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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00HARARE5461 ZANU-PF REPORTEDLY INTERESTED IN DEAL WITH MDC
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC ADVISOR, THE OPPOSITION PARTY HAS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FEELERS FROM ZANU-PF ABOUT MAKING A DEAL THAT INVOLVES PRESIDENT MUGABE'S DEPARTURE FROM OFFICE. MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI IS REPORTEDLY WILLING TO AGREE TO A GRACEFUL EXIT FOR MUGABE BECAUSE IT IS IN ZIMBABWE [...]
2000-09-27 14:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ZI MDC ZANU PF
01ANKARA3476NORTHERN IRAQ: ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY FORMED AFTER
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO PATRIOTIC UNION XXXXXXXXXXXXI, ON MAY 30 A SPLIT IN THE ISLAMIC UNION MOVEMENT OF KURDISTAN (IUMK) RESULTED IN MULLAH ALI BAPIR FOUNDING HIS OWN GROUP WHICH HE HAS NAMED THE ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY. BAPIR IS A RIVAL OF IUKM LEADER MULLAH ALI ABDULAZIZ. BOTH LEADERS ARE BASED IN T [...]
2001-05-31 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER MARR ETTC UNSC IZ TU
01PRETORIA1173THIN-SKINNED MBEKI WILL REQUIRE DEFT HANDLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT ACTIONS AND STATEMENTS BY PRESIDENT MBEKI HAVE RAISED CAUTION FLAGS ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO ACCEPT CRITICISM AND MANAGE COLLEGIALLY. THE CHALLENGE FOR U.S. OFFICIALS WILL BE TO ACCEPT THIS IMPORTANT, BUT HYPERSENSITIVE, AFRICAN FIGURE AS HE IS, AND BUILD A CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE. PO [...]
2001-02-23 15:53:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SF
01VATICAN4258VATICAN ARCHIVES Q “THE REAL STORY”
[...] (C) A/DCM AND POLITICAL ASSISTANT MET WITH JESUIT FATHER PETER GUMPEL AUGUST 10 AT HIS OFFICES IN THE JESUIT CURIA TO DISCUSS THE TECHNICAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN OPENING THE VATICAN ARCHIVES. (NOTE: THIS WAS A PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED MEETING, I.E. BEFORE WE RECEIVED REFTEL. WE NEVERTHELESS DELIVERED SUBST [...]
2001-08-13 11:46:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNAR VT
01VATICAN5693 SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 ON U.S. EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. DFM NOTED THE VATICAN WAS ARRANGING A 10/28-10/29 INTERFAITH MEETING IN CAIRO OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS THAT WOULD ALSO ADDRESS 9/11 AND ITS AFTERMATH [...]
2001-11-02 16:55:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK IN VT VTPREL
01VATICAN6619AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CATHOLIC-JEWISH HISTORICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED CATHOLIC-JEWISH DIALOGUE DURING A 12/18 COURTESY CALL ON PROPAGANDA FIDES CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 06619 310931Z PRESIDENT CARDINAL WALTER KASPER. KASPER WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT A CATHOLIC-JEWISH COMMISSION OF LAY HISTORIANS WOULD BE RE-FORMED WITH A CLEAR MANDATE [...]
2001-12-31 08:43:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKNAR PHUM PREL VT
02ABUJA3358NIGERIA: 2003 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE DRAFT
[...] Following is Post's draft of the 2003 National Trade Estimate for Nigeria. Dept. is requested to provide end-year trade and investment data in the trade summary. 2. NIGERIA TRADE SUMMARY In 2002, the U.S. trade deficit with Nigeria was $X.X billion, an improvement over the 2001 defi [...]
2002-12-23 07:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV EFIN NI
02BOGOTA3281DETAILS ON FARC CAMPS IN VENEZUELA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN INTERLOCUTORS UNEQUIVOCALLY CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF FARC CAMPS IN VENEZUELA (REFTEL). EMBASSY INTERLOCUTORS IN THE GOC FEEL THE VENEZUELAN MILITARY HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ORDERED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO FARC AND ELN C [...]
2002-04-11 20:44:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PTER MOPS VE CO
02KATHMANDU2393CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]
2002-12-16 12:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
03ANKARA2521THE 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 08:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
03ANKARA7133PKK/KADEK/KHK MEETS NOV. 15 IN NORTHERN IRAQ:
[...] (U) The Turkish press reported Nov. 16 that the newly-established KHK (the new name adopted by the PKK/KADEK) held a meeting Nov. 15 in the mountains of northern Iraq near Sulaymaniyah along the Iran-Iraq border. The press reports say that the KHK had planned to meet at a Mosul hotel, but was [...]
2003-11-17 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA7627HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW: JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE
[...] (U) Classified by Political Military Counselor Timothy Betts. Reasons: 1.5b and d. 2. (U) This is an action requestion. See para 5. 3. (C) Reftel is a request for Embassy human rights vetting/certification for Turkish participation in this JCET, which is scheduled to take place in [...]
2003-12-10 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM MASS MARR TU
03COLOMBO113 Japan's Akashi reviews visit to Sri Lanka;
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Special Envoy Akashi reviewed his visit to Sri Lanka, noting that President Kumaratunga had decided not to meet him. He said the donors' conference in Tokyo was set for June 9-10, and he invited Deputy Secretary Armitage [...]
2003-01-21 11:33:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER CE JA NO IN LTTE
03HANOI483QUESTIONNAIRE ON DUTIES/TAXES AND CUSTOMS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-28 06:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP XXX
03ROME1320REPORT OF FAO FORESTRY COMMITTEE 2003
[...] SUMMARY. THE 16TH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) BIENNIAL COMMITTEE ON FORESTRYS (COFO) FEATURED AN INNOVATIVE FORMAT THAT ALLOWED FOR GREATER EMPHASIS ON INFORMAL TECHNICAL EXCHANGES ON TECHNICAL ISSUES AND FORESTRY PROGRAM AREAS OF AND DISCUSSIONS ON ISSUES AN [...]
2003-03-27 16:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR SENV FAO
03SANAA2142YEMEN: IAEA DRAFT RESOLUTION AND YEMEN-DEPT ENERGY
[...] (u) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (c) Dr. Moustafa Bahran, Chairman of the Yemen National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC),requests U.S. assistance in delivering Yemen's draft resolution for the September 2003 IAEA General Assembly to appropriate USG officials. Bahran sp [...]
2003-08-26 09:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALTRGY TPHY PTER AORC YM IAEA COUNTER TERRORISM ENERGY
03THEHAGUE2137NETHERLANDS RESPONSE TO ADC DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Please see action request paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. The Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs confirms that Dutch electronics manufacturer Philips plans to ship 14-bit ADCs to China, but has not completed the transaction. The GONL has not yet made a determination on the export lice [...]
2003-08-25 11:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC NL PARM ECON
04ACCRA2207FORMER PRESIDENT RAWLINGS RAISES ELECTION CONCERNS
[...] (C) On November 6, PolChief met with former President (and senior National Democratic Party activist) J.J. Rawlings, at Rawlings' request, in his home. He was joined by his wife and two senior NDC party officials. Rawlings decried what he saw as an unlevel playing field in this election, clai [...]
2004-11-08 17:50:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GH
04AMMAN9151PENDING JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] ( U ) With King Abdullah likely to visit Washington on or about December 6, we provide below post,s understanding of the state of play of a number of Jordanian assistance requests, some of which have been on the table for more than a year. Ref A was post,s scene-setter for this visit. XXXX [...]
2004-11-15 14:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JO
04ANKARA509TURKISH REFUGEES IN IRAQ: BROAD CONSENSUS ON
[...] (SBU) After three days of intense, hard-fought negotiations in Ankara January 20-22 between Turkish, Iraqi/CPA, US and UNHCR reps on a draft agreement for the repatriation of Turkish refugees from Iraq, the parties reached broad consensus on the content of an agreement. A text reflecting that [...]
2004-01-27 08:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA7106A 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 05:24:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ
04BRUSSELS1868DINING 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 14:21:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PBTS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4944COMMISSION AND COUNCIL RESPONSES ON NOV. 22 GAERC
[...] (U) PolOffs have delivered Ref A points to contacts in the Council Secretariat and the personal staff of new External Relations Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner (who will be attending her first GAERC as a Commissioner on Monday). MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS ------------------------- 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXX X [...]
2004-11-19 15:41:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS MARR IR CH BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DUBLIN1101NORTHERN IRELAND - IRISH PM TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss met on June 30 in Dublin with Irish Prime Minister Ahern and Foreign Minister Brian Cowen to review Irish/British efforts to lay the ground work for another effort at restoring devolved government in NI. Ahern confirmed that he and [...]
2004-07-26 07:22:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK EUN NIPP
04HOCHIMINHCITY573EMBASSY/CONGEN TEAM VISITS DAK LAK, ASSESSES EXTENT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and ConGen poloffs discovered more questions than answers concerning reports of recent ethnic unrest (refs A and B),during an April 26-27 trip through the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. While everyone from government officials to some of the protesters themselv [...]
2004-04-30 00:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04LAGOS2073SCENESETTER 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 06:29:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC NI PTER
04MADRID1993SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC KENNETH CASTRO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kenneth Castro, Director, DTBE, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona June 4-7 to be the guest speaker at the XXXVII National Congress of Sociedad Espanola de Neumologia y Cirugia Toraxica (SEPAR). 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2004-05-28 14:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4687DEPUTY FM LEON ON CUBA, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-13 15:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SP
04MADRID4827LOCAL NGO PRESSURES SPAIN ON CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. On 12/21, Poloff met with Rafael Rubio, head of the Spanish NGO "Cuba en Transicion" (Cuba in Transition),a human rights organization dedicated to raising public awareness in Spain about human rights abuses in Cuba. Rubio, who generally works with the Popular Party (PP) but has [...]
2004-12-22 14:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CU SP
04MONTREAL874KANESATAKE GRAND CHIEF GABRIEL FRUSTRATED BY LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Mohawk territory of Kanesatake has become a haven for marijuana cultivation, drug dealing, arms possession, and other organized criminal activity, ousted Grand Chief James Gabriel told Consulate representatives on June 17. Gabriel, who has not been able to return to Kanesatake sinc [...]
2004-06-23 20:42:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV SNAR PHUM CA
04NASSAU1515PRIME MINISTER CHRISTIE’S CHINA TRIP, THE LATEST IN A STRING OF VISITS
[...] (SBU) Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie will lead an official government delegation to China on August 14-21, continuing a two-year upswing in diplomatic exchanges between The Bahamas and China. In addition to numerous cultural programs, the two nations have exchanged high-level delegations to [...]
2004-08-11 13:21:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP BTIO ECON SCUL CH BF ASEC
04OTTAWA3259ANONYMOUS THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL
[...] (SBU) ON DECEMBER 3, 2004, THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED RSO, LEGAT AND POLITICAL LIAISON REQUESTING AN IMMEDIATE MEETING TO DISCUSS A CURRENT INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY BY RCMP NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION AT OTTAWA AND MONTREAL. INCLUDED IN THE MEETING IN ADDI [...]
2004-12-04 01:27:00Embassy OttawaSECRETASEC PTER RCMP
04PRETORIA5040REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA - A
[...] Summary: The reality in southern Africa is that except for SACU, regional integration has predominantly not progressed much further than attempts to create free trade areas amongst some states and talks about possible customs unions. Within Southern Africa there are a number of regional integ [...]
2004-11-18 14:59:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKTEX ETRD ECON SF USTR
04RANGOON1100ALLEGED NORTH KOREAN INVOLVEMENT IN MISSILE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: North Korean workers are reportedly assembling "SAM missiles" and constructing an underground facility at a Burmese military site in Magway Division, about 315 miles NNW of Rangoon, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX . This unsolicited account should not be taken as authoritative, but it tracks [...]
2004-08-27 08:08:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPARM PINR PREL KNNP BM KN
04ROME2873FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: DIOUF STACKS THE
[...] (C) Summary: At the FAO Conference in November 2005, member governments will elect a Director General (DG) for a six-year term, beginning January 2006. The incumbent, Jacques Diouf (Senegal),who has been in office since 1993, as a still-unannounced candidate, has already garnered endorsem [...]
2004-07-23 15:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAORC EAGR PREL KUNR FAO
04THEHAGUE1915SURVEILLANCE OF U.S...
[...] (S/NF) The date of this incident is now in question. ORCA reports that the liaison service reports the incident as having taken place on Monday July 26. A very senior member of The Hague Police told the RSO this afternoon that the incident occurred on Monday and the Israeli RSO maintains that [...]
2004-07-30 06:06:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE1923SURVEILLANCE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE ON
[...] (SBU) Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Public Safety contacted the RSO on 07/30 and advised that the incident had actually occurred on 07/26 and not 07/27 as he originally told the embassy. As an aside he stated he would determine why he wasn't informed until the evening of 07/27. [...]
2004-07-30 17:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE781ENCOURGING CHR MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION
[...] Country Clearance is granted for xxx for travel to The Netherlands XXX. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at least a secret clearance. If level of cleara [...]
2004-03-25 14:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM
05ABUJA1609NIGERIAN AVIATION MINISTER ON OPEN SKIES
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. Embassy officers met on August 25 with Nigerian Minister of Aviation Babalola Borishade on two aviation disputes: the GON's failure to grant American Airlines the authorization to introduce codeshare serv [...]
2005-08-30 08:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR NI
05ALMATY934AMBASSADOR ORDWAY PURSUES PED, BILATERAL AGREEMENT
[...] Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Kairat Kelimbetov on March 3 in Astana. The Ambassador urged Kelimbetov to take action to speed the ratification of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Bilateral Assistance Agreement and to ensure that the GOK commits to a cost-s [...]
2005-03-11 00:08:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KZ ECONOMIC
05ANKARA1730TURKEY ADRIFT
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey is stuck in a domestic and foreign policy drift stemming from leadership and structural problems in ruling AKP. A long-overdue healthy debate over Turkey's identity and AKP, including its handling of relations with the U.S., has started. But AKP's policy muddle is leaving a vacu [...]
2005-03-25 09:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
05ANKARA3199CABINET SHUFFLES AND THE LONG SQUEEZE: PM ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: Long rumored to be considering a cabinet re-shuffle, PM Erdogan has made his first move suddenly and in limited fashion. However, more ministers in a cabinet which is still dominated by people loyal to Erdogan's chief internal rival FonMin Gul may be in Erdogan's sights as he tries slo [...]
2005-06-08 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU
05ASUNCION1480PARAGUAY'S INTERIOR: RELATIVE CALM AMID
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff traveled to the conflictive Departments of Caaguazu and San Pedro 11/21 - 11/22. The Governor of Caaguazu told PolOff that his top priority was to address insecurity -- or at least public perceptions of insecurity -- by establishing a regional police academy and a mounte [...]
2005-12-05 20:33:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPGOV PREL PINR EAGR SNAR PA
05BOGOTA11459GUARANTORS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON GOC-ELN TALKS IN
[...] (C) The five "Casa de Paz" initiative guarantors told the Ambassador December 9 they are moderately optimistic about the upcoming GOC-ELN talks in Cuba but have no false illusions. The ELN pushed for December talks when the guarantors would have preferred to wait until late January to prepar [...]
2005-12-12 17:23:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER CO ELN
05BOGOTA5888DRAFT AMENDMENT TO 2004 ANNEX: ACTION REQUEST
[...] (U) As discussed Ref emails, following is the draft Amendment 1 to the 2004 Annex. This document, when signed, will obligate FY2005 INL funding for Colombia. Draft follows the model approved by the Department to obligate FY2003 funds. FY2004 funds were obligated by the 2004 Annex. Post w [...]
2005-06-21 14:36:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CO
05BOGOTA9257RECONCILIATION COMMISSION CONFIRMS PEACE PROCESS \
[...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX discussed the status of the Catholic Church's role in peace \ talks between guerrilla groups and the Colombian government. \ He said he believed both negotiations were on hold ) the ELN \ would not advance during Francisco Galan's parole and the \ FARC consistently had refused all [...]
2005-09-29 20:31:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER SOCI CO ELN FARC
05BRASILIA325MISSION COMMENTS: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DRAFT
[...] (C) After initial review of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) draft accord (reftel),Mission believes the Brazilian document is an excellent launching point for negotiation of a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). While the MOD version is bare-bones, it also provides a strong negotiating found [...]
2005-02-04 13:09:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MASS PREL BR ASPA
05BRASILIA464THREE SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY IN STANG MURDER, BUT
[...] (C) By February 22, police had arrested three of the four suspects in the February 12 murder of US missionary Dorothy Stang in Para state in northern Brazil. Both alleged gunman plus the middleman who hired them are now in custody. The fourth suspect, the landowner who is the alleged mastermind of [...]
2005-02-22 20:18:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR CASC KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TIP
05BRASILIA542BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO ARGENTINE PRELIMINARY PAPER ON
[...] Emboff delivered reftel non-paper to Brazilian Deputy Summit of the Americas Coordinator Afonso Sena Cardoso in a February 24 meeting. Cardoso welcomed the U.S. comments on the Argentine paper and reciprocated in kind, handing us a non- paper with GoB observations on the Argentine paper (tra [...]
2005-03-01 19:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ELAB ETRD KSUM AR BR
05BRUSSELS1530CUBA: EU COMMISSIONER MICHEL BOLSTERS CUBAN FONMIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to his adviser on Cuba, European Commissioner for Development Louis Michel believes the EU must bolster Cuban FM Felipe Perez Roque as the best hope for improved EU-Cuba relations. During his March 24-27 visit to the island (REFS B-C),Michel offered Perez Roque better [...]
2005-04-18 13:51:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR EAID CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05CAIRO4534REPORT: MUBARAK TO NAME VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) The London-based Financial Times reported on June 15 that President Mubarak intends to name a Vice President - a step he has refused to take throughout his 24 year tenure as President - after the September Presidential elections. We reached out to the reporter who filed the story, who confir [...]
2005-06-15 16:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EG
05DAMASCUS6342MAPPING SYRIAN CIVIL SOCIETY: A WILDERNESS OF
[...] (C) Summary: Developments in Syria over the past 18 months have focused fresh attention on the need for USG support for democratization and efforts to strengthen civil society in Syria. As Post begins mapping out the different players in civil society and the opposition for use in identifyi [...]
2005-12-06 15:17:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI PREL SY
05DARESSALAAM212MINISTER ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL: "BURUNDIAN REFUGEES,
[...] (U) This message contains an action request lease see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Minister for Home Affairs Omar Mapuri, who is also a dark horse CCM Presidential candidate, campaigned in Western Tanzania Jan 23-25. His public remarks were marked by strong anti-refugee statements, whi [...]
2005-02-02 04:32:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV TZ
05DHAKA3529 COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REBECCA K.
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Office of Foreign Disaster and Assistance (OFDA) Regional Advisor Rebecca K. Scheurer to travel to Bangladesh on July 26 to 28, 2005 and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in her passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh [...]
2005-07-24 02:28:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NP TH BG
05DHAKA3669 ACTION - COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MANISH GARG
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Manish Garg on his 08/06 - 08/10/, 2005 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 3.D. and 3.E. below). Control Officer will be Mohammad Faruque, LC Repr [...]
2005-07-31 03:34:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT BG
05DHAKA3815 COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REBECCA K.
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Office of Foreign Disaster and Assistance (OFDA) Regional Advisor Ms. Rebecca K. Scheurer and USAID/DCHA/AA Special Assistant Ms. Jenny Marion to travel to Bangladesh on August 21 to 24, 2005 and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bang [...]
2005-08-07 05:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NP TH BG
05DHAKA4009 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CONTRACTOR
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Mr. Peter Davis of Development Training and Services on his August 21 to August 26, 2005, visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining Bangladeshi visa in his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 4.D. and 4.E. below). [...]
2005-08-14 09:44:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA BG
05DHAKA4152COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Mr. Paul Bell, a Local Government Association Specialist of ARD Inc. on his Sept 11, 2005 visit and grants country clearance - contingent, repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 3.D. and 3.E. below [...]
2005-08-22 09:40:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA BG
05DHAKA4255 COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR SCOTT LAMPMAN,
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes EAI/TFCA Secretariat, Director Scott Lampman to travel to Bangladesh on September 11 to 16, 2005 and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 3.D. and 3.E. below) [...]
2005-08-29 06:06:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NP TH BG
05DHAKA4605 ACTION - COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROY ROBINSON
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Roy Robinson on his 09/17-25/2005 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 3.D. and 3.E. below). Control Officer will be Katrina Martin. Contact infor [...]
2005-09-14 10:50:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC PTER BG
05DUBAI4824ONE IRAN EXPERT'S VIEW OF PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD
[...] (S) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX, an Iranian XXXXXXXXXXXX well known in Iran watcher circles, offered to PolEconChief his views on his "childhood friend," President Ahmadinejad. He asserted that Ahmadinejad had no role in the 1979 hostage crisis. He had opposed Ahmadinejad's candidacy due to his lack [...]
2005-10-03 13:12:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PINR PREL KNNP IR
05DUBLIN286IRELAND: FINANCE MINISTER COWEN ON THE NORTH,
[...] (C) Summary. In a brief March 7 meeting with Finance Minister Brian Cowen, the Ambassador recommended U.S.-style tax incentives for university endowment contributions as a model for Ireland in addressing funding shortfalls for higher education. Cowen noted Ireland's drive on economic and academic c [...]
2005-03-08 14:11:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN SOCI
05DUSHANBE1812DESPITE RUSSIAN PRESSURE, THE UNITED STATES CAN PROMOTE ITS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Although we now de-emphasize its previous Cold-War primacy in U.S. foreign policy, Russia still requires clear-eyed scrutiny for the havoc it can play with the President's democracy agenda and larger goals for transformational diplomacy in the former Soviet republics. We believe Russia [...]
2005-11-14 06:21:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PROP ECON EAID KDEM KPAO RS TI
05GENEVA1339JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON GROUND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 27, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 27, 2005, to discuss the U.S.-proposed exchange of l [...]
2005-06-02 05:15:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05HANOI2824HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE VIETNAMESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Minister of Health (MOH) Tran Thi Chung Chien on October 14 at the Ministry to discuss avian influenza (AI) issues and ways to improve U.S.-Vietnam cooperation to combat AI more effectively. [...]
2005-10-25 10:23:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU HIV AIDS
05HOCHIMINHCITY896AMBASSADOR MEETS DISSIDENT BUDDHIST LEADER
[...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 13 meeting with Thich Thien Hanh, the senior-most member of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) in Hue, the Ambassador encouraged Hanh and the UBCV to seek to regularize their legal status. Hanh said the UBCV could envision working with the GVN, but onl [...]
2005-08-24 23:55:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
05KINGSTON131WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS - U.S. MARKET ACCESS
[...] This message contains post's response to reftel request. 2. Jamaica's service markets are generally open, and the GOJ itself welcomes foreign companies that want to set up operations in the country. Foreign service suppliers are permitted to participate in the Jamaican market, and they are [...]
2005-01-13 19:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD JM WTO
05KINGSTON1905IMF GIVES JAMAICA PASSING MARK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Interim Staff Report, issued on June 23, gave the GOJ high marks for stabilizing the economy following the macroeconomic challenges of 2003. By expressing broad agreement with the country's economic policies, the report could have boosted public confidence in Finance Minister [...]
2005-08-10 13:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2144BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) On August 22, Poloff spoke with Senior Superintendent XXX of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). XXX explained that the JCF is currently participating in a training course led by London-based Task International (http://www.task-int.com). The technical training includes segments on ho [...]
2005-09-13 21:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC JM
05KINGSTON893DISCOVERY OF FINANCE MINISTRY'S ISSUES ILLEGAL
[...] (U) Summary: The Jamaican Ministry of Finance (MOF) used deferred financing to support development projects without going to Parliament for approval. Following an amendment to the Financial Administration Act (FAA) in 2002, the MOF modified their "comfort letters" to financial institutions, turni [...]
2005-03-31 18:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
05LAGOS605MILITANT DELTA YOUTH SET ASIDE ARMS AND DIFFERENCES
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past few months, the Government of Nigeria and NGOs convened two major "peace camps" bringing together members of rival militia groups and gangs from the Delta region. The camps were largely in response to the flare up in violence which occurred in the region Fall 2004. During [...]
2005-04-25 10:52:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALNI PGOV PHUM PREL
05LIMA2158COCALEROS ATTRACTIVE TO POLITICAL GROUPS BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Although the various cocalero groups remain fragmented with no national leadership or strategy, they are courted by disparate radical elements in Peruvian society who view the cocaleros as potential allies. In addition, there is evidence that narcotraffickers are arming and radical [...]
2005-05-12 18:49:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PGOV PTER PE
05LIMA4132FAR LEFT, INSPIRED BY CHAVEZ, SEEKING TO RIDE
[...] (C) Most of Peru,s far-left Marxist parties, movements, and labor organizations are attempting to unite forces for the 2006 general elections under the banner of a "Frente Amplio" (Broad Front). They hope their standard bearer will be Ollanta Humala, leader of the fascistic Nationalist Peruv [...]
2005-09-22 19:23:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
05LONDON4981IMO SECGEN REPORTS ON HIS TRIP TO THE KOREAN PENINSULAR
[...] (C) On June 10, Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) briefed ESTOff on his trip the previous week to the Korean Peninsula. Even before his arrival, the North had indicated that his offer of the IMO's good offices to increase North-South maritime [...]
2005-06-15 10:55:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEWWT JA KR PREL UK IMO PSI
05MADRID1317DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 11:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CO SP EUN NATO VZ
05MADRID1324DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 12:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID2653AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Aguirre had his first meeting with President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on July 12 to introduce himself and to review the USG roadmap for improving bilateral relations. The 90-minute meeting was cordial and relaxed throughout and covered a broad range of bilateral an [...]
2005-07-14 12:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP VZ
05MADRID3260SPAIN: AN ACTIVE FRONT IN THE WAR ON TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. Spain is both a significant target of Islamic terrorist groups and a major logistical hub for Islamic extremist groups operating across the globe. The March 11, 2004 train bombings made Madrid the site of the worst terrorist attack in the history of the EU and triggered the second majo [...]
2005-09-15 10:18:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID457SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. IVAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ivan Montoya, Medical Officer, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Ciudad Real, February 22-27 to attend and serve as the keynote speaker at the XXXII Sociodrogalcohol National Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...]
2005-02-07 13:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05NASSAU1071CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS CLOSE MEETING
[...] Foreign Ministers from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),meeting as COFCOR (Council for Foreign and Community Relations),concluded a series of meetings in Freeport, Grand Bahama, on June 4 (reftel). In their discussions, the ministers focused on relations with third countries (the U.S., Can [...]
2005-06-06 16:58:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD BF CARICOM
05NEWDELHI2606ICRC FRUSTRATED WITH INDIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) Summary: In a April 1 confidential briefing on GOI detention centers in Kashmir, ICRC XXXXXXXXXXXX described to D/Polcouns torture methods and relatively stable trend lines of prisoner abuses by Indian security forces, based on data derived from 1491 interviews with detainees during 2002-2004. [...]
2005-04-06 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPHUM PREL PTER IN PK
05NEWDELHI3599GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT KASHMIRIS THINK
[...] ... (COPY THE FORMATED FILE)) SUBJECT: GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT KASHMIRIS THINK Classified By: Polcouns Geoff Pyatt, for Reasons 1.4 (B, D) Â [...]
2005-05-12 11:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK IN
05OTTAWA3636INCSR PART I - CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 21:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CA
05PARIS4749FRENCH JUDGE SAYS C/T FOCUS IS ON "JIHADISTS TO
[...] (S) Summary: Islamic/international terrorism investigating judge XXXXXXXXXXXX told Poloffs May 6 that his section's open-ended investigation into potential "jihadists to Iraq" has become their current priority. With two networks already discovered, French authorities fear that "jihadists to Ira [...]
2005-07-07 15:38:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER FR
05PRAGUE356(C) US NAVY POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES
[...] (C) Poloff was shown March 10 the request for an export license filed by the Czech firm that is working to provide an initial shipment of 23 Russian-made sea-skimming missiles (KH-31) to the US Navy. The application showed the name and address of the firm in Minsk that was supplying the missiles, b [...]
2005-03-10 16:26:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL EZ BO RS UP
05PRAGUE822NEW CZECH GOVERNMENT: GOOD FIRST IMPRESSIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Czech PM Jiri Paroubek, who won a vote of confidence on May 13 (ref A),has gotten off to a stronger than expected start. His foreign policy looks to be a continuation of that of the previous Gross Government, marked by support for transatlantic policies. Notwithstanding his [...]
2005-05-27 14:46:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EZ
05QUITO911BIO INFO FOR NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS: PART 2
[...] (U) Summary: On April 25, President Palacio named Minister of Education Consuelo Yanez Cossio, Minister of Tourism Maria Isabel Crespo, Minister of Sports Omar Cevallos, Minister of Health Wellington Sandoval and Presidential Communication Secretary Carlos Cortez. Elsa de Mena will return t [...]
2005-04-25 22:08:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EC
05SANJOSE2410REFUGEE REFERRAL: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX
[...] (C) Post wishes to refer Cuban national Dr. XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX for consideration under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Bio data based on Dr. XXXXXXXXXXXX passport is as follows: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX, born in Granma, Cuba, on XXXXXXXXXXXX [...]
2005-10-14 22:07:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF CVIS CS CU
05SANSALVADOR2539POST'S NOMINATIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS TO ATTEND
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend ILEA course Tactical Safety and Survival Seminar at Laguna El Pino, Guatemala, from October 3 to 7, 2005. All officers have the rank of Agent (equivalent to corporal),are members of the Salvadoran Anti-Narcotic [...]
2005-09-13 18:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ES INL
05SANSALVADOR2728EL SALVADOR: NOMINATIONS TO ATTEND SESSION 40 AT
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy San Salvador nominates the following 14 police officers to attend session 40 of the Advanced Management Course presented at ILEA Roswell from October 31 to November 18, 2005. All nominees have been vetted locally. Post requests that INL and WHA also vet in accordance [...]
2005-10-04 18:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID KCRM SNAR KJUS INL
05SANSALVADOR2878EL SALVADOR'S NOMINATIONS TO ATTEND ILEA CRIME SCENE MANAGEMENT TRAINING FROM NOV 14 TO 18, 2005
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend ILEA course Crime Scene Management and Kidnapping in El Salvador from November 14 to 18, 2005. All nominated officers were born in El Salvador. SubInp. XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 2/15/1972 POB: La Libertad SubInp. XXX [...]
2005-10-21 20:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS ES KTLA INL
05SANSALVADOR2930EL SALVADOR'S COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, A WEAK
[...] (C) Summary: El Salvador's supreme audit institution is the Comptroller,s Office (Corte de Cuentas). It is a nominally-independent body charged with reviewing fiscal spending by the public sector, and has been at the center of recent political scandals. The National Conciliation Party (PCN [...]
2005-10-27 20:12:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR ES
05SANSALVADOR3490EL SALVADOR: FIRST DRAFT OF 2006 INCSR PART II
[...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Post's first draft of the 2006 INCSR Part II. Year-end statistics for CY-05 are not yet available. Post will add these statistics in January 2006 and retransmit this report. Text follows. 2. (U) El Salvador Located on the Pacific coast of the Central Am [...]
2005-12-15 19:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER KJUS ES
05SANSALVADOR3491EL SALVADOR: FIRST DRAFT OF 2006 INCSR PART I
[...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Post's first draft of the 2006 INCSR Part I. Year-end statistics for CY-2005 are not yet available. Post will add these statistics in January 2006 and retransmit this report. Text follows. 2. (U) El Salvador I. Summary El Salvador is a transit count [...]
2005-12-15 19:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PINR PINS PREL KCRM KJUS ES
05SANSALVADOR3537REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN FORCES PARTICIPATING IN TRAINING
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates: Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX Date of Birth: 11 February 1959 Place of Birth: San Salvador 3. Post has reviewed avail [...]
2005-12-21 17:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
05SANSALVADOR3539REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date and place of birth for your reference. All individuals are male. X [...]
2005-12-21 18:55:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
05SANTODOMINGO1971NEW DOMINICAN EXTRADITION PROCESS RETURNS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Two fugitives have been returned to the United States under the new Dominican extradition process. The Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court issued lengthy opinions in both cases, setting non-binding but advisory precedents that bode well for future extradition cases. Additionally [...]
2005-04-08 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS PREL DR
05TASHKENT284GULNORA INC. STRIKES AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: According to various reports from industry insiders, Gulnora Karimova, the President's daughter, is interested in taking over a new cellular company with U.S. investment, as well as Uzbektelekom, the monopoly state- owned telecommunications company. She also reportedly has agreed with [...]
2005-01-28 13:33:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PINR UZ
05TELAVIV45(C) PM'S ADVISOR ON RENEWED REPARATIONS CLAIMS
[...] (C) Summary: A GOI working group charged with developing a five-year plan on Holocaust-era reparations, pensions and restitution is considering a recommendation that the GOI ask Germany for about $500 million -- possibly in the form of new German-made submarines -- in compensation for what the GOI [...]
2005-01-04 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL MASS PL IS GOI EXTERNAL
05THEHAGUE33382005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] The following is Embassy The Hague's submission of Part II of the 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Embassy Point of Contact for this report is Deputy TFCO/Econoff Karen Enstrom at enstromkl@state.gov. As requested reftel, Post will [...]
2005-12-16 13:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER ETTC NL
05VIENNA3833DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTIONS
[...] (SBU) On December 7, Charge was able to reach Chancellery Diplomatic Advisor Hans-Peter Manz by telephone as Manz was about to leave with the Chancellor for Washington. Charge presented the unclassified portions of reftel demarche, and undertook to arrange for the classified portions to reach Manz [...]
2005-12-07 17:16:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP EU AU
05WELLINGTON880NEW ZEALAND WANTS TO MOVE AHEAD ON HSPD-6
[...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand government remains eager to move quickly toward bilateral sharing of terrorist lookout information. To move forward, however, the government needs to know more about how the information it supplies to the United States would be used, details on how such an informa [...]
2005-11-10 03:40:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC CVIS PGOV PREL PINR NZ
06ANKARA4622CSI: TURKEY RESPONDS TO ASSESSMENT WITH NEW PROPOSED
[...] On July 31, Embassy received via diplomatic note Turkey's response to the draft Container Security Initiative (CSI) Declaration of Principles (DOP) and Basic Impelementation Procedures (BIP) that were provided to the GOT earlier this year. 2. The revised Declaration of Principles (DOP) and B [...]
2006-08-10 14:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PTER KTIA TU
06ANKARA5866GOT FIRMLY PLACES BLAME ON GREECE FOR MIGRANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA officials continue to place the blame for the deaths of at least six illegal migrants thrown into Turkish territorial waters on September 26 off the coast of Karaburun, Turkey on Greek coast guard officials. The GOT pointed to Greece's lack of cooperation with Turkey [...]
2006-10-10 16:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV TU GR
06ASUNCION1148PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR THE MCC
[...] Victor Domingo Romero Villalba 2/19/1978 Concepcin 2. Juan Lorenzo Monges Ramirez 7/1/1980 Asuncin 3. Richard Francisco Martnez Berdejo 7/31/1979 Atyra 4. Octavio Valentn Noguera Chaparro 2/14/1978 Asuncin 5. Ronal Enrique Orlando Paez 8/4/1981 P.J. Cab [...]
2006-11-15 18:37:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV AID PA
06ATHENS1652PAKISTANI EMBASSY CLAIMS GOG COMPLICITY IN HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 16 meeting with Poloffs, Pakistani XXXXXXXXXXXX relayed his concerns that human smuggling could be funding destabilizing separatist, Muslim-extremist, and even terrorist movements in Pakistan, notably in the Balochistan province. His concern is heightened by what he [...]
2006-06-28 11:09:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALGR PINR PINS PK SMIG SOCI PTER
06BAGHDAD2059XXXXXXXXXXXX BLAMES UK FOR SECURITY
[...] (S//REL UK) Summary: In a June 12 conversation with PolOff, XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOff the UK is largely to blame for the unrest in Basrah. The UK has not brought militias under control, and so Basrah is now a violent place, he said. This, combined with the activities of foreign intelligence ser [...]
2006-06-18 12:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BEIJING15437HUMAN RIGHTS: CHINA´S DIALOGUE PARTNERS HAVE MIXED
[...] (C) Countries that conduct formal human rights dialogues with China are disappointed that the exchanges rarely yield immediate, tangible results, contacts at foreign embassies in Beijing told us. Nonetheless, most dialogue partners judged that the exercise remains useful as a forum a) to express hu [...]
2006-07-26 10:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING21220DPRK NUCLEAR TEST THREAT: VIEWS OF CHINESE
[...] (S) Chinese academic and media observers are concerned about North Korea's threat to conduct a nuclear test and generally believe the DPRK will actually carry out its threat to test at some point. Some observers expressed skepticism that a test would come soon. The official China Daily ran o [...]
2006-10-07 11:22:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MNUC CH KN KS JA RU
06BEIJING21224REPORTED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: RARE MFA ""STATEMENT""
[...] (S) The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a rare official ""statement"" (text at para 11) on October 9 condemning the reported DPRK nuclear test that day. China had only issued four previous MFA statements of this kind in the last decade and a half. Chinese contacts we spoke with expressed sur [...]
2006-10-09 11:50:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MNUC CH KN JA KS RU
06BEIJING23571PRC CLAIMS HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY ON GOOGLE EARTH
[...] (C) China wants the United States Government to take action to get Google to reduce the resolution of the Google Earth images of China's military, nuclear, space, energy and other sensitive government agency installations in order to deprive terrorists of potentially dangerous information, XXXXXXX [...]
2006-11-07 06:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR TSPA CH
06BEIRUT2703BRAINSTORMING WITH MARWAN AND NAYLA: HAVE KOFI
[...] (S/NF) Meeting together with the Ambassador on 8/20, Marwan Hamadeh and Nayla Mouawad urged that Kofi Annan bring UN/OLA chief Nicolas Michel with him when the UNSYG travels to Beirut next week. Having Michel in town to finalize the draft on the Hariri tribunal will put the right spin on An [...]
2006-08-20 15:19:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL KCRM PTER EFIN LE SY IS
06BERLIN2546SPD IN DRIVER'S SEAT FOR BERLIN ELECTION
[...] (U) Summary. With three weeks to go, opinion polls and political commentators and contacts all say Berlin's September 17 election of a new parliament is the SPD's to lose. The Social Democrats lead the Christian Democrats by over ten percent in all polls and the ratings gap between the two parties' [...]
2006-08-30 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV GM
06BOGOTA10596ARRESTS OF PUBLIC FIGURES WITH ALLEGED
[...] (C) On November 17, President Uribe strongly supported the recent law enforcement actions against several Colombian Congressmen for alleged paramilitary ties, and said the State had to proceed with "more severity" when public figures violated the law. The Supreme Court of Justice ordered the [...]
2006-11-17 21:29:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA11005URIBE TRANSFERS EX-PARAMILITARY LEADERS TO MAXIMUM
[...] (C) On December 1, President Uribe ordered the transfer of the 59 ex-paramilitary leaders being held at the "La Ceja" detention center to the Itagui maximum-security prison in Antioquia Department. Uribe said he took this decision because of escape plan rumors, and allegations that the leade [...]
2006-12-04 21:49:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA3258JURY STILL OUT ON PARAMILITARY INFLUENCE IN MARCH
[...] (C) Summary: Opinions continue to vary on the potential of paramilitary influence in the Congress following the March 12 elections. Some commentators point to the defeat of the three most blatantly pro-AUC members of Congress (MOCs) as evidence of the erosion of para political influence. Th [...]
2006-04-11 22:09:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA4052OAS SAYS PARAMILITARY CRIMINAL RESURGENCE SERIOUS
[...] (C) Claudia Perez, the deputy director of the OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process (OAS/MAPP),said that media reports of up to 4,000 demobilized paramilitaries returning to criminal activity mischaracterized a recent OAS report and were significantly exaggerated. The OAS believes about [...]
2006-05-05 22:02:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA4686DRUMMOND COAL STRIKE
[...] (C) On May 22, approximately 4,000 coal workers from Drummond, Inc. in Cesar Department began to strike (reftel),joining 300 workers already on strike at nearby Swiss coal mining company Glencore. According to Drummond, the strike is capitalizing on the timing of the May 28 Presidential election [...]
2006-05-26 13:51:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALETRD ELAB PGOV PHUM CO
06BOGOTA830EX-LABOR LEADERS SAID TO USE ASYLUM IN EUROPE TO
[...] (C) In a meeting on January 24 with LABOFF, leaders from Colombia's largest banker's union and its labor confederation claimed that exiled labor leaders with guerrilla affiliations are behind a Danish T-shirt sales campaign, whose proceeds reportedly are destined for the Revolutionary Armed For [...]
2006-01-30 16:19:00Embassy BogotaSECRETELAB PGOV PHUM PTER CO DA XT KLAB
06CAIRO941FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER’S VISIT TO EGYPTREF: CAIRO 493
[...] (C) During his February 8-9 visit to Egypt FBI Director Robert Mueller held a series of cordial and productive meetings with President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Soliman, Interior Minister Adly, and State Security Director Abdel Rahman. The strength of the bilateral security relationship, and mean [...]
2006-02-15 07:44:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KISL EG
06DAMASCUS1186REGIME SENSES SYRIA POLICY AT IMPASSE
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Syria desk officer March 13, two key contacts noted that the SARG believes that U.S. policy towards Syria has reached an impasse, and that the U.S. is in the process of changing its approach. That shift will take six months, in their view, during which [...]
2006-03-19 13:24:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SY LE
06DAMASCUS1357KHADDAM'S NATIONAL SALVATION FRONT GARNERS MIXED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 17 unveiling in Brussels of the National Salvation Front (NSF) has received mixed reviews from civil society activists and other contacts. While activists distanced themselves publicly from the NSF, some contacts took a more nuanced position privately, maintaining [...]
2006-03-27 15:21:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS141KHADDAM, UNIIIC, AND A POSSIBLE CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] (C) Summary: Polchief met January 8 with XXXXXXXXXXXX, a long-standing Embassy contact, who described possible motives for the interviews being given by former Syrian VP Khaddam, as well as increased Alawite dissatisfaction with President Asad. XXXXXXXXXXXX also described a threatening outbu [...]
2006-01-09 13:42:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS1433XXXXXXXXXXXX DISCUSSES LONG-TERM COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Key opposition figure XXXXXXXXXXXX met with Poloff on March 26 to discuss a number of issues. XXXXXXXXXXXX confirmed that he is not applying for MEPI funding during this application cycle, but remains interested in pursuing other, "indirect" funding mechanisms from the USG. XX [...]
2006-03-30 14:15:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SY
06DAMASCUS149CIVIL SOCIETY MULLS KHADDAM'S STATEMENTS, SARG'S
[...] (C): SUMMARY: Civil-society activists continue to discuss recent statements by former Vice-President Abdul Halim Khaddam, particularly those related to any aspirations for a leading role in the Syrian opposition. Most activists acknowledge Khaddam's real ties to the opposition, noting that s [...]
2006-01-09 15:18:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS1692TWO IMPORTANT SUNNI LEADERS ASSESS KHADDAM'S IMPACT
[...] (C) Summary: Two Sunni leaders, XXXXXXXXXXXX, assess that former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam is a useful tool who has already weakened the regime. They are counseling their friends in the opposition not to attack Khaddam publicly, regardless of their private reservations. One of these Sunnis XX [...]
2006-04-13 11:44:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS1698DAMASCUS DECLARATION GROUP DECIDES NOT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite intense SARG pressure, members of the Damascus Declaration (DD) group who met April 6 decided not to publicly attack former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam or his recent alignment with Muslim Brother leader Sadreddin Bayanouni in the National Salvation Front. Rejecting the argu [...]
2006-04-13 16:59:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS1754C-NE6-00262: KHADDAM'S AND BAYANOUNI'S FAUSTIAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam's public criticism of the regime and his move to ally himself -- via the National Salvation Front -- with Syrian Muslim Brotherhood leader Sadreddin al-Bayanouni continue to provoke the regime and stir tremendous speculation among the public and [...]
2006-04-18 13:01:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS207IMPACT OF KHADDAM: A SYRIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE
[...] (C) Summary: In a conversation held before the release of political prisoner Riyad Seif and others, prominent Syrian XXXXXXXXXXXX opposition figure XXXXXXXXXXXX told Polchief January 16 that former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam's press campaign had thrown the Syrian regime into crisis but would no [...]
2006-01-19 14:11:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO
06DAMASCUS392AN ALAWITE-SUNNI CHAT ON KHADDAM, FUTURE OF REGIME
[...] (C) The criticisms and maneuvering of former VP Khaddam continue to generate intense private discussion in Syria. According to Sunni politician XXXXXXXXXXXX on January 30, a retired senior Alawite military officer pribvately endorsed Khaddam's views and noted fears that he and other former A [...]
2006-02-02 15:08:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS427SHEIKH CONFIRMS SARG INVOLVEMENT IN ESCALATING
[...] (C) Summary: An influential Sunni sheikh provided details February 6 that seem to confirm SARG involvement in escalating the situation that led to the violent rioting in Damascus two days earlier, including communications between the PM's office and the Grand Mufti. He also noted that SARG aut [...]
2006-02-06 16:05:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4877SYRIA'S DAMASCUS DECLARATION GROUP PLANS TO GO MORE PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: Damascus Declaration leader XXXXXXXXXXXX said in an October 3 meeting with A/DCM that the Damascus Declaration group turns a year old this month and plans to expand its activities from internal group organizing to public outreach. The group is still waiting for a response about [...]
2006-10-11 16:12:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS517THE MUSLIM BROTHERS IN SYRIA; PART I: COULD THEY
[...] (U) This is the first of two cables that assess the potential political influence of the Muslim Brothers in Syria. 2. (U) PART I. DIFFICULTIES IN ASSESSING MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD POWER; CONSTRAINTS ON MB INFLUENCE 3. (C) Summary: In the wake of former VP Khaddam's flirtation with the M [...]
2006-02-08 15:47:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM SY
06DAMASCUS531THE MUSLIM BROTHERS IN SYRIA, PART II: COULD THEY
[...] (U) This is the second of two cables that assess the potential power of the Muslim Brothers in Syria. 2. (U) PART II. REASONS FOR THE EXAGGERATED ESTIMATES OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD INFLUENCE 3. (C) Summary: Most estimates of potential Muslim Brother support range between ten and thirty [...]
2006-02-09 16:06:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM SY
06DAMASCUS5349SARG FEELING CONFIDENT IS THE MESSAGE TO STAFFDEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Puneet Talwar, held meetings in Damascus November 22 with an opposition member, informal SARG advisor, journalist, and others. The common perspective from the meetings is that the SARG feels it is operating from [...]
2006-12-03 07:37:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS701ANNOUNCEMENT TO FUND OPPOSITION HARSHLY CRITICIZED BY ANTI-REGIME ELEMENTS, OTHERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts have been quick to condemn the USG's public statement announcing the designation of five million USD for support of the Syrian opposition, calling it "nave" and "harmful." Contacts insist that the statement has already hurt the opposition, and that the SARG will use it in [...]
2006-02-21 14:49:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DARESSALAAM1593URANIUM IN DAR COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO SHIPPING
[...] (C) According to a senior Swiss diplomat, the shipment of uranium through Dar es Salaam is common knowledge to two Swiss shipping companies. Hans Peter Schoni, Counsellor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania, referred to the allegations of uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) pa [...]
2006-09-27 08:38:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR IAEA PGOV CG TZ
06DUBAI1904SITUATION IN IRAN'S KHUZESTAN AND REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 14:33:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR PHUM PINR SOCI
06DUBLIN623PRIME MINISTER AHERN TAKES “HARD LINE” ON DEADLINE
[...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government would not agree to extend the November 24 deadline for the Northern Assembly to form an Executive, due to the likely distractions of the mid-2007 Irish general elections, Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern told Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss [...]
2006-05-31 16:37:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON EI
06DUBLIN684IRISH NGOS PLEASED WITH TIP REPORT
[...] This is an action request: see paragraph 11. 2. SUMMARY: On June 9, the Ambassador held a roundtable discussion with NGO representatives in regards to the release of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The representatives were very pleased with the report overall, citing its worldwide [...]
2006-06-15 13:58:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL EI
06GENEVA2169DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' GENEVA HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles held a series of bilateral meetings in Geneva August 31 and September 1 with select missions to discuss the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) session. The meetings are summarized below. United Kingdom -------------- 2. (C) DAS Barks-Ruggles discussed w [...]
2006-09-06 15:31:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
06HAVANA11650CARTAS DE CUBA: EARLY SUMMER EDITION
[...] (SBU) This edition of "Cartas" features the following items: -- Paras 2-4 Medical Malpractice -- 5-8 Baseball, Music and Racism -- 9-11 China Syndrome -- 12-19 Diplomatic Corps Reflections -- 20-22 Bracing for the NAM ------------------- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ------------------- 2. (U) NEWS: US [...]
2006-06-05 19:32:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA23546LANDMARK FORUM BRINGS TOGETHER YOUNG CUBAN
[...] (C) Summary: An unprecedented opposition youth forum brought together young Cuban pro-democracy activists and counterparts from Monterrey, Mexico on November 24 in Havana. The three-hour-long event, held at the PAO Residence, saw participants engage in open debate after watching an inspiration [...]
2006-11-27 19:37:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA8986(CUBA IS) A STATE ON THE TAKE
[...] (C) Summary: Castro has spent the past five months battling corruption in a country where trickery has become a way of life. Because most Cubans work for the state, the entire system - from petty officials to Castro's closest advisors - is rife with corrupt practices. Given state control over all [...]
2006-04-26 18:34:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON CU
06HAVANA9102ROCA, SANCHEZ RAP USINT'S INTERNET-ACCESS POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXX on April 18 requested a meeting with COM, without declaring the reason. At the April 24 meeting, they presented a list of 10 independent journalists banned from USINT's two Internet Centers since 2004, saying they had been unfairly blacklisted. XXXXXXXXXXX called the [...]
2006-04-27 19:40:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HILLAH131QADISIYAH INA LEADER: BADR ORGANIZATION IS SETTING UP SADR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a August 2 meeting with REO staff, Abd Muslim, the head of the moderate Iraqi National Accord party in southern Qadisiyah (Diwaniyah) province, warned against attributing all instability in Diwaniyah Province to the Mahdi Militia (MM). Muslim believed that local MM cells ar [...]
2006-08-10 11:54:00REO HillahSECRETKISL PTER MARR IZ
06ISLAMABAD13376MUKHTARAN MAI: ACCUSATIONS OF FAMILY MEMBERS
[...] (S/NF) A range of credible NGO contacts have confirmed to post serious problems within the local community being instigated by Mukhtaran's family in her home district of Mianwalli. These six well-respected Pakistani NGOs, including Strengthening Participatory Organizations, Pattan, and Awaz C [...]
2006-07-12 13:41:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNKWMN PHUM PGOV PK
06ISLAMABAD18917HUDOOD ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS: A BIG SLOPPY MESS
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: With President Musharraf on official travel in the U.S., the governing Pakistan Muslim League (PML) announced a tactical retreat in it beleaguered campaign to amend the Hudood Ordinance, the Sharia-based laws on criminalizing extramarital sexual relations and e [...]
2006-09-25 11:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM KWMN PGOV PHUM PK
06ISLAMABAD22025INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO ON HIGH PROFILE TERROR CASES, IPR AND MISSING AMCITREF:
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, the Ambassador and Interior Minister Sherpao reviewed U.S.-Pakistani cooperation on the investigation into the 2006 Karachi Consulate bombing. Sherpao assured the Ambassador that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is committed to defending the conviction of Omar [...]
2006-11-16 12:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCASC ECON KCRM PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD5596GOVERNMENT'S CHARM OFFENSIVE LEAVES MANY BALOCH UNIMPRESSED
[...] (S) Summary: While sporadic engagements continue between Baloch nationalists and military and Frontier Corps units, the Pakistan government has recently announced a series of political and economic initiatives to address some of Balochistan's long-standing grievances, including promises of more fed [...]
2006-04-03 14:36:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER PK
06JAKARTA13194INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) AND THE PRESIDENT"S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of Indonesia has not yet finalized its FY 2007 allocations for AI control programs, senior GOI officials including Coordinating Minister Bakrie and Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati have assured the Embassy that total AI spending will match or exc [...]
2006-11-13 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JEDDAH700TALES OF A PRINCE: CG MEETS WITH GOVERNOR OF
[...] (S) On November 7 the CG met with a prominent Western businessman who is close to the Governor of Asir, Prince Khalid bin Faisal. The businessman is known as a "fixer" for Prince Khalid. During their conversation, he recounted to the CG a number of his interactions with the Prince. 2. (S) Their f [...]
2006-11-08 14:37:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PINR SCUL
06KABUL5235PRT Farah: Iranian Assistance Plans for Farah Province
[...] (SBU) Iran has traditionally taken an interest in western Afghanistan as an important sphere of influence and, historically, Iranians have regarded part of western Afghanistan as an extension of Iranian territory. Recent Iranian negotiations with Farah provincial government officials show the [...]
2006-10-29 03:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID ASEC PREL AF IR
06KIEV1261UKRAINE ELECTION 2006: WINNERS, LOSERS, TRENDS
[...] (C) Summary: While the results of Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary and local elections are not yet final, and negotiations to form a majority Rada coalition have not yet concluded, it is already clear that the elections highlighted a number of winners and losers, as well as trends in Ukraine's deve [...]
2006-03-30 14:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UP
06KINGSTON1086DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
[...] (SBU) On June 1, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to XXXXXXXXXXXX, Director, Caribbean and Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). On the issue of the "trade and investment" resolution, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated that she would take our concerns to the dele [...]
2006-06-02 15:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL JM
06KINGSTON1624UNSC VOTE: JAMAICA "UNDECIDED"?
[...] (C) On August 18, Poloff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),who reported that Jamaica was "undecided" regarding the UNSC seat vote and that Jamaica would make its decision based on "national in [...]
2006-08-18 18:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1687JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: DEAL CLARIFIED AND IRRITATION
[...] (C) Summary: Clear numbers that clarify the extent of Jamaica's deals with Venezuela (outlined ref. A.) have emerged. The Venezuelan government has purchased a 49 percent stake in the GOJ-owned PetroJam refinery for USD 64 million, according to Dr. Jean Dixon, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry [...]
2006-08-25 18:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EPET KMCA PGOV PREL MOPS MARR UNSC
06KINGSTON230"A TWO-HORSE RACE": PHILLIPS AIDE HANDICAPS
[...] (C) On January 30, a close confidant of National Security Minister Peter Phillips discussed the campaigns of Phillips, Local Government, Community and Sport Minister Portia Simpson Miller, Finance Minister Omar Davies, and former Water and Housing Minister Karl Blythe to succeed P.J. Patterson [...]
2006-02-03 19:04:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PINR JM
06KINSHASA1410SECURITY AT THE DRC’S NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER
[...] (C) Summary. Four EmbOffs and an Econ LES toured the Kinshasa Nuclear Research Center (CREN-K) July 27 to assess security and determine its needs. CREN-K houses the DRC's two nuclear reactors, neither of which functions, although staff continue to conduct nuclear-related research and teaching at th [...]
2006-09-08 11:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG EMIN ETRD KGIT PREL PGOV IAEA CG
06KUWAIT857VISAS DONKEY: - SARB (ALANAZI, ABDULRAHMEN ABDULHADI M),VAGUE NAME HITS & NSER REGISTRATION
[...] ..CAB: VISAS DONKEY - KWT00009RV00 2. ..BOA: ..NAM: ALANAZI, ABDULRAHMEN ABDULHADI M ..NAT: SARB ..DOB: 19JUL1986 ..SEX: M ..VLO: POSITIVE ..CCB: DAMMAM ..COB: SARB ..OCC: TRAINING CADT. ..EMP: NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ..PPT: REGULAR ..PPN: E349265 ..PPI: 23NOV2002 ..PPE: 29SEP2007 ..PPC: ALKHA [...]
2006-03-14 05:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS
06LIMA1358NEW VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LOBBIES AMBASSADOR FOR
[...] (C) The Ambassador invited new Vice Foreign Minister Harold Forsyth over for a one-on-one breakfast April 7. Forsyth, who according to rumor has the inside track to become Foreign Minister if Ollanta Humala is elected President, quickly steered the subject to Peru,s election. The Vice Ministe [...]
2006-04-07 22:43:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PE
06LONDON4338UK OPEN TO FINANCIAL MEASURES AGAINST IRAN
[...] (S) Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with UK officials on June 7 to discuss possible financial measures that could be used to increase pressure on Iran. In meetings at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Bank of En [...]
2006-06-16 10:23:00Embassy LondonSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL UK IR
06MADRID3095SPAIN/CUBA: SPANISH DOCTOR CONSULTS ON CASTRO
[...] (U) Spanish media reported that Doctor Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido, Chief Surgeon of the Community of Madrid's Gregorio Maranon Hospital, had examined Fidel Castro for 90 minutes on December 21. Garcia Sabrido asserted on December 26 that "as far as I know, Castro does not have cancer." Garcia S [...]
2006-12-27 15:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CU SP
06MANAMA434SUGGESTED BAHRAINI EDITS AND REVISIONS TO CWC HOST
[...] (C) MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho told Pol/Econ Chief March 15 that in preparing the final text of the Chemical Weapons Convention Host Country Agreement Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),the Bahraini side had uncovered several areas that it would like t [...]
2006-03-19 10:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR BA BILAT
06MONTEVIDEO298URUGUAY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TOPICS (C-AL6-00402)
[...] (C/NF) This telegram responds to Washington analysts' request for information, per ref A. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Though a small country, Uruguay is important to U.S. national interests as an example of long-standing democracy in a region that has largely lurched to the populist left. Policy makers we [...]
2006-03-28 15:04:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR ETRD UY
06MONTEVIDEO3REQUEST FOR U.S. ENGLISH SPECIALIST
[...] (U) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests an English Teaching Specialist to work with the Office of English teaching of Secondary Education and conduct three, 2-day workshops on writing and speaking skills, for secondary school teachers. 2. (U) PROGRAM DATES: February 13-24, 2006. Post understands i [...]
2006-01-03 14:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL UY
06MOSCOW11316POLITKOVSKAYA’S DEATH SENDS SHOCK WAVES THROUGH
[...] (C) The October 7 murder of internationally-known investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has sent shock waves through Moscow. A public demonstration has been held, the co-owner of Novaya Gazeta, the newspaper where Politkovksaya had worked since 1999, is offering a 25 million ruble reward for [...]
2006-10-09 11:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW12751LITVINENKO ASSASSINATION: REACTION IN MOSCOW
[...] (C) The November 23 death by radiation poisoning of former FSB agent Aleksandr Litvinenko in London has spawned a welter of conspiracy theories in Russia. The media have variously traced Litvinenko's demise to XXXXXXXXXXXX, suicide, Putin's Kremlin, Putin himself, those determined to undermine Put [...]
2006-12-01 14:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW5740RUSSIA: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION SNAPSHOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Adding fuel to already intense speculation about who will succeed him, President Putin confirmed to state media May 13 that he will endorse a candidate before the March 2008 election. Both Kremlin-connected and independent analysts believe Putin's choice will be driven by a desire [...]
2006-05-31 13:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR RS
06MUSCAT1535MEDIA REACTION: FERNANDEZ COMMENTS, DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM,
[...] SUMMARY: Alberto Fernandez's Al-Jazeera remarks received extensive coverage in local press; government-owned "Oman Daily Observer" ran positive pictures of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi children; private daily "Al-Shabiba" criticized the "double standards" of U.S. policy on Israeli and North Korea [...]
2006-10-31 12:57:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06NAIROBI3217CHARTERHOUSE WHISTLEBLOWER DETAILS MONEY
[...] (C) Summary: Kenyan auditor Peter Odhiambo exposed billions of shillings of tax evasion and money laundering at his former employer, Charterhouse Bank, by a group of major companies partly owned by notorious businessman John Mwau and MP William Kabogo. On July 20, Odhiambo briefed Emboffs on [...]
2006-07-26 02:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE TZ UG
06NAIROBI72(S) INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING RING ENJOYS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The absence of convictions in high-profile cocaine cases and the New Year's Eve murder of the lead police officer investigating drug trafficking through the Port of Mombasa (East Africa's regional maritime hub) amply demonstrate that international narcotics trafficking rings have [...]
2006-01-09 01:17:00Embassy NairobiSECRETSNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NEWDELHI3611EMBASSY AND MEA HOLD PRODUCTIVE, FOCUSED CTJWG
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for SCA and S/CT. Please see Para 17. 2. (C) Summary: The DCM and key Embassy interlocutors on counterterrorism issues (see Paras 21-22) on May 19 reviewed with MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh action items that emerged from the April 19 [...]
2006-05-24 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER EFIN TBIO PREL PINS SCUL KCIP ASEC EAIR
06NEWDELHI3997INDIA BEHIND ON BIOTERROR PREPARATIONS BUT TAKING
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI regards a bioterrorism attack as an event of such low probability that the potential impact does not register high on New Delhi's agenda. We have no reason to believe terrorist organizations operating in India have access to pathogens at this time; also, bioterrorism is inconsi [...]
2006-06-08 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV TBIO PINS KSCA PINR EAIR SENV
06NEWDELHI7273KASHMIR: PENDING EXECUTION CAUSING STRIFE FOR CONGRESS NEW DELHI 00007273 001.2 OF 003
[...] (C) Summary. The Srinagar Valley erupted in protest during the first weeks of Ramazan when the Indian Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convicted facilitator of the 2001 attacks on the Indian Parliament. The Indian President has granted Afzal's family a temporary re [...]
2006-10-20 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06PANAMA360 PANAMA - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. 2. Traditionally, Panama has maintained a rather liberal regime for foreign investment [...]
2006-02-24 20:39:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PM
06PARIS7904S/CT CRUMPTON MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART TO EXTEND
[...] (S) Summary: In an amicable December 7 dinner meeting with Ambassador-at-Large Henry Crumpton, Russian Special Presidential Representative Anatoliy Safonov agreed to move forward with several proposals that expand U.S./Russian counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. These include: --Engaging the Americ [...]
2006-12-26 11:45:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM FR
06PORTAUPRINCE1377PETROCARIBE GAS ON THE MARKET
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The PetroCaribe petroleum delivered to Haiti on May 14, the day of President Rene Preval's inauguration, has finally hit the local market. The Haitian Government (GOH) is selling the entire shipment, inc [...]
2006-07-28 18:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1598HAITI: PETROCARIBE UPDATE: RATIFICATION IN THE
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The PetroCaribe agreement is in parliament awaiting ratification. For several days, the parliamentarians have asked for more time to analyze the document before finalizing their report. By all accounts, the p [...]
2006-08-25 19:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2230COLLEAGUE CHRONICLES CORRUPTION OF YOURI LATORTUE
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Youri Latortue may well be the most brazenly corrupt of leading Haitian politicians, according to a colleague. The XXXXXXXXXXXX recently shared with poloffs his concerns regarding Latortue's illegal or otherwise unsavory activities in the port city of Gonaives and other ar [...]
2006-11-20 18:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
06PRAGUE898CZECHS OFFER SURGICAL CARE FOR SERIOUSLY-INJURED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Czech government has launched a medevac program to help critically injured women and children in Lebanon. This program is modeled on the successful Czech medevac programs for Iraq and Pakistan, and typifies the GOCR's modest yet extraordinarily active and adaptable disaster [...]
2006-08-03 12:45:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL MOPS IS LE EZ
06QUITO2138A THOUSAND CHARIOTS IN THE FIELDS: CHINESE PLAYERS
[...] (C) Summary: With their $1.4 billion acquisition of Canadian EnCana, China's state oil companies announced their entrance as major players in Ecuador's and the region's petroleum industry. Now with active participation in at least five of Ecuador's petroleum blocks, and with further investmen [...]
2006-08-25 12:31:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALECON EPET PINR PREL ETRD EC CN
06RIYADH9095xxxxxxxxxxxx ON IRANIAN THREATS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-16 14:18:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN PTER IZ IR SA
06ROME599 2006 TIP REPORT: ITALY
[...] Below is the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) 21.A. Italy is a country of destination an [...]
2006-02-27 15:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS EUN
06SANJOSE1299 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAROLINE BREARLEY AND LARRY
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Caroline Brearley and Larry Brady, USAID Mission in San Salvador, Officials to travel to Costa Rica O/A 06/27- 28/2006. Purpose of the visit: is to iIntroduce the Rregional tTrade pProgram to the U.S. Embassy and to counterparts in th [...]
2006-06-13 16:34:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA EAID ES CS
06SANSALVADOR1014REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, Date of Birth: 20 Oct 1977, Place of Birth: Chalatenango, Male. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has not [...]
2006-04-20 13:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1047REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidate. Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 15 Nov 1968 POB: San Salvador Male 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above [...]
2006-04-21 19:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1048REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidate. NAME: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 26 Oct 1964 POB: San Salvador Male 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the ab [...]
2006-04-21 19:50:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1049REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 20 May 1961 POB: Usulutan Male Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 21 Jul 1964 POB: La Union Male N [...]
2006-04-21 19:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1224REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador 24 Aug 1960 Male XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador 26 Apr 1962 Female XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador [...]
2006-05-10 13:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1278REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, Date of Birth - 20 July 1953, Place of Birth - Cojutepeque, Male. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individua [...]
2006-05-12 19:20:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1312REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 28 Jul 1968 San Miguel Male Resource Management Course Start Date: 22 May 2006 XXXXXXXXXXXX 13 Jun 1965 [...]
2006-05-17 13:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1403REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, San Salvador, 17 Nov 1966, Male. Major XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves with the Military Doctrine Command Unit. 3. Post has reviewed available hu [...]
2006-05-30 16:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1404REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. All candidates are male and serve with the Ilopango Air Force Unit. XXXXXXXXXXXX San Vicente 08 JUL 1975 XXXXXXXXXXXX C [...]
2006-05-30 16:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1413REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights record of XXXXXXXXXXXX March, 23 JUL 1964, San Salvador, Male. Major XXXXXXXXXXXX is a member of the Second Air Force Brigade. 3. Post has reviewed available human righ [...]
2006-05-30 19:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1414REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX Chalatenango 28 Aug 1962 Male Military Police Unit XXXXXXXXXXXX San Miguel 09 Nov 1962 Male 3rd Infantr [...]
2006-05-30 19:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1415REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX Rank: Major Ministry of Defense Office Chalatenango 07 May 1969 Male XXXXXXXXXXXX Rank: Major Military D [...]
2006-05-30 19:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1501REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 29 Oct 1971, San Salvador, Male, Naval Headquarters Unit. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individuals has b [...]
2006-06-07 19:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1502REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 18 Jun 1971 Male San Salvador Ilopango Air Force Base XXXXXXXXXXXX 03 Dec 1972 Male El Transito Ilopang [...]
2006-06-07 19:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1503REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 23 April 1964, Male, Santa Ana, Salvadoran Military Academy. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has not bee [...]
2006-06-07 19:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR158REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN FORCES PARTICIPATING IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following members of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between February 8 and February 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX. The names of the officers of t [...]
2006-01-20 21:53:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1600REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 06 Feb 1963 San Salvador Male Naval Headquarters XXXXXXXXXXXX 09 July 1963 Cojutepeque Male Armed Force [...]
2006-06-20 19:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1709REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 7 Oct 1969, Sonsonate, El Salvador, Male. XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves at the Salvadoran Armed Forces Headquarters. 3. Post has reviewed avail [...]
2006-07-05 14:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1783REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date and place of birth for your reference. All individuals are male. X [...]
2006-07-13 13:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1847REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following member of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between August 7 and August 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX. All available records at pos [...]
2006-07-21 16:33:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1848REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following members of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between August 7 and August 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX . The names and date and pla [...]
2006-07-21 16:34:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1899REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 27SEP1959, Cojutepeque, El Salvador, Male. XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves at the Engineer Command Group. 3. Post has reviewed available human ri [...]
2006-07-31 19:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1921REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX San Pedro Perulapan 11-Feb-1959 Colonel 4th Infantry Brigade Male XXXXXXXXXXXX La Union 22-Dec-1958 Colonel 4t [...]
2006-08-07 19:16:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1932REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, born December 2, 1978 in San Salvador, male, Research Director for the National Council of Public Security. 3. The named individual will partici [...]
2006-08-07 21:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1990REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 14 October 1967, Santa Ana, Male, Military Industry Unit, Lieutenant Commander. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above ind [...]
2006-08-11 18:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1991REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 29 Mar 1970, Sonsonate, Male, Police Counternarcotic and Counterterrorism Unit, Technician. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; th [...]
2006-08-11 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1992REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 08 Mar 1977, San Miguel, Transmissions Command, First Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has no [...]
2006-08-11 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1993REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX 03-July-1977 La Paz Second Air Brigade Seargent XXXXXXXXXXXX 21 Jun 1978 San Vicente Second Air Brigade Seargent [...]
2006-08-11 18:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1994REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 19 Nov 1976, San Salvador, Engineering Command, First Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has no [...]
2006-08-11 18:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1995REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX 03 Feb 1963 Chalchuapa BESM unit Major XXXXXXXXXXXX 14 Mar 1965 Chalatenango Special Forces Sergent Major 3 [...]
2006-08-11 18:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1996REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 06 Dec 1970, San Salvador, Male, Naval Headquarters, Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individual [...]
2006-08-11 18:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2128REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects on Counter Terrorism scheduled to take place at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Develp [...]
2006-08-29 18:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2196REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Navel Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, scheduled to take [...]
2006-09-07 20:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2255REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Cadet Troop Leader Course (Inf) at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC),Ft. Benning, [...]
2006-09-14 14:19:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2300REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Advance Language Instructor Course at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, TX scheduled to begin October 4, [...]
2006-09-20 15:20:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2303REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTIN OF SALVADORAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 17:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM INR ES
06SANSALVADOR2307REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 19:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2323REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects of Counter Terrorism and Border Patrol, at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Development [...]
2006-09-21 17:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR257REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Post includes name, sex, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. Please review the following list: XXXXXXXXXXXX, ma [...]
2006-02-01 17:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2581REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the multinational Standby High-Readiness Brigade for UN Operations (SHIRBRIG) Peacekeeping Operation (PKO) in Spain, schedu [...]
2006-10-26 17:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2609REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Security, Defense, and Integration Subregional Conference in Guatemala City, scheduled for November 14 to 16, 2006. [...]
2006-10-30 14:48:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2623REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Executive Dialogue Seminar in Washington DC, scheduled for December 3 to 9, 2006. XXXXXXXXXXXX Legislative Assembl [...]
2006-10-31 20:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2712REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Advanced Engineer's Course, Fort Leonardwood, MO scheduled for December 18, 2006 to June 13, 2007. CAPT XXXXXXXXXXX [...]
2006-11-08 21:25:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2771REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Naval Staff College Course, scheduled for January 10, 2007 in Newport, RI. LT XXXXXXXXXXXX Naval Headquarters DPO [...]
2006-11-16 18:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2772REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC),in Fort Benning, Georgia, scheduled for January 18, [...]
2006-11-16 19:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2773REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the International Maritime Officers Course, scheduled to begin on January 24, 2007 in Yorktown, VA. LTJG XXXXXXXXXXXX N [...]
2006-11-16 19:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2841REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Basic Language Course, to be held at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, Texas; January 3 through July 13, [...]
2006-11-27 19:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR3010REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of a Salvadoran soldier to attend a Basic Language Instructor Course at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, TX from Jan 3, 2007 to July 13, 2007. 2LT XX [...]
2006-12-27 16:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR3011REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of a Salvadoran soldier to attend a Non-Commission Officer Development Course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Assistance at Fort Benning, GA from Jan [...]
2006-12-27 16:42:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR407UPDATE ON MCDONALD’S CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE
[...] (C) Summary. On December 7, 2005, an appeals court ruled that McDonald's had illegally terminated its contract with a local franchisee on July 1, 1996, and therefore owed him $24 million in losses and damages. McDonald's is appealing the decision, but the composition of the chamber that will hear t [...]
2006-02-16 20:55:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALEINV PREL ES
06SANSALVADOR506REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. All of the following ca [...]
2006-03-01 14:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR711REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, sex, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. The candidate [...]
2006-03-16 16:46:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR850POST NOMINATIONS FOR ILEA SAN SALVADOR COMPUTER
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend ILEA Computer and Electronic Crimes course from May 8 to 19, 2006, at ILEA San Salvador. All officers were born in El Salvador. XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 9/16/1973 POB: La Libertad XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 6/23/1963 PO [...]
2006-03-29 21:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES
06SANSALVADOR851POST NOMINATIONS FOR ILEA ROSWELL ADVANCED
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend Advanced Management Training at ILEA Roswell from May 1 to 26, 2006. All officers were born in El Salvador. XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 8/14/1968 POB: Ahuachapan USG Training: Crime Scene Management (NCIS); Leadership [...]
2006-03-29 21:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES
06SAOPAULO449FEDERAL DEPUTY GREEHALGH SHARES VIEWS ON ELECTION CAMPAIGN,
[...] (SBU) In a ninety-minute breakfast meeting with Consulate representatives, Federal Deputy Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh (PT-SP) offered his insights on a number of current political issues. He said President Lula faces a tough fight for re-election and is concerned about his prospects in populous S [...]
2006-04-28 18:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM ELAB EAGR BR
06SEOUL2238ROK REACTIONS TO DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES-DAY TWO
[...] (C) xxxxx that despite its decision to suspend humanitarian aid to the DPRK, it would ship another 24,700 metric tons of fertilizer 6-7 July. This final shipment will complete the delivery to the North of the pledge of 350,000 metric tons South Korea made earlier this year. MOU officials have expla [...]
2006-07-06 09:41:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MNUC KNNP KN KS
06SOFIA121BULGARIA: EDGING CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A negotiating team led by PM/SNA Senior Advisor Ambassador Robert Loftis made substantial progress toward concluding a combined supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the GOB during talks in Sofia January 18-20. This session p [...]
2006-01-26 14:40:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA1481BULGARIA FAVORS RUSSIAN BID TO BUILD BELENE NPP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador Oct. 19, Energy/Economy Minister Rumen Ovcharov confirmed press reports that Bulgaria has decided in favor of the Russian/European consortium for construction of a new nuclear plant at Belene. Ovcharov acknowledged a link between the Belene decis [...]
2006-10-24 12:18:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PREL RU GR BU
06SOFIA1652BULGARIAN BANKS GENERALLY HEALTHY, BUT A FEW BAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian banking sector is in its strongest position since the banking crisis of 1996. Thanks to stricter legislation, sound bank oversight and management, and an influx of large, stable foreign banks, most Bulgarian banks are prospering legitimately. Two skunks are circling [...]
2006-12-11 12:44:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV BU
06SOFIA1677MOSCOW TIGHTENS SCREWS AS BULGARIA PREPARES FOR EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his first official visit to Moscow, Foreign Minister Kalfin discussed several unresolved bilateral issues, including arm sales to Georgia, the production and sale of weapons under outdated Soviet licenses, and efforts to trim Bulgaria's ballooning trade deficit with Russia [...]
2006-12-18 14:30:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD RU BU
06SOFIA1686BULGARIA: ARMS DEALER WARNS THAT EGYPT IS HUNTING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a December 18 meeting with an Embassy Political Officer, a well-connected Bulgarian arms broker told us that he had recently rebuffed an Egyptian MoD order for Bulgarian MANPADS, which he viewed as a proliferation risk. He warned that the Egyptians seemed to view the order as [...]
2006-12-20 07:56:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PTER EG BU
06SOFIA1691DIRTY ENERGY: CORRUPTION AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cleaning up pernicious corruption in Bulgaria's powerful (and often murky) energy sector, where cronyism is alive and well, should rank high on Bulgaria's to do list. A closer look at the sector reveals an ideal environment for graft and abuse. Accounting for a significant shar [...]
2006-12-20 13:52:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL BU
06SOFIA190BELENE NUCLEAR PLANT: KEY TO DIVERSIFICATION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU requirement that Bulgaria close Kozloduy Nuclear reactors 3 and 4 by the end of the year as part of the accession process, combined with increased international gas and oil prices and pressure by Russia's Gazprom to renegotiate gas delivery contracts, has focused the GOB [...]
2006-02-03 11:58:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETRD TRGY EINV EPET PREL SENV RU BU
06SOFIA202UNDER THE YOKE: BULGARIA'S DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sixteen years after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, Bulgaria still finds itself under the Russian energy yoke. Bulgaria receives 88 percent of its natural gas from Gazprom or one of its sister companies, and 73 percent of its oil from Russia. As it awaits entry into the EU [...]
2006-02-08 11:57:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETRD TRGY EINV EPET PREL SENV
06SOFIA454BULGARIA: NEGOTIATING TEAMS AGREE ON BASING TEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. An interagency negotiating team led by PM/SNA Senior Advisor Ambassador Robert Loftis reached agreement "ad referendum" with the GOB on all articles of the Defense Cooperation Agreement March 23. The U.S. team preserved USG red lines in all areas including freedom of action (or [...]
2006-03-28 08:19:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA716NUCLEAR POWER INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-19 13:25:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY EUN PGOV SENV IAEA BU
06STATE157519IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM: APPROVAL OF NOTE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Per ref A request, the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have reviewed the draft Note Verbale and three Memoranda of Operation (MOO) for the Immigration Advisory Program with the final minor change proposed by Japan,s Ministry [...]
2006-09-21 18:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAIR CVIS JA
06TALLINN355 FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: SECOND QTR FY2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 14:34:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD VIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
06TASHKENT465(S) VIDEO SHOWS MAFIA TIES TO GOU
[...] (S) Summary: Video footage obtained by Post suggests close ties between families of senior GOU officials and organized crime. The footage shows the wives of four top GOU Ministers and two Deputy Prime Ministers, with the family of Tashkent crime boss Salim Abduvaliyev and the wife of a foreign-base [...]
2006-03-09 10:21:00Embassy TashkentSECRETKCRM PGOV PINR PREL UZ
06TELAVIV4032USSC DAYTON RAISES RAFAH, AMA AND BADR BRIGADE WITH ISA DISKIN
[...] (C) Summary: Israel Security Agency (ISA) Director Yuval Diskin told the USSC, LTG Keith W. Dayton, that Israel's primary concern with the normalization of operations at the Rafah terminal are derived from U.S. and Palestinian failures to follow through with commitments made in the November 15, 20 [...]
2006-10-12 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KPAL KWBG MASS PINR EG JO IS
06TOKYO4829IAP DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO JAPAN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Officer Mikiko Masuda on August 23, 2006. Masuda thanked us for the Immigration Advis [...]
2006-08-23 10:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV JA
06TOKYO4970IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM: NOTE VERBALE AND MOO
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo greatly appreciates the efforts made by the joint Department of State-Department of Homeland Security delegation to secure agreement on the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP) documents. As agreed during the negot [...]
2006-08-30 09:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER JA
06TRIPOLI198QADHAFI INCORPORATED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Qadhafi often speaks out publicly against government corruption, but the politically-connected elite has direct access to lucrative business deals. This commercial access can easily be cut off when individuals fall out of favor. The Qadhafi family and other Jamahiriya political favorit [...]
2006-05-10 09:26:00Embassy TripoliSECRETECON ECIN ETRD PGOV LY
06TUNIS55SUCCESSION IN TUNISIA: FINDING A SUCCESSOR OR FEET FIRST?
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a country that has had only one president for over eighteen years, suddenly and unusually, talk of the post-Ben Ali era is growing. Several senior and well-connected individuals have recently raised Ben Ali's intentions for the future with Ambassador and other embassy officials. On [...]
2006-01-09 15:14:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV PREL TS
06VIENNA515USG CONCERNS OVER AUSTRIAN BANKING OPERATIONS
[...] (S/NF) In view of continued Washington questions about the operations of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) and Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA/CA) in several areas, this cable attempts to consolidate all the information that this Mission has regarding allegations and GoA responses. Embassy would apprecia [...]
2006-02-17 19:38:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL EFIN MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP AU
06WELLINGTON970NEW ZEALAND AGREES TO FUND HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: GNZ has approved necessary funding needed to implement an HSPD-6 agreement with the United States, and would like NZ's liaison in Washington to meet with CA to go over next steps. End summary. 2. (C) PE Couns and Econoff met on December 1 with Mike XXXXXXXXXXXX manager of the co [...]
2006-12-08 02:53:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALCVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ
07ACCRA2140GOG NOT DOING ENOUGH TO COMBAT NARCOTICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussions with Ghanaian officials and Western diplomats paint a disappointing picture of the Ghanaian Government,s efforts to combat its increasing problem with illegal narcotics trafficking. Several GOG officials and others question whether Ghana,s leadership appreciates the [...]
2007-10-09 13:25:00Embassy AccraSECRETPGOV SNAR PINR PREL GH
07ALGIERS1806AN AILING AND FRAGILE ALGERIAN REGIME DRIFTS INTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussions with former government officials, long-term opposition leaders and journalists paint a picture of an Algerian regime that is fragile in ways it has not been before, plagued by a lack of vision, unprecedented levels of corruption and rumblings of division within [...]
2007-12-19 12:06:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPINS PGOV AG
07ALGIERS45SENATE PRESIDENT RE-ELECTED
[...] (C) Abdelkader Bensalah was re-elected, 129-0, as the President of the Conseil de la Nation (Senate) on January 12. Bensalah remains first in line to succeed President Bouteflika in the event that he is unable to complete his current term. Bensalah's re-election became a foregone conclusion wh [...]
2007-01-16 17:07:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AG
07AMMAN2190(SBU) REQUEST FOR ARABIC TEST FOR DAVID GREENE
[...] (U) Post requests a FSI Language Proficiency DVC Test be sent to Amman. 2. (SBU) Information on employee to be tested: Employee: David J. Greene SSN: XXX-XX-8104 (the last 4 numbers) Agency: State Language: Arabic Date for exam preferred: FSI has already designated a test time - June 6 a [...]
2007-05-23 04:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFSI APER JO
07AMMAN3822(SBU) REQUEST FOR HEBREW TEST FOR MIRIAM SCHWEDT
[...] (U) Post requests a FSI Language Proficiency Hebrew Test be sent to Amman. 2. (SBU) Information on employee to be tested: Miriam Schwedt XXX-XX-4507 State Hebrew October 9 by DVC POL: Jack Doutrich 3. (U) Testing materials can be sent via Federal Express to: Embassy of the USA [...]
2007-09-16 07:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFSI APER
07AMMAN5057JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR William Louden
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of William Louden to Jordan from 29 December through 4 January 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elec [...]
2007-12-30 14:43:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
07ANKARA1091TURKEY: FM GUL AS THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES MASTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA1905TURKEY: AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Prime Minister Erdogan, chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),is a perfectionist workaholic who sincerely cares for the well-being of those around him, according to a top-level Prime Ministry insider. His boss is very "democratic," he said, but the ove [...]
2007-07-26 12:11:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PINR PBIO TU
07ASHGABAT1252DRAFT TURKMENISTAN-EU MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 19, the EU-TACIS office in Ashgabat informally passed to the Embassy a copy of the draft MOU, dated November 9, 2007, for further cooperation between the EU/EC and the Government of Turkmenistan. According to E [...]
2007-11-20 12:16:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ENRG EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1348TURKMENISTAN CORRUPTION: WHAT HAPPENS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Corruption and nepotism remain problems in Turkmenistan, and Turkish firms and Bouygues have done particularly well in the lucrative construction industry because they have mastered the business environment here. Bouygues CEO Martin Bouygues' close and direct relationship to the p [...]
2007-12-14 08:53:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEIND ETRD PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT19SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S JANUARY 10-13
[...] (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes DAS Feigenbaum and looks forward to a productive stay. Your visit, the second by a high-ranking State Department official since President Niyazov's death, will provide an opportunity to stress to Turkmenistan's top leadership that the United States looks [...]
2007-01-05 12:50:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM TX US
07ASMARA850ASMARA ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: MORE DETAILS EMERGE
[...] (S) Summary: As the investigation into the shooting of National Security Agency Deputy Colonel Simon Ghebredenghil continues, an Eritrean businessman believed to be involved in the assassination attempt was shot and killed by Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) officials near the Ethiopian [...]
2007-10-26 09:19:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV ASEC ER
07ASTANA919KAZAKHSTAN: BAKER HUGHES SEEKS TO LIMIT FALLOUT
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see request for guidance, para. 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case involving malfeasance by U.S. oil technology and services firm Baker Hughes in Kazakhstan will soon be settled, revealing details of bribes paid by the firm' [...]
2007-04-11 03:43:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALEINV ENRG KZ
07ATHENS1951FOLLOW-UP: GREEK FIRM'S POSSIBLE BID TO SUPPLY
[...] (S) PolMil Chief revisited ref A demarche (and ref B interim reply) with the MFA's Dionyssios Kyvetos, the responsible officer in the MFA's Directorate for International Organizations and Nonproliferation. Kyvetos said that following his ref B meeting with Embassy officials in April 2007, he [...]
2007-09-28 13:33:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PARM ETTC SY GR
07ATHENS801DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GREEK FIRM'S POSSIBLE BID TO
[...] (S) Dep Polcouns and Poloff delivered demarche (ref a) concerning the possible bid by Greek company XXXXXXXXXXXX to supply multispectral camouflage netting to Syria, to Greek MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Nonproliferation officer Dionyssios A. Kyvetos. Kyvetos stated [...]
2007-04-23 14:07:00Embassy AthensSECRETETTC GM GR IR PARM PREL SY CBW
07BAGHDAD696BACKGROUND ON CAREER OF TOP BUSINESS LEADER IN
[...] (U) As reported in reftel, RRT Off met on February 10 with Faruk Mustafa Rassool, the most prominent businessman in Sulaimaniyah Province. This telegram reports on Rasool,s career background. MODEST BEGINNING THEN EXPANSION AND DIVERSIFICATION 2. (SBU) Faruk Mustafa Rassool began his c [...]
2007-02-25 14:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON IZ
07BAKU1268AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR REFRAINS FROM “GOING KAZAKH” ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a October 19 steering committee meeting of the Azerbaijan International Oil Consortium (AIOC),the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR),representing the Azerbaijan government, avoided declaring the Consortium in material breach of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) as it [...]
2007-10-22 13:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG AJ
07BEIJING1668WU YI INTERVENES AS DR. GAO CASE LAYS BARE
[...] (C) Vice Premier Wu Yi personally intervened in the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie in order to break an impasse between the Central Government and Henan Province authorities, xxxxx unusually candid comments, along with other observations from MFA staffers, reveal a glimpse into central-local dissonance and [...]
2007-03-13 09:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING2599BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS DIALOGUES,
[...] (C) Beijing-based human rights watchers reported that: -- Chinese officials referred to the Nangpa La Pass shooting incident on the Nepal border as "an accident" during the recent UK-China human rights dialogue. -- Germany will host the 23rd round of the China-EU human rights dialogue in mid-May in [...]
2007-04-18 11:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07BEIJING7035OPEN BUT NOT TRANSPARENT: LOCAL REPORTERS
[...] (C) Although the Communist Party employed a more sophisticated media strategy during the 17th Communist Party Congress October 15-21, local contacts tell us they were disappointed with the Party's tight regulation of domestic coverage while the Congress was in session. Press controls inside China [...]
2007-11-08 10:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING7107CONTACTS ON NEW POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Many Embassy contacts have told Poloffs that the elevation of "fifth generation" leaders Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress (Ref A) may be the Congress´s most significant outcome. Anointing Xi and Li as [...]
2007-11-14 10:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIRUT150LIST OF AL-MANAR SHAREHOLDERS: POTENTIAL NAMES FOR DESIGNATION?
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 8 below. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Beirut´s consular section has obtained, through the Lebanese commercial registry, the listing of the 38 shareholders of the Lebanese Media Group, aka Lebanese Communication Group, Hizballah´s parent company for Al-M [...]
2007-01-29 10:59:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPINR ETTC PTER LE SY
07BERLIN999(S) SHIELD S14A-06: GERMAN REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed a request from the German Government concerning ref A and ref D to Global Affairs officer May 10. Ref D informed the German Government that the XXXXXXXXXXXX sh [...]
2007-05-16 15:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL CBW GM IR GR
07BOGOTA1013XXXXXXXXXXXX FOR SLAIN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST BLAMES
[...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX slain human rights activist Yolanda Izquierdo, told us February 7 that two persons with paramilitary ties, Diego Sierra and Sor Teresa Gomez, were responsible for her January 31 killing in Monteria. XXXXXXXXXXXX doubted human rights groups' claims that Izquierdo's murder was d [...]
2007-02-12 22:32:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CO
07BOGOTA1033NEW CRIMINAL GROUPS ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT THREAT,
[...] (C) The GOC and OAS say the new criminal groups that have appeared in certain regions lack the organization, reach, and military capacity of the former AUC. Rather, they are primarily decentralized criminal operations that have used some demobilized paramilitaries, as well the former AUC's i [...]
2007-02-13 17:19:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO SNAR PREF
07BOGOTA2244FACILITATORS REPORT SMALL ADVANCES ON HUMANITARIAN \
[...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX told us French and Swiss facilitators had met with FARC spokesperson \ Raul Reyes and appeared optimistic they could persuade the \ FARC to agree to a "zona de encuentro" to begin talks on a \ humanitarian exchange. The GOC was working well with the \ facilitators but saw no FARC [...]
2007-04-04 19:07:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL MARR PHUM CO
07BOGOTA2392GOC PROTECTS LAND RIGHTS ACTIVIST
[...] (C) Cordoba department land activist Eloina Gaspar told us on March 25 she was being threatened by people who had identified her as the replacement for Popular Housing Organization founder Yolanda Izquierdo, murdered in late January (ref A). On April 1, the Prosecutor General's Office moved [...]
2007-04-11 17:47:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA2995SPILT MILK: FARC ATTACKS AGAINST NESTLE
[...] (C) FARC attacks on Swiss multinational Nestle's dairy operations in Caqueta threaten the livelihoods of thousands of families. In January-February 2007, the FARC bombed Nestle plants and trucks in Caqueta, disrupting the most important legal sector in the department's economy. Nestle turned d [...]
2007-05-02 22:09:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PTER SOCI CO
07BOGOTA4029PRESIDENT URIBE EXPLAINS UNILATERAL RELEASE OF \
[...] (C) President Uribe explained in a radio and television \ news conference on June 4 that his unilateral FARC prisoner \ release was a goodwill gesture to gain the freedom of 56 \ political hostages held by the FARC, including the three U.S. \ hostages. XXXXXXXXXXXX told Polcouns \ President Uribe [...]
2007-06-05 18:03:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA923VIOLENCE AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON
[...] (U) On January 31, unknown gunmen killed human rights activist Yolanda Izquierdo, who had been warning the GOC of death threats against her. The killing followed violence, threats, and arson against other groups involved with human rights, displaced persons, and paramilitary victims' rights o [...]
2007-02-08 19:18:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
07BUDAPEST76MFA LOOKS FORWARD TO JANUARY 26 NATO MINISTERIAL
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para xxx for action request. 2. (C) Ambassador Foley reviewed the latest USG thinking on Afghanistan and Kosovo with MFA Political Director Ivan Udvardi in preparation for the upcoming meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Brussels January 26. A [...]
2007-01-18 10:58:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID
07BUJUMBURA479ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN BUJUMBURA,
[...] (C/NF) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftels that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to posts attention via phone contact to the ARSO, XXXXXXXXXXXX on the mornin [...]
2007-06-27 16:23:00Embassy BujumburaSECRETKCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER ASEC BY
07BUJUMBURA515ADDENDUM TO ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING IN BURUNDI
[...] (C/NF) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftels that it has received additional information regarding the incident of nuclear smuggling reported in Bujumbura cable 479 dated 06/27/2007. XXXXXXXXXXXX and I have met on XXXXXXXXXXXX additional occasions since that initia [...]
2007-07-17 14:48:00Embassy BujumburaSECRETKCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER ASEC BY
07CAIRO974XXXXXXXXXXXX MP ON PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with poloff, XXXXXXXXXXXX parliamentarian XXXXXXXXXXXX discussed presidential son Gamal Mubarak's possible succession of his father, and opined that Gamal increasingly views Minister of Defense Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and EGIS head Omar Suleiman as a threat to hi [...]
2007-04-04 17:17:00Embassy CairoSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EG
07COLOMBO728SRI LANKA: GSL COMPLICITY IN PARAMILITARY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Allegations of government complicity in crimes committed by organized paramilitary groups have mounted in the last year. Paramilitaries such as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-breakaway Karuna group and Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) have helped the Government of Sr [...]
2007-05-18 09:22:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO830SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS SIPHON OFF PART OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In late May PolOff met the XXXXXXXXXXXX described the LTTE's complete control of all activities that take place in Tiger-controlled territory, including forced conscription and the use of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) to extract money from XXXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXXX also [...]
2007-06-12 03:23:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPTER PHUM MOPS PGOV CE
07DAMASCUS1193DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY SYRIA - 2007
[...] (C) Summary: Since the development of Post,s 2005 democratic reform strategy there has been a substantial and on-going government crackdown on what little democratic reform had been taking place. Many of the democratic reformers and human rights advocates who were key Embassy contacts in 20 [...]
2007-12-23 13:52:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL SY IS
07DAMASCUS409ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING: SPIELBERG DESIGNATED
[...] (U) Summary. The semi-annual meeting of the Arab League Boycott group was held April 23-26 in Damascus. Participation and results followed expectations and closely paralleled last November,s gathering (reftel). No companies were dropped; the one announced addition to the blacklist of entities is fi [...]
2007-04-30 10:58:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON KBCT PHUM SY
07DARESSALAAM1037BIG FISH STILL RISKY CATCH IN TANZANIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Tanzania's Prevention of Corruption Bureau (PCB) has never successfully prosecuted a high-level corruption case involving either the private or public sector. On July 14, the Director General of the PCB, Edward Hoseah, assured the DCM that the PCB was now prepared to prosecute a milest [...]
2007-07-24 14:06:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID KMCA PINR TZ
07DUSHANBE1420 TAJIK PRESIDENT FIRES SENIOR ANTI-NARCOTICS OFFICER TO
[...] (S) Summary: President Rahmon has fired a senior anti-narcotics officer who pressed for prosecution of a distant relative and Major from the State Committee for National Security (i.e. the KGB) who were arrested while transporting heroin in a government vehicle. XXXXXXXXXXXX End Summary. 2. (S) [...]
2007-10-04 15:52:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV SNAR TI
07HAVANA210CUBAN OPPOSITION TO REGIME: THE (ART) SHOW MUST GO
[...] (C) Summary: Using detentions, mob actions and other methods, the Cuban Government blocked at least 27 pro-democracy and human rights activists from attending a USINT-facilitated opposition art show on March 2, but at least 70 others managed to participate. State Security focused on youth acti [...]
2007-03-05 19:45:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA252XXXXXXXXXXXXNEED A MILLION CUBANS IN THE STREETS
[...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX told COM and Pol-Econ Counselor March 14 that she was withdrawing from her day-to-day running of the APCS for health reasons and also to focus on the bigger picture. XXXXXXXXXXXX objective for the next few months is to plan for how to mobilize a million Cubans to take to the s [...]
2007-03-15 19:36:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CU
07HAVANA258CUBA: HOW BELIEVABLE IS A FIDEL CASTRO COMEBACK?
[...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX passed us a document March 14 that describes Fidel Castro's declining health, as analyzed by a respected, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX. The document concludes by saying that Castro has a terminal condition, and will suffer an inevitable deterioration of his faculties until [...]
2007-03-16 18:28:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CU
07HAVANA317CUBAN REGIME REMOVES JUSTICE MINISTER
[...] (U) Cuban official media announced March 24 that Justice Minister Roberto Diaz Sotolongo would be replaced by Vice Minister Maria Esther Reus. Additionally, Water Resources Institute Director Jorge Luis Aspiolea would be replaced by his deputy, Rene Mesa. 2. (U) Although the regime's public ann [...]
2007-03-30 16:23:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CU
07HAVANA5CASTRO ALIVE FOR 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF REGIME
[...] (C) Summary: Cuban media carried a New Years message from Fidel Castro noting the passing of 48 years since he assumed power, and also announcing that he is still on a slow path to recovery from his medical crisis. XXXXXXXXXXXX still believes Castro is terminally ill, even if the report from [...]
2007-01-03 18:49:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR CU
07IRANRPODUBAI18IRAN ESCALATING TENSIONS TO DISTRACT FROM DOMESTIC WOES?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 11:30:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV ECON MARR IR
07IRANRPODUBAI23REFORMIST MP ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 06:05:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR
07ISLAMABAD4085MUSHARRAF TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY PAKISTAN IS
[...] (C) Summary. During a September 13 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, President Musharraf reiterated his intention, absent intervention by the Chief Justice, to be re-elected before October 15 by the current National and Provincial Assemblies. He explained the nature and required solutions to what [...]
2007-09-21 10:08:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4422MOORE MEETINGS FOCUS ON ROZS, IPR, TRANSIT TRADE
[...] (SBU) On the margins of the October 12-13 Strategic Dialogue in Islamabad, Bureau of Economic and Energy Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Chris Moore met with senior Ministry of Commerce, Finance SIPDIS and Industries to share details of the Reconstruction Opportunity Zone (ROZ) legislat [...]
2007-10-12 14:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5388PAKISTAN’S NEXT PRIME MINISTER?
[...] (S/NF) The Pakistan Muslim League has unofficially selected former Punjab Chief Minister and current head of the party's Punjab chapter, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, as its candidate for the Prime Ministership following the January 2008 national elections. Elahi, who until the November 15 dissolution of [...]
2007-12-28 16:40:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINR SHUM PK PINS
07ISLAMABAD890UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 10:37:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNIN KNNP MCAP PK PREL
07JAKARTA1909East Java - Joint Police Anti-Human Trafficking Operations
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya launched a joint operation with local police May 29 targeting East Java human trafficking (TIP) rings. The primary goal is rescuing some of the thousands of child prostitutes in Surabaya and arresting traffickers, pimps and child sex tourists. Operation XXX init [...]
2007-07-13 00:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR ID
07JERUSALEM2318NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 6: PASF SURROUNDS BALATA CAMP, ARRESTS 11 SUSPECTS, BUT IDF COMPLICATES PASF EFFORTS REF: JERUSALEM 2293
[...] (S) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) commander BG Thiab Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and other Palestinian security contacts say NSF-led forces are manning six fixed positions around Nablus and conducting vehicle and foot patrols around the city. The NSF have surrounded Balata refugee camp in an effor [...]
2007-11-06 15:33:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
07KINGSTON1043JAMAICA: NEW HEAD OF POLICE ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: Mr. Justin Felice, current Senior Director of Investigations for the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland, has accepted the Government of Jamaica's offer to become the head of a new Anti-Corruption Division within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) beginning in September 2007. [...]
2007-07-05 18:01:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL JM
07KINGSTON1803JAMAICA'S NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, REAR ADMIRAL
[...] Summary: (SBU) In just his first week in office Commissioner Hardley Lewin, a former Rear Admiral in the Jamaica Defence Force, has set a completely different tone for the office. Cognizant of record murder rates and escalating violent crime, he deliberately eschewed a formal change of comm [...]
2007-12-20 20:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PREL JM
07KINGSTON380ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: JAMAICA'S POLICE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 14:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV KCOR JM
07KINGSTON708JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS CANDIDACY
[...] (U) Poloff sent talking points to XXXXXXXXXXXX, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. All relevant officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade - including XXXXXXXXXXXX - have been involved in two days of training and have been unavailable fo [...]
2007-05-11 18:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM RPEL UNHRC
07KUWAIT808TERRORIST FINANCE: TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN ENGAGES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 23-24, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Sipdis Patrick O'Brien met with senior GOK officials on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CTF) issues. He conveyed USG concerns about the activities of the Kuwait-based [...]
2007-05-22 09:42:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07LAGOS371WORLD AIRLINES OPERATING AUTHORITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 13:48:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS633WHO WILL GET NIGERIA'S NATURAL GAS?
[...] XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX PLEASE ZFR IMI ZFR LAGOS 0633 IMI 0633 AND BLANK ALL ASSOCIATED MCNS, AND NEW MSG WILL BE SEND WITH NEW MCN AND MRN.XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ZFR ZFR [...]
2007-09-19 13:45:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENERG PGOV NI
07LAPAZ3262MILITARY STANDDOWN MORE LIKELY THAN HEAVY HAND
[...] (S) Summary: Over the past couple of days statements from military leaders have taken a conciliatory tone and moved away from the confrontational rhetoric from Armed Forces Commander General Wilfredo Vargas. Vargas relayed a message to the Ambassador that his troops would only intervene in " [...]
2007-12-14 23:21:00Embassy La PazSECRETASEC PREL PGOV PINL VN CU BL
07LISBON2527PORTUGAL: UK AMBASSADOR ON ENERGY SECURITY,
[...] (C) On September 21, newly-arrived British Ambassador Alexander Wykeham Ellis informed Ambassador Hoffman that European concerns over Russia's aggressive energy policies and the need for market competition were the driving forces behind the third EU energy liberalization package. He suggested that [...]
2007-09-28 15:36:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OFDP PO
07LONDON1658COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED - IMO DELEGATION-(ISRWG)
[...] Embassy London is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON SHIP RECYCLING (ISRWG),LONDON, UK, MAY 6-13, 2007: Representative Constance C. Arvis Deputy Director Office of Oceans Affairs Bureau of Oce [...]
2007-05-02 16:05:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON3175IRAN: BROTHER OF IRGC'S SAFAVI SAYS A U.S. TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. xxxxxxxxxxxx Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) xxxxxxxxxxxx told London Iran Watcher xxxxxxxxxxxx that Iran's cooperation on security in Iraq, though not yet evident, would be forthcoming, but in the same breath argued that a U.S. terrorist designation of the IRGC would prevent any [...]
2007-08-17 08:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPTER KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL BA KU IR IS UK
07LONDON3923XXXXXXXXXXXX ARGUES TIME IS RIPE FOR
[...] (C) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that Islamic republic of Iran decision-makers lack the confidence to initiate an offer to the West to soften Iran's nuclear or regional posture, but are now, due to internal political conditions, hoping for a Western-initiated proposal on [...]
2007-10-12 16:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC IR UK
07LONDON4189FINSBURY PARK MOSQUE -- AFTER THE STORM
[...] (C) Summary. A visit to the Finsbury Park Mosque -- once the home of the notorious extremist Imam Abu Hamza al-Masri and formerly exhibit A in the case for the threat from "homegrown" British radicalization -- found the Mosque apparently cleansed of its extremist past and working hard to counter ra [...]
2007-11-08 17:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPTER SCUL KISL PGOV UK
07LONDON4328(C/NF) UK SHARES U.S. GOALS ON IRAN; WE SHOULD RE-FOCUS UK DOMESTIC EFFORTS AND INCREASE COORDINATION REF: A. STATE 156409 B. STATE 157039 LONDON 00004328 001.2 OF 006
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 16:16:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MNUC EFIN PTER KTFN IR UK
07MADRID1914SPAIN/CT: PROPOSAL TO CREATE A SOUTHERN EUROPEAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In order to confront the sustained terrorist threat to the United States and our European allies, we must find innovative, flexible and proactive approaches to strengthen the effectiveness of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism. My Mission inter-agency team has [...]
2007-10-02 15:47:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPTER SNAR SP
07MADRID911SCENESETTER FOR US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE TALKS
[...] (C/NF) Dan, welcome back to Spain. I appreciate your patience and efforts to finally resolve the NCIS/OSI issue and I'm glad that you've made this High-Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting a priority. Now that the Permanent Committee is back on track, handling routine issues at the staff lev [...]
2007-05-14 17:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP
07MANAMA1010IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 10:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA
07MANAMA1011FINANCE MINISTER REVIEWS OPTIONS FOR SANCTIONING FUTURE BANK REF: A. U/S LEVEY - AMB. ERELI OCTOBER 31 E-MAIL B. STATE 148605 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli, reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 11:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA
07MANAMA1012AHMEDINEJAD TO VISIT BAHRAIN IN LATE NOVEMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 12:15:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL IR BA
07MANAMA1016BAHRAINI NEXT STEPS ON FUTURE BANK
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 10:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA
07MANAMA1021IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-12 12:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA
07MANAMA1029BAHRAIN'S CENTRAL BANK TAKES ACTION AGAINST FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 15:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA
07MANAMA1033SHI'A YOUTH IN WEEKEND SKIRMISHES WITH SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 11:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CASC BA
07MANAMA1045AHMEDINEJAD VISIT TO BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 13:53:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL KNNP IAEA EPET IR BA
07MANAMA1046TACTICAL ALLIANCE BETWEEN SUNNIS AND SHI'A IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 13:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL BA
07MANAMA1051UPDATE: DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 14:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM BA
07MANAMA1060DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 13:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ BA
07MANAMA1067FM CLASHES WITH MPS OVER LIVNI MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 04:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS BA
07MANAMA1083CODEL MORAN MEETINGS WITH PM AND CENTRAL BANK
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 11:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EPET BA
07MANAMA1084ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW PROGRESSING IN PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 11:21:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KWMN ELAB SMIG BA
07MANAMA1085BAHRAIN: REACTION TO IRAN NIE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 14:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP PARM IR BA
07MANAMA1089CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR UNDERSCORES COMMITMENT TO DOLLAR REMAINS FIRM ---------------------------------
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-09 14:38:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA
07MANAMA1096BAHRAINI FM WILL ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 11:24:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL BA
07MANAMA1097ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW ADVANCES IN PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 05:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KWMN ELAB SMIG BA
07MANAMA1103DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT, COMMERCE MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 13:49:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ECON BA
07MANAMA1110ONE DEAD IN CLASHES WITH SECURITY FORCES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 12:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM BA
07MANAMA1112STREET PROTESTS SUBSIDE FOLLOWING INTERVENTION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: After renewed clashes between police and Shi'a youths December 18, there were no further disturbances and the streets remained quiet as of mid-afternoon December 20. The intervention of Shi'a community leaders helped defuse the situation. End summary. 2. (SBU) Following clashes Dec [...]
2007-12-20 11:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
07MANAMA1113CLASHES BETWEEN SHI'A YOUTH AND POLICE: UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 15:02:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
07MANAMA1118BAHRAINI STREET VIOLENCE: SHI'A POLITICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 13:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
07MANAMA1119MOTTAKI VISIT TO BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 13:50:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL KNNP EPET IR BA
07MANAMA950AL-HAQ CHALLENGES GOB ON LAND ACCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-18 14:39:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC SOCI BA
07MANAMA956PREPARATIONS FOR GSD TALKS IN MANAMA, NOVEMBER 1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 12:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS BA
07MANAMA964KING OPENS PARLIAMENT; OUTLINES GOB AGENDA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 13:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI BA
07MANAMA968FM DEFENDS HIS MEETING WITH LIVNI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS BA
07MANAMA983BAHRAIN: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 12:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA
07MANAMA985BAHRAIN UNLIKELY TO VOTE AGAINST CUBAN EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 14:22:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU BA
07MANAMA988BAHRAIN: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 14:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA
07MINSK620LUKASHENKO REMOVES BELARUSIAN KGB CHIEF
[...] (C) As predicted, President Lukashenko replaced Belarusian KGB (BKGB) Chief Sukharenko with Major General Zhadobin, the former head of the presidential security service. Lukashenko also removed Sukharenko's deputy Dementei, but no replacement has been made. Official statements claim the dismissal [...]
2007-07-18 12:44:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR BO
07MINSK915FORMER PRESIDENTIAL AIDE ON LUKASHENKO AND CRONIES
[...] (C) Former Presidential Administration Press Advisor Aleksandr XXXXXXXXXXXXX told Pol/Econ Chief on October 23 that Lukashenko has not decided whether to run again in 2011. The dictator's inner circle does not fear a managed transition, but still wants to avoid significant steps toward democratiza [...]
2007-11-01 15:40:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MOSCOW104NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS APPROACH UNHCR
[...] (S) XXXXXXXXXXXX told us January 12 that XXXXXXXXXXXX was aware of seven North Korean asylum seekers in Moscow. XXXXXXXXXXXX said XXXXXXXXXXXX had passed this information during a January 10 meeting with XXXXXXXXXXXX. The seven are laborers who had been working in a timber camp in the Russian [...]
2007-01-12 15:23:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREF PHUM PREL RS KN
07MOSCOW1442RUSSIAN CORPORATE STATISM: WATCH THIS SPACE
[...] (C) Summary: The rise of corporate statism in Russia has been significant. Since 2004, the government has taken over the world's largest titanium business, consolidated its position in Gazprom, merged 10 aviation businesses into a state-owned conglomerate, and taken controlling positions in ot [...]
2007-04-02 07:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EIND PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1770RUSSIA: MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX
[...] (C) Summary: Emboffs met with XXXXXXXXXXXX. He described the new embezzlement and money laundering charges -- that Khodorkovskiy engaged in transfer pricing that harmed unwitting minority shareholders in Yukos' three production subsidiaries -- as a re-packaging of the charges in the first case. H [...]
2007-04-18 07:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RS
07MOSCOW3579THINKING ABOUT KADYROV
[...] (C) Ramzan Kadyrov recently celebrated his 100th day as President of Chechnya. Characteristics of the new order are already visible: -- The appointment of personnel who have no loyalties except to Kadyrov, and the steady elimination of those with independent ties to Moscow or independent bases of [...]
2007-07-23 06:00:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW3625MAYOR LUZHKOV - THE CONDUCTOR LEADS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In early July, Moscow Mayor Luzhkov took the oath of office for his fifth term, bringing to a close a reported power struggle with the Kremlin. For the past fifteen years, Luzhkov's dominance of Moscow politics has made him one of the most powerful politicians in the country, and an im [...]
2007-07-24 14:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW4539ZUBKOV AND SPECULATION ON SUCCESSION
[...] (C) The surprise appointment of First Deputy Minister of Finance Viktor Zubkov has intensified speculation about succession. In the absence of authoritative information about President Putin's intentions, much of what we hear is wildly speculative, and ranges from Putin returning to office af [...]
2007-09-14 17:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW5173(C) YUKOS FINANCE BUYER: NO PRE-ARRANGED DEAL WITH
[...] (C) One of the major investors behind the August 15 purchase of Yukos Finance assets at auction told us October 23 that the investors hoped to "unwind" the various lawsuits and other claims against the company. They planned to use the $1.5 billion in cash assets and the 49% stake in Slovakia' [...]
2007-10-26 13:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07NAIROBI1389QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-03-28 07:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI565U.S. FIRM TYCO GETS CONTRACT TO PERFORM SURVEY FOR FIBER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenyan government has awarded a tender to U.S. firm Tyco Telecommunications to do a marine survey for the eventual construction of an undersea fiber optic cable to run between the United Arab Emirates and Mombasa, Kenya. Despite question marks about financing, the relevant [...]
2007-02-02 05:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN KE AE
07NEWDELHI1051INDIANS OFFER BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF AFGHANISTAN AND
[...] (S) Summary: During the February 28, 2007 session of the U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),the Indian delegation gave a tour d'horizon of developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to help set the stage for the day's discussions (reported Septel). Indian int [...]
2007-03-02 14:42:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1485OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN SOFT POWER IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As requested, this cable contains specific, concrete ideas for opportunities for India to use soft power in helping Afghanistan's reconstruction, with the broader objective of seeking ways for the U.S. to synergize its efforts with Afghanistan's "natural ally." Some of the ideas are ne [...]
2007-03-28 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON ENRG SCUL SOCI AF IN
07NEWDELHI2142IRAN MANIPULATING INDIAN ELITE OPINION-MAKERS
[...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA. Please see paragraph 6. New Iranian Mischief ------ 2. (C) Ambassador K.V. Rajan, former Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and current Chairman of the Prime Minister's National Security Advisory Board (NSAB),called Charge May 4 for a [...]
2007-05-04 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IR IN
07NEWDELHI909SCENESETTER: INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT WORKING
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes the visit of Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic, and looks forward to adding dynamism to the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) and developing an atmosphere where ideas and information are easily exchanged by b [...]
2007-02-23 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL KTFN
07OSLO248NORWAY: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND OUTREACH
[...] (C) Summary: As reported in ref b and c, Norway,s government remains opposed in principle to missile defenses writ large and skeptical of U.S. plans to base missile installations in Central Europe. Embassy Oslo continues to engage with media, government and think tank researchers to present the fac [...]
2007-03-13 16:18:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR
07PARIS186RWANDA: EFFECT OF BRUGUIERE REPORT ON USG, STATUS
[...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXXl told us January 12 that Judge Bruguiere's November 17 report recommending the prosecution of President Kagame and requesting the arrest of nine of his associates had been forwarded to Interpol. He noted that it was incumbent on the U.S. to make its own determi [...]
2007-01-18 10:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS INTERPOL RW FR
07PARIS4722XXXXXXXXXXXX DESCRIBES CAUTIOUS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 10 meeting, XXXXXXXXXXXX, said the December 7 Merkel-Sarkozy meetings in Paris were very productive even though Merkel and Sarkozy's personalities are like "fire and water." XXXXXXXXXXXX described Sarkozy's management style as exhausting and said many expected a reshuffli [...]
2007-12-14 16:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV EUN GM FR
07PARIS483France raises AI vigilance level
[...] On February 5th, following the announcement by UK's DEFRA of the first reported case of AI in a commercial turkey farm in Great Britain, the French Ministry of Agriculture raised its AI risk assessment and vigilance from level 2 (negligible risk) to level 3 (low risk). Impacts of this change i [...]
2007-02-07 15:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD TBIO FR
07PARIS829OECD: U.K.'S BRIEFING ON TERMINATED BAE/SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (SBU) The January 16-18, 2007 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) included a separate session on January 16th devoted to the U.K.'s termination of an investigation into BAE plc and a defense contract with Saudi Arabia. A condensed readout of that session was included in an over [...]
2007-03-05 14:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PHNOMPENH820GLOBAL WITNESS REPORT: ACCUSATIONS, THREATS,
[...] (C) Summary. On June 1, U.K.-based Global Witness made public a 95-page "Cambodia's Family Trees" report. The report's content is extremely confrontational by Cambodian standards as it accuses well-connected government and military officials of illegal logging activity, kidnapping, and attempted mu [...]
2007-06-15 05:28:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV PHUM SENV CB
07PODGORICA182MONTENEGRO MARKS ONE YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE (C-RE7-00522)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 21 MONTENEGRO MARKED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE. MANY HAVE DESCRIBED MONTENEGRO AS A SOUTH EUROPEAN SUCCESS STORY, REFERRING TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE INDEPENDENCE QUESTION AND THE VISIBLE PROGRESS THE COUNTRY HAS ACHIEVED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EU [...]
2007-06-04 11:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MARR MW
07PORTAUPRINCE1080THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES -
[...] (C) Summary. All interviewees concurred that the basis for the violence in Gonaives is political: specifically, the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue, both of whom are from Gonaives and are positioning themselves for the next presidential ele [...]
2007-06-20 12:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1148THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES -
[...] (C) Summary. Like their local political leaders, civil society leaders in Gonaives believe that insecurity in Gonaives results from the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue. According to post's interlocutors, gang leaders, who are linked [...]
2007-06-29 12:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PRETORIA1712LIMPOPO PROVINCE SPLIT OVER ZUMA AND MBEKI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff and PolAsst's trip to Limpopo Province on 24 April confirmed press reports that Zuma's camp has made inroads in gaining provincial support for Zuma as ANC President, but the province remains split and difficult to call. As expected, Zuma's supporters were fervent but short on su [...]
2007-05-11 13:32:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA356(C) EXILED ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESSMEN FLOAT ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Exiled Zimbabwean businessmanXXXXXXXXXXXX is quietly floating an idea to shift executive power from President Mugabe to a "technocratic" Prime Minister. To get Mugabe to accept the deal, Mugabe would remain President until 2010 with some power over the security apparatus, but the Prime [...]
2007-01-30 16:07:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI SF
07RANGOON105BURMA XXXXXXXXXXXX REPORT SENSITIVE SHIPMENT
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy contacts XXXXXXXXXXXX shared with us on XXXXXXXXXXXX documents for 112 metric tons of "mixed ore" shipped on January 25 from Burma to China via Singapore. XXXXXXXXXXXX noticed that authorities treated the shipment as highly sensitive, and suspect it may have included uranium. O [...]
2007-01-30 10:23:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MNUC BM CH
07RIYADH2514DELETION
[...] SAWAF, HASSAN AKA: EL SAWAF, HASSAN 2. DOB: 23-MAR-1961 3. POB: DAMASCUS 4. REFUSAL GROUNDS: P6C1 5. (SBU) Post requests deletion of the following CAT 1 CLASS hit: NAME: EL SAWAF, HASSAN DOB: XXXX1961 POB: QTAR REF. CODE: P6C1 CAT: 1 REF. SITE: RID REF. DATE: 24-SEP-199 [...]
2007-12-17 09:40:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCLOK
07RIYADH873MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CONTINUES TO UNDERSCORE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph five. --------------------------------------------- Iranian Threat Weighs on MOI; MOI Requests Threat Brief and Addition to Agenda for JWG -------------------------------------------- 2. (S) During an April 21 meeting, Ministry of [...]
2007-04-25 16:03:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEPET PTER PGOV INR SA
07ROME69IRAN SOLICITS ENI INVESTMENT IN AZADEGAN AND SOUTH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) Summary. Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni told the Ambassador that the Iranian Energy Minister has offered Eni investment opportunities in Iran's South Pars and Azadegan oil fields. Scaroni said Eni is interested in additional inve [...]
2007-01-12 06:50:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNETTC EPET ENRG PREL IR IT
07SANSALVADOR10REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for January 24, [...]
2007-01-03 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR11REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for January 24, [...]
2007-01-03 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR12REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) Fort Benning, Georgia scheduled for Jan. 15, 2007 -- Ja [...]
2007-01-03 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR126REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers and civiliams to participation in the Defense Resource Management Mobile Education Course, San Salvador scheduled for Feb. 12 - 23, 2007. C [...]
2007-01-25 19:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR148REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on or about January 31, 2007 for a six month tour of duty in support of coalition for [...]
2007-01-29 15:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR156REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) training to be held in Coban, Guatemala; scheduled for February 6 -13, 2007. CPT XXXXXXXX [...]
2007-01-29 23:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR206REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Irregular Challenges Workshop to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 13 - 15, 2007. COLONEL XXXXXXXXXXX [...]
2007-02-06 20:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR21REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the NCO Development Course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for Janua [...]
2007-01-05 13:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR219REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran soldier for participation in U.S.-funded Military Academy training to be held at Colombia's National Military Academy in Bogota, Colombia, scheduled for [...]
2007-02-08 19:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR220REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldier for participation in the Supply/Warehouse Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Force Academy in San Antonio, Texas, scheduled for March 3 [...]
2007-02-08 21:57:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR275REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran naval officer for participation in the Officer Indoctrination Course, to be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, scheduled for Februar [...]
2007-02-16 19:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR291REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) course, to be held in Coban, Guatemala, scheduled for February 28 - March 23, 2007. MAJ [...]
2007-02-16 21:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR327REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Civil Military Relations Seminar, San Salvador scheduled for March 20 -22, 2007. COLONEL XXXXXXXXXXXX ILOPANGO AIR [...]
2007-02-22 21:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR328REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Ground Defense Course, Inter American Air Force Academy, San Antonio, TX scheduled for March 10 - May 9, 2007. 1LT XX [...]
2007-02-23 15:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR58REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Maritime Law Enforcement program, to be held in La Union, El Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 10-25, 2007. ENSIGN [...]
2007-01-12 17:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR59REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Defense Resource Management Mobile Education Course, to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 12 - 23, 2007. [...]
2007-01-12 17:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR60REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Maritime Law Enforcement program, La Union scheduled for Feb. 10-25, 2007. AGENT XXXXXXXXXXXX DIVISION ANTINARCOT [...]
2007-01-12 17:54:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR65REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN AIR
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Pilot Procedure Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy (San Antonio, Texas),scheduled for Februa [...]
2007-01-17 15:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR94REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on January 31, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. CAPTAIN XXXXXXXXXXXX DPOB: N [...]
2007-01-19 21:07:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANTODOMINGO535DOMINICAN DIPNOTE REQUESTING SUPPORT IN FAVOR OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 17:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PREL IO ICAO DR
07SEOUL1576XXXXXXXXXXXX SHARES IDEAS ON DPRK
[...] (C)XXXXXXXXXXXX Arranging an Eric Clapton concert in Pyongyang could also be useful, he said, given Kim Jong-il's second son's devotion to the rock legend. END SUMMARY. XXXXXXXXXXXX ---------------------------------- 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX DOING BUSINESS IN THE DPRK -------------------------- [...]
2007-05-23 02:45:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV KS KN
07SHANGHAI306EAST CHINA VIEWS ON FOREIGN MINISTER APPOINTMENT
[...] (C) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX, a well-known U.S.-China specialist at XXXXXXXXXXXX, claimed the sudden removal of former Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing was due to President Hu´s increasing dissatisfaction with the MFA. XXXXXXXXXXXX linked this to Hu´s lingering anger about the handling of his visit [...]
2007-05-24 07:01:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI622XXXXXXXXXXXX ON LEADERSHIP ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: According to a well-placed contact, there will not likely to be any surprises in the line-up of the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC). In part, this means that President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and National People´s Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo will all be staying and [...]
2007-09-20 21:25:00Consulate ShanghaiSECRETPGOV PINR SOCI ECON CH
07SOFIA1122SHIP DEAL WITH FRANCE TO DERAIL BULGARIAN MILITARY
[...] (S) Summary: Several Bulgarian defense officials expressed concern over a plan, currently in its final stages, to purchase four Corvette class ships from France at a cost of over one billion dollars. Such a large expenditure for ships that do not fill an operational need would, according to [...]
2007-09-18 13:53:00Embassy SofiaSECRETMARR PREL BU
07SOFIA177UNDER PRESSURE FROM RUSSIA ON ARMS LICENSES,
[...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: Russia has recently turned up the heat on Bulgaria in the long-running dispute over "licenses" for Soviet-designed small arms and light weapons. The GoB believes that Russia's claims are unfounded, but remains sen [...]
2007-02-12 13:23:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM ETTC RS BU
07STATE122164LIMITED TELEPHONE CAPABILITY - USMISSION USNATO
[...] The Digital Telephone Link Between the U.S. Mission to NATO and Embassy Brussels has failed. As a result, the U.S.Mission to NATO has limited Telephone capability, especially for incoming calls. At this time, technicians are working to restore full service. Until service is restored [...]
2007-08-30 12:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KRIM
07STATE146853DRAFT MINURSO RESOLUTION FOR 22 OCTOBER FRIENDS
[...] USUN is authorized to circulate the text in paragraph three as a draft resolution for the Group of Friends meeting on the 22nd of October 2008. 2. Action Request: USUN is. to report the reactions to this draft resolution by the Group of Friends as well as other interested parties in New Yor [...]
2007-10-19 23:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07STATE156473VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESOLUTION ON THE
[...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favour of the following resolution to be considered by the Security Council on November 15. USUN is also instructed to draw on points in para 3 for use during the Council's discussion. 2. Begin resolution text: The Security Coun [...]
2007-11-15 03:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL MARR NATO BK
07STATE159388DEMARCHE ON IMPENDING CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRANSFER AND INTERIM FOLLOW UP ON ONGOING ISSUES OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN REF: A. STATE 109649 B. BEIJING5237 C. STATE 071143 D. STATE 073601 E. STATE 72896 F. BEIJING 6361 G. STATE 148514 H. BEIJING 6848
[...] (S) ACTION REQUEST: In September during their meeting at the APEC summit in Sydney Australia, President Bush discussed with Chinese President Hu U.S. concerns over conventional arms shipments by Chinese entities to Iran. We will be sending Embassy Beijing a follow-up demarche for the Ambassador to [...]
2007-11-22 00:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL UNGA
07STATE164120(C) EUR DAS KRAMER’S MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4, EUR DAS David Kramer met with XXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXX was highly critical of the recent Duma elections, alleging the Kremlin had resorted to all methods to secure an overwhelming victory for United Russia. XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX speculated that Putin would not remain [...]
2007-12-06 15:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RS
07STATE74047VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote for and co-sponsor the resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN may draw from the explanation of vote (EOV) in para 2 below. End action request. 2. (U) Begin EOV text. I would now like to make a few remarks in my [...]
2007-05-30 16:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC LE PTER
07STATE74373VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote for and co-sponsor the resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN may draw from the explanation of vote (EOV) in para 2 below. End action request. 2. (U) Begin EOV text. I would now like to make a few remarks in my nation [...]
2007-05-30 21:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC LE PTER
07TALLINN366ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: WORLD'S FIRST VIRTUAL
[...] (S) Summary. Since April 27, Estonia has been the victim of the world's first coordinated cyber attacks against a nation state and its political and economic infrastructure. The sensational nature of the story, combined with the highly technical details of the subject matter, has led to a good [...]
2007-06-04 14:27:00Embassy TallinnSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN
07TALLINN375ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: LESSONS LEARNED
[...] (S) Summary. On April 27, Estonia became the unprecedented victim of the world's first cyber attacks against a nation state. Although an analysis of events is ongoing, this event demonstrated the vulnerability of both government and private sector internet infrastructure. Working together with [...]
2007-06-06 14:24:00Embassy TallinnSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN
07TASHKENT2063WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 11:05:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNMNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT2081UPDATE ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 Classified By: DTRA Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for reasons 1.4 (b, d).
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 11:17:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNMNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT2171WMD PORTAL DETECTION UPDATE: LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON OPENING THE RAIL CAR REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 C. TASHKENT 2081 D. TASHKENT 2090 Classified By: DTRO Chief Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for re asons 1.4 (b, d).
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 11:42:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNMNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TELAVIV2652U/S BURNS' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOSSAD
[...] (S) In an August 17 meeting, Israeli Mossad Chief Meir Dagan thanked Under Secretary Burns for America's support of Israel as evidenced by the previous day's signing of an MOU that provides Israel with USD 30 billion in security assistance from 2008-2018. Dagan provided his assessment of the [...]
2007-08-31 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MARR MASS KNNP UNSC PK IR IZ ZP
07TELAVIV3515PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 DISCUSSIONS ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION FINANCE AND IRAN WITH THE ISRAELI MFA (CABLE 4 OF 5) REF: A. TEL AVIV 03385 B. TEL AVIV 03386 C. TEL AVIV 03514
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 16:48:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER KNNP MNUC IR IS
07THEHAGUE1336NEW DUTCH ECONOMIC MINISTER SEEKS FURTHER U.S. -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-12 16:11:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV SENV KISL PINR NL
07TRIPOLI1032LIBYA CLOSES BORDER WITH EGYPT TO NON-EGYPTIAN IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 07:56:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV LY EG JO SY TU
07TRIPOLI1056LIBYA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: EXPERIENCING GROWING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-23 09:56:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPGOV PREL KBIO PINR LY
07TRIPOLI945LIBYAN REACTION TO AQ-LIFG MERGER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 16:15:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNKISL PTER PREL PGOV LY
07USUNNEWYORK384LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AGREE ON DRAFT UNSCR AND
[...] (SBU) The U.S., France, and the UK (P-3) reached agreement on a draft Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Lebanon Tribunal on May 17. P-3 Permanent Representatives will share the text with all UNSC delegations either bilaterally or in joint approaches by close of business on May 1 [...]
2007-05-17 21:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK905UN: PROPOSED LETTER FROM KEY GENEVA GROUP MEMBERS
[...] Following the conclusion of the Geneva Group CLM on October 2, 2007, Stephen Pattison (Director, International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom) and Ambassador Mark Wallace consulted, in their capacity as co-chairs as to what deliverable could be produced from the day' [...]
2007-10-23 20:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK990ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (agenda item 85) contained in para 2, or substantially similar text. The tex [...]
2007-11-09 19:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07VATICAN89DAS MADISON ENGAGES VATICAN ON CUBA
[...] (C) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison described the worsening human rights situation in Cuba to the new XXXXXXXXXXXX, and appealed to the Vatican on the issue of the Catholic magazine Vitral. XXXXXXXXXXXX repeated general Vatican support for Vitral and promised to look into the matter further. Monsig [...]
2007-05-14 10:42:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CU VT
07VIENTIANE185SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT FOR LAOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Laos is overwhelmingly a sending country for trafficking, although on a small scale it is also a receiving country. The vast majority of Lao who seek work abroad, including those who are victims of trafficking, go to Thailand, where cultural and linguistic similarities and an a [...]
2007-03-05 11:15:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KFRD PREL
07VIENTIANE487HMONG-AMERICAN LEADER PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO COUP
[...] (S) Summary: The politics of the Hmong communtiies in both Laos and the United States are extremely complex. As a result, a conversation with even a well educated Hmong (or Hmong-American) leader involves exaggeration and guess work and often raises more questions than it provides answers. Neverthe [...]
2007-06-11 10:55:00Embassy VientianeSECRET//NOFORNASEC LA PGOV PREL PTER
07VIENTIANE525LAO GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES U.S. ARRESTS
[...] (C) Summary: Lao government officials appear to have been pleased and surprised by the June 4 arrests of Hmong-American General Vang Pao and others on suspicion of plotting violent action aimed at overthrowing the Lao government. However, the Philippines Ambassador, who talked to Lao gover [...]
2007-06-25 09:23:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC CASC SCUL SNAR CH LA US
07WARSAW855DEMARCHE ON ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE MTG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 07:58:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV AOCR AY KSCA KTIA PL
08ABUJA1016(S/NF) NIGERIA: xxxxxxxxxxxx
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: xxxxxxxxxxxx contended that Yar'Adua began experiencing symptoms of acute renal failure in late 1999, and traveled at that time to Mainz, Germany, to consult with kidney specialists. xxxxxxxxxxxx claimed, that in 1999, German doctors told Yar'Adua to undergo dialysis treatment, and [...]
2008-06-02 15:11:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM KISL SOCI NI
08ABUJA320(S/NF) NIGERIA: KANO BUSINESSMAN ALLEGES YAR'ADUA
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX alleged a close association between President Yar,Adua and Katsina native and rumored smuggler Dahiru Mangal. XXXXXXXXXXXX claimed Mangal is the President's "Mr. Fix It," taking care of "anything filthy" Yar'Adua needs done in addition to smuggling items for sever [...]
2008-02-21 06:30:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR KCOR NI
08ADANA25LEAVE (CREVIER, JUSTIN C. XXX-XX-7127, FS-03)
[...] FOR FSC CHARLESTON: PLEASE SUSPEND POST DIFFERENTIAL PAYMENTS FROM 07/02/2008 UNTIL 08/05/2008 FOR CREVIER, JUSTIN C. , SSN: XXX-XX-7127, FS-03 GREEN [...]
2008-06-30 11:56:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN
08ADANA33REASSIGNMENT AT POST (CREVIER, JUSTIN C., XXX-XX-7127,
[...] EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/28/08 2. AGENCY: STATE 3. POST: adana 4. reassignment at post FROM position no. 50006001 manAgement officer to POSITION NO. 60244001 public diplomacy officer. 5. transfer eligibility date is 05/2009. GREEN [...]
2008-09-10 10:57:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
08ADDISABABA3450USAU: AU PSC MINISTERIAL TAKES STRONG STAND
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 6. 2. (U) Summary: At an African Union Peace and Security Council Ministerial meeting on December 22, the AU agreed to take concrete measures against the coup leaders who overthrew the legitimate government of Mauritania. Specific [...]
2008-12-24 16:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN MR AU
08ALGIERS787THE HARRAGA: GIVE ME DIGNITY OR GIVE ME DEATH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On the desolate beach of Sidi Salem, in the eastern suburbs of Annaba, a dozen young Algerian males alternate between kicking a soccer ball and working on several small, unmarked wooden boats. Each week, several boats leave from this beach, filled with a cross-section of frustrated you [...]
2008-07-13 07:11:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI AG
08AMMAN120JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Somnath
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Somnath Bhattacharyya to Jordan from 15 - 22 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic [...]
2008-01-13 14:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN121JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Robert Hays and James
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Robert Hays and James Rennie to Jordan from 29 January - 3 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Sta [...]
2008-01-13 14:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN122JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Perry Tillman
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Perry Tillman to Jordan from 17 January to 5 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic c [...]
2008-01-13 14:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN123JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Samuel Helland + 9
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Samuel Helland, Ronald Coleman, Kevin Kelley, Rhonda Martin, Peter Dahl, Dennis Reed, Daniel Burs, Raphael Sanchez, Raymond Terlaje and Aaron Labertew to Jordan from 11 - 12 February 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully revie [...]
2008-01-13 14:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN124JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Mark Pruitt and Frank
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Mark Pruitt and Frank Fuller to Jordan from 20 - 25 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elect [...]
2008-01-13 15:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN125JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Timothy Hill + 3
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Timothy Hill, David Baker, Hugh Sutherland and Mark Engen to Jordan from 18 - 20 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007 [...]
2008-01-13 15:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN131JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Edwin Kobeski
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Edwin Kobeski to Jordan from 18 - 20 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country [...]
2008-01-14 10:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN133JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Eduardo Granados + 6
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Eduardo Granado, John Fejerang, Paul Davis, Andre Sterling, Frank Shirley, John R. Smith and John L. Smith to Jordan from 9 - 14 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat asses [...]
2008-01-14 12:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN139JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Brian Kulley
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Brian Kulley to Jordan from 20 - 24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...]
2008-01-14 14:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN161JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR James Johnson + 3
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Johnson, Daren Baker and Wanda Bisbal to Jordan from 29 January - 3 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the De [...]
2008-01-16 13:49:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN163JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Michael Reber, Shaun
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Michael Reber, Shaun Mahaffey and John Walmsley to Jordan from 20-21/22-24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the De [...]
2008-01-16 13:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN164JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ghassan Aldebs
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ghassan Aldebs to Jordan from 18 - 29 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country [...]
2008-01-16 13:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN210JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ronald Oswalt + 15
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ronald swalt, Tommy Evans, David Snodgrass, Charles Bowers, Daniel Woodward, Vickie Whiteaker, Eileen White, Lynn Burmeister, Terri Riley, Erin McCarter, Charles Pace, Romeo Victorio, Eugene O'Sullivan, Betty Taylor, Donald Clarke and Richard Wag [...]
2008-01-22 05:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN211JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Kabran Johnson + 5
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Kabran Johnson, Nicky Baggett, Peter Leary, Mark Decamp, Michael Keller and Lawrence Gump to Jordan from 10 - 14 February 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragrap [...]
2008-01-22 05:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN224JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Susan Myers and Kelly
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Susan Myers and Kelly Porscheke to Jordan from 2 - 9 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State ele [...]
2008-01-22 13:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN238JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Joseph Benkert + 2
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Joseph Benkert, Melissa Henton and Jeffrey Cima to Jordan from 2 - 9 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...]
2008-01-23 08:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN239JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Joseph Lontos + 45
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Joseph Lontos, Kimberly Mitchell, Leif Eckholm, Michael Terry, Janis Simmons, Joseph Rachal, Francis Rodriguez, Martin Shulman, Robert Neal, Kelly Porscheke, Ebert Donald, Jeffrey Mintzlaff, Steven Miller, Mary Land, William Jensen, Jerome Barret [...]
2008-01-23 08:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN269JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Michael Ledeboer + 6
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Michael Ledeboer, James Allen, Sheila Hansen, Tarik Samman, Jacek Stawiski, Anurag Chhabra and Thomas Cooley to Jordan from 31 January - 8 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the th [...]
2008-01-27 06:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN27JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Alex Williams +
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Alex Williams, Keith Thompson, Dane Kaley, Alfredo Ferrer, Charles Langston, Rodney Walters and Stephen Kennedy to Jordan from 3 February through 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especiall [...]
2008-01-06 09:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN270JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR James Allen and
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Allen and Albert Rodriguez to Jordan from 23 February - 12 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of [...]
2008-01-27 06:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN28JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Lovelace + 4
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Lovelace, William Miracle, William Huggins, Philip Archer and Shane Tuttle to Jordan from 7 - 8 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. [...]
2008-01-06 09:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN280JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ghassan Aldebs
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Carl Stubbert to Jordan from 10 - 13 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...]
2008-01-28 05:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN282JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Keith Riggle
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Keith Riggle to Jordan from 3 - 6 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...]
2008-01-28 05:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN283JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Jonathan Maddock +
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Jonathan Maddock, Michael Ledeboer, Thomas Chrzanowski, Thomas Cooley, Anurag Chhabra, Sheila Hansen, James Heidt, Emaan Osman, David Prosen, Tarik Samman, Stephen Sheehy, Jacek Stawiski, Stephen Williamson, Jesse Wintjes and Alan Young to Jordan [...]
2008-01-28 05:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN284JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Eric Christopher
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Eric to Jordan from 1 - 8 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country clearance [...]
2008-01-28 05:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN285JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Max Krupp + 11
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Max Krupp, Steven Brackin, Joshua Curtis, John Meadows, Michael Guiso, Jesse Byrd, Jimmie Cusick, Christian Wallace, Mark Watson, Jerry Wilson, Rick McIntosh and Shaun Smith to Jordan from 30 January - 29 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The [...]
2008-01-28 05:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN29JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR William Louden
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of William Louden to Jordan from 29 December through 4 January 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elect [...]
2008-01-06 09:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN300JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Jodie Kunkel + 3
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Jodie Kunkel, Jeremy Harper, Jeffrey Patterson and Gabriel Dicola to Jordan from 9 February - 30 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On Oc [...]
2008-01-29 09:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN301JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR 699 STUDENTS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of 699 (Six Hundred and Ninety-nine) students to Jordan from 17 February - 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...]
2008-01-29 09:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN31JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Greenwich + 3
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Tom Greenwich, Jeffrey Platz, William Cox and Travis Riffle to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007 [...]
2008-01-06 09:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN32JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gonzalo Gonzalez
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gonzalo Gonzalez to Jordan from 11 - 18 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...]
2008-01-06 09:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN41JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...]
2008-01-06 15:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN42JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Saeed Sooudi and Garry
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Saeed Sooudi and Garry Scroggins to Jordan from 18 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...]
2008-01-06 15:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN43JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...]
2008-01-06 15:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN44JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Azzam Hassan
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Azzam Hassan to Jordan from 11 - 26 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...]
2008-01-06 15:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN56JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Light Ronald
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Light Ronald to Jordan from 11 - 13 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...]
2008-01-07 14:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN57JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gary Groves
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gary Groves to Jordan from 11 - 21 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...]
2008-01-07 14:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN81JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gregory Staton + 1
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gregory Staton and Ranji Matthew to Jordan from 14 - 18 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...]
2008-01-09 12:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN872ROYAL COURT CHIEF AND PM DISCUSS IRAN, ECONOMY,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with a visiting Senate staffdel (whose trip was arranged by the Jordanian MFA),Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah and Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi addressed Jordan's place in the regional political order, political reform, and economic issues. Awadallah reiterat [...]
2008-03-19 17:46:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV EFIN KWBG ECON IR IS JO
08AMMAN93JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Peter Leary and
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Peter Leary and Manuel Rangel to Jordan from 18 - 23 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elec [...]
2008-01-12 10:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN94JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Rodrigue Aleandre
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Rodrigue Aleandre to Jordan from 26 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...]
2008-01-12 10:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN96JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Thomas Tennant and
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Thomas Tennant and Joseph Pestar to Jordan from 20 - 24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...]
2008-01-12 10:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08ANKARA1417GOT STATUS UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR: THE PLOT THICKENS REF: SECSTATE 84112
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK
08ANKARA1476SECOND UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR REF: A. SECSTATE 84112 B. ANKARA 1417
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-15 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK
08ANKARA1643TURKEY: CHARITY FUND SCANDAL PROMPTS PM ERDOGAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A very public and ugly battle has erupted between Prime Minister Erdogan and the Dogan Group. The conflict dominated the news this week after Erdogan lashed out at business and media mogul Aydin Dogan for reporting on allegations in a German court that the German-based Deniz Feneri Cha [...]
2008-09-15 04:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL TU
08ANKARA536TURKEY: RULING AKP TO TRY TO OVERCOME CLOSURE CASE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is drafting a mini-constitutional amendment package to attempt to overcome the closure case filed against it in Constitutional Court. The package will include a temporary clause that would wipe out existing closure cases, including ag [...]
2008-03-19 22:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
08ASHGABAT1399EXPAT SOURCES SAY THAT ITERA GAVE TURKMENISTAN A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to expatriate sources in Ashgabat, a yacht that recently set sail on the Caspian Sea -- reportedly worth 60 million euros -- is actually a gift from Russian company Itera. Itera is working on signing a deal jointly with Russian state-owned companies Rosneft and Zarubezhneft a [...]
2008-10-23 13:28:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EPET EINV ETRD EWWT SCUL RS TX
08ASHGABAT379ASHGABAT SURVEILLANCE DETECTION PROGRAM
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Reftels correctly assert that Embassy Ashgabats Surveillance Detection (SD) operations have been severely restricted by the Government of Turkmenistan (GOT) and that it is unlikely that the GOT will agree to authorize normal SD operati [...]
2008-03-26 11:44:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALAMGT APER ASEC
08ASMARA546ARREST, INTERROGATION, AND TORTURE OF
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On XXXXXXXXXXXX was released after five months in jail. XXXXXXXXXXXX emotionally recounted his experience to the RSO, including his interrogation, deplorable prison conditions, beatings, and witnessing the torture of other prisoners being held at the XXXXXXXXXXXX facility. XXXX [...]
2008-11-12 11:46:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNASEC ER PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF
08ASUNCION661XXXXXXXXXXXX CONCERNED ABOUT REGIONAL POLITICS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX sought an unofficial meeting with Emboffs September 13 to discuss the Bolivian crisis and regional spillover. XXXXXXXXXXXX said Venezuela has a presence in virtually all of Bolivia's military bases, and that Venezuela's center of operations is in San Andita. The Ve [...]
2008-09-22 18:37:00Embassy AsuncionSECRET//NOFORNPGOV SNAR MARR ECON PREL MASS PA BL
08ASUNCION720VENEZUELANS PERFORMING EYE SURGERIES AND MORE
[...] (SBU) Venezuela's ""Miracle Mission"" Program has sent several thousand Paraguayans abroad for free eye surgeries and ""leadership"" training in Cuba and Venezuela. The last Paraguayan government signed an agreement with Venezuela in April 2006 to launch the program, and the Lugo administration e [...]
2008-10-24 14:57:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PROP PGOV SOCI CU VZ PA
08ATHENS63GREEKS SHARE U.S. NON-PROLIFERATION CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL
[...] (S) On January 14, 2008, A/Political Counselor delivered ref A points on the possible sale of camouflage systems to Iran by the Greek firm XXXXXXXXXXXX S.A. to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos, the lead Greek MFA non-proliferation official. Kyvetos responded that following our previous [...]
2008-01-16 15:36:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PARM ETTC SY IR GR
08ATHENS718GREEK MFA HELPFUL ON IRAN NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) Deputy PolCounselor delivered reftel A demarche on May 19 to the MFA A6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East, Giorgos Ayfantis . Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 22 to Loukas Tsokos at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. Points were also p [...]
2008-05-22 12:34:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALTRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC UNSC KNNP IR GR IAEA
08ATHENS804UPDATE ON POTENTIAL SALES TO IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (S) On 2 June poloff met with Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations at the latter's request to discuss GOG findings on potential sales to Iran and Syria by Greek firm, XXXXXXXXXXXX. Tsokas said XXXXXXXXXXXX's main product was fishing ne [...]
2008-06-09 14:18:00Embassy AthensSECRETETTC PARM PREL GR IR SY PGOV
08BAGHDAD2807COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GENERAL DAVID
[...] (C) Post requests country clearance for General David Petraeus and delegation to travel to Paris 22-27 September 2008. The purpose of the visit is to meet with French leadership to discuss strategic goals and opportunities for cooperation. 2. (C) REQUEST TRAVEL CLEARANCES FOR THE FOLLOW [...]
2008-09-01 15:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALOTRA APER FR IZ
08BAGHDAD2973COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GENERAL DAVID
[...] (SBU) Post requests country clearance for General David Petraeus and delegation to travel to London, United Kingdom on 27 September- 1 OCT 2008. The purpose of the visit is to meet with English Leadership to discuss strategic goals and opportunity for cooperation. 2. (SBU) REQUEST TRAVEL [...]
2008-09-15 13:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAPER OTRA IZ UK
08BAKU625AZERBAIJAN FACES CHALLENGE OF PROTECTING CRITICAL
[...] (S) Summary: On June 9-13 an interagency team representing the Global Critical Energy Infrastructure Program (GCEIP) and consisting of representatives from the Department of State, Department of Energy, the Coast Guard, and EUCOM met with a number of government and private industry officials respon [...]
2008-07-02 06:27:00Embassy BakuSECRETENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ
08BAKU671AZERBAIJAN SCENESETTER FOR JULY 14 VISIT OF
[...] (C) Your second visit to Baku comes on the heels of your early June participation in the Fifteenth Annual Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference (ref A),and your subsequent early July letter to President Aliyev providing input for next steps we can take together to pursue joint USG-GOAJ ene [...]
2008-07-11 09:30:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
08BAKU815BP BRIEFS SENATOR LUGAR ON CASPIAN ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary: The Russia-Georgia conflict, according to BP, may be forcing Azerbaijan to re-examine needs for regional stability and security, perhaps with leaders concluding that a large foreign presence in Azerbaijan and the region is necessary to create an environment of greater security, predict [...]
2008-08-28 08:57:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINT PREL AJ TX TU GG
08BANGKOK2977AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WITH FORMER PM SAMAK HIS
[...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej resigned from his position as Party Leader of the People's Power Party (PPP) September 30. He remains free on bail as he continues to appeal a years-old defamation conviction. Samak told the Ambassador September 26 that he believed Queen Sirikit, [...]
2008-10-01 10:48:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS PINR TH
08BANGKOK3317PALACE INSIDER TELLS AMBASSADOR OF THE KING’S
[...] (C) King Bhumibol explicitly told Army Commander Anupong Paojinda not to launch a coup, XXXXXXXXXXXX, an advisor to Queen Sirikit, told Ambassador November 4. XXXXXXXXXXXX also claimed that the Queen had not meant to signal support for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) anti-government agend [...]
2008-11-06 07:30:00Embassy BangkokSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3374THAI WEBSITES, RADIO FACE LESE MAJESTE SCRUTINY
[...] (C) The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Ministry and the Ministry of Interior (MOI) joined recent Army and Police efforts against lese majeste in late October. The ICT Ministry sought the cooperation of website editors in self-censoring content and announced an effort to create [...]
2008-11-14 08:27:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
08BEIJING1454HU JINTAO IN CHARGE OF TIBET POLICY; LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) President Hu Jintao remains firmly in charge of China's policy on Tibet, with the leadership unified over Beijing's current hard-line stance and buoyed by rising PRC nationalist sentiment, xxxxx. Given Hu's background and experience in Tibet, as well as the "extremely sensitive" nature of the i [...]
2008-04-16 10:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING1618GOVERNMENT REINS IN ANTI-FRENCH PROTESTS ON
[...] (C) Chinese authorities this past week have moved to curtail anti-French and anti-Western demonstrations in China. Official propaganda has tried to steer the public toward more "rational" displays of patriotism, with security and Party officials bluntly telling university students in Beijing t [...]
2008-04-25 11:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIFR CH
08BEIJING3060BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: XXXXXXXXX [...]
2008-08-08 07:21:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3067BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/10/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...]
2008-08-10 07:09:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3216BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/21/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...]
2008-08-21 08:30:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING4611Korea-China BIT Talks Stall Over Pre-Establishment
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, Korean Embassy officials told Econoff that China and Korea continued to discuss in two forums the prospects for strong bilateral and trilateral (with Japan) investment agreements after signing a more limited "Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement" [...]
2008-12-19 09:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH
08BEIJING661Prospects for U.S.-China Relations
[...] (S) The United States and China share important and growing political and economic interests that will bind us indefinitely, despite frictions. Where interests vary or compete, we share a common interest in managing our differences. In the medium term, China's core foreign policy goals -- secur [...]
2008-02-24 23:00:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL CH
08BEIRUT586LEBANON: JUMBLATT ON POSSIBLE NEW UNSCR, NATIONAL
[...] (C) March 14 leader Walid Jumblatt questioned the utility of a new UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon if it does not address the border issue with Syria and if it does not contain strong language. He noted that the GOL had not yet agreed on whether an open session on the latest UNSCR 1559 re [...]
2008-05-01 12:17:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL KJUS UNGA SY LE
08BERLIN1387GERMANY: BUNDESTAG SET TO RENEW A BEEFED-UP ISAF
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Bundestag is expected to approve on October 16 a 14-month extension of the parliamentary mandate that authorizes Bundeswehr participation in the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The renewed ISAF mandate will continue to limit German forces essentially to the north of Afghanista [...]
2008-10-10 17:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV AF GM
08BISHKEK1095CANDID DISCUSSION WITH PRINCE ANDREW ON THE KYRGYZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 28, the Ambassador participated in a two-hour brunch to brief HRH the Duke of York ahead of his meetings with the Kyrgyz Prime Minister and other high-level officials. She was the only non-subject of the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth invited to participate by the Britis [...]
2008-10-29 12:07:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KG
08BOGOTA1223GOC OK'S FRENCH MEDICAL MISSION FOR INGRID--AWAITS \
[...] (C) President Uribe approved a request from French \ President Sarkozy to deploy a medical "humanitarian mission" \ to Colombia to save FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt. Uribe \ did not provide details, but said the GOC would halt military \ operations once the French provided the coordinates for th [...]
2008-04-02 21:05:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PREF PHUM CASC MOPS FR CO
08BOGOTA1267FRENCH HOSTAGE MISSION ON HOLD DUE TO FARC \
[...] (C) FARC spokesman Rodrigo Granda issued a statement on \ April 3 dashing hopes the FARC would release hostage Ingrid \ Betancourt. XXXXXXXXXXXX told us there \ was "no possibility" the French medical mission in Bogota \ would succeed in reaching Betancourt. He added that \ President Uribe had i [...]
2008-04-04 22:06:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PREF PHUM CASC FR SP CO
08BOGOTA2293FARC INTENTIONS ON HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE REMAIN \
[...] (C) On June 21-22 the FARC released proof of life videos \ for two Colombian hostages, and the media reported renewed \ French contacts with the FARC Secretariat--a claim discounted \ by the French Embassy in Bogota. XXXXXXXXXXXX \ told us the GOC received a message from a reliable contact \ who c [...]
2008-06-24 22:06:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2506GOC ANNOUNCES END OF MEDIATORS, SEEKS DIRECT \
[...] (C) Summary: On July 8, President Uribe formally \ notified the European Ambassadors that he was terminating \ European facilitation efforts with the FARC, emphasizing that \ the decision reflected GOC concerns with facilitators Jean \ Pierre Gontard and Noel Saez rather than \ government-to-gove [...]
2008-07-11 22:33:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO PTER PREL PREF FR SP SZ
08BOGOTA902PARAMILITARY DEMOBILIZATION CREATES GREATER
[...] (C) Local civic and Catholic church leaders said the paramilitary demobilization and parapolitical investigations created new political space in the Medio Magdelena region, noting the triumph of reformist mayors in southern Bolivar department and Barrancabermeja in the October local elections. [...]
2008-03-06 21:07:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BRATISLAVA593PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC RETURNS TEXTBOOK LAW TO
[...] (C) During a December 18 meeting with President Gasparovic, Ambassador raised Slovak-Hungarian relations and Slovak engagement in Afghanistan. Ambassador urged President Gasparovic to sign the compromise "textbook" law, which calls for the inclusion of both Hungarian and Slovak place names in [...]
2008-12-19 14:04:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PHUM LO
08CAIRO1416CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]
2008-07-07 13:55:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL KPAL EAID ENRG IS
08CAIRO2027EGYPTIAN TYCOONS' CRIMINAL CASES ADD TO DISTRUST OF PRIVATE SECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: Some of Egypt's leading captains of industry are under investigation in a range of criminal cases from relatively routine suspicions of bribery to the violent killing of a former girlfriend. The Egyptian stock market was buffeted by murder-for-hire accusations against regime insider Ta [...]
2008-09-15 13:07:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALECON KCRM PGOV EINV EG
08CAIRO2091ACADEMICS SEE THE MILITARY IN DECLINE, BUT RETAINING STRONG INFLUENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Recently, academics and civilian analysts painted a portrait of an Egyptian military in intellectual and social decline, whose officers have largely fallen out of society's elite ranks. They describe a disgruntled mid-level officer corps harshly critical of a defense minister they perc [...]
2008-09-23 15:17:00Embassy CairoSECRETPARM PGOV ECON EG
08CAIRO2572APRIL 6 ACTIVIST ON HIS U.S. VISIT AND REGIME
[...] (C) Summary and comment: On December 23, April 6 activist XXXXXXXXXXXX expressed satisfaction with his participation in the December 3-5 "Alliance of Youth Movements Summit," and with his subsequent meetings with USG officials, on Capitol Hill, and with think tanks. He described how State Se [...]
2008-12-30 09:09:00Embassy CairoSECRETPGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CARACAS1638VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT VERSUS THE COMBO MEAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan consumer protection law, passed July 2008, requires the government to approve all sales promotions with an eye to curtailing "excessive consumption" and punishing "capitalist impresarios" while also seeking to eliminate hoarding and speculation, particularly with fo [...]
2008-12-02 20:16:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR VE
08CARACAS278(SBU) REQUEST FOR SPANISH TEST FOR VIRGINIA M.
[...] (U) Post requests a FSI Language Proficiency test(test type-DVC). 2. (SBU) Information on employee to be tested: Employee: Virginia M. Gregory SSN: XXX-XX-6451 Agency: State Language: Spanish Date for exam preferred: April 11, 2008. PLO: Stephen Bruce Stewart 3. (U) Method of s [...]
2008-02-29 20:45:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFSI APER
08CARACAS347(SBU) REQUEST FOR SPANISH TEST FOR ALYCE ABDULLA
[...] (U) Post requests a FSI Language Proficiency test (test type-DVC). 2. (SBU) Information on employee to be tested: Employee: Alyce Abdalla SSN: XXX-XX-9525 Agency: State Language: Spanish Date for exam preferred: April 28, 2008. PLO: Stephen Bruce Stewart 3. (U) Method of shipment: [...]
2008-03-12 19:27:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFSI APER
08CASABLANCA104SOURCES OF WEALTH IN CASABLANCA - INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, ILLICIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Casablanca, Morocco's largest city and economic capital, prosperity is increasingly on display, raising the question of where it comes from. Family money, the banking and real estate sectors, and a strong-performing stock market account for some wealth. Remittances from Moroccans [...]
2008-05-23 16:42:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV KDEM MO
08CONAKRY184SEIZED DRUGS FINALLY INCINERATED...OR WERE THEY?
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 11, 2008, Guinean police seized a shipment of cocaine, exact quantity unknown, and detained six suspects believed to be of Latin American origin (Reftel A, B). All USG requests for additional information regarding the details of the seizure or the suspects have gone unanswer [...]
2008-03-06 14:33:00Embassy ConakrySECRETASEC GV PGOV DEA PREL SNAR
08DAMASCUS107HIZBALLAH'S IMAD MUGNIYAH KILLED BY CAR BOMB IN
[...] (SBU) Syria's tightly controlled press remained silent on reports of Imad Mugniyah's death in a car bomb that exploded near Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) headquarters in the neighborhood of Kafr Sousa at approximately 10:00 pm local February 12. According to contacts who were on the sc [...]
2008-02-13 14:47:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPGOV PTER SY LE
08DAMASCUS146CORRECTED COPY: REACTIONS TO MAKHLUF
[...] (S) Summary: The February 21 designation of Rami Makhluf pursuant to E.O. 13460 generated considerable discussion, but Syrian media coverage has been minimal. Makhluf's defiant announcement on BBC Arabic radio that the designation was tantamount to a medal of honor was as close to an official react [...]
2008-02-28 13:07:00Embassy DamascusSECRETECON EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV SY LE
08DAMASCUS579SLEIMAN VISIT TO DAMASCUS: AGREEMENT ON
[...] (S) Summary: In a visit that went largely as scripted, Lebanese President Sleiman arrived August 13 in Damascus and issued a joint press statement with President Asad on their decision to establish full diplomatic relations "at the ambassadorial level." Though there were Syrian concerns that a bus [...]
2008-08-14 16:06:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPGOV PREL SY LE
08DAMASCUS842SYRIAN DISSIDENT TAKES DIM VIEW OF ORGANIZED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Civil society activist and economist XXXXXXXXXXXX, released from prison on XXXXXXXXXXXX, met with us recently to share his bleak assessment of pro-democracy and human rights movements in Syria. His appraisals differ from other civil society leaders (refs A-C),especially regarding [...]
2008-11-25 15:01:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM SY
08DUBLIN556THE BANK GUARANTEE: AN IRISH SOLUTION TO AN IRISH
[...] (C) Summary: On September 29, the Irish government announced plans to back deposits in all Irish-domiciled banks. Foreign banks with significant Irish operations were initially left out of the scheme but some look now to be included. Irish government officials maintain that impaired assets at Irish [...]
2008-10-09 10:21:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL PGOV EI
08FREETOWN389COCAINE BUST: MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION SACKED,
[...] (S) Summary: Transportation and Aviation Minister Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay was relieved of his duties August 4, pending the conclusion of the cocaine trafficking investigation. Sesay has vehemently proclaimed his innocence since the bust, despite a close family connection to one of the accused. XXXXXXXX [...]
2008-08-06 16:49:00Embassy FreetownSECRETSNAR PREL PGOV PINR SL
08GABORONE1130KHAMA RESPONDS TO SECRETARY'S THANK YOU ON ZIMBABWE
[...] SUMMARY: President Khama has sent a response to Secretary Rice's letter of thanks regarding the GOB's leadership concerning the Zimbabwe crisis. 2. On December 24, Embassy Gaborone received a letter under cover of GOB Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Diplomatic [...]
2008-12-24 09:57:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC AF BC
08GENEVA1000JCIC-XXXIII: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-025. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on November 21, 2008. [...]
2008-11-21 13:06:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1001JCIC-XXXIII: U.S. PRESS STATEMENT ON START
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-023. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the Press Statement on discussions in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission that are required by Article XVII concerning whether the START Treaty should be extended. The statement was delivered on November 21, 2008. [...]
2008-11-21 13:49:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1002JCIC-XXXIII: STATUS OF HEAVY BOMBERS AT THE
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-024. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the Unclassified Annex to the U.S. Closing Plenary Statement for JCIC-XXXIII on Status of Heavy Bombers at the Conversion or Elimination Facility at Davis Monthan Air Force Base. The Statement was delivered at the Closing Ple [...]
2008-11-21 13:49:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1003JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN FEDERATION HOSTED
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Monday, November 17, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 7:50 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on November 17, 2008, at the Russian M [...]
2008-11-21 15:57:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1004JCIC-XXXIII: WG MEETING ON MM III RVOSI, NOVEMBER
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 18, 2008 Time: 15:30 P.M. - 16:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 18, 2008, to [...]
2008-11-21 16:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1005JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:40 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 19, 2008, [...]
2008-11-21 16:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1006JCIC-XXXIII: (U) U.S.-UKRAINE HEAD OF DELEGATION
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-021. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 3:00 - 3:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At Ukrainian request, U.S. and Ukrainian Heads of Delegation (HOD) met to discuss and clarify th [...]
2008-11-21 16:04:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1007JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON B-52
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 19, 2008, to address [...]
2008-11-22 12:22:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1009JCIC-XXXIII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-020. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 20, 2008, to discus [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1010JCIC-XXXIII: LAWYERS, MEETING ON ARTICLE XVII AND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-019. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian lawyers met to discuss Russian legal requirements if the decision were mad [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1011JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-029. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Ukrainian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1012JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-028. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Russian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on N [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1013JCIC-XXXIII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-027. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Kazakhstani Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1014JCIC-XXXIII: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-026. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Belarusian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission o [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1015JCIC-XXXIII: (U) TAYLOR/KOSHELEV DISCUSSIONS AND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-030. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 21, 2008 Time: 11:45 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Given the preparation requested for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1016JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON B-52
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 19, 2008, to address [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1017JCIC-XXXIII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-020. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 20, 2008, to discus [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1018JCIC-XXXIII: LAWYERS, MEETING ON ARTICLE XVII AND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-019. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian lawyers met to discuss Russian legal requirements if the decision were mad [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1019JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-029. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Ukrainian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1025JCIC-XXXIII: RUSSIAN PRESS STATEMENT ON START
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-031. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a coordinated press statement on discussions that took place in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission as required by Article XVII of the Treaty on whether to extend the START Treaty. The U.S [...]
2008-11-22 12:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1026JCIC-XXXIII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-032. 2. (U) Following is the listing of Geneva cables for JCIC-XXXIII reporting activity during the period November 13-21, 2008. JCIC-XXXIII-001 (GENEVA 0956) JCIC-XXXIII: (U) OPENING OF THE THIRTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSIO [...]
2008-11-22 12:58:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1027JCIC-XXXIII: CLOSE OUT OF JCIC-XXXIII
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-031. 2. This is the end of operations for JCIC-XXXIII. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addresses are requested to continue to include U.S Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" on all cables conce [...]
2008-11-22 12:59:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA562JCIC-XXXII: TAYLOR/KOSHELEV LUNCH, JULY 15, 2008
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 15, 2008 Time: 1:00 - 2:15 P.M. Place: Restaurant Le Creux-de-Genthod Participants: U.S. Russia Mr. Taylor Mr. Koshelev 3. (S) U.S. JCIC Representative T [...]
2008-07-22 09:15:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA564JCIC-XXXII: (U) OTHER PARTIES' STATEMENTS, JULY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-007. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva 3. (C) The texts contained in paragraphs 4 and 5 below are the official translations of the Belarusian and Ukrainian opening s [...]
2008-07-22 13:25:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA565JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 17, 2008. All [...]
2008-07-22 14:43:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA572JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 18, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland on Jul [...]
2008-07-23 07:21:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA583JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON PROCEDURES
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-010. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A bilateral Working Group Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 21, 2008, between the delegations of the Russian Federation and the United States, to discuss the closure of the Votkinsk Portal Monitoring Facility and Po [...]
2008-07-23 15:38:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA585JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON DROVYANAYA
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 18, 2008 Time: 3:30 - 5:10 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 18, 2008, to discuss Russian-propos [...]
2008-07-24 07:39:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA587JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-011. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A Working Group Meeting on the issue of Elimination of Solid Rocket Motor Cases for First Stages of SS-24 (Ukrainian issue) was held at the U.S. Mission on July 21, 2008. All Parties, except Belarus, were represented. The [...]
2008-07-24 15:43:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA588JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENT INITIALLED AT JCIC-XXXII
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-018. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC S-Series Joint Statement Number 29 "On Changes to the Boundary of Drovyanaya ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs." The Joint Statement was initialed at the closing plenary meeting for JCIC-XXXII, held at the Russian M [...]
2008-07-25 06:25:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA589JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON B-1
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 22, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 22, 2008, to di [...]
2008-07-25 08:10:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA590JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON B-1
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 22, 2008 Time: 3:00 - 4:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 22, 2008, to discuss Russian [...]
2008-07-25 09:09:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA591JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP ON TELEMETRY, JULY 22,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 22, 2008 Time: 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Telemetry Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 22, 2008. The Unit [...]
2008-07-25 09:52:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA592JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 3:30 - 4:20 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 17, 2008. Representat [...]
2008-07-25 11:42:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA599JCIC-XXXII: OTHER PARTIES' DELEGATION LISTS
[...] This is JCIC-XXXII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3-5 below contain the texts of the official translations of the delegation lists of the Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations to JCIC-XXXII. The Kazakhstani Delegation did not arrive until July 18, 2008 and no delegation list was provided. [...]
2008-07-25 13:12:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA600JCIC-XXXII: U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JULY 23, 2008
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:20 P.M.. Place: 41 Quai Wilson, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on July 23, 2008, and engaged members of the [...]
2008-07-25 13:51:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ ZR ZP
08GENEVA601JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING TO DISCUSS
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 23, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 23, 2008 to discuss the [...]
2008-07-25 14:46:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA602JCIC-XXXII: RUSSIAN PAPER CONTAINING QUESTIONS ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-017. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a paper containing "Russian Questions on the Completion of Continuous Monitoring at Votkinsk and Closure of Points of Entry in Connection with Expiration of the START Treaty." The questions in [...]
2008-07-25 15:06:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA603JCIC-XXXII: U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT, JULY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-020. . (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the U.S. statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on July 24, 2008. [...]
2008-07-25 15:20:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA604JCIC-XXXII: BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-021. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Belarusian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...]
2008-07-25 15:31:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA605JCIC-XXXII: KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-022. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Kazakhstani statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at t [...]
2008-07-25 15:42:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA608JCIC-XXXII: UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-024. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Ukrainian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...]
2008-07-25 16:06:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA609JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination of SS-24 [...]
2008-07-26 12:26:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA611JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement Number 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination o [...]
2008-07-26 12:26:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA612JCIC-XXXII: RUSSIAN NON PAPER ON B-1 CONVERSION,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-026. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of a Russian Non-Paper, dated July 24, 2008, on the "U.S. Conversion of B-1 Heavy Bombers to a Non-Nuclear Variant." The non-paper refers to photographs that were taken during an inspection [...]
2008-07-26 12:38:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA613JCIC-XXXII: UKRAINIAN SOP-24 MOTOR CASES
[...] This is JCIC-XXXII-025. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Ukrainian Statement of Policy expressing its Government's commitment not to export eliminated solid rocket motor cases beyond its national territory. The Statement was made in conjunction with JC [...]
2008-07-26 12:42:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA614JCIC-XXXII: CLOSE-OUT OF JCIC-XXXII
[...] This is JCIC-XXXII-026. 2. This is the end of operations for JCIC-XXXII. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addressees are requested to continue to include U.S. Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" on all cables conce [...]
2008-07-26 12:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA615JCIC-XXXII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-027. 2. (U) Following is the listing of Geneva cables for JCIC-XXXII reporting activity during the period July 17-24, 2008. JCIC-XXXII-001 (GENEVA 0544) JCIC-XXXII: OPENING OF THE THIRTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION JCIC-X [...]
2008-07-26 12:57:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA960JCIC-XXXIII: (U) U.S OPENING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-004. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was deliverd at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on November 13, 2008. [...]
2008-11-14 12:30:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA961JCIC-XXXIII:(U) BELARUSIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-005. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U [...]
2008-11-14 12:31:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA962JCIC-XXXIII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-006. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Kazakhstani Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the [...]
2008-11-14 12:32:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA963JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-007. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Russian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. [...]
2008-11-14 12:33:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA964JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-008. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U. [...]
2008-11-14 12:33:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA967JCIC-XXXIII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for JCIC-XXXIII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): Offic [...]
2008-11-14 14:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA976JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 14, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 14, 20 [...]
2008-11-18 14:54:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA983JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 14, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation Meeting (HOD) was held at the Russian Mission on November 14, 2008 [...]
2008-11-19 08:16:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA987JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 13, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Following the introduction of the issue at a Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting, a Working G [...]
2008-11-20 07:47:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA988JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN PAPER CONTAINING
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-022. 2. (S) The text at Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a Russian paper containing an additional question on the Trident II flight tests that were conducted on November 4, 2004, and May 9, 2006. The paper was provided in Moscow and emailed to Wash [...]
2008-11-20 09:20:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA991JCIC-XXXIII: HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON THE
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 3:45 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to c [...]
2008-11-20 12:54:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA997JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 10:40 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to discus [...]
2008-11-21 07:10:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA998JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 18, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:50 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 18, 20 [...]
2008-11-21 07:17:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08HANOI210SBV MOVES AGAIN AGAINST EXCESSIVE LIQUIDITY
[...] (SBU) The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) announced on February 18 that it will issue VND 20.3tril ($1.2bil) in compulsory promissory notes. This third effort to control inflation follows its earlier actions to raise the reserve ratio and set higher interest rates. Forty-one commercial banks will [...]
2008-02-22 10:10:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
08HAVANA103CUBAN HEALTHCARE: “AQUI NADA ES FACIL”
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable is a follow up to Reftel and provides anecdotal accounts from Cubans about their healthcare, based on USINT FSHP's (Foreign Service Health Practitioner) interactions with them, her unauthorized visits to Cuban hospitals, and her care of USINT American and Cuban personnel. En [...]
2008-01-31 19:52:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON AMED SOCI AMGT CU
08HAVANA168CUBAN YOUTH CAUGHT BETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR
[...] (C) Summary: In two meetings Cuban youth groups said young people see that they have a historic opportunity to create a change in their country. However, they report widespread fear among the population. They state that Cuban youth want change but are unclear as to what exactly these changes w [...]
2008-02-20 19:54:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA245BERTONE VISIT GENERATES BROAD DISAPPOINTMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The visit to Cuba of Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone was considered a disappointment by everyone USINT has spoken with, though presumably not by the GOC itself. In a subsequent meeting with the COM, the Nuncio seemed especially disappointed. But even normally c [...]
2008-03-14 18:08:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA397GOC PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN TARGETS OPPOSITION, USINT
[...] (C) The GOC wrapped up a three-day marathon of attacks on the dissident community and on USINT with a second press conference at the Foreign Ministry (MINREX) led by FM Perez Roque. The campaign had been launched at another MINREX conference on Monday, May 19 (REF XXX). Perez-Roque devoted [...]
2008-05-23 16:03:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREF
08HAVANA66COMSEC DISCUSSES FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY WITH CUBAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 14 January Commerce Secretary Gutierrez spoke by video conference with 10 representatives of Cuban youth organizations. The participants discussed their desires for democracy and freedom. They also spoke about the prospects of achieving a democratic transition in Cuba and the i [...]
2008-01-18 16:13:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA811PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE: THOUGHTS ON THE CATHOLIC
[...] (C) The Catholic Church seeks to work under the GOC's radar to rebuild its infrastructure and ecclesiastical ranks. From Cardinal Ortega all the way down to provincial nuns, the Church mostly avoids challenging the GOC. Fear of drawing the ire of the GOC limits church outreach programs to narrow [...]
2008-10-15 21:25:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID PGOV KDEM CU
08ISLAMABAD3010CORRECTED COPY: THE 2008 U.S.-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is a corrected copy of reftel. 2. (C) Summary: The U.S.-Pakistan Economic Dialogue was held in Islamabad on August 11, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan and Pakistani Minister of Finance Syed Naveed Qamar. A topic of partic [...]
2008-09-12 12:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3183TASKINGS FOR IDP/REFUGEE INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Islamabad and Embassy Kabul. 2. (C) In recent weeks, Embassy Islamabad and the Regional Refcord in Embassy Kabul have received requests, both orally and through e-mails, from the DAO and USSOCOM (and its XXXXXXXXXXXX contractor) requesting information on ca [...]
2008-10-06 05:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PREF PK
08ISLAMABAD3248PAKISTAN'S PARLIAMENT BEGINS TERRORISM DEBATE
[...] (C) Summary. The October 8-9 closed joint session of parliament convoked by President Zardari to address the security situation has been widely praised as a good first step in convincing Pakistan's elected leadership to take ownership of the fight against extremism; this effort now should be extend [...]
2008-10-13 09:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISTANBUL439AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]
2008-08-16 08:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08KAMPALA97MUSEVENI STEPS INTO KENYAN POLITICAL PROCESS
[...] (C) Citing his capacities as Chairman of the East Africa Community, and Commonwealth Chairman in Office, President Museveni traveled to Kenya on January 22 to attempt discussions with Kenyan factions on the political problems resulting from the December 2007 elections. XXXXXXXXXXXX told Pol/Econ [...]
2008-01-22 12:52:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KE UG
08KINGSTON91FRAUD SUMMARY OCT-DEC 2007 KINGSTON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the first quarter of FY 2008, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) uncovered a ring of C1/D fraud that resulted in specific information about the applicants' smuggler in New York. FPU also investigated ten H-1B cases of Indian nationals who provided fraudulent employment [...]
2008-01-29 16:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
08KINSHASA189CONGOLESE URANIUM: GDRC LOOKS TO CHINA FOR HELP
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Minister xxxxxxxxxxxx briefed the Ambassador on possible future Chinese involvement in uranium studies in the DRC at the request of President Kabila. End Summary. 2. (U) Minister xxxxxxxxxxxx requested a meeting with Ambassador Garvelink Thursday, 21 February after having met with [...]
2008-02-22 14:46:00Embassy KinshasaSECRET//NOFORNEMIN ENRG ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PINS
08KUALALUMPUR742MALAYSIAN OPPOSITION NOT SO CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: On Thursday, August 14, Econ Counselor and Econoff met with Tony Pua, opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) Member of Parliament. Pua is DAP's one and only economic advisor in a coalition in which the other two parties, KeAdilan ("Justice") and PAS (Islamic),economic experti [...]
2008-08-21 09:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL MY
08KUWAIT1104TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER REF: A. A: KUWAIT 947 B. B: KUWAIT 1088
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 08:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ECON EINV KTFN IZ IR KU
08KUWAIT128TERROR FINANCE: DESIGNEES CONTINUE TO RANT WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The reaction by the Kuwaiti media and GOK to the January 16 UN Security Council designation of three Kuwaitis -- Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah and Mubarak Al-Bathali-- as terrorist facilitators and inciters has remained relatively subdued with the exception of defiant statements from [...]
2008-01-31 14:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT560TERROR FINANCE: KUWAI FINALLY FREEZES ASSETS OF THREE FINANCIERS
[...] (C) Officials from the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and Kuwait Finance House (KFH) confirmed to Econoff on May 12 that they have frozen the accounts of the three terrorist financiers Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali, upon instruction of the MFA. 2. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx tol [...]
2008-05-18 11:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KYIV2127MV FAINA: UKRAINIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 13:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2294UKRAINE: FIRTASH USES CRISIS TO EXPAND INTO BANKING
[...] (C) Summary. Dmitry Firtash, one of Ukraine's most wealthy and notorious oligarchs, plans to buy a controlling stake in Nadra Bank, Ukraine's seventh largest bank. The acquisition of Nadra, which will join Firtash's international holding company (Group DF) when the deal is final, would be Firtash's [...]
2008-11-21 14:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08LAGOS368NIGERIA: SHELL CLAIMS PRODUCTION UNAFFECTED BY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Shell's Vice President for Africa, Ann Pickard (strictly protect),said a September 13 attack on a Shell natural gas node in Rivers State may impact the supply of gas to Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant, but she downplayed the impact of recent attacks on Shell's current o [...]
2008-09-19 16:13:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENRG PGOV RS NI
08LIMA1507CUSCO REGON: POVERTY GROWING AMIDST PLENTY
[...] (C) Summary: Recently released poverty statistics from the Cusco region help put Peru's positive national-level macro-economic news into political perspective. According to the National Statistics and Information Institute (INEI),poverty in Cusco actually increased by 4% from 2004-2007 at th [...]
2008-09-12 21:12:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA177TAKING THE MARITIME DISPUTE TO THE HAGUE: PERU'S
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP continues to emphasize that its decision to take Peru's maritime border dispute with Chile to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague should be seen not as an unfriendly act but rather as an effort to resolve an impediment to broader integration. A prominent [...]
2008-01-31 15:32:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CI PE
08LISBON1808ALLEGATION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SMUGGLING - PORTUGAL
[...] (S) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. The report came to post's attention via a walk-in. Information concerning this report was relayed via [...]
2008-07-25 13:44:00Embassy LisbonSECRETASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PO PREL PTER
08LONDON1163IRAN: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANTS PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Per Department guidance for the Iran Democracy Small Grants program (refs a and b),Embassy London supports and forwards for Department review, and approval and funding, six project proposals submitted to Iran Watcher (Poloff) by Iranian contacts in the UK. Per Department guidan [...]
2008-04-24 14:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM KPAO PHUM IR UK
08LONDON1224CODEL SMITH DISCUSSES IRAQ AND COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On the heels of their trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Codel Smith traveled to London April 29 for meetings with senior officials at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),MI-6, and Department for International Development (DfID). The MOD and MI-6 talks focused on counterterrorism and coun [...]
2008-05-01 11:56:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL AF PK IZ UK
08LONDON1352IRANIAN BANKING IN LONDON: UK PLANS AND CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 15:16:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN MNUC IR UK
08LONDON1452IRAN: FOREIGN SECRETARY SAYS UK TO LEAD FINANCIAL
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Milliband is "very aware" of the centrality of financial measures, both multilateral and bilateral, to the creation of effective pressure on Tehran, and has told the FCO that HMG will be "at the forefront" of international financial efforts against Iran and will push its EU pa [...]
2008-05-23 13:58:00Embassy LondonSECRETECON ETTC KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL IR PK UK
08LONDON1577HOME SECRETARY SELLS THE COUNTER-TERRORISM BILL;
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 14:10:00Embassy LondonSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK UK
08LONDON1586U/S JEFFERY AND A/S O’BRIEN PRESS UK ON IRANIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery and Treasury Assistant Secretary Patrick O'Brien met with UK banking regulators on May 15 to urge increased scrutiny and tougher actions against Iranian banks operating in London. O'Brien and State Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney also d [...]
2008-06-09 10:58:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN ECON IR UK
08LONDON1688IRAN WANTS QUIET DISCUSSIONS WITH U.S. ON AFGHAN REFUGEES, XXXXXXXXXXXX CLAIMS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-24 15:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINF PREL IR UK XF ZP ZR
08LONDON1814ONLINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT -- NO DEAL YET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: British internet service providers (ISP,s) and copyrighted content providers have not yet reached an agreement on how to handle online copyright infringers. HMG is still threatening to impose legislation by the end of the summer if no deal is reached and will release a consultation [...]
2008-07-08 15:30:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS KIPR UK
08LONDON1821FINDING A ROLE FOR THE OECD -- SECRETARY-GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General Gurria,s recent visit was designed to strengthen the relationship between the OECD and the UK. A broad swathe of UK government ministers met Gurria to express the UK,s commitment to the organization. Gurria [...]
2008-07-09 13:18:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALAORC ECON UK
08LONDON1823ZIMBABWE: UK OPTIMISTIC ON UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Per reftel, the Charge spoke on July 9 with FCO Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown, who was optimistic there would be sufficient votes to pass the current UNSC draft resolution on Zimbabwe. Malloch-Brown suggested progress had been made with Moscow and Beijing in New York and at the G-8 Su [...]
2008-07-09 16:04:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC ZI UK
08LONDON1824UK ON ARAB GROUP DRAFT UNSCR ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
[...] (C) HMG agrees that the Arab Group draft text on a UNSCR on Israeli settlement activity is not acceptable, FCO Near East Group Head Rob Timline told us July 9 in response to reftel demarche. The UK embassy in Tripoli raised the issue with Libyan Secretary for Arab Affairs Mohammed Siala on July 7 [...]
2008-07-09 16:50:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KPAL IS UK
08LONDON1841SUDAN/ICC: UK PREPARED TO REMAIN INITIALLY
[...] (C/NF) In the wake of yesterday's call by Chinese and Russian PermReps in New York to suspend the ICC investigations that may lead to the July 14 indictment of Sudanese President Bashir and other regime higher-ups, the Foreign Office has decided to remain flexible on its strong support for the ICC. [...]
2008-07-11 14:45:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPKO UNSC SU UK
08LONDON1842FOREIGN OFFICE "CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC" THAT HMG
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is "cautiously optimistic" that the Law Lords will grant HMG's final appeal and block the court-ordered resettlement of Chagossian islanders seeking to return to their ancestral home. Though the Lords' decision is not expected before late [...]
2008-07-11 16:36:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIO MARR MP PGOV PREL UK
08LONDON1852UK AND SUDAN: S/E WILLIAMSON'S JUNE 30 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson held June 30 wide-ranging discussions with UK officials on the way forward on Sudan and attended a P3 lunch with French and British colleagues. UK officials told Williamson that Ban Ki-Moon's impending appointment of a new media [...]
2008-07-15 10:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC SU UK
08LONDON1853ZIMBABWE: UK LOOKS FOR WAY FORWARD, TURNS TO EU
[...] (C/NF) The Foreign Office continues to treat the situation in Zimbabwe as a crisis. After the July 11 defeat of the U.S. draft UNSCR on Zimbabwe, FCO Zimbabwe Team Leader Ben Llewellyn-Jones said July 14 HMG will "give Zimbabwe a break in the Security Council for a little while," especially since [...]
2008-07-15 11:02:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM UNSC KDEM ZI ZU UK
08LONDON1856UK SUPPORTS INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT
[...] (C/NF) In response to reftel demarche on the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, FCO Security Policy Group Officer Derek Griffiths said that the UK welcomes the agreement and supports the U.S. approach. HMG agrees that the discussions should be technical, as opposed to political, and that the INFCIRC [...]
2008-07-15 13:23:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC IN UK
08LONDON1862SUDAN/ICC: UK STRATEGY WITH POTENTIAL BASHIR ICC
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Following Foreign Secretary Miliband's July 9 visit to Sudan, ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's July 14 request for indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, and Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor's July 14 assurances to the UK that the GoS will "engage legally" wit [...]
2008-07-15 16:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KPKO PHUM SU UK
08LONDON1873UK AND UGANDA/LRA: CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE PEACE
[...] (C/NF) FCO Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown "continues to support the peace process for the time being" between the Government of Uganda (GoU) and the Lord's Resistance Army, according to East Africa Desk Officers Gill Atkinson and Sheena Lavery. Atkinson provided poloff on July 15 HMG's pre [...]
2008-07-16 16:00:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM PHUM UG UK
08LONDON1876UK WELCOMES U.S. MESSAGE ON VIGILANCE OF IRISL CARGOES; BACKS TOUGHER EU ACTION REF: A. STATE 69339
[...] (S) The UK Government welcomed the U.S. message urging increased vigilance of ships and cargoes belonging to Iran Air Cargo and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and is advising relevant companies in the UK-based shipping industry of the need for due diligence when engaged with ei [...]
2008-07-16 16:37:00Embassy LondonSECRETPARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN UK
08LONDON1886UK'S LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: LOOKING FOR INFLUENCE NOT
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Britain's third party, the Liberal Democrats, launched July 17 their "Make It Happen" campaign to communicate the party's core values and vision for the UK. In what is clearly Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg's latest attempt to build an ideologically consistent platform for a party often [...]
2008-07-18 14:23:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR UK
08LONDON1887PAKISTAN: UK SEES KASHMIR SOLUTION AS KEY TO
[...] (S) Summary. The UK sees resolving Kashmir as central to changing the dynamic in Pakistan's long-term security cooperation with the West, according to FCO contacts. Improving relations between Pakistan and India through a solution to Kashmir will allow the Pakistani Army to reduce its focus on Ind [...]
2008-07-18 16:15:00Embassy LondonSECRETPREL PTER PBTS PINS IN PK UK
08LONDON1898HMG CONSIDERING UPGRADES TO NATO AND BILATERAL
[...] (U) Request for Guidance; see para 3. 2. (C) HMG is currently engaged in a cross-departmental discussion on its training commitments in Iraq, the results of which should become clearer by the end of July. According to MOD Joint Commitments officer Dan Hughes and FCO NTM-I officer Ian Living [...]
2008-07-21 13:52:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO IZ UK
08LONDON1901SYRIAN IAEA BOARD CANDIDACY: U.K. AGREES WITH
[...] (S) HMG concurs with the U.S. assessment of Syria's candidacy to the IAEA Board of Directors and will do what it can to support Kazakhstan's candidacy, FCO Counter Proliferation Officer George Sherriff told poloff on July 21. Sherriff said that his counterparts in Vienna "agree on (the USG) course [...]
2008-07-21 15:47:00Embassy LondonSECRETIAEA PREL KZ SY UK AROC KNNP
08LONDON1916NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA'S "USEFUL" LONDON
[...] (C) Summary. Nigerian President Yar'Adua's "useful" July 16 - 17 visit to London focused on Nigeria-UK migration issues, corruption and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),and the Niger Delta, according to FCO Nigeria Desk Officers Catherine Inglehearn and Fiona Grant. In addition [...]
2008-07-23 11:03:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EFIN EINV SMIG NI UK
08LONDON1919SUDAN/CPA: AEC CHAIR ON ABYEI, MID-TERM REPORT,
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chair Sir Derek Plumbly is cautiously optimistic about the Abyei Roadmap and reiterated the need for the international community's support for pushing the NCP and SPLM ahead with arbitration. He said Sudanese President Bashir was pleased [...]
2008-07-23 12:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR SU UK
08LONDON1922UK WELCOMES DEMARCHE ON PREVENTING IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 15:26:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC UK
08LONDON1924CENTRAL ASIA/TURKMENISTAN: UK PRIORITIES IN
[...] (C) The head of Turkmenistan's National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights in the Office of the President, Shirin Ahmedova, and the Turkmen Deputy Minister of Justice's early July visit to the UK was a result of HMG's long-term strategy to gradually increase engagement with Turkmenistan as it [...]
2008-07-23 16:38:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IAEA PGOV ZK UK
08LONDON1933UNMEE: UK AGREES WITH USG THINKING ON MANDATE'S FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 15:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER UK
08LONDON1967IRAQ: UK LIKELY TO ASSUME ROLE OF "PRIME
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-29 15:45:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO IZ UK
08LONDON1972SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY
[...] (C) Summary. On July 22, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Special Assistant Marc Humphrey traveled to London to meet with Simon Manley (Director for Defense and Strategic Threats at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, FCO). The purpose of this meeting w [...]
2008-07-30 12:41:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC IAEA FR UK
08LONDON1988UK RESPONSE TO ADDITION OF TWO NEW PARTNERS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 16:20:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MR UZ UK
08LONDON1992SURVEY OF U.S./UK LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION
[...] (C/NF) Summary: U.S./UK law enforcement cooperation is wide ranging and robust. It is beset, however, by the sort of complications found in most international programs, compounded perhaps by a false assumption on both sides that "they are just like us." Embassy London's Law Enforcement Working [...]
2008-07-31 15:02:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM CJUS UK
08LONDON1997UK AGREES ON NEED TO HELP COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) HMG is "100 percent on the same page as the United States" regarding FARC and the need to aggressively combat narcotics trafficking, Tony Kay, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Colombia and Venezuela Desk Officer told us July 31 during a discussion of reftel demarche. Kay stressed that UK [...]
2008-08-01 10:15:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PTER CO UK VE
08LONDON2005IRAN: TAJIK EXTRADITION - FURTHER DELAYS AND
[...] (C) HMG will take no final decision or action on the extradition of former Iranian Ambassador Tajik before 1 September because the Home Secretary, who reportedly wants to personally review all decisions on the case, will be on holiday until then, FCO Iran Bilateral Team Leader Margaret Tongue on J [...]
2008-08-01 14:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON2025(C/NF) SUDAN/UNAMID: UK "PERPLEXED" OVER USG
[...] (C/NF) UK Special Representative for Sudan Michael O'Neill and other FCO contacts intimated to us August 4 that HMG is "perplexed" at the USG's decision to abstain in the UNSC's recent vote on the UNAMID mandate renewal (reftel A). They said that the USG's abstention put the U.S. out in front of H [...]
2008-08-04 15:51:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KPKO MOPS SU UK
08LONDON2028UK LIKELY TO JOIN EU CONSENSUS ON LIFTING KARADZIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 16:36:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU UK
08LONDON2055UK PLEASED WITH FIRST MONTH OF FRENCH PRESIDENCY;
[...] (C) Summary. France has "listened to" London during the first month of the French Presidency of the EU, especially on issues of current importance to the UK such as Zimbabwe and Iran, and the FCO tells us HMG is optimistic about prospects for the remainder of the Presidency. Despite initial concer [...]
2008-08-06 15:27:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV EUN ETRD IR UP FR UK
08LONDON2060IRAN: UK SAYS LEGAL BASIS FOR EU LISTING OF MEK IS
[...] (C) Summary: The EU's continued anti-terror listing of the Mujaheddin e Khalq (MEK) depends on the existence of an active French investigation of the group, according to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The FCO is uncertain whether the investigation, and the listing, will contin [...]
2008-08-07 14:19:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER EU IR FR UK
08LONDON2070UK DOESN'T EXPECT STRONG NEW BURMA SANCTIONS FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 09:26:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ETRD UK BM
08LONDON2080KENYA/CT: UK RECONSIDERS CT TRAINING PROGRAM FOLLOWING ACCUSATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS Classified By: Political Counselor Richard Mills, reasons 1.4 (b/d).
[...] (S) Following a July 30 Human Rights Watch report and brief UK media interest alleging human rights violations by the Kenyan military, HMG is "reconsidering" its counter-terrorism (CT) training to 20 Para, a parachute regiment in the Kenyan army, FCO CT Officer Lydia Strachan and Kenya Desk Officer [...]
2008-08-08 12:20:00Embassy LondonSECRETPREL MOPS PTER PHUM PINR XW KE UK
08LONDON2084SOMALIA: BEHIND THE SCENES OF UK SUPPORT TO
[...] (C/NF) Following his mid-June visit to Somaliland, FCO Minister of State Kim Howells began questioning HMG's decision not to recognize Somaliland and started advocating internally for HMG to give greater support to Somaliland, according to FCO Somalia Research Analyst Cedric Barnes. Barnes said on [...]
2008-08-08 15:59:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PBTS PINR SO UK
08LONDON2101IRANIAN PUGWASH PARTICIPANTS CLAIM TEHRAN
[...] (S) Summary: Iranian government advisers at the most recent "Pugwash" Conference on Iran reportedly argued during the August 2-3 seminar that: -- Iran wants direct flights to the United States addressed before any talks on a U.S. interest section in Tehran; -- sanctions do not affect Iran's le [...]
2008-08-12 18:01:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPARM PINS PREL AG IR IS IZ LE UK
08LONDON2107GEORGIA: HMG PREDICTS TOUGH DIPLOMATIC ROAD AHEAD
[...] (C/NF) FCO Georgia Task Force Director (and South Caucuses Office Director) Louise Savile predicted a tough diplomatic struggle ahead to return the situation in Georgia to the status quo ante August 6. As an example, she cited part of an August 13 telephone exchange between FM Miliband and Russian [...]
2008-08-13 14:00:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV RU GG UK
08LONDON2112TFGG01: HMG AGREES ON NEED TO PRESSURE RUSSIA TO
[...] (S/NF) FCO Georgia Task Force Director (and Head of International Organizations Department) Nick Hopton expressed appreciation for points reftel and noted HMG concurrence with U.S. view that Russia needs to comply with its agreement to remove its forces from Georgia, and to allow OSCE and other obs [...]
2008-08-14 13:54:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UNAUS GG RS UK
08LONDON2143PAKISTAN: UK SEES MUSHARRAF'S DEPARTURE AS A 'GOOD THING' BUT NOT A SOLUTION REF: A. STATE 88734 B. ISLAMABAD 2750 LONDON 00002143 001.2 OF 002
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-19 09:22:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PTER PK UK
08LONDON2159TFGGO1: FM MILIBAND'S AUGUST 27 VISIT TO KYIV DESIGNED TO SHOW UK SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE
[...] (C/NF) FM Miliband will travel to Kyiv on August 27 to reinforce support for Ukraine's European and Transatlantic aspirations, and to demonstrate British solidarity with the Ukrainian people during a difficult period, as he did with the Georgians during his August 20 visit to Tbilisi (septel). The [...]
2008-08-20 15:49:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MOPS GG RU UP UK
08LONDON2169IRAN: EXPAT SOURCE'S INFORMATION AND VIEWS ON
[...] (S) Summary: Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, reportedly is widely viewed within the regime as a capable and forceful leader and manager who may someday succeed to at least a share of national leadership; his father may also see him in that light. A close ally of Tehran Mayor Q [...]
2008-08-21 15:10:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PTER PHUM IR UK
08LONDON2170BELARUS TELLS UK IT'S LOOKING FOR REWARDS FOR
[...] (C/NF) The Belarus government perceives that its release of political prisoners Syarhey Parsyukevich, Andrey Kim, and Alyaksander Kazulin - long sought by the EU and U.S. - warrants a significant signal from the west indicating an "improved climate." The Belarusian DCM Zoya Kolontai told the Head o [...]
2008-08-21 16:31:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM BO UK
08LONDON2171TFGG01:FM MILIBAND TELLS GEORGIANS UK WILL PROVIDE
[...] (C) During his August 19/20 visit to Georgia, FM Miliband pledged to government interlocutors and publicly that the UK will support Georgia's sovereignty, territorial integrity and Transatlantic aspirations, and will work bilaterally and through the EU to address short term humanitarian needs and l [...]
2008-08-21 17:38:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL GG RU UK
08LONDON2179HMG'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS UNDER E.O. 13382 REF: STATE 88759
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 14:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR UK
08LONDON2185UK RESPONSE TO MTCR SMALL GROUP PROPOSAL: AGREEMENT "IN PRINCIPLE" BUT SOME QUESTIONS REF: STATE 85940
[...] (U) This is an action request for State ISN/MTR. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary. Although the UK supports "in principle" the U.S. proposal for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) outreach to non-MTCR countries, HMG has posed several questions regarding the implementation and potentia [...]
2008-08-22 16:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
08LONDON2186IRAN: CHINESE EMBASSY ASKS WHETHER GEORGIA CRISIS AFFECTS P5+1'S IRAN POSTURE REF: BEIJING 3034
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese Embassy counterparts asked informally whether the Georgia crisis means in U.S. eyes a suspension or slowdown in multilateral efforts on Iran nuclear. London Iran Watcher (Poloff) said this is not the case; international equities on Iran are too urgent and well-defined, and Iran [...]
2008-08-22 16:31:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPARM PINS PREL PTER CH IR UK
08LONDON2195SUDAN: P-3 DISCUSSIONS ON SUDAN - ICC ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 12:08:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KAWC SU UK
08LONDON2196DRC SANCTIONS: UK APPRECIATES INFORMATION, KEEN TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 13:22:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC ZF CG RW UK
08LONDON2197UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR FOR IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN DOUGLAS E. LUTE REF: WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC 481
[...] (C) Embassy London is pleased to grant country clearance to Deputy National Security Advisor Douglas E. Lute and delegation to visit London September 18-20 for meetings with UK officials. 2.(U) ----------------- Visit officer ----------------- XXXXXXXXXXXX If calling from within the UK replace 44 [...]
2008-08-27 15:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALOTRA UK
08LONDON2218UK PERSPECTIVE ON NATO MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 12:55:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PGOV MARR UK
08LONDON2233(S/NF) UK CONSIDERING ENGAGEMENT WITH HIZBALLAH MINISTER, POLITICAL OFFICIALS REF: A. NEA/ELA-EMBASSY LONDON EMAILS B. LONDON 1396 C. LONDON 1292 D. LONDON 1968
[...] (S/NF) The UK is considering granting authorization to the British Embassy in Beirut to meet with Lebanese Minister of Labor Mohammad Fneish, a member of Hizballah, and other Hizballah party officials, FCO Levant Group Head Benjamin Saoul and Cabinet Office Desk Officer Brian Jones told us separate [...]
2008-09-02 15:56:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV SY LE IZ UK
08LONDON2243PAKISTAN: UK ASSESSMENT AND MEDIUM-TERM THINKING, SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN GROUP REF: LONDON 2143 Classified By: Political Counselor Richard Mills, reasons 1.4 (b/d).
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 08:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PTER PK UK
08LONDON2282A MIXED UK RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE REF: A. STATE 95334 B. STATE 61034 C. PARIS 1446
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 15:53:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UK
08LONDON2283IRAN: UK'S INFORMAL COMMENTS ON EU DYNAMICS AND IRAN SANCTIONS PROSPECTS REF: A. SECSTATE 95257 B. SEPT 2 LONDON EMAIL (GAYLE) TO NEA/IR
[...] (C) Summary: Recent Embassy conversations on Iran with regular Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) contacts suggest the UK's approach on Iran nuclear policy will continue to be tough-minded and practical, favoring direct engagement if feasible, but not optimistic on prospects either for broad EU [...]
2008-09-09 16:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP IR UK
08LONDON2363(C/NF) NICK CLEGG TRIES TO GIVE UK VOTERS A REASON TO VOTE LIB DEM REF: A. LONDON 1886 B. LONDON 732 Classified By: Minister Political Counselor Greg Berry, reasons 1.4 (b/ d).
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-18 16:16:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR UK
08LONDON2384READOUT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY KUPFER MEETINGS WITH JOHN HUTTON AND JONATHAN PORTES ON ENERGY SECURITY AND LONDON SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: During his visit to the UK on September 16th and 17th, Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Kupfer met separately with Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) John Hutton and the Prime Minister,s Special Envoy for Energy Jonathan Portes to discuss energy s [...]
2008-09-19 10:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY UK
08LONDON2420LUTE DELEGATION'S DISCUSSIONS ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 15:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MCAP AF PK UK
08LONDON2441NTMI: UK WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BUT WILL BE SHORT ON SPECIFICS AT SEPTEMBER 26 MANPOWER COORDINATION CONFERENCE REF: A) LONDON 1967 B) STATE 99701
[...] (C) The UK supports in principle U.S. views that NATO Allies and Partners should provide additional resources to the Nato Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) and HMG will make a significant contribution. However, according to MOD Deputy Director for Joint Commitments Daniel Hughes, internal decision m [...]
2008-09-25 09:43:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPEL MARR MOPS NATO IZ UK
08LONDON2451UK PM GORDON BROWN REASSERTS HIS LEADERSHIP AT LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE, BUT DAVID CAMERON LOOMS REF: A. LONDON 2163 B. LONDON 2010 C. LONDON 623 D. LONDON 1991
[...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. Gordon Brown succeeded in reestablishing his authority at the Labour Party's Fall Conference in Manchester September 20-24, cutting the Conservative Party's lead in half in post-conference polling and buying himself some time against a serious leadership challenge. Brown [...]
2008-09-25 16:43:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL UK
08LONDON2474IRAN: TAJIK EXTRADITION - UK DITHERING, MAY HAVE COLD FEET REF: A. E-MAILS EMBASSY (GAYLE) TO NEA/IR 9/3/08 AND PREVIOUS B. LONDON 2005
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not formally retreated from its earlier stated intention to extradite ex-Iranian Ambassador Tajik, and says the Tajik file is now on the desk of the Home Secretary for final decision. FCO is noticeably vague, however, on when a decision might [...]
2008-09-29 14:03:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON2496DAVID CAMERON USES HIS PARTY SPEECH TO DEFINE HIMSELF AND REBUT LABOUR CLAIM THAT NOW IS NO TIME FOR A NOVICE REF: STATE 2451
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Conservative Leader David Cameron used his lengthy, sober speech to the Tory Conference today to rebut Prime Minister Brown's charge that "now is not the time for a novice" to move into Downing Street (ref). Cameron told conference delegates that in a time of financial cris [...]
2008-10-01 16:55:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UK
08LONDON2498SOMALIA: UK CONFUSED BY USG POLICY ON PEACEKEEPING IN SOMALIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 12:20:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPKO UNSC MOPS SO UK
08LONDON2499WEST AFRICA: UK PRIORITIES, COUNTER-NARCOTICS AND ELECTIONS REF: A. LONDON 2487 B. FREETOWN 336 C. LONDON 1916
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 12:36:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL SNAR PINR KDEM PTER KCRM XY UK
08LONDON2574UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO LUTE AND DELEGATION, OCT 21-23, 2008 REF: WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC CABLE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 12:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALOREP AMGT ASEC OVIP AFIN UK
08LONDON2589SOMALIA: UK SUPPORTS USG COMPROMISE LANGUAGE IN SANCTIONS UNSC RESOLUTION REF: STATE 108662
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 12:40:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XW SO UK
08LONDON2600IRAN: UK CURRENT POSTURE -- FCO FORMAL AND INFORMAL VIEWS
[...] (S) Please see Department information request at paragraph4. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Foreign and Commonwealth Office working contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) October 14 that: -- Foreign Secretary Miliband pressed his Chinese counterpart to have China re-engage in the P5 1, with little resul [...]
2008-10-14 19:04:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNCJAN PINS PREL PTER GE FR IT IR UK
08LONDON2655AFGHANISTAN: HMG SUPPORTS ELECTIONS AS SCHEDULED; UNLIKELY TO INCREASE TROOP NUMBERS ABOVE CURRENT DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) Summary. SCA DAS Pat Moon and INL PDAS Bill McGlynn exchanged views on the way ahead in Afghanistan with FCO South Asia Director Adam Thomson and Afghanistan Team Leader Matthew Lodge, as well as MOD Joint Commitments Policy Director Jeff Garrett and Director-Political Peter Watkins. Moon brief [...]
2008-10-22 07:30:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF UK
08LONDON2689UK AGREES WITH IMPORTANCE OF SADC ENGAGEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 15:02:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI UK
08LONDON2702UK WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN IRAN'S NUCLEAR CONFERENCE, WILL DISCOURAGE OTHERS FROM ATTENDING REF: STATE 112229
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 15:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALAORC IR MNUC TRGY UK
08LONDON2735UK WILL LOBBY IN EU FOR ROBUST EU APPROACH TOWARDS BOSNIA; NEW UK AMBASSADOR TO BOSNIA TO ARRIVE SOON REF: A) STATE 113894 B) DONEGAN/FOOKS EMAIL 10/17
[...] (C) The UK concurs with the U.S. view (ref a) that political progress in Bosnia has either stopped or is moving in the wrong direction, and will use the time remaining before the November 10 GAERC to lobby its EU partners for a strong statement on Bosnia. According to FCO Bosnia Team Leader Daisy O [...]
2008-10-28 17:53:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK EU UK
08LONDON2770COMMONWEALTH: NEW SYG LOOKING TO STEP UP ENGAGEMENT WITH USG REF: A. COLOMBO 982 B. LONDON 2304 Classified By: Ambassador Robert Tuttle, reasons 1.4 (b/d).
[...] (C) "The Commonwealth is a strategic partner for most of what the USG wants," new Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma told the Ambassador in an October 29 courtesy call. Sharma said the USG "should not confuse the Commonwealth's low-key approach as ineffective," pointing out that he wou [...]
2008-11-03 11:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM EAID PINR UK
08LONDON2778IRANIAN IMPORTERS/EXPORTERS: HAVING MORE PROBLEMS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Iranian importers and exporters are encountering ever-greater problems, in all regions including China, in obtaining trade financing due to USG-led international financial measures, according to statements by an Iran banking contact to Embassy London Iran Watcher (poloff). End su [...]
2008-11-03 15:59:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNCJAN ECON EFIN PINS PREL PTER KFIN IR UK
08LONDON2785BOSNIA, EU-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, AND DRC ARE ON THE UK'S AGENDA AT NOVEMBER GYMNICH AND GAERC MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Secretary Miliband intends to impress on his EU counterparts that worsening trends in Bosnia require a unified EU message, and to highlight the need for political action in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),during the November Gymnich and GAERC meetings. The UK Governm [...]
2008-11-03 17:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PGOV EUN GA IR IZ CG RS UK
08LONDON2789IRAN: FURTHER READOUT ON GHALIBAF VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Tehran Mayor and possible 2009 Iranian Presidential candidate Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf while on a mid-October visit to Tokyo made comments suggesting he may support a marginally less confrontational approach to the nuclear issue, according to informal readout provided London Iran W [...]
2008-11-04 13:15:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PGOV PREL UK JA IR
08LONDON2798(C) UK'S POTENTIAL NEW FINANCIAL TOOL AGAINST IRAN Classified By: KATHLEEN DOHERTY, ECON COUNSELOR FOR REASONS 1.4 B & D
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The British government amended the Counter-Terrorism Bill (CT Bill) on November 3, which would potentially give HMG stronger financial powers against Iran and other rogue nations. If approved by Parliament, HM Treasury would obtain power to impose measures on private entities doing [...]
2008-11-04 16:59:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN KTFN MNUC IR UK
08LONDON2802HMG SEES OPPORTUNITY IN BURMA'S GLOBAL FUND APPLICATION REF: STATE 115494 Classified By: Economic Counselor Kathleen Doherty for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
[...] (C) In response to reftel points, FCO Burma Coordinator/Deputy Head of South East Asia and Pacific Group Nicholas Alexander, told Poloff that HMG agreed with the substance of our position on Burma's application to re-engage the Global Fund but advised caution on the tactics we might use to apply i [...]
2008-11-04 17:30:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PHUM BM UK
08LONDON2821FCO PLEASED WITH U.S./UK ALIGNMENT ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson visited London October 31, to review Afghan counter-narcotics efforts (CN) with British counterparts. Johnson shared observations from his visit to Helmand, noted the importance of Afghan National Army CNIK protection for eradication, and noted th [...]
2008-11-07 16:43:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KNAR PTER AF UK
08LONDON2822DRC: UK FOCUSING ON POLITICAL SOLUTION, MAKING
[...] (C) Parliament is pressing HMG for deployment of additional troops to MONUC, but the Foreign Office is concentrating on a political solution to the crisis and increased MONUC flexibility, FCO Great Lakes Team Leader David Hall and DRC Desk Officer Oliver Craven told us November 7. HMG will not sup [...]
2008-11-07 16:53:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR PREF PINS KPKO RW CG UK
08LONDON2828SOUTHERN AFRICA/MAURITIUS: UK ON VISA WAIVER,
[...] (C) From a November 7 round up of UK policy and priorities in Southern Africa, imposing new visa requirements may cause some tension in the region for the UK, according to FCO Head of Southern Africa Section Sarah Riley. The UK Borders Agency is reviewing its visa regimes on South Africa, Lesotho, [...]
2008-11-10 11:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR EAID ZU MP
08LONDON2833CTF-150/SOMALIA: OUTBRIEF FROM CANADIAN SHIP
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian vessel HMCS Ville de Quebec escorted five WFP vessels in and out of Mogadishu between August and October 2008, and the vessel's commanding officer noted that there is clear evidence of collusion between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and pirates in Som [...]
2008-11-10 14:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PTER SO CA UK
08LONDON2853PAKISTAN: UK ON FATA INTEGRATION, AF-PAK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 15:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS EAID PK AF UK
08LONDON2882NIGERIA: UK ON EFCC AND PRESIDENT YAR A'DUA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK's relationship with Nigeria is "static," FCO Nigerian Team Leader Catherine Inglehearn said November 14. Cooperation with Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has largely stalled, pending a letter from new chair Waziri about HMG engagement with the Comm [...]
2008-11-17 15:45:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KCOR KCRM PINR NI UK
08LONDON2898HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY - HMG SHARES ADDITIONAL
[...] (C/NF) FCO Deputy Head Security Policy Chris Holtby (strictly protect) confirmed that HMG is satisfied with the progress in establishment of Operational Headquarters (OHQ) in Northwood UK, and afloat Force Headquarters (FHQ) for the EU counter-piracy mission "Atalanta." Holtby admitted that Gree [...]
2008-11-19 15:37:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN EWWT PHSA PTER PREL UK
08LONDON2899COTE D'IVOIRE: UK ON ELECTIONS, DDR, AND
[...] (C) Summary. The UK "does not buy into" the French view that Cote d'Ivoire's elections were delayed for technical reasons, and HMG thinks elections could have taken place on time, albeit with some technical problems, had there been the political will, FCO West Africa Team Leader Jonathan Drew told [...]
2008-11-19 15:48:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV IV FR UK
08LONDON2917NIGERIA: HMG TO CHALLENGE RULING ON IBORI EVIDENCE
[...] (C) The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Metropolitan Police plan to appeal the November 19 London Court decision ruling that the evidence submitted by the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to the court in the on-going corruption investigation of former Nigeria Delta St [...]
2008-11-21 16:20:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCOR KCRM PINR NI UK
08LONDON2960AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY - UK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
[...] (C/NF) The UK concurs with U.S. views (reftel) that the NATO Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Trust Fund mandate should be broad and flexible enough to allow contributions from both NATO and non-Nato nations alike. FCO NATO/ESDP Team Leader Chris Holtby added that the disbursal system should be s [...]
2008-11-28 13:03:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MOPS MARR AF UK
08LONDON2961PAKISTAN: UK ON MID-DECEMBER DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (C/NF) The UK is generally on board with a donors conference on Pakistan, though there is some hesitation over the timing, according to FCO Pakistan Team Leader Laura Hickey. That said, it is likely that a UK Minister will attend. Both Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Development Secretary Do [...]
2008-11-28 14:29:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK UK
08LONDON2964AFGHANISTAN: PRESIDENT KARZAI NOT CONFIDENT ON
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a November 25 meeting in Kabul, Afghan President Karzai told FS Miliband that it would be difficult or impossible to hold a credible Presidential election. He said that Afghanistan's USD 13.4b of reserves, were the &best in the world." Miliband commented to Karzai that, after [...]
2008-11-28 15:46:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR PTER AF UK
08LONDON2968PAKISTAN: MILIBAND'S "POSITIVE" NOVEMBER 25 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband had a "positive" November 25 trip to Pakistan, FCO Pakistan Team Leader Laura Hickey told us November 28. The two main objectives of the trip were outreach on counter radicalization efforts and support for the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) ownersh [...]
2008-11-28 16:32:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER IN PK UK
08LONDON2976DRC:UK SUPPORTS EITI INCLUSION IN MONUC MANDATE, EXTENDED ARMS EMBARGO, FDLR SANCTIONS IMPOSITION SOONEST
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK supports inclusion of an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) paragraph in the MONUC renewal mandate, continuation of the arms embargo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for 12 months, and imposition of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) [...]
2008-12-01 11:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EMIN UNSC KPKO PARM CG RW UK
08LONDON3041LONDON P3 CONSULTATIONS ON UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: During a P3 working discussion hosted in London November 10 by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),both the British and French participants stressed that their countries remain committed to UNSCR 1540 Committee goals, but agreed that the Committee needs to be more focused and mo [...]
2008-12-04 16:53:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PGOV PREL PARM UK
08LONDON3042(U) QUEEN OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH A THIN LABOUR
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Queen laid out Gordon Brown's legislative plans for the coming year in the annual Queen's Speech at the December 3 State Opening of Parliament, but most of the political and media attention was not on PM Brown's legislative agenda (much of which had been released already) but on [...]
2008-12-04 16:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON PREL PINR UK
08LONDON3062PAKISTAN: LYALL GRANT AND BOUCHER AGREE ON
[...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Boucher and Foreign Office Political Director Lyall Grant agreed on the need for Pakistan, and especially General Kayani, to close down Lashkar e Taiba operations and move on to reform of the intelligence service. Lyall Grant observed there would be less political [...]
2008-12-08 16:51:00Embassy LondonSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR IN PK CH UK
08LONDON3079HMG SEEKS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN ESTABLISHING
[...] (U) Guidance request. See para 4. 2. (C/NF) HMG will announce early in January 2009 an interagency initiative on international regulation of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). The announcement will be in the form of a written ministerial statement, which will include an invit [...]
2008-12-09 16:48:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MARR PTER DS UK
08LONDON3110IRAN: FCO QUIETLY URGES PRESSURE ON GERMANS FOR EU
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany has deep political reservations over bank designations proposed against Iran under the EU's Common Policy, and is making legal and intelligence arguments within E4 against UK and French proposals to designate several Iranian banks, according to a UK Foreign and Commonweal [...]
2008-12-12 18:03:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ENRG IR KTFN MNUC PTER UK
08LONDON3132HMG SHARES USG CONCERNS ON UNESCO DG
[...] (C) William Gatward of the FCO's International Organizations Department (Specialized Agencies Team) told Poloff that HMG was not in favor of Egypt's nomination of Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for Director General (DG) of UNESCO, but had made no official decision. Gatward said that Hosni is "not [...]
2008-12-15 17:08:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNESCO UK
08LONDON3134UN PEACEKEEPING HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE: UK COOL TO USG PROPOSAL REF: STATE 129988
[...] (C) William Gatward, Head of the Specialized Agencies Team, and Jacqui Hutchison, UN Management and Finance Officer (both within the FCO's International Organizations Department) told Poloff that while HMG supports the USG in principle it has several concerns with the proposals in reftel demarche. [...]
2008-12-15 17:50:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA UK
08LONDON3152SCOTLAND: ECONOMICS IS CHANGING POLITICS, SAYS
[...] (C/NF) Summary. "Economics is changing the politics in Scotland," new Secretary for the Scotland Office Jim Murphy told Polmincouns December 17, and "the economic crisis has embedded for a generation the idea that Scotland will be better served as part of the United Kingdom." Scotland Office Head [...]
2008-12-17 17:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON PBTS UK
08LONDON3183UK SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN ELECTIONS -
[...] (C) HMG concurs with points contained in U.S. nonpaper (ref a) on the need for ISAF nations to provide enhanced security assistance in the run-up to and during the 2009 Afghan Presidential election. FCO Afghanistan Office Director Matthew Lodge said that the UK is currently engaged in a cross-dep [...]
2008-12-19 17:05:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS AF UK
08LONDON3197LIBERTAD ACT: IPNUT FOR UK
[...] (C) The following pertains to the UK's involvement in and relations with Cuba, keyed to questions posed in reftel: 2. (C) Has the UK worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? -- Yes. The UK's policy toward Cuba continues to be based upon the EU Common Position [...]
2008-12-22 17:39:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PHUM PGOV CU UK
08LONDON3215IRAN: READOUT FROM UK LEGISLATORS AND FROM XXXXXXXXXXXX REP ON MEK RECONCILIATION
[...] (C/REL UK) Summary: The Tehran regime is giving high priority and visibility to its efforts to reconcile those former members of the terrorist entity Mujahaddin e-Khalq (MEK aka MKO aka NCRI, inter alia) who have returned to Iran, according both to UK Parliamentary legislators who in October and N [...]
2008-12-24 11:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK
08LONDON630IRAN NUCLEAR: UK COMMONS REPORT WILL CALL FOR DROPPING SUSPENSION; FCO DISCOUNTS REPORT'S IMPACT REF: A. LONDON 4204 B. EMBASSY DAILY OF JANUARY 31 C. 2008 D. GAYLE-NEA/IR FEBRUARY 29 E-MAIL
[...] (C) The UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on March 2 will urge a major change in HMG and collective western policy on Iran's nuclear program, most notably the dropping of the suspension requirement before there can be direct talks on nuclear issues with Tehran. According to an excerpt f [...]
2008-02-29 16:29:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK
08LONDON732UK LIBERAL DEMOCRATS RECOVERING FROM PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK's Liberal Democrat Party limped into its spring conference in Liverpool March 7-9 following a disastrous performance in the House of Commons March 5 during the debate over a possible referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, a performance which plunged Nick Clegg into the first crisis [...]
2008-03-12 09:27:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR EU UK
08MADRID1366SCENESETTER FOR JAN 8-9 VISIT OF ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. U.S.-Spanish relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including the fight against terrorism, the bilateral military relationship, our association in NATO, and rapidly expanding economic ties. Your Spanish interlocutors [...]
2008-12-31 13:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
08MANAMA105PLANNING FOR NEXT GCC+2 MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah al Khalifa called in the Ambassador on February 18 to make a strong plea on behalf of Bahrain's hosting the next GCC 2 Ministerial. 2.(C) Sheikh Khalid noted that it was the USG's desire to convene Ministerial prior to the Arab League Summi [...]
2008-02-20 14:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA
08MANAMA106KOSOVO: BAHRAIN COORDINATING WITH GCC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 09:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK KV BA
08MANAMA125BAHRAIN: PREPARATION FOR ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 07:08:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY KV AL BA
08MANAMA126BAHRAIN: POLLING POTENTIAL KOSOVO DONORS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 07:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL KV BA
08MANAMA138REISSUE - U/S LEVEY ENGAGES GOB OFFICIALS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 16:15:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA
08MANAMA14BAHRAIN ENACTS ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 14:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KWMN ELAB SMIG BA
08MANAMA140MORE SHI'A STREET POLITICS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-09 09:25:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA
08MANAMA147U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH BAHRAIN ON NUCLEAR ENERGY COOPERATION AND NUCLEAR TERRORISM INITIATIVES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 07:31:00Embassy ManamaSECRETENRG KNNP PREL PARM ECON IAEA BA
08MANAMA163ARSON ATTACK COMPLICATES PARLIAMENTARY STANDOFF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 13:36:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA
08MANAMA165IOM PRAISES GOB ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS; LAUNCHES
[...] (C) Summary: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched a nine-month program in Bahrain working with the government to strengthen its capacity for dealing with trafficking in persons and to raise awareness of this issue. In a roundtable discussion between stakeholders and governmen [...]
2008-03-13 13:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KWMN PGOV ECON BA
08MANAMA168BAHRAINI LEADERS DESCRIBE UPS AND DOWNS OF REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Senior government officials told visiting NEA DAS Kent Patton that the GOB remains committed to continuing reforms aimed at broadening participation, while frankly discussing past setbacks, like the departure and partial return of NDI. Oppositionists and NGOs (chiefly Shi'a) expressed [...]
2008-03-16 12:16:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM BA
08MANAMA181BAHRAINI FM ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AND GCC PLUS 2 MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 10:42:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL AG SA BA
08MANAMA184CENTRAL BANK COMMITTED TO DOLLAR PEG DESPITE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 13:24:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ECON BA
08MANAMA192ALBA V. ALCOA; CROWN PRINCE VS. PRIME MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 12:48:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON BA
08MANAMA194NEW HEAD OF BAHRAIN NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 13:30:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR BA
08MANAMA195U/S LEVEY PROMOTES CHARITIES CONFERENCE, WARNS BANKERS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Treasury U/S Levey reiterated to banks the risks of engaging in transactions with Iranian financial institutions. U/S Levey said he expected the imminent U.S. designation of Future Bank. He told the Minister of Social Development about the importance of fund-raising oversight, and supp [...]
2008-03-24 14:37:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN IR BA
08MANAMA2AL-WIFAQ LEADER HOPES POTUS VISIT WILL HELP CEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-02 06:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM BA
08MANAMA20COURT CONVICTS TERRORIST CELL DEFENDANTS, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 14:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL ASEC BA
08MANAMA218BAHRAIN: DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 15:36:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC EFIN IR BA
08MANAMA22POTUS VISIT: BIG WELCOME, SMALL PROTESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 04:54:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP BA
08MANAMA220BAHRAIN: IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR 1803, EMPHASIS ON BANKS MELLI, MELLAT, AND SADERAT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-06 09:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PARM MNUC IR BA
08MANAMA232HCOC: ENCOURAGING BAHRAIN TO SUBSCRIBE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 13:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA BA
08MANAMA234BAHRAIN: IRAQ, GCC PLUS 2, GSD, KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 13:32:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR IZ KV BA
08MANAMA235SCENESETTER FOR CNO VISIT TO BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 13:54:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MASS IR BA
08MANAMA236POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN STREET VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 15:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC BA
08MANAMA237BAHRAIN SEEKS OWN NUCLEAR REACTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-13 04:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PGOV BA
08MANAMA252SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE’S VISIT TO BAHRAIN
[...] (S) Madame Secretary, Embassy Manama is delighted to welcome you back to Bahrain. This is just about as good a bilateral relationship as we have anywhere: Bahrain's leaders share our strategic vision for the region and they see their national interest as tied to ours. 2. (S) King Hamad and Sheikh [...]
2008-04-17 13:43:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP BA
08MANAMA253VIOLENCE CONDEMNED; RESTRAINT PREVAILS FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Summary: Cooler heads have generally prevailed in the aftermath of the April 9 killing of a police officer, with security forces moving to effectively lock down the village of Karzakan immediately following the incident. The police have arrested 14 people believed to be connected to the attack, [...]
2008-04-17 14:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC BA
08MANAMA284BAHRAIN SELECTS JEWISH WOMAN AS ITS NEXT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 10:33:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR BA
08MANAMA288VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY SADA CUMBER TO BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-04 12:50:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL UNESCO KV SA BA
08MANAMA299TERRORISM FINANCE: UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 DESIGNATION OF THREE INDIVIDUALS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 13:00:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER KTFN EFIN PREL BA
08MANAMA300BAHRAIN SEEKING HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SEAT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 13:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC BA
08MANAMA301RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - BAHRAIN REF: A. MANAMA 184 B. 07 MANAMA 1089 C. 07 MANAMA 887 Classified By: Charge d,Affaires a.i. Christopher Henzel, reasons 1.4(b ) and (d).
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 17:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD PGOV EFIN BA
08MANAMA306OIL MINISTER ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NATURAL GAS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 14:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL IR BA
08MANAMA310LEBANON: BUILDING ON ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-18 13:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR LE SY IR BA
08MANAMA313ACRIMONY IN PARLIAMENT FEEDS SECTARIAN ILL-WILL (C-NE8-00961)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 15:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL BA
08MANAMA320ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAM HAVING AN IMPACT
[...] (C) Summary. A USG-funded program of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has raised awareness of human trafficking and has stimulated GOB interest in other efforts to compliment the anti-trafficking law passed in January. An Arabic-language media component set in motion a series of e [...]
2008-05-21 14:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKWMN KCRM PGOV BA
08MANAMA336SOME POTENTIAL NEW LEADERS IN BAHRAIN'S CHIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 15:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL BA
08MANAMA383BUILDING BRIDGES: BAHRAIN-QATAR CAUSEWAY UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 14:40:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EPET QA BA
08MANAMA401BAHRAIN WILL ATTEND NAHR AL-BARID RECONSTRUCTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 10:50:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE BA
08MANAMA404MODERATES ON TOP IN WIFAQ SHURA ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 13:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL BA
08MANAMA410P5 PLUS 1 REFRESHED PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] (C) On June 12 (before receipt of reftel) MFA Under Secretary Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifah showed CDA a paper the local French Ambassador had just delivered to him outlining the renewed P5 plus 1 incentives package. Al Khalifah said Bahrain and other Gulf governments had been concerned that th [...]
2008-06-16 10:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR BA
08MANAMA420SHI'A AND SUNNI PREACHERS TRADE INSULTS,
[...] (C) Summary: After leading Shi'a cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim and Salafist MP Jassim Al Saeedi traded public insults, 5,000 Shi'a demonstrated peacefully. The King ordered an end to sectarian incitement, and, apparently in response, Shi'a leaders called off additional planned demonstrations. End summar [...]
2008-06-24 11:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF KISL ASEC BA
08MANAMA430GOB MOVES AGAINST SECTARIAN INCITEMENT
[...] (U) Summary: In response to last week's spike in Sunni-Shi'a tensions (reftel),the GOB created a committee to monitor and combat sectarian rhetoric in the press, internet and pulpits. The committee's first act was to block access to three contentious websites, one pro-Shi'a, the other two pro-Sunn [...]
2008-06-26 14:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KISL BA
08MANAMA442GOB SUSPENDS CHARGES AGAINST SIX ARRESTED FOR SECTARIAN WEB POSTINGS REF: A. MANAMA 420 B. MANAMA 430 Classified By: DCM Christopher Henzel for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
[...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's interior ministry ordered two Sunni websites and one Shi'a site to shut down June 26, accusing them of inciting sectarianism and failing to register, in violation of the 2002 Press and Publications Law (ref B). When the Shi'a site ignored the order, Bahrain's lead intelligenc [...]
2008-07-03 13:21:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KISL BA
08MANAMA447BAHRAIN: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 13:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG BA
08MANAMA455ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN TERRORIST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 11:42:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECPS PTER BA
08MANAMA458BAHRAIN'S KING PRAISES U.S. NAVY'S ROLE IN REGION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 13:21:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IR BA
08MANAMA47EMBASSY ADVOCACY HELPS WIN $6 BILLION BOEING DEAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-27 12:25:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV ETRD ECON BA
08MANAMA470BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE ON IRAN AND GULF SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-14 14:09:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER MARR IR BA
08MANAMA471VERDICTS FOR DECEMBER RIOTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 11:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PHUM ASEC BA
08MANAMA485BAHRAIN: ENCOURAGING KAZAKH CANDIDACY FOR IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 12:58:00Embassy ManamaSECRETIAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY BA
08MANAMA486USG EXPERTS TRAIN NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING UNIT
[...] (C) Summary: NCIS and ICE provided anti-TIP training for 13 Bahraini police officers. The trainees described challenges they face, some cultural, some procedural, and some simply reflecting a lack of expertise. End summary. 2. (C) In June, Richard Silver, a British advisor to Bahrain's Ministry o [...]
2008-07-22 13:44:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM ASEC BA
08MANAMA49ASHURA IN BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-27 14:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KIRF PHUM ASEC IR BA
08MANAMA492BAHRAIN SEEKS IOM'S ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT TIP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 06:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN ASEC PHUM BA
08MANAMA51BAHRAIN: LOCAL NGO TO VISIT DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 07:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM BA
08MANAMA510TOUGH KING, NICE KING: STERN WARNINGS TO SHI'A,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 14:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BA
08MANAMA535BAHRAIN COMMITTED TO CURRENCY PEG, RESIGNED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 14:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN BA
08MANAMA536THE SHI'A CLERICAL HIERARCHY IN BAHRAIN REF: A. 04 MANAMA 378 B. 06 MANAMA 710 C. 06 MANAMA 1728 D. MANAMA 253 E. MANAMA 420 F. MANAMA 510 G. MANAMA 528 Classified By: CDA Christopher Henzel for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 14:43:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV PINR KISL IR IZ LE BA
08MANAMA537LABOR STANDARDS IMPROVING, BUT QUALIFIED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 14:16:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM BA
08MANAMA555BAHRAIN WATCHING FOR IRANIAN PROLIFERATION-RELATED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 13:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KNNP IR BA
08MANAMA558SUNNI EXTREMIST ON TRIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 13:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PHUM BA
08MANAMA559GOVERNMENT OF BAHRAIN STRENGTHENING INVESTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 06:39:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV BA
08MANAMA565SAUDI CEMENT RESTRICTIONS RIPPLING THROUGH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 11:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON SA BA
08MANAMA577SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 11:07:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR IR IZ BA
08MANAMA585PERMISSION FOR PATRIOT DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) Ambassador informed Foreign Minister Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa September 2 of U.S. intent to deploy Patriot III missile assets in Bahrain, and of the U.S. desire to discuss soon support arrangements. Shaikh Khalid heartily welcomed the news, and expressed Bahrain's eagerness to facilitate [...]
2008-09-02 14:52:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR MCAP PINS PREL AE BA
08MANAMA586BAHRAINI FM MEETS WITH NAVCENT COMMANDER: IRAQ,
[...] (C) On August 28, Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmad bin Mohammad Al-Khalifa called on NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Bill Gortney. Admiral Gortney reviewed NAVCENT operations and Coalition membership and operations. FM Al-Khalifa briefly detailed expanding GOB ties with Iraq (progress towa [...]
2008-09-02 15:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR IR IZ BA
08MANAMA591BAHRAIN PREPARES TO SEND ITS AMBASSADOR TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 14:09:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA IZ
08MANAMA592A FIELD GUIDE TO BAHRAINI POLITICAL PARTIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 14:27:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV ELAB KDEM PINR PTER LE IR BA
08MANAMA72BAHRAIN PROPOSES GCC PLUS 2 DATES
[...] (C) Bahrain offers to host a GCC-Egyptian-Jordanian-U.S. foreign ministers' meeting on March 8, 17 or 18. Ambassador Saeed al-Faihani of the Foreign Minister's office contacted DCM February 6 to relay these dates, on instructions, he said, from Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Khalifa, who is pres [...]
2008-02-06 14:33:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALBA EG JO PREL
08MANAMA75LEBANON TRIBUNAL: BAHRAIN SUPPORTIVE; NO FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 12:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY BA
08MANAMA76IT DOESN'T ADD UP: SHI'A MP CHALLENGES GOB
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 12:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI BA
08MANAMA77TRIAL OF DECEMBER RIOTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 12:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM BA
08MANAMA89BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE CONSOLIDATING HIS AUTHORITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 11:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM BA
08MANAMA98BAHRAIN WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 12:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK EU BA
08MANAMA99BAHRAIN'S KING HAMAD ON SYRIA, LEBANON AND THE
[...] (S) Summary: Bahrain's King Hamad told the Ambassador that Syria was working to have anyone but Siniora represent Lebanon at the Arab League Summit; Qatar was proposing Bouez as a compromise choice for President, and Abu Mazen bemoaned Arab in-fighting. End Summary. 2. (S) During an hour-long aud [...]
2008-02-14 13:53:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER SY SA LE QA BA
08MEXICO3178MEXICO REBUILDING TIES TO VENEZUELA, SLOWLY
[...] (C) Summary. President Felipe Calderon has attempted since taking office to repair ties with Venezuela, and the Foreign Ministry has said that Mexico is slowly making improvements. Nevertheless, several points of friction, such as the lack of a Venezuelan ambassador in Mexico City, suspicions about [...]
2008-10-27 18:11:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR MX
08MONTEVIDEO213AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO PHYSICAL SECURITY DEFICIENCIES AND FAST-TRACKING PROPOSED SECURITY UPGRADE
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Embassy Montevideo is extremely concerned about the continued slippage in the start date for the embassy security upgrade projects first proposed and approved in 1999 and now delayed until 2013. The Ambassador is unable to meet his manda [...]
2008-04-18 16:41:00Embassy MontevideoSECRETASEC ABLD PTER UY
08MOSCOW1124MOSCOW TABLOID SHUT DOWN BY OWNER AFTER BREAKING
[...] (C) Summary. The Moscow-based tabloid Moskovskiy Korrespondent suspended its operations on April 18 at the request of its owner after being the first Russian newspaper to report the rumor on April 11 that Putin had divorced in February and planned to marry 24-year old rhythmic gymnast and Duma memb [...]
2008-04-23 10:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM KPAO PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1187MOSCOW'S RUMORMILL ON SUCCESSION
[...] (C) Putin's actions since the March elections have heightened political uncertainty about the shape of the Medvedev-Putin tandem. Lacking hard information, everything from Putin's decision to head United Russia to administrative changes at the White House is seen by the chattering class through the [...]
2008-04-28 14:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW1215MORE FROM THE RUMOR MILL: READING PUTIN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Among some Kremlin-critics and establishment figures, speculation has grown over the past month that Putin and his entourage may be laying the groundwork for a return to the Kremlin, rather than safe-guarding the transition of President-elect Medvedev. While our contacts speculate that [...]
2008-04-30 14:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON RS
08MOSCOW1519TNK-BP INTERNAL FIGHT GOES PUBLIC; BOTH SIDES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 07:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1775INSIDER VIEWS OF TNK-BP DISPUTE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 15:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1991RUSSIA RETURNS TO THE HOLY LAND
[...] (C) Summary: The return to Russia of historic properties in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the end of the visa regime for travel to Israel, are the latest indicators of deepening Russia-Israel relations that depend significantly upon personal contacts as well as official channels. The properties, [...]
2008-07-11 12:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SOCI MARR IS RS
08MOSCOW2319TFGGO1: RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 2 AUGUST 9
[...] (C) Summary. U.S. demarche will be delivered to the Russian MFA at 1400 Moscow time (0600 EDT). The Russian government continues to characterize its actions as "peace enforcement," with Russian media claiming that troops have reached Tskhinvali's outskirts. Officials emphasize they have a responsib [...]
2008-08-09 08:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2425PRESS BIAS SHIFTS IN FAVOR OF MEDVEDEV, BUT PUTIN
[...] Summary: xxxxx reported the results xxxxx in a recent meeting with PolOff. While Medvedev dominated Russian programming on four of five surveyed stations, his appearances were disproportionately ceremonial in contrast to Putin's hands on control of the Russian government. The virtual absence of air [...]
2008-08-15 10:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2545TFGG01: PARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES ABKHAZ,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a solid show of support, both the Federation Council and the Duma voted unanimously to urge that President Medvedev recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Parliamentarians blasted Georgia for having launched a military campaign against South Ossetia, and po [...]
2008-08-25 15:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2563MEDVEDEV LOSES OUT IN RUSSIA-GEORGIA WAR
[...] (C) Summary. Unlike Putin, whose leadership during the Chechen war strengthened his political power, Medvedev's performance to date has reinforced his status as junior member of the tandem. Two anecdotal reports suggest that Putin was displeased with the President's performance at the start of the [...]
2008-08-26 14:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW2615AFTER THE WAR WITH GEORGIA: RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC
[...] (C) That Russia is "back," at least economically, has been an insistent theme of the Kremlin the last few years. Russia's economic recovery from the depths of its financial crash in 1998 is indeed impressive. High growth, burgeoning international reserves, and rising living standards were the resul [...]
2008-09-02 11:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV ETRD EINV RS
08MOSCOW2632XXXXXXXXXXX
[...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXX is seeking information about the companies' relations with shadowy and reportedly Kremlin-connected oil trader Gunvor. XXXXXXXXXXX he just wants to shed light on the fundamental need for transparency in Russia, where no one seems to care about "massive corruption." XXXXXXXXXXX End s [...]
2008-09-03 13:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PGOV PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2701NEW SARKOZY-MEDVEDEV AGREEMENT: QUESTIONS REMAIN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: While achieving some key concessions from Russia on next steps in the Georgia conflict, the Sarkozy-Medvedev agreement from September 8 still leaves open questions about the nature and size of Russian troops, role of EU observers, and the format of October security talks. After [...]
2008-09-09 15:07:00Embassy MoscowSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2802SECHIN AS ENERGY CZAR: MORE POWERFUL, MORE VULNERABLE
[...] (C) In ref A, we examined questions about Deputy Prime Minister Sechin's career and reputation and discussed whether his current, more public duties, would bring him into better focus. In this cable, we look at those new duties and the possible effects Sechin may have on Russia's all-important ener [...]
2008-09-17 14:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW2837RABBIS SHAYEVICH AND GOLDSCHMIDT CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met separately with xxxxx during the week of September 15. xxxxx probed for potential U.S. sanctions against investors in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and flagged concern over Iran's nuclear program. Both xxxxx agreed that manifestations of anti-Semitism in Russia had fal [...]
2008-09-22 15:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3343MEDVEDEV’S ADDRESS AND TANDEM POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary. Medvedev's address to the Federal Assembly last week provided a prism for viewing the power relationship in the Medvedev-Putin tandem, refracting opinion amongst our contacts into three, very divergent, camps. The first group views Medvedev as ascendant, slowly accruing power as he pla [...]
2008-11-19 06:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW587RUSSIA-UKRAINE RELATIONS: YUSHCHENKO AND
[...] (C) Summary. After many last-minute changes and rescheduling involving Tymoshenko's visit, the February 12-13 Putin-Yushchenko Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) convened without Tymoshenko's participation. GOR officials expressed dismay at the complicated dynamics between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko [...]
2008-03-01 13:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW818CONSTITUENCY FOR CHANGE? OBSERVERS HOPEFUL AS
[...] (C) Summary: As candidate Medvedev transitions into "President-elect" Medvedev, commentators have begun to speak with increasing frequency about political support for a reform agenda, not only the expected backing from the "liberal" economic elite, but also more broadly amongst Russia's business le [...]
2008-03-25 14:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI KDEM RS
08MOSCOW864WHAT'S BEHIND THE RAIDS ON TNK-BP AND BP REF: A. MOSCOW 816 B. MOSCOW 768 C. 07 MOSCOW 3054 Classified By: Ambassador William J. Burns for Reasons 1.4 (b/d)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 14:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL PGOV RS
08MUMBAI559INDIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLIERS ARE EAGER TO GLOBALIZE, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In series of recent meetings in Mumbai, including with the delegation led by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein, Indian private-sector nuclear energy equipment and service suppliers expressed enthusiasm about the opportunities awaiting them now that the U.S.- [...]
2008-12-01 13:46:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP EINV EFIN ECON IN PREL
08MUNICH423GERMANY/BAVARIA: GERMAN COALITION PARTIES
[...] (SBU) The Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU),dangerously weakened, is attempting to sharpen its profile among Bavarian and national voters, by pursuing an aggressive economic campaign that diverges from that of its sister party, Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats. The CSU is finding plenty [...]
2008-12-23 08:40:00Consulate MunichCONFIDENTIALPGOV GM
08NAIROBI1363Somalia -- Ayrow's Demise
[...] (S/NF) The death of Aden Hashi Ayrow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayer) on May 1 will have several positive impacts: short-term disruption of terrorist operations of the Shabaab, set back efforts at reconciliation between the Shabaab and Islamic Court militias, and potentially improve prospects for Soma [...]
2008-06-03 14:01:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC MOPS SO
08NAIROBI2671DRUG TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE IN KENYA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 21, the British High Commission convened a mini-Dublin Group meeting in Nairobi to discuss the state of the drug problem in Kenya. The meeting was attended by representatives of one of Kenya's three police services, the director of the Kenyan government's anti-drug [...]
2008-11-26 12:16:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS SNAR UK UG KE
08NAIROBI813 International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on
[...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various walk [...]
2008-03-25 13:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE
08NEWDELHI1035DALAI LAMA PLEADS FOR U.S. TO PERSUADE CHINESE TO
[...] Action request in para. 7. 2. (C/REL UK, CANADA, AUSTRALIA) Summary: Hours before his April 9 departure for the U.S., the Dalai Lama summoned PolCouns to convey a message: please use all effective means to persuade the PRC to engage in dialogue with him. He said recent events had left him increasi [...]
2008-04-10 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IN CH
08NEWDELHI1218MEA AMERICAS DIVISION ASSURES DASD CLAD MIL-MIL
[...] (S) Summary. In a private meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James Clad, Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS (MEA) Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar: -- assured DASD Clad that the military-to-military relationship was a top priority of her ministry; -- warned that the ""reopening"" o [...]
2008-05-05 11:00:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV MARR IN
08NEWDELHI1795TIBETAN YOUTH SEE POTHOLES IN THE MIDDLE PATH -
[...] (C) Summary. A May visit to six Tibetan settlements across north and northeastern India underscores concerns that frustrated and dissatisfied Tibetan youth and concurrent Indian separatist movements could pose serious problems for the future viability of Tibetan settlements. A widening generational [...]
2008-06-30 10:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI CH IN
08NEWDELHI3031MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: A day after the Home Minister was sacked, the impact of the Mumbai tragedy continued to play out domestically and in the Indo-Pakistan relationship. There is likely to be a shakeup in the Maharashtra state government today. At an all-party meeting, the Prime Minister unveiled a number [...]
2008-12-01 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI388INDIA-IRAN TIES HIT BUMPS IN THE ROAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent developments illustrated the large gap between rhetoric and reality in Indo-Iranian relations. Iran's Ambassador to India expressed concern to the press February 5 over India's recent launch of an Israeli satellite with reconnaissance capabilities, warning India against g [...]
2008-02-06 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP PINR MNUC MCAP MARR IR IS IN
08OSAKAKOBE33GREEN PASSPORTS, RED HEARTS? KOREANS IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ethnic Korean permanent residents in Japan are increasingly switching from GOJ-issued travel documents to ROK passports. The ease with which ethnic Koreans can change nationality makes it difficult to assess ties to the DPRK and apply visa clearance requirements. As this tren [...]
2008-02-12 07:27:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL KN KS JA
08OSLO549(S) NORWAY REBUFFS USG ON IRISL FREIGHT FORWARDER
[...] (S) In responding to reftel points, XXXXXXXXXXXX, after discussing Norway´s overall compliance with all UN Iran sanctions, stated that there is "no legal foundation" under Norwegian law to give any kind of mandatory order to companies not on the UN Security Council lists associated with resoluti [...]
2008-10-09 13:43:00Embassy OsloSECRETECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL NO
08OTTAWA918COUNSELOR, CSIS DIRECTOR DISCUSS CT THREATS,
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Judd discussed domestic and foreign terror threats with Counselor of the State Department Cohen in Ottawa on July 2. Judd admitted that CSIS was increasingly distracted from its mission by legal challenges that could endanger fo [...]
2008-07-09 18:49:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS IR PK AF CA
08PARAMARIBO128CORRUPTION IN SURINAME: A HOW-TO-MANUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable details methods of small-scale, endemic corruption in Suriname. While large scale corruption is common and makes the news, small scale corruption is pervasive (ref A). Current rejection by Government of Suriname (GOS) officials of corruption allegations in the U.S. Inte [...]
2008-03-28 10:54:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV NS
08PARIS735AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE)
[...] (S) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, April 12-18, 2008 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 30 presentations by twelve AG member states. The US provided 10 of the 30 [...]
2008-04-17 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC AS FR
08PARIS750AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, APRIL 14-18, 2008 REF: A. 07 MOSCOW 5535 B. 07 PARIS 2593 Classified By: ESTH/NP COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY FOR REASONS 1.4 (B),(D),(E),and (H). -------------------- SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW --------------------
[...] (C) The Australia Group (AG) held its 2008 plenary in Paris from April 14-18. In addition to approving several updates to the AG's Guidelines and control lists, the Group discussed Russia's continued interest in membership. AG members continued to express concern about Russia's implementation of ex [...]
2008-04-18 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AS FR RS CBW
08PODGORICA75MONTENEGRO-EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] Post's submission of the draft Anti-trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for Montenegro follows. Beginning with Section I - Overview of Country Activities, responses are keyed to reftel. EMBASSY PODGORICA CONTACT INFORMATION Embassy Podgorica POC for anti-trafficking is Human Rights Offi [...]
2008-03-04 16:38:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW
08PRETORIA468PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE PROVIDES FURTHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In yet another blow to the embattled Directorate of Special Operations, also known as the Scorpions, the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) has released a report that criticizes the Scorpions for intelligence gathering, among other things, and for puttin [...]
2008-03-07 08:48:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KDEM SF
08PRISTINA399ROLLING OUT THE KOSOVO PASSPORT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. On July 29 the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MOIA) plans to issue the first Republic of Kosovo passport. Contrary to UNMIK's stated plans in February about its readiness to assist Kosovo in this task (reftel [...]
2008-07-29 16:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS PREL PGOV KV
08QUITO248FOR CORREA, DISPUTE WITH COLOMBIA NOT OVER
[...] (C) Summary. The GOE plans to re-establish relations with Colombia by the end of March, although XXXXXXXXXXX noted "it will be difficult to restore trust." Correa made his most anti-U.S. statements to date on March 8, criticizing U.S. support for Colombia and U.S. media dominance. On the ot [...]
2008-03-12 21:17:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MARR EC CO VE MX
08RANGOON557CONTINUING THE PURSUIT OF DEMOCRACY IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Rangoon pol/econ chief departs Post this week after ending a two-year tour that saw the largest political uprising in Burma in twenty years, the arrest and imprisonment of the pro-democracy opposition's most talented leaders, and the worst natural disaster in Burma's recorded history. [...]
2008-07-14 06:56:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON749BURMESE CIVILIAN OFFERS TO SELL PURPORTED URANIUM
[...] (S//REL to USA, ACGU) Per Ref A, Post is alerting the Department and Washington agencies that on XXXXXXXXXXXX after USDAO Rangoon received guidance from DIA, a Burmese civilian met with members of USDAO Rangoon and offered to sell Uranium-238. The individual had initially contacted the USDAO eight [...]
2008-09-23 08:59:00Embassy RangoonSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR BM
08RPODUBAI56TEHRAN-BASED UN OFFICIALS CONVEY IRIG INTEREST IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: xxxxx based in Tehran, in separate conversations with IRPO officers, said that officials in Iran's Ministry of Interior are willing to work with the United States on issues relating to Afghanistan within a United Nations framework. Specifically, they noted that the IRIG is seeking c [...]
2008-11-26 11:48:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PREF IR AF
08SANTIAGO180DIPLOMATIC NOTE ANNOUNCES CHILEAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] On February 20, Post received Diplomatic Note number 38 dated February 4, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations announcing Chile's candidate for President of the Inter-American Commission of Women. Paragraph 2 contains Post's informal translation of diplomatic note 38. 2. The Ministry o [...]
2008-02-26 13:31:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CI
08SANTODOMINGO373FM MORALES AND OAS REP ON RIO GROUP, OAS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Morales described the successful outcome of the Rio Group Summit as a "team effort." Responding to Reftel demarche on the OAS Ministerial, Morales cautioned against any action that could scuttle the peace gains that t [...]
2008-03-13 21:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PHUM CO EC DR
08SANTODOMINGO518INVITATION FOR HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR; see para. 3. 2. On April 7, the Ambassador met with Congresswoman Minou Tavares Mirabal (PLD-Santo Domingo),Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Committee. Tavares delivered an invitation to the U.S. Congress to partic [...]
2008-04-14 12:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON DR
08SEOUL2429U.S.-ROK SMA AGREEMENT INITIALED
[...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, A/DCM Joseph Yun and MOFAT Ambassador Cho Byung-jae initialed the SMA Agreement on Wednesday, December 17, and agreed on the text for the accompanying diplomatic note. A scanned copy of the initialed agreement has been sent to both EAP/K and USFK. 2. (SBU) [...]
2008-12-18 06:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV KS
08SHANGHAI422SHANGHAI SCHOLARS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DELAY IN SIX-PARTY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: xxxxx are concerned about the current impasse in the Six-Party Talks, but each varies in his diagnosis of its causes and prescriptions for U.S. policy. xxxxx claims that a debate has emerged within the Chinese leadership over the merits of quick U.S. delisting, as a result of Pyongy [...]
2008-09-26 06:40:00Consulate ShanghaiSECRET//NOFORNCH KN PGOV PHUM PREL
08SOFIA67FOREIGN MINISTER KALFIN ON SOUTH STREAM
[...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kalfin told Ambassador January 25 the signing of the South Stream intergovernmental agreement (IGA) had been in doubt until the last hours of Putin's January 18-19 visit. Kalfin defended the late night negotiations and last minute signing saying Bulg [...]
2008-01-29 15:25:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PGOV BU
08STATE101873VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: MINURCAT RENEWAL
[...] (SBU) Action Request: USUN is instructed to vote in favor of and to co-sponsor the Security Council Resolution contained in paragraph 2 below authorizing the extension of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). USUN should seek additional guidance if [...]
2008-09-24 01:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREF PREL UNSC CD CT SU
08STATE103528INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXTENSION OF TERM OF OFFICE OF
[...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the draft UN Security Council resolution in para 2 below that extends the term of office of ICTY judges. If there are substantial changes to the text of the resolution USUN is requested to seek additional instruction prior to a [...]
2008-09-27 06:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM
08STATE109845MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): "BROKERING CONTROLS IN THE UNITED STATES ON DUAL-USE ITEMS" Classified By: ISN/MTR DIRECTOR PAM DURHAM FOR REASONS 1.4 (B),(D),AND (H).
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 20:03:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS NL
08STATE112253JCIC-DIP-08-007: SATISFYING START TREATY ARTICLE
[...] (U) This is an action cable (See paragraph 5). 2. (U) BACKGROUND: In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article XVII of the START Treaty, no later than December 5, 2008, the United States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine must "meet to consider" whether the START Trea [...]
2008-10-21 23:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08STATE129528SOMALIA: INSTRUCTIONS ON TABLING OUR RESOLUTION
[...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to circulate the draft resolution on Somali piracy (paragraph 3) to our P3 partners upon receipt of this message and report responses to the Department. After having shared the draft with the P3, USUN should table the resolution to the rest of the Council NLT [...]
2008-12-10 00:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE132249GUIDANCE: UNIIIC CONSULTATION, DECEMBER 17, 2008
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of a two month extension of the mandate for the UN Independent International Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) as provided in the draft resolution at para 3, below. In explaining the U.S. position on UNIIIC and its planned [...]
2008-12-17 21:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL LE SY
08STATE135048SHIELD S04B-08: SYRIA ARRANGING TO ACQUIRE CW
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S//NF) BACKGROUND: The U.S. has obtained information indicating that a Syrian institution with connections to the country's chemical and biological weapons programs is attempting to acquire Australia Group-controlled glass-lined reactors, [...]
2008-12-30 14:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM ETTC SY IN PREL
08STATE23763FOLLOWING-UP WITH INDIA ON THE XXXXXXXXXXXX GRAPHITE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: In October 2007, we shared with Indian officials information indicating that India's XXXXXXXXXXXX had offered French-origin, MTCR-controlled graphite blocks to Iran's Ward Commercial Company (Ref A). Ward had previously bee [...]
2008-03-07 15:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IN IR
08STATE33990BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050093514 for the export of diving equipment to Finland. Post is requested to complete this [...]
2008-04-02 15:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC FI KOMC
08STATE33991BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests posts' assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050093640 for the export of underwater breathing equipment to Estonia. Posts are requested t [...]
2008-04-02 15:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEN ETTC FI KOMC
08STATE34269GUIDANCE: UNOMIG RESOLUTION NEGOTIATIONS --
[...] (U) This is an Action Message, see para 2. 2. (U) USUN may draw from the guidance in paras 2-4 below during negotiations with the Friends of Georgia (Germany, UK, France, U.S., and Russia) concerning the UNOMIG renewal resolution. See para 5 for additional background and para 6 for the [...]
2008-04-02 21:06:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC GE PREL PBTS
08STATE63176USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA PANEL TECHNICAL ROLLOVER
[...] USUN is requested to introduce to the UNSC the resolution in para 2 regarding the Liberia Panel. 2. BEGIN RESOLUTION The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions and statements by its President on the situation in Liberia and West Africa, Welcoming the sustained progress [...]
2008-06-12 00:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LI
08STATE6686APPLICATION OF THE U.S.-RUSSIA CTR AND MPC&A
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. Reference B is a letter dated January 23, 2003 (sic 2004) from V. Kuchinov, director of MINATOM's Department for International and Foreign Economic Cooperation to David Huizenga, (DOE/NNSA). 2. BACKGROUND: By diplomatic note transmitte [...]
2008-01-22 22:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCTR PARM PREL RS
08STATE79841INSTRUCTIONS TO TABLE UNAMI RENEWAL RESOLUTION
[...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) was reauthorized by UNSC resolution 1770 on August 10, 2007 and will expire on August 10, 2008. USUN is authorized to table the text of the draft resolution in paragraph 2 to renew UNAMI's manda [...]
2008-07-24 17:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
08STATE83144EFFORTS TO HALT IRANIAN PROCUREMENT IN CHINA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------- SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------- 2. (S//NF) Washington is currently initiating a more focused strategy to prevent shipments of commodities of concern to Iran. We are approaching countries and asking them to inf [...]
2008-08-01 19:52:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON KNNP PARM PTER IR CH PINR
08STATE93558(S) SHIPMENT OF CHINESE ORIGIN GOODS DESTINED FOR IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 13:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL IR CH UK AS
08STATE93970LIFELINES FOR IPCC WORKING GROUP ELECTION
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. Missions should be prepared to assist the U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its efforts to secure a positive outcome to elections for working group co-chair positions at the IPCC Plenar [...]
2008-09-02 23:30:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL UNEP WMO KGHG IR ML AR MA MO
08STATE98975URGING COALITION ALLIES TO APPROACH BEIJING ON CHINESE PROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 16:57:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR UK CH SK HK
08TALLINN152BLUE LANTERN APPLICATION 050093640 - REPLY FROM
[...] The following answers keyed to reftel questions for Estonia are from Erkki Tori, Advisor in the International Cooperation Department, Estonian Ministry of Defense (MOD): --Did you order from Polarsukellus Oy the exact type and quantity of items listed on this application? Answer: The EOD [...]
2008-05-02 11:52:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETTC FI KOMC EN
08TALLINN326ESTONIA CHARTS LEGAL, MILITARY FUTURE OF CYBER
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of the August cyber attacks against government websites in the Republic of Georgia, Estonia has provided both material and technical assistance to Tbilisi. Lawyers at the Cyber Center of Excellence in Tallinn have produced a legal analysis of the status of cyber [...]
2008-09-22 14:07:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TINT NATO RU GG EN
08TASHKENT1072UZBEKISTAN: GULNORA KARIMOVA'S GENEVA U.N. \
[...] (C) Embassy contacts and press reporting have recently \ indicated that President Karimov's oldest daughter, Gulnora \ Karimova, has been appointed as Uzbekistan's permanent \ representative to the United Nations Mission in Geneva, \ though the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk had not \ co [...]
2008-09-18 08:53:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT153GULNORA KARIMOVA APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER OF \
[...] (C) On February 4, the independent Uzmetronom website \ reported that Gulnora Karimova, President Karimov's eldest \ daughter, was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs \ for Cultural Issues. The article also reported that on \ February 1, President Karimov signed decree PP-787, creating \ [...]
2008-02-04 13:32:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SCUL UZ
08TASHKENT43RADIATION DETECTION UPDATE: GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN PASSES QUESTION RESPONSES, COMMISSION'S FINDINGS REF: A. 07 STATE 163194 B. 07 TASHKENT 2063 C. 07 TASHKENT 2081 D. 07 TASHKENT 2090 E. TD-314/79205-07 Classified By: Poloff Steven Prohaska and DTRO Chief Fred Carter for re asons 1.4 (b, d).
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 17:54:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNMNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
08TBILISI1355GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA, SITREP 6
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: French FM Kouchner and Finnish FM Stubbs met with President Saakashvili August 11 in Tbilisi to discuss a cease-fire package, with the goal of presenting it to Russian officials in Moscow later the same day. Swedish FM Carl Bildt and EUR DAS Bryza are both expected to arriv [...]
2008-08-11 09:28:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RU GG
08TEGUCIGALPA765ALBA EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED ON AUGUST 25 AT A HUGE
[...] (C) Summary: Local press continues to spin about the Honduran government's impending signature to Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),currently scheduled to take place with much fanfare on August 25. The private sector has publicly announced its opposition to the agr [...]
2008-08-20 11:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD PGOV HO
08TIJUANA1253EAC AMCONSULATE TIJUANA - REPORTED THREAT OF PLANNED SNIPER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 23:59:00Consulate TijuanaCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS CASC SNAR MX
08TOKYO782JAPAN SUBMISSION FOR TIP REPORT
[...] Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 608 hours researching trafficking issues, conducting awareness-raising campaigns, drafting [...]
2008-03-21 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF SMIG JA
08TRIPOLI120EXTREMISM IN EASTERN LIBYA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 12:50:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPGOV PREL KISL PTER LY IZ
08TRIPOLI166LIBYAN PARLIAMENT CONVENES, CABINET CHANGES EXPECTED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 08:08:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LY
08TRIPOLI227BACK TO THE FUTURE? QADHAFI CALLS FOR DRAMATIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE IN GPC SPEECH REF: TRIPOLI 166 TRIPOLI 00000227 001.2 OF 005
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 10:09:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN LY
08TRIPOLI401FATHI EL-JAHMI REMAINS IN HOSPITAL, DESPITE REPORTS OF HIS RELEASE REF: A) JOHNSON-STEVENS EMAIL 05/12/2008, B) TRIPOLI 375, C) TRIPOLI 229, D) TRIPOLI 280
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 14:57:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI402POLITICAL-ECONOMIC REFORM, JAMAHIRIYA-STYLE
[...] (C) Summary: A private sector interlocutor involved in Libya's chambers of commerce described dramatic calls for reform in a recent speech by Colonel al-Qadhafi as "a return to the natural order of things" that existed before the 1969 military coup that brought al-Qadhafi to power and inaugurated t [...]
2008-05-16 13:12:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV PINR KBIO LY
08TRIPOLI430DIE HARD IN DERNA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 16:59:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KISL PTER PHUM LY IZ
08TRIPOLI458CONDITIONS IN SECURITY DETENTION FACILITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 14:27:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KBTS LY
08TRIPOLI480BUSINESS IS POLITICS: MARKS & SPENCER DRAMA TIED TO FATE OF
[...] (C) Summary: In Libya, major business deals are both political and personal. The ongoing drama surrounding efforts by the U.K. government and investors to keep open the Marks & Spencer retail store in Tripoli, and a campaign by some GOL officials to close it, affords a prime example. Libyan officia [...]
2008-06-18 12:45:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON EINV KBCT PGOV UK LY
08TRIPOLI494JOURNALIST JAILED FOR CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-22 08:52:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI666LIBYAN REACTION TO CLAIMS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT POSITIVE,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 16:40:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KPAO LY
08TRIPOLI680SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE’S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 18:11:00Embassy TripoliSECRETOVIP PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KDEM PTER KISL AU SU
08TRIPOLI819SELF-DESCRIBED REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED RELEASED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 17:19:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL FR LY SZ DA
08TRIPOLI882UPDATE ON RELEASED REGIME CRITIC DR. IDRISS BOUFAYED AND PLANNED MEDICAL TRAVEL REF: A) NARDI-GODFREY EMAIL 10/27/2008, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 819, D) TRIPOLI 851
[...] (C) Summary: The Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) has reportedly obtained a passport and is finalizing travel permission for self-described regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed, who was recently released on humanitarian grounds from a 25 year prison term in light of his advanced lung cancer. The [...]
2008-11-13 12:06:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI889TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN KUFRA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-16 16:16:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCI LY SU
08TRIPOLI921LIBYA SEEKS TO DOWNPLAY TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN KUFRA
[...] (C) Summary: In an apparent response to persistent reports by opposition and international media about tribal violence in Kufra, an oasis town located in southeastern Libya, the Government of Libya (GOL) recently staged a meeting in which tribal leaders pledged loyalty to Muammar al-Qadhafi and or [...]
2008-11-30 14:52:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCI KPAO LY
08TRIPOLI923GOL SEEKS TO TURN THE PAGE ON LINGERING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: A group of older political prisoners, many of whom are in ill health, may be released soon in connection with talks that have taken place under the auspices of the quasi-governmental Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF). Separately, the GOL and QDF may soon significantly raise the amou [...]
2008-12-01 10:44:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM LY
08TRIPOLI925RELEASED REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED TO TRAVEL TO SWITZERLAND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REF: A) TRIPOLI 472, B) TRIPOLI 819, C) NEA/MAG OI 12/01/2008
[...] (C) Summary: Self-described regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed has decided to travel to Switzerland for specialized medical treatment for his lung cancer, a trip he had not undertaken sooner after his release in October because he was weak from chemotherapy. Boufayed has obtained his passport and [...]
2008-12-02 17:00:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO LY
08TRIPOLI936MUAMMAR AL-QADHAFI QUIETLY INVOLVED IN PROCESS TO ADOPT A LIBYAN CONSTITUTION REF: A) 07 TRIPOLI 759, B) TRIPOLI 679 TRIPOLI 00000936 001.2 OF 003
[...] (C) Summary: A new draft was circulated in mid-November to members of a 20-person committee tasked with formulating a Libyan constitution, with the idea that it could be adopted before the September 1, 2009 anniversary of the military coup that brought Muammar al-Qadhafi to power. A well-connected [...]
2008-12-05 13:15:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM LY
08TRIPOLI943DEVELOPMENTS IN EL-JAHMI AND BOUFAYED HUMAN RIGHTS CASES
[...] (C) Summary: An official of the Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) invited CDA to meet for an update on the Fathi el-Jahmi and Boufayed group human rights cases. He said el-Jahmi remained hospitalized with a heart condition, and the QDF was in contact with his family to arrange for his treatment [...]
2008-12-12 16:30:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI969REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED IN SWITZERLAND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REF: A) TRIPOLI 960, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 819
[...] (C) Geneva-based opposition website Libya al-Youm reported on December 12 that recently released regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed had arrived in Geneva for medical treatment. Saleh Abdulsalam Saleh, Director of the Qadhafi Development Foundation's (QDF) Human Rights Committee, told the CDA on Dec [...]
2008-12-18 17:52:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO LY
08TUNIS299SWISS: BEN ALI SON-IN-LAW WANTED RESIDENCY
[...] (S/NF) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX told the Ambassador on March 21 that President Ben Ali's son-in-law Sakher Matri had requested a residency permit for Geneva, apparently to facilitate his business interests in Europe. Faessler said that the Swiss denied Matri's request to send a signal about their fr [...]
2008-03-24 14:10:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KCOR KDEM PREL TS
08TUNIS679CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA: WHAT'S YOURS IS MINE
[...] (S) According to Transparency International's annual survey and Embassy contacts' observations, corruption in Tunisia is getting worse. Whether it's cash, services, land, property, or yes, even your yacht, President Ben Ali's family is rumored to covet it and reportedly gets what it wants. Bey [...]
2008-06-23 13:55:00Embassy TunisSECRETECON KCOR PGOV EINV EFIN SOCI TS
08UNVIEVIENNA343IAEA/GC: ONE MIDDLE EAST, TWO RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Both Egypt and the Arab League have circulated their respective draft IAEA General Conference resolutions (paras 27-28). The revised Egyptian text purports to be based on consensus UNGA language and incorporates some of the French-proposed amendments rejected last year, but is still not a [...]
2008-06-13 08:33:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM AORC KNPP IS EG
08USUNNEWYORK300CONDEMNING SUICIDE BOMBING
[...] Condemns, strongly and unequivocally, terrorist attacks by suicide bombers committed by whomever, wherever and for whatever purposes; 2. Calls upon states to act in accordance with their international obligations to deny safe haven and to bring to justice any person who supports, facilita [...]
2008-04-03 23:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK560STRATEGIC/OPERATIONAL PLANNER FOR USUN MILITARY
[...] USUN requests LtCol. Glenn J. Sadowski, USMCR xxx-xx-xxxx, be activated to serve as the strategic/operational planner on the USUN Military Staff Committee (MSC) from 1 October, 2008 to 30 September 2010, per DJSM 0393-07 dated 4 MAY 2007 (REF A). 2. LtCol. Sadowski is the lead strategic/op [...]
2008-06-25 18:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO AF SU
08USUNNEWYORK835GEORGIA/RUSSIA: RUSSIA OFFERS UNOMIG EXTENSION FOR
[...] Decides to extend the mandate of UNOMIG for a new period terminating on 15 April 2009; 2. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter. End Text. Khalilzad [...]
2008-09-18 17:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL GG RS
08VIENTIANE145EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT FOR LAOS
[...] (SBU) Laos is overwhelmingly a sending country for trafficking, although on a small scale it is also a receiving country, with some domestic trafficking victims in the commercial sex trade. The vast majority of Lao who seek work abroad, including those who are victims of trafficking, go to Thai [...]
2008-02-29 05:44:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KFRD PREL LA
08VIENTIANE410MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONS WITH LAOS STEADILY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the past two years, military-to-military relations with Laos have progressed quickly, including a long-sought agreement to exchange defense attaches (DATTs) and the implementation of an International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. The IMET program began with a [...]
2008-07-24 07:01:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL LA
08VIENTIANE485U.S. AND LAOS CONTINUE PROGRESS IN THIRD BILATERAL DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bilateral military talks held at historic Lockwood Hall on Pearl Harbor August 14-15 confirmed progress in U.S.-Lao military relations and widened the range of activities the Lao will consider during the coming year. One key focus for both sides was the upcoming exchange of Defe [...]
2008-09-04 03:03:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL LA
08WELLINGTON356A/S FORT'S OCTOBER 9-10 VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 9-10 visit to New Zealand, INR A/S Randall Fort met with members of the External Assessments Bureau (EAB),the Chief Executive of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Secretary Caroline Forsyth, and official [...]
2008-10-24 01:29:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL NZ
09ABUJA1907(C) SHELL MD DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF THE PROPOSED PETROLEUM
[...] (C) Shell EVP for Shell Companies in Africa met with the Ambassador on October 13 to discuss the status of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill. She said the GON wanted the National Assembly to pass the bill by November 17 and that the international oil companies would have to move quickly if the H [...]
2009-10-20 06:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA202NIGERIA: SARAKI ON PRESIDENT'S HEALTH, NEED FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Kwara State Governor and President of the Governor's Forum (GF) Bukola Saraki on January 28. Saraki was his usual self, discussing President Yar'Adua's health situation and his own attempt to resolve some of the EFCC's issues by appointing the former NFIU Chief as D [...]
2009-02-04 14:55:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN KCOR TBIO NI
09ABUJA203NIGERIA: UPDATED HEALTH INFORMATION ON PRESIDENT
[...] (S/NF) INTRODUCTION. Ref A requested updated information about the health of Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. We note that our GON and private contacts continue to state that President Yar'Adua is managing his known health issues -- chronic kidney problems -- and is not suffering from someth [...]
2009-02-04 16:33:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA2170CHINESE OIL COMPANIES NOT SO WELCOME IN NIGERIA'S
[...] (C) Two xxxxxxxxxxxx officials recently volunteered that Chinese oil companies had made a lot of mistakes in Nigeria and neither official welcomed their presence. Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) xxxxxxxxxxxx said on xxxxxxxxxxxx the NNPC is aware of how the Chinese have behaved in the Sud [...]
2009-12-02 11:16:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL NI CH
09ABUJA259(C) NIGERIA: SHELL BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON OIL GAS ISSUES,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Shell's regional executive vice president for Africa Ann Pickard and government relations representative Peter Francis met with the Ambassador on January 27 in Abuja and provided an update on problems in the oil and gas sector. Pickard said that things were going from bad to worse, [...]
2009-02-10 16:10:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENRG ELAB PINR ECON SENV PGOV NI
09ABUJA671NIGERIA: PFIZER REACHES PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Pfizer lawyers Joe Petrosinelli and Atiba Adams reported that Pfizer and the Kano State government had reached a preliminary settlement on lawsuits arising from medical tests conducted with Trovan (oral antibiotic) on children living in Kano d [...]
2009-04-20 16:00:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EAID ETRD PGOV NI
09ACCRA1070COUNTER NARCOTICS HEAD DENIES POLITICS AT BOARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) Executive Secretary Yaw Akrasi Sarpong told Poloffs October 5 that while he is a staunch supporter of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC),party politics has no place at the NACOB. Sarpong complained about the lack of effective narcotics enforc [...]
2009-10-08 15:25:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV CVIS XA GH
09ACCRA619GHANA PRESIDENT LEADS FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President John Evans Atta Mills has made private statements backed with public actions about his intention to reduce Ghana's growing role in the drugs trade. GOG agencies are following his lead and have also made a discernible effort to eliminate drugs in the country. END SUMMARY 2. [...]
2009-06-29 16:57:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR XA XY GH
09ADANA4CORRECTION -REASSIGNMENT AT POSTIER, JUSTIN C., XXX-XX-7127,
[...] this is a correction to the previous cable to provide corrected fund cite for the position. All others remain unchanged. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/28/08 3. AGENCY: STATE 4. POST: adana 5. reassignment at post FROM position no. 50006001 manAgement officer to P [...]
2009-01-13 14:25:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
09ADANA47TM EIGHT ARRIVAL NOTICE (DARNELL, DARIA LEIGH, XXX-XX-3781,
[...] STATE, FS-01, HLT, TA NO. 2025942119, FM WASHDC TO ADANA 2. ATA: 07/30/09 3. FSC CHARLESTON; PLEASE NOTE INITIATE POST DIFFERENTIAL AND POST ALLOWANCE EFFECTIVE 07/30/09 4. FOR BF/FS: TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR PAY AND LEAVE RECORD TO FCS CHARLESTON IS REQUESTED. - POST/SUB-POST NO. OF [...]
2009-07-31 09:13:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN TU
09ADANA5CORRECTION - REASSIGNMENT AT POST (CREVIER, JUSTIN C.,
[...] THIS IS A CORRECTION TO THE PREVIOUS CABLE TO PROVIDE CORRECTED FUND CITE FOR THE POSITION. ALL OTHERS REMAIN UNCHANGED. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/28/08 3. AGENCY: STATE 4. POST: ADANA 5. REASSIGNMENT AT POST FROM POSITION NO. 50006001 MANAGEME [...]
2009-01-14 15:58:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
09ADANA53CORRECTION TO REQUEST FOR SF-52, TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 10:29:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFIN APER
09ADANA61LANGUAGE INCENTIVE PAYME, DEBRA NMN, XXX-XX-8720, FO-04,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 06:53:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
09ADANA67PAYROLL CORRECTION FOR CREVIER, JUSTIN C., XXX-XX-7127
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 08:58:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFIN APER
09ADANA69CORRECTION CABLE: POST DIFFERENTIAL PAYMENTS (ONES, LEYLA L.
[...] FOR FSC CHARLESTON: PLEASE STOP POST DIFFERENTIAL PAYMENTS AS OF 10/30/2008 FOR ONES, LEYLA L., SSN# XXX-XX-5155. DARNELL [...]
2009-11-09 07:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN
09ADDISABABA1318UNDERSTANDING THE ETHIOPIAN HARDLINERS
[...] (S) In a rare meeting with the elusive head of the Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and main hardliner within the powerful executive committee of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) party, Ambassador and NISS chief Getachew Assefa discusse [...]
2009-06-08 12:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV PINR PREL KPAO ET
09ALGIERS1077BOUTEFLIKA TO WARD: WE WANT A STRATEGIC
[...] (C) U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander General William Ward met Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika November 25, during Ward's first visit to Algeria since assuming command of AFRICOM. Ward said AFRICOM's strategy was to assist African nations in providing for their own security needs [...]
2009-12-06 07:57:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PBTS KPAL KWBG US IR IZ IS
09ALGIERS1117POLISARIO RESTRICTS ACTIVITIES SEEN TO THREATEN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts with UNHCR and American NGOs working in the Polisario camps near Tindouf say that individual Sahrawis have been involved in smuggling activities, but the Polisario "government" severely punishes anyone caught trafficking persons or weapons that could aid terrorist [...]
2009-12-16 09:21:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS370BOUTEFLIKA REELECTED IN HEAVILY MANAGED CONTEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: To the surprise of noone, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected to a third term on April 9 in a carefully choreographed and heavily controlled election with official results the main opposition leader called "Brezhnevian." Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni annou [...]
2009-04-13 19:12:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM AG
09ALGIERS948ALGERIA SAYS BAMAKO SUMMIT KEY TO REGIONAL
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Algerian Minister Delegate for Defense Guenaizia told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ambassador Vicki Huddleston October 19 that the Algerian, Mauritanian, Nigerien and Malian chiefs of staff had agreed to set up a regional command for joint counter terrorism [...]
2009-10-25 09:28:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV MCAP MOPS SNAR AG ML MR NG
09ANKARA1084TURKEY-IRAN BORDER: A TALE OF TWO CUSTOMS POSTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 04:05:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNECON PINS PTER EAID IR TU
09ANKARA1549ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TRACES HIS PROBLEMS TO ERDOGAN
[...] (C) During an October 26 call on the Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador Gabby Levy registered concern over the recent deterioration in his country's bilateral relations with Turkey and the conviction that the relationship's decline is attributable exclusively to Prime Minister Erdogan. Levy said Foreig [...]
2009-10-27 11:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IS
09ANKARA1725TREASURY OFFICIAL ON FIGHT AGAINST TERRORIST
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 19-20 visit to Ankara, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David Cohen cautioned government and banking officials about doing business with Iranian banks. GOT officials insisted they will comply with all UNSC obligations, but are [...]
2009-12-04 11:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEFIN PTER TU IR IS GZ KPAL ECON
09ANKARA1744Iran Student's Day Protest Feedback
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Tuesday December 8th, CONOFF surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) applicants regarding the December 7th "Student's Day" protest in Iran. The protests were described as better organized and larger than the November 4th demonstrations. Reactions to the present political c [...]
2009-12-08 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
09ANKARA1780REVIEW OF TPAO INVESTMENT UNDER IRAN SANCTIONS ACT
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to Turkish Petroleum Company (TPAO) General Manager Mehmet Uysal on December 13. 2. (SBU) In November 2008, the GOT Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) signed a one-year memorandum of understanding on energy with Iran. The MOU provides for TPAO [...]
2009-12-15 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR TU
09ANKARA226ELDERLY AMERICAN SMUGGLED OUT OF IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: American citizen Hossein Ghanbarzadeh Vahedi appeared in the Ankara Consular section around noon on January 9, 2009. Mr. Vahedi, age 75, told Conoff he had paid smugglers $7500 to take him across the Iranian/Turkish border after having been held against his will in Iran for seven month [...]
2009-02-11 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SNAR SOCI IR
09ANKARA238ANTI-REGIMC O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 000238
[...] (C) Summary: In mid January CONOFF interviewed XXXXXXXXXXXX, an anti-regime constitutional monarchist, for an immigrant visa. Soltani was repeatedly jailed and released by the Government of Iran for subversive activities and narrowly escaped re-imprisonment prior to his visa interview. XXXX [...]
2009-02-13 05:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCVIS IR PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI TR
09ANKARA321DEALS WITH IRAN BENEFIT PM ERDOGAN'S FRIENDS
[...] (C) On February 22, local press reported that Turkey and Iran had established a joint venture company to develop gas in Iran and build a pipeline to bring this gas to Turkey and Europe. This JV was established to further the agreements reached in November 2008 and July 2007 MOUs between Turkey and [...]
2009-02-27 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET TU IR
09ASHGABAT1182IRAN: WHERE TO GO FROM HERE? XXXXXXXXXXXX DIPLOMAT SHARES HIS PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX's advised in a recent conversation with Ashgabat Iran Watcher that the U.S. would be ill-advised to begin talks with Iran, that it would be great disappointment to Iranians who have found hope in President Obama's message of change. He called Iran's leadership "untrustwort [...]
2009-09-16 11:18:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL TX UNESCO
09ASHGABAT1633BERDIMUHAMEDOV AND TURKMENISTAN’S RULING FAMILY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmen President Berdimuhammedov is vain, fastidious, vindictive, a micro-manager, and a bit of an Ahal Teke "nationalist." He also is the only son in a family of eight children. His father is a retired prison guard with the rank of colonel. The father, many in Turkmenistan think, is [...]
2009-12-18 13:57:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TX
09ASHGABAT204IRAN: TURKMEN SCHOLAR SEES CHANGES IN IRAN
[...] (C) A prominent Persian language scholar with close ties to Iranian academics told Iran Watcher this week that he fears that vote-rigging, similar to what was alleged to have occurred in the 2005 Iranian Presidential elections, will determine the outcome of Iran's Presidential election in Jun [...]
2009-02-09 13:10:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT238IRAN: TEHRAN PHYSICIAN COMMENTS ON EVERYDAY LIFE
[...] (C) Iran Watcher recently met with a Turkmenistan-trained physician who has lived and worked in Iran for most of the last ten years. XXXXXXXXXXXX, originally from Ashgabat, has practiced medicine in Tehran since settling there with her husband, the son of a retired XXXXXXXXXXXX. They recently [...]
2009-02-18 12:51:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT370TURKMENISTAN: IRANIANS TRAVEL EN MASSE TO ASHGABAT
[...] (SBU) Hundreds of Iranian tourists from the northern city of Mashhad have arrived in Ashgabat to spend part or all of the Nowruz holidays. Most made the 140-mile trip from Iran's second largest city by bus as part of one of several organized tour groups and are staying at the city's moderatel [...]
2009-03-23 14:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT86BOUYGUES APPEARS TO HAVE A SHELF LIFE IN
[...] (C) During a January 18 conversation with XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX shared the following comments about Bouygues's relations with the Turkmen government and its business prospects in the country: -- It is well known in the company that Minister of Construction, Shamuhammet Durdylyev, and f [...]
2009-01-20 13:21:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EIND CIS FR TX
09ASMARA429ERITREA’S SQUABBLING COLONELS, FLEEING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Things are getting worse and worse in Eritrea. The regime is facing mounting international pressure for years of malign behavior in the neighborhood. Human rights abuses are commonplace and most young Eritreans, along with the professional class, dream of fleeing the country, even to [...]
2009-12-15 11:19:00Embassy AsmaraSECRETPGOV MOPS SOCI PREF ER
09ASTANA1035 KAZAKHSTAN: DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, Energy Officer met separately with a Western manager from the U.S. oil services company Baker Hughes and an American partner with the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, both of whom shared experience [...]
2009-06-17 10:54:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR ECON EPET EINV ELAB SMIG CH KZ
09ASTANA1761 KAZAKHSTAN: POLITICAL ANALYST DISCUSESS "HAWKS AND DOVES"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent political analyst XXXXXXXXXXXX believes that the elites surrounding President Nazarbayev are split into two camps -- the "hawks" and the "doves." The hawks, or the "old guard," believe that the international community can do little but accept Kazakhstan "as is" becaus [...]
2009-10-02 05:27:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA677KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani authorities recently launched a well-publicized anti-corruption campaign that has resulted in the arrest of several high-ranking individuals, including the Minister of Environment and a Deputy Minister of Defense, and in convictions of a number of others. The campaign a [...]
2009-04-22 11:43:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KZ
09ATHENS1725University Asylum in Greece: When Democracy Goes Awry
[...] (C) Summary: A series of violent attacks against Greek academics in both Athens and Thessaloniki during the past month has fueled public debate over whether the university asylum law should be repealed to allow police officers to enter university grounds absent a formal request from university au [...]
2009-12-23 08:54:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV OEXC SOCI GR
09ATHENS997Anarchists and Universities in Athens: XXXXXXXXXXXX Telling
[...] (C) Summary: University of Athens XXXXXXXXXXXX told PAO and CAO on June 9 that student discontent with the Greek educational system, the economy, and lack of jobs, has led to increased violence even among traditionally mainstream student groups. He complained about preferred police tactic [...]
2009-06-16 08:32:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SCUL GR
09BAGHDAD11NAJAF CLERICAL LEADERS FEAR IRANIAN IDEOLOGICAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Three well-placed contacts in the Shia holy city of Najaf told us December 27 that Iranian influence there is strong and that Ayatollah Muhammad Said al-Hakim, whose family has ties to Iran, likely will succeed the aging Ayatollah Sistani. They each opined al-Hakim could begin [...]
2009-01-05 11:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD1103IRAN IN IRAQ: STRATEGY FOR PRESSURING IRGC-QF
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Quds Force (IRGC-QF) officers are active in Iraq, conducting traditional espionage and supporting violent extremists as well as supporting both legitimate and malign Iranian economic and cultural outreach. Iraqis and their government have dem [...]
2009-04-24 16:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR MOPS ECON ETRD IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2562THE GREAT GAME, IN MESOPOTAMIA: IRAQ AND ITS
[...] (U) This is the first of two cables reviewing Iraq's relations with key neighboring states, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and Turkey, in the wake of the August 19 bombings. Part II reviews Iraq's relations with Syria, in the wake of the August 19 bombings. 2. (C) Summary: Iraq's relations [...]
2009-09-24 03:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD699CONSULAR VISITS TO MEK/CAMP ASHRAF AMCITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As previously reported in an email to CA/OCS/ACS/NESA February 12, ConOffs met with the five AmCit residents of Camp Ashraf on December 31, 2008 and February 12, 2009. All five are in good condition. Despite Embassy encouragement to consider their futures as individuals outsi [...]
2009-03-16 11:05:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC
09BAGHDAD759SALAH AD DIN: YUNIS BA'ATH FACTION SEEKS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Men purporting to represent the Muhammad Yunis Ahmed (MYA) faction of the Ba'ath Party (BP) told Coalition Forces (CF) and the PRT on March 14 that the faction wants to reconcile now, and can bring some of Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri's IAD faction along. MYA is ready to meet with a seni [...]
2009-03-19 13:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD791CDA, CG AND PM DISCUSS EVOLVING SECURITY CONCERNS,
[...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on March 19, Charge d' Affaires (CDA) Butenis and Commanding General MNC-I Lieutenant General (LTG) Austin discussed evolving security concerns, politics surrounding the budget, efforts to capture former Sons of Iraq (SOI) leader Ad [...]
2009-03-23 09:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ EPET EFIN
09BAKU132HOW IRAN BUILDS INFLUENCE
[...] (S) Iranian outreach activities in Azerbaijan rest on a tripod of "social engagement" organizations, including an "Iran Assistance Society"; the Baku-based Iranian Culture House and its affiliates; and the Iranian Red Crescent society, based in "Iranian Clinics" in Baku and elsewhere. Importa [...]
2009-02-18 11:10:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL KISL ECON EAID AJ LE IZ IR
09BAKU169IRANIAN SCHOOLTEACHER RELATES STUDENT PROTESTS AND
[...] (C) An Iranian schoolteacher from XXXXXXXXXXXX told Iran Watcher that the vast majority of Iranians (but not necessarily the regime) want good relations with the United States, though most are too caught up with their daily problems to focus on this. She described Iranian intellectuals as "c [...]
2009-03-04 08:52:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SCUL SNAR AJ IR
09BAKU172IRANIAN FILM DIRECTOR ON IRANIAN ROCK, DRUGS, AND
[...] (C) An Iranian film Director told Iran watcher that Iranian society is becoming more liberal even as the regime becomes more "backward." He described a widespread youth culture, embracing all regions and classes, in which underground rap and rock music bands are proliferating and "classic ro [...]
2009-03-04 12:05:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SCUL SNAR AJ IR
09BAKU177"DO US A FAVOR": IRANIAN EXPORTER DISCUSSES REGIME
[...] (S) A Tehran-based Iranian shoe manufacturer and agricultural exporter told Baku Iran Watcher that he and other export/importers utilizing the Russia-Azerbaijan-Iran route and reverse are occasionally approached by known regime insiders or representatives of Iranian security for "help" in br [...]
2009-03-06 09:55:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL ETTC SNAR ETRD AM RU AJ IR
09BAKU227AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ATTENDS TEHRAN ECO SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) On Tuesday, March 10 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev visited Tehran to formally hand-over the revolving Presidency of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) to incoming President Mahmud Ahmedinejad, and to participate in the ECO summit. Heads of State from Turkey, Turkmenistan, [...]
2009-03-25 04:09:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL AJ IR
09BAKU478IRAN VIEW FROM BAKU: VIOLENCE IN BALUCHISTAN
[...] (C) "Iran view from Baku" is the first in an occasional series from Embassy Baku Iran Watcher that will report on short and/or partially documented items of interest to Iran information consumers, but not necessarily warranting separate cables. This cable includes information on reported increasing [...]
2009-06-12 12:11:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PTER SNAR ENRG ELTN AJ PK TU TX IR
09BAKU695IRAN POLITICS: TEHRAN UNIVERSITYSCHOLAR STRESSES
[...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX, told Baku Iran watcher that the latter is "more powerful than Ahmadinejad," and played a key role in the Iranian election fraud and other regime activities. He described Mesbah-Yazdi's political ideology as profoundly anti-democratic, and argued that his behind-the-scenes influenc [...]
2009-09-02 11:09:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KISL AJ IR
09BAKU744"LORDS OF THE MOUNTAINS" WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER
[...] (C) The Kashgai are a little-studied, semi-nomadic Turkic minority in Iran with a history of anti-government resistance. Recent interviews with Kashgai members, supplemented with information from other Iranians, suggest that most of the 1.5 million Kashgai, while still poorly educated and impo [...]
2009-09-18 06:32:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EAGR AJ IR
09BAKU749PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV - MICHAEL (CORLEONE) ON THE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev utilizes distinctly different approaches to foreign and domestic policies. He typically devises the former with pragmatism, restraint and a helpful bias toward integration with the West, yet at home his policies have become increasingly authorit [...]
2009-09-18 11:17:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL AJ RU TU AM
09BAKU915ALLEGED IRANIAN SNSC DEBATE ON SAUDI, USG ISSUES
[...] (S) On November 23, Baku Iran watcher held a follow-up meeting with the Baku-based Iranian contact who provided the information related reftel. At the meeting source provided additional information concerning the alleged content of a November meeting of the Iranian Supreme National Security [...]
2009-11-25 09:26:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PREL INRA SA YM AJ IR
09BAMAKO776AMBASSADOR AND GENERAL WARD MEET WITH MALIAN
[...] (S) On November 27 the Ambassador and Commander of the U.S. Africa Command, General William E. ("Kip") Ward, met with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) to discuss security in Northern Mali. ATT reiterated his commitment to take action against Al Q'Aida in the Lands of the Islamic Mag [...]
2009-12-01 16:39:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC ML PGOV PINR PREL PTER
09BAMAKO815CLOSING CEREMONY OF JCET TRAINING OF MALIAN ARMY
[...] (S) On December 11 the DCM and DATT participated in the graduation ceremony of a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) exercise of the Malian Army Echelon Tactique Interarme (ETIA) 4, in Gao. ETIA 4 is based in Timbuktu. The 10th Army Special Forces Group out of Fort Carson, Colorado, and le [...]
2009-12-17 15:36:00Embassy BamakoSECRETMARR ML PREL PTER
09BANGKOK1998NEXT STEPS ON THE VIKTOR BOUT EXTRADITION CASE IN
[...] (C) Summary and comment. The disappointing August 11 Thai Lower Court ruling against the extradition of Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, and its dubious legal reasoning, requires a multi-pronged effort to seek a successful reversal during the appeals process. The lead judge's foray into foreign [...]
2009-08-13 09:18:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPTER KCRM TH RS CO
09BANGKOK385AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PM ABHISIT AND DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (S) Summary. During a February 12 meeting, the Ambassador raised with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva the ongoing extradition case concerning Russian international arms trafficker Viktor Bout and serious concerns that Bout's associates had been able to influence testimony given by [xxxxxxxxxx]. Ab [...]
2009-02-13 10:19:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPTER KCRM TH
09BEIJING1176XXXXXXXXXXXXDISCUSSES G-20, DPRK,
[...] (C) Taiwan's participation as an observer at the upcoming May World Health Assembly (WHA) meetings demonstrated what could be achieved based on "one China, very broadly interpreted," XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX working lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires. XXXXXXXXXXXX said he would ask for approp [...]
2009-04-30 13:07:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL ECON EFIN PARM PHUM KUNR CH TW KN KS
09BEIJING1336XXXXXXXXXXXXX
[...] (C) CDA spoke by phone with XXXXXXXXXXXXX to discuss recent pressure by the Chinese government to censor the company's Chinese website, accelerated perhaps by the approach of significant political anniversaries.XXXXXXXXXXXXX averred that the root of the problem was China's Politburo Standing Comm [...]
2009-05-18 23:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING1378"UNHAPPY CHINA": NATIONALISTIC RUBBISH OR CLARION
[...] (C) The book "Unhappy China," a nationalistic rant against the United States and China's own supposedly West-worshipping elite, sold briskly in China following its release in March, but sales appear to have tapered off. China's official media have been largely critical of the book. Only a "sm [...]
2009-05-21 11:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPROP PGOV PREL PHUM CN
09BEIJING1634CDA AND MFA ASIAN AFFAIRS ON DPRK
[...] (C) In a June 16 luncheon in honor of visiting Hong Kong CG Joe Donovan hosted by the Charge, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX said that China liked a U.S. proposal described by Ambassador Bosworth here on June 5 to put all issues related to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula into a package for [...]
2009-06-17 06:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CH KN KS
09BEIJING1761PRC/DPRK: CHINESE SCHOLARS ON UNSCR 1874 AND
[...] (C) Chinese scholars in recent conversations with PolOff said that Pyongyang's response to UNSCR 1874 had been "tepid" so far and that North Korea's domestic political situation did not appear to be tense. The DPRK had not anticipated such a strong reaction to its nuclear test from the internation [...]
2009-06-26 07:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KNNP MOPS EFIN KN KS CH
09BEIJING1970RISE IN MASS INCIDENTS WORRISOME BUT NOT YET A THREAT TO OVERALL STABILITY, CONTACTS SAY
[...] (C) A jump in the number of "mass incidents," or violent protests against local governments, in June is unrelated to the recent ethnic riots in Xinjiang and does not signal a threat to overall social stability, Embassy contacts report. However, violent incidents indicate serious discontent belo [...]
2009-07-13 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CH
09BEIJING2063PRC LEADERSHIP STABLE DESPITE TENSIONS; XI STILL
[...] (C) Embassy contacts have reported that relations among China's top leaders remained largely stable, and the arrangements put in train for succession at the 18th Party Congress in 2012 appeared to be holding, with Xi Jinping likely to become Party chief and Li Keqiang to become Premier. Three [...]
2009-07-20 10:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
09BEIJING2112TOP LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS DRIVEN BY CONSENSUS,
[...] (C) The need for consensus and the desire to protect vested interests are the main drivers of Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) decision-making and Chinese leadership dynamics in general, according to Embassy contacts with access to leadership circles. Contacts have variously described relations [...]
2009-07-23 10:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
09BEIJING2438PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR SUGGESTS U.S. NEGOTIATE SE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The unstable post-election political climate in Iran likely precludes the initiation of formal negotiations with Iran on ceasing its uranium enrichment program, according to a PRC scholar. Though Iran is sincere in wishing to reach out to the United States on broader bilateral i [...]
2009-08-25 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2964DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S XXXXXXXXXXXX MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX
[...] (SBU)xxxxx 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. Joseph DeTrani, Mission Manager for North Korea, DNI Amb. xxxxx De [...]
2009-10-26 00:23:00Embassy BeijingSECRETOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC SN CH KN
09BEIJING3128PORTRAIT OF VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING: "AMBITIOUS
[...] (C) According to a well connected Embassy contact, Politburo Standing Committee Member and Vice President Xi Jinping is "exceptionally ambitious," confident and focused, and has had his "eye on the prize" from early adulthood. Unlike many youth who "made up for lost time by having fun" after t [...]
2009-11-16 12:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CH TW
09BERLIN1106CHANCELLOR ANGELA "TEFLON" MERKEL TAKES LIMELIGHT
[...] (C) Less than two weeks after her party suffered losses in two state elections, CDU Chancellor Angela Merkel found her fighting spirit before 8,000 party faithful at a September 6 election rally in Duesseldorf launching the "hot phase" of the CDU/CSU electoral campaign. The CDU has been shifting pa [...]
2009-09-09 16:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PREL PGOV
09BERLIN1108GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chancellery is confident that Chancellor Merkel's policy statement to the Bundestag on September 8 has succeeded -- at least for now -- in settling the domestic political controversy surrounding the September 4 air strikes against two hijacked fuel tankers in Kunduz. Ironically, th [...]
2009-09-10 06:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1162GERMANY'S NEXT FOREIGN MINISTER?: THE WORLD
[...] (C//NF) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman Guido Westerwelle may be on the verge of becoming Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor in a Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU)-FDP government after the parliamentary elections on September 27. He has a strong craving for politi [...]
2009-09-18 16:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1403SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Berlin warmly welcomes you to Germany for the historic 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin is hosting all four-powers and EU leaders at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to mark this occasion. Your visit includes meetings with Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister [...]
2009-11-05 16:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF MNUC AF RS IR KPAL KWBG GM
09BOGOTA1412DAS DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL DEEPENS
[...] (C) Colombia's leading newsweekly "Semana" broke new details on domestic spying by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS),alleging the DAS maintained an extensive illegal surveillance program against GOC opponents and Supreme Court magistrates. "Semana" claims the DAS has had a uni [...]
2009-05-04 19:50:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1632POLITICIAN WITH FARC CONTACTS REACHES OUT TO
[...] (C) At the urging of National Conciliation Commission official Father Dario Echeverri, Polcouns met with XXXXXXXXXXXX-- a politician who was previously authorized by the GOC to transmit messages to the FARC. XXXXXXXXXXXX stressed he had no specific message for the USG, but wanted to establish a [...]
2009-05-26 18:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CO
09BOGOTA3127COURTS CONSIDER TWO CONTROVERSIAL STRIKES AT DRUMMOND AND
[...] (C) Two controversial court cases concerning strikes in the coal sector have reached the highest levels of the Colombian judicial system. The National Mining and Energy Industry Workers' Union (SINTRAMIENERGETICA) initiated the first strike over work-safety issues at Drummond's La Loma coal mi [...]
2009-10-05 15:53:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALELAB EAID ETRD KJUS PHUM PREL USTR CO
09BOGOTA3271CNP HYPOTHESIS AS TO ILLEGAL WIRETAPS MASTERMINDS
[...] (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolCouns and XXXXXXXXXXXX Colombia DeskOfficer on October 21 that the analysis of cell phone calls made by the six signers of mala fide judicial telephone intercept orders (see reftels) submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office pointed to an individual named XXXXXXX [...]
2009-10-27 23:05:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3441XXXXXXXXXXXX TO AMBASSADOR: GOC ANGRY AT USG SILENCE ON VENEZUELA; PROBLEMS WITHIN MOD; NO NEW PROSECUTOR GENERAL
[...] (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told the Ambassador on November 24 that President Uribe was angry with the USG for its lack of response to Venezuela's aggressions towards Colombia. XXXXXXXXXXXX also said the GOC was interpreting the cancelation of Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg's December 1-3 v [...]
2009-11-25 20:06:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC MOPS PHUM KJUS PINR VE CO
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