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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08TASHKENT102Part 2 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 15:26:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ
08TASHKENT1060UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for one Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) official scheduled to attend the Program for Advanced Security Studies at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germa [...]
2008-09-15 07:34:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1085PRESIDENT KARIMOV SIGNS TIP CRIMINAL CODE
[...] (U) Summary: On September 16 President Islam Karimov signed long-awaited criminal code amendments into law specifically criminalizing trafficking in persons and outlining stricter punishments of up to 12 years in prison for convicted traffickers. In adopting the amendments, the Government of [...]
2008-09-19 11:44:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT1100UZBEKISTAN: 2009 RHYTHM ROADS REQUEST
[...] Embassy Tashkent wishes to request American musicians through the Rhythm Road program in 2009. Post's application is in response to State 90853. a) Preferred Music Style: American roots music (country western or bluegrass) b) Preferred Timeframe: Spring 2009, March-April (first choice) [...]
2008-09-25 02:21:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO UZ
08TASHKENT1176UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for two Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend a Counternarcotics Conference at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany October 26-29, [...]
2008-10-15 09:59:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1226UZBEKISTAN: PROSECUTOR GENERAL PUBLISHES MAJOR
[...] (U) On October 17 Uzbekistan Prosecutor General Rashitjon Qodirov prominently published a major 3,000 word report on trafficking in persons (TIP) in the state-controlled newspaper "Narodnoe Slovo" (People's Word). This is the first high-profile action by Qodirov in his capacity as the Chairma [...]
2008-10-24 08:25:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN UZ
08TASHKENT1232BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON JAMSHID BOTIROVICH FAIZIEV
[...] (SBU) On October 22, 2008, Uzbekistan's Procurator-General Rashid Kadyrov signed an order (with President Karimov's approval) appointing Jamshid Botirovich Faiziev as Procurator of Ferghana Province. Faiziev, an ethnic Uzbek, was born in 1971 in Tashkent. In 1994, he graduated from the Tashken [...]
2008-10-27 09:18:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1265UZBEKISTAN: OFFICIALS DESCRIBE EFFORTS TO
[...] (U) Summary: On September 29-30, poloff and a visiting officer from the Department's Office to Combat and Monitor Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) met with Uzbek officials from the Ministries of Internal and Foreign Affairs, the Office of the General Prosecutor, and the National Women's Committee [...]
2008-11-03 09:20:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN UZ
08TASHKENT1277UZBEKISTAN: MAJOR DEALS FOR GM AND BOEING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Last week saw the signing of two major deals between U.S. corporations and counterparts in Uzbekistan. On October 27 General Motors (GM) informed us privately that it had agreed with the Uzbek Government on building a new engine and transmission plant near Tashkent. Almost sim [...]
2008-11-05 09:17:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1280UZBEKISTAN INL/ICITAP CONGRESS OF FORENSIC SCIENCE ISTANBUL
[...] (U) In support of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Assistance (INL) and the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP)-arranged visit and participation of an Uzbek Forensic Expert at the First International Congress of Forensic Sci [...]
2008-11-06 03:49:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN KCRM KJUS KFSC UZ
08TASHKENT1284U.S. ELECTIONS ENTHRALL YOUNG UZBEK AUDIENCE
[...] (SBU) An embassy-hosted event to watch the election returns the early morning of November 5 was exceptionally well-attended by an enthusiastic and predominantly young Uzbek crowd of approximately 350. Participants were able to cast mock ballots, get brochures and information about the elector [...]
2008-11-06 11:03:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT1287UZBEKISTAN: DOD DELEGATION ENGAGES BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The delegation from the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) and Central Command (CENTCOM) that visited Uzbekistan October 21-23 had numerous meetings with local and Western businesses to discuss possible purchase of goods and services in support of Coalition forces operating [...]
2008-11-07 10:32:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDECON MARR PGOV AF UZ
08TASHKENT1298UZBEKISTAN: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT
[...] The president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, sent the following congratulatory message to President-elect Obama, the original of which was transmitted to the Department on November 5 via the Uzbek Embassy in Washington. This cable is for record traffic purposes only and, per Reftel, we unders [...]
2008-11-12 08:55:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC OVIP PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1313UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING FOR NATO-RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Post has conducted an internal review of its files and has found no evidence of human rights violations committed by Amirtemirkhon Musaev, Khurshid Shukurov, Anatoli Milyukov, or Nordirbek Mamadeliev, who have been nominated to participate in the NATO-Russia counternarcotics training to [...]
2008-11-14 10:57:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1314UZBEKISTAN: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 09:12:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB KTIP KWMN KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT13152008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR
[...] SUMMARY UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan is primarily a transit country for opiates originating in Afghanistan. Well-established trade routes facilitate the transit of these narcotics to Russia and Europe. There is a growing market for a variety of intravenously administered narcotics and consequently a [...]
2008-11-17 10:55:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT13162008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR
[...] INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT VOLUME II REPORT ON MONEY LAUNDERING UZBEKISTAN Uzbekistan is not an important regional financial center and does not have a well-developed financial system. Legitimate business owners, ordinary citizens, and foreign residents generally attem [...]
2008-11-17 10:57:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT1429UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR ONE GOU PARTICIPANT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. Post has been provided with one additional name of an officer nominated to participate in the Senior Executive Seminar 09-1 at the Marshal Center in Garmisch, Germany. The training program is funded by and arranged by the Marshal C [...]
2008-12-05 10:29:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ASEC PGOV PREL SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT1474PRESIDENT KARIMOV'S CONSTITUTION DAY SPEECH - "DON'T DESTROY THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 5th 2008, Uzbek President Islom Karimov delivered a speech commemorating the 16th anniversary of the adoption of Uzbekistan's constitution and ushering in 2009 as the "Year of Rural Development and Improvement of the Countryside". Of note in a generally unremarkable s [...]
2008-12-18 04:51:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UZ
08TASHKENT1538UZBEKISTAN: "ACCESS" PROJECT SUPPORTS THE RIGHTS OF THE
[...] (U) Earlier this year, the Uzbek Ministry of Labor announced that it signed an agreement to participate in an ACCESS (Accessibility, Civic Consciousness, Employment, and Society Support for Persons with Disabilities) project with several international partners - including UNDP, UNICEF, UNESCO, [...]
2008-12-30 13:20:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT187TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 11:46:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN UZ
08TASHKENT19TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FORMER
[...] On December 27, Poloff delivered reftel press release, identifying information, and key points to Ismat Faizullayev, MFA's Chief of Section for U.S. Affairs. Faizullayev indicated that he would share the documents with other members of the Government of Uzbekistan and notify the United States [...]
2008-01-07 09:19:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KTFN UZ
08TASHKENT209NOMINATION FOR TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 12:26:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM
08TASHKENT265UZBEKISTAN: NO RESPONSE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 11:10:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT294DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANNOUNCING THE U.S. SPECIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 08:53:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OIC UZ
08TASHKENT312NOT QUITE HABEAS CORPUS, BUT A GOOD STEP
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6 a visiting U.S. Federal Judge met on the margins of a USAID-funded conference on human rights and law enforcement in Tashkent with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) Alisher Sharafutdinov and Tashkent State Law Institute Professor Umida Tukhtasheva. The priva [...]
2008-03-13 10:41:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID PREL KCRM PGOV PINR ASEC UZ
08TASHKENT364AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRAISES UZBEKISTAN FOR
[...] (U) Summary: On March 26 the government-run press published a letter from an Amnesty International official praising UzbekistanQs recent steps to formally abolish capital punishment. The article noted UzbekistanQs actions were consistent with the requests specified in a 2007 United Nations r [...]
2008-03-26 12:54:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT366UNODC REQUESTS EXPERT PARTICIPATION IN UZBEKISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),which is sponsoring an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) conference in Tashkent on May 14-15 in conjunction with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eur [...]
2008-03-26 13:23:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM KCOR UZ
08TASHKENT388UZBEKISTAN - WORLD TB DAY ACTIVITIES
[...] (U) Per reftel, to mark World TB Day, Post devoted a session of its weekly Chay Chat Conversation Club to the topic of Tuberculosis and the challenge that it presents in Uzbekistan and around the world. On March 14, Dr. Benjamin Mills of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) hi [...]
2008-04-01 06:10:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PREL KPAO UZ
08TASHKENT398UZBEKISTAN: CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN TO TAKE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Post has been in contact with Saifiddin Juraev, Director of the Foundation of Regional Policy in Uzbekistan, who has requested U.S. assistance in identifying and providing funding for U.S. participation in an upcoming internatio [...]
2008-04-03 13:22:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PINS PBTS UZ
08TASHKENT405LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL CENTER SENIOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for two Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend a Marshall Center Senior Executive Seminar on April 16-23, 2008 in Garmisch, Germany. Post unders [...]
2008-04-07 06:28:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR ASEC UZ
08TASHKENT461EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM - 2008 (TASHKENT)
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post requests the temporary posting of an Embassy Science Fellow to Embassy Tashkent for approximately six weeks in September-October 2008. No medical or security clearance is required. If approved for participation in the program, Post commits to provide housing, office suppo [...]
2008-04-18 12:18:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL AMGT UZ
08TASHKENT494LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for four Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend a Marshall Center-sponsored event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany May 12-August 9. [...]
2008-04-28 05:03:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT495LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for three Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend a Marshall Center-sponsored event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany May 23-June 27. [...]
2008-04-28 05:05:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT507FORENSIC LABORATORY PROJECT IMPROVES CAPACITY AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: An ongoing project to upgrade the Main Forensic Laboratory of the Ministry of Health, funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) with implementing support from the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICI [...]
2008-04-29 11:48:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PHUM PREL KCOR KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT524UZBEKISTAN/DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 13:24:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT53UZBEKISTAN'S PARTICIPATION IN PSI FIFTH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 08:17:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP KSTC PREL XX UZ
08TASHKENT547UZBEKISTAN: POST'S LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] (U) Embassy Tashkent has reviewed its files on intended Uzbekistani participants Ilkhombek Kazakov, Shawkat Gafurov, and Rahiboy Bekhchanov in the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics Training event at the Domodedovo Center in Russia, May 13-28, and has found no derogatory information. NORLAND [...]
2008-05-13 11:52:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT563UPDATE: UZBEKISTAN/DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 10:04:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT590UZBEKISTAN: POINTS DELIVERED ON FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 05:35:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO UZ
08TASHKENT592UZBEKISTAN: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (U) Poloff delivered a paper encouraging the Government of Uzbekistan to support the use of biotechnology in agriculture, per reftel, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Faizullaev on May 22. Faizullaev pledged that the information would be distributed to interested parti [...]
2008-05-23 12:01:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO UZ
08TASHKENT614UZBEKISTAN: INL MOTOR VEHICLES FLEET REPORT
[...] INL Tashkent vehicle report: A. STATE CUSTOMS COMMITTEE, COUNTER-SMUGGLING UNITS (2000): Vehicle: Jeep Cherokee Sport 2.5TD Inventory: 9 Requirement: 9 B. SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT (2003): Vehicles: Opel Astra Sedan, Inventory: 3, Requirement: 3 Opel Vectra Elegance, Inventory: [...]
2008-06-02 05:09:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN UZ
08TASHKENT632UZBEKISTAN: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD
[...] Summary: Per reftel request, post is providing the following information on the use of child labor and forced labor in the production of specific goods in Uzbekistan. Numerous credible sources report the widespread use of child labor in Uzbekistan during the annual cotton harvest, a practice [...]
2008-06-06 11:09:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT670UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON SENIOR ROUNDTABLE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 10:06:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO KWMN PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT6942008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] (U) The United States Government is aware of nine (9) claims of United States persons against the Government of Uzbekistan, two (2) of which have been resolved. 2. (U) a. Claimant A b. 1998 c. Claimant A is a U.S. trading company that exported alcohol to Uzbekistan. According to the C [...]
2008-06-18 12:52:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CASC PGOV KIDE UZ
08TASHKENT765UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for two Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend a Marshall Center-sponsored event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany September 10-17. P [...]
2008-07-01 13:01:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT769UZBEK PARLIAMENT RATIFIES UNITED NATIONS TIP
[...] (U) On June 23 the lower house of the Uzbek Parliament (Oliy Majlis) adopted a draft law on ratification of the November 2000 United Nations Protocol on Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The Senate followed suit just four days later, on June 27, thereby completing the Parliamentary steps and pavi [...]
2008-07-02 11:52:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM UNCRIME KWMN KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT772REQUEST COUNTERNARCOTICS FUNDING FOR PATROL BOAT
[...] (U) This is an action request for CCJ3 CENTCOM. Please see paragraphs 3-5. 2. (U) The Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) purchased 19 riverine patrol boats from the United States in 2004 for the purpose of drug interdiction along the portion of the Amu Darya River which constitutes Uzbekistan's [...]
2008-07-03 10:05:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDMASS ASEC PBTS UZ
08TASHKENT779UZBEKISTAN: FORENSIC LABORATORY ENHANCEMENT
[...] (U) As part of an ongoing assistance project funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),a team of forensic experts from the Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative and Training Assistance Program (DOJ/ICITAP) traveled to Uzbekistan in [...]
2008-07-07 06:39:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM EAID UZ
08TASHKENT787UZBEK GOVERNMENT REPORTS CONVICTION IN TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) A major state-run newspaper, Xalq Sozi (People's Word),ran a prominent 800-word article on July 1 reporting that a ring of Uzbek nationals was arrested for trafficking at least two Uzbek women to China with false employment offers. An Uzbek national, Aleksandr Rudenko, who worked in Chin [...]
2008-07-08 11:04:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT846UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OSCE HUMAN
[...] (U) On July 18 the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Norov and, per request in reftel, delivered the demarche on the agenda for the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. The Ambassador noted that the balanced points illustrate how we can have a productive dialogue on human [...]
2008-07-21 09:33:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UZ
08TASHKENT862CHARGE D'AFFAIRES DECLARES KAGAN EXPLOSION SITE A
[...] (U) U.S. Charge d'Affaires, ad interim Duane Butcher, in agreement with Ambassador Richard Norland, declared the area including and surrounding the Kagan Ammunition Depot in Bukhara Province a disaster area. Per reftels the Government of Uzbekistan has accepted our offer of assistance in the [...]
2008-07-24 04:36:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MASS EAID UZ
08TASHKENT900UZBEKISTAN ADOPTS TIP NATIONAL ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) Summary: On July 8 President Karimov issued a resolution adopting an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) National Action Plan, thereby fulfilling a key requirement of the comprehensive anti-TIP law passed in March. The National Action Plan officially establishes a National Inter-agency Com [...]
2008-08-04 14:04:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT913LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR EXBS-SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for three Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS)-funded export control training ev [...]
2008-08-06 11:57:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT920LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR EXBS-SPONSORED TRAINING,
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for two additional Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS)-funded export control t [...]
2008-08-08 09:44:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT921UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG NOMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 09:44:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AORC KSCA UZ
08TASHKENT922UZBEKISTAN FORENSIC LAB EXPERTS VISIT USA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),with the support of the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP),arranged for the participation of Uzbek forensic experts in the 18th International Association of Fo [...]
2008-08-11 04:09:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT923UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for a Government of Uzbekistan official nominated to participate in the Executive-level Program on Advanced Security Studies (EPASS 08-7). The traini [...]
2008-08-11 12:36:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT930UZBEKISTAN: EMBASSY TASHKENT'S PROPOSAL FOR POST
[...] POST: Embassy Tashkent 2. NAME OF POST LANGUAGE OFFICERS: Steven Prohaska, P/E Officer, prohaskasn@state.gov; Sean O'Hara, Consular Section, o'harasp@state.gov; and Tim Buckley, P/E Officer, buckleytp@state.gov. 3. POINT OF CONTACT FOR POST LANGUAGE DIRECT FUNDING PROPOSAL: Steven Proha [...]
2008-08-12 12:41:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI AFIN AMGT KFLO UZ
08TASHKENT938UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENTIAL RESOLUTION ESTABLISHES
[...] (U) Summary: On June 23 President Karimov issued the latest in a series of decrees on legal reform initiatives, this one establishing a research center in the Supreme Court and promoting the "independence of the judicial system." The resolution envisions the new judicial research center will [...]
2008-08-13 05:29:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT964UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENT KARIMOV SIGNS LAW RATIFYING
[...] (U) On June 27 the Senate followed the lower chamber (Oliy Majlis) in adopting a law to ratify the UN Convention Against Corruption. President Karimov then signed the law on July 7, completing the Government of Uzbekistan's ratification steps. The Head of the International Organizations Depar [...]
2008-08-20 10:28:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCOR PHUM KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT972UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for one Government of Uzbekistan official nominated to participate in the Program for Advanced Security Studies (PTSS) 08-7 at the Marshall Center in [...]
2008-08-22 08:25:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT993UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for three Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend a State Department-sponsored biosafety/biosecurity legislative seminar on September 8- [...]
2008-08-27 10:38:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TBILISI1023TWO KILLED, SEVERAL WOUNDED IN FIREFIGHT IN SOUTH
[...] A firefight erupted in the South Ossetian conflict zone on the evening of Saturday, June 14, killing two Ossetians and wounding several more (Note: media reports estimate between five and seven wounded. End note). The fighting took place between the capital of the breakaway republic, Tskhinva [...]
2008-06-16 13:23:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1028ACTION CABLE RESPONSE REGARDING PRESS STATEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 14:11:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PHUM PREL
08TBILISI1029GEORGIAN COAST GUARD READY FOR COOPERATION WITH
[...] On June 16, Embassy Econoff presented the concept of the Global Maritime Partnership initiative to Ramaz Papidze, Head of the Resources Management Division of the Georgian Coast Guard Department. The Georgian Coast Guard is an organ of the Border Police, under the Ministry of Internal Affairs [...]
2008-06-18 04:55:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EAID PREL MARR SNAR GG
08TBILISI1030GEORGIANS SEIZE PEACEKEEPERS' AMMO TRUCK IN ZUGDIDI
[...] Summary and Comment: On the evening of June 17, Georgian police seized an CIS peacekeeping truck carrying ammunition and anti-tank missiles traveling from Abkhazia to a peacekeeping checkpoint near the Georgian village of Urta, on the Zugdidi side of the conflict zone. Four peacekeepers wer [...]
2008-06-18 12:04:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1031GEORGIANS SEIZE PEACEKEEPERS' AMMO TRUCK IN
[...] Summary and Comment: On the evening of June 17, Georgian police seized an CIS peacekeeping truck carrying ammunition and anti-tank missiles traveling from Abkhazia to a peacekeeping checkpoint near the Georgian village of Urta, on the Zugdidi side of the conflict zone. Four peacekeepers wer [...]
2008-06-18 12:04:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1065GEORGIANS RELEASE PEACEKEEPERS' TRUCK, KEEP
[...] The Georgian Ministry of Interior announced on June 19 that it had released the CIS PKF ammunition truck that was detained on June 17 (reftel) for unauthorized ammunition transfer through the Georgian side of the conflict zone. Deputy Minister of Interior Shota Utiashvili said that the Minist [...]
2008-06-20 13:08:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI10662008 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCING
[...] Summary: Pursuant to campaign funding disclosure requirements, all four parties that crossed the 5 percent election threshold in the May 21 parliamentary elections have submitted campaign funding reports to the Central Election Commission (CEC). An audit group contracted by the CEC studied th [...]
2008-06-20 13:16:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1072AFTER ELECTIONS: BURJANADZE ANNOUNCES FOUNDATION,
[...] Summary: On June 17, former Parliamentary Speaker Burjanadze announced she is establishing a think-tank called the "Foundation for Democratic Development." Burjanadze said she sees her foundation not as a purely analytical, apolitical think-tank, but rather as a "new way for her to participate [...]
2008-06-23 04:59:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI109GEORGIA'S LEGAL EAGLES PROSECUTE ELECTION CRIMES
[...] Summary: For the first time in its history, Georgia's Office of Public Prosecution Service (OPP) charged individuals with committing election crimes. U.S.-trained OPP prosecutors charged that two individuals, during the January 5, 2008, election, cast fraudulent ballots. To prepare the OPP fo [...]
2008-01-23 13:33:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG
08TBILISI1136GEORGIAN POLICE BLOCK CIS PKF TRUCK FROM ENTERING
[...] Georgian media reported on June 27 that Georgian police had prevented a CIS peacekeeping truck, accompanied by an armored personnel carrier, from entering the Georgian side of the security zone. The truck was headed to the CIS PKF checkpoint in the Georgian village of Urta, south of Zugdidi. [...]
2008-07-01 08:32:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI117GEORGIA IMPROVES ITS RATING IN HERITAGE FOUNDATION'S
[...] Summary: Georgia has improved its standing in the Heritage Foundation's annual Index of Economic Freedom. In 2008 it has moved up from 35th to 32nd out of 163 countries surveyed throughout the world. According to the conservative think tank's report, which measures countries' performance on [...]
2008-01-24 12:50:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI1205ACTION REQUEST RESPONSE--PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 13:30:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI1216LEGAL PROFESSION REFORM INDEX SHOWS GEORGIA'S
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: On July 10, the American Bar Association released the second volume of its Legal Profession Reform Index (LPRI) which assesses the performance of the legal profession in Georgia. Overall, there have been significant improvements since the first LPRI in 2005: out o [...]
2008-07-15 13:22:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI1217FREEDOM HOUSE NATIONS IN TRANSIT REPORT: GEORGIAN
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: Freedom House's 2007 Nations in Transit report released on June 24 covering the period of January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007, gives Georgia a "Democracy Score" of 4.79, down from the previous year's score of 4.68. The study describes Georgia's hybrid system of dem [...]
2008-07-15 13:22:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI122FIVE EASY PRESENTATIONS - AMERICAN FILM DIRECTOR BOB
[...] SUMMARY: Bob Rafelson was an ECA Cultural Envoy par excellence, representing the United States at the 8th Tbilisi International Film Festival from December 3-10, 2007. Mr. Rafelson is one of American cinema's leading figures, having distinguished himself over the past three decades as a directo [...]
2008-01-25 12:09:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI1228GEORGIA: USG RESPONSE TO OSCE QUESTIONNAIRE ON
[...] Per reftel request, Poloff delivered a copy of the USG response to Alexander Nalbandov, Director of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. TEFFT [...]
2008-07-16 13:01:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL NATO OSCE GG
08TBILISI1229GEORGIA: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] In response to ref A, post provides information on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) in relation to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). This report combines input solicited from Georgian law enforcement officials, international organizat [...]
2008-07-16 13:45:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPKO GG
08TBILISI1239POLOFF DISCUSSES TROOP LEVEL AND DEFENSE SPENDING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Officer for the United States, Irakli Machitidze, Director of Department of International Organizations, Alexander Nalbandov and Head of NATO Division, Tornike Parulava regarding press reports that Georgia is planning to [...]
2008-07-17 12:28:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1241IDP RETURNEES TO GALI FACE CHALLENGES BEYOND
[...] Summary and Comment: Poloff traveled to the largely ethnic-Georgian Gali district of the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia June 23-25 to learn more about the lives of Georgian internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had returned to their homes. Many of the estimated 40,000 IDPs who have returned [...]
2008-07-17 13:43:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1246GEORGIA: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE
[...] Per reftel request, Poloff provided a copy of USG concerns and comments to Alexander Nalbandov, Director of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. TEFFT [...]
2008-07-18 13:28:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL NATO OSCE GG
08TBILISI1310GEORGIA INFORMED OF NEW GI PARTNER NATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 09:03:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PTER KGIC KNNP GG
08TBILISI1313GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 1
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic and social interest concerning Georgia for the weeks of July 14-August  [...]
2008-08-01 10:42:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM GG
08TBILISI1351GEORGIA: IDP UPDATE
[...] Embassy officers attended a disaster response management meeting August 10 led by the UN Resident Country Director Robert Watkins. Representatives of the major UN agencies, NGO's and donor organizations discussed the GOG's stated humanitarian response requirements and how best to coordinate eff [...]
2008-08-10 15:21:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1367GEORGIA: GOG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze presented a proposed stabilization and reconstruction package to us on August 12 on behalf of the Georgian government. The PM urged the USG to consider a quick, positive response to the request for a standby facility to bolster their efforts to ensure liquidity i [...]
2008-08-12 13:57:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1405 USAID/DART GEORGIA COMPLEX EMERGENCY SITUATION REPORT #1
[...] In early August, heightened tension led to armed conflict involving Georgian and Russian armed forces and a South Ossetian separatist group, affecting populations along the Georgia-Russia border and areas within Georgia, including South Ossetia, parts of Abkhazia, and the town of Gori. While [...]
2008-08-21 04:21:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF SOCI GG
08TBILISI1417GEORGIA - REQUEST TO LIFT AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE
[...] This is an action request to M from Ambassador John Tefft. See paragraph 2. 2. Embassy Tbilisi's Emergency Action Committee met August 23 and concurs with the Ambassador's recommendation to request the lifting of Authorized Departure for Embassy Tbilisi. Based on our assessment of the c [...]
2008-08-23 11:28:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO AFIN GG
08TBILISI155GEORGIA: INFORMATION PAPER ON MGD WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 11:16:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PTER PREL KGIC GG
08TBILISI156GEORGIA: PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH ANT THE GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 11:17:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER IAEA KGIC GG
08TBILISI1837GEORGIA FINALIZES CULTURAL AGREEMENT
[...] (U) On September 18, post received a dipnote from the MFA indicating that Georgia had completed the internal legal procedures required for entry into the "Agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the United States of America on the Protection and Preservation of Certain [...]
2008-10-03 12:57:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDGG PREL SCUL
08TBILISI1842UNGA DEMARCHE ON FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on October 3, 2008. Present at the meeting was Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. Nizharadze responded that the Georgian government attaches great importance to cooperating with the United Stat [...]
2008-10-03 14:47:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDCDG PARM PREL UNGA GG
08TBILISI1843DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1835 DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on October 3, 2008. Present at the meeting was Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. Nizharadze responded that the Americas Division follows Iran developments closely. He agreed to take the demar [...]
2008-10-03 14:48:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC PARM GG
08TBILISI1844DEMARCHE ON EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP MEETING
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on October 3, 2008. Present at the meeting was Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. He agreed to take the demarche into consideration and transmit it to the appropriate division for review. TEFF [...]
2008-10-03 14:49:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDKGIC MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER GG
08TBILISI199GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2008
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2008. Introduction The dramatic change of government swept in by the 2003 peaceful "Rose Revolution" marked the start of serious political and economic reform in Georgia. Before 2003, Georgia's economic [...]
2008-02-07 05:52:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR GG
08TBILISI2 AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSER BRINGS SHOCK
[...] SUMMARY: American composer George Flynn's visit to Tbilisi was the first opportunity for Georgians to meet a living American classical composer and experience contemporary classical music that is uniquely American. Flynn and his music were featured in the Tbilisi Conservatory's "Eteriani - P [...]
2008-01-03 08:07:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI2018GEORGIA: LOW TURNOUT EXPECTED FOR NOVEMBER 3 ELECTIONS IN
[...] Summary and comment: On November 3 elections will be held for the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, which is institutionally an important component of Adjara's autonomy but a plays a minimal national role. By-elections for the national Parliament will also take place in two [...]
2008-10-30 17:15:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2120GEORGIA: GOG OUTLINES ITS VISION FOR POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: The Government of Georgia recently released a document laying out a variety of political reforms currently underway in order to improve democracy and pluralism in Georgia. The document also acknowledges the mistakes the government made in its use of force to quell the [...]
2008-11-13 14:26:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2121GEORGIA: GOG OUTLINES ITS VISION FOR POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: The Government of Georgia recently released a document laying out a variety of political reforms currently underway in order to improve democracy and pluralism in Georgia. The document also acknowledges the mistakes the government made in its use of force to quell the [...]
2008-11-14 05:05:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2236GEORGIA: REVIEW OF POST'S AVIAN INFLUENZA PLAN AND
[...] (U) On December 2, post's Pandemic Influenza Action Committee met per action request reftel. The committee was chaired by the DCM and included representatives from the following sections: Political-Economic, Consular, RSO and Med. Med reviewed post's avian influenza plan, and the committee a [...]
2008-12-04 04:57:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO GG
08TBILISI227GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE February 8
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of January 26-February 8. New Governors Appointed ----------------------- 2. On February 4, President Saakashvili replaced three regional governors. Ramaz Nikoleishvili, the f [...]
2008-02-08 14:14:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI230GEORGIA TO ATTEND UN.GIFT VIENNA FORUM
[...] (U) This is Post's response to action request (reftel). 2. (U) Poloff confirmed with Keti Khutsishvili, A-TIP Coordinator, Prosecutor General's Office, on February 5, that Lali Papiashvili, Judge at the Constitutional Court of Georgia, and former Member of Parliament, will attend the above [...]
2008-02-08 15:19:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF KCRM KWMN GG
08TBILISI2313GEORGIA: GEORGIA MARKS WORLD AIDS DAY WITH EVENTS
[...] (U) Summary: USAID funded STI/HIV Prevention Project (SHIP),in partnership with the Department of Social Public Health of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, organized a well-received public awareness campaign and series of events in Batumi on December 1 to mark World AIDS Day. The Minister o [...]
2008-12-10 14:25:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV SOCI GG
08TBILISI2315GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON AMENDMENT ISSUES AT LRTAP
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resource's Head of Sustainable Development Department Revaz Enukidze, and Head of Integrated Environmental Management and Biodiversity Department Nino Tkhilava on December 8. Georgia is currently not party [...]
2008-12-10 14:27:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SENV GG
08TBILISI2316GEORGIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 5, to Otar Berdzenishvili, MFA's Counselor of the Americas Division. Mr. Berdzenishvili told Poloff that they would study the issue and take it under advisement. LOGSDON [...]
2008-12-10 14:28:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS
08TBILISI2336 A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR - - A YEAR OF REGIONAL MOCK JURY
[...] Summary: In preparation for the new, Western style Criminal Procedure Code (CPC),the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT) and the Government of Georgia (GOG) built upon their 2007 "train the trainers" program and conduct [...]
2008-12-12 10:22:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG
08TBILISI2440GEORGIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) BEGIN TEXT. Georgia has granted blanket over flight clearance to all U.S. military aircraft engaged in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Georgia contributed over 2,000 troops to counterterrorism efforts in Iraq and became a contributing nation to the International Security Assistance F [...]
2008-12-23 05:17:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ACEC
08TBILISI287TBILISI REQUEST FOR TV CO-OP ON POLITICS AND ENDOWMENTS
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Tbilisi requests that a TV Co-op on politics and secondarily focused on endowments be scheduled for April 2008. The timing of this TV Co-op program is especially fortuitous as Georgia held highly contested presidential elections in January and will hold parliamentary elections [...]
2008-02-20 11:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP KPAO GG
08TBILISI296GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE FEBRUARY 22
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 9-22. Prime Minister Unveils Anti-Poverty Plan ---------------------------------------- 2. The Georgian government has presented its long-term plan for realization [...]
2008-02-22 12:39:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI339GEORGIAN RESPONSE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 06:31:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO KCRM SO GG
08TBILISI37ALL ELECTIONS ALL THE TIME: PAS-TBILISI GOES ALL OUT IN
[...] Summary. On November 8, in an effort to resolve a growing political crisis in the country, President Saakashvili proposed snap presidential elections for January 5. PAS-Tbilisi sat down as a section to brainstorm and develop a robust series of public diplomacy programs to support the electio [...]
2008-01-10 15:46:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI384GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 7
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 23-March 7. New Board for Public Broadcaster -------------------------------- 2. On February 26, the Georgian Parliament approved the new composition of the Supervi [...]
2008-03-07 11:58:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI385EX-DEFENSE MINISTER OKRUASHVILI ATTACKS PRESIDENT
[...] On March 6, Georgian pro-opposition television station Kavkasia aired an interview with ex-Defense Minister of Georgia Irakli Okruashvili, leader of the opposition political party Movement for United Georgia. The interview was recorded in Paris, where Okruashvili is under home-arrest awaiting [...]
2008-03-07 12:00:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KBIO GG
08TBILISI442IMF MISSION UPBEAT ON GEORGIA'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
[...] Summary: A March IMF mission to Georgia led by IMF senior advisor for the Caucasus David Owen offered a surprisingly upbeat assessment of Georgia's economy during a briefing of diplomats in Tbilisi at the conclusion of the mission. Overall, Owen said, "the economic outlook is pretty strong." [...]
2008-03-17 13:35:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV USTR GG
08TBILISI493THE POLICE: INL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UPDATE -
[...] Summary: INL Tbilisi activities in the first quarter of 2008 run the gamut from forensics to first aid. Some ongoing projects were completed with fanfare, e.g., opening of the Police Academy's English Language Center, while others are being launched, such as evaluation and assessment of Georgi [...]
2008-03-21 11:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV MARR KCRM GG
08TBILISI497GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 21
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 8-21. Okruashvili Asserts Control of Shrinking Party --------------------------------------------- - 2. On March 15, the political party United Georgia elected its most [...]
2008-03-21 13:45:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI567GEORGIA REACTS POSITIVELY TO NATO SUMMIT OUTCOME
[...] Although Georgia did not receive a Membership Action (MAP) at the NATO summit in Bucharest, top Georgian officials have lauded the results as a major success, pointing to language in the April 3 summit communique that Georgia and Ukraine "will become members of NATO." In a broadcast from Bucha [...]
2008-04-04 13:48:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI568GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE APRIL 4
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 22-April 4. Transport Links with Russia Re-Opening -------------------------------------- 2. Russia's closure of air and sea links with Georgia -- in effect since Octo [...]
2008-04-04 13:51:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI589INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY--RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST
[...] SUMMARY: On April 8 the National Minorities Council of the Public Defender's Office hosted a roundtable in honor of International Roma Day. Representatives from government ministries and NGOs discussed information contained in the 2008 European Center for Minority Issue (ECMI) report which [...]
2008-04-10 14:24:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDAPER PHUM KPAO GG
08TBILISI60ANTI-TIP TRAINING AND AWARENESS FOR GEORGIAN MILITARY
[...] Summary: With support from INL, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia has implemented an Anti-TIP training and awareness program for military personnel. Using curriculum materials developed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),the program includes a training DVD and printed mate [...]
2008-01-16 11:01:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV MARR KCRM GG
08TBILISI64POST SUPPORTS EUCOM FY08 PROPOSAL FOR TACTICAL
[...] Chief of Mission fully supports EUCOM J2/USAREUR G2 FY08 proposal to train tactical military human intelligence (HUMINT) operators. This training program will provide the Georgian military a better understanding of the commander's intelligence needs, how to gather, report, analyze, and dissem [...]
2008-01-16 13:13:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MCAP PINR GG
08TBILISI645GEORGIA INFORMED OF U.S. APPOINTMENT OF MANPADS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-15 13:59:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PARM GG
08TBILISI646GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BAN AND
[...] Per reftels A & B, Poloff spoke with Shalva Burdaurli, Head of the Division of Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Georgian implementation of the travel ban and travel vigilance requirements contained in UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803. Burdaurli said that Georgian government [...]
2008-04-15 14:00:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP UNSC IR GG
08TBILISI665GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE APRIL 18
[...] (U) This cable contains current items of Political, Economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 4-18. New Director of Public TV ------------------------- 2. (U) Levan Kubaneishvili, the new Director of Public Television, is the former head of TBC Studios, a [...]
2008-04-18 14:28:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI674PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE 04-21-2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-21 13:47:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI676PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE 04-21-2008
[...] Summary: Twelve registered parties/election blocs must submit their full party lists and majoritarian MP candidates by the evening of April 21. Once these lists are submitted, Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections will be much clearer. In addition, the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) a [...]
2008-04-21 13:53:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI68GEORGIA: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] In response to ref A, post provides information on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) in relation to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). This report combines input solicited from Georgian law enforcement officials, international organizat [...]
2008-01-17 09:34:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO GG
08TBILISI682 SOFT POWER RULES: A CASE STUDY FROM TBILISI IN COUNTERING
[...] SUMMARY: Polls on U.S. policies, society, and values show support in the high 90%s in Georgia. But after Opposition politicians opportunistically introduced anti-American elements into public discourse this past winter, AmEmbassy Tbilisi re-calibrated its public diplomacy approach, including [...]
2008-04-22 12:25:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO GG
08TBILISI692TBILISI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - APRIL
[...] (SBU) Tensions have increased during the past couple of weeks due to Russian provocative actions toward Georgia. In particular, the Russian President has directed ministries to begin working with de facto authorities in the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in violation of Geo [...]
2008-04-23 13:45:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GG
08TBILISI741RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES
[...] Summary: Food price inflation was 14 percent in 2007 in Georgia. Higher food prices make meeting calorie intake needs more difficult for many Georgians, especially those living in poverty. The government does not subsidize agriculture, other than to provide some equipment that can be rented [...]
2008-05-02 14:22:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PGOV GG
08TBILISI749GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MAY 2
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 19-May 2. Two New Ministers, One New Deputy for Reintegration --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. Even before voters go to the polls, the May 21 par [...]
2008-05-05 13:53:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI751PARTIES FOCUS ON MAJORITARIAN RACES IN GEORGIA'S
[...] Summary: On April 28, the Central Election Commission (CEC) approved the lists of candidates for the May 21 parliamentary elections that were submitted by political parties on April 21. Most of the party leaders, except Republicans, are both leading the party lists and running as majoritarian [...]
2008-05-05 14:51:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR GG
08TBILISI752RESPONSE TO ACTION CABLE 44903, ACTIVISTS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 06:25:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
08TBILISI754GEORGIA WITHDRAWS FROM AIR DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (U) Summary: The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on May 5 that Georgia was withdrawing from a 1995 Air Defense Cooperation Agreement with Russia. Deputy Defense Minister Batu Kutelia explained to the media that the 1995 treaty was politically and technically incompatible with [...]
2008-05-06 14:05:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI755PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the towns of Borjomi, Akhaltsikhe, Ninotsminda and Akhalkalaki in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti May 1-2 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOS, press, local government officials and general populace in the lead-up to the May 21 Parliam [...]
2008-05-06 14:12:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI765ELECTIONS UPDATE MAY 7
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6 President Saakashvili stated publicly that United National Movement (UNM) intimidation of local officials will not be tolerated. The Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) publicly made a similar statement the same day telling police their role is to provide a safe envir [...]
2008-05-07 13:59:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI791EMBASSY TBILISI'S 2008 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES
[...] Summary: For the FY08 Taft Fund for Refugees for Georgia, Post proposes supporting two projects, one in support of refugees living in the Pankisi Gorge and the other in support of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in western Georgia. The first project will renovate and equip a compu [...]
2008-05-14 08:15:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF PHUM GG
08TBILISI803IAKOBASHVILI OUTLINES CIS PKF VIOLATIONS IN LETTER
[...] Summary: On May 2, State Minister for Conflict Resolution Temur Iakobashvili sent a letter (faxed to EUR/CARC) to Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault, with copies to the Group of Friends, outlining Russian violations of various CIS agreements resulting from Ru [...]
2008-05-15 13:07:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI900EPISODE III - - THE DEFENSE BAR STRIKES BACK
[...] Summary: In 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT) and the Government of Georgia (GOG) conducted a series of in-court trial advocacy skills workshops using what will soon be Georgia's new Criminal Procedure Code ( [...]
2008-05-30 10:21:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS GG
08TBILISI906UNOMIG REPORT CONCLUDES RUSSIAN JET SHOT DOWN
[...] Summary: On May 26, the United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia (UNOMIG) released the results of its international fact finding team investigation into the April 20 downing of a Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Abkhazia (ref A). The report concluded that a Russian military jet, [...]
2008-05-30 13:50:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI922BUILDING DEMOCRATIC CULTURE THROUGH SUPPORT OF GEORGIA'S
[...] Summary and Context: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Tbilisi developed and executed a robust public diplomacy strategy to support Georgia's parliamentary elections on May 21, taking into account the challenging political environment with powerful domestic political tensions and a looming [...]
2008-06-02 12:57:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI930GEORGIA INFORMED OF IRELAND, MALTA, UAE AND SAUDI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 13:38:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP GG
08TBILISI931GEORGIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. Per reftel request, Poloff asked Nestan Bejanishvili, Third Secretary for the Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whether Georgia would attend the Fourth Global Initi [...]
2008-06-03 13:38:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP GG
08TBILISI932GEORGIA PLANS TO SUBMIT 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 13:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC GG
08TBILISI933GEORGIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR
[...] Per reftel request, Poloff met with Alexander Nalbandov, Director of the International Relations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff thanked Nalbandov for Georgia's support for the U.S. candidate for IOM Director General, Ambassador Bill Swing, and encouraged the Georgian g [...]
2008-06-03 14:00:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF SMIG AORC GG
08TBILISI934GEORGIA: NON-PAPER ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 06:55:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM TRGY ENRG KNNP KSTC IAEA GG
08TBILISI9722008 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT FOR GEORGIA
[...] Post submits the following information in response to reftel request for information on investment disputes. 2. A. Claimant A B. Year dispute arose: 2006. C. Case History: Claimant A and his partners purchased the shares of a company that owns a defunct garment factory in T [...]
2008-06-10 14:27:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PREL PGOV KIDE OPIC CASC GG
08TEGUCIGALPA1002 TREMEMDOUS HONDURAN INTEREST IN U.S. ELECTION
[...] Summary. Hondurans have been extremely interested in the outcome of the U.S. election. All major Honduran media outlets followed the campaigns closely from the primaries through the election November 4. Election results were front page news in all major dailies and television news programs [...]
2008-11-06 15:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL KCOR KEIM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1010HONDURAS TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper (Reftel A) regarding the candidacy of Wanda K. Jones on October 28 to Jose Antonio Lorenzana, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Reftel B). Poloff received written response on November 3 signed by the Foreign M [...]
2008-11-10 20:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWMN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1019HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL JOINT DEMARCHE - US BRAZIL
[...] (U) On November 13, Ambassador and Brazilian Ambassador briefed Acting Foreign Minister Eduardo Rosales on the U.S.- Brazil Biofuels Partnership and informed him of our interest in including Honduras in the third country facilitation program. Rosales said that the government of President Zela [...]
2008-11-14 16:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENVI ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA1055HONDURAS TO CONSIDER OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 11:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS PA LE SY HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1063AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO HONDURAS' MOSQUITIA COAST
[...] Summary. On 12 Nov, the Ambassador visited Puerto Lempira, in the Gracias a Dios region of Honduras accompanied by the Honduran Minister of Health (MoH),Vice Minister of Education (VMoE) and 20 media. The purpose of the visit was to 1) inaugurate USG-funded school facilities, 2) inaugurate a [...]
2008-11-25 18:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS SNAR PGOV KJUS MARR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1090PATHWAYS MINISTERIAL IN PANAMA: CLOSING THE DEAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 16:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1118HONDURAS TO CONSIDER RECOGNIZING KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 15:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNGA YI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1125RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATION With HONDURAS
[...] This is an action request. See para 8. 2. Summary: Embassy Tegucigalpa is launching an initiative to deepen cooperation with Honduras on renewable energy. Recent steps, such as the approval of a 100 MW wind energy project and Honduras' inclusion in the U.S.-Brazil biofuels assistance prog [...]
2008-12-15 20:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON ENRG EINV KGHG KPAO SENV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1131HONDURAS LIKES THE IDEA OF A LATIN AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-16 21:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAR BB BR CI EC MX PE PREL UNESCO VC
08TEGUCIGALPA140TEGUCIGALPA: INFO FOR REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON ENERGY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 21:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA155HONDURAN FORESTRY UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (U) Summary: Despite moderate progress recently, the Honduran deforestation rate has remained steady at about 2-3 percent a year, according to informed sources. Honduras lost about 37 percent of its forests from 1990 to 2005. Though a new forestry law will offer additional protection for al [...]
2008-02-22 12:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ECON HO
08TEGUCIGALPA204UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803
[...] On March 5, PolOff delivered non-papers from both reftels to Jose Laranzana Reyes, Multilateral Affairs officer in the MFA's Director General of External Affairs. The GOH is considering our points. Post will forward any subsequent response. FORD FORD [...]
2008-03-05 20:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA213THE OLANCHO REGION OF HONDURAS
[...] (U) Summary: Considered the "Wild East" of Honduras, Olancho is famous for its meat, milk and cheese. Nonetheless, new industries, including aquiculture, mainly sugar and corn, are doing well in this fertile land. The family farm is slowly disappearing, being replaced by corporate farms. S [...]
2008-03-07 19:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EINV ECON HO
08TEGUCIGALPA297HONDURAS CONSIDERING OUR POINTS ON RETAINING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 22:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM
08TEGUCIGALPA338HONDURAS MAKES IMPORTANT GAINS AGAINST ILLICIT
[...] Summary. The Honduran Congress passed long-pending changes to the criminal code on March 27, making terrorist financing a distinct crime. The new legislation imposes strict mandatory sentences and brings Honduras into full compliance with several international conventions and recommendation [...]
2008-04-11 20:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER HO
08TEGUCIGALPA390HONDURAS CONSIDERING ITS POSITION ON RECOGNITION
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points on April 23, 2008, to Jose Lorenzana Reyes, Multilateral Affairs Officer in the MFA's External Affairs Directorate, reminding Lorenzana of Post's earlier demarches on this issue to the Foreign Minister (reftels B and C). Lorenzana reported the GOH has not ye [...]
2008-04-23 21:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDYI PREL PGOV
08TEGUCIGALPA391HONDURAS CONSIDERING OUR DEMARCHE ON THE US-EU
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 21:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA400RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES - HONDURAS
[...] (U) Effect of rising food prices on agricultural commodity demand: none. 2. (U) Effect on supply: Currently certain items are in short supply. Because the economy in neighboring El Salvador is stronger, and because prices of some foodstuffs in Honduras are capped by the government, the [...]
2008-04-25 18:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA407DIPLOMATIC NOTE FOR MCDANIEL ESPOUSAL DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-29 20:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PREL XK XM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA429TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND DISSIDENTS
[...] (U) Summary. Embassy Tegucigalpa utilizes several strategies to advance the President's Freedom Agenda. Post officials at all levels meet routinely with HR and democracy activists. U.S. Government participation in bilateral and multilateral efforts strengthens nongovernmental and civil socie [...]
2008-05-06 21:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA442TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE FOR DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 21:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL EUN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA45BIODIESEL, ENERGY & CARBON CREDITS FROM HONDURAN
[...] Summary: Most of the building blocks are now in place for Honduras to begin substantial production of biodiesel from African Palm trees. In 2005 a Honduran company succeeded in producing biodiesel to fuel 240 company vehicles and six Tegucigalpa public busses. Another company was the first [...]
2008-01-14 19:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EIND EINV SENV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA477TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE TO UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Honduras voted in favor of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (DRIP) but does not appear to be doing anything to implement the provisions of the declaration. Post is unaware of any indigenous groups taking any action under the declaration, [...]
2008-05-20 18:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOAS PGOV PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA515HONDURAN AIR SHOW 2008
[...] The Country Team in Tegucigalpa strongly supports the broadest possible Department of Defense (DOD) participation for the Honduran Air Show and Fair 2008, scheduled for 21-22 June 2008 at Armando Escalon Espinal Air Base in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Specifically, the participation of fighter [...]
2008-05-30 18:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08TEGUCIGALPA561HONDURAN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS
[...] On June 5, EconOff delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Eduardo Rosales Ramirez, Foreign Policy Director, Foreign Affairs Ministry. Mr. Rosales was cognizant of the importance of the partnerships and proposed a three-pronged approach on the part of Honduras. First, he would surface t [...]
2008-06-16 14:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECIN ECON EFIS EWWT MARR MASS MCAP
08TEGUCIGALPA581HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON PRESS STATEMENT ON US-EU
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 21:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PHUM PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA608DELIVERY OF USG VIEW ON THE CONVENTION ON
[...] 1. On June 5, 2008, Econoff expressed USG views related to the Convention of Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) to Ambassador Eduardo Rosales Ramirez, Director of the External Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Econoff explained the position and delivered the Re [...]
2008-06-27 15:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC TRGY ENRG PARM IAEA HO
08TEGUCIGALPA638HONDURAS STILL UNDECIDED OVER KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 11:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDYI PREL PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA639HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON PSI MEETING RESULTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 11:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM HO PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA646HONDURAS CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-09 19:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PHUM PREL KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA667HONDURAS RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF 2002 FARM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 17:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD HO
08TEGUCIGALPA679HONDURAS TO SUPPORT USG AT UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 12:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECON ETRD WTRO HO
08TEGUCIGALPA681HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 15:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA682POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND TORTURE CELL DISCOVERED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local media reported on July 12 that an underground cell had been discovered in the police station of Villa Vieja, outside of Tegucigalpa. The Public Ministry continues to investigate a claim that torture was committed here on at least one occasion; however, little progress has [...]
2008-07-23 17:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINS SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA685HONDURAS SOLICITED FOR INFORMATION ON UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 22:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA HO
08TEGUCIGALPA732LEADERS' MEETING ON TRADE AND PROSPERITY
[...] (U) Invitation and talking points on the UNGA AGP sideline meeting were delivered by dipnote to the President's office on August 5, 2008. Please see Ref B for further details. BROUILLETTE-RODRIGUEZ [...]
2008-08-06 15:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDXK XM ECON ETRD
08TEGUCIGALPA790DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 15:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
08TEGUCIGALPA872DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
[...] On Monday, September 22, Emboff delivered demarche per Reftel to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Lilian Juarez and Director for Multilateral Affairs Jose Lorenzana. LLORENS [...]
2008-09-23 00:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN
08TEGUCIGALPA873DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE
[...] On Monday, September 22 Emboff delivered the requested demarche per reftel to MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Lilian Juarez and Director of Multilateral Affairs Jose Lorenzana. LLORENS [...]
2008-09-23 00:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL HO UNGA
08TEGUCIGALPA926HONDURAS APPRECIATES INFORMATION ON CUBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 15:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CU HO EAID
08TEGUCIGALPA927HONDURAS STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 15:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNGA UN YI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA928ZELAYA ENDS TEACHERS STRIKE WITH PROMISES TO PAY
[...] Summary: Honduran President "Mel" Manuel Zelaya ended the latest teacher strike over unpaid back-wages by promising to pay over 300 million Lempira (USD 15.8 million) to the teachers by year,s end. Protests this year have cost over 2.5 million primary and secondary schoolchildren nearly two [...]
2008-10-10 19:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON SCUL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA954DECLARATION OF DISASTER - HONDURAS
[...] As a result of President Zelaya declaring a National Emergency in Honduras on Oct 20th due to severe flooding and associated damages over the course of the last several days, the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is of sufficient magnitude to warrant US Government assistance. Th [...]
2008-10-21 14:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA965HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL DEMARCHE UNGA VOTING
[...] (U) On October 17 the Ambassador discussed Honduras' UNGA voting record with President Zelaya. The Ambassador delivered reftel talking points. President Zelaya was not aware of the fact that Honduras' voting record in the UN was so little supportive of US positions. He agreed we needed to l [...]
2008-10-24 21:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08TEGUCIGALPA978HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON ELECTION OF US CANDIDATE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 15:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWMN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA998HONDURAN HUMAN RIGHTS GAINS ABETTED-BY STRONG
[...] Over 20 non-governmental organizations (NGO) met with the Ambassador on October 28 to discuss the challenges and opportunities they currently face in Honduras. The meeting offered a chance for the most well known organizations that deal with issues related to Human Rights to meet the new Amba [...]
2008-11-05 21:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO
08TELAVIV1010ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel's 60th Independence Day 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except the ultra-Orthodox papers, prominently and extensively covered, and commented on, events related to Israel's Memorial Day and 60th Independence D [...]
2008-05-07 10:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1025ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 05:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1034ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday President Bush granted interviews to Israeli reporters ahead of his visit to the country. The media made it difficult to identify the journalists the P [...]
2008-05-13 11:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1036SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 09:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1038SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 08:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1040SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 08:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1051ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 10:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1053ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the Gaza cease-fire (tahdiya) deal is expected to take effect in a couple of days. Maariv reported that Defense Minister Barak durin [...]
2008-05-20 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1070ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media reported that today Israeli and Syrian representatives announced in Jerusalem, Damascus, and Ankara that their countries were engaged in indirect p [...]
2008-05-21 10:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1084ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel-Syria Talks 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The top story in all of the major media outlets was the announcement of indirect peace talks with Syria. Most media linked the timing of the announcement with the lifting of the [...]
2008-05-22 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1092ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1094ISRAEL WELCOMES VISIT OF STAFFDEL ANDERSON, MAY
[...] Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem welcome the May 26-28 visit of Ms. Wendy Anderson, Mr. Clyde Ellis and Mr. John O,Brien. Please note that all message traffic concerning travel to Israel and the Occupied Territories should be sent to both Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General [...]
2008-05-23 10:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC IS
08TELAVIV1114ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1123ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1133ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Alleged Corruption Affair 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with Defense Minister Barak's call for PM Olmert to "detach himself from the day-to-day leadership of the country." Media reported that Barak [...]
2008-05-29 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV114ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 12:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1144ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1161ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Israel has denied that Hizbullah's handover of the remains of Israeli soldiers killed in the Second Lebanon War was part of a prisoner exchange deal. The Prime Mini [...]
2008-06-02 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1170ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted associates of PM Ehud Olmert as justifying his trip to Washington in spite of the political crisis, by saying that the security dialogue began by President [...]
2008-06-03 10:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1185ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that PM Ehud Olmert addressed the AIPAC conference yesterday and focused on Iran, saying that it must be stopped by all possible m [...]
2008-06-04 10:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1191PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR THE PRM AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post is pleased to endorse the African Refugee Development Center's (ARDC) project proposal to establish a community center for African asylum-seekers in Israel. Over 10,000 African asylum-seekers have entered Israel in the past two years. While UNHCR is working with Israeli aut [...]
2008-06-04 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREF
08TELAVIV1203ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media led with Sen. Barak Obama's address to AIPAC yesterday. The media characterized it as powerfully "Zionist" and highlighted his assurances that he would not allow Iran to acquire [...]
2008-06-05 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1207ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Yediot and Maariv led with statements by senior current and past Israeli defense sources that Israel will have to attack Iran. In an interview with Yediot, Transportation [...]
2008-06-06 08:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1214ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are scheduled to meet today to discuss a proposed Egyptian-bro [...]
2008-06-10 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1226ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1237ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 09:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1258ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV127ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1272SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 05:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1273ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 05:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1274TEL AVIV OUTREACH ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Israel's status as a well-established democracy means that most of our public and media outreach on the Freedom Agenda is focused on promoting the functional integration of Israeli minorities -- particularly the Israeli-Arab community -- into the political system. As part of these efforts, th [...]
2008-06-16 07:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
08TELAVIV1292ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended her sixth trip to the region this year, with no sign of progress on the Israeli-Palestinian track The paper quoted Israeli [...]
2008-06-17 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1304ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Egypt and Hamas announced on Tuesday that a cease-fire (tahdiya) between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip will go into eff [...]
2008-06-18 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1314ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 09:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1322HISTADRUT THREATENS NATIONAL STRIKE OVER REPEAL OF
[...] Summary: The Israel national labor federation Histadrut has threatened a national strike to begin on June 30 if Finance Minister Ronnie Bar-On does not rescind his proposal to cut tax exemptions for long-term savings plans for training programs. Previous finance ministers have attempted to [...]
2008-06-19 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB IS
08TELAVIV1326ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 10:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1328RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, emboffs visited International Security & Defense Systems (ISDS) at its offices in Moshav Nir Tzvi in the Tel Aviv area and met with office manager Maurice Cusnir. Cusnir provided emboffs the following information in response to their questions: 2. (SBU) Bon [...]
2008-06-20 11:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GT IS
08TELAVIV133ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1337ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-23 10:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1346ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported (lead stories in the three main Hebrew-language stories) that the chief military rabbi, Brig. Gen. Avihai Ronsky, began deliberations yesterday on whether the soldiers ki [...]
2008-06-24 10:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1359ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1370ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1383ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1390ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the Israeli reservists held by Hizbullah, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, are set to be released after the cabinet approved an exchange deal yesterday. After fiv [...]
2008-06-30 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1403ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1413ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that at noon today, a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in Jerusalem traffic and plowed his vehicle into cars and a crowded public bus near the old Central Bu [...]
2008-07-02 10:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1421ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with yesterday's bulldozer rampage in Jerusalem. The media reported that three were killed and 80 injured. The media highlighted the fate of a baby whose mother was crushed [...]
2008-07-03 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV144ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israeli Politics ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with the situation in and around Gaza. The media reported that on Wednesday over 50 Qassam rockets and at least a dozen mortar shells landed in Sdero [...]
2008-01-17 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1442ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that preparations for the prisoner swap with Hizbullah continue. The radio also reported today that the family of policeman Eliyahu Shahar, a victim of Samir Kuntar, w [...]
2008-07-07 11:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1456ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media reported that Israel has signed a prisoner exchange agreement with Hizbullah, according to a statement released yesterday by the Prime Minster's Bureau. The media [...]
2008-07-08 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1470ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in The Jerusalem Post and Makor Rishon-Hatzofe) reported that yesterday the Water Authority unveiled an emergency plan to combat the "worst water cr [...]
2008-07-09 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1483ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The three major Hebrew-language dailies and Israel Hayom led with the Morris Talansky affair and PM Ehud Olmert's political future. Maariv quoted an Israeli law-enforcement official as sayi [...]
2008-07-10 10:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1488ISRAEL: NO KNOWN ISSUES OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND
[...] Post is unaware of any sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) or trafficking in persons (TIP) issues with UNDOF peacekeepers, and we have seen no press reports of any issues. Post contacted three NGOs that are concerned with SEA and TIP in Northern Israel: Hotline for Migrant Workers, Isha L'Is [...]
2008-07-10 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PHUM UN KCRM KWMN IS
08TELAVIV1503ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S. Presidential Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the renewed questioning by the police of PM Ehud Olmert today about the hundreds of thousands of dollars he allegedly received [...]
2008-07-11 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1509AMBASSADOR JONES AND FAMILY DEPART FROM POST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-13 06:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT
08TELAVIV1512ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Legal Entanglement 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media reported on new police accusations against PM Ehud Olmert that 12 of his trips received multiple funding -- one trip was allegedly funde [...]
2008-07-14 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1523ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on the "handshake that wasn't" between PM Ehud Olmert and Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Bastille Day ceremony in Paris. Makor Rishon-Hatzofe quoted Likud MK Yuv [...]
2008-07-15 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1531ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 10:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1535ISRAEL EXCHANGES 5 HIZBALLAH PRISONERS FOR BODIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Earlier today, July 16, Hizballah delivered the bodies of abducted IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev to Israel via the Rosh Hanikra border crossing. In exchange, Israel released convicted Lebanese murderer Samir Kuntar and four Hizballah militants captured during th [...]
2008-07-16 14:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER LE IS
08TELAVIV1543ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1560ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Hamas have not yet agreed to renew negotiations over Gilad Shalit's release, despite the completion of the Hizbullah prisoner swap and the relative quiet o [...]
2008-07-18 09:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV157ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 12:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1570ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today most media focused on the third day of Morris Talansky's cross-examination by PM Ehud Olmert's lawyers. Leading media reported that Talansky could not remember details of cash transf [...]
2008-07-21 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1574ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in The Jerusalem Post) reported that PM Ehud Olmert will be replaced as Kadima leader in mid-September, barring unforeseen circumstances, after the Kadima council re [...]
2008-07-22 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1575ISRAEL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEW U.S. POLICY ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO IS
08TELAVIV1585ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that a Palestinian terrorist from East Jerusalem, Ghassan Abu-Tir, went on a rampage with a bulldozer in central Jerusalem. One of his relatives is senior Hamas member M [...]
2008-07-23 10:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1591ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1607ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1617ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 10:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1624ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Global War on Terror 2. Lebanon 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that diplomatic officials told the newspaper yesterday that while acknowledging that an agreement with the Palestinian [...]
2008-07-29 09:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1635ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muslim-Jewish Interfaith Dialogue ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media covered Defense Minister Ehud Barak's visit to the U.S. Barak was quoted as saying that Defense Secretary Robert Gates promised that the U.S. w [...]
2008-07-30 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1646ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 09:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1657ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 09:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1689DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 07:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL IS
08TELAVIV1690ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that Israel admitted 188 Fatah-aligned Palestinians who fled Gaza after intense fighting with Hamas. The media reported that PA President Mahmoud Abbas refused to [...]
2008-08-04 09:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1696ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1700ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted senior PA officials as saying that a victory by Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz in next month's Kadima Party leadership race would be a disaster for the peace process. [...]
2008-08-06 14:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1704Peace programs in the Ministry of Education
[...] SUMMARY: On July 29, Poloff met with Anat Zohar, Director of Pedagogic Affairs in the Ministry of Education, to discuss efforts to build a culture of peace in Israeli schools. Zohar described peace education initiatives as ad hoc and inconsistent, driven by principals and NGOs at individual sc [...]
2008-08-07 09:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI IS
08TELAVIV1706ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1741GOI: NEW DESIGNATIONS LAW SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE
[...] Per reftel "A", econoff transmitted the new list of UN 1267 designations to Roy Keidar, Legal Advisor to the Israeli National Security Council (NSC). On August 7, Keidar responded to econoff to inform him that the GOI still did not have the capacity to designate the new UN 1267 entities within [...]
2008-08-08 07:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN KTFN IS
08TELAVIV1743ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. China Olympics ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that a top Israeli defense official has told the daily that if Russia goes through with the sale of its most advanced anti-aircraft missile system to I [...]
2008-08-08 09:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1755ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Fighting in Georgia 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend almost all media led with the fighting in Georgia. Today Yediot bannered: "Russia's Iron Fist." Ha'aretz quoted Foreign Ministry officials as saying that Is [...]
2008-08-11 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1763ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Ehud Olmert has presented Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with a detailed proposal for an agreement in principle on borders, refugees, and security arrangement [...]
2008-08-12 14:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1770ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the U.S. administration has rejected an Israeli request for military equipment and support that would improve Israel's ability to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. A [...]
2008-08-13 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV178ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 11:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1792ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media repotted that yesterday Defense Minister Ehud Barak unleashed a fierce attacks against FM Tzipi Livni. He was quoted as saying: "The Foreign Minister, with her background as it i [...]
2008-08-14 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1806ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Georgia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted UNIFIL Force Commander Maj. Gen. Claudio Graziano as saying that Israel violated UN Security Council Resolution 1701 in at least three areas: overflights of Lebanon; [...]
2008-08-15 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1813AMBASSADOR JAMES B. CUNNINGHAM ARRIVAL AT POST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 09:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER
08TELAVIV1814ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday Maariv listed security arrangements that Israel has drafted for any future final status arrangement with the Palestinians. The Israelis would like to submit this list and to hav [...]
2008-08-18 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1831ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Ehud Olmert is considering firing Defense Minister Ehud Barak for opposing the budget draft. Ha'aretz reported that clashes over the budget could bring down the [...]
2008-08-19 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1837ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel: Governance 2. Pakistan: Musharraf Resignation ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that PM Olmert sent a stern warning to Beirut yesterday, pledging that Israel would not restrain itself if Lebanon sanctioned a ne [...]
2008-08-20 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1843GOI INFORMED OF NEW US DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] Per reftel "A", on August 20 econoff transmitted the new list of designations to Roy Keidar, Legal Advisor to the Israeli National Security Council (NSC). Courtesy copies were also left with representatives of Mossad and with Yehuda Shaffer, Director of Israel's FIU, the Money Laundering and T [...]
2008-08-21 10:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP KTFN EFIN IS
08TELAVIV1844ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that in an atmosphere of heightened tensions, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called PM Ehud Olmert yesterday to affirm the ties between the two c [...]
2008-08-21 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV186ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. World Financial Crunch ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that according to defense sources, Israel intends to keep the crossings into the Gaza Strip permanently closed and will only allow emergency humanitaria [...]
2008-01-23 13:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1870ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 10:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1872DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 63RD UNFC DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCDG PARM PREL UNGA IS
08TELAVIV1878ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV19ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-03 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1933ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 05:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV195ISRAEL ENERGIZES ANTI-POLLUTION CAMPAIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TBIO KGCC IS
08TELAVIV1954ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 2. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying during a press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah yesterd [...]
2008-08-27 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1961ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited a Reuters report of a Russian diplomat as saying that the Russian navy will make more use of Syrian ports as part of an increased military presence in the Mediterranean. The [...]
2008-08-28 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 12:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1979ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted a senior GOI source as saying that Hamas recently increased the number of Palestinian prisoners it wants released in exchange for Gilad Shalit, from 1,000 t [...]
2008-08-29 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1990ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 10:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2002ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2007ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2020ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV203 Codel Voinovich Meeting with Prime Minister Olmert
[...] Summary: On January 2, Codel Voinovich met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the Prime MinisterQs Office in Jerusalem. Senator Voinovich was accompanied by Representatives Rob Bishop (R, Utah); Phil Gingrey (R, Georgia); Steve Pearce (R, New Mexico) and Michael Turner (R, Ohio) as w [...]
2008-01-24 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR OREP IS
08TELAVIV204CODEL Voinovich Discusses the Way Forward in Gaza with
[...] Summary: On January 2, 2008 Codel Voinovich met with Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Avraham QAvi Dicter, at the Knesset in Jerusalem. Senator Voinovich was accompanied by Representatives Rob Bishop (R, Utah); Phil Gingrey (R, Georgia); Steve Pearce (R, New Mexico) and Michael Turner [...]
2008-01-24 15:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR OREP IS
08TELAVIV2040ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Ben Caspit wrote on page one of the popular, pluralist Maariv: "[The Americans] want to promote [some kind of agreement with the Palestinians] with the Israeli government, but where is the Israeli government? There is no I [...]
2008-09-08 10:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2057ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Legal Entanglement 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted a police source as saying yesterday that there is a good chance that PM Ehud Olmert could be convicted of money laundering, a crime wh [...]
2008-09-09 10:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2058NON-PAPER ON IRISL TRANSMITTED TO GOI
[...] On September 8, Econoff passed non-paper transmitted reftel to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. Econoff's GOI contact promised to transmit the non-paper via secure fax to Ariel Shafransky, Deputy Director for C [...]
2008-09-09 12:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN KNNP PTER EWWT IS
08TELAVIV2072ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-10 09:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2084ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. 9/11 Anniversary ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the killing of two IAF airmen yesterday evening when their Cobra attack helicopter crashed in the Galilee, apparently due to a technical failure. Ha'aretz [...]
2008-09-11 10:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2096ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 09:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2106ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. 9/11 Anniversary ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that until a few months ago back-channel talks took place in Turkey, London, and Israel/the occupied territories between Israelis, headed by journalist Yit [...]
2008-09-15 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV211ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2114ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 10:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2124ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] World Financial Crisis 2. Mideast 3. U.S./India Nuclear Agreement ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The headlines in today's media were split between the world financial crisis, the Kadima primaries, and Iran's nuclear threat. The m [...]
2008-09-17 09:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2132ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Aluf Benn wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Whoever succeeds Olmert will ... have to choose among less than stellar options.... There is no reason to be jealous of the winner." Veteran journalist Hemmi S [...]
2008-09-18 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2139ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-19 09:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2153ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday PM Ehud Olmert tendered his resignation to President Shimon Peres. Ha'aretz reported that in private conversations yesterday, FM Tzipi Livni said that if [...]
2008-09-22 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2162ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Jerusalem's Vehicle Terror Incident 2. Tzipi Livni's efforts to Form a Government PLEASE NOTE: Block Quotes only, Tuesday, September 23, 2008. -------------------------------------- Â [...]
2008-09-23 15:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2169NON-PAPER ON CHINA TRANSMITTED TO GOI
[...] On September 22, Econoff passed non-paper transmitted reftel to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. On the same day, Poloff transmitted the non-paper to Haim Waxman, Director of the MFA's Department of Non-Prolife [...]
2008-09-24 05:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN KNNP PTER PARM IS
08TELAVIV2175ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Defense Minister Ehud Barak as saying yesterday that the Labor Party will make every effort to form a national unity government with Kadima leader Tzipi Livn. Ha'aretz quo [...]
2008-09-24 10:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2204ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that yesterday President Shimon Peres told the UN General Assembly that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech on Tuesday constituted the "darkest anti-Semitic [...]
2008-09-25 11:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV221ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2217ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Attack on Professor Sternhell 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that the chances of new Kadima leader Tzipi Livni quickly forming a coalition took a hit on Thursday when talks broke down in a secret chan [...]
2008-09-26 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2246ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The most important interview that PM Ehud Olmert granted the pre- Jewish New Year Holiday media is the one with Yediot, in which he declared that Israel must withdraw from [...]
2008-09-29 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2250ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2255ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that the index of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange dropped by 4.5% yesterday. Both Yediot and Maariv listed the losses sustained by the richest Israelis. Maariv bannered: QT [...]
2008-10-03 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2268IRISL OBJECTIVES SHARED WITH GOI
[...] On September 10, Econoff transmitted Treasury's press release on the designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. The press release was also transmitted [...]
2008-10-03 15:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN KNNP PTER EWWT IS
08TELAVIV2271ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell to its lowest level since September 2006. The blue-chip TA-25 index lost 6.3 percent to fall below 800 for the first time [...]
2008-10-06 12:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2282ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 10:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2311ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 12:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2315ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV232ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Final Winograd Report 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with the political situation on the eve of the publication of the final Winograd report. Ha'aretz and other media quoted associates of PM Ehud Olmert a [...]
2008-01-29 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2326ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz and The Jerusalem Post quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying yesterday that she would leave "no stone unturned" in order to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal b [...]
2008-10-15 12:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2337ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM-designate Tzipi Livni was supposed to meet with Shas Chairman Eli Yishai last night, but the meeting was canceled. A statement released jointly by their bureaus s [...]
2008-10-16 13:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2342ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that the global financial crisis is sparking a local job market crunch, with Maariv predicting that up to 55,000 Israelis would lose their jobs. (Yesterday the Israel E [...]
2008-10-17 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2360ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2368ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London that senior Tehran officials are recommending a pr [...]
2008-10-22 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2374ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- While Yediot reported that PM-designate Tzipi Livni has offered Shas 1 billion shekels (around $ 260 million),Maariv reported that Livni signaled to Shas that she can no lo [...]
2008-10-23 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2384ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S. Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported this morning that Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef held a telephone consultation with the Council of Torah Sages and nixed the partyQs entrance into [...]
2008-10-24 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2400ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Politics 2. U.S. Operation against Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday PM-designate Tzipi Livni told President Shimon Peres that she has exhausted all options of forming a government. Peres is [...]
2008-10-27 10:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2402ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying that he would remain caretaker until the formation of a new government early next year. HaQaretz quoted police sources as saying on Monday that e [...]
2008-10-28 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV241ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Final Winograd Report 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the final Winograd report, which will be made public this afternoon after 17 months of work. Banners: in Yediot: "The Mome [...]
2008-01-30 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2413ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S. Elections 3. Global Financial Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that Knesset faction leaders decided yesterday to set the date for general elections on February 10. HaQaretz reported that Ka [...]
2008-10-29 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2419ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2427ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited a Post/ Smith Research poll, which found that the Rightist bloc led by Likud will defeat the Left, led by Kadima and Labor, by eight Knesset seats (see be [...]
2008-10-31 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2446ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S. Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin warned at yesterday's cabinet meeting that a government decision to evacuate more territory m [...]
2008-11-03 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2454ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 13:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2468ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Elections 2. Middle East ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media covered the last day of the U.S. electoral campaign. The printed media predicted that Sen. Barack Obama would clinch the presidency. This morning the electronic me [...]
2008-11-05 11:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2473ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2475SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 13:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2479SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 06:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV249ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-31 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2499 WATER PROJECT FINANCING WORKSHOP PRESSES FOR ALTERNATIVES
[...] (SBU) On November 5-6, the Milken Institute hosted a Financial Innovation Lab in Jerusalem to promote the idea of using public sector bond-issuing mechanisms for financing water, wastewater, and environmental remediation projects in the region. 60 Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian officials, [...]
2008-11-05 09:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS
08TELAVIV2500ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2505ISRAELI MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 11 PREVIEW
[...] SUMMARY Israeli voters go to the polls on November 11 to choose their mayors and local councils in municipal elections across the country, with Kadima -- in its first municipal elections -- making the biggest push of any major party in advance of the February 2009 national elections. Women ar [...]
2008-11-05 18:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM
08TELAVIV2509ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 12:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2520ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on a wave of layoffs in Israel, and quoted Finance Minister Roni Bar-On as saying that Qthe man in the street wonQt pay for the tycoonsQ ills. The media reported that [...]
2008-11-13 11:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2534MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: WHERE THE CANDIDATE IS KING
[...] Summary: Israeli voters went to the polls November 11 to choose their mayors and municipal councils. Incumbent Ron Huldai won re-election in Tel Aviv, while secular candidate Nir Barkat (formerly affiliated with Kadima) defeated ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) candidate Meir Porush (UTJ) in Jerusale [...]
2008-11-13 17:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PINR IS
08TELAVIV2544ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that DM Ehud Barak has approved dozens of construction projects in the West Bank in recent months, contradicting Israel's commitments under t [...]
2008-11-14 12:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2553ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2568ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that senior American officials fear that opening a U.S. interests section in Tehran could strengthen President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and help him win the pr [...]
2008-11-18 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2571ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz quoted President Shimon Peres as saying in London yesterday that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama proclaimed himself Qvery impressed with the Arab Le [...]
2008-11-19 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2572 WATER - ENERGY LINK EXPLORED AT PM'S CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Summary: The Prime Minister's Conference on Export and International Cooperation on November 12 devoted a quarter of its program to the link between water and energy issues, in the context of green technologies and the business opportunities these present for Israeli exports. Israel's ongo [...]
2008-11-19 13:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG EINV IS
08TELAVIV2576ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2578HISTADRUT THREATENS NATIONAL STRIKE
[...] Summary. The Histadrut Labor Federation threatened November 19 to call a national strike to protest the lack of a pension safety net in the economic stimulus plan (Septel) the Government announced earlier that day. Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini, who did not announce a specific strike date, ca [...]
2008-11-20 14:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB IS PGOV SOCI
08TELAVIV2582ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 13:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2586EPA ADMINISTRATOR VISITS ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 14:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EINV TBIO IS
08TELAVIV2598ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV262ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 11:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2620ISRAELI POLLSTER PROVIDES INTERESTING DATA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 05:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAL KPLS KPAO IS
08TELAVIV2623ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that yesterday in Washington PM Ehud Olmert asked the U.S. administration to speed up the diplomatic process with the Palestinians. He was quoted as saying that President-e [...]
2008-11-25 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2634ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 12:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2644ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Mumbai Terror Attacks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the past two days all media highlighted the multiple terror attacks in Mumbai, in particular on the cityQs Chabad Hasidic headquarters, where up to 20 Israelis are bei [...]
2008-11-28 14:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2663ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of Mumbai Terror Attacks 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that an IDF soldier lost a leg on Friday in a mortar attack from Gaza on his base. The Jerusalem Post reported that he is no longer at risk [...]
2008-12-01 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2677ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the return of the remains of the Israeli victims of MumbaiQs terror attacks. The Jerusalem Post reported that yesterday senior Foreign Ministry offici [...]
2008-12-03 05:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2696ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: --------- Summary: -------- The conservative, independent Jerusalem Post editorialized: QThe best place to hit-the-ground-running is on the Iranian issue.... If Iran gets the bomb, Hamas and Hizbullah will be emboldened and Muslim moderates throughout the world will be marginalize [...]
2008-12-03 12:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2711ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 12:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2720ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hebron Violence 2. Obama Administration 3. Global Economy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the IDF and police are preparing for a wave of violence by extremist West Bank settlers against Palestinians after yes [...]
2008-12-05 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2733ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The headlines of major media (lead story in HaQaretz) quoted President-elect Barack Obama as saying yesterday on NBCQs QMeet the PressQ program that the West must engage in "tough but direc [...]
2008-12-08 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV274ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 15:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2741SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 14:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2750ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the Likud primaries. According to the electronic media MK Gideon Saar came in first, followed by Gilad Erdan, Reuven Rivlin, Benny Begin, Mo [...]
2008-12-09 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2763ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV277WINOGRAD REVERBERATES BUT BARAK STAYS WITH OLMERT
[...] Summary: MOD Barak has decided to keep the Labor Party in the coalition -- for now, and refrained from demanding early elections. His decision led Ma'ariv journalist Ben Caspit to predict that "Barak, who hoped to steal Kadima away from Olmert and to face Bibi (Netanyahu) alone in a year's [...]
2008-02-05 16:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR MOPS KDEM IS LE
08TELAVIV2774ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Human Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu told the newspaper that Likud is behind him and far-right-winger Moshe Feiglin will soon disappear. The Jerusal [...]
2008-12-11 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV279ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered Monday's suicide bombing in Dimona, in which a woman was killed and 48 others wounded. The media reported that the IDF fears that the terrorists may hav [...]
2008-02-06 05:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2790ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 18:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2797ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Khaled Mashal, the head of HamasQs political bureau, as saying that Hamas does not plan to extend its truce with Israel beyond this Friday, Dec [...]
2008-12-15 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2809A PROLIFERATION OF MESSAGES AS ISRAEL AND HAMAS APPROACH
[...] In the absence of any published policy directive on Gaza from the December 10 trilateral meeting of Olmert, Barak and Livni, the Israeli media is focused on perceived policy differences within the GOI. The media reports that Minister of Defense Barak favors renewal of the truce between Israel [...]
2008-12-15 17:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL MOPS IS EG
08TELAVIV2816ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying that important progress had been made in the talks between Israel and the Palestinians even though the goal of an agreement [...]
2008-12-16 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2822ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2833ISRAELI ECONOMIC CRISIS PLANS
[...] The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has recently come out with several plans to deal with a serious economic slowdown in Israel caused by the global financial crisis. The first plan introduced by the MOF is aimed at accelerating economic growth, with a primary emphasis on investment in infrastructur [...]
2008-12-17 15:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS
08TELAVIV2840ISRAEL CIVAIR: GOI NOTIFIED OF CAT 2 STATUS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post notified Director-General of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Giora Romm on Thursday, December 18 of the Federal Aviation Authority's findings and the designation of Israel as Category 2, Not in Compliance with international standards for aviation safety oversight under the [...]
2008-12-18 14:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON IS
08TELAVIV2854ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Olmert as saying yesterday in London that he hopes for peace with Syria. Media reported that on Monday he will travel to Ankara for a meeting with Turkish PM Recep [...]
2008-12-19 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2860ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that dozens of rockets and mortar shells fell on southern Israel from Gaza over the weekend. The media reported that the attacks have sparked a heated debate in Israel o [...]
2008-12-22 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2865ISRAEL: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Israel. Embassy Tel Aviv's point of contact for this report is: Jason Grubb, Political-Military Officer, Tel: 972-3-519-7460; e-mail: GrubbJB@State.gov. 2. Begin Text: Israel Twenty-four Israeli civilians [...]
2008-12-22 16:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC IS
08TELAVIV2882ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. FAA Downgrading of Israeli Aviation Status ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Syrian President Bashar Assad as saying yesterday, following PM Ehud OlmertQs talks in Ankara, that he believes direct peace talks wit [...]
2008-12-23 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2893ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with a possible resumption of the cease-fire with Hamas. HaQaretz quoted a senior Hamas official as saying in a published interview that his organization would be willing t [...]
2008-12-24 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2899ISRAEL: PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN FIFTH GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 14:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC IS
08TELAVIV29ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-04 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV290ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Chad ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in response to the Hamas suicide bombing in Dimona, Israel killed nine Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians in turn fired heavy barrages of rockets at so [...]
2008-02-06 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2903ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Operation 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media led with the IAF strikes in Gaza, which have killed over 300 Palestinians since Saturday (QOperation Cast LeadQ). The latest developments on Sunday wer [...]
2008-12-29 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2918ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-30 10:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2928ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Senior Middle East affairs analyst Zvi Bar'el wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: QHamas can rack up its first victory, as several European countries are already talking about a QhumanitarianQ cease-fire, and Egypt has been fixed in t [...]
2008-12-31 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV296ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of Final Winograd Report 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media quoted Dr. Abu-Osama Abed Al-Makati, Hamas's representative in Iran, as saying on Wednesday that Israel can expect a wave [...]
2008-02-07 11:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV316ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that last night Israel cut power supply to Gaza by less than 1%. The media reported that Israel will eventually lower the amount of electricity it s [...]
2008-02-08 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV324ISRAEL ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE NOTES
[...] (U) Two visiting NASA astronauts, the Mars Rover project director from the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, and the General of US Space Command were a hit with their hyper-active five-day schedule in Israel last week. They headlined the Ilan Ramon Space Sciences Conference, where they lectured on Livi [...]
2008-02-11 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPA ENRG KGHG IS
08TELAVIV325ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV33AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFIRMED AT PETTING ZOO
[...] SUMMARY: On January 3, 2008 the Israeli Veterinary and Animal Health Services (IVAHS) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) confirmed Avian Influenza (H5N1) in birds at a Binyamina kindergarten petting zoo in North-Central Israel. Currently, there is no indication that any hum [...]
2008-01-04 13:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO EAGR ETRD USTR IS KWBG
08TELAVIV343ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Islam and Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday that one of Israel's goals in the Gaza Strip is to [...]
2008-02-12 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV347EMBASSY TEL AVIV SUBMISSION FOR TRAFFICKING IN
[...] Embassy Tel Aviv submits the following four anti-trafficking in persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. 2. High priority. NAME OF APPLICANT Center for International Migration and Integration REQUESTED FUNDING AMOUNT $126,88 [...]
2008-02-12 15:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG
08TELAVIV349AVIAN INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE ENDS FOLLOWING CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) Following the January 3, 2008 confirmation of H5N1 in birds at a Petting Zoo in Benyamina, GOI Ministry of Agriculture instituted surveillance zones at three and ten kilometers, as noted reftel. The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that this surveillance ended on February 2, 2008. Other [...]
2008-02-13 09:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO EAGR ETRD USTR IS KWBG
08TELAVIV357ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media quoted Hizbullah as saying that Imad Mughniyah, the senior Hizbullah military leader believed to be the mastermind behind the attack against a [...]
2008-02-13 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV367ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV388ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Imad Mughniyah's Assassination 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a recorded video message at Imad Mughniyah's funeral in Beirut on Thursday, Hizbullah Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed to [...]
2008-02-15 13:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV39ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-07 12:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV394ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Kosovo ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the issue of negotiations with the PA over Jerusalem. Ha'aretz reported that PM Ehud Olmert and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice agreed to defer talks on Jerusa [...]
2008-02-19 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV412ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV426ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised on Wednesday to respond "firmly" to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's verbal attacks [...]
2008-02-21 12:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV437ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Kosovo 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that preparations are well underway for President Bush's "farewell" visit to Israel in May. Ha'aretz reported that PM Ehud Olmert will meet [...]
2008-02-22 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV442ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot: "When the malice of Hamas meets the confusion of an Israeli government that has no solution to the Qassam rocket fire, the outcome means playing wi [...]
2008-02-25 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV448ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz's web site quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying today before a business conference in Tokyo that he is not certain that Israel and the PA will be able to reach a peace agreeme [...]
2008-02-26 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV453ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that both PM Ehud Olmert in Tokyo and FM Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem voiced skepticism publicly for the first time on Tuesday about concluding a pe [...]
2008-02-27 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV460ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations 4. DPRK ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday afternoon a student at the Sapir College near Sderot was killed by a Qassam rocket and that Grad-style Katyus [...]
2008-02-28 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV475ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Vice President Dick Cheney will arrive in Israel in late March for a farewell visit and to pay tribute to Israel's 60th anniversary. A few media (ba [...]
2008-02-29 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV489ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Ahmadinejad in Baghdad ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning the electronic media reported that the IDF's "Operation Hot Winter" in Gaza has come to an end. The pull out of Infantry and armored forces was completed in [...]
2008-03-03 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV5ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-02 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV500ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran-Iraq Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that the prevalent feeling in Jerusalem is that despite the recent flare-up in Gaza, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's discussions in Cairo wi [...]
2008-03-04 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV503SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-05 05:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV518ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV524ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV533DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ISRAEL MAY CONSIDER DONOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 14:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL EINV EUN EU KV IS
08TELAVIV545ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV570ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted Palestinian sources as saying on Tuesday that Israel, Egypt, and Hamas are close to a deal to deploy PA President Mahmoud Abbas's troops at the Gaza crossings. According to [...]
2008-03-12 10:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV589ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that at a Labor Party forum on Wednesday Defense Minister Ehud Barak hinted that fighting in Gaza may again flare up. He was quoted as saying: "We will see worse things [...]
2008-03-13 10:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV602ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV61ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-08 12:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV612BANK OF ISRAEL INTERVENES TO HALT DOLLAR FREE FALL
[...] (U) On Thursday, March 13, the Bank of Israel (BOI) intervened in the foreign exchange market to purchase dollars. This is the first time since June 1997 that the BOI has staged such an intervention, and followed several pronouncements over the past few months that it would not interfere in t [...]
2008-03-14 14:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV IS
08TELAVIV613EZRA OUTLINES ISRAEL'S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a speech on February 26, Israel's Minister of Environmental Protection (MEP) outlined the most pressing environmental concerns facing Israel today. He touched on both the well-known issues, such as the Ramat Hovav toxic waste dump site, as well as on longer-term problems such [...]
2008-03-14 15:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TBIO IS
08TELAVIV620ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV622SCENESETTER FOR D/HHS VISIT TO ISRAEL
[...] (U) Post welcomes the visit to Israel of HHS Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy on April 2. Post offers the following update on its social and public health situation. Your visit presents an opportunity to underscore our shared interests in matters of primary health care and global public health, incl [...]
2008-03-17 14:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KIPR KWBG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV629ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Global Stock Market 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except The Jerusalem Post, led with the financial crisis on Wall Street and all capital markets, including Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, whic [...]
2008-03-18 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV641ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Germany Relations 3. Global Stock Exchange ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Egypt are conducting intensive negotiations in an effort to reach a long-term cease-fire in the Gaza Stri [...]
2008-03-19 10:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV653ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Global Stock Market --------- Â [...]
2008-03-20 10:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV667MINISTRY OF HEALTH WARNS OF AN OUTBREAK OF MEASLES
[...] (U) Summary. Israel's Ministry of Health has sent out a warning about an outbreak of measles in the country. Since last summer when a British tourist traveling to Israel for a wedding in an ultra-orthodox (Haredi) community in Jerusalem came down with measles, more than 900 cases of measles ha [...]
2008-03-21 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SCUL CASC IS
08TELAVIV675SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 06:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV691ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Vice President Dick Cheney's second meeting with PM Ehud Olmert on Monday morning, like their first meeting on Saturday night, was shrouded [...]
2008-03-25 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV707ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 10:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV724ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Intellectual Property Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that at a press conference with the foreign media last night, PM Ehud Olmert hinted at the prospect of secret talks with [...]
2008-03-27 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV736ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV742ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 06:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV757ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Dutch Film on Islam ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and other media reported that PM Ehud Olmert told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as well as his Kadima faction on SIPDIS Monday that he would conti [...]
2008-04-01 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV776ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 11:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV78SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 04:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV785ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Zimbabwe Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that senior advisers of President Bush (headed by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley) and PM Ehud Olmert (Yoram Turbowicz and Shalom Turgeman) met over t [...]
2008-04-03 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV790ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to report on Syrian military movements, which intelligence officials attributed "more to nervousness than a likelihood of conflict" (The Jerusalem Post) [...]
2008-04-04 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV805ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV812ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Ehud Olmert and PA President Mahmoud Abbas have decided to meet every two weeks until the November 4 deadline for striking a deal, regardless of developments on t [...]
2008-04-08 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV824ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV830ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted U.S. sources as saying yesterday that President George Bush is likely to visit Masada during his visit to Israel next month. The newspaper reported that PM [...]
2008-04-10 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV835ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Olmert has called on IDF commanders in the West Bank to understand that the roadblocks are causing suffering to the Palestinians, whose needs should be taken into [...]
2008-04-11 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV84SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 11:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV868ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was quoted as saying in an interview with Ha'aretz on Sunday that peace cannot be achieved without talking to all the relevant people and that he intends [...]
2008-04-15 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV881ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that three IDF soldiers were killed in a Hamas ambush in Gaza and four others were injured. The radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying that four Hamas activists [...]
2008-04-16 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV887ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Italy: Parliamentary Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the killing of three IDF soldiers and the wounding of three others in a Hamas ambush yesterday. Major media characterized what was the most int [...]
2008-04-17 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV906ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai asked former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Monday to tell Hamas leaders, including Khaled Mashal, that he would like to meet in orde [...]
2008-04-18 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV912ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Editor-in-Chief Amos Regev wrote on page one of the independent Israel Hayom: "Israel must now remove the constraints it placed on itself.... The target should be the elimination of Hamas as a fighting force." Senior Middle East affairs analyst [...]
2008-04-21 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV916ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV924ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Arrest of Ben-Ami Kadish 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media cited a report published today by the Syrian news agency Sham-Press that PM Ehud Olmert has relayed messages to Syrian President Bashar Assad affir [...]
2008-04-23 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV935ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. Ben-Ami Kadish Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media cited The Los Angeles Times as saying yesterday that Congress will hear from the CIA that the facility destroyed in the IAF attack on Syria was a nu [...]
2008-04-24 10:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV944ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media featured the intelligence briefings yesterday to Congress on the alleged Syria - North Korea nuclear connection. The media quoted senior Bush administration members as saying [...]
2008-04-25 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV95SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-11 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV954ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 10:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV961ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the IDF's version of the deaths of a mother and her four small children in Beit Hanun, northern Gaza, yesterday: The army maintains that the deaths occurred when two [...]
2008-04-29 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV967ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-30 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV969ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV973ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV978SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 05:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV996ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE1037NETHERLANDS/NICARAGUA: SUSPENDING BUDGET ASSISTANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 11:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL NL NU
08THEHAGUE1046NETHERLANDS: NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 13:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO NL
08THEHAGUE1049NETHERLANDS/PIRACY CONTACT GROUP: DUTCH PLAN TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 13:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC SO NL
08THEHAGUE1050NETHERLANDS/GICNT; DUTCH PREPARING TO HOST JUNE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 13:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC NL
08THEHAGUE149NETHERLANDS/NSG: INFORMATION ON APPROVED EXPORT
[...] (SBU) Econoff shared on February 7 ref A points requesting information on nuclear-related items actually delivered to Iran with Kees Jan Steenhoek, Senior Policy Advisor for Foreign Economic Relations and Export Control at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. 2. (SBU) In a subsequent [...]
2008-02-19 14:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP AORC MNUC PARM IAEA IR NL
08THEHAGUE188ARUBA GENERAL AVIATION PRE-CLEARANCE AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 16:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAIR PINS KTIA NL AA
08THEHAGUE200DUTCH RESPONSE TO CND DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Global Issues Officer delivered reftel points on USG priorities for the upcoming Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting separately to Ministry of Health Senior Policy Officer Marcel de Kort and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Threats Departme [...]
2008-02-29 14:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SNAR UN NL
08THEHAGUE206 NETHERLANDS/BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION 050084605
[...] Summary. Dutch law enforcement official Felix Marcus says the radar systems covered by application 050084605 will be used as stated in the license application, and that SWAT Team Utrecht is a misnomer for Arrest Team Midden Nederland, one of six special law-enforcement organizations deployed [...]
2008-03-03 11:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NL
08THEHAGUE255NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT NEW UN SPECIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 14:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AF NL
08THEHAGUE281WIREC FOLLOW-UP: DUTCH GOVERNMENT MAKES PLEDGE
[...] As requested reftel, Econoff contacted Femke Hoogeveen, Senior Policy Advisor for Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 19 regarding a Dutch government WIREC pledge to accelerate the uptake of renewable energy. The Dutch head of delegation to WIREC, Minister for European Affairs Frans [...]
2008-03-25 16:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TRGY KGHG NL
08THEHAGUE38NETHERLANDS/WIREC: DUTCH FORMING DELEGATION
[...] Post forwarded on January 7 ref A letter for the Dutch to attend WIREC to Minister of Economic Affairs Maria van der Hoeven. Post also received and delivered on January 8 ref B invitation for van der Hoeven to serve on WIREC's Bioenergy Feedstocks Panel. 2. On January 10, Econoff spoke w [...]
2008-01-14 15:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KPAO ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KGHG
08THEHAGUE419CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): PARIS SEMINAR
[...] (U) The French Ministry of Defense through its Delegation for Strategic Affairs and its Foundation for Strategic Research sponsored a seminar limited to Australia Group members plus China and Russia March 25 and 26 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris. The seminar was held to provide background in [...]
2008-05-16 14:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC FR
08THEHAGUE420CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART I - FORMAL OPENING
[...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (reftel) and covers the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate. Other cables will fo [...]
2008-05-16 15:42:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE439NETHERLANDS: GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 11:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO NL
08THEHAGUE440NETHERLANDS: AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 11:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO NL
08THEHAGUE460NETHERLANDS: SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN FINDS LITTLE
[...] SUMMARY: During a May 22-25 visit to Amsterdam, Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Karen Paikin met with Jewish community leaders, local government officials, scholars, and NGOs. Rickman found relatively little anti-Semitism in the Netherlands during [...]
2008-05-30 08:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO NL
08THEHAGUE471NETHERLANDS/HR: WORKING WITH DISSIDENTS
[...] BACKGROUND: Following up on reftel A, Embassy The Hague notes that the Netherlands is a staunch advocate for and defender of human rights, a generous contributor to human rights initiatives, as well as a refuge for asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their home countries. In addition, the Du [...]
2008-06-03 15:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM NL
08THEHAGUE476NETHERLANDS/OECD: CLIMATE CHANGE PAPER DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 15:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KGHG SENV OECD NL
08THEHAGUE492NETHERLANDS/BURMA: CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR
[...] Summary: On June 3, PolOff shared reftel A points to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As reported in ref B, on May 22, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen strongly spoke against the actions of the Burmese regime and the continued delay of aid in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. [...]
2008-06-09 07:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PHUM NL BM
08THEHAGUE507NETHERLANDS/UNESCO: UNABLE TO PRODUCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 16:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL UNESCO
08THEHAGUE518NETHERLANDS/LIBERIA: DUTCH OFFER DEBT RELIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 16:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECON EFIN NL
08THEHAGUE520NETHERLANDS: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES
[...] In response to reftel, Mission is not aware of any significant investment disputes involving the Dutch government or any expropriation claims involving U.S. citizens for the period of 2007 through June 1, 2008. This message represents a coordinated response from Embassy The Hague's FCS, FAS [...]
2008-06-16 10:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV NL
08THEHAGUE563NETHERLANDS: NO RECORD OF FORCED LABOR AND CHILD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 14:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NL
08THEHAGUE571DUTCH PARLIAMENT RATIFIES U.S.-EU EXTRADITION AND MLAT
[...] On July 1, the First Chamber (Upper House) adopted the ratification package for the U.S.-EU extradition and MLAT treaties without any debate. This means that, since the package was already approved by the Second Chamber (Lower House) on June 5, the ratification process has now been completed. [...]
2008-07-07 14:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CJUS KCRM PGOV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE595 ICC PROSECUTION FILES APPLICATION FOR BASHIR'S ARREST
[...] (U) The Prosecutor's Office has filed an application for an arrest warrant against Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad AL BASHIR. It is now up to the Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) to decide whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that AL BASHIR committed one or more of the alleged crimes [...]
2008-07-14 17:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PGOV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE596NETHERLANDS/HORN OF AFRICA: FIVE MILLION EUROS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 06:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PREL ER ET KE NL SO
08THEHAGUE597NETHERLANDS: LISBON TREATY RATIFIED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 06:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NL EU
08THEHAGUE600NETHERLANDS: LISBON TREATY RATIFIED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 10:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NL EU
08THEHAGUE603NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH GOVERNMENT PARTICIPANTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 12:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP NL UNGA
08THEHAGUE633Dutch Coalition Government Holds Steady (For Now)
[...] Summary: The three coalition parties of Balkenende IV look back at a turbulent year but the difficulties they faced have helped cement stronger relations. This enabled them to resolve major disputes and make some ground-breaking decisions. After the summer recess, however, they will face toug [...]
2008-07-25 13:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV NL
08THEHAGUE674CWC: U.S. RESPONSE TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S REQUEST
[...] (U) Per instructions, Del delivered a copy of reftel letter (with Ambassador Javits' scanned signature) to the Deputy Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on August 1, 2008. Original letter was delivered upon receipt to the Director-General's office Aug [...]
2008-08-07 13:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE679NETHERLANDS/IPCC: VOTING INTENTIONS FOR 29TH
[...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche August 7 to Dr. Arie Kattenberg, head of the Dutch delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) plenary. Kattenberg, a scientist with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, said that the Dutch were still deliberating internal [...]
2008-08-11 11:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG KSCA SENV AORC NL
08THEHAGUE69NETHERLANDS/BURMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 07:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD PHUM NL BM
08THEHAGUE72NETHERLANDS/UN: HRC GAZA RESOLUTION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 13:47:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NL
08THEHAGUE818NETHERLANDS/UNGA: COSPONSORING NONPROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 07:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM CDG PREL UNGA NL
08THEHAGUE825CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 54TH
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraphs 18, 21 and 27. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (SBU) After the success of the last Executive Council (EC) session (ref A),delegations' hopes are high that this EC will continue the refreshingl [...]
2008-10-02 09:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE849CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 6, 2008
[...] (U) Budget deliberations reached a peak on October 3 when several Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries attacked the program plan and budget for the Office of Special Projects, specifically its mandate for counter-terrorism, non-proliferation, and outreach to other organizations. The earlier m [...]
2008-10-08 15:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE866CWC: REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2008 CWC
[...] (U) On September 25-26, 2008 the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) sponsored a two day workshop in Florence for selected Western Europe and Other Countries Group (WEOG) State Parties and Japan in an effort to find common ground on two issues noted during the Second Review Conference(Re [...]
2008-10-15 16:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC IT
08THEHAGUE924HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE
[...] The following individuals have been selected to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 17-20 November, 2008. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by these individuals. a. NAME - Commodore A.A [...]
2008-11-03 15:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL
08THEHAGUE932NETHERLANDS/UN: HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 16:11:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EU UN NL IR
08THEHAGUE934NETHERLANDS: HR VETTING FOR CENTCOM SENIOR
[...] The following individual has been selected to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 17-20 November, 2008. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by these individuals. NAME - Major General E.H. [...]
2008-11-07 14:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL
08THESSALONIKI1NORTHERN NOTES DECEMBER 2007
[...] Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan visited Komotini in Thrace on December 6, following a two-day official visit to Athens (Reftel.) The government of Greece tried to downplay the visit and present it as private, but local media reported extensively and negatively on Babacan's activities in [...]
2008-01-02 09:36:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SMIG ECON TU BU GR
08THESSALONIKI11NORTHERN NOTES JANUARY 2008
[...] Things heated up in January with regard to the long-discussed privatization of the cargo facility at the Port of Thessaloniki. In early January, Minister of Merchant Marine George Voulgarakas provided a detailed description of the plans for the port's privatization and stressed the significan [...]
2008-02-06 16:17:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SMIG ECON GR
08THESSALONIKI13THESSALONIKI: COMMUNISTS DEMONSTRATE OVER KOSOVO; RIGHTISTS
[...] SUMMARY: On February 22, 2008 two separate demonstrations took place in downtown Thessaloniki to protest the recent unilateral declaration of independence in Kosovo in one case, and the Nimitz proposal for resolution of the Macedonia name issue in the second. The demonstrations were peaceful, [...]
2008-02-22 13:10:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC GR MK
08THESSALONIKI15NORTHERN NOTES FEBRUARY 2008
[...] The Macedonian name dispute remains the dominant issue in northern Greece, especially in the Greek province of Macedonia. Far right and nationalist groups have organized two separate rallies on March 5 (Ref A, B). One will be indoors and will include Metropolitan Anthimos and the governor (pr [...]
2008-03-05 07:36:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON GR
08THESSALONIKI19THESSALONIKI: MODEST TURNOUT FOR TWO RALLIES IN DEFENSE OF
[...] SUMMARY: Two simultaneous rallies took place peacefully in Thessaloniki yesterday to voice support for Greece's position regarding the Macedonia name issue. The rallies were only modestly attended unlike those in previous years which drew massive crowds. Politicians from the major parti [...]
2008-03-06 16:09:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC GR
08THESSALONIKI26NORTHERN NOTES - MARCH 2008
[...] At the beginning of the month, a poll published in the Sunday edition of local Makedonia, suggested that 92.7% of Thessaloniki residents would support the use of a veto by the Greek government vis-`-vis the Republic of Macedonia's accession to the EU and NATO, in the absence of a mutually acce [...]
2008-03-31 15:33:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SMIG ECON MK GR
08THESSALONIKI32INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY EVENT AT CONGEN THESSALONIKI
[...] SUMMARY: On April 8 the U.S. Consulate General in Thessaloniki hosted an event to celebrate International Roma Day (Reftel). The event included a round table discussion, the showing of a short film on Roma culture and a photography exhibit. Attendees included local government representatives, [...]
2008-04-10 13:31:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM GR
08THESSALONIKI42NORTHERN NOTES - APRIL 2008
[...] After an April 1 meeting with the Thessaloniki Port Authority, Minister of Merchant Marine Giorgos Voulgarakis stated that the continuing strikes, which are about to enter their fifth month, will not affect the government's plans to proceed with the leasing of the city's port. Voulgarakis rei [...]
2008-05-05 07:10:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG MK GR
08THESSALONIKI46NORTHERN NOTES - MAY 2008
[...] Three companies submitted bids for leasing the Thessaloniki Port Cargo Station, by the deadline of May 15. The three companies bidding were Cosco Pacific Limited (China),Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (subsidiary of Dubai Ports World) and Hutchison Port Holding Limited (Hong [...]
2008-06-03 15:18:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG CH GR
08THESSALONIKI58NORTHERN NOTES JULY 2008
[...] On July 23, the Port of Thessaloniki announced that the Hutchison-Alapis consortium (Hong Kong-based) submitted the highest bid for the management of Thessaloniki port's cargo station and was therefore declared tentative winner of the competition, pending parliamentary approval (Ref A). Hutch [...]
2008-08-04 13:12:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SMIG CH MK TU HK
08THESSALONIKI60NORTHERN NOTES
[...] On August 26, the Board of Directors of OLTH (Thessaloniki Port Authority) approved the transfer of the management of port's cargo station from the state to the partnership of Hutchison Port Holdings, Hutchison Port Investments, Alapis and LYD. Ioannis Tsaras, Managing Director of OLTH, stated [...]
2008-09-04 14:41:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI SMIG GG GR
08THESSALONIKI64THESSALONIKI: POLICE DEAL BLOW TO ANARCHIST VIOLENCE AT
[...] SUMMARY: Thessaloniki police effectively contained over 6000 anarchists and other anti-government demonstrators during the 73rd annual International Trade Fair (September 6-14). Anarchists broke store windows and hurled Molotov cocktails, but unlike in previous years caused no injuries or ser [...]
2008-09-15 09:38:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC GR
08THESSALONIKI67NORTHERN NOTES
[...] A scandal over trading of large plots of land between the GoG and the Vatopedi Monastery of Mt. Athos (a semi-autonomous peninsula in N. Greece, administered by Orthodox monks) dominated northern Greek news (ref A). Media and post contacts have characterized the scandal, in which Vatoped [...]
2008-10-08 03:57:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SMIG GR
08THESSALONIKI72ECHR REJECTS GREECE'S ARGUMENTS FOR BANNING ASSOCIATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of Greece's challenge of a decision by the European Court of Human Rights, to allow the operation of associations that include the term "Turkish" in their names has proven unsuccessful. Minority circles said they were "satisfied with the outcome," and Greek diplomatic r [...]
2008-10-14 14:04:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM GR
08THESSALONIKI80NORTHERN NOTES - OCTOBER 2008
[...] For a second month, the scandal involving controversial land swaps between the GoG and Vatopedi Monastery of Mt. Athos was a dominant story (Ref A.) Media and post contacts speculate the scandal could claim more GoG officials beyond the two ministers it has already claimed, as a Parliame [...]
2008-11-06 06:05:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL SOCI SMIG GR MK BK BU MW AL HR
08THESSALONIKI90DEMONSTRATIONS DIMINISH IN THESSALONIKI
[...] SUMMARY: Demonstrations continued to diminish during the weekend of December 20 and 21 in Thessaloniki with only minor incidents and no violence. No additional demonstrations are scheduled until January 7, 2009 when a general demonstration of teachers and students is planned. END SUMMARY. [...]
2008-12-23 14:54:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR
08TIJUANA1153SHAKEUPS IN THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 00:28:00Consulate TijuanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM MX PGOV
08TIJUANA1203THE PRD IN PARADISE: BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 23:28:00Consulate TijuanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EINV
08TIJUANA698HUDDLED MASSES ON THE BORDER: TIJUANA'S MIGRANT COMMUNITY
[...] SUMMARY: Tijuana is a magnet for migrants and is dotted with shelters serving those who have either tried, and failed, to cross illegally into the United States or, more commonly, those that have been recently deported or repatriated. NGOs that work with migrants report an increase in deportati [...]
2008-06-27 18:16:00Consulate TijuanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MX
08TIJUANA730PLANNED MEGAPORT IN BAJA CALIFORNIA COULD RELIEVE CONGESTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-09 01:58:00Consulate TijuanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EIND EINV MX
08TIJUANA796UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS: SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA EXPECT QUICK
[...] SUMMARY. At the request of the Mexican Secretariat of Economy (SE),the San Diego Chamber of Commerce held a meeting July 31 to update the San Diego/Tijuana business community on progress in increasing capacity at the California ports of entry (POEs). The meeting was well attended, incl [...]
2008-08-04 15:16:00Consulate TijuanaUNCLASSIFIEDMX ECON ELTN PGOV PREL
08TIRANA101THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 2-8, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]
2008-02-11 06:29:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA103ALBANIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 06:29:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDAL ECON ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
08TIRANA110 ALBANIA: PARLIAMENT PASSES LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING LAW
[...] SUMMARY: On February 4, Albania's Parliament unanimously passed the Local Government Borrowing Law which gives cities the authority to borrow money from commercial banks to finance local development. The borrowing law is the latest milestone in the country's decentralization process and culmi [...]
2008-02-12 15:55:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA116THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE SPECIAL (FEBRUARY
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This special edition focuses on the average Albanian's impressions and expectations of an expectecd declaration of independence by [...]
2008-02-15 15:31:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KV AL
08TIRANA118POSTCARDS FROM ALBANIA: CARS AND TRUCKS AND THINGS THAT GO
[...] (U) This cable is part of an occasional series entitled "Postcards from Albania." These cables are prepared by our locally engaged staff to provide analysis, opinions and commentary on Albanian reality from an Albanian perspective. This cable was contributed by a member of the Pol-Econ staff [...]
2008-02-15 16:21:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL KCRM AL
08TIRANA119 HONORING ALBANIA'S RECORD OF RESCUING JEWS DURING THE
[...] SUMMARY: Warren Miller, Chairman of the U.S Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, visited Tirana January 27-29 to take part in the country's first official ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day. Miller's visit included addressing a plenary session of Parliament, p [...]
2008-02-16 10:09:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PHUM PGOV AL
08TIRANA132 CONGRESSMAN TOM LANTOS' DEATH CONDOLENCES FROM ALBANIA
[...] Embassy has received the following letter addressed to Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Speaker of the Parliament of Albania Jozefina Topalli, expressing her condolences for the loss of Congressman Tom Lantos. Original will be pouched to the Department (EUR/SC [...]
2008-02-21 13:14:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OPDC AL
08TIRANA136THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 16-22, 2008)
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) Love is in the Air: After weeks of bipartisan del [...]
2008-02-22 17:12:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KV AL
08TIRANA148 ALBANIA'S INSURANCE SECTOR PRIVATIZES, EXPANDS
[...] The GOA is preparing to privatize INSIG, the state-owned insurance company, as the Government moves to sell off one of its last remaining state enterprises since the fall of communism 17 years ago. The forthcoming privatization is almost an afterthought for an insurance sector that has been m [...]
2008-02-27 12:48:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN AL
08TIRANA162POSTCARD FROM ALBANIA: NEW KIDS ON THE POLITICAL AND
[...] (U) This cable is part of an occasional series entitled "Postcards from Albania." These messages are prepared by our locally employed staff to provide analysis, opinions and commentary on Albanian reality from an Albanian perspective. This cable was contributed by a member of the Front Offi [...]
2008-03-01 16:00:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA187REPORT ON ALBANIA'S FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
[...] Per Reftel, post submits the following report for the Department's congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency in countries receiving USG assistance: 2. With continual prodding from the U.S., EU, and International Financial Institutions, the Government of Albania (GOA) has taken [...]
2008-03-11 06:23:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL AL
08TIRANA195THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 8-14, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS - MUSLIM GIRLS AND THE [...]
2008-03-14 15:26:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA198ALBANIA: AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS MIL-MIL EXPLOSIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 11:16:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV PARM AL
08TIRANA21Inflation Likely to Be Modest in 2008 as Albania's Economy
[...] Rising inflation in the second half of 2007 has stoked public anxiety in Albania, especially price increases for food. Although inflation will likely increase in 2008 over last year's rate of 3.0 percent, it is expected to stay within the GOA's target rate for inflation. End Summary. Infl [...]
2008-01-10 15:02:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA218THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 15-21, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This week's report is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the disastrous explosions at Gerdec on March 15, and focuses on the [...]
2008-03-21 16:13:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PARM MASS AL
08TIRANA220ALBANIA ASKS FOR VICTIM IDENTIFICATION ASSISTANCE -- SECOND
[...] (U) In the aftermath of the tragic Gervec munitions explosion (ref A),the MOI has now seconded PG Ina Rama's request (ref B) for USG assistance to identify victims' remains through DNA analysis. Interior Minister Nishani sent the following letter to Ambassador Withers on March 21. 2. (SBU) [...]
2008-03-21 16:26:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS EAID NATO SENV AL
08TIRANA221ALBANIA DISASTER DECLARATION
[...] I hereby declare a disaster in Albania to assist the large number of people that were displaced from their homes and livelihoods by a massive explosion that occurred in Albania on March 15 (reftel). I request USD 50,000 for immediate disaster relief from USAID/OFDA. 2. At approximately 11 [...]
2008-03-21 16:37:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL AL
08TIRANA262THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 29-APRIL 4, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This week's report focuses on the invitation to NATO membership extended by the Allies April 3 in Bucharest, Romania. ---------- [...]
2008-04-04 16:01:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA335 ALBANIAN ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. POSITION ON TURKEY'S EBRD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 12:44:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL TU AL
08TIRANA338THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 19-25, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) A GRAND CELEBRATION OF THE PROPHET'S BIRTHDAY: [...]
2008-04-25 16:00:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA353THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 26-MAY 2, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) ANNUAL FREEDOM HOUSE RESULTS: Albania scored a [...]
2008-05-02 14:51:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA370 FRAUD IN DOCUMENTS FROM ALBANIAN CIVIL REGISTRIES
[...] SUMMARY. Post has witnessed a high incidence of civil documents issued by Albanian civil registries containing fraudulent vital information. In some of these cases the blame rests with the Albanian court system which is often too willing to issue a decision changing vital information without [...]
2008-05-09 14:30:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREF PHUM KFRD AL
08TIRANA372THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 3-9, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) TAKE A STAND AGAINST CORRUPTION: USAID released [...]
2008-05-09 16:02:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL AL
08TIRANA373ALBANIA: THE UN'S BRAIN GAIN PROGRAM -- TARGETED AT HIGHER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Albania's higher education system has undergone major changes since the fall of communism. Reforming it has been a priority of every government since, though each has devoted varying levels of resources and effort toward improving this vital societal foundation. The brain drain p [...]
2008-05-09 16:20:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI UN AL
08TIRANA386THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 10-16, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) WHERE REAL ESTATE IS STILL BOOMING: This week, t [...]
2008-05-16 14:25:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA397 GOA SIMPLIFIES TAX PAYMENT PROCEUDRES
[...] On May 12, the Finance Ministry eliminated the rule requiring taxpayers to bring in their accounting records to government tax offices for "verification" every month. Whatever the original intent of this "verification" rule, it was not used as an audit mechanism, as the General Directorate of [...]
2008-05-23 14:46:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA399THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 17-23, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) CHANGE, YES WE CAN: The newest Albanian politica [...]
2008-05-23 16:04:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA403ALBANIA: USE OF CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 14:50:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AL
08TIRANA414THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 24-30, 2008: THE MEDIA ISSUE
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. With the death of one of Albania's most powerful media moguls, this week's issue focuses on the media. ------------------ MEDIA [...]
2008-06-02 13:36:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA416 POSTCARDS FROM ALBANIA: ALBANIA'S 21ST CENTURY GOLD RUSH
[...] (U) This cable is part of an occasional series entitled "Postcards from Albania." These cables are prepared by our locally engaged staff to provide analysis, opinions and commentary on Albanian reality from an Albanian perspective. This cable was contributed by a member of the Pol-Econ staf [...]
2008-06-03 14:37:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA424 GOA SIMPLIFIES TAX PAYMENT PROCEUDRES
[...] On May 12, the Finance Ministry eliminated the rule requiring taxpayers to bring in their accounting records to government tax offices for "verification" every month. Whatever the original intent of this "verification" rule, it was not used as an audit mechanism, as the General Directorate of [...]
2008-06-06 16:16:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA426THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 31 - JUNE 6, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) CLASHES OVER HIGH COURT NOMINATIONS: It has been [...]
2008-06-06 16:52:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA438HAGUE ABDUCTION ACCESS - ALBANIA
[...] Albania has acceded to the 1980 Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction and the Convention entered into force in Albania on August 1, 2007. Central Authority 2. Albania has designated the Ministry of Justice as the Central Authority pursuant to the Convention. Compatibilit [...]
2008-06-12 05:05:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KOCI AL
08TIRANA487THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA - THE ROAD ISSUE, JUNE 21 - JUNE 27,
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This week's issue focuses on the current state of the construction of Albania's most ambitious road project to date. ----------- [...]
2008-06-27 15:11:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA488PM THACI'S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO ALBANIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci paid a two-day official visit to Albania June 19 and 20, accompanied by a 27-member delegation. It was the first visit of a Kosovar leader since the country declared independence on February 17. Thaci met with top political leaders including Pr [...]
2008-06-30 13:32:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AL KV
08TIRANA493 DIALOGUE WITH ALBANIANS FORM BASIS FOR NEW SP GOVERNING
[...] Tirana Mayor and Socialist Party Chairman Edi Rama has met with thousands of citizens throughout Albania in a series of city and village gatherings reminiscent of town hall meetings in the United States. This is the first time such meetings have been held by political leaders in Albania. Thi [...]
2008-07-03 09:56:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA496THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JUNE 28 - JULY 3, 2008
[...] The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ----------------------------- CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEVELOPMETNS ----------------------------- 2. NOTORIOUS CRIME GANG TRIAL FINALLY [...]
2008-07-03 15:12:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA50THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 11-17, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]
2008-01-18 17:12:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA556ALBANIA'S HAZARDOUS WASTE STRATEGY
[...] Albania is effectively reaching out for donor support to deal with the country's hazardous waste (HW) problem. The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has identified nine "hot zones" contaminated with several kinds of dangerous chemicals left over from the communist era. MOE has been working with [...]
2008-07-25 06:09:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV AL
08TIRANA579PARLIAMENT APPROVES HIGH COURT NOMINEES, ADJOURNS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament ended its session on July 28 on a much-needed quiet note, approving all six of President Topi's nominees for the High Court, along with Prime Minister Berisha's proposed cabinet changes. Parliament's approval of the High Court nominees marked a welcome detente betwee [...]
2008-07-30 11:10:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS PHUM AL
08TIRANA589 GOA REACTION TO NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE PARTNERS
[...] (U) Embassy delivered points in reftel to Mr. Sajmir Repishti, Chief of the UN Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Repishti thanked post for information on the recent admittance of Mauritius and Uzbekistan to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). Mr. Repishti had no [...]
2008-08-04 05:26:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP AL
08TIRANA60CONSUMERS FLOCKING TO SHOPPING MALLS AS ALBANIA'S ECONOMY
[...] The opening of modern shopping malls in Tirana is a sign of Albania's economic development and growing affluence. The retail economy is beginning to transition away from small family-owned stores with limited product lines to large, Western-style shopping centers. These new shopping outlets [...]
2008-01-24 06:23:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV SOCI AL
08TIRANA617VLORE ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO TO STAY OPEN AFTER FUNDING PULLS
[...] SUMMARY: On July 11 PolOff and the USAID Anti-Trafficking Advisor met with staff from the Vatra Shelter, one of the oldest anti-trafficking NGOs in Albania. Vatra is one of four non-governmental reintegration shelters which provides a package of social services to repatriated victims of traff [...]
2008-08-11 14:29:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA624ALBANIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET
[...] For the third year in a row, tax and customs revenue collection exceeded forecasts for the first half of the year. Collections were seven percent (USD 81 million) above plan, allowing the Parliament to approve a supplementary budget on July 24. Although the GOA has reduced both business and [...]
2008-08-12 16:06:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV AL
08TIRANA632 ALBANIA'S CELL PHONE RATES - HIGHEST IN THE REGION
[...] Albania's nascent telecom regulator and increasing competition are finally beginning to soften mobile tariffs, currently the highest in the Balkans and among the highest in Europe. Two operators, AMC and Vodafone, had virtually free reign to set prices as they chose from 2000 to 2007, raking [...]
2008-08-15 11:46:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON EINV AL
08TIRANA66THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 18 - 25, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]
2008-01-25 16:57:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA7THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 28, 2007-
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ----------------------------------- ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL [...]
2008-01-04 15:25:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV SOCI PHUM AL
08TIRANA723ALBANIA WILL OPPOSE KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Director General for Multilateral Affairs Spiro Koci. Koci said Albania will oppose the Serbian resolution, and will make a statement opposing the resolution during the debate on October 8. CRISTINA [...]
2008-10-06 12:48:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA AL
08TIRANA731ALBANIA WILL BENEFIT FROM NEW PRIVATE EQUITY FUND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 06:29:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV AL
08TIRANA786Embassy Tirana Weekly Report
[...] As Albania enters the rainy season, common citizens are waiting for the rain to provide some security in the supply of electricity over the winter season. The government is looking forward to a rain of money, which is expected to hit Albania due to large projects currently in the planning sta [...]
2008-10-31 15:10:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA787SOFT BORDERS: KUKES AND PRIZREN
[...] Summary. On October 28-29, Poloff visited the northern border town of Kukes to deliver a presentation at the local American Corner. In conversations and activities, it seemed that the city of Kukes, 15 minutes from the border with Kosovo, faces north more than south, with its interests large [...]
2008-10-31 15:51:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AL SMIG
08TIRANA789DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-03 15:05:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
08TIRANA805Embassy Tirana Weekly Report
[...] Throughout the several months preceding the U.S. Presidential Election, major dailies carried local experts' comments on the U.S. electoral campaign and potential policy changes for the Balkans and Albania. Most concluded that whoever would emerge president-elect, U.S. policy toward Albania w [...]
2008-11-10 15:24:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA835OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] On November 24, Poloff delivered reftel talking points and information to Saimir Repishti, Chief of the UN Division at the MFA. Repishti offered no substantive comment but promised to pass the information to his superiors for their consideration. WITHERS [...]
2008-11-24 16:28:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA AL
08TIRANA836Embassy Tirana Weekly Report
[...] The Ruling Democratic Party and the opposition Socialists were in a state of jubilation last week as Parliament passed with an over 90 per cent majority the new Electoral Code that will regulate the conduct of the upcoming general elections in Albania. With 113 votes in favor and only one agai [...]
2008-11-25 12:04:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA842GOA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT FIRST COMMITTEE
[...] On November 24, Poloff thanked Saimir Repishti, Chief of the UN Division at the MFA, for the GOA's support and co-sponsorship of the First Committee Resolution on Compliance. Repishti said the GOA will continue to support this resolution. WITHERS [...]
2008-11-26 09:59:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL UNGA AL
08TIRANA86ALBANIA'S PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION ON NATO MEMBERSHIP
[...] On January 21, Parliament passed a resolution declaring it would do whatever is necessary to receive an invitation to join NATO. The resolution was introduced by the opposition Socialist Party and passed unanimously. This is the first time in the history of Albania's democratic Parliament th [...]
2008-02-05 16:49:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA872 Country Team Assessment for The Regional Air
[...] (U) The US Embassy, Tirana Country Team has reviewed EUCOM's 1206 proposal to include Albania's Regional Air Surveillance Coordination Center (RASCC) and supports this proposal. 2. (U) The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has agreed to participate in this project which will fulfill their partne [...]
2008-12-10 11:46:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL AL
08TIRANA877DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF
[...] On December 12, Poloff delivered reftel talking points and information to Saimir Repishti, Head of the UN Division at the MFA. Repishti agreed that recruiting and retaining qualified staff for the UN is a priority for the GOA, but did not say what the GOA position was on the U.S. or other prop [...]
2008-12-12 13:36:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA AL
08TIRANA99THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 2-8, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]
2008-02-08 18:13:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TOKYO1001TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All papers gave front-page play to the Dalai Lama's press remarks on Thursday, during which he expressed his opposition to the violent protests that disturbed the Olympic torch relay in London, Paris, and San Francisco. 2. "We Should Protect Both Human Rights and Olympic Torc [...]
2008-04-11 04:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1008 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1010DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN ENGAGES EMBASSY ON
[...] (SBU) The Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) Pandemic Influenza Project Team invited econoff to brief them April 10 on the U.S. National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan. The Team, chaired by Lower House Diet Member Masahiko Yamada and including staffers as well as parlia [...]
2008-04-11 08:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO PREL PARM PGOV JA
08TOKYO1011NUCLEAR ENERGY: JAPAN AND FRANCE REAFFIRM SHARED
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Fukuda and French Prime Minister Fillon reaffirmed Japan and France see a prominent role for nuclear energy in achieving sustainable growth and energy security in their respective countries at their meeting in Tokyo April 11. Their joint Declaration on Cooperation in th [...]
2008-04-11 09:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG PREL IAEA MNUC FR JA
08TOKYO1014JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1015TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G-7
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters reported on the wrap-up of the meeting of G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors. 2. "G-7 Action Needed to Prevent Crisis from Worsening" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized [...]
2008-04-14 02:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1020 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1022JAPAN'S FY 2008 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION RESPONSE
[...] Embassy Tokyo was unable to find any evidence that United Nations University (UNU),or any of its affiliates, grant official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes and condones or seeks the legalization of pedophilia or has subsidiaries or member organization [...]
2008-04-14 11:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AORC SOCI JA
08TOKYO1024JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-15 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1025TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET AND CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Asahi front-paged the upcoming summit in Washington between President Bush and South Korean President Lee, predicting that the two are likely to agree on redefining the bilateral alliance so that U.S. troops assigned in South Korea can be deployed overseas beyon [...]
2008-04-15 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO103 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/11/08
[...] A bill becomes a law on passage by both Houses, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution. 2. A bill which is passed by the House of Representatives, and upon which the House of Councillors makes a decision different from that of the House of Representatives, becomes a law when passed a [...]
2008-01-11 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1030 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-15 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1032JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-16 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1034TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PUTIN/MEDVEDEV
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning include an informal decision by the GOJ to reject a bid by a British investment fund to increase its stake in a Japanese electricity company on the grounds that the plan runs the risk of "undermining the maintenance of public order." 2. "Presi [...]
2008-04-16 02:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1043 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-16 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1048JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-17 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1061 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-17 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1065JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1069TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. POLICY REGARDING
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers led with the ruling on Thursday by the Nagoya High Court that the airlift by Japan's Air Self Defense Force of multinational troops to Baghdad is unconstitutional. 2. "President Bush Does Not Understand Global Trend" The liberal Asahi editorialized ( [...]
2008-04-18 06:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1072 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO108JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/15/08
[...] On the high seas (Indian Ocean including the Persian Gulf) 2. Territories of other countries (limited to cases where there are concurrences of countries concerned regarding Japan's refueling support activities) TOKYO 00000108 012 OF 015 Definitions  [...]
2008-01-15 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1082JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-21 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1084TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-ROK SUMMIT AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Monday morning include a further decline in public support for Prime Minister Fukuda. 2. "U.S.-ROK Coordination Reaffirmed, Yet Tasks Remain" The liberal Asahi's Washington correspondents wrote (4/20): "Turning around bilateral relations, which were strained u [...]
2008-04-21 02:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1096 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-21 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1097PRESS CRITICAL OF J-POWER DECISION
[...] Summary: Japanese press commentary has been sharply critical of the GOJ decision to block increased investment in electricity wholesaler J-Power by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI). The criticism has largely centered on lack of a stated clear rationale for the government's dec [...]
2008-04-21 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1101JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 06:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1102TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND ANTI-
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning include alleged insider trading by a Nomura Securities employee and Monday's rocket attack on a Japanese tanker by a small unidentified vessel off Yemen. 2. "Japan-ROK Summit Should Be Start of New Ties" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri argu [...]
2008-04-22 07:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1109 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1115JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1116TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers gave top play to the arrest on Tuesday of an employee of a Japanese securities firm and his two acquaintances on suspicion of insider trading. 2. "Kosovo Independence Causes Another Tragedy" A Vienna correspondent of the business-oriented Nikkei argued (4/23): ".. [...]
2008-04-23 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1122 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1123JAPAN LIKELY TO SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 09:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EUN JA
08TOKYO1124JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1134 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1143JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1144TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 2008 OLYMPICS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page reports in Friday morning papers included a GOJ plan to give $100 million in emergency assistance to developing nations in Africa and other areas in view of rising food prices. 2. "Self-Restraint Necessary in Supporting Beijing Olympics" The liberal Asahi editoriali [...]
2008-04-25 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO115TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH VISIT TO MIDDLE
[...] "U.S. Calls for Encirclement of Iran" A correspondent for the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Riyadh (1/15): "During his speech in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, President Bush called Iran the world's 'leading sponsor of terrorism' and expressed his resolve to tighten the net [...]
2008-01-15 06:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1153 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1158TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK-SYRIA NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top coverage to the landslide victory of the DPJ candidate over his LDP rival in Sunday's bi-election in Yamaguchi. 2. "Is Bush Administration Going Back to Hard line?" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (4/26): "The impact of the Bush a [...]
2008-04-28 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1159JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO116 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1166AID ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S MEETING WITH CHINESE VM YI
[...] (SBU) Summary. While China is interested in learning more about U.S. official development assistance (ODA),Chinese Commerce Vice Minister YI Xiaozhun declined to commit to a bilateral dialogue on development issues during an April 7 meeting with USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore. Yi stated [...]
2008-04-28 06:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON JA PREL CH OECD
08TOKYO1170 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1172TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN PRESIDENT
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave front-page coverage to the ruling coalition's plan to enact legislation to reinstate gasoline surcharges for road construction, as well as the announcement by a state-run institution that the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected in [...]
2008-04-30 06:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1177JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-30 07:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO118THE DOCTOR WILL NOT SEE YOU NOW - JAPAN'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan faces an acute shortage of hospital physicians, particularly in rural areas. One expert estimated the country needs 55,000 new doctors to staff adequately its hospitals. Harsh working conditions and low pay cause many doctors to enter private practice, a step which mean [...]
2008-01-15 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD JA PGOV
08TOKYO1182 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-30 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1185JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1188TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA-GEORGIA TENSION
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to the passage in the Lower House on Wednesday of a bill to reinstate gasoline surcharges and other road- related taxes. 2. "Tension Rising Again in Georgia" The moderate Yomiuri's correspondent report from Moscow said (5/1): "Russian [...]
2008-05-01 05:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1190 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO120JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1200JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1203TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a plan by the ruling parties to draft a bill to prohibit child pornography by blocking net users' access to child pornography sites. 2. "U.S. Paying Price for Shiite-Oriented Policy" The moderate Yomiuri's Cairo correspondent wrote (5/2): [...]
2008-05-02 03:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1207BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING IN
[...] SUMMARY. At the Forum for the Future planning meeting in Tokyo on April 24-25, participants discussed political reform and sustainable development as the two thematic pillars for the 2008 Forum. The Forum subministerial will be held on June 9 in Dubai, followed by a senior officials planning [...]
2008-05-02 05:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM KMPI PHUM XF JA
08TOKYO1209DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 05:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA JA
08TOKYO121TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH VISIT TO MIDDLE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning include separate announcements on Tuesday by Citigroup and Merrill Lynch on their steps to deal with their huge losses from the subprime loan crisis. 2. "U.S. Responsible for Easing Tensions in Middle East" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (1 [...]
2008-01-16 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1214JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period of April 18 to May 2, 2008. H5N1 Detected in Wild Swans in Northern Japan --------------------------------------------- 2. As reported in ref D, Japan's National Institute of Animal Health confirmed [...]
2008-05-02 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA
08TOKYO1216 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1226JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-07 04:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1233 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-07 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1234TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WORLD FOOD CRISIS
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Wednesday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters reported on Chinese President Hu Jintao's arrival in Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon. NHK-TV and Kyodo News reported early Wednesday morning that Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte will visit So [...]
2008-05-07 08:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1241JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 05:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1248TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INAUGURATION OF NEW
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to Wednesday's summit between Chinese President Hu and Prime Minister Fukuda, during which the two appeared to reach a basic accord on joint development of natural gas fields in the East China Sea. 2. "Russia Emba [...]
2008-05-08 07:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1252 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/08
[...] The governments of Japan and China (hereinafter called "both sides") recognized the need to make efforts together hand-in-hand and to cooperate on climate change, a common threat facing human beings. 2. Both sides confirmed the goals and the principles promised in the "United Nations Framew [...]
2008-05-09 02:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1253JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 02:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1257TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA AND BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Yomiuri gave top play to the finding that the GOJ has asked the ROK Lee administration for help in arranging a meeting in South Korea between the parents of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota and Megumi's daughter, who is in North Korea. 2. "Medvedev Needs to Be [...]
2008-05-09 04:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1264 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO127 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO128JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1280JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1281TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA AND BUSH TRIP TO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Monday morning included a UN estimate that over 220,000 people are still missing in Burma more than a week after Cyclone Nargis devastated the country's coastal regions. 2. "Junta Goes Ahead with Referendum" The conservative Sankei reported from Bangkok (5/11): "T [...]
2008-05-12 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1288 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO129TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH VISIT TO MIDDLE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Thursday morning included the continued fall in Tokyo stock prices. 2. "Realism Becomes More Pronounced" A Washington-based reporter from the liberal Mainichi accompanying President Bush wrote from Riyadh (1/17): "President Bush's diplomatic goal of 'spreading [...]
2008-01-17 05:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1296JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1300TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIAN POLITICS AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top coverage to Monday's devastating earthquake in central China. 2. "Hardliners Maintaining Influence" A Moscow correspondent for the business-oriented Nikkei wrote (5/13): "The cabinet and other key portfolio appointments in the Russian gover [...]
2008-05-13 03:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1308 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1311JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1314TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the massive damaged caused by Monday's earthquake in central China. 2. "Earthquake Hits Ethnic Minorities Hard" The liberal Mainichi wrote (5/14): "Monday's earthquake is a serious political disaster for the Hu administration, as [...]
2008-05-14 03:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1321 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1322JAPAN OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO CHINA
[...] Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda sent a message to Chinese President Hu Jintao offering disaster assistance following the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan. Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura sent a similar message to State Councilor Dai Bingguo and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Chief Cabinet Secretary [...]
2008-05-14 10:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO1324JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1325TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the massive damaged caused by Monday's earthquake in central China. 2. "Earthquake Hits Ethnic Minorities Hard" The liberal Mainichi wrote (5/14): "Monday's earthquake is a serious political disaster for the Hu administration, as [...]
2008-05-15 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1326TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA, CHINA, AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the devastation in Sichuan Province, China, which was hit by a powerful earthquake on Monday. 2. "Junta's Rejection of International Relief Teams a Crime Against Humanity" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (5/15): "...The [...]
2008-05-15 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1335 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1338REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBERS 798 AND 799
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 23:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO134 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1342JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1348 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO135JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 01:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1352TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning papers continued to give top play to the devastation in quake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China. 2. "No Future with Status Quo" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (4/16): ". . . . In the past 60 years, Israel has become a wealthy nation with its per-capita [...]
2008-05-16 08:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1353CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT REBUKES JAPAN'S
[...] The Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) released its first "White Paper on Corporate Governance in Japan" May 15 in Tokyo. The paper, endorsed by seven leading global pension funds, highlights six areas in which institutional investors believe Japanese corporate governance must be [...]
2008-05-16 08:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO1356TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH IN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday papers gave top play to the continuing rescue efforts in quake-hit Sichuan Province in China. 2. "Poor Results from Mideast Tour" The liberal Asahi's correspondent report from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt claimed (5/19): ". . . . Although President Bush made additional [...]
2008-05-19 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1357JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1367JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1369TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a government panel report on the national pension system predicting that the consumption tax rate would have to be raised from the current 5% to up to 18% in order for the basic pension system to be funded only through taxes. 2. "Burm [...]
2008-05-20 02:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1373THE FIFTH ASIAN SENIOR-TALKS ON NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Deputy Assistant Secretary Mary Alice Hayward and ISN Counterproliferation Director Tony Foley represented the U.S. at the fifth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Nonproliferation (ASTOP V) in Tokyo April 25, 2008. Recent news on North Korea's proliferation activities conducted [...]
2008-05-20 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ENRG ETTC PREL KNNP MNUC JA
08TOKYO1376NUCLEAR: REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBERS 797
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO1379 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1386JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1387TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Wednesday morning included earnings reports compiled by Japan's top banks pointing to a loss of more than 900 billion yen in connection with the U.S. subprime loan crisis. 2. "Maintaining Status-Quo Is Wise Choice" On the inauguration of Taiwan President Ma, the [...]
2008-05-21 02:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1398 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 21:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1402JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-22 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1404TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included GOJ panel recommendations on the creation of a new agency for consumer-related issues. 2. "China and Taiwan Should Pursue Dialogue" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (5/22): "Kuomintang (Chinese National Party) President Ma has been i [...]
2008-05-22 01:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1409 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-22 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1419JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1422TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CYCLONE RELIEF EFFORTS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning Japanese national dailies front-paged a major foreign policy speech given by Prime Minister Fukuda on Thursday, in which he called for enhanced economic and disaster relief cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. 2. "Junta Plays up International Coordination [...]
2008-05-23 04:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1434 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1438JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1441TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CYCLONE RELIEF EFFORTS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included the death sentence handed down on Monday to the man who assassinated Nagasaki Mayor Ito in April 2007. 2. "Deep-Rooted Distrust Remains" On Sunday's donor nation conference in Rangoon, the liberal Tokyo Shimbun's reporter said from Ban [...]
2008-05-27 03:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1447 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 22:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO145 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1451JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1453TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included an agreement reached between the ruling coalition and the opposition DPJ on civil service reform. 2. "Window for Aid for Burma Open?" The liberal Asahi editorialized (5/28): "Has a window for humanitarian aid to Burma really opened in [...]
2008-05-28 05:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1461JAPAN AGREES WITH U.S. POINTS ON UN JUSTICE SYSTEM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 07:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER PREL UNGA JA
08TOKYO1463 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1471JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1472TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - QUAKE RELIEF IN CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top coverage to a GOJ decision to use SDF aircraft in response to a Chinese request that Japan send relief goods for victims hit by the recent massive earthquake in central China. 2. "SDF Should Join Relief Efforts" On a Chinese request for Ja [...]
2008-05-29 01:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1474 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1479JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1481TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to the GOJ decision on Thursday to forgo its planned dispatch of ASDF aircraft to China to help provide relief supplies to victims hit by the major earthquake. 2. "Dispatch of SDF Aircraft Put Off" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorializ [...]
2008-05-30 02:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1491 JAPAN'S FAO JUNE WORLD FOOD SECURITY CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that Prime Minister Fukuda will lead the Government of Japan's delegation to the FAO meeting in June. The PM will be accompanied by Minister of Agriculture Wakabayashi. End Summary. 2. (U) Media reports say that the speech Prime Mini [...]
2008-05-30 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD JA
08TOKYO1492 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1495INVESTOR REVOLT SHOCKS CORPORATE JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The May 29 ousting of the directors of a mid-sized Japanese company by a group of investors led by controversial U.S. fund Steel Partners set a new precedent for shareholder activism in Japan. Unlike Steel Partners' previous moves, this latest has drawn only muted GOJ reactio [...]
2008-05-30 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO1497JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1498TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the rise in gasoline prices on Sunday following a price hike by Japan's major oil wholesalers. 2. "Japan, China Should Increase Trust Through Support" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/1): "...Japan decided to forgo its planned dispat [...]
2008-06-02 02:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1504 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1510REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBERS 800, 801 AND - 802
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 22:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO1513JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1515TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FAO CONFERENCE ON WORLD
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a GOJ idea to convene an extraordinary Diet session in late August to ensure passage of a series of contentious bills, including one designed to extend the MSDF refueling mission in the Indian Ocean beyond January 2009. 2. "Link Food Co [...]
2008-06-03 07:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1516 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1519JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO152JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1520TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FAO CONFERENCE ON WORLD
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included the opening of the FAO conference on food security, as well as an alleged test-launch of a prototype SLBM by China in the Yellow Sea in late May. 2. "Both Short- and Long-Term Approaches Needed to Resolve Food Crisis" The business [...]
2008-06-04 05:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1526 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1531TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers led with Wednesday's ruling by Japan's Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional a legal clause stipulating that Japanese nationality is limited to children born to 'married' Japanese parents. 2. "Hope for Democratization through Olympics Evaporates [...]
2008-06-05 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1532JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1538 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1543JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1544TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FAO CONFERENCE ON WORLD
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a potential scandal at the Ministry of Finance, which disclosed on Thursday that 383 ministry officials have admitted to receiving inducements, including cash, from taxi drivers to use their companies' services exclusively for trips reimburs [...]
2008-06-06 04:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1551 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1553OECD AND CLIMATE CHANGE NONPAPER DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV OECD KGHG JA
08TOKYO1558JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO156TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL EFFECTS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items in Tuesday morning papers included the plunge in Tokyo share prices during Monday's trading. 2. "U.S. Pump-Priming Measures Not Enough to Break Vicious Circle" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (1/22): "The U.S. economic slowdown has become more pronounced, and th [...]
2008-01-22 02:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1562TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATUS OF FORCES
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers on Monday morning because of a press holiday. Coverage of Sunday's random stabbings of pedestrians in Tokyo's Akihabara district dominated Monday morning TV news shows. 2. "Negotiations Stalled over SOFA with Iraq" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun wrote from Cair [...]
2008-06-09 03:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1573 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 22:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1574JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 06:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1575TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EU-U.S. SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included Tuesday's press conference by Prime Minister Fukuda, in which he unveiled a "vision" regarding Japan's efforts to combat global warming. 2. "Europeans Distancing Themselves from U.S." The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Lju [...]
2008-06-10 06:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1583 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1588JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1590TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-EU SUMMIT AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories this morning included the Japanese Supreme Court order issued on Tuesday to a convicted former gangster to repay to the plaintiffs not only the extortionate interest rate he charged but also the principal of the loans. 2. "U.S., EU Split over Global Warming" The bu [...]
2008-06-11 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1592PROGRESS MADE DURING FIVE PARTY ENERGY MINISTERIAL
[...] Summary. Representatives from the U.S., Japan, China, India, Korea and the International Energy Agency (IEA) gathered for the five-party energy ministerial in Aomori, Japan June 7. Participants agreed recent volatility in global energy markets and skyrocketing oil prices are largely due to [...]
2008-06-11 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG AADP OVIP JA
08TOKYO1595 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1597JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SEEKING VIEWS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 08:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ARF EAID ASEAN JA
08TOKYO1600JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1602TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the passage on Wednesday in the opposition- controlled Upper House of a nonbinding censure motion against Prime Minister Fukuda. 2. "Hasty Delisting Dangerous" The conservative Sankei editorialized (5/12): "...North Korea issued a [...]
2008-06-12 04:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1609 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO161 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1613JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1618TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHAN DONOR CONFERENCE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to the Supreme Court ruling on Thursday dismissing a suit filed by a women's rights group that had demanded NHK and two TV production companies pay compensation for "altering" the content of a documentary on Japan's wartime sexual slavery. [...]
2008-06-13 04:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1620 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1622DIET PASSES LAW TO AID VICTIMS OF AUM SHINRIKYO
[...] The Diet passed a law on June 11 to provide financial compensation from the government to approximately 4,000 victims of crimes committed by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in the 1990's. The law stipulates that the government has the right to seek financial compensation from Aum's successor organizat [...]
2008-06-13 09:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KJUS JA
08TOKYO1628JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1629TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 FINANCIAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers led with the aftermath of Saturday's major earthquake in northern Japan. 2. "Statements Alone Cannot Stop Inflation" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/16): "In a joint statement, G8 finance ministers pledged to take a concerted line in order to s [...]
2008-06-16 01:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO163JAPAN MARKET VIEW: WORST TWO DAY DROP IN 17 YEARS
[...] (U) In its worst two-day drop in 17 years, Japan,s benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average dropped 5.6 percent on Tuesday, January 22. The broader Topix index fell 5.7 percent, as Japanese markets mirrored Asian markets, downward trajectory. The Nikkei,s 9.3 percent fall over the last two days [...]
2008-01-22 09:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO1638 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1643JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1649TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included the aftermath of the major earthquake that hit northern Japan on Saturday. 2. "Taiwan Should Act Responsibly" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/17): "A protest ship carrying Taiwanese activists claiming territorial rights on Monday [...]
2008-06-17 05:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1653 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO166JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1667JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1670TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FRANCE'S RETURN TO NATO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers led with Prime Minister Fukuda's remarks to foreign press on Tuesday hinting at a hike in the consumption tax. 2. "France Calling for NATO Renewal" On French President Sarkozy's release on Tuesday of the nation's new security strategy, a correspon [...]
2008-06-18 02:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1679 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1683JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1688TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers led with a formal agreement between Japan and China for the former to finance two natural gas field development projects in the East China Sea currently being unilaterally undertaken by China. 2. "Realistic Compromise Made" On the accord between B [...]
2008-06-19 03:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1694 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1699JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO170TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL EFFECTS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All papers gave top play to the Fed's decision on Tuesday to lower its key interest rate by 0.75 percentage points. 2. "U.S. Stimulus Measures Key to Relieving Market" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (1/23): "Stock prices are dropping worldwide due to the subprime loan cri [...]
2008-01-23 05:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1700TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a GOJ advisory panel decision on Thursday to launch around July 5 the "dubbing 10 system" that would increase the number of legal copies that can be made by viewers of digital TV programs to ten from the current one. 2. "We Are Unconvinc [...]
2008-06-20 02:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1707 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1716TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRISH REJECTION OF EU
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Monday morning included the international conference on oil in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during which the host nation reiterated its earlier pledge to increase oil production by 200,000 barrels a day starting in July. 2. "No Clear Course in Sight for EU Treaty" [...]
2008-06-23 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1717JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-23 04:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1719 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-23 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO172 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1725METI STUDY GROUP EXAMINES ROLE OF INVESTMENT FUNDS
[...] SUMMARY: A Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) study group June 16 released a report that describes the role of private investment funds in Japan's financial markets. The report notes investment funds can promote economic growth and contribute to stronger corporate performance by [...]
2008-06-24 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON OECD PGOV JA
08TOKYO1726JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-24 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1727TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: Several Tuesday morning papers gave front-page coverage to the finding that North Korea will submit a nuclear declaration on June 26. 2. "Fukuda Needs to Hold Talks with U.S. President" On the apparent accelerated move by the Bush administration to remove North Korea from the [...]
2008-06-24 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1735JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1736REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 796
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 02:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO1738TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items in Wednesday morning papers included the first-ever port call by a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship in China on Tuesday. 2. "Efforts to Resolve Abduction Issue to Continue" The liberal Asahi editorialized (6/25): "...We should not forget that delist [...]
2008-06-25 02:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1746 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1753JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1754TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ZIMBABWE AND NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Thursday morning included the announcement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura on Wednesday that more than 1,400 civil servants received cash, beer coupons, and other forms of inducements from taxi drivers when being driven home late at night on taxpayer money and t [...]
2008-06-26 03:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1763 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO177JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE DEMARCHE ON
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. Department of Treasury domestic designation of four individuals and one entity for executing, directing, and supporting violent attacks against Iraqi citizens, Iraqi government officials, and Coalition Forces to Mini [...]
2008-01-23 09:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN JA
08TOKYO1771TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tokyo papers gave top play on Friday morning to President Bush's notification to Congress on Thursday of his intent to delist North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism following Pyongyang's submission to China of a declaration of its nuclear programs. 2. "Declaration Sh [...]
2008-06-27 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1772 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1774JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1783JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 06:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1790TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included a plan among Japan, China, and South Korea to hold a joint medical response drill in October aimed at dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. 2. "U.S., China Enhance Security Coordination" A correspondent for the top-circulation, mode [...]
2008-06-30 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1791 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1795JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1798TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Mainichi gave top play to the finding that a GSDF staffer last February lost a USB memory device containing a unit deployment chart for a U.S.-Japan defense exercise. 2. "Secretary Rice Calls for Closer Coordination for DPRK Denuclearization" The liberal Main [...]
2008-07-01 03:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO180JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1802 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1808JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1813TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ZIMBABWE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included a report saying that a "base year" for setting a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target will not be specified in the chairman's summary or other statements to be issued at the upcoming G8 summit. 2. "U.S. Looking into UNSC Resolutio [...]
2008-07-02 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1815DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 05:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO JA IN RS
08TOKYO1821 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 22:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1824 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08
[...] Japan and the United States last held a meeting of their leaders when Fukuda visited the United States last November. This is the second time for Fukuda and Bush to meet. Wilder indicated that Japan and the United States would confirm cooperation within the framework of the six-party talks i [...]
2008-07-03 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1825TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EU UNIFICATION
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included an Asahi interview with Russian President Medvedev, during which he reportedly expressed his determination to settle Russia's territorial dispute with Japan. 2. "France Should Set Course for EU Unity" The liberal Mainichi editorialized [...]
2008-07-03 02:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1828 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-03 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO183TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL EFFECTS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the finding that GM remained the world's largest auto manufacturer, edging Toyota in global sales. 2. "Dark Clouds Hanging over U.S. Economy" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/24): "If the fall in housing prices in the U.S. comes to a [...]
2008-01-24 04:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1844JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 03:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1845TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top play to Sunday's summit between President Bush and Prime Minister Fukuda ahead of the G8 summit. 2. "Sunset of U.S.-Japan Relations under Bush Presidency" The liberal Asahi editorialized (7/7): "U.S.-Japan relations under the Bush administrat [...]
2008-07-07 03:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1859 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1864JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1865TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 SUMMIT AND ZIMBABWE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top play to the start of the G8 summit on Monday in Toyako, Hokkaido, during which African leaders urged the G8 nations to take action on soaring oil and food prices. 2. "G8 Summit Should Serve as Starting Point for African Self-Reliance" The l [...]
2008-07-08 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1878 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1882JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-09 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1885TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave prominent top coverage to Tuesday's adoption of a G8 summit declaration calling for a 50-percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. 2. "Unimpressive G8 Accord on Emissions Cut" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (7/8): "... [...]
2008-07-09 04:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1887 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-09 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1888JAPAN UNDECIDED ABOUT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-09 08:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM JA
08TOKYO189 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1895JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO19 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-03 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1901TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to Prime Minister Fukuda's press conference at the close of the G8 summit on Wednesday. 2. "Numerical Target Disappeared Overnight" The liberal Asahi editorialized (7/10): "...Unfortunately, major emitters failed to set a goal that in [...]
2008-07-10 04:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1909 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 22:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1914REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 803
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO1915JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1927TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories this morning included the resumed six-party head-of-delegation meeting in Beijing on Thursday, as well as Toyota's plan to temporarily halt auto production at three plants in the U.S. 2. "Do Not Compromise on Verification Regime" The top- circulation, moderate Yomi [...]
2008-07-11 03:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO193JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1934 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1942JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1946TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-ROK RELATIONS AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers front-paged the GOJ release of a middle school textbook manual that effectively describes two ROK-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan as Japanese territory. 2. "Calmness Needed to Deal with Territorial Dispute" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (7 [...]
2008-07-15 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1952 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1963JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1966TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FANNIE MAE/FREDDIE MAC
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included a downward revision of the economic outlook in Japan by the Bank of Japan, which predicted that this fiscal year's real growth rate will be 1.2 percent, 0.3 point lower than the previous estimate in March. 2. "U.S. Forced to Resort to [...]
2008-07-16 02:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1971 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1978JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1980DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS
[...] Emboffs delivered points in ref to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Special Assistant Toshio Kaneko. Kaneko said his office will handle the interagency coordination and provide a response to Washington before the upcoming Board of Governors' election. 2. Additionally, [...]
2008-07-17 02:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC
08TOKYO1984TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FINANCIAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning include a "busjacking" by a 14-year-old boy. 2. "Temporary Fix Not Enough" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (7/17): "Will the financial instability in the U.S. be alleviated? Secretary of the Treasury Paulson announced emergency measures [...]
2008-07-17 04:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1987ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS, JORDANIANS MOVING FORWARD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Japan, Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians made further progress on Tokyo's "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity" (CPP) initiative at a ministerial meeting in Tokyo July 2. For the first time the parties were able to agree on the text of a joint press statement which indicated the [...]
2008-07-17 07:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWBG KPAL IS JO JA
08TOKYO1988 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1989DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 09:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC JA
08TOKYO1991JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 02:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO20TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers led with reports saying that crude oil prices soared to $100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time. 2. "Signs of Decline in U.S. Power and Prestige as Superpower Seen" The moderate-conservative Yomiuri editorialized (1/4): "A sense of insecurity i [...]
2008-01-04 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2000 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2006JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2008TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA-TIBET TALKS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Tuesday morning included the explosions on two public buses in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, on Monday that killed at least two people and wounded 14 others. 2. "Meaningful Results Produced at China-Tibet Talks?" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (7/22) [...]
2008-07-22 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2018 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2021JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 06:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2022TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ARREST OF KARADZIC
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included a GOJ estimate that the combined fiscal deficit of national and local governments will amount to 3.9 trillion yen in fiscal 2011. 2. "Arrest of Karadzic Should Help Stabilize Balkans" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (7/23): "Fo [...]
2008-07-23 06:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2030 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 22:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2036JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 01:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2037JAPAN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PARM KNNP IR JA
08TOKYO2038TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND U.S.-
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to the strong earthquake that hit the Tohoku area just after midnight. 2. "First Priority Must Be Given to Strict Verification of Nuclear Declaration" On the informal six-party foreign ministerial held in Singapore on Wednesday, the b [...]
2008-07-24 02:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2045 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 22:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2047JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 03:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2050TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY FOREIGN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Friday morning included the arrest of a defense "insider" on suspicion of tax evasion. 2. "U.S. Should Consider Canceling Delisting" The conservative Sankei editorialized (7/25): "What is common both on the nuclear and abduction fronts is that North Kore [...]
2008-07-25 04:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2054 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-26 11:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2058JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO206 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 09:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2061TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SUDAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Monday morning included the ongoing WTO Doha Round trade liberalization talks. 2. "International Pressure Needed to Stop Genocide" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (7/28): "The International Criminal Court sought an arrest warrant for Sudanese Presi [...]
2008-07-28 02:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2065 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2067JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-29 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2069TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TURKEY AND CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave front- page coverage to Monday's flash flood in a river in Kobe that killed four people. 2. "Acts of Terrorism Fan Political Anxiety" The liberal Asahi's correspondent wrote from Ankara (7/29): "...While the motives behind Monday's series of b [...]
2008-07-29 04:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO207TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA AND SRI LANKA
[...] "China to Shift Economic Focus to Domestic Demand" The conservative Sankei editorialized (1/27): "According to Chinese statistics, the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) for 2007 increased by 11.4 percent from the previous year. Although Beijing has posted double-digit growth for five conse [...]
2008-01-28 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2071 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-29 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2075 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2077TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO DOHA ROUND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning Japanese national dailies led with the ruptured WTO Doha Round trade liberalization talks in Geneva. 2. "WTO Led by U.S. and Europe Shows Its Limits" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Geneva (7/30): "...The fact that the Doha round failed [...]
2008-07-30 02:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2085 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2089JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2092TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO DOHA ROUND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Thursday morning included speculation that Prime Minister Fukuda will shuffle his cabinet next week. 2. "Don't Let Free Trade Float Away" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (7/31): "...The U.S.'s face-to-face confrontation with China and India, whose [...]
2008-07-31 04:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO21JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-04 03:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2107 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO211PRIVATE-SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] This message contains an action request. 2. ESToff delivered the points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Nuclear Cooperation Division officer Yukari Aosa on January 22. She had no immediate reply to the points on encouraging private-sector partnerships in t [...]
2008-01-28 06:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA JA
08TOKYO2112JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2114TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-ROK TERRITORIAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers led with Prime Minister Fukuda's decision to shuffle his cabinet today. 2. "U.S Should Provide Convincing Explanation" On the USG decision to reinstate an earlier description of the Liancourt Rocks in the Sea of Japan as South Korean territory, the l [...]
2008-08-01 02:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2120 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2123JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2124TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFTERMATH OF KARADZIC'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Monday morning included a Nikkei poll showing a 12 point increase from June to 38 percent support for the new Fukuda cabinet following the cabinet shuffle on Friday. 2. "Karadzic Trial Significant" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (8/4): "The proc [...]
2008-08-04 02:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2128REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 803
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 07:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO2129 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2135JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 01:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2136TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA - ATTACK IN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Xinhua report saying that Chinese security police received intelligence that the East Turkistan Islamic Movement was planning terrorist attacks in the week before the Olympics ahead of the attack in Kashgar on Monday. 2. "Concern abo [...]
2008-08-05 02:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO214JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2144 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2149JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-06 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO215 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2154TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TERRORIST ATTACK IN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning Japanese newspapers gave prominent front-page coverage to a series of sudden thunderstorms that hit Tokyo on Tuesday. 2. "Concerns Remain About Beijing Olympics" The liberal Mainichi's editorial argued (8/6): "...It should be noted that the terrorist at [...]
2008-08-06 04:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2159 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-06 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2163JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2164TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA OLYMPICS AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers front-paged the likelihood that Japan has entered a recession. 2. "Make Olympics Step Toward Open China" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (8/7): "During the Olympic Games, Beijing will be the center of information distribution, with journalists a [...]
2008-08-07 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2174GOJ LAUNCHES NEW SUPPORTS FOR FISHERMEN IN FACE OF
[...] SUMMARY: Responding to fishermen's anger over higher fuel costs, the GOJ plans to introduce a USD 696 million emergency fisheries subsidies package starting August 2008 utilizing funds from the current Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) budget. A series of demonstrations and lobbying activities, [...]
2008-08-07 07:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS ENRG PGOV SENV JA
08TOKYO2176 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2178TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BEIJING OLYMPICS AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers led with the official GOJ acknowledgement of the probability that the Japanese economy is entering a recession. 2. "Festivities Reflect Difficulties Facing Neighbor" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/8): "Its history of having been repeatedly invade [...]
2008-08-08 01:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2179JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2185 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2195TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA/OSSETIA AND U.S.-
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included another terrorist attack on Sunday apparently carried out by Muslim separatists on a local government complex in the city of Kuqa in west central Xinjiang, China. 2. "Prevent Conflict from Getting Out of Control" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun [...]
2008-08-11 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2196JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2201 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2209JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 01:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2214TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included Russian ground troops' advance on Monday into the city of Gori in central Georgia. 2. "No Progress without Verification" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/12): "The USG has decided to postpone delisting North Korea as a state sponsor of [...]
2008-08-12 04:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2215 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 07:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO222JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-29 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2221JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-13 00:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2223TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the decision made on Tuesday by Russian President Medvedev to end Russia's military operations in Georgia. 2. "Russia Should Completely Pull out of Georgia" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/13): "Russian President Medvedev ann [...]
2008-08-13 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2225 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-13 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2229JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-14 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2231TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included a White House statement urging Russia to cease its military operations in Georgia. 2. "Gesture Alone Will Not Be Accepted" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/14): "The governments of Japan and the DPRK reached an agreement to reinv [...]
2008-08-14 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2242 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-14 22:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2244JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-15 06:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2245TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Friday morning included press remarks on Thursday by Secretary of Defense Gates, during which he reportedly urged Russia to abide by its commitment to cease all military activities in Georgia. 2. "Implementation of Ceasefire Agreement Indispensable" The bu [...]
2008-08-15 06:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2259 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-17 22:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2264JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 00:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2266TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SERBIA-AFTERMATH OF
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Monday morning included a meeting on Sunday between Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo in Beijing. 2. "Truth Should Be Disclosed for Ethnic Reconciliation" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/18): "Proceedings [...]
2008-08-18 04:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO227TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF UNION ADDRESS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Five of six national dailies gave top play to the ruling coalition's move to submit to the Diet stopgap legislation aimed at maintaining the gasoline tax at the current level beyond April. 2. "Bush Keen to Set Path toward Addressing Global Warming" Public broadcaster NHK's Was [...]
2008-01-29 07:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2272HANEDA AIRPORT INTERNATIONALIZATION HEATS UP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has concluded its first agreements, with Malaysia and Korea, for international flights into Tokyo's Haneda Airport from 2010. The agreement with Korea marks the first time the GOJ has allocated daytime slots at Haneda Airport for scheduled international flights under Japa [...]
2008-08-18 07:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV PGOV JA
08TOKYO2273 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 07:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2277JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-19 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2278TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top play to Pakistani President Musharraf's announcement of his resignation on Monday. 2. "Democratization Should Lead to Stabilization" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/19): "...Musharraf's decision to head off political turmoil by resigning [...]
2008-08-19 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2285 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-19 07:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2288JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO229 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-29 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2290TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included a NATO foreign ministerial on Tuesday, during which members expressed concern about Russia's continued military operations in Georgia. 2. "First Step Toward Democracy" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/20): "Pakistani Pres [...]
2008-08-20 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2293 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 07:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2301JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2302TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included the death of former Chinese Communist Party leader Hua Guofeng on Wednesday in Beijing. 2. "Russia's Continued Military Presence Should Not Be Allowed" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/21): "Does the Russian military really in [...]
2008-08-21 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2304RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT
[...] Ministry of Defense officials confirmed the details of the Nippon Avionics contract with us August 14. They said the items are for repairs and upgrades to equipment belonging to the Japanese Third Depot Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF). 2. Details of the two contracts covered by this licens [...]
2008-08-21 06:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JA
08TOKYO2307 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2308JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 00:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2310TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GEORGIA-RUSSIA CRISIS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave prominent top play to the Japanese team's gold medal in women's softball in the Beijing Olympics. 2. "Russia's Continued Stationing of Troops Unacceptable" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/22): "Russia's announcement that it will continu [...]
2008-08-22 04:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2316 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 07:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2323JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2326TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CLOSING OF BEIJING
[...] LEAD STORIES: Sunday's closing of the Beijing Olympics dominated front-pages of most Japanese dailies on Monday. 2. "After Olympics Come Challenges" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/25): "China's gold-medal-first principle of the state taking the lead in athlete train [...]
2008-08-25 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2330 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 07:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2332JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2337TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GEORGIA-RUSSIA CRISIS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included a consensus forged among ruling coalition officials that the extraordinary Diet session will convene on September 12 and run through November 20. 2. "U.S.-Russia Summit Needed" The liberal Mainichi argued (8/26): "Rather than leaving his s [...]
2008-08-26 06:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2339 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 07:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2342JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2344TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: North Korea's announcement that it has halted nuclear disablement, as well as Russia's recognition of two rebellious regions of Georgia as independent states, received front-page coverage on Wednesday. 2. "Brinkmanship Cannot Be Accepted" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/27 [...]
2008-08-27 02:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2351 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 07:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2357JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2358TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Thursday morning included the discovery of the body of a Japanese aid worker who was kidnapped earlier in Afghanistan by an armed group, as well as a secret accord forged among U.S., European, and Japanese monetary authorities in March concerning the defense of th [...]
2008-08-28 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO236JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-30 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2369JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2371TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the formation of a new political party by five parliamentarians. 2. "Do Not Make Concessions on Verification" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/29): "A closer look at North Korea's statement (on its halt to nuclear disablement) [...]
2008-08-29 04:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2378 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2380JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 03:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2381TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FUKUDA RESIGNATION
[...] LEAD STORIES: Prime Minister Fukuda's sudden resignation dominated Japanese newspaper coverage on Monday morning. 2. "Irresponsible Surrender of Premiership" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (9/2): "It is quite unusual that two Japanese prime ministers in a row, each of whom was in offic [...]
2008-09-02 03:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2392 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2405JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2407REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 805
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 05:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO2412TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND
[...] LEAD STORIES: All papers gave top play to moves within the LDP to select a party leader to replace Prime Minister Fukuda. 2. "National Reconciliation Needed to Restore Public Order" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (9/3): "Thai Prime Minister Samak declared a state of emergency i [...]
2008-09-03 07:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2415 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2418JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO242TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF UNION ADDRESS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the ruling coalition's submission to the Lower House of a bill to extend by two months the provisional gasoline tax. 2. "How to Deal with Remaining Fissures" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/30): "...There were no sincere words [...]
2008-01-30 05:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2422TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA-GEORGIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers front-paged moves on Wednesday within the ruling LDP to find and field candidates to challenge Secretary General Aso, who is seen as the frontrunner in the party presidential race scheduled for September 22. 2. "Russia Should Respond to Mediation by [...]
2008-09-04 04:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2428 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2430TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND
[...] LEAD STORIES: All papers gave top play on Friday morning to the growing likelihood that four candidates will run in the LDP presidential election on September 22. 2. "Turmoil in Thailand a Loss for All of Asia" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/5): "The political situation in Thailand re [...]
2008-09-05 02:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2431JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 03:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2441UPDATE ON OCTOBER 22-24 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) officials met with EMIN September 4 to review planning for the October 22-24 Ministerial Conference on Global Energy and Environment in Transportation (MEET) in Tokyo and push for senior USG (DOT or EPA) partici [...]
2008-09-05 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECON PREL ELTN EWWT EAIR
08TOKYO2442 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO245GLOBAL INITIATIVE WORKSHOP DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-30 08:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PTER PREL JA
08TOKYO2451JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2452TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers led with the disclosure by Treasury Secretary Paulson that the USG will use public funds to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 2. "Can Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime Be Maintained?" On the Nuclear Suppliers Group's (NSG) decision to endorse the U.S [...]
2008-09-08 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2456JAPAN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 07:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR JA
08TOKYO2457 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO246JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period September 27, 2007 to January 30, 2008. --------------------------------------------- ------ MHLW: No action in response to 100th Indonesian AI death ------------------------------------------ [...]
2008-01-30 09:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA
08TOKYO2460JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2462New Controls on Non-Listed Military End-Use Items
[...] In response to Post inquiries about press reports concerning possible expansion in Japan's Export Control laws, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa presented the following nonpaper in English to EconOff on September 8. Begin Text: Bac [...]
2008-09-09 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO2463TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - USG BAILOUT OF FANNIE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Tuesday morning included DPJ President Ozawa's effective election on Monday to a third term as head of the leading opposition party, as no one filed to run against him, as well as the official announcements on Monday by two candidates for the presidency of the [...]
2008-09-09 04:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO247 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/08
[...] Submit an independent, lawmaker-sponsored bill on matters pertaining to national and local tax revenues for road projects. 2. The legislative branch will finish thoroughly discussing the fiscal 2008 budget bill, the government-sponsored tax bills, and the lawmaker-sponsored bill at the same ti [...]
2008-01-30 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2474 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2476JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-10 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2480TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included U.S. media repots on the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. 2. "Creating New Solidarity" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/10): "...Where has the worldwide solidarity created in the wake of 9/11 gone? The Bush administra [...]
2008-09-10 03:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2495 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-10 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2499JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO250JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-31 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2500TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HEALTH OF DPRK LEADER
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the official kickoff yesterday of the LDP presidential election, with most saying that party Secretary General Aso appears to have support from almost half of the party's Diet members. 2. "What Is Going on in No [...]
2008-09-11 05:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2505 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2507JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2514TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the finding on Thursday that some of the pesticide- tainted rice from China that was intended for industrial use has been served at 119 hospitals and nursing homes in Japan. 2. "Preparations Needed for All Possible Contingencies" The con [...]
2008-09-12 06:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2523 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/16/08-1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2531 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2532TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Tuesday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters gave top play to the announcement on Monday by Lehman Brothers that it has filed for bankruptcy protection. 2. "Avoiding Worst-Case Scenario for Global Economy" The liberal Asahi editorializ [...]
2008-09-16 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2538JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2539TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - LEHMAN COLLAPSE
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave prominent front-page play to the aftermath of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, including the worldwide stock plunge during Tuesday's trading. 2. "Paying the Price for Hesitation to Use Public Funds" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri edito [...]
2008-09-17 02:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO255 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/08
[...] In examining a total budget bill and an annual revenue bill, in-depth discussion, including holding public hearings and question-and-answer sessions involving unsworn witnesses, should be held, and both sides should reach a certain degree of conclusion before the end of this fiscal year. 2. R [...]
2008-01-31 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2555 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2563TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Asahi led with the informal agreement between the ruling LDP and its junior partner New Komeito to dissolve the Lower House in early October for a snap election on October 26. 2. "Public Fund Used This Time around" On the USG decision to bail out insurance f [...]
2008-09-18 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2564JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
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08TOKYO2576 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/08
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08TOKYO2580TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the announcements on Thursday by the world's top central banks, including the Bank of Japan, to pump more than $180 billion into short-term money markets in a coordinated effort to ease the global credit crunch. 2. "Eve [...]
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08TOKYO2581JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/08
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08TOKYO2594 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/08
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08TOKYO26 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/08
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