date has been largely resolved among commanders on the ground, but the EU poli [...]	2004-09-28 14:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4181	THE STABILITY PACT: PRESSING REFORM THROUGH [...] (SBU) With South Eastern Europe facing a decisive year in 2005, the Stability Pact (SP) continues to generate pressure for further political and economic reforms in the region and to draw the region closer to European and Euro-Atlantic integration. The Pact is complementing its ongoing efforts [...]	2004-09-30 08:50:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4183	U.S.-EU OSCE CONSULTS FOCUS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 U.S.-EU OSCE consultations focused largely on Russian intransigence toward outside influence in its "near abroad." Both sides agreed that the CIS Astana Declaration is an attempt to undercut the OSCE role in human rights and democratization. Similarly, the EU re [...]	2004-09-30 09:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4235	EUR PDAS BRADTKE'S SEPTEMBER 27 DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR PDAS Robert Bradtke covered a wide range of topics in meetings with the EU Political and Security Committee Troika and Director General Robert Cooper on September 27. The US and the EU voiced support for UNSCR 1564 regarding Darfur, and the EU sought consultations wit [...]	2004-10-01 15:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4253	NAC-PSC DISCUSSION OF BOSNIA AND "OTHER BUSINESS" [...] (C) Summary: In the September 27 meeting of the NAC with the EU's Political and Security Committee (NAC-PSC),nations focused on the constructive NATO-EU cooperation in planning for the EU operation in Bosnia, and were confident the few remaining issues would soon be resolved. Ambassador Burn [...]	2004-10-04 10:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4274	US/EU POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: US and EU policy planners met September 20 to discuss the transatlantic relationship, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iraq, Iran, and the Broader Middle East and North Africa and the EU's Barcelona Process. Discussions were frank about the challenges in the main message fro [...]	2004-10-05 10:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR CH IS PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4294	CYPRIOTS FLOAT A BALLOON ON NATO SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Cypriot military representative to the EU suggests that Nicosia is giving serious consideration to negotiating a security agreement with NATO as part of an effort to resolve the blockage in EU-NATO strategic cooperation. Nicosia is also eager to participate in the EU Battlegro [...]	2004-10-06 08:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY MT TU EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4352	EU-US BALKANS TROIKA: GROWING IMPATIENCE ON ICTY [...] (C) On September 30, EUR/SCE Director Chuck English and EUR/ACE Deputy Director Pat Nelson-Douvelis met with the EU Troika (Dutch and Luxembourg Presidencies, Commission, Council Secretariat) to discuss Balkan affairs. The EU stressed the "twin track" approach for Serbia and Montenegro implie [...]	2004-10-08 13:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4688	DSACEUR BRIEFS NAC-PSC ON TRANSFER OF SFOR TO [...] (C) Summary: DSACEUR, General Sir John Reith briefed the NAC-PSC Ambassadors on the progress of the December 2 SFOR handover to the EU's Operation Althea. Delineation of tasks has been worked out between commanders on the ground, and Headquarters staffs are more than 80 percent filled. General [...]	2004-11-02 14:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BK MOPS NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4730	THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE AGENCY: CAPTAIN COLLINS GOES [...] (C) USEU Pol/Mil team met mid-October with British Navy Captain Paul Collins, currently seconded to the European Defense Agency Establishment Team (AET),for a readout on his recent Voluntary Visitor Program visit to the US. Collins summarized US reaction to his trip as a "relief", and noted [...]	2004-11-04 16:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4758	DSACEUR'S EU POLAD CLARIFIES DELINEATION OF TASKS [...] (U) This is a retransmission of Brussels 4731. Paragraph 4 has been corrected for clarity. 2. (C) Summary: EU Council Secretariat planners are unhappy with a number of points in the Delineation of Tasks between COMEUFOR and Commander Nato Headquarters (COMNHQ),but they will not raise furt [...]	2004-11-05 16:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4768	IRAQI PM ALLAWI'S VISIT WITH THE EU: EUROPEAN [...] (C) According to a Council source who attended the November 5 luncheon between the EU Heads of State and Government (the European Council) and Iraqi PM Allawi, the lunch went quite well, despite some hiccups over comments made by Allawi to the press the previous day calling some European count [...]	2004-11-08 06:17:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4843	MALTESE SEEKING ITS WAY OUT OF NATO-EU BLOCKAGE [...] (C) Summary. Malta's Ambassador to the EU will propose to Valletta that Malta should declare its PfP agreements from 1994 remain in force, although the country has withdrawn from active participation. Under this approach, Malta would make the argument that they satisfy the requirements for par [...]	2004-11-10 16:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MT CY TU EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4915	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: TWO-WEEK DELAY UNLIKELY TO BRIDGE DIFFERENCES [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 16:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BRUSSELS ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL RS USEU
04BRUSSELS4937	EU CIV/MIL PLANNING AND THE OPS CENTER: SHAPING [...] (C) Summary. As EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and the PSC review papers designed to create a civ/mil planning cell and a capacity to stand up an EU Operations Center, they will consider it in the context of strategic EU efforts to define its future [...]	2004-11-19 13:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4960	MALTA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR PLAN TO RESOLVE NATO/EU [...] (C) Summary. Malta's Ambassador to the EU was disappointed by the perceived lack of U.S. support for his proposal to resolve the issue of Malta's participation in NATO-EU strategic discussions. Turkish representatives to the EU have expressed a desire to see a resolution to the issue. End [...]	2004-11-22 10:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MT TU CY EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5030	COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION LAUNCHES OPERATION [...] (U) Under the provisions of the Treaty of the European Union, the Council of the European Union on November 23 launched Operation Althea in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The EU Operation Commander was authorized to release the activation order (ACTORD) in order to execute the deployment of the forces an [...]	2004-11-26 15:40:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BK MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5226	EU COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE ON BOSNIA REFORMS [...] (C) PolOff has discussed the texts of Secretary Powell's letters (REFS A and B) to High Rep Solana about Bosnia-Herzegovina with Stefan Lehne, Solana's key Balkan policy advisor. Lehne said that Solana's understanding of the situation and way forward in Bosnia-Herzegovina was generally in lin [...]	2004-12-10 16:09:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID MARR BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5308	EUROPEAN UNION DEFENSE POLICY: WHERE IS THE EU [...] (C) Summary. The November 22 announcement by the Foreign and Defense Ministers of the EU member states of pledges to establish 13 Battlegroups is the latest step toward the creation of an EU military capacity. EU heads of state are committed to giving the EU an effective capacity in global se [...]	2004-12-16 15:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5334	DNSA HADLEY MEETING WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary: Barroso said he looked forward to cooperation with the U.S., and has been heartened by President Bush, remarks of his intentions to reach out to Europe in his second term. He pledged to work to ensure the President,s visit in February is a success. Barroso,s goal, to build a Eu [...]	2004-12-20 14:36:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5366	EUROBAROMETER: PERCEPTIONS OF U.S. WORSENING [...] SUMMARY: The latest Eurobarometer poll will gladden hearts in Brussels: a growing majority in Europe has a positive attitude about the EU and its institutions. Still, weak support in the UK especially will give Eurocrats pause as Europe enters a year of referenda on the new Constitution. T [...]	2004-12-21 11:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XE USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS631	THE NEXT EU COMMISSION: A BRUSSELS PREVIEW [...] (SBU) The EU rumor mill is already full of possible candidates for the succession of Romano Prodi as Commission President in November 2004. EU leaders are expected to pick a President-designate at their June 17-18 Summit (European Council) meeting in Brussels, shortly after the June 10-13 el [...]	2004-02-12 14:19:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS758	US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 2: SOUTH CAUCASUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Allegrone -- discussed US-EU cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with the EU's COEST Troika. This cable covers the South Caucasus portion of the [...]	2004-02-23 10:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ GG RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS87	OUTLOOK FOR THE IRISH EU PRESIDENCY: KEEPING [...] (U) As our engagement with the Irish Presidency picks up momentum with next week's Task Force and Political Directors' meetings in Dublin, it is important to keep in mind the political and institutional changes that will buffet the EU during the next several months. The Irish have a fuller pl [...]	2004-01-09 10:53:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EFIN ETRD EAID EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3445	ROMANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post's submission in "Patterns format," updating last year's "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report (reftel) follows: Romania is a staunch ally of the United States in the global war against terrorism, providing full public and diplomatic support for US goals to counter terrorism. In 2004, ab [...]	2004-12-15 16:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON RO NATO
04BUCHAREST3447	ROMANIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT TRAIAN BASESCU SETS OUT [...] (U) Summary. In his first speech after acknowledging his win in presidential run-off elections, Romanian President- elect Traian Basescu emphasized EU integration, poverty, political influence on state institutions and corruption, all key Basescu themes in his presidential campaign. He highl [...]	2004-12-15 17:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO
04BUCHAREST3479	ROMANIA: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON KEY FIGURES IN THE NATIONAL LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. In the wake of President-elect Traian Basescu,s upset victory over PM Adrian Nastase December 12,key members of the center-right National Liberal Party-Democratic Party (PNL-PD) Alliance, which Basescu heads, have moved to the center of Romania,s political stage. While it is too earl [...]	2004-12-20 05:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI ECON PHUM RO
04BUCHAREST3500	INAUGURATION SPEECH DELIVERED BY NEWLY ELECTED [...] On December 20, 2004, before a joint session of Parliament, newly elected Romanian President Traian Basescu delivered his inauguration speech. 2. The text of Embassy Bucharest's unofficial translation of President Basescu's inauguration speech follows below: "Mr. President of the Senate, [...]	2004-12-21 15:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RO
04CARACAS3979	LAND "INTERVENTIONS" PRESAGE REDISTRIBUTION [...] (C) Venezuelan Governors in Cojedes and Monagas States have issued decrees ordering land "interventions" and charging committees of government and goverment-allied officials to review the ownership rights of over three dozen ranches and rural properties. The first decree, issued by Governor [...]	2004-12-30 18:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR VE ENV
04DJIBOUTI734	CJTF HOA COMMANDER'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: For President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti's participation in the Global War on Terrorism is "an honor." He wants an end to conflict and hostility in the Horn of Africa region and is working directly with the President of the African Union to bring about a face to face meeting [...]	2004-05-23 14:10:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ET ER IS DJ
04DUBLIN1160	KFOR: IRELAND UNLIKELY TO REMOVE CAVEAT [...] (C)Emboff delivered reftel points on July 29 to Michael Gaffey, Director South East Europe division. Gaffey informed Emboff that the one caveat Ireland placed on its troops prevents the use of lethal force to prevent attacks on KFOR property unless there's an immediate threat to life or seri [...]	2004-08-05 07:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO
04DUBLIN1579	IRELAND/EU: UNSYG ANNAN RENEWS CALL FOR UN-EU [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 speech in Dublin, UNSYG Kofi Annan called for effective multilateralism to address global challenges and, in particular, increased UN-EU cooperation on crisis management. He welcomed the EU battlegroup initiative as a potential model for UN-EU collaboration on c [...]	2004-10-19 06:57:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EU MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL UN
04DUBLIN1697	IRISH RESPONSE TO TURKEY AND PRE-GAERC DEMARCHES [...] (U) On November 17, Post delivered reftels' talking points to Gerald Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) In a November 12 conversation with the Ambassador, Michael Collins, senior advisor to Prime Minister Ahern, said that Ireland [...]	2004-11-18 15:41:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN760	IRISH REMAIN CONFIDENT ON EU CONSTITUTION, DESPITE [...] SUMMARY. DURING A MAY 19 DEBRIEF OF THE MAY 17-18 GAERC, IRISH EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT KEVIN CONMY AND IGC NEGOTIATOR BOB PATTERSON STRESSED THAT IRELAND REMAINS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATING THE NEW EU CONSTITUTION BY THE JUNE 17-18 EUROPEAN COUNCIL. THEY DISMISSED RECENT PESSIMISTIC [...]	2004-05-19 13:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EUN
04FRANKFURT5846	RHEINLAND-PFALZ PROPOSES JOINT TRAINING FACILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) state government has proposed converting Baumholder (a 29,158 acre army training facility supporting around 13,000 U.S. soldiers and family members) into a multi-purpose facility for humanitarian intervention and civil defense training. This "Joint Trai [...]	2004-07-08 07:33:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS PREL GM
04FRANKFURT9143	RHEINLAND-PFALZ MINISTER-PRESIDENT BECK ASKS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) Minister-President Kurt Beck (SPD/Social Democrats) reiterated the state's support for U.S. troops based there and asked that the USG back efforts to minimize damage from the Global Defense Posture Review, particu [...]	2004-10-22 16:25:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV GM
04HALIFAX10	HMCS TORONTO DEPLOYS [...] HMCS Toronto left Halifax January 14 for a six-month deployment with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. In a gesture of support that seemed well-received by both the crew of Toronto and their families, Minister of National Defense David Pratt and his Parliamentary Secretary David [...]	2004-01-14 15:35:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL PGOV CA
04HALIFAX210	ATLANTIC CANADA: THE FUTURE OF 5 WING GOOSE BAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently met with civic leaders and military officers at 5 Wing Goose Bay and the adjoining community of Happy Valley during a trip to Labrador. Community leaders and the Premier of the province are concerned that declining use of the military base at Goose Bay b [...]	2004-09-14 15:29:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MARR MASS PREL ECON CA NATO
04HALIFAX7	HMCS TORONTO DEPLOYS [...] HMCS Toronto left Halifax January 14 for a six-month deployment with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. In a gesture of support that seemed well-received by both the crew of Toronto and their families, Minister of National Defense David Pratt and his Parliamentary Secretary David [...]	2004-01-14 15:35:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL PGOV CA
04HELSINKI1025	KFOR: FINLAND'S CAVEATS IN KOSOVO [...] (C) According to the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF),Finland has the following national caveats on the use of Finnish troops in Kosovo: -- No use of lethal force to protect property. (This caveat and the next do not affect the peacekeeper's right to self-defense.) -- No use of lethal force [...]	2004-08-06 08:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL YI FI NATO
04HELSINKI1137	GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the September 3-4 Gymnich meeting. We were told that the EU is leaning toward a financial contribution to support a UN protection force in Iraq -- and that Finland would consider [...]	2004-09-02 14:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN
04HELSINKI1360	ASSISTANT SECRETARY RADEMAKER'S CONVERSATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 7 Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker and AC Special Advisor Paul Janiczek, en route back to Washington from a visit to Moscow (reftel),stopped in Helsinki for consultations with the Finnish government. In separate meetings with the Ministry of For [...]	2004-10-19 13:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MCAP PINS KHDP FI UNGA RU
04HELSINKI1406	FINLAND: SUPPORT FOR TURKISH ACCESSION TO THE EU [...] (U) Several Finnish officials and opinion makers have recently expressed support at a variety of fora for eventual Turkish accession to the EU. Such statements mark Finland as being among those who support a positive decision as regards the Turkish question later this year. Olli Rehn, the ne [...]	2004-11-01 12:27:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM TU FI EUN
04HELSINKI1420	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Helsinki, coming just days after the U.S. election, will be an excellent opportunity to review our bilateral and multilateral agenda with Finnish leaders, and to stress the value of our close relationship with Finland and Europe. Finnish President Halonen has sent a telegram [...]	2004-11-04 17:35:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PTER IZ AF RS CH FI EUN
04HELSINKI1472	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BETH JONES' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During her November 8 meeting in Helsinki with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Assistant Secretary Jones said that the Administration was already talking about reinvigorating the transatlantic relationship, and said that one of the purposes of her trip was to ask Finland's views a [...]	2004-11-17 14:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EU PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TU FI
04HELSINKI1482	FINNISH PM VANHANEN TELLS VISITING EUR A/S JONES, [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting with Finnish PM Matti Vanhanen, visiting EUR A/S Jones reassured the Prime Minister of the importance the Bush Administration places on the transatlantic relationship, citing the President's references to outreach to Europe and the importance of both the EU and NA [...]	2004-11-19 08:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC ETRD EU PHUM PREL SMIG AF IZ TU FI RU
04HELSINKI1499	NATO AMBASSADOR NICHOLAS BURNS' VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (C) Of all the open questions in Finnish foreign policy, the issue of whether to join NATO is the biggest. It is debated endlessly in the editorial and op-ed pages, but that debate has yet to affect public opinion. Polls continue to show strong opposition to membership, in part because of F [...]	2004-11-26 06:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL FI EUN NATO
04HELSINKI1571	NATO AMBASSADOR BURNS' VISIT TO HELSINKI [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to NATO R. Nicholas Burns visited Helsinki November 29-30. Following remarks given to the Atlantic Council of Finland at a seminar on NATO and small nations, Ambassador Burns participated in meetings with Minister of Defense Seppo Kaariainen and MFA Under Secretary for Pol [...]	2004-12-16 12:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR AF IZ FI NATO RU
04ISTANBUL1019	A/S JONES MEETING WITH IRAQI FM ZIBARI AND IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. During the run-up to the Istanbul Summit June 27, A/S Jones and CPA Foreign Policy Director Ronald Neumann discussed Iraq's security challenges and a new NATO-Iraq relationship with Iraqi FM Zibari and Iraqi MoD Sha'alan. Jones and Zibari agreed that their informal meeting with [...]	2004-06-30 08:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU NATO
04ISTANBUL1062	TURKEY'S FIRST TIP VICTIM SHELTER: SECRETARY [...] Summary: Secretary Powell and FM Gul witnessed the signing of a protocol that will lead to the opening of Turkey's first shelter for trafficking in persons victims later this month. The signing ceremony, which attracted significant attention and publicity, publicly committed the Turkish gov [...]	2004-07-09 07:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ISTANBUL1074	ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" AND THE OTTOMAN ARCHIVES [...] (sbu) Summary: The lack of agreement and dialogue on the so-called Armenian "genocide" question remains a major obstacle to Turkish-Armenian rapprochement. A long-term resolution of this problematic issue can only be built on an open dialogue and healthy academic debate. Free and complete ac [...]	2004-07-12 09:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
04ISTANBUL295	TURKISH FIRST ARMY COMMANDER ON US/TURKEY [...] (u) Summary: During the course of a February 26 courtesy call by the Ambassador, First Army Commander General Buyukanit offered his views on U.S.-Turkish military-to-military relations, the ongoing Cyprus negotiations, and the Greater Middle East. End Summary. Mil-Mil Relations --------- [...]	2004-02-26 12:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
04ISTANBUL975	HALKI: REAL PROGRESS AT LAST? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Ecumenical Patriarchate, having learned through a variety of sources that the government is reportedly working to reopen the Halki Seminary, is optimistic this could happen in September. According to the Patriarchate, the proposal purportedly under development b [...]	2004-06-21 08:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
04KUWAIT1003	(C) SCENESETTER FOR VPOTUS MEETING WITH FONMIN [...] (C) Meeting with the Vice President March 31 will be the highlight of Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah's visit to Washington. It will also be the GOK'S highest-level meeting with the USG since Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's Septemb [...]	2004-03-28 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ KU
04KUWAIT1248	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 12-14: IRAQ, KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators have been rattled by events in Fallujah and the rise of Moqtada al-Sadr. Islamist MPs and others decry what they term a "brutal" US response and have issued press statements calling for Muslims to resist the "US occupation of Iraq" and the presence of US troops i [...]	2004-04-15 06:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1316	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 17-19: IRAQ: SHIA REBELS; [...] SUMMARY: Outrage at both the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantisi and what is widely perceived as the American submission to Sharon's settlement plan joins continued condemnation of the violence in Iraq. Former Islamist MP Abel Muhsin Jamal wrote in independent Al-Qabas (4/14)," [...]	2004-04-20 15:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT180	NEA A/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH FM, JANUARY 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary Burns met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the evening of 14 January 2003. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Minister expressed great satisfaction about developments in Iraq but insisted that any final decisions must wa [...]	2004-01-18 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD ECON KU IZ FR SY YM
04KUWAIT2248	(C) COUNTRY TEAM POSITION REGARDING RELEASE [...] (C) Background. The Government of Kuwait (GOK) has requested release to purchase the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasure System (ATIRCMS) for its AH-64D Apaches. The first Apaches for Kuwait will be delivered in Sep 06. The ATIRCMS uses the AN/ALQ-212 Infrared (IR) Jammer and the Commo [...]	2004-07-19 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL
04KUWAIT2274	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JULY 18 MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage met with Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other Kuwaiti Ministers on July 18. The Deputy Secretary took the opportunity to discuss the overall situation in Iraq, soliciting Shaykh Nawaf's views on the [...]	2004-07-21 07:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT2335	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, the Ambassador paid farewell visits to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah. Discussions centered largely on the situation in Iraq, including the Interim Government's ability to secure the country in the face o [...]	2004-07-27 06:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT2345	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Armitage's exclusive interview with local Arabic daily Al-Rai Al-A'am (7/18) generated a wealth of coverage in the local press. The interview, which ranged widely from democracy in Kuwait and stability in Iraq to the war on terror, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Le [...]	2004-07-27 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OIIP KU
04KUWAIT2747	GOK CONCERNED WITH TONE OF DISCUSSIONS OVER AIK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following A/S Bloomfield and PDASD Flory's August 20 meeting in Washington with the Kuwaiti Charge concerning the GOK's decision to suspend assistance-in-kind (AIK) fuel for operations in Iraq effective September 4 in the absence of a formal contract, Acting Minister of Foreign [...]	2004-08-24 06:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ
04KUWAIT2783	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, CDA delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on August 24. The Minister said that it was a "wise step to consult with allies" on these changes, and added that Kuwait and the U.S. are "facing common [...]	2004-08-25 10:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP MOPS KU IZ NATO
04KUWAIT390	BLOOMFIELD DELEGATION MEETS INTER-MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. A senior U.S. delegation led by PM A/S Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. with PDASD/ISA Peter Flory, met on January 27 with representatives of the Kuwait Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Defense and Energy as well as the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation at the Kuwait Ministry of Finance [...]	2004-02-06 16:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ
04KUWAIT4106	KUWAITI SECURITY ADVISOR TO SEE DEPUTY NSA HADLEY; [...] Biographical information included; please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Kuwaiti National Security Advisor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed with DCM on September 29 that he will meet with Deputy NSA and NSA designate Stephen Hadley on Saturday, December 4, at 1500, on the sid [...]	2004-12-01 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KU IZ BA NATO
04KUWAIT4369	SECURITY ADVISOR PROMISES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: During a December 15 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Kuwaiti National Security Bureau (NSB) President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed the GOK will provide financial assistance and political support to the Palestinian Authority. The GOK looks forward to PA e [...]	2004-12-15 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ NATO
04KUWAIT446	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 4-8: HEZBOLLAH [...] SUMMARY: The February 7 signing of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) by US and Kuwaiti officials received prominent coverage, focusing on the economic benefits to be gained by Kuwait through the agreement. Also on the news pages, a number of MPs are requesting discussion of [...]	2004-02-09 04:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT777	(C) SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S VISIT [...] (C) Mister Secretary, welcome back to Kuwait. The Kuwaiti leadership is looking forward to meeting with you. We are seeking to confirm an appointment with the Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, on Thursday evening, March 18, and a meeting with the Prime Minister, [...]	2004-03-08 12:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP PREL MARR IZ KU
04KUWAIT991	(SBU) AMBASSADOR BRIEFS SENIOR GOK OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In his capacity as CPA Deputy Administrator, Ambassador Jones held separate meetings in Kuwait on March 20 with Shaykh Sabah al-Khalid, Chairman of Kuwait's National Security Bureau; Shaykh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed, son of the Prime Minister; and Shaykh Nasser Mohamm [...]	2004-03-27 13:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
04LAGOS2073	SCENESETTER FOR DHS. SEC. NAPOLITANO'S JULY 1 [...] (C//NF) Madam Secretary, Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit, which comes on the heels of your June 24 meeting with Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba in Washington (Ref A). While one of the highlights of his trip was signing the bilateral accord on Preventing and Combatin [...]	2004-10-12 06:29:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC NI PTER
04LJUBLJANA1107	SLOVENIA: FOMIN RUPEL AND USOSCE AMB MINIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 10 December meeting with COM and USOSCE Ambassador Stephan Minikes, FoMin Rupel set out Slovenian priorities for its OSCE CiO year, indicating a special interest in dealing with issues in Southeastern Europe. Discussion focused on Ukraine and on the need to engage the Russ [...]	2004-12-14 07:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SI OSCE RU
04LJUBLJANA1119	COM CALL ON NEW SLOVENE FINANCE MINISTER, ANDREJ [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly confirmed Finance Minister, Andrej Bajuk, on December 13. Accompanying the Ambassador were DCM and Pol/Econ chief. Bajuk, interestingly, held the meeting with no staff present. Throughout the discussion, Bajuk stressed the need for the [...]	2004-12-16 10:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL SI
04LJUBLJANA1134	SLOVENIA: COM MEETS NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ERJAVEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 22 December courtesy call by COM, new DefMin Karl Erjavec called for intensifying cooperation between the U.S. and Slovenia, particularly in the field of training. Erjavec confirmed that the GoS remained focused on its commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defense by [...]	2004-12-23 06:28:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR SI NATO
04LJUBLJANA266	SLOVENIA: "FORMER SOVIET BLOC" RHETORIC ILL- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Slovenian media have reported extensively on erroneous references to Slovenia as part of the "former Soviet Bloc" made during recent NATO accession ceremonies. Slovenes take umbrage at this historical inaccuracy and the lack of understanding it demonstrates as to how forme [...]	2004-04-01 05:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV KMDR SI NATO
04LJUBLJANA499	PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFLUENCE ANALYSIS: SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Slovenia has a very open information environment in which there is little, if any, overt censorship. The media are critical and react strongly against any perceived attempts to influence the tenor of their reporting. Nevertheless, they often fall short of journalistic standa [...]	2004-05-28 10:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OIIP SI
04LJUBLJANA576	SLOVENIAN OPPOSITION FORMS NEW POLITICAL "FORUM", [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hailed as a "brilliant political move" by some pundits, and criticized by ruling LDS party members for putting personal gain ahead of the national interest, FoMin Rupel joined many of his former DEMOS associates in establishing a new forum dubbed the "Assembly for the Republic ( [...]	2004-06-18 12:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SI
04LJUBLJANA599	SLOVENIA: CENTER-RIGHT OPPOSTION PARTIES FORM NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Assembly for the Republic (AFTR) held an inaugural public meeting on 23 June reuniting DEMOS members, drawing like-minded academics, and gathering considerable media attention (ref A). The AFTR continued to press its message for inclusion and national renovation in an atte [...]	2004-06-28 08:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SI
04LJUBLJANA636	SLOVENIA: RESIGNATIONS AND REALIGNMENTS IN NATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST WEEK, THE SLOVENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES. THE FORMER FOMIN DIMITRIJ RUPEL, WHO WAS DISMISSED ON 05 JULY (REFS A, B, C AND E),HAS ALIGNED HIMSELF WITH THE OPPOSITION DEPUTY GROUP SLOVENIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (SDS),WHICH HAS NOM [...]	2004-07-09 07:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SI
04LJUBLJANA85	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN JAMES L. JONES, SACEUR [...] (SBU) While you will be wearing your NATO hat during your 11-12 February visit to Slovenia, you may wish to emphasize the following shared U.S. and NATO priorities during your discussions with Slovenian officials: -- Slovenia's bilateral and NATO commitment to bring defense spending to 2% o [...]	2004-01-13 10:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV PINR SI NATO
04LJUBLJANA854	COM'S FAREWELL CALL ON SLOVENIA'S PRIME MINISTER, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a final visit to Prime Minister Anton (Tone) Rop on September 9. It was a warm and cordial meeting and PM Rop appeared more relaxed and congenial than in previous meetings. Despite terming the elections too close to call, Rop exuded an air of confidence tha [...]	2004-09-13 10:22:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SI GTIP

04LJUBLJANA976	SLOVENIA IN THE BIG LEAGUES NOW: DAS CONLEY HELPS [...] SUMMARY: (U) The visit of DAS Heather Conley to Ljubljana October 20-21 was well timed to take advantage of the momentum created by the arrival of a new U.S.ambassador. Her meetings at the MFA, MOD and with a small group of influential private citizens have helped us to galvanize and re-focu [...]	2004-10-25 11:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SI OSCE
04LJUBLJANA981	SLOVENIAN MOD GIVES DAS CONLEY DEFENSE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Heather Conley engaged high level MoD officials in a productive dialogue about the current status and future of Slovenian defense reforms during meetings on 21 October. Both State Secretary Milan Jazbec and State Undersecretary Uros Krek described the Slovenian commitment t [...]	2004-10-26 11:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS SI NATO
04MADRID1040	SPAIN:AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE RESPONSE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Continental Asia Alejandro E. Albargonzalez San Martin told us March 25 that Spain's delegation will not be making new commitments to Afghanistan at the Berlin Conference. He noted that while Spain will carry out its previous pledge of $113 million through [...]	2004-03-29 05:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV AF SP NATO
04MADRID1739	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EVGUENIA I. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Evgenia I. Rainina from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to travel to Granada and Madrid May 21-June 3 to attend the Eigth World Congress on Biosensors in Granada, and attend the NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Madrid. 2. Emb [...]	2004-05-14 08:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID1763	SPANISH RESPONSE TO MAY 17-18 EU FMS MEETING [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora said that the new Spanish government would maintain Spain's previous policies on the issues being discussed at the next EU General Affairs and External Relat [...]	2004-05-14 16:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID1861	MEETING WITH MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPE AND [...] (C) PolCouns and poloff paid an initial call May 17 with the MFA's newly-named Director General for Europe and North America, former Spanish Ambassador to Denmark and Lithuania Josep (Pepe) Pons. Previously, the Directorate General for North America had been combined with the Asia portfolio, [...]	2004-05-21 10:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID1864	MFA'S NEW POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) MFA Political director Rafael Dezcallar told Polcouns in a May 20 meeting that Spain wanted to be helpful on Afghanistan but likely would have to determine whether resources would be available. He indicated the GOS likely would not be able to meet all of the requests the USG has present [...]	2004-05-21 13:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID1867	SPAIN: DCM WITH SPANISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met with Spanish President Zapatero's national security advisor Carles Casajuana May 20 to brief him on our request for increased Spanish support for ISAF, urge the GOS to vote in favor of the UNSC ICC rollover resolution and share USG's initial thoughts on the UN [...]	2004-05-21 13:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP NATO
04MADRID1870	SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...]	2004-05-21 14:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID2006	SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...]	2004-06-01 07:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID2181	SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER PREVIEWS POSSIBLE [...] (C) Ambassador Argyros, accompanied by DCM and PolCouns, met June 8 with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono to reinforce NATO's and the USG's requests for Spanish support in augmenting ISAF and coalition operations in Afghanistan. As Bono's schedule permitted this meeting only several weeks [...]	2004-06-09 16:20:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2369	BLOOMFIELD DELEGATION UPDATES SPANISH ON GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Lincoln Bloomfield and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy Andrew Hoehn briefed GOS officials June 15 on the latest USG thinking on the global defense posture review (GDPR) and its possible impact on Spai [...]	2004-06-23 10:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2530	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy, meeting with the Ambassador June 30, was upbeat about the PP's showing in the June European Parliament elections and in the party's prospects to regain power. Rajoy upbraided the Zapatero government for causing strains with Washington and for [...]	2004-07-02 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2579	SPANISH PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES [...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly approved July 6 President Zapatero's proposal to increase substantially Spain's troop presence in Afghanistan. The vote was 302 in favor, 10 against and 1 abstention. Only the former communist United Left party and several obscure parties [...]	2004-07-08 06:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID2659	SPAIN: NEW "APPROACH" ON WESTERN SAHARA; VIEWS ON [...] (C) The GOS is pursuing a new "approach" to resolve the crisis in the Western Sahara but its elements remain unclear, according to the newly appointed MFA Director General for the Mediterranean, Near East, and Africa, Alvaro Iranzo. The Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister is in the process of di [...]	2004-07-14 13:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO WI SU SP USUN
04MADRID2803	TOMAHAWK RELEASABILITY - SPAIN COUNTRY TEAM [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (SBU) The following is Mission Spain Country Team's assessment on releasability of the Tomahawk System to the Spanish Navy. 3. (C) In recent years the Spanish armed forces have significantly contributed to international peace, stability and the Global [...]	2004-07-23 08:23:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR SP
04MADRID2854	DEMARCHE ON NATO TRAINING IN IRAQ [...] CONFIDENTIAL - Entire text. 2. (C) POLCOUNS discussed USG desire for "dual-hatted" command and control for the NATO training mission in Iraq (Reftel) with Spanish MFA Director General for UN, NATO, Counter-terrorism and non-proliferation affairs Arturo Laclaustra. Laclaustra was gratefu [...]	2004-07-27 14:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ SP NATO MAPS
04MADRID2965	SPAIN QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS OF REMOVING CAVEATS [...] (C) Spain is reviewing restrictions it may have placed on Spanish forces that are participating in KFOR but would prefer to help strengthen Kosovo police forces to improve KFOR's effectiveness, according to Kosovo specialists at the Spanish Foreign Ministry. Following the outbreak of violence [...]	2004-08-04 12:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL YI SP NATO
04MADRID3079	SPAIN REQUEST FOR USNATO MULTI-COUNTRY TOUR FOR FY- [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST, MADRID WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE SPACE FOR TWO SPANISH PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING MULTI-COUNTRY TOURS: - SFOR - ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE - NATO'S OUT-OF-AREA OPERATIONS 2. POST WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC NOMINATIONS SEPTEL, IN EARLY TO [...]	2004-08-12 11:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL SCUL SP NATO
04MADRID3103	SPAIN: GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 12:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID3118	SPAIN: FURTHER REACTION TO GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE [...] (C) Following up on ref A demarche and ref B reporting cable concerning U.S. Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR),we delivered the demarche August 15 to General Felix Sanz, the Spanish Armed Forces' Chief of Defense, and Admiral Francisco Torrente, Secretary General for Defense Policy at the [...]	2004-08-15 17:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID4367	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MAKES FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos November 10 at the Foreign Ministry for a farewell call. Ambassador began by saying it was time to get the U.S.-Spain relationship moving forward. Moratinos agreed and said Spain and the U.S. needed to start working on a positi [...]	2004-11-15 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID4445	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOV 22 GAERC: MEPP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the Middle East Peace Process, China, Kosovo, Belarus, Cyprus, ESDP issues, Iran, and Ukraine with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo on November 18. Poloff also discussed Spain's views on Turkey with Juan Aristegui, MFA Subdirector General o [...]	2004-11-22 07:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4492	MEETING ON WITH DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo told Charge that the MOD will take the lead in promoting "excellent" bilateral ties between Spain and the U.S. Regarding the tender for the S-80 submarine weapons system, Pardo indicated a GOS decision would be forthcoming soon. He strongl [...]	2004-11-24 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID4585	SPAIN/AFGHANISTAN: SPAIN STILL CONSIDERING ISAF [...] (C) Prior to receipt of ref a demarche request, Charge, Polcouns and other embassy officers used previously scheduled meetings and conversatons the week of November 23 and 26 to press the Chief of Defense, Deputy Defense Minister, MOD DG for International Relations and MFA Political Director [...]	2004-12-02 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SP NATO
04MADRID4677	SPAIN: CHARGE MEETS WITH CHIEF OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Spanish Chief of Defense General Felix Sanz December 9. Sanz said he will do all in his power to strengthen U.S./Spain military ties. He agreed it was not useful talk about whether the military relationship between the two countries is "balanced," rather Spain' [...]	2004-12-10 16:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID4778	SPAIN: INDECISIVE ON ISAF STAGE TWO ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Charge met December 20 with Spanish National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana to discuss Spain's role in ISAF stage two. Casajuana was very reluctant to commit the Zapatero government to any role in stage two. Casajuana said it was very unlikely the GOS would announce a decisi [...]	2004-12-21 07:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID527	SPANISH ELECTION OUTLOOK: ONE MONTH OUT, POPULAR [...] (C) Polls one month before the March 14 Spanish general election continue to point to victory for the Popular Party and Aznar's successor as party leader, Mariano Rajoy. The PP hopes not just for a plurality, but for an absolute majority. Were the PP to fall far short of an absolute majority, [...]	2004-02-13 17:21:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID750	DASD BRZEZINSKI DISCUSSES NATO NON-FUNDING OF [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for European and NATO policy Ian Brzezinski met February 26 with Ministry of Defense officials in Madrid to discuss the NATO Security Investment Program,s (NSIP) funding of Spanish air defense systems and Spain's blockage of NATO infrastructure [...]	2004-03-04 17:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID839	SPAIN'S ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel demarche March 10 to Manuel Acerete, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Deputy Director General for International Security Affairs. Acerete confirmed Spain would attend SHAPE's March 11 Force Generation Conference. He explained that due to its commitments in Ir [...]	2004-03-11 18:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP NATO
04MADRID850	SPAIN'S UNITED LEFT (IU) PARTY: A DECLINING FORCE [...] (SBU) Note: This message was planned prior to the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid as a feature of Embassy's advance reporting on Spain's March 14 elections. It provides a snapshot of the United Left Party, one of Spain's smaller, but still significant political parties. End note. 2. [...]	2004-03-12 15:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID881	SPANISH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NEW SOCIALIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Well before the March 14 general elections, Socialist Workers' Party of Spain (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero made clear that if elected he would refocus Spanish foreign policy away from the primacy of the transatlantic link and toward Spain,s traditional EU partners [...]	2004-03-15 14:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID960	DEALING WITH ZAPATERO: AN INEXPERIENCED BUT [...] (C) Summary: This message provides initial embassy thinking on how to deal with President-Elect Zapatero in the lead up to his government's formation and the early stages of his administration. Zapatero has no experience in administration or foreign affairs. He is likely to be a difficult but [...]	2004-03-18 18:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID961	WHO ARE THE SPANISH SOCIALISTS? [...] (C) Summary: The Socialist Workers Party of Spain (PSOE),surprise victor in March 14 elections, is a center-left party in the European social democrat tradition. Since the end of the Franco regime and the beginning of Spain's modern democracy in 1977, PSOE has generally advocated comprehensive soc [...]	2004-03-18 18:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID974	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH POSSIBLE NEW SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Argyros had a cordial discussion March 22 with Miguel Angel Moratinos, reported to be the leading candidate to serve as Foreign Minister under the government of Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Moratinos stressed Zapatero,s appreci [...]	2004-03-22 19:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MANAMA1060	THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR LINE ON TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) CDA Molly Williamson, PMIL and RSO met for 90 minutes with Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid and Brigadier General Zayani Saturday July 3, 2004 at 1100 to discuss cooperation on counter-terrorism and security issues. COMMENT: King Hamad and his advisors have done the calculus on [...]	2004-07-06 05:20:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ALOW ASEC BA PREL PTER
04MANAMA1067	LETTER FROM KING HAMAD TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 09:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC AMGT BA
04MANAMA1285	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: CROWN PRINCE [...] (S) Charge presented Refs A and B talking points on the U.S. global defense posture review to Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa August 15 during a meeting that also covered joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation, and the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to [...]	2004-08-16 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL KPAO BA NATO
04MANAMA1542	BAHRAIN AND NEXT STEPS ON NATO'S ISTANBUL [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa October 4 to discuss NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Rizzo's one-day visit to Bahrain SIPDIS and NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). While noting that the GOB had not yet developed a detailed po [...]	2004-10-06 12:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL BA MEPP NATO
04MANAMA1886	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Kuwaiti National Security Council President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al Sabah December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Shaikh Sabah hailed the strong bilateral relationship and stated that Kuwaitis are [...]	2004-12-15 12:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER ASEC KU IZ IR SY BA
04MANAMA265	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY GROSSMAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Grossman, the American Embassy in Bahrain looks forward to your visit next week, and we know the Bahrainis will be anxious to talk to you about the Greater Middle East Initiative. Bahrain, a Major Non-NATO Ally, and the United States are long-time friends, and King Hamad is a parti [...]	2004-02-24 17:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD BA
04MANAMA291	KING HAMAD SUPPORTS REFORM IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 09:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BA
04MANAMA714	BAHRAINI FOREIGN MINISTER'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) The Government of Bahrain's (GOB) Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa informed us on 05/15/04 that the ideas in reftel about NATO cooperation with Arab countries offer some real opportunities for Bahrain. He would welcome the opportunity to discuss security cooperation [...]	2004-05-16 05:02:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL BA MEPP NAVO
04MOSCOW15782	FOLLOW-UP ON U.S.-RUSSIA MANPADS COOPERATION [...] (C) On December 21 we delivered ref A points and U.S. proposed final text for a U.S.-Russia agreement on MANPADS cooperation to Colonel Oleg Skabara of the MOD International Treaties Directorate and Oleg Burmistrov, Political Military Affairs officer of the MFA North America Department. Skaba [...]	2004-12-27 15:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL PTER NATO RS
04OTTAWA2931	IIR 6 815 0002 05/DUTCH AND UK SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 15:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DOD NATO
04OTTAWA2940	BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON COMPANY REGISTERED AS BROKER [...] (U) Embassy Econoff contacted the Diamondback Chemical Company, Inc., on November 1 and conducted a telephone interview with Mr. John "Al" MacGregor, Vice President of Diamondback. MacGregor was forthcoming and said that Diamondback is eager to disclose any information required by the ITAR 1 [...]	2004-11-02 20:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC CA
04OTTAWA2963	U.S. AND CANADIAN POLICY PLANNERS SEEK SYNERGY ON [...] (C) Summary: In policy planning talks October 28-29 in Toronto, U.S. and Canadian colleagues exchanged views and sought ways to synergize efforts on a range of global and regional issues. The Canadian team briefed on Canada,s attempt through its International Policy Review to enhance public s [...]	2004-11-04 18:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA IR IZ PGOV PREL AF PINS KMPI SCUL
04OTTAWA3001	IIR 6 815 0004 05/CANADIAN ARMY RESERVE UNITS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-08 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04OTTAWA3048	214TH MEETING OF THE PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its October 21-22 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S.-Canada Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) -- recommended expeditious negotiation of an agreement to replace the current NORAD agreement expiring May 2006, with a further recommendation that the new Agreement have no termin [...]	2004-11-12 17:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MCAP PTER PINR CA NATO
04OTTAWA3111	IIR 6 815 0010 05/CANADIAN DEFENCE REVIEW BECOMING [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 16:04:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04OTTAWA3115	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH,S VISIT TO CANADA, [...] (C/NF) The Canadian Government and the Embassy strongly welcome your visit and the opportunities it will afford to advance our broad bilateral relationship. The two key themes I would stress for your visit are partnership and reassurance. The Canadians need to be reassured that at the end of the [...]	2004-11-18 19:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	CA PGOV PREL
04OTTAWA3303	SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT TO CANADA, 12-14 DEC 2004 [...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT, WHICH MUST MOVE FORWARD CAUTIOUSLY ON POLICY ISSUES AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE VIEWS OF THE OPPOSITION BEFORE PROCEEDING. PM MARTIN HAS GIVEN STRONG SIGNALS HE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF AND WISHES T [...]	2004-12-08 21:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DOD
04OTTAWA3473	SCENE-SETTER FOR ASD/HD VISIT TO OTTAWA, CANADA, [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS A READAHEAD FOR THE 11-13 JANUARY 2005 VISIT TO OTTAWA OF ASST SECDEF (HOMELAND DEFENSE) PAUL MCHALE; DASD SCOTT ROWELL; AND NORTHCOM CHIEF OF STAFF MG FRED REES. RECOMMENDED TALKING POINTS AT PARA 8. 2. (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER PAUL MARTIN LEA [...]	2004-12-29 21:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04PARIS8990	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST [...] MIDDLE EAST 2. U.S. DEFICIT 3. TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TELEVISED INTERVIEW LAST EVENING ON TURKEY, HIS "YES, BUT ONLY IF," AND THE OPENING OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU IS TODAY'S NUMBER ONE LEAD STORY. INTERVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES ABOUND, ANALYZING THE PRESIDENT [...]	2004-12-16 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
04PARIS9147	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UKRAINE: VICTORY OF [...] UKRAINE: VICTORY OF YUSHCHENKO (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE TRAGEDY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA CONTINUES TO DOMINATE HEADLINES TODAY AND EDITORIALISTS REFLECT ON THE SCOPE OF THE CATASTROPHE, THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF NATURAL PHENOMENA AND THE SOLIDARITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN TIMES OF CRI [...]	2004-12-28 11:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
04PARIS9188	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TSUNAMI: AN INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 11:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
04PRAGUE1856	CZECH PARLIAMENT COMPLETES APPROVAL FOR 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Czech Chamber of Deputies approved the final chapters of the government's 2005 deployment plan on December 15. The deployment plan, which reflects the government's priority in the Balkans, calls for up to 600 troops for the KFOR mission in Kosovo, and up to 90 troops as pa [...]	2004-12-21 15:51:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR EZ IZ
04ROME1229	GETTING TO YES ON AN ITALIAN-LED AFGHAN FSB [...] (C) The Government of Italy, at very high levels, has indicated a willingness to contribute more to Afghanistan and to support ISAF expansion beyond Kabul. The Italians concur that rapid action to stabilize Afghanistan is of the highest political priority; they also share our conviction that [...]	2004-03-26 18:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1274	INFLUENCE ANALYSIS: ITALY [...] Italy has the kind of wide-open media environment characteristic of most modern democracies. As in other countries, most Italians get their news and information from television news programs. There are seven main broadcast evening news programs, with two prime-time newscasts - one public (RA [...]	2004-03-31 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP IT
04ROME1278	EUROPEANS MAY BE FROM VENUS, BUT PRODI IS FROM [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-31 17:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME1566	IRAQ: ROMAN BREAKFAST:BERLUSCONI SERVES HAM, PRODI [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM BERLUSCONI REACTED TO ZAPATERO'S WITHDRAWAL DECISION BY PUFFING OUT HIS CHEST AND CLAIMING THAT ITALY IS NOW AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE ALLY IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE. IT WILL STAY THE COURSE BUT PUSH FOR AN ENHANCED UN ROLE TO ASSIST WITH IRAQ'S POLITICAL TRANSITION. ROMANO PRODI, NOW [...]	2004-04-22 05:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME1593	ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR EU INTEGRATION LUIGI MATTIOLO TOLD POLOFF THAT HE DID NOT EXPECT BALKANS ISSUES TO TAKE UP MUCH OF THE FM'S TIME AT THE GAERC; THERE HAD BEEN A "BROAD, PRODUCTIVE" EXCHANGE AT THE GYMNICH ON APRIL 16/17, SO THE GAERC CONCLUDING STATEMENT WILL LIKELY ENDORSE THOSE RE [...]	2004-04-23 11:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN
04ROME1636	ITALY NOT PRESSING FOR ALBANIAN TROOPS TO JOIN [...] (C) CONTACTS AT THE MFA, MOD AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE CONFIRMED THAT PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AND PRIME MINISTER NANO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF ALBANIAN TROOPS JOINING WITH ITALIAN FORCES IN SOME THEATRE TO GIVE THE ALBANIANS MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. NONE OF OUR CONTACTS REFERRED [...]	2004-04-26 13:31:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1649	C-RE4-00182: G8 SUMMIT AGENDA ISSUES - ITALIAN [...] (U) The Political, Economic, Consular and Science sections have provided the following responses to ref a request for Italian views on G8 Summit Agenda proposals. GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE (GME) ------------------------------------ 2. (C) The Italians have been very supportive of the [...]	2004-04-27 10:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD PINR PREL IT KPRP
04ROME1756	ITALIAN PRT-FSB DECISION RESTS WITH PM BERLUSCONI [...] (C) Summary. Italy's ability to contribute a Forward Support Base (FSB) or Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in western Afghanistan depends on whether the Prime Minister's office can free up scarce resources to fund the effort, according to Embassy contacts at the MFA, MOD and the PM's Off [...]	2004-05-05 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1852	ITALY: AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND NONPROLIFERATION ON [...] (C) Summary. Italy is likely to establish a Forward Support Base (FSB) and contribute to the existing US-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Herat as requested by the US (reftel B),according to Prime Minister Berlusconi's Diplomatic Advisor Giovanni Castellaneta. In a May 12 meetin [...]	2004-05-12 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1898	SUBJECT: ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON GAERC AGENDA; [...] (C) MFA Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff on May 12 that as the May 17 GAERC would be the first in which Ministers of Defense from all 25 Member States would participate, discussion of ESDP issues would likely generate lively debate, and conclusions [...]	2004-05-17 06:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT EUN ICC MEPP
04ROME1955	SNAPSHOT OF ITALY'S ECONOMY BEFORE UPCOMING [...] Because of a marked decline in domestic demand and exports, the GOI has just decreased 2004 GDP growth estimates from 1.4 to 0.9-1.0 percent. A key economic ratio - budget deficit/GDP -- continues to climb upward, because the deficit is growing faster than the economy (as measured by GDP gro [...]	2004-05-20 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT EUN NATO
04ROME2091	MFA OFFICIALS TELL EUR DAS BRADTKE AND STEPHENS [...] (C) Summary. On May 18, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretaries Bradtke and Stephens had productive exchanges with MFA officials on the present situation and way ahead in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans, and discussed prospects for a robust Istanbul summit agenda. Bradtke stressed the importance [...]	2004-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IT AF EUN NATO
04ROME2122	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY EDGING BACK ON PRT/FSB [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS EDGING BACK FROM A COMMITMENT TO A PRT AND FSB IN AFGHANISTAN, PENDING GREATER CLARITY OF ITS ROLE IN POST-JUNE 30 IRAQ. WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT BERLUSCONI'S GOVERNMENT WILL EVENTUALLY JOIN A PRT - AND THINK AN FSB IS STILL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION - BUT DO NOT [...]	2004-06-01 16:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME2168	MFA OFFICIALS TELL A/S JONES ITALY WILL HELP PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 4 meeting over lunch on the margins of President Bush's Rome visit, MFA Political Director Giampiero Massolo told EUR A/S Jones that the draft UNSC Iraq resolution was "heading for a good result in a relatively short time," and Italy was doing all it could to help. [...]	2004-06-08 09:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IR SR AF EUN NATO IAEA IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME22	PRODI LAUNCHES UNOFFICIAL CANDIDACY FOR ITALIAN PM [...] (U) ROMANO PRODI IN A JANUARY 2 INTERVIEW WITH THE CENTER-LEFT DAILY LA REPUBBLICA LAMBASTED THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT FOR ITS HANDLING OF ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY SEMESTER. TAKING OFF THE KID GLOVES HE HAD KEPT LOOSELY TIED SINCE LAST JULY, PRODI BLAMED THE CENTER-RIGHT COALITION FOR CONTRIBU [...]	2004-01-07 09:04:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME2248	STATUS OF US MILITARY PROJECTS UNDERWAY AT ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Whatever final decisions are made with regard to the US military's Global Posture Review (GPR),changes emanating from the GPR will build upon numerous milcon and other projects already underway within Italy. Careful coordination will be required to ensure that these current proj [...]	2004-06-14 05:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IT GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME2309	ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON GAERC AND COUNCIL AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials briefed poloffs on positions Italy will take during GAERC and Council meetings during the week of June 14. European Neighborhood Policy debate will continue at both GAERC and Council meetings. The unanimous UNSC approval of the new Iraq resolution has prepared the [...]	2004-06-15 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR IT MEPP EUN
04ROME2452	ALBANIANS MAKING THE ROUNDS ON ISTANBUL SUMMIT [...] (C) ACTING ON INSTRUCTIONS, ALBANIAN EMBASSY DCM SAKO MIROSH CONTINUED HIS GOVERNMENT'S PUSH (REFTEL) FOR A FORWARD LEANING STATEMENT AT THE ISTANBUL SUMMIT, WHICH WOULD EXTEND ALBANIA, CROATIA AND MACEDONIA "THE MEMBERSHIP INVITATION IN THE NEXT ENLARGEMENT SUMMIT." SAKO PRESENTED TO A/POLMIN [...]	2004-06-24 07:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL HR MK IT NATO
04ROME2631	ITALIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. A DELEGATION LED BY LINCOLN BLOOMFIELD JR., A/S FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS, DISCUSSED ITALY-SPECIFIC GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW (GPR) PROPOSALS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS FROM THE DEFENSE GENERAL STAFF AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON JUNE 16. CHIEF OF DEFENSE (CHOD) ADMIRAL GI [...]	2004-07-07 05:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IT GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME2692	ITALY SPEEDS PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL GENDARME [...] The Italian government is moving quickly with plans for an international gendarme/constabulary training center and is looking for immediate US input on details such as project objectives, standards, and the numerical scope of the future training program. MFA and Carabinieri officials have conf [...]	2004-07-12 07:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME2853	RUSSIA/ITALY: LAVROV REASSURES FRATTINI ON UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During their July 15 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and Russian FM Lavrov reviewed preparations for the annual Russia-Italy Summit, which will take place in Moscow "sometime in November." Frattini underlined Russia's need to "adopt western standards" concerning business regulations [...]	2004-07-22 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IT UNGA RU
04ROME2893	GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER, [...] (C) Following Reftel's request, Pol-Mil Officer demarched Italian MFA NATO Office Head Giovanni Brauzzi on July 26. Brauzzi responded that Italy had already decided to fully support the US proposal to dual-hat the MNF-I commander as commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq. Italy will [...]	2004-07-26 14:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2961	ITALY'S VIEWS ON NEW AGENDA [...] (C) POLMILOFF on July 29 conveyed reftel points to MFA Nonproliferation/Arms Control Office Director Filippo Formica, Formica's deputy Piero Sardi, and MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi. Brauzzi said he fully agreed with our point that NATO Allies should use the High Level Group (HLG) [...]	2004-07-30 14:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL RS NATO UNGA
04ROME3061	US AND ITALY MOVE AHEAD ON G-8 INTERNATIONAL [...] A State/DOD delegation, led by Acting DAS for Regional Security (PM) Elena Kim-Mitchell, visited Rome and Vicenza on July 19-21 to discuss the U.S.-Italian joint initiative for a G-8 sponsored Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The delegation met with the MFA and Carabi [...]	2004-08-09 12:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
04ROME3138	DEMARCHE ON US GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] (C) A/DCM and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Italian MFA and Prime Minister's office on August 13. The MFA, which was already aware of the main elements of GDPR, urged that the President's and other USG public statements stress that decisions will be made in close consultation with [...]	2004-08-14 10:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3166	ITALIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON GLOBAL [...] (U) Summary. President Bush's speech on military transformation received limited initial government reaction and media coverage in Italy. Most headlines focused on US troop reductions in Europe, with several articles commenting that the planned changes signify NATO's decreased importance in [...]	2004-08-17 13:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3381	ITALIAN VIEWS ON GYMNICH ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Charge, accompanied by PolOff, met with MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Giampiero Massolo and NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi on September 1 to convey points from Ref A demarche. Italy shares US views on most of the issues that EU Foreign Ministers w [...]	2004-09-03 04:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR IT EUN
04ROME3401	ITALIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS GENERALLY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) Summary. In recent meetings with senior Italian military officials, Charge discussed upcoming changes in the US military footprint in Italy. Overall, the reaction was positive -- the officials agreed that the proposed changes make sense from an operational point of view. However, they [...]	2004-09-07 08:59:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3520	ITALY: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary. DCM hosted a lunch in honor of MFA Under Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Alfredo Mantica and SIPDIS his Chief of Staff Paola Imperiale, along with Pol M/C and Poloff, on September 8 . Mantica presented a fairly pessimistic outlook for the situations in Iraq, Iran, and [...]	2004-09-14 10:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR SU IT EUN IAEA
04ROME3642	ITALY MOVING ON EU BATTLEGROUPS WITH AN EYE TOWARD [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT NATO EUN
04ROME3774	CONSULTATIONS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] Embassy Rome welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bloomfield, and delegation to visit Rome from October 5-6, 2004. To secure hotel accommodations, please provide fiscal data for charge purposes or credit card information for each individ [...]	2004-09-29 17:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3792	GDPR/ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLOOMFIELD AND [...] (C) Summary. Embassy welcomes the visit of A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn for consultations with Italy on the Global Defense Posture Review. While the Italians have no major concerns regarding the changes underway at Naples/Gaeta and Vicenza, they will be eager to hear the latest U.S. thinking [...]	2004-09-30 15:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3849	ITALIAN PRT/FSB ON BACK BURNER FOR NEAR FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Facing budget cuts and with a military straining to meet its current obligations overseas, Italy will not consider deploying a PRT/FSB in the near term. However, Italy has not ruled out leading a PRT/FSB at some point in the future. Italy will keep the possibility on the back bu [...]	2004-10-05 13:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME3882	ITALY ASKS FOR AFRICAN FOCS AND FURTHER U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 10:50:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
04ROME3933	IRAQ/ITALY- ITALIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON PLANS [...] (C) At their Oct. 6 meeting with Italian MFA DG Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn discussed Iran and Iraq, as well as Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) issues (septel). Massolo underscored Italy's concern with Iranian nuclear ambitions. He sought details on the mix of MNF and Iraqi f [...]	2004-10-12 08:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT IR IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3985	GDPR/ITALY: ITALIANS PROPOSE WORKING GROUP TO [...] (S) Summary. In October 6 discussions with Defense Minister Martino, D/CHOD LTG Castagnetti and MFA Director General Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn explained where the Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) process stood in the U.S. and heard from the Italians broad agreement with the U. [...]	2004-10-15 13:59:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME4093	ITALY: IRAQ NATO MISSION AND ISAF PRT/FSB - [...] (C) In an October 22 discussion with PolMilCouns and ODC Chief, Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Defense Francesco Trupiano and Italian J3 MG Giuseppe Marani said that at present, Italy was not considering contributing additional training assets to the NATO mission in Iraq, but wa [...]	2004-10-22 13:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL IT AF IZ NATO IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4216	ITALIAN CONCEPT PAPER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Pol M/C met with MFA Office Director for the Gulf States Luigi Maccotta on October 29 to discuss Iraqi PM Allawi's November 3-4 visit to Rome and the upcoming international conference on Iraq in Egypt. Maccotta had requested the meeting to present Italy's non-paper for the confe [...]	2004-11-03 08:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IT NATO
04ROME4252	NATO/IRAQ: ITALY OPPOSED TO CAVEATS ON NATO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Pol-Mil Officers discussed reftel demarche with Giovanni Brauzzi, head of the MFA's NATO office, on November 4. Brauzzi said that Italy agrees with the principle that NATO member states should not impose national caveats on agreed NATO missions, but noted that in practical terms [...]	2004-11-05 11:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4263	IRAQ: ITALY URGES MORE EU INVOLVEMENT, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary. In their November 4 meeting in Rome, and on the eve of Iraqi PM Allawi's Brussels meeting with EU leaders, Italian PM Berlusconi and his Iraqi counterpart held a friendly meeting in which they discussed the current situation in Iraq and strategies for securing greater EU and othe [...]	2004-11-05 15:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4276	ITALIAN PRT/FSB BACK IN PLAY [...] (C) Summary. In a November 4 discussion with PolMil Officers, MFA NATO Office Director said that Italy is going forward with plans to contribute to a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and/or Forward Support Base (FSB) in Afghanistan. He stressed, however, that Italy cannot go it alone and [...]	2004-11-08 10:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4376	FRENCH DEFMIN AT ROME'S NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE - [...] (SBU) French Minister of Defense Michele Alliot Marie addressed the NATO Defense College in Rome November 12. She urged concerted efforts on both sides of the Atlantic to narrow the transatlantic gap, citing the urgency of our common challenges and the importance of tackling them together. A [...]	2004-11-16 14:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IT NATO EUN
04ROME4406	CODEL LANTOS MEETINGS IN ROME ON LIBYA [...] (C) Summary. En route to Tripoli, Congressman Lantos met with Italian officials responsible for Libya, the Italo-Libyan Jewish community, and the Israeli Ambassador to Rome. Italians reaffirmed their commitment to abide by the EU code of conduct in selling equipment to Italy and expressed [...]	2004-11-18 08:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM LI IT EUN

04ROME4544	IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER TELLS ITALIANS THAT [...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Italian government officials, Iraq Defense Minister Hazim al Shalam expressed security concerns about the upcoming elections in Iraq, going so far as to advocate their postponement. Italian officials told DCM that Italy will continue to support the Ir [...]	2004-11-30 16:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI ELECTIONS
04ROME4562	AFGHANISTA: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref Q and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Qrauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would shae them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. Q0. On Brauzzi noted that ItRT force [...]	2004-12-01 14:53:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4580	AFGHANISTAN: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref A and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would share them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. 30. On the PRT and FSB, Brauzzi note [...]	2004-12-02 13:14:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME638	ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES FUNDING FOR MILITARY [...] ON FEBRUARY 18, THE ITALIAN SENATE APPROVED THE GOVERNMENT DECREE EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE MILITARY MISSIONS IN WHICH IT IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ. WHILE APPROVAL OF THE DECREE WAS ASSURED BY THE GOVERNING COALITION'S SOLID [...]	2004-02-20 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME703	ITALY TO PROPOSE A NATO POLITICAL STRATEGY AT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his speech to the NAC scheduled for March 3, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini plans to present a comprehensive set of priorities for NATO, according to MFA contacts. Many of the points addressed in Frattini's speech, and the Italian concept paper it is based on, are li [...]	2004-02-25 14:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME77	ITALY POISED TO CONTRIBUTE PRT FOR GHAZNI [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ITALY IS LIKELY TO STAND-UP A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) TO COVER PARTS OF GHAZNI PROVINCE, ACCORDING TO MOD AND MFA CONTACTS, BUT WOULD PREFER TO DO SO UNDER NATO COMMAND. ITALY WOULD LIKE USG INPUT (AND WILL SEEK NATO/SHAPE INPUT AS WELL) ON THE LI [...]	2004-01-09 15:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS AF IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME798	ITALY SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON PRT LOCATION [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para 4. Italy has requested clarification of the USG's position regarding the location of an Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Giovanni Brauzzi, MFA NATO Affairs Office Director, called Pol-Mil Officer on March 1 to say that comments made by State [...]	2004-03-02 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME860	AMBASSADOR BURNS REVIEWS NATO ISSUES WITH ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Burns discussed the Istanbul Summit, the Greater Middle East (GME) Initiative, NATO prospects for Iraq and Afghanistan and a successor mission to SFOR during Feb. 26-27 meetings with Italian officials, journalists and academics in Rome. Italy is revising its plans to s [...]	2004-03-04 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL BK AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME902	MUBARAK IN ITALY: GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Italian PM and President urged Mubarak to take a more open stance towards the Greater Middle East Initiative, noting Italy's support and the likely endorsement of the EU and NATO for the concept. Mubarak was careful not to rule out Arab participation in the initiative, but arg [...]	2004-03-08 14:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IT PREL XE ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME927	ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: CONTRIBUTIONS TO ISAF EXPANSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy remains fully on board with ISAF expansion. Although no formal policy decision has yet been made, the GOI (reportedly working closely with SHAPE) is focused on Herat, with the only apparent question being whether Italy will lead only a PRT, or that and a Forward Support [...]	2004-03-09 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME960	ITALIAN RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) POST DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO ITALY'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN, AMB. ENRICO DE MAIO, AND ALSO DISCUSSED THEM WITH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR, COUNS. ALESSANDRO GAUDIANO. WE ALSO DELIVERED THE POINTS TO THE OFFICE OF MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA MARGHERITA BONIVER. ITALY S [...]	2004-03-11 15:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME994	ACTIVITY REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE POLITICAL, POL-MIL AND LABOR SECTIONS FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT IT
04TEGUCIGALPA874	HONDURAS SEEKS BETTER INFORMATION SHARING AS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 9. 2. (S) Summary: Trepidation in Honduras continues to rise amid press reports that U.S. troops are preparing an assault on the city of Najaf, Iraq, to arrest and/or kill Muqtaba al Sadr and put an end to the armed uprising by his militia [...]	2004-04-16 03:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR IZ HO
04TELAVIV1920	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying Monday that if some coalition partners leave the government when he presents his disengagement plan to the cabinet after returnin [...]	2004-03-30 11:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6232	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 11:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6368	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 12:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE1210	PROSPECTS FOR RENEWAL OF DUTCH DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Balkenende's cabinet is leaning toward approving an eight-month extension of the Dutch force in Iraq by mid-June, but it is far from a done deal. Junior coalition member D66 has spelled out conditions for supporting a renewal, several of which cannot be fulfilled prior to the J [...]	2004-05-17 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE1240	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAND FIRM ON GOING TO [...] (C) In recent conversations with FM Bot, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Swartbol, and CHOD ADM Kroon, Amb. Sobel discussed request (outlined in ref A) for the Dutch to consider leading a PRT in western Afghanistan instead of Baghlan. PolMilOff separately raised ref A points with MFA Security Poli [...]	2004-05-21 13:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1359	FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Farah Karimi as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should n [...]	2004-06-03 15:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1364	FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Johannis M.D. van Leeuwe as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. van Leeuwe is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S.-EU Security Issues" which will be held from April 25 - May 13, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEX [...]	2004-06-03 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1397	FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Delphine R.R. Pronk as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and [...]	2004-06-04 11:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1513	NETHERLANDS: NATO AND IRAQ DISCUSSIONS ABOARD USS [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 14-15 overnight visit of Dutch Defense Minister Kamp and parliamentarians/officials to the USS Enterprise carrier battle group provided a useful forum for discussions on NATO and Iraq-related issues. Informally, Dutch participants provided candid background regarding t [...]	2004-06-17 15:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1565	ICTY: COURT REJECTS ONE THIRD OF ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) crossed two key mileposts last week. On June 16, the Trial Chamber issued its decision on the amici curiae,s (friends of the court) motion seeking the dismissal of num [...]	2004-06-23 13:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1587	DUTCH POSITION ON POSSIBLE NATO ROLE IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 06:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1670	DUTCH EU PRESIDENCY: THE VIEW FROM THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Balancing Dutch, European, and transatlantic interests will be a challenge for the Dutch presidency, made more complicated by the demands of a 25 member EU, a new parliament and Commission, and the new constitutional treaty. A "successful" presidency is seen by PM Balkendende as [...]	2004-07-02 14:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU NL
04THEHAGUE1690	DUTCH PARLIAMENT ENDORSES GOVERNMENT'S PRT DECISION [...] (U) On July 5 the Dutch Parliament broadly endorsed a recent Cabinet decision to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Baghlan, Afghanistan. Only the small far-left Socialist Party opposed the mission. The operation, announced in a June 28 government letter to parliament, will consi [...]	2004-07-06 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1717	DUTCH/EU: FM BOT ON IRAQ, CHINA, ASEM, SUDAN, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot on July 7 to preview the agenda for the July 12-13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels. Bot anticipated that the GAERC would agree to take positive steps with regard to Iraq and Sudan, although [...]	2004-07-09 12:36:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PARM EAID NL IZ CH SU EUN
04THEHAGUE1881	NATO/IRAQ: DUTCH ON NATO TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-27 06:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1929	RESPONSE TO TECHNICAL THREAT LEVEL- THE HAGUE AND [...] The host country political system: Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. 2. Bilateral relations and defense agreements: Yes, numerous treaties and the Netherlands is a NATO member and is supporting the coalition in Iraq by having Dutch troops present. 3. Extent of [...]	2004-08-02 14:23:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
04THEHAGUE1935	DUTCH A/POL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ: TERRORISM STATEMENT, [...] (SBU) Terrorism Declaration: CDA contacted Dutch MFA A/Political Director Herman Schaper late August 2 and got confirmation that the Netherlands would support and release the Coalition Terrorism Declaration. Early August 3, A/Pol Couns provided ref A points to MFA Security Policy Director Ma [...]	2004-08-03 11:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL EUN NATO
04THEHAGUE2023	NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: LOCAL TAIWAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwanese representatives in The Hague are engaging the Dutch government and parliamentarians in an effort to slow down the EU's rush to lift its arms embargo on China. Several parliamentarians have expressed sympathy for the Taiwanese position, but do not want to undercut the Du [...]	2004-08-13 13:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR PHUM CH TW NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2040	DUTCH CELEBRATE CAPTURE OF EU COMPETITION PORTFOLIO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch are clearly satisfied and claiming victory over the appointment of Neelie Kroes-Smit (Kroes) as the new European Commissioner for Competition. Prime Minister Balkenende's strategy of holding out for a "heavy" portfolio appears to have paid off. Both the Netherlands [...]	2004-08-16 05:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2047	NETHERLANDS: UPDATING ALLIES ON U.S. GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 14:24:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL KPAO NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2112	DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] Summary: On August 20, the Dutch cabinet decided to provide to ISAF six F-16 jetfighters and a KDC-10 refueling aircraft for a period of eight weeks as of mid-September for the purpose of enhancing security during the presidential elections in October. If a second round of elections occurs, t [...]	2004-08-25 10:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV KPKO AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2188	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: MAINTAINING MULTINATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: PolCouns and PolMilOff delivered ref A points to Dutch MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems and MOD General Policy Director Lo Casteleijn in separate meetings on August 31. While the current Dutch deployment in Iraq is scheduled to run through March 15, 2005, the GONL is [...]	2004-09-01 15:37:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL
04THEHAGUE2196	ICTY: MILOSEVIC REVISITS HISTORY IN OPENING OF [...] (C) Summary. After a series of health-related delays, Slobodan Milosevic opened his defense on August 31, 2004, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with a predictable, political, often dull, and highly skewed survey of Balkans history. Milosevic repeatedly [...]	2004-09-02 11:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE2201	ICTY: COUNSEL IMPOSED ON MILOSEVIC [...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated, Trial Chamber Three of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) decided on September 2 to assign counsel to assist in the defense of Slobodan Milosevic. The court decided that the counsel should be the amici curiae (friends of the Cou [...]	2004-09-02 15:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2205	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: EU EXPLORATORY MISSION REPORT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU exploratory mission to Iraq will report its findings and present a long list of "options" for supporting Iraqi reconstruction to the September 3-4 Gymnich, according to its Dutch chair. The Dutch hope that the mission's report will spur the EU to take a more active role i [...]	2004-09-02 15:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2303	DUTCH RESPONSE: AFGHAN OOC VOTING AND G-8 AFGHAN [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Wilfred Mohr, Head of South Asia Division, on September 13 to inquire about Dutch/EU plans for monitoring out of country registration and voting in Iran and Pakistan (ref A). Mohr responded that the EU expected to involve its embassies in the process, but had not yet estab [...]	2004-09-13 12:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK AF NL EAID MOPS MARR NATO NAC
04THEHAGUE2317	USNATO 2005 TOURS [...] In response to reftel, and as already mentioned in Moyes/White e-mail of 9/11/04, US Embassy The Hague would like to design a NATO tour in January for Dutch parliamentarians. This program would consist of two days in Brussels with a follow-on tour to a new member state such as Romania. [...]	2004-09-14 15:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2326	DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTER PREVIEWS SEPTEMBER 16-17 EU [...] Summary: In a September 9 letter to the Dutch parliament, Defense Minister Kamp previewed the September 16- 17 EU Defense Ministers Informal Ministerial at Noordwijk, Netherlands. This meeting will be preceded by the first meeting of the Steering Board of the new European Defense Agency unde [...]	2004-09-15 11:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2409	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) At the request of DG Pfirter, Glen Johnson, Office Director of VC/VO, assessed the Technical Secretariat accomplishments on the Verification Information System (VIS) Enhancement project over the past year and recommended how best to move the project forward. Johnson determined that sign [...]	2004-09-21 15:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2445	DHS SEC. RIDGE CARRIES MESSAGE OF COMMON CT CAUSE [...] SUMMARY: Sec. Ridge discussed implementation of US-EU Summit Declaration Combating Terrorism with the EU JHA Troika, stressing the importance of information sharing and the need to communicate better to the public the existing high level of CT cooperation between the U.S. and EU. His message [...]	2004-09-24 12:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CVIS SMIG CPAS PREL ATRN NL EUN
04THEHAGUE248	DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary: In anticipation of new Dutch FM Ben Bot's travel to Washington February 9 for meetings with the Secretary and at NSC and DOD we offer a snapshot of several SIPDIS aspects of Dutch military participation in the Global War on Terrorism presently under discussion in the Netherlands. The G [...]	2004-01-30 13:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL PTER IZ AF NL
04THEHAGUE2531	AC/PDAS RECORD'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH DUTCH [...] (C) Summary: AC/PDAS Frank Record met with Dutch MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems on September 28. The two reviewed a broad resume of arms control issues including the NPT, Non-strategic nuclear weapons, missile defense, FMCT, and a proposed U.S. landmine export ban. They also di [...]	2004-10-05 14:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NL EUN NATO
04THEHAGUE2736	ICTY: "WHO'S RUNNING THIS COURT?" [...] (C) Summary: A rare appeals chamber hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Slobodan Milosevic heard sharp and well-presented arguments this week on the imposition of counsel on the accused. Defense counsel Steven Kay pleaded with the appea [...]	2004-10-22 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2766	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH WITHDRAWAL POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch government is determined to end the current deployment of Dutch troops in Al-Muthanna in mid-March in accordance with assurances provided to parliament last June. Defense Minister Kamp will send a letter to parliament in the next two weeks reaffirming that Dutch forces [...]	2004-10-28 06:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE281	DUTCH FM BOT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (C) I just spoke with Ben Bot and found him well-prepared for his February 9 visit to Washington. He plans to ask how he personally can contribute to improved transatlantic relations. As he has said in press interviews, other European leaders are counting on him to help mend fences between the Euro [...]	2004-02-04 12:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EU IZ NL PGOV PREL SNAR TU XA XF XH NATO
04THEHAGUE2836	NETHERLANDS/EU: SWARTBOL ON TURKEY, RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rob Swartbol, PM Balkenende's senior foreign policy advisor, predicted to Ambassador Sobel on November 1 that the EU will make a positive decision on Turkish accession negotiations in December, but warned that the Turks will find some elements of the decision more objectionable [...]	2004-11-03 17:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2866	THE NETHERLANDS: NATIONAL CAVEATS ON THE IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-05 14:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2999	Dutch Opinion Makers -- Hopes and Fears [...] Summary: In the days immediately following the US election, Ambassador Sobel and PA staff met with key groups of editors, commentators and journalists. Most Dutch commentators and reporters expressed uncertainty on how to read the elections, particularly the exit poll information that indic [...]	2004-11-18 11:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL NL
04THEHAGUE3015	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: RECONFIGURING THE DUTCH PRESENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A clear consensus in the Cabinet and parliament exists for concluding the Dutch deployment in Al Muthanna as scheduled. The government's November 12 letter to parliament states Dutch troops will end their current mission in mid-March, although some personnel will stay longer (we [...]	2004-11-19 08:05:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NL NATO EUN
04THEHAGUE3162	THE NETHERLANDS/ISAF STAGE II EXPANSION [...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 (preliminary reaction reported ref B) and raised it again with Gabrielse on December 2. Gabrielse said this request had been discussed within the Dutch interagency working group tha [...]	2004-12-03 15:59:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE3184	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) The U.S. invited a number of countries (Refs A-F) to send representatives to The Hague, during the 9th CWC Conference of the States Parties (from 29 Noveber-3 December 2004) for informal bilateral expert discussions on Host Country Agreements (HCA). With the exception of Luxembourg, the [...]	2004-12-08 08:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE3255	ICTY - MILOSEVIC WITNESSES ADVANCE POLITICAL CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Having regained control of his defense case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Slobodan Milosevic questioned a string of Russian witnesses and a former Yugoslav official over the past two weeks, focusing much of their testimony on corrob [...]	2004-12-14 16:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE3284	NETHERLANDS: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The 2004 terrorism report for the Netherlands follows. Responses are keyed as much as possible to reftel A's requirements. A. SUPPORT TO GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- --- 2. The Dutch have responded to the global terrorist threat with l [...]	2004-12-16 16:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NL AEC
04THEHAGUE3294	ICJ: COURT DISMISSES NATO BOMBING CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on December 15 dismissed Serbia and Montenegro's (SAM) claims against NATO over the legality of 1999's Operation Allied Force. The unanimous judgment was based on jurisdictional grounds, but seven of the fifteen judges issued a joint decl [...]	2004-12-17 15:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AORC ICJ
04THEHAGUE3303	FY 2005 (TARGET) ICASS INVOICES FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 16:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KICA AFIN AMGT ASEC ABUD
04THEHAGUE424	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del rep met on February 11 with Ralf Trapp, Special Assistant to DDG Brian Hawtin, who reported that only nine countries responded to the TS Note Verbale requesting States Party respond with their requests for or offers of assistance by February 1; one responded on February 2. Of the ten [...]	2004-02-19 14:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE55	NATO ENLARGEMENT: DUTCH PARLIAMENT COMPLETES [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-09 14:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MARR PREL NL NATO
04THEHAGUE578	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: THE NETHERLANDS ON ISAF [...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on March 8. DATT addressed these points with MOD International Policy Director BG Ton van Osch on March 9. Amb. Sobel also raised this issue as part of a March 9 discussion with FM Bot pre [...]	2004-03-09 13:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE584	DUTCH VIEWS ON PM'S MARCH 16 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 9, Ambassador Sobel met separately with FM Bot and the PM's diplomatic advisor, Rob Swartbol, to preview the March 16 meeting between the President and PM Balkenende. PM Balkenede will bring the message that the Dutch EU presidency will advance the transatlantic agenda i [...]	2004-03-10 10:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ NL PREL TU
04THEHAGUE744	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-22 12:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OI
04THEHAGUE766	READOUT OF DUTCH PRT RECCE TEAM TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Acting PolCouns obtained a readout on March 23 on the recent GONL PRT recce team visit to Afghanistan from Joost Flamand (protect),the MFA team rep. The team visited Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and Konduz, and had meetings with Task Force Victory in Bagram and with ISAF and UN offici [...]	2004-03-24 09:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE966	DUTCH PARLIAMENT DEBATES IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, the Dutch parliament engaged debated Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp in a debate on the future of Iraq. Looming in the background is the government's upcoming decision whether to renew the deployment of Dutch troops currently in Iraq beyond July. wi [...]	2004-04-16 16:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE969	DUTCH PARLIAMENT DEBATES IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, the Dutch parliament debated Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp on the future of Iraq. Looming in the background is the government's upcoming decision whether to renew the deployment of Dutch troops currently in Iraq beyond July. Bot and Kamp parried o [...]	2004-04-16 16:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04VATICAN1989	SERB AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO, ISLAM [...] (SBU) DARKO TANASKOVIC, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO (SAM) AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE, PASSED THE AMBASSADOR MAY 19 SAM'S DISCUSSION PAPER ON KOSOVO (REF A) AND IMPRESSED UPON HIM HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE SERBIAN MINORITY IN THE PROVINCE. TANASKOVIC DESCRIBED A GROWING EXTREMISM AMONG [...]	2004-05-21 13:11:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF MW PREL SOCI SR VT YI UNMIK
04VATICAN2058	DAS SATTERFIELD REVIEWS MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ WITH [...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Satterfield reviewed U.S. policy in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, Middle East reform and Syria in a May 17 meeting with Holy See Deputy FM equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin. Satterfield described the Israeli-Palestinian dispute a [...]	2004-05-26 09:26:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS VT IZ
04VATICAN252	The Pope's Europe: Whole, Free and Faithful [...] (U) From the start of his Pontificate, Pope John Paul II has had a clear vision of Europe as a continent united, free, and faithful. As an inspirational symbol for the Polish nation and a formidable voice for freedom, the Pope played an essential role in overcoming Europe's political division [...]	2004-01-23 16:33:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EU VT
04VATICAN3196	VATICAN STILL OPEN TO TURKEYâ€™S EU BID [...] (C) Acting Holy See Foreign Minister Parolin reaffirmed August 18 that the Holy See remained open to Turkish EU membership, notwithstanding recent critical comments by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Parolin emphasized that the Holy See's position on Turkish membership in the EU had not changed from the [...]	2004-08-18 16:27:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT
04VILNIUS1117	LITHUANIAN MINISTRIES WORKING ON EUROCONTROL FEE [...] (U) We have approached the MFA at various levels to seek an exemption of U.S. military and other U.S. state aircraft from air navigation, overflight, and terminal navigation fees. MFA Undersecretary Sarunas Adomavicius promised the Ambassador on August 31 to look into the matter, and others w [...]	2004-09-14 14:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS EAIR KREC LH
04VILNIUS1196	LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES REVISED INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary. The Lithuanian parliament September 29 approved a bill raising the ceiling on the number of troops deployable in international operations and extending authorization of current missions through December 31, 2005. The bill mandates that Lithuania deploy an all-volunteer force and [...]	2004-09-30 13:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1239	LITHUANIAN CHEESE CAPITAL NODS LEFT, BUT WITH [...] SUMMARY: Rokiskis is a town of approximately 16,000 located in northeastern Lithuania and the capital of a productive agricultural region famous for the cheese brand that bears its name. The director of the cheese factory, sharing the spotlight with the visiting Prime Minister, was the local [...]	2004-10-08 10:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI LH
04VILNIUS1350	LITHUANIA: RUSSIAN TEAM COMPLETES UNEVENTFUL VDOC [...] (C) Summary. A team from the Russian Federation conducted a Vienna Document inspection of Lithuanian military facilities on October 27-28. The inspection covered army and air force facilities in Kaunas, Panevezys, and Siauliai, including NATO's Baltic air policing assets at the Zokniai airfi [...]	2004-10-29 10:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1353	LITHUANIA CONCERNED OVER RUSSIAN AIR INCURSIONS [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's opposition to hosting a Baltic regional air safety conference under NATO-Russia Council (NRC) auspices (ref A) is rooted in its assessment that Russian policy aims to disrupt NATO relations with its newest members and raise pressure on the air policing mission. Though [...]	2004-10-29 14:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINS PREL LH
04VILNIUS1369	AMBASSADOR IN SIAULIAI STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AND [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador traveled to Lithuania's northern city of Siauliai October 20-21 to conveying a message of admiration for Lithuania's rapid democratic and economic growth and appreciation for its activist foreign policy and contributions to the NATO alliance. In a town often identified wi [...]	2004-11-05 12:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP LH
04VILNIUS1380	LITHUANIA'S 2005 DRAFT BUDGET SHORTS MOD [...] (C) Summary. The draft 2005 GOL budget before the Parliament fulfills Lithuania's NATO commitment to allocate two percent of GDP to defense spending, but falls far short of providing that two percent to the military. The budget increases the share of defense money that will go to other Minis [...]	2004-11-08 12:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL MCAP PINR PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1411	LITHUANIAN DEFMIN CRITICIZES NATO MEMBERS' [...] (U) Lithuanian Defense Minister Linas Linkevicius, in an interview with the Baltic News Service on November 15, criticized the decision by ten NATO allies not to send instructors to the armed forces training mission in Iraq. Linkevicius remarked that he did not believe this decision, although [...]	2004-11-16 13:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1442	FORMER AMBASSADOR'S CSIS PAPER CAUSES A [...] (SBU) Top TV journalist Edmundas Jakilaitis resigned over an incident in which he reported that a "secret" U.S. document warned of the dangers of Russian influence over Lithuanian politicians such as Russian-born Labor Party Leader Viktor Uspaskich. The document turned out to be written by f [...]	2004-11-26 09:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PREL LH RS
04VILNIUS1445	LITHUANIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISION FOR NEW TERM [...] (SBU) The Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) re-elected Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas November 25. In a speech to the Seimas November 24, Brazauskas outlined a broad vision for his new term. He promised to utilize EU funds to promote development in priority areas, such as the use, and expor [...]	2004-11-26 14:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1450	LITHUANIA DECLARES SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE; TO [...] (U) The Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) expressed its solidarity with the people of Ukraine and its support for their democratic objectives. In a vote of 123 to 1, with 3 abstentions, the 141-seat Seimas resolved to support the decision of Ukraine's Supreme Rada to evaluate the results of the [...]	2004-11-29 16:10:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP LH
04VILNIUS1492	LITHUANIA: DEFMIN NOMINEE PLEDGES TO STAY COURSE [...] (C) Summary. President Valdas Adamkus on December 7 nominated Gediminas Kirkilas, a leader of the Social Democrat Party and former Chairman of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, to become Minster of Defense in Lithuania's new government. Kirkilas, who will replace fellow Social Democrat [...]	2004-12-08 11:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MCAP MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1499	CSBM BILATERALS GIVE LITHUANIA ADDITIONAL TOOL TO [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania has developed bilateral Confidence and Security Building Measure (CSBM) agreements in accordance with the 1999 Vienna Document of OSCE and CFE requirements with Russia, Belarus and its Nordic neighbors. For Lithuania, the bilateral agreements enhance military transparenc [...]	2004-12-09 09:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1523	LITHUANIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE WITH BROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 13th Government of Lithuania took power on December 14, when Parliament approved the Cabinet and program of Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas. Negotiations over two Ministerial posts proved difficult, with the President forcing substitute nominees and ultimately accepting as [...]	2004-12-16 13:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1532	FY2004 CONSULAR PACKAGE NARRATIVE FOR VILNIUS [...] Post submits the following consular package narrative keyed to reftel. Management A) Consular Section Chief: Ruta D. Elvikis (Consul),ETD: July 2005, Direct Office Telephone Number: 370- 5-266-5591, E-mail: ElvikisRD@state.gov; Deputy Consular Section Chief: Gregory L. Bernsteen (Vic [...]	2004-12-20 10:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC CPAS KFRD ASIG AFSI LH
04VILNIUS1546	NEW LITHUANIAN DEFMIN COMMITS TO CONTINUED SUPPORT [...] (U) This cable contains two action requests. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. New Lithuanian Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas told the Ambassador that Lithuania would remain engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq during a December 21 tour d'horizon of our bilateral military-military re [...]	2004-12-22 12:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS MASS LH
04VILNIUS1556	BALTS REPORT RUSSIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary. Russia has launched a "charm offensive" towards the Baltic states that features new movement on bilateral relations, according to Lithuanian officials and Baltic diplomats here. Lithuanian interlocutors point to recent Russian initiatives on long-stalled issues such as bilateral [...]	2004-12-23 10:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS LH
04VILNIUS1566	LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...]	2004-12-27 14:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH
04WELLINGTON797	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS RUGGIERO, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following U.S. Geological Survey Biologists: -- Michael RUGGIERO to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from September 29 - October 9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Species 2000 Management Meeting and the Gl [...]	2004-09-16 03:51:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
04YEREVAN1002	MFA PRESENTS FACT SHEET ON ARMENIA-NATO COOPERATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Head of the NATO Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hrachia Tashchian, presented us with the Ministry's "Fact Sheet on Cooperation of Armenia with NATO and its Participation in the Partnership for Peace Progr [...]	2004-04-29 12:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN1352	RELATIONS WITH TURKEY BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The last-minute decision by the Turkish delegation not to attend a conference on regional archaeological and tourism issues, a report in the Armenian press regarding visa regimes and a widely ci [...]	2004-06-17 12:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID AM
04YEREVAN1369	REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered Ambassador John Ordway's press conference held on June 17. Almost all TV and newspaper reports were accurate and factual. The majority of the newspapers quoted the Ambassador without any comments. All the newspapers noted that there will be the final p [...]	2004-06-21 08:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN1537	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER ON GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 13:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	MARR PREL KPAO AM NATO
04YEREVAN1789	CHARGE BRIEFS DFM ON GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 10:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO AM NATO
04YEREVAN1813	ARMENIA'S TEST FOR NATO AND PFP: WILL THEY BE [...] (C) GOAM senior policy makers are looking to the upcoming Cooperation Best Effort 2004 (CBE04) Partnership for Peace (PfP) mid-September exercise in Azerbaijan as a test case for whether NATO, PfP members and the U.S. genuinely want to work with Armenia. Until the five Armenian military office [...]	2004-08-16 11:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PM PGOV AM AJ
04YEREVAN1822	MINIKES IN YEREVAN: ENGAGE WITH THE OSCE [...] (SBU) In a series of intense meetings with nearly all of Armenia's top-level leaders, USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes called for Armenia to engage with the OSCE to make sure the organization suits the country's needs, and not to carp from the sidelines, eroding OSCE basic principles. Mini [...]	2004-08-18 08:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
04YEREVAN1972	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT [...] (C) On September 4, 2004, Ambassador Evans presented his letters of credence to President Robert Kocharian. The Ambassador conveyed warm best wishes from President Bush, and explained how U.S. goals for the South Caucasus -- enhancing security and stability, strengthening democratic institutio [...]	2004-09-08 10:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KMCA ECON AM
04YEREVAN2062	ARMENIA: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AND PROLIFERATION [...] (S/NF) Armenia does not have an active biological warfare program nor does it have an interest, desire or capability to start one (reftel). The Armenian government has denied ever having a biological warfare program and currently Armenian biological institutes and private companies are struggl [...]	2004-09-17 13:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PINR ECON PTER TBIO PARM AM KPRP
04YEREVAN2092	ARMENIA'S MOD SUPPORTS BROADER, DEEPER DEFENSE [...] (C) In his first meeting with the Ambassador on September 20, Armenia's Defense Minister Serzh Sargsyan stated that Armenia highly valued its developing defense relationship with the U.S., stood ready to cooperate on an upcoming Defense Assessment and was preparing troops for deployment to Ir [...]	2004-09-22 12:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM AM
04YEREVAN2156	REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered the first press conference of Ambassador John Evans held on September 15. Virtually all TV stations commented on the unique format of the press conference (the heads of all the sections of the U.S. mission in Armenia were present). All TV stations show [...]	2004-09-30 13:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM

04YEREVAN2166	GOAM SUPPORT FOR IRAQ MISSION UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) GOAM commitment to deploying troops in Iraq remains strong despite recent media statements and public opinion against the mission. Opposition groups have not strongly attacked plans for deployment, and Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials continue to make consis [...]	2004-10-01 10:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM

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