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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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04NEWDELHI5734INDIA RATTLED BY DEVELOPMENTS IN BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh watchers in New Delhi have reacted with concern to recent violence there, citing the August 21 attack on opposition leader Sheikh Hasina as symptomatic of a deterioration in the country's political culture, fueling instability in Bangladesh which contributes directly to [...]
2004-09-10 14:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV BG IN
04NEWDELHI6967GTRI CONFERENCE FINDINGS DELIVERED TO INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-02 03:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PTER KNNP TRGY IN IAEA
04NEWDELHI6976BHUTAN MOVING TOWARDS REPATRIATION OF CATEGORY ONE
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 24 meeting with PRM A/S Dewey, King Jigme Wangchuck of Bhutan agreed that Category 1 refugees from the Khudunabari Camp could be repatriated and that the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) should exchange a letter specifying the [...]
2004-11-02 05:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF IN NP BT UNHCR
04NEWDELHI6980INDO-US CYBERSECURITY FORUM: BIO NOTES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable includes biographic data for Arvind Gupta, Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS),who will lead the GOI delegation to the SIPDIS November 9-10 Cybersecurity Forum in Washington, and his deputy, Commander Mukesh Saini. Unless otherwise speci [...]
2004-11-02 06:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR KCIP TINT PREL PGOV IN US
04NEWDELHI6983INDIA ENCOURAGES DEMOCRACY IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: India underlined its concerns about the lack of democracy in Burma during the recent visit of Rangoon's military leader Than Shwe, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself delivering the message, MEA Joint Secretary (South East Asia - I) Mitra Vashishta told us on SIPDIS November 1. [...]
2004-11-02 08:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR IN BM CN
04NEWDELHI6998JASWANT IN THE WILDERNESS
[...] (C) Summary: In a warm and constructive November 1 discussion with the Ambassador, Parliamentary Opposition Leader Jaswant Singh reaffirmed his commitment to the US-India relationship, remarking that "I have paid a political price for my support of better relations" between New Delhi and Washi [...]
2004-11-02 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PK IZ IN
04NEWDELHI6999INDIA PUSHING NEPALESE ARMY TO BE MORE ACTIVE
[...] (C) The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) should be more proactive in the fight against the Maoists, MEA Joint Secretary (Bhutan/Nepal) Ranjit Rae told Polcouns and Poloff SIPDIS in a November 1 meeting. Describing the recent India-Nepal security cooperation group meeting, Rae reported that the GO [...]
2004-11-02 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN NP
04NEWDELHI7000INDIA SUPPORTS REPATRIATION OF CATEGORY 1
[...] (C) Polcouns and Poloff met on November 1 with MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal/Bhutan) Ranjit Rae to brief on the strategy SIPDIS recently outlined by King Wangchuck to A/S Dewey to repatriate Category 1 refugees from the Khudunabari camp (Reftel). Rae replied that the GOI welcomes this strateg [...]
2004-11-02 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT UNHCR
04NEWDELHI7013NSSP PHASE ONE: REVIEWING ACHIEVEMENTS AND PENDING
[...] (C) Summary: This is the first of two cables reporting on the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group. USG and GOI counterparts met in two positive and productive sessions of the NSSP Implementation Group on October 20-21 to review accomplishments under Phase One and [...]
2004-11-03 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI7026INDO-US CYBERSECURITY FORUM PREPARATORY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14-18, 2004, Department Senior Coordinator for International Critical Infrastructure Protection Policy Michele Markoff and DOD Director of International Information Assurance Programs Tim Bloechl participated in preparatory meetings with the GOI for the November 9-10 [...]
2004-11-04 04:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCIP TINT PREL ECPS KCRM IN US
04NEWDELHI7033KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT BUSH ON
[...] Just hours after a few of the major networks projected President Bush to win reelection, the Bhutanese Ambassador to New Delhi passed to the Embassy the following message from from King Wangchuck of Bhutan to the President. 2. Begin text. Dear Ambassador Mulford, I have the pleasure in [...]
2004-11-04 10:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BT IN
04NEWDELHI7053LOOKING AHEAD TO ASEAN: INDIA ENGAGES EAST ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI has engaged actively with East Asian capitals prior to the November 30 ASEAN Plus One Summit in Laos. India's two-track approach to these states--multilaterally through organizations like ASEAN, and bilaterally--exemplifies New Delhi's strategy of expanding economic and [...]
2004-11-05 05:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL TH VM BM LA KS JA IN ASEAN
04NEWDELHI7061NSSP PHASE TWO: CHARTING THE COURSE
[...] (C) Summary: After reviewing achievements made under Phase One (Ref A),the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group discussed the way forward on Phase Two, including legislation, enforcement, outreach, and training to strengthen export controls; adherence to MCTR and [...]
2004-11-05 09:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI7063DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON JUDGE MERON'S ICTY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-05 10:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM IN UNGA GOI
04NEWDELHI7078TOWARDS AN INDIA-EU STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Following two relatively rocky summits, and the postponement of this year's meeting, New Delhi hopes the November 8 India-EU Summit will yield tangible progress, MEA Director (Europe - I) Dammu Ravi told Poloff on November 2. The GOI priority is to kickoff a new ""strategic partnershi [...]
2004-11-05 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IN FR GM UK NP BT
04NEWDELHI7081DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-05 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IN UNGA
04NEWDELHI7082DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BHUTAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-05 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BT UNGA
04NEWDELHI7083DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BHUTAN ON REPASCH
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-05 12:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KSEP BT
04NEWDELHI7084DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BHUTAN ON JUDGE MERON'S ICTY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-05 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM BT UNGA
04NEWDELHI7085DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON REPASCH RE-ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-05 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KSEP IN UNGA UN
04NEWDELHI7088THE BJP HAS FEW OPTIONS TO RETURN TO POWER
[...] (C) Summary: Since losing the May elections, the BJP leadership has failed to resolve internal disputes between its moderate and Hindutva wings over the reasons for its defeat. The Sangh (family of Hindu groups) is urging the party to return to its Hindutva roots, but the leadership is unwi [...]
2004-11-05 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
04NEWDELHI7090INDIAN ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ
[...] (C) Indian Joint Secretary for the Americas in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar called DCM November 5, to inform the USG about the specifics of Indian assistance to Iraq to help prepare for the upcoming Iraqi elections. Jaishankar said India is offering a 3-part assis [...]
2004-11-05 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV PHUM IZ IN
04NEWDELHI7091INDIAN LEFT NEGATIVE OVER BUSH RE-ELECTION,
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Communist Party leaders have criticized PM Manmohan Singh's warm welcome of President Bush's re-election, calling this "an attempt to please American imperialism." Interestingly, however, party spokesperson D. Raja welcomed the PM's commitment to train Iraqi election offi [...]
2004-11-05 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG IZ IN US GOI
04NEWDELHI7151FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-09 10:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IN UNHCR
04NEWDELHI7152FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON ICTY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-09 10:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM IN UNGA GOI
04NEWDELHI7248INDIA UNDERSTANDS US EXPORT PROHIBITIONS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: As instructed in Ref A, in a separate meeting at the conclusion of the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group on October 21 (Refs B and C),Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Borman, and State Acting Office Director for Regional Affairs, Bureau of Non-P [...]
2004-11-16 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI7249INDIAN COMPANIES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS IN
[...] (U) Summary. Some Indian companies that buy high tech goods are asking potential U.S. exporters to agree to additional requirements regarding U.S. export controls, in some cases limiting the exporters' ability to sell in the Indian market. The buyers require clauses in sales contracts that s [...]
2004-11-16 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ECON ETRD PREL KSTC MASS IN
04NEWDELHI7251INDIA PLEASED ON INDO-PAK TIES, BUT "DOESN'T
[...] (C) Summary: India remains upbeat on relations with Pakistan as the pair look toward Round Two of the Composite Dialogue (CD) beginning in late November and extending through early 2005, but is seeking to dampen expectations for breakthroughs on tough bilateral issues such as Kashmir. The de [...]
2004-11-16 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ENRG IN PK INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7291TERRORIST FINANCING: INDIA'S CABINET OKAYS
[...] (U) India's Cabinet on November 11 gave its approval to establish a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),the last formal hurdle for setting up this long-delayed office. Several years have elapsed as the GOI sorted out the intramural wrangling over the unit's composition and responsibilities. L [...]
2004-11-17 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN PTER KSEP KTFN SNAR PREL IN KWPR GOI
04NEWDELHI7333 VISA DENIALS THREATEN CREDIBILITY OF NSSP, OPEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to India's premier atomic energy establishments by Alain Bugat, Chairman of the French Atomic Energy Commission, suggests that France is willing to engage in discussions with India on nuclear matters to a degree that is inconceivable within the current NSSP framework. [...]
2004-11-18 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC TSPL CVIS FR IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI7380IAEA DG ON INDIA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY NEEDS, IRAN,
[...] (U) Summary: The GOI used a recent visit by IAEA Director General Dr. Mohammed El Baradei to press its case for reform of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) requirements to facilitate India's cooperation with others in the international community in using nuclear power to fill the country's growi [...]
2004-11-19 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ENRG IR IN IAEA GOI NSSP
04NEWDELHI7389THE BJP CONTINUES ITS DOWNWARD SPIRAL
[...] (C) Summary: Former DPM LK Advani has failed to quell the powerful centrifugal forces that threaten to tear apart the BJP and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA),and the party is continuing a downward spiral that threatens to doom its immediate electoral chances. The Sangh Parivar (famil [...]
2004-11-19 12:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL IN
04NEWDELHI7394PRE-SAARC INDIA GOES EASY ON BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Morshed Khan's November 1 stop in New Delhi was officially scheduled to deliver India's invitation to January's SAARC Summit in Dhaka, but also provided an opportunity for bilateral discussions on festering cross-border issues. The GOI resisted the tem [...]
2004-11-19 14:32:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KISL BG IN
04NEWDELHI7395ONE YEAR INTO THE INDO-PAK CEASE-FIRE: OPEN-ENDED
[...] (C) Summary: As India and Pakistan mark the one year anniversary of their Line of Control (LOC) cease-fire in Kashmir, more Indian troop redeployments and other Indo-Pak progress are "only natural" if cross-border terrorism and infiltration by Pakistan remain low, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakista [...]
2004-11-19 14:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG IN PK IR INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7424GOI DOCUMENT: INDO-PAK PROPOSALS WHERE INDIA
[...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...]
2004-11-22 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7425GOI DOCUMENT: RECENT INITIATIVES IN INDO-PAK
[...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...]
2004-11-22 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD IN PK INDO PAK GOI
04NEWDELHI7426INDIA SAYS SAFTA ON CRUISE CONTROL
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI is heading into the January SAARC Summit in Dhaka upbeat about having maintained an ambitious SAFTA (South Asia Free Trade Area) negotiating schedule that aims to have a document ready for member ratification by mid 2005. This optimism has prevailed despite apprehension i [...]
2004-11-22 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD PK BG IN GOI
04NEWDELHI7427GOI DOCUMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-PAKISTAN
[...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...]
2004-11-22 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KNNP MOPS IN PK GOI INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7494INDIA WELCOMES AZIZ, FIRST PAKISTANI PM VISIT IN
[...] (C) Summary: India received Shaukat Aziz warmly and at the highest levels, on the first visit of a Pakistani PM to New Delhi since 1991. The GOI went out of its way to project a welcoming message, because of the importance it places on reconciliation with Islamabad and because it sees Aziz as [...]
2004-11-24 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PK IN INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7497KUMARATUNGA VISIT: SRI LANKA RELATIONSHIP A
[...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka's President Chandrika Kumaratunga's November 3-7 New Delhi visit highlighted that Sri Lanka has become a model neighbor for India. The President's stay included an address to a high-level conference during which she dismissed the notion that "nothing was happening" in he [...]
2004-11-24 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER CE IN
04NEWDELHI7512SENATOR BAYH'S MEETINGS IN NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of senior level GOI meetings on November 23-24 during a private visit to India, Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) heard a strong Indian commitment to move ahead with our bilateral partnership, coupled with concern about the potential disruptive effect of US F-16 sales to [...]
2004-11-29 05:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP KIPR MASS IN PK IR
04NEWDELHI7532THE GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLES THE CABINET TO SHORE UP
[...] (SBU) On November 26 PM Singh announced a mini-cabinet shuffle, the first since the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government took office over six months ago. Looking ahead to state elections early next year Shibu Soren, the controversial chief of the regional Jharkhand Mukti Morcha party [...]
2004-11-29 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ELAB IN
04NEWDELHI7571BJP ASSAILS CONGRESS OVER PAKISTAN F-16 SALES
[...] (U) In its recent national meeting in Ranchi, Jharkhand, the BJP National Executive for the first time attacked the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's foreign policy, assailing in particular the Congress' mismanagement of the Pakistan F-16's issue. In its November 29 "Resolution on Some [...]
2004-11-30 11:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MASS IN PK INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7673INDIAN JOURNALISTS RAVE ABOUT VISIT TO PAKISTANI KASHMIR
[...] (C) Summary: Participants returning from a November 19-December 1 trip by 26 Indian journalists to Pakistan have reported overwhelming popular support in Pakistani Kashmir for opening the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Road. The media representatives were generally surprised by what they saw, and not [...]
2004-12-03 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PK
04NEWDELHI7674GOI UNAPOLOGETIC ON DARFUR NO ACTION VOTE,
[...] (C) SA/INS Director Blake and Polcouns used a December 2 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar to convey our disappointment at the recent GOI vote at the UN in favor of "no action" on the resolution concerning the plight of refugees in Darfur. Polcouns also urged further ef [...]
2004-12-03 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF IN CH UN
04NEWDELHI7675FOR INDIA UN PANEL REPORT IS ONLY A START
[...] (C) Summary: The report of the High-Level Panel on UN Reform represents the beginning of a long-term process in which India has significant stakes, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) BS Prakash told PolCouns on December 3. Downplaying FM Natwar Singh's apparent rejection of a permanent Secur [...]
2004-12-03 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IN UN GOI
04NEWDELHI7701HIGH LEVEL INDIAN REP FOR AFGHANISTAN INAUGURATION
[...] (U) Action request for OVP. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Reflecting significant Indian interests in Afghanistan and GOI support for Karzai's re-election, New Delhi has designated Minister of State in the PMO Prithviraj Chavan to lead the official delegation for the December 7 Afghan inaugurat [...]
2004-12-06 12:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL BEXP EAIR IN AF
04NEWDELHI7703INDO-PAK TRACK II EXCHANGES STRONG, MARRED ONLY BY DISAGREEMENT ON KASHMIR
[...] (C) Summary: As India and Pakistan move into Round II of their Composite Dialogue (CD),people-to-people exchanges continue at an accelerating pace, building goodwill, expanding non-official ties, and keeping up a positive atmosphere for formal talks. The recent visit by Pakistani Punjab Chi [...]
2004-12-06 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN PK INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7709THE BJP: NO PLANS TO ADDRESS LONG-TERM PROBLEMS
[...] (C) Summary: The BJP is not taking advantage of the Winter session of Parliament (December 1-23) to demonstrate its effectiveness as India's leading opposition party. Our conversations with senior BJP leaders in recent weeks indicate that the party is not addressing its internal problems an [...]
2004-12-07 06:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR PTER IN
04NEWDELHI7733PUTIN VISIT: FROM RUSSIA WITH TOUGH LOVE
[...] (C) Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin's December 3-5 visit to India did little to broaden their ties beyond defense, despite efforts by both sides to infuse the relationship with new momentum. Both leaders pressed their issues with Russia extracting a promise from India to sign a defe [...]
2004-12-07 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP MASS IN
04NEWDELHI7735DIXIT REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO INDO-PAK RAPPROCHEMENT; CAUTIOUS ON IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting December 7 with the Ambassador, Indian NSA Dixit offered a guardedly optimistic assessment of the Indo-Pak peace process, reaffirming the PM's commitment to ""innovative solutions"" but also cautioning that there will be no territorial concessions by India. ""Short of that [...]
2004-12-08 07:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK IZ INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7750SHYAM SARAN "SPEAKS FROM THE HEART" ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: Speaking informally at a just-concluded track-II conference on Nepal, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran argued that New Delhi and Kathmandu must work more closely together to defeat the Maoists, that Nepalese mistrust of India is misplaced, and that economic development could help N [...]
2004-12-08 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP
04NEWDELHI7754INDIA REQUESTS PATRIOT PAC-2 CLASSIFIED BRIEFING
[...] (C) Following up discussion at the recent US-India Strategic Stability Dialogue (reftel),the GOI has conveyed a December 8 letter (full text para 2) from Foreign Secretary Saran to Undersecretary Grossman formally requesting a classified briefing on the Patriot PAC-2 missile system. The deci [...]
2004-12-08 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN
04NEWDELHI7755PROPOSED BUS SERVICE STALLED BY DOCUMENT DISPUTE; RAIL LINK MOVING SLOWLY
[...] (C) Summary: The December 7-8 talks in New Delhi on beginning a bus service between the two parts of Kashmir made no progress after the governments failed to break the impasse over documentation and modalities for crossing the LOC. Each side offered what they termed compromise solutions, but [...]
2004-12-08 13:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECPS IN PK INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7853INDIA TAKES STEP TOWARDS JOINING CSI
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. In a welcome surprise, the GOI passed us a December 8 letter from Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran indicating movement towards joining the Container Security Initiative. MEA Joint Secretary Jaishankar (United States and Canada) told the DCM SI [...]
2004-12-14 01:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC IN GOI
04NEWDELHI7966INDO-ISRAEL RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's December 5-10 visit to India was "extremely positive" and provided an opportunity to expand the bilateral relationship beyond defense, Israel Embassy DCM Yoed Magen told A/PolCouns and Poloff on December 16. The visit, the first high-leve [...]
2004-12-17 10:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TSPA PTER ECON IN IS
04NEWDELHI8192MEA STATEMENTS AND BRIEFINGS: MALAYSIA, SLOVAKIA,
[...] Summary: This is another of our periodic messages summarizing public statements by MEA Spokesman Navtej Sarna and other MEA officials. Here we report Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi's and Slovak President Gasparovic's visits to India, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's trip to South Korea and [...]
2004-12-28 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP TSPA MY LO KS PK BG BM CE NP IN GOI
04NEWDELHI8261INDIA UNCERTAIN ABOUT ITS NICHE IN IRAQI ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar reiterated GOI desire to assist in Iraq's elections, but expressed uncertainty about India's role in light of their own political constraints in a meeting with PolCouns and Pol-MilOff on December 29. Regarding the proposed role of th [...]
2004-12-30 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID IZ IN
04NEWDELHI8263SARAN: UN MUST REFLECT CONCERNS OF DEVELOPING
[...] (U) In what was billed by the MEA as an important policy speech, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran set forth India's "preliminary" views of the High Level Panel Report on UN Reform in a December 30 address. Prior to Saran's speech, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) BS Prakash advised us to pay [...]
2004-12-30 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KDEM IN UNSC UNGA
04NEWDELHI8264BHUTAN HAPPY TO JOIN CT CONVENTIONS, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-30 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC BT
04NEWDELHI8266GOI PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGES PROGRESS ON NSSP,
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Natwar Singh publicly acknowledged during a December 22 Parliamentary debate with former FM Yashwant Sinha that India had agreed to non-diversion and end-use verification of US high technology imports, even when they come from a third country. This is a clear si [...]
2004-12-30 12:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL PGOV IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI8267UPDATE: INDIAN FOREIGN TSUNAMI RELIEF
[...] (U) Reflecting the very positive Indian reaction to the US initiative to create a Core Group for tsunami relief, and New Delhi's resolve to do even more to assist India's neighbors, on December 30 the MEA provided us with a further update on GOI support for Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Indone [...]
2004-12-30 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL AEMR EAID MASS SOCI ID CE MV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI103INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP: JANUARY 5
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consular officers in India, through nightly call-backs in response to tsunami-related missing persons inquires, have closed more than 350 cases in the last 48 hours and expect to bring the number below 200 by January 6. Following the Ambassador's January 4 press conference, r [...]
2005-01-05 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV
05NEWDELHI1073""NATWAR'S MAN"" SK LAMBAH: INDIA'S LIKELY NEW SPECIAL ENVOY TO ISLAMABAD
[...] (C) Summary: The expected appointment of retired career diplomat Satinder Kumar Lambah as Special Envoy to Pakistan would maintain the web of engagement between New Delhi and Islamabad, but at a quieter pitch, a decidedly lower political level, and with firmer MEA guidance than was the case w [...]
2005-02-10 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1074INDIA EXPRESSES QUALIFIED SUPPORT FOR A TSUNAMI
[...] Mission presented reftel points on the formation of a tsunami coordination group to the MEA which, on February 10, SIPDIS responded with a non-paper (the text of which is in paragraph two) in support of such a group, provided its approach is multilateral, and focused on organizing a donor c [...]
2005-02-10 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID EFIN CE IN
05NEWDELHI1075INDIA: SAARC DECISION SENT A MESSAGE TO DHAKA
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI remains unapologetic about the last minute cancellation of the SAARC Summit and the resulting unhappiness in Dhaka. In this context, on February 9, the MEA urged PolCouns not to underestimate the extent to which developments in Bangladesh influenced India's decision not to atte [...]
2005-02-10 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECIN ENRG BG IN
05NEWDELHI1076GOI SAYS RECOVERED URANIUM IS DEPLETED, NOT HIGHLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 5, the "Times of India" ran a hysterical story that metal plates recovered from two "small-time drug peddlers" on December 8, 2004 were analyzed and found to be weapons-grade highly enriched uranium. Subsequent reporting, including a press release from India's Atomi [...]
2005-02-10 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP PGOV PREL TRGY IN
05NEWDELHI1113NATWAR SINGH TO RESTART INDO-PAK DIALOGUE IN ISLAMABAD
[...] (C) Summary: FM Natwar Singh's February 15-17 trip to Islamabad will be an opportunity for the two governments to re-engage at a high level after a hiatus of nearly two months, during which the most important bilateral stories -- Islamabad's request for World Bank assistance to resolve the Ba [...]
2005-02-11 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1114SARAN URGES CONTINUED PRESSURE ON NEPAL, WILL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: As instructed reftels, the Ambassador advised Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on February 11 of the USG position on assistance to Nepal and our intention to withdraw our Ambassador as early as February 14. Arguing that the RNA had [...]
2005-02-11 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI1136ISRO CHAIRMAN: HELP US MAINTAIN MOMENTUM IN SPACE
[...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador and staff aide, Dr. Madhavan Nair, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman was generally upbeat about the NSSP framework of growing US-India cooperation on space technology but was visibly frustrated at what he perceives are several [...]
2005-02-14 10:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC TSPA CVIS TSPL FR TH IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1141LOOKING AT DPRK, GOI COMPLAINS OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY RE AQ KHAN
[...] (C) For the Indian government, North Korea's explicit reaffirmation of its nuclear status has revived concern about the nexus with Pakistan. MEA Director of Disarmament and International Security Affairs Venu Rajamony complained to PolCouns on February 9 that neither Pakistan nor the U.S. ha [...]
2005-02-14 11:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL IN PK KN
05NEWDELHI1175AIYAR DEFENDS IRAN-INDIA OIL AND GAS RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said that India's national security compelled it to look towards Iran for natural gas. He pointed out that India is competing in Iran with many others, including some of th [...]
2005-02-15 09:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON ETTC IR IN
05NEWDELHI1189RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST IN STATE 26019
[...] (C) The Ambassador conveyed reftel reassurance regarding the US intention not to fill the India military supply gap ("under current circumstances") to Foreign Secretary Saran. The Foreign Secretary was grateful for this clarification, and shared that India would withdraw its Ambassador from K [...]
2005-02-15 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS NP IN
05NEWDELHI1190NEPALESE POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN DELHI
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Sharing perspectives on Nepal developments with Polcouns and Poloffs on February 15, International Crisis Group (ICG) analyst Suman Pradhan (protect) reported on the growing number of Nepalese politicians who have converged in New Delhi i [...]
2005-02-15 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN NP
05NEWDELHI1192WEST ASIA ENVOY OFFERS PALESTINIAN SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: GOI Special Envoy for West Asia and the Middle East Peace Process Chinmaya Gharekhan told the DCM on February 15 that India would like to provide and fund security training for the Palestinian Authority, in response to what he said were statements by the Secretary welcoming such [...]
2005-02-15 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IZ IS IN
05NEWDELHI1223INDIA FOR ARF MD SEMINAR, IF EVERYONE ELSE IS
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel points and concept paper regarding an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) seminar on missile defense (MD),MEA Director (Disarmament and International Security) Venu Rajamony told us on February 15 that the GOI would support it and would be interested in attending, as long [...]
2005-02-16 10:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IN ASEAN
05NEWDELHI1224INDIA RIDING HIGH ON POST-TSUNAMI WAVE OF GOOD
[...] (C) Summary: As a concrete demonstration of India's magnanimity and competence, New Delhi's recent large-scale assistance to its tsunami-stricken neighbors had illustrated the country's standing as a regional and emerging world power, according to observers here. India is particularly proud [...]
2005-02-16 10:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD CE IN
05NEWDELHI1230IMPROVING US-INDIA DEFENSE COOPERATION: INDUSTRY
[...] Summary: In a February 10 meeting sponsored by the US- India Business Council (USIBC) and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII),senior Indian and US defense company representatives suggested that to expand the bilateral defense market, the USG should reform its export licensing proces [...]
2005-02-16 11:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETTC MASS TSPA CVIS TSPL FR TH IN US NSSP
05NEWDELHI1234KASHMIR BUS AGREEMENT A ""HISTORICAL MILESTONE""
[...] (C) Summary: The February 16 agreement by India and Pakistan to begin bus service across the LOC between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad beginning on April 7 is the most important Kashmir-specific CBM since the November 2003 LOC ceasefire agreement, and will have important political ramifications in [...]
2005-02-16 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1248INDIA READY FOR REGIONAL RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a trilateral meeting with USG and IAEA officials on February 9, the GOI agreed to join the Regional Radiological Security Partnership (RRSP); identified a lead technical contact within the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE); offered to serve as a venue for radiological securi [...]
2005-02-17 09:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TRGY KNNP KRAD IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1261NRC COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD MEETS INDIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: NRC Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrifield and Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran discussed India's energy future at a meeting in the Secretary's office in New Delhi on February 11, 2005. Saran told Merrifield that energy is a key strategic interest of India and nuclear power woul [...]
2005-02-17 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS ENRG ETTC IN KNNP KSCA PREL TRGY TSPL NSSP
05NEWDELHI1262GOI WITHOUT PLAN "B", HOPING NEPAL KING WILL
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used the return to New Delhi of Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee as an opportunity to discuss with the GOI the current strategy on Nepal. During the February 16 meeting, also attended by MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal/Bhutan) Ranjit Rae, Polcouns and Poloff, Mukherjee expres [...]
2005-02-17 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI1263NRC COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD MEETS MEA JOINT
[...] (C) Summary: In this February 11 meeting, NRC Commissioner Merrifield complimented Jaishankar about the accomplishments and maturity of the Indian nuclear power industry. "With regard to nuclear power," Merrifield said, "India can no longer be treated as a junior partner." Merrifield also h [...]
2005-02-17 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS ENRG ETTC IN KNNP KSCA PREL TRGY TSPL NSSP
05NEWDELHI1264NRC COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD MEETS MEA ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: On February 11 NRC Commissioner Merrifield met MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar who has the non-proliferation portfolio within her purview. Commissioner Merrifield expressed satisfaction with his visit to Indian facilities and suggested that further cooperation could bring [...]
2005-02-17 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS ENRG ETTC IN KNNP KSCA PREL TRGY TSPL NSSP
05NEWDELHI1274NAXALITES AND SYMPATHIZERS ENCOURAGED BY NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a reflection of India's mounting concern about internal disorder, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently described India's Naxalite insurgency as "the gravest threat to our internal security." This worry is also reflected in the stern GOI reaction to the coup in Nepal, wi [...]
2005-02-18 05:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ELAB PHUM PINR IN NP
05NEWDELHI1282CROSS-LOC BUS DEAL HAILED AS ""MOTHER OF ALL CBMS""
[...] (C) Summary: After several weeks in which the process of Indo-Pak normalization appeared to be grinding to a halt (Ref B),this week's Islamabad deal has shifted the dynamic, at least temporarily, in a much more constructive direction. PM Manmohan Singh's fingerprints were clearly in evidence [...]
2005-02-18 09:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1298INDIA SAYS SAARC STILL ALIVE, SUMMIT HINGES ON NEPAL/BANGLADESH ACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In contrast with the predominant view in the Indian media that by opting out of the Dhaka Summit, India dealt a fatal blow to SAARC, the GOI told us it remains committed to the organization. MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) V. Ashok told PolCouns and Poloff on February 16 that he was [...]
2005-02-18 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECIN PK NP BG IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI1304BIHAR ELECTIONS COULD WEAKEN UPA GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The elections for the Bihar State Assembly are being watched more closely than usual this year, because the outcome could possibly weaken the UPA coalition in Delhi. A resurgent Congress is losing patience with Bihar satrap Lalu Prasad Yadav, and would like to reduce his influenc [...]
2005-02-18 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL IN
05NEWDELHI1305MISSION INTEREST IN DEVELOPING RADIOLOGICAL
[...] (S) Taking advantage of the February 8-10 visit by DOE and Department officials seeking to engage the GOI in the Regional Radiological Security Partnership (reftel),we sought more information about the impact of a hypothetical radiological attack on Mission facilities. DCM noted that GOI su [...]
2005-02-18 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETASEC PREL PTER KRAD IN
05NEWDELHI1379MEA PAPER ON EXBS
[...] In response to the DCM's discussion with Joint Secretary for the Americas S. Jaishankar on February 14, the Ministry of External Affairs' Disarmament and International Security Affairs Division provided Embassy with a non-paper on EXBS on Wednesday, February 16. Following is the text of the n [...]
2005-02-23 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM KOMC ETRD ECON IN US
05NEWDELHI139INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP: JANUARY 6
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Defense Secretary Singh on January 6 to request that New Delhi send liaison officers to Utapao and Honolulu. In a sign of the GOI's strong commitment to our tsunami partnership, the Foreign Secretary on January 5 held a rare joint briefing with the SIPD [...]
2005-01-06 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN
05NEWDELHI140REQUEST FOR INDIAN MPAT PLANNERS AND LIAISON
[...] (C) This message responds to State action request: ref 060115Z Jan 05 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICERS FOR TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE AND PACOM REQUEST. 2. (C) Based on directions in cable (ref para 1),and communications between USPACOM J-5, OSD, and USDAO New Delhi, Ambassador t [...]
2005-01-06 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALAS CA CE FR GM IR JA KS MARR MOPS MY PREL SN TH
05NEWDELHI1422ASSESSING NEAR-TERM OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NSSP
[...] (C) Summary: In hopes of avoiding a slowdown on key issues in the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar outlined specific matters that require resolution during a February 18 meeting with visiting SA/RA Director John Schlosser, PolCouns, and [...]
2005-02-24 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PARM MASS TRGY KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1424THE BJP PROMISES FIREWORKS FOR BUDGET SESSION
[...] (C) Summary: The BJP leadership is determined to disrupt Parliament when the Budget Session convenes on February 25, insisting that the agitation will not end until the UPA ""restores"" the deposed Goa government (Reftel B). Congress plans to undercut the agitation by convening the Goa Assemb [...]
2005-02-24 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI1426FOREIGN SECRETARY EMPHASIZES NEIGHBORS' IMPACT ON INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: In a carefully considered February 14 speech on New Delhi's South Asia policy, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran unveiled a more muscular approach toward India's neighborhood that reflects the GOI's shifting view of its role in the world. Departing from the standard GOI line on the [...]
2005-02-24 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN KDEM NP BG PK CE IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI1427NOTHING MAJOR FROM JACK STRAW'S NEW DELHI VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's February 16-18 visit to India yielded "nothing major," according to the UK High Commission, and was distinctly low key compared to earlier stops in Kabul and Islamabad. Straw signed two immigration/law enforcement agreements, and discussed Indo-Pak [...]
2005-02-24 14:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN NP BG AF UK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1480BAGLIHAR, OTHER J&K HYDEL PROJECTS COMPLICATE INDO-PAK CALCULUS
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian government recently offered new evidence of its benign intentions for the Baglihar hydel project by noting that, if its dam were used to inundate Pakistan, one of its own existing downriver projects would be the first casualty. Although the MEA continues to exude conf [...]
2005-02-25 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC ECON IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1481INDO-US SECURITY COOPERATION: THE WAY AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting on 23 February, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar and DSCA Director for Middle East, Asia and North Africa Ed Ross agreed that a large cooperative defense program, such as a P-3 or C-130 sale, would build trust and demonstrate US reliability as a defense suppli [...]
2005-02-25 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKSTC MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI1482FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL'S KING
[...] (C) Summary: King Gyanendra's actions are "exactly opposite of what is required," Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told visiting Ambassador to Nepal James Moriarty on February 25. Ambassador Moriarty and Saran agreed on the need for concerted pressure on the King from India, the US, and [...]
2005-02-26 05:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PREF IN NP BT UK
05NEWDELHI1519NO CONGRESS KNOCKOUT - BJP BACK IN THE RUNNING
[...] (C) Summary: Despite a decisive victory in Haryana, Congress and its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies have emerged chastened by the elections in Jharkhand, and Bihar. Although the Jharkhand/Bihar outcome has given the BJP and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners a new leas [...]
2005-02-28 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI1520GOI UPBEAT ON CYBER-COOPERATION, SERIOUS ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a brief February 22 meeting, National Security Council Secretariat Joint Secretary Arvind Gupta and Deputy Director (Information Security) Commander Mukesh Saini were upbeat on US-India cybersecurity cooperation, clarified the objective of the upcoming April 18-19 Cybersecuri [...]
2005-02-28 12:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCIP TINT KCRM PREL PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI1521KARZAI IN NEW DELHI: FUNDING FOR PUL-I-KHUMRI LEADS INDIA'S COMMITMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to New Delhi and Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's prior trip to Kabul were ""immensely successful,"" MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun Singh told PolCouns on February 28. In connection with Karzai's visit, India [...]
2005-02-28 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EAID MASS IN AF IR PK
05NEWDELHI1542INDIA QUERIES US ON POSSIBLE PAKISTAN-CHINA PROLIFERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (C) During a February 23 meeting with AC/RSS Director Bob Gromoll, SA/RA Director John Schlosser, PolCouns, and Pol-MilOff, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar asked about the status of a USG response to two GOI non [...]
2005-03-01 10:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP CH PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1546MEA CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 conversation with PolCouns and Poloff, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was generally upbeat about short-term Indo-Pak rapprochement, and expressed cautious optimism about long-term sustainability of this trend. After shari [...]
2005-03-01 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR MOPS KNNP IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1551TERRORIST THREATS MARR SUCCESSFUL KASHMIR POLLS
[...] (C) Summary: The February J&K municipal elections produced largely positive results. Participation, among the most important criteria for defining a ""successful"" election in the state, greatly exceeded expectations (even in areas with a history of alienation from New Delhi),proving again [...]
2005-03-01 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN PK
05NEWDELHI1553GOI REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION ON REPORTED PAKISTAN ARMS OFFER TO NEPAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Following up the Foreign Secretary's earlier approach to the Ambassador on the subject of third country arms transfers to Nepal (reftel),Acting MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Renu Pall called in PolCouns and PolOff on March 1 to inf [...]
2005-03-01 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN PK NP
05NEWDELHI1554US-INDIA PEACEKEEPING JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: At the fourth US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on February 14, IO PDAS Swigert underscored US concerns about sexual exploitation committed within UN peacekeeping ranks and asked India, a main troop contributor, to play a leading role to ensure that the problem is deal [...]
2005-03-01 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO XA IN
05NEWDELHI1556INDIAN EXPERTS CONTEMPLATE NEPAL WITHOUT A KING
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 25 lunch that the Ambassador hosted for visiting Ambassador to Nepal Moriarty, Indian experts on Nepal agreed that: -- The RNA was unlikely to collapse as a result of the suspension of military assistance; -- A Maoist takeover is more likely to result from p [...]
2005-03-01 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KDEM IN NP
05NEWDELHI1615GOI OPPOSES NON-LETHAL MILITARY AID AND MEDICAL
[...] (C) The GOI feels strongly that the USG should delay the first phase of the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) for the Royal Nepalese Army, because this is not the time to send mixed messages to the King. In a March 2 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff scheduled to discuss Bhutan, MEA Join [...]
2005-03-02 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS EAID IN NP
05NEWDELHI1661RAHUL GANDHI: LACKLUSTER LEADER
[...] (S) In a March 1 conversation with Poloff, influential columnist and political insider Saeed Naqvi commented on Rahul Gandhi at some length. Naqvi prefaced his remarks by noting that he was a personal friend of Rahul's father, Rajiv Gandhi, and a well-wisher of the Gandhi family. Naqvi was initi [...]
2005-03-03 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PINR PREL IN
05NEWDELHI1662WARM WELCOME FOR SENATOR CLINTON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Hillary R. Clinton received an enthusiastic welcome during her unofficial February 17 - 23 visit to New Delhi. Her stay in India included a call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, meals offered in her honor by Foreign Minister Natwar Singh and Agriculture Minister Shara [...]
2005-03-03 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IN
05NEWDELHI1664INDIA REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR IRAQ, BUT NO NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf Division) R. Dayakar and his successor Sanjay Singh reiterated GOI willingness to support Iraq's reconstruction, but offered no new initiatives in a meeting with PolCouns and PolMilOff on March 3. Assistance to Iraq will continue to be constrai [...]
2005-03-03 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB ENRG IZ IN
05NEWDELHI1710STATE ELECTIONS SET OFF POLITICAL TURMOIL IN INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: Attempts by Congress to grab power in Goa and Jharkhand has thrown the Indian domestic political scene into turmoil. Observers in Delhi see these moves as part of a larger strategy by Congress operatives to gain control over a majority of Indian states. Should Congress succeed i [...]
2005-03-04 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI1715ADVANCING USG EFFORTS ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES
[...] (C) Summary: The Bhutanese Ambassador reaffirmed to us on March 3 that Thimphu remains committed to repatriate Category 1 refugees under the Dewey-Wangchuck framework, but is unlikely to allow any refugees to return until the constitution is finalized, and sees little prospect of progress on [...]
2005-03-04 13:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI1764SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL PRAKASH,S MARCH 19-28 VISIT TO USA
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Clark, we greatly appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit to the USA of your counterpart, Admiral Arun Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee. President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree that Indo-US relati [...]
2005-03-08 05:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA MASS MOPS PTER PK XD IZ IN
05NEWDELHI1773CONGRESS BEGINS PARTY CLEANUP IN HARYANA
[...] (C) Summary: Following a week of political turmoil in which Congress has taken a beating for playing fast and rough with the democratic process in several states, the party leadership moved to install a cleaner politician as Chief Minister of Haryana. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, a longtime Congre [...]
2005-03-08 08:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI1783INDIA SEEKS TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON
[...] (S) Summary: During a highly-anticipated February 22 briefing on the Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) missile defense system, GOI and USG representatives cited the exchange as evidence of the transformed Indo-US relationship. Throughout the session, GOI statements and questions indicat [...]
2005-03-08 10:58:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKSTC MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1824REVITALIZING THE US-INDIA ENERGY RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Secretary Bodman, now that you have had a few weeks to settle into your new role, I want to share with you some thoughts and ideas on our relationship with India. You already know from our meeting last November my views on the emerging India, a vibrant, multi-faceted democracy that is a [...]
2005-03-09 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON ETTC PREL KNNP TRGY IN US NSSP
05NEWDELHI1854INDIA'S COMMUNISTS - CONTENT TO SUPPORT THE
[...] (C) Summary: The strong performance of the BJP following recent State Assembly elections has convinced India's mainstream Communists to downplay their differences with the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and cooperate for the time being to meet the "rightist" threat. The Communists [...]
2005-03-10 10:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL PINR IN
05NEWDELHI1866INDO-PAK CRICKET: FROM ""LOVE-FEST"" TO MINI-SUMMIT
[...] (C) Adding to the veritable ""love-fest"" that Mission contacts and Indian press have reported surrounding the Pakistan cricket team's current tour of India (septel),the MEA has publicly cleared the way for an official invitation to Pakistan President Musharraf to attend a match ""of his cho [...]
2005-03-10 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SCUL IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1872HOME MINISTER UPBEAT ON KASHMIR, WORRIES OF POTENTIAL MAOIST SPILLOVER FROM NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Home Minister Shivraj Patil credited Pakistan with reducing infiltration, called the law and order situation in the state ""more comfortable,"" and expressed confidence that the first Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus would roll on schedule on Apr [...]
2005-03-10 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK NP IN
05NEWDELHI1873AMBASSADOR PRESSES TIP WITH HOME MINISTER
[...] (C) Meeting on March 9, the Ambassador again urged Home Minister Shivraj Patil to focus more on the trafficking issue in order to avoid the downgrading of India from the Tier 2 Special Watch List to Tier 3 in June, which could set in motion a series of unfortunate and restrictive developments [...]
2005-03-10 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM IN
05NEWDELHI1905PRESSING INDIA ON NSSP PHASE II
[...] (C) Summary: In the absence of MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar, who is on extended travel for non-proliferation and C/T dialogues in Australia and the UK, PolCouns flagged the need for progress on Indian export control legislation to keep the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) [...]
2005-03-11 10:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG ETTC PARM IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1921US ARMS SUPPLIES TO PAKISTAN BACK IN THE PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: With Secstate Rice due to arrive in India March 15, and with political memories still fresh from the announcement of major non-NATO Ally status for Pakistan last March, the issue of F-16 sales to Pakistan is rising. Indian concern regarding the F-16 issue is reflected in a series of GO [...]
2005-03-11 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MASS PK IN
05NEWDELHI1938INDIA WANTS HIGH FIDELITY MISSILE DEFENSE EXERCISES
[...] (S) Summary: In her remarks at the initial working group meeting of the US-India Missile Defense (MD) Workshop in Hyderabad on March 3-4, MEA Additional Secretary for International Security Meera Shankar affirmed New Delhi's desire for a cooperative MD technology relationship with the US over [...]
2005-03-14 08:29:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKOMC MARR PGOV PREL TNGD IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2047BHUTANESE CENSUS UNLIKELY TO FACILITATE FURTHER
[...] (C) In response to Reftel and following our contacts with travelers to Thimphu, the Mission assesses little likelihood that the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) will use the upcoming census to justify further expulsions of ethnic Nepali citizens from Bhutan. United Nations Development Progr [...]
2005-03-17 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI2048SARAN LAUDS SECRETARY'S "LANDMARK" VISIT
[...] (U) In the GOI's first public comments on Secretary Rice's just-concluded visit to New Delhi, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran called it "landmark" and evidence of the US-India strategic partnership. Speaking at a small CSIS-sponsored gathering of senior foreign policy experts on March 17, Saran [...]
2005-03-17 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG MASS KNNP KDEM IN US
05NEWDELHI2049UNCHR 61 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BHUTAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the UNCHR 61 demarche (Reftel) to the Bhutanese Embassy on March 17. First Secretary Karma Rinchhen stated that he will forward our points to Thimphu for the official Royal Government of Bhutan response. 2. (C) During the meeting, Rinchhen inquired whether the USG [...]
2005-03-17 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM BT NP UNHCR
05NEWDELHI2050INDIA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: In an upbeat assessment of Secretary Rice's first visit to India, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar described the action agenda that the Secretary left behind as "the most significant road map we've had in the last 47 years." Areas for immediate progress include expa [...]
2005-03-17 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL ENRG ETRD MASS TSPA ETTC IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2086A CHASTENED CONGRESS FACES HARSH REALITIES
[...] (C) Summary: As India's leading newsmagazine splashed across the cover of its March 21 issue, "the halo has slipped," from Sonia Gandhi after Congress' electoral setbacks and questionable decisions in Bihar, Goa, and Jharkhand. The long term impact for Congress and the BJP is unlikely to be [...]
2005-03-18 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI2094FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN REQUESTS REVIEW OF MODI VISA DECISION
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Amid extensive media coverage of the USG decision to not issue an A2 visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and to revoke his B1/B2 visa, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran called the DCM to his office late afternoon on March 18 [...]
2005-03-18 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CVIS KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI2095ANGRY BJP REACTION TO MODI VISA DENIAL; OTHERS
[...] (C) Summary: The March 18 USG revocation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's visa has set off strong criticism in the BJP, and prompted the Foreign Secretary to call in the DCM to lodge a protest (Ref A),followed by an MEA statement expressing its "deep concern and regret." The BJP rea [...]
2005-03-18 13:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI2116DEPUTY SECRETARY OF LABOR LAW'S INDIA VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary of Labor Steven J. Law's February 21-27 visit to India to review progress on the DOL- sponsored INDUS Child Labor effort and other DOL-sponsored projects was well received by GOI officials, project managers, and participants. The highest-ranking Labor Departme [...]
2005-03-21 08:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM ECON KCRM KWMN EAID IN US
05NEWDELHI2138UNCHR 61: INDIAN OBJECTIVES
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered the UNCHR 61 demarche (Reftel) to MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Gopal Baglay on March 17, and PolCouns double-tracked with Joint Secretary (UN) Hamid Ali Rao. Baglay reiterated that the GOI neither supports country-specific resolutions nor oppose [...]
2005-03-21 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IN
05NEWDELHI2140MODI CASE REFLECTS DOMESTIC POLITICAL DIVIDE
[...] (C) Summary: Aside from limited and localized protests in Gujarat and scattered nationalist editorial comment, BJP efforts to build a domestic political issue out of the Modi visa revocation seem to be dissipating. Few outside the Sangh Parivar have risen to the bait and responded to BJP calls to [...]
2005-03-21 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI2141STRONG INDIAN VIEWS ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT
[...] (C) In the strongest language we have heard so far from the GOI on the East Asia Summit (EAS),MEA Joint Secretary (Southeast Asia) Mitra Vashishta asserted that if India is left out, New Delhi will resort to "other means." Meeting with PolCouns and Poloff on March 17, she insisted on a stat [...]
2005-03-21 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL BM CB LA VM IN ARF
05NEWDELHI2185MEA DEFENDS RECORD ON BURMA AHEAD OF FM SINGH TRIP
[...] (C) Summary: Joint Secretary (SE Asia I) Mitra Vashishta defended India's policies in Burma in a March 17 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, suggesting that progress on democratic reforms was dependent on engagement with the Burmese body politic, and warning that the USG focus on Aung San Suu K [...]
2005-03-22 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ENRG PTER IN BM BD
05NEWDELHI2186UNCHR61 CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA AND BHUTAN
[...] (C) On 21 March, Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Indian MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Gopal Baglay and Bhutanese Embassy First Secretary Karma Rinchhen, reiterating our interest in this year's Cuba resolution. 2. (C) Baglay responded that the GOI has no official respon [...]
2005-03-22 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM CU IN BT
05NEWDELHI2189TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION
[...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff on March 22 delivered Ref A talking points and supporting non-paper to newly ensconced MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha. Sinha welcomed the news of adding Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the UNSC 1267 Committee list of organizations affiliated [...]
2005-03-22 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI2220PM SINGH ALIGNS INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Signalling a break from India's traditional view of the world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared in a February 25 speech that democracy and open economies are now the core of India's foreign policy values, replacing non-alignment, solidarity with developing countries, and [...]
2005-03-23 11:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM IN US
05NEWDELHI2226LOOKING TO MUSHARRAF VISIT, MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK
[...] (C) Summary: Recently ensconced MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha was largely upbeat on Indo-Pak relations during a March 22 introductory meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, especially with regard to the Indo-Pak cricket series and the anticipated April 16-17 visit o [...]
2005-03-23 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI2262FURTHER INDIAN THOUGHTS ON UNCHR61
[...] (C) Following up on our recent demarche on Cuba (Refs A and B),PolCouns and Poloff met with MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Hamid Ali Rao and incoming Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Puri on March 24 to review our UNCHR priorities. Recalling the recent statements by the P [...]
2005-03-24 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PINR IN CU NP
05NEWDELHI2266GOI DEMARCHE: INDIA SEEKS MORE ON IC-814
[...] (C) During a March 23 meeting with DCM and PolCouns and pursuant to discussions at the August-September 2004 US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar delivered the following SIPDIS non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investi [...]
2005-03-24 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI227AID TO THE TIGERS: ON THE SAME PAGE
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 7 meeting with MEA Director (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives) Taranjit Singh Sandhu, PolCouns explained the USG position on tsunami disaster relief for Tiger controlled areas in Sri Lanka, including the US intention not to deploy military forces to LTTE areas. Sandhu res [...]
2005-01-10 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL AEMR EAID MASS PTER SOCI CE BG IN
05NEWDELHI2270A SMALL STEP, A GIANT LEAP: FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR KASHMIR BUS
[...] (C) Summary: Preparations for what J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has called the ""mother of all CBMs,"" the first bus to cross the LOC in 58 years on April 7, are on track, with the J&K government and GOI moving purposefully to ensure a successful launch. Initial passengers will be [...]
2005-03-24 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK
05NEWDELHI2273INDIAN IDEAS FOR ENERGY DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following up discussions between Secretary Rice and PM Singh, and building on our public agreement to a high-level Energy Dialogue including civil-nuclear power, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar presented a non-paper with four areas for US-India cooperation in a Marc [...]
2005-03-24 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON ETTC PREL KNNP TRGY IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2299DEFENSE SALES TO INDIA: THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION
[...] (C) Secretary Rice's visit to India, the announcement that U.S. companies will enter the competition to supply multi-role combat aircraft to India, and India's already articulated interest in P-3C aircraft, have raised the economic dimension of our defense relationship with India to a new level. ( [...]
2005-03-28 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM ECON EFIN AA NSSP
05NEWDELHI2301INDIA WARMING TO SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE, AND F-16S
[...] (C) Summary: After initial knee-jerk negative reactions in the media, Indian responses to the March 25 announcement of the administration's new strategy for South Asia have become more positive, with the MEA going to unprecedented lengths to shape coverage and senior Indian officials largely [...]
2005-03-28 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2348PM: PREMATURE TO COMMENT ON F-16S
[...] (C) Summary: Since Reftel, comments from senior GOI officials and governing coalition politicians on the Administration's March 25 South Asia Initiative continue to trickle out. The focus of remarks on March 28 was almost exclusively on F-16s to Pakistan, rather than the larger issues the pr [...]
2005-03-29 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2379INDIA UNDECIDED ON CHR NEPAL RESOLUTION
[...] (C) We shared reftel demarche with MEA J/S (North) Ranjit Rae on March 28 regarding the need to improve GON human rights record or face an Item 9 resolution at the CHR. After repeated attempts to elicit a response from the J/S proved unsuccessful, A/Polcouns managed to reach him in the early [...]
2005-03-30 14:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IN NP EU UK SZ
05NEWDELHI2380MAKING OUR SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE A REALITY
[...] (S) Summary: We recommend capitalizing on Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's April 13-14 meetings with the Secretary and the President to make significant progress on SIPDIS strategic, energy and economic tracks the Secretary highlighted in her March 15-16 visit to India. Specifically, we su [...]
2005-03-30 16:53:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL ENRG MASS KNNP ETRD IN PK NSSP
05NEWDELHI2410SAARC: NO SUMMIT IN SIGHT, SAFTA ON TRACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prospects for a rescheduled SAARC Summit in 2005 are diminishing amidst scheduling difficulties and Indian concerns over the coup in Nepal and instability in Bangladesh. In a March 30 meeting with USAIDoff and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) V. Ashok expressed optimism, ho [...]
2005-03-31 11:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN PREL IN PK NP BG SAARC
05NEWDELHI2416DEFENSE MINISTER UPBEAT ON INDO-US RELATIONS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. During a 30 March meeting with Indian Defense Minister Mukherjee, Ambassador Mulford reviewed the scope and results of SECSTATE's visit, NSSP, the desire for greater defense cooperation, rationale of F-16s to Pakistan, and next steps in the MRCA competition process. Mukherjee was ver [...]
2005-03-31 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2470"WE ARE COMMUNISTS, BUT WE ARE NOT FOOLS:" CPI(M)
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party of India-Marxist, the CPI(M) or CPM, the most organized and important member of India's Left Front (LF),will debate whether to change its leadership at its April 6-12 Party Congress. The CPI (M) patriarch, Harkishen Singh Surjeet, who steered the party to [...]
2005-04-01 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI2473COUNTERNARCOTICS DEMARCHE: INDIAN AID WILL BE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered counternarcotics demarche (Ref A) to MEA Director (Afghanistan) Tsewang Namgyal on April 1 following confirmation from British High Commission of delivery of the Jack Straw letter. Namgyal confirmed our UK colleague's report that India is not considering a contribution t [...]
2005-04-01 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR IN UK AF
05NEWDELHI2474OFFER TO SECURE THE KASHMIR BUS LINE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 14:36:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER IN PK
05NEWDELHI2475DELHI EU MEMBER STATE MISSIONS TAKE ROSY VIEW OF
[...] (C) Summary: At a March 31 meeting of EU and "likeminded" countries hosted by the Danes, EU member state representatives evinced surprising optimism about the potential for a constituent assembly and constitutional changes to resolve the impasse in Nepal. We noted a clear preference for an I [...]
2005-04-01 14:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK
05NEWDELHI2507GOI RESPONSE: PRIORITIZING INDIAN ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (SBU) On April 4, the DCM delivered Ambassador Jones' message (reftel) suggesting that the GOI could help build capacity in the Iraqi judiciary system to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar. Jaishankar agreed to pass along the request, but asked that the DCM convey to Ambassador Jon [...]
2005-04-04 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KJUS KCRM PREL IN IZ
05NEWDELHI2511 Scenesetter for Transportation Secretary Mineta's
[...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, I want to welcome you to India, a vibrant, diverse, multiethnic, multifaceted democracy that is emerging as an economic powerhouse and has growing global ambitions. Your visit comes close on the heels of an extraordinarily successful visit of Secretary Rice, who unveiled [...]
2005-04-04 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR BEXP ECON IN US
05NEWDELHI2550SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON,S APRIL 13-16 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon, we welcome your upcoming visit to India, coming at a time of excellent relations in a fast maturing defense cooperation relationship. You also come soon after Secretary of State Rice's first visit last month, which has been characterized as the most successful visit o [...]
2005-04-05 14:21:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL MASS MOPS PTER IN US
05NEWDELHI2567ELECTION ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN: INDIA WILL
[...] (SBU) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns on April 6 that while India had not received any specific request from Kabul for assistance with the September 8 parliamentary elections, New Delhi was willing to look favorably at our request. Sinha emphasized [...]
2005-04-06 09:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL KDEM AF IN
05NEWDELHI2586MORE THAN CRICKET: MUSHARRAF TO HAVE FULL BILATERAL VISIT
[...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns and Poloff on April 5 that the GOI is hoping for ""something more concrete than an exchange of views"" when President Musharraf meets Prime Minister Singh and other leaders during his April 16-18 visit to New Delhi [...]
2005-04-06 11:11:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI2597INDIAN CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE PROCUREMENT FOR PAKISTAN'S WMD PROGRAM VIA US FIRM
[...] (S) On March 25, MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA),Nutan Kapoor passed to PolMilOff a nonpaper outlining Indian concern about a Chinese firm trying to procure a fixed gamma ray spectrometer from a US firm for shipment to Pakistan. The GOI asks that th [...]
2005-04-06 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL KNNP ETTC PK CH IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI2599S35-04: INDIAN INVESTIGATION OF SANDHYA ORGANIC
[...] (S) On March 25, MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA),Nutan Kapoor outlined for PolMilOff the status of the GOI investigation of Sandhya Organic Chemical's shipment of phosphorous oxychloride, a CW precursor, to Iran. 2. (S) According to Kapoor, Sand [...]
2005-04-06 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL IR IN CBW GOI
05NEWDELHI2601INDIAN INVESTIGATION OF SABERO ORGANICS, LTD.
[...] (S) On March 25, MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA),Nutan Kapoor gave PolMilOff a nonpaper outlining the status of the GOI investigation of Sabero Organics' export of a CWC Schedule 3 chemical to Iran. Text of nonpaper follows in para 3. 2. (S) Be [...]
2005-04-06 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETETTC PARM PREL IR IN CBW GOI
05NEWDELHI2602CONGRESS CULTURE DEFINES SONIA GANDHI'S ROLE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON IN
05NEWDELHI2604TERRORIST ATTACK ON SYMBOL OF KASHMIR BUS
[...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. The April 6 fidayeen (suicide) attack in Srinagar (Ref A) was targeted at the most significant Indo-Pak CBM in years, the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus, which is scheduled to travel April 7 for the first time in 58 years between Indian and Pakistani [...]
2005-04-06 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PK IN
05NEWDELHI2606ICRC FRUSTRATED WITH INDIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) Summary: In a April 1 confidential briefing on GOI detention centers in Kashmir, ICRC XXXXXXXXXXXX described to D/Polcouns torture methods and relatively stable trend lines of prisoner abuses by Indian security forces, based on data derived from 1491 interviews with detainees during 2002-2004. [...]
2005-04-06 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPHUM PREL PTER IN PK
05NEWDELHI2607INDIA SPACE COOPERATION AGENDA FOR FM SING'S VISIT
[...] (U) This is an action request cable see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) In preparation for the visit of the Foreign Minister, Science Counselor talked with ISRO Scientific Secretary, V Sundararmiah, who will be accompanying the SIPDIS Foreign Minister to Washington to find out what maybe on ISRO [...]
2005-04-06 14:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETTC TSPA KNNP KSCA IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2608GWOT ASSESSMENT: MISSION INDIA INPUT
[...] (C) Summary: Mission welcomes the opportunity to share its views on ways to expand our GWOT efforts and cooperation with New Delhi as solicited in Refs A and B. We agree with the overall thrust of the Bureau's approach (Ref C),but suggest additional focus on: -- Continued pressing of Isla [...]
2005-04-06 15:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI2631HISTORIC SRINAGAR-MUZAFFARABAD ""PEACE CARAVAN"" ROLLS!
[...] (C) Summary: In an act of personal and political courage, the Prime Minister, joined by key cabinet and Congress Party colleagues, traveled to Srinagar on April 7 to inaugurate the bus service that has captured the imaginations of Kashmiris on both sides of the LOC. Emphasizing that ""nothing [...]
2005-04-07 13:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK IN
05NEWDELHI2633TERRORIST FINANCE: HIYARI AND BUISIR
[...] (C) On April 7, Poloff delivered talking points and supporting non-papers from Reftels to MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall, who thanked us for sharing the information. Understanding that the prenotification of the Hiyari and Buisir designations should be held tightly until after the public a [...]
2005-04-07 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN IN JO EI SA
05NEWDELHI2635MEA ON NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS IMPORTANT, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: India's highest priority with respect to Nepal remains the full restoration of democracy, not one or two human rights improvements, MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal, Bhutan) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on April 7. Although "very uncomfortable" with a UNCHR Item Nine resolution, [...]
2005-04-07 14:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM NP IN
05NEWDELHI2677WEN VISIT PREVIEW: GOOD VIBES, NO BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: High expectations for significant progress on the disputed border and other bilateral irritants during Premier Wen Jiabao's April 9-12 visit to India have given way to realism, although most China experts here expect a very successful trip. The Chinese Ambassador has cautioned th [...]
2005-04-08 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD IN CN
05NEWDELHI2680AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE ON CHR CUBA
[...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the MEA Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, the Ambassador framed the issue of India's vote on the Cuba human rights resolution before the UN Human Rights Commission (ref C) as fuel for those in Washington who resist USG support for an Indian seat on the UNSC. Saran [...]
2005-04-08 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU IN
05NEWDELHI2682NATWAR LOOKS AHEAD TO UN AND NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS IN WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh offered an upbeat preview of his April 13-14 meetings in Washington, placing particular importance on the issues of India's role in the UN and India's quest for access to US origin nuclear power [...]
2005-04-08 15:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ETTC IN PK UNSC NSSP
05NEWDELHI2717RGOB NON-COMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR UNCHR RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 7 meeting with Bhutanese Foreign Secretary Neden Zangmo, DCM urged the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) to support a UNCHR resolution against Cuba noting that Bhutan's vote could be decisive. The FS was non-committal citing the support Cuba had provided Bhutan in th [...]
2005-04-11 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP BT CU UNHCR
05NEWDELHI2719ENERGY MINISTER CANCELS TRIP TO U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET IN
05NEWDELHI2758WEN VISIT: UNSC, SIKKIM, ECONOMY STEAL THE SHOW
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's April 9-12 visit to India produced a dozen documents, and plenty of positive commentary, but the highlights were confusion over China's position on India in the UNSC and agreement on a roadmap to resolution of the border dispute. New Delhi-based Chin [...]
2005-04-12 14:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD CN IN
05NEWDELHI276TSUNAMI ENCOURAGES A PERIOD OF POLITICAL AMITY
[...] (C) Summary: The unprecedented scale of the Tsunami disaster has compelled India's usually contentious political coalitions to bury their differences and cooperate to relieve the suffering. Likewise, elements of the Left which strongly oppose the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's [...]
2005-01-12 05:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB PGOV PREL IN
05NEWDELHI2788INDIAN LEFT REMAINS ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO US SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Most Indian strategic commentators have endorsed the Administration's March 25 South Asia Initiative, and there is an emerging consensus within the GOI that India should capitalize on this opportunity to ensure close ties to the US. India's Communist parties remain adamantly oppo [...]
2005-04-13 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MASS IN PK NSSP
05NEWDELHI2792DAS GASTRIGHT ENCOURAGES COORDINATION ON BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 18 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary Neelam Deo (Bangladesh),SA DAS John Gastright SIPDIS emphasized that all concerned countries, not just India and the US, should encourage the BDG to improve its governance. Deo agreed that Bangladesh was still at a point where it could r [...]
2005-04-13 13:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL IN BG US
05NEWDELHI282PM UPBEAT ON US-INDIA RELATIONS REAFFIRMS EXPORT CONTROL COMMITMENT WITH CODEL FRIST
[...] (C) Summary: Senators Frist, McConnell, DeWine and Coleman discussed a broad range of issues with PM Manmohan Singh during their January 10 meeting, including US-India ties, Tsunami disaster relief, democratization in Burma, HIV/AIDS, trade and the WTO, Iraq, NSSP, Indo-Pak relations, and UNS [...]
2005-01-12 08:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC EAID KDEM IN PK IZ BM CE US
05NEWDELHI2844BHUTAN WILL ABSTAIN ON CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA WITH
[...] (C) Bhutan has agreed in principle to abstain on the CHR resolution on Cuba, but has specifically asked for stronger US support and understanding on the issue of the refugee camps in Nepal, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering stated during an April 14 phone call with the Ambassador. He commented t [...]
2005-04-14 14:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALAORC PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP BT CU
05NEWDELHI2866INDIA UPBEAT ON MUSHARRAF MINI-SUMMIT, BUT KEEPING
[...] (C) Summary: India is expecting a successful April 16-18 visit by the Pakistan President, largely because Musharraf has laid out positive and realistic goals that mesh with New Delhi's. The Reuters interview he gave on the eve of his departure was music to India's ears, and was taken here as [...]
2005-04-15 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI2884INDO-PAK MINI-SUMMIT BURIES ""GHOST OF AGRA""
[...] (C) Summary: India and Pakistan exorcised the ghost of the (failed) 2001 Agra Summit during President Musharraf's April 16-18 visit to New Delhi, with a solid list of CBMs, muted discussion on Kashmir, and very positive personal interactions (with more high-level visits possible this year). [...]
2005-04-18 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI2924NSA NARAYANAN URGES "BIG TICKET ITEM" FOR PM VISIT
[...] (C) In an April 18 meeting, SA A/S Rocca, joined by Charge, reaffirmed to Indian NSA MK Narayanan USG interest in a visit by PM Manmohan Singh to Washington in July, and urged the PM to commit to a date as soon as possible. Evincing uncertainty as to the exact dates under consideration, Nara [...]
2005-04-19 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KNNP ENRG IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2925NARAYANAN WORRIED ABOUT NEPAL AND BANGLADESH, PLEASED WITH MUSHARRAF VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with SA A/S Rocca and Charge on April 18, Indian NSA MK Narayanan expressed concern about trends in Nepal and Bangladesh. On Nepal, the King had no policy to restore democracy or defeat the Maoists, which worried New Delhi because the insurgents were becoming more aggres [...]
2005-04-19 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN BG NP PK
05NEWDELHI2929INDIA TO OPPOSE GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION
[...] (U) In a meeting with SA A/S Rocca and MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar on April 18, Charge SIPDIS delivered our demarche regarding Cuba's resolution before the CHR about the treatment of detainees in Guantanamo (Reftel). Charge requested that India oppose this resolution. Jais [...]
2005-04-19 11:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM
05NEWDELHI2932A TROUBLED BJP TURNS TO THE RIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: Facing multiple crises, including electoral lethargy, growing ideological divides and an uncertain leadership succession, the BJP is drifting further to the right in an attempt to rouse its Hindutva base. The imminent departure of former PM Vajpayee and Party President Advani ha [...]
2005-04-19 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI2933INDIA REQUESTS CENTCOM LNO, NEW INFO ON IRAQ, AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with SA A/S Christina Rocca and Charge on April 18, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar was upbeat about Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's recent meetings in Washington and about new opportunities for Indo-US cooperation since Dr. Rice's March 16 visit. However, he [...]
2005-04-19 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS TRGY ETTC PK IZ IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2949JASWANT SINGH SUPPORTS THE SECRETARY'S MARCH 25 SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with A/S Rocca and the Charge in New Delhi on April 18, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the Secretary's May 25 South Asia Initiative, especially its SIPDIS military aspects such as co-production. Singh implied tha [...]
2005-04-20 09:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV IN PK NSSP
05NEWDELHI2951REGIONAL DIALOGUE WITH A/S ROCCA: NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: During their April 18 Regional Dialogue discussion, A/S Rocca and MEA officials reviewed recent developments in Nepal, with the GOI offering a pessimistic assessment of the King's intentions. (See septel for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka portions). Following the Indian Ambassador's [...]
2005-04-20 10:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER NP IN
05NEWDELHI2964REGIONAL DIALOGUE WITH A/S ROCCA: BANGLADESH, SRI
[...] (C) Summary: During the April 18 Regional Dialogue meeting with SA Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca, Joint Secretary Neelam Deo (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) expressed SIPDIS satisfaction that the USG's assessment of trends in Bangladesh had moved closer to New Delhi's. Her comments focused [...]
2005-04-20 12:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM BG CE AF IN
05NEWDELHI2968INDIA WARNS OF "REPERCUSSIONS" FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Summary: On April 16, India's Border Security Force (BSF) engaged the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on the border between the Northeastern state of Tripura and Southeastern Bangladesh in what the MEA has called a "fierce gun battle," which ultimately resulted in the death of an Indian officer. [...]
2005-04-20 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS BG IN
05NEWDELHI2992INDIA WAITING FOR NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT BEFORE
[...] (C) Summary: Incoming MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf Division) Sanjay Singh reiterated GOI willingness to support Iraq's democratic transition, but is waiting for the new government in Baghdad to take its seat before committing to action. In a conversation with PolCouns and PolMilOff on April 19 [...]
2005-04-21 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ENRG IZ IN
05NEWDELHI2994MEA SAYS ""CRICKET SUMMIT"" RE-FRAMED INDO-PAK AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha dismissed the suggestion that India had obtained more than Pakistan from the ""Cricket Summit,"" highlighting Manmohan Singh's vision of a new agenda for Indo-Pak relatio [...]
2005-04-21 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI300INDIA STRENGTHENS OIL AND GAS TIES WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 7, India and Iran strengthened significantly their oil and gas relationship when they reached an agreement in which India will purchase a total of 7.5 million tons per year (MMTA) of LNG for 25 years beginning in 2009. Iran will reportedly allow Indian state-controll [...]
2005-01-12 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET ECON PREL IR IN
05NEWDELHI301AFTER DIXIT, INDIA PONDERS ROLE OF ITS NSA AND WHO
[...] (C) Summary: Two questions now swirl around India's National Security Advisor position: will it lose its major role in the Indian foreign policy establishment, and who will land the job permanently? JN Dixit's death has prompted media speculation that PM Manmohan Singh is reassessing what he want [...]
2005-01-12 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK
05NEWDELHI3017COMMANDER USPACOM MEETS DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) On 13 April 2005, Commander USPACOM met with Deputy National Security Advisor Ambassador Vijay Nambiar at the NSA's conferencing facility at the Cabinet Secretariat Building. Nambiar was joined by 10 members of the National Security Counsel. Also attending the meeting were PACOM staff, U [...]
2005-04-22 07:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PTER IN
05NEWDELHI303INDIA VERY CONFIDENT IT IS RIGHT ON BAGLIHAR DAM
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with PolCouns, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was brimming with confidence that India was in the right on the Baglihar Dam issue. If Pakistan went forward with arbitration, as it has suggested, India is ready, and will be v [...]
2005-01-12 13:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC ECON PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3080INDIA BREAKS RANKS TO OPPOSE GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Following up earlier approaches by the Charge, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar called PolCouns on April 25 to make sure we had noticed the GOI's April 21 ""no"" vote on the Cuba-sponsored UNHRC resolution condemning US practices at Guantanamo. Jaishankar noted that most South Asia [...]
2005-04-25 10:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU IN
05NEWDELHI3086PMO CONFIRMS MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO NEPAL STILL
[...] (C) Summary: Contrary to reports sourced to the King of Nepal that India had reversed its suspension of military supplies, the PMO has confirmed to us press reports that India will only resume military assistance to Nepal in exchange for concrete progress towards restoration of democracy. Th [...]
2005-04-25 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS EAID IN NP
05NEWDELHI3087WEN VISIT WRAP-UP: "SIGNIFICANT BOOST," NO
[...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's "historic" April 9-12 visit to New Delhi (ref A),the initial breathless commentary has given way to a more sober and realistic assessment that no paradigm shift occurred, that Beijing did not exactly endorse India's UNSC bid, and that [...]
2005-04-25 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR CN IN UNSC
05NEWDELHI3132INDIA LOOKING TO "SUBSTANTIATE" RELATIONS DURING
[...] (C) Summary: For Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi's April 28-30 visit to New Delhi, the GOI will be focused on giving the relationship greater strategic and multilateral breadth, and solidifying Japan's support for India's UNSC campaign, according to our senior MEA interlocutors. Following Chine [...]
2005-04-26 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG KNNP IN UNSC
05NEWDELHI3147BOEING WINS $8.5 BILLION AIR INDIA ORDER, LARGEST
[...] Summary: (C) On April 26, Boeing won a $8.5 billion order from Air India to supply 50 wide body B777-B787 class aircraft powered by GE engines. Embassy believes it is unlikely that the PIB or the cabinet would reverse the selection, but advises we use high level visits to urge the GOI to qui [...]
2005-04-27 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAIR BEXP IN
05NEWDELHI3164INDIA WAITING FOR ACTION FROM NEPAL'S KING
[...] (C) Summary: India wants to see progress toward democracy on the ground, not just hear the right words, before resuming arms shipments to Nepal, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on April 27. Dismissing media reports of a "U-turn in Indian policy" as "speculation [...]
2005-04-27 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KDEM PHUM IN NP CH IS SF
05NEWDELHI3213GOI STANDING FIRM AS BAGLIHAR PROCESS UNFOLDS
[...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry has denied to us reports that the GOI will halt work on the controversial Baglihar hydroelectric project to bring the GOP back to the negotiating table, maintaining that New Delhi has not changed its position regarding the legality of the project (reftel). Th [...]
2005-04-28 11:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ECON IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3218PARADIGM SHIFT ON KASHMIR UNDERWAY
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's landmark visit to Delhi has strengthened the paradigm shift underway in India about the prospects for progress on Kashmir. Under the leadership of PM Manmohan Singh and the Pakistani President, the two countries have broken their impasse over Kashmir as the [...]
2005-04-28 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK IN
05NEWDELHI3220INDIA DENIES UNLAWFUL IMPORT OF CONTROLLED
[...] (C) Following several articles in the international and Indian press, PolCouns queried MEA Director, Disarmament and International Security (DISA),Venu Rajamony on April 26, about the GOI investigation of the case of Asher Karni, an Israeli businessman recently indicted in the US for unlawfu [...]
2005-04-28 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP TSPA ETTC PK IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3242EXBS: EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS FOR INDIA
[...] (SBU) Export Control System Standards for India, in response to Ref A. The GOI is in the process of introducing new legislation aimed at licensing and controlling the export of WMD and their delivery systems. MEA contacts have stated that they expect to introduce and seek approval of the legi [...]
2005-04-29 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KSTC PARM PREL IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3250FOREIGN MINISTER SHOOTS DOWN ARMS FOR NEPAL
[...] (U) Reaffirming India's position that the GOI wants to see meaningful steps toward restoration of democracy before resuming military assistance to Nepal (Ref B),Foreign Minister Natwar Singh told the upper house of Parliament on April 28 that following the arrest the day before of former PM [...]
2005-04-29 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP
05NEWDELHI3252KOFI ANNAN BURSTS INDIA'S UNSC VETO BUBBLE
[...] (C) Summary: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's April 26-28 visit to New Delhi began on a positive note as Annan and the GOI made amends for the GOI's refusal to allow the Secretary General to tour tsunami affected areas in southern SIPDIS India in January, but it ended with a bubble-burstin [...]
2005-04-29 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IN IZ UNSC
05NEWDELHI3270NEW INDIAN EXPORT CONTROL LAW IN THE MAKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: A front page article in the April 26 "Indian Express" reported details of an ambitious draft export control bill giving the GOI far-reaching authority to investigate and enforce stricter controls on WMD-related items and technologies. Entitled "The Weapons of Mass Destruction [...]
2005-04-29 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP KOMC KSTC PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3275INDIAN LAWMAKERS MISSING MESSAGE ON US-INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: During an Indo-US Parliamentary Forum (IUPF) gathering on April 27, Indian lawmakers were upbeat about US-India relations, but were surprisingly uninformed about key details of the initiatives underway to make the strategic partnership a reality. Suggesting that the positive impa [...]
2005-05-02 07:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PARM KNNP PK CH IN NSSP US
05NEWDELHI33SARAN EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR TSUNAMI
[...] (C) In a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Saran expressed satisfaction at the US-India SIPDIS partnership in responding to the December 26 Bay of Bengal tsunami, and offered his understanding that the core group -- SIPDIS having effectively triggered a robust respo [...]
2005-01-03 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS CE IN
05NEWDELHI3308INDIA UPBEAT WITH SHEINWALD ON CHINA AND PAKISTAN;
[...] (C) Summary: Aside from nuclear issues (septel) UK NSA Sir Nigel Sheinwald's April 25-26 visit to New Delhi stuck to familiar ground, with the PM, NSA Narayanan, and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran providing an encouraging backdrop for SIPDIS the September 7-8 India-EU and India-UK Summits. [...]
2005-05-02 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PK IZ NP BG CH IN AF UK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3333INDIA STILL PONDERING UN REFORMS, DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 3 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Hamid Ali Rao welcomed the upcoming visit of the Secretary's Adviser on UN Reform Shirin Tahir-Kheli and requested more details on Washington's position on UN reform proposals. He acknowledged that In [...]
2005-05-03 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IN KG UNSC
05NEWDELHI3365INDIA'S LEADING COMMUNIST OPENS UP TO THE EMBASSY
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Charge and Poloff on May 4, newly-elected Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat demonstrated that he is a talented SIPDIS and skillful leader who is well-aware of his political importance. Karat emphasized that the Communists want to play a [...]
2005-05-04 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI3366DEMARCHE ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO ELIMINATE SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) Following up on discussion at the most recent US-India Peacekeeping Joint Working Group (Ref B),PolCouns and Poloff discussed India's efforts to encourage high standards of conduct for troops participating in UN peacekeeping operations (PKO) with MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Hamid [...]
2005-05-04 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KPKO MARR IN
05NEWDELHI3367KOIZUMI VISIT: LOW-KEY CAP ON A MAJOR MONTH
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi's low-key April 28-30 visit to India contrasted sharply with the breathlessness that followed Chinese Premier Wen's visit two weeks earlier. Koizumi and PM Manmohan Singh signed an eight-point program for boosting bilateral relations, particularly i [...]
2005-05-04 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KNNP IN UNSC
05NEWDELHI3392CABINET PASSES LANDMARK EXPORT CONTROL LAW --
[...] (C) Speaking with PolCouns on April 5, PMO Director Venkatash Verma confirmed reports from that morning's papers that the Cabinet had approved the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prevention of Unlawful Activities) Bill, which will be introduced in Parliament in a matter [...]
2005-05-05 11:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KNNP TBIO TSPA IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3401UK NEPAL ENVOYS: MEA HARD LINE ON THE KING
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 5 discussion with PolCouns and Emboffs, visiting UK Special Representative for Nepal Sir Jeffrey James, UK Ambassador to Nepal Keith Bloomfield, and UK Emboffs reported from their meeting with Foreign Secretary Saran that MEA Nepal policy vis-a-vis the King is hardening [...]
2005-05-05 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN NP UK
05NEWDELHI3402GOI READY TO ASSIST IRAQ, BUT QUIETLY
[...] (C) Summary: Charge conveyed Ref A demarche encouraging a GOI statement on new Iraqi government on April 30. In a follow-up May 5 meeting, Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh told PolCouns and Poloff that while the MEA was unlikely to issue a formal statement congratulating the new Iraqi Tra [...]
2005-05-05 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM IN IZ
05NEWDELHI3430GOI "STEAMROLLERED" INTO VOTING FOR UNCHR WORKING
[...] (C) Responding to Reftel demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Puri told PolCouns on May 5 that India was "steamrollered" into voting for the resolution to create a UNCHR Working Group to consider reform proposals. The resolution sponsors forced a vote on the last day [...]
2005-05-06 11:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM IN
05NEWDELHI3431GOI EXPECTS BHUTANESE REFUGEE SURVEYS TO CONTINUE,
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 2 meeting with a visiting G/PRM/DRL/DHS delegation in India to review Tibetan and Bhutanese refugee issues, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae offered his view that the UNHCR "had met the concerns" of HMGN in order to resume the registration of Bhutanese refugees [...]
2005-05-06 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PTER IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI3432INDIA'S COMMUNISTS ADOPT AMBITIOUS AGENDAS AT
[...] (C) Summary: India's Communist parties have been energized by their growing power as "kingmakers" who keep the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in power. During recently-concluded party congresses, they passed the baton to dynamic new leaders and broadened their agenda to take on ambitious [...]
2005-05-06 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PINR IN
05NEWDELHI3458REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: INDIA AND PROLIFERATION
[...] (C) In the run-up to Defense Minister Mukherjee's planned June 27 arrival in Washington, Mission continues to be approached by senior GOI officials inquiring about US deliberations on India's admission to the PSI core group. In this context, MEA officials cite the April 15 discussion between [...]
2005-05-09 10:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL ETTC KNNP UK IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI3479INDIA CONGRATULATES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) In its first official statement about Iraq since the January 30 elections, on May 7 the GOI released a summary of PM Manmohan Singh's message to Iraqi PM Al-Jaafari, which welcomed the formation of the new transitional government and offered to assist the country's reconstruction in area [...]
2005-05-09 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ IN
05NEWDELHI3480GOI TO RESUME NON-LETHAL MILITARY AID TO NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae called in PolCouns and Poloff on May 7 to inform us that the GOI, reviewing its suspension of military assistance to Nepal, had decided to release non-lethal supplies in the pipeline to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). Indian Ambassador to Kathm [...]
2005-05-09 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KDEM IN NP
05NEWDELHI3494MEA HOPEFUL NEPAL'S KING MAY ENGAGE PARTIES ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary for South Asia Christina Rocca, MEA Joint Secretary SIPDIS (North) Ranjit Rae welcomed the May 8 publication of a common platform by the Nepalese political parties as a potential "basis for talks" with King Gyanendra. The GO [...]
2005-05-10 06:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS PTER IN NP
05NEWDELHI35INDIA UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN COMPOSITE DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Indian readouts track closely with Islamabad's detailed and generally positive assessment of the December 27-28 meeting of Foreign Secretaries that concluded the second round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue (reftel). In a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Saran r [...]
2005-01-03 13:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ENRG IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3505BJP LEADER REAFFIRMS US-INDIA COMMITMENT
[...] (C) Summary: BJP spokesman and former Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley warned us recently that the Modi controversy continues to fester among the party rank and file, who see the Chief Minister's visa revocation as a personal attack on a leader of the party that began the transformation of US-India r [...]
2005-05-10 10:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ECON IN US
05NEWDELHI352MEA NON-PAPER ON TERRORIST CAMPS IN PAKISTAN AND PAKISTANI KASHMIR
[...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun K Singh on January 12 showed PolCouns and Poloffs information on the locations and size of eight terrorist camps located in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir. The data are as follows: 2. (S) Begin list: -- Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (L [...]
2005-01-13 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PGOV PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI353INDIA TSUNAMI UPDATE: JANUARY 13
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consular officers in Chennai continue to work to resolve the fewer than 20 remaining missing persons inquiries in India. The USAID/DART team that conducted assessments in Andhra Pradesh has found that there is not an emergency need for shelter, food and water in the state. The [...]
2005-01-13 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN
05NEWDELHI355MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, DESPITE SLOW PACE
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Foreign Ministry remains optimistic about Indo-Pak relations, despite slow progress in the recent round of the Composite Dialogue, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun K Singh told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloffs on January 12. ""The process has mo [...]
2005-01-13 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3587SRINAGAR CAR BOMB: NEW KASHMIR TERRORIST M.O.?
[...] (U) A car bomb exploded in the summer capital of J&K on May 11, killing two persons, injuring more than 50, and damaging more than one dozen vehicles and some 40 shops and other buildings. J&K police sources have confirmed the casualty figures, and report that the blast was an improvised exp [...]
2005-05-12 09:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PK IN
05NEWDELHI3599GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT KASHMIRIS THINK
[...] ... (COPY THE FORMATED FILE)) SUBJECT: GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT KASHMIRIS THINK Classified By: Polcouns Geoff Pyatt, for Reasons 1.4 (B, D) Â [...]
2005-05-12 11:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK IN
05NEWDELHI36GOI DISCOURAGES CODEL TRAVEL TO TSUNAMI-AFFECTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to requests for US Congressional travel to tsunami-devastated areas of South India, Foreign Secretary Saran expressed gratitude on January 3 for the many expressions of condolence and support, but asked that US Codels not/not travel to South India. Saran, who is Ind [...]
2005-01-03 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH CE IN
05NEWDELHI3603ASSESSING OF INDIA'S DRAFT EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Our initial review of the "Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Bill, 2005" (Bill No. 70),suggests the draft legislation is a comprehensive statute that meets NSSP Phase Two requirements that the GOI introduce stronger exp [...]
2005-05-12 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MNUC IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3607INDIA COMPLETES MEDIUM-RANGE, SURFACE-TO-SURFACE
[...] MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Naveen Srivastava confirmed to PolMilOff press reports that India completed its test of the Prithvi medium-range, surface-to-surface missile on May 12. Srivastava notified PolCouns of the test on May 11 (Reftel). 2. Cit [...]
2005-05-12 13:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MCAP MOPS IN
05NEWDELHI362INDIA ACCEPTS TSUNAMI MILITARY LIAISON PROPOSAL
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Natwar Singh used a January 13 meeting with CODEL Leach and the Ambassador to announce that the GOI has officially accepted the US proposal to appoint tsunami liaison officers. Singh indicated that Ambassador SIPDIS Ronen Sen in Washington has been instructed to have one of [...]
2005-01-13 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IN
05NEWDELHI364INDIAN LEGISLATORS TELL CODEL LEACH THEY ARE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senators Sam Brownback and John Corzine, and Representatives James Leach, Earl Blumenaur, Scott Garrett, Wayne Gilchrest, Frank Pallone, and Diane Watson discussed a broad range of issues with an Indian parliamentary delegation led by MP Murli Deora, the President of the India [...]
2005-01-13 15:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC EAID KDEM PINR IN PK US INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3645INDIAN PRIORITIES FOR MAY ARF SOM
[...] (SBU) MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Naveen Srivastava told us on May 13 that Additional Secretary Meera Shankar (International Security) will lead SIPDIS the Indian delegation to the May 19-10 ARF Senior Official's Meeting in Vientiane. He noted that India i [...]
2005-05-13 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR IN ARF
05NEWDELHI3646INDIA SEEKS DIALOGUE ON NEPAL END-GAME
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff met with MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae on May 13 to review A/S Rocca's SIPDIS and Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee's recent audiences with Nepal's King Gyanendra. Rae emphasized that the King had not relented on his opposition to a dialogue with th [...]
2005-05-13 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI3647GOI RENEWS CALL FOR IC-814 INFO AS TRIAL NEARS END
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) During a May 9 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall delivered the following non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investigation into the December 1999 IC-814 hijacking. The non-paper is id [...]
2005-05-13 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK AF GOI
05NEWDELHI3652INDIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES LANDMARK WMD/EXPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Parliament passed the landmark "WMD and their Delivery Systems Bill" (Ref A) in record time, with only a few hours to spare before the session adjourned on May 13. FM Natwar Singh framed the bill as "overarching and integrated legislation" for India's existing non-pr [...]
2005-05-13 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MNUC KNNP IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3653FS SARAN PREPARES FOR WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 14 meeting with the Charge, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran gave an optimistic overview of the SIPDIS issues for his upcoming trip to Washington, emphasizing the GOI's intention to develop a rich menu of deliverables to make the Prime Minister's July White House visit "a [...]
2005-05-14 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KDEM ETTC MASS NP CH IZ IN US
05NEWDELHI3717NSA NARAYANAN PRESSES FOR ACTION AGAINST LET, WELCOMES EXCHANGE ON NEPAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-17 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN MASS NP PK PREL PTER INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3736PARLIAMENT CONCLUDES A STORMY YET PRODUCTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Despite BJP disruptions and a boycott of Parliament, the UPA and the Left Front (LF) passed crucial legislation and the budget during the session which ended May 13. Growing animosity between the BJP and the UPA underlies the inability of the parties to cooperate in Parliament, [...]
2005-05-18 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR IN
05NEWDELHI3744INDIAN GOVERNMENT BRIEFS ON NEW EXPORT CONTROL LAW
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar expressed MEA intentions to take the lead on implementation of the new WMD law in a meeting with Charge, PolCouns, and PolMilOff on May 18. According to Shankar, the real success of the WMD bill was not its passage [...]
2005-05-18 13:17:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV KSTC KNNP TRGY ETTC CH IR IN
05NEWDELHI3745MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, CLEARER ON SIACHEN
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 18 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha gave us the clearest GOI position on Siachen we have had in some time, stressing that settlement will require a signed map showing current troop positions in order to close [...]
2005-05-18 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ENRG IN PK AF TX INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3746AFGHANS AND INDIANS ENCOURAGED BY BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Ambassador to India Khalili expressed strong appreciation for Indian assistance to his country in a May 17 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, and told us that PM Manmohan Singh will visit Kabul in late June. In Khalili's view, the GOI welcomes Afghanistan's strategic partne [...]
2005-05-18 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SNAR IN IR PK AF
05NEWDELHI3769MEA PROVIDES "NEXT STEPS" FOR US-INDIA CT JWG
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- see Para 4. 2. (U) Summary: MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall recently gave Poloff the GOI's understanding of the next steps agreed to at the August 31-September 1, 2004, Sixth Meeting of the India-US Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),with a r [...]
2005-05-19 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL EFIN SNAR TBIO IN AF PK CE BG NP US INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3770INDIAN ENVOY TO REVIVE IRAQ ASSISTANCE OFFER
[...] (C) On the eve of his May 22-25 mission to Baghdad, GOI mid-east envoy Chimaya Gharekhan told the Charge that "India needs to be move involved in Iraq" for its own interests, and indicated that he would convey to the Iraqi government "an open-ended commitment" to provide whatever assistance au [...]
2005-05-19 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ASEC IZ IN
05NEWDELHI38INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP JANUARY 3
[...] (SBU) Summary: India-wide, consular officers have amassed a database of 500 missing persons inquiries to which they are responding, but still have no reported Amcit casualties in India. Mission engagement with the GOI on tsunami relief for India and the region continued with the Ambassador's [...]
2005-01-03 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN
05NEWDELHI3810PUTIN: "MANY GUESTS IN MOSCOW, BUT ONLY ONE INDIA"
[...] (C) Summary: According to our Indian contacts, President Putin offered India a range of defense and energy cooperation proposals during PM Manmohan Singh's May 8-10 visit to Moscow, renewing top-level bonhomie after his scratchy visit to New Delhi last December. Commenting on Putin's offer to [...]
2005-05-20 12:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD KNNP TSPA RS CH IN
05NEWDELHI3811INDIA PREPARED TO ENGAGE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: In an important May 17 address at the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO),India's premier military R&D facility, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared that with the passage of the new WMD law, India is prepared for "the broadest form of engagement with the int [...]
2005-05-20 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KSTC KNNP KOMC ETTC IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3846SUSPECTS ABOUND IN TWIN DELHI CINEMA BOMB BLASTS
[...] (C) Summary: No person or group has yet claimed responsibility for the explosions in two New Delhi movie theaters on May 22 that killed one person and injured at least 50. Both cinemas, located in neighborhoods with large Sikh populations, were screening the controversial detective film "Jo [...]
2005-05-24 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER ASEC OVIP PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI3878PRIORITIZING INDIA'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Petroleum Additional Secretary (International Cooperation) Talmiz Ahmad outlined India's priorities for accessing more foreign fuel sources in a May 24 meeting with Charge and Emboffs. While domestic fuel subsidies continue to consume much of his attention, Minister [...]
2005-05-25 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PK XA ZK ZP IN
05NEWDELHI388SAARC SUMMIT: WHAT'S THE HOLD UP?
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI has not yet agreed to the proposed February 7-9 dates for the SAARC Summit, and media reports indicate New Delhi has suggested February 6-7 instead. The MEA remains tightlipped about the reasons for delay, but some New Delhi foreign policy watchers speculate that the SAAR [...]
2005-01-14 10:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD BG PK IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI3882TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 AND IJG PRENOTIFICATIONS
[...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Poloff, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall expressed gratitude on behalf of the MEA's Americas and International Security divisions for keeping them in the loop on Washington's diplomatic CT efforts (Refs A-D). Admitting that MEA had limited information on ter [...]
2005-05-25 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN IN ID UZ PK
05NEWDELHI3912SONIA REVAMPS TWO PARTY COMMITTEES
[...] (U) In the run-up to her re-election as Party President on May 27, Sonia Gandhi on May 25 revamped two important Congress party committees, the Parliamentary Affairs Committee (PAC) and the Media Committee (MC). Defunct for almost 20 years, Sonia plans to make the PAC into an active body and [...]
2005-05-26 10:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI3918HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF INDIAN ARMY'S INDEPENDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy has been approached by US Special Operations Command Pacific (SOPAC),which wishes to engage in a training program with an Indian military counterpart, the Indian Army's 10th Para (SF) Battalion, 50 Independent Parachute Brigade. [...]
2005-05-26 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR MASS IN
05NEWDELHI3932NDA CALLS FOR STRIKES TO PROTEST DISSOLUTION OF
[...] (C) Summary: A strike called by the opposition NDA for May 24-25 to protest the government's dissolution of the Bihar Assembly and to demand the removal of Bihar Governor Buta Singh drew a limited response. Clearly not impressed with the strike, the UPA reiterated its support for the Governo [...]
2005-05-27 05:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI3933THE UPA SCORES BETTER THAN AVERAGE AFTER ONE YEAR
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA government completed one year in office on May 22. Although the Left parties and the BJP predictably criticized its performance, commentary has been generally positive, reflecting widespread respect for Manmohan Singh's performance. Despite some initial weaknesses (such [...]
2005-05-27 05:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PARM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN
05NEWDELHI395INDIA COMMITTED TO PUL-I-KHUMRI, INTERESTED IN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 12, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran) Arun K Singh and newly appointed Ambassador to Afghanistan Rakesh Sood provided an update on Indian projects in Afghanistan, noting proudly that with the exception of the Parliament building and the Pul-i-Khumri [...]
2005-01-14 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID IN AF
05NEWDELHI3969INDIAN FOCUS ON FROZEN, WET, AND SOFT PAK BORDERS
[...] (C) Summary: New Delhi is currently focused on three Indo-Pak territorial disputes, with senior officials in Islamabad discussing two of them, demilitarizing Siachen Glacier (May 26-27) and demarcating the international border at Sir Creek (May 28-29). Conventional thinking in Delhi is that, [...]
2005-05-27 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3971DEMARCHE ON ILO BUDGET DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-27 13:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI3973AMB TAHIR-KHELI HEARS INDIAN UNSC PITCH
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with senior MEA officials on May 26, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, the Secretary's UN Reform Adviser, heard a strong Indian claim for a permanent UNSC seat, and identified peacekeeping, management and accountability reform, counterterrorism, nonproliferation and demo [...]
2005-05-27 14:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM IN CH UNSC
05NEWDELHI4052DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-31 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SCUL IN UNESCO
05NEWDELHI4089PM OPTIMISTIC ON INDO-PAK BUT COUNSELS AGAINST
[...] (U) Summary: Speaking to foreign journalists on May 30 regarding the UPA government's one year anniversary, PM Manmohan Singh offered an upbeat assessment of Indo-Pak relations, but warned that a major terrorist attack could still derail the peace process. He also advised against artificial [...]
2005-06-01 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG CE IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4091USG ASSESSMENT OF TIBETAN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Dalai Lama's request that the US consider a resettlement program for some 10,000 Tibetan refugees, a USG delegation traveled to India and Nepal from May 2-10, meeting with Tibetan, Indian, Nepalese, and Embassy officials to assess the political and logistical [...]
2005-06-01 14:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL CH BT NP IN
05NEWDELHI4124GOI AGREES TO COORDINATION ON PUL-I-KHUMRI,
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with a delegation from Embassy and USAID Kabul and the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Dilip Sinha agreed to Indian participation as necessary in a donor Steering Committee in Kabul to coordinate technical de [...]
2005-06-02 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAID ENRG PREL IN AF PK
05NEWDELHI4131INDIAN PUNDITS PRESS FOR NEW DIRECTION IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: Delhi-based Nepal-watchers are split in their diagnosis of the strength of the competing factions in Nepal, and on their prescriptions for an end to the country's political crisis. The GOI decision to release non-lethal military assistance to the RNA and press reports of Indian [...]
2005-06-02 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MASS IN NP UK
05NEWDELHI4193GOI WILL ENCOURAGE NEPALESE LEADER TO SHUN MAOISTS
[...] (C) Summary: Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told A/DCM and Poloff on June 3 that India will caution Nepali Congress leader GP Koirala to avoid allying with the Maoists during his upcoming visit to New Delhi. Following a visit to Kathmandu, Rae worried that the gap between the King and the [...]
2005-06-03 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI4194INDIAN MISSION TO IRAQ OPENS DOORS FOR COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: On June 1, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh briefed PolCouns and PolMilOff about West Asia Special Envoy Ambassador Chinmaya Gharekhan's recent visit to Baghdad. As the first official contact between the GOI and the new Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG),Gharekhan's vis [...]
2005-06-03 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD IZ IN
05NEWDELHI4200GOI CAUTIOUS ON SEPARATIST VISIT TO PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 3 farewell call that GOI Kashmir Interlocutor NN Vohra requested with soon-to-depart D/Polcouns, the senior official focused on two unprecedented events: the ground-breaking visit of what he termed "so-called moderate separatists" to Pakistani Kashmir and Pakistan p [...]
2005-06-03 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4205INDIA DELIBERATING ON LEVEL OF BRUSSELS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Responding to Acting DCM's presentation of ref A demarche on Iraq, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh reported June 3 that GOI is still deliberating on its level of representation at the Brussels International Conference. Foreign Minister Natwar Singh is scheduled to be in London and [...]
2005-06-03 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IN IZ
05NEWDELHI4232ADVANI'S DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE IN PAKISTAN PROVOKES
[...] (C) Summary: During his landmark May 30-June 6 trip to Pakistan, Opposition Leader LK Advani renounced his former antagonism towards Pakistan and its founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, lauding him as a secular "ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity." Advani's public recognition of Pakistani sovereignty [...]
2005-06-06 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI4234GOI WATER ISSUES FLOWING SLOWLY WITH PAKISTAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with SA Bureau's S&T Officer for Pakistan and Bangladesh Marcella Szymanski, the MEA emphasized GOI commitment to working with Bangladesh to create water sharing agreements to benefit both countries and to resolving its water issues with Pakistan consistent with [...]
2005-06-07 03:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EWWT SENV BG PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4270ADVANI RESIGNATION THROWS THE BJP INTO TURMOIL
[...] (U) BJP President LK Advani threw his party into turmoil on June 7 when he abruptly announced his resignation after a tempest erupted following his recent visit to Pakistan (Reftel). In his letter of resignation Advani stood by his remarks in Pakistan praising the country's founder Muhammad [...]
2005-06-07 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI4299BIOS OF KASHMIR-RELATED LEADERS -- PART 2
[...] (C) This is the second of a three-part biographic report compiling information and impressions A/Polcouns gained from contact with Indian Kashmir-related politicians, government officials, separatists, academics, journalists, NGO activists, and others during a 2002-2005 assignment at Embassy [...]
2005-06-08 06:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4300BIOS OF KASHMIR-RELATED LEADERS -- PART 3
[...] (C) This is the third of a three-part biographic report compiling information and impressions A/Polcouns gained from contact with Indian Kashmir-related politicians, government officials, separatists, academics, journalists, NGO activists, and others during a 2002-2005 assignment at Embassy N [...]
2005-06-08 06:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4308INDIAN LABOR LEADERS OPPOSE UPA PLANS FOR PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: Leftist labor unions and the UPA's communist allies have stepped up their opposition to the GOI's announced plans for a public offering of 10 percent of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL),which will raise approximately $400 million dollars for the National Investment Fund ( [...]
2005-06-08 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EINV PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI4312INFORMATION MINISTER JAIPAL REDDY UPBEAT ON MEDIA
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Charge and the PA Minister Counselor in New Delhi on June 7, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy was upbeat and optimistic about the prospects for further liberalization of the media sector. The purpose of the Charge's call was to get the Minis [...]
2005-06-08 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4315ADVANI'S RESIGNATION - WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
[...] (C) Summary: The turmoil surrounding Advani's dramatic June 7 resignation as BJP President continues. The BJP leadership meeting June 8 voted unanimously for him to remain, while the Sangh Parivar (family of Hindu nationalist groups) spent the day celebrating his resignation and anticipating [...]
2005-06-08 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI4330INDO-BANGLADESHI RELATIONS SOUR
[...] (C) Summary: Relations between India and Bangladesh have soured since the April 16 killing of a BSF guard along the India-Bangladesh border, with increased concerns about illegal migration and terrorist groups along the border and calls for a more aggressive Indian policy towards the GOB. At [...]
2005-06-09 05:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM KWMN BG IN
05NEWDELHI4355INVITATION DELIVERED, SARAN OUT OF TOWN
[...] (C) As Foreign Secretary Saran is away from New Delhi, Charge forwarded U/S Burns's invitation to Saran's office via letter, and called Acting Joint Secretary (Americas) Renu Pall to alert her to the invitation. Pall called Charge later in the day to say that Saran already has committed to p [...]
2005-06-09 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN UNSC
05NEWDELHI4434INDIA SUPPORTS SRI LANKA'S JOINT MECHANISM AND AIR
[...] (C) Summary: During Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's visit to New Delhi on June 2-3, PM Singh gave GOI conditional support for the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),discussed concerns about the LTTE's air capability, and offered to upgrade Sri Lankan Air Forc [...]
2005-06-13 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS ECON CE IN
05NEWDELHI4447ADVANI WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION AND RETURNS TO THE
[...] (C) Summary: On June 10, LK Advani withdrew his resignation as BJP party President in response to unrelenting pressure from the party leadership. He accepted a compromise formula which credits him for a successful trip to Pakistan, while criticizing Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Advani's [...]
2005-06-13 11:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI4449SIKH TERRORISTS, WEAPONS CACHES SEIZED AFTER DELHI
[...] (C) Summary: The recent arrests of terrorists from the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) group -- which is proscribed under the US Terrorist Exclusion List -- included all the main conspirators in the May 22 twin cinema bombings as well as a BKI leader who had escaped police custody earlier t [...]
2005-06-13 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL IN PK CA GM TH TC
05NEWDELHI4531GOI SATISFIED WITH KOIRALA VISIT, BUT NOT HOPEFUL
[...] (C) Summary: As former Nepalese PM GP Koirala prepared to depart New Delhi after his meetings with GOI officials and politicians, MEA Under Secretary (Nepal) Manu Mahawar told Poloff on June 14 that the visit was a success for the GOI, allowing frank exchange of views on the political impasse [...]
2005-06-15 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI4532GOI DECLINES OFFER OF ITEMIZERS FOR KASHMIR BUS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER IN PK
05NEWDELHI4590FM WILL ATTEND BRUSSELS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-16 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EIND IN IZ
05NEWDELHI4619AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES INDIAN OPPORTUNITIES IN
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the GOI, strategic analysts, and journalists in New Delhi on June 10, Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Richard Jones encouraged high-level GOI participation at the upcoming US-EU conference on Iraq and suggested several priority areas in which the GOI may support pol [...]
2005-06-17 10:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID IZ IN
05NEWDELHI4632GOI ON NSSP REMAINING STEPS: U.S. MOVING THE
[...] (C) Summary: In response to DCM's delivery of reftel demarche on June 17, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar expressed concern that the USG was "moving the goalposts" on non-proliferation negotiations and that it would be difficult to achieve harmonization beyond [...]
2005-06-17 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PARM PGOV IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI4633INDIA PROPOSES INDIA-US GLOBAL DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE
[...] The world's oldest democracy and the world's largest democracy have an obligation to the global community to strengthen values, ideals and practices of freedom, pluralism and rule of law. 2. As developed democracies, they must assist other societies in transition to become more open and d [...]
2005-06-17 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM IN US
05NEWDELHI4634GOI HOPING FOR MORE ON UN REFORMS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-17 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKUNR PREL IN UNSC
05NEWDELHI4679AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PETROLEUM AND NATURAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador told Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on June 17 that there appears to be an unprecedented level of optimism about the US-India relationship in the USG leadership. In this context, the Ambassador said, we have revitalized the Economic D [...]
2005-06-20 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON ETTC IN US
05NEWDELHI4690FOREIGN SECRETARY: GET NSSP OUT OF THE WAY, THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 16 meeting with A/S Rademaker and the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said he wanted to "get NSSP out of the way" before PM Manmohan Singh's July 18 visit in order "to move on to the bigger things we can do together," but stressed that "our way of doing things [...]
2005-06-21 09:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KNNP KSTC IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI4715INDIAN NON-PAPER ON BARC COOPERATION WITH IRAN
[...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following nonpaper regarding possible cooperation between a Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) s [...]
2005-06-21 11:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR IN
05NEWDELHI4717S39-04: INDIAN NON-PAPER ON EXPORT OF CW PRECURSOR
[...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following nonpaper regarding export of sodium cyanide, a chemical weapons precursor, by the Indian [...]
2005-06-21 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPARM IN CBW US
05NEWDELHI4718INDIAN NON-PAPER ON PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO PURCHASE
[...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following non-paper regarding possible sale of a fixed gamma ray spectrometer by the US firm Canbe [...]
2005-06-21 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM PK CH IN US INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4719INDIAN NON-PAPER ON PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO PROCURE
[...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following non-paper regarding Pakistani entity Project Management Organization's efforts to procur [...]
2005-06-21 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PK CH IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4721SCENESETTER FOR INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MUKHERJEE,S 25 JUNE - 2 JULY VISIT TO THE USA
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary Rumsfeld, we appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit of Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and see many opportunities to accelerate our burgeoning defense cooperation with a nation we believe to be the key to a prosperous and peaceful future for South A [...]
2005-06-21 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL ETTC ETRD KNNP MASS PTER IN NP PK IZ IR
05NEWDELHI4760INDIAN PANCHAYATIS GIVE GLOWING REPORT ON
[...] The New Delhi-based Institute for Social Sciences (ISS) on June 16 hosted Pakistani High Commissioner Aziz Ahmed Khan for the formal release of the trip report detailing the two-week tour of Pakistan that ISS organized for 33 elected Indian local government representatives. The delegation of [...]
2005-06-22 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4761SOCIOECONOMIC FUTURE OF INDIAN DALITS REMAINS BLEAK
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy interlocutors report that after one year of UPA rule, limited government efforts to improve dalit (formerly called ""untouchables"") socioeconomic status have shown little success, ensuring that they continue to face severe economic and social discrimination. Government reser [...]
2005-06-22 13:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ECON ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI4798INDIA READY TO COOPERATE WITH IRAQ ON SECURITY AND
[...] (C) DCM spoke to Iraqi Charge Muayad Hussain on June 23 to share with him the text of Indian FM Singh's statement at the US-EU Conference on Iraq (text below). Highlighting the FM's offer that, "We stand ready to cooperate with Iraq in providing assistance in capacity building, for security [...]
2005-06-23 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG IZ IN
05NEWDELHI4861LEFT FRONT SUSPENDS COORDINATION WITH UPA
[...] (C) Summary: On June 26, the four parties of the Left Front (LF) suspended regularly scheduled coordination meetings with the UPA government, which were meant to implement the Common Minimum Program (CMP),but said they would continue to support the government from the outside. The Communists [...]
2005-06-27 12:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ECON IN
05NEWDELHI4862INDIA PONDERS NEW IRANIAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Indian foreign policy watchers predict that the June 25 Iranian presidential election outcome will upset the equilibrium in India's balancing act between its energy and trade interests in Iran and its growing strategic partnership with Washington. New Delhi's improved ties with Tehran in [...]
2005-06-27 12:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN IR
05NEWDELHI492INDIA DOWNPLAYS LOC CEASEFIRE VIOLATION
[...] (C) New Delhi has publicly downplayed the January 18 evening incident of artillery fire at the LOC, the first such case since guns fell silent in November 2003, and has assigned its Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) to discuss the incident with his Pakistani counterpart via a reg [...]
2005-01-19 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4934INDIA NOT AVERSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PROPOSAL
[...] (C) On June 29, Charge reviewed Ref A points with MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Hamid Ali Rao, emphasizing that at this early stage in the discussions, the US would like other countries to avoid making preemptive negative statements about the proposed Human Rights Council (HRC). Noting t [...]
2005-06-29 09:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM IN
05NEWDELHI496BHUTANESE AMBASSADOR: SECURITY SITUATION IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: The poor security situation in Nepal, instability of the government in Kathmandu, and uncertainty over future GON willingness to deliver on any inherited agreements will hinder the refugee repatriation process, Bhutanese Ambassador Lyonpo Dago Tshering told the Ambassador on Jan [...]
2005-01-19 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF PTER IN NP BT UNHCR
05NEWDELHI4961US-INDIA NON-PROLIFERATION DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Arms Control A/S Stephen Rademaker and representatives from AC, NP, SA, OSD, and Embassy met GOI counterparts, led by MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar on June 16 to continue the ongoing bilateral dialogue on strategic stability and nonproliferation [...]
2005-06-29 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC IR PK CH IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI4996INDIA TESTS TRILATERAL TALKS WITH CHINA AND RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's June 2 meeting with the Foreign Ministers of China and Russia in Vladivostok reflects India's desire for greater cooperation on areas of mutual interest such as energy, terrorism, and business, but Delhi-based analysts contend that any results for [...]
2005-06-30 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV RS CH IN
05NEWDELHI5047U/S BURNS DISCUSSES PM'S VISIT WITH FS SARAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a three and a half-hour session with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 24, U/S Burns reviewed deliverables for PM Manmohan Singh's July 18 visit to Washington, discussing in detail those of greatest interest to New Delhi (Civil Nuclear cooperation and UNSC reform) and revi [...]
2005-07-01 12:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ETTC EAGR IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5048U/S BURNS' DISCUSSIONS ON SOUTH ASIAN ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 25 to review Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, and briefly Sri Lanka. Although pleased with the groundswell of support for people-to-people exchanges with Pakistan, Saran warned that a single [...]
2005-07-01 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PK AF IR NP BG CE IN US
05NEWDELHI5049MISHRA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC TO U/S BURNS ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Charge on June 25, former NSA Brajesh Mishra was cautiously optimistic on the US-India relationship. One of the architects of India's greatly expanded ties with Washington, Mishra stressed that progress would be incremental and evolutionary, that b [...]
2005-07-01 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IN CH US
05NEWDELHI5108SEEKING ELECTORAL GAINS LEFT PARTIES COME DOWN
[...] (C) Summary: India's Left parties have severely criticized the "New Framework for the US-India Defense Relationship" signed by SecDef Rumsfeld and DefMin Mukherjee on June 28, despite initial positive reviews from most Indian media and strategic commentators, and will hold street demonstrations [...]
2005-07-05 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV PINR PINS PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI5115INDIA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE EXBS PROGRAM: "TRAIN THE
[...] (SBU) MEA Under Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Nutan Kapoor gave PolMilOff a brief overview of an internal GOI assessment of recent EXBS events on July 5. According to Kapoor, MEA surveyed GOI officials that participated in EXBS events in the past year and found that while [...]
2005-07-05 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETTC KNNP PARM IN GOI
05NEWDELHI5117AFGHAN FM ABDULLAH DISCUSSES TALIBAN VIOLENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah's July 3-5 visit to New Delhi was uneventful, but gave the GOI a chance to display its continued commitment to Afghan reconstruction and its determination to play a role in Central Asia through its relationships in Afghanistan. According to the Af [...]
2005-07-05 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AF IN PK UNSC
05NEWDELHI5165LET PRIME SUSPECT IN SYMBOLIC AYODHYA ATTACK
[...] (C) Summary: The July 5 attempt by suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) terrorists to wreck the controversial Ayodhya temple site was foiled by Indian security forces who had been previously alerted that the group might target religious sites. The incident, however, is causing significant rippl [...]
2005-07-06 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM IN PK
05NEWDELHI5166INDIA SEEKING SMALL-SCALE PROJECTS IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the US-EU Conference in Brussels, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf Division) Sanjay Singh reiterated GOI willingness to support Iraq's reconstruction and sought specific small-scale projects, especially in the electricity sector, which the GOI might consider funding a [...]
2005-07-07 01:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ENRG KDEM IZ IN
05NEWDELHI5208SONIA GANDHI CAPS INDIA'S MONTH IN RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: Sonia Gandhi's trip to Russia from June 13-16 (Ref A) on her first bilateral visit abroad since taking over as the United Progressive Alliance Chairperson has stirred debate about the symbolism of her trip and provoked a front-page controversy over questions of ethics and protoco [...]
2005-07-07 10:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PGOV RS IN
05NEWDELHI5216BJP MISCALCULATES AGAIN: EFFORTS TO CAPITALIZE ON
[...] (C) Summary: BJP attempts to capitalize on the July 5 Ayodhya terrorist attack have largely fallen flat, and opposition calls for the resignation of Home Minister Patil and the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister have evoked little popular response. BJP calls for nationwide strikes and demonstrations [...]
2005-07-07 11:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KISL IN PK
05NEWDELHI5226PM: SPIKE IN TERRORISM COULD THREATEN INDO-PAK
[...] (C) Summary: In addition to the July 6 attack in Ayodhya, senior J&K politicians and civilian officials are increasingly under terrorist attack, and a long string of bombings in Kashmir is growing more lethal. The recent incidents in J&K, coupled with the Ayodhya attack (Ref A),led to PM Si [...]
2005-07-07 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI5278MTAG: IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE MISSILE TECH
[...] (S) PolMilOff raised the points in Ref A regarding Indian firms Aron Hurley Koncepts and KG Global's possible transfer of sensitive equipment to Iran in a July 8 meeting with MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security (DISA),Nutan Kapoor. PolMilOff also gave Kapoor a non-pap [...]
2005-07-11 06:08:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC IR IN GOI
05NEWDELHI5318INDIA REVIVES TOP-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT WITH BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: Meetings between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Bangladesh in New Delhi on June 21-22 provided the first opportunity after a two year gap for the nations' top diplomats to turn around deteriorating relations by airing disagreements, reviving several working groups, and plann [...]
2005-07-11 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM KWMN ETRD ENRG BD IN
05NEWDELHI5319INDIA HOPING TO LURE NEPAL MAOISTS INTO POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae, PolCouns emphasized the need to SIPDIS coordinate USG and GOI policy to prevent sending mixed messages to the Nepalese political parties, Maoists, and King, and expressed concern about the risks inherent in New [...]
2005-07-11 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PHUM PTER IN NP AF CE
05NEWDELHI5320RSS FLEXES POLITICAL MUSCLES, DEMANDS ADVANI'S
[...] (C) Summary: The right-wing Hindutva Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) asserted its political dominance of the BJP on July 8, calling for the removal of LK Advani from his party leadership positions, including the presidency and head of the parliamentary delegation. Pundits expect the move t [...]
2005-07-11 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5354PM AND DEFMIN SCOFF AT LEFTIST CRITICISM OF U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: To place Left Parties' continuing attacks on the New Framework for US-India Defense in context, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have reassured critics that the agreement is in India's national interest, does not compromise Indian security or soverei [...]
2005-07-12 14:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MARR KSTC IN
05NEWDELHI5355INDIAN PARTICIPATION AT DEAD SEA CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Responding to points in Ref A, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh told PolMilOff on July 12 that he and the Indian Charge in Baghdad, Mr. S. Sharma, would attend the July 18-19 Dead Sea Conference on Iraq. 2. (SBU) He also confirmed that the GOI had disbursed the full amount of t [...]
2005-07-13 01:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON JO IZ IN
05NEWDELHI5365INDIAN LABOR LAW REFORMS NOT LIKELY SOON; IMPROVED
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian business community is frustrated by what it views as "inflexible" labor laws that constrain business operations and lead companies to use costly loopholes. American companies also favor labor law reforms, but are not as concerned as their Indian counterparts. Labor u [...]
2005-07-13 05:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV ECON IN
05NEWDELHI5382DELHI WORRIED ABOUT SPIKE IN TERRORISM, THREATS,
[...] (C) Summary: Indian concerns over possible spectacular terrorist incidents are escalating, based on the recent London and Ayodhya attacks, widespread speculation on what high-profile target might be next, and a significant uptick in terrorism reporting in the Indian media, most of which point [...]
2005-07-13 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL SCUL ASEC IN PK
05NEWDELHI5402FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS REPORT: INDIA, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-14 06:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM ECON ETRD PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5444INDIA COMPLETES THE NSSP, STILL PONDERING PSI
[...] (S) Summary: Paving the way for completion of the NSSP, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar delivered two non-papers to the Charge and PolCouns on July 14, one responding to USG questions about implementation of the WMD Bill (see text in para 5 and initial analysi [...]
2005-07-14 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ETTC KNNP KSTC PARM TSPA IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5445GOI WORKING TO MANAGE DISAPPOINTMENT AT US G-4
[...] (C) Summary: US opposition to the G-4 UN Security Council expansion proposal was badly received in India, but the GOI is doing damage control to preserve the positive atmospherics of the PM's July 18-20 Washington visit, including working to ensure the resolution will not come up for a vote while t [...]
2005-07-14 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN CH UNSC
05NEWDELHI5446GOI WANTS TO HELP US IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told us on July 14 that India is very committed to its Afghan reconstruction projects, is looking for opportunities to do more in reconstruction, vocational training, and election and governance technical assistance, a [...]
2005-07-14 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM PTER IN PK AF IR
05NEWDELHI5447INDO-PAK RAPPROCHEMENT CONTINUES DESPITE TERROR
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 14 meeting, MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha reassured us that Indo-Pak rapprochement would continue despite indications Islamabad is ramping up cross-border infiltration and terrorism. The Composite Dialogue round is half-way through but there has been no progress in t [...]
2005-07-14 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ENRG ETRD KDEM IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI5480BHUTAN REITERATES COMMITMENT TO DEWEY-WANGCHUCK
[...] (C) Summary: The Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) remains committed to resolving the refugee problem using the Dewey-Wangchuck framework and is ready to meet with its Nepalese counterparts to hash out the modalities of the agreement, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering told us on July 13. After rec [...]
2005-07-15 10:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI549INDIA ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT: NOT WITHOUT ME
[...] (C) Summary: Following the November 2004 ASEAN Plus One Summit in Vientiane, the MEA scoffed at the idea of an East Asia Summit, but a recent conversation with MEA Joint Secretary (Southeast Asia Two) Biren Nanda indicates India SIPDIS has shifted from that position. It now appears that In [...]
2005-01-20 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECIN IN ASEAN
05NEWDELHI551MEA WARNS OF NUCLEAR IMPASSE IN NSSP
[...] (C) The Ambassador used a January 20 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar to press for a timely reply to the US requests conveyed via ref A and to underline the importance of India coming to us with draft export control legislation and other outstanding items related to P [...]
2005-01-20 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KNNP TRGY TPHY IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5521INDIAN WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE OBSTACLES IN POLITICS
[...] Summary: Despite an impressive list of accomplishments, including several current Chief Ministerships and presidency of the Congress party, Indian women continue to face cultural and practical barriers to their participation in politics. Female political leaders insist that greater women's par [...]
2005-07-18 10:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KWMN PINR SOCI IN AF BG PK
05NEWDELHI5522INDIAN POLICE DETAIL L-E-T ROLE IN AYODHYA ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary: Indian police and press sources have broadly outlined the role of Lashkar-e-Taiba (L-e-T) in the July 5 attack on the disputed Ayodhya temple site in Uttar Pradesh. Several suspected accomplices have been detained, the alleged "mastermind" is reported to have returned to Pakistan, [...]
2005-07-18 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI5592SRINAGAR BOMBING MERITS PUBLIC USG RESPONSE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: A powerful car bomb possibly detonated by a suicide bomber killed at least 3 security personnel and two unidentified persons (probably including the terrorist) outside of a school today in Srinagar. Police sources tell us [...]
2005-07-20 09:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV IN PK
05NEWDELHI5593UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT SHAKY - COULD FALL SHORTLY
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 13-15 visit to Uttar Pradesh (UP) Poloff met with a wide variety of interlocutors who speculated that the two year rule of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav would soon come to an end. Pervasive mis-governance and corruption, and a fast-deteriorating law and order sit [...]
2005-07-20 09:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ECON PINR IN
05NEWDELHI5616PM SINGH'S US TRIP MEETS NEW DELHI'S HIGH
[...] (C) Summary: Initial reactions to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's highly anticipated July 18-19 meetings in Washington have been overwhelmingly positive. Most commentators believe that the US decision to normalize our civil nuclear relationship puts substance behind the US promise to assist [...]
2005-07-20 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5680PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S NUCLEAR LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Our contacts in the Indian nuclear establishment welcomed the July 18 announcement of potential civil nuclear cooperation and are confident that Prime Minister Singh's experience with the nuclear sector will be critical to rapid implementation of the commitments that India made [...]
2005-07-22 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD IN KNNP PGOV PREL NSSP
05NEWDELHI5684INDIAN OBSERVERS: TIME TO TURN UP PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Non-governmental Nepal-watchers in New Delhi remain pessimistic about the chances for a compromise between King Gyanendra and the Nepalese political parties. Many say that the next 2-3 months will be crucial for a rapprochement, with a strong likelihood that the parties and Maois [...]
2005-07-22 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM IN NP
05NEWDELHI5685MONSOON SESSION OF PARLIAMENT LIKELY TO BE LESS
[...] (C) Summary: Although it leads the opposition, the BJP is in disarray and largely incapable of playing a strong role in the upcoming Parliamentary session scheduled for July 25-August 26. The Left Front (LF) is determined to fill the vacuum and will act more like an opposition party than an [...]
2005-07-22 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KNNP IN
05NEWDELHI5755JASWANT IN THE WILDERNESS
[...] (C) Summary: A deeply embittered Jaswant Singh shared with us a scathing assessment of the Congress government, calling Manmohan Singh unfit to govern India and warning that the contradictions inherent in the UPA coalition made meaningful reform impossible. Jaswant disassociated himself from t [...]
2005-07-26 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP EINV PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5756INDIA SEEKS US INTERVENTION WITH PAKISTAN ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Echoing the GOI appeal last March (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar sought the Charge's SIPDIS assistance in conveying to Washington a formal GOI request for US intervention with Pakistan to prevent a possible Pakistan Ordinance Factory delivery of eight million roun [...]
2005-07-26 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL PTER IN NP PK
05NEWDELHI5814INDIA AND NEPAL TO TEST BORDER CONTROLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: India and Nepal have agreed to a pilot program to check documents at only one border crossing as an experiment in increasing security along the 1,750 km open border. MEA officials downplayed the significance of the decision with us, pointing out that any substantial control ov [...]
2005-07-27 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV PBTS IN NP
05NEWDELHI5815INDIAN LEFT OPPOSES "PRO-US SHIFT" BUT WILL
[...] Summary: The Left Front heavily criticized agreements reached during the PM's visit to Washington, claiming that the UPA has abandoned its pledge in the Common Minimum Program (CMP) to pursue "multipolarity," in favor of a "pro-US shift" initiated by the previous NDA government. The CPI and C [...]
2005-07-27 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP ECON IN CH IR
05NEWDELHI5845TEA WITH AN INDIAN MARXIST: ARTICULATE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge and D/Polcouns met July 26 with Sitaram Yechury, a senior and more moderate member of the CPI/M, to understand better the Left's political calculus at the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, and also to make the pitch for better ties with the U.S. Yechury is the [...]
2005-07-28 07:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI586PRESERVING THE LOC CEASEFIRE
[...] (U) This is an action request for SA. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (S) The LOC ceasefire is one of the most important achievements in the slow but steady Indo-Pak rapproachement process that began in mid-2003 with former PM Vajpayee's ""Hand of Friendship"" speech, but without US engagemen [...]
2005-01-24 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI5865LABOR PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT OUTSIDE DELHI
[...] (C) Summary: A July 25 protest rally in support of workers of a Honda subsidiary turned into an all-out riot in Gurgaon, following apparent provocations by unions linked to India's Communist parties. Located 25 kilometers southwest of Delhi, Gurgaon is a major hub of multinational corporations [...]
2005-07-28 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ECON EINV ASEC PHUM IN JA
05NEWDELHI5867INDIAN INITIATIVES IN IRAQ STILL ON HOLD
[...] (C) Summary: Following the Dead Sea conference on Iraq, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh told PolCouns and PolMilOff on July 28 that he was impressed with how Iraqis were taking control of their political process, and expressed confidence that this would result in greater support for r [...]
2005-07-28 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ENRG EPET IZ IN
05NEWDELHI5868INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS: SUDAN READY TO GO, MAYBE MORE
[...] (C) Summary: Indian media reported on July 27 that a second Indian infantry brigade had been told to prepare to deploy to the UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While MEA Under Secretary (UN Political) K Nandini told us that the MEA was SIPDIS unawa [...]
2005-07-28 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO IN CG SU UNSC
05NEWDELHI5874TRAIN BLAST CAUSED BY RDX, GOI LOSING PATIENCE
[...] (C) A blast on a New Delhi-bound train killing at least 13 passengers on July 28 was caused by RDX, police sources told us, noting that the same explosive was found in the possession of the July 5 Ayodhya attackers (Ref B). Director General AK Suri of the Railway Protection Force reported tha [...]
2005-07-29 08:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5879INDIAN PM BRIEFS PARLIAMENT ON US TIES: IT'S ALL
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heralded his first state visit to the US as an unqualified success for India's foreign and economic policy in a speech to Parliament on July 29, and emphasized that India's relationship with the US was based on equality and reciprocity, sentim [...]
2005-07-29 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MNUC ENRG EINV KNNP IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5912BHUTANESE DRAFT CONSTITUTION: A STEP IN THE RIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: The RGOB released a draft constitution on March 26, continuing the process of democratic reform started when the King abdicated power to a council of ministers in 1998. The draft, if approved, would create a constitutional monarchy with a Parliament consisting of an upper and lo [...]
2005-07-29 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL ECON KDEM KIRF SENV IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI5913INDIAN SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ASSAM AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: Amidst continuing anguish over the growing number of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in India, the Supreme Court on July 13 repealed the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) (IMDT) Act in Assam, marking a victory for the BJP and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and paving the way [...]
2005-07-29 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PINS SMIG PREL BD IN
05NEWDELHI5925KASHMIRIS: INDIA NOW HOLDS ALL THE CARDS, BUT WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A survey of Kashmiri political opinion in Srinagar, Jammu, and Delhi indicates a consensus that India is in a magisterial position right now: our contacts assess that India's strategic stock is secure and rising on the heels of the PM's visit to Washington; they agree the mood of [...]
2005-08-01 07:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS ECON ASEC PBTS IN PK
05NEWDELHI594INDIA'S SUNNI-SHIA DIVIDE DOMINATES MUSLIM
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Shias are excited about the prospect of a Shia government in Iraq, revere Ayatollah Sistani and support the January 30 election. This does not mean, however, that they are pro-American, as they also want US troops to depart Iraq as soon as possible and Iraq and Iran to ha [...]
2005-01-25 05:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IR IZ
05NEWDELHI5957TENTATIVE INDIAN ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UNGA
[...] MEA UN Political Director Pankaj Sharma told Poloff that the Indian delegation to the September UNGA High-Level Event in New York has not yet been finalized, as the composition will be the prerogative of the Prime Minister. However, he informed us that previous delegations have included the [...]
2005-08-02 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP IN UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI5960MHA ADDRESSING TERRORISM, WILLING TO CONSIDER
[...] (C) Summary: Special Secretary (Home) KP Singh told Charge, Consul General and Poloff on August 1 that recent terrorist attacks in India, while worrisome, represent a return to past levels of higher terrorist activity to which India was accustomed. He identified several new MHA initiatives t [...]
2005-08-02 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC MASS IN PK NP
05NEWDELHI5964MHA WILLING TO PONDER DEPORTEE DOCUMENTATION FIX
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Ministry of Home Affairs Special Secretary Kanwar Pratap Singh told Charge, Consul General and Poloff on August 1 that MHA would be willing to meet with DHS representatives to explore developing a mechanism to speed up the process of documenting Indian nation [...]
2005-08-02 10:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL KCRM IN US
05NEWDELHI6011PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON US-INDO NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (C) Summary: The much-anticipated Lok Sabha debate on PM Singh's visit to Washington and his July 28 statement in Parliament (Ref A) contained few surprises: the BJP called for a national debate and nit-picked over technicalities of the agreement while the Communist parties decried the Congre [...]
2005-08-03 15:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MNUC MASS KNNP ENRG EPET KDEM NSSP
05NEWDELHI6032WEST BENGAL FRETS OVER ALLEGED ISI CONTAGION
[...] (C) A two day visit to Calcutta revealed surprisingly deep anxiety over the presence in West Bengal of terrorist cells and radical Islamist groups allegedly linked to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The starkest message during PolCouns' August 1-2 visit came from Home Secretary [...]
2005-08-04 11:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KISL IN BG PK
05NEWDELHI6036INDIA'S SAARC PRIORITIES: SAFTA IS KEY
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 28 meeting, newly appointed MEA Joint Secretary for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) P.K. Kapur highlighted the GOI's priorities for the November 12-13 meeting in Dhaka, including the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA),a poverty and infrast [...]
2005-08-04 14:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECIN EAID BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI6079PM REAFFIRMS VALUE OF STRATEGIC TIES WITH U.S. IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compared to the staid August 3 Lok Sabha debate about Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit (Reftel),the statements in the Rajya Sabha on August 4 were much livelier, with the depth of feeling reflected in repeated personal insults and yelling matches. Throughout the debate [...]
2005-08-05 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MNUC MASS KNNP ENRG EPET KDEM IN
05NEWDELHI6080DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IN BT UNGA
05NEWDELHI6148MEA HINTS AT COY INDIAN SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered Ref A points on July 29 to MEA Joint Secretaries Hamid Ali Rao (UN Political) and Manjeev Puri (UN Economic and Social). In a follow-up meeting with Puri on August 8, the Joint Secretary assured us that the US shouldn't worry about the Human Rights Council (HRC),as he [...]
2005-08-08 14:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IN
05NEWDELHI6149MEA GRASPING FOR A PLAN B IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on August 8 that the "window of opportunity" for reconciliation between the Palace and the political parties in Nepal is closing, and MEA is looking for new ways to increase pressure on the King. India was annoyed b [...]
2005-08-08 14:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS KDEM MOPS IN NP
05NEWDELHI6150DELHI ON WARY TACK WITH ISLAMABAD, MULLING TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting political concern about increased infiltration across the Line of Control (LOC),and BJP sniping over the UPA government's failure to hold Pakistan accountable for terrorism in India, the GOI's top leadership has remained committed to forward progress in the Ind [...]
2005-08-08 15:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON PTER KDEM KISL MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6181MUKHERJEE AGAIN UNDERLINES VALUE OF US-INDIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an otherwise uneventful August 8 Parliamentary debate on the US-India Defense Framework, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee signaled strong support for burgeoning Indo-American military ties. Mukherjee responded to politically motivated BJP complaints and the usual litany o [...]
2005-08-09 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MNUC ENRG EINV KNNP MASS IN
05NEWDELHI621INDIA WELCOMES MORE CONTACT BETWEEN KASHMIRIS
[...] (C) Summary: The Pugwash-sponsored conference on Kashmir held in Kathmandu last December has reinforced growing GOI receptivity towards contact between Kashmiris from India and Pakistan, and New Delhi is considering proposals for a follow-on meeting, possibly in Srinagar, according to Kashmir [...]
2005-01-25 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN NP PK
05NEWDELHI6213INDIAN SUPREME COURT VERDICT IN 2001 PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Mohammad Afzal, reduced a death sentence to 10 years imprisonment for Shaukat Hussain, and acquitted Navjot Sandhu (aka: Afsan Guru),and SAR Geelani (of whom three are Kashmiris) in connection with the spectacular December 13 [...]
2005-08-10 11:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS IN PK
05NEWDELHI6215MEA PLAYS DOWN BHUTANESE KING'S VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: King Wangchuck's August 1-4 visit to New Delhi was part of a routine exchange and did not focus narrowly on an imminent Bhutan-China boundary agreement, according to MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal/Bhutan) Ranjit Rae. Rae said that the border issue was discussed, along with other rout [...]
2005-08-10 12:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF ECON IN NP BT CH
05NEWDELHI6218INDIAN MID-EAST ENVOY PITCHES FOR GAZA ROLE,
[...] (C) In an August 10 meeting with the Charge, GOI "West Asia" Special Envoy Chinmaya Gharekhan underlined New Delhi's strong interest in contributing to the task of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, and noted that India was discussing with the Palestinians how best to channel its $50 million ass [...]
2005-08-10 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS IZ IS IN
05NEWDELHI6222TERROR REVISITS ASSAM PRIOR TO INDEPENDENCE DAY
[...] (C) Summary: Indian CT experts believe the recent spate of terrorist bombings in Assam by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) is "absolutely routine" and part of an annual uptick prior to India's August 15 Independence Day. The intended lethality of some recent attacks is markedly hig [...]
2005-08-10 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI6250IRAN/IAEA: URGING SUPPORT FOR FIRM ACTION
[...] (U) This is an action message please see para 3. 2. (S) In coordination with EU partners, PolCouns presented reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament) Dilip Sinha on August 11. The Charge double-tracked in an August 11 meeting with Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar. Both the Charge and [...]
2005-08-11 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL IR EU IN
05NEWDELHI627CANADIAN PM MEETS WITH SONIA, DISCUSSES ENRON
[...] (C) Summary: The unprecedented meeting with Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi marked the highlight of Canadian PM Paul Martin's January 18 trip to New Delhi, Canadian Embassy PolCouns Adrian Norfolk told PolCouns and Poloff on January 25. Canadian PM Paul Martin also met with Prime Mini [...]
2005-01-27 01:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KNNP EINV CA IN
05NEWDELHI6294THE US-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL: SHAPING PUBLIC OPINION
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh,s appearances before Parliament (Ref. A, B and C) and our contacts in the Indian scientific community allow an early assessment of how the GOI interprets the July 18 Joint Statement (JS) on civil nuclear cooperation and where challenges are likely to arise in [...]
2005-08-12 11:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD IN KNNP PREL IAEA US
05NEWDELHI6295POST FLOOD DISEASE WAVE IN MUMBAI
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mumbai is facing a wave of post flood infectious diseases. Newspaper reports have put the death toll at 66 for Mumbai and suburbs. Most of the deaths have been attributed to leptospirosis and dengue. Maharashtra health authorities believe that while the incidence is high, the dise [...]
2005-08-12 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA IN
05NEWDELHI6308INDIA READY TO WORK WITH US ON AFGHAN PARLIAMENT,
[...] (C) India stands ready to provide any assistance Afghanistan requests for elections and Parliamentary training, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns on August 12. The Prime Minister will lay the cornerstone of the Indian-constructed Parliament building [...]
2005-08-12 12:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM IN AF
05NEWDELHI6310MANMOHAN SINGH A TRUE STATESMAN IN REACTING TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Doing what no Indian leader in 20 years has been willing to do, Manmohan Singh apologized to the nation for government inaction during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The apology preempted BJP efforts to capitalize on the report, which named two high-profile Congress leaders as cons [...]
2005-08-12 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI6311PUNJAB WORRIED ABOUT DRUGS AND JOBS, NOT TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to media reports warning of a resurgence in Khalistani terrorism in Punjab and northern India, Poloff traveled to Chandigarh August 4-5 to interview government, business, police, civil society and political leaders. They were uniformly unperturbed by reports of mil [...]
2005-08-12 13:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM ECON EAGR SNAR ELAB EINV IN PK
05NEWDELHI6312MEA ON PAKISTAN TALKS: SOME PROGRESS, MANY DOUBTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Pakistan policy manager Dilip Sinha believes India and Pakistan made good but slow progress in their latest round of Composite Dialogue efforts, with a more constructive climate than earlier discussions. They agreed to extend the LOC ceasefire, establish nuclear hotlines, pre [...]
2005-08-12 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON ECIN ETRD MOPS IN PK AF INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6338IMPLEMENTING EXPORT CONTROL LEGISLATION IS
[...] (C) New MEA Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Hamid Ali Rao told PolCouns and PolMilOff on August 16 that although he is "still digesting the new legislation," his priority will be implementing India's new export control law. PolCouns delivered A/S Rad [...]
2005-08-16 12:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ETTC IR IN
05NEWDELHI6339PM INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH: THE WORLD IS WATCHING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In his second annual independence day speech to the nation, PM Manmohan Singh echoed themes from his recent address to the US Congress regarding India's rising economic power, its democratic credentials, its increasing engagement with the international system, and the need to ens [...]
2005-08-16 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN PBTS EAID MOPS PTER IN
05NEWDELHI6340MEA: TURN UP THE HEAT ON THE LTTE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI was saddened but not surprised by the August 12 assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar -- apparently by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) -- because he, as a moderate Tamil, was considered the LTTE's second-most important target after P [...]
2005-08-16 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS KCRM PGOV ECON IN CE
05NEWDELHI6396MEA URGES USG NOT TO PURSUE STATUS OF FORCES
[...] (C) DATT conveyed reftel points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar in a letter on August 16 (full text para 6 below). In a meeting on August 17 with DCM to introduce a new Embassy officer, Jaishanker pulled DCM aside to discourage strongly any effort by the USG to pursue at this [...]
2005-08-18 09:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IN
05NEWDELHI6410BHUTANESE HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UN GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP IN BT UNGA
05NEWDELHI6411INDIA ALLEGES PAKISTANI AND CHINESE WEAPONS SALES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN PK NP CH
05NEWDELHI6413DEMARCHE DELIVERY: MAGEN DAVID ADOM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 14:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IS IN
05NEWDELHI6414MEA UNSURPRISED BUT ANXIOUS IN REACTION TO BANGLA
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA told us that the few indicators so far available point to the Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh as author of the August 17 bombing wave. The MEA further theorized that the terrorists' goal was to demonstrate organization and sophistication. Delhi views Bangladesh's terrori [...]
2005-08-18 16:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6485NATWAR RESERVED ON US-INDIA NUCLEAR UNDERSTANDING
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Natwar Singh was oddly aloof on the US-India nuclear understanding when the Ambassador met with him August 23 to convey the Secretary's letter designating Undersecretary Burns as the US interlocutor for the civil nuclear working group established in the July 18 joint state [...]
2005-08-23 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ETTC MNUC IN IR NSSP US
05NEWDELHI6519NATWAR DECRIES BANGLADESHI DENIAL, QUESTIONS SAARC
[...] (C) The Ambassador used an August 23 meeting with Foreign Minister Natwar Singh to probe Indian thinking on next steps in Bangladesh, underling our hope that we will be able to develop the same kind of fluid information exchange and close coordination of diplomatic strategies that characterizes [...]
2005-08-24 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM IN BG SAARC
05NEWDELHI6520ALL EYES ON UNGA SUMMIT AS INDO-PAK TALKS WRAP UP
[...] (C) Summary: Round Two of the Indo-Pakistan Composite Dialogue (CD) is drawing to a close with few concrete results, although the two sides managed to preserve a sense of forward movement, which reinforces the broad Indian public support for rapprochement with Pakistan. To facilitate dialogu [...]
2005-08-24 14:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV ECON SNAR SCUL PBTS PINR IN PK INDO PAK UNGA
05NEWDELHI6545GOI MOBILIZES TO SELL US-INDIA FRAMEWORK AND SHAPE
[...] (C) In an informal conversation on August 24, Prime Minister's Media Adviser Sanjaya Baru told A/DCM that the PMO would shortly unveil an advisory task force whose job would be to help sell the new US-India bilateral framework and to develop recommendations for action between now and the expec [...]
2005-08-25 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KNNP MNUC IN US NSSP
05NEWDELHI6594MEA STICKS WITH TWIN PILLARS, SKEPTICAL ON UN
[...] (C) A skeptical MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told A/DCM on August 26 that the GOI will receive UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi in New Delhi on August 30, but was puzzled by what the UN might expect to accomplish in Nepal. In contrast to reports in Kathmandu and among non-governmental India [...]
2005-08-26 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IN NP CH KS
05NEWDELHI6595NEW DELHI NEPAL EXPERTS CALL FOR LONG-TERM STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: New Delhi-based Nepal experts representing a wide spectrum of viewpoints agreed that the international community must take a longer-term view of the crisis in Nepal, and argued the US must lead in any recasting of strategy, as New Delhi is handcuffed by conflicting domestic int [...]
2005-08-26 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KDEM PGOV MOPS PBTS IN NP
05NEWDELHI6596TOUGH NEW ANTI-HIJACKING POLICY, AT LEAST ON PAPER
[...] (C) Summary: To break with earlier ad hoc practices -- many of which yielded disastrous results -- the GOI recently unveiled India's first formal anti-hijacking policy and streamlined bureaucratic procedures in the event of a successful hijacking in Indian airspace. The Indian Air Force (IAF [...]
2005-08-26 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR MOPS KSAC IN PK
05NEWDELHI6598PM SINGH TO SEEK FRENCH SUPPORT ON NUCLEAR ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting, French Second Counselor Gilles Bourbao previewed PM Singh's September 11-12 trip to Paris. The primary motivation for the Singh visit is to obtain French support for modifying the international nuclear framework in light of the US-Indian civil nuclear ag [...]
2005-08-26 14:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC ENRG MASS FR IN EU
05NEWDELHI6635LEFT SHAKES DOWN CONGRESS USING ITS COALITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian Left, led by the CPI(M),has been on a political roll. It has pressured the UPA government to forestall disinvestiture plans, to sack a Cabinet minister and to support economically-unsound programs such as the "National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill" (septel). Pun [...]
2005-08-29 12:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ELAB IN KDEM MNUC
05NEWDELHI6637THE SORDID PATRONAGE POLITICS OF ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On August 24, both Houses of Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Bill with little opposition by any political party. The Bill, which could theoretically cost the treasury as much as USD 70 billion over 5 years, will now go to President [...]
2005-08-29 14:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EINV ENRG PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI6638INDIAN QUESTIONS ABOUT IRAN WMD BRIEFING OFFER
[...] (S) In response to the USG offer to brief the GOI on Iran's weaponization program and pursuit of the nuclear fuel cycle (Ref A),MEA Deputy Secretary (Americas) Santosh Jha told PolMilOff on August 29 that MEA is generally interested, but would like more information before it could formally a [...]
2005-08-29 14:45:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKNNP PARM PREL IR IN
05NEWDELHI6655AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MOD HIERARCHY
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Mukherjee expressed great satisfaction with his visit to the US. Opposition to the New Framework for Defense Relations mainly comes from those mired in "Old Think Syndrome." Mukherjee interested in visiting upcoming Indo-US military exercises, and visiting USS [...]
2005-08-30 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN IZ MARR MOPS PREL
05NEWDELHI6660IRAQI CONSTITUTION: INDIAN SUPPORT, BUT NO
[...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/I. Please see para 4. 2. (C) PolMilOff encouraged the GOI to make a public statement in support of Iraq's efforts to draft a constitution and delivered the Secretary's statement and fact sheet (Reftel) during her meeting with MEA Deputy Secretary ( [...]
2005-08-30 16:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ IN
05NEWDELHI6691PUSHING INDO-PAK DELIVERABLES FOR UNGA MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Although the bonhomie and impressive "to do" list that emerged from the April "cricket summit" (Ref C) gave a palpable boost to Indian perceptions of Indo-Pak relations, the relationship soured in New Delhi's eyes after the GOI reported worsening trends on cross-border infiltrati [...]
2005-08-31 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID ECON PGOV IN PK AF UNGA INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6693INDIA ACCEPTS IRAN BRIEFING
[...] (U) This is an action request for NP/RA. See para 3. 2. (S) The GOI has accepted the offer to have a briefing on Iran's weaponization program (Ref A),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar told A/DCM on August 31. However, because of sensitivities about the visit of Iran's top [...]
2005-08-31 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKNNP PARM IR IN
05NEWDELHI6694MEA EAGER TO WORK WITH US ON BANGLADESH AND SRI
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, new MEA Joint Secretary for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar Mohan Kumar SIPDIS agreed to the need for greater information sharing and policy coordination between GOI and USG on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Stressing that Bangladesh is "India's most impo [...]
2005-08-31 14:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6721INDIA NOT LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN TRACKER WORKSHOP
[...] (SBU) India will likely not participate in the Tracker Automated Export Control System workshop in Oxford, UK, in October because the GOI is developing its own export control software, MEA Under Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Nutan Kapoor told PolMilOff. The GOI is aware o [...]
2005-09-01 10:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KNNP ETTC IN GOI
05NEWDELHI6722INDIAN OFFER TO HELP IRAQ "STILL ON THE TABLE"
[...] (U) This is an action request for USAID Mission in Iraq. See para 6. 2. (C) Summary: India's previous offers to provide training, advice, and material assistance to assist Iraq's electoral and constitutional processes are "still on the table," but remain constrained by security concerns, [...]
2005-09-01 10:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ENRG KDEM IZ IN
05NEWDELHI6723INDIA WILL PROVIDE UPDATE ON NEC CASE
[...] (S) In response to points in Reftel, MEA Under Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Nutan Kapoor told PolMilOff on August 31 that the GOI would provide an update on the status of the NEC case. PolMilOff also asked that the GOI provide information on the remaining steps t [...]
2005-09-01 10:29:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IN CBW GOI
05NEWDELHI6725GOI WANTS AGRICULTURE MEETING IN OCTOBER
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar told A/DCM on August 31 that while the Agriculture Initiative would be the most difficult of the new US-India undertakings to fulfill, it would be pushed through the Indian side quickly [...]
2005-09-01 10:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAGR EAID IN
05NEWDELHI6735GOI VISITOR DISAPPOINTS ISRAEL
[...] (S) Israel DCM Yoed Magen gave us an unexpectedly downbeat readout of the August 28 visit to Jerusalem by MEA Secretary East Rajiv Sikri, reporting that Sikri appeared SIPDIS more often to be the representative of the Palestinians, rather than India. The Israelis went all out for this visit, supp [...]
2005-09-01 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL IN IS
05NEWDELHI6737INDIAN MUSLIMS REJECT EXTREMISM VIA FATWAS
[...] (U) Summary: The recent controversy surrounding a fatwa from the Darul-Uloom Deoband seminary demonstrates the unique ability of India's Muslim community to reign in signs of extremism to maintain a moderate Islam identity. During Panchayat (local) elections in Uttar Pradesh, three muftis f [...]
2005-09-01 13:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL KIRF PINR PHUM PTER IN IR
05NEWDELHI6797PM'S KABUL VISIT: TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's August 28-29 visit to Kabul is playing as a resounding foreign policy success in New Delhi. The announced USD 50 million additional assistance, proposals for new areas of cooperation, Parliament ground-breaking and ribbon cutting of the Habibia sc [...]
2005-09-02 13:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID IN AF PK IR
05NEWDELHI680MEA HOPEFUL LOC FIRING ""A ONE-TIME PROBLEM""
[...] (C) On the margins of a January 27 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, DCM expressed our hope that the SIPDIS January 18 and 20 cross-LOC shelling incidents (reftel) would not impede the ongoing Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue. Saran responded that he understood the USG concern and was [...]
2005-01-27 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6803NEW DELHI 2005 POLITICAL REPORTING OFFICERS'
[...] (U) As previewed in recent e-mails to addressee posts, Embassy New Delhi is pleased to host the second annual Political Reporting Officers' Conference, September 29, 2005 in New Delhi. The event, for which we hope to attract participation from both India constituent posts and India's neighbors [...]
2005-09-02 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV APER ASEC ECON ETRD IN ABUD AMGT US
05NEWDELHI6804INDIA WALKING IRAN TIGHTROPE
[...] (C) Summary: As Natwar Singh travels to Tehran September 2 to meet the new regime, India's overriding goal is securing energy, followed by preserving access to Afghanistan, maintaining influence in what India perceives as a swing state in the debate over Islam, and advancing other business relati [...]
2005-09-02 14:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG PBTS IR IN
05NEWDELHI6806YASIN MALIK VISA
[...] (SBU) Action Request: Post recommends that Department either authorize Post to issue a visa or that Washington issue a 212(d)(3)(A) waiver of nonimmigrant visa ineligibilities as appropriate for Yasin MALIK (DOB: 3 April 1965),President of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF),to at [...]
2005-09-02 16:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PTER IN
05NEWDELHI6809TFUS01: INDIA SEEKS USG OK TO SEND MORE AID
[...] (U) SEE URGENT ACTION REQUESTS AT PARA 6. 2. (SBU) A/DCM conveyed Refs A and B points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Jaishankar late evening on September 4. SIPDIS Jaishankar indicated he understood the bureaucratic issues regarding sending a medical team and offering Indian pharmace [...]
2005-09-05 14:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR PREL EAID MOPS MASS AMGT MARR US
05NEWDELHI6810KING OF BHUTAN OFFERS CONDOLENCES FOR HURRICANE
[...] The Bhutanese Ambassador to New Delhi has passed the following message from King Wangchuck of Bhutan to the President: 2. Begin text. Your Excellency, I was deeply saddened to learn about the tragic loss of lives and extensive damage to properties caused by Hurricane Katrina in the St [...]
2005-09-05 14:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BT IN
05NEWDELHI6837CRICKET CONCERNS: GOI'S PROPOSED SATELLITE TV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy told A/DCM on September 2 that US broadcasters' concern on proposed new GOI restrictions on satellite uplink policies (reftel) was misplaced, as New Delhi's only interest was in ensuring that India's rural poor would have acc [...]
2005-09-06 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINV PREL IN
05NEWDELHI6840A NUCLEAR IRAN STILL UNACCEPTABLE TO INDIA, BUT DELHI QUESTIONS EVENTUAL ARMED CONFRONTATION
[...] (S) Summary: Indian FS Saran listened attentively to Ambassador's views on Iran, including our disappointment with FM Natwar Singh's public statements on his September 3-4 visit to Tehran; and reaffirmed India's long-standing policy on Iran, ie, that Iran must comply with its international commitm [...]
2005-09-06 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETMNUC PREL KNNP PINS MOPS IN IR
05NEWDELHI6841INDIA-SYRIA RELATIONS (C-NE5-00868)
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Indian West Asia Envoy Gharekhan's recent trip to Syria was focused on Iraq. India's broader interests in Damascus include Syria's influence on the Israel-Palestine conflict and Iraq, and the GOI's desire to burnish relations with the Muslim world. End Summary. Gharekhan's Visi [...]
2005-09-06 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR IN SY
05NEWDELHI6844CONGRESS PARTY: CLINTON DINNER IN BAD TASTE
[...] (C) Summary: Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma told the press on September 5 that a lavish September 7 dinner planned by Congress adversary Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in honor of former President Clinton in the midst of an fatal outbreak in U.P. of Japanese Encephalitis [...]
2005-09-06 14:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER OVIP OTRA EAID PREL ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI6846GOI MINISTER: NO THIRD FRONT, UPA TO PUSH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: GOI Minister and Congress leader Jaipal Reddy told A/DCM on September 2 that the US-India relationship was welcomed "across the political spectrum" in India, despite some insincere sniping from the opposition. While the Left Front has staked out opposition to some UPA efforts, it [...]
2005-09-06 14:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV EINV EFIN ECON PREL ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI6847INDIAN MINISTER: NEPAL'S KING UNREPENTANT, BUT GOI
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Minister Jaipal Reddy told us that Nepal's King Gyanendra was unrepentant in a discussion at the August 29 SAARC information ministers' meeting. The King is hoping India will blink, but it will not, Reddy said. In the meantime, he argued, the Maoists are gaining ground an [...]
2005-09-06 15:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV IN NP
05NEWDELHI6903BHUTAN FEARS MAOISTS IN REFUGEE CAMPS
[...] (C) Summary: Bhutanese MFA officials expressed concern over Maoist intrusions into refugee camps in Nepal and indicated the government's main priority is keeping radical elements out of Bhutan during August 24-25 meetings with Poloff and Econoff in Thimphu. The MFA reiterated the Royal Govern [...]
2005-09-07 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PHUM IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI6915INDIAN DEPUTY NSA UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, HESITANT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy NSA VK Nambiar told A/DCM and Poloff on September 7 that he was optimistic the Indo-Pak peace process would continue to make slow progress, and looked forward to PM Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Musharraf during the UNGA summit. Nambiar highlighted instability i [...]
2005-09-08 08:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KNNP IN IR PK BG INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6929MDA: INDIA SUPPORTS PROTOCOL, BUT NO PLANS TO PUSH
[...] (U) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora on September 6. Arora promised to confer with his UN Economic and Social (UNES) counterparts, but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) Poloff followed up with Deputy Secretary (UNES) Gopal Baglay on Septembe [...]
2005-09-08 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ GOI UN
05NEWDELHI6931DEMARCHES DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: A/DCM and Poloff called on new MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora on September 6 and SIPDIS delivered Refs A and B demarches, underlining the importance in the new US-India relationship for India to be seen [...]
2005-09-08 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECIN PHUM KDEM KUNR IN AF UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI6974INDIA NOTES US IRAN VIEWS; TRYING TO CLARIFY ITS POSITION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Our efforts here and Congress' reaction in Washington seem to be encouraging the Indians to review their public postures on Iran. According to a senior MEA contact, they are mulling ways to restate their position in an unambiguous and helpful way. Our MEA contacts cite Indian engage [...]
2005-09-09 10:35:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKNNP PREL MNUC IR IN
05NEWDELHI6994INDIA-EU,UK SUMMITS: THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY
[...] (U) Summary: Tony Blair wrapped up two days of EU and UK summits on September 8, leaving behind an EU-India joint action plan, British and European support for Indian ITER participation, a framework agreement on Galileo, and UK assent to increased civil nuclear cooperation. Trade representatives [...]
2005-09-09 14:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV KPKO KDEM KNNP PHUM IN UK EU IR GM
05NEWDELHI708INDIAN EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PAC-2 BRIEFING
[...] (C) The classified briefing on the Patriot PAC-2 missile defense (MD) system, currently scheduled for February 22 or 23, has generated a great deal of interest within the Indian government, with senior GOI officials hopeful that this will be the beginning of a broader MD relationship with the U [...]
2005-01-28 11:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI7083DEMARCHE ON LTTE ACTIVITIES DELIVERED TO GOI
[...] (C) We delivered Ref A demarche on September 8 to MEA Director (Americas) Sanjay Bhattacharyya and Deputy Secretary (Sri Lanka) Anupam Ray, both of whom accepted it without substantial comment. We pointed out that our giving the GOI this demarche was more about demonstrating our resolve to c [...]
2005-09-13 08:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV IN CE
05NEWDELHI709INDIA REINVENTING NSA POSITION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: MK Narayanan, formally named on January 25 as India's new NSA, will be a different kind of National Security Adviser than his high-profile, powerful predecessors, JN Dixit and Brajesh Mishra. After several weeks of debat [...]
2005-01-28 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK
05NEWDELHI7092GOI MORE PESSIMISTIC THAN EVER ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae was less optimistic than ever that King Gyanendra would take steps to resolve the deteriorating political stalemate in Nepal. He told A/DCM and Poloff on September 12 that all Indian observers believe the King is in "self-destruct mode," an [...]
2005-09-13 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PBTS MOPS MASS ECON IN NP
05NEWDELHI7100SCENE-SETTER FOR MEETINGS WITH MANMOHAN SINGH & NATWAR SINGH IN NEW YORK
[...] (C) Summary: Madame Secretary, your meetings this week with (we hope) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister Natwar Singh provide an occasion to sketch the real challenges we face in implementing legislative actions necessary for us to fulfill the civil nuclear vision of the July 18 Jo [...]
2005-09-13 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7135INDIA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, POST SPOKE TO MINISTRY OF LABOR OFFICIALS, NGOS, AND TRADE UNIONISTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 7. A. LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROSCRIBING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: -- INDIA HAS NOT YET RATIFIED ILO CONVENTION 182. ALTHOUGH THE GOI INITIATED THE PROCESS [...]
2005-09-14 06:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV KCRM ETRD IN
05NEWDELHI7159 ECONOMIC INTERVIEWS IN BHUTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Econoff traveled to Bhutan in late August to interview several Ministry officials at the working level and to establish additional contacts with non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The three day visit, which included over 15 meetings around Thimphu, resulted in a number o [...]
2005-09-14 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD IN BT
05NEWDELHI719FIRST INDIA-CHINA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE MODEST BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The January 24 strategic dialogue between China and India "did not accomplish much," but did provide insight into China's view of the world, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told the DCM on January 27. From New SIPDIS Delhi's perspective, the dialogue illustrated China's [...]
2005-01-28 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IN CH
05NEWDELHI7194INDIA DECLINES INVITATION TO EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (U) Indian export control officials will not attend the international export control conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 20-22, because of other commitments at that time, MEA Under Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Nutan Kapoor told PolMilOff on Sept. 14. 2. (C) Comm [...]
2005-09-15 09:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KSTC MASS ETTC IN
05NEWDELHI7197BLAIR SUPPORTS INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a briefing on the September 7-8 India-EU Summit, British High Commissioner Sir Michael Arthur emphasized the UK's support for civil nuclear cooperation with India, the success of the UK's effort to play up its European personality during this visit, and the excellent personal [...]
2005-09-15 09:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV EAID KDEM KNNP PHUM IN UK EU IR GM NSSP
05NEWDELHI72INDIAN INITIATIVES TO FURTHER HIGH TECH, BIOTECH,
[...] (C) Summary: Despite changes in key USG interlocutors, the GOI hopes to preserve momentum on high-tech trade and other cooperation under the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) umbrella and is looking to Washington for similar signals. In a December 29 meeting with PolCouns and Pol-M [...]
2005-01-04 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC KNNP TRGY IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI7230WHITHER THE BJP?
[...] (C) Summary: Well-documented divisions (reftels) have recently prevented the BJP from fulfilling its role as India's leading opposition party and led to a string of electoral defeats. The latest "crisis" was the expulsion and reinstatement of BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana. The core issue is [...]
2005-09-15 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI7241EDUCATION IN A HIMALAYAN KINGDOM: ANOTHER FACET OF
[...] (U) Summary: During Poloff's August 22-25 visit to Bhutan, our interlocutors insisted that Bhutan is committed to educating its children by providing free schooling for all. Primary school enrollment stands at 87.8 percent. The government's decision in the 1950s to use English as the medium [...]
2005-09-16 09:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF SCUL PHUM IN BT
05NEWDELHI7259INDO-PAK UNGA MEETING POSITIVE, NO FIREWORKS
[...] (C) Summary: The September 14, four-hour Manmohan Singh-Musharraf dinner meeting and joint statement on the sidelines of UNGA continued the positive bilateral vibe even if it did not produce new deliverables, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha told us during a Septemb [...]
2005-09-16 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM PGOV IN PK AF INDO PAK UNGA
05NEWDELHI7261NUCLEAR ISSUES OVERSHADOWED NATWAR'S TRIP TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha complained to CDA and Poloff during a September 15 office call that nuclear proliferation issues overshadowed in the press the rest of Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's September 2-4 trip to Iran. The trip's substantive fo [...]
2005-09-16 13:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET KNNP PARM PINR IN IR UK GM
05NEWDELHI73LODI GYARI INFORMS INDIA OF PLANS FOR TIBETAN
[...] (C) On January 3, the Dalai Lama's Special Representative Lodi Gyari told Ambassador Mulford that he had briefed MEA Joint Secretary (East Asia) Ashok Kantha that same day on Dharamsala's intention to relocate 10,000 Tibetan refugees from India and Nepal to the US. He emphasized that he had [...]
2005-01-04 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM IN CH NP
05NEWDELHI7345ALL EYES ON VAJPAYEE AS ADVANI AND RSS TUSSLE
[...] (C) Summary: The BJP's leadership conclave in Chennai ended with a bang when LK Advani picked a very public fight with the Hindu right-wing RSS over the future ideological direction of the party. On September 18, Advani finally submitted to RSS pressure to resign (in December) as party pres [...]
2005-09-20 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER IN PK BG
05NEWDELHI7346INDIA QUICK TO COMMEND AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) The MEA released a supportive statement on September 19 welcoming the Parliamentary and provincial elections in Afghanistan, calling the polls "an important stage in Afghanistan's journey towards a peaceful, stable and prosperous society," and a demonstration of the population's choice [...]
2005-09-20 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM EAID IN AF
05NEWDELHI74INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP: JANUARY 4
[...] (SBU) Summary: India Consular officers have been focusing on unaccounted for American citizens through an ongoing effort to respond to inquiries, and have been successful in resolving about 170 cases. In a January 4 session with members of the local media, the Ambassador highlighted the US r [...]
2005-01-04 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN
05NEWDELHI7400RISING BANGLADESHI MIGRATION IN INDIA AND THE
[...] (C) As India grows increasingly concerned about Islamic extremism in Bangladesh, there is a rising paranoia about the number of Bangladeshi migrants, the nature of a more radicalized Islam that they bring to border areas, and changes in political demographics in the Northeast. This problem i [...]
2005-09-22 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS SMIG PTER BG IN
05NEWDELHI7417BHUTAN: GOOD GOVERNANCE LEADS TO HEALTHY MOUNTAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite its isolation, low income and rugged terrain, Bhutan has created an effective system of state-provided medical care that is delivering a healthier population and outpacing others in South Asia. The Government continues to invest heavily in the medical sector, with dono [...]
2005-09-23 10:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL EAID IN BT NP UN
05NEWDELHI7421BREAKING INDIA'S PSI LOGJAM
[...] (U) This is an action request for Department L/LEI. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary: To gain GOI support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) we should quickly respond to GOI concerns about the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) Convention [...]
2005-09-23 10:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA KNNP IN UK PSI
05NEWDELHI7432UNFOUNDED "THIRD FRONT" RUMORS HINT AT CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Persistent rumors in Indian political circles that the Left Front (LF) is conspiring with the Samajwadi Party (SP) of Mulayam Singh Yadav to construct a "third front" capable of unseating the present United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government are unfounded. The LF benefits fr [...]
2005-09-23 11:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7436 RE-TOOLING THE HTCG: EMBASSY'S THOUGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As we plan for the December 1-2 meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) in New Delhi, the Embassy HTCG working group -- Econ, Pol, Sci, FAS, ODC, FCS - met on September 20. The consensus of our group is that the focus of the HTCG in the post-NSSP era should u [...]
2005-09-23 11:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETTC EINT EINV ETRD PREL EAGR IN HTCG
05NEWDELHI749HIGH TURNOUT IN FIRST ROUND OF J&K LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Consolidating the pattern set in other recent state elections, Kashmiris turned out in large numbers in municipal elections in North Kashmir on January 30, defying terrorist intimidation and a separatist-led boycott campaign, and demonstrating that they want to have a greater say i [...]
2005-01-31 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM IN PK
05NEWDELHI7493INDIAN GOVERNMENT AGGRESSIVELY DEFENDING ITS VOTE ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: India's decision to support the US/EU resolution on Iran at the IAEA was the most important signal so far of the UPA's commitment to building a transformed US-India relationship. To counter the domestic backlash, the GOI launched an aggressive campaign to explain to its domestic con [...]
2005-09-26 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP IR IN
05NEWDELHI7494GOI CONSIDERING RUSSIAN THRUST IN CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: As India perceives a shift by Central Asian nations toward their Soviet roots and increased competition from China, the GOI is taking a new look at how to orient its foreign policy in the region. Frustrated with the slow progress expanding influence in its extended neighborhood a [...]
2005-09-26 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ETRD MOPS CN PK AF IN
05NEWDELHI750 Bio-Terrorism Tabletop and Bio-Security
[...] Summary: On January 7, 2005, OES/DAS Morin met with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH) and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials to present US - India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) on a bio-terrorism tabletop exercise and [...]
2005-01-31 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PTER KNNP PREL PGOV TPHY TRGY KSCA IN
05NEWDELHI7505NEPALESE MAOISTS STILL TOP CONCERN FOR GOI
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI still sees the Maoists as its chief concern in the ongoing crisis in Nepal, MEA told us on September 27. However, the GOI believes the cease-fire could be a sign of progress toward an ultimate political solution, if the Maoists prove sincere in their professed commitment [...]
2005-09-27 08:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS KDEM IN NP PK CH
05NEWDELHI7555SHIELD S38-05: INDIA WILL INVESTIGATE SHIPMENT OF
[...] (S) PolMilOff raised the points in reftel regarding the Grow-On Group's shipment of large amounts of sodium cyanide to North Korea in a Sept 27 meeting with MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security, Nutan Kapoor. PolMilOff gave Kapoor a non-paper about the case, as well as [...]
2005-09-28 07:03:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC KN IN
05NEWDELHI7556DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNFC COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION
[...] PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche seeking support for the US resolution on compliance in the UNGA First Committee to MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security, Nutan Kapoor on September 27. Kapoor had no substantive comment. 2. EmbOffs also delivered the demarche to M [...]
2005-09-28 07:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL IN UNGA
05NEWDELHI756INDIA ON IRAQI ELECTIONS: CONGRATULATE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the GOI's deliberately low-profile public and material support in the run-up to the Iraqi elections, Indian government, media, and commentators welcomed the completion of Iraq's first election. In a January 31 statement, the Indian MEA called the elections a "noteworthy [...]
2005-01-31 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IN IZ
05NEWDELHI757STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH CHINA JUST THE BEGINNING,
[...] (C) Summary: "If China had proposed a strategic dialogue a few years ago, we would have been wary," MEA Joint Secretary (East Asia) told PolCouns and Poloff on January 31, SIPDIS adding that the PRC now seems willing to engage with India on issues of global importance. Echoing Foreign Secr [...]
2005-01-31 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN CH
05NEWDELHI759RESTORING MOMENTUM TO OUR NSSP RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary Americas Jaishankar called in DCM and PolCouns on January 31 to reiterate his earlier message (reftel) regarding the likely impasse in our Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) relationship if we are not able to achieve buy-in from key GOI scientific agencies that f [...]
2005-01-31 14:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ETTC TSPA IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI7693INITIAL INDIAN OUTREACH TO THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (C) Summary: India has begun to lobby Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) members in advance of the 19-20 October meeting of the Consultative Group (CG),MEA Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Hamid Ali Rao told PolCouns and PolMilOff on 3 Oct. So far, the GOI has engaged [...]
2005-10-03 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG KNNP IS IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI7725COMBATING EXTREMISM - MISSION INDIA RESPONSE
[...] (C) Summary: India enjoys a democratic, multi-religious, multi-cultural, heterogeneous, multi-ethnic society where all major world religions are practiced freely. Isolated elements of religious extremism of many varieties have, however, occurred in India -- notably among Hindus, Muslims, and [...]
2005-10-05 05:52:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7752GOI ON ICJ ELECTIONS DEMARCHE, ITALIAN COESPU
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on ICJ elections, discussed Ref B plans for funding travel of Indian students to Italy's Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units, and reviewed the way forward for cooperation on UN reform in an October 5 conversation with MEA [...]
2005-10-05 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KUNR IN IT UNSC UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI7759CONGRESS MOVES TO CALM COALITION JITTERS
[...] (C) Summary: The virulent criticism by the Left Front (LF) and the opposition BJP of India's anti-Iran vote in the IAEA and their efforts to politicize the debate on economic reform has caught many Congress leaders by surprise, and fed rumors that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governm [...]
2005-10-05 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ELAB KISL PREL PINR EINV IR IN
05NEWDELHI7767SECOND ANNUAL SOUTH ASIA POLITICAL REPORTING
[...] (U) Summary: The September 29 South Asia Political Reporting Officers' Conference in New Delhi brought together almost 50 officers and FSNs from Indian consulates, South Asian countries, the broader region and Washington to discuss recent developments. Participants discussed the July 18 Indo [...]
2005-10-05 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BD PK NP IN
05NEWDELHI7777HOME SECRETARY UPBEAT ABOUT DECLINE IN TERRORISM,
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST FOR S/CT IN PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador following an MLAT signing ceremony, Home Secretary VK Duggal was moderately upbeat over the security situation in Kashmir, noting that the situation was calm enough for the valley to welcome [...]
2005-10-06 08:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER CASC CJAN IN PK NP GOI
05NEWDELHI7794GOI J&K POINTMAN CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK,
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with visiting US Ambassador to Islamabad Ryan Crocker, GOI Interlocutor on Kashmir NN Vohra was generally upbeat on Indo-Pak relations and said that Islamabad is sending positive signals on Kashmir, but Musharraf is not doing enough to combat cross-border [...]
2005-10-06 11:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PBTS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7795DNSA NAMBIAR TO AMB CROCKER: PAKISTANI GLASS HALF
[...] (S) Summary: Playing bad cop, Deputy National Security Advisor Vijay Nambiar gave visiting US Ambassador to Pakistan a twenty minute assessment of Pakistani terrorists' ties to regional and global jehadi groups as a way of "balancing Musharraf's rhetoric." Bangladesh, he feared, was the new hub for [...]
2005-10-06 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PBTS ECON MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7797GOI: NO BASHAR VISIT PLANNED, BUT SYRIA MUST DO
[...] (C) Summary: India's West Asia Envoy C Gharekhan told us he is unaware of plans for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to visit New Delhi, but agreed that Damascus is eager to exploit any opportunity for high-level visits to dispel its deep isolation. Syria must do more for its own sake and Iraq [...]
2005-10-06 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN SY IZ
05NEWDELHI7803HOME SECRETARY OPTIMISTIC ON PAKISTANI TIES, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Reviewing India-Pakistan relations for visiting US Ambassador to Islamabad Ryan Crocker, Home Secretary VK Duggal observed on October 4 that Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations are generally "on the upswing," but lamented the lack of concrete evidence of a change of Pakistani intentions [...]
2005-10-07 05:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7874BAGLIHAR DAM: NEUTRAL EXPERT VISITS SITE, WILL
[...] (U) Summary: World Bank-appointed Neutral Expert Dr. Raymond Lafitte today completed his tour and consultations on the controversial Baglihar Dam; he gave the GOI a preliminary read-out and will file a comprehensive report by October 21. The process, under the auspices of the World Bank-broker [...]
2005-10-07 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7880TFPK01: INDIA ANALYZING ITS NEEDS, ACKNOWLEDGES US
[...] (U) Please see Action Request in Para 4 below. 2. (SBU) In a meeting October 10 with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran (other topics reported septel),the SIPDIS Ambassador conveyed to India the condolences of the United States for the loss of life and injuries sustained as a result o [...]
2005-10-10 09:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC KISL PREL PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN US
05NEWDELHI7909CONGRESS ON DEFENSIVE OVER SUPREME COURT DECISION
[...] (C) Summary. On October 7, the Indian Supreme Courts ruled that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) May 22 dissolution of the Bihar State Assembly and its declaration of President's rule was unconstitutional. However, the Court refused to cancel the October 18-November 19 state elections, [...]
2005-10-11 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL IN
05NEWDELHI7910TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 11, 2005
[...] (U) The following is an update on salient events in India since the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: "The Hindu" of Oct. 11 reports 927 are dead in Indian Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The J&K government doesn't expect the death toll to go above 1100 because only 180 more are considered [...]
2005-10-11 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI792INDIA RESPONDS QUICKLY TO NEPAL KING'S ACTIONS;
[...] (S) Summary: Expressing "grave concern" over the King's decision to dissolve the multiparty government in Nepal, and calling the action "a serious setback to the cause of democracy," New Delhi responded swiftly and with unusual firmness to the February 1 developments in Kathmandu. In a statem [...]
2005-02-01 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP
05NEWDELHI796CONGRESS SET TO WIN IN HARYANA BUT THE VICTORY
[...] (C) Summary: Pundits, journalists, and politicians agree that Congress will emerge victorious in Haryana's February 3 Legislative Assembly elections, winning from 60 to 80 seats in the 90 member Assembly. Growing disgust with the misrule and corruption of the ruling Indian National Lok Dal (I [...]
2005-02-01 13:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON IN
05NEWDELHI7967DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC
[...] (C) Deputy PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (UN Political) Sangeeta Mann on October 13, who said she would provide a response after consulting with her regional office. Post will continue to follow up with GOI officials. 2. (U) Visit New Delhi's Classified We [...]
2005-10-13 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BM UNSC UNGA
05NEWDELHI7984TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005
[...] (U) The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Ja [...]
2005-10-14 09:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI7990TFPK01: KASHMIRIS SEEK LOWERING OF BORDERS AS
[...] (C) Summary: PM Singh and the senior Indian leadership have moved swiftly following the October 8 earthquake to show Kashmiris that India shares their grief and would help them, but relief efforts have been slow to reach some areas. The quake is having its impact in Kashmiri politics, too, wit [...]
2005-10-14 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI7992TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005
[...] The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Jammu an [...]
2005-10-14 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8006THE LEFT GROOMS A NEW GENERATION OF REFUSENIKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the growing strength of Congress and BJP student unions suggests that the student body has become more tolerant of centrist and right wing views, the left continues to dominate student politics at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),one of the country's pre- [...]
2005-10-14 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SCUL ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8007MEA "VERY SUPPORTIVE" OF AFGHAN SAARC MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) In an October 14 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha -- after reading Reftel demarche -- said the GOI is "very supportive" of Afghanistan joining SAARC. Sinha reported that the GOI has raised this topic repeatedly with the GOA, [...]
2005-10-14 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD IN AF XD
05NEWDELHI8008MEA ESTIMATES ZARANJ-DELARAM ROAD COMPLETION BY
[...] (SBU) Further to Ref A demarche, PolCouns and Poloff met on October 14 with MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha, who reiterated that, because of delays in procuring supplies and fuel for the Zaranj-Delaram road project from Iran, the completion date has slipped from [...]
2005-10-14 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ELTN EAID IN AF
05NEWDELHI8010MEA FORMULATING "MORE ACTIVE ROLE" IN SRI LANKAN
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA's Deputy Secretary for Sri Lanka Anupam Ray told us that New Delhi is concerned about the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka, and has decided the ""time has come"" for India to start ""taking a higher profile in Sri Lanka."" The GOI does not, however, wish for a facilitatio [...]
2005-10-14 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN
05NEWDELHI8011INDIA AND BANGLADESH TRADE SPITBALLS IN INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In the past two weeks, India and Bangladesh have been fighting a war of words in the press over Bangladeshi allegations of Indian involvement in the August 17 blasts and the arrest of five Bangladeshi criminals in Kolkata At a September 30 press conference, concluding an otherwi [...]
2005-10-14 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM KWMN BG IN
05NEWDELHI8012MEA LARGELY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, BUT QUAKE NO
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that it was too soon to assess the damage the October 8 earthquake dealt to terrorism in Kashmir, although he cautioned that the terrorists' setbacks may only [...]
2005-10-14 14:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ENRG PBTS ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8034INDO-PAK COUNTRY TEAMS DISCUSS HOW TO ENCOURAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Taking advantage of Ambassador Crocker's trip to India, New Delhi and Islamabad country teams on October 4 convened a round table discussion on Indo-Pak relations. Both sides agreed that, although there are few feasible avenues for direct USG involvement in this sphere -- and th [...]
2005-10-17 10:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EPET MASS KPAO IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8035AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH DELHI DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Crocker's October 4 meeting with strategists focused largely on Indian concerns that Musharraf is continuing Pakistani polices that foster intolerance, a hawkish stance on India, and cross-border terrorism. With business leaders, the emphasis was on recent increment [...]
2005-10-17 10:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8049INDIA'S OUTREACH AND ADHERENCE TO NSG
[...] (C) Outlining India's efforts to seek support for the July 18 Civil Nuclear Agreement in advance of the upcoming NSG meeting, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar passed copies of presentations the GOI was making to NSG member states to Charge, PolCouns, and PolMilOff on October 14 (c [...]
2005-10-17 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ENRG IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI8053GROWING FEARS OF AN INDECISIVE OUTCOME AS BIHAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar goes to the polls tomorrow, October 18, in its second set of State elections in less than nine months. Over 500 candidates made their last efforts over the past weekend to sway voters, in what all observers believe will be a close election. However, the Rashtriya Jana [...]
2005-10-17 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI8054RAJASTHAN PROVIDES NO LET-UP IN UNRELENTING BAD
[...] (C) Summary: Rajasthan has joined a long list of places where BJP fortunes are on the wane. Vasundhara Raje pulled off a stunning upset victory to become Chief Minister in 2003 and many thought her administration would be one of the rare "success stories" for the embattled BJP. However, her [...]
2005-10-17 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SCUL PINR IN
05NEWDELHI8061GROWING FEARS OF AN INDECISIVE OUTCOME AS BIHAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar goes to the polls tomorrow, October 18, in its second set of State elections in less than nine months. Over 500 candidates made their last efforts over the past weekend to sway voters, in what all observers believe will be a close election. However, the Rashtriya Jana [...]
2005-10-18 09:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI8073J&K ATTACK WILL DEEPEN GOI ANGER OVER TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary: Terrorists affiliated with Pakistan-based al-Mansoorian (a front name used by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba) on October 18 conducted a daytime suicide attack on a secure residential compound in Srinagar, killing the J&K Education Minister and two security personnel. This attack appears desi [...]
2005-10-18 10:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI8120INDO-PAK "DISASTER DIPLOMACY" SOFTENING BORDERS
[...] (C) Summary: Terrorism aside (Ref A),the diplomatic vibes of disaster diplomacy are resonating well in India. The GOI warmly welcomed Musharraf's October 18 decision to permit "any amount" of Kashmiris from J&K to cross the LoC into Pakistani Kashmir to assist with earthquake reconstruction [...]
2005-10-19 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ECPS PBTS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8140JAMMU AND KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AND NEEDS
[...] Following a 7.4 earthquake that struck the Kashmir region on October 8, a Regional Advisor from USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and a Disaster Management Specialist from USAID/Delhi deployed to the affected region in northern India October 12-16 to conduct a rapid needs assessmen [...]
2005-10-20 08:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDNONE
05NEWDELHI8150IRAQ: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR REFERENDUM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 10:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IN
05NEWDELHI8162INDIA'S STANCE ON IRAN AND THE IAEA CONTINUES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The spate of media and political criticism touched off by the GOI's decision to vote with the US and the EU3 (UK, France, and Germany) at the September 24 IAEA meeting on Iran is increasing rather than dying down. Foreign Secretary Saran recently summoned Ambassadors from the EU3 to [...]
2005-10-20 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IR IN
05NEWDELHI8163USG QUAKE ASSISTANCE CAN HELP BUILD GOODWILL IN J&K
[...] (SBU) Summary: The October 8 earthquake that carved a path of destruction through Kashmir continues to claim lives as the death toll continues to rise. A USAID/OFDA team completed a rapid assessment in J&K (Ref A) and reports more extensive damage and a slower humanitarian assistance respons [...]
2005-10-20 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS IN PK US
05NEWDELHI8185CONTAINER INSPECTION IN MUMBAI INDIA
[...] ICE Attach Dozier explained that the radiation alert on the container in Colombo, Sri Lanka currently located in Mumbai, India was allegedly caused by neutron radiation from the container as registered by the equipment installed by mega-port (Department of Energy) personne [...]
2005-10-21 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KNNP PARM ENRG IN
05NEWDELHI8188UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT: GOI UNLIKELY TO RESPOND
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar told the Charge on October 15 that the GOI would consider the US request for assistance in resettling Uighur detainees, but suggested that the answer would be no. "You know why," he added. Comment ------- [...]
2005-10-21 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR IN
05NEWDELHI8194RE-EXAMINATION OF MUMBAI CONTAINER
[...] (SBU) DCM met with MEA (Americas) Joint Secretary Jaishankar to present reftel demarche. DCM underlined the importance of this issue to Washington and indicated DOE's interest in sending a team immediately to re-examine the container. Jaishankar reported that the GOI will need to consult the [...]
2005-10-21 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN KNNP PARM ENRG
05NEWDELHI8231JASWANT SINGH BELIEVES THE UPA IS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING THE INDO/US RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Ambassador in New Delhi on October 21, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the India/US agenda and its many components, but reading between the lines, that support was actually qualified. Singh seemed [...]
2005-10-24 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV PINR IN PK IR
05NEWDELHI8237U/S BURNS AND F/S SARAN CLARIFY POSITIONS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S Nicholas Burns' meeting with GOI Foreign Secretary Saran on U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation SIPDIS clarified differing perceptions on how to sequence each side's fulfillment of obligations in order to build sufficient confidence in the other side's executive and legisl [...]
2005-10-24 11:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IN
05NEWDELHI8245BURNS-SARAN OCTOBER 21 MEETING ON BILATERAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Much progress was made in the October 21 opening meeting in Delhi between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran which reviewed the US-India joint ventures launched at the July 18 Summit. Both agreed that the two sides must ensure that smal [...]
2005-10-24 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MASS EAID EAGR ENRG EINV KNNP ETRD EAIR ETTC ECPS TSPA TBIO TSPL CVIS KDEM SENV IN PK US
05NEWDELHI8247NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN
[...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...]
2005-10-24 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH
05NEWDELHI825NEPAL SITUATION "WORST CASE SCENARIO" FOR INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: King Gyanendra's decision to dissolve the government is a "worst case scenario," driving the Maoists and the political parties together, undermining the monarchy, and muzzling politicians rather than the Maoists, MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal and Bhutan) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and [...]
2005-02-02 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP
05NEWDELHI8253INDIA OPENS LOC TO HELP PAKISTAN DESPITE TERROR
[...] (U) Summary: Consistent with the PM's admonition to find ways to make the Line of Control (LoC) less relevant and facilitate quake relief, the GOI is putting aside fears that terrorists will seize the advantage even as it creates camps along the LoC to provide food, shelter, and medical attent [...]
2005-10-24 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR PHUM EAID IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8254INDIA EMPHASIZES SUPPORT FOR NON-PROLIFERATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a landmark October 24 speech aimed at an elite group of strategic analysts, Foreign Secretary Sham Saran forcefully defended the India-US civil nuclear framework, offered helpful interventions on NSG and MTCR harmonization, and highlighted India's vigorous support for the glo [...]
2005-10-24 14:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KNNP MNUC PREL ENRG IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI8255U/S BURNS MEETS AMCHAM (INDIA) ON DEFENSE SALES
[...] (C) Warning, Contains Business Proprietary Information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In U/S Burns' meeting with AMCHAM (India) on October 22, U.S. defense company representatives suggested that there needs to be a breakthrough in the U.S. procurement cycle and sales approach [...]
2005-10-25 01:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR MASS IN
05NEWDELHI826REACTING TO NEPAL, INDIA WILL NOT ATTEND THE SAARC SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA announced on February 2 that India will not attend the SAARC Summit scheduled for February 6-7 in Dhaka. Both publicly and privately, GOI officials cited both King Gyanendra's actions in Nepal on February 1, and the security situation in Dhaka following the violence of J [...]
2005-02-02 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN BG PK NP SAARC
05NEWDELHI8266INDIA'S SHAME: LINGERING BIGOTRY AFFLICTS 200
[...] (SBU) Summary: India,s 200 million Hindu and Christian Dalits (formerly &untouchables8) constitute approximately 21-25% of the population. Dalit leaders argue, and our Human Rights Report agrees, that Dalits are subject to sporadic cases of human rights abuses, including rape, trafficking, an [...]
2005-10-25 09:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PINR ECON ELAB KDEM KIRF SCUL IN
05NEWDELHI8380GOI TRYING TO SALVAGE ISRAEL RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Indian-Israel relations have hit a rough patch because of a recent lack of direction on the part of the ruling UPA government in New Delhi, but both sides say they intend to restore better ties. Over the next few weeks, Congress party leadership will affirm India's interest in m [...]
2005-10-28 11:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN IS
05NEWDELHI8394LEFT RAISES THE STAKES IN CONFRONTATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On October 27, after a four month hiatus, the Left Front (LF) deigned to meet their Congress coalition partners again in their formal Coordination Committee, but instead of being cowed by their recent pummelling in the press, the Communists were even more combative and rigid, an [...]
2005-10-28 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD PREL SCUL PINR EINV ELAB SOCI IN
05NEWDELHI8397SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW'S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, I want to warmly welcome you to India, a vibrant, diverse, multi-ethnic, multifaceted democracy -- much like our own in important respects -- that is emerging as an economic powerhouse and has growing global ambitions. Your visit will help set the stage for President Bush's [...]
2005-10-28 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON BEXP PGOV PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI840ABU SALEM EXTRADITION UPDATE
[...] (C) In a February 1 conversation with Poloff, Portuguese DCM Frederico Nascimento confirmed recent Indian press reports stating that his country's Supreme Court had rendered a decision to permit the extradition of Abu Salem to India. He noted that this decision allows the extradition of Salem [...]
2005-02-03 08:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV IN PO
05NEWDELHI8510DESPITE TERROR BLAST, NEW KASHMIR CHIEF MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a suicide car bombing that killed five, Cabinet Affairs Minister and Sonia Gandhi close aide Ghulam Nabi Azad became Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir November 2, as per a 2003 power-sharing agreement between Congress and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's PD [...]
2005-11-04 09:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM PHUM PBTS PTER ASEC PK IN
05NEWDELHI8535THE UPA DESCENDS DEEPER INTO THE VOLCKER REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government continued to descend into the quagmire created by the release of the Volcker Report (reftels),while its embattled Foreign Minister has veered to the left in a desperate attempt to win support from the Left Front (LF). The UPA has [...]
2005-11-07 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ETTC EPET KCRM IN IR
05NEWDELHI8537GOI FINDS NEUTRON SOURCE IN MUMBAI CONTAINER
[...] (C) MEA Director (Americas) gave PolCouns a note on October 7 detailing further radiation measurements that the GOI's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board carried out on the suspect shipping container following USG requests for additional scrutiny (reftels). According to the note, after negative r [...]
2005-11-07 14:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD KNNP PREL IN IAEA
05NEWDELHI858EXPLAINING INDIA'S ANGER OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: New Delhi's surprisingly angry reaction to developments in Nepal underlines the serious mid to long-term implications the GOI believes King Gyanendra's actions will have on Nepal, India, and the GOI's larger foreign policy objectives. From New Delhi's perspective, the King has s [...]
2005-02-03 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP CH
05NEWDELHI859GOI REWARDS BHUTANESE KING AS GUEST OF HONOR AT
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of India (GOI) rewarded Bhutanese King Jigme Singye Wangchuck for conducting military operations in December of 2003 against Indian militants hiding out in Southern Bhutan by making him the guest of honor at Republic Day. During the King's January 24-28 visit, th [...]
2005-02-03 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT UNHCR
05NEWDELHI860INDIAN INTEREST, AND HESITATION, ABOUT MARITIME
[...] (C) Summary: Despite skepticism from some strategic commentators, the Indian government continues to express interest in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and other maritime security programs, but will not join PSI unless the matter of the Core Group is resolved. In the latest sign [...]
2005-02-03 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHSA ETRD EWWT XD XO IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI8627IRAQI CHARGE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Charge Muayad Hussain told A/DCM on November 9 that while he was unhappy at former FM Natwar Singh's parting criticism of Iraq's government (reftel),he remained optimistic about continued engagement with the GOI. The Indian Petroleum Minister has proposed a renewal of the [...]
2005-11-09 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KDEM PTER IN IZ
05NEWDELHI8628INDIA AND THE KABUL AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Poloff shared Ref A points with MEA Under Secretary (Afghanistan) Acquino Vimal on October 8, reiterating USG appreciation for India's contributions to Afghan reconstruction and urging continued commitment in the next phase of assistance. Vimal reported that the GOI intends to continue [...]
2005-11-09 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL EAID ECON EFIN IN AF
05NEWDELHI8681INDIA WILL URGE IRAN TO COOPERATE WITH THE EU3
[...] Charge took the opportunity presented by the scheduled meeting between Special Advisor for UN Reform Shirin Tahir-Kheli and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran to express concern to Saran about the visit on November 17 of Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari. The Charge noted that the EU3 [...]
2005-11-15 06:57:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL MNUC PARM IN IR
05NEWDELHI8682AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI URGES GOI LEADERSHIP ON
[...] (C) Summary. In her second round of consultations with senior MEA officials on November 14, Special Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli discussed areas of common consensus on UN reform and urged the GOI to take leadership and build coalitions of support before the review of the [...]
2005-11-15 11:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM IN UNSC GOI
05NEWDELHI8711THE COMMUNISTS THREATEN THE UPA AGAIN OVER
[...] (U) While addressing campaign meetings in Kerala on November 15 Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat and Communist Party of India (CPI) SIPDIS General Secretary AB Bardhan demanded that the GOI change its stance in the IAEA regarding Iran's nuclear program. Bo [...]
2005-11-16 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL IN IR
05NEWDELHI8712MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVEA PROTOCOL
[...] (U) Acting Political Counselor delivered Ref A demarche to Director (UN Political) Sangeeta Mann, who confessed she was not aware of the issue, thanked the USG for the information conveyed, and promised a more substantive response once she ascertained the GOI position. 2. (C) Comment: Man [...]
2005-11-16 12:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ
05NEWDELHI8715INDIANS WORRIED ABOUT NEW TERROR BLASTS AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a disturbing up-tick in the level of terrorist violence in India, a car bomb blast in Srinagar on November 16 killed four and injured 56, including a former insurgent who changed sides and served for a period as a Kashmiri state minister. This was the third such deadly terror [...]
2005-11-16 17:13:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KISL PBTS KCRM ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI8741CONGRESS PUSHES THE LEFT TO MOVE TOWARD COMPROMISE
[...] (U) On November 15, Communist leaders from the CPI(M) and CPI demanded that the GOI reverse its position and vote with Iran at the November 24 IAEA meeting or "face the consequences," but left the door open for face-saving "consultations," (ref A). On November 16, the GOI took advantage of t [...]
2005-11-17 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KNNP MNUC IN IR
05NEWDELHI8746FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN URGES USG TO CORRECT
[...] (C) Summary: In his November 15 meeting with Senior Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran expressed general GOI support for most SIPDIS of the USG's UN reform agenda, with some minor disagreement on the oversight mechanisms. He reinforced the GO [...]
2005-11-17 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM IN UNSC GOI
05NEWDELHI8748DUE TO INTERNAL POLITICS, INDIA RELUCTANT ON IRAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran during a November 15 meeting with Special Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli. Saran promised to examine the issues raised, but pointed out that India is already in a difficult position with Iran (as a result [...]
2005-11-17 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM MNUC KNNP IN IR
05NEWDELHI8749OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: GOI PROPOSES US OBSERVER STATUS AT SAARC
[...] (U) For SA: SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In a surprise development, the GOI has told us that it would welcome US participation as an Observer to SAARC. At a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit briefing on November 16, MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) P.K. [...]
2005-11-17 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECIN AORC BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI8750FS SARAN GIVES AMBASSADOR MORIARTY READOUT OF
[...] Summary (C) In a 16 November meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Saran and visiting Ambassador Moriarty discussed SIPDIS the worrying political climate in Nepal. The Ambassador described options for increasing pressure on the King to reach out to Nepalese political parties to counter growing [...]
2005-11-17 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV MOPS ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8751KASHMIRIS QUIETLY APPRECIATIVE OF INDIAN ARMY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Kashmiris have been quietly appreciative of the way the Army, J&K state government, Indian NGOs, and Indian businesses and citizens provided relief following the October 8 earthquake. Immediately following the quake, soldiers threw themselves into rescue efforts and opene [...]
2005-11-17 15:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KISL PTER EAID MOPS PK IN
05NEWDELHI876GOI NON-PAPER ON ATTACKS ON (BANGLADESH) AWAMI
[...] (C) On January 27, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall gave us the following non-paper list of summer 2004 attacks on Awami League leaders in Bangladesh. This non-paper was originally referenced by our GOI interlocutors during the August 31-September 1, 2004 US-India Counterterrorism Joint Wor [...]
2005-02-04 08:47:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL IN BG
05NEWDELHI877GOI NON-PAPER ON ATTACKS ON BANGLADESHI AHMEDIYAS
[...] (C) On January 27, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall gave us the following non-paper on 2003-04 attacks against Ahmediyas in Bangladesh. This non-paper was originally referenced by our GOI interlocutors during the August 31-September 1, 2004 US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group (CTJ [...]
2005-02-04 08:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL IN BG
05NEWDELHI8772GOI WORKING ON EXPORT CONTROLS IN ADVANCE OF HTCG
[...] (C) Charge Blake delivered points from Reftel A to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Jaishankar on November 18th, emphasizing the importance of India harmonizing its control lists with international standards. Jaishankar responded that he would follow up with issue experts in MEA. Charge noted [...]
2005-11-18 09:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ETRD ETTC IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI878GOI NON-PAPER ON MAJOR ARMS SEIZURES IN BANGLADESH
[...] (C) On January 27, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall gave us the following non-paper list of 2003-04 arms seizures in Bangladesh. This non-paper was originally referenced by our GOI interlocutors during the August 31-September 1, 2004 US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) meet [...]
2005-02-04 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL IN BG
05NEWDELHI8782MEA: LACK OF REPSONSE IN IC-814 CASE COULD HAMPER US-INDIA RELATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request for S/CT, CIA, DNI, and SECDEF. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Jaishankar used a November 18 meeting with Charge and PolCouns to warn that a USG failure to respond to earlier information requests (Reftel) regarding the hijacking of IC-814 [...]
2005-11-18 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PTER KISL KCRM EAIR IN US
05NEWDELHI8791INDIANS WORRY LASHKAR TERRORISTS ARE THRIVING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Apprehension is mounting in India about Pakistan-based terrorist groups' exploitation of relief efforts to enhance their capabilities, recruitment, and operations against India. Indians are also noticing with alarm that terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jammat- [...]
2005-11-18 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PBTS KISL MOPS PINS EAID ASEC PK IN
05NEWDELHI8795GOI COMMENTS REGARDING PERM REP SEN'S REMARKS ON UNSC REFORM
[...] (C) Visiting Senior Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli raised Reftel A points in separate meetings with MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Jaishankar and Media Advisor to the Prime Ministers Office Sanjay Baru on November 17. In both meetings, our interlocutors underlined that PermRep N [...]
2005-11-18 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR IN UNSC UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI8799INDIA'S NAM BAGGAGE STILL HOLDING IT BACK ON UN
[...] (C) Summary: At a November 17 meeting with Senior Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Tahir-Kheli, Deputy National Security Advisor Nambiar insisted that India's "stereotype as a representative of developing countries" at the United Nations will hinder its ability to play a leading role with the [...]
2005-11-18 14:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM IN UNSC GOI
05NEWDELHI8809PM SINGH SHUFFLES PORTFOLIOS SLIGHTLY
[...] (SBU) In an anti-climax, the GOI announced November 18 that it had reallocated Cabinet portfolios between the sitting Cabinet Ministers rather than expanding the Cabinet as expected. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh retained the External Affairs Ministry. Jaipal Reddy moved from Information an [...]
2005-11-21 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8810JAMMU AND KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE MONITORING VISIT
[...] A Regional Advisor from USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and a representative from USAID/Delhi conducted a post-earthquake visit to Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir from 15-16 November in order to monitor program progress of USAID/OFDA-funded partners. Due to security concerns [...]
2005-11-21 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDIN NOTAG
05NEWDELHI8844CONGRESS FACING A DOMESTIC "PERFECT STORM"
[...] (C) Summary: With Parliament set to convene on November 23, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is reeling from assaults from its left and right and faces a series of political events that could undermine its stability, including the UPA defeat in the important Biha [...]
2005-11-22 14:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EPET ETTC KCRM IN IR
05NEWDELHI8845INDIA DOUBTS NEPALESE MAOIST/POLITICAL PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: Recent press reports of a breakthrough between Nepalese Maoists and political parties are not true, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae insisted on November 22, acknowledging nonetheless that the two sides have met in Delhi to discuss a solution to the ongoing crisis. [...]
2005-11-22 15:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV MOPS ECON IN NP
05NEWDELHI8856CONGRESS DREADS IMPENDING SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT,
[...] (C) Summary: Congress is facing a major political mess of its own making as it waits for a Supreme Court judgment that may rule its actions in Bihar to have been unconstitutional, with potentially dire consequences. When Congress moved precipitously to head off the formation of BJP/NDA gover [...]
2005-11-23 10:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKJUS KDEM PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI8891IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED, EU-3 ALSO PUSHING
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali Rao on November 23, emphasizing the importance of India conveying through a strong national statement that the international community remains seriously concerned about Iran's nuclear [...]
2005-11-23 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP AORC IN IR
05NEWDELHI8892INDIA CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES NEW SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI called Mahinda Rajapakse's victory in the November 17 Sri Lankan Elections a ""wake-up call for India"" and plans to use the new President's upcoming visit to New Delhi to stress the importance of maintaining the Cease-Fire Agreement while continuing India's already close rela [...]
2005-11-23 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN
05NEWDELHI8893INDIAN REPORTS BREAKTHROUGH IN BHUTAN/NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: The agreement reached in Dhaka between the RGOB and GON to restart the Joint Verification Process and allow for the return of Category 1 and 4 refugees from the Khudunabari refugee camp was a significant and positive step, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCou [...]
2005-11-23 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM PTER IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI8928INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY FRETS ABOUT JIHADI
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Indian Foreign Secretary Saran summoned the Charge on November 24 to register concern about several dimensions of international relief activities in Pakistani Kashmir. Saran's delivery of the non-paper in para 5 was low key and respe [...]
2005-11-25 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EAID IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8933INDIA COMMITTED TO RE-BUILD AFGHANISTAN DESPITE
[...] (U) Anger in India is mounting following the November 19 kidnapping and subsequent murder by the Taliban of MR Kutty, one of 290 Border Roads Organization employees who have been working on the GOI-funded Zaranj-Delaram road in Nimruz Province, Afghanistan. The discovery of Kutty's throat-sli [...]
2005-11-25 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID MARR MASS PBTS AF IN PK
05NEWDELHI9008MEA SHARES INDIAN INTEL BLAMING LET FOR DIWALI
[...] (S) Summary: Following up on MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar's November 14 assurance that the Indian government would share with us information regarding the October 29 Diwali bombings (Ref B),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar on November 29 confirmed to Charge and Poloff th [...]
2005-11-29 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL PINS EFIN KCRM KTFN PBTS PK IN TS GOI
05NEWDELHI9029RGOB: NEED CATEGORY 1 AND 4 REPATRIATION AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Bhutan is ready to accept category 1 and 4 refugees from the Khudunabari camp, but needs Nepal to agree to the proposal in writing, which Nepal seems unwilling to do, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering stated in a December 1 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff. The Ambassador reported t [...]
2005-11-30 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PTER PHUM IN BT NP
05NEWDELHI9031KASHMIRI LEADERS SHARE PERSPECTIVES WITH CODEL
[...] (SBU) Kashmiri political leaders and human rights advocates described in differing viewpoints the problems facing Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and emphasized the need for redoubled peace efforts between India and Pakistan during a November 28 meeting with CODEL Burton and embassy officers. Mirwa [...]
2005-11-30 11:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL PBTS PHUM OREP IN PK
05NEWDELHI9078RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION REQUEST ON DALITS
[...] (U) This cable is a response to Reftel A requesting information regarding the treatment of Dalits in India. Please read Reftels B and C in conjunction with this cable for a thorough picture of the issue. The following is posts response to Paragraph 6 questions: 2. (U) Question 1: How is th [...]
2005-12-01 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KIRF PHUM PREL SCUL KDEM ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI9080GOI "CONSTRUCTIVELY ENGAGED" IN BURMA, UPBEAT ON
[...] (C) Summary: MEA J/S (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar) Mohan Kumar was candid about India's need to continue engaging in Burma and optimistic that PM Singh had begun to "clear the air" during his bilateral meeting with President Zia in Bangladesh. Acknowledging Indian competition with the [...]
2005-12-01 12:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER BG BM IN SA
05NEWDELHI9088TIP TIDBITS - CHILD LABOR, FEMALE FETICIDE, CHILD
[...] (U) The following describes a variety of news reports and GOI actions on child labor, female feticide and child marriage that we have been following over the past few weeks. LARGEST RAID IN DELHI HISTORY ---------------------------- 2. (U) On November 21, "The Hindu" reported in their mo [...]
2005-12-02 05:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SOCI OTRA PREL SMIG BG
05NEWDELHI909INDIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN 2005
[...] (S) Summary: With political momentum in its favor, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) expects to solidify its hold on power in 2005. The Congress-led coalition's pursuit of closer US-India ties will continue unabated, but the exigencies of coalition government will slow progress on issues of i [...]
2005-02-04 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS KPKO XD IN
05NEWDELHI9127INDIA’S DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMY MINIMIZE EXTREMIST
[...] (C) India's over 150 million Muslim population is largely unattracted to extremism. India's growing economy, vibrant democracy, and inclusive culture, encourage Muslims to seek success and social mobility in the mainstream and reduces alienation. With Indian Muslim youth increasingly comfortable in [...]
2005-12-02 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV KDEM PINR PTER SCUL IN
05NEWDELHI9128NEW ALLEGATIONS BREATHE LIFE INTO NATWAR OIL
[...] (C) Summary: The NDA's anti-UPA, anti-Natwar Singh campaign got a new lease on life December 2 when longtime Natwar Singh confidant (and serving Indian Ambassador to Croatia) Aneil Mathrani claimed in a television interview that the former Foreign Minister was deeply and personally involved [...]
2005-12-02 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM PTER EPET ETTC IN
05NEWDELHI9133INDO-RUSSIAN SUMMIT TUNED TO DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI hopes to expand Indo-Russian defense and space cooperation at the December 4-6 Sixth Annual Summit in Russia, but a sluggish economic relationship is dragging down bilateral ties. President Putin and Prime Minister Singh are expected to sign four agreements on defense In [...]
2005-12-03 03:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PGOV KNNP MASS IN
05NEWDELHI9139INDIAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO URGE
[...] (C) Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran contacted DCM on December 3 to request the USG's help with the mission of Indian Special Envoy Virendra Dayal to Iraq in connection with the GOI's ongoing investigation into the naming of Former Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh and the Congress Pa [...]
2005-12-05 06:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEPET IN IZ PREL
05NEWDELHI9164FS SARAN CALLS FOR ENHANCED BHUTAN TIES
[...] (C) Summary: India and Bhutan have a vital stake in each other's well-being and greater economic, security and cultural ties will benefit both countries, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran argued during an unusual December 3 seminar focused on Bhutan. Underlining the growing GOI concern about con [...]
2005-12-05 14:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGREL PBTS ECIN ETRD PREF PTER PGOV IN BT NP
05NEWDELHI9204BHUTAN: LARGELY LACKING WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] (U) In response to Reftel, post spoke to Bhutanese Ministry of Labor, Education, Employment and Works and Human Settlement officials and NGOs to answer questions posed in paragraph seven. We assess that while 45,000 children may at times work, the worst forms of child labor are largely absent [...]
2005-12-06 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV KCRM ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BT
05NEWDELHI9205INDO-JAPANESE INTERESTS CONVERGING AHEAD OF EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh is heading to Kuala Lumpur for the December 14 East Asian Summit (EAS) at a time of rapid improvement in Indo-Japanese relations that may finally overcome the sense on both sides of unfulfilled potential. In a December 2 meeting with PolCouns, MEA's Asia Co [...]
2005-12-06 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD ENRG TRGY KNNP CH JA IN ASEAN
05NEWDELHI9207IN DIVIDED PUNJAB, DIPLOMACY DANCES TO A BHANGRA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Drawn together by shared historical, cultural, and ethno-linguistic ties, the Indian state of Punjab and Pakistan's Punjab province continue to forge deeper relations even as Delhi-Islamabad rapprochement has slowed. This message details recent progress in people-to-people con [...]
2005-12-06 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS SCUL IN PK
05NEWDELHI922INDIA SUSPENDS MILITARY PIPELINE TO NEPAL, WORRIES
[...] (C) With NSA Narayanan unavailable until February 7, the Ambassador used a February 4 meeting with Foreign Secretary Saran to convey reftel points detailing our goals and strategy in Nepal. He also addressed these issues in broad brush during a pull aside with Foreign Minister Natwar Singh. [...]
2005-02-04 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS NP IN RS
05NEWDELHI9223INDIA WILL TAKE STOCK OF IRAQ OPTIONS AFTER
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns shared Ref A points with MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh on December 7, continuing a SIPDIS December 6 discussion on India's objectives and perspectives in the Middle East (septel). New Delhi is waiting to see the outcome of the December polls in Iraq before d [...]
2005-12-07 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM PINR IN IZ
05NEWDELHI9231GOI INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS COMMUNAL
[...] (C) Summary: Over stringent opposition from BJP-ruled states, the Congress government devised a bill to prevent the outbreak and spread of communal rioting by allowing New Delhi to intervene in any state experiencing communal violence. On December 5, the UPA unexpectedly diluted the bill t [...]
2005-12-07 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KISL IN
05NEWDELHI9245INDIA FACES GROWING NAXALITE MENACE
[...] (C) Summary: Despite India's rapidly expanding economy, Naxalite groups in poor rural areas and their educated urban sympathizers continue to spread and have extended their areas of influence into 12 states, proving they can launch spectacular attacks on government facilities. The GOI has respon [...]
2005-12-08 08:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM PTER KCRM ASEC SCUL IN NP
05NEWDELHI9249GOI DESIRE TO EXPAND CYBER RELATIONSHIP
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for PM. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOI would like to see measurable progress on the creation of a joint Indo-US Cybersecurity fund and joint training opportunities, and welcomes Washington comments on how to proceed on these issues. Of particu [...]
2005-12-08 09:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER EFIN ECPS KTFN IN
05NEWDELHI9260GOI UPDATES ON EXPORT CONTROLS DURING HTCG
[...] (SBU) Summary: MEA officials used the Strategic Trade session of the High Technology Cooperation Group meetings held in New Delhi December 1 to respond to USG questions about India's export controls, stating that the Indian regime "completely covers" MTCR and NSG requirements. The GOI presen [...]
2005-12-08 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ETTC KNNP KSTC PARM TSPA MTCRE IN
05NEWDELHI9261INDIA REITERATES SUPPORT FOR RED CROSS PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL IN
05NEWDELHI9296INDIAN NGOS THAT ASSIST VICTIMS OF TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) India suffers from three major strains of terrorism -- jihadi separatism in Jammu and Kashmir (that also of late spills into Delhi); Maoist/Naxalite terrorism that has spread through 12 states in the West, Central, and South regions of the country; and ethno-linguistic separatism in the [...]
2005-12-09 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM IN
05NEWDELHI9319INDIA SEEKS TO PROTECT CITIZENS, SECURE ENERGY INTERESTS IN MIDDLE EAST (C-NE5-00945)
[...] (C) Summary: While India has major interests in the Middle East (energy, trade, expatriate workers, and religious ties),it has historically had lackluster relations in the area. GOI attention focuses on a few nations of particular importance to those interests, primarily Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq [...]
2005-12-12 01:08:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EPET PTER PINR IN BA IR IS IZ QA MU AE XF
05NEWDELHI9335PM SINGH AFFIRMS INDIAN NUCLEAR SEPARATION PLAN AT
[...] Speaking to the press December 11 while en route to Kuala Lumpur for the East Asian Summit, Indian PM Singh told journalists India is working quickly to meet commitments it made in the July 18, 2005 nuclear agreement with the United States. Specifically, the PM said plans for separating India [...]
2005-12-12 10:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PGOV ENRG MNUC IN
05NEWDELHI9345PMO MINISTER CITES DOMESTIC POLITICS IN PSI DEBATE
[...] (C) The Ambassador used a December 9 meeting with Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, to press for early presentation of India's plan for separation of its civilian and military nuclear facilities and to continue our advocacy of Indian participation in the Pro [...]
2005-12-12 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MOPS IN PSI
05NEWDELHI9376IS THE BJP READY FOR A REVIVAL? PERHAPS
[...] (C) Summary: The BJP is undergoing churnings that suggest that it could regain its political legs. Supporters of this position point to the recent NDA electoral victory in Bihar, and the decision to expel perennial troublemaker Uma Bharati as signs that the party is putting its internal pro [...]
2005-12-13 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM EPET ETTC ECON IN
05NEWDELHI9393URGENT REQUEST FOR RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW DELHI
[...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for NEA/SA/EX and HR/RMA. Please see paragraph 6. 2. Summary: Embassy New Delhi respectfully requests that the DRI position (10504002 vice Nair) in our Political Section be immediately re-established and filled for 2006- 2008. Our workload has skyrocketed as US- [...]
2005-12-14 09:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM BT IN US
05NEWDELHI940INDIAN REACTIONS TO THE IRAQ ELECTION REFLECT
[...] (C) Summary: The reaction of India's political parties and major newspapers to the January 30 election in Iraq predictably reflected their political orientations. The UPA government saw the election as a step forward, but unveiled no new initiatives or specific plans for greater engagement. [...]
2005-02-07 09:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ
05NEWDELHI9400"GOOD ENGAGEMENT" IS COMMON REFRAIN AT U.S.-INDIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce David McCormick and GOI Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran led U.S. and Indian delegations in the fourth meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) in New Delhi on November 30 - December 1. The HTCG was formed in November 2002 to provide [...]
2005-12-14 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC KSTC OTRA PREL KNNP PARM TSPA IN
05NEWDELHI9407STRANGLING THE GOLDEN GOOSE: LEFT SEEKS TO
[...] (U) Summary: At a time of declining union membership, the information technology (IT) sector's high growth, potential to employ large numbers, and lack of unions has attracted the attention of India's Communist labor federation, which sees it as an untapped area to recruit new members. This [...]
2005-12-14 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI9408MTAG AND S49-05: INPA EXPORT CONTROL DEMARCHES
[...] (S) PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarches to MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Hamid Ali Rao and Deputy Secretary (DISA) Naveen Srivastava on December 14, emphasizing that both transactions appear to be covered under India's new WMD Bill and attendan [...]
2005-12-14 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL CBW IN IR SY
05NEWDELHI9409GOI INTERESTED IN US SPONSORED IMO DONOR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to MEA D/S (Disarmament and International Security) Naveen Srivastava, who commented that the Ministry of Defense had indicated interest in such a conference. 2. (C) PolCouns followed up with Joint Secretary (DISA) Hamid Ali Rao on December 14, who also [...]
2005-12-14 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHSA PBTS EWWT PTER GM IN KS
05NEWDELHI9414TENTATIVE AGREEMENT FOR JAN 24 CTJWG WITH INDIA
[...] (U) PolCouns and Poloff made an introductory call on new Additional Secretary (UN and International Security) KC Singh on December 15, and discussed plans for the next round of the US-India Counter-terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),which Singh enthusiastically supported. PolCouns reviewe [...]
2005-12-15 05:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PINR EAIR EFIN TBIO KTFN IN
05NEWDELHI9421AHMADINEJAD'S IRRATIONALITY: AN INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: During PolCouns's introductory call on new MEA Additional Secretary (UN and International Security) KC Singh, Singh shared his impressions from his recent posting as India's Ambassador in Tehran, emphasizing that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's perspective is skewed by his fer [...]
2005-12-15 09:12:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV KNNP PINR IN IR
05NEWDELHI9434INDIA JOINS ASEAN'S TOUGHER LINE ON BURMA
[...] (U) Summary: After many months of wishy-washy Indian posturing on Burma, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called publicly for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and encouraged the GOB to move towards democracy on his return from the East Asia Summit. Speaking after a meeting with Burmese PM Soe Win in [...]
2005-12-15 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM IN BM ASEAN
05NEWDELHI9435SARAN: INPA SANCTIONS AT ODDS WITH BILATERAL
[...] (S) Summary: Responding to the Ambassador's December 15 presentation of the US decision to impose sanctions on Indian entities, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran highlighted the danger that public awareness of prior GOI action regarding companies being sanctioned for activities that violate neith [...]
2005-12-15 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PARM MNUC ETTC MTCRE IN
05NEWDELHI9484SARAN: NEPAL'S KING PROMISES OUTREACH TO PARTIES
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told the Ambassador on December 15 that Nepal's King Gyanendra committed to "some initiative with the political parties" during his December 13 audience in Kathmandu. The monarch accepted Saran's argument that he was isolating himself and contributing to the [...]
2005-12-16 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI9485INDIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Below is Post's submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism: Begin text: India remains an important and vigorous ally in the global war on terror. India's law enforcement, paramilitary and armed forces neutralized over 1,500 terrorists in 2005, according to a leading indepen [...]
2005-12-16 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO MASS PGOV PHUM
05NEWDELHI9486PM SINGH ABLY DEFENDS RECIPROCAL NATURE OF INDO/US
[...] (C) Summary: The BJP latched onto a leftist Parliamentary question on the July 18 civil nuclear agreement in an attempt to score points against the UPA. BJP heavyweights Yashwant Sinha (former Foreign Minister) and Sushma Swaraj asserted that the agreement was "stalemated," and that the US [...]
2005-12-16 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC ENRG IN
05NEWDELHI9487INPA SANCTIONS ON INDIA ARE A "LAND MINE"
[...] (S) Briefing Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar on December 16 about the Ambassador's preview to Foreign Secretary Saran of the imminent announcement of sanctions on SIPDIS Indian entities (Ref A),PolCouns reviewed the Congressional notification timeline and Ref B talking points, emph [...]
2005-12-16 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PARM MNUC ETTC MTCRE IN
05NEWDELHI9488GOI WELCOMES IRAQ ELECTIONS
[...] (U) On December 16, the DCM and D/PolCouns held a media briefing on the Iraqi elections, emphasizing the high voter turnout, the low levels of violence, and eager participation from Sunni voters who largely boycotted earlier elections. The December 15 polls were the most free and open ever see [...]
2005-12-16 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID IN IZ
05NEWDELHI9489NARAYANAN BULLISH ON INDIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of FS Saran's departure for the December 21 Civil Nuclear Working Group meeting in Washington, NSA MK Narayanan told the Ambassador that Saran is bringing India's finished plan for civil/military nuclear separation in the hope that Congress will pass the required legis [...]
2005-12-16 14:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ENRG ETTC IN
05NEWDELHI9504BHUTAN KING TO ABDICATE IN 2008, DEEPENING
[...] (U) Wire services and the on-line Bhutanese newspaper Kuensel.com reported on December 18 that King Jigme Singye Wangchuck announced he would abdicate the throne to the well-regarded and modest Crown Prince (known in Bhutan as the Chhoetse Penlop) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in 2008. Kuens [...]
2005-12-19 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI9513EXTRADITION: INDIA: KULBIR SINGH BARAPIND: POST
[...] (SBU) Summary: This message will address as many of the Ref A questions as Post is able to answer. Confirming or refuting specific allegations of torture is extremely difficult by the very nature of the usual secrecy surrounding torture. Barapind's claims of torture include a litany of many [...]
2005-12-19 12:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI9514GOI SIFTING POTUS DELIVERABLE IDEAS, FINALIZING
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Saran's priority for his Washington visit, aside from presenting India's proposals for separation of its nuclear program, is to begin detailed consultations on deliverables for the upcoming POTUS visit, MEA official Jaishankar told the Charge on December 19. Jai [...]
2005-12-19 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP KNNP TRGY TNGD EAGR ENRG MARR MASS IN
05NEWDELHI9516NSA NARAYANAN FOCUSED ON POTUS VISIT, NSG, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Ahead of FS Saran's meeting with Burns on December 21, NSA Narayanan shared his priorities for the POTUS visit to India and his take on progress at the East Asia Summit and GOI policy on Burma in a December 16 meeting. He listed progress on the civil nuclear agreement and initi [...]
2005-12-19 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ENRG PHUM PTER BM IN
05NEWDELHI9527THE TRIBAL BILL - A UPA ATTEMPT AT SOCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: India's forest dwelling tribals (aboriginals largely residing in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra) are caught in a vise between greedy forest mafias and the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist),which hopes to enlist them into its vio [...]
2005-12-20 10:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KCRM ASEC SCUL SENV KSCA TSPL
05NEWDELHI9592GOI'S TAKE ON CHINA'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting on India's relationship with Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),MEA J/S Jaimini Bhagwati (Eurasia) suggested that India and the US should look for opportunities to advance our shared interests in the region. Bhagwati speculated [...]
2005-12-20 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL KDEM MOPS CH IN PK RS
05NEWDELHI961LOOKING TO REASSERT A MID-EAST ROLE, INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: On February 2, the MEA announced the appointment of retired career diplomat Chinmaya Gharekhan as Special Envoy for West Asia and the Middle East Peace Process. In creating this position, the GOI signaled its hope to raise New Delhi's profile in the Gulf, where India has an unde [...]
2005-02-07 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PINR IS IZ IN
05NEWDELHI9750GOI TURNING PESSIMISTS ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary. GOI officials told us on December 27 that developments in Kathmandu since Foreign Secretary Saran's early December visit have made them less hopeful of a resolution any time soon to the continued political stalemate in Nepal. Hardening of the positions of both the Palace and th [...]
2005-12-27 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER MASS IN NP CH
05NEWDELHI9751INDIA READY TO PUSH HARDER ON BHUTAN REFUGEES
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI is ready to take a more proactive role in prodding Bhutan to resolve the long-running refugee problem, an MEA official told A/DCM and Poloff on December 27. Bhutan's King had previously informed New Delhi of his plan to abdicate in 2008 following elections, and India is [...]
2005-12-27 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF KDEM PGOV ENRG IN BT
05NEWDELHI9752GOI NON-PAPER ON LINKAGES AMONG TERRORIST GROUPS
[...] (S) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha in a December 27 meeting passed to Acting DCM a 10-page non-paper on connections among various terrorist groups, entitled "Inter-Group Linkages". The terrorist groups addressed in the non-paper include the following: al-Qaida an [...]
2005-12-27 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL PGOV EFIN PINR SNAR IN PK BG AF
05NEWDELHI9754TIBETANS IN INDIA BRIEF VISITING STAFFDEL SZYMANSKI
[...] (U) Summary: Members of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, including the chief executive of the Central Tibetan Authority and the Dalai Lama, told visiting professional staff of the House Small Business Committee during a December 11-12 visit that although human rights conditions [...]
2005-12-28 05:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KDEM PREF IN CH
05NEWDELHI9755TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION TO GOI OF
[...] (S) Acting DCM on December 27 passed Reftel prenotification to MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha, who read it with interest. Acting DCM reiterated the confidential nature of the prenotification as a precaution to better enable our counter-terrorism partners to freez [...]
2005-12-28 06:13:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL PGOV EFIN IN
05NEWDELHI9758MTAG: GOI WILL FOLLOW UP ON IRAN BROKERING, PUSHES
[...] (S) Summary: A/DCM and Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to MEA officials, who promised to provide the additional information to concerned GOI agencies and report the status to us at an early date. New Delhi remains concerned by Ref C decision to sanction Indian entities for INPA violations, p [...]
2005-12-28 08:45:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IN IR
05NEWDELHI9761THE BJP ATTACKS UPA FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: The BJP leadership, meeting in Mumbai on December 26-27, continued its twisting foreign policy trajectory, issuing a public statement on ""The UPA's Mismanagement of our Foreign Policy,"" that was so shrilly critical of Congress initiatives that it drew a public rebuke from former Pr [...]
2005-12-28 09:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI9771MEA LOOKS AHEAD TO PAKISTAN TALKS, SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Speaking on December 27, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that the GOP is dragging its feet in implementing agreed-upon confidence-building measures and presenting its own ideas in a "half-baked" manner, but was confident that relations would mud [...]
2005-12-28 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID EPET ELTN MOPS KDEM KNNP IN PK AF IR INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI9820BIOS OF INDIAN CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS
[...] Summary: This cable includes biographic notes of 13 GOI and Indian private sector cybersecurity interlocutors. These biographies are derived primarily from their resumes, and all below information is in the public domain. End Summary. R. Chandrashekhar ----------------- 2. Ministry [...]
2005-12-30 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER KIPR MCAP KCRM ECPS
05NEWDELHI997NEW NSA SIGNALS COMMITMENT TO US-INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador since his elevation as National Security Adviser, MK Narayanan identified progress in US-India relations as one of the three or four top priorities that the PM has tasked him to focus upon. Although Narayanan was uninformed about Phase 2 o [...]
2005-02-08 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER BG NP IN PK US
06NEWDELHI1094UPA/LEFT INFIGHTING REVIVES "NO CONFIDENCE" RUMORS
[...] (C) Summary: Rumors of an imminent attempt by the Left Front (LF) and its allies to form a "third front" government to pull down Manmohan Singh have revived in the aftermath of India's IAEA vote against Iran. This is primarily the result of the contentious politics of India's largest state o [...]
2006-02-13 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL KDEM ECON PGOV PREL PINR IR IN
06NEWDELHI1095CARTOONS: GOI ISSUES STATEMENT OF CONCERN, INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Muslims joined in scattered protests against the Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad following Friday prayers on February 10. Most denounced the offensive cartoons, while a few directed their anger into either anti-US demonstrations (encouraged by the Iranian E [...]
2006-02-13 14:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI KISL KDEM SCUL IN DA IR
06NEWDELHI1162BJP OBEYS HINDU RIGHT IN OPPOSING IRANIAN BOMB
[...] (C) Summary: Following a week of halfhearted denunciations of the UPA government for "selling out" to the United States by voting at the IAEA to report Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council, the opposition BJP Parliamentary Party executive committee concluded on February 14 that i [...]
2006-02-15 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP KISL IN IR
06NEWDELHI1169NEW INDIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BACKS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on February 14 to review plans for the President's visit, push for an Indian reply on our proposal for a democracy initiative (Ref B) and present the US appeal for further Indian assistance equ [...]
2006-02-15 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER MARR MASS MOPS KNNP
06NEWDELHI1171AFGHAN MILITARY DONATIONS: GOI READY BUT NEEDS A
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Ambassador presented reftel appeal for assistance to the ANA to Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on February 14 (septel),noting India's generous contribution of vehicles for the ANA and suggesting that New Delhi [...]
2006-02-15 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL MARR MOPS PINS IN AF
06NEWDELHI1172RECENT SRI LANKAN TAMIL REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the promise of upcoming talks to strengthen the Cease-Fire Agreement has slowed the flow of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees coming to South India, there are now about 400 refugees at the Mandapam refugee transit camp in Tamil Nadu, near Palk Bay. In recent meetings, UNHCR an [...]
2006-02-15 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREF SL IN
06NEWDELHI1174PRESIDENT KALAM LOOKS FARTHER EAST FOR NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Giving new reach to India's "Look East" policy, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's January 31 to February 9 visit to Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea produced new education, defense and economic initiatives in a region whose importance to the GOI is growing steadily. Durin [...]
2006-02-15 14:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN ENRG KNNP ETRD ECON SOCI SCUL MASS
06NEWDELHI1175PM REACHES OUT TO ARRAY OF KASHMIRI LEADERS AS J&K
[...] (C) Summary: Mixed private reaction, ranging from support to suspicion, greeted the GOI announcement that PM Singh would, on February 24, bring together moderate Kashmiri separatists and J&K elected political leaders for a roundtable conference in New Delhi. The event appears designed by the [...]
2006-02-15 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM MOPS PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI118EMBASSY NEW DELHI AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
[...] (SBU) Post has published Avian Influenza pandemic tripwires from ref A) on the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS) per ref B). These tripwires apply to Embassy New Delhi and all three constituent posts in India: Calcutta, Chennai and Mumbai. 2. (U) Personnel respons [...]
2006-01-06 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR IN
06NEWDELHI1220EXPANDED CSLA SCOPE IS BLOCKING AGREED PROGRESS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Approaching the President's visit to India, we need action by Washington principals in order to consolidate recent progress on civilian space cooperation and disentangle this from our trade agenda. The original NSSP goal to permit Indian launch of US satellites and foreign satel [...]
2006-02-16 11:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC ETRD KSCA TSPA KNNP IN OVIP POTUS
06NEWDELHI1230INDIA BUILDING UP ITS SECURITY CONTIGENT IN
[...] (C) Media reports that India was deploying "commandos" or "sec ret police" to Afghanistan were "rubbish," Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloff on February 16. However, the growing security threats to India's Border Roads Organization (BR [...]
2006-02-16 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR IN AF
06NEWDELHI1268PM RESPONDS TO IRAN VOTE CRITICISM IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In his February 17 statement to Parliament addressing the domestic criticism of India,s vote on the Iran nuclear issue at the IAEA Governing Board, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a vigorous defense of his government's position, maintaining that the UPA's stance was consist [...]
2006-02-17 15:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP ENRG EPET IN IR
06NEWDELHI1269INDIAN ARMY CHIEF DEMANDS END OF CUSTODIAL DEATHS
[...] (SBU) Custodial deaths will no longer be tolerated in the Kashmir Valley, Indian Chief of Army Staff General J.J. Singh told his field commanders on February 9. "Singh convened a meeting in Baramulla (approximately 30 miles from Srinagar) and categorically told his subordinates that custodial [...]
2006-02-17 15:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KISL IN PK
06NEWDELHI130FM ASO INVIGORATES THE INDO-JAPANESE RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso's January 3-5 visit to New Delhi sent clear signals to the GOI that Tokyo wants to work past nuclear differences and build a closer strategic relationship with India. Within Japan, the Indians say, Aso has been a primary proponent of better ties [...]
2006-01-06 13:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ECON ENRG EPET ETRD JA IN
06NEWDELHI1315MUSLIMS SQUARE OFF - AGAINST AND FOR THE POTUS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 21, influential Muslim leader Imam Bukhari of Old Delhi's Jama Mosque confirmed to Poloff that he had rejected overtures from anti-American leaders to support their "Bush go Back" campaign. Bukhari, who formerly supported anti-US campaigns, has moderated his views an [...]
2006-02-22 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI1318ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PROPOSED DELIVERABLE ON
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for PM -- see Para 5. 2. (SBU) National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) Joint Secretary Arvind Gupta and NSCS Deputy Director Cdr. Mukesh SIPDIS Saini on February 21 discussed with Poloff Reftel questions relating to Articles 1.2 (the joint Cybersecurit [...]
2006-02-22 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KCIP KCRM ECPS EFIN TINT IN
06NEWDELHI1320INDIA AND THE US ON NEPAL: STILL NO DAYLIGHT, WE
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran sought reassurance on February 22 that India and the US were still reading off the same page on Nepal policy, and underlined that India still sees the Maoist insurgency as the principle problem in Nepal. He requested USG action to convinc [...]
2006-02-22 14:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS IN NP PK
06NEWDELHI1321CHIRAC VISIT PUSHES US AGENDA ON CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's February 19-21 trip to New Delhi, which focused on political, economic, defense and energy cooperation, served as a preview for President Bush's upcoming visit. In a program and agenda very similar to our President's, the GOF made progress on "soft power" issue [...]
2006-02-22 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP FR IN
06NEWDELHI1395AHLUWALIA: INDIA RESPONSIBLE NUCLEAR POWER, FAVORS
[...] (C) Summary: The civil-nuclear deal continues to be a political "hot-button," but Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia stated to Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY) on February 20 that the UPA Government supports the July 18 agreement and hopes a viable separation p [...]
2006-02-24 14:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL ENRG EPET OVIP IR IN
06NEWDELHI1396POSITIVE BURNS-SHARMA FEBRUARY 24 MEETING FOCUSES
[...] (C) Summary: The February 24 meeting between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Indian Minister of SIPDIS State for External Affairs Anand Sharma reflected important GOI political endorsement of the positive direction of our bilateral relationship. Sharma, well-versed in the w [...]
2006-02-24 14:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP OVIP CVIS EINV ENLT KFLU TBIO
06NEWDELHI1415CONGRESSMAN CROWLEY AND RAHUL GANDHI DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. In a half hour February 20 meeting with Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY),Congress heir apparent Rahul Gandhi was eager to learn the Democratic party positions on a number of foreign policy issues, including the war in Iraq, the situation in the Middle East and the US relations [...]
2006-02-27 09:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL IN IZ IR
06NEWDELHI1445KASHMIRIS SPOIL PM'S DELHI DIALOGUE BUT INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister continues to try to implement his vision of reconciliation in Kashmir, despite much political turbulence there and criticism from the BJP. PM Singh's February 25 roundtable on Kashmir attracted mainstream politicians, academics, and intellectuals, but none of t [...]
2006-02-27 15:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KISL IN PK IZ
06NEWDELHI1559NEW DELHI-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION BRIEFED ON
[...] (U) Drawing from reftel, DCM briefed New Delhi-based Chiefs of Mission and senior officers from key Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) and IAEA member countries on March 3, including Israel and Pakistan, regarding the March 2 announcement that President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Singh had reac [...]
2006-03-06 11:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ENRG ETTC KSCA KNNP IN IAEA
06NEWDELHI1572RGOB REMAINS COMMITTED TO REFUGEE RETURNS
[...] (C) Summary: In contrast to Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering's comments in Ref A that the RGOB my not repatriate SIPDIS any refugees, in a February 15 meeting with Poloff, Bhutanese Second Secretary Karma Thinley (Strictly Protect) stated that Thimphu remains committed to repatriating those in [...]
2006-03-06 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF IN NP BT
06NEWDELHI161D/NSA SUPPORTS INTEL SHARING ON TERRORISM; SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar pledged to seek the NSA's approval for greater intelligence sharing on terrorism threats within India, particularly as the upswing in USG official visits and US investment increases the p [...]
2006-01-09 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV EFIN OVIP PINR ASEC ENRG MNUC
06NEWDELHI1611INDIANS SATISFIED WITH CONTINUED INCREMENTAL
[...] (C) Indians are generally pleased with the status of Indo-Pakistan relations; as long as terrorism levels stay low and the bulk of jihadi terrorism stays in J&K, the GOI and our contacts support continued incremental progress on the peace process between South Asia's nuclear neighbors. A rec [...]
2006-03-08 03:30:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL MOPS PBTS ETRD SCUL IN PK
06NEWDELHI162TERRORIST FINANCE: POSTPONEMENT OF ACTION ON LET
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-09 14:03:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL PGOV EFIN IN PK
06NEWDELHI163INDO-PAK WALTZ SLOWS: BACKWARD ON RHETORIC,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 conversation with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar underlined that much of the current friction between India and Pakistan stems from ongoing Pakistan-sponsored terrorism against India, including the spectacular Diwali bombings and t [...]
2006-01-09 14:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ELTN ECIN ETRD IN PK
06NEWDELHI1631INDIA WILL SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] (SBU) MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Prashant Pise told Poloff on March 7 in response to reftel demarche that the MEA's legal division was preparing the ratification process for the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. "We will sign it," he stated, but did not [...]
2006-03-08 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IN SZ
06NEWDELHI1632JIHADIS PRIME SUSPECTS IN VARANASI BLASTS;
[...] (C) Summary: A March 7 evening terrorist bomb attack at one of three main Hindu temples in the holy city of Varanasi, followed by a second blast at the city's train station, put the country on high alert, but has not yet incited a major communal backlash, which terrorist analysts say was the [...]
2006-03-08 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC PREL IN PK
06NEWDELHI1653GOI COMPARES NOTES ON NEPAL WITH PDAS CAMP
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran told visiting SCA PDAS Don Camp on March 7 that the GOI was not worried about the RNA's ammunition supplies (Refs A and B). New Delhi is "revisiting" its policies toward Nepal, but continues to stand by supporting the seven-party alliance [...]
2006-03-09 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER IN NP
06NEWDELHI166SYRIAN OIL DEAL DEMARCHE: INDIAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ref-A demarche points, Additional Secretary Ahmad of India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas told CDA that he had had concerns about the economic benefit of the joint India-China purchase of equity in a Syrian oil field, and that -- had he known there would be [...]
2006-01-10 01:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV IN SY CH IS LE
06NEWDELHI1660RAJASTHAN GOVERNMENT QUELLS HARASSMENT OF EMMANUEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local press recently reported that Hindu activists had attacked churches, hospitals and schools associated with the Emmanuel Ministries (EM) in Rajasthan, and blocked its employees from entering a hospital and orphanage. Embassy contacts in Rajasthan acknowledged that Hindu ac [...]
2006-03-09 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1670A REVISIT TO INDIA'S CYBERSECURITY "CERT-IN"
[...] Poloff on February 16 briefly revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) facility (Reftel) and made the following observations: Security -------- 2. Nearly all interior doorways were secured with an infra-red badge reader, including every door that led to a room hous [...]
2006-03-10 10:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN
06NEWDELHI1699INDIA AND AUSTRALIA SEEING EACH OTHER IN A NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Australian Prime Minister John Howard on March 9 concluded a successful four-day visit to Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai and signed six agreements on a range of issues, including a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Defense Cooperation that will bury lingering Indo-Australian suspic [...]
2006-03-10 14:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ENRG ECON ETRD MNUC TRGY TSPL ASEAN
06NEWDELHI1738GOI HOPES FOR RESPONSE ON UN DEMOCRACY FUND
[...] (U) This message contains an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora told PolCouns and Poloff on March 13 that India is awaiting a US response to its proposal to set up a New Delhi office of the UN Democracy Fund. The GOI also l [...]
2006-03-13 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM IN
06NEWDELHI1764INDIA PONDERING A POSSIBLE EXPANDED ROLE IN SUDAN
[...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora told PolCouns and Poloff on March 13 that UN representatives had informally approached him to ask about India's willingness to help with any UN peacekeeping operation in the Darfur region of Sudan, drawing on India's presence as the major for [...]
2006-03-14 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS PHUM IN
06NEWDELHI180THE BROKEN BJP EMBRACES VOTE-LOSING HINDUTVA
[...] (C) Summary: At its recently concluded "silver jubilee celebration" in Mumbai (septel) the BJP failed to overcome its deep divisions, failed to name a new President capable of uniting the party, failed to adopt a voter-friendly platform, and unenthusiastically embraced Hindutva and continued [...]
2006-01-10 05:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI1806PRESIDENT KALAM IN BURMA: BALANCING REALPOLITIK WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALASEAN BM ECON ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM PREL
06NEWDELHI1814GOI MOVING DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE FORWARD
[...] (C) The Charge, accompanied by PolCouns and Poloff, called on Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on March 16 to further our discussion on democracy initiatives. Charge explained USG reservations regarding the initial GOI proposal to establish a New Delhi office of the UN Dem [...]
2006-03-16 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI1818LONG-SIMMERING PROPERTY DISPUTE AT HEART OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Emmanuel Mission (EM) case has aroused considerable controversy in the press, the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha (Parliament),it is not likely to be resolved quickly. There are powerful vested property-interests on both sides of the dispute. Co [...]
2006-03-16 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1850GOI HOPING FOR POSITIVE BANGLADESH PM VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia's March 20-23 visit to New Delhi, reciprocating Prime Minister Singh's visit to Dhaka in November 2005, reflects in large part Singh's sustained efforts and desire to ease long-standing bilateral tensions. Zia is expected to attend a ceremonial rece [...]
2006-03-17 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD PTER EINV PBTS IN BD
06NEWDELHI1851DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR NON-PERMANENT SECURITY
[...] (C) Using a March 16 meeting with Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma to follow up on an earlier letter, Charge shared reftel USG concerns on the upcoming election for a non-permanent UN Security Council seat between Venezuela and Guatemala, pointing out Venezuela's disruptive [...]
2006-03-17 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IN GT VE
06NEWDELHI1854SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND
[...] (SBU) Senator Bond, your delegation's 22-23 March visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating India-US relationship on the heels of President Bush's historic summit and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After forty years of mutual indiffe [...]
2006-03-17 14:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB IN
06NEWDELHI1953SECULAR INDIA SUPPORTS EMMANUEL MINISTRIES,
[...] (C) Summary: Thousands of Indians from all religious communities marched on the Rajasthan Parliament in Jaipur on March 21 to demand an end to the anti-Emmanuel Mission (EM) campaign of state Minister for Social Welfare and Cooperatives Madan Delivar. The issue also caused a major uproar in [...]
2006-03-22 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1974RUSSIAN PM,S VISIT UNLIKELY TO REVIVE DECLINING
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Premier Mikhail Fradkov's visit to New Delhi (March 16-17) was intended to reinvigorate the declining India/Russia relationship, but there is little indication that the visit broadened Indo-Russian relations or injected much forward momentum. The delegation included the [...]
2006-03-22 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPOV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA MASS TRGY EPET ENRG
06NEWDELHI20SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Speaker Hastert, your delegation's upcoming visit to India on January 10-13 provides a significant opportunity to advance the burgeoning India/US relationship. After forty years of drift during the Cold War, the US and India are making up for lost time. Thanks to the energy a [...]
2006-01-03 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PK INCB IR
06NEWDELHI2021SONIA GANDHI'S RESIGNATION FROM PARLIAMENT SETS
[...] (C) Summary: Complicated political maneuvering culminated in Sonia Gandhi's dramatic resignation from Parliament and as head of the National Advisory Council (NAC) on March 23. Congress set off the furor when it tried to use an obscure Constitutional act which forbids MPs from holding "offices [...]
2006-03-23 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IN
06NEWDELHI2057BOND: CIVIL NUCLEAR DEAL FACES HURDLES IN US
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri) told Minister of State Anand Sharma on Wednesday, March 22 that the civil-nuclear agreement faces stiff opposition in Congress, and Americans of Indian descent should actively engage their congressional representatives and urge them to support it. Sh [...]
2006-03-24 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN
06NEWDELHI2058SENATOR BOND DISCUSSES FIGHTER PLANES WITH DEFMIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Senator Kit Bond of Missouri discussed the growing US-India defense relationship with Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee on March 23. Senator Bond encouraged the GOI to select F/A-18 fighter aircraft to help replace its aging MiG fleet, and Mukherjee sounded out the Se [...]
2006-03-24 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MARR ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI206INDIAN GENERAL TO LEAD SUDAN PEACEKEEPING MISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-10 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS PINR IN SU
06NEWDELHI2060CODEL BOND, NSA NARAYANAN FOCUS ON AREAS OF
[...] (C) Summary: In his March 22 meeting with Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri),National Security Advisor MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's commitment to the transformed US-India relationship, and stressed the common ground India shares with the US. Narayanan responded positively to Senator Bond's c [...]
2006-03-24 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PTER ECIN ENRG MARR MASS OREP EAGR US IN
06NEWDELHI2061UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDING SONIA GANDHI'S
[...] (C) Summary: One day after Sonia Gandhi's surprise resignation of her Parliamentary seat, she retains the moral high ground and appears to have enhanced her stature. Press accounts relate that a coterie of Congress insiders engineered a scheme to protect Sonia Gandhi that went awry. Althoug [...]
2006-03-24 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI2090PM'S OLIVE BRANCH TO PAK: BUREAUCRACY, PUNDITS SEE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh's speech launching the bus service to Nankana Sahib from Amritsar on March 24 continued his efforts to push rapprochement with Pakistan, but Singh still faces resistance from skeptical Indo-Pak watchers in India and his own bureaucracy. Singh's speech was no [...]
2006-03-27 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IN PK
06NEWDELHI2091INDIA DENIES FLIRTING WITH IRANIANS
[...] (C) Summary: In response to DCM's questions and concern about a Defense News article detailing Indian ""training"" of the Iranian Navy in Cochin, Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told DCM and Poloff on March 27 that the visit of an Iranian Vice President to New Delhi and p [...]
2006-03-27 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET MOPS IR IN
06NEWDELHI2131HELPFUL CONGRESS STATEMENT ON U.S. TIES DEEPENS
[...] (U) A signed editorial by Sonia Gandhi in the March edition of the Congress party journal "Sandesh" praised the civil nuclear agreement as "historic" and congratulated Prime Minister Singh for "ensuring the success of President Bush's visit despite opposition from key allies (read the Left Fr [...]
2006-03-29 11:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL IN
06NEWDELHI2138INDIAN ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO INDEPENDENT INQUIRY
[...] Summary: The Volcker Committee probing allegations of illegalities in the oil-for-food program had identified Indian entities including former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh and the Congress Party among the non-contractual beneficiaries of illegal oil allotments. In India, a special inquiry a [...]
2006-03-29 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KFIN PGOV IN IZ
06NEWDELHI2151BHUTAN HINTS AT QUID PRO QUO FOR VENEZUELA UNSC
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche asking Bhutan to support Guatemala's candidacy to represent GRULAC in the 2007-2008 UNSC and detailed our concerns about Venezuela. Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering responded that he would forward the message to Thimphu. 2. (C) Tshering noted that the Ro [...]
2006-03-30 10:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNSC PREF GT VE IN
06NEWDELHI2167BHUTAN INVITES NEPALESE FM TO THIMPHU TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering told PolCouns and PolOff on March 30 that the RGOB invited Nepalese Foreign Minister Pandey to Thimphu to expedite a solution to the refugee problem. In a welcome reversal of his previous statements to us, Tshering asserted that the RGOB position on [...]
2006-03-30 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI2171FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 29, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006, regarding the extradition to India of Kulbir Singh Barapind. The full text of the GOI response is included below, as well as the [...]
2006-03-30 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI2172INDIA WILL SUPPORT OUR INCB CANDIDATE IF WE
[...] (SBU) After PolCouns raised reftel points regarding the nomination of Ambassador Levitsky for re-election to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) on March 29, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Puri responded that India would be pleased to support the US candidat [...]
2006-03-30 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AORC PREL UN IN
06NEWDELHI2173GOI PRIVATELY MAINTAINING PRESSURE TO DEMOCRATIZE
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Burma watcher Mohan Kumar told PolCouns March 30 that the GOI is continuing privately to push the military regime in Burma to pursue democratic reforms. Kumar elaborated on President Kalam's visit to Burma earlier this month, and indicated that discussions on democracy figur [...]
2006-03-30 13:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM BM IN
06NEWDELHI2216TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT
[...] (S) Poloff on March 30 delivered Reftel demarche on amending the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee listing on Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) to include the names Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq (IKK) to MEA Director (Americas) Gaitri Kumar and MEA Director (Pakistan) Jeeva Sagar. Both ex [...]
2006-03-31 11:43:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN PK
06NEWDELHI2226INDIA RE-STATES ITS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MANTRA
[...] (C) Summary: MEA's UN Joint Secretary Manjiv Puri was sanguine about the as-yet unaddressed flaws in the new Human Rights Council, arguing that the need to stand for election in the General Assembly would bar the worst human rights violators from the Council. India and the US have different approac [...]
2006-03-31 12:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KUNR KDEM UN IN
06NEWDELHI2227INDIA BALANCING RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL AND HAMAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: India is walking a tightrope as its defense and trade ties with Israel grow, even as the Hamas victory forces a delicate accommodation of popular Indian Muslim support for the Palestinians. As an emerging global power, New Delhi recognizes that it cannot afford to alienate either [...]
2006-03-31 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL IN IS
06NEWDELHI2229GOI GETS GOOD ATMOSPHERICS BUT LITTLE SUBSTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI went to great lengths to cast a positive glow over Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia's March 20-22 visit to New Delhi in an effort to improve the tone of the bilateral relationship. Our MEA contacts lamented that this positive turn-around came just in time for Zia's lame duc [...]
2006-03-31 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EINV ETRD ENRG EPET IN BG
06NEWDELHI223NO IMMEDIATE MORALES VISIT PLANS, BUT LEFT WOULD
[...] (C) Summary: D/PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel talking points on January 10 to Director (Latin America Countries) Anwar Haleem, who commented that he knew of no immediate plans for the Bolivian President-elect to visit India. We note that Indian Left parties would welcome a Morales visi [...]
2006-01-10 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN BO
06NEWDELHI2230TAIWAN-INDIA RELATIONS LOOKING UP, BUT TRYING TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Indian Government officials maintain that China has not protested India-Taiwan ties or the establishment of the Taiwan-India Cooperation Council (TICC). New Delhi perceives that its economic future lies in the success of its "Look East" objectives, and Taiwan beckons as a dem [...]
2006-03-31 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR ETRD EAIR IN CH TW
06NEWDELHI2231SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL
[...] (SBU) Senator Hagel, your delegation's 8-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the India-US relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After fo [...]
2006-03-31 15:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB PTER
06NEWDELHI224S57-05 AND MTAG: CW DEMARCHE DELIVERED, FOLLOWING
[...] (S) PolCouns and Poloffs delivered Ref A points to MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Hamid Ali Rao and his deputies on January 10, and followed up on several 2005 proliferation cases involving Iran. Rao agreed to look into Ref A transaction, but pushed back [...]
2006-01-10 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC MTCRE IR IN
06NEWDELHI2255SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT
[...] (SBU) Speaker Hastert, your delegation's 9-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the US-India relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After [...]
2006-04-03 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PTER ECON
06NEWDELHI2291RAJASTHAN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL SLOW TO PASS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fulfilling a BJP party platform commitment, the Rajasthan government introduced an anti-conversion bill on March 31 in the state assembly. Rajasthan Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mohammad Mahir Azad (opposition Congress Party) predicted to us that the bill will likely pa [...]
2006-04-04 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2323INDIA GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SAARC
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff's April 4 introductory call on Preeti Saran, the new MEA Joint Secretary for SAARC, revealed an element in the GOI that is generally upbeat about SAARC's potential to improve regional cooperation, in line with Prime Minister Singh's long-term vision of Indian [...]
2006-04-05 14:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG ECIN EAID IN AF BG BT
06NEWDELHI2324GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT IRAQ POLICE TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/I. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh conveyed the GOI's cautious willingness to increase its involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. Singh was very interested in [...]
2006-04-05 14:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM KJUS MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PTER
06NEWDELHI2363SIX ALLEGED VARANASI TERRORISTS ARRESTED
[...] (U) Uttar Predesh police on April 5 announced the arrests of six alleged terrorists they say were behind the March 7 twin bomb blasts in Varanasi (Reftel). The press reports -- many of which were un-bylined, a possible sign they came from an Intelligence Bureau or Research and Analysis Wing s [...]
2006-04-07 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PHUM IN PK
06NEWDELHI2365KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS LACK CLEAR AIM BUT TERRORISTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings in Srinagar with Kashmiri separatists reveal a group that lacks consensus and is divided by a leadership squabble over how to respond to Prime Minister Singh's launch of a roundtable dialogue process. Most expect to boycott the PM's planned May roundtable in J&K and are [...]
2006-04-07 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KDEM PBTS KISL PHUM ECON ASEC
06NEWDELHI2440DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] Following up reftel discussion (Ref B) between PolCouns and the GOI's ranking official on UN human rights issues PolOff delivered reftel message on April 10 to Prashant Pise, Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) at the Ministry of External Affairs. Pise had no immediate substantive comme [...]
2006-04-11 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR PREL PHUM UNGA IN
06NEWDELHI2446HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS DECRY PASSAGE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Split on party lines, the BJP-dominated Rajasthan Assembly overwhelmingly passed a controversial anti-conversion bill on March 26, but it must be signed by the state governor, then be approved by the state cabinet and have regulations promulgated before it can be enforced. Human [...]
2006-04-11 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2496MEA PROVIDES A/S BOUCHER WITH TOUR D'HORIZON OF
[...] (C) Summary: Over an April 7 lunch, MEA regional Joint Secretaries provided Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher with SIPDIS a review of India's relations with its neighbors in South and Central Asia. Boucher probed them specifically on Nepal, Pakistan (including Kashmir),Afghanistan, Cent [...]
2006-04-13 06:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG ETRD PBTS MOPS ELTN EPET KDEM
06NEWDELHI2527JASWANT SINGH CAUTIOUS IN MEETING WITH A/S BOUCHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 7 meeting with SCA A/S Boucher, former Indian Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh cautioned that the US and India should not emphasize the nuclear agreement to the exclusion of other bilateral initiatives, but agreed that the two share a civilization an [...]
2006-04-13 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MNUC KIRF ENRG IN PK
06NEWDELHI2529RAJASTHAN'S CHIEF MINISTER TELLS SPEAKER HASTERT
[...] (C) In an otherwise cordial April 10 courtesy call with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and seven accompanying Congressman, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje expressed genuine anger at the activities of Christian missionaries in her state and provided a spirited defense of the rece [...]
2006-04-13 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2532CODEL HASTERT AND SONIA GANDHI DISCUSS US-INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 12 meeting with a delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL),Sonia Gandhi was particularly engaged on the status and process of passing the civil nuclear agreement in Congress. She was surprised to hear that the Representatives [...]
2006-04-14 06:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL ENRG EPET IN
06NEWDELHI2535SENATOR HAGEL AND ANAND SHARMA DISCUSS BROAD BASIS
[...] (C) Summary: In a brief April 10 meeting, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma and Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) reflected on the multifaceted nature of US-India relations, including cooperation in energy, infrastructure, agriculture, democracy, defense, the economy, health, and [...]
2006-04-14 10:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET EAGR ECON MNUC IN
06NEWDELHI2536PM ASKS SEN HAGEL FOR HELP PASSING CIVIL NUKE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an April 10 meeting in Delhi with Senator Chuck Hagel asked for "Congressional blessings" for the US-India civil nuclear deal. He outlined to the Senator the importance of the deal to India's burgeoning economy, and made the case that India is a [...]
2006-04-14 10:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY BEXP EFIN
06NEWDELHI2561TERRORISTS UNSUCCESSFULLY STRIKE DELHI AND
[...] (C) Summary: Thirteen people were injured, but none killed, by two bombs that went off during Friday (April 14) evening prayers at the Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, the largest mosque in South Asia and a popular tourist destination (although tourists are escorted out of the mosque grounds by cust [...]
2006-04-17 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC KISL PGOV IN PK
06NEWDELHI2587SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 19 US-INDIA CT JOINT WORKING
[...] (C) Summary: The US-India counterterrorism dialogue reflects our shared values and encompasses the range of CT issues in South Asia. New Delhi focuses on combating jihadi terrorism launched from Pakistan, which complicates USG efforts to engage Delhi in a more vibrant intelligence dialogue without [...]
2006-04-18 07:08:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PGOV PINR PREL PINS MASS KJUS KTIA TBIO
06NEWDELHI2602INDIAN ENVOY TO TELL KING TO RENOUNCE ABSOLUTE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PREF PHUM IN NP BT
06NEWDELHI2603GOI REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN DURING
[...] (C) Summary: During President Hamid Karzai's April 9-13 visit to India, the GOI reinforced its substantial support for Afghanistan with the announcement of an additional USD 50 million in assistance, the signing of three MoUs, and positive statements from both sides about their bilateral part [...]
2006-04-18 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS IN AF
06NEWDELHI2622DESPITE DOMESTIC PRESSURE, PM AGAIN DEFENDS
[...] (SBU) In an April 18 meeting with prominent Indian Muslim leaders including Ahmed Bukhari, chief Imam of New Delhi's largest mosque, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reiterated India's conviction that it was correct to vote in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to refer Iran's nuclear [...]
2006-04-19 11:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PGOV KISL MNUC IN IR
06NEWDELHI264CODEL KERRY PROBES FOR AN INDIAN BOTTOM LINE ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry, Prime Minister Singh underlined India's intention to fulfill the terms of the July 18 civil nuclear understanding, but rebuffed the Senator's effort to explore enhancements to the deal that might help to minimize Congressio [...]
2006-01-12 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ENRG PTER ECON IR PK CH IN
06NEWDELHI265NSA SUGGESTS INDIA WILL VOTE AGAINST IRAN
[...] (S) Summary: NSA MK Narayanan told the Ambassador on January 12 that India ""would like to"" vote for IAEA referral of Iran to the UN Security Council. New Delhi considers Iran in violation of its NPT obligations. However, he said, the GOI must still determine how to ""sell the vote"" domestical [...]
2006-01-12 14:49:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV KNNP IN IR
06NEWDELHI2655A/USTR HARTWICK DISCUSSES WAY FORWARD ON CSLA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Awsistant US Trade Representative Doug Hartwick heard Indian objections to the draft Commercial Space Launch Agreement (CSLA) and explained USG reasoning behind the draft in a meeting with MEA and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) interlocutors on April 18. Ambassador H [...]
2006-04-20 10:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD KSTC ETTC KSPA KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI2699INDIAN ENVOY TO NEPAL KING: ASSUME CEREMONIAL ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: As the Indian establishment debates the effectiveness of envoy Karan Singh's visit to Kathmandu, New Delhi is still reaching out to Nepalese actors to try to pull the parties and Palace together. Speaking with the Charge on April 21, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said the King ha [...]
2006-04-21 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM PGOV PBTS OREP NP IN
06NEWDELHI27GOI DECLINES A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN SRI LANKAN
[...] (C) Summary: Mahinda Rajapakse's December 27-30 trip to India stimulated the public debate about the Sri Lankan President's call for a more active Indian role in the peace process, but did not yield any major new Indian initiatives. The GOI told President Rajapakse, who encouraged greater Indian i [...]
2006-01-04 04:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN
06NEWDELHI2703INDIA CONFIRMS DETAILS FOR PEACEKEEPING JWG,
[...] (U) MEA Under Secretary (UN Political) Manish confirmed to Poloff on April 17 that India would participate in the next round of the bilateral Peacekeeping Joint Working Group (PKJWG) proposed for May 11-12 in Washington. MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora would lead the SIPDIS [...]
2006-04-21 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MOPS PHUM KDEM MASS IN
06NEWDELHI2706INDO-PAK ON THE RIGHT TRACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Seen from Delhi, Indo-Pak engagement seems to keep going strong, with the PM planning what he hopes will be a May or July trip to Pakistan that will be heavy on substantive achievement. In addition, India has made an important water concession to Pakistan and highly placed sourc [...]
2006-04-21 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM PTER ECON EWWT IN PK
06NEWDELHI2747INDIA STILL HOPEFUL ON NEPALESE PARTIES, TEMPERS
[...] (C) Summary: Following criticism of its statement of support for Nepalese King Gyanendra's April 21 announcement, the MEA reassured us on April 23 and 24 that it continues to work with the Nepalese political parties and believes the "door is not closed" to a compromise between the parties and [...]
2006-04-24 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2783MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on the meeting of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Prashant Pise on April 24. Pise had no immediate substantive comment. Post notes that Pise had earlier assured Poloff that India would [...]
2006-04-25 12:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC PHUM PREF ICRC IN
06NEWDELHI2785DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN ELECTION FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Poloff discussed Ref A points with MEA Under Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Acquino Vimal on SIPDIS April 25, suggesting that some of India's USD 10 million in non-programmed but committed funds (Ref B) could be used to cover costs for Afghan elections. Vimal replied that it w [...]
2006-04-25 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID PGOV IN AF
06NEWDELHI2786INDIAN SUPPORT FOR STRONG UNHRC CANDIDATES, US
[...] (SBU) Ambassador sent Ref B letter from the Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (in his capacity as Acting Foreign Minister) on April 12. PolCouns followed up and conveyed Ref A demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjiv Puri on April 24. Puri informed us that In [...]
2006-04-25 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR PHUM HUNRC UN IN
06NEWDELHI2788JAMMU & KASHMIR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS EXCEED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of four of Jammu & Kashmir's Assembly constituencies came out in strength to vote in by-elections on April 24, undaunted by threats and violence in the third major exercise of electoral democracy in the state since 2002. Another data point in the trend of Kashmiris' [...]
2006-04-25 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2789JAMMU & KASHMIR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS EXCEED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of four of Jammu & Kashmir's Assembly constituencies came out in strength to vote in by-elections on April 24, undaunted by threats and violence in the third major exercise of electoral democracy in the state since 2002. Another data point in the trend of Kashmiris' [...]
2006-04-25 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI279NO GOI DECISION YET ON LONDON CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha on SIPDIS January 13. In a follow-up conversation, Under Secretary (Afghanistan) Aquino Vimal told Poloff that MEA had not yet decided on the level of its official representation, but w [...]
2006-01-13 10:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID KDEM IN AF
06NEWDELHI2790NEW DELHI ADAPTING TO CRITICISM AS NEPAL SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI issued a strong statement of support for the "Nepalese people" on April 25, after widespread criticism over its Nepal policies including former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh on April 24 who assailed India's Nepal policy as "masterly inactivity" that "let down the people of [...]
2006-04-25 14:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KDEM IN NP
06NEWDELHI2852POST ASSESSMENT: CHEEMA UNLIKELY TO FACE TORTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 08:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI286UN REFORM DEMARCHE: GOI OKAY ON HRC, WITH TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-13 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM UN KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2867EXPECTED SONIA GANDHI ELECTORAL VICTORY NOT ENOUGH
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff's April 19-21 trip to Uttar Pradesh (UP) revealed that the political equation has changed since our previous visit in January. Then, most considered the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) to be on its way out. However, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has since used American [...]
2006-04-27 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KISL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI2873BJP GENERAL SECRETARY PRAMOD MAHAJAN UNLIKELY TO
[...] (C) Shot three times by his brother on April 23, BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan remained in "critical/but stable" condition on April 27. It is still not clear whether Mahajan will survive his shooting. Even if he does, it is highly unlikely that he will make a complete recovery and he [...]
2006-04-27 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN
06NEWDELHI2875YASIN MALIK VISA
[...] (SBU) Action Request: Post recommends that Department request DHS to approve a 212(d)(3)(A) waiver of nonimmigrant visa ineligibilities as appropriate for Yasin MALIK (DOB: 3 April 1965),President of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF),to seek medical treatment in Bethesda, MD. We [...]
2006-04-27 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PTER PGOV KDEM PHUM IN PK
06NEWDELHI291LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...]
2006-01-13 14:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN
06NEWDELHI2910BHUTANESE CENSUS RELEASED, GROSS NATIONAL
[...] (U) Bhutan released the results of its May 2005 census on April 27, listing the total population of the country at 672,425, roughly the same population as Baltimore City, Maryland. The census included all residents, regardless of nationality, who were present in Bhutan on May 30 and 31, 200 [...]
2006-04-28 11:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI2911FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES: GOI
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions regarding the 1997 extraditions of Daya Singh Sandhu and Kamaljit Kaur Sandhu, posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006 (Ref A). The full text of the GOI response is incl [...]
2006-04-28 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI2915RAJASTHAN UPDATE: EMI FOUNDER RECEIVES
[...] (U) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) founder MA Thomas was granted anticipatory bail on April 21, but remains in hiding, All India Christian Council President John Dayal twld us on April 27. Dayal also reported that EMI President Samuel Thomas (son of MA Thomas) remains in j [...]
2006-04-28 11:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2919POST ASSESSMENT: CHEEMA UNLIKELY TO FACE TORTURE
[...] (U) This is a corrected copy, with changes throughout. 2. (SBU) Summary: As with the pending case involving Kulbir Singh Barapind (Ref A),Post's assessment is that the law enforcement climate in India, and specifically in Punjab, has dramaticalhy improved since Harpal Singh Cheema ("Cheem [...]
2006-04-28 13:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI292LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...]
2006-01-13 14:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN
06NEWDELHI294NSA NARAYANAN MULLS SENATOR KERRY'S SUGGESTIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry that focused exclusively on the civil nuclear agreement and nuclear non-proliferation, NSA MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's support for its draft separation plan, and allowed that New Delhi "will not backtrack" on obligati [...]
2006-01-14 09:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP SENV PTER IN PK CH
06NEWDELHI2967INDIA STRENGTHENS RESOLVE IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA and PA. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the Taliban's decapitation of an Indian mobile phone network engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani support for the T [...]
2006-05-01 14:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS EAID IN PK
06NEWDELHI2983INDIA'S STATE ELECTIONS: A REFERENDUM ON CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: The usual religious and caste issues have been all but absent in the April/May electoral contests in four states and one Union Territory, raising the prospect that the vote will be viewed as a referendum on UPA economic and foreign policies. The Communists hope to move the elect [...]
2006-05-02 09:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2997INDIA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Reflecting the priority the GOI places on participating in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran called together resident Chiefs of Missions on May 1 to promote the GOI candidacy. Adding to the previous GOI non-paper outlining India's qualificaitons [...]
2006-05-02 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KUNR AORC UNHRC KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2998TERRORISTS MASSACRE 35 HINDUS IN J&K AFTER
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for PA and SCA. Please see Para 18. 2. (C) Summary: Terrorism raised its ugly head in J&K twice, after April 30 and May 1 attacks in Jammu left over 35 Hindus dead in an attempt to fan the flames of religious hatred and spoil the atmosphere before PM Singh m [...]
2006-05-02 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS KISL IN
06NEWDELHI3006GOI RESPONSE POSITIVE TO UN DEMOCRACY FUND
[...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations/Political) Sanjiv Arora said that the GOI plans actively to promote the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF, Ref A) to Indian NGOs and civil society organizations, including via the MEA's Internet site, and to facilitat [...]
2006-05-03 07:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNGA KUNR IN AF KG
06NEWDELHI3007GOI SHARES ITS SELECTION CRITERIA FOR NEXT UNSYG
[...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations/Political) Sanjiv Arora shared the GOI's thinking on who it will support as the next UN Secretary-General. Avoiding commenting on any declared or stealth candidates (including UN Under-Secretary-General for [...]
2006-05-03 07:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNGA KUNR PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3048BOUCHER AND INDIAN OFFICIALS AGREE ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: Having just returned from Kathmandu, Assistant Secretary Boucher related to MEA Joint Secretaries Pankaj Saran (Nepal) and S. Jaishankar (Americas) that the political parties intended to show progress. The U.S. would wait for the civilian government to issue a formal request for [...]
2006-05-04 07:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV IN NP PTER
06NEWDELHI3050INDIAN SPECIAL ENVOY PROPOSES WAY FORWARD IN NEPAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Special Envoy to Nepal Dr. Karan Singh told visiting SCA A/S Richard Boucher and NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millard that he believes that the Nepalese political situation remains very fragile, and that it is uncertain who will lead the political process forward should c [...]
2006-05-04 08:40:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3107TERRORISM FINANCE: JI-4 TALKING POINTS DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Poloff on April 28 delivered Reftel talking points to MEA Attache (Americas) Priyanka Chauhan, who accepted them without substantive comment. Econoff on April 28 delivered Reftel talking points to Finance Ministry Joint Secretary (Department of Economic Affairs) Dr. K.P. Krishnan, who a [...]
2006-05-05 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN ID
06NEWDELHI3117EMMANUEL MINISTRIES PRESIDENT FREE ON BAIL, COURT
[...] (SBU) Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) President Samuel Thomas was released from judicial custody on May 2, and his next hearing will be on May 12, EMI Hospital Administrator Jacob Matthew told us on May 5. Jacob commented that the property registration dispute with the Rajasthan Gove [...]
2006-05-05 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI3130HURRIYAT UPBEAT ABOUT MEETING WITH PM SINGH AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The moderate separatist Kashmiri Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq was quite pleased with their May 3 meeting with Indian PM Singh and his commitment to dialogue on the full range of Jammu and Kashmir issues and to improved human rights. The Hurriyat are also gearing up to begin [...]
2006-05-05 14:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS PINR KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI315DEMARCHE ON IAEA COMMITTEE ON SAFEGUARDS AND
[...] (U) PolCouns delivered Reftel demarche on January 17 to MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali Rao, who had no substantive comment but agreed to review US ideas for GOI feedback at a later date. MULFORD [...]
2006-01-17 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKNUC PREL PARM IAEA IN
06NEWDELHI3153FINAL PUSH ON IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) The Ambassador used a May 8 meeting with NSA Narayanan to reiterate our message on Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council and to underline our expectation that New Delhi will send clear instructions to the Indian delegation that will be voting on May 9. Narayanan was familiar wit [...]
2006-05-08 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL IR IN
06NEWDELHI316INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE
[...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...]
2006-01-17 14:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE
06NEWDELHI317GOI PREFERS BILATERAL GOVERNMENT MECHANISM ON
[...] (S) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali Rao told PolCouns on January 17 that the GOI is uncomfortable with the direct communication between our Consulate in Mumbai and the Sabero company, and requested that we instead use a bilateral government mech [...]
2006-01-17 14:04:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC MTCRE IR IN
06NEWDELHI318SUCCESS OF US-INDIA MISSILE DEFENSE PLANEX CALLS
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-India Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Planning Exercise (Planex) held January 11-12, 2006 in Hyderabad sparked lively discussions on virtual threat depictions, MD designs and operational challenges related to ballistic MD execution. The Planex players successfully complet [...]
2006-01-17 14:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMASS TSPL KSTC PREL MOPS IN
06NEWDELHI319INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE
[...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...]
2006-01-18 01:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE
06NEWDELHI3199INDIAN MUSLIMS AND CONGRESS NERVOUS OVER U.S. IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of Indian Muslims have told Poloff in recent weeks that Indian Muslim opinion, both Sunni and Shia, is opposed to Washington's policy on Iran's nuclear program and that Indian Muslims would --as they did for Iraq in 2003-- likely peacefully take to the streets in l [...]
2006-05-09 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKDEM KISL PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN IR
06NEWDELHI3248RIFTS EMERGE AMONG INDIAN MUSLIMS OVER FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: In an ugly marriage of convenience, Indian Muslim extremists from the Wahhabi-influenced Deobandi sect and radical pro-Iran Shias have joined forces with the opportunistic regional Samajwadi Party (SP) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to mount an anti-US political campaign. More moderate [...]
2006-05-11 08:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN IR IZ
06NEWDELHI3266SRI LANKAN ENVOY URGES INDIAN ENGAGEMENT, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka's visiting Foreign Minister has requested India's help to resume peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),while concurrently seeking India's assistance to choke LTTE's financial and logistical resources. Despite Sri Lanka's request, domestic politic [...]
2006-05-11 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV MASS IN
06NEWDELHI3270INDIA SKEPTICAL OF SCO AS SECURITY FORUM
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Bhagwati on May 10 seeking India's help to prevent the inclusion of anti-US language at the upcoming SCO meeting in Shanghai. Bhagwati stated clearly that as an observer to SCO, India has no role in drafting th [...]
2006-05-11 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV MASS PTER SNAR SCUL ETRD ENRG IN
06NEWDELHI3271STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS MOSTLY A VOTE FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary: The outcome of State Assembly elections was largely as anticipated (Ref A),with the Left Front (LF) retaining power in West Bengal and unseating Congress in Kerala, while Congress held on to power in Pondicherry, and in a coalition in Assam (Details Refs C and D). The only rea [...]
2006-05-11 14:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3272INDIA ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR NASA
[...] (U) This is an action request for OES and SCA. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) In a remarkably warm May 9 meeting at the ISRO Satellite Center in Bangalore, ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair welcomed Michael Griffin as the first NASA Administrator to visit India in 30 years and outlined a broad a [...]
2006-05-11 14:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MOPS MTCR PREL SENV TSPA IN
06NEWDELHI3289BIO NOTES: NEW PAKISTANI DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER
[...] (U) The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on May 4 informed Post of the arrival of Mohammad Afrasiab, previously Minister (Political) at the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing, as their new Deputy High Commissioner. (NOTE: In his CV and nearly all press references, Afrasiab uses only his family [...]
2006-05-12 05:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IN PK CH NZ
06NEWDELHI3300DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 09:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW IN
06NEWDELHI3304INDIA WARMLY WELCOMES VISITING PAKISTANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian government rolled out the red carpet for visiting Pakistani People,s Party Parliamentarians, arranging a meeting with PM Singh, a lunch hosted by MEA MOS E. Ahamed, and meetings with BJP supremos LK Advani and Jaswant Singh. The meetings show the value India is placing [...]
2006-05-12 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ECON IN PK
06NEWDELHI3307FRESH CHARGE AGAINST EMI PRESIDENT FALLS FLAT
[...] (C) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International's (EMI) President Samuel Thomas told Poloff on May 11 that the court struck down charges of sedition brought by the Rajasthan government on May 10. He noted that the charges were filed under Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code for having a map o [...]
2006-05-12 11:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI3313PARLIAMENT SET TO DEBATE THE UPA'S PRO-AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA's pro-American foreign policy could come under intense criticism from both the Left Front (LF) and the BJP during the current parliamentary session that began May 10. The Communists, energized by victories in the just-concluded state assembly elections, will take a hosti [...]
2006-05-12 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MNUC KNNP PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3334MEA POSITIVE ON PAK, AFGHANISTAN, TURKMENISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: A senior MEA official told us Indo-Pak people-to-people links continue to proliferate, with a recent Pakistan Peoples' Party delegation visiting India and the prospect of a PM Singh visit to Pakistan this summer. The Composite Dialogue continues, with some hope for a tangible d [...]
2006-05-15 09:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS EPET EAID PBTS PINR ENRG EWWT
06NEWDELHI3382GOI FAVORS NEPAL CEASE-FIRE MONITORING UNDER UN
[...] (C) Summary: Noting that that India does not want to be unilaterally involved in maintaining the peace in Nepal, MEA Under Secretary (Nepal) Manish Gupta indicated on May 16 that the GOI would not oppose UN involvement in monitoring the cease-fire between the Maoists and Government of Nepal. [...]
2006-05-16 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AORC ECON EPET MASS KDEM IN NP
06NEWDELHI3417BIO NOTES: THE (PAKISTANI) AMBASSADORS AKRAM
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan High Commission (New Delhi) Counselor Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, a frequent Poloff interlocutor, shared with Poloff his impressions of Pakistani Ambassadors Munir and Zamir Akram. Qazi worked for Munir for five years in Geneva (probably 1995-2000),and for Zamir for se [...]
2006-05-17 09:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IN PK NP SZ
06NEWDELHI3433POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT TO NEPAL VITAL,
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for G, IO and USUN. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: The international community needs to provide full diplomatic and political support to the Government of Nepal (GON) and be ready to provide aid when requested, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Sa [...]
2006-05-18 06:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER AORC ECON EPET MASS KDEM IN NP
06NEWDELHI3466WHY IT'S TOUGH FOR INDIA TO CLIMB DOWN FROM SIACHEN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-18 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI3471CONGRESS SHOOTS ITSELF BY REVIVING THE CASTE QUOTA
[...] (C) Summary. The Congress party needlessly set off a political firestorm by proposing a bill to add a 27 percent quota for "other backward castes (OBCs)" in public higher education institutions. OBCs are castes that do not face traditional discrimination but have been determined to be "econo [...]
2006-05-18 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI3499SARAN ARGUES FOR PRESSURE ON MAOISTS, CRITICIZES
[...] (U) This is an action request for SCA and USUN. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Foreign Secretary Saran used a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador (other topics septel) to explain India's concern about the current UN Secretariat approach to Nepal and to appeal for US engagement with the UN to ens [...]
2006-05-19 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC MOPS NP IN
06NEWDELHI3506AN INDIAN ROGUE'S GALLERY ENTERTAINS A PAKISTANI TALIBAN APOLOGIST
[...] (C) Pakistani hard-liner and Taliban advocate Fazlur Rahman visited India from May 15-19. During his visit, he was guest of honor at a Delhi reception hosted by the Deobandi Political organization Jamiat-i-Ulama-i-Hind (JuH),that we steered well clear of. The JuH failed to convince most promine [...]
2006-05-19 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN PK AF
06NEWDELHI3546INDIA WELCOMES FORMATION OF NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) In a welcome sign of leadership, India today issued a statement welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi government. See para 4 for complete text. 2. (C) PolCouns spoke May 22 to Indian Middle East envoy Ambassador Chinmaya Garekhan to deliver the points in Reftel. Garekhan said the GO [...]
2006-05-22 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EPET ENRG KISL IZ IN
06NEWDELHI3548RAJASTHAN GOVERNOR REFUSES TO SIGN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL
[...] (C) Summary: On May 19, Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil unexpectedly refused to sign Rajasthan's controversial anti-conversion bill (Ref C),instead sending it back to the state cabinet based on concerns that it is unconstitutional. The cabinet must now present arguments to the Governor that wou [...]
2006-05-22 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI3549AGAINST BACKDROP OF KASHMIR TERROR, HURRIYAT
[...] Summary: Terrorists killed seven and injured scores more in a spectacular mid-day May 21 attack on a Congress party rally in downtown Srinagar. The next day, even as more grenades exploded in Srinagar, the peaceful separatist All Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq rejected [...]
2006-05-22 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI356LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S. OPPOSE TERRORISM,
[...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]
2006-01-18 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI3580BHUTANESE REFUGEES ON BACKBURNER BUT NOT
[...] (C) In light of the turmoil in Nepal, the GOI has not recently discussed the refugee situation with the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB),MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran told visiting PDAS Camp and PolCouns in a May 17 meeting. Saran indicated that he would visit Bhutan during the [...]
2006-05-23 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI3582INDIA SEEKS TO PROTECT POSTAL SERVICES FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Communist labor unions boast 600,000 members in the public sector postal department and the UPA government cannot remain in power without Communist support. In a demonstration of the fetters that the Communists can maintain over UPA economic policy, the Congress-dominated UPA [...]
2006-05-23 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ELAB PGOV EINV PREL EFIN ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI3583CONGRESS FARES BADLY IN SPECIAL SESSION OF
[...] (C) Summary. Congress ineptitude and a predilection for scoring "own goals" on domestic policy turned what should have been a routine wrap-up session of Parliament into an embarrassment for the UPA that has left the Prime Minister's political stock in the doldrums. Congress convened the May [...]
2006-05-23 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC ENRG PINR MARR IN
06NEWDELHI3586INDIA WILL CONSIDER ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for the Gulf Manohar Ram was noncommittal about the message in Ref (A) demarche, but was receptive to suggestions that India provide training to the Iraqi Parliament, renew Ind [...]
2006-05-23 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IZ IN
06NEWDELHI3611EMBASSY AND MEA HOLD PRODUCTIVE, FOCUSED CTJWG
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for SCA and S/CT. Please see Para 17. 2. (C) Summary: The DCM and key Embassy interlocutors on counterterrorism issues (see Paras 21-22) on May 19 reviewed with MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh action items that emerged from the April 19 [...]
2006-05-24 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER EFIN TBIO PREL PINS SCUL KCIP ASEC EAIR
06NEWDELHI3664PRIME MINISTER TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH KASHMIRIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the Prime Minister's talks with representatives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir state stretched into their second day, terrorists killed ten more villagers in Rajouri. During the first day's roundtable discussions, and following a security briefing by the Army, the PM [...]
2006-05-25 12:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PHUM
06NEWDELHI3665INDIANS MINDFUL OF IRANIAN MISCHIEF AT NAM
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for the Americas Dr. Jaishankar on May 25. After Charge walked him through the demarche and noted Washington's keen interest in India's views in light of the US-India civil nuclear energy agreement, Jaishanka [...]
2006-05-25 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KNNP AORC IAEA PARM IR IN
06NEWDELHI3667UN REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT AORC UNGA IN
06NEWDELHI3668UN REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche expressing concern about the NAM line on UN reform to MEA Joint Secretary (UN/Political) Sanjiv Arora on May 25, hours before his departure for Kuala Lumpur. Arora was familiar with the issues, having covered some of the same ground (he said) in May 10 a [...]
2006-05-25 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT AORC UNGA IN
06NEWDELHI369LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S., OPPOSE TERRORISM,
[...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]
2006-01-18 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI370HAVING SURVIVED 2005, THE UPA WILL BE MORE
[...] (C) Summary: Most political observers expect the Congress-led UPA government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to remain in power until the end of its term in 2009, although it is likely to proceed cautiously on economic liberalization and closer ties with the US out of fear of provoking its [...]
2006-01-18 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM PINR KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3730TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for EB and S/CT, please see Para 3. 2. (C) Poloff on May 4 delivered Reftel talking points to MEA Director (Americas) Gaitri Kumar, who accepted them without substantive comment. Econoff on May 5 delivered Reftel talking points to Finance Ministry, Departmen [...]
2006-05-30 08:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN PK
06NEWDELHI3755MEA QUESTIONS SYRIA DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar on May 30, and explained SIPDIS why a Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim visit -- if in fact true -- would undermine international efforts to isolate Syria and would be poorly viewed in Congress and the Admin [...]
2006-05-30 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IN SY
06NEWDELHI3799THE PRESIDENT SENDS KEY UPA LEGISLATION BACK TO
[...] (C) Summary: Although Parliament passed the "office of Profit Bill" on May 17 in a special session of Parliament, the President refused to sign it and sent it back for parliamentary reconsideration on May 30. The President is apparently concerned that the Bill could be inherently unconstitut [...]
2006-05-31 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3833INDIA WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN, BUT IS
[...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar after NSA Narayanan remained unavailable throughout the day either to meet with or speak on the phone to the Ambassador. Jaishankar acknowledged our demarche's requests for Indian action, but made no further s [...]
2006-06-01 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI3835TERRORISTS INCREASINGLY TARGETING HINDUS
[...] (C) Summary: Recent terror attacks targeting Hindus could impact Indo-Pak rapprochement and spark religious tension. A foiled May 31 dawn attack on the hardline Hindu Rashtriya Swyamsewak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur that would likely have led to communal violence was averted because of [...]
2006-06-01 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC KIRF IN PK
06NEWDELHI3844MEA SAYS SYRIAN FM WILL NOT VISIT INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 09:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IN SY
06NEWDELHI3873ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHIC NOTES ON PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS
[...] (C) Summary: This message contains biographic reporting on two Pakistani diplomats currently serving to New Delhi -- a key posting for any Pakistani Foreign Service officer. The first, Counselor (Political) Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, will be of interest because of his meteoric rise through t [...]
2006-06-05 10:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI3880SCION'S DRUG OVERDOSE SHOCKS BJP
[...] (C) Summary: On June 3, Rahul Mahajan, the son of recently murdered BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, was hospitalized following a suspected drug overdose. The family's private secretary, Bibek Maitra, who was with Rahul, died. On June SIPDIS 4, the private hospital treating Rahul claimed that [...]
2006-06-05 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PTER PINR SNAR IN
06NEWDELHI3882NAM DECLARATION ON IRAN: MEA SAYS GOI POSITION ON
[...] (C) Summary: DCM delivered Ref A demarche on June 5, stressing USG concern that India agreed to such a one-sided and weak NAM statement regarding Iranian nuclear activity, and noting that sending mixed messages to Iran at this critical juncture is not productive. Minister of State for Exter [...]
2006-06-05 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK IN IR AF
06NEWDELHI3926GOI READOUT OF BRASILIA NSG MEETING POSITIVE
[...] (C) Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma told DCM on June 5 that the GOI's impression of the Nuclear Suppliers Groups (NSG) plenary in Brasilia was positive, noting that a number of countries' positions were more supportive than before. MEA Joint Secretary (Americans) S. Jaish [...]
2006-06-06 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP PARM IN
06NEWDELHI396ENERGY AND TRADE DOMINATE CODEL GILLMOR'S MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: A congressional delegation led by Congressman Gillmor (R-OH) held a wide-ranging discussion with Indian Members of Parliament at a meeting convened by the Indo-US Parliamentary Forum on January 13. Energy and trade dominated the session, with the Indian Parliamentarians stress [...]
2006-01-19 14:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP KNNP ENRG ECON ETRD IN PK
06NEWDELHI397PM SINGH EMPHASIZES MUTUAL BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told visiting US Representative Paul Gillmor (R-OH) and his delegation January 13, 2006 that the future of US-India relations was extremely promising, that India and America shared common values, that both would benefit from successful passage of l [...]
2006-01-19 15:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MNUC ENRG PTER ETRD EINV KDEM OVIP
06NEWDELHI3997INDIA BEHIND ON BIOTERROR PREPARATIONS BUT TAKING
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI regards a bioterrorism attack as an event of such low probability that the potential impact does not register high on New Delhi's agenda. We have no reason to believe terrorist organizations operating in India have access to pathogens at this time; also, bioterrorism is inconsi [...]
2006-06-08 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV TBIO PINS KSCA PINR EAIR SENV
06NEWDELHI4000LUCKNOW SHIAS CELEBRATE ZARQAWI'S DEMISE
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Muslim reaction to the death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi varied. In Lucknow, where there is a clear Shia majority, there were public celebrations, with most in the community jubilant. In the rest of India, however, Shias are a small minority and although privately happy, wer [...]
2006-06-08 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI4005SIACHEN NOT IN DANGER OF BEING SOLVED, SAY OUR
[...] (C) Summary: A Siachen deal during the May 23-24 talks in Delhi was never a slam dunk, according to Indian and Pakistani diplomats who were members of their respective countries' delegations. Although the atmospherics were excellent, rumors of a new formulation to break the logjam were just [...]
2006-06-08 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS PGOV PTER PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI4061IRAN'S AMBASSADOR TO INDIA CONGRATULATES U.S. ON
[...] (C) On June 9 Embassy New Delhi's Public Central Mailbox received an email message from S.Z. Yaghoubi, Iran's Ambassador to India, addressed directly to Ambassador Mulford. 2. (C) Begin text (Personal Message) Dear Colleague, Congratulations for getting rid of our common enemy who w [...]
2006-06-09 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL IN IR
06NEWDELHI4062THE COMMUNISTS ARE ON A ROLL AND LOADED FOR BEAR
[...] (C) Summary: India's Communist parties were energized by their victories in the recently concluded state elections (Reftel A),and have been more rhetorically aggressive in their criticism of the UPA. While the Communists will be more ambitious in their confrontation, they remain unlikely t [...]
2006-06-09 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN
06NEWDELHI4100MEA POSITIVE ON ANTI-LTTE CONTACT GROUPS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN CE
06NEWDELHI4169FS SARAN BRIEFS ON NEPAL PM VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: The most important outcome from the June 5-9 visit of Nepalese Prime Minister G.P. Koirala to New Delhi was the GOI's expression of unconditional political support for the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the announcement of an economic aid package worth USD 210 million, in finite t [...]
2006-06-14 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP
06NEWDELHI4200CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSIVE WITHIN ITS COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: Congress is feeling increasingly isolated, as regional parties nominally part of the UPA openly join BJP and Left Front (LF) protests against the recent petroleum product price hikes. The Prime Minister on June 7 asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG),s Secretary [...]
2006-06-15 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON EINV EFIN ELAB EPET ENRG IN
06NEWDELHI4202RUMORS OF A THIRD FRONT YET AGAIN MAKE THE ROUNDS
[...] Summary: Congress MP and insider Rashid Alvi told us on June 12 that the party inner circle is concerned that untrustworthy regional allies could defect to the NDA and perhaps make a move to unseat the UPA before the next session of Parliament (currently scheduled for the third week in July). [...]
2006-06-15 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL ECON EINV SCUL PREL IN
06NEWDELHI4206INDIA SHARES OUR CONCERNS ABOUT DECLARATION ON
[...] SUMMARY: A senior Indian official said India shared U.S. views on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, found the self-determination clauses unacceptable, and was not comfortable with the process by which the declaration had been framed, but would not be averse to an extension o [...]
2006-06-15 14:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM AORC PREL IN
06NEWDELHI4253LEFT PARTIES ISSUE UNFAVORABLE REPORT CARD TO UPA
[...] (C) Summary: Further demonstrating the divisions in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),(Reftels),Left parties made public a predictably unconstructive, damning, and backwards-looking "report card" of UPA performance on June 15. A group of left leaders, including Communist Party of Ind [...]
2006-06-16 12:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON EINV SCUL PREL ENRG EPET IN
06NEWDELHI4254MEA AWAITING CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY TRADE
[...] (C) Summary: USAID South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy (SARI/E) regional coordinator delivered ref A demarche to the GOI Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati, who was generally supportive of all trade initiatives but cautious about the prospects [...]
2006-06-16 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN PGOV
06NEWDELHI4255FOLLOW-UP WITH CERT-IN: COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff on June 6 revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) for the third time, with SciCouns and EconOff accompanying. CERT-In is pursuing a multi-platform outreach program to cybersecurity experts in the public, private, and academic sectors. Although last [...]
2006-06-16 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN
06NEWDELHI4283BARAPIND EXTRADITION COMPLETE
[...] (SBU) At DRL's request, PolOffs witnessed immigration officials admit Kulbir Singh Barapind to India at Indira Gandhi International Airport on June 18, and his hand over to officers of the Punjab Police Force. Barapind told PolOff that he had been well cared for, was not concerned for his sa [...]
2006-06-19 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI4334BARAPIND TRANSFERRED TO PUNJAB, REPORTED IN GOOD
[...] (SBU) Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind has been transferred to police custody at the Phillaur Police Station in Punjab and is in "good condition," reported Barapind's Punjab-based lawyer Darshan Singh Dyal. Initial reports on June 19 from Barapind's brother, Balwant Singh, [...]
2006-06-20 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI4336COMMUNISTS HOPE TO "CAPITALIZE" ON NAXALITE
[...] (C) Summary: Communist ideologues view the resurgent Naxalite movement as a potential political windfall. Looking closely at events in Nepal, they have concluded that the Indian Naxalites could eventually reform, join the Indian mainstream and ally with the Communists. The non-Maoist Commu [...]
2006-06-20 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI4369NEW KASHMIR BUS SAFELY LAUNCHED, BUT TERROR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second trans-LoC bus, connecting Poonch in J&K with Rawalkote in Pakistani Kashmir for the first time in 58 years, kicked off yesterday without a hitch or an attack. This bus may end up being more heavily used than the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route because more families are [...]
2006-06-21 12:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PBTS SCUL ELTN IN PK
06NEWDELHI4401BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI4405INDIA FAVORS PARALLEL DEMARCHE TO SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI4406BARAPIND SATISFIED WITH HIS CONDITIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request for DRL. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind told PolOff and PolFSN that he has not been mistreated by the Punjab Police and is fully satisfied with the medical care the Punjab authorities are providing. H [...]
2006-06-22 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM CJAN PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI4432BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI4466MEA WILL NOT ATTEND BHUTANESE REFUGEE MEETING
[...] (C) The GOI will not attend the proposed July 14 meeting in New York of the truncated Core Group on Bhutanese Refugees (Reftel),MEA Director (North) Vikas Swarup told PolOff on June 26. Swarup stated that the GOI would be interested in receiving a read-out of the meeting, but that due to "s [...]
2006-06-26 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI4588INDIA WALKED A FINE LINE ON IRAN AT THE SCO SUMMIT
[...] (C) Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora told the Ambassador June 28 that he had informal conversations with Iranian President Ahmedinejad 3-4 times at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and while Ahmedinejad had been reserved due to India's IAEA votes against I [...]
2006-06-29 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI4589UN MANAGEMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] A/Pol/Couns delivered reftel demarche regarding UN Management reform and UN spending cap on June 28 to Gaitri Kumar, MEA, Director (Americas) and to Ravi Shankar, MEA, Director for United Nations Political affairs. Neither had any substantive response. 2. (U) Visit New Delhi's Classif [...]
2006-06-29 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IN IS PREL UNGA
06NEWDELHI4605BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH
[...] (C) Summary: Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh's position combines several large MEA portfolios of USG interest, including the UN, nonproliferation, and counterterrorism. USG interlocutors over the past several months have had opportunities to interact with Singh in [...]
2006-06-30 08:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI4666POLITICAL PLAYERS PREPARE FOR BATTLE IN UTTAR
[...] (C) Summary: Although the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Legislative Election is not scheduled until March 2007, campaigning has begun in earnest and is already deeply bitter and personal. The enmity between Congress and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) is deep, with Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav th [...]
2006-07-03 12:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL SCUL PREL IN
06NEWDELHI4667STAGED ENCOUNTERS A BLEMISH ON INDIAN CT, LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: A review of Indian media would suggest that police, military and paramilitary officers have become expert at intercepting terrorists and at killing them in self-defense. Scratch the surface, however, and what lies underneath is an "encounter killing" -- an extrajudicial execut [...]
2006-07-03 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN
06NEWDELHI4702TERRORIST FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION
[...] (C) Poloff on July 3 delivered reftel talking points to MEA Director (Americas) Gaitri Kumar, who accepted them without substantive comment and promised to forward them to "the appropriate agencies." EconCouns on same day delivered talking points to Finance Ministry Joint Secretary (Departme [...]
2006-07-05 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN
06NEWDELHI4729GOI PRESSING MAOISTS TO FOREGO VIOLENCE, OPPOSES
[...] (C) On July 5 Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran agreed with the Ambassador's assertion that the UN needs to play a role in Maoist disarmament and welcomed the Government of Nepal's (GON's) dispatch of a letter to this effect. Saran underlined the need for the Maoists to disarm. In a separate Ju [...]
2006-07-06 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP
06NEWDELHI4819PRIVATIZATION POLICY LEADS TO PRIME MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Summary: A relatively minor affair regarding the 10 per cent privatization of a public sector company in Tamil Nadu caused the UPA to suspend its entire privatization program (Septel),and the opposition BJP to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Singh. On July 7, New Delhi was a [...]
2006-07-10 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN
06NEWDELHI4824GOI STILL UNDECIDED IN UNSC VOTE BUT SEES
[...] (C) The DCM used a July 7 meeting with Additional Secretary (International Organizations),K.C. Singh to probe SIPDIS how the GOI planned to vote in the upcoming election for the Group of Latin American Countries UN Security Council seat. Guatemala and Venezuela are the two candidates. Decl [...]
2006-07-10 14:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKUNR PREL VE IN
06NEWDELHI4825GOI STILL UNDECIDED IN UNSC VOTE BUT SEES
[...] (C) The DCM used a July 7 meeting with Additional Secretary (International Organizations),K.C. Singh to probe SIPDIS how the GOI planned to vote in the upcoming election for the Group of Latin American Countries UN Security Council seat. Guatemala and Venezuela are the two candidates. Decl [...]
2006-07-10 14:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKUNR PREL VE IN
06NEWDELHI4826US/GOI COUNTER TERRORISM COOPERATION MAY SUFFER FROM ALLEGED SPY SCANDAL
[...] (C) MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh used a July 7 meeting with the DCM to raise the recent Indian press allegations (primarily in the ""Indian Express"") that a US diplomat used our Cybersecurity Forum to recruit officers in India's National Security Council Secret [...]
2006-07-10 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER KCIP PINR IN
06NEWDELHI4827GOI AGREES WITH UN REFORM INITIATIVE IN PRINCIPLE
[...] (C) The DCM used a July 7 meeting with MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh to warn SIPDIS (REF B) that India's obstinate role on UN reform was increasingly at odds with our emerging strategic partnership. The DCM presented ref A demarche and urged the Indians to reco [...]
2006-07-10 14:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KUNR IN
06NEWDELHI4900GOI DECISION-MAKING, POST-MUMBAI BLASTS: WHAT TO
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of October's Diwali bombings in Delhi (Ref D),NSA Narayanan put us on notice that although that attack did not surpass the GOI's threshold for absorbing terrorism, he could not say definitively how close it came to crossing the line. His more recent warnings of [...]
2006-07-12 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PGOV ELNT IN PK
06NEWDELHI4928J&K CROSS-SECTION AGREES, EVERYTHING SLIPPING
[...] (C) Summary: July 5-8 meetings in Srinagar and Jammu with a cross-section of journalists, police officials, NGO activists, businesspeople, and politicians from most major J&K parties demonstrated to Poloff and PolFSN that our J&K interlocutors are united as never before in their assessment th [...]
2006-07-13 10:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL CASC PHUM PBTS SCUL SOCI PREF
06NEWDELHI4937DEMARCHE ON COMPACT WITH CUBA DELIVERED
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche on free Cuba, including talking points and the Compact with the Cuban people to MEA DepSec Santosh Jha (Americas) on July 13. Jha had no substantive comment. PYATT [...]
2006-07-13 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CU PA
06NEWDELHI4947INDIAN THINK TANKS STRESS NEED FOR UN INVOLVEMENT,
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives from Delhi-based think tanks stressed to PolOffs on July 11 that proposed negotiations with the Maoists in Nepal will not be successful without UN involvement and a strong and united front by the country's political parties. The representatives also stressed their [...]
2006-07-13 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM KPKO IN NP
06NEWDELHI4948NERVOUS NORTH INDIAN MUSLIMS ANTICIPATE A POST
[...] (C) Summary: The Mumbai attacks have focused attention on the fragile communal situation in the North Indian Hindi belt, most particularly in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Indian security agencies are warning that both the Students' Islamic Organization of India (SIMI) and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) have esta [...]
2006-07-13 12:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI4968DEMARCHE ON COMPACT WITH CUBA DELIVERED
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche on free Cuba, including talking points and the Compact with the Cuban people to MEA DepSec Santosh Jha (Americas) on July 13. Jha had no substantive comment. PYATT [...]
2006-07-14 10:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CU PA
06NEWDELHI4973CONGRESS PARTY THINKING ON PAKISTAN - POST MUMBAI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS KISL IN PK
06NEWDELHI4989TERROR ATTACKS IN INDIA LIKELY TO DAMAGE INDO-PAK
[...] (C) Summary: In addition to the Prime Minister's public suggestion that Pakistan is behind the July 11 terror bombings, there is even stronger private Indian suspicion of a connection between Pakistan and the Mumbai terrorists. Indian media and conservative think-tanks are almost unanimous in [...]
2006-07-14 14:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER IN
06NEWDELHI5030PM SINGH BESIEGED BY MULTIPLE POLITICAL CRISES
[...] (C) Summary: After weeks under fire over primarily domestic issues, the July 11 Mumbai and Srinagar attacks have added a foreign policy dimension to criticism of PM Singh's performance, which will spill over into the July 24 Parliament session. Manmohan Singh is under attack politically from [...]
2006-07-18 10:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI5035DALAI LAMA REPRESENTATIVE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dalai Lama Representative Tempa Tsering, delivered a letter to the charge' on July 17 requesting greater USG engagement with the Government of Nepal (GON) on the Tibetan refugee issue in light of increased pressure from China. He noted that the PRC will send Vice Foreign Minis [...]
2006-07-18 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IN PREF
06NEWDELHI5036INDIA SUSPENDS PAKISTAN PEACE PROCESS INDEFINITELY
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA and the Pakistani High Commission laid out their positions in separate meetings with Poloff on July 17 and 18. The GOI is convinced that Pakistan is behind the Mumbai bombings, but is not yet prepared to abandon the India/Pakistan peace process or to make clear public a [...]
2006-07-18 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI5048IRANIANS CANCEL FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S VISIT
[...] (U) The GOI informed Poloff on July 19 that the Iranian Foreign Minister's visit to India will not take place on July 19 as announced, but will be rescheduled to a later, as yet undetermined, date. MEA Undersecretary Sherma (Iran) told Poloff that the Iranians canceled the planned meeting at [...]
2006-07-19 08:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI512UNDERSECRETARY BURNS AND FS SARAN DISCUSS NEXT
[...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Saran reviewed ten potential deliverables for the SIPDIS President's visit during a January 20 working lunch. In a meeting later that day, U/S Burns stressed to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia that I [...]
2006-01-25 05:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAGR PGOV PINR ENRG PHUM PTER SCOI IN
06NEWDELHI5129AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON LETTER TO KC SINGH
[...] (C) The condolence letter from Ambassador Crumpton to Ambassador K.C. Singh was delivered on 13 July. 2. (C) We received the following response dated 14 July on 19 July. Please advise if Ambassador Crumpton wishes to receive the original of the letter. "Dear Hank, Thank you very much f [...]
2006-07-21 04:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KCIP PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI5132PURPORTED "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" LIST EXPANDS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 06:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV PINR KCRM IN PK
06NEWDELHI5133WHY AL-QA'IDA WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY GAINING
[...] (SBU) Summary: We -- and many of our contacts -- are skeptical about the July 13 telephone claim by a man calling himself "al-Qa'ida's Kashmir spokesman Abu Hadeed" to Current News Service in Srinagar -- our J&K journalist contacts say terrorist groups regularly use CNS to distribute their me [...]
2006-07-21 06:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL SCUL IN PK
06NEWDELHI5135INDIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD: ADVISING
[...] (C) Summary: The National Security Advisory Board -- populated by civilians, but supported by the GOI National Security Council Secretariat -- is a little-discussed institution designed to provide creative long-term assessments to the National Security Advisor, and through him to the Cabinet [...]
2006-07-21 07:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI5136INDIA'S NSCS: PROFESSIONALS IN A "BUREAUCRATIC
[...] (C) Summary: India's National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) was a little-known institution until a SIPDIS recent series of "Indian Express" articles alleged that several of its employees were involved in a spy ring (Ref A). From collating intelligence inputs to supporting National S [...]
2006-07-21 07:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI5138STORM CLOUDS GATHERING OVER PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER ECON IN
06NEWDELHI5237GOI AGREES WITH P5+1 INCENTIVE FOR IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel on July 24. MEA Undersecretary Jayant Khobargade (Disarmament and International Security) expressed GOI support for the initiative. Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki confirmed in an Indian television interview that several high-profile and criti [...]
2006-07-26 08:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKACT KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PGOV PINR PINS PREF
06NEWDELHI5238GOI BOLSTERING SECURITY FOR AFGHANISTAN ROAD
[...] (C) On July 25, Poloff met with MEA Undersecretary Aquino Vimal (Afghanistan) to discuss current Indian aid programs in Afghanistan. Vimal confirmed that the GOI has sent additional federal police forces (Indo-Tibetan Border Patrol) in batches of 20-30 troops per month, to bolster security f [...]
2006-07-26 08:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN AF
06NEWDELHI5239PURPORTED "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" LIST EXPANDS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue talks on Terrorism and Narcotics Trafficking on May 30 in Islamabad, Home Secretary VK Duggal and his Pakistani counterpart Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah exchanged their countries' "most wanted" lists of fugitives each capital seeks e [...]
2006-07-26 08:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR KCRM IN PK
06NEWDELHI5266POLLING DATA SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR SONIA GANDHI
[...] (C) Summary: A poll commissioned by a leading Indian news network concluded that Sonia Gandhi remains India's most popular politician, with Manmohan Singh a distant third (after former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee). According to the results, Sonia Gandhi would enjoy solid majority sup [...]
2006-07-27 06:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON KMDR KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI5285THE CIVIL NUCLEAR INITIATIVE MOVES TO CENTER STAGE
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative has moved to the top of the agenda in Parliament. Both the Prime Minister and Minister of State for External Affairs tried to assuage angry MPs from the Left and the Right on July 26 and 27, with limited success. Despite the dramatic floo [...]
2006-07-27 12:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM PINR TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
06NEWDELHI546POLLING DATA SHOWS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF PM SINGH
[...] (C) Summary: Despite domestic setbacks, two recent polls indicate that the Congress-dominated UPA remains popular with the Indian voter due to sustained economic growth, a popular foreign policy plank and the enduring appeal of the Congress Party and the Gandhi family brand. Congress Presiden [...]
2006-01-25 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI547DEOBANDI MUSLIMS RENOUNCE THEIR LEADER'S
[...] (C) Summary: On January 23, three Maulanas from the influential seminary at Deoband called on Poloff, renounced the anti-American statements made by Mahmood Madni, the General Secretary of the Jamiatul Ulema-e-Hind - JUH (the political arm of Deobandi Islam) and distanced themselves from call [...]
2006-01-25 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL OVIP PHUM PINR ASEC PTER SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI5470INDIAN MUSLIM RESENTMENT SMOLDERING OVER LEBANON AND GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon and Gaza have attracted considerable attention in India, but are of particular concern to the country's 130 million Muslims. The Urdu press has treated Lebanon/Gaza events in great detail. Editorial opinion --some planted by Iranian agents-- is uniformly anti-Isra [...]
2006-08-04 09:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KISL SCUL EINV IN
06NEWDELHI5495A GARRULOUS SONIA GANDHI OPENS UP TO MARIA SHRIVER
[...] (C) Summary: In a relaxed August 3 conversation with California first lady Maria Shriver, Sonia Gandhi revealed a rare glimpse of herself. Usually withdrawn and reserved in public, she spoke at great length and radiated confidence on women's' issues and some aspects of her private life. Mrs. Gandhi [...]
2006-08-04 13:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM SCUL KWMN PINS IN
06NEWDELHI550GOI STUMPED ON ITS NEPAL POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: New Delhi is trying to decide its next steps on Nepal, and hopes for more "clarity" in a few days, Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran said in a January 25 meeting with SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloffs. The GOI is committed to maintaining its current pro-democracy position (including the [...]
2006-01-25 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MASS PTER ASEC IN NP
06NEWDELHI553IRAN EAGER FOR INDIAN TIES, DELHI WORRIED ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns and Poloffs on January 25 that India is worried about losing overland access to Afghanistan via Iran if its relations with Tehran sour further, but did not appear worried about the energy security impact of t [...]
2006-01-25 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP EPET ELTN IR IN AF
06NEWDELHI554MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK DESPITE PUNDITS' NAYSAYING
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with PolCouns, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha provided a positive read-out of the January 17-18 Third Round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue talks, and of Indo-Pak relations generally, despite the pall cast by the cross-bo [...]
2006-01-25 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ETRD ELTN MOPS KNNP IN PK
06NEWDELHI5549SCA A/S BOUCHER MEETS WITH GOI CENTRAL ASIA CHIEF
[...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher used an August 7 meeting with Minister of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Eurasia) Jaimini Bhagwati to brief on current U.S. SIPDIS relations with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and to probe India's relationships with Central Asia. Boucher specific [...]
2006-08-08 11:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET PBTS TRGY OVIP IN KZ KG
06NEWDELHI555GOI WILLING TO ENGAGE RGOB ON REFUGEES IN NEPAL,
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI pressed Bhutanese Foreign Minister Wangchuk to find a solution to the refugee problem during his January 15 visit to New Delhi, Joint Secretary-North (Nepal-Bhutan) Pankaj Saran told us during a January 25 meeting. Acknowledging a direct GOI interest, he noted that Indi [...]
2006-01-25 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI5558A/S BOUCHER PUSHES INDIA ON NAM, UN
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 7 meeting with Indian MEA Joint Secretary (JS) Americas Dr. S. Jaishankar, A/S Boucher: SIPDIS -- urged India to use its influence in the upcoming Havana Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit as a positive force to curb attempts at unhelpful resolutions, such as supp [...]
2006-08-08 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN IN
06NEWDELHI556JEHADI TERRORISM STALKS INDIA'S TIES WITH AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: India enters the new year under the continued threat of jehadi terrorist attacks that could harm American interests and negatively affect Indo-Pak relations. The nature and scope of terrorist attacks launched by jehadi groups, particularly Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT),ev [...]
2006-01-25 14:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR ASEC KISL IN PK
06NEWDELHI5609A/S BOUCHER AND FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN TALK
[...] (S) Summary. In an August 7 meeting between A/S Boucher and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, A/S Boucher: -- told Saran that the U.S. is committed to maintaining the spirit of the civil-nuclear deal as agreed on July 18; and -- explained concrete steps the U.S. has taken against Pakistani t [...]
2006-08-11 10:29:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PARM KNNP AORC UN NP PK
06NEWDELHI5621TWO GRUMPY OLD MEN HIJACK NATIONAL POLITICS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Two grumpy old men, Natwar Singh of Congress and Jaswant Singh of the BJP, have made unwise decisions that will likely end their political careers. Too proud to admit to poor judgment, both men have blamed Congress for their problems and taken the offensive. Ordinarily, their f [...]
2006-08-11 11:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM EPET IN
06NEWDELHI5692PM'S I-DAY SPEECH WARNS PAKISTAN, LAUNCHES 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Amidst suffocating security due to the very severe terror threat, PM Singh's annual Independence-day speech delivered from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Old Delhi largely ignored foreign relations and needed structural economic reforms to focus on populist domestic issues, prim [...]
2006-08-17 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL PTER PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI5738SRI LANKA: NEW DELHI STILL BELIEVES POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. Despite assessing the current situation in Sri Lanka as a stalemate, India has no plans to change its policy of pushing for a political solution. New Delhi continues to tell the SLA that it should not see war as an option. Public opinion and refugee inflows into Tamil Nadu are seen as [...]
2006-08-18 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CE IN
06NEWDELHI5798INDIA STILL UNDECIDED ON ENHANCED UNIFIL
[...] (C) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) UN Political (UNP) Division, in charge of India's UNIFIL portfolio, reported that as of August 21 the GOI has still not decided on a contribution to an enhanced UNIFIL mission. UNP Under Secretary Manish confirmed senior level officials from MEA, S [...]
2006-08-21 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL IN
06NEWDELHI5801SRI LANKANS SEEK MORE INDIAN INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C) Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner A. Sabarulla Khan delivered an Aide Memoire to Acting PolCouns August 21, using the occasion to mention that the same note had been recently delivered to the GOI and that MEA Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar received it positively and endorsed the notion of formin [...]
2006-08-21 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS CE IN
06NEWDELHI583GOI PROMISES MILITARY SUPPORT TO SRI LANKA AND
[...] (C) Summary: During U/S Burns' January 21 consultations on regional issues, the GOI relayed its concerns over the increasingly possible return to war in Sri Lanka and the conflict between the need for Iranian gas and the looming crisis over Tehran's nuclear program. Indian Foreign Secretary [...]
2006-01-27 08:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MOPS ENRG EPET IR CE IN
06NEWDELHI5929IRANIAN FM SAFARI TO VISIT INDIA AUGUST 28
[...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Iran Anil Sharma confirmed Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari will visit India beginning August 28. Stressing this is not a replacement for the canceled FM Mottaki visit of July 19, Sharma noted the visit materialized quickly [...]
2006-08-25 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP EPET IAEA IR IN
06NEWDELHI5962BIODATA: DIXIT, SHEILA (DELHI CHIEF MINISTER)
[...] (C) Chief Minister, Sheila Dixit has been the Chief Minister of Delhi since 1998. Her second term began in December 2003. Dixit is a Punjabi Hindu, a dominant political bloc in the capital, has remained close to the Gandhi dynasty, and remains a key political advisor to Congress Party Presid [...]
2006-08-28 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL KWMN IN
06NEWDELHI6085IRANIAN DFM SAFARI FINDS LITTLE LOVE IN NEW DELHI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP ENRG EPET KISL IR IN
06NEWDELHI6086PROGRESS ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH GOI;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 30 meeting the GOI revealed that it currently has no Missile Defense capabilities - at least none it is willing to share - yet wants to pursue further R&D cooperation with the U.S. India will participate in the September 18-19 multinational BMD conference in London, [...]
2006-08-31 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PINS MARR MASS MCAP KSTC IN
06NEWDELHI613POLITICAL CHALLENGES COMPLICATE AND DIVERT
[...] (C) Summary: Several simmering political developments have come to a head in the past few weeks, diverting some of the GOI's attention from foreign policy issues such as Iran, the US-India civil-nuclear agreement and the POTUS visit. The January 24 ruling by India's Supreme Court that the UPA dis [...]
2006-01-27 11:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN
06NEWDELHI6133THE PM PICKS A WINNER: SHIV SHANKAR MENON TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 31 announcement that seasoned diplomat Shiv Shankar Menon will succeed Shyam Saran as Foreign Secretary with Saran moving to a newly-created post as the PM's Special Envoy for the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal represents not only a domestic coup for PM Singh, but also bod [...]
2006-09-01 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6230NSA NARAYANAN SUGGESTS SARAN-BURNS MEETING AS
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 6 meeting with National Security Advisor Narayanan, Ambassador Mulford urged India to re-engage in negotiations on the 123 Agreement. Narayanan would not commit India to doing so, but offered as a sign of India's engagement to send Foreign Secretary Saran to meet [...]
2006-09-06 15:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
06NEWDELHI6254G-8 SEEKS TO COORDINATE CT EFFORTS WITH INDIA
[...] (U) Summary: G-8 officials met on August 31 to discuss joint efforts to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation with GOI in light of a rising trend in terrorist attacks in recent years. Most meeting participants stressed India's interest in gaining international cooperation against Pakist [...]
2006-09-07 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PINR KTFN EFIN IN RS
06NEWDELHI6256CUBAN AMBASSADOR CLAIMS IRAN'S NUCLEAR ISSUES WILL
[...] (SBU) Cuban Ambassador to India, H.E. Juan Carretero, told a Delhi think tank discussion group that Iran's right to continue its nuclear program will not be discussed at the NAM Summit, as "NAM does not entertain individual countries' issues except for the question of Palestine and Israel's r [...]
2006-09-07 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI6298INDIA'S ROLE IN NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India may attempt to transform its role to that of a "bridge power" between the developed North and the impoverished South during the upcoming NAM Summit in Havana. In the context of considerable public and internal GOI debate about the utility of NAM and India's proper place in t [...]
2006-09-08 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON ECIN IN
06NEWDELHI6320MEA STILL CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary. MEA North Division Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran told PolCouns: -- in his analysis, the desire for success in Nepal's peace process "is overwhelming;" -- India continues to see eye-to-eye with the U.S. on key issues regarding Nepal; -- the Seven-Party Alliance must appear s [...]
2006-09-11 10:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MARR NP IN
06NEWDELHI6409EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SASHASTRA SEEMA
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and CS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB),New Delhi on September 8 [...]
2006-09-14 06:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI6423LEBANON DEMARCHE: GOI FIRM ON PEACEKEEPING VERSUS
[...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche on September 12 to MEA's West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Division Deputy Secretary N.J. Gangte, who said that the GOI has already SIPDIS pledged humanitarian aid and will continue to administer it. He confirmed that the GOI is supportive of the long-ter [...]
2006-09-14 10:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IS LE IN AORC
06NEWDELHI6431EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AERONAUTICAL
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and CS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA),Bangalor [...]
2006-09-14 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI6504EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D),N [...]
2006-09-18 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI6511INDIAN PUBLIC RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 05:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6513DELHI AND DHAKA TRY TO DIAL DOWN THE HEAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After weeks of tough talk about cross border insurgency, disputed boundaries, and illegal Bangladeshi immigration, both sides agreed at the recent Indo-Bangladeshi Home Secretary-level talks to tone down the rhetoric and undertake a "joint visit initiative" to resolve boundary di [...]
2006-09-19 07:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KDEM KTIA KISL MOPS
06NEWDELHI6520INDIA, US "CONVERGE" ON SRI LANKA, LESS ON
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 18 courtesy call, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar told PolCouns: -- India and the U.S. have a "broad convergence" of interests on Sri Lanka; -- India continues to tell the GSL that there can be no military solution to the conflict, [...]
2006-09-19 10:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM CE BG IN
06NEWDELHI6523KASHMIR: POLICE REPORT TERRORIST INFILTRATION
[...] (S) Summary: Military leaders in India sounded an ominous warning last week, just as Prime Minister Singh was leaving for his meeting with Pakistani President Musharraf in Havana, that terrorist infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir had risen sharply this year. Like many similar press releases [...]
2006-09-19 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6527EMBASSY, INDIAN EXPERTS COORDINATE ON NEPAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over Sep. 18th and 19th, PolCouns led a round-table on Nepal and met with leading Indian Nepal experts with the objective of enhancing our ability to coordinate with India on Nepal. From these meetings, it appears that two camps exist within India's policy making elite on prosp [...]
2006-09-19 14:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KDEM NP IN
06NEWDELHI6568READOUT ON FRANCE-INDIA SECURITY TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During visits to France in early September by Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Advisor Narayanan, Indian officials confided that they are concerned about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. On Middle East issues, France and India agreed that the GOI [...]
2006-09-21 07:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALAF FR IN IR KNNP LE MNUC PA PARM PGOV PINR
06NEWDELHI657UPA CABINET SHUFFLE GOOD FOR AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET EMIN EAID MASS
06NEWDELHI6582INDIA KEEPING AN EYE OPEN FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati argued that India's role as an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a useful opportunity to help the organization set reasonable priorities. Bhagwati expressed interest in cooperating with the U.S. on techni [...]
2006-09-21 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL MARR AF UZ TI TX KZ KG
06NEWDELHI6583DELHI STRIKES: 4 DEAD; CONGRESS LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) On September 20, four people died in clashes between police and protesters during a "bandh," or general strike the Trader's Association ordered in Delhi. The Trader's Association ordered the strikes in response to action taken by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to fulfill a Supreme Cou [...]
2006-09-21 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR ELAB IN
06NEWDELHI6584MEA ENGAGED ON AFGHANISTAN, DOUBTFUL ON PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent discussion, MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha told US that India: -- Could do more in Afghanistan but was worried about security -- Doubted the wisdom of Pakistan's agreements with Waziristan tribes -- Envisioned a robust economic conference that would not be a don [...]
2006-09-21 13:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ENRG EPET KISL PK
06NEWDELHI659FS SARAN DISMISSES ANONYMOUS PRESS CLAIMS THAT
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Saran dismissed anonymously-sourced press reports that India would abstain in the upcoming February 2 IAEA BOG vote on Iran (other topics reported septel) when he met the Ambassador on January 30. Saran showed surprise when the Ambassador described the Reuters report in [...]
2006-01-30 13:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN
06NEWDELHI6622SECOND SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) PolOff Delivered demarche (reftel) to MEA Deputy Secretary for UN Economics and Social T. Armstrong Changsan, SIPDIS who noted the MEA had seen U.S. comments on the issue and said they were "similar" to what the GOI was thinking. Changsan promised to provide a formal response after cons [...]
2006-09-22 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN IN
06NEWDELHI6647KASHMIR: SELF RULE, SOFT BORDER SOLUTION GAINING
[...] (S) Summary: Indian government responses to Musharraf's recent book, in which he discussed a four part solution to the Kashmir issue, are likely to be harsh publicly, and targeted for domestic consumption. However, journalists with access to the Prime Minister's office say the proposal is ve [...]
2006-09-25 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6711DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) PolOff delivered demarche (reftel) to MEA United Nations Economics and Social Deputy Secretary T. Armstrong Changsan on Sep. 26. Changsan had no substantive response. Post notes that the GOI normally refers UN Human Rights Council matters to its UN mission in New York. MULFORD [...]
2006-09-27 09:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IN
06NEWDELHI6737INDIAN PM FACING OUTCRY AGAINST ANTI-TERROR PLAN
[...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Singh has come under fire in India for his agreement with Pakistan to combat terrorism jointly. Opposition BJP leaders and hardliners in PM Singh's own party and India's security establishment have unleashed a barrage of statements criticizing the agreement. They [...]
2006-09-27 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6766"PRAGMATIC" MAOISTS GETTING CLOSER TO KOIRALA?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepalese Maoists are getting closer to PM Koirala, according to Sudhindra Bhadoria of the left-leaning New Delhi-based South Asian Forum for People's Inititatives, because they are pragmatists who are not "hard and fast" on the issues of arms and the role of the monarchy in the fu [...]
2006-09-28 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS KDEM PK NE IN
06NEWDELHI6770INDIA WELCOMES COORDINATION WITH US AS IT PURSUES
[...] SUMMARY: India's senior foreign ministry official charged with managing relations with Asia, Ashok Khanta, unofficially expressed interest in pursuing a four-party dialogue with the US, Japan, and Australia with a focus on regional issues including maritime security, science and technology c [...]
2006-09-28 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AORC EAID EIND MOPS OVIP PHSA
06NEWDELHI6807EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: DIRECTORATE
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a PSV on Directorate General of EME (EME),Master General of Ordnance Branch, Integrated HQ of Ministry of Defence (Army),DHQ PO, New Delhi 110011. E [...]
2006-09-29 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI6841INDIA ACCUSES PAKISTANI INTELLIGENCE OF DIRECTING
[...] (S) Summary: India's new Foreign Secretary, Shiv Shankar Menon, struck out at Pakistan on October 1 in his first few hours in office, backing Mumbai police claims to have hard evidence that Pakistani intelligence was behind the July 11 bombings in Mumbai. Menon further tied the success of the [...]
2006-10-03 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN
06NEWDELHI6886PRIME MINISTER COUP IN POLITICAL BATTLE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 08:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALOTRA PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PINR SOCI IN
06NEWDELHI6913THE COMMUNISTS AND CONGRESS SPAR OVER THE INDO/US
[...] (C) In its September 12-13 Central Committee meeting the CPI(M) leadership assailed the UPA government's relationship with the US, accusing it of sacrificing Indian autonomy and taking dictation from Washington on foreign policy and economic issues. The CPI(M) pledged to continue agitating [...]
2006-10-05 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ENRG EPET MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN PK
06NEWDELHI6926EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INDIA
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a PSV on India Meteorological Department (IMD),New Delhi, under the Ministry of Science and Technology, GOI. IMD was listed as the Ultimate Consignee [...]
2006-10-06 09:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI6980INDIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (U) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche to MEA Acting Joint Secretary (Americas) at OOB October 10. Polcouns also delivered demarche to Joint Secretary (East Asia) Ashok Kantha, who cited India's strong statement condemning the DPRK nuclear test. 2. (C) Early on October 9, DepPolCou [...]
2006-10-10 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IN KN
06NEWDELHI699INDIANS SEEK FRENCH CIVIL NUCLEAR DEAL, BUT THE
[...] (C) Summary: As part of the preparations for Jacques Chirac's February 19-20 trip to India, Special Representative of the President Maurice Gourdault-Montagne visited New Delhi on January 27 for the fifteenth round of strategic dialogue focused on fleshing out the details of a France-India Civ [...]
2006-01-31 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC ENRG MASS FR IN
06NEWDELHI7005HIGH STAKES FOR INDIA IN NEPAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India's stakes in Nepal are high, yet, of all its neighbors, Nepal is the easiest to manage, according to MEA Americas Director Santosh Jha. Jha said the Maoists are long on guns, but short on strategy. They have created an "aura" of support, said Jha, but would be exposed in e [...]
2006-10-11 10:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM NE IN
06NEWDELHI7006STRONG ANTI-INCUMBENCY TREND EVIDENT IN WESTERN
[...] (C) Summary: The bellwether state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) faces an election in February 2007 that could see the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government ousted and the assumption to power of a coalition government with Congress participation. Such a development would enhance political stability [...]
2006-10-11 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL ECON EAGR KISL IN
06NEWDELHI7095INDIA'S SRI LANKA POLICY DESCRIBED AS DECISIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 27 September roundtable discussion on India-Sri Lanka relations, the consensus among prominent journalists and think-tankers was that the GOI should pursue a Track II dialogue with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in three phases: achieve a sustainable cease-fire agreement [...]
2006-10-16 01:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN CE
06NEWDELHI7098EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: CENTRE FOR
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the Centre for Development of Advanced computing ( [...]
2006-10-16 06:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI7106EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OIL AND NATURAL
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Kavita Vijh conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC),Kolkata, on [...]
2006-10-16 09:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI7118FY07 SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL: NEW DELHI RECOMMENDS
[...] (SBU) Embassy New Delhi's Political, Defense Attache, and Defense Cooperation offices evaluated reftel request for FY07 Section 1206 proposals and concur that the USG should not transfer assistance to India at this time. This evaluation is made in the context of India's current military capab [...]
2006-10-16 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS IN
06NEWDELHI7126INDIA OPEN TO GPOI IN GENERAL; NOT READY FOR FULL
[...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarche conveying U.S. interest in a partnership with India on the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),on October 12 the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for United Nations-Political (UNP),Sanjiv Arora, told Poloff and visiting PAC [...]
2006-10-16 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7130UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Political Counselor delivered reftel talking points October 14 to the Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for the Americas S. Jaishankar and MEA Joint SIPDIS Secretary for East Asia Ashok Kantha, neither of whom had any SIPDIS substantive response. PYATT [...]
2006-10-17 04:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP KN PARM IN
06NEWDELHI7153CONGRESS AT THE HALF WAY MARK - MORE CONFIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. At the halfway mark of the United People's Alliance (UPA) government, Congress Party Chief Ministers met late last month in Nainital to sort out internal issues. Congress emerged strong and confident, having patched-up feuds and solidified party support behind flagbearers PM Manmohan [...]
2006-10-17 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAGR PINR PREL IN
06NEWDELHI7155MAOISTS UNWILLING TO SHARE, ACCORDING TO INDIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ajai Sahni of the Institute for Conflict Management, warned that current peace talks will result in Nepal being handed over to the Maoists, who have no intention of sharing power. The Maoists are tactical negotiators who should not be underestimated, said Sahni. Describing [...]
2006-10-18 04:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS KISL NP IN
06NEWDELHI7205UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ASSURES GOI PEACE TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 17 visit to New Delhi, UN representative Ian Martin told GOI interlocutors that, although talks have stalled in Nepal, they have not completely broken down and he is optimistic the GON and Maoists will eventually resume negotiations, although he did not have a [...]
2006-10-19 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NP UN IN
06NEWDELHI7273KASHMIR: PENDING EXECUTION CAUSING STRIFE FOR CONGRESS NEW DELHI 00007273 001.2 OF 003
[...] (C) Summary. The Srinagar Valley erupted in protest during the first weeks of Ramazan when the Indian Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convicted facilitator of the 2001 attacks on the Indian Parliament. The Indian President has granted Afzal's family a temporary re [...]
2006-10-20 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7274INDIA'S LATEST DEFENSE SCANDAL: FEW LONG-TERM
[...] (C) Summary. Former NDA Defense Minister George Fernandes was accused on October 10 of receiving bribes in a 2000 defense procurement contract for Barak missiles from Israel. The scandal revived memories of last year's Denel affair, where a South African company was blacklisted and all outsta [...]
2006-10-20 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS KCRM ECON IN
06NEWDELHI7289INDIA,S CENTRAL ASIA EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Indian experts on Central Asia, Russia and China offered India,s perspective on South and Central Asia regional cooperation at a roundtable with PolOffs October 19. Participants identified Afghan security and ensuring a secular Central Asia as India,s priorities in the [...]
2006-10-23 10:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG KISL IN
06NEWDELHI7304EMBASSY HOSTS ONE OF DELHI'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) Mission India hosted its Iftar on October 18 in New Delhi. Now an annual event, this Mission Iftar is eagerly awaited by the Muslim community and has become one of the "must attend" Iftar parties during the fasting month of Ramzan. Influential Muslims attended from all over India. Man [...]
2006-10-23 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL KISL SOCI KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI7305INDIA'S TAMIL-BASED PARTIES RELUCTANT TO EXPEND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing lingering ill feelings over the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, the embarrassment caused by the hasty withdrawal of Indian peacekeeping force deployed to Sri Lanka from 1987-1990, and the unpredictability of the LTTE,leaders of Tamil Na [...]
2006-10-23 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PREF IN CE
06NEWDELHI7306MOD STRESSES NO IMMEDIATE CHANGE IN DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary. Department of Defense Production Joint Secretary (Exports) Kiran Chadha told A/USTR Ambassador SIPDIS Hartwick in an October 20 meeting: -- the GOI is firm that there will be no changes in the immediate future to defense procurement procedures, despite the August 30 release [...]
2006-10-23 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI7338PRANAB MUKHERJEE NAMED INDIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) After much delay, Prime Minister Singh named Pranab Kumar Mukherjee to fill the External Affairs Minster slot vacated by the departure of K. Natwar Singh in December 2005. PM Singh has been acting as MEA Minister since K. Natwar Singh's exit under a cloud for his alleged role in the oil f [...]
2006-10-24 14:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV INR PINR IN
06NEWDELHI7358A.K. ANTONY NAMED MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (U) In an October 23 cabinet reshuffle, President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam named Former Chief Minister of Kerala A.K. Antony Minister of Defense. See paragraphs 3-7 for biographical information on Antony. 2. (C) Our sources tell us that Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and PM Singh [...]
2006-10-26 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN
06NEWDELHI7359INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO
[...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani intelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that [...]
2006-10-26 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI736BHUTANESE AMBASSADOR, CITING FEAR OF MAOISTS,
[...] (C) The Government of Bhutan is focusing on Bhutan's constitutional process and may not have time to address the refugee issue, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering told PRM/A Director Rusch and Poloff on January 31. During the meeting, in which Rusch reiterated points in Ref. A, Tshering stated tha [...]
2006-02-01 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI7360INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO
[...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani itelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that t [...]
2006-10-26 13:58:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7402INDIA ASKING FOR VERIFICATION OF DEPORTEE
[...] (C) Charge met on October 25th with Home Secretary V.S. Duggal to discuss India's ongoing unwillingness to issue travel documents for 188 Indian nationals, who do not possess passports or other documentation, and who have been detained in the US for deportation. Home Secretary Duggal said Ind [...]
2006-10-27 11:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKCRM CJAN IN
06NEWDELHI7408MOD BRIEFS ON 2006 DEFENSE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES
[...] (U) Summary. In an October 24 briefing for the diplomatic corps and business community, officials from the Ministry of Defense, including then-Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt, Director General Shilabhadra Bannerjee, and Major General H. S. Sehgal explained the [...]
2006-10-27 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI7442CABINET SHUFFLE GENERATES LITTLE EXCITEMENT IN
[...] (C) Summary; The opposition BJP and de facto opposition Left parties (supporters of the UPA coalition),criticized the government's October 24 Cabinet shuffle. The BJP interpreted the move as confirming the overriding influence of Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi over the Prime Ministe [...]
2006-10-30 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN
06NEWDELHI7466GOI ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING SRI LANKA, MINOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India's newly appointed Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee stated on October 30 that it is in India's interest to work with Bangladesh to curb terrorism. While monitoring Bangladesh's deteriorating security situation, Mukherjee noted the current political crisis is an "internal ma [...]
2006-10-31 09:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN CE
06NEWDELHI7514INDIA STRONGLY DENIES HOWITZER SALES TO BURMA, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy contacts have confirmed press reports that India has supplied Burma 105 mm Howitzers and associated equipment. However, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denied that any such deals had transpired. India's rationale for supplying weapons to the junta is ostensibly [...]
2006-11-02 07:59:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR BM IN
06NEWDELHI7577DECADES OF CORRUPTION LEADS TO URBAN CHAOS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since 1962, shopkeepers aided by corrupt civil servants in the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have ignored New Delhi's Master plan and illegally constructed over 50,000 shops in residential zones. After residents, angered by the i [...]
2006-11-03 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON EINV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI7584INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VIEWS DELAY IN
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan on November 3rd to discuss the status of the US-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative as well as terrorism and Indo-Pakistan relations (Septel). Narayanan downplayed concern about Indian public reaction if the leg [...]
2006-11-03 15:01:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PARM TSPL ETTC ENRG KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI7585NARAYANAN SEES PAKISTANI EFFORT TO BUILD TERRORIST
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan to discuss counter-terrorism issues and the state of India-Pakistan relations ahead of the Foreign Secretary talks on November 14th and 15th. Narayanan warned that the recently thwarted terrorist attack in Mysore [...]
2006-11-03 15:18:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI759U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN
[...] (C) As part of the February 1 Global Issues Forum, U/S Dobriansky met with Foreign Secretary Saran to discuss initiatives to promote democracy and human rights with India, including presidential deliverables, the UN Deeocracy Fund and UN Human Rights Commission reform. U/S Dobriansky opened [...]
2006-02-02 14:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER AF HU JP IZ IN
06NEWDELHI760INDIA NONCOMMITTAL ON IRAN, CURIOUS TO KNOW
[...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador to deliver reftel points, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran refused to be drawn on Iran's IAEA BOG vote, although he noted the Secretary had spoken to Prime Minister Singh on February 1. SIPDIS Saran indicated the Chinese had already given India the EU-3 [...]
2006-02-02 14:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP IAEA IR IN
06NEWDELHI761INDO-US GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM REVIEWS PRM/TIP ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: A US delegation led by Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky discussed Bhutanese and Tibetan refugees, trafficking in persons, and forced labor with the Indian delegation headed by Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran at the Global Issues Forum in New Delhi [...]
2006-02-03 03:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF ELAB PHUM IN NP BT
06NEWDELHI7618ANTI-AMERICAN GROUPS USE SADDAM VERDICT TO SQUEEZE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI on November 5 issued a tepid response to the verdict and death sentence on Saddam Hussein that questioned the validity of the judicial process. This GOI response reflects the considerable pressure the Congress Party is facing from two key groups that it needs to remain [...]
2006-11-06 15:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP PARM MNUC KISL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7629EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ISRO INERTIAL SYSTEMS UNIT,
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU),Thiruvananthapuram, [...]
2006-11-07 06:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI7635DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to convey U.S. interest in building support for five human rights country resolutions to be voted on during the UNGA Third Committee to MEA Deputy Secretary T. Armstrong Changsan (UN Economics and Social) on Nov. 7. Having just returned from New York, Cha [...]
2006-11-07 10:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN IN
06NEWDELHI7636DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche requesting that the GOI oppose the annual Cuba Embargo Resolution at the UNGA to MEA Under Secretary Manish (UN Political) on Nov 7. He said that the GOI had taken note of our points, but was not prepared to offer a formal reply at this time. MULFORD [...]
2006-11-07 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU IN
06NEWDELHI7661NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONY ASSURES AMBASSADOR OF
[...] (C) Summary. In a courtesy call by the Ambassador, new Defense Minister A.K. Antony: -- emphasized the importance of concluding the civil nuclear cooperation agreement; -- said India is consciously seeking to expand its defense relationship with America; -- confirmed he will follow the [...]
2006-11-08 07:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PINR IN
06NEWDELHI7667FOREIGN MINISTER MUKHERJEE POSITIONED TO HELP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first call on Pranab Mukherjee in his new position as Minister for External Affairs (bio in reftel),the Ambassador emphasized the importance of the broad vision for US-India relations outlined by the President, to which Mukherjee readily added his support and commitment. [...]
2006-11-08 08:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL
06NEWDELHI7692DEMARCHE TO INDIA ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (U) PolOff delivered (reftel a) demarche requesting that the GOI support the Australian amendment to the annual Cuba Embargo Resolution at the UNGA to MEA Deputy Secretary Manish (UN Political) on Nov 8. He said that he would pass the information to his superiors at the MEA, but offered no su [...]
2006-11-08 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU IN
06NEWDELHI7723GOI NOT IN FAVOR OF COUNTRY SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered the points in reftel (a) to MEA Joint Secretary Manjeev Singh Puri (UN Economic and Social) on Nov. 9. Puri stated that the GOI is not in favor of country specific resolutions, noting that this would include any resolution specific to the United States. He said that th [...]
2006-11-09 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UN UNHRC IN
06NEWDELHI7725INDIA STILL TESTING THE WATERS IN TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent visit to Dushanbe, New Delhi PolOff met with MFA and Ministry of Energy officials and local diplomats to explore Indo-Tajik relations. Indian rehabilitation and construction efforts include a small hydropower project, construction of a tunnel, rehabilitation of the a [...]
2006-11-09 13:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS ECIN ENRG SNAR TI IN
06NEWDELHI7748BOUCHER DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Indian Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha on November 10th to discuss India's relations with Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. Boucher emphasized the importance to the United States that India voice its conc [...]
2006-11-13 08:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7749EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: GUJARAT NARMADA VALLEY
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company Ltd. (GNFC),Bhar [...]
2006-11-13 08:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI7759BOUCHER DISCUSSES NUCLEAR TALKS, BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reflecting the rapid maturation and quickly broadening scope of US-India strategic coordination, visiting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Subramanyam Jaishankar discussed the o [...]
2006-11-13 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7762AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH COMMUNIST LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting with PolCouns, CPI(M) leader and ideologue Sitaram Yechury expressed a desire to maintain regular relations with the Embassy. With a straight face, Yechury was adamant that good relations benefited both India and the US and had moved beyond the stage of [...]
2006-11-13 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB PGOV PINR PREL IN BG NP SL
06NEWDELHI7764BAD VIBES BEFORE HU JINTAO'S INDIA VISIT?
[...] SUMMARY: (C) China's presidential visit to India may not culminate in any major breakthroughs in Sino-Indian relations. Despite Chinese claims that a momentous announcement will be made during President Hu's possible address to a joint session of the Indian Parliament on his upcoming visi [...]
2006-11-14 01:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PBTS IN CH
06NEWDELHI7767BOUCHER AND MENON TOUR D'HORIZON: PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher SIPDIS and Ambassador Mulford in a Nov. 10 meeting that countering Pakistani mistrust about India's role in Baluchistan will be difficult. India is concerned about the growin [...]
2006-11-14 04:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7783DEMARCHE TO INDIA ON INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION
[...] (U) PolOffs delivered ref (A) diplomatic note on Oct. 31 to Ministry of External Affairs (Americas) Director Santosh Jha and again on Nov. 14 to MEA (UN Economic and Social) Under Secretary R. Masakui. Jha had no formal response to the diplomatic note. Masakui replied that it had been forwa [...]
2006-11-14 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ILC UNGA UN IN
06NEWDELHI7788EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC),Chandigarh, on N [...]
2006-11-15 06:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI7797INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES RESUME DIALOGUE
[...] (C) At their just concluded their meetings in New Delhi, Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries Shivshankar Menon and Riaz Mohammad Khan agreed to a fourth round of composite dialogue despite ongoing Indian concerns about continued terrorist attacks. Press reports said Indian Foreign Minis [...]
2006-11-15 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7802GOI NOT IN FAVOR OF COUNTRY SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) As stated in Ref A, the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs (UN Economic and Social),in his reply to Ref C demarche, responded that the Government of India (GOI) has informed high-level U.S. representatives many times that the GOI is not in favor of country specific resol [...]
2006-11-15 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BO UNGA UN IN
06NEWDELHI7824WHAT DO UTTAR PRADESH ELECTIONS MEAN FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Uttar Pradesh (UP) is larger than most countries in the world and, with 80 MPs, has the largest Parliamentary delegation in the 545 seat Lok Sabha. For decades, the state has seen growing misrule by kleptocratic and caste-ridden regional parties, accompanied by increasing viole [...]
2006-11-16 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL IN
06NEWDELHI7827DELHI TRADERS BEND TO RULE OF LAW, FOR NOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY The long simmering crisis in Delhi surrounding the "sealing" of illegal businesses seems to be inching towards a dramatic conclusion. On November 6, the Supreme Court (SC) stuck by its earlier decision (reftels),denying a petition by traders seeiing relief and ordered the Municipa [...]
2006-11-16 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV KJUS PHUM PREL PINR ASEC SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI7852DEMARCHE TO INDIA ON NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (UN Political) Manish, who had no formal response at the time, but indicated that he would inform his superiors and deliver the text of the resolution to them. MULFORD [...]
2006-11-17 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS IN
06NEWDELHI7870FS MENON TELLS USDP EDELMAN INDIA WILL EMPOWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 15 November meeting with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, visiting Under Secretary of SIPDIS Defense for Policy, Eric Edelman, outlined the reorganization of the Department of Defense (DOD) Policy Office, noting the addition of an Assistant Secretary for all Asia incl [...]
2006-11-20 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS IN
06NEWDELHI7884U/S EDELMAN INFORMS DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT AESA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI7885U/S EDELMAN AND DEFMIN ANTONY AGREE ON POSITIVE
[...] (C) Summary. Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony told Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that his ministry assessed that the Defense Policy Group meeting had been a success, and that he anticipated further U.S.-India cooperation in the future, adding that on the whole the milit [...]
2006-11-21 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI7886BOTH SIDES BULLISH ON U.S.-INDIA MIL-MIL TIES
[...] (C) Summary. U.S.-India military-to-military ties - already growing rapidly - were given a fresh boost in back-to-back Defense Procurement and Production Group (DPPG) and Defense Policy Group (DPG) meetings in New Delhi during the week of November 12. In addition to the high-level networking [...]
2006-11-21 12:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI7935IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI REACHES OUT TO PM SINGH, THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first visit to India since becoming Foreign Minister, Iran's FM Mottaki invited PM Singh to Iran, discussed the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline, the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) deal, the IAEA and Iran's nuclear program, Iraq and Afghanistan [...]
2006-11-22 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET ELTN ENRG KNNP KISL IR IN
06NEWDELHI7937NEPALESE MAOIST SUPREMO PRACHANDA CONQUERS DELHI,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Maoist Chairman Prachanda made a splashy debut in New Delhi last week, addressing a leadership conference and sharing the stage with world leaders like Afghan President Karzai and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Prachanda criticized Stalin and Lenin, preached [...]
2006-11-22 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7942HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO INDIA: LOFTY WORDS BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 20-23 visit to India of Chinese President Hu Jintao, while not earth-shattering, appears to have concentrated on economic agreements through a "ten-pronged strategy" while downplaying contentious border disputes. The Joint Declaration announced on 21 November conta [...]
2006-11-22 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH
06NEWDELHI7954INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES LAUNCH COUNTER-TERROR JOINT MECHANISM, REVIEW SIACHEN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI7986BJP FLEXING ITS MUSCLES AGAIN ON TERRORISM,
[...] (C) During the first three days of the Winter Session of Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) flexed its muscles, galvanized its base and reinvigorated its role as an opposition party. On November 22, the BJP staged a massive demonstration in Delhi. Reports put attendance somewhere b [...]
2006-11-27 07:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KISL IN
06NEWDELHI7997INDIA REBUILDING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL
[...] (S) Summary: In a November 24 conversation, Israeli DCM Yoed Magen described to us a renewed positive trend in India's relationship with Israel. Magen told the DCM that Israeli National Security Advisor Ilan Mizrachi is coming to Delhi from November 27th through 30th for a high level intell [...]
2006-11-27 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI8003INDIA'S COMMUNIST PARTIES DEBATE HOW TO USE THEIR
[...] (C) Summary: India's Left parties have a guaranteed niche in Indian politics and enjoy some advantages. India has the largest number of poor people of any country on earth, including many of the most exploited and oppressed populations found anywhere. These make a natural constituency for [...]
2006-11-28 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON IN CH NP
06NEWDELHI8017U/S EDELMAN INFORMS DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT AESA
[...] (U) This cable replaces New Delhi 7884, to reflect changes made in the clearance process not included in the original. 2. (C) Summary. Undersecretary Eric Edelman told Indian Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt that the Department of Defense has concluded that the U.S. would be prepared to make [...]
2006-11-29 03:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI802SEEKING GUIDANCE ON ENGAGING INDIA ON CCIT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for IO and S/CT -- see Para 3. 2. (C) Background: MEA Joint Secretary (UN/Political) Sanjiv Arora told us on February 2 that, following MEA's discussion with Ambassador Tahir-Kheli (Ref A),New Delhi approached the Saudi delegation on the Convention on Terro [...]
2006-02-03 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KTIA IN SA
06NEWDELHI8020NARAYANAN TELLS PISTOLE INDIA SEEKS TERRORIST
[...] (S) Summary: In a frank November 27th discussion with FBI Deputy Director Pistole, National Security Advisor Narayanan explained that while the overall intelligence relationship had improved, the U.S. could only strengthen its counter-terrorism cooperation with India by sharing signals intell [...]
2006-11-29 04:54:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN
06NEWDELHI803UNPRECEDENTED INDIA VISIT BY SAUDI KING BOOSTS
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary Sanjay Singh told PolCouns and Poloff on February 2 that Saudi King Abdullah's January 25-28 New Delhi visit - the first in 50 years by a Saudi monarch - was a great success, and far broader in scope than was reported in the media. The visit highlighted energy [...]
2006-02-03 14:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET ETTC PTER UNGA IN SA PK IR IS
06NEWDELHI804KASHMIRI POLITICS AS FILTHY AS DAL LAKE
[...] (C) Summary. The GOI recently broadened its Kashmir dialogue by holding several public and private meetings with non-Hurriyat leaders. These discussions are intended to broaden the GOI's set of separatist interlocutors beyond the Hurriyat, while also conveying the GOI's displeasure at the Mi [...]
2006-02-03 14:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KCRM KISL MOPS ECON IN
06NEWDELHI8042A COMMUNIST LEADER DISTANCES THE CPI(M) FROM CHINA
[...] (C) Much of the press coverage of the recently concluded visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao commented on the frosty nature of the visit and depicted the nefarious role of the CPI(M) in working on behalf of Chinese interests in India. One of the most outspoken CPI(M) critics was DNA columnist [...]
2006-11-29 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON IN CN
06NEWDELHI8047GOI BRIEFING: ARMS MANAGEMENT IN NEPAL MUST BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiva Shankar Mukherjee presided over a November 28 briefing of the New Delhi diplomatic corps, with International Organizations Additional Secretary K.C. Singh also in attendance, to stress the need for speed in getting a team of UN monitors to observe [...]
2006-11-30 01:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KDEM NP CH IN
06NEWDELHI8067HU JINTAO FAILS TO COMMIT TO INDIAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more questions than answers in the aftermath of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-23 visit to India - the first by a Chinese president in 10 years. While taking moderate strides on economic confidence-building measures, it appears that hopes for forward moveme [...]
2006-11-30 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH
06NEWDELHI8100INDIAN INTELLIGENTSIA IN A SEASON OF CRITICIZING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indian intelligentsia has been harshly critical of late of the efficacy of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO),the organization responsible for designing and developing India's weapons systems. Government officials have chimed in, blaming the agency for [...]
2006-12-01 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM IN
06NEWDELHI8129INDIA'S MEA PROVIDES READOUT OF SRI LANKA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of External Affairs' Joint Secretary responsible for Sri Lanka, Mr. Mohan Kumar, SIPDIS provided Polcouns with a readout of Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee's meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Kumar said that Mukherjee hammered home [...]
2006-12-04 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KTIA MOPS IN CE
06NEWDELHI8137PM SINGH VISIT TO JAPAN: TIME FOR THE U.S. TO SEIZE THE DAY ON CLOSER TRILATERAL COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Singh will visit Tokyo December 13-16 as a follow-on to the ASEAN summit. He and PM Abe are expected to have a feel-good series of meetings, including talks on deepening the bilateral relationship, economic and cultural "deliverables," recognition of the expansion of I [...]
2006-12-05 08:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM JA IN
06NEWDELHI8156RUMORS ABOUT BANGLADESH; MEA CONTINUES TO DENY AID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary (Bangladesh, Burma Sri Lanka, Maldives) Mohan Kumar informed PolCouns that rumors are rife in Dhaka that the U.S. wants neither Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League (AL),nor Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),to win January's s [...]
2006-12-05 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MASS PTER KISL IN BG
06NEWDELHI8169EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: KRISHAK BHARTI COOPERATIVE
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Krishak Bharati Co-operative Limited (Kribhco),Hazira, Sura [...]
2006-12-06 05:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI8184EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ORDNANCE FACTORY KHAMARIA,
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Ordnance Factory Khamaria (OFK),Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, o [...]
2006-12-06 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
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