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07LISBON1940 | 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PORTUGESE HIGH-LEVEL [...] Per reftel, attached is the requested information on Portugal's participation at UNGA: A. Head of State Anibal Cavaco Silva (No plans to attend) B. Head of Government Jose Socrates will attend UNGA on September 25-27. He will be arriving on/about September 24 and departing o/a September [...] | 2007-07-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP PO |
07LISBON1960 | PORTUGAL: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Post does not have any investment disputes to report regarding the GOP nationalizing or expropriating property, repudiating or nullifying contracts, and/or taking any other action with the effect of seizing ownership or control of the property of any United States citizen. 2. (U) Post's [...] | 2007-07-30 15:49:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV PO |
07LISBON1972 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Jorge de Jesus Marques DOB: 05/24/1972 POB: Maputo, Mozambique PASSPORT NUMBER: V102308 COURSE TITLE: Basic American Language Instructor Course COURSE DATES [...] | 2007-08-01 06:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON1974 | BELLINGER REVIEWS KOSOVO WITH PORTUGUESE [...] (U) Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger, in Lisbon July 26-28 to continue a counterterrorism dialogue with the EU, also discussed the situation in Kosovo with senior Foreign Ministry Officials. 2. (C) During Bellinger's initial call to the Foreign Ministry, Bellinger emphasized the USG' [...] | 2007-08-01 15:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ZL PO |
07LISBON2046 | PORTUGAL ON KOSOVO NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Portugal's MFA political director Vasco Bramao Ramos acknowledged to Charge on August 8 that the 120-day period of additional negotiations on Kosovo was unlikely to produce a breakthrough. He said there is a growing realization within the EU that Kosovo will declare independence shortly a [...] | 2007-08-09 06:34:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KV UNYI EU PO |
07LISBON2054 | PORTUGUESE MFA ON MIDDLE EAST, EU-AFRICA SUMMIT, [...] (C) MFA political director Vasco Bramao Ramos told the Charge on August 8 that Portugal has not yet decided whether it will contribute troops to the new UN mission in Darfur. He expressed confidence that the EU-Africa summit would take place in December -- saying the EU and Africa have much t [...] | 2007-08-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PO |
07LISBON2123 | PORTUGAL GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CBP [...] Embassy Lisbon welcomes and grants country clearance for Claudia Monistrol, Supply Chain Security Specialist, and Ralph Martinez, Supply Chain Security Specialist, to travel to Lisbon, Portugal from September 17-19, 2007 to conduct C-TPAT validations. 2. Control Officer in Lisbon is Politic [...] | 2007-08-20 10:37:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PO |
07LISBON2143 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS A/CFE PLANS [...] (C) The Portuguese MFA,s Director for Security and Disarmament Affairs Joao Corte Real told us that Portugal fully supports the U.S. plans outlined reftel. He noted that timely ratification was a matter of political will and that Portugal viewed the Adapted CFE Treaty as a matter of the highe [...] | 2007-08-22 11:05:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL PO |
07LISBON216 | PORTUGAL AND THE INFORMAL NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Summary: Portugal is unlikely to make further commitments for Afghanistan given existing contributions to several overseas operations coupled with the current austerity budget. MFA staff will, however, recommend an enhanced public diplomacy effort by their principals and they look forwar [...] | 2007-01-24 13:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PO |
07LISBON2163 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Diamantino Jose Santos FERNANDES DOB: September 24, 1968 POB: Lisbon, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: V019704 COURSE TITLE: Mobile International Strategic In [...] | 2007-08-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON217 | EARLY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PORTUGUESE COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for Portugal's upcoming Presidency of the Community of Democracies (CD) Convening Group starting in November, the MFA called for a meeting to solicit input from some members' diplomatic missions in Lisbon. The Ukrainian ambassador offered several suggestions in i [...] | 2007-01-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PO |
07LISBON218 | PORTUGAL: SUPPORTIVE OF TFTP AND SWIFT "INFORMED [...] (SBU) In response to Embassy outreach on the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) and SWIFT per reftel a, Ministry of Finance Chief of Staff Goncalo Castilho dos Santos responded via a Jan 10 letter acknowledging the program's important role in fighting terrorist finance, encouraging cont [...] | 2007-01-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PTER KTFN PO |
07LISBON2199 | PORTUGAL: SPECIAL ENVOY ON KOSOVO DISCUSSES GOP [...] (C) Antonio Tanger Correa, Portugal's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, discussed the GOP's efforts to build EU consensus on Kosovo and the impact that the situation could have on internal EU and transatlantic relations. He stressed that the GOP is doing everything within its powers to find [...] | 2007-08-28 17:37:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EUN NATO PO KV SR |
07LISBON2200 | PORTUGAL: SPECIAL ENVOY ON KOSOVO DISCUSSES GOP [...] (C) Antonio Tanger Correa, Portugal's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, discussed the GOP's efforts to build EU consensus on Kosovo and the impact that the situation could have on internal EU and transatlantic relations. He stressed that the GOP is doing everything within its powers to find [...] | 2007-08-29 06:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EUN NATO PO KV SR |
07LISBON2229 | IN BEIRUT, AMADO UNDERSCORES EU INTEREST IN [...] (C) FM Luis Amado traveled to Beirut on August 22-23 to express EU concern about Lebanon's upcoming elections. He and his staff spoke with a variety of leaders, including PM Siniora and Speaker Berri, and encouraged all sides to act responsibly and engage constructively. His staff also trave [...] | 2007-08-31 12:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PO |
07LISBON2258 | PORTUGAL GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA WATKINS [...] Embassy Lisbon welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Officials Tim Watkins, Deputy Director, Rachelle Duvall, Physical Scientist, and Deborah Luecken, Research Physical Scientist, to travel to Lisbon, Portugal from September 21-31, 2007 (Watkins and Duvall) and Septmeber 22 - October 0 [...] | 2007-09-04 14:26:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PO KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY |
07LISBON2288 | AUSTR DONNELLY DISCUSSES TRADE ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) AUSTR for Europe and the Middle East Shaun Donnelly and USTR Director for European and Middle Eastern Trade Affairs Paul Burkhead held meetings with Portuguese trade and economic officials in Lisbon on August 28. They discussed Doha Round next steps, November 9 Transatlantic Economic Cou [...] | 2007-09-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PO |
07LISBON2290 | PORTUGAL GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE BULL [...] Embassy Lisbon welcomes and grants country clearance for Stanley Bull, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, to travel to Lisbon, Portugal from October 3-6, 2007 to attend the First World Materials Summit and give an invited presentation on Advanced Materials and Renewable Energy Supply. 2. [...] | 2007-09-06 15:05:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA PO |
07LISBON2296 | IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: PORTUGAL AGAINST [...] (C) On September 5, Pol/Econ Officer conveyed reftel talking points to senior analysts Rui Caroco and Duarte Nuno G.J. Pinto da Rocha in the MFA's Office of International Organizations and Economic Affairs. According to Caroco, the GOP wants to avoid the addition of any country-specific item t [...] | 2007-09-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PARM PREL IAEA PO |
07LISBON2300 | PORTUGAL ON THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 12:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PO |
07LISBON2301 | US-EU PRESIDENCY CONSULTATIONS DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: US-Portugal consultations on human rights covered the U.S.-EU common human rights agenda and outlined plans for resolutions both in the UN's Third Committee and the UN's Human Rights Council. Portugal agreed to seek common language with us and to avoid controversial measures as [...] | 2007-09-07 12:58:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN PO |
07LISBON2303 | PORTUGAL VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 7-8 [...] (U) Portuguese Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha offered Portugal's views on reftel U.S. policy interests regarding Kosovo, Russia, Georgia, China, India, and the Middle East. She also mentioned that the ministers will take up a discussion on Lebanon and Burma during their two days of [...] | 2007-09-07 14:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | YI RS PGOV PREL PO EUN |
07LISBON2305 | LISBON'S PLANS TO SHEPHERD PASSAGE OF EU REFORM [...] (SBU) During August 28 trade discussions with A/USTR Shaun Donnelly, the Prime Minister's Economic Advisor Vitor Escaria and MFA Deputy Director-General for European Affairs Rui Macieira provided insight into Lisbon's plans to obtain European Council approval of the EU Reform Treaty. Escaria e [...] | 2007-09-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PO PREL EUN |
07LISBON2307 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (SBU) Mr. President: Your meeting with Prime Minister Socrates -- two months into Portugal's EU presidency -- provides an excellent early opportunity to try to shape the Portuguese government's priorities in a direction consistent with U.S. interests, both from a bilateral perspective and in the E [...] | 2007-09-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET | PREL PO |
07LISBON232 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Pedro Miguel Carvalho Pinto DOB: 01Aug1969 POB: Lisbon, Portugal PPT NUMBER: Z101523 Purpose: IMET course 2. Embassy Lisbon has completed an internal [...] | 2007-01-25 12:12:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON2328 | PORTUGAL SIGNED NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 08:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PO |
07LISBON2368 | PORTUGAL: 9/11 ACT COSTLY TO IMPLEMENT & [...] On September 7, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftel talking points on Title XVII of the 9/11 Act which calls for 100% scanning of all US-bound shipping containers by 2010 to Jose Figueiredo, Deputy Director-General for Customs and Special Taxes. Figueiredo stated that Portugal does not have the [...] | 2007-09-13 10:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER PO |
07LISBON2379 | PORTUGAL: INPUT FOR THE PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Embassy Lisbon works closely with the Portuguese government to strengthen its already well-developed democracy and human rights infrastructure. Per ref A request, this cable details Post's efforts to promote the Freedom agenda in Portugal. Promoting Democracy ------------------- 2. [...] | 2007-09-14 09:12:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
07LISBON2410 | PORTUGAL'S UPDATED 62ND UNGA ATTENDEE LIST [...] Per reftel, attached is the requested information on Portugal's participation at UNGA: A. Head of State Anibal Cavaco Silva (Not attending) B. Head of Government Jose Socrates will attend UNGA on September 25-27. He will be arriving on/about September 24 and departing o/a September 27. S [...] | 2007-09-17 15:55:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP PO |
07LISBON2418 | Portugal Solicits Information on Behalf of EU on [...] (U) In its role as President of the EU Council, Portugal transmitted a diplomatic note, dated September 13, requesting additional information about the nuclear issue in North Korea and how the EU could contribute technical assistance. ACTION REQUEST: Post requests the Department's guidance on [...] | 2007-09-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL MNUC KS KN EUN PO |
07LISBON2438 | INFORMAL ECOFIN/EUROMED: EU ECONOMY SOUND, FOCUS [...] On September 14-15, EU Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and Commissioners joined together in an informal ECOFIN gathering focused on state of the economy, fiscal consolidation and structural reform. Eurozone peer pressure would be necessary to keep France on track to reduce its defic [...] | 2007-09-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EUN |
07LISBON2443 | PORTUGUESE RESPONSE ON OCTOBER COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Portuguese MFA Deputy Director General for Foreign Policy Antonio Ricoca Freire concurred with the U.S. priorities for the October meeting (reftel) and reported that Portugal would probably be represented by its Ambassador in Washington due to Minister Amado's other commitments. [...] | 2007-09-20 15:39:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV PO |
07LISBON2456 | PORTUGAL'S PLANS REGARDING THE PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 08:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM EAID PO |
07LISBON2459 | CC GRANTED FOR EXTENSION OF TDY ASSIGNMENT [...] Embassy Lisbon grants country clearance for extension of TDY assignment for DHS/ICE Neviene Habeeb thru March 21, 2008. 2. Control Officer in Lisbon is Political/Economic Officer Tiffany McGriff. CONTACT INFO ------------ OFC : 351-21-770-2575 FAX : 351-21-726-6547 CELL: 351-91-959- [...] | 2007-09-21 14:29:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PO |
07LISBON247 | AMBASSADOR, PM'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR DISCUSS [...] (C) At a January 25 meeting with Ambassador Hoffman, Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister Jorge Roza de Oliveira discussed the media attention and government response to Ana Gomes' vocal investigation of alleged CIA rendition flights through Portugal. He noted that Foreign Minister Amado [...] | 2007-01-26 16:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO PO |
07LISBON2477 | EU AG MINISTERS DISCUSS FOOD SECURITY, HEALTH [...] (U) Food security, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform Health Check, and wine reform dominated the September 16-18 Informal EU Agricultural Ministerial agenda in Porto, Portugal. Portugal's Agriculture Minister Jaime Silva also welcomed debate on the EU's transgenic crop policy to cl [...] | 2007-09-24 11:55:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON TBIO EUN |
07LISBON2483 | PORTUGAL/EU REGARDING IAEA ACTIVITIES IN THE DPRK [...] (SBU) Interlocutors in the Portuguese MFA,s Security and Disarmament Division told us that they are canvassing Six-Party Talks participants regarding potential European Union support for IAEA activities in North Korea (Ref A). They noted appreciation for our Ref B views, and will propose EU en [...] | 2007-09-24 15:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PO KNNP OPDC PREL MNUC IAEA |
07LISBON2500 | EU-CUBA MEETING IN NEW YORK: "USUAL STUFF" AND A [...] ( C ) Summary: Paulo Lourenco, diplomatic advisor to Portuguese FM Amado, called DCM to provide a readout of September 24 meeting in New York between the EU and Cuba. Meeting was described as "the usual stuff," with both sides listening and explaining impediments to engagement, but no resoluti [...] | 2007-09-25 15:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PGOV EU PO CU |
07LISBON2503 | PORTUGAL: CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON AND AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Lisbon September 12-13, Chairman of the White House Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) James Connaughton and USEU Ambassador Gray discussed with Portuguese officials the upcoming Major Economies Meeting (MEM) on climate change and energy security. The Portuguese interlocu [...] | 2007-09-26 09:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG EU PO |
07LISBON2525 | PORTUGAL CIRCULATING DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-28 10:17:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | UN KWMN AORC PHUM SOCI EUN PO |
07LISBON2527 | PORTUGAL: 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OFDP PO |
07LISBON2529 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Goncalo Nuno Baptista de Sousa DOB: 13 December 1974 POB: Lisboa, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: G357167 COURSE TITLE: Computer Science, MS COURSE DATES: [...] | 2007-10-01 06:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON253 | PORTUGAL'S EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY SCHEDULE OF MOST [...] (U) As of January 26, Portugal has finalized most of the scheduling for its EU Council Presidency and passed the listing below to the Embassy for planning purposes. (Note: The GOP is very sensitive about this list and requested that we STRICTLY PROTECT this information in official channels onl [...] | 2007-01-29 10:51:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EU PO |
07LISBON2558 | PORTUGAL: EU TO STRENGTHEN SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...] (SBU) In response to recent unrest, the EU will discuss strengthening both political and economic sanctions regime against Burma during the October 3 COREPER meeting in Brussels. In addition, the EU is engaging China, India and the ASEAN countries, encouraging them to exert greater pressure [...] | 2007-10-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BU |
07LISBON2564 | EU DEFENSE MINISTERS INFORMAL IN PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary. High Rep Solana briefed EU Defense Ministers on the first face-to-face Troika-led negotiations between Serbs and Kosovars. Solana's spokesman said the EU would support any necessary action by troops currently stationed in Kosovo to maintain stability. Solana strongly defended th [...] | 2007-10-04 10:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF XA ZL PO EUN |
07LISBON2570 | MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS: AN UPBEAT ABBAS IN [...] (C) During a one-day visit to Lisbon on September 29, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with the entire senior leadership of Portugal, which currently holds the EU's rotating six-month presidency. Abbas said he was encouraged by his talks with the U.S. and others in New York [...] | 2007-10-04 15:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PO |
07LISBON2571 | PORTUGAL: 2006 TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] SUMMARY: In 2006, the Textile/Apparel sector represented Portugal's largest industrial/manufacturing sector, accounting for 11.8% of industrial/manufacturing exports, primarily to Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Textile/Apparel manufacturers are concentrated in the north [...] | 2007-10-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX PO |
07LISBON2572 | PORTUGUESE REACTIONS TO THE MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 16:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV EUN PO |
07LISBON2591 | PORTUGAL ON OCTOBER 10 BIOTECH VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-09 16:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD EUN PO |
07LISBON2604 | EU CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SPACE OBJECTS PROPOSED [...] (U) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security and Disarmament Division representatives passed us a draft Code of Conduct for Space Objects, on which the EU has been working for several months. The draft paper covers activities to avoid collisions and deliberate explosions, to develop sa [...] | 2007-10-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PO PREL TSPA EUN |
07LISBON2605 | EU JHA INFORMAL MINISTERIAL [...] Summary. EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers met informally in Lisbon October 1-2. An embassy officer attended to follow discussion of such topics as the elimination of land and sea travel barriers in December, the establishment of a counternarcotics analysis and operations center, the sub [...] | 2007-10-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS MOPS PO PREL PTER EUN |
07LISBON2613 | PORTUGAL'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 15- 16 [...] (U) In advance of the October 15-16 GAERC, Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded with Portugal's views on reftel U.S. policy interests including Kosovo, Russia, Libya, the Middle East, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Chad, and Burma. She noted that the ministers will return to the issue o [...] | 2007-10-12 14:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | YI RS KPAL PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC EUN PO |
07LISBON262 | PORTUGAL'S INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Per reftel request, the following list includes five women who affect politics, business, media, and civil society in Portugal: - (Maria) Leonor Beleza, President of the Champalimaud Foundation. Prior to becoming Foundation president, Beleza was a former Health Minister and her interests in [...] | 2007-01-29 17:06:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL PO |
07LISBON2621 | Portugal Confirms Support for Gaer, Requests US Backing for [...] (U) Following the informal notification on October 9, Portugal forwarded a diplomatic note, dated October 10 noting that it had voted in favor of the U.S. candidate for the UN Committee Against Torture. The note then goes on to solicit U.S. support for Portugal's candidacy for the UN Security [...] | 2007-10-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN PO |
07LISBON2646 | PORTUGAL: OFFICIAL WIREC DELEGATION RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On Oct 16, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftel talking points to the MFA's General Director for Economic and Technical Issues Paulo Jorge Nascimento and Senior Advisor on International Organizations and Economic Affairs Duarte Nuno G.J. Pinto da Rocha. Nascimento stated that WIREC invitatio [...] | 2007-10-17 15:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
07LISBON2680 | EU LEADERS CLINCH LANDMARK DEAL ON "LISBON TREATY" [...] EU leaders, at their informal Summit meeting in Lisbon October 18-19, reached an overall agreement on the new EU Treaty that will be signed in Lisbon on December 13. The deal was clinched after the Portuguese Presidency managed to overcome outstanding reservations by Italy and Poland on two [...] | 2007-10-19 15:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EUN |
07LISBON27 | PORTUGAL AND THE LIBERIA PARTNERS' FORUM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 17:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | FR EFIN ECON EAID PO |
07LISBON2706 | PORTUGUESE NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Per reftel request, Embassy Lisbon nominates Ms. Ines Fontinha for consideration in the Secretary's 2008 International Women of Courage Award. A. (U) Name and contact information: Ines Fontinha President of the Nest Association, Sociologist, Author Address: Rua Luciano Cordeiro n. 59 [...] | 2007-10-22 16:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL PO |
07LISBON2714 | PORTUGAL ON THE EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Portugal's October 25 bilateral meetings with Russia will be designed to keep current relations warm. Even the October 26 EU-Russia summit will discuss issues generally and in a relatively short format. The Portuguese noted, however, that they do not see the December 10 deadline [...] | 2007-10-24 16:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV IR RS UZ ZL PO |
07LISBON2720 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON SEEKS PORTUGUESE SUPPORT ON [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Williamson (S/WCI) met on October 10 with senior MFA leadership to seek Portuguese agreement to accept some Guantanamo detainees. He emphasized that Portuguese acceptance of even a limited number of individuals as a humanitarian gesture might provide cover for other EU Memb [...] | 2007-10-25 15:24:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET | PREL PTER PO |
07LISBON2730 | PORTUGUESE FM AMADO ON RUSSIA, IRAN, KOSOVO, AND [...] (C) Ambassador hosted FM Amado for a very friendly, two-and-a-half hour one-on-one lunch at the Residence on October 24. Amado said the EU would press President Putin during the October 26 EU-Russia summit to agree to additional UN sanctions on Iran and to invite the OSCE to observe the De [...] | 2007-10-26 17:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PO |
07LISBON2744 | PORTUGAL TALKS TO VENEZUELA, RUSSIA AND IRAN TO [...] (C) Portugal's energy market is abuzz over Galp Energia's (Portugal's dominate energy firm) recent activities which include the signing of an MOU with Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PdVSA),Gazprom's possible acquisition of a minority stake in the company, and behind-the-scenes procurement talks wi [...] | 2007-10-29 16:55:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON TRGY PO |
07LISBON2745 | PORTUGAL RESPONSE ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points, stressing that the embargo was a matter of bilateral policy and that the UN resolution was an attempt to deflect the international community's attention away from the ongoing human rights crisis in Cuba. MFA International Affairs Officer Miguel Maia do Vale [...] | 2007-10-29 17:21:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | UN ETRD PHUM PO |
07LISBON2750 | US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Iran, all parties agreed on the need for concerted action in response to its nuclear program and pretensions for regional hegemony, as well as its deteriorating human rights situation. On the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the EU emphasized its support for the planned int [...] | 2007-10-30 16:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR |
07LISBON2755 | US GOVERNORS JOIN INTERNATIONAL CARBON ACTION [...] (U) The International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) was launched on October 29 in Lisbon by a coalition of European countries, the EU Commission, US states, Canadian provinces, New Zealand, and Norway. The inaugural event included a signing ceremony followed by several technical workshops [...] | 2007-10-30 18:17:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV EUN PO |
07LISBON2764 | PORTUGAL SEEKS TO COORDINATE EU HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Officer demarched MFA Human Rights Officer Ana Brito to discuss areas where the U.S. and European Union could work together on encouraging human rights advancements in Cuba. Brito was familiar with the proposal and noted that she and the Director for Human Rights Susana Vaz Patt [...] | 2007-10-31 15:31:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PO |
07LISBON2765 | PORTUGAL YET TO DECIDE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID [...] (U) Pol-econ officer delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Organizations Officer Pedro Pinto on October 22 and called to follow up on October 29. Pinto responded that Portugal recognizes our keen interest in seeing Mr. Walker elected to this committee but had not decided yet which ca [...] | 2007-10-31 15:31:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PREL AORC PO |
07LISBON2771 | EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT IN PORTUGAL [...] (U) Summary. At the EU-Russia Summit in Portugal October 26, Russia committed to invite the OSCE to observe the December 2 Duma elections. On missile defense, Putin compared the U.S. proposal to the USSR placing offensive missiles in Cuba. This line garnered much press coverage, which ignor [...] | 2007-10-31 18:47:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV RS IR PO |
07LISBON279 | PORTUGAL'S EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY: NO EXPOSURE IN [...] (SBU) Ministry of Finance Coordinator Teresa Costa told post that Portugal's Export Credit Agency, COSEC, did not have any exposure in Iran, according to September 2006 records. Costa did note that Iran is open for both short and mid/long term export credit insurance, the former requiring an [...] | 2007-01-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN MNUC PREL EXIM UNSC OECD IR PO |
07LISBON2805 | PORTUGAL PUSHING FOR MANDATE OF EU AVIATION [...] (C) Pol-Econ officers met with Ministry of Environment officials to express USG concerns about the unilateral nature of the EU's proposal to include Civil Aviation in its Emissions Trading Scheme and related legal issues. Post underscored the need to engage third countries and urged Portugal [...] | 2007-11-05 14:49:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON SENV ETRD EUN PO |
07LISBON2806 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND KOSOVO [...] (C) In a one-on-one farewell lunch with the Prime Minister's senior diplomatic advisor, Jorge Roza de Oliveira, at the residence on October 31, the Ambassador asked whether Portugal was pleased with the recent EU-Russia summit (reftels). Roza de Oliveira said yes, Portugal's goal was to ensur [...] | 2007-11-05 15:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR RU PO ZI |
07LISBON2881 | PORTUGAL ALSO CONCERNED WITH RUSSIA'S RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) Portuguese interlocutors told us that they are also concerned with the Government of Russia's response to the OSCE regarding election monitoring for the December 2 Duma elections. They said that they are engaged with the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) [...] | 2007-11-09 17:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | RS KDEM PREL PHUM PO |
07LISBON2882 | PORTUGAL'S AFGHANISTAN DRAWDOWN [...] (C/NF) In a November 9 lunch with DATT and P/E Counselor, the Foreign Minister's diplomatic advisor, Paulo Lourenco, made it clear that President Cavaco Silva himself was behind Portugal's recently announced decision to reduce its contributions to ISAF beginning in August 2008. Lourenco said [...] | 2007-11-09 17:41:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PO |
07LISBON2911 | MINISTERS CONFIRM, ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN, PORTUGUESE [...] (C/NF) Summary: In conversations with Ambassador Minister of Defense Severiano Teixeira and Minister of Foreign Affairs Amado confirmed that Portugal intended to draw down its contributions to ISAF by August 2008. The Defense Minister portrayed this move as a "different kind of commitment," [...] | 2007-11-14 16:06:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PGOV PO |
07LISBON2912 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS EU COMPLIANCE WITH WTO RULING ON [...] (C) In response to ref A points, Portugal underscored its efforts to support EU compliance with the WTO Dispute Settlement Body panel "reasonable period of time" ruling due to expire on November 21. In particular, MFA officials told us that Portugal made the very difficult decision to abstain [...] | 2007-11-14 16:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD EUN PO TBIO |
07LISBON2916 | FM AMADO ON KOSOVO [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a farewell lunch he hosted for Ambassador Hoffman, Foreign Minister Luis Amado spoke at length in answer to Ambassador,s questions about the EU,s progress on Kosovo. While defending the Portuguese presidency,s role in making Kosovo an "EU issue" that is firmly stamped [...] | 2007-11-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PO KV SR |
07LISBON2923 | PORTUGAL CONCERNED BUT RESERVES JUDGMENT ON [...] (C) Pol-Econ officer met with MFA Venezuela Desk Officer Leandro Amado to detail U.S. concerns regarding the Chavez government's proposed constitutional amendments, highlighting the potential risks to free speech, due process, and civil liberties. Amado acknowledged reftel points and confirmed [...] | 2007-11-15 17:21:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PO |
07LISBON2926 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Mario Rui Pacheco da Veiga DOB: April 17, 1966 POB: Lisbon, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: G449110 COURSE TITLE: International Maritime Officer Course COUR [...] | 2007-11-16 11:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON2929 | PORTUGAL RESPONSE IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 19-20 [...] (U) In advance of the November 19 GAERC, Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha offered Portugal's views on reftel points, including the upcoming summit with Africa, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iran, Iraq, the Middle East, Burma, and Pakistan. She further mentioned that the GAERC plans to raise the p [...] | 2007-11-16 18:02:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS IZ LE SY PREL PGOV PO |
07LISBON2949 | PORTUGAL ON HUGO CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (C) In a conversation with the Prime Minister,s senior diplomatic advisor, Jorge Roza de Oliveira, DCM conveyed our strong concerns regarding Chavez,s recent maneuvers on the constitution, per ref A, and urged that the Prime Minister represent them forcefully to Chavez during the latter's Lis [...] | 2007-11-19 17:06:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM VE PO |
07LISBON2959 | PORTUGAL ON KOSOVO, BOSNIA, GEORGIA, AND RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) Summary. According to MFA Director for European Affairs Liliana Araujo, avoiding bloodshed in the Balkans is one of Portugal's top EU presidency goals. Should Kosovars declare independence in the near term, the Portuguese believe the EU will be able to issue a statement that takes note [...] | 2007-11-20 17:07:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV PINS RS MD GG BK SR KV PO |
07LISBON2960 | EU-ASIA (ASEAN, CHINA, INDIA) SUMMITS: MORE THALK THAN SUBSTANCE [...] (C) November ends in a flurry of EU-Asia Summits for Portugal's EU Presidency, with the EU-ASEAN Summit on November 22 in Singapore, EU-China Summit on November 28 in Beijing, and EU-India Summit on November 30 in New Delhi. Although agendas include everything from human rights to climate change, [...] | 2007-11-20 19:47:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PO TW IN CH EUN |
07LISBON3013 | PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT ON AFGHANISTAN DRAWDOWN [...] (C) I went alone to my courtesy call on President Cavaco Silva on November 26. It was a warm meeting in which we both described the excellent state of bilateral relations but focused mostly on a constructive discussion of the recent Portuguese decision to draw down combat forces in Afghanist [...] | 2007-11-27 16:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO PO |
07LISBON3051 | PORTUGAL'S FALL REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (U) Portuguese MFA Latin America Desk Officer Leandro Amado reported that Portugal's relationship with Cuba has not changed over the last year. He responded to ref A questions with updated information for the Title III Suspension of Libertad Act report. 2. (C) Economic activity between Por [...] | 2007-11-30 16:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PO |
07LISBON3071 | PORTUGAL LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS PO |
07LISBON3088 | Portugal Confirms Support for U.S. IMO Candidate: Again [...] (U) On December 3, Portugal forwarded a diplomatic note, dated November 28, noting its support for the U.S. election to the International Maritime Organization as a Class A country. As with the reftel dipnote, the MFA once again drew a connection between Portuguese support in international for [...] | 2007-12-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN PO |
07LISBON3095 | PORTUGAL: WILLING TO RAISE ADDITIONAL BURMA [...] (C) Portugal strongly supported the recent tightening of EU sanctions against Burma and is willing to consider further "smart" sanctions, including targeting three banks used by the Burmese government per the USG suggestion. MFA officials asked the USG to elaborate further on its proposal so t [...] | 2007-12-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PO BU |
07LISBON3101 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Jorge Manuel Pereira da Silva PAULO DOB: November 27, 1962 POB: Lisboa, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: G878073 COURSE TITLE: Program in Advanced Security St [...] | 2007-12-06 10:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON3106 | EU-AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT SCENESETTER [...] (U) Summary. More than 100 delegations will be in Lisbon for the EU-African Union Summit December 8-9, representing every state in both organizations, plus a few more. This event will consume nearly 20 percent of Portugal's entire EU Presidency budget. Participants will adopt the Strategic [...] | 2007-12-06 17:04:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PO PREL XA EUN |
07LISBON3114 | NOVEMBER US-EU COTER MEETING ENHANCES DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and EU counterterrorism (CT) experts shared their assessments, concerns, and cooperation agendas at the November 29 working group meeting on terrorism (COTER). In response to the U.S. briefing on the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TS/CTP),the Portuguese presid [...] | 2007-12-07 16:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EUN PO |
07LISBON3116 | PORTUGUESE VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF DECEMBER 10-11 GAERC [...] (U) Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded to ref A policy interests with the Portuguese views in advance of the GAERC meeting on December 10 and 11. In addition to reftel points, Rocha mentioned that ministers would review conclusions on Lebanon and would consider proposals to [...] | 2007-12-07 17:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ IS PREL PGOV PO |
07LISBON3129 | FM AMADO TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche on December 10 to MFA Chief of Staff Francisco Ribeiro de Menezes, who was accompanied by the Foreign Minister's diplomatic advisor, Paulo Lourenco. DCM was joined by pol/econ counselor. Ministerial attendance ---------------------- 2. (C) Ribeiro de [...] | 2007-12-11 17:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL IS PREL PGOV KWBG AMGT PO |
07LISBON3144 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS; PORTUGAL ON THE GGE AND GERMAN [...] (SBU) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Security Pedro Sousa Abreu requested a meeting with us December 10 to review discussions on cluster munitions. At the meeting, we were asked point-blank if the U.S. objected to Portuguese Ambassador Jose Julio Pereira Gomes, Por [...] | 2007-12-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PO |
07LISBON3145 | PORTUGAL: ADDITIONAL EU SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PO BM |
07LISBON3149 | PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO [...] (C) MFA political director Vasco Bramao Ramos told the DCM on December 12 there is a consensus among EU member states that the period for negotiations on Kosovo is over and that independence is the only alternative. He was less certain how events would unfold over the next weeks and months, [...] | 2007-12-13 16:29:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI PO |
07LISBON3170 | PORTUGAL DOES NOT OBJECT TO U.S. OFFER ON GAMBLING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 15:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTRO PO |
07LISBON3178 | EU-AFRICA SUMMIT; EPAS, ZIMBABWE, DARFUR [...] (SBU/NF) Summary. The Portuguese are justly proud of the successful EU-Africa Summit held December 8-9 in Lisbon, even if the self-congratulation is sometimes over the top. Economic partnership agreements that the European mission thought were a done deal were derailed for further study, and [...] | 2007-12-18 16:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID ETRD PINS MOPS PHUM EUN XA PO |
07LISBON3193 | PORTUGAL SIGNS ENERGY AGREEMENTS WITH VENEZUELA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an effort to diversify the country's energy supply, Portugal's national energy firms, Galp Energia and Energias de Portugal, recently signed several agreements for procurement and joint exploration projects with the national oil and gas companies of Venezuela, Libya and Algeria [...] | 2007-12-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PO RU VE AG LY AO |
07LISBON3194 | PORTUGAL CLAIMS EU DELIGHTED WITH BALI RESULTS [...] (C/NF) Fausto Brito e Abreu (protect),Advisor to Portugal,s Secretary of State for Environment Humberto Rosa, told post the EU was delighted with the final Bali text as a starting point for negotiations. He said the EU never would have imagined that, following the Major Economies Meeting in [...] | 2007-12-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KGHG SENV ENRG PO EUN |
07LISBON3195 | Portugal Labor Market Stagnates, Unemployment Soars [...] (U) Summary: Portuguese labor union and employers' organizations agree that three main considerations affected Portugal's labor markets: immigration, labor laws, and training/education opportunities. Labor union representatives stress that the Portuguese government's push towards "flexicurity" [...] | 2007-12-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SMIG PO |
07LISBON3260 | LISBON GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY [...] Embassy Lisbon warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and accompanying delegation to Lisbon from January 9 to 11. The purpose of the trip is to meet with high-level officials on f [...] | 2007-12-28 16:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP AFIN |
07LISBON329 | PORTUGUESE ASSESSMENT OF THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) Pol-Econ officer met MFA Latin American Desk Officer Leandro Amado to discuss Portugal's views of Venezuela's encroachment on freedom of the press, and to urge that the Government of Portugal (GOP) pressure the Venezuelans to respect free speech. Amado responded that Portugal is watching [...] | 2007-02-06 09:31:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PO |
07LISBON330 | PORTUGAL'S ABORTION REFERENDUM EXPOSES POLITICAL [...] Summary: A new referendum set for February 11 on the question of decriminalization of abortion is dominating Portuguese political life. The effort to legalize abortion on demand in the first ten weeks of pregnancy demonstrates a political rift between young urbanites and older rural voters, [...] | 2007-02-06 09:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN SOCI PO |
07LISBON342 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Luis Manuel Correia David e Sousa DOB: 10 May 1950 POB: Lisbon PASSPORT NUMBER: V015370 Purpose: To attend Senior Executive Seminar at the George C. Marsh [...] | 2007-02-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON345 | PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING CIA FLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Public Ministry received complaints from a crusading journalist and European Parliamentarian about alleged illegal CIA flights operating through Portugal. These allegations are undergoing a preliminary investigation, but no legal case has yet been opened. The issue will n [...] | 2007-02-07 17:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
07LISBON369 | PORTUGAL'S VIEWS ON FEBRUARY EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (U) On February 8, MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded to the Ref A demarche points by offering Portugal's views on the Balkans, Middle East, and African policies. 2. (C) BALKANS - Rocha saw this as the most important area for discussion since it would be the first oppo [...] | 2007-02-09 17:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PO |
07LISBON370 | PORTUGAL TO CONSIDER STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING [...] On February 1, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftel demarche to Maria do Ceu Faria, Political Analyst in the MFA's Office of International Organizations. Despite press reports that the Ministry of Culture called for the rejection of a "universal monoculture," Faria denied that protectionism was b [...] | 2007-02-09 18:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EUN SCUL UNESCO PO |
07LISBON393 | PORTUGAL TO DECRIMINALIZE ABORTION [...] On February 11, Portuguese citizens voted in favor of a referendum question to decriminalize abortion by a strong majority (reftel). The referendum question (informal translation) was: "Do you agree with decriminalizing the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, occurring in the first ten week [...] | 2007-02-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PO KWMN PREL SOCI |
07LISBON406 | PORTUGUESE NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Per reftel request, Embassy Lisbon nominates Ms. Ana Vicente for consideration in the Secretary's first International Women of Courage award. A. (U) Name and contact information: Ana Maria Vicente Former Commissioner for Women's rights, Co-Founder of "New Future" Organization, Author [...] | 2007-02-15 07:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL PO |
07LISBON423 | DAS ERIC JOHN IN PORTUGAL TO DISCUSS EAST TIMOR [...] (C) EAP DAS Eric John met with Portuguese officials in Lisbon on February 5 to discuss the situation in East Timor and review military/police operations. All expressed Portugal's desire to work with the international community - particularly with the US and Australia. Portugal was not takin [...] | 2007-02-15 17:41:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO PO TL |
07LISBON434 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals so that they may attend an OFT Simulator Training program from March 3-17, 2007: NAME: Luis Duraes DOB: 29-JUN-1963 POB: Santiago do Cacem, Portugal PPT NUMBER: [...] | 2007-02-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON435 | PORTUGAL ON FREEZING ASSETS NOT SPECIFICALLY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 14:17:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | IR KNNP PARM PREL EFIN ETTC |
07LISBON436 | PORTUGAL FOLLOWS EU ON SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 14:17:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL PO |
07LISBON437 | PORTUGAL'S CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY [...] (U) Portugal is in danger of surpassing its Kyoto Protocol and EU Burden Sharing Agreement 2012 targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The government has proposed implementing domestic policies to reduce Portugal's projected 42% increase in GHG emissions (using 1990 as a baseline) to the [...] | 2007-02-16 17:34:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL PO |
07LISBON438 | PORTUGAL WILL NOT SUPPORT EC PROPOSAL TO LIFT [...] (C) A contact at Monsanto informed FAS Madrid late on Friday that Portugal's Environment Secretary of State, Humberto Rosa, who was originally going to abstain from the February 20 vote, now intends to vote to maintain Hungary's ban. We believe this decison goes against the advice of his tec [...] | 2007-02-16 18:30:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD EU PO |
07LISBON45 | LISBON POC FOR EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-05 15:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KSTC ETTC PARM PREL |
07LISBON457 | PORTUGUESE FM TESTIFIES AGAIN REGARDING ALLEGED [...] (U) As predicted Ref (A),alleged CIA rendition flights remain front-page news in Portugal, recently stimulated by the European Parliament's report and the Portuguese Foreign Minister,s testimony in the National Assembly. Foreign Minister Luis Amado appeared before the National Assembly once [...] | 2007-02-21 16:22:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PO |
07LISBON46 | PSI: URGING BRAZILIAN PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Emboff notified MFA Director for Security and Disarmament Joao Corte-Real about the U.S. interest in including Brazil in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) community by engaging in a direct dialog through our Embassy in Brasilia. Portugal would welcome Brazil's inclusion, accordi [...] | 2007-01-05 15:51:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM EWWT PHSA PO |
07LISBON48 | EAST TIMOR: PORTUGAL'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (U) Jose Luis Arnaut, Chairman of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, led a multi-party delegation to East Timor in late November/early December to evaluate the state of play after a tumultuous year. In June 2006, Portugal sent its paramilitary police force - the Republican National Guard [...] | 2007-01-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TT PO |
07LISBON49 | PORTUGAL'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY MODEST BUT CONVINCING [...] Proving the skeptics wrong, Portugal's Socialist government managed to reduce the budget deficit to 4.6% in 2006 from an all time high of 6.0% in 2005 and increase GDP growth to 1.4% from 0.3%. Even the ever cautious Bank Governor noted that Portugal's economic recovery, though modest, was c [...] | 2007-01-05 17:10:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PO |
07LISBON503 | PORTUGAL'S 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Portugal's submission for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------- Portugal offers a favorable investment climate for foreign capital, both in the near and long term. Its economy has become increasingly dive [...] | 2007-02-28 11:47:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV PO |
07LISBON507 | PORTUGAL UNDECIDED ON SELECTION FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 17:15:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PO |
07LISBON508 | PORTUGAL REVIEWS 2007 CONTRIBUTION TO UN MIDDLE [...] (U) In response to reftel message, MFA International Organizations Officer Ana Paula Molina told us she had been unaware that funding was running low for the Middle Ring Security Initiative. Molina consulted with her colleagues in Portugal's mission to the UN and said they were undergoing a r [...] | 2007-02-28 17:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ PREL PO |
07LISBON513 | PORTUGAL'S 2007 SPECIAL 301 RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Portugal remain off the 2007 Special 301 Watch List. Overall, intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in Portugal is good and IPR legislation is consistent with WTO rules, EU directives, and the trade-related intellectual property (TRIPS) provisions of GATT. In [...] | 2007-03-01 15:51:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PO |
07LISBON533 | PORTUGAL'S THOUGHTS ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC [...] (U) Pol-Econ Officer met MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha to solicit Portugal's views on the March GAERC issues. Energy, the UN Human Rights Council, and climate issues do not fall under Rocha's portfolio, so she did not comment. 2. (SBU) BOSNIA: The EU unanimously supports t [...] | 2007-03-05 11:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | YI IR KPAL PREL PGOV ENRG PO |
07LISBON549 | PORTUGAL'S RESPONSE ON IAEA REPORT ON UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | IR KNNP PO |
07LISBON550 | PORTUGAL SIDES WITH NATO ON US MISSILE ASSET ISSUE [...] (C) Pol-Econ officer outlined our concerns regarding the recent Russian threats against Poland and the Czech Republic in a meeting with MFA Disarmament and Security Officer Felipe Ramalheira. Ramalheira welcomed the information about the consultations with Russia and noted that he had not been [...] | 2007-03-06 09:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PO |
07LISBON557 | PORTUGUESE EU PRESIDENCY LOGISTICS (C-RE6-02209) [...] (SBU) In preparation for Portugal's term as the President of the European Council from July-December 2007, the Government of Portugal established an office dedicated to the logistical coordination efforts. The "Presidential Mission" (Missao Presidencia),led by career diplomat Jaime Leitao, e [...] | 2007-03-06 17:29:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR EU PO |
07LISBON594 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Manuel Joao de Oliveira Marques Borges DOB: December 27, 1960 POB: Lisbon, Portugal PORTUGUESE ID NMBER: 2031193 (issued April 18, 2002; valid through De [...] | 2007-03-09 12:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON607 | PORTUGAL: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] The Monitoring Center for Trafficking in Persons; 2. The Portuguese Immigration Service (SEF); 3. The High Commission for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities (ACIME); 4. The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV); 5. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); [...] | 2007-03-09 16:31:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASCC PREF ELAB PO |
07LISBON631 | PORTUGAL GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO SALMON [...] Embassy Lisbon welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Attorney, Paul Salmon, and invitational guest, Judge Arthur Gajarsa, to travel to Lisbon, Portugal, from March 17-21, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to speak at the Embassy of Portugal's Intell [...] | 2007-03-12 13:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON ETRD AORC KIPR OTRA PO |
07LISBON635 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Rodrigo Emanuel Salvador Oliveira DOB: August 11, 1982 POB: Peniche, Portugal PPT NUMBER: H487457 COURSE: Specialized English Language Training; T-6 Jo [...] | 2007-03-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON644 | FORMER GOVERNOR BUSH MEETS PORTUGUESE PM, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush, accompanied by Ambassador Hoffman, both President Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister Socrates stressed that the U.S.-Portugal relationship transcends party politics, asserting that changes in Portugal,s government do not [...] | 2007-03-13 09:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA XF PO |
07LISBON651 | PORTUGAL: EU TO SEND STRONG MESSAGE ON BURMA [...] (C) Burma must improve its democratic reform and human rights efforts in order to be fully accepted into the global and ASEAN communities, MFA diplomatic advisor Cristina Cordeiro informed post on March 12. That is the "strong message" the EU plans to reiterate during the March 14-15 EU-ASEAN [...] | 2007-03-13 16:55:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BM EUN PO |
07LISBON652 | PORTUGAL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF US-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-13 16:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL EUN PO KTIA |
07LISBON658 | PORTUGAL GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE NEVIENE [...] Embassy Lisbon welcomes and grants country clearance for ICE Senior Special Agent, Neviene Habeeb, to travel to Lisbon from March 21 to September 21, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to support the Container Security Initiative (CSI) team in Portugal in providing container security pre-screenin [...] | 2007-03-14 08:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PO |
07LISBON694 | PORTUGAL SEEKS REPLACEMENT LEADER FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Foreign Policy Antonio Ricoca Freire announced that, due to resource strains caused by Portugal's upcoming EU Council Presidency, Portugal would be stepping down as President of the Working Group for Inter-regional Cooperation in the Community of [...] | 2007-03-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PO |
07LISBON708 | PORTUGAL ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Officer spoke with MFA International Organizations Officers Maria Manoel de Vilhena and Miguel Maia do Vale regarding our concerns over the proposed reforms before the UN's fifth and sixth committees (reftel). Vilhena stated that the European Union delegates were waiting for an [...] | 2007-03-19 10:51:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL PO |
07LISBON709 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Bruno Goncalo Vieira Torcato DOB: November 12, 1977 POB: Lisbon, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: H011965 COURSE TITLE: Flight Safety Officer/Jet Engine Misha [...] | 2007-03-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON710 | ON ZIMBABWE: PORTUGAL'S VIEWS ON EU, HRC, AND [...] (C) Summary: The EU is already discussing action to condemn Zimbabwe in the Human Rights Council, but that action may merely be an EU statement during deliberations. Portugal is actively engaged in negotiations with the African Union on a joint strategy in the lead up to a potential EU-AU sum [...] | 2007-03-19 17:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN XA PO |
07LISBON725 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PO |
07LISBON750 | CUBAN FM DISCUSSES EU POLICY IN PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary: During a March 16 visit to Lisbon, Cuban Foreign Minister Perez discussed the EU,s Cuba policy with Portuguese Foreign Minister Amado, urging Portugal to support greater EU-Cuba engagement. Amado responded that the Cuban government needed to undertake major political reform befor [...] | 2007-03-22 15:24:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU PO |
07LISBON791 | PORTUGAL - ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] Portugal, a country with just over 10 million inhabitants, is heavily dependent on energy imports, with foreign sources providing over 80% of its primary energy resources. Crude oil and natural gas imports comprise 63% and 13% of the total, with coal accounting for 3-5%. Domestic Renewable Ene [...] | 2007-03-23 16:02:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY EPET ETRD EIND ECON PO |
07LISBON807 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Rui Manuel de Jesus Romao DOB: November 26, 1969 POB: Leiria,Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: F016930 COURSE TITLE: Air Command and Staff College COURSE DATES: [...] | 2007-03-27 09:11:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON821 | PORTUGAL'S THOUGHTS ON EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (U) In advance of the March 30-31 Foreign Ministers' meeting, MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha offered Portugal's views on the Balkans, Iran, the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP),and the human rights crisis in Zimbabwe. 2. (C) KOSOVO: Portugal firmly supports Ahtisaari and [...] | 2007-03-28 16:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IQ PO |
07LISBON839 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's demarche on reftel points, MFA Secretary of State for European Affairs (and acting Foreign Minister) Manuel Lobo Antunes assured us that Portugal fully supports UN Special Envoy Martii Ahtisaari's proposals on Kosovo. Should the UN be unable to rea [...] | 2007-03-30 13:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | YI PREL PGOV PO |
07LISBON852 | PORTUGAL: REQUEST FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS IN [...] Embassy Lisbon requests Science Fellows for 2007/2008 to expand the Embassy's contacts with Portuguese counterparts and to develop direct relationships with research institutions. The Science Fellow Program also plays a valuable role in our ongoing S&T cooperation with Portugal as required b [...] | 2007-04-03 11:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL SENV AMGT APER OTRA PO |
07LISBON888 | PORTUGAL AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BIOLOGICAL [...] (U) On April 2, Embassy Lisbon received a diplomatic note from the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, which outlined its thoughts about a proposed amendment to the biological weapons convention. An informal translation of the text follows and the original was faxed to EUR/PRA on April 5. 2. (U) [...] | 2007-04-09 06:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PO |
07LISBON966 | SPEAKER PELOSI'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi paid a courtesy call on Portuguese Parliament President Jaime Gama on April 6 during a Lisbon stopover following her trip to the Middle East. The hour-long meeting was cordial and broad ranging. Speaker Pelosi underscored that the dele [...] | 2007-04-13 09:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PO EUN XF ZP AF |
07LISBON975 | PORTUGUESE PM DEFENDS ACADEMIC RECORD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On his two year anniversary as Prime Minister, Jose Socrates held a 90-minute interview on national television to recap the highlights of his tenure. Nevertheless, almost half of the interview focused on the controversy surrounding his higher education history and the rumors tha [...] | 2007-04-13 13:04:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PO |
07LJUBLJANA100 | SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL SUPPORT [...] (U) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy staffer Igor Jukic on February 21. Mr. Jukic said he will raise the issue with the Head of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, Stanislav Vidovic, and relay information about any further plans for GoS [...] | 2007-02-21 11:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL |
07LJUBLJANA103 | SLOVENIA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of 2006, Slovenian legislation on intellectual property rights is fully aligned with EU legislation, TRIPS and ratified international treaties, and in practice, U.S. pharmaceutical companies have access to the Slovene market. Recent efforts by the Government of Slovenia (GOS) [...] | 2007-02-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SI |
07LJUBLJANA108 | SLOVENIA DOES NOT SUPPORT ZIMBABWE FOR WFP [...] (U) On February 19 Valerija Mikelj from the Department for International Organizations and Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Polecon Chief that the Government of Slovenia shares the position of the U.S. and will not support the candidacy of Zimbabwe's Ambassador Muchada [...] | 2007-02-22 15:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC WFP SI |
07LJUBLJANA111 | SLOVENIA: CONTINUING ITS COMMITMENT TO NATO IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia begins its fifth year of commitment to Afghanistan this week with the deployment of 53 fresh soldiers for a six month rotation with the Italian-led PRT in Herat. These troops relieve 52 troops deployed at that location since August 2006. The GoS announced this fall that [...] | 2007-02-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA113 | EBRD SLOVENIA: PESSIMISM GROWING REGARDING REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) regional director Francois Lecavalier described himself as "completely pessimistic" about the Government of Slovenia's (GOS) commitment to necessary economic and institutional reforms. In his view, the GOS is resisting the ve [...] | 2007-02-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD SI |
07LJUBLJANA118 | SLOVENIA ON MARCH GAERC [...] (C) Polecon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih March 1, 2007. --Balkans-- Arih expected Bosnia and discussion of the extension of OHR to the be top subject in this category. On Serbia and Kosovo, Slovenia remains in agreement. --Israeli-Palestinian Iss [...] | 2007-03-01 14:14:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG KPAL SI |
07LJUBLJANA119 | SLOVENIA: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2007 [...] (U) This message transmits post's contribution to the Department of State's seventh annual report on Trafficking in Persons. Responses below are keyed to questions in paras 27-30 of reftel. Embassy POC is Pol/Econ Chief Colleen Hyland; tel. 386-1 -200-5708, fax 386-1-200-5650. Based on info [...] | 2007-03-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KRFD PREF SI |
07LJUBLJANA121 | SLOVENIA: HOLOCAUST ISSUES SPECIAL ENVOY VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues J. Christian Kennedy held meetings with Slovene officials and research institute, diplomatic and Jewish community representatives February 19 and 20 to press for a fair and timely resolution of long-standing Jewish communal property restitution [...] | 2007-03-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF SI |
07LJUBLJANA122 | SLOVENIA: FORMER UN ASSISTANT SYG SHARES VIEWS OF [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia's former Ambassador to the UN and (subsequently) former Assistant Secretary General for Political affairs at the UN, Danilo Turk, is enjoying a sabbatical from diplomacy as a professor of international law at Ljubljana's Law Faculty. His many years in New York give Turk [...] | 2007-03-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI |
07LJUBLJANA124 | SLOVENIA CONCERNED BY THIRD UNHRC EEG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) has serious concerns about the effect a third candidate from the East European Group (EEG) competing for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council will have on its chances to win a seat on that council. The GOS is not willing to risk losing its bi [...] | 2007-03-05 06:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA126 | SLOVENIA: ACTIVISTS FOCUS ATTENTION ON "ERASED" IN [...] SUMMARY. (U) The story of several thousand Slovenian residents whose records were erased by state officials fifteen years ago -- leaving them in administrative limbo -- hurtled back into the spotlight again this month as human rights organizations and members of the "erased" community launched [...] | 2007-03-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SI |
07LJUBLJANA130 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Econoff conducted a site visit to Slovenian company Aviotech d.o.o.and met with company owner Matjaz Praprotnik. He confirmed his order from U.S. seller Cloud Cap of 10 Piccolo II Autopilots, 3 Developers Kits, 5 Portable Ground Station Kits and 10 LT Avionics. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle [...] | 2007-03-06 14:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC SI |
07LJUBLJANA134 | SLOVENIA: IMPLEMENTING ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Andrej Plausteiner, Acting Director of the Office of Money Laundering Prevention at the Ministry of Finance. Plausteiner is also the point of contact for terrorist finance issues. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) is in the process of harmonizing its la [...] | 2007-03-07 13:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER LE SI |
07LJUBLJANA137 | SLOVENIA: ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AND PEOPLE'S PARTY [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia's Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, and leader of minority GoS coalition partner, Slovene People's Party (SLS),Janez Podobnik took a break from a flurry of recent media criticism -- regarding his decision to compensate a private construction company for disa [...] | 2007-03-08 07:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SI |
07LJUBLJANA15 | SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND JANUARY 26 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 14:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO OPDC SI |
07LJUBLJANA150 | SLOVENIA ADDRESSING ISSUE OF AGING POPULATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Slovenia faces the need to revise pension reforms in light of an aging population and the heavy public expenditures this entails. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) implemented labor reforms in 1999, extending the retirement age. Then in 2001, stop-gap labor reform measures went [...] | 2007-03-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON TBIO SI |
07LJUBLJANA152 | SLOVENIA: GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA REACTION TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The 2006 Human Rights Report (HRR) generated extensive reaction from the Government of Slovenia (GoS),opposition party leaders, and the media. In general, government ministries offered an upbeat assessment, accentuating positive comments, minimizing criticism, and expressing pl [...] | 2007-03-15 12:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO SI |
07LJUBLJANA154 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA EAIR ECON PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA155 | SLOVENIA SAYING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS TO IRANIAN FM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki touched down in Ljubljana for a one day visit on March 14, meeting with Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Prime Minister Janez Jansa, and President Janez Drnovsek for conversations touching on bilateral issues but focusing on the Iranian [...] | 2007-03-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PREL KNNP PINR IR SI |
07LJUBLJANA163 | SLOVENIA'S PRESIDENT TO CONVEY IRAN MESSAGE TO UN [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia's president Drnovsek recently initiated an exchange with President Ahmadinejad over Iran's nuclear activities and hoped to discuss this with President Bush in Washington this week. With that hope dashed, Drnovsek will meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on March [...] | 2007-03-21 04:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PINR IR SI |
07LJUBLJANA169 | SLOVENIA: PASSING ZIMBABWE INFORMATION TO MISSION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division for International Organizations and Human Security staffer Smiljana Knez March 21. Knez said that she knew this was a "hot issue" right now and promised to forward the messages to Slovenia's representation in Geneva [...] | 2007-03-22 05:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHCR PHUM PREL ZI SI |
07LJUBLJANA171 | SLOVENIA: MORE ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division for International Organizations and Human Security Staffer Smiljana Knez contacted PolOff March 22 to add to reftel demarche response from March 21. Knez said that Slovenia is well aware of the seriousness of the situation in Zimbabwe and will work i [...] | 2007-03-23 05:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ZI SI |
07LJUBLJANA178 | SLOVENIA: ITF ADVISORY BOARD HEARS USG POINTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. DCM Maryruth Coleman delivered talking points on allegations of impropriety in the Bosnian demining sector during the International Trust Fund for Demining (ITF) spring Advisory Board Meeting March 20. After an initial stumble in responding, ITF Director Goran Gacnik told the A [...] | 2007-03-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PREL KCRM BK SI |
07LJUBLJANA18 | TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (SBU) At Embassy Ljubljana the following people are the Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers (TFCOs): Terrorism Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO): Maryruth Coleman, Deputy Chief of Mission Office number: 01-200-5588 Unclassified email: colemanMX@state.gov Cla [...] | 2007-01-12 14:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER SI |
07LJUBLJANA184 | SLOVENIA: HUMPHREY ALUM BECOMES TOP GOS HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Slovenia's new Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek-Travnik told COM the 2006 Human Rights Report was spot on, the Roma situation (when put in context) is relatively positive, and estimated the number of "erased" without status as less than 1,000. She said he [...] | 2007-03-27 15:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM OEXC KWMN PINR PGOV SI |
07LJUBLJANA186 | SLOVENIA CONCERNED ABOUT ITS ABILITY TO INTEGRATE [...] (C) DCM presented reftel demarche points March 26 to Ambassador Roman Kirn, Director of the Division for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kirn listened carefully to our request for Slovenia to accept detainees ready for release, and remarked that this is an important developmen [...] | 2007-03-28 05:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC |
07LJUBLJANA187 | SLOVENIA: TALIBAN PRISONER EXCHANGE REVEALS NEED [...] (C) DCM presented reftel demarche March 26 to Ambassador Roman Kirn, Director of the Division for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kirn concurred that the release of Taliban prisoners set a bad precedent and could encourage further hostage-taking and undermine the coalition's se [...] | 2007-03-28 05:16:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER |
07LJUBLJANA188 | SLOVENIA: MEDIA RESPONSE AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian media coverage of U.S. missile defense plans in Poland and Czech Republic has been generally restrained, with numerous straightforward, factual articles, but, as is typical, a handful of acerbic anti-American commentaries from Slovenia's skeptical intellectual elite. A [...] | 2007-03-28 09:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | KPAO MARR PREL NATO PGOV MASS SI |
07LJUBLJANA2 | SLOVENIA SAILS SMOOTHLY INTO EUROZONE [...] (U) The Government of Slovenia (GOS) successfully entered the eurozone on January 1. The Slovenian Central Bank Governor, Mitja Gaspari, and Finance Minister, Andrej Bajuk, heralded Slovenia's entry as the 13th eurozone country with a laserlight countdown, loud fanfare and thousands of onlooke [...] | 2007-01-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA208 | SLOVENIA STEADFAST IN SUPPORTING AHTISAARI [...] (C) Leon Marc, Head of the MFA's Division for South-Eastern Europe confirmed Slovenia's consistent support for UN Special Envoy Maarti Ahtisaari's Kosovo proposal in a March 28 meeting with PolEcon Chief. He said that the GOS would continue to be reserved in its public declarations in suppo [...] | 2007-04-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA210 | SHIFTS IN SLOVENIA'S POLITICAL LEFT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The latest public opinion polls in Slovenia show for the first time center left Social Democrats [SD] overtaking Prime Minister Janez Jansa's center right Slovene Democratic Party [SDS] by anywhere from one to six percent. This represents tremendous progress by SD in the last two [...] | 2007-04-02 15:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA22 | SLOVENIA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia has a small mission in Tehran headed by a charge and staffed with one additional officer. The second officer speaks Farsi and both will be in Tehran through Slovenia's EU presidency which will conclude in July 2008. According to MFA Iran desk officer Maja Novak, the p [...] | 2007-01-17 10:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO SI IR |
07LJUBLJANA229 | SLOVENIA WILL ATTEND MAY 2007 WMO CONGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY SI |
07LJUBLJANA230 | SLOVENIA DEMURS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 14:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PHUM PREL |
07LJUBLJANA231 | SLOVENIA'S EU COMMISSIONER -- INTEGRATION, [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia's EU Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, is one of the country's brightest stars working outside its borders. When his tenure as Commissioner for Science and Research concludes in 2009, we can expect to see him re-emerge on the Slovenian political stage. In his role as Commi [...] | 2007-04-13 14:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TSPL HR SI |
07LJUBLJANA237 | VCJCS GIAMBASTIANI PRAISES SLOVENIAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Defense Minister Erjavec, Chief of Defense Gutman, and Deputy Chief of Defense Steiner were pleased to show off the Slovenian Armed Forces' (SAF) progress in defense transformation and its significant contributions to international security during a visit March 30 and 31 by Vice [...] | 2007-04-17 08:49:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV SI |
07LJUBLJANA241 | SLOVENIA READY TO SIGN U.S.-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA EAIR ECON PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA25 | SLOVENIA AGREES ON KOSOVO, WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Just back from a weekend visit to Belgrade with FM Rupel, MFA Director of Western Balkan Affairs, Leon Marc, expressed the Government of Slovenia's unreserved agreement that there should be no daylight between the US and EU positions on the future status of Kosovo. Raising the pe [...] | 2007-01-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK EUN YI SI |
07LJUBLJANA255 | PDAS VOLKER ENCOURAGES SLOVENES TO KEEP TRANS [...] (C) In meetings April 10 with Government of Slovenia officials, EUR PDAS Kurt Volker reinforced the importance of maintaining a strong trans-Atlantic dialogue during Slovenia's EU Presidency. Discussions at the MFA focused on the Western Balkans including an idea suggested by MFA Security Poli [...] | 2007-04-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IR RU SI |
07LJUBLJANA256 | SLOVENIA: BALKANS, MIDEAST AND (NOW) CUBA ON [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel sees Kosovo as the make or break issue for the entire Western Balkans, and in a meeting with EUR PDAS Kurt Volker, urged continued unity between the US and EU as well as a comprehensive program with strong western perspective for Serbia, Kosovo and the [...] | 2007-04-20 10:55:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM CU YI SI |
07LJUBLJANA264 | ICI: SLOVENIA FOREIGN MINISTER WILL NOT ATTEND [...] Reftel message was delivered to the Special Assistant to the Foreign Minister Andrej Medica on April 19. FM Rupel will not attend the ICI meeting in Sharm El-Sheik due to conflicting travel obligations. The GOS will be represented by its Ambassador to Egypt. ROBERTSON [...] | 2007-04-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA283 | SLOVENIA: MUFTI GIVES MUSLIM ISSUES UPDATE AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The leader of the Slovenian Islamic community, Mufti Nedzad Grabus, told COM that the Slovenian Islamic community is finding its way through past troubles with leadership, on course to resolve the long-standing struggle to build a mosque in Ljubljana, and firmly anchored in the [...] | 2007-05-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PGOV OEXC KIRF SI |
07LJUBLJANA285 | SLOVENIA'S WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action cable, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia is a standout ally in NATO - currently 11% of its active duty forces are deployed in support of NATO, EU, and UN operations abroad - and is making small, but concrete contributions to coalition efforts in Iraq. I [...] | 2007-05-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER SI |
07LJUBLJANA3 | SLOVENIA LOOKING TO EU FOR GUIDANCE ON TERRORIST [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to the head of Economic Diplomacy, Robert Kokalj, and Bostjan Jerman, member of the Security Division, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They appreciated the information provided. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) has yet to encounter any terrorist entities [...] | 2007-01-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
07LJUBLJANA30 | SLOVENIA: DINNER WITH THE RUPELS: KOSOVO/SERBIA, [...] (C) Summary. At dinner with COM and wife January 17, FM Dmitrij Rupel reported briefly on his recent trip to Belgrade where he urged PM Kostunica to accept the inevitable on Kosovo. He said he expected the Italian-Slovenian relationship to improve over the next year, noting a discrete agreem [...] | 2007-01-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IT SI |
07LJUBLJANA303 | FOLLOWING UP ON UNHRC VOTE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Embassy Ljubljana is glad to have been of assistance in our collective effort to undermine the candidacy of Belarus for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). I am very pleased that Slovenia will remain in the race - it is the right thing to [...] | 2007-05-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SI EUN |
07LJUBLJANA305 | KOSOVO: SLOVENIA VIEWS OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) Polecon Chief delivered reftel points to Leon Marc, MFA Director for the Western Balkans, on May 14. Marc said the GOS fully supports moving ahead with a Security Council resolution at this time and is, in general, happy with the wording of the current draft. 2. (C) Marc highlighted [...] | 2007-05-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC YI EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA31 | SLOVENIA IN CAUTIOUS, LISTENING MODE ON CLUSTER [...] (C) PolMilOff met with MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman on January 22 to discuss reftel demarche and ascertain the Government of Slovenia's (GoS) positions on cluster munitions policy and the upcoming conference hosted by the Government of Norway on February 22 and 23 in O [...] | 2007-01-23 05:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SI |
07LJUBLJANA312 | SLOVENIA CLOSELY WATCHING U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCOURSE [...] (SBU) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Department staffer Andrej Slapnicar on May 14. Slapnicar told PolMilOff that Slovenia was closely watching recent discourse on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). 2. (C) Slapnicar [...] | 2007-05-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREL OSCE PARM NATO SI |
07LJUBLJANA317 | DAS MADISON VISIT: SLOVENES EAGER TO GET SMART ON [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian government officials, academics, and media were eager to learn about USG views on Cuba and Latin America during the May 7-9 visit of DAS Kirsten Madison. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials told Madison they have little expertise on issues in the Western Hemisph [...] | 2007-05-21 07:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA321 | ZA RES, SLOVENIA'S NEWEST POLITICAL MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Matej Lahovnik, former Minister of Economy and the leader of Slovenia's newest political movement Za Res (For Real) views himself more as a technocrat than a politician and told DCM and PolEcon Chief that with his new movement, he wanted to put "real issues" on the government's [...] | 2007-05-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SI |
07LJUBLJANA337 | U.S. FIRMS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE AS DEFENSE [...] (S) Summary. Nearly one year after the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that Finnish defense contractor Patria won a 330 million USD (263 million Euro) contract to supply 135 8x8 armored vehicles to the GoS, the issue continues to dominate headlines amid allegations of cost overr [...] | 2007-05-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS MARR MCAP ECON PGOV PINR PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA342 | SLOVENIA/CROATIA: PRESSURE MOUNTING TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary. The unseasonably warm spring seems to have been an early trigger for the annual summer border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia. Following a winter of relative peace on that front, Slovenian Foreign Minister Rupel stepped back into the fray after the unveiling in Croatia on M [...] | 2007-05-29 09:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SI |
07LJUBLJANA344 | SLOVENIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 10:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN OSCE PREL PTER RS SI |
07LJUBLJANA347 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS USG WHALING PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV EFIS PREL ETRD SI |
07LJUBLJANA382 | SLOVENIA: UNIFIED NATO POSITION IS TOP PRIORITY [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel a points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy Department staffer Andrej Slapnicar who will represent the GOS at the High Level Task Force meeting in Brussels June 7. Slapnicar thanked PolMilOff for the points, the explanation of USG views, and the [...] | 2007-06-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
07LJUBLJANA412 | SLOVENIA PUBLICLY REAFFIRMS READINESS TO ENTER [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Office Director Stanislav Vidovic told PolMilOff June 14 that the GOS would publicly reaffirm its desire to join the Adapted Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty when possible (as requested in reftel a). He said that he hoped this would help b [...] | 2007-06-15 11:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
07LJUBLJANA414 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JUNE GAERC [...] (SBU) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Director of EU Affairs, Matej Marn June 14. Cuba - Marn noted the conclusions of the PSC on Cuba and predicted there would be no further discussion at the GEARC. ENP - He did not think Belarus would be discussed since as a condition of ho [...] | 2007-06-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA416 | HARRAH'S HAMMERS OUT 11TH HOUR AGREEMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 5, Harrah,s Entertainment and the Slovenian state-owned casino company Hit signed a letter of intent to build a mega entertainment center in Nova Gorica in western Slovenia worth up to $1 billion in U.S. foreign investment. Since talks were initiated eighteen months ago [...] | 2007-06-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD SI |
07LJUBLJANA418 | COM'S JUNE 14 LUNCH WITH PRIME MINISTER JANSA [...] (C) Summary: At a lunch hosted by Prime Minister Janez Jansa for COM June 14, the Ambassador urged Slovenia to exert strong leadership during its upcoming EU Presidency (January-June, 2008). Jansa discussed themes for the Presidency, warned about the potentially explosive situation in Kosov [...] | 2007-06-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PINS EINV MOPS ECON PHUM ETRD PGOV |
07LJUBLJANA427 | SLOVENIA HAS NO ASSETS OR INFORMATION INRE IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-29 14:16:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN PARM KNNP IR EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA432 | KEEPING SLOVENIA IN IRAQ: HELP NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Slovenia's active support for coalition efforts in Iraq could terminate after only eighteen months. With its commitment of four troops halved to two by the reduction of billets at NTM-I earlier this year and the two re [...] | 2007-07-02 12:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR IZ SI |
07LJUBLJANA439 | SLOVENE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN CRISIS [...] (U) Summary. The Slovene Intelligence and Security Agency (SOVA) has come under close scrutiny recently by a Government of Slovenia (GOS) task force specially formed to investigate alleged irregularities in SOVA's performance. What was intended to be a confidential investigation was leaked to [...] | 2007-07-05 13:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PGOV PINR SI |
07LJUBLJANA44 | SLOVENIA: ANOTHER NEW FACE IN THE PROVINCES, [...] (U) Summary. Maribor, Slovenia's second city situated in the northeast, voted Franc Kangler of the Slovene People's Party (SLS) into office in the October 2006 elections. After 47 days in office, he is confident he can meet 70% of his campaign promises by the end of this year. Kangler spent [...] | 2007-01-29 14:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EINV SI |
07LJUBLJANA440 | SLOVENIA ON 5TH SESSION OF UNHRC [...] Polecon Chief delivered reftel points to Smiljana Knez, Head of the Office for Human Rights at the MFA. Knez said she appreciated and shared much of the USG frustration with the recent session of the UNHRC. Though Slovenia did not become a member until June 19, she had been aware of the very [...] | 2007-07-05 13:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA45 | SLOVENIA: COM ENGAGES DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary: The new State Secretary (Deputy FM) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andrej Ster and the new Director of the MFA's Division of the Americas, Roman Kirn, impressed COM as responsive and well informed on several thorny bilateral issues. The importance of close cooperation betwee [...] | 2007-01-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA454 | SLOVENIA ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (U) On July 4, the GOS officially endorsed the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principals. Post received a diplomatic note regarding the endorsement on July 9. 2. (SBU) A subsequent conversation between Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Office Director [...] | 2007-07-16 15:16:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA457 | SLOVENIA SYMPATHETIC TO MANY U.S. PRIORITIES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA46 | SLOVENIA: LJUBLJANA'S MAYOR A MAN TO WATCH: ZORAN [...] (C) Summary: Zoran Jankovic, previously CEO of Slovenia's largest retail company, Mercator, is now mayor of Ljubljana, and he has a mission. He has 45 projects for the city, 22 of which are high priority, including building several parking garages, widening key avenues, building 50,000 mor [...] | 2007-01-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA469 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JULY GAERC [...] (C) Acting PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Office of EU Affairs representative Aljaz Arih July 18. Kosovo - Arih expressed hope that a UN resolution can be reached within the additional 120 days allocated for negotiation but is not optimistic. Slovenia has made no official deci [...] | 2007-07-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA47 | INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN SLOVENIA [...] Responding to reftel, Post has identified the following as the top five most influential women in Slovenia. -- Barbara Brezigar - State Prosecutor General and former Presidential Candidate; Office of the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia, Dunajska cesta 22, 1511 Ljublana [...] | 2007-01-29 15:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWNM EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA497 | SLOVENES TO ATTEND 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer Mateja Stojanovic informed Emboff on July 30 that Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel plan to attend the UN General Assembly meeting in New York City. Both will arrive in New York September 23 and depart September 2 [...] | 2007-08-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA51 | POLITICAL CURRENTS THREATEN TO SINK CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary. Central Bank Governor, Mitja Gaspari, widely credited for guiding Slovenia's successful adoption of the Euro, finds himself embroiled in a political controversy that threatens his renomination as Governor. Right wing legislators accuse Gaspari of undermining Slovenia's credibili [...] | 2007-01-30 15:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN SI |
07LJUBLJANA516 | SLOVENIA FOCUSES ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] (U) Summary. In an August 7 meeting, Sonja Robnik, Senior Advisor in the government's Office for Equal Opportunities, told PolEcon officer that the government of Slovenia is working on new legislation that would criminalize domestic violence that it will propose soon. Currently there is no umb [...] | 2007-08-10 08:54:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SI |
07LJUBLJANA52 | SLOVENIA: MOUNTAIN SCHOOL LOOKING FOR WAYS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a January 24 meeting with Lt. Miha Kuhar, the director of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) Mountain Warfare School, Kuhar eagerly embraced suggestions that the school partner with the U.S. Military's Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany and expressed [...] | 2007-01-30 15:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL NATO SI |
07LJUBLJANA523 | RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE BRINGS US-SLOVENIAN [...] (U) Summary. With support from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund and the International Information Programs Division, the Embassy organized a one-day Clean Energy Innovation Conference on June 26 that emphasized the importance of alternative energy as a strategy for economic developmen [...] | 2007-08-14 15:19:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD OIIP KPAO SI |
07LJUBLJANA544 | SLOVENE PM VOICES CONCERN ABOUT KOSOVO DURING COM [...] (S) During COM's farewell call with Prime Minister Janez Jansa August 17, Jansa expressed concern that we have missed the best opportunity to resolve the Kosovo issue and warned that a solution is needed soon to prevent violence. He called the U.S. the "main hope," and blamed some European [...] | 2007-08-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PREL PGOV EINV CASC PHUM PARM ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA547 | SLOVENES SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO SI |
07LJUBLJANA558 | SLOVENIA RENEWS ITS COMMITMENT TO NMT-I [...] (C) Slovenia has renewed its commitment to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) by deploying two fresh troops to Baghdad to replace two soldiers who returned to Slovenia as scheduled. An officer who will perform logistical base operations and a non-commissioned officer who will serve as [...] | 2007-08-30 11:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SI |
07LJUBLJANA559 | SLOVENIA: TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST RIAD SEIF [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting with Director General of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry's Directorate for European Affairs and Bilateral Political Relations Bogdan Benko, Charge d'Affaires requested that Slovenia issue a public statment similar to the Department's August 15 statement calling on th [...] | 2007-08-30 11:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN JA KDEM PREL SA SY SI |
07LJUBLJANA560 | SLOVENIA RENEWS ITS COMMITMENT TO NMT-I [...] (C) Slovenia has renewed its commitment to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) by deploying two fresh troops to Baghdad to replace two soldiers who returned to Slovenia as scheduled. An officer who will perform logistical base operations and a non-commissioned officer who will serve as [...] | 2007-08-30 12:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SI |
07LJUBLJANA561 | SLOVENIA LIKELY TO MAKE PRESENTATION AT [...] (SBU) In an August 30 meeting with Dr. Andrej Stritar, Director of the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, Charge d'Affaires made reftel's points encouraging Slovenia's participation in the September 26 meeting in Vienna. Stritar said that Janez Cesarek, from the Department of Radiation, [...] | 2007-08-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM IR KNNP SI |
07LJUBLJANA563 | URGING SLOVENIAN SUPPORT FOR CONSENSUS PACKAGE ON [...] (C) In separate August 30 meetings with Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry's Security Policy Division and with Dr. Andrej Stritar, Director of the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, Charge d'Affaires urged Slovenia to support a consensus outcome, or, failing that, [...] | 2007-08-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EG EUN PARM PREL IAEA IS JA SI |
07LJUBLJANA564 | OECD ACCESSION CRITERIA FOR SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) In post's judgment, Slovenia should not have many difficulties fulfilling the accession to the OECD. It meets many of the pre-accession criteria and shares the fundamental common values. Since independence in 1991, its foreign policy goal has been to integrate into the Euro-Atlantic co [...] | 2007-08-30 17:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD PGOV OECD KDEM SENV SI |
07LJUBLJANA57 | SLOVENIAN CITIES HOPE TO BECOME "BOOMTOWNS" [...] (U) Summary. After years of recession and high unemployment as former socialist industries collapsed, Slovenia's northeast now aims to become a "boomtown." The cornerstone of the projected development is the strategic cooperation between municipalities Maribor and Hoce-Slivnica, Maribor Airpor [...] | 2007-01-31 10:28:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV ELTN SI |
07LJUBLJANA581 | SLOVENIA: TERRORIST FINANCE - PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) Pol/Econ Chief shared reftel's points with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Americas Division on a close hold basis. The MFA appreciated our pre-notification; however, they indicated that it was very doubtful that any of these individuals were active in Slovenia. COLEMAN [...] | 2007-09-06 05:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA SI |
07LJUBLJANA584 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER INFORMAL GYMNICH [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 3. 2. (C) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Office of EU Affairs representative Aljaz Arih on September 5. He said that he expected that most of the Gymnich would focus on Russia, rather than on other strategic partnerships with In [...] | 2007-09-06 10:24:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN SI |
07LJUBLJANA585 | SLOVENIA TO REPLY SOON ON IRAN ISSUE AT UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 15:47:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IAEA AORC |
07LJUBLJANA587 | SLOVENE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) EmbOff delivered reftel points to MFA Office of International Organizations and Human Rights representative Nina Lenardic Purkart on September 6. She stated that Slovenia appreciates the U.S. position on these issues and offered the following: 2. (U) Despite U.S. concerns, Slovenia sup [...] | 2007-09-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EUN UNGA SI |
07LJUBLJANA590 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (C) EmbOff delivered reftel points to MFA Security Policy Division representative Mateja Kracun on September 10. She stated that the MFA had instructed its permanent representative to NATO to support North Atlantic Council Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's planned visit to SIPDIS T [...] | 2007-09-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA60 | SLOVENIA'S NEW UN AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON [...] (U) On January 30 Slovenia's newly appointed Ambassador to the United Nations Sanja Stiglic (pronounced SAN-ya SHTEE-glitz) paid a courtesy call on COM before her planned departure for the United States on February 3. Stiglic, a career diplomat, is the fourth Slovenian Ambassador to the Unite [...] | 2007-01-31 14:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP PINR PREL UNGA SI |
07LJUBLJANA600 | SLOVENIA: DEMARCH ON EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] (C) In a September 18 meeting with arko Purkart of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry'sSecurity Policy Division, Pol-Econ Chief conveye U.S. support for EU involvement on the Lebanon-yria border along the lines discussed reftel. Pukart described the EU state of play on a possible brder mission, ex [...] | 2007-09-18 15:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PRE SY IS LE EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA602 | SLOVENE BUSINESS LEADER ASSESSES CHALLENGES OF [...] (C) At a lunch hosted by CDA September 12, Viktor Baraga, chairman of the supervisory boards of Slovenian energy company Petrol and gaming company Hit, discussed the problems these two companies have experienced in advancing joint venture projects with Russian and U.S. partners. He stated tha [...] | 2007-09-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EUN PREL PINR SI |
07LJUBLJANA603 | SLOVENE RESPONSE TO SUPPORT FOR SPLIT-CURRENCY FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ICAO SI |
07LJUBLJANA606 | SLOVENIA'S CONCERNS ABOUT EU BORDER MISSION FOR [...] (C) On September 20, Blaz Masle from the MFA's Division for Near East and Africa passed along the government's latest position on an EU Border Mission for the Lebanon-Syria border. Masle stated that Slovenia was in favor of a fact-finding mission once the EU received agreements from both gove [...] | 2007-09-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA607 | SLOVENIA CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTING TO THE SPECIAL [...] (C) On September 20, CDA delivered reftel's talking points to Blaz Masle at the MFA's Division for Near East and Africa and encouraged Slovenia to contribute to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. During a September 21 discussion, Matjaz Kovacic, head of the MFA's International Organizations Di [...] | 2007-09-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PTER SI |
07LJUBLJANA624 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE [...] (U) CDA delivered reftel points to Ambassador Janez Premoze, Head of the COASI Working Group at the MFA Division for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. Premoze stated that Slovenia supports the joint US-EU statement on Burma, the statement issued by EU Presidency Chair Portugal, and the UK propos [...] | 2007-10-03 17:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM SI |
07LJUBLJANA632 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER 15-16 FOREIGN [...] (U) This is an action request cable, please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) On October 9, P/E Chief delivered reftel's points to MFA Director of EU Affairs Matej Marn. He offered the following: WTO/DDA ------- 3. (C) Marn commented that WTO/DDA would be a short point on the GAERC agenda - Com [...] | 2007-10-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS IZ |
07LJUBLJANA639 | SLOVENIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: THE CHALLENGES OF [...] (SBU) On October 2, CDA met with Ambassador Janez Premoze, Head of the COASI Working Group at the MFA Division for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, to deliver a demarche on keeping pressure on the Burmese regime. The ensuing discussion revealed that Slovenia has very few diplomatic resources in [...] | 2007-10-11 05:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA640 | SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. OPPOSITION TO [...] (U) On October 10, EmbOff delivered reftel points to MFA Security Policy Division Counselor Irina Gorsic. Gorsic stated she would pass points to Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty lead Ambassador Robert Basej. Gorsic reported that she expects there will be internal EU discussions on the issue [...] | 2007-10-11 05:47:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC UNGA SI |
07LJUBLJANA648 | DEMARCHE ON IRAN TO SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) On October 12, Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel points to MFA State Secretary Matjaz Sinkovec and urged Slovenia to advocate for a strong GAERC statement on Iran. Sinkovec explained that while Slovenia preferred UN sanctions, it had no problem with discussions about autonomous European s [...] | 2007-10-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR XF EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA651 | SLOVENES AWARE OF WIREC 2008, BUT PRESIDING OVER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAID EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA SI |
07LJUBLJANA660 | SLOVENIA'S PLANNED ASSISTANCE TO EU ESDP RULE OF [...] (C) In an October 18 meeting, Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Security Policy Stanislav Vidovic told us that Slovenia's offer to provide pre-mission training to the core group of 20-25 of the ESDP Rule of Law Mission was "on track." At the October 10-11 EUPT Conference in P [...] | 2007-10-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM EAID EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA661 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN BURMA [...] (U) EmbOff delivered reftel A points to Minister Counselor Melina Radenkovic of the MFA Division for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. Radenkovic stated that Slovenia supports the EU amd UN positions on Burma. Although Slovenia does not have any existing or planned foreign assistance programs in [...] | 2007-10-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM SI |
07LJUBLJANA662 | SLOVENIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT [...] (U) Slovenia's Presidential election will take place this Sunday, October 21. The State Electoral Commission has confirmed the candidacies of seven citizens. The top two finishers will go to a second round on November 11 if neither garners over 50 percent of the vote. Polls still predict Eur [...] | 2007-10-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA665 | SLOVENIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PRELIMINARY RESULTS [...] (U) On October 21, Slovenians voted to elect the new president of the republic a five year term. According to unofficial preliminary results, center-right candidate and frontrunner Lojze Peterle will face center-left candidate Danilo Tuerk in the second round on November 11. As of October 22 [...] | 2007-10-23 05:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA666 | SLOVENES FOCUSED ON BALKANS AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Slovene officials assured visiting EUR DAS Judy Garber October 4-5 that the GOS views the transatlantic relationship as vital even as it becomes increasingly immersed in the internal business of the EU Presidency. Garber welcomed Slovenia,s Presidency and stressed that the U.S. is looking [...] | 2007-10-24 09:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NATO PGOV PHUM ENRG SI |
07LJUBLJANA667 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS COMMON EU POSITION ON SANCTIONS [...] (C) On October 24, EmbOffs urged Ambassador Janez Premoze, head of the MFA Division for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, to consider implementing or toughening financial sanctions against the Burmese government, particularly bans on the export of financial services and on new investment, as requ [...] | 2007-10-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM SI |
07LJUBLJANA669 | SLOVENIA FOLLOWS EU STANCE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On October 22, Emboff met with Nina Lenardic Purkart from the Human Rights Division at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to solicit the Government of Slovenia's support for U.S. resolutions as outlined in reftel. Purkart stated that Slovenia is in line with the EU on the U.S. pr [...] | 2007-10-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN SI |
07LJUBLJANA671 | SLOVENIA OPEN TO US-EU COOPERATIVE APPROACHES TO [...] (C) On October 25, EmbOff met with Smiljana Knez, head of the MFA's Human Rights Unit, to urge the Slovenian MFA to balance out the loss of the Cuban Special Representative to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and pursue actions to promote democratic transition in Cuba, as requested in refte [...] | 2007-10-25 14:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU UNGA PHUM SI |
07LJUBLJANA672 | SLOVENIA ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (SBU) On October 25, EmbOff met with Smiljana Knez, head of the MFA's Human Rights Unit, to urge Slovenia to vote against, or, at a minimum, abstain on the annual UNGA resolution introduced by Cuba condemning the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba, per reftel. EmbOff also asked that the GOS [...] | 2007-10-25 14:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU SI |
07LJUBLJANA676 | SLOVENIA: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered U.S. non-paper and fact sheet on October 25 after 9:00 am EST to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, per request reftel. A/DCM urged GOS officials to take parallel steps to isolate these entities from the international financial system and to d [...] | 2007-10-25 15:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN SI |
07LJUBLJANA681 | SLOVENIA DISASTER DECLARATION [...] I am declaring a disaster in Slovenia for the loss of lives, property, livelihoods, and serious damage to infrastructure caused by a surprise flood that damaged one-third of the Republic of Slovenia. I hereby request $50,000 for disaster relief from USAID/OFDA. 2. On September 18, 2007, Pr [...] | 2007-10-26 14:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA682 | SLOVENIA ON BURMESE PARTICIPATION IN EU-ASEAN [...] (C) On October 26, EmbOff met with Milena Radenkovic, Third Secretary in the MFA's Division of Asia, Africa and Pacific, to urge Slovenia to press the ASEAN members to disinvite Burma from the upcoming EU-ASEAN Summit and to use Slovenia's participation in the summit as an opportunity to cal [...] | 2007-10-26 14:48:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM SI |
07LJUBLJANA683 | SLOVENIA: ALIGNED WITH EU POLICY ON COMBATTING PKK [...] (S) In an October 26 meeting with Ambassador Andrej Grasseli of the MFA's Department for Southeastern Europe and Turkey, A/DCM drew upon reftel's points to raise U.S. concerns about the rise in PKK attacks and the need for concrete actions to stop this terrorist threat. After condemning the P [...] | 2007-10-26 15:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA684 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE SAUDI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN SI |
07LJUBLJANA685 | SLOVENIA WILL VOTE FOR DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] (C) On October 30, EmbOff met with Blazka Kepic, head of the United Nations System Section of the MFA's Division for International Organizations and Human Security, to urge Slovenia to instruct its delegation to the UN in New York to vote for Mr. Walker in the Independent Audit Advisory Commi [...] | 2007-10-30 14:54:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC UN UNGA SI |
07LJUBLJANA687 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 15:13:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA IMO SI |
07LJUBLJANA688 | SLOVENIA CONSIDERING THEMES FOR FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) In an October 30 meeting with Andrej Svetlicic from the Legal Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Emboffs invited Svetlicic and other senior Slovenian officials attending the Lisbon financial sanctions workshop to meet on November 28, immediately after the Portuguese-hosted wo [...] | 2007-10-30 15:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA69 | SLOVENIA: FORMER PRESIDENT KUCAN LAMENTS LACK OF [...] (C) Summary: Milan Kucan, independent Slovenia's first and longest serving president continues to hold his finger to the nation's political pulse. On February 1, he shared with COM his views on domestic politics and what he terms a lack of vision by both the ruling coalition and the opposition [...] | 2007-02-05 15:45:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI |
07LJUBLJANA700 | SLOVENIA/INCSR: 2007 - 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 14:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM SI |
07LJUBLJANA701 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY AGENDA AT 4TH [...] (C) On November 6, EmbOff met with Blazka Kepic, head of United Nations System Section of the MFA's Division for International Organizations and Human Security, to inquire about Slovenia's delegation list to the 4th Community of Democracies (CD) Meeting, urge the GOS to support the draft decl [...] | 2007-11-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA SI |
07LJUBLJANA704 | SLOVENIA EAGER TO HEAR FROM DAS DICARLO ON BALKAN [...] (C) In a series of November 5 meetings with EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo, senior MFA officials urged close cooperation and sought U.S. views as to the way forward on Balkan issues, which Slovenia sees as a priority issue for its EU Presidency. The Slovenes stressed the importance of speeding up [...] | 2007-11-09 11:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA705 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS PRESSING GOR ON ODHIR, BUT NOT [...] (C) On November 9, Emboff delivered reftel points to Damjan Bergant, Section Head for OSCE in the MFA Division for International Organizations and Human Security. Bergant stated that Slovenia shares US disappointment in the GOR's approach to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and H [...] | 2007-11-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM RS SI |
07LJUBLJANA707 | SLOVENIA ELECTS DANILO TUERK NEW PRESIDENT IN LANDSLIDE [...] (U) On November 11, Slovenians voted in the second round of presidential elections and overwhelmingly elected center-left candidate Danilo Tuerk the new president of the republic for a five-year term. According to unofficial preliminary results, Tuerk won with a strong majority of nearly 70 p [...] | 2007-11-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA71 | SLOVENIA RESPONSE TO FEBRUARY GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polecon Chief met with MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih to discuss reftel points February 9. -- Kosovo/Serbia: The GOS sees Ahtisaari's presentation of his draft plan as a significant step toward settlement of Kosovo's status and agrees with the USG that a firm timeline should be maint [...] | 2007-02-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SI |
07LJUBLJANA712 | SLOVENIA: NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO DELIVERY OF EU [...] (SBU) On November 9, EmbOff delivered to Simona Rogl, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's Unit for EU Coordination and International Affairs, the reftel's talking points urging Slovenia to work cooperatively with EU Member States to address situations which result in Member State bans on bi [...] | 2007-11-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA713 | SLOVENIAN PM THREATENS POSSIBLE RESIGNATION [...] (U) Two days after the presidential election victory of Danilo Trk and the government's loss in a referendum on insurance privatization (reftel),PM Janez Jansa stated that the GOS response to the election would be to consider all options, including the resignation of the government. In a sta [...] | 2007-11-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SI |
07LJUBLJANA716 | SLOVENIA: AFTERSHOCKS OF PM RESIGNATION THREAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Jansa's November 13 threat of a government resignation (reftel A) continued to grab front page attention. Pundits and politicians launched various theories regarding Jansa's motivations for the drastic statement, but the majority view is that it is an empty threat. Although [...] | 2007-11-15 15:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SI |
07LJUBLJANA717 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel's non-paper to the MFA's EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih on November 15. Arih remarked that we were on the "same line" on most issues, including Bosnia, Iran, and Pakistan. He requested that the U.S. consider inviting Slovenia to the Annapolis meeting. EU-China Sum [...] | 2007-11-15 15:53:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK |
07LJUBLJANA718 | SLOVENIA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Slovenia has continued to make progress in 2007 in combatting trafficking in persons (TIP) through its actions on several fronts, per reftel. In September 2007, the Slovene court in Novo Mesto convicted four people for TIP-related offenses, including two citizens of Slovakia. Moreover, [...] | 2007-11-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG SI |
07LJUBLJANA721 | SLOVENIA DEFERS TO COMMON EU APPROACH TO SANCTIONS [...] (C) On November 15, EmbOff met with Milena Radenkovic, Third Secretary of the MFA's Division for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, to encourage Slovenia to support tougher EU financial sanctions on Burma to exert pressure on the ruling generals to begin a transition to a civilian, democratic gov [...] | 2007-11-20 12:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD EFIN BM SI |
07LJUBLJANA722 | SLOVENIA: GOVERNMENT WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE [...] (U) On November 19, the Slovene National Assembly voted in favor of the government in response to Prime Minister Janez Jansa's demand for a vote of confidence. The Parliament voted to support the current government by a margin of 51 to 33 (all the coalition members of Parliament plus the two [...] | 2007-11-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SI |
07LJUBLJANA724 | FOREIGN MINISTER RUPEL DENIES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Rupel requested a meeting with Charge November 22 to discuss charges by many journalists that the Jansa government is exerting indirect pressure on the media and restricting press freedom in Slovenia. Rupel fully dismissed the allegations, pointing to the broadly critical [...] | 2007-11-23 12:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA725 | SLOVENIA CONSIDERING EU POLICY ON LOW LEVELS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-23 15:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO |
07LJUBLJANA728 | SLOVENIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) On November 27, EmbOff met with Blazka Kepic, head of the United Nations System Section of the MFA's Division for International Organizations and Human Security, to urge Slovenia to vote against UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias, per reftel. Kepic asserted that Slovenia and other EU [...] | 2007-11-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS SI |
07LJUBLJANA730 | SLOVENIA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO IMF'S REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) In a letter dated November 19, 2007, Andrej Kavcic, Head of the Ministry of Finance's International Finance Department, responded to the joint letter from U/S Jeffery and U/S McCormick (reftel) by forwarding a joint letter to the IMF from Minister of Finance Andrej Bajuk and Bank of Slo [...] | 2007-11-28 12:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID LI SI |
07LJUBLJANA731 | HARRAH'S FACES MORE BARRIERS TO JOINT VENTURE IN [...] (C) Continued local opposition to the proposed Harrah's/Hit joint venture threatens to derail the project altogether, although Harrah's Entertainment has gained the support of key Slovenian officials and economists. Although the Government of Slovenia, th government-owned Slovenian casino co [...] | 2007-11-29 09:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD SI |
07LJUBLJANA734 | SLOVENIA SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON VENEZUELA AND LATIN [...] (C) On November 29, EmbOff met with Stefan Salej, Special Envoy for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to share U.S. concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the proposed constitutional reform package in Venezuela and to request that Slovenia join the voices of internationa [...] | 2007-11-30 06:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE SI |
07LJUBLJANA736 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS US PROPOSALS ON MD AND CFE [...] (C) On November 30, EmbOff used reftel points to brief MFA Security Division Director Stanislav Vidovic on U.S. proposals for Missile Defense (MD) and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Vidovic stated that Slovenia supports both U.S. proposals. Regarding MD, Slovenia supports al [...] | 2007-11-30 12:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO SI |
07LJUBLJANA740 | SLOVENIA: GOS WILL PUSH FOR ISAF OMLT [...] (C) In a November 30 discussion, MFA Security Policy Division Director Stanislav Vidovic told EmbOff that although Slovenia does not have any intention to increase its troop levels in Afghanistan, nor to remove any functional or regional caveats from its troops, there is a political push to re [...] | 2007-12-04 17:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA741 | SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. NIE ON IRAN NUCLEAR [...] (S) On December 4, EmbOff delivered reftel talking points and key judgments of the U.S. National Intelligence Evaluation (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program to MFA COMEM and COMAG Working Groups Chair and Minister Plenipotentiary Miljan Majhen. Majhen stated that Slovenia's position on Iran's nuc [...] | 2007-12-04 17:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR PARM SI |
07LJUBLJANA747 | SLOVENIA ON ENCOURAGING RAPID LEBANESE [...] (C) In a December 6 meeting with the MFA's European Correspondent, Aljaz Arih, Emboff urged that the Government of Slovenia (GOS) include in its public statements and private messages to key players expressions of support for immediate Lebanese presidential elections being held without linkage [...] | 2007-12-07 05:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SI |
07LJUBLJANA748 | SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PLANS TO GO TO PARIS [...] (SBU) ADCM met with MFA contacts on December 6 and urged that FM Rupel attend the Paris Donors Conference and that Slovenia make an assistance pledge. MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih said that FM Rupel planned to attend the December 17 conference and would announce a contribution from Slovenia [...] | 2007-12-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT PGOV KWBG KPAL IS SI |
07LJUBLJANA749 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF DECEMBER 10-11 GAERC [...] (U) Emboff delivered Department's points to the MFA's EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih on December 6. EU Enlargement -------------- 2. (C) Arih said that Slovenia, as one of the strongest advocates for EU enlargement, agreed with our points. He noted that the EU was still drafting the Europe [...] | 2007-12-07 10:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV IR IS BM SY |
07LJUBLJANA75 | COM CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (U) Summary. When Minster of Labor, Family and Social Affairs (MOL) Janez Drobnic was ousted by parliament in December 2006, former State Secretary Marjeta Cotman was tapped by Prime Minister Janez Jansa to lead the Ministry through important negotiations and reforms. Labor reforms and brokeri [...] | 2007-02-12 14:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELAB PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA755 | SLOVENIA WILL ATTEND UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (SBU) On December 6, Smiljana Knez, head of the Human Rights Unit of the MFA's Division of International Organizations and Human Security, assured EmbOff that Slovenia's Permanent Representation to the UN will attend the upcoming UNGA plenary votes on the four condemnatory resolutions on the [...] | 2007-12-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV UNGA SI |
07LJUBLJANA757 | SLOVENIA AGREES WITH U.S. VIEWS TO RESOLVE KOSOVO [...] (C) In a December 12 meeting with ADCM, MFA Director for Southeastern Europe Leon Marc expressed agreement with U.S. views to resolve Kosovo status (reftel). Marc asked about the timeline for a coordinated declaration of independence, explaining that Slovenia was not just looking at Serbian p [...] | 2007-12-12 11:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV YI SI |
07LJUBLJANA760 | SLOVENIA HAS LIMITED STRATEGIC ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) On November 29, EmbOffs accompanied Katherine Uhre, Senior Advisor of EEB's Commercial and Business Affairs Department, on a series of meetings with Slovenian officials from government economic agencies and commercial groups that highlighted Slovenia's disappointing lack of strategic econ [...] | 2007-12-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA761 | USTR REP STRESSES OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEC AND WTO [...] (SBU) The Senior Trade Representative at the U.S. Mission to the European Union, Dan Mullaney, met with senior Slovenian officials and the local U.S. pharmaceutical group November 19-20 to discuss U.S and Slovenian trade priorities during Slovenia's EU presidency. Mullaney emphasized the impo [...] | 2007-12-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA762 | SLOVENIAN POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS TRACKS EU [...] (U) On December 11, Emboff delivered reftel points and nonpapers to MFA Security Policy Division Minister Counselor Irina Gorsic, who related that Slovenia supports the common EU position on cluster munitions in both the Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) framework and the Oslo Process. Gorsic [...] | 2007-12-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PARM PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA764 | SLOVENIA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) At Embassy Ljubljana the following people are the Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officers (TFCO): Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO): Maryruth Coleman, Charge d'Affaires Office Number: 01-200-5588 Unclassified email: ColemanMX@state.gov Classif [...] | 2007-12-17 08:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN SI |
07LJUBLJANA79 | SLOVENES TALK CLUSTER MUNITIONS, MANPADS, PSI, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Security Policy Director Stanislav Vidovic told PM/WRA Director Richard Kidd on February 6 that Slovenia is willing to hear the USG position on cluster munitions, ready to follow up on MANPADS discussions, eager to test its abilities with a May PSI exercise, and solidly in su [...] | 2007-02-13 13:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PARM PINR PREL MARR MASS SI |
07LJUBLJANA80 | RE-ELECTION WOES FOR SLOVENIA'S CENTRAL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. In a close vote February 2, Mitja Gaspari failed to get the 46 votes necessary for re-election as the governor of the Bank of Slovenia (BOS). On February 9, President Drnovsek put forward BOS Vice-Governor Andrej Rant as his second nominee. The ostensible cause of Gaspari's dow [...] | 2007-02-13 14:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA81 | SLOVENES TALK DEMINING TROUBLES WITH PM/WRA OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recently, both International Trust Fund for Demining (ITF) and Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff expressed concern over the allegations of possible malfeasance in the Bosnian demining sector, but understood the importance of addressing them head on before the reputation [...] | 2007-02-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS KCRM PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA90 | SLOVENIA'S PRESIDENT SITES IRRESPONSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. Since suffering from cancer, and, so far, beating it, Slovenia's president Janez Drnovsek has adopted a simplified and more spiritual approach to life, which is apparent in his public life as well as in his personal demeanor. In the last two years, he has written three top ten [...] | 2007-02-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI YI SR |
07LJUBLJANA94 | SLOVENIA STILL FORMULATING POSITION ON BORATES [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to Tatjana Humar-Juric, staff member of the National Chemicals Bureau at the Ministry of Health. Juric thanked Post for the points. She stated that Slovenia has not yet publicly taken an official position on classification of borates and plans to wait until [...] | 2007-02-16 12:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP |
07LJUBLJANA95 | SLOVENIA WRESTLING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT CLASS IN NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia's commitment to NATO and to international security took a giant leap forward this week as the Slovenian Armed Forces began a six month, 600 troop deployment -- the largest overseas operation in the history of independent Slovenia -- to take over the Western Sector of KFOR [...] | 2007-02-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PREL PINS NATO SI |
07LJUBLJANA96 | SLOVENIA FORMULATING OPINION ON WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to Leon Megusar, staff at the Ministry of Agriculture working on issues related to the World Food Program (WFP). He stated that the Ministry of Agriculture is currently working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to develop Slovenia's position on Zimbabwe's [...] | 2007-02-16 15:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC WFP |
07LJUBLJANA99 | SLOVENIA EXTENDS HEAD TRAINER AT THE JORDAN [...] (U) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy staffer Igor Jukic and to Ministry of Interior European Affairs and International Cooperation Office Head Lilijana Sipec on February 14. On February 20, Ms. Sipec told PolMilOff that the GoS has approved th [...] | 2007-02-21 11:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR PREL SI |
07LOME159 | DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA: TOGO [...] Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Zarifou Ayeva February 22 to discuss the crisis in Guinea and left a French version of Embassy Conakry's press statement. Ambassador encouraged Togo to use its influence within ECOWAS to press for an end to the State of Siege and a permanent resolution of [...] | 2007-02-22 17:33:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH PGOV PREL TO |
07LOME176 | UFC LEADERSHIP IN CAMPAIGN MODE, UNLIKELY TO ENTER [...] (C) Summary. The Union of Forces for Change (UFC),arguably the largest opposition party in Togo, has ruled out participating in the national unity government formed last September. The unity government's primary mandate is to prepare for free and fair legislative elections in 2007. Although t [...] | 2007-03-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR TO |
07LOME178 | UNHCR REP ON TOGOLESE REFUGEE SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a March 1 courtesy call on Ambassador, UNHCR's Regional Representative Rafik Saidi said that about three-quarters of the 40,000 Togolese refugees from the 2005 political violence have returned to Togo. The UNHCR is actively seeking to encourage the remainder to go home. END SUM [...] | 2007-03-02 15:44:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM GH BN TO |
07LOME186 | TOGO - ELECTORAL COMMISSION'S ACTIVITIES - 2007 [...] Summary: Togo's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has made institutional and logistics progress in a number of key areas toward legislative elections, officially scheduled for June 24. However, many believe that implementation of the new election system and voting logistics will [...] | 2007-03-06 15:05:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR TO |
07LOME208 | TOGO: PLANNING FOR UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] (U) On February 25, DCM attended the opening session of the third statutory congress of the Party for Democracy and Renewal (PDR),a small northern party aligned with the ruling RPT party. Zarifou Ayeva, Togo,s Foreign Minister, was reelected president of the PDR. 2. (U) Present at the op [...] | 2007-03-14 10:35:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TO |
07LOME210 | DONORS DISCUSS TOGO ELECTION PROGRESS [...] Ambassador and DCM attended an expanded donors "Group of Five" meeting on March 9 called by German Ambassador Hubert Kolb. Also present were the Ambassador of France and his DCM, the Delegate from the EU and his DCM, the Resident Representative of UNDP, the Resident Representative of the UN Hi [...] | 2007-03-14 17:04:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL EAID TO |
07LOME257 | FRANCOPHONIE ELECTION EVALUATION MISSION VISITS [...] (SBU) Summary: A technical evaluation mission from the Intergovernmental Francophone Agency (Francophonie),led by Nelson Messone, called on Ambassador on March 28 and shared observations of the political situation in Togo in the run up to legislative elections scheduled for June 24. The group [...] | 2007-04-02 16:34:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL TO |
07LOME329 | TOGO - PROGRESS IN PREPARING 2007 LEGISLATIVE [...] Summary: The GoT and the Electoral Commission, in consultation with the EU and UNDP, are moving ahead slowly with preparations for the legislative elections scheduled for June 24. According to the press, few believe the June 24 date will hold. UNDP experts say elections are not possible bef [...] | 2007-05-08 12:04:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM TO |
07LOME331 | TOGO -- FIRST MEETING OF NATIONAL COUNCIL TO FIGHT [...] (U) Charge attended the first session of the CNLS/IST (National Committee for the Fight Against HIV/AIDS and Sexually-Transmitted Diseases) on March 30. The session was presided over by President Faure Gnassingbe, who is the Chairman of the CNLS. The CNLS presented a strategy document for fi [...] | 2007-05-09 14:19:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI TBIO EAID TO KHIV |
07LOME332 | TOGO -- 47TH INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION [...] (U) Charge attended the celebration of Togo's Independence on April 27th, held in Dapaong, the northernmost city in Togo. About 15,000 people, military and civilian, marched in the parade. The location and size of the celebration might be taken as an indication of the evolution of national [...] | 2007-05-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TO |
07LOME356 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE ACSS NEXT GENERATION [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for two Togolese military officers nominated to attend the ACSS "Next Generation of African Military Leaders" in Washington, D.C. on June 18 through July 13, 2007. 2. Names of nominated military officers are as follows: Name: Nampoukime Bar [...] | 2007-05-16 15:35:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM TO |
07LOME40 | REINFORCING PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON IRAQ: TOGO [...] Ambassador presented a copy of President's January 10 address to Foreign Minister Zarifou Ayeva on January 11 and briefed the Minister on the new Iraq strategy. 2. Ambassador emphasized the themes of stability and importance of moderates gaining the upper hand over extremists in Baghdad a [...] | 2007-01-12 09:22:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ TO |
07LOME449 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CONUS VISIT OF TOGOLESE JUDGES IN [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for three Togolese judges nominated for the CONUS in Washington, D.C. on June 23 through June 30, 2007. 2. Names of nominated judges are as follows: Name: Akibou Idrissou Position: Counselor at the Court of Appeals, Lome Name of organizati [...] | 2007-06-18 16:45:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM TO |
07LOME495 | TOGO - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES A LAW ON GOVERNMENT [...] In compliance with the Global Political Accord (GPA),Togo's National Assembly passed a law on June 27 setting the rules and the conditions for government financing of political parties. The law stipulates that the government will budget for and grant funds to political parties in proportion to [...] | 2007-07-06 12:25:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR TO |
07LOME546 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR RECIPROCAL VISIT OF [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for three Togolese officials nominated for a reciprocal visit to U.S. port facilities on August 12 - 18, 2007. 2. Names of nominated officials are as follows: Name: Kokouvi Eduwole DOGBE Rank: Minister Unit: Ministry of Equipment, Transpor [...] | 2007-07-23 12:10:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM TO |
07LOME553 | TOGO: VOTER REGISTRATION LAUNCHES WITH SOME FLAWS [...] SUMMARY: Togo completed on July 22 the first week of voter registration to mixed reviews. Representatives from six political parties have worked collegially during the week to administer the registration process, and there have been no allegations of fraud. However, mechanical and logistical [...] | 2007-07-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TO KDEM |
07LOME562 | TOGOLESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 16:36:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA TO |
07LOME571 | TOGO ELECTION UPDATE: SOFTWARE PROBLEMS JEOPARDIZE [...] (C) Summary. The opening round of voter registration for Togo's upcoming legislative elections - the centerpiece of the ongoing reform and reconciliation process -- have revealed a number of problems related to the registration software. Of particular concern to the National Independent Elect [...] | 2007-08-03 17:19:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM TO |
07LOME584 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE PARTICIPANTS TO US [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for two Togolese police officers and one customs officer nominated to attend the GIABA/U.S. Treasury Department Regional Workshop on "Cross-Border Cash Smuggling." The workshop will take place in Dakar, Senegal on 5 - 7 September, 2007. 2. Na [...] | 2007-08-09 14:01:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM TO |
07LOME774 | TOGO: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] On October 31, RSO delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Koudouovoh Teko Mawuli, the Deputy Director of the Togolese National Police and the Togolese delegate to the Interpol conference. Mawuli stated that he was not aware of the issue and that Togo would vote responsibly on any terrorism issue. DI [...] | 2007-11-02 16:12:00 | Embassy Lome | SECRET | IR PTER TO |
07LOME782 | TOGO: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Kodjo Menan, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on SIPDIS November 7, 2007. Menan replied that the GOT does not support terrorism and if there is an organization that supports terrorism, the government will not collaborate with [...] | 2007-11-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN TO |
07LOME783 | TOGO: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 13:44:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC TO |
07LOME804 | TOGOLESE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENS; OPPOSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The newly-elected Togolese National Assembly (see reftel) held its first session on Tuesday, November 13, with all elected members attending. Notably, the Union for the Forces of Change (UFC),the largest opposition party, took its seats, marking the first time it has ever partici [...] | 2007-11-17 17:28:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV TO |
07LOME857 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE ACSS NEXT GENERATION [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for two Togolese military officers nominated to attend the ACSS "Next Generation of African Military Leaders" in Washington, D.C. on January 21 through February 15, 2008. 2. Names of nominated military officers are as follows: Name: Badji, [...] | 2007-12-12 09:56:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM TO |
07LONDON104 | ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER EO 13382: [...] (S/NF) Summary: The UK views the U.S. designation of Bank Sepah under Executive Order 13382 as a "significant ratcheting up of pressure on Iran" and supports our view that the designation is consistent with the language of UNSCR 1737. The UK would appreciate information on how the designatio [...] | 2007-01-10 15:34:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL KNNP KN PARM EFIN FR GE IT UK |
07LONDON1047 | ACCREDITATION - IMO - 34TH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from March 26 - 30, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Thirty-fourth Session of the Committee on Facilitation: Howard L. Hime, Representative Jaideep Si [...] | 2007-03-19 14:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC IMO UK |
07LONDON1062 | BTEX FORENSIC EPIDEMIOLOGY WORKSHOP CATALYZES G8 EFFORTS AGAINST BIOTERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK and Germany co-hosted, with U.S. co-sponsorship, the G8 "Forensic Epidemiology Workshop," in London March 13-15, 2007 (Ref A). Although the U.S. was the primary source for workshop design and facilitation, all three nations worked collaboratively to plan and execute the [...] | 2007-03-20 11:09:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TBIO CA FR GM IT JA RS UK EUN |
07LONDON1142 | UK OPPOSED TO PERMANENT EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 17:15:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHCR UK |
07LONDON1196 | UK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 30-31 FOREIGN [...] (U) UK priorities for the upcoming GYMNICH meeting are maintaining EU unity in support of 1) Ahtisaari's Kosovo plan; 2) a "middle ground" approach to the new Palestinian Unity Government, and 3) moving forward on EU-specific Iran sanctions. Martin Shearman, the Foreign Office's European Corr [...] | 2007-03-28 15:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EUN XG IS IR ZI FI UK |
07LONDON120 | RESPONSE TO FY 2007 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] In response to reftel, a careful review was conducted of the 66 NGOs with consultative status with the International Maritime Organization (IMO). This list is current as of January 2007. 2. In October 2005, ESTOff received a letter from Olga Bosquez, Senior Deputy Director, Sub-Division fo [...] | 2007-01-11 13:56:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI UK |
07LONDON1206 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 50th session of the IMO DE S/C met in London 5-9 March 2007, chaired by Mrs. A. Jost (Germany). The session was attended by delegations from 60 member states, one associate member, one non-member state, one intergovernmental organization, and observers from 24 non-governmental o [...] | 2007-03-29 11:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO AORC ASEC UK |
07LONDON1239 | USG CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 15:57:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PARM KNNP IR UK |
07LONDON1254 | IMO - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WRECK REMOVAL, [...] Embassy London has presented to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) the letter from George M. White, Director, Office of International Conferences, Bureau of International Affairs, regarding the U.S. Delegation appointed to attend the International Conference on Wreck Removal to be [...] | 2007-04-03 12:05:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC IMO UK |
07LONDON1265 | CHANCELLOR BROWN'S REPUTATION FOR FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Gordon Brown's expected procession from 11 to 10 Downing Street hit a pothole over the weekend. "The Times" newspaper won a long Freedom of Information battle and published documents showing Brown had been warned by Treasury staff against removing tax breaks favorable to pension [...] | 2007-04-03 15:41:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV UK |
07LONDON1279 | ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS REVIEWS AFGHAN AND OTHER CN ISSUES WITH UK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 14:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR AF UK |
07LONDON1332 | POINTS OF CONTACT FOR AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-11 14:20:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU MARR MASS CASC UK |
07LONDON1346 | ACCREDITATION - IMO - ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from 16 - 20 April, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Eleventh Session of the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases: Richard Raksnis, Representative [...] | 2007-04-12 12:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC IMO UK |
07LONDON14 | UK "NOT OVERLY CONCERNED" BY PROPOSED UN [...] SUMMARY: The UK's initial assessment of ref talking points is that dronabinol - synthetic THC - is virtually unknown in the UK, and likely to remain so. As a consequence, they are not "overly concerned" by the WHO recommendation to move it from Schedule II to III of the 1971 Convention. Th [...] | 2007-01-03 17:33:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR UNCND UNCRIME UK |
07LONDON140 | IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES CLAIM OFFICIAL [...] (C) Poloff has received, via London contacts, e-mails from several Iranian human rights activists who allege (citing evidence of film which Poloff has not seen) a pattern of beatings, extortion, and sexual assault by officials in Van, Turkey, against Kurdish Iranian refugees seeking protected [...] | 2007-01-12 15:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IR TU UK |
07LONDON1420 | (C) HMG UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: HMG is unlikely to attend the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial on May 21 in Washington. Given the pending HMG decision on the expansion of nuclear technology, HMG believes that attending the GNEP meeting wo [...] | 2007-04-17 12:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA AORC UK |
07LONDON1625 | NO FURTHER UK INFORMATION ON IDENTIFIERS -- FINAL [...] (CO) Embassy delivered list of entities and persons named in ref A points on April 25 to Mark Peters, Iran Team Leader at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Peters said the UK Government has no identifier information related to the entities listed reftel. 2. (CO) Poloff noted that, per [...] | 2007-05-01 17:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EXIM MNUC OECD PREL UNSC AA UK |
07LONDON1658 | COUNTRY 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 16:05:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC IMO UK |
07LONDON1666 | HMG RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-03 09:12:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD UK |
07LONDON1703 | HMG TO REVIEW CITES DOCUMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 13:25:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA UK |
07LONDON1763 | UK SUPPORT FOR MALARIA PROGRAMS [...] Summary. The UK maintains active programs to combat malaria with specific countries and through international organizations. It also funds malaria research. It marked World Malaria Day through a press release and by the visit by International Development Secretary Hilary Benn to malaria rel [...] | 2007-05-10 10:58:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV UK |
07LONDON1784 | UK RESPONSE: OECD ENLARGEMENT DEMARCHE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 10:50:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD UK |
07LONDON1828 | (S/NF) BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONAL: ASSETS PROMPTLY [...] (S/NF) The Bank of England, acting as an agent of Her Majesty's Treasury, froze the assets of Bank Sepah International "within minutes" of the approval of UNSCR 1747, according to Patrick Guthrie, Head of the Financial Sanction Unit at HM Treasury. Simultaneously with the freeze of Bank Sepah [...] | 2007-05-14 14:15:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP IR PARM PREL UK |
07LONDON1835 | (S/NF) UK CONDUCTING STUDY OF IMPACT OF IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is doing a Top Secret study -- likely to get widespread attention within Her Majesty's Government -- of the real impact of Iranian financial measures. The study, which is intended to draw upon both open and closed sources, is intended to in [...] | 2007-05-14 16:13:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PARM PTER ETTC IR UK |
07LONDON1873 | (C) SUDAN: FCO ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR [...] (C) The UK agrees with the thrust of reftel and is delivering supportive messages to the African Union (AU),according to Bruce Bucknell, Deputy Head of the FCO Sudan Unit. He told Poloffs May 16 that the British ambassador in Addis Ababa had spoken with AU Commission Chair Konare on May 14; [...] | 2007-05-16 15:41:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU UK |
07LONDON1893 | (C) ROSUKRENERGO: HM TREASURY TO ALERT REGULATORS [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the head of HM Treasury's Financial Crime Team Sean Byrne and to Foreign and Commonwealth Office desk officer Jasper Thornton. Byrne said that issues surrounding a possible initial public offering (IPO) for RosUkrEnergo "resonate well here," noting that [...] | 2007-05-18 09:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCRM PREL UP UK |
07LONDON1947 | BROWN'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES [...] (C) Gordon Brown is the longest continuously serving Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1823. During his ten year reign, Brown has enjoyed tremendous authority and autonomy in managing the UK's economy. As a result, Brown is expected to continue the economic and financial policies he developed [...] | 2007-05-21 13:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN PGOV PBIO UK |
07LONDON1991 | ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT OF EU ENLARGEMENT FOR UK [...] Since Romania and Bulgaria formally joined the European Union (EU) on January 1, 2007, we have witnessed increased reference to economic activity between the UK and the new member states, ranging from high level visits to various UK contacts indicating they have purchased vacation property in [...] | 2007-05-23 14:42:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EU UK |
07LONDON2063 | ACCREDITATION - IMO - FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from the U.S. for the International Maritime Organization's Fifteenth Session of the Subcommittee on Flag State Implementation, London, June 4 - 8, 2007: Representativ [...] | 2007-05-30 15:07:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO |
07LONDON2076 | ACCREDITATION - IMO - FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from June 18 - 21, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Fifty-Seventh Session of the Technical Cooperation Committee: Head of Delegation Laurence Tobe [...] | 2007-05-31 12:05:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO |
07LONDON2077 | ACCREDITATION - IMO - NINETY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from June 25 - 29, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization Council's Ninety-Eighth Session: Head of Delegation Laurence Tobey Transportation Affairs Office [...] | 2007-05-31 12:05:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO |
07LONDON2182 | UK SHARES CONCERNS ON THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) HMG is "on the same page" regarding growing Iran-Venezula ties, FCO Venezuela Desk Officer Peter Kay told us May 17. Kay, who had visited Caracas the previous week, had discussed the Iran-Venezuela relationship with numerous interlocutors; he noted Venezula at that point had just announc [...] | 2007-06-06 17:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK VE LG |
07LONDON2318 | UK CALLS ON EU TO INVESTIGATE U.S. BIODIESEL SUBSIDIES [...] Summary: The UK Government has associated itself with its biodiesel industry in asking the EU to investigate whether US subsidies on biodiesel are trade distorting and should give rise to countervailing duties. HMG has "no appetite for a fight" about this, and wants to continue importing bio [...] | 2007-06-15 14:57:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ENRG EAGR UK |
07LONDON2340 | CUBA SOLIDARITY GROUP MAY FORCE SANCTIONS SHOWDOWN [...] Summary: Hilton Hotels in the UK believes its efforts to obey US sanctions on Cuba, while simultaneously respecting UK law banning discrimination based on nationality, will soon be tested by a pro-Cuban government NGO. The NGO will seek to check a Cuban delegation into a Hilton hotel in the U [...] | 2007-06-19 07:34:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ELAB CU UK |
07LONDON2396 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] (SBU) On June 20 Poloff delivered the nonpaper conveyed in reftel to Foreign Office Iran Multilateral Team Leader Will Gelling and to his colleague Christian Turner, who is slated to be the UK's DCM in Tehran later this year. 2. (SBU) Gelling noted with approval that USG is also notifying [...] | 2007-06-21 13:12:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR EUN UK |
07LONDON2420 | (C) AMERICAN CITIZENS DETAINED IN IRAN: UK [...] (C) In response to poloff's June 12 demarche (ref A),FCO's Iran Team Leader Will Gelling and Iran human rights officer Marian Kalloor on June 20 said UK pressure and lobbying in Tehran was an important element behind the EU Presidency's demarche (reported ref B) on the Iranian Foreign Minist [...] | 2007-06-22 17:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PHUM PREL IR UK |
07LONDON2457 | IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE: UK FEEDBACK ON SOLANA-LARIJANI [...] Summary (CO) EU's Solana saw no movement during June 23 talks with Larijani on suspension and rebuffed Larijani's suggestion to link next steps on the nuclear issue in any way to the upcoming visit to Iran by IAEA chief El Baradei, according to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The UK [...] | 2007-06-26 17:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EU IR IZ UK |
07LONDON2461 | GORDON BROWN TAKES OVER AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Gordon Brown is the UK's new Prime Minister. Right on schedule, Tony Blair submitted his resignation to the Queen shortly after 1:00 p.m. today June 27. Within minutes, the Queen had summoned Brown to Buckingham Palace and invited him to form a Government, as Leader of the party that [...] | 2007-06-27 14:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UK |
07LONDON2488 | (U) PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN NAMES HIS CABINET [...] (U) A day after taking over as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has named his Cabinet. As expected, this is the biggest reshuffle since the Labour Party came to power in 1997. It includes several realignments, and has the maximum number of paid Cabinet Ministers permitted by law (22). While p [...] | 2007-06-28 16:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UK |
07LONDON249 | UK PREVIEW OF THE JANUARY GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) expects Kosovo and Iran to be major issues of discussion at the January GAERC. UK goals are to 1) keep "wobbly" EU Members on board with the need to resolve Kosovo's status as soon as possible after the Serbian elections and 2) keep the [...] | 2007-01-22 17:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR YI SR BK IS SO IR |
07LONDON2491 | IRAN IN IRAQ: IRANIAN DEMARCHES UK ON IRAN'S GOOD [...] (CO/NF) Summary: The Iranian Ambassador conveyed a pro-forma summary of its own benign intentions in Iraq during a June 22 demarche at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The demarche was intended to provide an Iranian version of the May 28 U.S.-Iran talks in Baghdad, according to fe [...] | 2007-06-28 17:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL IR IZ UK |
07LONDON2510 | ACCREDITATION - IMO - INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from July 9-13, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Intersessional Meeting of the Working Group on Long-Range Identification and Tracking of Ships: Curtis [...] | 2007-07-02 09:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO |
07LONDON2534 | (U) BROWN'S GOVERNMENT IN PLACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has moved fast to put his stamp on the UK Government and the results have been positive for his poll ratings and media coverage. The latest Guardian/ICM poll gives Labour the lead (39 percent to 35 percent) over the Conservatives, Labour's first le [...] | 2007-07-02 16:01:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV UK |
07LONDON2575 | ACCREDITATION - IMO - 56TH SESSION OF THE MARINE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members for the International Maritime Organization's 56th Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee: Jeffrey Lantz, Head of Delegation Victoria Huyck, Alternativ [...] | 2007-07-05 11:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO |
07LONDON2587 | DFID'S "COST" INITIATIVE: MORE QUESTIONS THAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants from government, industry and the private sector agreed that transparency is a concern in the construction sector but questioned the value added by DFID's Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST). Econoff raised reftel concerns widely at a June 20, DFID- h [...] | 2007-07-06 09:06:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EFIN PINS KCOR UK |
07LONDON2588 | UK WILL NOT BLOCK PARTERNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 09:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD UK |
07LONDON2595 | THE UK'S AGING POPULATION STRAINS THE SOCIAL [...] (U) Summary: The UK is grappling with the booming growth of its elderly population. There were 20 million Britons aged 50 and over in 2003, a 45 percent increase since 1951. This number is projected to increase by a further 36 percent by 2031, to 27.2 million, or 42 percent of the population. [...] | 2007-07-06 14:13:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON TBIO UK |
07LONDON2596 | GROWING UK ISLAMIC FINANCE IS GOOD POLITICS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY The UK government has a high priority goal to make London a center of Islamic finance to both assimilate the indigenous Muslim UK community(ies) and capture a niche market of high net worth Muslims internationally. The world market for Islamic finance grew from about $150 billion in [...] | 2007-07-06 15:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KISL UK |
07LONDON263 | HMG REQUESTS POLONIUM TESTING FEEDBACK FROM CDC; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK Health Protection Agency requests the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide laboratory test results on the U.S. residents potentially exposed to polonium in London. The UK Health Protection Agency de [...] | 2007-01-23 13:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC PTER UK |
07LONDON2785 | UK SUPPORTS BARRING NORTH KOREAN AQUISITION OF [...] (S) On July 11, Poloff delivered reftel demarche apprising the British government of North Korean efforts to acquire the machinery and equipment to produce fraudulent U.S. currency. Foreign Office officials Kim Clarke, head of the Korea division, and Korea desk officer Kathy Heal were apprec [...] | 2007-07-19 15:04:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC KH KS UK |
07LONDON2834 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORG SEEKS UNSC SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) International Maritime Organization Secretary General Mitropoulos sent a letter on July 18 SIPDIS to Ambassador Tuttle expressing appreciation for the USG support at the last IMO Council meeting to address the worsening situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the water [...] | 2007-07-23 15:49:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS SO UK |
07LONDON2883 | HMG TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO WASHINGTON ON SINGAPORE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 10:39:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AORC WHO PREL UK |
07LONDON2907 | UK SEEKS FLOOD RELIEF ASSISTANCE FROM US [...] This is an action request. 2. Andy Shields of the UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat within the Cabinet Office informed Embassy July 27 that the UK Government will shortly issue a formal request to the USG for portable toilet chemicals, known as WAG Bags, in response to this week's floods [...] | 2007-07-27 18:40:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL UK |
07LONDON2943 | UK VIEWS ON US ICAO SAFETY PAPER [...] Post received the following comments in response to ref cable, from Adrian Sayce at the UK Mission in Montreal, via Glenn Cronin of the UK Dept for Transport: Agenda Item 13 Vision for the future of USOAP. This WP proposes the application of a system safety approach to the future USOAP. [...] | 2007-08-01 08:02:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ICAO UK |
07LONDON2965 | (S) IRAN'S BANK MELLI INVOLVEMENT IN PROLIFERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Demarche and non-paper were delivered July 31, 2007 to Patrick Guthrie, Head of Financial Sanctions Unit, HM Treasury (HMT) by Econoff. Guthrie said HMT would promptly consider and respond to the material and our request for UK information on Bank Melli that could be shared with [...] | 2007-08-02 06:25:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR UK |
07LONDON2984 | (S) TERRORIST FINANCE:UK SUPPORTS USG SUBMISSION [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper July 31, 2007 to Clive Hughes, Desk Officer Multilateral and Strategic Allies Section Counter Terrorism Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Hughes said the UK favors co-sponsoring U.S. submissions to the UN 1518 a [...] | 2007-08-03 06:30:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN FI IZ JO KTFN PREL PTER SA UK UNSC |
07LONDON2994 | (S) BANK MELLI NON-PAPER CONVEYED TO FCO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-03 14:25:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR UK |
07LONDON314 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 82nd session at the Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 Nov ? 8 Dec 2006. The meeting was chaired by MSC vice chairman Mr. N. Ferrar (Philippines) as the Acting Ch [...] | 2007-01-25 15:18:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC ORTA |
07LONDON3141 | HMG DOES NOT SEE EYE-TO-EYE WITH USG ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Action Request: Post received the comments at para 2 in response to ref A, from Danny Powers, Head of the International Branch, Aviation Environment Division, UK Department for Transport. HMG requests USG support and endorsement of its position as set out in para 2. 2. (SBU) Begin HM [...] | 2007-08-14 16:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD SENV KGHG ECON UK |
07LONDON317 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...] | 2007-01-25 16:18:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA |
07LONDON3175 | IRAN: 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 08:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL BA KU IR IS UK |
07LONDON3228 | BRITISH AGREE TO COSPONSOR TO 1518 COMMITTEE, BUT [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. 2. (S) The British are seeking Ministerial approval to co-sponsor to the 1518 Committee names 2-7 in State 104666, according to Sarah Bennett and James Smith of the Sanctions Team, International Organizations Department, Foreign and Commonwea [...] | 2007-08-20 17:35:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN KTFN UK UNSC |
07LONDON3283 | (S) BRITISH QUESTION TWO NAMES ON PROPOSED 1518 [...] (S) Two of the names on Ref E's proposed listings to the UN's 1518 Committee "might be promising" participants in the Iraq Reconciliation process, according to the FCO's James Smith, Desk Officer Iraq Directorate, and Sarah Bennett, Sanctions Team, International Organizations Department. The [...] | 2007-08-24 15:24:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN KTFN UK UNSC |
07LONDON3285 | PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: UK DECLINES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-24 16:06:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM UK |
07LONDON3338 | SENATOR BOXER HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON CARBON [...] Summary: Senator Barbara Boxer heard strongly positive views from HMG, heavy industry and the investment community on the UK,s experience with carbon cap-and-trade systems as a tool for addressing climate change. Many of HMG officials who handle climate change are new to their portfolios, and [...] | 2007-08-31 12:19:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP SENV KGHG PREL UK IZ AF SU |
07LONDON3356 | HMG PARTICIPATION REMAINS UNDECIDED FOR THE MAJOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-04 12:53:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG UK |
07LONDON3362 | IRAN DEPFORMIN WILL VISIT LONDON TO PITCH [...] (S) Summary: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) today told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that Iran,s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Jalili will visit London Friday September 7 to push Iran,s recent agreement with the IAEA as Iran,s preferred means of addressing the nuclear issue, but th [...] | 2007-09-04 16:07:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC IR UK |
07LONDON3369 | HMG TO OBSERVE GNEP MEETING IN VIENNA BELOW THE [...] (SBU) Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy, will not attend the September 16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) meeting in Vienna, according to a letter from Wicks to Secretary of Energy Bodman (text at para 2). Dr. Mel Draper, Director of Nuclear Nonproliferation at the Depart [...] | 2007-09-04 17:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PINR UK |
07LONDON3370 | HMG TO OBSERVE GNEP MEETING IN VIENNA BELOW THE [...] (SBU) Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy, will not attend the September 16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) meeting in Vienna, according to a letter from Wicks to Secretary of Energy Bodman (text at para 2). Dr. Mel Draper, Director of Nuclear Nonproliferation at the Depart [...] | 2007-09-05 08:18:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PINR UK |
07LONDON3415 | UK SELDOM INTERVENES IN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-06 16:39:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV UK |
07LONDON3422 | UK GOALS FOR SEPTEMBER INFORMAL EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. According to the Foreign Office, the key agenda items at the September Gymnich meeting are Kosovo, the Inter-Governmental Conference on EU Reform, the Middle East, and a review of EU strategic partnerships with a focus on Russia. As is practice at informal Gynmich meetings, the UK [...] | 2007-09-07 11:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN RS YI IR UK |
07LONDON3519 | IRAN'S JALILI IN LONDON: REBUFFED AS EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: In a September 7 meetng, UK officials rebuffed Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Jalili's promotion of the IRI-IAEA Work Plan as a way to resolve the nuclear issue and reiterated the UK's firm commitment to the E3 3 and UNSCR process. End summary. 2. (C) Per ref (a),Iran Mul [...] | 2007-09-13 13:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC IR UK |
07LONDON3522 | IRANIAN ARMS FLOWS TO AFGHANISTAN: HOW THE UK [...] (S) Summary: To most effectively pressure Iran, and discourage the flow of lethal aid from Iran to insurgents in Afghanistan, the UK plans to pass its newest evidence of such flows to the Karzai governments and to Tehran before such evidence becomes public, according to the FCO. There is HMG [...] | 2007-09-13 16:39:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC PINS AF IR UK |
07LONDON3525 | LONDON - LESSONS LEARNED FROM PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post held a Pandemic Influenza Tabletop Exercise (PI TTX) on September 7 with members of the Embassy's Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG) and officials from the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) 3rd Air Force in the UK, and U.S. Air Force Europe (USAFE),located at Ramste [...] | 2007-09-14 08:33:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU CASC TBIO AMED AMGT UK |
07LONDON3539 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Your visit is much welcomed. You come to London at a critical moment. The UK is adjusting to the change in leadership from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, who has displayed calm confidence in addressing key domestic challenges in the short period he has been Prime [...] | 2007-09-14 16:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL UK |
07LONDON3571 | UK WORRIED ABOUT IRAN, THEY TELL TREASURY A/S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: British officials told Patrick O'Brien, A/S for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Treasury, on September 6, that they are very worried about Iran. Both sides agreed we should continue to turn up the pressure on Iran within the context of the United Nations Security Cou [...] | 2007-09-17 18:16:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER IR LY UK |
07LONDON3608 | UK QUIETLY SUPPORTS U.S. ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK will support the U.S. ICAO Council candidacy, but their internal regulations prohibit them from giving us an official response. They have not given their views on the ICAO Split-Currency Assessments. Transport officials emphasized that the UK must see progress on Stage [...] | 2007-09-19 12:03:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ICAO AORC UK |
07LONDON3657 | UK HEALTH PROTECTION AGENCY PROPOSES FORMAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) Chief Advisor to the Chief Executive Dr. Nigel Lightfoot proposed to visiting U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials and EmbOffs that a formal liaison be established between HPA and CDC. During discussions of lessons l [...] | 2007-09-21 15:51:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL UK |
07LONDON3662 | CROCKER/PETRAEUS MEETINGS WITH UK DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: With Prime Minister Gordon Brown set to deliver a widely-anticipated statement on HMG's policy in Iraq to Parliament on or about October 10, the UK needs the USG to define clearly its expectations for the British presence in Iraq as soon as possible, UK Defence Secretary Des Br [...] | 2007-09-21 16:25:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS MCAP IZ UK |
07LONDON3674 | UK SHARES USG PRIORITIES FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office generally shares U.S. priorities for the upcoming Community of Democracies ministerial meeting (ref),but is still reviewing its position on a CD Secretariat, according to Nick Abbott, of the Foreign Office's Democracy and Human Rights Office. Abbo [...] | 2007-09-24 18:23:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UK UNGA |
07LONDON3675 | UK Welcomes MEM Forum; Will Seek Targets, Cap and Trade; [...] (SBU) Summary: DEFRA's Henry Derwent, Director of the Climate Change Office, told ESTH Counselor on September 21 that the UK strongly welcomes the Major Economies Meeting (MEM),is "delighted" by the focus on technology and technology transfer, and is pleased with the engagement of private bus [...] | 2007-09-25 07:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG UK |
07LONDON3679 | IRAN'S BANK MARKAZI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UK [...] (S) Embassy on September 24 delivered ref demarche on the opening of a Bank Markazi account at Bank Saderat UK to HM Treasury and to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 2. (S) According to FCO Iran Multilateral Team leader Will Gelling, HMG agrees that, even in the absence of a specific U [...] | 2007-09-25 09:53:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR BO FR IT UK |
07LONDON3712 | Bio Information on UK Delegation to Major Economies [...] (U) Following is biographic information on the five members of the UK delegation to the September 27-28 Major Economies Meeting in Washington DC on climate change and energy security. The five people are Phil Woolas (Environment Minister at DEFRA),Michael Jacobs (Advisor to the Prime Ministe [...] | 2007-09-26 16:51:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR SENV UK |
07LONDON374 | UK PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Defense Select Committee of the UK House of Commons met with five experts in nuclear arms and defense policy on January 23 to hear views on HMG's recent white paper endorsing a renewal of the UK's existing submarine-based nuclear deterrent. Although the MPs heard some voice [...] | 2007-01-29 17:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM MOPS UK |
07LONDON3760 | EPA, DEFRA Seek Work-Sharing on Chemicals [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 18, EPA Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances Jim Gulliford discussed with DEFRA's Chemicals Director John Roberts ways that EPA can share work with the UK on assessments and characterizations of chemicals. Implementation of REA [...] | 2007-10-02 12:38:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR TSPL UK |
07LONDON3766 | BRITISH AGREE TO CO-SPONSOR ALL 1518 COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-02 16:20:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN KTFN UK UNSC |
07LONDON3824 | HMG DEPT OF HEALTH CHIEF SCIENTIST TO ATTEND [...] (U) Dr. David Harper, Chief Scientist and Director General of Health Protection, International Health and Scientific Development, at the Department of Health (DH) will represent HMG at the October 22 Ministerial forum "All Against Tuberculosis" in Berlin. ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to [...] | 2007-10-05 14:21:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TBIO PINR GR UK |
07LONDON3915 | UK EXPECTATIONS FOR GAERC MEETING; AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) In response to ref a points, Tom Burn of the Foreign Office's EU Section provided Poloff with the following readout of UK expectations for next week's GAERC: 2. (C) Iran: Burn shared the agreed upon language to be included in the text of the GAERC conclusions: "The Council agreed t [...] | 2007-10-12 14:49:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IZ IR |
07LONDON3923 | XXXXXXXXXXXX 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 16:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC IR UK |
07LONDON3924 | IRAN DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES AHEAD OF OCTOBER [...] (C/NF) Summary: London Iran Watcher (Poloff) delivered reftel nonpaper to FCO Iran Multilateral team leader Will Gelling, who said that at the GAERC HMG will be focused on autonomous sanctions only, and is confident the EU will quickly endorse this aim. Gelling added that HMG opposes trying [...] | 2007-10-12 16:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR XF EUN UK |
07LONDON3938 | GORDON BROWN TO ISSUE LETTER TO G7 AND IFIS ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is considering sending a letter to G-7 participants, China, India, the IMF and the World Bank on how to support democracy in Burma. The London-based newspaper the Independent erroneously reported October 15 that the Prime Minister had already sent suc [...] | 2007-10-15 16:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID BM UK |
07LONDON3940 | ANTARCTIC FISHERIES/CCAMLR MEETING ) UK DRESSED TO [...] UK Foreign Office Polar Regions Unit Chief Jane Rumble met ESTH Counselor on October 11 to discuss October 22 ) November 2 meeting in Hobart of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) (reftel). Rumble said that the HMG supports the substance of USG p [...] | 2007-10-16 08:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KGHG UK |
07LONDON3983 | AMBASSADOR THANKS IRAN DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request for Chiefs of Mission worldwide to underscore U.S. support for democracy advocates, Ambassador met October 11 with two UK-based Iranian expatriate journalists to thank them for their years of advocacy for human rights and democracy in Iran and to lead their dis [...] | 2007-10-19 12:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PHUM IR UK |
07LONDON4045 | EUR SENIOR ADVISOR PANDITH AND S/P ADVISOR COHEN’S [...] (C) Summary. EUR Senior Advisor for Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith and S/P Member Jared Cohen met with a wide range of UK government leaders, community activists, think tanks, artists, and Muslim youth during their October 9-14 visit to the UK. Government officials stressed that the UK's problem w [...] | 2007-10-25 16:38:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER SCUL UK |
07LONDON4082 | FCC COMMISSIONER COPPS EXPLORES UK'S DIGITAL TV TRANSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UK's transition to digital TV is progressing smoothly thanks in large part to an impressive BPS 200 Million ($400 Million) public awareness campaign and a BPS 600 Million ($1.2 Billion) Help Scheme, according to HMG officials. The analog BBC TWO signal in the small town of Whit [...] | 2007-10-30 13:03:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON UK |
07LONDON4102 | UK AGREES WITH US APPROACH TO UPCOMING WHO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UK delegates from HMG Department of Health (UK DH) and the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) agree broadly with the US on the upcoming World Health Organization (WHO) intergovernmental working group (IGWG) on public health, innovation, and intellectual property. Both UK DH [...] | 2007-11-01 11:45:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON UK |
07LONDON4126 | (C) UK INTERESTED IN CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Chris Wood, Head of the Foreign Office's Americas Directorate, told the Charge that the UK shares the goal of promoting democratic change in Cuba and is interested in several of the U.S. proposals for cooperation in Cuba (ref B),but it will take more U.S. lobbying in EU capitals [...] | 2007-11-02 12:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA ETRD UN CU EU AR UK |
07LONDON414 | AMERICAN-IRANIAN UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: A recent UK-based Iranian participant in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP),Ali Pedram, has developed a proposal for an "American-Iranian University Partnership." It calls for expanding U.S. university partnerships with Middle East institutions to include Iran. The [...] | 2007-02-01 12:19:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL IR UK |
07LONDON4189 | FINSBURY 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 17:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SCUL KISL PGOV UK |
07LONDON4297 | PM Brown Announces "Marshall Plan" on Climate [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 19 speech, Prime Minister Gordon Brown reaffirmed the UK's commitment to 60% cuts in carbon emissions by 2050 and 20% of energy in the EU from renewable sources by 2020, and called for a "Marshall Plan" on climate to assist developing countries. He pledged $2.74 [...] | 2007-11-20 12:21:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG UK |
07LONDON4310 | INCSR VOL II FOR UK [...] Following is post draft of Volume II of the UK INCSR for 2008. POC is Econ Couns John McNamara (mcnamarajf@state.gov) 2. (SBU) Begin Text: United Kingdom The United Kingdom (UK) plays a leading role in European and world finance and remains attractive to money launderers because of [...] | 2007-11-20 18:47:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UK |
07LONDON4311 | POSSIBLE NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/OFFER OF [...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in and possible offer of nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via call-in and email. Inform [...] | 2007-11-21 08:54:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER UK |
07LONDON4327 | DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETING WITH HOME [...] (C/NF) Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff about her concern about turbulence SIPDIS in Pakistan and explained the future use of biometrics at UK borders at their meeting November 14 in London. The two also conferred about ways to counter radicaliz [...] | 2007-11-21 16:01:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PTER PK 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 16:16:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MNUC EFIN PTER KTFN IR UK |
07LONDON434 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 38th session of the IMO STW S/C met in London 22-26 January 2007, chaired by Rear Admiral Peter Brady (Jamaica). The session was attended by delegations from 79 member states, 2 associate members, and 22 observers from inter-governmental organizations and non-governmental organiz [...] | 2007-02-02 14:43:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO AORC ASEC UK |
07LONDON435 | INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION SUMMARY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-02 15:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD UK |
07LONDON438 | (C) DARFUR: UK MULLING TOUGHER MEASURES [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO is drafting a strategy for Darfur that will probably go to ministers next week. HMG continues to support the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements but "patience is running out" over their non-implementation, according to Paul Norris of th [...] | 2007-02-02 16:38:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR UNSC SU UK |
07LONDON4389 | A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES UK DEVELOPMENT POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: UK development official Shriti Vadera expressed an interest in closer cooperation with MCC and PEPFAR in a meeting with EEB A/S Sullivan. She also said she has been reaching out to private sector companies such as Coca-Cola and Vodafone (and next Wal-Mart) to use their systems [...] | 2007-11-28 16:22:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KHIV UK |
07LONDON4442 | UK'S KEY BALI OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) The following are points from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Climate Security Team regarding the United Kingdom's key objectives for the Bali Summit on Climate Change. HMG has targeted goals for aviation and maritime emissions and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) targe [...] | 2007-12-03 16:39:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG UK |
07LONDON4454 | U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S [...] (S/NF) Summary: Per instructions reftel, DCM delivered reftel points December 3 to Permanent Under Secretary of State Peter Ricketts. Ricketts, who was accompanied by FCO's Iran Coordinator Antony Phillipson, appeared not to have been previously aware of the NIE or its contents. Nevertheles [...] | 2007-12-04 13:10:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC IR PARM UK |
07LONDON4465 | IRAN: UK GOVERNMENT APPEALS MEK DE-LISTING ORDER [...] (C) Summary: The FCO told Embassy London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that the Mujaheddin-e-Khalk (MEK) will continue to be listed as a terrorist organization under UK law, and its UK accounts frozen, until the outcome of HMG,s appeal of the administrative order issued by the UK's Prohibited Organi [...] | 2007-12-04 16:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR UK |
07LONDON4472 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERS’ DECEMBER 7 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Your December 7-8 visit to London comes after Prime Minister Gordon Brown has finished putting his own stamp on the government, following this summer's transition from Tony Blair's tenure, and begins focusing on governing. It also comes at a time during which major infrastructure pro [...] | 2007-12-05 11:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ICAO ECON SENV ELTN UK |
07LONDON4512 | UK OFFICIALS TELL U/S LEVEY THAT WILL ON IRAN IS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior UK officials told Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey November 30 that international action SIPDIS against Iran has increased pressure on the regime and made life "significantly uncomfortable" for Iranian leadership, but has not so far succeeded in changing Iran's nu [...] | 2007-12-10 12:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK |
07LONDON455 | AVIAN INFLUENZA HITS THE UK; CURRENTLY NO PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: HMG officials confirmed on February 3 that the highly pathogenic Asian strain of H5N1 avian influenza killed turkeys on a factory farm. Restrictive zones have been put in place to limit poultry movement and to prevent the spread of the outbreak. No human illness has been report [...] | 2007-02-05 16:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO KFLU EAGR CACS AMED UK |
07LONDON4632 | ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN AND UK ENERGY MINISTER WICKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Bodman met his UK counterpart Malcolm Wicks to discuss Caspian energy, climate change and nuclear energy issues on November 20. The two agreed on the need for coordinated engagement in the region - particularly with Turkmenistan. End Summary Caspian Energy [...] | 2007-12-19 17:01:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG UK |
07LONDON4680 | IRAN: ALLEGED EX-IRGC MEMBER LISTS QUDS FORCE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Mohammed Ali Khatami (please protect),claiming to have been in the past a long-term operative for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC),provided London Iran Watcher (Poloff) detailed written allegations concerning long-term IRGC-Quds Force involvement in de-stabilizing Ira [...] | 2007-12-28 15:41:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK |
07LONDON4688 | (SBU) PAKISTAN: UK URGES ELECTIONS WITHOUT [...] (SBU) HMG "agrees completely" with the USG that Pakistan's elections should proceed on schedule if possible, and if not, the postponement should be to a specified new date, according to Laura Guy, Head of FCO's Pakistan Section. Responding to reftel, Guy said HMG is keen on "as much electio [...] | 2007-12-31 11:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER PK UK |
07LONDON473 | FY-2007 TEACHING AREA STUDIES, 11/15-12/2/06: EVALUATION BY [...] SUMMARY/RESULTS-IMPACT ------------------------- A). Ali Pedram found this an interesting and informative program on all fronts, academically, professionally and personally. It destroyed the preconceived ideas he had of the United States and its culture as well as its foreign policy toward th [...] | 2007-02-06 17:29:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL IR UK |
07LONDON515 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary. Embassy London believes that HMG would object to a UN listing of the Human Appeal International (HAI) in its entirety unless we were able to provide it with specific information linking the UK branch to al Qaida or demonstrating that HAI-UK operated under the direction of HAI [...] | 2007-02-09 15:29:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ECON |
07LONDON519 | TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS ASSISTANCE IN [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, Embassy contacted officials in the international organizations and counterterrorism policy departments at the Foreign Office to request feedback on the first tranche of terrorist facilitators and inciters designations. Both officials with whom we spoke commented that, [...] | 2007-02-09 16:22:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UK |
07LONDON52 | UK CONSIDERING BANK SADERAT OPTIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: An HMG intra-agency group met with U.S. Treasury officials to review new "evidence" of illicit activities by Bank Saderat Iran and its London-based subsidiary, Bank Saderat PLC. HMG officials requested further information indicating the London subsidiary is controlled by the [...] | 2007-01-05 18:04:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER ETTC IR UK |
07LONDON6 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DOCKRAT PRENOTIFICATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Embassy delivered reftel prenotification to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on December 22. On January 3, Rod Mackenna of the FCO's Counter Terrorism Policy Department notified us that the UK will support a UN 1267 designat [...] | 2007-01-03 15:17:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZU UK |
07LONDON640 | (C) AFGHANISTAN: UK WILL URGE ICELAND TO KEEP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-20 15:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IC AF UK NATO |
07LONDON644 | UK TAKES NO POSITION ON CND VOTE ON DRONABINOL [...] The UK intends to go into the Commission on Narcotic Drugs meetings in March with no set position on deferring the vote on dronabinol. Gabriel Denvir, in the Home Office's Drugs Legislation Section, the lead office in the UK for the CND, responded to LabCouns presentation of ref (A) points by [...] | 2007-02-20 16:25:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SNAR UNCND UK |
07LONDON660 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 51st session of the IMO FP S/C met at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London 5-9 January 2007, chaired by Mr. Juan Carlos Cubisino (Argentina). The session was attended by delegations from 43 member states, one associate member, one state not a member, one intergovernmental org [...] | 2007-02-21 13:47:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO AORC ASEC UK |
07LONDON667 | UK WILL NOT EXTEND TRAINERS AT JIPTC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 17:06:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR UK IZ JO |
07LONDON679 | ACCREDITATION REQUESTED - IMO - FIFTIETH SESSION [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from March 5 - 9, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Fiftieth Session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE): Captain Patrick E. Little, [...] | 2007-02-22 14:25:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC IMO UK |
07LONDON704 | UK TRADE UNIONS FEAR LOSS OF POLITICAL CLOUT FROM [...] Summary: UK trade unions are anxiously following the deliberations of a commission exploring reforms to political party funding. The trade unions darkly suspect that some in the Labour Party would like to use the commission to break the unions' financial hold on Labour. At present, a handful [...] | 2007-02-23 16:23:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV UK |
07LONDON71 | TERRORIST FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Unless the U.S. has compelling information which either: a) demonstrates that the London branch of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) is under the operational control of Kuwait-based headquarters or b) shows a clear linkage between the London branch and al-Qaida, we [...] | 2007-01-09 14:02:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EFIN UK |
07LONDON764 | HILTON HOTELS CAUGHT BETWEEN US CUBA SANCTIONS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 17:16:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ELAB CU UK |
07LONDON780 | HILTON HOTELS CAUGHT BETWEEN US CUBA SANCTIONS AND [...] Summary and action request: Hilton Hotels International, faced with a conflict between US sanctions on Cuba and UK law banning discrimination, has instructed its employees not to violate local UK law, putting them on a potential collision course with US law. Post would welcome any guidance W [...] | 2007-02-28 18:00:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ELAB CU UK |
07LONDON788 | SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Iran Team Human Rights Leader, Stephen Hickey, described to Poloff several overlapping project areas, centering on media outreach, judicial reform and human rights, in which UK Government is supporting democratic reform in Iran. Hickey provided this [...] | 2007-03-01 14:15:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL EUN IR UK |
07LONDON794 | UK ANNOUNCES TERRORISM FINANCE STRATEGY [...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: The UK's new strategy to tackle financial crime and terrorism does not represent a dramatic point of departure, but rather confirms an evolutionary trend towards a more aggressive approach to countering terrorism finance. The strategy, announced by Economic Secreta [...] | 2007-03-01 16:21:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN UK |
07LONDON798 | IRAQ MND-SE UPDATE: UK TO BE OUT OF BASRA PALACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The entire UK presence at Basra Palace, both military and civilian, will be transferred to Basra Air Station by August, UK MOD officials told Embassy London March  [...] | 2007-03-01 17:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP IZ UK |
07LONDON809 | UK EXPECTATIONS FOR MARCH EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) The UK Government expects Iran and Bosnia to be issues of focus at the March General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Martin Sherman, FCO's EU External Affairs head, provided Poloff on March 1 with a readout of UK expectations for the GAERC in response to ref non-p [...] | 2007-03-02 15:26:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL PGOV BK YI IS IR AF SU UZ UK |
07LONDON892 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: COMSAR 11 was attended by 70 administrations and 1 Associate Member, 2 Specialized Agencies, and 19 non- governmental organizations. COMSAR considered the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS),Review of the ITU radio communications matters, Satellite Services (COSPAS-SARS [...] | 2007-03-07 16:45:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO ITU IMSO AORC ASEC UK |
07LONDON894 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The combined annual meeting for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took place in London, October 30 to November 3, [...] | 2007-03-07 17:45:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK |
07LUANDA1014 | LUANDA'S DIAMOND FACTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lev Leviev Diamond Corporation's (LLD) diamond cutting and polishing factory in Luanda is only operating at 20 percent of its designed capacity thanks to less than promised supplies of rough diamonds. Low throughput contributes to a high (USD 100 per carat) production co [...] | 2007-10-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA1015 | ANGOLA -- BENGUELA RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Benguela Railway is one of three strategic railroads linking Angola with its neighbors to the north and south. Although the China International Fund (CIF) won a contract to the restore the Benguela line in January 2006, the company has yet to lay down rails. The Chinese [...] | 2007-10-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV AO CH |
07LUANDA104 | DAS CAROL THOMPSON MEETING ANGOLAN VICE FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 29, 2007, visiting AF DAS Carol Thompson received GRA thanks for the disaster relief assistance provided to Angola by the United States following the recent flooding and noted the positive contribution of the 2005 MEDFLAG Exercise. Thompson reiterated USG interest in [...] | 2007-02-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD EINT EAID TBIO AO |
07LUANDA1048 | ANGOLAN JOURNALIST IMPRISONED FOR DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 3, Graca Campos, the outspoken director of the privately-owned weekly newspaper "Semanario Angolense," was sentenced to eight months in prison (two months more than the maximum legal sentence) and an unprecedented 250,000 USD fine following his conviction on defamatio [...] | 2007-10-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA1049 | ANGOLA REPORTS PROGRESS TOWARDS ELECTIONS IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: During a briefing for the Diplomatic Corps, Virgilio Fontes Pereira, the Minister of Territorial Administration and head of the Interdepartmental Committee on the Electoral Process (CIPE) suggested President Dos Santos would announce the date for parliamentary elections by early [...] | 2007-10-16 14:14:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA1069 | THE ROAD TO BENGUELA [...] (U) Summary. The road connecting Luanda with Benguela-Lobito, a priority infrastructure project for the GRA, appears near completion, but the road has not been rebuilt, only resurfaced. End Summary. New-Old Road ------------ 2. (U) Most of the two-lane coastal highway from Luanda t [...] | 2007-10-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ECON EFIN AO CH |
07LUANDA1082 | MOCAMEDES RR STALLED FOR DEMINING [...] (U) Summary. Work on Angola's southernmost railway line, the Mocamedes Railway (CFM),is not progressing, according to its Director, Julio Bango Joaquim. Bango said work will begin as soon as landmines are removed from the line east of Lubango. He added the railway should prosper when the i [...] | 2007-10-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EMIN ETRD AO CH |
07LUANDA11 | ANGOLA FOUNDS ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. In December 2006, the GRA established the Angolan Development Bank (BDA) in order to lend funds from petroleum and diamond revenues to economic sectors neglected by Angola's commercial banks. During 2007, the BDA intends to start lending to agriculture cooperatives and constr [...] | 2007-01-05 10:17:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ECIN AO |
07LUANDA110 | ANGOLA: DAS THOMPSON DISCUSSES POLITICS WITH MPLA [...] (SBU) Summary: MPLA Party Secretary Joana Lina told visiting DAS Carol Thompson that the MPLA is focusing its efforts in 2007 on the planned 2008 elections, including intense support of the nationwide voter registration campaign. It has developed a vision for Angola,s future, Angola 2025, an [...] | 2007-02-07 10:23:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM AO |
07LUANDA1116 | A PRODUCTIVE VISIT BY LULA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luis Ignacio da Silva's high-profile state visit on October 17 and 18, 2007 resulted in seven new technical assistance accords, the doubling of Brazil's credit line to Angola (to USD 2.3 billion) and the announcement of a business deal to build a sugarcane-based [...] | 2007-10-30 16:12:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN ENRG |
07LUANDA1127 | HUILA PROVINCE - GREAT POTENTIAL AND HUGE PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. An energy deficit and dilapidated infrastructure diminish Huila Province's economic potential. Investors have to provide their own electricity, water, transportation and security. The GRA's railroad rehabilitation, critical to reopening Huila's iron mines, is at a standstill [...] | 2007-11-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN AO |
07LUANDA1173 | SAMAKUVA KICKS OFF UNITA'S ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. On 14 November 2007, UNITA Party President Isaias Samakuva delivered a rousing, wide-ranging speech to kick off UNITA's 2008 electoral cycle. He reached out to those outside his own party, calling for regular elections, a major investment in education, civil service reform an [...] | 2007-11-23 06:25:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA1204 | FOREIGN MINISTER REITERATES ANGOLA'S DESIRE FOR A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During Amb. Mozena's December 3 presentation of copies of his credentials, Foreign Minister Miranda stressed Angola's desire for continued positive relations with the U.S., defined commercial/economic ties as the key element of the bilateral relationship, and expressed gratit [...] | 2007-12-04 06:21:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA1208 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON ANGOLA'S PLAN FOR PEACE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 4, 2007 meeting with AFRICOM Commander General Ward, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Chicoti gave additional details about Angola's plan for peace and stability in the Eastern DRC. The plan calls for a small SADC task force in the region, SADC-sponsored and [...] | 2007-12-05 09:05:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OTRA AO |
07LUANDA1221 | FIRST CREDIBLE REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A December 5th, 2007 report from NGO Medecins San Frontieres is the first substantiated report of widespread human right abuses perpetrated by Angolan soldiers against expelled Congolese illegal immigrants in the diamond-rich region of Lunda Norte. The Embassy is actively engagi [...] | 2007-12-06 18:11:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA1225 | ANGOLA ANNOUNCES PARIS CLUB AGREEMENT AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The GRA has reached agreement with the Paris Club on repaying interest in arrears (Reftel A). The news punctuates several announcements of new lines of credit offered as trade promotion vehicles by countries such as China, Germany and Brazil. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On Fr [...] | 2007-12-07 12:23:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA1238 | ANGOLA: 2007-08 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Below please find Angola's contribution to the drugs and chemical controls portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. ANGOLA ------- I. Summary 2. Although some cannabis is cultivated and consumed locally, Angola neither produces nor consumes signific [...] | 2007-12-12 16:08:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AO |
07LUANDA1243 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] TFCO and contact information: Francisco J. Fernandez, DCM, 244 (222) 641-618; cell 244 923-404-618. Unclassified e-mail - fernandezfj@state.gov SIPDIS Classified e-mail - fernandezfj@state.sgov.gov 2. Deputy TFCO and contact information: Mark D. Schall, Econ-Commercial Officer, 244 ( [...] | 2007-12-14 07:19:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER KTPN AO |
07LUANDA1245 | ANGOLA: ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] (U) The following responses reflect updated information as requested by ref A and B. Laws and Regulations on Child Labor ------------------------------------ 2. (U) Angola's onstitution prohibits human bondage in general, and statutory law specifically prohibits forced or bonded child la [...] | 2007-12-14 11:21:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD EIND PHUM SOCI AO |
07LUANDA1251 | ANGOLA STILL TRYING TO BE A PLAYER IN THE DRC [...] (U) Angola, which continues to seek a role in ending the conflict in the eastern DRC, this week engaged in a series of high-level meetings between Angolan and Congolese military officials. Congolese Military (FARDC) Chief of Staff Dieudonne Kayembe stressed the "special place" that Angola hol [...] | 2007-12-14 16:07:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OTRA CG AO |
07LUANDA1269 | PRESSURE ON CNE AS ELECTORAL BALL DROPS IN ITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GRA continued to set the stage for legislative elections in 2008 in a series of high-level meetings this week. At an extraordinary session of the GRA's senior consultative body, the Council of the Republic, on December 17th, the President dos Santos clarified the National Ele [...] | 2007-12-20 18:14:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA127 | DAS CAROL THOMPSON VISIT TO CABINDA CHEVRON OIL [...] (SBU) Summary. During AF DAS Carol Thompson,s visit to Angola,s oil-rich exclave of Cabinda, she traveled to Chevron,s state of the art offshore deep water production and drilling platform and spoke at the launch of the USAID/Chevron-partnered Municipal Development Project, an innovative prog [...] | 2007-02-09 11:29:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EPET PARM AO |
07LUANDA1270 | WORLD BANK ANGOLA BRIDGING TWO WORLDS [...] (SBU) Summary. World Bank Country Representative - Angola Alberto Chueca is decidedly more upbeat about prospects for successful Bank engagement in Angola than he was only three weeks ago, when he last met the Ambassador. His new-found optimism is founded on several recent developments: fi [...] | 2007-12-20 18:18:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON AO |
07LUANDA1271 | BECHTEL SIGNS MEGA LNG CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary. On 10 December 2007, the Angolan LNG Consortium and Bechtel Corporation signed multi-billion dollar contract to build the Angola Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Soyo. Bechtel is concerned about possible problems in getting Angola visas for the approximately 4,000 expatr [...] | 2007-12-20 19:24:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EIND ECON AO |
07LUANDA1274 | ANGOLA: YET ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO ELECTIONS [...] (U) On December 21, 2007 the Inter-ministerial Commission for the Electoral Process (CIPE) delivered the voter registration books to the National Electoral Commission (CNE),marking a major step towards the realization of Angola's first post-war elections beating its own December 31st deadline [...] | 2007-12-26 19:11:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AO |
07LUANDA1275 | ANGOLA: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS FOR [...] (U) During his year-end speech to the nation on December 27th, 2007, President dos Santos announced legislative elections for September 5 and 6th, 2008. He stressed the elections should be conducted peacefully, with tolerance and respect for the opinions of others. Dos Santos said the legisl [...] | 2007-12-27 15:47:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AO |
07LUANDA1281 | BRAZILIAN OIL WORKER KILLED IN CABINDA PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Armed bandits shot and killed an oil industry medic, a Brazilian national, in the restive northern region of Cabinda Province on December 26th, 2007. The incident occurred when the Brazilian and a team of Angolan workers were stopped by a group of seven armed men as they traveled from a [...] | 2007-12-31 12:58:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA13 | ANGOLA FOUNDS ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. In December 2006, the GRA established the Angolan Development Bank (BDA) in order to lend funds from petroleum and diamond revenues to economic sectors neglected by Angola's commercial banks. During 2007, the BDA intends to start lending to agriculture cooperatives and constr [...] | 2007-01-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ECIN AO |
07LUANDA14 | ANGOLA'S BANKING SECTOR - LIMITS TO GROWTH? [...] (SBU) Summary. Angola's banking sector has grown rapidly since the civil war ended in 2002. Commercial banking assets have doubled to more than USD 6 billion since 2003 and the number of banks has increased. Private banks are profitable, and new banks are looking for market niches. Banks [...] | 2007-01-05 12:00:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AO |
07LUANDA159 | ANGOLAN PRESIDENT DOS SANTOS VISITS EQUATORIAL [...] (U) Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos made an official two day visit to Equatorial Guinea on February 14 and 15, 2007, accompanied by his wife and a large governmental delegation. Dos Santos in his arrival speech emphasized South-South cooperation between the two countries and the imp [...] | 2007-02-15 17:29:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA162 | ANGOLA - JANUARY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- -- Angola,s Armed Forces to Help Stop Illegal Immigration -- Abel Chivukuvuku Will Run for UNITA President -- President Dos Santos Urges &Zero Tolerance8 Against Domestic Violence --------------------------------------------- --------- Angola,s Armed F [...] | 2007-02-16 12:14:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EMIN AO |
07LUANDA163 | ANGOLA VOTER REGISTRATION: PHASE TWO BEGINS AS GRA [...] (SBU) Summary: Phase two of the Angolan voter registration process began on January 15, 2007 as scheduled, with operations running smoothly and demand for registration cards high. After reviewing experiences during the month-long first phase, where over 945,000 were registered, the GRA has ree [...] | 2007-02-16 12:35:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM AO |
07LUANDA164 | ANGOLA'S NEW CUSTOMS LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. Angola,s new customs code took effect in January 2007, bringing Angolan law into line with modern international practices, including the Kyoto and Istanbul Convention norms. Management consultant Crown Agents has improved daily customs operations, computerizing and streamlinin [...] | 2007-02-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KREC ECON AMGT AO |
07LUANDA166 | CAROL THOMPSON DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary. During AF/DAS Carol Thompson,s visit to Angola, the Chairman of the National Election Commission was bullish on the success of the voter registration process while opposition leaders had reservations about elections in general. Opposition leaders thanked us for our support for [...] | 2007-02-21 10:56:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM AO |
07LUANDA171 | CHINESE IN ANGOLA: DOING BUSINESS AND SETTLING IN [...] (U) This is one in a series of cables on the Chinese business community in Angola. Previous cables have examined the Chinese line of credit. 2. (SBU) Summary: Chinese businesses, especially construction companies, are highly evident in Luanda. The Chinese are having an impact on the land [...] | 2007-02-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PINR CH AO |
07LUANDA174 | UNHCR WISHES TO FORMALLY TERMINATE ANGOLAN REFUGEE [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative informed Embassy Luanda of UNHCR,s intent to terminate the repatriation/reintegration program for Angolan refugees and invoke the cessation clause, rec [...] | 2007-02-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV AO |
07LUANDA175 | ANGOLA: EVENTS SURROUNDING DETENTION OF GLOBAL [...] (SBU) With reference to the arrest and detention of Dr. Sarah Wykes, of the Global Witness NGO, Embassy Luanda has compiled the following chronological outline of events, which we hope will present the facts and clear up some misperceptions of the train of events. 2. (C) Chronology of Event [...] | 2007-02-23 12:13:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV AO |
07LUANDA19 | ANGOLA BLUE LANTERN CASES 05-1006925 AND 05-995905 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-09 15:50:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AO |
07LUANDA204 | ANGOLA BLUE LANTERN UPDATE ON LICENSES 05-928494 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 06:30:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AO |
07LUANDA235 | ANGOLA: UNITA BELIEVES SHOTS FIRED WERE AN ATTEMPT [...] (C) Summary: On March 2, shots were fired at the UNITA party headquarters in Camabatela, Kwanza Norte province while UNITA president Isaias Samakuva was in the building. UNITA representatives publicly announced to the media and privately to emboff that the shots fired were a direct threat to [...] | 2007-03-13 08:47:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PDEM AO |
07LUANDA250 | ANGOLA DECIDES NOT TO SEEK IMF AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Angola,s Finance Minister, Pedro de Morais, announced that Angola will not pursue a program with the IMF. Citing Angola,s progress in combating inflation and its growing foreign exchange reserves, Angola believes it does not need a stand-by agreement to ensure macroeconomic st [...] | 2007-03-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA287 | CLOTHESPINS TO CEMENT - PORTRAIT OF A CHINESE [...] (U) This is one in a series of cables on the Chinese business community in Angola. Previous cables have looked at the social impact of Chinese expatriates in Luanda and the Chinese line of credit. Angola ) Land of Golden Opportunity ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Working in [...] | 2007-03-21 17:14:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV AO CH |
07LUANDA288 | ANGOLA DENIES IT IS SENDING POLICE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Angolan government has officially denied it is sending 3000 police militia to Zimbabwe. The denials come in response to a report originating on TalkZimbabwe.com following a visit by Angolan Interior Minister Roberto Leal Monteiro, &Ngongo8 to Zimbabwe, which has since been [...] | 2007-03-22 11:38:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI AO |
07LUANDA29 | ANGOLA: EX-FLEC SOLDIERS INCORPORATED INTO ANGOLAN ARMED [...] (U) Summary: On January 6, 2007 the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) announced the conclusion of the second phase of the peace process outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding for Peace and Reconciliation, which included the full disarmament and demobilization of the Front for t [...] | 2007-01-12 09:42:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF PTER AO |
07LUANDA31 | ANGOLA: POLL SHOWS SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Angolans support the government's economic performance and plan to participate in elections, according to a recent International Republican Institute (IRI) poll. Poll results indicate a clear electoral advantage and public support for the ruling MPLA party, but also show possible [...] | 2007-01-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KWMN AO |
07LUANDA311 | ANGOLA'S NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER PREDICTS SHARPLY [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 22, 2007, Ambassador Efird and Econoff called on Agriculture Minister Afonso Pedro Canga. According to Canga, this year,s heavy rains will reduce the corn harvest to about 60,000 metric tons, compared with 450,000 tons in 2006. The cassava harvest will be adequate, [...] | 2007-03-28 16:46:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EAID AO |
07LUANDA324 | Weapons of Mass Destruction Finance: Iran's DIO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR |
07LUANDA326 | U.S. AND CHINESE AMBASSADORS EXPLORE BILATERAL [...] (U) Summary. On April 3, 2007, the Chinese and U.S. Ambassadors met to discuss potential areas for coordinated agricultural assistance to Angola. They reviewed their countries, respective engagement in agricultural assistance in Angola in an effort to find synergies for future cooperation. [...] | 2007-04-09 06:14:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ETRD AO |
07LUANDA328 | ANGOLA: GRA CELEBRATES WOMEN'S MONTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: The role of women in Angolan society was a GRA focus during the month of March. The GRA organized workshops and seminars, conducted domestic violence awareness campaigns and carried out a special electoral registration campaign exclusively for women during March, using many of t [...] | 2007-04-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN AO |
07LUANDA330 | ANGOLA: FEBRUARY - MARCH POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- ---- PADEPA Activists Acquitted ---- FNLA Founder Retires ---- UNITA Loses Five Deputies, Commemorates Savimbi's Death ---- MPLA Parliamentarian Denounces Lack of Freedom of Expression ----MPLA President Accuses Party Dissidents of Spreading Lies PADEPA [...] | 2007-04-10 15:36:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA358 | ANGOLA - TROOPS SHUT DOWN AMCIT-OWNED QUARRY [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 27, 2007, Angolan soldiers shut down an Amcit-owned quarry near Luanda, claiming to be acting on behalf of Angola's National Reconstruction Council. Several other quarries were shut down at the same time. The Embassy has explained the potentially damaging effect on [...] | 2007-04-17 12:54:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD BEXP PGOV EMIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA38 | Angola: Ambassador Briefs IMF Official on IMF Agreement, [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with IMF Africa Department Senior Advisor Robert J. Corker on January 13, 2007 in Luanda, Ambassador Efird reviewed the likelihood of and the timetable for the GRA to conclude a Stand-by Agreement with the IMF, noting as well the serious steps taken by the GRA to liquid [...] | 2007-01-17 11:25:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AO |
07LUANDA434 | ANGOLA: REQUEST FOR FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] This is an Action Message. See para 11. 2. (SBU) Summary. Gary Eilerts, USAID/Washington's Program Manager for the Famine Early Warning System Information Network (FEWS NET),visited Luanda March 26 and 27, 2007, to explore with USAID, relevant donors, and the Government of the Republic of [...] | 2007-05-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON SOCI KPAO AO |
07LUANDA443 | GROUPS IN ANGOLA CALLING FOR EXTENDING VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: With less than six weeks to the conclusion of the voter registration period on June 15 2007, opposition parties and other groups are publicly urging the government to extend the voter registration period, arguing that due to the poor road network and unusually heavy rainfall the [...] | 2007-05-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AO |
07LUANDA444 | ANGOLAN NGO GIVES REGISTRATION PROCESS HIGH MARKS [...] (U) Summary: The Angolan Electoral Platform, a group of civil society election observers, gave the voter registration process high marks when it publicly announced results of its months long monitoring observations. Observers were routinely accorded access to registration centers; found that [...] | 2007-05-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM AO |
07LUANDA445 | ANGOLAN CANDIDACY TO THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On May 3, 2007 Embassy Luanda received diplomatic note number 40/00.13, dated April 23, 2007, from the Angolan Ministry of External Relations requesting U.S. Government support for the Angolan candidacy to the U.N. Human Rights Council which will be voted on in May 2007. 2. (U) Informal [...] | 2007-05-08 14:42:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AO |
07LUANDA463 | ANGOLA NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT BELARUS [...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche on Belarus' candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (reftel A) on May 10th, 2007 to Jacinto Rangel, Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Rangel thanked us for our points and confirmed that the Fre [...] | 2007-05-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNHRC PHUM AO |
07LUANDA473 | ANGOLA - APRIL ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) Table of Contents: -- Ministry of Finance Issues Its First Long-Term Debt -- Kyoto and Cartagena Protocols Ratified -- New Minimum Wage -- Luanda,s First Major Shopping Mall Opens -- Luanda Infrastructure ) Friction vs. Traction -- Angola-China Trade -- Portuguese Language Labeling on Al [...] | 2007-05-15 12:33:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG SENV ELAB ETRD AO |
07LUANDA474 | ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYTEM GETS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a program cost of nearly USD 1 billion, the GRA,s food distribution and retail system, PRESILD, is up and running with great publicity and fanfare. Under PRESILD the GRA will create regional bonded warehouses, supermarkets in every province, open air markets in every municip [...] | 2007-05-15 12:34:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD AO |
07LUANDA475 | GULF OF GUINEA COMMISSION OPENS ITS OFFICE IN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Luanda Charge visited the Gulf of Guinea Commission,s new headquarters in Luanda and met with Secretary General Carlos Gomes and staff to welcome Gomes to SIPDIS Luanda and convey USG willingness to cooperate with the Commission. Having only recently taken possession o [...] | 2007-05-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PHSA AO |
07LUANDA476 | ANGOLA - APRIL POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- ---- Angola Funds the Gulf of Guinea Commission ---- Supreme Court President Calls for More Judges ---- New Angolan Naval and Air Force Chiefs --------------------------------------------- ---- Angola Provides the Budget for the Gulf of Guinea Commission -------- [...] | 2007-05-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA477 | ANGOLA HOSTS FIRST SAN CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from San communities in Angola gathered with San representatives from other Southern African countries, NGOs, and government officials for the first Angolan San Conference on April 24th - 26th 2007. Not only did this represent the first time the Angolan San met w [...] | 2007-05-15 16:05:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL PGOV AO |
07LUANDA518 | ANGOLA APPRECIATES ITS CURRENCY [...] (SBU) On May 7, 2007, Angola announced a 6.25 percent increase in the value of the Angolan Kwanza (Kz) from 80 to 75 Kwanza per dollar. The GRA uses the Angolan Central Bank's (BNA) monopoly position in exchanging dollars for kwanza as its primary instrument in combating currency inflation. [...] | 2007-05-24 11:02:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA519 | ANGOLA: AGING ARSENAL THREATENS CIVILIANS [...] (C) Summary: Recent visits to Angolan Air Force ammunition storage facilities found inadequate storage practices for the vast remnants of its Soviet-era arsenal. The Angolan military's limited stockpile destruction capacity has prompted them to turn to NGOs such as HALO Trust for assistance. [...] | 2007-05-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL KHDP PINR AO |
07LUANDA56 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS CAROL THOMPSON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) DAS Thompson, I want to warmly welcome you to Angola. Your visit follows the highly successful 2006 visits of General Ward, A/S Lowenkron and then-PDAS Pittman. Your visit, which will be followed by the February ship visit of the USS Kaufmann, starts 2007 positively towards the USG goal o [...] | 2007-01-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM AO |
07LUANDA564 | IMF ARTICLE IV TEAM GIVES ANGOLA HIGH MARKS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 5, 2007, the IMF Article IV team, which is close to winding up its first visit to Angola since the GRA definitively walked away from a formal program with the IMF (reftel),presented a preliminary summary of its findings to representatives of embassies and international [...] | 2007-06-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA57 | NO TROOPS FOR SOMALIA, DOOR OPEN FOR OTHER AID [...] (SBU) President Eduardo dos Santos and Foreign Minister Joao Bernardo de Miranda publicly rejected the possibility of Angolan military support for the Somali peacekeeping force following a meeting of the Council of Ministers on January 19, 2007. President dos Santos stated that Angolan milita [...] | 2007-01-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SO AO |
07LUANDA615 | SPECIAL AGENT STEEN MEETS WITH ANGOLAN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Secret Service Special Agent William Steen conducted training in recognizing counterfeit currency at Embassy Luanda and met with representatives of the Angolan Central Bank Exchange Reserves Department to discuss training in currency recognition. While recent changes in th [...] | 2007-06-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINT ECON AO |
07LUANDA621 | ANGOLA: OIL BOOM FUELING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Aguinaldo Jaime described Angola,s efforts to manage its exceptionally high economic growth to A/S Jendayi Frazer, noting the creation of a stabilization fund to manage oil price fluctuations on the budgetary process; programs to increase Central Bank and Fin [...] | 2007-06-21 13:44:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV OVIP CH AO |
07LUANDA622 | ANGOLAN ELECTION PREPARATIONS ON TRACK DESPITE [...] Summary: A/S Jendayi Frazer reinforced USG interest in seeing elections occur in 2008 and 2009 according to GRA announcements and advocated that the GRA publish an electoral calendar so that all parties can fully prepare for the elections. In Caala, Huambo province, she was positively impress [...] | 2007-06-21 13:45:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OVIP AO |
07LUANDA624 | ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT WARMLY RECEIVES A/S FRAZER [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with GRA officials A/S Jendayi Frazer reinforced the US-Angola bilateral relationship, generating much goodwill and amplifying the USG message that we want to develop a strong partnership with Angola, one based on mutual respect, democracy, and good economic governance [...] | 2007-06-21 14:01:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN OVIP AO |
07LUANDA625 | ANGOLA: GRA EXTENDS VOTER REGISTRATION PERIOD [...] (U) Summary: Citing the logistical difficulties caused by the country's war ravaged infrastructure and an unusually heavy rainy season, the Council of Ministers extended the voter registration period from June 15th to September 15, 2007. Government spokesmen repeatedly stated that the extensio [...] | 2007-06-21 14:52:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA636 | ANGOLA: EVICTIONS SHOW PROGESS AND PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On the morning of June 19, 2007, military, police, and private security forces forcibly evicted those who were squatting on military-owned land. Local human rights organizations decried the use of military forces for the protection of private development projects, yet failed to [...] | 2007-06-25 16:46:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF AO |
07LUANDA648 | ANGOLA: WORK STOPS ON THE MALANJE RAILROAD [...] (C) Summary. Work has apparently stopped along the railroad line linking Luanda and Malanje with Chinese railroad workers claiming they have not been paid for eight months. At the root of the problem is the nature of the deal between China International Fund (CIF) a private Hong Kong corpora [...] | 2007-06-27 10:55:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ETRD EFIN EPET PINR CH AO |
07LUANDA650 | ANGOLA CHAIRS SOUTH ATLANTIC PEACE ZONE [...] (C) Summary. Angola hosted the sixth Ministerial Conference of the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone from June 18-19, 2007 in Luanda, and now chairs the organization. The main outcome of the conference was approval of the Luanda Action Plan (LAP),an extremely broad paper calling for [...] | 2007-06-27 16:06:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA651 | ANGOLA: THE ROOSTER FLIES AGAIN AS UNITA ANNOUNCES [...] (C) Summary: On June 26th 2007, in front of a boisterous crowd of supporters, UNITA formally opened the campaign for party president and announced Isaias Samakuva and Abel Chivukuvuku as the two candidates. Though party insiders call the campaign "too close to call," all players stress that m [...] | 2007-06-28 08:18:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM AO |
07LUANDA652 | ANGOLAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE DELAYS IN PROCESSING WORK VISA [...] SUMMARY: AS MANY AS 200 AMERICAN CITIZENS IN ANGOLA HAVE NOW BEEN WITHOUT THEIR PASSPORTS FOR AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS AND MANY FOR AS LONG AS EIGHT WEEKS AS THEY AWAIT WORK VISA RENEWAL PROCESSING BY THE ANGOLAN IMMIGRATION SERVICES. THESE DELAYS ARE CAUSING HAVOC WITH 28-DAY WORK ROTATIONS USED BY [...] | 2007-06-28 12:36:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC MGT AFSN APER CMGT PGOV EPET AO |
07LUANDA67 | ANGOLA: FLOODING KILLS 46, POOR SANITATION [...] (U) Summary: At least 46 people are dead and 22 missing following heavy rains and flooding in Luanda Province on January 22, 2007. Preliminary reports show severe flooding and damage in several municipalities, but no large-scale loss of life. However, several bridges either collapsed or were [...] | 2007-01-24 12:38:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TBIO CASC EAID AO |
07LUANDA692 | EMBASSY LUANDA DESTROYS "MILLIONTH WEAPON" [...] (U) Summary: Angolan police, government officials, military and representatives from the diplomatic and NGO communities applauded as Embassy Luanda,s Charge d, Affaires and an Angolan Armed Forces General destroyed the symbolic "Millionth Weapon" during Embassy Luanda,s commemoration of Intern [...] | 2007-07-10 16:44:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM KHDP AO |
07LUANDA693 | EU BLACKLISTS TAAG ANGOLAN AIRLINES [...] (C) Summary: The EU has included TAAG (Angolan National Airlines) on its black list as of July 6. Angola flirted with banning all EU flights to Angola in retaliation, but strong words of advice from the Ambassador and other foreign diplomats convinced the GRA to act sensibly to confront the i [...] | 2007-07-10 17:06:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON AO |
07LUANDA695 | CARLYLE GROUP VISITS ANGOLA LOOKING FOR NEW MARKETS [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. investment company The Carlyle Group brought its heavy hitters to Angola to meet with President Eduardo Dos Santos and the leaders of the GRA,s economic team and to persuade the Angolan national oil company Sonangol, the Ministry of Finance and perhaps the Angolan Develo [...] | 2007-07-11 16:03:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV AO |
07LUANDA696 | ANGOLA PROVINCIAL NOTES: SLOW DEVELOPMENT IN LUNDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Diamond-rich Lunda North province is on the slow track to development. Despite the important role of the diamond sector in contributing to Angola,s non-petroleum derived economy the province remains rural, underdeveloped and isolated from the rest of the country. Few employment [...] | 2007-07-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EMIN ECON PREF PINR SOCI KDEM AO |
07LUANDA70 | Angola: USAID-Central Bank Monetary Policy Workshop [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11 to 13, USAID Angola and the Angolan National Bank sponsored a monetary policy workshop featuring local and international experts. The workshop provided a forum to openly and frankly discuss the next steps required to help Angola take full advantage of increasing o [...] | 2007-01-25 06:21:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AO |
07LUANDA700 | ANGOLA PROVINCIAL NOTES: IN LUNDA NORTH, DIAMONDS [...] (C) Summary: Residents in Caito, a small village in Lunda Norte province, faced with limited economic opportunities and no government assistance, have turned to the diamond trade as a means of survival. Village leaders tried to sell Emboffs diamonds during their visit, and stated that the poli [...] | 2007-07-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EMIN ECON PREF PINR SOCI KDEM AO |
07LUANDA723 | EX-INTELLIGENCE CHIEF MIALA ARRESTED - REVENGE [...] (C) Summary. On Friday, July 13 2007, Fernando Miala, the former head of Angola,s foreign intelligence service, was arrested on a charge of insubordination: refusing an order to attend his own demotion ceremony. Miala was removed from office in February 2006 for allegedly plotting to overthr [...] | 2007-07-17 17:10:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AO |
07LUANDA746 | ANGOLA THANKS US FOR SUPPORT TO THE UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) Angola,s election to the UN Human Rights Council has proven to be a source of pride to the GRA as well as playing extensively in the Angolan press. More importantly it may provide some catalyst for Angola,s ratification of some core human rights conventions and has spurred the GRA to in [...] | 2007-07-19 11:38:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN AO |
07LUANDA748 | ANGOLA- FY 2006 SSH STATUS OF FUNDS SUMMARY REPORT [...] PART A - PRIOR FISCAL YEAR FUNDS FY 2005 SSH NUMBER: SSH-05-654-003 AMOUNT OBLIGATED: USD 17,245 UNLIQUIDATED BALANCE: None DATE OBLIGATED: October 12, 2005 COMPLETION DATE: September 30, 2006 NAME OF A GRANTEE: AFAMODSA PROVINCE: Luanda PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Construct a center with a hea [...] | 2007-07-20 08:25:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AO |
07LUANDA756 | ANGOLA: SAMAKUVA RE-ELECTED FOR UNITA PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Incumbent UNITA President Isaias Samakuva trounced rival Abel Chivukuvuku in the party elections held on July 19. In an electoral process designed to position UNITA as the only party prepared to bring transparency and democracy to Angola, the 1,076 delegates to UNITA's 10th Par [...] | 2007-07-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM AO |
07LUANDA757 | CAE: GOOD FOR ANGOLA AND FOR AMERICAN BUSINESSES [...] (U) Summary. The Angolan Center for Business Support (CAE),founded to help bridge the gap between Angolan small and medium sized enterprises and the oil industry, now includes support for American businesses entering the Angolan market. To Angolan SMEs it provides the full range of business [...] | 2007-07-23 07:40:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ECON AO |
07LUANDA763 | ANGOLA'S EXPANDING BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Angolan banking sector continues its rapid growth with two new Angolan-owned banks opening in June, bringing the total number of banks to seventeen, a thirty-five percent increase over two years ago. In addition, Angola's Banco BIC will expand to open a new Portuguese bank. [...] | 2007-07-23 16:14:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SNAR AO |
07LUANDA782 | DEMARCHE - R/V KNORR MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 21:19:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KRVC TPHY EWWT AO WA |
07LUANDA783 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 21:19:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL |
07LUANDA784 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 21:19:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC AO |
07LUANDA785 | ANGOLA PROVINCIAL NOTES - HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION [...] (C) Summary: Diamond prospecting, legal or otherwise, is the only game in town for the majority of the people in Lunda Norte province. Lunda Norte's diamond riches come packaged with reports of human right abuses committed by both government and private security forces against iLLegal diamond [...] | 2007-07-31 21:22:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EMIN PHUM ECON PREF PINR KDEM SOCI AO |
07LUANDA796 | FNLA FOUNDER HOLDEN ROBERTO DIES AT AGE 83 [...] (U) FNLA (National Front for the Liberation of Angola) founder and Angolan nationalist Holden Roberto passed away on the evening of August 2, 2007, after a long illness. He was 83 years old. Unlike many fellow leaders of the Angolan independence movement, including Agostinho Neto and Jonas Sa [...] | 2007-08-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AO |
07LUANDA846 | ANGOLA: FNLA FOUNDER LAID TO REST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following an official state ceremony in Luanda, FNLA founder Holden Roberto was buried in his native Zaire Province on August 8th, 2007. Despite mutterings that the GRA had deliberately kept him in poverty, the GRA pulled out all the stops for an elaborate funeral for Roberto. [...] | 2007-08-15 16:30:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUANDA847 | ANGOLA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -- Supreme Court Proscribes 19 Political Parties -- Ministries Improve Documentation of Children -- Sixty Cuban Doctors Arrive In Luanda -- Angola Reestablishes Relations With Togo -- Angola and North Korea Re-affirm Military Cooperation -- MPLA Parliamentarian Criticize [...] | 2007-08-16 07:01:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AO |
07LUANDA862 | STRUGGLING FOR AVIATION SAFETY - ANGOLAN CIVIL AIR [...] (SBU) Summary. USTDA Country Manager for West and Central Africa Pierce Davis met with Angolan Civil Aviation Agency Director Antonio Pombal on 27 July 2007. Davis found a Pombal preoccupied with INAVIC,s efforts to overcome a European Union ban on TAAG flights. Pombal hopes for immediate [...] | 2007-08-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EAID ECON AO |
07LUANDA871 | UNITA LEADER WANTS PRESSURE FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNITA President Isaias Samakuva and CDA Francisco Fernandez discussed elections and party politics in an August 20th meeting. Samakuva expressed concern over the GRA's lack of urgency regarding elections and asked that the USG strongly "encourage" the GRA to set a date for electio [...] | 2007-08-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AO |
07LUANDA872 | DEMARCHE: SEEKING HIGH-LEVEL COMMITMENT FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, see paras. 6 and 7 2. (SBU) Summary. At the request of the President's diplomatic advisor (ref a),Charge delivered reftel c demarche to Vice Minister of Transportation Helder Preza on 21 August 2007. Preza has been ordered by President dos Santos to bri [...] | 2007-08-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON AO |
07LUANDA873 | UNITA LEADER WANTS PRESSURE FOR ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AO |
07LUANDA875 | ANGOLA: INFORMATION FOR THE U.S. INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) In response to reftel inquiry, Angola has no rubber industry at present. The Embassy has not heard serious discussion of creating a rubber industry. 2. (U) Although Angola has a large and growing diamond industry, in-country cutting and polishing remains limited. However, a new state o [...] | 2007-08-24 10:50:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON AO |
07LUANDA898 | ANGOLA - USTDA MEETS MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION [...] Summary. Druing his recent visit, Pierce Davis, Country Director for West and Southern Africa for the United States Trade and Development Agency, met with Joao Kuvingwa, National Director of Angola's Ministry of Transportation (MOT). They discussed potential USTDA projects to help develop A [...] | 2007-08-30 09:12:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON AO |
07LUANDA908 | ANGOLA - AUGUST POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- - OPEC Secretary General Visits Angola - Energy and Economic Development Conference Held in Luanda - Angola Welcomes Vietnamese Doctors and Teachers - Angola Hosts and Wins African Basketball Championship OPEC Secretary General Visits Angola --------------- [...] | 2007-09-04 16:42:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KOLY AO |
07LUANDA923 | CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ANGOLA FOCUSED ON HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary. During an initial call on Counselor Ding Shan at the Chinese Embassy, the USAID Mission Director and Ding compared the U.S. and Chinese assistance efforts in Angola, which both emphasize health. Ding also disclosed China will soon start sending "barefoot doctors" to work in [...] | 2007-09-11 08:01:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV EINV AO CH |
07LUANDA924 | BIOGRAPHY - AUGUSTO TOMAS, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Over the past year, Augusto Tomas has emerged as the GRA's primary spokesman/advocate for privatization. He has taken the privatization show on the road to the US and Brazil, where he presented a polished Angolan plan for increasing competitiveness and privatizing state controlled [...] | 2007-09-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG TBIO AO |
07LUANDA970 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - ICAO ASSEMBLY SPLIT CURRENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ICAO AO |
07LUANDA972 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 16:40:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AORC ICAO AO PREL |
07LUANDA988 | DOES THE MIALA CASE MATTER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The rise and meteoric downfall of former presidental advisor Fernando Miala offers a rare glimpse into the high-level political machinations and competitive struggles related to succession politics in Angola. The ousting of Miala reveals President Dos Santos' undiminished appetit [...] | 2007-09-25 16:13:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AO |
07LUSAKA1016 | ZAMBIAN COFFEE PRODUCTION: INFORMATION FOR THE U.S. [...] (U) This cable provides background information on Zambia's coffee industry, in response to Ref A action request to assist the U.S. International Trade Commission in the preparation of its annual reports. -------- TEXTILES -------- 2. (U) Please see previous reporting (Refs B and C) for [...] | 2007-09-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ETRD ASEC ZA |
07LUSAKA1019 | PRESIDENT SIGNS NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. President Mwanawasa signed the government-sponsored National Constitutional Conference (NCC) bill on August 31. The bill calls for a nationally-representative Constitutional Conference to either draft a new constitution or suggest amendments to the current one. The Oasis Forum, [...] | 2007-09-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZA |
07LUSAKA1029 | ZAMBIA COMMITTED TO SOUND DEBT MANAGEMENT, SAYS FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of high levels of bilateral and multilateral debt forgiveness, Zambia has maintained discipline in managing its external debt, according to the Minister of Finance and National Planning. Domestic debt and arrears continue to be fairly high, but government secur [...] | 2007-09-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ZA |
07LUSAKA1054 | ZAMBIA AUGUST 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- BOZ Bemoans Oil Prices, Warns Of Inflation Rate Rise -- Stakeholders Query Government Over CEE Act -- World Bank, IMF Caution On Copper Prices, Ag Subsidies -- BOZ To Withdraw Money From Commercial Banks -- Zambian Airways Records Growth -- Mining Companies Find High-Grade Uranium [...] | 2007-09-17 09:50:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA |
07LUSAKA1109 | IMF GIVES ZAMBIA PASSING MARKS, BUT GROWTH PLATFORM "NEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's macroeconomic performance continues to receive good reviews from International Monetary Fund analysts, but budget execution remains a challenge, and may generate excess liquidity and inflation later in 2007. To achieve higher rates of growth that lift more Zambians out [...] | 2007-10-01 13:24:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV EINV ENRG ZA |
07LUSAKA1132 | ZAMBIA SEPTEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- ZAMBIA RECORDS SINGLE DIGIT INFLATION -- URANIUM MINING PROJECTS AWAIT GRZ POLICY FINALIZATION -- ZESCO PROPOSES ELECTRICITY PRICE HIKES -- KCM IMPORTS STATE-OF-THE ART SMELTER PLANT EQUIPMENT -- NEW TRI-NATIONAL JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED -- COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING RATES TOO HIGH F [...] | 2007-10-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA |
07LUSAKA1133 | ZAMBIA SEPTEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- ZAMBIA RECORDS SINGLE DIGIT INFLATION -- URANIUM MINING PROJECTS AWAIT GRZ POLICY FINALIZATION -- ZESCO PROPOSES ELECTRICITY PRICE HIKES -- KCM IMPORTS STATE-OF-THE ART SMELTER PLANT EQUIPMENT -- NEW TRI-NATIONAL JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED -- COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING RATES TOO HIGH F [...] | 2007-10-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA |
07LUSAKA1239 | ZAMBIA WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA AT INTERPOL GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 10:16:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PTER IR ZA |
07LUSAKA1246 | ZAMBIA OCTOBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- MWANAWASA HEADS TRADE DELEGATION TO SEATTLE -- CRITICAL FUEL SHORTAGE HITS ZAMBIA -- DIAMOND PROSPECTING VENTURE DOES NOT PAN OUT -- TRADING LICENSING ACT AMENDED -- THE ZAMBIA DEVELOPMENT ACT 2006 UNDERGOES REVISION -- NORTHERN PROVINCIAL AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION ON CARDS -- GRZ SUBM [...] | 2007-11-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA |
07LUSAKA1253 | ZAMBIA - POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. Summary -- Civil Society and GRZ Consult on NGO Bill -- National Constitutional Conference to Meet in December -- November 8 By-Elections -- Sata Slammed as Hired Gun for Taiwan -- Tourism-related bills make their wa [...] | 2007-11-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
07LUSAKA1303 | ZAMBIA - POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] Summary: -- Investigation into Sata Passport Issuance -- Patriotic Front Wins November 9 Parliamentary By-election -- Update on National Constitutional Conference -- Newcomer Makes Waves in MMD ----------------------------------------- Investigation into Sata Passport Issuance --------- [...] | 2007-11-30 08:48:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ZA |
07LUSAKA1318 | ZAMBIA NOVEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- ZAMBIAN AIRWAYS SUSPENDS FLIGHT SERVICES TO HARARE -- ANNUAL INFLATION RATE FALLS IN NOVEMBER -- LUSAKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NEED OF NEW RADAR CONTROL SYSTEM -- KARIBA NORTH BANK EXTENSION PROJECT TAKES OFF -- SOUTH KOREAN MINERALS COMPANY ENTERS MARKET -- COMESA TRADE MINISTER [...] | 2007-12-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EAIR ECIN ZA |
07LUSAKA1319 | LUSAKA UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION [...] Post submits current contact information as requested in reftel for leadership at Post and for key host government officials. 2. Mission contact information: Country Code Lusaka: 260 IVG Access Code: 852 POST1: 260(21)-125-0955 Ext. 2221 Reception Fax: 21252-225(mailroom) Cons [...] | 2007-12-06 05:25:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PGOV MA CN |
07LUSAKA1327 | MMD PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION -- MANY EYES ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Contenders to be the Movement for Multiparty Democracy presidential candidate for 2011 include party stalwarts, Mwanawasa loyalists, and outsiders. Sitting Vice President Banda is a long shot. With national elections still years away, the current strong contenders are those clos [...] | 2007-12-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZA |
07LUSAKA144 | ZAMBIA LAUNCHES INTEGRITY COMMITTEES TO FIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 10:36:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ZA |
07LUSAKA209 | UK COURT RULES ON DONEGAL "VULTURE FUND" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 15 a UK judge ruled that the Government of Zambia is liable for a debt owed to Donegal, a British Virgin Islands-based investment fund that is partly owned by a U.S. company. Although the ruling received much negative publicity in the international media, some Zambi [...] | 2007-02-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR ZA |
07LUSAKA218 | ZAMBIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered: -- United Party for National Development Seeks Pact with MMD -- Hakainde Hichilmema to Join MMD? -- Trouble in the UDA -- Mwanawasa and MMD Look to the Future -- ULP's Bob Sichinga Quits -- Defiance in Patriotic Front -- Parliamentary Election Petition Update UPND [...] | 2007-02-26 12:43:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
07LUSAKA244 | ZAMBIA FEBRUARY ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 10:16:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ZA |
07LUSAKA275 | ZAMBIA: STATUS OF UNDEF PROGRAMS [...] Per reftel, Post requested the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Zambia to provide information on the status of the UNDEF-funded constitutional reform project, which is being implemented by the UNDP. UNDP advised that the project document is currently being finalized. Once the docu [...] | 2007-03-09 09:06:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UN NGO OIIP ZA |
07LUSAKA316 | ZAM IS NOT ZIM: REPORTS OF GRZ PROPERTY DEMOLITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Following advance warnings made by the Zambian Minister of Local Government and Housing in late February, on March 11, the GRZ razed approximately 100 partially completed, unoccupied structures in the Kalikiliki section of Lusaka. The Zambia Land Alliance, an alliance of civil s [...] | 2007-03-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ZA |
07LUSAKA340 | ZAMBIA: EXTENSION OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES MANDATE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | UNHRC PREL PHUM ZA |
07LUSAKA372 | ZAMBIA MARCH 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 08:16:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAIR ZA |
07LUSAKA429 | IMF GIVES ZAMBIA'S ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT HIGH MARKS AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility program is "on track" and its macroeconomic performance has been good, according to a recent International Monetary Fund assessment team visit. The Zambian Government (GRZ) adequately addressed the team's concerns about fiscal accou [...] | 2007-04-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EAID ZA |
07LUSAKA434 | ZAMBIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered: -- Minister of Information Sacked -- MMD Succession Speculation -- United Liberal Party Loses MPs to PF -- Government Continues to Demolish Illegal Structures -- State Wins Media Case -- FOIA Tied To Media Ethics Bill -- Parliamentary Election Petitions -- PF Suspends [...] | 2007-04-12 09:56:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ZA |
07LUSAKA492 | SURPRISING ZAMBIAN CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary. President Mwanawasa announced several changes to Cabinet Minister appointments on April 23, only seven months into his second term of office. The greatest shock was the removal of Angela Cifire as Minister of Health. Cifire will be replaced by Brian Chituwo, who previously serv [...] | 2007-04-24 13:27:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZA |
07LUSAKA510 | OASIS FORUM REIGNITES CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's civil-society umbrella group, the Oasis Forum, recently declared a "constitutional struggle" and introduced a 10-step, 71-week, "roadmap" to a new constitution for Zambia. In a letter that was published in the media, President Mwanawasa provided a legal explanation of [...] | 2007-04-27 09:13:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ZA |
07LUSAKA563 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS THOMPSON'S VISIT TO ZAMBIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission in Zambia warmly welcomes Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Carol Thompson to Zambia from June 1 to June 6, 2007. Your visit comes at a time when President Mwanawasa and his administration are seeking to establish a second-term agenda following the President's [...] | 2007-05-10 10:58:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZA |
07LUSAKA887 | ZAMBIAN NGO BILL--CIVIL SOCIETY AND DONOR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: An NGO Bill that the Zambian government presented to Parliament on July 17 has met significant opposition from civil society. NGO representatives noted they were not consulted in the drafting process and raised concerns about the amount of power the Bill provides to the governme [...] | 2007-08-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ZA |
07LUSAKA894 | ZAMBIA JULY 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 05:10:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ZA |
07LUSAKA904 | ZAMBIA - DEMARCHE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-09 10:36:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL ZA |
07LUSAKA909 | MWANAWASA SUSPENDS DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary. On August 8, President Mwanawasa suspended Ryan Chitoba, the head of Zambia's Drug Enforcement Commission, after receiving compelling evidence from Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Chitoba's deputy, Jacob Koyi, who may also be implicated in the abuse of authority and p [...] | 2007-08-10 09:08:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV ZA |
07LUSAKA981 | ZAMBIAN MILITARY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FIRST [...] (U) On August 24, at a military training facility outside of Kafue (just south of Lusaka),560 participants in the first Zambian iteration of African Contingency Operations and Training Assistance (ACOTA) program peacekeeper training officially completed their course. In opening speeches at a [...] | 2007-08-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ASEC ZA |
07LUSAKA983 | COMESA LEADERS SHARE VIEWS ON THE SADC SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary. On August 28, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat leaders shared their views with Ambassador Martinez on the challenges of overlapping customs unions, expressed skepticism regarding SADC's "economic rescue plan" for Zimbabwe, and suggested that Muga [...] | 2007-08-29 14:04:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL SADC ZA |
07LUXEMBOURG101 | BLUE LANTERN: GC 0062-07 [...] (U) Please find below Embassy Luxembourg's input regarding Department's questions contained reftel. 2. (SBU) Question 1 - "Can NAMSA Luxembourg confirm that it placed an order for the items listed in pargraph 4 below from Romeera? ... Contract reference #LC-CC/4600000559." Response - Per NA [...] | 2007-03-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC LU |
07LUXEMBOURG110 | LUXEMBOURG PRESSED TO REIN IN ITS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Following up to ref A, Embassy translated and sent to EUR/UBI the text of a statement by Foreign Minister Asselborn made March 13 before the Chamber of Deputies explaining his public comments crticizing the planned European missile defense system (MDS)(ref B). Embassy believes that the st [...] | 2007-03-15 16:34:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NATO MARR PL EZ RU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG116 | LUXEMBOURG VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MARCH 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 09:46:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PINR LU |
07LUXEMBOURG12 | AMBASSADOR WAGNER PRESSES AFGHANISTAN AND MIDDLE [...] (C) On January 8, Ambassador Wagner met with Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn. She outlined four priorities for the USG in the Middle East: success in Iraq; the MEPP; stability in Lebanon; and Iran. She noted that the U.S. would vigorously support creation of an independent Palest [...] | 2007-01-09 07:14:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG122 | LUXEMBOURG ON TRACK TO SIGN U.S.-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 13:20:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAIR PREL EU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG127 | RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING RESETTLEMENT OF TWO [...] (SBU) Acting Pol/Econ chief delivered demarche points contained reftel A and B to the MFA Transatlantic Affairs Officer. There was no immediate response. 2. (C) COMMENT: We assess that we will not receive any response from the GOL until 17 April at the earliest because of the ongoing dis [...] | 2007-04-06 12:32:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL PHUM LU |
07LUXEMBOURG144 | DEMARCHE TO EIB RE: INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] Post discussed reftel with contacts at the European Investment Bank (EIB) on 18 Mar. EIB was unaware of the 3 May meeting in Egypt. Per discussion with our contact, Charge sent a letter to EIB President Philippe Maystadt and to EIB Vice President De Fontaine Vive and requested a meeting duri [...] | 2007-04-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EU EIB LU |
07LUXEMBOURG154 | LUXEMBOURG ON NEW WAY FORWARD IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER LU |
07LUXEMBOURG155 | EIB: NO MANDATE TO LEND IN IRAQ AT THIS TIME [...] (U) Subsequent to Ref B, Post received a letter from EIB President Philippe Maystadt indicating that "the European Council has not conferred an official mandate to the EIB to operate in Iraq and for this reason we will therefore not be represented at the forthcoming Ministerial meeting." 2. [...] | 2007-04-27 13:00:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EG EU IAEA PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG156 | LUXEMBOURG REPRESENTATION AT THE COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER LU |
07LUXEMBOURG159 | LUXEMBOURG VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR APRIL 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PINR LU |
07LUXEMBOURG162 | AMBASSADOR WAGNER'S MEETING WITH FM ASSELBORN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wagner met privately with Foreign Minister Asselborn April 28 to press home the U.S. government's deep concerns about the unhelpful remarks he has made about missile defense. Asselborn defended his comments by stating that he was merely saying "what other people were [...] | 2007-05-03 16:33:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG164 | LUXEMBOURG STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT [...] (SBU) During the March 30 cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, the Government of Luxembourg approved submitting to Parliament a draft bill implementing the extradition and MLAT agreements signed 23 June 2005 between the EU and U.S and those between the U.S. and Luxemb [...] | 2007-05-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA CJAN LU |
07LUXEMBOURG170 | LUXEMBOURG CONCERNED ABOUT CUBA'S LACK OF PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Luxembourg is concerned about the EU's lack of progress with Cuba on the subject of human rights but still favors an "open, constructive and comprehensive dialogue" with Cuba. In the past, Luxembourg has played a constructive role within the EU in finding compromises but it does [...] | 2007-05-08 10:19:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM CU LU EU |
07LUXEMBOURG187 | LUXEMBOURG ON EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FIN MNUC EXIM OECD UNSC IR LU |
07LUXEMBOURG204 | PUTIN VISITS JUNCKER LOOKING FOR FRIENDS IN OLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a one-day, first-ever state visit by a Russian or Soviet leader to Luxembourg on 24 May. The visit encompassed several dimensions but focused heavily on EU-Russia relations with the majority of the 9-hour visit being taken up by meeti [...] | 2007-05-25 19:48:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV LU EU NATO RU |
07LUXEMBOURG213 | SHIELD S04C-07: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO LUXEMBOURG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 15:08:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR LU |
07LUXEMBOURG214 | LUXEMBOURG AGREES WITH US ON INTERPRETATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 15:24:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC LU |
07LUXEMBOURG215 | LUXEMBOURG SUPPORTS CM BAN, BUT WILL NOT ALLOW IT [...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ Chief discussed points contained reftel with Michel Leesch, MFA Desk Officer for Political-Military & Non-Proliferation Affairs on 29 May. Leesch said that Luxembourg had a mandate from Parliament to negotiate an international instrument which would ban cluster munitions an [...] | 2007-05-31 15:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG218 | VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR MAY 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-04 10:16:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU |
07LUXEMBOURG222 | LUXEMBOURG TO CHAIR EXTRAORDINARY CFE TREATY [...] (C) Pol/Econ officer discussed points contained reftel as well as the point-by-point response to Russian concerns with the Luxembourg MFA. The MFA was particularly appreciative of the information as Luxembourg was notified last week by the Netherlands that Luxembourg would be chairing this ex [...] | 2007-06-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL LU RU |
07LUXEMBOURG223 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW LU |
07LUXEMBOURG224 | LUXEMBOURG STRONGLY FAVORABLE TO OPEN-END MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR LU PREL |
07LUXEMBOURG225 | LUXEMBOURG TO JOIN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (C) The MFA informed us on 29 May that Luxembourg had tentatively agreed to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terror (reftel). The MFA had prepared a briefing paper making this recommendation which the FM was going to present to a Government Cabinet meeting "in the near future." W [...] | 2007-06-05 15:59:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PREL PARM LU |
07LUXEMBOURG235 | LUXEMBOURG FENDS OFF EU VAT CHANGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the EU Economic and Finance (Ecofin) Council meeting on June 5, Luxembourg successfully fended off proposed changes to EU value added tax (VAT) policy which would have eroded its competitive advantage regarding VAT rates on e-commerce. Prime Minister Juncker said that the c [...] | 2007-06-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG24 | LUXEMBOURG ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel information on U.S. democratization initiatives for Iran to Luxembourg's Cooperation and Development Director Marc Bichler January 16. Bichler welcomed the information and confirmed that Luxembourg has no programs of any type in Iran. 2. (U) As a matter of national [...] | 2007-01-16 15:35:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN LU |
07LUXEMBOURG269 | VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR JUNE 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-02 12:01:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU |
07LUXEMBOURG280 | LUXEMBOURG UNABLE TO PROVIDE AMMUNITION FOR LAF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 16:04:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NATO LU LE |
07LUXEMBOURG306 | LUXEMBOURG JOINS GLOBAL EFFORT TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-23 11:32:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR LU PREL |
07LUXEMBOURG316 | LUXEMBOURG 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 10:29:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV LU |
07LUXEMBOURG322 | LUXEMOURG FOREIGN MINISTER AND POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA LU |
07LUXEMBOURG330 | LUXEMBOURG CABINET AGREES TO SUPPORT THE MUSLIM RELIGION [...] Summary: On July 6, the Government of Luxembourg (GOL) approved a draft law officially supporting the Muslim community. The law, in the form of a "convention," will provide Islam with equal status with other "convention" religions and will provide GOL payment for the salaries and pensions fo [...] | 2007-08-06 13:11:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG332 | VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR JULY 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 09:18:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU |
07LUXEMBOURG35 | LUXEMBOURG ARMY WANTS TO CREATE UNITS FOR [...] The Government of Luxembourg will soon ask its parliament to approve reforms that will make it easier for troops to serve in NATO and EU missions outside the Grand Duchy. Minister of Defense Jean-Louis Schiltz outlined the proposal at a January 17 swearing-in ceremony for 39 new enlistees. Th [...] | 2007-01-19 15:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG354 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION [...] (C) Econoff delivered points and names contained reftel to the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on 29 August 2007. There was no immediate comment from the MFA. The FIU informed Post on 30 August that "it would take the necessary actions in due time. [...] | 2007-08-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN LU |
07LUXEMBOURG356 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST [...] (SBU) On 29 August 2007 Pol/Econ officer delivered points contained reftel to the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with the Department's 15 August public statement. The MFA was unaware of the situation (NOTE: Our contacts who normally handle EU Affairs and Middle Eastern portfolio [...] | 2007-08-31 15:39:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PHUM PREL LU SY |
07LUXEMBOURG357 | LUXEMBOURG WANTS TO SEND LICENSING OFFICER TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 15:40:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM LU |
07LUXEMBOURG366 | VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST [...] (U) Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee on 15 August 2007. No Visas Viper submissions were presented at that time. 2. (U) The Visas Viper Committee held an ad hoc meeting on 07 September 2007. The following submission was presented: Name: Sulejman ((KOJIC)) aka Kojic ((S [...] | 2007-09-07 15:03:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT CVIS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU |
07LUXEMBOURG367 | LUXEMBOURG WILL SEEK COMMON EU POSITION RE: IAEA [...] (C) Pol/Econ officer delivered points contained reftel to the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on 29 August. Our contact at the MFA took note of the U.S. position regarding an Israel-specific agenda item and told us that this was exactly the sort of topic on which Luxembourg belie [...] | 2007-09-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG398 | LUXEMBOURG'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The Ministry of Defense recently provided the Embassy with updated facts and figures concerning Luxembourg's total contributions to Afghanistan's security and development. The information included military as well as developmental assistance. 2. (U) Regarding military assistance, sin [...] | 2007-10-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR LU AF |
07LUXEMBOURG403 | LUXEMBOURG CONDEMNS BURMESE REGIME'S ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ officer delivered points contained reftel on 1 October to Yasuko Muller, MFA Director for Asian Affairs. Muller responded on 3 October by thanking us for our points and pointing out to us Luxembourg's interventions in the UNHRC on 2 October. She said that EU thinking about fut [...] | 2007-10-03 13:57:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UN BM LU |
07LUXEMBOURG416 | VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-11 14:27:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU |
07LUXEMBOURG42 | LUXEMBOURG URGED TO INCREASE ITS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Wagner met with Defense Minister Jean-Louis Schiltz January 23 to encourage increased Luxembourg support for Afghanistan. Offering the Minister an overview of U.S. policy in the Middle East including Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Middle East Peace Plan (MEPP),the Ambassa [...] | 2007-01-24 16:11:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF LU |
07LUXEMBOURG431 | DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN LU |
07LUXEMBOURG432 | LUXEMBOURG TO SUPPORT US CANDIDACY FOR UNESCO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO AORC PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG438 | NO RESPONSE FROM LUXEMBOURG ON CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PHUM CU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG454 | LUXEMBOURG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED AND IDENTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ officer delivered points contained reftel to Claude Faber, MFA desk officer for security and defense affairs. Faber had no immediate comment but promised to provide Post with the appropriate contact information for Luxembourg's GI POC after internal GOL consultations have ident [...] | 2007-11-07 15:13:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC PARM PREL PTER LU |
07LUXEMBOURG456 | VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU |
07LUXEMBOURG457 | LUXEMBOURG NOT ATTENDING COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA |
07LUXEMBOURG459 | LUXEMBOURG EXTENDS ISAF AND KFOR MANDATES AND WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PREL NATO EU PINS AG KV LU |
07LUXEMBOURG464 | LUXEMBOURG: SHARES CONCERNS OVER VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG465 | TREASURY OFFICIALS MEET WITH GOL AND CLEARSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 8 November 2007, the U.S. Department of Treasury held consultations in Luxembourg with the Government of Luxembourg (GOL) and private sector as part of ongoing USG outreach highlighting the danger of doing business with Iran. The Treasury delegation met with senior Ministry of [...] | 2007-11-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | TTFN EFIN PARM MNUC PREL KCRM ECON LU IR |
07LUXEMBOURG476 | LUXEMBOURG POC FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] Per Reftel A, the GOL's POC for the Global Initiative is Mr. Claude Faber from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His back-up is Ms. Tessy Seidenthal. Mr. Faber and Ms. Seidenthal's contact information can be found below. Name - Mr. Claude Faber Title - Senior Desk Officer for Security, Defe [...] | 2007-12-03 15:29:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL IAEA KGIC LU |
07LUXEMBOURG480 | LUXEMBOURG HOLDS OFF PROPOSED VAT CHANGES [...] SUMMARY. At the 4 December Ecofin meeting, Luxembourg won crucial concessions from other EU member states on a proposal to change how the value-added tax (VAT) on services is levied and protected its comparative VAT advantage as well as a vital revenue source. These proposed changes would ha [...] | 2007-12-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV PGOV EU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG482 | LUXEMBOURG FM TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL PGOV IS LU AMGT |
07LUXEMBOURG483 | LUXEMBOURG: NO STATEMENTS ON LEBANESE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Pol/econ officer delivered points contained reftel to Jean-Louis Thill, MFA Coordinator for Near and Middle-Eastern Affairs on 7 December. Thill thanked Pol/econ officer for the information but responded that despite FM Jean Asselborn's personal interest in Lebanon, there were no statem [...] | 2007-12-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PGOV LE LU |
07LUXEMBOURG486 | VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 07:57:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU |
07LUXEMBOURG489 | LUXEMBOURG'S NEW MFA SECRETARY-GENERAL ON IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador received new MFA Secretary-General Paul Duhr for a courtesy call on 12 December and delivered reftel points on Iran and our recent NIE. Duhr commented that EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, a noted physicist, had briefed EU members on the latest intelligence on Iran, and [...] | 2007-12-12 16:11:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IR PARM PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG490 | LUXEMBOURG'S NEW MFA SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES [...] (C) Ambassador received new MFA Secretary-General Paul Duhr on 12 December and delivered points on Kosovo contained in reftel. Without directly addressing the intransigence of any individual member states, Duhr speculated that the EU would eventually release a statement on its position on a [...] | 2007-12-12 16:19:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI LU |
07LUXEMBOURG491 | LUXEMBOURG: OSLO PROCESS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and DCM discussed points contained Ref A with Paul Duhr, Secretary General of the Luxembourg MFA on 12 December. Duhr made it clear that he understood the U.S.' position on the Oslo Process and cluster munitions and assured the Ambassador that whatever the outcome of [...] | 2007-12-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL NATO NAMSA LU |
07LUXEMBOURG494 | LUXEMBOURG APPROVES COMPREHENSIVE MILITARY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Luxembourg Parliament passed a long-anticipated military reform package on 19 December 2007 without objection. Key provisions include the creation of "Available Operational Units" (or UDO in French) which are available for service abroad, expanding the size of the army by nea [...] | 2007-12-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV NATO MOPS PREL EU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG68 | LUXEMBOURG PREVIEWS UPCOMING GAERC [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche points February 9 to MFA Deputy Political Director Stephan Muller. He previewed the GAERC agenda and provided the following comments. ------ Kosovo ------ 2. (C) Discussion on the status of Kososvo will be the most important issue addressed by the min [...] | 2007-02-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN LU |
07LUXEMBOURG72 | DEMARCHE FOR MIDDLE RING SECURITY SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN IZ LU |
07LUXEMBOURG73 | DEMARCHE ON FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR LU |
07LUXEMBOURG79 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS [...] (SBU) Acting Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche February 22 to Veronique Dockendorf, MFA senior transatlantic affairs officer and Mike Hentges, the Prime Minister's diplomatic advisor. Neither had any immediate comment, but both undertook to present the demarche at the earliest opportun [...] | 2007-02-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV LU RS |
07LUXEMBOURG80 | LUXEMBOURG: 2007 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Luxembourg is pleased to present the following information regarding trafficking in persons in Luxembourg. Point of contact is Tom Boughter; tel: +352 46-01-23, ext. 2240. Political officer (FS-04) spent 20 hours meeting contacts and collecting information for this report. Acting [...] | 2007-02-23 13:37:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB LU |
07LUXEMBOURG86 | LUXEMBOURG TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 12:48:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN IZ LU |
07LUXEMBOURG91 | LUXEMBOURG ON MARCH GAERC: MOSTLY PREP FOR COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Deputy MFA Political Director Stephan Muller, Luxembourg does not have high expectations for the 5-6 March GAERC meetings in terms of outcomes. Rather, Luxembourg expects the focus of the meeting to be preparing for the European Council meetings on 8-9 March. Luxembo [...] | 2007-03-03 08:38:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ENRG LU SU UZ |
07LUXEMBOURG95 | LUXEMBOURG VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2007 [...] Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee meeting on 21 February 2007. No Visas Viper telegrams were submitted during the reporting period of February 2007. The VVC had no new information to report since Post's last report. 2. Posts VVC coordinator is Jason Chiodi. WAGNER [...] | 2007-03-07 09:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR KHLS CMGT ASEC PTER PINR LU |
07MADRID100 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC: GEORGE LAVDAS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Securities & Exchange Commission: George Lavdas to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 16 to January 19. The purpose of this visit to attend the IOSCO Standing Committee 3 meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors a [...] | 2007-01-18 17:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1000 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE REJECTS CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S [...] (SBU) On May 24 Spanish investigative magistrate Judge Santiago Pedraz rejected the appeal of National Court Chief Prosecutor Javier Zaragoza to drop the charges against three U.S. servicemen accused of killing Spanish television cameraman Jose Couso during a firefight in Baghdad in April 200 [...] | 2007-05-24 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID1001 | MFA DEMARCHES ON ODYSSEY'S NEW SHIPWRECK FIND [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. A recent discovery by Odyssey Marine Exploration company of an unidentified shipwreck, currently referred to as the "Black Swan", has created some controversy in the Spanish press and in GoS days before the local elections. [...] | 2007-05-24 17:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA |
07MADRID1002 | SPANISH REGIONAL ELECTIONS UNLIKELY TO RADICALLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Spanish voters head to the polls on May 27 to elect governments in most of Spain's 17 autonomous communities and in all of its city and town councils, in the first important electoral battle between the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) and the Popular Party (PP) since the [...] | 2007-05-24 17:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID1007 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STANFORD MCCOY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stanford McCoy, Chief Negotiator for International Property Enforcement, USTR, to travel to Madrid, Spain from May 31 to June 3. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Global Anti-Counterfeit Summit. 2. Post will make hotel reservations per reftel. [...] | 2007-05-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1008 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARY DOETSCH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mary Doetsch, Regional Refugee Coordinator, to work temporarily in Madrid, Spain from June 3 to on or about August 30. 2. Post will assist per reftel and email correspondence with classified computer log-in. Dan Keller, Consul General is the point of c [...] | 2007-05-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1009 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Jefrey Summers, Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain on June 15 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Scientific Working Group for the London Protocol at the 30th Scientific Group meeting. 2. Post und [...] | 2007-05-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID101 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: MEETING WITH CHIEF PROSECUTOR [...] (SBU) Embassy officials from Legat, the Consular Section, and the Political Section met with National Court Chief Prosecutor Javier Zaragoza on 1/18 to review developments in the Spanish court case charging three U.S. servicemen with murder and war crimes in the April 2003 death of Spanish cam [...] | 2007-01-18 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID1010 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Jacqueline Kerby Moore to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 29 to July 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Association of Science Parks Annual Board Meeting and the International Association of Science Parks World Conference. 2 [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID1011 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/ANTHONY ROSATI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Rosati, Department of Commerce, NOAA to travel to Barcelona, Spain from June 4 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend the World Climate Research Program Workshop on Seasonal Prediction. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance is [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1012 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC JOHN BARNWELL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Barnwell, Research Biologist, HHS/CDC to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 27 to May 31. The purpose of this visit is to attend an international meeting on malaria vaccine develpment as WHO temporary advisor. 2. Post understands that no a [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1013 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DAVIS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Cindy Davis, Program Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about June 4 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Fourth Seafood plus conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1014 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DOSEMECI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Oviedo and Barcelona, Spain on or about June 3 to June 25. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a validation study at the University of Oviedo and in Barcelona to atte [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1015 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation, William Cooke, David Edwards, and Robert Suggs from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 9 to June 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present papers at the Meteoroid 2007 conference. 2. [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1016 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: SCOTT GREATOREX [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Scott Greatorex from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 16 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1017 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as stated in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Zaragoza and Madrid, Spain on May 27 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to support STS-117 Operations at transoceanic abort landing site and to attend meetings in Madr [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1018 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as stated in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Moron, Spain on May 24 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to support STS-117 Operations at transoceanic abort landing site. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1019 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO: LYNNE BERESFORD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lynne Beresford, Commissioneer US Patent and Trademark Office to travel to Madrid, Spain from May 31 to June 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Global Anti-Counterfeit Summit. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance is not required. [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1020 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: HUA-LU PAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Hua-Lu Pan, Meteorologist from NOAA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 4 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Annual Meeting of the World Meteorological Organizations (WMO) World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Working Group on Season [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY SP OTRA |
07MADRID1021 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 1 VISIT TO [...] (C) Dear Secretary Rice: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit is a milestone in our work, together with you, to overcome the differences over Iraq with the Spanish government and convince them that further [...] | 2007-05-25 11:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL SP |
07MADRID1024 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JOHN TAMBURI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: John Tamburi, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 23 to May 25. The purpose of this visit is to perform an inspection. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded tha [...] | 2007-05-25 12:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1025 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JOSEPH DOMINIC [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joseph Dominic Zylwitis, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 17 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to perform a new check airman observation on US airways. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is [...] | 2007-05-25 12:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1026 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JONATHAN HAMMER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Jonathan Hammer, Principal Engineer, and Joseph Celio to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 23 to July 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at an FAA conference. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required [...] | 2007-05-25 12:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1028 | SECRETARY RICE'S TRIP TO MADRID: ADVANCE TEAM [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes Paul Watzlavick, S/ES-S Line Officer, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 27 to June 2. The purpose of this visit is to provide advance support and preparation for the Secretary's visit. 2. (U) The overall control officer is Deputy Chief of Mission, Hugo Llorens [...] | 2007-05-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OVIP |
07MADRID1029 | SPANISH RESPONSE ON NUCLEAR SUPPLIER GROUP [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REFTELS on May 23 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez. Sanchez reviewed the points and said that any GOS agreement to share Iran denial information would have to be coordinated with other Spanish Ministries. Sanchez undertook to pass the [...] | 2007-05-25 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR SP |
07MADRID1030 | MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE: WORKING OUT THE KINKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Megaports program to scan for nuclear or radiological materials in shipping containers was implemented March 2006 in Algeciras with respect to scanning import and export traffic. During meetings May 18, USG and host nation officials agreed on a plan to implement the transshi [...] | 2007-05-25 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT ENRG PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID1035 | SPAIN ON SYRIA REFERENDUM [...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA Subdirector General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay on 5/25 to relay reftel points, urging Ucelay to issue a statement calling attention to Syria's sham May 27 Presidential Referendum. Ucelay, who had returned that day from Lebanon, acknowledged that Spain did not [...] | 2007-05-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL SY SP |
07MADRID1036 | UPDATE FOR SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MADRID - BOTH [...] (C) You are arriving in Spain just after the May 27 regional and local elections, the results of which have provided a mixed bag allowing each of Spain's main political parties to claim victory. The elections did not radically alter Spain's political map, but Mariano Rajoy's Popular Party (PP [...] | 2007-05-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID1038 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Shaking off (at least for now) jitters of a few weeks ago, the IBEX-35 hit an all-time high on May 23 of 15,229.9 points. The market is up 7.62% so far this year. Despite fears of a housing market slowdown, even the big construction firms such as Ferrovial, ACS, FCC, Sacyr and Acciona hav [...] | 2007-05-30 14:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID104 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY 22 GAERC [...] (S) SUMMARY: Emboff discussed Spanish views in advance of the January 22 GAERC meeting with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA Subdirector General for the EU, on January 18. Fernandez-Arias highlighted the following areas of special Spanish interest. The EU expects to issue a communique either fr [...] | 2007-01-19 11:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID1052 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NCI GROUP [...] Embassy grants country clearance for NCI group: Drs. Dalsu Baris, Isis Mikhail, and Nathaniel Rothman from the National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 13 to June 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the Interlymph/Myeloma Consort [...] | 2007-06-01 18:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1053 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NCI GROUP [...] Embassy grants country clearance for NCI group: Drs. Aaron Blair, Eric Engels, Qing Lan, Lindsay Morton, Mark Purdue, Geoffrey Tobias, and Sophia Wang from the National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 13 to June 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend [...] | 2007-06-01 18:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1054 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JAFFE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Elaine Jaffe, Acting Chief, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain on or about June 12 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present classifications on Peripheral T-cell Lymph [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1055 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: NORMAN BARNES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Norman Barnes from NASA's Langley Research Center, to travel to San Sebastian, Spain on June 30 to July 7. The purpose of this visit is to present at the 2007 III International Workshop on Photonic and Electronic Materials. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1056 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: SERGEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Sergey Krimchansky from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1057 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JEFFREY LIVAS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jeffrey Livas and Stephen Merkowitz from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 25 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend a data analysis and science team meetings of the Lisa Pathfinder project. 2. Post u [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1058 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: TIMOTHY SINK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Timothy Sink from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 1 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to perform annual hands-on antenna inspection of all Madrid deep space communications complex antennas generate actions on fin [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1059 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT OF TREAS: BRIDGET [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bridget Mallon, Attorney Advisor, and Nina Olson, Taxpayer Advocate, U.S. Treasury Department to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 16 to June 20. The purpose of the visit is to attend a conference sponsored by the Spanish Treasury Department and mee [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1060 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/RICHARD ROSEN AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Rosen, Senior Advisor for Climate Research and Kenneth Mooney Division Chief for Research Programs Division, NOAA to travel to Barcelona, Spain from June 1 to June 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend the World Climate Research Program Worksh [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1061 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: EUGENE GILBO AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Eugene Gilbo, Operations Research Analyst and Gregg Fleming, Supervisory General Engineer, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, DOT to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 29 to July 6. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the 7th [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1062 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC: PAUL ATKINS AND [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Paul Atkins and Hester Peirce to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 31 to June 1. The purpose of the visit is to attend a roundtable luncheon with the Organization for International Investm [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1063 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: YACHMETZ, MARK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Yachmetz, Associate Administrator for Railroad Development of the Federal Railroad Administration, DOT to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about June 1 to June 8. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Spanish Ministry of Transportation officials con [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1064 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC KENNETH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenneth Dominguez, Epidemiology, DHAP/NCHHSTP, OD, CDC, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 20 to June 24. The purpose of this visit is to participate as a speaker in a symposium sponsored by the Spanish Retrovirus Working Group on the virologic [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1065 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LANDGREN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Carl Landgren, Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 13 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend and chair sessions on the myeloma section of the meeting at the [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1066 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. LIPSKY [...] Embassy grants country clearance for NCI group: Dr. Peter Lipsky, Cief, Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Ski Diseases, and Dr. Marc Bajenoff, Fellow, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 13 to June 17. The purpose of this visit is to [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1067 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA NICHOLAS SABATINI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Nicholas Sabatini, Aviation Administrator, to travel to Santander, and Madrid, Spain on June 20 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the future of the aviation safety system conference held in Santander. 2. Po [...] | 2007-06-04 07:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1068 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA BRENT BRINGLE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Brent Bringle, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 8 to July 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend CASA-235 enhanced zonal analysis procedure meeting. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is require [...] | 2007-06-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID107 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA: JOYCE WATSON, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joyce Watson, and Gail Katz, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Afairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Rota, Spain on February 14 to February 17. The purpose of this visit to conduct a regulatory/inspection of the U.S. Naval Hospital's military blood bank. 2. P [...] | 2007-01-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA TBIO |
07MADRID1074 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN'S RESPONSE ON MAHAMEDOU [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-04 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER SP EUN PREL |
07MADRID1075 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) A recent study on over 6,000 crewmembers who worked in 2002 to clean up the Prestige tanker oil spill off the cost of Galicia shows that thousands of the original clean-up crew are now suffering health problems that include breathing difficulties and chronic coughs. The study, is expected [...] | 2007-06-04 17:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID1078 | SPAIN: ETA ANNOUNCES THE END TO ITS "PERMANENT [...] (C) Summary. In the early morning hours of June 5, the terrorist group ETA published a communiqu in the electronic editions of key Basque media outlets, announcing that it would end its 14-month "permanent cease-fire" beginning at midnight on June 6, and threatening to "reopen its activities [...] | 2007-06-05 12:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SP |
07MADRID108 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: BRUCE JONES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS Chief Scientist for Geography Bruce Jones to travel to Playa de Palma, Spain on February 10 to February 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the final editorial board meeting for the NATO CCMS book on Landscape Science and Environmental Security. [...] | 2007-01-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHYTRP KSCA ECON SENV SP |
07MADRID109 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. ROBEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Pamela Robey, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 6 to February 10. The purpose of this visit is for continuation of membership on the external Science Advisory Board for Genestom, a cons [...] | 2007-01-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID1098 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT OF TREAS: BRIDGET [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bridget Mallon, Attorney Advisor, and Nina Olson, Taxpayer Advocate, U.S. Treasury Department to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 16 to June 20. The purpose of the visit is to attend a conference sponsored by the Spanish Treasury Department and mee [...] | 2007-06-06 15:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1099 | SPAIN ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez June 6 to discuss the need for a united response to Russia's concerns on the CFE treaty. Sanchez said that neither he nor Deputy DG for International Security Affairs Pablo Gutierrez-Segu would be able [...] | 2007-06-06 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID110 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: ANASTASIOS MIHAS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anastasios Mihas, M.D., VA Medical Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 10 to April 16. The purpose of this visit is to participate in clinical discussions with specialists and participate in liver study conference sessions. 2. Post understand [...] | 2007-01-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1107 | SPAIN/ETA: RUPTURE OF ETA CEASEFIRE BECOMES [...] (SBU) Even as Spain braces for a new round of attacks in the wake of the Basque terrorist group ETA's June 6 decision to break its 15-month ceasefire (REFTEL A),Spanish government officials and opposition leaders have traded barbs and blamed each other for the breakdown in the peace process. [...] | 2007-06-08 09:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL |
07MADRID111 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC: MICHAEL MANN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Mann, Branch Chief, Bureau of Economic Analysis to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 21 to January 25. The purpose of this visit is to represent the U.S. at the Interagency Task Forces on Statistics of International Trade in Services meeting. 2 [...] | 2007-01-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP ETRD |
07MADRID1110 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spain's best-performing fund manager thinks a harder, rather than softer, landing more likely for the Spanish economy. Francisco Parames, head of Madrid-based Bestinver Asset Management, says he was asked by Warren Buffet a few months ago for advice about investing in Spain. Parames said [...] | 2007-06-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID1113 | SPAIN: EMBASSY REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Please see Action Request in paragraph six. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A $1.2 billion frigate construction program involving Spain, Norway, and Lockheed Martin has been on hold for months because of a technical disagreement between Spanish MOD and USG regarding a signature on an export control [...] | 2007-06-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC SP |
07MADRID1114 | SPAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING SPANISH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU SP |
07MADRID1115 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC STEPHEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NIH staff, Stephen Chanock, Jonine Figueroa, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Lee Moore, and Debra Silverman from the National Cancer Institute to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 16 to June 21. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Bladder [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1116 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC ROBERT LORENZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Lorenz, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 16 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a regulatory inspection in compliance iwht FDA current laws and regulations and audit t [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1117 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT OF TREAS: JUDITH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Judith Diaz Myers and Gregory Boutin, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. Treasury Department to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 18 to June 22. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 2007 BPS International Users Conference Hosted by the Banc [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1118 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MANUEL DE LA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Manuel de la Torre Juarez and Fred Vescelus from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 24 to July 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station Post Critical Design Review. 2. Post un [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1119 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: RAGHVENDRA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Raghvendra Sahai from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to La Palma, Spain on June 17 to June 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Asymmetrical Planeary Nebulae 15th Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID112 | UPDATE ON SPANISH DETENTION OF ARGENTINE [...] (U) Following the arrest in Spain of accused Argentine death squad leader Rodolfo Almiron on December 28 (ref A),Spanish police briefly detained Argentine ex-president Maria Estela Martinez (aka Isabelita Peron) on January 12. The police acted on a warrant issued by Argentine magistrate Raul [...] | 2007-01-19 16:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SP AR |
07MADRID1120 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: JOHN SIMMONDS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Simmonds from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 25 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Delta Mission Critical Design Review for MARS global surveyor. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1121 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ALAUDIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alaudin Bhanji and William Weber from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 23 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend management meetings with Madrid deep space communications complex and Instituts Nacional de Tec [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1122 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: DANIEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Daniel Esteban Fernandez and Scott Hensley from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interagency Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post understands that n [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1123 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ADRIAN HOOKE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Adrian Hooke from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 15 to June 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interagency Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. V [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1124 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: EDWARD LUERS, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Eduard Luers, Warren Martin, and Wallace Tai from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 16 to June 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interagency Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1125 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: PAUL WEISSMAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Weissmann from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Alicante, Spain on June 23 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Catastrophic Disruption in the Solar System Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is require [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1126 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DAVID CRISP [...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Crisp from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 23 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the MARS SMART Lander Rover Environmental Monitoring System Critical Design Review. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-06-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1127 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: ROBERT AYUSO, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS Research Geologists, Robert Ayuso, Robert Eppinger, Nora Foley, Karen Kelley, and Stepthen Ludington to travel to Oviedo, Spain on or about June 8 to June 23. The purpose of the visit is to attend and participate in the 23rd International Applied Geoc [...] | 2007-06-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1128 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: URI TEN BRINK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Uri Ten Brink, Research Geophysicist, USGS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 3 to June 10. The purpose of the visit is to give a seminar at the University of Madrid as the project chief of the Project Tsunami Hazard Potential in the Caribbean. [...] | 2007-06-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1129 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE2A WILKINS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Frank Wilkins, Office of the Solar Energy Technology Program Team Leader from DOE to travel to Madrid, Almeria, Granada and Seville, Spain from June 17 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to study, research and visit various CSP plants in Spain. 2. [...] | 2007-06-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID1130 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/MAURICIO ORTIZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mauricio Ortiz, Research Fishery Biologist, and John Walter, Fishery Biologist, NOAA to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 4 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics of the International Co [...] | 2007-06-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1131 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ANTONIO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Valentin, Staff Scientist, from the National Cancer Institute to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 20 to June 26. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the Third GTR sponsored Antiretroviral Therapy Meeting. 2. Post understands th [...] | 2007-06-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1132 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JASON CARLTON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jason Carlton from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 10 to June 21. The purpose of this visit is to perform annual hands-on antenna inspection of all Madrid deep space communication complex antennas generate actions on fi [...] | 2007-06-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1133 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC DIANE BYERLY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Diane Byerly from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 2 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy and Resistive Exercise System Preliminary Acceptance Review. 2. Post understands that n [...] | 2007-06-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1134 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC SCOTT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Scott Greatorex, Philip Liebrecht and Nancy Rosenbaum from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 16 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post underst [...] | 2007-06-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1135 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ROBIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robin Stebbins from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 25 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend a data analysis and Science team meetings of the Lisa Pathfinder project. 2. Post understands that no assi [...] | 2007-06-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1136 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ORIN SERVISS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Orin Serviss and John Waters from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 24 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Delta Mission Critical Design Review for MARS Science Laboratory REMS instrument. 2. Post u [...] | 2007-06-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1137 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA CALVIN CLARK, JOSE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Calvin Clark, Jose Benavides, Andre Lamarre, and Gary Ask, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 25 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to conduct recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in acc [...] | 2007-06-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1138 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA BRENT BRINGLE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Brent Bringle, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 9 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend a zonal maintenance working group meeting. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3 [...] | 2007-06-11 07:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1144 | SPANISH POLDIR ON CFE, CUBA, ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar June 7 to discuss the need for unity at next week's extraordinary CFE Treaty conference in Vienna. Dezcallar reiterated Spain's strong commitment to NATO and expressed concern at the tone of Putin's recent rhetori [...] | 2007-06-11 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCFE CU SP OSCE |
07MADRID1149 | SPAIN ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR ITU WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-12 07:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECPS TSPA |
07MADRID1150 | SPAIN/TIP REPORT: GOS PLEASED WITH ITS 2007 [...] (SBU) Polcouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on June 11 to officials in Spain's Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the Ministry of Interior, Emboffs met with Angel Melchor Celada and Maria del Puy Zaton, senior advisors in the MOI section dealing with TIP and the [...] | 2007-06-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB SP |
07MADRID1155 | SPAIN ON PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON LAW OF THE SEA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-12 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ID KSCA KTIA MY PBTS PGOV PHSA SENV UNEP |
07MADRID1158 | SPAIN ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR ITU WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECPS TSPA |
07MADRID116 | SENIOR SPANISH OPPOSITION OFFICIAL REITERATES [...] (C) Summary. The DCM on January 16 met with Angel Acebes, Secretary General of the opposition Popular Party (PP) and SIPDIS Minister of Interior under former President Aznar. The meeting covered a myriad of foreign policy issues. Acebes reiterated his party's strong disagreement with the anti-terr [...] | 2007-01-22 12:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID1171 | VISIT TO SPAIN OF SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Syrian Foreign Minister Walid-al-Mu'allim visited Madrid June 7 for a meeting with FM Miguel Angel Moratinos. An MFA press release issued prior to the meeting indicated the discussions would focus on the Arab League peace initiative, efforts to reduce tensions in Lebanon, and international [...] | 2007-06-14 08:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY SP |
07MADRID1178 | SPAIN ON SCO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-15 07:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO SP AF |
07MADRID1179 | SPAIN/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III [...] (C) Spain is believed to be the largest foreign investor in Cuba, though Spanish companies avoid publishing precise data out of concern that such information will be used to further U.S. enforcement actions under the Libertad Act. Cuba is the third-largest market for Spain in Latin America, after M [...] | 2007-06-15 07:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP CU |
07MADRID119 | SPAIN ACCEPTS RESETTLEMENT OF FOUR MIGRANTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Per REF A instructions, poloff communicated to the Spanish authorities a request to resettle four Cuban migrants currently in protected status at the U.S. Naval Station on Guantanamo. Post formally relayed this request on 11/8/2006 [...] | 2007-01-23 09:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PREF SMIG SP |
07MADRID1198 | SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF JUNE 18 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias said he expected that Cuba would view with skepticism Spain's inability to change the EU Common Position and eliminate the restrictive measures, but the Cubans might still welcome the chance to open dialogue with the EU. Sp [...] | 2007-06-19 01:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN SP |
07MADRID1199 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The OECD indicated this week that Spain needs a "fundamental and urgent" reform of their pension system, particularly given Spain's aging population. The OECD says that Spain is the fourth most generous of its member countries; a Spaniard with an average salary will receive approximately 8 [...] | 2007-06-19 01:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV |
07MADRID1202 | SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...] | 2007-06-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AF |
07MADRID1204 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/JAMES H. [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Physicists, James Churnside and Valery Zavorotny to travel to Barcelona, Spain from July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that Embassy assi [...] | 2007-06-19 16:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1205 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to delegation from NASA's Ames Research Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 29 to July 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend ATM 2007 USA/Europe R&D seminar. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded t [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1206 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC CARL PILCHER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Carl Pilcher from NASA's Ames Research Center, to travel to Santander, Spain on July 3 to July 7. The purpose of this visit is to co-direct and teach at the 2007 International Summer School in Astrobiology. 2. Post understands that no assistance is req [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1207 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to the delegation from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center per reftel, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 15 to August 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium sensing and understandi [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1208 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC JAY ZWALLY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to H. Jay Zwally from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 14 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium sensing and understanding our planet. [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1209 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC KENNETH JON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenneth Jon Ranson from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 22 to June 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium sensing and understanding our p [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID121 | SPAIN NOT ACTIVE ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and discussed Spain's human rights and democracy promotion programs with Spanish MFA Subdirector General for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez-Arias on January 22. Fernandez-Arias thanked Poloff for the information on USG programs in Iran and promised to s [...] | 2007-01-23 11:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR SP |
07MADRID1210 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center per reftel, to travel to Moron, Spain on June 9 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to support STS-117 operations at Transoceanic Abort Landing Site. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1211 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: STRUBA, RUSH, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Struba, John Rush, James Costrell, and Daniel Brandel from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 16 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interagency Operations Advisory Group 11 meetings. 2. Post understands tha [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1212 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/LARC: ARBUCKLE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Arbuckle Delegation from NASA's Langley Research Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 30 to July 6. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2007 USA/Europe Air Traffic Management 2007 R&D seminar. 2. Post understands that no assista [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1213 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: LANCE BENNER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lance Benner from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Alicante, Spain on June 23 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 7th workshop on Catastrophic Disruption in the Solar System.. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1214 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ALAUDIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alaudin Bhanji and William Weber from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 23 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend management meetings with Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex and Ingeniera y Servicios Aero [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1215 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: GARY KINSELLA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gary Kinsella from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 24 to July 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend the MARS Science Laboratory Rover Environment Monitoring Station Instrument Delta Critical Design review. 2. Po [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1216 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: LEE-LEUNG FU [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lee Leung Fu from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 23 to June 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is require [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1217 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: DANIEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Daniel Esteban-Fernandez and Scott Hensley from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium meeting. 2. Post und [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1218 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. KLEINER, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. David Kleiner, Dr. Roslyn Mannon, and Dr. Allan Kirk, from the National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to La Coruna, Spain on or about June 23 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give individual presentations at the Ninth Banff Conf [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1219 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. FROLOV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Vadim Frolov, Senior Researcher, from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about July 2 to July 25. The purpose of this visit is to give a multi day seminar, participate in installation and [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID122 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Standard & Poor says as of 2007 Spain is the eighth industrial economy in the world, thereby surpassing Canada: The S & P ranking in billions of dollars follows. U.S. (13.8),Japan (4.5),Germany (3.1),China (3.0),UK (2.4),France (2.4),Italy (2.0),Spain (1.3). Spain's debt rating is [...] | 2007-01-23 17:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO SP EINV EAIR UK EFIN |
07MADRID1220 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBERT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Robert Andrew Byrd, Laboratory Chief, from the National Cancer Institute to travel to Tarragona, Spain on or about July 1 to July 8. The purpose of this visit is to present at the Euromar Magnetic Resonance Conference. 2. Post understands that no a [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1221 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA KRISTY ZIELNY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kristy Zielny, Investigator, Office of Regional Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Barcelona, and Almeria, Spain on or about June 29 to July 19. The purpose of this visit is to conduct regulatory inspections at these si [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1222 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA MARK WALDERHAUG [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Walderhaug, Associate Director for Risk Assessment, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 21 to June 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the meeting of the XVII Regional [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1223 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA JAY EPSTEIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jay Epstein, Director, and Robin Biswas, Supervisory Medical Officer, Office of Blood Research and Review, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 18 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the meeting of the International Society o [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1224 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE2A: RUECKERT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Rueckert, Office of the Solar Energy Technology Program Technology Manager from DOE to travel to Madrid, Almeria, Grenada and Seville, Spain from June 17 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to research and visit CSP sites. 2. Post understan [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID1225 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA employees; Eric Moore and Richard Waters, from DOE to travel to Madrid, Spain from July 6 to July 15. The purpose of this visit is to present training on military equipment for Department of Defense customer. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID1226 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE: PAUL DICKERSON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Dickerson, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Chief Operating Officer from DOE to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 24 to June 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 1st US EU Business Roundtable on Energy & Technology as a keynote speaker [...] | 2007-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID1227 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: EDWARD PUGACZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Edward Pugacz, General Engineer to travel to Seville and Barcelona, Spain on or about September 23 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation at the SAE 2007 Aircraft & Engine Icing International Conference. 2. P [...] | 2007-06-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1228 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Victoria Cox, Sabrna Saunders-Hodge, Steven Lang, Paul Krois, Barry Scott, Klein Alexander, Stephanie Lucien Mondoloni, Almira Ramadani Williams, William Colon Johnson, Olga Prinzo, Joseph Celio, Brian Simmons, Elida Smith, Daniel Murphy, Ger [...] | 2007-06-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1229 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Carey Fagan, Nazzareno Henry Spurio, Richard Jehlen, Diana Liang, Steven William Bradford, and Lourdes Maurice to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 24 to July 7. The purpose of this visit is to attend the FAA/European Organization f [...] | 2007-06-20 07:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1231 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: WENDY JO SHEMANSKY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Wendy Jo Shemansky, Senior Neuropschology Technician MIRECC Data Management, VA Healthe Care System, to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about July 8 to July 19. The purpose of the visit is to attend the International Neuropsychological Society Conference. [...] | 2007-06-20 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1232 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: ROBERTO JOSE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Roberto Jose Groszmann, MD, VA Medical Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 11 to September 15. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 7th International meeting on Therapy on Liver Diseases Conference. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-06-20 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1241 | SPAIN: GOVERNMENT DENIES RUMORED ETA TALKS [...] (U) On June 19 conservative Spanish media outlets ABC and El Mundo claimed that Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon participated in negotiations with the Basque terrorist group ETA after the group ended its "permanent" cease-fire on June 6. The news reports sparked strong condemnations fro [...] | 2007-06-21 07:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER SP |
07MADRID1244 | SPAIN/ETA: SECURITY FORCES FIND LARGE EXPLOSIVES [...] (U) On June 21 Spanish media outlets reported that 130 kilos of explosives (reportedly enough to make eight bombs) were found in Huelva, Spain, two kilometers from the Portuguese border, in an abandoned Ford Focus allegedly belonging to the Basque terrorist group ETA. The vehicle contained de [...] | 2007-06-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV SP |
07MADRID1251 | SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...] | 2007-06-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AF LE |
07MADRID1254 | SPAIN'S RESPONSE ON ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP KN EUN IR PARM |
07MADRID1255 | SPAIN AND DEMARCHE REQUEST ON 75TH MEETING OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD SENV |
07MADRID1256 | SPAIN/VENEZUELA: PRESSING MFA ON NAVAL SHIP SALE [...] (C) USCIS Director Emilio Gonzalez met with MFA Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon June 21 to compare notes the major immigration issues affecting both countries. In the context of Leon's discussion of increased migration to Spain through West Africa, the DCM suggested tha [...] | 2007-06-25 11:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR VZ SP |
07MADRID1262 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Andrew Garthwaite, Chief Global Equity Strategist, summarized local opinion in an editorial about the weakening Spanish Economy. Garthwaite believes that Spain's economic boom was caused by the ECB interest rate being too low for Spain's unique economic circumstances. Garthwaite believes [...] | 2007-06-25 16:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV |
07MADRID1265 | SPANISH SOLDIERS KILLED IN LEBANON; GOS AND MAJOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 24, a car bomb attack killed six and wounded two Spanish soldiers serving in the UNIFIL mission in southern Lebanon. Spain has 1100 troops in UNIFIL and leads a multi-national brigade. Hizballah condemned the attack. Suspicion for the attack centers on Fatah al Islam, li [...] | 2007-06-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS SP LE IR |
07MADRID1269 | SPAIN ON SUPPORT FOR UNRWA FLASH APPEAL [...] In separate discussions mid-June, EconOffs passed reftel points to Carolina Mayeur Dawel, Director of Middle East, Africa, and Western Europe Affairs at the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI). EconOffs encouraged Spanish contributions to UNWRA, particularly in response to the [...] | 2007-06-27 15:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON LE KWBG EUN |
07MADRID1272 | SPAIN/CT: THREE ALLEGED MEMBERS OF AL-QAEDA IN THE [...] (SBU) The Spanish National Police on June 26 arrested three young Moroccans in Barcelona suspected of having links to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Press reports suggest that their objective was to recruit and indoctrinate young Muslim extremists and facilitate t [...] | 2007-06-28 10:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID1275 | BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...] | 2007-06-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS |
07MADRID1276 | SPAIN/UNIFIL: POLITICAL AFTERMATH OF CAR BOMB [...] (C) SUMMARY. After allowing 48 hours of respectful calm in which to bury the victims, President Zapatero and opposition Popular Party (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy pummeled each other in Parliament over responsibility for the car bomb deaths of six Spanish soldiers serving under UNIFIL in Lebanon [...] | 2007-06-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP LE AF |
07MADRID1281 | BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...] | 2007-06-28 16:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS |
07MADRID1285 | WHEN WILL ODYSSEY SHIPS SAIL OUT? [...] (C) Odyssey Marine Exploration representatives Marie Rogers and Ali Nasser requested a meeting with EconOff June 26 to informally update the Embassy on the American company's plans to sail out from Gibraltar. Despite assurances that the Spanish would indeed attempt to execute the warrant against Od [...] | 2007-07-02 07:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS |
07MADRID1287 | SPAIN: FORMER PRESIDENT AZNAR ON SPANISH POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary. Former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar told the Ambassador on June 28 that he viewed with great concern the "malignant affect" that the Zapatero government's policies were having on Spain, and he was dismayed to see the Spanish nation slowly eroding as more power continued to devolv [...] | 2007-07-02 11:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID1289 | SPAIN ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-02 17:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP OECD EAID EUN |
07MADRID1290 | SPAIN ON RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT CREDITS/FINANCING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-02 17:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN SP IR ECON |
07MADRID1291 | SPAIN/ETA: FALSE ALARM AT IBIZA AIRPORT [...] (U) Spanish media outlets reported on June 30 that a bomb threat was called in by a member of the Basque terrorist group ETA to the Basque publication "Gara" warning of an explosive device at the airport on the Spanish island of Ibiza, a big international tourist destination. ETA frequently u [...] | 2007-07-03 07:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV SP |
07MADRID1295 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) In a June 25 energy conference organized by the American Chamber of Commerce, the Ambassador spoke on the security, environmental and economic benefits of diversifying our energy sources. The Ambassador discussed the President's new initiative on climate change and our commitment to renew [...] | 2007-07-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV |
07MADRID1297 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: STEPHEN WALL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stephen Wall from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 10 to July 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 4th Limnogeology Congress Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitor [...] | 2007-07-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1298 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: THOMAS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Duxbury from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 17 to July 20. The purpose of this visit is to attend the European Space Agency High Resolution Stereo Camera Omega Working Science Meeting. 2. Post understands th [...] | 2007-07-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1299 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ARMOND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Armond Salazar from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 19 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend Management meetings with Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex and Institutes Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial. [...] | 2007-07-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID130 | SPAIN TO STOP SPANISH FIRM MAQUINARIA'S SALES TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP |
07MADRID1300 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL DELEGATION: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Fischman, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, Stephen Lowe, and Alan Tanner from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. [...] | 2007-07-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1301 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC RUSSELL ENSCORE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Russell Enscore, Environmental Health Officer, CCID, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 22 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 27th International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no as [...] | 2007-07-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1302 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: ROSEN AND SMOOT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Rosen, Research Hydrologist and Joseph Smoot, Research Geologist from USGS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 6 to July 16. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present research at the International Association of Limnology confere [...] | 2007-07-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1303 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA MICHAEL ADAMS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Adams, Supervisory Chemist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 10 to July 13. The purpose of this visit is to speak/present at the Intertech-Pira Conference on Global Food Contact L [...] | 2007-07-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1304 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SHNYROVA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Anna Shnyrova, Predoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH to travel to Salamanca, Spain on or about July 2 to July 25. The purpose of this visit is to fulfill Ph.D. requirements. 2. Post understands that no as [...] | 2007-07-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1305 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BONIFACINO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Juan Bonifacino, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH to travel to Pamplona and Madrid, Spain on or about June 30 to July 10. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation at the Universidad CEU-Carde [...] | 2007-07-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1306 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DOUGLAS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Douglas Forrest, Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Valladolid and Madrid, Spain on or about July 3 to July 7. The purpose of this visit is to present at the Congress of the Spanish Physiolo [...] | 2007-07-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1307 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NORA VOLKOW [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about July 3 to July 6. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation at the Universidad CEU-Cardenal Herrera. 2. Post understands that no assista [...] | 2007-07-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1308 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: LIS DARIUSZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lis Dariusz and Gary Melnick from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 7 to July 11. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Herschel Heterodyne Instrument Farinfared Guaranteed Time Holders in Orion/SGR B2 Mapping Projec [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1309 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BRYAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bryan Huneycutt from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 24 to July 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1310 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 18 to August 5. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium meeting. 2. Post underst [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1311 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ANDREW BROOKS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Andrew Books from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 19 to August 10. The purpose of this visit is to monitor and provide technical assistance to the hydraulics upgrade at the Madrid Deep Space communications complex. 2 [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1312 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: THOMAS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Meehan, Simon Yueh and Shannon Brown from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 15 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium meeting. 2. Post un [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1313 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: LESLIE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Leslie Deutsch from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 14 to July 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Vanguard Workshop on New Form New Content. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1314 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/MAURICIO ORTIZ, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Mauricio Ortiz, Fishery Biologist, Gerald Scott, Supervisory Fishery Biologist, and Guillermo Diaz, Statistician to travel to Madrid, Spain from July 4 to July 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2007, ICCAT Atlantic Albacore Stoc [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1315 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: TONY BERNHARDT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Tony Bernhardt, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 8 to July 9. The purpose of this visit is to complete ETOPS North Atlantic area validation flights for FAR 121 Air Carrier Pace Airlines. 2. Post unders [...] | 2007-07-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1316 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: DAVID ALAN KNORR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: David Alan Knorr, Group Manager to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 1 to July 7. The purpose of this visit is for introduction as new FAA Liaison Officer to the DSF. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...] | 2007-07-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1317 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOSEPH DOMINIC [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joseph Dominic Zylwitis, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 17 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to perform a new check airman observation on US Airways. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assist [...] | 2007-07-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1318 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: STEPHEN MICHAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Stephen Michael Slote, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 7 to July 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend wiring systems maintenance tasks development meeting with CASA. 2. Post understands that no Embassy [...] | 2007-07-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1324 | SPAIN NOTIFIED OF USG SANCTIONS ON WINTER AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC SP |
07MADRID1325 | SPANISH SECURITY ASSURANCES FOR P-3 SPARE PARTS [...] Spain welcomes the opportunity to join the P-3 spare parts exchange program. It has delivered to Post a letter signed by the MOD Director General for Armament and Material (DGAM) providing end-use, security, and retransfer assurances related to the program. 2. For the Kingdom of Spain, Roy [...] | 2007-07-05 13:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS SP |
07MADRID1326 | FOREIGN FIGHTERS/IRAQ: SPAIN SUPPORTS GROUP [...] (S) The DCM met with Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar July 5 to discuss the issue of foreign fighters transiting Arab nations to join the Al Qaeda insurgency in Iraq. The DCM stressed that the majority of foreign fighters were working with Al Qaeda, that Al Qaeda is responsible for [...] | 2007-07-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PREL SY SP IZ |
07MADRID1328 | FOREIGN FIGHTERS/IRAQ: SPAIN'S NSA SUPPORTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PREL SP SY IZ |
07MADRID1329 | ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP ETRD EAIR |
07MADRID1331 | SPANISH POLDIR ON KOSOVO, HIZBALLAH, YEMEN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 5 meeting on a separate issue, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar and the DCM discussed key bilateral issues going forward. Dezcallar said that a crucial priority in coming months should be avoiding a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo. [...] | 2007-07-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHSA PBTS EWWT SP LE YM VE YI |
07MADRID1336 | SPAIN: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. On July 2 Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos to review the progress made in the bilateral relationship since the Ambassador arrived in country two years ago and to look at what each country would like to accomplish together over the next 18 [...] | 2007-07-06 16:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID1337 | SPAIN NOTIFIED OF USAFE REORG AND MANPOWER [...] (S) Per reftel instructions, Post notified the GOS of US Air Force Europe's plans to eliminate the 38th Combat Support Wing and reduce 31 USAFE positions at Moron air base by the end of FY09. Post delivered the notification through the US-Spain Permanent Committee (PC),which is established un [...] | 2007-07-09 07:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR NATO SP |
07MADRID1338 | SPAIN ON TRANSFERRING AMMUNITION TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 07:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP |
07MADRID134 | SPANISH ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) ESTHOFF made reftel points January 24 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, sharing U.S. concerns about the movement to restrict the use of cluster munitions, inquiring about GOS intentions vis-a-vis the February 22-3 Oslo Conference, and probing to see if S [...] | 2007-01-25 15:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID1341 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Operation Glamour, a major police operation against pirating in Spain netted 334,095 name brand articles made in Asia with an estimated value of 25 million euros, according to Pedro Calvo, delegate of Community Security & Mobility. Operation Glamour was successful in dismantling an interna [...] | 2007-07-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP |
07MADRID1342 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO RESHUFFLES DOMESTIC POLICY CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY. With an eye on issues that will be important to voters in upcoming national elections, President Zapatero announced on July 6 four changes to his cabinet. Parliamentary Vice President Carme Chacon will become the new Housing Minister. Elena Salgado, until now Minister of Health, w [...] | 2007-07-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SP |
07MADRID1356 | IOM: SPAIN WILL CONSIDER SWING AS U.S. CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-11 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG SP |
07MADRID1357 | UNHRC: SPAIN LOOKING FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General for Human Rights told Poloff July 11 that Spain, while understanding U.S. concerns, was "not deeply unhappy with the results" of the UNHRC institution building process. Fernandez-Arias said that the package deal agreed to in Geneva was the best outco [...] | 2007-07-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN UNHRC SP |
07MADRID136 | SPAIN SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN [...] (C) During a private dinner with spouses, the Ambassador briefly discussed with FM Moratinos on January 19 ref A points regarding the US's objectives for the NATO foreign ministerial and the need for Allies to take the offensive in Afghanistan. Moratinos said he looked forward to greater det [...] | 2007-01-25 17:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP |
07MADRID1361 | SPAIN: MFA WILL LOOK AT FOREIGN FIGHTERS DEMARCHE [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (S) Poloff met with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Terrorism Miguel Garcia-Herraiz on July 11 to share talking points on a potential Spanish demarche to Arab governments on stemming the flow of foreign fighters i [...] | 2007-07-13 06:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PTER SY IZ SP |
07MADRID1379 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DESAI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Sanjay Desai, Tenure Track Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Tres Cantos, Spain on or about July 8 to July 10. The purpose of this visit is to present a seminar and to discuss possible collaborations a [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1380 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STERN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Susan Stern, Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about July 3 to July 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Neuropsychological Society 2007 Mid year [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1381 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MATARIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Matarin, Fellow, National Institute of Aging, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 15 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Wellcome Trust Advanced Course. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1382 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: RAFAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rafael Rincon and Stephen Ungar from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 19 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1383 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Zaragoza and Madrid, Spain on July 21 to August 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the microwave scan beam landing system flight inspection and bore sightin [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1384 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GREGORY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 17 to July 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness review. 2. Post understands that no assis [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1385 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/MSFC: JEDLOVEC, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gary Jedlovec, Jeffrey Luvall, and Douglas Rickman from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2 [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1386 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: PEGGY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Peggy O'Neill from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 22 to July 26. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1387 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GLAZER AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stuart Glazer and Thomas Johnson from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 17 to July 20. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1388 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: EDWARD KIM [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Edward Kim from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1389 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: LAKESHA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lakesha Bates from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1390 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ERNESTO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ernesto Rodriguez from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1391 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: KAREN YUEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Karen Yuen from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1392 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: RECCE AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Recce and Michael Rodrigues from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 19 to July 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Management meetings with Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex and Instituts Nacional d [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1393 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: ROSS LUNETTA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ross Lunetta, Research Physical Scientist, Office of Research and Development to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 21 to July 27. The purpose of the visit is to present at the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA EPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1394 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: JAMES L. BISCHOFF [...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Bischoff, Geologist Emeritus from USGS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 10 to July 26. The purpose of the visit is to participate in field work as a collaboration among an international group of paleoseismologists. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1395 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/MUSTUFA BAHRAIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Mustufa Bahrain to travel to Barcelona, Spain from July 15 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Internationa Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007 conference. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance is not r [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1396 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: DELOATCH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ivan Deloatch, Staff Director from USGS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 20 to July 29. The purpose of the visit is to participate in a meeting with the Global Earth Observations Implementation team. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1397 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Grace Clark from NNSA, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 20 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors a [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA TRGY SP |
07MADRID1398 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ERNST, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Monique Ernst, Staff Clinician, Dr. Christian Grillon, Tenure Track Investigator, and Dr. Yun Fai Lau, Fellow, NIMH, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 10 to July 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the Fifth Wo [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1399 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOHN HICKEY AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: John Hickey and Ali Bahrami to travel to Madrid and Seville, Spain on or about July 7 to July 11. The purpose of this visit is to meet with DGAC of Spain and tour CASA facility 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...] | 2007-07-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1400 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOSEPH DOMINIC [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joseph Dominic Zylwitis to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 17 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to perform a new check airman observation on US Airways. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-07-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1401 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: SHAHRAM [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Shahram Daneshmandi, Shaun Ripple, and Patrick Morris to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 23 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to meet with EADS-CASA and Spain DGAC - Spanish Aviation Authority. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-07-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1402 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: KATHY ANOMI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Kathy Anomi Ishimaru to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 21 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Society of Automotive Engineers 2007 Aircraft and Engine Icing International conference. 2. Post underst [...] | 2007-07-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1404 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Standard & Poor's says Spanish corporate debt is at 106% of GDP, compared with a 70% Eurozone average. The result is that banks are having a harder time syndicating loans. Colonial's (a major Spanish real estate group) chief financial officer says there has been a "radical change in the [...] | 2007-07-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP |
07MADRID141 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: AMBASSADOR MEET WITH ATTORNEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID1420 | (C) SPAIN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CUBA (C-RE7-00940) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post appreciates INR's careful attention to the evolving issue of Spain's engagement with Cuba. The Ambassador and DCM, as well as Washington visitors, continue to take every opportunity to express to the GOS our disagreement with its current policy. Additional information on the relat [...] | 2007-07-18 11:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL SP CU |
07MADRID1428 | SPANISH ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWS CT AND JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-19 16:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP VZ |
07MADRID1430 | SPAIN/ETA: DESPITE RECENT GOVERNMENT SUCCESSES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: As Spaniards settle into summer vacation mode, the government, the press, and the public continue to focus on the likelihood of a significant attack by the Basque terrorist group ETA. Since ETA broke its self-declared cease-fire on June 6, the government has showed a strong hand [...] | 2007-07-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SP |
07MADRID1433 | MFO FAVS: SPANISH LOOKING FOR MONEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-23 11:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NOTAG SP |
07MADRID1438 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Grace Clark, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 20 to July 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded tha [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1439 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/NOAA: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to the following NESDIS personnel, Pablo Clemente-Colon, Robert Rank, Xiwu Zhan, Changyong Cao, Xingian Wu, Helen Wood, Hal Bloom, Gary McWilliams, Peter Wilczynski, Nina Jackson, Karen St. Germain, Dr. Stephen Mango, Richard Fulton, Tahara Moreno, and James M [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID144 | SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-29 07:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL EAID SP HA |
07MADRID1440 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) In what we hope to be the first of biannual meetings, the Ambassador led a discussion with Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes and AmCham board members on economic issues of interest to the AmCham. Ambassador attended a similar event with the Minister of Industry on May 10, and we [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR SP EINV UK |
07MADRID1441 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MIGUEL MARINA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Miguel Marina from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 3 to August 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in implementation activities for the Deep Space Network in the areas of tracking telemetry and command app [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1442 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain on July 31 to August 14. The purpose of this visit is to support operations at transoceanic abort landing site. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1443 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Moron, Spain on July 29 to August 14. The purpose of this visit is to support operations at transoceanic abort landing site. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1444 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/LARC: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation per reftel from Langley Research Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 31. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is require [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1445 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: MARTHA MAIDEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Martha Maiden, from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to August 5. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visito [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1446 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: ANTHONY CARRO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Carro, from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 22 to August 4. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Deep Space Network Oversight Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1447 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: VONDEAK, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Vondeak, John Zuzek, and Stephen Volz from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give presentations at the International Geoscience Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post un [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1448 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: ANGELO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Shahid Habib from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 19 to July 31. The purpose of this visit for Castillo is to attend meetings with program executives and INTA Director General as well as Embassy personnel; Geldzahler will attend a meet [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1449 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: SHAHID HABIB [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Shahid Habib from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 23 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend, present and serve as co-chair in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post under [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID145 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CFTC: REUBEN JEFFERY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Reuben Jeffery, Chairman to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 5 to February 7. The purpose of this visit to participate in the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) meetings. 2. P [...] | 2007-01-29 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1450 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/ADAM BAILEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Adam Bailey to travel to Almeria, Spain from July 24 to August 24. The purpose of this visit is to work with Spanish scientists, observers and fishermen and to provide expertise in developing technologies. 2. Post understands that Embas [...] | 2007-07-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1451 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: HOFSTRA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Albert Hofstra, Research Geologist from USGS to travel to Madrid and Salamon, Spain on or about August 14 to August 19. The purpose of the visit is to conduct field work on the Salamon Gold Deposit. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-07-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1452 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MAX COLEMAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Max Coleman from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Seville, Spain on September 4 to September 7. The purpose of this visit is to interpret the Rio Tinto aerial survey and Geochemical results with collaborating scientists. 2. Post understan [...] | 2007-07-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1453 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MICHAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Rodrigues from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 5 to September 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend management meetings with Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex and Instituts Nacional de Tecnicia [...] | 2007-07-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1458 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOHN FISHER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: John Fisher to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 19 to October 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the SAE Aircraft & Engine International Icing conference. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance [...] | 2007-07-23 15:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1459 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: PAGE, LENCKUS, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Thomas Page, Christopher Lenckus, Edward Summerhill, Tony Jones, Dave Osborne to travel to Moron, Spain on or about July 26 to July 31. The purpose of this visit is to certify navigation aids for the Department of Defense and certain foreign [...] | 2007-07-23 15:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID146 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: JOHN REICH, SCOTT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Reich, Director of the Office of the Thrift Supervision, Scott Polakoff, Federal Bank Regulator, and Clarence Lee, Senior Advisor to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 22 to January 26. The purpose of this visit to attend a meeting with the Internatio [...] | 2007-01-29 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1460 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: ERIC HAIGHT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Eric Haight to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the SAE Aircraft & Engine International Icing conference. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...] | 2007-07-23 15:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1469 | SPAIN HAS SIGNED AND RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) On July 24 Poloff delivered REFTEL to Ignacio Sanchez, MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament. Sanchez confirmed that Spain was one of the 23 states to have signed and ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC). [...] | 2007-07-25 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID147 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ ANTHONY CARRO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Carro and James Costrell from NASA HQ to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 24 to February 3. The purpose of this visit is to attend and meet with INTA to discuss the Deep Space Network Tracking Station. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...] | 2007-01-29 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID148 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC: JULIE ERHARDT AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Securities & Exchange Commission Officials: Julie Erhardt and Len Jui to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 4 to February 8. The purpose of this visit to attend the Monitoring Group, the IOSCO Sanding Committee and chair committee meetings. 2. Post [...] | 2007-01-29 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1484 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: PHILIP [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Philip Stepaniak and Stevan Gilmore from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Jerez de la Frontera, Spain on September 16 to September 22. The purpose of this visit is to instruct Department of Defense on shuttle operations medical support training. [...] | 2007-07-30 08:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1485 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GREGORY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 16 to August 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness review. 2. Post understands that no a [...] | 2007-07-30 08:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1486 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON DOMESTIC USG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 10:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER LE SP ECON |
07MADRID1487 | SPANISH DEFMIN ON AFGHANISTAN, DEFENSE SALES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso told the Ambassador on July 25 that Spain's military training teams (OMLTs) will go to Afghanistan in September. He said that NATO's efforts to improve ISAF-OEF coordination are helping but reaffirmed the need to continue to be mindful of the h [...] | 2007-07-30 11:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR SP AF |
07MADRID1488 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: MITCHELL RAINWATER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Mitchell Rainwater to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 26 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to certify navigation aids for the Department of Defense and certain foreign governments. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assis [...] | 2007-07-30 12:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1489 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The opposition Popular Party recently proposed tax cuts on the order of euros 20 billion. The budget surplus this year is euros 7 billion - Solbes says any tax cuts should amount to considerably less than this figure given future health and pension commitments. The Minister also critici [...] | 2007-07-30 14:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER |
07MADRID149 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: RICHARD JONES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector, Richard Jones to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 20 to February 22. The purpose of this visit is to perform a station inspection and observe international flight deck procedures. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-01-29 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR SP |
07MADRID1492 | SPAIN WELCOMES CODEL LOWEY [...] (U) Dear Madame Chairwoman: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. In addition to being a beautiful, historic and culturally rich nation, Spain is a valued U.S. partner and an important geostrategic player. Spai [...] | 2007-07-30 16:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL SP |
07MADRID1494 | SPANISH DEFENSE POLDIR ON LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told DCM on July 26 that Spain believes that the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon is helping. He rejected press reports that Spanish troops in Lebanon had been working with Hizballah. Cuesta said that MOD would be working throughout [...] | 2007-08-01 07:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP LE AF |
07MADRID1499 | SPANISH FM MORATINOS IN SYRIA AND LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the last week of July, Foreign Minister Moratinos met with top leaders in Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria, including Syrian President Assad, in a declared effort to support US and European efforts in Palestine and Lebanon. According to MFA Middle East DG Alvaro Iranzo, Moratinos [...] | 2007-08-01 17:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP IS LE SY IZ |
07MADRID15 | SPANISH GOVERNMENT ARRESTS ARGENTINE ACCUSED DEATH [...] (U) Spanish police arrested Rodolfo Eduardo Almiron Sena on December 28 after an Argentine judge issued an international warrant accusing Almiron of murder and crimes against humanity that have no statute of limitations. Almiron has been wanted since 1984, accused by Argentine courts of murder [...] | 2007-01-04 15:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SP AR |
07MADRID1505 | PROFILES OF SPAIN-BASED CUBAN GROUPS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Thanks to family ties and historical/cultural links, Madrid hosts a number of important Cuban civil society and human rights organizations. These groups influence Spanish political discourse and public opinion through participation in public events, writings in local publicat [...] | 2007-08-03 08:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PHUM SP CU |
07MADRID1510 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Both the GOS and the IMF agree on a 2007 growth forecast of 3.8% and a 2008 forecast of 3.3%. However, the GOS is somewhat less apprehensive of the possibility of overheating in 2008 and plays up increased capital goods spending and slight productivity improvements as evidence that there [...] | 2007-08-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER |
07MADRID1511 | HOUSING MARKET FINALLY COOLING, BUT THE [...] SUMMARY: As the Spanish economy pushes forward toward matching wealthier EU members, it continues to face challenges. Spain must increase its competitiveness across the board, especially in its labor markets, energy utilities and telecoms. What has been of most immediate concern lately, howev [...] | 2007-08-03 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP PREL |
07MADRID1512 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/ALEXANDER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Alexander Voronovich to travel to Madrid, Spain from August 31 to September 15. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the nineteenth International Congress on Acoustics. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance i [...] | 2007-08-03 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1513 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: SARAH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Sarah Marshall from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 31 to August 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend MARS Science Laboratory manufacturing readiness review. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-08-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1514 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BERT TURNEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bert Turney from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 30 to August 3. The purpose of this visit is to attend MARS Space Laboratory and high antenna manufacturing readiness review. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...] | 2007-08-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1515 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: CHRISTOPHER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Christopher Owen from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 15 to September 1. The purpose of this visit is to participate in phase 2 at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...] | 2007-08-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1516 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ross McDonald, from NNSA to travel to Cadiz, Spain on or about August 18 to August 24. The purpose of the visit is to meet with representatives of the International Armoring Corporation for contract delivery acceptance in support of Nonproliferation Suppor [...] | 2007-08-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1517 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ross McDonald, from NNSA to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about September 22 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the Seventh International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals Superconductors and Feromagnets. 2. P [...] | 2007-08-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1518 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JECK, HUGHES AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Richard Kahr Jeck, William Hughes, and Warren Mauldin Underwood to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the FAA/European organization for the safety air navigation coordina [...] | 2007-08-06 06:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1519 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: GILBERT DACOSTA, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Gilbert Dacosta, David San-Merino and Robert Barnes to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 26 to August 31. The purpose of this visit is to conduct site inspections. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...] | 2007-08-06 06:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1543 | SPAIN: 62ND UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) This is an interim report of Spanish high-level attendance at the 62nd UN General Assembly: A. Attendance of the Head of State -- His Majesty King Juan Carlos will not attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President, will attend. - [...] | 2007-08-10 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SP |
07MADRID1549 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BROWN [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Corrine Brown, Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (HTRANS),and acompanying congressional delegation per reftel to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 13 to August 15. The purpose of the visit is [...] | 2007-08-10 15:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN |
07MADRID1555 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The Madrid exchange lost 2.59% of its value on Friday. Banks and real estate groups lost most value. What is happening in Spain is similar to what is happening in other major equities markets. The major Spanish banks continue to say they are not overly exposed to the American subprime m [...] | 2007-08-13 08:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER |
07MADRID1556 | SPAIN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT EU POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador Aguirre spoke with Foreign Minister Moratinos on August 7, reaching him while vacationing in the Aegean Sea. The Ambassador thanked Moratinos for clarifying Spain's position on Kosovo during his August 3 conversation with Secretary Rice. The Ambassador asked Moratinos to go fu [...] | 2007-08-14 10:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KV YI UN PGOV EU PREL SP |
07MADRID1568 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL HICKS [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Thomas Hicks, Majority Senior Election Counsel, House Administration Committee (HADC),and acompanying staff delegation per reftel to travel to Rota, Moron and Jerez de la Frontera, Spain on or about August 19 to August 22. The purp [...] | 2007-08-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN |
07MADRID1569 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL WADA [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Debra Wada, Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee and acompanying staff delegation per reftel (b) to travel to Madrid and Rota, Spain on or about August 21 to August 22. The purpose of the visit is to visit and t [...] | 2007-08-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IT SP |
07MADRID1577 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Johnson and Timothy Ulrich, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 31 to September 8. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the International Congress on Acoustic Emission Sources. 2. Post understands that no assist [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1578 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: HENINGER, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rebecca Heninger, Marcel Schoppers, and Arthur Thompson from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 4 to September 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Rover Environmental Monitoring System Engineering Models Pre [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1579 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: IAN HARRIS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ian Harris from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 4 to September 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Rover Environmental Monitoring System Engineering Models Pre Delivery Technical Interchange meeting. 2 [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1580 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: HARLOW [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Harlow Ahlstrom from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 20 to September 1. The purpose of this visit is to install data acquisition equipment on the Deep Space Station 63 meter antenna at the Madrid Deep Space Communicati [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1581 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: SERVIS ORIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Servis Orin from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 1 to September 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Rover Environmental Monitoring System Engineering Models Pre Delivery Technical Interchange meeting. [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1582 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MARK ROMEJKO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Romejko and Joseph Wackley from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 28 to October 6. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Asset Management Maintenance Improvement Work Group Meeting. 2. Post unde [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1583 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: DIANE BYERLY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Diane Byerly from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on September 15 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy Exercise System Facility Science team meeting at the European Space Agency NTE co [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1584 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: ROBERT CALVO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Calvo from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 23 to August 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness Review. 2. Post understands that no assi [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1585 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Andrea Gilbert, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 7 to September 17. The purpose of the visit is to attend and speak at the 3rd International Conference on the Young Massive Star Cluster. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1586 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: CATHERINE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Catherine Sham and Bradford Kaufman from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Gran Canaria Las Palmas and Madrid, Spain on September 15 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to chair the International Space Station Frequency Working Group Splin [...] | 2007-08-17 09:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1587 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: WALKER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Shelby Walker, Associate Program Director in the Division of Ocean Sciences from NSF to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 3 to September 9. The purpose of the visit is to attend the European Seas Observatory Network of Excellence All Regions [...] | 2007-08-17 09:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1588 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GREGORY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 23 to August 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness Review. 2. Post understands that no a [...] | 2007-08-17 09:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1589 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: CLIFFORD FISCUS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Clifford Fiscus, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 22 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Society Automotive Engineers 2007 Aircraft & Engine Icing International Conference. [...] | 2007-08-17 09:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID159 | NEW SPANISH DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTOR ON [...] (C/NF) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, met with new MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta on January 30 to SIPDIS reinforce ref A points on the importance of additional commitments to the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. DCM emphasized that while ISAF is making progress in Afghanistan [...] | 2007-01-30 17:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO SP AF |
07MADRID1590 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:BERNHARD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Tony Bernhard, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Tenerife, Spain on or about August 20 to August 21. The purpose of this visit is to complete North Atlantic area ETOPS validation for 121 carrier, Pace Airlines. 2. Post understands th [...] | 2007-08-17 09:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1597 | SPAIN: IMMIGRATION UPDATE 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: In 2006, Spain's population rose from 43,758,300 to 45,166,894 according to the national census. Of the additional 1.35 million people, the majority were immigrants. Over the last six years, the overall immigrant population in Spain has more than doubled to 4.5 million. In the l [...] | 2007-08-17 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SMIG SP |
07MADRID1599 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LOWEY [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the Appropriations Subcomittee on Foreign Operations, and accompanying delegation per reftel to travel to Seville, Spain on or about August 21 to August 23. The purpose of the visit is to RON and refuel. [...] | 2007-08-20 08:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN |
07MADRID1600 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) This follows Thursday's 3.72% drop. Spain's Dow equivalent, the Ibex-35, had a rocky week, like most European stock markets. The market fell by about 4% over the week. The general and financial press has been full of stories about the dramatic events on the stock market, particularly aft [...] | 2007-08-20 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SMIG |
07MADRID1601 | SPAIN ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO SP ECON |
07MADRID1604 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US TREASURY ALICE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alice Faibishenko, International Economist, from WHA, US Treasury Department to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 20 to August 26. The purpose of the visit is to attend an intensive week long Spanish language immersion program. 2. Post understa [...] | 2007-08-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
07MADRID1607 | SPAIN/GI PORTAL CONFERENCE: GOS WILL ENCOURAGE [...] Poloff delivered REFTEL request on August 16 to Ignacio Sanchez de Lerin, MFA DDG for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, to inquire whether Spain would be willing to conduct regional outreach with European GI partner nations to bolster attendance at the Garmisch conference. Poloff also inquir [...] | 2007-08-21 11:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID1611 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON AL-SALAH SOCIETY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER IS SP ECON |
07MADRID1633 | CODEL BROWN DISCUSSES TRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND [...] (U) Summary. During a visit to Spain August 13-15, Congresswomen Corrine Brown (D-FL),Grace Napolitano (D-CA),and Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-OH) discussed railway security and investment with Spanish Congressional officials and railroad representatives. Spanish parliamentarians from the Cham [...] | 2007-08-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON ELTN EIND OVIP |
07MADRID1643 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING ON COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO SP |
07MADRID1644 | SPAIN SUPPORTS EU EFFORTS ON RIAD SEIF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 14:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN JA KDEM PHUM PREL SA SY SP |
07MADRID1659 | UNGA: SPAIN HIGH LEVEL MEETING REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-29 15:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SP |
07MADRID1661 | SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche relating to the August 6 Russian incursion into Georgian airspace to Foreign Minister Moratinos on August 29. Moratinos, who was preparing to leave for Moscow that very afternoon, gave indications of his agreement with U.S. concerns. He to [...] | 2007-08-29 17:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP PGOV OSCE CVIS NATO |
07MADRID167 | TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS WARN AGAINST PREMATURE [...] (U) January 25, 2007; 11:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: Observers United States - DAS David Kramer European Union - Amb. Adriaan Jacobovits, EU Special Representative Mediators Ukraine - Deputy FM Andriy Veselovsky Russian Federati [...] | 2007-02-01 08:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS UP SP |
07MADRID1670 | ODYSSEY UPDATE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ODYSSEY [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, the Ambassador delivered reftel A dipnote to Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who promised to provide a subsequent diplomatic note incorporating the necessary information and assurances. Post's DHS-ICE Attache, who already has in hand the import documentatio [...] | 2007-08-31 14:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA |
07MADRID1671 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Evans, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 24 to September 27. The purpose of the visit is to present at the Complutense University of Madrid. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are remind [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1672 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: DIANE BYERLY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Diane Byerly from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on September 15 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy Exercise System Facility Science team meeting at the European Space Agency NTE co [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1673 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ROBERT SIBLE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Sible from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 5 to October 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend technical meetings at the Madrid Deep Space Communication complex. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1674 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/HSS: HICKMAN, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Glenn Podonsky, Michael Kilpatrick, and Dean Hickman from DOE to travel to Madrid and Almeria, Spain on or about September 07 to September 13. The purpose of the visit is to participate in signing an International agreement, visit Palomares accident site a [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1675 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Nelson, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 14 to September 24. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 5th Fluorescence workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that beare [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1676 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Adrian Pidlusky, Craig Stinson, Utah Logan, Whitney, Creer, David Carroll, and William Kilmartin from NNSA/SLD to travel to Port of Algeciras, Spain on or about September 14 to September 19. The purpose of the visit is as the Second Line of Defense (SLD)/Me [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1677 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Diego Dalvit, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 21 to September 26. The purpose of the visit is to collaborate on a research project at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1678 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Petra Huentemeyer, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 15 to September 21. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 5th Flourescence Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1679 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joseph Francis Pilat, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 27 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Analysis of Aggression and Terrorism. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1680 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/HSS: BHAT AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mohandas Bhat, Health Scientist, and Patricia Worthington, from DOE to travel to Madrid and Almeria, Spain on or about September 08 to September 13. The purpose of the visit is to participate in signing an International agreement, visit Palomares accident [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1681 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE2H ANTONIO RUIZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Antonio Ruiz, Engineer, from DOE to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about September 07 to September 15. The purpose of the visit is to participate on roundtable discussions on Hydrogen Safety Codes and Standards, Regulations and Education. 2. Post unders [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1682 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: THOMAS WATERS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Waters, Safety Engineer, NIOSH, CDC, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 23 to September 24. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at a workshop symposia of the Universitat Politecnia de Catalunya. 2. Post underst [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SP CDC |
07MADRID1683 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: RUTH PEROU [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ruth Perou, Team Lead/Research Psychologist and Susanna Visser, Epidemiologist, CCHP/NCBDDD, CDC, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 12 to September 16. The purpose of the visit is to attend the European Network for Mental Health Promo [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SP CDC |
07MADRID1684 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA: ROBERT DAVIS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Davis, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA to travel to Rota, Spain on or about September 25 to September 27. The purpose of the visit is to perform a regulatory inspection of the U.S. Naval Hospital. 2. Post understands that no assi [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1685 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC:BERNHARD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bernhard Schulz from NASA's Ames Research Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 1 to September 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend, present and chair a session at the 19th International Congress on Acoustics. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1686 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL:FARZIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Farzin Manshadi from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Mas Palomas, Spain on September 12 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 27th Annual Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assis [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1687 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BRYAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bryan Huneycutt from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Mas Palomas, Spain on September 15 to September 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 27th Annual Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assis [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1688 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MICHAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Rodrigues from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 12 to September 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend management meetings at the Madrid Deep Space Communication complex and Instituts Nacional de Tecnici [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1689 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: RICHARD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard McPeters from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Seville, Spain on September 5 to September 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend a European Brewer Intercomparison follow up session. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |