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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE 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| 08NEWDELHI3195 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 15 to December 19, 2008, including the following: -- GOI Banking on Infrastructure Projects to Revive Faltering Economy -- Telecom Regulator Seeks Clarity on 3G Policy -- Bail-out Package for A [...] | 2008-12-19 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 08NEWDELHI3197 | GOI'S SWIFT COUNTERTERRORISM STEPS HELP LIMIT [...] (C) To respond to the public outcry following the Mumbai terror attacks, the GOI moved quickly to limit the political damage and demonstrate that it is serious about combating terrorism. It forced through a bill to create a new crime fighting federal agency that will concentrate on terrorism [...] | 2008-12-19 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3204 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "PAKISTAN UP TO ITS GAMES," op-ed article in the December 21 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic columnist K. Subrahmanyam: "With its statements, Pakistan is trying hard to provoke India to take military action. Its objective is to blackmail the U.S. Pakistan wants to use it [...] | 2008-12-22 10:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3215 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: CUBA: COUNTRY BY [...] (U) In response to the reftel request for information on India's relations with Cuba, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Overall Friendly and Symbolic Relations ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) As [...] | 2008-12-22 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL |
| 08NEWDELHI3217 | INDIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Below is New Delhi's submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for India. 2. (U) Begin Text: India continued to rank among the world,s most terror-afflicted countries in 2008. In a pivotal moment that is now called "26/11", terrorists struck at a variety of locations in [...] | 2008-12-22 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IN |
| 08NEWDELHI322 | AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER URGES U.S. TO KEEP UP [...] (C) Summary: Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy urged Ambassador David Mulford January 30 to ensure that the U.S. continue pressuring the new Australian leadership to support an Indian exception in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). "It is important to continue to have the nuclear iss [...] | 2008-01-31 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3224 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL [...] "BEATING OF WAR DRUMS" editorial in the December 23, 2008, multi-edition right-of-center Gujarati daily GUJARAT SAMACHAR. "It seems that war beats have gathered momentum. A feeling rather than a sense of belief is running deep in the nerves of the people of India that Pakistan needs to be t [...] | 2008-12-23 10:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3228 | CONGRESS PARTY STUNG PLAYING RELIGIOUS POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: On the floor of parliament, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram officially dismissed comments made by the Minority Affairs Minister A.R. Antulay that implied Hindutva elements may have been involved in the Mumbai attacks. Antulay sparked a political controversy on December 17 with comm [...] | 2008-12-23 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3232 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 05:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IN IR KNNP PARM |
| 08NEWDELHI3234 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "IT IS BETTER TO EVADE WAR", editorial in the December 22, 2008 right-of-center Urdu daily "URDU TIMES", Mumbai: "The most worrisome aspect of Indo-Pak imbroglio is that both countries are nuclear states. Both of them will be destroyed in the event of a nuclear war. India's economy was growin [...] | 2008-12-24 07:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3236 | GOI Leaders' Statements on Pakistan and Terrorism, December [...] (SBU) Mission reports below statements made by the Indian Foreign Minister, the Indian Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and President of the ruling United Progressive Alliance government over the last three days on Pakistan and terrorism. Despite the often heated headlines in both India a [...] | 2008-12-24 11:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3242 | December [...] "STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE PATH OF U.S.," op-ed in December 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "What Pakistan is doing is nothing but a ploy to make the U.S. continue the struggle on Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a long time. U.S. troop [...] | 2008-12-29 10:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3244 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE PATH OF U.S.," op-ed in December 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "What Pakistan is doing is nothing but a ploy to make the U.S. continue the struggle on Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a long time. U.S. troop [...] | 2008-12-29 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3248 | INDIA CENSURES ISRAELI STRIKES IN GAZA [...] (U) The Government of India has over the last two days condemned the air strikes Israel carried out in the Gaza Strip and urged an ""immediate end to use of force against Palestinian civilians in Gaza that has resulted in large number of casualties"". The GOI statement, released by the External Af [...] | 2008-12-29 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREL IS IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3253 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "WHO WANTS WAR?" op-ed article by columnist Anant Bagaitkar in the December 29, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "As tempers ran high after the Mumbai terror attacks, almost everyone was putting forth the idea of a conventional war with Pakistan, the notorious neighbor w [...] | 2008-12-30 10:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3254 | INDIANS STATE IRANIAN PRESIDENT WILL NOT VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has categorically denied the reported upcoming visit of Iranian President Ahmedinejad to Delhi this week, while Indian and Pakistani press continue to speculate on the purpose of the rumored visit. End Summary. Ahmedinejad,s Visit " [...] | 2008-12-30 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK IR IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3259 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "INDIA IN SEARCH OF A STANCE VIS-A-VIS PAKISTAN" editorial in the December 31, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's visit to Pakistan seems to have eased considerable tension between India and Pakistan. If Pakistan's mellowed politica [...] | 2008-12-31 08:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3264 | MAHARASHTRA COURT CONVICTS TRAFFICKER [...] (U) Tamil Nadu-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) Freedom Firm notified post of its first successful conviction in a trafficking in persons (TIP) case in a Pune, Maharashtra court. Freedom Firm infiltrates likely trafficking destinations and informs police when a potential trafficking v [...] | 2008-12-31 09:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GTIP IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3265 | MENON WELCOMES END USE MONITORING TALKS, HAS NOT [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford December 31 that he welcomed a visit by Department of Defense Assistant Secretary Mitch Shivers on January 7 to seek an agreement on End Use Monitoring (EUM),and confirmed that he planned to meet personally with Shivers early in h [...] | 2008-12-31 10:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3267 | MENON SAYS INDIA TO DECIDE ON INFORMATION-SHARING WITH PAKISTAN, OPPOSED TO SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford December 31 that the Indian government would make a decision later in the day on whether and how much information from the Mumbai terrorist attack investigations to share with Pakistan and other countries. Menon emphasized th [...] | 2008-12-31 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3268 | INDIAN HOME MINISTER CHIDABARAM ON INVESTIGATION OF MUMBAI ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 15:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | CJAN IN PK PREL PTER |
| 08NEWDELHI332 | GOI WARNS POWELL OF GROWING UML-MAOIST ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for North (Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran told SIPDIS Ambassador Nancy Powell she thought the United Marxist-Leninist (UML) Party and the Maoists were forming an alliance ahead of Nepali elections. Saran expressed concern th [...] | 2008-02-01 09:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KDEM NP IN |
| 08NEWDELHI333 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 28 - February 1, 2008. CARREFOUR COMING TO INDIA -------------------- 2. (U) French retail giant Carrefour, after several abortive attempts to reach a deal with an Indian partner over the pa [...] | 2008-02-01 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI338 | SARKOZY'S VISIT TO INDIA LONG ON DRAMA, SHORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy made a two-day stop in India amid a whirlwind of media speculation regarding whether his famous girlfriend, supermodel Carla Bruni, would accompany him. Sarkozy's visit stimulated both governments to officially confirm that they have finalized their civil nuc [...] | 2008-02-01 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS KNNP KOMC KUNR FR IN |
| 08NEWDELHI342 | A RECHARGED BJP PUTS ITS HOUSE IN ORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: On the heels of its sweeping victories in the Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat state assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national executive meeting on January 27-29 revealed a party reinvigorated with energy and direction. Unlike the previous national executive m [...] | 2008-02-01 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
| 08NEWDELHI343 | DELHI DIARY, JAN 21-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 21-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- New HP Government Gets Moving -- Prime Minister Singh to Visit Indo-Chinese Border Areas -- French President's Visit Raises Turban Is [...] | 2008-02-01 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS SOCI KWMN CH IN FR |
| 08NEWDELHI353 | GAMBARI TELLS INDIA TO USE ITS INFLUENCE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary. UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's late January visit to India delivered the message that India should use its influence to do more to help the democratization and reconciliation process in Burma. Gambari told British and Canadian missions privately that India reiterate [...] | 2008-02-04 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BM IN |
| 08NEWDELHI354 | NARAYANAN SAYS INDIA SEEKS 123 LANGUAGE IN IAEA [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told the Ambassador February 4 that the Indian team negotiating the safeguards agreement has stayed within the bounds of the 123 Agreement. While he admitted that the Indian side has sought to include the 123 language in the operational sa [...] | 2008-02-04 14:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI355 | U.S.-INDIA EXPORT CONTROL EXPERTS TALKS: FEBRUARY [...] (U) Underlining the importance of continuing the productive U.S.-India export control dialogue, poloff delivered reftel points February 4 proposing February 13 for the next round of talks in Washington, with alternate dates proposed in March. MEA Director (Disarmament and International Securi [...] | 2008-02-04 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI379 | U.S. COAST GUARD AND MEA AGREE TO STEP UP MARITIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a series of Indian port inspections, a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Internet Port Security Program (IPSP) delegation told Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar that they found Indian port security to be at an acceptably high level and [...] | 2008-02-06 08:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHSA CE IN |
| 08NEWDELHI388 | INDIA-IRAN TIES HIT BUMPS IN THE ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent developments illustrated the large gap between rhetoric and reality in Indo-Iranian relations. Iran's Ambassador to India expressed concern to the press February 5 over India's recent launch of an Israeli satellite with reconnaissance capabilities, warning India against g [...] | 2008-02-06 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP PINR MNUC MCAP MARR IR IS IN |
| 08NEWDELHI423 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KYOCERA WIRELESS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 27, 2007, Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (P [...] | 2008-02-08 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
| 08NEWDELHI425 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 4-8, 2008. WTO SIDES WITH INDIA ON WINE TAXES ------------- 2. (U) The Business Standard reported Thursday that a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute-settlement panel dismissed the Unit [...] | 2008-02-08 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI430 | MENON QUIETLY TAKING GAMBARI MESSAGE TO BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Under Secretary for Burma Pratibha Parkar told Poloff that UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari asked the Government of India (GOI) for support during his recent visit to India. Gambari asked the GOI to use its influence to encourage the Burmese to allow him t [...] | 2008-02-08 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM IN |
| 08NEWDELHI431 | DELHI DIARY, JAN 31 - FEB 8 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 31- February 8, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- India to host Summit of India-Africa Forum in April -- Leaders Continue to Beat a Path to India's Door -- Three UP MPs Disqualified, Tel [...] | 2008-02-08 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER TBIO KDEM SOCI IN CH BT DA |
| 08NEWDELHI433 | GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LAUNCHES THE NANOTECHNOLOGY MISSION IN [...] (U) Summary: The Government of India (GOI) in its recent National Development Council (NDC) meeting has approved a Science and Technology (S&T) budget of approximately USD 18.7 billion in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007-2012). This is a three-fold increase over its Tenth Plan allocation of [...] | 2008-02-11 05:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV TSPL SENV TBIO TRGY TNGD |
| 08NEWDELHI442 | NEPALI MAOIST RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF "PEOPLE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reacting to news reports that the Maoists in Nepal had decided to re-establish its parallel "People's Governments" under the direction of the United Revolutionary People's Council, Ministry of External Affairs Under Secretary for Nepal Manish Gupta told Poloff that India views [...] | 2008-02-11 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NP CH IN |
| 08NEWDELHI444 | MENON SAYS MUNICH MEETING HAS "CLEARED UP" INDIA'S [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador February 11 that the February 9 meeting in Munich between Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Secretary Anil Kakodkar and IAEA Director General (DG) Mohammad ElBaradei has allowed India t [...] | 2008-02-11 14:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI449 | CHINA PROTEST OF SINGH'S ARUNACHAL PRADESH TRIP [...] (U) India's major news outlets carried reports February 8-9 that China had informally objected to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's January 31 visit to Arunachal Pradesh (AP),during which he made a point of commenting that "Arunachal Pradesh is the easternmost state of our country, and the sun [...] | 2008-02-12 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS CH IN |
| 08NEWDELHI454 | INDIA UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador urged Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon February 11 to join the U.S. and key European countries in recognizing Kosovo's independence as early as possible after its expected declaration (reftel). Recognition from India would indicate global solidarity and help stave off i [...] | 2008-02-12 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IN |
| 08NEWDELHI456 | MENON ATTEMPTS TO DRAW OUT BURMESE REGIME DURING [...] (C) In a February 11 meeting with Ambassador Mulford, Indian Foreign Secretary Menon reported that his February 8-10 visit to Burma made some progress. Regarding UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari, Menon related that the Burmese regime would likely meet with Gambari in a third country. However, [...] | 2008-02-12 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM IN |
| 08NEWDELHI467 | ISRAELI DCM BRIEFS DCM ON POSITIVE TREND IN [...] (C) Summary. Israeli DCM Belotsercovsky told DCM recently that he was concerned that a renewal in criticisms from the Left and India's Muslim community could cause the Indian government to pull back from the rapid, positive trend in India-Israel relations. He refused to comment on allegations [...] | 2008-02-13 09:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TSPA MOPS IN |
| 08NEWDELHI474 | KARAT AND KAKODKAR SPAR IN PRESS WHILE INDIA [...] (C) Summary: After several weeks of near-silence, Communist leader Prakash Karat denounced the civil nuclear initiative February 11, and demanded that the UPA government wait to finalize the IAEA safeguards agreement until the next U.S. administration comes to power. Department of Atomic Ener [...] | 2008-02-13 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI475 | ALIGARH'S MUSLIMS WELCOME US EMBASSY OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: On February 11 Political Officers engaged in a full day of Muslim outreach in the Uttar Pradesh city of Aligarh. The Deputy Political Counselor delivered a well-attended address to students on US - India relations at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) followed by a lunch with comm [...] | 2008-02-13 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI478 | TERROR (AND TERRORISM) ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 4 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani cancelled a dozen campaign events scheduled for the coming month after National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan warned him about terror threats to his personal safety. The BJP did, however, hold its kick-off rally, [...] | 2008-02-13 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN |
| 08NEWDELHI483 | SENIOR INDIAN POLICE OFFICER REVIEWS NEPAL BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director General (DG) of the Indian Border Guard Force (Sashastra Seema Bal or "SSB") Gopal Sharma told DepPolCouns that many competing forces, including the Maoists, Young Communist League (YCL),Muslim extremists and competing Madhesi groups were stirring unrest along the Indo [...] | 2008-02-14 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PBTS PTER PINR NP PK IN |
| 08NEWDELHI485 | NSA NARAYANAN ENCOURAGES GREATER ASIAN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor MK Narayanan unsurprisingly highlighted India,s &benign and stabilizing role8 in his remarks at the Munich Conference on Security Policy on February 10. Although much of Narayanan,s address to the primarily European audience pointed to India,s role [...] | 2008-02-14 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS KTFN PK IN |
| 08NEWDELHI499 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 11-15, 2008. FURTHER DE-RESERVATION OF SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY ITEMS ----------------- 2. (U) Continuing its steady reform process to increase the competitiveness of the Indian industry, the [...] | 2008-02-15 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI501 | NEW DELHI EXPECTS INDIA-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: India-Australia relations under Prime Minister Rudd should continue to move forward on the positive path set by the Howard administration, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Australian High Commission and contacts in Delhi. However, while greater engagement in b [...] | 2008-02-15 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SENV AS IN |
| 08NEWDELHI502 | INDIA REMAINS UNCOMMITTED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Reporting on a joint UK-Germany demarche delivered February 14 to the Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West),Nalin Surie, British High Commission Poloff Simon Atkinson told Post that India remains uncommitted on the question of recognizing Kosovo's expected declaration of independe [...] | 2008-02-15 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IN |
| 08NEWDELHI503 | DELHI SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS),held February 7 - 9, 2008, attracted a wide range of world leaders but proved to be more of a coup for it's organizers, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) than for the theme of sustainable development and climate change with few [...] | 2008-02-15 13:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
| 08NEWDELHI506 | CONGRESS TRIES TO BREATHE LIFE INTO THE PARTY WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The rattled Congress high command is exploring several moves ) cabinet reshuffle, populist budget, changing alliance partners, promotion of Rahul Gandhi - to recover from its trouncing by the Bharatiya Janata Party in recent state assembly elections. Public bullying by the Le [...] | 2008-02-15 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR IN |
| 08NEWDELHI524 | SARAN AND KAKODKAR SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: While Special Envoy Shyam Saran underlined February 18 the importance of completing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative as soon as possible, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar downplayed the urgency during a press interaction February 18. Speaking at an Institut [...] | 2008-02-19 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI525 | DELHI DIARY, FEB 11-15 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 11-15, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Notice Issued to Sonia Gandhi over Belgian Honor -- Renegade Politician Finally Breaks Ties with Congress -- Supreme Court Seeks Stay [...] | 2008-02-19 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CASC IN BE |
| 08NEWDELHI538 | IRANIAN SPOKESPERSON SOUNDS OFF IN NEW DELHI ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini visited New Delhi February 11-13, reportedly to encourage Indian interaction with Iranian media. Hosseini, however, did not miss the opportunity to publicly urge the Indians to expedite the proposed Iran-Pakistan- [...] | 2008-02-20 11:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET IR PK IS CH IN |
| 08NEWDELHI54 | DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE SYRIAN [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (West Asia and North Africa) M. Manimekalai and SIPDIS Director (WANA) N.J. Gangte on January 7, and expressed USG desire that the GOI make public statements in support of the Syrian democracy and human rights activists who formed t [...] | 2008-01-08 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF XG KMPI NSC SY EUN TU CA JA SF IN |
| 08NEWDELHI541 | INDIAN PEACOCK DOES MATING DANCE FOR VISITING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months after Prime Minister Singh's visit to Moscow, Prime Minister Zubkov of the Russian Federation visited New Delhi February 12, accompanied by Russian Trade Minister Elvira Nabiullina and approximately 125 senior executives representing Russian industry and business. [...] | 2008-02-21 05:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS EAGR EPET ENRG TRGY ECPS |
| 08NEWDELHI542 | INDIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AFTER PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 08:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
| 08NEWDELHI558 | SENATORS' NUCLEAR DEADLINE BRINGS (MOSTLY) [...] (SBU) Summary: The setting of a June deadline by Senators Kerry, Biden and Hagel during their February 20 visit to Delhi has sparked a tepid reaction from the Congress Party and, strangely, the Communists, while media supporters have used the opportunity to remind the Indian government of its [...] | 2008-02-22 08:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI560 | CODEL BIDEN MEETING WITH NSA NARAYANAN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with Codel Biden (consisting of Senators Joe Biden, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel),National Security Advisor M.K.A. Narayanan disclosed that GOI negotiations with the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards agreement are going well and he expects the agreemen [...] | 2008-02-22 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM KDEM KNNP ENRG SOCI IS |
| 08NEWDELHI573 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 18-22, 2008. BIOTECH COTTON INCREASES FARMER INCOME ----------- 2. (U) The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications reports that biotech crops are gaining gr [...] | 2008-02-22 13:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI574 | DELHI DIARY, FEB 18-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 18-22, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Darul Uloom in Deoband says Terrorism is Anti-Islamic -- BJP Targets Women's Vote -- US Presence Overwhelms DEFEXPO -- India and Pakistan Expan [...] | 2008-02-22 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL MASS BEXP PK IN |
| 08NEWDELHI581 | INDIA STILL NON-COMMITTAL ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar and MEA Joint Secretary for Central Europe V. Ashok on February 21, neither of whom provided a substantive response. Post notes the MEA released the following statement on Kosov [...] | 2008-02-25 09:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI59 | WEAKENED UPA AND LEFT MULL MIDDLE WAY TO COMPLETE [...] (C) Summary: While the Indian government prolongs the safeguards talks to a fourth round, the Congress Party and Left appear to have reacted to the Gujarat election loss by reaffirming that the UPA government will last its full term, which complicates the completion of the nuclear initiative in [...] | 2008-01-08 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI606 | INDIAN PARLIAMENT BEGINS WITH NUCLEAR BANG [...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the unexpected extension of Ambassador Ronen Sen's tenure in the U.S., President Patil's expression of hope for the completion of the nuclear deal during her first address to Parliament February 25 has injected life back into the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. [...] | 2008-02-26 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI612 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WTO DDA NEGOTIATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] On February 25, 2008, Mission delivered the letter from USTR Schwab to Minister of Commerce Nath on the WTO DDA negotiations on environmental goods and services to GOI Ministry of Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath via cover letter from Ambassador Mulford. Deputy Ecouns will follow up [...] | 2008-02-27 10:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI614 | INDIAN TIGER IN A STATE OF TERMINAL EMERGENCY MADE WORSE [...] SUMMARY. The much awaited Tiger Census Report and the State of the Forest Report were released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) recently. Although the Tiger census made headlines by officially recognizing the massive decline in the tiger population, it did not come as a surpr [...] | 2008-02-27 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI623 | INFLUENTIAL DEOBAND MADRASSA GATHERING DECLARES [...] (SBU) Summary: At a February 25 conference at the influential and conservative Darul Uloom madrassa in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, approximately 10,000 - 15,000 Islamic clerics declared terrorism un-Islamic. In equal measure, the declaration by clerics of the madrassa regarded as the ideologica [...] | 2008-02-27 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL SCUL ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM KIRF |
| 08NEWDELHI638 | DEFENSE SECRETARY SINGH EMPHASIZES POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. In a February 27 meeting between Under Secretary of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Mario SIPDIS Mancuso, and Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, Mancuso: -- stressed the importance of the U.S.-India relationship; -- expressed appreciation for Singh's contribution to b [...] | 2008-02-28 13:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL MARR KNNP PGOV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI641 | THINK-TANKERS MULL WAYS TO CURB NAXALITE INSURGENCY [...] (U) The challenges for India in confronting the Naxalite/Maoist threat were highlighted in a seminar at the Indian think-tank Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS),an independent well-respected Delhi-based institution. The discusants agreed: the primary driver of the Naxalite/Maois [...] | 2008-02-29 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM IN |
| 08NEWDELHI644 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 25-29, 2008. ANOTHER BUDGET THAT PROMISES MUCH, BUT FUNDS LITTLE, POPULISM ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Chidambaram presented to Parliament on February 29 t [...] | 2008-02-29 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI645 | COMMERCE UNDER SECRETARY MANCUSO DISCUSSES TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In their February 28 meeting, Commerce Minister Nath stressed to Under Secretary Mancuso the importance of progress on all of the U.S.-India economic dilaogues, including the HTCG, to ensure continued interest in the government-to-government engagement and forward progress in [...] | 2008-02-29 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD MTCR PARM PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI653 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NATIONAL PHYSICAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On February 22, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) [...] | 2008-03-03 09:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
| 08NEWDELHI654 | S&T ADVISOR DR. NINA FEDOROFF ENGAGES S&T MINISTER SIBAL [...] SUMMARY: Dr. Fedoroff met with Minister of Science and Technology (MoST) Kapal Sibal on February 21 and discussed the scope of Indo - U.S. science and technology collaboration. Both agreed that greater collaboration would be beneficial to the relationship. In addition, Sibal noted the diffic [...] | 2008-03-03 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
| 08NEWDELHI656 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INNOVATE SOFTWARE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 28, 2007, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Innovate Software Solutions P [...] | 2008-03-03 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
| 08NEWDELHI667 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INNOVATE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 28, 2007, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Innovate Software Solutions [...] | 2008-03-04 06:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
| 08NEWDELHI669 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NATIONAL PHYSICAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On February 22, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL [...] | 2008-03-04 06:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
| 08NEWDELHI686 | ERITREAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations Political and Peacekeeping SIPDIS Operations) Sanjiv Arora on March 3, seeking the GOI's view on the Eritrean obstruction of the UN Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia, and what the GOI thinks would be an appropriate ne [...] | 2008-03-05 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN ER ET |
| 08NEWDELHI690 | SAFEGUARDS TALKS DONE, INDIA WILL SOON MAKE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran confirmed to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher March 4 that India and the SIPDIS International Atomic Energy Agency had finally completed their negotiations on a safeguards agreement. Menon discounte [...] | 2008-03-05 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI691 | INDIA WELCOMES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1803 [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford delivered reftel demarche to Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar and Joint Secretary T.C.A. Raghavan in separate March [...] | 2008-03-05 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IN |
| 08NEWDELHI7 | CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH PM SINGH [...] (C) Summary. In a December 29 meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Codel Voinovich (consisting of Senator Voinovich, and Congressmen Turner, Gingrey, Pearce and Bishop) expressed appreciation for the Prime Minister's leadership in bringing U.S.-India relations to new heights. Senator V [...] | 2008-01-02 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KNNP SOCI IN |
| 08NEWDELHI701 | HARYANA BELLWETHER: A PROSPEROUS STATE WITH STRONG [...] (C) Summary: January 20-22, Emboffs traveled to Haryana to gauge the political, economic, and social climate of the state. Journalists and politicians alike described the pace of development as constant and fast in Haryana regardless of which political party leads the state, leading to overall [...] | 2008-03-06 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV KDEM SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI702 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD AF BG BT BM PK MV CE |
| 08NEWDELHI703 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER PRESSES FOR PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: In separate March 4 meetings, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher reviewed the bilateral relationship SIPDIS with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar. The Ambassador joined in the Menon meeting. They agreed on a renewed effort to achieve progres [...] | 2008-03-06 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ETRD AMGT CVIS MARR OEXC OVIP |
| 08NEWDELHI721 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 3-7, 2008. REACTIONS TO GOI BUDGET MIXED AMONG AMERICAN COMPANIES IN SOUTH INDIA ------------- 2. (SBU) The announcement of the GOI's budget on February 29 drew mixed reactions from some U.S [...] | 2008-03-07 10:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI722 | ELECTIONS VS. ELECTRONS: POLITICAL DETAILS LOOM [...] (C) Summary: With the resurgence of the civil nuclear political debate during the budget session of Parliament, observers have analyzed the minutiae to try to determine whether the UPA government calls the Left's bluff soon, waits until after the monsoon, or sits on the initiative altogether. [...] | 2008-03-07 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI724 | DELHI DIARY, FEB 29 - MARCH 7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 29 - March 7, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Congress's Muslim Problem -- Stalking Tiger, Encroaching Dragon -- Homecoming after 35 Years in a Pakistani Prison Cell Congress's Mus [...] | 2008-03-07 12:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS PINR MCAP CH BT IN |
| 08NEWDELHI728 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INTERNATIONAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 29, 2007, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at International Crops Research [...] | 2008-03-10 08:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
| 08NEWDELHI730 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: B.K. VET PVT. [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On January 18, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at B.K. Vet Pvt. Ltd. (BKVL),Del [...] | 2008-03-10 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
| 08NEWDELHI731 | INDIA LAUNCHES A NEW SALVO IN ASIAN MISSILE RACE [...] (S/NF) (NOTE: This cable is intended in part to fulfill reporting requirements outlined in SECSTATE 20964. END NOTE.) SUMMARY: India successfully test-fired an indigenously-designed submerged ballistic missile on February 26, signaling its intent and eventual capability to launch submarine-b [...] | 2008-03-10 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KPRP MCAP MNUC PARM XD XF XE IN CH PK |
| 08NEWDELHI734 | INDIA'S DEFENSE BUDGET RISES MODERATELY, BUT PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The UPA government in its 2008-09 budget presented on February 29 increased its defense spending by 10% to Rs 1056 billion ($ 26.4 billion) from a budgeted Rs 960 billion ($24 billion) for FY 2007-08 and 14% compared to the actual spending for FY 2007-08. The budget seeks to est [...] | 2008-03-11 08:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL MARR IN |
| 08NEWDELHI735 | ELECTION YEAR BUDGET: MINORITIES GET THEIR SHARE [...] (SBU) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) budget announced last week doubled government spending on minorities (read Muslims) from roughly USD 125M to over USD 250M (reftel) for fiscal year 2008-2009. The Muslim vote bank used to be one of the most reliable in the Congress Party's tradition [...] | 2008-03-11 09:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL ECON EFIN IN |
| 08NEWDELHI739 | INTERNAL MIGRATION POSES DAUNTING CHALLENGE FOR [...] (U) Summary: A skirmish last week in Parliament underscored a grave challenge facing India in the coming years: large internal migrations caused by the widening gap between successful states and failed states. This displacement of people has the potential for significant political, economic [...] | 2008-03-11 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL PREF PINR PINS PROP SOCI |
| 08NEWDELHI751 | GOI PRESSED TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT NEW SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Undersecretary (United Nations Political) Vishwesh Negi on March 12, urging the GOI to publicly support the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide. Negi noted our request and said that he would di [...] | 2008-03-12 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF IN |
| 08NEWDELHI752 | GOI URGED TO MAKE CONCRETE COMMITMENT TO UNAMID [...] (SBU) Acting PolCouns and DATT delivered reftel demarche to MEA Undersecretary (United Nations Political) Vishwesh Negi on March 12, urging the GOI to support UNAMID by sending a transport company and a multi-role logistics company. Acting PolCouns stressed India's existing capabilities in th [...] | 2008-03-12 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KPKO SU IN |
| 08NEWDELHI753 | MEA CHINA JOINT SECRETARY DISPLAYS SANG-FROID OVER [...] (U) This is an action request: please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PolCouns and DATT jointly delivered the US Department of Defense 2008 report on China to MEA Joint Secretary Vijay Gokhale (East Asia) on March 11. SIPDIS Dissenting with his counterparts in the Ministry of Defense, Gokh [...] | 2008-03-12 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI754 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TELLS AMBASSADOR DEFENSE [...] (C) In a March 11 meeting with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Ambassador followed up on Secretary Gates' February 26-27 visit to discuss the status of the Communications Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA),the Logistics Support Agreement (LSA),and an agr [...] | 2008-03-12 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KTIA IN |
| 08NEWDELHI760 | INDIA CONTINUES TO PURSUE NICKUNJ GRAPHITE CASE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 10:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR IN |
| 08NEWDELHI763 | SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI [...] (SBU) Dear Speaker of the House Pelosi, Members of Congress Markey, McDermott, Miller, Sensenbrenner, Inslee, Holmes Norton, Solis, Eshoo, Holt and the Honorable Mr. Livingood: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a peri [...] | 2008-03-13 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN |
| 08NEWDELHI776 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 10-14, 2008. AIRPORT STRIKE ENDS --- 2. (U) What started two days back as a non-cooperation movement by Airport Authority of India (AAI) workers to protest against closure of the Hyderabad and [...] | 2008-03-14 09:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI790 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 10-14 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 10-14, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Changes His Story -- CBI Has Nothing to Show for its Tytler Enquiry -- Supreme Court Avoids Meddling in Politics [...] | 2008-03-14 13:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PINS PREF PHUM SMIG SOCI MOPS |
| 08NEWDELHI795 | COMMUNISTS AND BJP/RSS TAKE THEIR KERALA STREET [...] (C) Summary The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) battled each other last week in parliament, on the Delhi street and in Kerala over who was to blame for violence between the CPM and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) in Kerala. BJP members of [...] | 2008-03-17 09:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM PINR IN |
| 08NEWDELHI799 | INDIA SAYS NO TO REQUEST FOR UNAMID ASSETS [...] (C) In a follow up to refs A and B, PolCouns spoke on March 14 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (United Nations Political) Sanjiv Arora, urging SIPDIS India to contribute transport and logistics assets to the United Nations-African Union hybrid peacekeeping operation in [...] | 2008-03-17 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO SU AN SA BD PA IN |
| 08NEWDELHI8 | SCENESETTER PART II: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: (SBU) Mr. Secretary, this is the second scenesetter cable, which provides information and analysis on U.S.-India collaborations in life sciences, health sciences, and public health. The third companion cable will provide information on the regulatory environment for drugs, vacc [...] | 2008-01-02 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV AMED KSCA IN |
| 08NEWDELHI808 | DALAI LAMA'S REPRESENTATIVE PREDICTS CONTINUED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 09:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OVIP CH IN |
| 08NEWDELHI822 | INDIA WILL LIKELY SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RAPPORTEUR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on March 17, seeking India's support for the extension of the mandate for the UN's Special Rapporteur for the human rights situation in North Korea. Patnaik noted that the GOI has supporte [...] | 2008-03-19 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KN IN |
| 08NEWDELHI824 | TIBETAN REFUGEES: INDIA RELEASING DETAINEES, [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on March 19. Responding to SIPDIS reftel points, Menon stated that the Indian government has spoken with both the Dalai Lama's representatives and four Tibetan non-governmental organizations and assured them th [...] | 2008-03-19 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CH NP IN |
| 08NEWDELHI825 | BELLWETHER: UTTAR PRADESH - ON THE SLOW ROAD TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 12 Polcouns hosted a dinner attended by over 165 in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) capital, Lucknow, to honor longtime embassy contact and friend Dr. Ammar Rizvi. In addition to the dinner, Polcouns and Poloffs held meetings with high-level state officials, local journalists, [...] | 2008-03-19 13:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI832 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 17-20, 2008. INDIA PLANS THIRD YEAR OF GRAIN PURCHASES ------------------ 2. (U) The growing demand for wheat in India has contributed to a global price increase of the crop, which has more th [...] | 2008-03-20 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI836 | ON EVE OF ELECTION, BHUTANESE WARY OF COMMUNIST [...] (U) Due to months of low-level bombing campaigns by leftist groups, Bhutan as a precaution is sealing two border areas with India in the run-up to the Bhutanese National Assembly elections scheduled for March 24. Just as occurred during the December 31 upper house election, the border between [...] | 2008-03-20 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER BT IN |
| 08NEWDELHI849 | BHUTAN: THE LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON PLANS FOR [...] (U) Summary: On a January 31 ) February 3 trip to Bhutan, SCA/INS desk officer and Poloff met with Bhutanese government officials and political figures to discuss the current political and social climate in the country ahead of its National Assembly (lower house) elections on March 24. Despite [...] | 2008-03-24 06:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT |
| 08NEWDELHI855 | INDIA WILL LIKELY SUPPORT MANDATE EXTENSION, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM BM IN ID |
| 08NEWDELHI857 | CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES CIV-NUKE AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: On March 20 Speaker Pelosi and her delegation, and Ambassador Mulford and the DCM, held discussions with Indian Members of Parliament (MP) from across the political spectrum. The civil nuclear initiative dominated the 45 minute meeting but Tibet, Burma and the Doha trade talks wer [...] | 2008-03-25 06:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY ECON |
| 08NEWDELHI878 | SHIELD S01-08: GOI REQUIRES FURTHER INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN and SCA. Please see para 3. 2. (S) PolOffs delivered reftel points March 19 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade. Gill responded that the Gover [...] | 2008-03-26 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR IN |
| 08NEWDELHI879 | INDIA: SUA PROTOCOL AMENDMENTS FORESHADOW INDIAN [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points and sample diplomatic note regarding the Proliferation Security Initiative to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade March 19. PolOff recalled that the U. [...] | 2008-03-26 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XE XD XO XT |
| 08NEWDELHI880 | EXPORT CONTROL NONPAPERS DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade March 19. PolOff reiterated that harmonization with and adherence to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR [...] | 2008-03-26 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN |
| 08NEWDELHI882 | TIBET CLAMP DOWN AND PROTESTS PUT INDIA IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tibet remains a front-burner challenge in New Delhi more than 10 days after protests at the Chinese Embassy and a protest march out of Dharamsala led to the arrest of over 200 Tibetans. After another protest at the Chinese Embassy led to more arrests on March 21, the Indian press rep [...] | 2008-03-26 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CH IN |
| 08NEWDELHI888 | INDIA WELCOMES GILANI'S INAUGURATION, ANTICIPATES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh warmly congratulated the new Pakistani Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the occasion of his taking office March 25 and expressed GOI optimism that Indo-Pakistani ties will improve. Kashmiri politicians expressed similar optimism for Gilani's tenure, [...] | 2008-03-27 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER PBTS PK IN |
| 08NEWDELHI892 | ISRAEL POLISHING ITS IMAGE--AND ITS HARDWARE--IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent strategic dialogue between Israel and India, while not producing any new agreements, was viewed as a positive step at greater cooperation and coordination between the two countries. Israel is taking steps to create a shinier image of itself as a friend of the Indian people [...] | 2008-03-28 09:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS IS IN |
| 08NEWDELHI895 | WITH ELECTIONS ON THE HORIZON, RAJASTHAN WRESTLES [...] (C) Summary: On a March 11-14 trip to Rajasthan, Poloffs met journalists, politicians, and academicians to gauge the political and social pulse of the state before elections there in November 2008. Currently under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Chief Minister Vasundhara R [...] | 2008-03-28 10:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SOCI IN |
| 08NEWDELHI902 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 24-28, 2008. UNSEASONABLE RAIN LEAVES SOUTH REELING ------------------ 2. (U) A spate of unseasonable rains from March 19 to 24 caused 79 deaths and significant economic damage across South Ind [...] | 2008-03-28 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI904 | DEOBANDI MODERATES TRUMP HARDLINERS, BUT DEEP [...] (C) Summary: At a March 6 meeting of Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind (JUH),the political wing of the influential conservative Darul Uloom Deoband madrassa, the anti-US General Secretary Mahmood Madani summarily dismissed the more moderate President Arshad Madani, and tried to install his own candidate. [...] | 2008-03-28 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI906 | DALAI LAMA FEARS INFLUX OF HAN CHINESE WILL WIPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador, His Holiness the Dalai Lama sketched out two scenarios for Tibet: a positive scenario, where the PRC agrees to dialogue and permits a degree of Tibetan autonomy; and a negative scenario, where the PRC continues to flood Tibet with eth [...] | 2008-03-28 14:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL CVIS CH IN |
| 08NEWDELHI920 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SIEMENS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On March 25, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Siemens Information Sys [...] | 2008-03-31 10:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 08NEWDELHI932 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 17-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 17-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Terrorists Strike Again in Jammu and Kashmir After a 5 Month Lull -- Congress Strikes Out -- Yet Another Joint Indo-Russian Defense Project Hits t [...] | 2008-03-31 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF SCUL SOCI TBIO MASS |
| 08NEWDELHI934 | FS MENON PESSIMISTIC ON TIBET AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador March 31 that he expected elements of the Tibetan community to become more independent of the Dalai Lama's moderate line the longer they reside in India's "free and open society." He asserted that India would have no problem [...] | 2008-04-01 01:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH PK |
| 08NEWDELHI938 | AMBASSADOR FASTS FOR NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (SBU) This is an action request for SCA. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon April 1 that he will go on a hunger strike until the UPA government submits the IAEA safeguards agreement to the Board of Governors. Moreover, he continue [...] | 2008-04-01 06:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI942 | CODEL PELOSI ENGAGES INDIAN ENERGY EXPERTS ON CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chairman Dr. R.K. Pachauri's powerful NGO, brought out its leading experts to brief CODEL Pelosi on climate change and answer questions in a roundtable meeting held at the TERI Gram Campus in [...] | 2008-04-01 10:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
| 08NEWDELHI95 | RELIANCE SLOWING DOWN ITS RETAIL ROLLOUT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reliance has ambitious plans to develop a comprehensive "farm to fork" supply chain that will support its front-end organized retail venture, but establishing solid backward linkages to the agricultural sector will take time and recent protests against it may require the compan [...] | 2008-01-11 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN ETRD EFIN PREL |
| 08NEWDELHI950 | DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETING WITH MEA'S GAITRI KUMAR, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting, Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar provided SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum with a positive Indian assessment of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's March 24 visit to Washington, saying it had helped to bring clarity on many outstanding is [...] | 2008-04-01 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ETRD EINV MARR TSPA AMGT OFDP |
| 08NEWDELHI958 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: BHATIA TOOLS & [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On March 26, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Bhatia Tools and Techno [...] | 2008-04-02 08:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 08NEWDELHI96 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 7-11, 2008. FORD PLANS USD 500 MILLION UPGRADE TO ITS CHENNAI PLANT ----------------- 2. (SBU) Ford India announced on January 8 that it will invest USD 500 million in its Chennai production [...] | 2008-01-11 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI961 | INDIA BELIEVES THAT IT SATISFIES TERMS OF UNSCR [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Director Amandeep Singh Gill thanked poloff April 1 for the "interesting" reftel non-paper and related that he believed India's "existing notifications" fulfill the requirements of UN Security Council Resolutio [...] | 2008-04-02 08:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI965 | CODEL PELOSI ENGAGES INDIAN ENERGY EXPERTS ON CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chairman Dr. R.K. Pachauri's powerful NGO, brought out its leading experts to brief CODEL Pelosi on climate change and answer questions in a roundtable meeting held at the TERI Gram Campus in [...] | 2008-04-02 09:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
| 08NEWDELHI967 | S&T ADVISER TO SECSTATE ENGAGES PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC [...] SUMMARY: Dr. Nina Fedoroff, S&T Adviser to the US Secretary of State and the AID Administrator, met with Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India (GOI) during her recent visit to India and discussed the scope and status of Indo - U.S. S&T colla [...] | 2008-04-02 11:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
| 08NEWDELHI97 | MYSTERIOUS MASS MORTALITY OF INDIAN GHARIALS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (U) Summary: Between 64 and 100 Gangetic Gharials, a critically endangered crocodilian species endemic to India, have been found dead in less than a month in the Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary located in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan s [...] | 2008-01-11 11:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI970 | INDIA REVITALIZES TIES TO AFRICA: INDIA-AFRICA SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON AORC EAID ECIN ETRD KECF IN |
| 08NEWDELHI971 | WELCOME TO THE WORLD'S NEWEST DEMOCRACY: BHUTAN [...] (SBU) Demonstrating a strong commitment to a transition to democracy, Bhutan went to the polls on March 24 to provide a lop-sided victory for the Druk Pheuensum Tshogpa (DPT),one of the two parties in contention. DPT president Jigme Y. Thinley is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister sho [...] | 2008-04-02 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT |
| 08NEWDELHI982 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 31-April 3, 2008, including the following items: --MCDONALD'S OPENS ITS FIRST OUTLET IN CHENNAI --WIPRO RAMPS UP CHENNAI OPERATIONS --GOA TO HAVE LARGEST OFFSHORE CASINO --PLANNING COMMISSION'S FOC [...] | 2008-04-03 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI984 | CHINA SPURS INDIA TO REVITALIZE TIES TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India will host the India-Africa Summit April 8 to April 9 in New Delhi, having extended invitations to leaders of fourteen AU nations and representatives of eight Africa-centric multilateral fora. The GOI seeks to partner with African nations in key areas including technology, [...] | 2008-04-03 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAID ECIN ETRD KECF IN |
| 08NEWDELHI989 | 50-50 CHANCE AT BEST FOR NUCLEAR DEAL AFTER MAY 9, [...] (C) Summary: In light of the continuing political debate in Delhi, Indian observers have counseled that the central government will wait at least until Parliament approves the budget on May 9, after which the Congress Party may decide to move forward with the nuclear deal by submitting the saf [...] | 2008-04-04 09:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI992 | CONGRESS TURNS UP HEAT ON MAYAWATI, SOFTENS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 30-31 Congress Party Uttar Pradesh (UP) state unit conference, party leaders including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi fiercely criticized the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government of Chief Minister Mayawati. The gloves came off as Congress Party leaders accused the BSP and [...] | 2008-04-04 10:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI993 | CONGRESS INSIDER GIVES BLEAK VIEW OF NUCLEAR [...] (C) Manish Tewari, Secretary in the All India Congress Committee (AICC),told poloff April 3 that there was no chance the UPA government would risk the downfall of the government in order to complete the nuclear initiative. If the Congress Party called the Left's bluff, he thought that "90 pe [...] | 2008-04-04 10:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI10 | AMBASSADOR MEETS INDIAN HOME MINISTER ON MUMBAI [...] (U) This message contains an action request in Para 10. 2. (S) Summary: In a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Home Minister Chidambaram said that the Indian government would decide "as early as possible" whether to concur in the U.S. sharing information with Pakistani authorities [...] | 2009-01-03 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI100 | INDIAN SCIENCE AT A CROSSROADS: THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the Indian National Science Academy's (INSA) 75th anniversary celebration, presenters raved over India's extraordinary accomplishments in science and technology at the same time they lamented India's lost scientific prowess, lack of diversity, and failure to keep up with the [...] | 2009-01-16 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV SCUL TSPL PREL ENRG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1006 | SABERI INTERVENTION THANKS YOUS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CASC IR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1007 | URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Ambassador Burleigh urged the Indian government to press Burma's government to release Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. Noting reports of the bizarre incident involving an American citizen who tried to meet with AS [...] | 2009-05-18 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1008 | APPROPRIATE TIMING FOR A PRESIDENTIAL PHONE CALL [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends an early telephone call from President Obama to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulating India on its historic elections and the Congress Party's decisive mandate. We suggest this call take place soon after the Indian President invites Manmohan Singh to form the n [...] | 2009-05-18 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR ECON IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1009 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA HAILS [...] Excerpts from an editorial in the May 18 centrist, independent THE TIMES OF INDIA English daily: (BEGIN EXCERPTS) "New challenges are shaping up that require urgent action.... The economy will not recover on its own but will need action by the government on multiple fronts: roads, power, educa [...] | 2009-05-19 04:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1013 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA WELCOMES "END OF [...] (BEGIN EXCERPT): "President Rajapakse has achieved what no previous Sri Lankan leader came close to doing: securing the integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka by freeing it from the malevolent challenge of the LTTE. Now, in the post-Prabakaran era, he needs to address two big tasks: rehabilita [...] | 2009-05-19 10:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1029 | MEDIA REACTION: TALIBAN/PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, [...] "TALIBAN, TALIBAN, TALIBAN," editorial in May 17 Islamist Urdu bi-weekly DAWAT: "In the Taliban, the United States seems to have found a new imaginary foe. Today the word Taliban has been reduced practically to an expletive. The U.S. initially carried out intensive bombardments against the Tal [...] | 2009-05-20 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI103 | INDIA MANAGING IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ALTHOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Per Ref A, Mission provides an update on how India is weathering the global financial crisis and subsequent economic slowdown and on the political economy of the impact and government response. India's economy, already slowing from lower domestic spending in a high interest re [...] | 2009-01-16 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1030 | REFORM PROSPECTS IN NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: More than 400 million Indians cast their vote in India's national parliamentary elections this past month and seem to have decisively signaled that they want stability and continuity in the national government, handing Congress an 18-year best performance of more than 200 seats [...] | 2009-05-20 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1031 | INTERNAL SECURITY PRIORITY FOR NEW UPA GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the first meeting of the victorious United Progressive Alliance (UPA) leaders on May 20 that internal security will be the new government's highest priority. The same day two newspapers columns that are often used by the government to leak sto [...] | 2009-05-20 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1036 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA, PAKISTAN, UNITED [...] QWAR ENDS, BUT ISSUES STILL ALIVE,Q editorial in May 20 centrist Gujarati daily, JANMABHOOMI: QThe 30-year old violent ethnic struggle for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka may have ended, but it would be erroneous to infer that this will lead to a lasting peace. The Sri Lankan Rajapakse gov [...] | 2009-05-21 12:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI104 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 12-16, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Roundtable with Canada, EU, NZ, Australia -- Update on the Pension Sector -- FDI Slows in November -- Aviation Industry Likely to Fare Better in 20 [...] | 2009-01-16 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1042 | UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 09:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1048 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 18-22, 2009, including the following: -- Ministry of Finance Reorganization -- Insurance Bill Passage Likely in Winter Parliament -- CCI Goes Live -- India Notifies Initiation of Safeguard Duty Inve [...] | 2009-05-22 10:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
| 09NEWDELHI1049 | JOINT US TREASURY AND DOD SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury hosted a successful regional conference on Countering Terrorist Financing in the Charitable Sector from April 14-16 in New Delhi, India, with assistance from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) as well. Interagency [...] | 2009-05-22 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM EFIN PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI105 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 12-16, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 12-16, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Budget Session February 12-26 -- April-May Schedule Expected for Parliamentary Elections -- Jharkhand Chief Minister Steps Down [...] | 2009-01-16 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR |
| 09NEWDELHI1051 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA, TERRORORISM IN [...] "END OF LTTE," editorial in May 5 centrist Oriya daily SAMAJA. "Although the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been crushed, the fundamental problems of equal rights and status for the Tamils persist. The Sri Lankan government has to ensure that the Tamil people get justice. India, a [...] | 2009-05-22 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1052 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR UPDATES ON INFORMATION ON [...] (SBU) The following information is provided in response to reftel request for details of India,s immigration and border controls. A. (SBU) Immigration Data Bases and Traveler Information Collection: -- What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries and exits? Foreigners Re [...] | 2009-05-22 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1053 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY READOUT OF SRI LANKA TRIP [...] (C) Summary. In a May 22 briefing for the Charge, Foreign Secretary Menon provided a readout of his visit, along with National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, to Colombo on May 20-21. India's message to President Rajapaksa was to focus on resettling IDPs, reconstruction, demining, and the lo [...] | 2009-05-22 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1054 | NEW DELHI EST HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 18 TO MAY 22, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 18 - 22, 2009, including the following: -- It's Official - Panna Tiger Reserve Has Lost All Its Native Tigers -- Oil Spill Threatens Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary -- Indian [...] | 2009-05-22 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ECON IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1055 | INDIAN MINISTERS, SANS PORTFOLIOS, SWORN IN (CANCELLED) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 14:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1056 | CORRECTED COPY: INDIAN MINISTERS, SANS [...] (SBU) Indian President Pratibha Patil administered the oath of office to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 19 Cabinet Ministers at 6:30pm (local time) on May 22. Portfolios will be announced in the coming days. Among the returning ministers were prominent Congress Party names from the previo [...] | 2009-05-26 04:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1059 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORORISM, U.S. AID TO [...] "MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK: SIX MONTHS LATER," editorial in May 26 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It has been six months since Mumbai was shaken by the terror blasts. Undoubtedly, the purpose was to paralyze the financial capital of India. In the final analysis, peace won over terrorism. The neigh [...] | 2009-05-26 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1060 | INDIA JOINS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN EXPRESSING [...] In response to North Korea's nuclear test, on May 25 India's External Affairs Ministry issued the following statement: "We have seen reports that DPRK has conducted a nuclear test on 25 May 2009. For the DPRK to conduct such a test in violation of its international commitments would be un [...] | 2009-05-26 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1062 | GOI PORTFOLIOS ANNOUNCED INCLUDING NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: At a Cabinet meeting on May 23, the newly formed Indian government announced six major portfolios: -- S.M. Krishna, External Affairs -- Pranab Mukherjee, Finance -- P. Chidambaram, Home -- A.K. Antony, Defense -- Sharad Pawar, Agriculture -- Mamata Banerjee, Railways Former [...] | 2009-05-26 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1063 | VIOLENT REACTION TO SIKH TEMPLE KILLING -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Life has returned to relative normalcy in major cities across the state of Punjab after curfews were imposed to halt violent protests over the death of a religious sect leader and injuries to another on May 24 during a clash in a Sikh temple in Vienna, Austria. Mainstream Sikhs [...] | 2009-05-26 15:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1069 | MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, NORTH KOREA MISSILE [...] "NEW GOVERNMENT IN NEPAL," editorial in the May 26 nationalist Hindi daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA. "Nepal's former Prime Minister Prachanda may accuse his successor Madhav Kumar Nepal of hatching a conspiracy to oust his government, just as he accused India. Instead of a confrontation, Madhav should [...] | 2009-05-27 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1072 | RAHUL GANDHI ON HOW CONGRESS WON, VISION FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: In a private meeting with the Charge on May 23, Indian Congress Party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi discussed his work with the Youth Congress, why he gambled on Congress going it alone during parliamentary elections in Uttar Pradesh, and what he sees as the future of Indian politi [...] | 2009-05-27 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI108 | MAYAWATI CANCELS BIRTHDAY PARTY, CASH GIFTS STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati canceled her January 15 birthday party ostensibly because of the Mumbai attacks. In previous years, the now fifty-three year old Mayawati threw multiple lavish parties for herself that were noteworthy fo [...] | 2009-01-16 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1081 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, OBAMA'S ECONOMIC [...] "PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR ARSENAL DANGEROUS TO THE WORLD: DOESN'T FRANCE KNOW THAT?" op-ed in May 28 centrist Marathi daily PRAHAAR. "While every neighboring country, particularly India, is worried about the prospect of Pakistani nuclear arms falling into the hands of Islamic insurgents, we hear new [...] | 2009-05-28 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1083 | GOI FILLS OUT CABINET, MANY PORTFOLIOS STILL ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian Government announced 59 additional Ministers on May 28, bringing the total number to 78. However, no portfolios have been made public aside from the six top spots previously announced (Ref B). All told there are 33 Cabinet Ministers; ranking slightly below that, se [...] | 2009-05-28 14:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1084 | FIRST SESSION OF INDIAN PARLIAMENT: POMP AND [...] (SBU) Summary: After an unexpectedly strong performance in the parliamentary elections, the Congress Party and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government it leads will convene both houses of the Indian Parliament from June 1-9. The highlight of the short session will be President Patil,s [...] | 2009-05-28 15:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI109 | BJP VETERAN ATTACKS CENTER, INFIGHTING CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's criticism of his own Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial hopeful L.K. Advani garnered widespread media attention last week. While the 86-year-old party stalwart's cranky outburst is unlikely to cause any lasting da [...] | 2009-01-16 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1092 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN [...] "SIX MONTHS LATER," editorial in the May 28 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN. "Even after six months, Pakistan has done nothing to punish the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks. U.S. efforts to bring about an India-Pakistan rapprochement should be a matter of concern for India. America wants [...] | 2009-05-29 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1096 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 26-29, 2009, including the following: -- Indian Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and MTN of South Africa Back in Merger Negotiations -- Government Aims to Present Budget by Early July -- Bharti Wal-Mart t [...] | 2009-05-29 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1098 | NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 25 TO [...] Below is a compilation of Environment and Science & Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 25-29, 2009, including the following: -- Cyclone Aila Impacts Sundarbans Tiger Reserve -- Delhi Government Plans Climate Change Fund -- ISRO to Launch Second Space Capsule Rec [...] | 2009-05-29 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1099 | GOVERNMENT SIGNALS PERFORMANCE IS PARAMOUNT IN KEY ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) announced the remainder of its 79-member council of ministers on May 28, who join the earlier round of ministers announced on May 22 (see reftel). The week-long process of selection seems to have placed more weight on capable [...] | 2009-05-29 14:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1113 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION IN DANGER," op-ed in May 31 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Being completely irresponsible and in violation of international laws, North Korea's obtaining nuclear weapons is a grave concern for international security. It will put extra pressure on the ma [...] | 2009-06-01 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1123 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, U.S. [...] "PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR INTENTIONS," editorial in June 1 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The Indian Army Chief has valid concerns about Pakistan's attempts to enhance its nuclear capability. India has to raise this issue at the international diplomatic level, but should also talk to Pa [...] | 2009-06-02 10:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1126 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S//NF) Embassy New Delhi's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on June 2 to discuss an increased threat stemming from the release of Jammat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed from house arrest. Regional Affairs has seen credible intelligence suggesting there are multiple threads of terrorist planning ong [...] | 2009-06-02 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1127 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S//NF) Embassy New Delhi's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on June 2 to discuss an increased threat stemming from the release of Jammat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed from house arrest. Regional Affairs has seen credible intelligence suggesting there are multiple threads of terrorist plannin [...] | 2009-06-02 14:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1128 | INDIA REACTS VOCIFEROUSLY TO RELEASE OF LET LEADERS; HOPES TO PROCEED WITH TRILATERAL MUMBAI INVESTIGATOR'S MEETING IN U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Indian Foreign Secretary Menon expressed dismay about the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa Chief Hafiz Saeed to Charge Burleigh on June 2, noting that the Government of India's plan to provide wheat shipments to aid internally displaced people in the SWAT Valley was now threatened. The Minist [...] | 2009-06-02 14:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1129 | CHARGE MEETS NEW INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER; [...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 courtesy call by the Charge, newly appointed External Affairs Minister Krishna said he welcomed enhancement of the bilateral dialogue. In a prior meeting with Foreign Secretary Menon, the Charge flagged the need to move forward on "legacy" issues in the run-up to ne [...] | 2009-06-02 14:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ENRG CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1132 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/PAKISTAN, U.S. [...] "TERROR AND INSENSITIVITY," editorial in June 1 centrist Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "The British and Chinese objections on India's request to put Masood Azhar and Azam Cheema on the UNSC terror list are beyond understanding. The Pakistan government's double standards on terrorism have becom [...] | 2009-06-03 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1138 | SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Burns: In many respects, your visit represents the moment so many of us who manage the India account have waited years for: a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian government freed from the constraints of anti-American coalition partners or [...] | 2009-06-03 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1139 | NEW DELHI EAC CONVENES TO DISCUSS CURRENT THREATS [...] (S/NF) (Summary) The full New Delhi Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on 3 June to review information related to threats associated with the release of Hafiz Saeed (REFTEL A, B). The EAC was chaired by CDA Peter Burleigh. The EAC discussed specific aspects of current threat reporting and ag [...] | 2009-06-04 02:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1141 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "PAKISTAN'S BACKOUT," editorial in June 3 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "Pakistan maintains its double standards, even though it is fighting a war for its existence. On the one hand, it bans Jamaat-ud-Dawa, but at the same time it releases the organization' leader, Saeed." 2. "PAKISTAN'S JUSTICE, [...] | 2009-06-04 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1142 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 15:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1143 | INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY LEAKS SPUR DISCUSSION OF [...] (C) Summary: Despite Pakistan's release of JUD leader Hafiz Saeed on Tuesday and allegations of cease-fire violations yesterday, Indian media is buzzing with suggestions that the Indian Government is taking a second look at its no-dialogue strategy with Pakistan and may be considering restar [...] | 2009-06-04 16:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID EAGR PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI115 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Indian media reported and commented widely on the incoming and outgoing Presidents. Reports said President Bush on Monday made a round of farewell phone calls to world leaders, while President-elect Obama and his wife Michelle attended the Lincoln Memorial inaugural concert in Wa [...] | 2009-01-20 11:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1151 | OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT I [...] "Obama's eloquent address conspicuously excluded any reference to the Kashmir issue in the Indian sub- continent, home of the largest concentration of Muslims in the world, likely to the dismay of Pakistan and its separatist proxies who have made it a cause, and the delight of Indian nationali [...] | 2009-06-05 11:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1162 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 1-5, 2009, including the following: -- GDP Growth of 6.7% Surprises on the Upside -- Infrastructure Sector Recovers Somewhat in April -- Some Signs of Expanding Manufacturing Sector -- FY 2009-10 Be [...] | 2009-06-05 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1163 | NEW GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian President Pratibha Patil's address to a joint session of Parliament on June 4 outlined the achievements of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and charted a road map for the next five years. It was largely in-line with the Congress Party's election [...] | 2009-06-05 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1164 | INDIA PROPOSES "SELF DETERMINATION" RATHER THAN [...] (SBU) The charge discussed the U.S. suggestion that India not proceed with bringing the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) to a vote in the United Nations in the June 29 - July 2 Ad Hoc Committee meeting in a one-on-one lunch with Ministry of External Affairs Special [...] | 2009-06-05 14:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI117 | INDIA QUIETLY POSITIVE TOWARD A.Q. KHAN SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar told PolCouns January 16 that while India's policy was not to comment officially about the nonproliferation sanctions applied to the A.Q. Khan proliferation network January 12, India nevertheless viewed them as positive [...] | 2009-01-20 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI118 | FIERCE INDIAN REACTION TO MILIBAND'S KASHMIR [...] (C) Summary: British Foreign Secretary Miliband's visit to India January 14-16 was a public relations disaster after his comments linking the Mumbai attacks to the Kashmir conflict made headlines. Miliband was widely criticized by the media and was the victim of pointed remarks by Indian offic [...] | 2009-01-20 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK UK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1180 | INDIAN PM SINGH LIKELY TO ATTEND SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Indian Ministry of External Affairs Director (Eurasia) Mrs. Nagma Mallick told us on June 4 that though it has not been announced officially, Prime Minister Singh will likely attend the June 15-16 SCO summit in the Russian city of Yektarinburg. This would be the first time that India has [...] | 2009-06-08 09:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1185 | OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT II [...] "OBAMA'S CANDOUR IN TIMELESS CAIRO," opinion piece in June 6 centrist English daily, THE INDIAN EXPRESS: "Barack Obama's speech is quite simply one of the most important articulations by any world leader on the relationship between Islam and the West-indeed, between Islam and the rest of the w [...] | 2009-06-08 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1191 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN [...] "OBAMA TRYING TO BECOME SAVIOR OF THE WORLD," op-ed in June 8 right-of-center AMAR UJALA: "President Obama is trying to become the savior of the world, projecting himself as a messiah. The United States, before advising others, should know that the Israel-Arab conflict, terrorism in Pakistan a [...] | 2009-06-09 10:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1196 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/U.S. MILITARY AID, [...] "INDIA NEEDS TO KEEP HER EYES WIDE OPEN," op-ed article in June 10 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "For over five decades now, Pakistan has been receiving U.S. aid on one pretext or another just to gain military superiority over India. It is thus widely perceived that the purpose of U. [...] | 2009-06-10 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI12 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, WAR [...] "PAKISTAN IN DEEP CRISIS," op-ed article in January 4 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The only contribution of Pakistan in the war against terror is that it is the origin of terrorism, safe haven for Al-Qaida and the hub of the Pakistani and Afghan [...] | 2009-01-05 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1204 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN [...] "DOES THIS NEW LANGUAGE SPEAK OF NEW POSSIBILITIES?" editorial in June 11 independent Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "The importance of President Obama's Cairo remarks is certainly different since he wants to dissociate himself from his predecessor. He does not offer an immediate solution [...] | 2009-06-11 10:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1209 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETS INDIAN PRIME MINISTER SINGH [...] (C) Summary: In a June 11 meeting, Prime Minister Singh assured Under Secretary Burns of his strong personal commitment to strengthening further India's ties to the United States. Singh welcomed the development of a road map that would provide structure to the strategic partnership and produce [...] | 2009-06-11 17:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PARM MASS PTER ENRG PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1210 | FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed regional security June 10, with a focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Menon referred to Prime Minister Singh's June 9 comments in Parliament that the Composite Dialogue could not resume [...] | 2009-06-11 17:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1211 | FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS NEW STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed a new architecture for the Strategic Dialogue and a variety of bilateral and regional issues during several meetings June 10. Remarking on the substantial overlap in thinking on how t [...] | 2009-06-11 17:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1212 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS AND FOREIGN MINISTER KRISHNA [...] (SBU) Summary. In his first meeting with Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna, visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns outlined opportunities to expand the bilateral relationship as it enters the next phase. Foreign Secretary Menon and Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Mee [...] | 2009-06-11 17:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1213 | HOME MINISTER MEETS U/S BURNS [...] (S) Summary: In a productive and serious June 10 exchange with Under Secretary Bill Burns, Home Minister P. Chidambaram offered his sober assessment of India's internal and external security challenges: from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to ongoing insurgencies in "the hinterlands" of I [...] | 2009-06-11 18:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV BG ECON NP PHUM PK PREL PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1220 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] "AMERICA'S HYPOCRISY," editorial in June 12 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "America seems to be singing the same old raga of Indo-Pak talks. Pakistan has moved its troops from the Indian border to the Afghan border. But does that mean that all its sins can be absolved? One should ask Rich [...] | 2009-06-12 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1221 | NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEKS OF JUNE 01 TO [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 08-12, 2009, including the following: -- Not-So-Expert Group Recommends Dilution of Environmental Clearance Process -- India to Establish Environmental Protection Autho [...] | 2009-06-12 12:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO MNUC ECON KGHG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1222 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 8-12, 2009, including the following: -- MOF Preparing for Budget Session -- Indian Commerce Minister Meets with USTR, Others on WTO -- Tax Concessions Proposed for Broadcast & Film Industry -- Will [...] | 2009-06-12 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1223 | U/S BURNS AND AHLUWALIA CHART NEXT STEPS IN THE BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns met with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, and close economic adviser to the Prime Minister, Montek Singh Ahluwalia on June 11 to discuss proposals for moving the economic relationship forward. They focused on ways [...] | 2009-06-12 14:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1224 | ADVANI PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR U.S.-INDIA RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 11 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, India's Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani pledged common cause with the new Congress-led government, particularly on the principal foreign policy issues of Afghanistan and Pakistan and on a strengthened relationship with the Un [...] | 2009-06-12 14:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENRG PAK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1225 | FOREIGN MINISTER S.M. KRISHNA: A SAFE BET AT MEA [...] (C) Summary: Congress Party veteran S.M. Krishna assumed office as the new External Affairs Minister on May 23. Krishna, a Rajya Sabha backbencher, stands in contrast to his predecessor, Pranab Mukherjee, the ultimate Congress Party fixer and operator whose ambitions for the Prime Minister's p [...] | 2009-06-12 15:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1226 | INDIAN "YOUTH WAVE": NEW STARS IN THE PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage of the 2009 parliamentary election highlighted the possible emergence of a generational change in Indian politics, with the spotlight on Rahul Gandhi as well as a large contingent of young contestants vying for seats in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) [...] | 2009-06-12 15:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1228 | NSA NARAYANAN MEETS WITH U/S BURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan saluted the dynamic nature of the U.S.-India relationship in a June 11 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, stating "we don't want a hiatus." The NSA encouraged visits of senior U.S. officials, and described cooperation on defense and coun [...] | 2009-06-12 16:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1229 | INDIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS: RELEASE AUNG SAN SUU KYI, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indian press reported June 11 that a group of Indian parliamentarians had submitted an appeal to Prime Minister Singh to ask Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi and to hold elections. Member of Parliament Sharad Joshi, a leader of the previously defunct Indian Parliamentarians' F [...] | 2009-06-15 04:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1233 | DALAI LAMA PRAISES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) On June 15, Representative of the Dalai Lama in India, Tempa Tsering, delivered a letter from the Dalai Lama to President Barack Obama. The letter commends the President's efforts to reach out to Muslim countries and resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Tsering confirmed that Pres [...] | 2009-06-15 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF IN CH |
| 09NEWDELHI1234 | BHUTANESE PM AND FM CONGRATULATE A/S BLAKE ON HIS [...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi sent post copies of letters from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and Foreign Minister Ugyen Tshering to Assistant Secretary Bob Blake congratulating him on his appointment. Once we receive the original letters, we will send them to SCA/INS. 2. (U) Begin [...] | 2009-06-15 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1235 | INVESTOR APPETITE FOR INDIA RETURNING BUT GOVT BETTER NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1236 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN [...] "OBAMA'S EXPRESSION," op-ed in June 14 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "President Obama's speech in Cairo was meant to assure the Islamic community of American goodwill. Some warmly supported it and some expressed a need for concrete actions, particularly on the Palestine-Israel i [...] | 2009-06-15 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1237 | INVESTOR APPETITE FOR INDIA RETURNING BUT GOVT BETTER NOT [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and ConGenoffs met with Mumbai contacts on June 1 and 2 to gauge investor reaction to the elections and signs of recovery in the Indian economy. In contrast to reports at the beginning of 2009 that investors were waiting for political uncertainty to end with the May el [...] | 2009-06-16 03:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1245 | U/S BURNS MEETS INDIAN HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Kapil Sibal, the genial and upbeat new Minister of Human Resources Development (MHRD) welcomed Under Secretary Burns and his delegation for a tour d'horizon of India's educational challenges and a proposal for partnership. In office only two weeks, Sibal is clearly relishing the [...] | 2009-06-16 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO OIIP SCUL PGOV ECON PHUM PK PREL PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1250 | FOURTH KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES A/S BLAKE ON [...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi delivered a letter from the Fourth King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, to Assistant Secretary Bob Blake, congratulating him on his appointment. We will send the original letter, along with the original letters from the Prime Minister and Foreign Mini [...] | 2009-06-16 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1251 | AVIATION FEE IMPASSE FORCES EMBASSY TO CANCEL SUPPORT FLIGHT, SEEK INTERIM SOLUTION [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (SBU) Post appreciates the Department's guidance to date (ref A and previous) on the issue of aviation-related fees for official U.S. Government aircraft and understands that an interagency process is currently underway to pr [...] | 2009-06-16 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KMGT OTRA EAIR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI126 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] SUMMARY: On Tuesday night (22:30 India time) urban India was glued to their TV sets as "history was being made, and hope and change being ushered in" for the United States. Live telecasts, with Indian language commentary and voice-overs, ran on all mainstream news channels. Leading broadcaster [...] | 2009-01-21 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1260 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, U.S.-INDIA [...] "NATURAL CONCLUSION," editorial in June 16 nationalist Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is not unnatural for Indian policymakers to conclude that Pakistan will not take action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack. The basic reason behind Pakistan's tenacious anti-India attitude [...] | 2009-06-17 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1261 | HARYANA PONDERS RIDING THE CONGRESS WAVE [...] (U) Summary: The political buzz in Delhi and Chandigarh is that the Congress Party is considering early elections for the Haryana state assembly. Originally scheduled for February 2010, the preponed Haryana elections would likely be scheduled to coincide with the Maharashtra assembly elections [...] | 2009-06-17 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1263 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COMMENTARY ON [...] "IRAN ON THE BOIL," editorial in left-influenced THE HINDU: "The official declaration of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a runaway winner in a hotly disputed and possibly rigged presidential election has generated a white heat of popular anger that has no precedent in Iran's post-re [...] | 2009-06-17 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1266 | INDO-PAK TALKS: MEDIA REPORTS OF LEADERS' FIRST [...] SUMMARY: Indian Prime Minister Singh and Pakistani President Zardari met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg June 16, their first meeting since the Mumbai terrorist attacks last November. Indian media widely applauded PM Singh's comments, cr [...] | 2009-06-17 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PK IR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1269 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Post's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) has contacted Indian Air Force (IAF) offices to address questions in Reftel A. Post contacted the IAF HQ office that handles MiG-29 maintenance issues several times to no avail. Post also spoke numerous times with Group Captain Aggrawal, who was [...] | 2009-06-18 02:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KSEP IN US |
| 09NEWDELHI1272 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, PALESTINE, [...] "CLEAR WARNING," editorial in June 17 right-of- center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "PM Manmohan Singh clearly and publicly told President Zardari in Yekaterinburg that Pakistan's territory should not be used for terrorist attacks against India. Such a firm attitude is absolutely right when deal [...] | 2009-06-18 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1276 | INDO-PAK TALKS: ICE BROKEN ON ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (SBU) The meeting between Prime Minister Singh and Pakistani President Zardari on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg on June 16 (ref A) continued to dominate headlines following press conferences by Prime Minister Singh June 17 and Foreign Secre [...] | 2009-06-18 14:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1277 | SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) General Jones: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit comes on the heels of Under Secretary Burns' successful trip to India and in the run-up to a July visit by Secretary Clinton. You will be coming at a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian [...] | 2009-06-18 14:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1278 | BJP IMPLOSION OR REINVENTION? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's (UPA) unexpectedly decisive victory in India's general election has left the country's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in disarray. The fallout of this drubbing has shattered the image of the BJP a [...] | 2009-06-18 14:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI128 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1282 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW [...] "MANMOHAN-ZARDARI MEETING," editorial in June 18 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The only outcome of the Singh-Zardari meeting in Yekaterinburg is the decision to have a meeting of the Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries. In Yekaterinburg, Singh firmly told Zardari that his mandate was to [...] | 2009-06-19 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1284 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 15-19, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Hits Negative Territory -- India Imposes Restrictions on Chinese Mobiles, Extends Tight Norms on Toys and Dairy -- Panel Advises Increase in Supp [...] | 2009-06-19 11:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1285 | MANMOHAN SINGH: GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) on June 9, reaffirming the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's agenda and goals as mentioned in President Prathiba Patil's parliamentary address one week before. PM Singh em [...] | 2009-06-19 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1286 | INDIA - H1N1 FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of 19 June, India has 44 confirmed H1N1 cases, including two infections caught within India. Mission expects this number to increase over the near future. The Government of India (GOI) takes H1N1 and the possibility of recombination in India very seriously and is trying to p [...] | 2009-06-19 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI1287 | INDIA: DEMARCHE ON MEF LEADERS MEETING DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Charge D'Affairs (CDA) delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and Minister for Science and Technology, on June 19. CDA emphasized to Minister Chavan that the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF),and a strong Lead [...] | 2009-06-22 03:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI129 | INDIA INC. ENDORSES MODI, BJP ANXIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a global investor conference in Gujarat on January 13, India's "captains of industry" -- Anil Ambani, Sunil Mittal, Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani and K.V. Kamath -- heaped lavish praise on Chief Minister Narendra Modi for developing Gujarat as one of the nation's leading busi [...] | 2009-01-21 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN PHUM |
| 09NEWDELHI1290 | NEW INDIAN S&T AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Environment, Science and Technology (EST) issues have taken on renewed emphasis in India with the appointment of two key Ministers that are well respected, action and results oriented, and favorably disposed toward the U.S. MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES [...] | 2009-06-22 10:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL ECON SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1291 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "PAKISTAN USES NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO BLACKMAIL AMERICA," editorial in June 22 right-of-center Marathi daily, SAAMNA: "Despite the rising global pressure on Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan does not seem to have changed its ways. On the contrary, the Pakistani government s [...] | 2009-06-22 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1293 | INDIA SUPPORTS STATEMENT OF IMPARTIALITY IN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV AF IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1294 | INDIA: EMPHASIS ON INCREASING U.S. S&T COLLABORATION [...] (SBU) During a 19 June courtesy call, Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, newly appointed Minister for Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, and continuing Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, told the Charge (CDA) that he wanted science and technology (S&T) collaboration betwe [...] | 2009-06-23 04:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA SENV TSPL ECON SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1299 | VALIDATION STUDY OF NEW DELHI'S P3 PERFORMERS [...] SUMMARY: As one of a series of validation studies (reftels A-D) by Embassy New Delhi, Fraud Prevention personnel undertook a validation of P3 visas issued in FY 2008. Given the size of the groups that often apply for P3 visas, and the concomitant risk of a few "extras" thrown in, we have giv [...] | 2009-06-23 08:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1300 | INDIA JUSTIFIES DISSENT ON NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon explained to the Charge d'Affaires June 22 India's rationale for failing to support International Nuclear Fuel Bank proposals at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting in Vienna June 15-16 (ref A). According to media re [...] | 2009-06-23 13:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1301 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN [...] "OBAMA'S POSITIVE PEACE PROPOSAL," editorial in June 17 Kolkata Bengali magazine, DESH: "The question is to what degree hardcore Islamic nations and terrorist groups will respond to Obama's call. The Americans will have to shun their arrogance. On their part, the Islamic world will have to bec [...] | 2009-06-23 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1302 | OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT III [...] "OBAMA'S EFFORTS," editorial in June 8 right-of- center Urdu daily, MUNSIF: "Obama cannot be held responsible for the atrocities perpetrated by Bush, but it is a fact that massacre and bloodshed in Afghanistan and Iraq were committed by none other than Obama's predecessor. To what extent can O [...] | 2009-06-23 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1308 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "PAKISTAN'S PROBLEMS," editorial in June 24 right- of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "There is not going to be an end to the problems faced by Pakistan despite its receiving enormous aid from America. This is because most of the aid is utilized to amass weapons against India and the [...] | 2009-06-24 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1316 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] "IRAN ON THE THRESHOLD OF CHANGE," op-ed in June 25 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAAL: "The turbulent aftermath of Iran's elections also holds some positive possibilities. Nobody can predict when the violence will stop over there, but President Ahmadinejad now cannot be stripped of his presidency [...] | 2009-06-25 11:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1318 | INDIA WELCOMES SRI LANKAN DELEGATION, PROGRESS ON [...] (U) Senior Adviser to the Sri Lankan President Basil Rajapaksa and his brother, Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gothbaya Rajapaksa, met with Indian External Affairs Minister Krishna in Delhi on June 24. They discussed the resettlement and rehabilitation of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) [...] | 2009-06-25 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF PTER CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1319 | CONGRESS PARTY LEVERAGES ELECTORAL WIN TO EMPOWER [...] (SBU) Summary. Following an impressive win in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government demonstrated the value it places on female constituents by introducing a cachet of women's empowerment initiatives. President Patil's outline of her gover [...] | 2009-06-25 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1321 | HUMAN RESOURCE, LABOR, AND WOMEN/CHILD DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) The Congress Party appointed three party loyalists to positions in the Human Resource Development, Labor, and Women/Child Development Ministries. Sibal: Experienced Lawyer and Politician Takes Helm at Human Resource Development ----- 2. (U) Kapil Sibal was sworn into the cabinet on M [...] | 2009-06-26 06:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN KDEM KOCI KWMN KTIP ELAB |
| 09NEWDELHI1328 | WOMEN IN THE LOK SABHA: IS IT A CHAMPAGNE MOMENT? [...] SUMMARY: The 2009 parliamentary election highlighted the possible emergence of women leaders in Indian politics, with the focus on Meira Kumar as the speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) along with a contingent of influential women leaders vying for parliamentary seats. Fi [...] | 2009-06-26 12:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1329 | BJP: NOT THERE YET [...] (U) The BJP,s two-day national executive meeting held in Lucknow was expected to be a fire-works show, complete with stinging accusations and counter charges. Embassy contacts and media report that passions ran high, and the meeting lived up to its controversial billing. In the aftermath [...] | 2009-06-26 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1330 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 22-26, 2009, including the following: -- India To Be Fastest Growing Economy in 2010 -- India Signals Openness to Re-Start Doha Round Negotiations -- GOI Announces New PPP Norms -- GOI Announces [...] | 2009-06-26 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1331 | INDIA URGES NORTH KOREA TO RETURN TO SIX-PARTY [...] (SBU) External Affairs Minister Krishna, in a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung-hwan in Delhi June 23, agreed that it was "important for the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks," according to a press release from the Ministry. Indian media characterized the statement as "a [...] | 2009-06-26 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1333 | MEA KRISHNA HONORS BHUTAN WITH FIRST VISIT ABROAD [...] (U) Summary. India's newly-appointed Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna visited Bhutan June 18-20, marking his first trip abroad after assuming power. Krishna met with the current and former kings, Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley, and other officials to reaffirm the close relationship b [...] | 2009-06-26 13:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR ENRG EAID ELTN |
| 09NEWDELHI1334 | INDIAN OFFICIALS TO VISIT MALDIVES TO RAISE [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Menon told Charge on June 26 that he would be traveling with National Security Adviser Narayanan to the Maldives June 29-30 to address their growing concern over Maldivian internal stability. Menon related that India feared the one "stable" nation in the region was at ris [...] | 2009-06-26 13:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MV PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1337 | NSA JONES DISCUSSES U.S.-INDIA SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Meeting National Security Advisor James Jones on June 26, Defense Minister A.K. Antony stressed his support for moving beyond minor irritants and to a broad and expanded security relationship between India and the United States. Both Jones and Antony affirmed their commitment to buildi [...] | 2009-06-29 05:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK AG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1338 | PRIME MINISTER SINGH DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh shared his views on the bilateral relationship and regional security challenges with visiting National Security Advisor Jones June 26. The Prime Minister welcomed the Secretary of State's planned visit to develop the "enormous opportunities" in the relationsh [...] | 2009-06-29 05:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1339 | NSA NARAYANAN PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS TO WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor Narayanan, the Foreign Secretary, and Defense Secretary, as well as a number of other senior officials, reiterated India's desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship during a series of meetings with National Security Advisor General James Jones an [...] | 2009-06-29 10:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1340 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/TERRORISM; [...] "TALIBAN'S TYRANNY IN FAILED PAKISTAN," editorial in June 29 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "The Taliban-orchestrated violence and mayhem is becoming a severe challenge for Pakistani administrators, with innocent civilians becoming targets of mindless acts of terrorism that has ruined [...] | 2009-06-29 10:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1349 | NAXALITES: AN EMERGING NATIONAL THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent violence in West Bengal has focused attention on India's Maoist insurgency, which has become one of the most violent of its domestic conflicts. The broad network of Maoist cells, known as the Naxalite movement, is present in at least eleven of India's twenty-eight states [...] | 2009-06-29 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1350 | SPOTLIGHT ON RAHUL GANDHI AFTER 2009 ELECTION [...] (SBU) The 2009 Indian parliamentary election was largely seen as a "coming-of-age" for 39-year old Congress Party General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi. Throughout the campaign, media cast a spotlight on Rahul's every move -- from visiting almost every state to address public rallies, to gambling o [...] | 2009-06-29 14:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1356 | RIGHTS FOR SEXUAL MINORITIES IN INDIA MAY GROW [...] (U) Summary. India's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transvestite (LGBT) community is becoming increasingly active, while Indian society appears to be slowly accepting equal rights for the community. The global LGBT Month saw marches in major Indian cities, including New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, [...] | 2009-06-30 08:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1357 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S MUSLIM [...] "OBAMA'S NEW KID ON THE KASHMIR BLOCK," editorial in June 30 left-of-center Marathi daily, MAHARASHTRA TIMES: "The Obama administration's appointment of Farah Pandith, a woman of Kashmiri-origin chosen to reach out to the Muslim world, has been welcomed. This is the first time the post of such [...] | 2009-06-30 10:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI136 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ALLENGERS MEDICAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On January 15, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Allengers Medical Systems [...] | 2009-01-22 09:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1362 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] "FAILED COUNTRY PAKISTAN," editorial in June 30 right-of-center Urdu daily, INQUILAB: "Defeat of the Taliban will not resolve all the problems of Pakistan. The country will have to tackle the problems like food scarcity, water shortage, power failure, unemployment and many more. Without taking [...] | 2009-07-01 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1364 | LIONS CLUB LETTERS A TICKET TO USA? [...] SUMMARY: Interviewing hundreds wishing to attend the 2009 Lions Clubs International convention in Minneapolis, post personnel identified several significant fraud indicators. FPU and ARSO-I personnel isolated four applicants with completely fraudulent supporting packages. After those applic [...] | 2009-07-01 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1367 | MINISTER KRISHNA'S EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rounding out the new Minister of External Affairs team headed by S.M. Krishna (Ref A),Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed Preneet Kaur and Shashi Tharoor as Ministers of State. Tharoor's extensive foreign policy background and savvy media image are expected to lend clout to [...] | 2009-07-02 10:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI137 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA INAUGURATION; NEW DELHI. [...] "DREAM AND REALITY," editorial in 21 Jan centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Despite its openness, American society is very conservative when it comes to gender and racial equality. When you see how difficult it is for women and non-whites to make it big, then you know the significance of B [...] | 2009-01-22 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1372 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAQ, SINO-INDIA [...] "FAILED STATE," editorial in July 1 independent Kolkata Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "Pakistan will face more danger if the current turmoil is not controlled and the uprooted people are not returned to their homes, no matter what the President or the Prime Minister says. Instability in Pakista [...] | 2009-07-02 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1374 | HISTORIC DAY FOR THE RIGHTS OF SEXUAL MINORITIES IN INDIA [...] (U) On July 2, the Delhi High Court issued a landmark judgment in support of the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community in India. The High Court ruled that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalizes consensual sex between adults (18 years of age or above [...] | 2009-07-02 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1379 | NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 29 TO [...] Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 29-July 2, 2009, including the following: -- World Bank: Don't Require Deep Emission Cuts from India -- India Against International Climate Change Monitoring, Carbon Tax -- [...] | 2009-07-02 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO ENRG ECON SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1386 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, PAKISTAN; [...] "UNNECESSARY CONCERN ABOUT CHINA," op-ed in July 5 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "In 1962, India's political and military leadership was not experienced enough to face China. The question is should we be still worry about another armed struggle with China? 2009 is not 1962, and now India may not [...] | 2009-07-06 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1392 | INDIA'S ECONOMIC SURVEY FOCUSES ON GROWTH AND FISCAL [...] (U) Summary: The Economic Survey for India's Fiscal Year (IFY) 2008-09 (4/1/2008 to 3/31/2009) presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in India's Parliament on July 2 paints a resilient picture of the Indian economy. The Survey sees a 'U shaped' recovery for growth in IFY 2009-10 (4/1/2 [...] | 2009-07-06 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1397 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, IRAQ; NEW [...] "NORTH KOREA'S FRUSTRATION," editorial in July 6 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "What is wrong with North Korea? It again test fired missiles Thursday and Saturday, in complete disregard of international opinion. What was Pyongyang trying to convey by testing on the U.S. Independence [...] | 2009-07-07 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1398 | KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES A/S BLAKE [...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi sent post a letter from the Fifth King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to Assistant Secretary Bob Blake congratulating him on his appointment and inviting him to visit the Himalayan kingdom. We will send the original letter to SCA/INS. 2. (U) [...] | 2009-07-07 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1401 | THE NEW BUDGET INVESTS IN RURAL INDIA, BUT POSTPONES FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented a rural-oriented 2009-2010 central government budget on July 6 which many say reflect his style: pragmatic, not flashy, and indifferent to market expectations. Indeed, the initial reaction of many to the budget was one of disappointm [...] | 2009-07-07 14:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR EPET PREL PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1411 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, POTUS [...] "ALTHOUGH LATE, ZARDARI FINALLY SPEAKS THE TRUTH," editorial in July 9 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "Pakistani President Zardari's admission, that Pakistan created and nurtured terrorists to achieve short-term goals, is the first such instance by any Pakistani head of state in recen [...] | 2009-07-09 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1429 | C1/D VALIDATION SHOWS HIGH COMPLIANCE IN NEW DELHI [...] SUMMARY: As one of a series of validation studies (reftels A-E) by Embassy New Delhi, Post undertook a validation of C1/D visas issued in FY 2007. Post typically sees a range of applicants from first-time seafarers to seasoned captains. Other than their new professions, first-time C1/D appl [...] | 2009-07-10 10:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1432 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, U.S.- [...] "A SHAMELESS CONFESSION," editorial in July 10 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "President Zardari made a sensational admission, saying Pakistan nurtured terrorists as a policy to achieve tactical objectives. Now anything that Zardari does is not simple. So he might take a u-turn and deny or tw [...] | 2009-07-10 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1433 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 6-10, 2009, including the following: -- Sharma Sees Recovery Signs in Exports -- Update on India's Balance of Payments -- Price Rise for Petrol and Diesel -- Lower House of Parliament Passes Railwa [...] | 2009-07-10 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1434 | NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 6 TO [...] Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 06-July 10, 2009, including the following: -- A Plan for Cheetah Reintroduction? -- Insurgency Takes a Toll on Wildlife -- Forest Fires in Jammu and Kashmir -- India Increas [...] | 2009-07-11 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TSPA ECPS SCUL EAGR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1439 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, G-8 [...] "DOUBTS ABOUT ZARDARI'S INTENTIONS," editorial in July 10 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Pakistan President Zardari's statement that his country not only willfully created but also nurtured terrorists as a policy to achieve tactical objectives is important. However, confessions a [...] | 2009-07-13 10:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1442 | KING OF BHUTAN WISHES PRESIDENT OBAMA A HAPPY [...] (U) Post received a letter of congratulations to President Barack Obama from His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. We will forward the signed original via pouch and send a scanned copy to SCA/INSB. 2. (U) Begin text: Your Excellency, The people of Bhutan jo [...] | 2009-07-13 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1447 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, PAKISTAN, [...] "READY FOR PEACE TALKS," editorial in July 13 right- of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "PM Manmohan Singh has once again made it clear that India is ready to restore bilateral relations with Pakistan. Now Pakistan should also take initiatives to make the joint efforts successful. Pakista [...] | 2009-07-14 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1458 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "ANOTHER ABOUT TURN BY PAKISTAN," editorial in July 15 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "Despite the prevailing security threats and volatile political situation in Pakistan, the Punjab provincial government informed Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday that it wanted to withdraw its petition ch [...] | 2009-07-15 11:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1459 | HOME MINISTER'S RESPONSE TO USG LETTER REQUESTING [...] (U) Indian Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram on July 6 responded to Charge Burleigh's May 26 letter regarding increased counterterrorism (CT) cooperation between our countries. The full text of the letter is below: Thank you very much for your letter dated 26 May 2009 congratulating m [...] | 2009-07-15 11:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1464 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary: Mission India warmly welcomes you to India. This is an opportune moment in the relationship between the world's largest democracies. The Congress Party's strong showing in the April elections allowed formation of a new and strong Indian government--freed from the constrain [...] | 2009-07-15 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | EAGR EAID ECIN EFIN EINT EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC |
| 09NEWDELHI1466 | INDIAN AND PAKISTANI FOREIGN SECRETARIES MET; [...] (SBU) The Sharm-el-Sheikh session between India and Pakistan,s Foreign Secretaries on July 14 appears to have gone fairly well, with the Indian press reporting that Menon and Bashir discussed terrorism, specifically the 26/11 attack and Islamabad's next steps in trying the accused perpetrators [...] | 2009-07-15 14:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI147 | MEDIA REACTION: CORONATION OF OBAMA; NEW DELHI. [...] "BIRTH OF A NEW DREAM," editorial in January 22 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "In the U.S., thousands will attend a rock concert, but it gets tough to get even a hundred people to a political gathering. But they came for Obama -- in thousands, braving the numbing cold. So, what made th [...] | 2009-01-23 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1475 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, G-8 [...] "ZARDARI'S TRYST WITH TRUTH," commentary in July 15 right of center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Zardari has shown rare courage in making a candid admission of the domestic realities. Till recently it was both blasphemous and anti-national in Islamabad to acknowledge this truth. The military-l [...] | 2009-07-16 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1485 | INDO-PAK TALKS: ON THE ROAD AGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Singh's July 16 meeting in Sharm el Sheikh with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani has drawn a heated reaction from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left. The political fallout threatens to overshadow the potential positive developments stemming from t [...] | 2009-07-17 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1486 | MEIRA KUMAR: INDIA'S FIRST FEMALE PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 15th Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) elected Meira Kumar the first female Parliament Speaker on June 3, 2009. The former Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment is largely viewed as a safe, consensus choice. As a woman and a Dalit (former untouchable),Kumar's sel [...] | 2009-07-19 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1487 | POWER STRUGGLE IN LITTLE LHASA: TIBETAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The battle for control over the Tibetan Government-in-Exile (TGIE) has begun in Dharamsala, India. As the Dalai Lama turned 74 years old on July 7, Tibet watchers reiterated that the most volatile times in Tibetan politics usually occur around the time of a Dalai Lama's death. T [...] | 2009-07-19 14:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR KDEM CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1488 | NIRUPAMA RAO: A POISED NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian President Patil appointed Nirupama Rao as India,s second female Foreign Secretary. She will take office at the end of the month. A trusted East Asia hand, Rao is a veteran diplomat, known for her poised demeanor; she most recently served as Indian Ambassador to China. [...] | 2009-07-20 01:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1489 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 13-17, 2009, including the following: -- Informal WTO Talks to be Held in September -- EGoM to Help Steer the Long Delayed 3G Spectrum Auction -- Adequacy of India's Foreign Exchange Reserves -- [...] | 2009-07-20 07:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1490 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK [...] "TERRORISM, PAKISTAN AND HILLARY CLINTON'S INDIA VISIT," editorial in July 17 centrist Marathi daily NAVSHAKTI: "The Indian government is as usual is in a state of high alert in order to protect its financial capital - Mumbai -- from yet another terror attack. On the other hand, the Pakistani [...] | 2009-07-20 07:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI150 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 20-23, 2009, including the following: -- Montek Ahluwalia on 2009: "Brace Yourselves" -- Canadian FIPA/BIT Still Being Scrubbed -- GOI May Relax SEZ Norms Due to Low Export Demand -- Tourism in [...] | 2009-01-23 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1501 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK [...] "RELATIONS WITH U.S. IN NEW ERA," op-ed in July 19 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic analyst K. Subrahmanyam: "Hillary Clinton is very popular among the Indian community in the U.S. No previous secretary of state was in a better position than her to strengthen the U.S.-India relations.... [...] | 2009-07-20 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1508 | KASAB UNEXPECTEDLY ADMITS TO CARRYING OUT MUMBAI [...] The sole survivor of the ten member team alleged to have carried out last November's terrorist attacks on Mumbai, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, unexpectedly admitted his guilt to the judge in court on July 20. As prosecutors prepared to question the 135th witness out of the 150 slated to testify [...] | 2009-07-20 14:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI151 | INDIA TO INVESTIGATE DETONATOR SALES TO SYRIA, [...] (S) Ministry of External Affairs Under Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Mr. Vipul told Poloff January 23 that India took very seriously ref A information about the sale by two Indian firms of Wassenaar-controlled detonators to Syria, and said India would inv [...] | 2009-01-23 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER IN SY |
| 09NEWDELHI1514 | SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY [...] The Secretary's press conference with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna generated lead stories today. Reports said U.S. and India announced they had agreed on an "end-use monitoring" pact that takes a major step toward allowing the sale of sophisticated U.S. arms to India. 2. Secretar [...] | 2009-07-21 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1516 | GOI RESPONSE TO USG DELEGATION VISIT REGARDING [...] The Government of India (GOI) has declined the proposed visit of a team from the Department of Energy (National Nuclear Security Administration) and Department of Homeland Security (Bureau of Customs and Border Protection) to discuss the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) and Megaports Initiative. [...] | 2009-07-22 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KHLS PREL EWWT ETTC PARM IN PTER |
| 09NEWDELHI1517 | SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY [...] Media reports said that the Indian government, under attack from the Opposition for "compromising" national sovereignty by agreeing to allow U.S. inspection of military installations, asserted it has not bargained away India's interest by going in for the End-User Monitoring Agreement with Ame [...] | 2009-07-22 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI152 | CIVIL NUCLEAR TRADE MISSION REVEALS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. A trade mission co-led by the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and Nuclear Energy Institute explored opportunities for civil nuclear cooperation in meetings with senior political and technical officials in New De [...] | 2009-01-23 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1524 | U.S. NGOS: INDIA CONSIDERS SUPPORTING [...] (C) In a July 21 meeting with Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar, Assistant Secretary Robert Blake raised the issue of two American NGOs recently refused accreditation by a UN ECOSOC committee. The NGOs in question are the Democracy Coalition Project and the Dynamic Christian World Missi [...] | 2009-07-22 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1526 | MEDIA REACTION, NEW DELHI: SECSTATE INDIA [...] "DEAD WARRIOR IN A POLITICAL DRAMA," editorial-page article in July 23 independent Kolkata Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "It is unethical for the U.S. to advise China and India to become responsible without spelling out its own agenda on environmental protection issues. Secretary Clinton [...] | 2009-07-23 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI153 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 20-23, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 20-23, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Dalai Lama Asks Delhi to Choose Dialogue, Promote Tolerance -- Former BJP Parliamentarians Join Congress in Karnataka -- CPM Sus [...] | 2009-01-23 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR |
| 09NEWDELHI1535 | A/S BLAKE DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP DIALOGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Robert Blake met with Indian Joint Secretary (AMS) Gaitri Kumar July 21 and outlined next steps in the new Strategic Dialogue. They agreed that Counter Terrorism was an immediate focus and that Home Minister Chidambaram should visit Washington as soon as p [...] | 2009-07-24 08:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ECON ENRG SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1538 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK [...] "NEW MILESTONE IN RELATIONS," editorial in July 23 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The agreements finalized during the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to India can be defined as a new milestone in U.S.-India relations. No doubt there are differences over enrichment and reproces [...] | 2009-07-24 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI154 | PRIME MINISTER TO UNDERGO BY-PASS SURGERY [...] (SBU) Media sources and government officials confirmed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will undergo heart by-pass surgery tomorrow as one or more of his arteries have blockages. He was admitted to hospital tonight. Minister of State for External Affairs confirmed this to DCM and MEA Join [...] | 2009-01-23 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1544 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- GOI Releases Online Customs and Tariff Database -- Report on Benefits to India of Increasing FDI in Higher Ed -- Minister Sharma on Retail Growth and Agricul [...] | 2009-07-24 14:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1546 | RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT: [...] (C) In a July 24 meeting Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary (Russia) Rahul Shrivastava. He welcomed the information and said it was useful to get a more detailed readout. Shrivastava noted that he did not believe that Russia's main irritant [...] | 2009-07-27 09:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1547 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE VISIT TO INDIA, INDO- [...] "U.S.-INDIA RELATIONSHIP: IS IT A REAL FRIENDSHIP?" article in centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "The U.S. Secretary of State received an extraordinarily warm welcome in India. However, the overwhelming media coverage is not an indication of the nature of bilateral bonds between India and the U. [...] | 2009-07-27 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1565 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, U.S.- [...] "WELCOMING ARIHANT: INDIA NEEDS TO BE ALERT TO A POSSIBLE ATTACK FROM THE SEA," editorial in July 28 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "India's naval defense preparedness has taken a decisive leap forward with the launch of the first indigenously-built nuclear powered submarine, INS Arihant, whi [...] | 2009-07-28 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1572 | CONGRESS WALKS A FINE LINE IN UTTAR PRADESH [...] (SBU) Three weeks before Uttar Pradesh,s (U.P.) state assembly by-elections, the Congress Party,s state unit chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi kicked up a political dust storm with an incendiary comment about U.P. Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati. The party now finds itself having to weather this storm [...] | 2009-07-28 14:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1583 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1595 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "MISCONCEPTION OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN," op-ed in July 29 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The media in both India and Pakistan failed to rise above their mindsets to welcome the outcome of the Sharm-el- Sheikh meetings. Hillary Clinton's statement that the two countries should resol [...] | 2009-07-30 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI16 | HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM PROVIDES CONCURRENCE ON [...] (S) In a brief meeting with the Ambassador on January 5, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said that, after conferring with his colleagues, India concurred in the U.S. sharing information with Pakistani authorities that had been gathered by U.S. law enforcement authorities during the Mumbai investigat [...] | 2009-01-05 14:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1600 | AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 26-27 visit, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta announced the establishment of an India-Afghanistan Partnership Council and discussed security concerns with Prime Minister Singh, Foreign Minister Krishna, and National Security Advisor Narayanan. Embassy contacts called the v [...] | 2009-07-30 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1604 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, U.S- [...] "INDIA-PAKISTAN TALKS: NO NEGOTIATION OUT OF FEAR; AND NO FEAR OF NEGOTIATION," editorial in July 31 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "In his response to the accusation of being a sellout to Pakistan, Prime Minister Singh reiterated Kennedy's rhetoric: "let us never negotiate out of fear, but l [...] | 2009-07-31 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1608 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 27-31, 2009, including the following: -- Tax Breaks Clear the Way for Oil and Gas Auction -- Passing of FY 2010 Budget Trumps Economic Reforms -- India Plans September WTO Mini-Ministerial to Reener [...] | 2009-07-31 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP KIPR IN CN |
| 09NEWDELHI161 | BHUTANESE FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES SECRETARY [...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi sent post an original letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Ugyen Tshering to the Secretary congratulating her on her confirmation. We will send the signed original via pouch and fax a copy to SCA/INS. 2. (U) The text of the letter follows: Begin [...] | 2009-01-27 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI162 | BHUTANESE KING AND PM CONGRATULATE VICE PRESIDENT [...] (U) Summary. Post received letters of congratulations to Vice President Biden from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. The letter from the Prime Minister is the signed original and we will forward the original via pouch and fax a [...] | 2009-01-27 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1620 | PM SINGH DEFENDS FOREIGN POLICY IN PARLIAMENT (CORRECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Singh defended his government's handling of foreign policy before the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) on July 29, addressing head-on opposition criticism of the joint statement with Pakistani Prime Minister Gillani at Sharm el-Sheikh, and ancillary gripes ab [...] | 2009-08-03 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1621 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "PRIME MINISTER'S NEW POLICY," op-ed in August 2 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh's message in Parliament was clear: Pakistan is a tough neighbor, and we along with other nations should prepare it to denounce terror. Since Pakistan has nuclear weapons, all nati [...] | 2009-08-03 11:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1624 | REACHING OUT TO RAHUL GANDHI AND OTHER YOUNG [...] (C) Summary: In a candid conversation with the Ambassador during the July 20 lunch hosted by Prime Minister Singh for the Secretary, Indian Congress Party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi described his focus on upcoming state and local elections, expressed concerns regarding the challenges surroundin [...] | 2009-08-03 14:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1625 | KASHMIR: CHIEF MINISTER OMAR ABDULLAH'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a raucous Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state assembly session on July 28, Chief Minister (CM) Omar Abdullah resigned after an opposition party member accused him of involvement in a 2006 sex scandal. Even though the Home Ministry issued a statement later that day exonerating [...] | 2009-08-03 14:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI163 | BHUTANESE KING AND PM CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (U) Summary. Post received letters of congratulations to President Barack Obama from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. The letter from the Prime Minister is the signed original and we will forward the original via pouch and fax [...] | 2009-01-27 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1636 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "MISPLACED GENEROSITY," op-ed in August 3 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's latest peace overture to a recalcitrant Pakistan seems bewildering and misplaced. How can you repose trust in a Pakistan that is unwilling to own up to its misdemeanors? Paki [...] | 2009-08-04 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1637 | SPECIAL ENVOY STERN ENGAGES INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND NGO [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern held a series of meetings July 20-21 in New Delhi with Government of India officials and NGO representatives to discuss the upcoming Copenhagen Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC as well as potential areas for U.S. - India bila [...] | 2009-08-04 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1641 | NEW MEA COUNTERTERRISM DIRECTOR SOUMEN BAGCHI [...] (SBU) Soumen Bagchi, the new director of counterterrorism (CT) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),expressed interest in expanding U.S. - India CT cooperation in an Aug. 3 courtesy call in New Delhi. S/CT and Poloff brought the new CT Director up to date on pending activities, in [...] | 2009-08-04 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1648 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN'S INTENTION," editorial in August 4 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Pakistan is showing its true colors now. From its attitude on the Hafiz Saeed's case, it is clear that Pakistan has no intention to improve relations with India. India should also adopt a tit- for-tat attitude against Paki [...] | 2009-08-06 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1649 | U.S.-INDIAN RELATIONS: NEXT STEPS IN THE STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Following on the August 5 Interagency Policy Committee meeting to discuss the Strategic Dialogue, Mission offers its views on next steps in the run up to the Prime Minister's November visit. We spell out dialogue goals, describe ways to move forward, flag pitfalls and propose po [...] | 2009-08-06 15:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS ENRG EFIN CVIS AMGT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI165 | POST COMMENTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT DOL'S DRAFT LIST [...] (C) Summary. Embassy New Delhi welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of goods that DOL has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor. Post requests the Indian goods listed (reftel A) be withdrawn from DOL's draft list until post [...] | 2009-01-27 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD IN PHUM |
| 09NEWDELHI1655 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, THE [...] "MISCONCEPTIONS BEHIND INDIA'S PAK POLICY," op-ed in August 6 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Even though India's extended hand has been slapped again and again by Pakistan, right-minded Indians still desire peace and stability on the subcontinent -- but with dignity. Instead of P [...] | 2009-08-07 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1657 | NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY 27 TO AUGUST 07, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 27 to August 07, 2009, including the following: -- Environment Minister Opposes Mining Project -- Arunachal Pradesh Civil Rights Group Opposes Hydro Power Projects -- National Dis [...] | 2009-08-07 14:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO ENRG ECON SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1658 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 3-7, 2009, including the following: -- Exports Decline for 9th Straight Month; Imports Decline More -- Possible Law to Clarify Sector-specific Investment Caps -- India and South Korea Sign Trade A [...] | 2009-08-10 02:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN EPET ETRD BEXP KIPR IN XB XA |
| 09NEWDELHI1666 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, U.S.- [...] "AFTER BAITULLAH," editorial in August 8 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's killing in a U.S. drone attack does not benefit the NATO forces struggling in Afghanistan much, but it is a big relief for Pakistan. The U.S. strategy is to weaken the T [...] | 2009-08-10 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1667 | DALAI LAMA SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a August 8 introductory meeting, the Ambassador sought the Dalai Lama's views on his upcoming October visit to the U.S. and his strategy for engaging China. The Dalai Lama suggested the U.S. engage China on climate change in Tibet, recognizing that Tibetans could wait five to ten ye [...] | 2009-08-10 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PHUM PREL PGOV PREF KDEM CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1668 | INDIA DETAINS SUSPICIOUS DPRK VESSEL FOR [...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed August 8 that the Indian Coast Guard intercepted the DPRK-flagged merchant vessel MUSAN and detained its 39 crew members after the vessel unexpectedly dropped anchor off Hut Bay at Little Andaman Island August 5, failed to respond to attem [...] | 2009-08-10 15:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1671 | INDIA - FIRST PANDEMIC H1N1 DEATHS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India experienced its first confirmed pandemic H1N1 influenza related death on 3 August, and has had a total of seven reported deaths over the past week. The number of positive cases rose to 959 as of 10 August. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH) has announced new [...] | 2009-08-11 08:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI1673 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, SRI [...] "CONTINUING JIHAD IN AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: AN AMERICAN GAMEPLAN," op-ed in August 11 right-of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Analysts and researchers throughout the world have concluded that the jihad continuing in Afghanistan and Pakistan for the last 30 years is, in fact, an American [...] | 2009-08-11 11:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1675 | BHUTAN: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) In an August 11 exchange about Bhutan's participation in the 64th UN General Assembly, the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs Kunzang Namgyel told us that Bhutan expects to send a delegation of approximately five officials led by Foreign Minister Ugyen Tshering. Post will transmit a [...] | 2009-08-11 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1676 | INDIA: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) In an August 10 discussion about India's participation in the 64th UN General Assembly, MEA UN Political Deputy Secretary Sanjay Rana told us that India expects to send a delegation of 20 to 30 officials led by Prime Minister Singh and Foreign Minister Krishna. Post will transmit additi [...] | 2009-08-11 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1677 | NSA NARAYANAN ON CIV-NUKE IMPLEMENTATION, CT/INTEL [...] (C) Summary: Indian NSA M.K. Narayanan stressed a desire to work closely to develop a ambitious agenda for PM Singh's November visit to Washington and flagged his decisive role in pushing through End-Use Monitoring Agreement (EUM) and directing Indian foreign policy, during an August 10 introducto [...] | 2009-08-11 13:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1678 | INDIA LIKELY TO ENDORSE INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT [...] (SBU) Sanjay Rana, MEA Deputy Secretary for UN Political Affairs, told us August 10 that the GOI is unlikely to oppose an effort by the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to set up an international tribunal to prosecute pirates. Rana expressed little enthusiasm for the o [...] | 2009-08-11 14:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1690 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, INDIA- [...] "AMERICA'S DOUBLE STANDARDS," op-ed in August 12 left-of-center Marathi daily, AAPLA MAHANAGAR: "The U.S. policy towards Pakistan is duplicitous and not favoring India. The U.S. is more bothered about Pakistan's sovereignty, as if it is America's responsibility to protect Pakistan from variou [...] | 2009-08-12 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1698 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, INDIA- [...] "HOTLINE OF RELATIONS," editorial in August 12 Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Both India and China are mature in diplomacy, but their deep distrust of each other does not allow any progress in relations. The decision to set up a hotline between them was the only outcome of last week's talks. [...] | 2009-08-13 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI17 | MENON PRESENTS EVIDENCE OF PAKISTAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon shared with Ambassador Mulford and fourteen other ambassadors January 5 evidence linking the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan. Menon reported that he had summoned the Pakistan High Commissioner earlier in the day to share a similar, more limite [...] | 2009-01-05 14:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI170 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA-NEW [...] "OBAMA'S SIGNAL TO PAKISTAN" editorial in the January 28, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily NAVASHAKTI. "Two U.S. missile strikes that killed at least 20 people at suspected terrorist hideouts in northwestern Pakistan three days ago could be interpreted as a tangible sign of U.S. [...] | 2009-01-28 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1707 | FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO UPBEAT AND EXPANSIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his introductory meeting with Foreign Secretary Rao August 12, Ambassador Roemer stressed the importance of the Strategic Dialogue and of implementing the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, as well as bringing to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumb [...] | 2009-08-13 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1708 | THE 13TH ROUND OF INDIA-CHINA BORDER TALKS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The thirteenth round of the India-China boundary negotiations, expanded to include a range of bilateral and international issues, was held on August 7-8 in New Delhi and ended without progress on the border dispute. The two sides agreed to establish a telephone hotline between ca [...] | 2009-08-13 14:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1717 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "USED TO BEING CHEATED," commentary in August 14 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The Pakistanis must be laughing at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's borrowed formulation that we must adopt a "trust but verify" approach to our relations with their country. Our politicians only trust [...] | 2009-08-17 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1721 | INDIAN REACTION TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S CONVICTION [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel points on August 17 with Anju Ranjan, MEA Under Secretary for Asian Affairs, and pressed for a strong GOI expression of disappointment about ASSK's conviction and GOI advocacy for pursuit of a more productive path when speaking with Burmese officials. Ranjan referred [...] | 2009-08-17 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IN BM |
| 09NEWDELHI1722 | INDIAN AF-PAK ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: When Ambassador Holbrooke visits New Delhi, his GOI interlocutors - National Security Advisor Narayanan, Foreign Secretary Rao, and Special Afghanistan Representative Lambah - will be eager to discuss India's USD 1.2 billion dollar assistance program in Afghanistan. They will like [...] | 2009-08-17 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PTER PINS EAID MASS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1727 | AFGHANISTAN - MANAGING THE NEIGHBORS: INDIA [...] (C) The following responses are keyed to reftel questions and are drawn largely from our recent discussions about Afghan elections with senior GOI officials in which we highlighted reftel points. A) Analysis of India's likely strategic interests in Afghanistan's election: India has made a sub [...] | 2009-08-18 09:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN AF |
| 09NEWDELHI1728 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, SHAH [...] "MUSHARRAF IN TROUBLE," editorial in August 17 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's Supreme Court bench got ex- President General Musharraf into trouble declaring his provisional constitutional order unconstitutional. If President Zardari and PM Gilani accept th [...] | 2009-08-18 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI173 | FRANCE NEEDS CIVIL NUCLEAR LIABILITY CONVENTION, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The French public multinational civil nuclear firm Areva shares many of the same requirements for doing business in India as U.S. private sector firms, including a civil nuclear liability regime consistent with the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage and [...] | 2009-01-28 14:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY PREL PARM TSPL KNNP EINV BEXP KIPR |
| 09NEWDELHI1739 | MEDIA REACTION: SHAH RUKH KHAN, TERRORISM, [...] "WAS THE IMMIGRATION OFFICER WHO HARRASSED SHAH RUKH A JEW?" commentary in August 19 right-of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Prior to the Shah Rukh Khan incident, several Muslim clerics have been deported from American airports. The strong American Jewish lobby prevents entry of Muslims [...] | 2009-08-19 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1747 | BJP EXPELS JASWANT SINGH -- INTERNAL STRIFE [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh became the latest victim of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) infighting on August 19 when the party expelled him for his favorable depiction of Pakistani founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in his latest book. The decision to oust Jaswant Singh occurr [...] | 2009-08-19 15:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1749 | UPA 2.0: SLOW AND STEADY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly constituted Indian parliament concluded its first post-election session on August 7 after approving the annual national budget and passing important legislation on education while shelving several other pressing matters. The budget session was a mild disappointment f [...] | 2009-08-20 02:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1753 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "MANMOHAN'S STATEMENT," editorial in August 19 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks on Monday that there was credible information that terrorist groups based in neighboring Pakistan were planning new attacks in India may be news to him, but it's n [...] | 2009-08-20 10:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1754 | India's Monsoon Politics [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian government (GOI) is trying to manage a poor monsoon season expected to result in low yields in rice, sugar cane, oilseeds and other crops. Between rising food prices and burdensome subsidy costs, the Food and Agriculture Minister and United Progressive Alliance (UPA [...] | 2009-08-20 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV WTRO IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1757 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON PAKISTAN, [...] (C) In a August 18 conversation, the Ambassador followed up with Indian National Security Advisor Narayanan about statements made by Prime Minister Singh in his August 17 speech to India's Chief Ministers regarding the on-going terrorism threat from Pakistan. (Note: The PM's comments had g [...] | 2009-08-20 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1763 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "STATES' ROLE IN INTERNAL SECURITY," editorial in August 20 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said there was credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks. On the one hand, the PM's warning reminds [...] | 2009-08-21 11:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1766 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 17-21, 2009, including the following: -- Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Reconstituted -- Dr. Subir Gokran Likely to be Next RBI Deputy Governor -- Ministry of Finance Releases Direct T [...] | 2009-08-21 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ECIN ECPS EINT EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET |
| 09NEWDELHI1768 | HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM TO AMBASSADOR: LOOKING [...] (S) Summary: Home Minister Chidambaram spoke positively of U.S.-India cooperation on security issues in Ambassador Roemer's August 20 introductory meeting. The Ambassador shared several areas in which the U.S. hopes to advance cooperation, and assured the Minister of support at the highest [...] | 2009-08-21 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1769 | HARYANA: DODGING DROUGHT, RIDING WAVES [...] (U) Summary: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress Party announced on August 21 that he has recommended dissolution of the state legislature and early elections to the state assembly. The state Governor must accept his recommendation. Originally scheduled for February [...] | 2009-08-21 15:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1770 | POST COMMENTS ON DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S UPDATE OF [...] (U) Summary. Embassy New Delhi welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of goods that DOL has reason to believe are produced by forced child labor. Post appreciates DOL's openness to post's comments on previous drafts and DOL's decision to remove the g [...] | 2009-08-21 15:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI EIND IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1774 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, INDIA-NEPAL [...] "WARNING OF DANGER," op-ed in August 23 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh recently warned that there was credible information of possible terror attacks from Pakistan- based terror groups. If Pakistan is really sincere about cooperating with India on terrorism [...] | 2009-08-24 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1778 | MEA JOINT SECRETARY RAGHAVAN CALLS MEETING FOR AN [...] (C)Summary: Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, T.C.A. Raghavan called an ""urgent briefing"" on August 18 for representatives of countries whose nationals were killed in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Raghavan provided a dossier on Hafiz Saeed, [...] | 2009-08-24 14:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI178 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, GUANTANAMO: [...] "POLICY OF FRIENDSHIP," editorial in the January 28 pro- Congress Party HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "All of the following happened at the same time: U.S. President Barack Obama said in his message on Republic Day that the U.S. is India's best friend -- the message had a very personal touch; secondl [...] | 2009-01-29 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1782 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-NEPAL [...] "BEWARE OF CHINA," editorial page article in August 24, centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "China has never been a friend of India. The Indian parliament once swore it will be get back every inch of land captured by China, but that intent was sacrificed at the altar of maintaining cordial relat [...] | 2009-08-25 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1783 | HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM'S WASHINGTON D.C. VISIT, SEPT. 7-10 [...] (S) Summary and Background: India's Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram will visit New York and Washington D.C from September 7 - 10. On August 19, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials shared the ""agenda points"" for the Home Minister's visit. The GOI sees the visit as an opportunit [...] | 2009-08-25 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1788 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, U.S.-INDIA [...] "TALKS WITH PAKISTAN," editorial in August 25 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "There are indications that Pakistan is pressuring India to start the composite bilateral dialogue. Our strategists should get alert, and no softness should be shown toward Pakistan. Any dialogue under the present circum [...] | 2009-08-26 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1789 | BJP MELTDOWN, HARYANA RAMIFICATIONS [...] (U) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has parted ways with its occasional ally, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana, electing to fight the upcoming state assembly elections on its own. INLD leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala termed the decision "unilaterali [...] | 2009-08-26 14:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1795 | PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR EMPHASIZES DE-LINKAGE BETWEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his introductory meeting with Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik August 25, Ambassador Roemer stressed the importance of bringing to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attacks and dismantling terrorist groups. He specifically emphasized the import [...] | 2009-08-27 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1797 | INDIA TO INVESTIGATE RDX SALE TO SYRIA, UPDATE ON PENDING CASES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP ETTC IN IR SY |
| 09NEWDELHI1801 | INDIA BOOSTS TIES WITH NEPAL, KEEPS AN EYE ON CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nepali Prime Minister Nepal's visit to New Delhi allowed India to hit the reset button in its ties with Nepal. PM Nepal met with all the right people and, despite Maoist pressure from home, came away with promises of substantial aid in infrastructure, trade, police training, and [...] | 2009-08-28 05:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1805 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, [...] "CANNED TERROR," editorial in August 27 centrist Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "A suspected Lashkar-e- Taiba militant's arrest cannot be taken lightly. Prime Minister Singh has already warned the nation against more dangerous terrorist activities in the coming festival season. There is no room [...] | 2009-08-28 12:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1806 | FOREIGN MINISTRY PROPOSES MOU ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Roemer pressed External Affairs Minister Krishna August 28 to complete the outstanding civil nuclear cooperation implementation items prior to Prime Minister Singh's November 24 visit to Washington. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar [...] | 2009-08-28 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1808 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 24-28, 2009, including the following: -- India Announces Foreign Trade Policy for 2009-2014 -- ICRIER Seminar On Express Delivery Issues -- Washington Apples Bring Bonanza to Indian Importers -- [...] | 2009-08-31 02:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI1812 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi. This is an opportune moment as we seek a truly global partnership with India and build upon the Secretary's highly successful July visit (Ref). Secretary Clinton and her counterpart, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, formally launche [...] | 2009-08-31 14:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP LEW PREL EAGR EAID IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1813 | BJP: ENTER HINDUTVA HAWKS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With party revolts, expulsions, leadership intrigue, and name-calling dominating the headlines, the Bharatiya Janta Party(BJP) is in serious trouble and appears rudderless. The conclusion of the three-day long "introspection" meeting by the top party brass exacerbated the pub [...] | 2009-08-31 15:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1814 | TSA REP DISCUSSES BCAS AND FAMS MOU, VIP SCREENING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Transportation Safety Administration Representative (TSA South Asia Regional Rep newly stationed in Singapore) Thomas Keene visited New Delhi August 4-7 to meet with Government of India (GOI) officials and U.S. airlines representatives to discuss aviation security issues. During [...] | 2009-09-01 03:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR PREL PTER IN OVIP |
| 09NEWDELHI1815 | FOR NOW, MUTED INDIAN REACTION TO PAK END-USE ALLEGATION [...] (SBU) In August 31 editions, nearly all major Indian dailies ran verbatim excerpts of the "New York Times" article alleging Pakistan end-use violations of U.S.-supplied military items, and most carried the story on the front page. Although the short news cycle time prevented Indian op-ed write [...] | 2009-09-01 04:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1819 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, INDIA- [...] "LATE WISDOM DAWNS ON THE U.S.," editorial in September 1 left-of-center Marathi daily, MAHARASHTRA TIMES: "The U.S. has made a great and late discovery - that Pakistan illegally modified missiles given by the US to expand its capability to strike targets in India. There have been countless in [...] | 2009-09-01 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1833 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR REJECTS FURTHER NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In several media interviews August 29-30, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan defended India's 1998 nuclear tests against claims by a former defense scientist that its hydrogen bomb was a "fizzle" and that India should therefore refuse to sign the CTBT until its thermonuclea [...] | 2009-09-02 07:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1834 | MEDIA REACTION: AL-QAEDA, PAKISTAN / WEAPON [...] "FIRST SUICIDE ATTACK IN SAUDI ARABIA," editorial in September 1 right-of-center Urdu daily, SIASAT: "Anti- terrorism initiatives taken by Saudi Arabia have increased al-Qaeda threats to this royal state. An attempt to assassinate Prince Mohammad bin Naif is a matter of serious concern for the [...] | 2009-09-02 10:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1836 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MEA STATE MINISTER SHASHI THAROOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 28 meeting with Ambassador Roemer, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor asked the U.S. to weigh in with Pakistan on cross-border terrorism and to stay the course in Afghanistan. He indicated that there is room for the U.S. and India to cooperate more [...] | 2009-09-02 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1853 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA IFTAR DINNER, [...] "OBAMA'S IFTAR" editorial in September 4, 2009 centrist Urdu daily, MILAP: "The U.S President's hosting an Iftar dinner at the White House is a praiseworthy initiative by all means. Hosting Iftars is a good way to feel the essence of Islam. However, the invitees are generally those who agree [...] | 2009-09-04 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1856 | NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 31, [...] Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 31 - September 04, 2009, including the following: -- Minister of Environment and Forests Ramesh visits China -- Valmiki Tiger Reserve Bounces Back -- Ministry of Human Reso [...] | 2009-09-04 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO ENRG ECON SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1857 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese Ambassador Hideaki Domichi described the Indo-Japanese relationship as "on an upswing" in a meeting with Ambassador Roemer August 31. The implications for Japan's foreign policy of the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) victory in the August 30 elections were not yet cle [...] | 2009-09-04 13:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA IN AF |
| 09NEWDELHI1858 | INDIA POSITIVE ON STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE, DUG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian MEA Acting Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Gill agreed in principle to holding the senior-level Strategic Security Dialogue in Washington in early October. He gave an informal, positive response to the proposed agenda and will provide further fee [...] | 2009-09-04 14:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ENRG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1859 | BHUTAN DECLINES INVITATION TO RUN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Political Counsellor Tenxin Rondel Wangchuk on September 2, urging the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) to consider sponsoring a candidate for a seat on the 2010 UN Human Rights Council (HRC). During a September 4 meeting, Wangchuk informed PolOff th [...] | 2009-09-04 15:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1861 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 31 - September 4, 2009, including the following: -- India Hosts WTO Mini-Ministerial to Re-energize Doha -- India's Own Trade Continues to Plunge -- More Investment Options for Foreign Venture Cap [...] | 2009-09-08 03:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI187 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICIES, WAR AGAINST [...] "FIRST OF ALL ERADICATE OPPRESSION AND ITS USURY", editorial in the January 29 right-of-center Urdu daily URDU TIMES, Mumbai: "Barrack Obama is a symbol of a 'Change' in the America of the 21st century. Therefore, the American hand of friendship extended by the American to India, through the g [...] | 2009-01-30 10:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1872 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "FIRE ON BOTH SIDES...," editorial in September 7 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "U.S lawmaker Edward Markey, founder of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation has written a letter to the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton that both India and Pakistan are trying to [...] | 2009-09-08 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1874 | INDIA: CELEBRATING WOMEN IN SCIENCE, NOT YET EQUAL [...] SUMMARY: More than 60 attendees from a variety of backgrounds discussed India's climate for women scientists during an Embassy Environment, Science and Technology (EST) Office-hosted "Celebrating Women in Science" workshop. Women scientists in India are every bit as intelligent and hard workin [...] | 2009-09-08 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KWMN KDEM TSPL SCUL PHUM ELAB PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1879 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIAN MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM'S [...] "NATURAL ASSESSMENT," editorial in September 8 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "A discussion on Pakistan's promises and will to eliminate terrorism is natural during Indian Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram's forthcoming visit to the U.S. But it is difficult to say if the U.S. will se [...] | 2009-09-09 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1886 | UNDECIDED INDIA MAY FOLLOW NAM CONSENSUS ON UNESCO [...] (C) MEA's Joint Secretary for UN Economic and Social Division Taranjit Sandhu told PolCouns on September 4 that India had not yet made a commitment to any of the nine candidates running for UNESCO's Director-General post. According to Sandhu, the GOI is waiting for Non-Aligned Movement member [...] | 2009-09-10 10:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AU EC EG PREL UNESCO IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1887 | MEDIA REACTION:SINO-INDIA RELATIONS, VISIT OF [...] "CHINA TAKING ADVANTAGE OF INDIA'S SILENCE," commentary in September 9 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "On the one hand China denies India's allegations of intrusion in Ladakh and talks about investigating it. On the other hand, however, it is quite evident that China does not respect the borde [...] | 2009-09-10 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1896 | INDIA SHARES CONCERNS, WILLING TO COOPERATE ON SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian MEA shares USG concern over the situation of Sri Lankan Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),and remains focused on getting them resettled. India is providing significant aid and is working to de-mine affected areas. There are plans to augment the GOI-funded de-mining [...] | 2009-09-11 11:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1897 | INDIA: READY TO HELP NEPAL, SKEPTICAL OF MAOISTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Satish Mehta told us September 3 that India's priority in Nepal is to support a stable, democratic government. Prime Minister Nepal's August visit was a positive step and left a strong impression of Nepal's confidence and commitment to democracy. India [...] | 2009-09-11 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1898 | INDIA SHARES VIEWS ON NONPROLIFERATION SUMMIT [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (MEA/DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra summoned the DCM September 11 to share a nonpaper (paragraph 3) articulating India's views on the UN Security Council summit on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmam [...] | 2009-09-11 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1899 | MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 ANNIVERSARY, U.S. FOREIGN [...] "THE SHADOW OF 9/11 CONTINUES TO LINGER," editorial in September 11 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "America became alert to the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism after the 9/11 attacks... But the counter- insurgency and counter-terrorism measures of the U.S. have their limitations, mainly [...] | 2009-09-11 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI19 | HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM AND NSA NARAYANAN ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-06 08:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI190 | REPUBLIC DAY GUEST OF HONOR: KAZAKHSTAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to India as chief guest at the 2009 Republic Day celebration resulted in the signature of five substantive agreements, including an MoU on civilian nuclear cooperation. Nazarbayev did not create the media splash other Republic Day [...] | 2009-01-30 10:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG TRGY PHUM PINR KDEM KZ IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1902 | DUSTR Marantis Visit to Re-energize Trade Policy Forum [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (DUSTR) Demetrios Marantis visited New Delhi August 11-13 to meet with GOI officials and private sector representatives to prepare for USTR Ambassador Kirk's participation in a bilaterl Trade Policy Forum (TPF) ministerial in Delhi later this fal [...] | 2009-09-11 14:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN CVIS KGHG ECPS PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1903 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 8-11, 2009, including the following: -- Possible Warming of India-Pakistan Bilateral Trade Ties -- India's First Annual Foreign Trade Barriers Report -- Jet Airways Pilots Strike - An End in Si [...] | 2009-09-14 02:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI1906 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, PALESTINE, [...] "CONTRADICTORY INDICATIONS," editorial in September 12 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "After India's declining any kind of talks with Pakistan, it is surprising to hear that the foreign secretaries of the two countries will meet in the U.S. this month. The Indian government, known [...] | 2009-09-14 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI191 | INDIA: MODEST LIBERALIZATION OF INVESTMENT NORMS IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel A, Post reports that India has not adopted nor indicated plans to restrict sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments generally, although media reports that part of the government may wish to restrict Singapore's two SWFs in India. More broadly, India has no [...] | 2009-01-30 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1917 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, INDIA-CHINA, [...] "EXPECTATION FROM PAKISTAN," editorial in September 14 Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Home Minister P. Chidambaram's U.S. visit has yielded something, in that the U.S. has now at least asked Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of 26/11 to justice. Despite providing all the evidences, Pakistan [...] | 2009-09-15 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI192 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 27-30, 2009, including the following: -- Govt, Central Bank Lower GDP Projections -- Study Projects $6-10 billion for India from EU FTA -- Study Projects Continued Growth in Higher-Income Househo [...] | 2009-01-30 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1926 | INDIA'S SHERPA FOR THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs-DISA) Vipul on September 14. Vipul informed us that Mr. Achal Malhotra, India's Deputy Chief of Mission in Vienna, will attend the September 15th initial planning meeting for the Global [...] | 2009-09-16 11:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1927 | INDIA ON THE MIDDLE EAST AT IAEA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Vipul on September 14. Vipul took note of the U.S. stance, but informed us that the GOI, as yet, has no official position to share regarding the Israeli Nuclear Capabilities Resolutio [...] | 2009-09-16 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1928 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, PAKISTAN / [...] "MUSHARRAF'S REVELATION EXPOSES U.S.," editorial in September 15 Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Pervez Musharraf is back to playing games. His admission that U.S. aid was diverted against India is nothing but a ploy to gain public support. During his forthcoming U.S. visit, External Affairs Min [...] | 2009-09-16 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1929 | INDIA NON-COMMITTAL ON THE IRAN CHORUS, BUT [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel points with National Security Advisor MK Narayanan September 14 and with MEA Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao September 16. With both officials, the Ambassador stressed the need for strong private GOI private approaches to Iran on the consequences of its non-complia [...] | 2009-09-16 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI193 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: EYE FUND I [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input on OPIC providing a direct loan to Eye Fund I ("Eye Fund I"),a social fund managed by Deutsche Bank Social Investment Group for the purpose of supporting five downstream loans into the eye care sector in certain developing countries. On [...] | 2009-01-30 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IN EINV |
| 09NEWDELHI1935 | BHUTANESE CHARGE HUMS AN OLD REFRAIN ON BHUTANESE [...] (SBU) PRM DAS David Robinson met Bhutan's Charge d'Affaires Kinga Singye on September 4 to discuss Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. Robinson reported on the excellent progress of third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees from Nepal and his own recent visit to Bhutanese refugees successful [...] | 2009-09-16 12:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CH SL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI194 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: REPCO HOME FINANCE LIMITED [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input regarding OPIC providing an Investment Guaranty to support a third party loan to Repco Home Finance Limited ("REPCO") for the purpose of expanding its affordable mortgage lending business in southeast India. The US Sponsor connection is [...] | 2009-01-30 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IN EINV |
| 09NEWDELHI1941 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "MUSHARRAF'S CONFESSION," editorial in September 16 Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Pervez Musharraf's confession is nothing but a ploy because any anti-India activity is seen as a sign of patriotism in Pakistan. He is trying to gain sympathy of the hardliners and the Pakistani army... It is cl [...] | 2009-09-17 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1944 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 14-17, 2009, including the following: -- Financial Sector Reforms Still In Play -- Invest India to Boost Foreign Investment -- DOT to Allow Remote Access Monitoring Financial Sector Reform [...] | 2009-09-17 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI1946 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INDIAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division (PAI) Siddhartha Nath on September 15. Nath acknowledged our request that India urge the Iranian Government to resolve the cases of the six American citizens who a [...] | 2009-09-18 06:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PROP CASC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1947 | INDIAN VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indian Government shares some of our concerns for the 12th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and is likely to support a freedom of expression resolution. India will probably vote on other resolutions introduced during the session according to consensus. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2009-09-18 07:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI195 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIAN ANXIETY OVER NEW [...] (C) Summary: There is uncertainty and anxiety within the Indian foreign policy establishment over the direction the new U.S. administration might take on its India policy. The principal areas of Indian concern are: -- renewed U.S. activism on Kashmir; -- replacement of the stand-alone bil [...] | 2009-01-30 14:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR KISL PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1952 | NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER [...] Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 14 to September 18, 2009, including the following: -- India Plans to Reduce Emissions through Legislation -- India Starts to Get Serious About Environmental Protection - [...] | 2009-09-18 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO TSPA ENRG ECON SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1953 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-IRAN- [...] "CHINA PHOBIA," editorial in September 17 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Some media people and experts are painting a picture of reiteration of 1962. At present war is out of question. China will neither gain anything extraordinary on the boundary dispute nor will it benefit strategi [...] | 2009-09-18 11:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1954 | INDIAN VIEWS ON USG UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] (U) We previewed our 64th UNGA goals and objectives on September 15 with Indian MEA Joint Secretary for UN Political Affairs Asith Bhattacharjee, and on September 16 with MEA Under Secretary for UN Economic and Social Affairs Abhishek Verma. Of the various topics covered in our presentation, [...] | 2009-09-18 12:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1955 | PRM DAS ROBINSON DISCUSSES STATUS OF TIBETAN, SRI [...] (SBU) PRM DAS David Robinson held meetings with representatives from the Dalai Lama's Office, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Catholic Relief Services' (CRS),and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) during his September 4th visit to New Delhi. During these meeting [...] | 2009-09-22 02:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM CH SL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1960 | INDIA PLANS TO DISCUSS CTBT IN STRATEGIC SECURITY [...] (SBU) In response to ref A demarche, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Vipul reaffirmed India's unilateral, voluntary moratorium on further nuclear testing in place since May 1998. He declined to speculate about India' [...] | 2009-09-22 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1961 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-PAKISTAN; [...] "CHINA-CONCERN," editorial in September 20 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Army Chief Deepak Kapoor's saying that there is no cause for alarm over alleged Chinese incursions is not enough. There should be more clarification from the governmen [...] | 2009-09-22 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1962 | RAJE AGAINST THE MACHINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rajasthan's opposition leader and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to remain a force in Rajasthan's political scene, despite efforts by the national BJP to marginalize her role. Raje's local popularity at the grassroots amd h [...] | 2009-09-22 11:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1973 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, PAKISTAN, CLIMATE [...] "What is meant by democracy?" editorial in September 23 Kolkata Bengali independent, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "It is virtually impossible for any individual creativity to flourish in countries where the Communist leadership imposes political and social autocracy. In such an environment, talented a [...] | 2009-09-23 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1978 | HOME MINISTER PREVIEWS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (S) SUMMARY. Home Affairs Minister P. Chidambaram shared with Ambassador Roemer September 18 a provisional list of five opportunities for further cooperation gleaned from his visit to Washington, including on forensics, large city policing, real-time intelligence sharing, coastal security, an [...] | 2009-09-24 07:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI198 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, INDO-PAK RELATIONS; NEW DELHI. [...] "OBAMA AND MUSLIM WORLD," op-ed article in the February 1 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic expert K. Subrahmanyam: "George Bush kept fighting till the last day of his term against terrorism, but never defined his enemy. But the new U.S. President Barack Obama did not vaci [...] | 2009-02-02 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1983 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN SOUTH [...] "YOUR ATOM BOMB AND MINE," editorial in September 23 right-of-center Urdu daily, HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "When Pakistan was producing nuclear weapons of mass destruction, America not only turned its back on Pakistan, it often extended its full cooperation. No doubt, it was a part of its gameplan in [...] | 2009-09-24 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1991 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, TERRORISM, [...] "INDIA'S CORRECT SUGGESTION," editorial in September 24 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Indian minister Jayram Ramesh and climate change expert Rajendra Pachauri have rightly underlined the need for the U.S. to bring about a 'lifestyle change' to combat climate change. America has [...] | 2009-09-25 10:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1997 | INDIAN GOVERNMENT NONCOMMITTAL ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division Abhishek Verma on September 24. Verma explained this issue was being examined at senior levels within the Ministry and declined to offer a substant [...] | 2009-09-25 12:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1998 | INDIAN GOVERNMENT NONCOMMITTAL ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division Abhishek Verma on September 24. Verma explained this issue was being examined at senior levels within the Ministry and declined to offer a substantive r [...] | 2009-09-25 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1999 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI20 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "UNNECESSARY STEP," editorial in January 5 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Home Minister P. Chidambaram's upcoming U.S. visit to share evidence of Pakistani links to the Mumbai attacks means the U.S. is not convinced of Pakistan's complicity in the Mumbai carnage. With an FBI team [...] | 2009-01-06 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2000 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES NSA NARAYANAN ON CIV-NUKE [...] (C) Summary. During a lengthy September 22 meeting with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, the Ambassador pushed for rapid GOI action to implement several key provisions of the 123 Civil-Nuclear Agreement in advance of Prime Minister Singh's November 24 state visit to the U.S. Na [...] | 2009-09-26 07:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2007 | India as Innovation and Technology Partner; Pondering S&T [...] SUMMARY: Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Dr. T. Ramasami September 25 reaffirmed his interest in increasing U.S.-India collaboration in the areas of innovation and technology. He cited energy efficiency - especially fuel efficient transportation - security technolo [...] | 2009-09-29 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV TSPL ECON SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2008 | MEDIA REACTION: G20 MEETING, NPT ISSUES, [...] "EXPANDING HORIZONS: GROWING FROM 8 TO 20," editorial in September 28 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAAL: "Rather late in the day but the G8 nations, including the U.S., have ultimately realized the need to bring developing nations like India to the negotiating table. Following the G20 official a [...] | 2009-09-29 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2013 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 21-24, 2009, including the following: -- AIG Downsizing In India -- Slow Going for Financial Sector Reform -- India Retains U.S. FAA Category 1 Status -- World Bank Approves $4.3 billion Loans [...] | 2009-09-29 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI2022 | MEDIA REACTION: G20 MEETING, INDO-PAK [...] "FROM EIGHT TO TWENTY," editorial in September 27 nationalist Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "That economic changes are sweeping the entire world once again became clear at Pittsburg, with the G-20 proving itself to be the new driving force. This proclamation has several significances. No doubt, [...] | 2009-09-30 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2032 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, NUCLEAR [...] "DEADLOCK AS USUAL IN INDO-PAK RELATIONS," editorial in September 30 right-of-center Urdu daily, ETEMAAD: "Islamabad is responsible for the failure of talks between India and Pakistan. When there are no concrete initiatives in view, what should India recognize? India will not hesitate to exten [...] | 2009-10-01 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2037 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 29-October 1, 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Equity Investment Passes $10 Billion Mark -- FIPB Approves 13 Proposals in September 2009 -- Air India Strike Ends -- India's Small but [...] | 2009-10-01 14:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI2038 | INDIA CAUTIOUS ON DELIVERING STRONG MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Y.K. Sinha (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division) told us in an October 1 meeting that India shares our concerns about Iran's nuclear program and agree [...] | 2009-10-01 15:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA PHUM PREL PROP CASC KNNP MNUC PARM |
| 09NEWDELHI2039 | INDIA: PAKISTAN MUST DEMONSTRATE IT IS SERIOUS [...] (S) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Y.K. Sinha (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division) told us India is open to continuing a "general dialogue" with Islamabad but resumption of the Composite Dialogue (CD) and real progress in improving bilateral ties is not possible until Islama [...] | 2009-10-01 15:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL EAGR ENRG PARM SENV PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2043 | FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO ON PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told the Ambassador on September 30 that recent GOI-Pakistan talks in New York were detailed and "useful," observing that the Pakistan side "seemed to realize that terrorism is as much a threat to them as it is to us." Noting that Pakistani a [...] | 2009-10-05 08:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN AF PA |
| 09NEWDELHI2044 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, KASHMIR, [...] "CHINA'S TOUGH CHALLENGE," editorial in Oct 3 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "India-China tensions have been in the news lately. The difference between India and China is clearly reflected in the attitude of the two countries toward hosting international games. While China saw an [...] | 2009-10-05 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2059 | MEDIA REACTION: G-20, CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] "FUTILE TO EXPECT MUCH," editorial in October 6 leftist Bengali newspaper, GANASHAKTI: "There will be no fundamental change in the world order even if G-20 replaces G-8 to control global capitalism. Despite tall claims, the G-20 does not protect interests of the developing nations. So, it is q [...] | 2009-10-07 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2069 | The UPA's Austerity Drive: Cynical or Brilliant? [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Congress Party has committed to an "austerity drive" as a gesture of solidarity with India's "aam admi" or the common man. VIPS are traveling in economy class on trains and aircraft, foregoing chartered helicopters or private planes. Critics attack these gestures as pur [...] | 2009-10-08 10:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2070 | MEDIA REACTION: G-20, INDIA-CHINA, [...] "G-20 SUMMIT AND WORLD ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE," editorial in September 30 Assamese, AMAR ASOM: "The emergence of G-20 as an influential group in world economy will eventually benefit countries such as India and China. But there is a possibility that the U.S. might use this group to improve its e [...] | 2009-10-08 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2071 | E-129 NEW DELHI REQUESTS RETURN OF KG-194'S [...] (SBU) Post has successfully upgraded to the new FASTNET architecture and no longer needs the KG-194's. Post requests authorization to return the following KG-194's with serial numbers: KG 194- SN/5216; KG 194- SN/19879; KG 194- SN/20002; KG 194- SN/22249; KG 194- SN/23636; KG 194- SN/23760; K [...] | 2009-10-08 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACKM KRIM |
| 09NEWDELHI2074 | NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 05 [...] Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 05-October 09, 2009, including the following: -- Cleaning the Ganga by 2020 -- Phasing out HCFCs by 2030 -- Dramatic rise in Indian Scientific Output -- US-India Joint [...] | 2009-10-09 05:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2078 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISIT, [...] "OBAMA TURNS HIS BACK TO INDIA," editorial in October 9 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "U.S. President Obama has often shown high regard for India, Indian culture and values. In his presidential election campaign, he often mentioned the image of the Hindu god Lord Hanuman that is close to [...] | 2009-10-09 10:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2079 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: BLAST OUTSIDE INDIAN [...] SUMMARY: The blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul on October 8, 2009, the second attack in two years allegedly targeting the Indian Mission in Afghanistan, generated widespread reporting in the Indian media today. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday arrived in Kabul to review the sit [...] | 2009-10-09 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2084 | PM SINGH TELLS AMBASSADOR HE'S BULLISH ON GREEN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Ambassador on October 8 that he was looking forward to his November state visit to Washington. In a conversation on the margins of the annual Air Force Day reception, Singh stressed his strong interest in the U.S. and India working togethe [...] | 2009-10-09 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV ENRG ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2085 | INDIA ON TEXT OF COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed reftel points on October 9 to Ministry of External Affairs Director for United Nations Political Division (MEA/UNP) Sanjay Rana, Joint Secretary Bhattacharjee's deputy on these issues. Rana said the UNP Division knew the USG had not supported or accepted the 2007 comprom [...] | 2009-10-09 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL UN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2087 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 2-8, 2009, including the following: -- Reserve Bank of India Warns Banks of Real Estate Risks -- Bombay Stock Exchange Rises on Improved Data, FII Inflows -- 3G Auction Delayed -- Telecom Expert [...] | 2009-10-09 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2088 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Burns: Mission India warmly welcomes you back to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washington [...] | 2009-10-09 14:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI209 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 28 TO FEBRUARY 3, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 26 to February 3, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Supreme Court Denies Congress Attempt to Help Political Ally -- Indian Leaders Rail Against Pub Culture -- Kaly [...] | 2009-02-03 09:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR |
| 09NEWDELHI2092 | MEDIA REACTION: ATTACK ON INDIAN EMBASSY IN [...] "ATTACK ON INDIA NEMBASSY IN KABUL: WILL IT BE THE LAST?" editorial in October 12 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "The attack on the Indian embassy, the second in the last 15 months, indicates that the security situation in strife-torn Afghanistan is far from satisfactory. Secondly, [...] | 2009-10-13 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2094 | SPECIAL REPORT: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE [...] SUMMARY: Indian media commentators were divided on whether President Barack Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. Those in favor argued he has shown remarkable initiatives on the Middle East, inclusive Muslim outreach, and non-proliferation and has all the makings of a world statesman. They f [...] | 2009-10-13 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2104 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, POTUS NOBEL [...] "PAKISTAN, PLEASE WAKE UP!" editorial in October 12 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The terrorist attack on Pakistan's military headquarters shows that it is reaping what it has sown. The strategy of nurturing terrorism against India has now become the biggest challenge for Pakistan's own exis [...] | 2009-10-14 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI211 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PAKISTAN [...] "OBAMA'S POSSIBLE PAKISTAN POLICY," editorial in January 16 centrist Cuttack Oriya daily SAMAJA. "Diplomatic conjecture about President Obama's possible Pakistan policy points to the fact that Pakistan is useful in safeguarding America's interest in the Indian sub-continent. True, America has [...] | 2009-02-03 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2111 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE, [...] "RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AWARD RECIPIENT," editorial in October 14 independent Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "President Obama should have declined the Nobel Prize, because the U.S. is still engaged in Afghanistan and is accused of not withdrawing troops from Iraq. However, now that the awa [...] | 2009-10-15 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2116 | India Pursues Homeland Security Technologies [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a spirited discussion at an October 9 Federation of India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)- hosted conference on Science and Technology (S&T) for Homeland Security, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Secretary G.K. Pillai acknowledged the need for changes to make the [...] | 2009-10-16 11:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TSPL PGOV PRIL PTER ECON ECPS SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2120 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 9-15, 2009, including the following: -- No End in Sight for Strengthening Rupee -- Industrial Production Points to Recovery No End in Sight for Strengthening Rupee ---------------------------- [...] | 2009-10-16 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2121 | U/S BURNS AND FS RAO REVIEW PROGRESS ON U.S.-INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed progress on the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue and Prime Minister Singh's official state visit to Washington November 22-26. Over the course of an initial one-on-one meeting, a bilateral [...] | 2009-10-16 18:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENGRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2123 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY, NOBEL [...] "OBAMA'S LOVE FOR CHINA," editorial in October 08 Cuttack nationalist Oriya SAMAJA: "By denying audience to the Dalai Lama, President Obama has sent a wrong signal. It is interpreted as America's endorsement of human rights violations in China and the Chinese clampdown in Tibet. It is obvious [...] | 2009-10-19 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2132 | MEDIA REACTION: PM VISIT TO U.S., PAKISTAN, [...] "COUNTDOWN TO U.S. VISIT," editorial in October 19 centrist, Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Preparations for building new bridges between America and India have started in the run-up to Prime Minister Singh's state visit to United States. U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wi [...] | 2009-10-20 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2135 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIA MOVES AHEAD, OPENS [...] (C) Summary: Not waiting for the Delhi-Islamabad composite dialogue to resume, India has moved forward unilaterally on the Delhi-Srinagar dialogue and its efforts for reconciliation in Kashmir. Home Minister Chidambaram announced on October 14 that the GOI will talk directly "with all shades" [...] | 2009-10-21 11:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2136 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, KASHMIR, NOBEL AWARD [...] "BLOOD-SOAKED WAZIRISTAN," editorial in October 20 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Under growing pressure from the U.S., the Pakistani Army launched a major incursion into Waziristan in the hopes of mounting a final offensive against the Pakistani Taliban. India needs to keep its eye [...] | 2009-10-21 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2139 | Antrix: The Commercial Door for India's Space Program [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 13:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA KSCA TSPL KBIO PREL TPHY EIND SENV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI214 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, PALESTINE / GAZA [...] "OBAMA'S AFGHANISTAN POLICY," editorial in January 23 centrist Cuttack Oriya daily SAMAJA. "President Obama's plan to deploy 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to intensify the war on terror has received only lukewarm response from the European nations. At the upcoming April 3 NATO Summit Obama wi [...] | 2009-02-04 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2140 | Antrix: The Commercial Door for India's Space Program [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Antrix sells Indian space capabilities to the commercial market, including foreign governments and private companies, but the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is responsible for delivering those capabilities. Antrix's budget and income sources are not published and many [...] | 2009-10-21 13:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA KSCA TSPL KBIO PREL TPHY EIND SENV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2141 | NSA NARAYANAN REVIEWS PREPARATIONS FOR PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 16, National Security Advisor Narayanan previewed with Under Secretary Burns preparations for Prime Minister Singh's official state visit to Washington November 24. They agreed in principle to work toward deliverables from each of the five pillars of the Strategic Dia [...] | 2009-10-21 14:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP ENRG TSPA TSPL ADPM AMGT KREC |
| 09NEWDELHI2142 | U/S BURNS REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH INDIAN FS [...] (C) Summary: During a wide-ranging review of regional issues with Under Secretary Burns on October 16, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao reviewed recent Indo-Pak discussions in New York and criticized Pakistani inaction on Hafiz Saeed and terrorist infiltrations. Rao described India as unable to c [...] | 2009-10-21 14:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK AF CH RU CE NP BM JA |
| 09NEWDELHI2147 | U/S BURNS AND FM KRISHNA DISCUSS PM VISIT, AF-PAK, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 15 meeting, Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna told U/S Burns that Indian Prime Minister Singh looks forward to a productive state visit to the U.S. in November. He took on board Burns' message on the need to complete remaining Civil Nuclear Initiative steps [...] | 2009-10-22 10:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS MASS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2149 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, NOBEL PRIZE [...] "ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION," editorial in October 21 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's approach on the Kyoto Protocol just before the Copenhagen Climate Change summit was not right. While there is no harm in India reconsidering its stand [...] | 2009-10-22 11:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2154 | E-129 NEW DELHI REQUESTS CANCELLATION OF USKAU F9546, [...] (SBU) Post has successfully upgraded to the new FASTNET architecture and no longer needs the KG-194's. Post requests that the VAULT cancels and discontinues the automatic resupply of the following USKAU series of keys that once supported the KG-194's: USKAU F9546; USKAU G8709; USKAU H1984; US [...] | 2009-10-22 14:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACKM KRIM |
| 09NEWDELHI2155 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIA MOVES AHEAD WITH CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES [...] (C) Summary: In yet another signal that it is not waiting for the Delhi-Islamabad composite dialogue process to resume, the GOI unveiled further steps to strengthen its reconciliation efforts in Kashmir. Besides announcing a dialogue with separatists (Ref A),Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram on Octob [...] | 2009-10-22 14:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI216 | INDIA TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] In reply to ref A demarche February 3, Gaddam Dharmendra, Director of the Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security Affairs division (MEA/DISA),reaffirmed India's commitment to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) and said he would [...] | 2009-02-04 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC |
| 09NEWDELHI2162 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-US DEFENSE RELATIONS, [...] "US AMBASSADOR ROEMER'S VIEWS WELCOME," editorial in October 22 Hindi daily, VEER ARJUN: "US Ambassador Timothy Roemer recently said that America is ready to support India's drive to modernize its armed forces. The US is ready to support India in its drive to modernize its armed forces, Roemer [...] | 2009-10-23 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2164 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 16-22, 2009, including the following: -- India to Launch Satellites to Monitor Climate Change -- New Secretaries for Space and Atomic Energy -- India's Outward FDI Declines, while FDI Inflows still Ro [...] | 2009-10-23 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR TSPA |
| 09NEWDELHI2166 | U/S BURNS MEETS WITH PLANNING COMMISSION DEPUTY CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) On October 15, U/S Burns met with Deputy Chairman of India's Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia for a wide-ranging discussion of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue and Prime Minister Singh's November State Visit to Washington. Ambassador Roemer, A/S for South and Central Asia Bob [...] | 2009-10-26 02:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV ETRD EINV EAGR BEXP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2172 | MEDIA REACTION: SINO-INDIA RELATIONS, [...] QCHINA: VERY LITTLE SWEETNESS IN TIES,Q editorial in October 25 nationalist Hindi daily, PUNJAB KESARI: QPM Manmohan Singh and his counterpart Wen JiabaoQs meeting in Thailand seems to have brought about some sweetness in the otherwise bitter India-China relations. China is our biggest interna [...] | 2009-10-26 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2176 | INDIA'S STANCE ON 64TH UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of External Affairs UN Economic and Social Division Under Secretary Abhishek Verma on October 23. Verma emphasized that despite India,s longstanding opposition to Country Specific Resolutions (CSR) as they lead to &finger pointing and intens [...] | 2009-10-26 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2177 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns met Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal in New Delhi on October 15 to discuss educational cooperation and Prime Minister Singh's November visit to Washington. Sibal previewed his late October travel to the United States and pushed [...] | 2009-10-27 08:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINT EINV IN PHUM SCUL SOCI TBIO TSPL |
| 09NEWDELHI2178 | Indian Health Minister Favors Strengthening U.S-India [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad on October 15. Minister Azad thanked the United States for its assistance in the health field in India, citing collaboration in cancer, TB, maternal and child health, influenza, and HIV/AIDS a [...] | 2009-10-27 08:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAID OVIP PHUM PREL TBIO TSPL KHIV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2179 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, AF-PAK, [...] "PART OF THE FAMILY," editorial in October 27 right- of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "U.S. President Barack Obama's saying that he considers the Indian Prime minister a part of his family is a great honor. This shows how strong the bilateral relations between the two nations are. [...] | 2009-10-27 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2190 | MEDIA REACTION: SINO-INDIA RELATIONS, [...] "CHINA'S REPLY," editorial in October 27 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh did right to reiterate New Delhi's traditional stance that the Dalai Lama is free to travel anywhere in India. China has not reacted and we cannot be sure that it has accepted the Indian [...] | 2009-10-28 10:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2192 | Disaster Management Capabilities and Engagement [...] (U) SUMMARY: Disaster Management (DM) in India means preparing for both natural and man-made disasters, everything from avalanches to chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) incidents to terrorist attacks. India has chosen a tiered approach to DM in which states and districts ha [...] | 2009-10-28 12:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL KSCA SENV EAID PGOV PTER ECON SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2195 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO [...] (S) We welcome your visit to New Delhi as the government prepares for PM Singh's official state visit to Washington and India approaches the first anniversary of the Mumbai attacks. You will find a government that is secure politically after recent victories in several state assembly election [...] | 2009-10-28 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2196 | PM SINGH TO MILITARY CHIEFS: BE READY BECAUSE "OUR [...] (C) Summary: In a much-publicized October 20 speech to the senior commanders of India's armed forces, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged the military to "be prepared to face onslaughts" in light of "regular intelligence reports of imminent attacks" in India. Pointing out that India is threat [...] | 2009-10-29 11:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS MAPP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2197 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS/TALIBAN, [...] "TALIBAN AND INDIA", editorial in October 28 right- of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "Pakistan's allegation linking India with Taliban is bizarre by any stretch of the imagination. Pakistan is today reaping what it sowed.... America and China may support Pakistan, but Islamabad should u [...] | 2009-10-29 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2198 | SCENESETTER FOR USD(P) FLOURNOY,S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Flournoy: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary of State's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washingto [...] | 2009-10-29 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV MAPP MASS IN PREL |
| 09NEWDELHI22 | INDIA PRODS ECONOMY WITH MORE FISCAL AND MONETARY STIMULUS [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 2, the government announced additional fiscal and monetary steps aimed at reviving economic growth, mainly through lowering the cost of borrowing to banks -- to pass on to consumers - as well as easing policies aimed at helping hard hit sectors of the economy, especi [...] | 2009-01-06 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2206 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, [...] "MEANINGLESS OFFER, editorial in October 29 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: QIndia is ready to discuss all issues with Pakistan if it can effectively control terrorism emanating from its soil, PM Manmohan Singhsaid in Kashmir Thursday. Alas, the PMQs offer is in vain! Neither does [...] | 2009-10-30 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2207 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S OTERO'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Otero: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi to relaunch the Global Issues Forum (GIF) in the run-up to Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 state visit to Washington. The Embassy has worked hard to make progress across all five pillars and 18 sub-dialogues o [...] | 2009-10-30 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON IN KDEM KGHG KWMN PREL SENV |
| 09NEWDELHI2208 | MANMOHAN SINGH'S JAMMU AND KASHMIR VISIT: NOT YET [...] (C) Summary: Although Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not announce any dramatic new initiatives during his October 27-28 visit to Jammu and Kashmir, there was significant underlying content that could have been missed by those looking for bold gestures. On Pakistan, his language was restrai [...] | 2009-10-30 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2209 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 23-29, 2009, including the following: -- Central Bureau of Investigation Raids Department of Telecom Offices -- The RBI Takes A Bow -- Economic Advisory Council Expects Better Days Ahead [...] | 2009-10-30 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR TSPA |
| 09NEWDELHI2214 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE VISIT TO PAKISTAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 10:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI222 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, PAKISTAN; NEW [...] "THE NON-BELIEVERS AND OBAMA" op-ed article by columnist Amarendra Nandu Dhaneshwar in the February 5, 2009, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily AAPLA MAHANAGAR. "In what can be termed a notably tolerant and broad based attitude to diverse beliefs and lifestyles, the U.S. President [...] | 2009-02-05 10:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2225 | INDIA SEEKS RECIPROCITY FOR SUPPORTING US [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 10:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2226 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN; [...] "TALIBAN NOW WANT ALL OF PAKISTAN," editorial in November 3 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "The Pakistani government has clearly lost control over the internal situation in the country. The Taliban want all of Pakistan, nothing less will do. Pakistan's neighbors are alarmed. Even Iran is wondering w [...] | 2009-11-04 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2227 | INDIA WILL NOT SUPPORT USG POSITION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 4 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretaries for UN Political (UNP) and UN Economic and Social (UNES) Divisions and emphasized the significance the USG would place on India's support for opposing a resolution based on the biased conclu [...] | 2009-11-04 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2231 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, [...] "CLOSENESS WITH THE U.S.," op-ed in November 5 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer recently said the U.S.-India relationship today is very different from what it was even a few years back. Not only Mr. Roemer, but even President Obama and his predecessor George [...] | 2009-11-05 11:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2235 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S TAUSCHER AND THE STRATEGIC [...] (C) Under Secretary Tauscher: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi for the launch of the Strategic Security Dialogue. The Indian Government is focused on using the Strategic Dialogue process launched during Secretary Clinton's July visit as a mechanism to explore ways to broaden an [...] | 2009-11-05 14:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2242 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] "PALESTINE-ISRAEL CONFLICT AND AMERICA," commentary in November 5 right-of-center Urdu daily, SIASAT: "U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been completely unsuccessful in convincing Arab leaders that the United States is adopting a serious attitude to stop construction of Jewish settlem [...] | 2009-11-06 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2245 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- No Major Changes Yet to Monetary Policy -- Insurance Sector Growing -- Alok Nigam: New Joint Secretary of Financial Services -- Tarun Das Retires No Ma [...] | 2009-11-06 12:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR TSPA |
| 09NEWDELHI2247 | PREVIEW OF IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S [...] (C) Summary: In a visit characterized by GOI officials and local observers as routine, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will meet here on November 16 with Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna. Mottaki's planned visit, which follows a 2008 visit to Tehran by his Indian coun [...] | 2009-11-06 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2248 | SINO-INDIAN BORDER DISPUTE TURNS INTO WAR OF WORDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: India and China have launched a "war of words" over disputed territory in Arunachal Pradesh (AP). The GOI has been uncharacteristically bold in responding to Chinese moves, spurred on no doubt by unrestrained hyperventilation in the Indian media over Beijing's intentions. It seem [...] | 2009-11-06 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2257 | MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S U.S. VISIT, INDIA- [...] "PM-OBAMA MEETING RAISES HOPES," op-ed article in November 8 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "There are high expectations from PM Manmohan Singh's upcoming U.S. visit. U.S.-India relations have come a long way... These two democracies will have to jo [...] | 2009-11-09 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2265 | India Reporting Workshop Puts Strategic Dialogue in [...] (SBU) The Ambassador enthusiastically welcomed more than 80 participants from throughout India and neighboring Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and China to an October 5-6 India Reporting Workshop in New Delhi. SCA Assistant Secretary (A/S) Blake, addressing the group via DVC, underscored the valu [...] | 2009-11-09 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON POL AMGT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2269 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, SOUTH ASIA [...] "RIGHT MESSAGE TO CHINA," editorial in November 9 nationalist Hindi daily, VIR ARJUN: "By allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh despite Beijing's objections, India has given a clear message to China that Tawang belongs to us. If China's spies report honestly, their bosses will rea [...] | 2009-11-10 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2274 | INDIA: STEEL SAFEGUARD DUTY CONSIDERED AGAIN [...] Summary: At an October 28 Directorate-General of Safeguards (DGS) public hearing, Indian steel companies argued for a 25-percent preliminary safeguard duty on imports of hot-rolled steel coils/sheets/strips, claiming that they had suffered serious injury due to a flood of low-priced imports. [...] | 2009-11-10 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EIND IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2278 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, TEXAS KILLINGS; [...] "DALAI LAMA'S IMPORTANCE," editorial in November 10 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "It was not the Dalai Lama's first Arunachal-visit, but China has accused India of using this visit to mock it. China claims Arunachal Pradesh to be its territory, but the Tibetan monks in Arunachal abh [...] | 2009-11-12 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2280 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Buzz Misleads on WTO Government Procurement Agreement -- RBI Audits Could Lead to Further Opening of the Banking Sector -- Corporate Profits Up, Sales Not [...] | 2009-11-13 09:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2283 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA, PRESIDENT OBAMA, [...] "U.S. COMPLEXITY," editorial in November 12 centrist Hindi daily DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "The U.S. claim of fighting terrorism and establishing peace in the world seems to be feeble. It was disappointing that Indian intelligence officials were not allowed to interrogate David Headley, the American n [...] | 2009-11-13 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2285 | INDIA UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, [...] (U) PolCouns conveyed Ref A demarche on November 12 and 13 to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretaries for Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) Division, Y.K. Sinha, and UN Economic and for Social (UNES) Division, Rajiv Misra, respectively. Emphasizing the importance we place on the Indian G [...] | 2009-11-13 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN IR BM KN |
| 09NEWDELHI2292 | MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE/ WAR AGAINST [...] "WHEN WILL WE LEARN OUR LESSON?" editorial in November 14 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "It was India's good fortune that we escaped horrifying attacks plotted by terrorist David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana. Fortunately the U.S. cops nabbed them and nipped the conspiracy in [...] | 2009-11-16 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI23 | INDIAN CONCURRENCE ON INFORMATION SHARING: TAKING YES FOR AN ANSWER [...] (S) Summary: India's concurrence in the U.S. sharing law enforcement information developed during the investigation of the Mumbai attacks with Pakistani authorities should be read broadly. In the interest of providing complete clarity on the scope of concurrence, this cable summarizes the under [...] | 2009-01-06 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI230 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- India Largest Recipient of Worker Remittances -- Government Anticipates 1.5 million Job-loss by March Due to Global Downturn -- India's FY2008 Investment [...] | 2009-02-06 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI2309 | AMBASSADOR VERVEER AND SECRETARY SIKRI SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Melanne Verveer met Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) Secretary Devender Kumar Sikri on November 9 to discuss the Women's Empowerment Dialogue (WED). Sikri described the GOI's ideas for WED discussion topics. These included social and economic empowerme [...] | 2009-11-17 07:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TSPL KCRM KCOR ELAB KDEM KWMN KOCI PHUM |
| 09NEWDELHI2310 | UNDER SECRETARY TAUSCHER MEETS INDIAN SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Tauscher reviewed the next steps in U.S. nonproliferation efforts in a November 12 meeting with Indian Special Envoy Saran. Saran expressed support for President Obama's vision of a nuclear weapons free world and said India wanted to work with the U.S. on a for [...] | 2009-11-17 07:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG KNNP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2313 | MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE/ WAR AGAINST [...] "HALF-BAKED EVIDENCE," editorial in November 16 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Anti-India terror plotters David Headley and Tahawwur Rana are in the net thanks to America's FBI. The sorry Indian intelligence has once again been caught napping. May we ask Home Minister P Chidambar [...] | 2009-11-17 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2314 | INDIA AGREES WITH POSITION OF FOOD SECURITY LETTER [...] (U) Deputy Economic MinCouns delivered the talking points from REFTEL on October 29 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Office of Multilateral Economic Relations Director Charanjit Singh. The letter was also delivered to MEA and an additional copy was provided to the Ministry of Agriculture. [...] | 2009-11-17 12:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2318 | RAHUL GANDHI ON GOVERNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INDIA'S [...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy one-on-one meeting on November 16, Indian Congress Party General Secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi expressed interest in U.S. perspectives on India's quest for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. He dismissed any rumors of a Cabinet shake-up and focused on th [...] | 2009-11-17 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2319 | U/S TAUSCHER AND INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSS NON-PRO AND [...] (C) Summary: In a November 12 meeting with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher reviewed the status of USG efforts regarding START, CTBT, and the FMCT. Narayanan expressed great interest in USG efforts to refu [...] | 2009-11-17 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2324 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, MYANMAR; NEW [...] "FOR A CONSENSUS," editorial in November 17 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "The Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen, who is leading the group overseeing the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, and leaders like President Barack Obama do not want binding deals on emission cuts. Presid [...] | 2009-11-18 10:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2330 | MAYAWATI STRONG IN U.P. BY-ELECTIONS, BUT CONGRESS [...] (U) Summary. In Uttar Pradesh (U.P.),Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) swept the November 7 by-elections, winning nine out of eleven Assembly seats and consolidating further its hold of the state legislature. The by-elections were equally dramatic for the Samajwadi [...] | 2009-11-18 14:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2332 | U/S OTERO ENGAGES GOI MINISTER TIRATH ON WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Otero met with Minister of Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath on November 6 to discuss Government of India (GOI) measures for women's empowerment and to combat trafficking in persons, two enormous challenges India faces. [...] | 2009-11-19 03:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM KTIP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2334 | Secretary Chu Focuses on Clean Energy and Climate Change in [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 13-14 meetings with Government of India (GOI) officials, scientists, students, NGO and industry representatives in New Delhi, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu stressed the vast scope for bilateral cooperation, noting that the world's current emphasis on clean energ [...] | 2009-11-19 06:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EFIN EINV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2335 | Secretary Chu Focuses on Clean Energy and Climate Change in [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 13-14 meetings with Government of India (GOI) officials, scientists, students, NGO and industry representatives in New Delhi, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu stressed the vast scope for bilateral cooperation, noting that the world's current emphasis on clean energ [...] | 2009-11-19 06:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EFIN EINV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2337 | INDIA: U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE NEW AFGHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 09:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN AF |
| 09NEWDELHI2338 | MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE/ TERRORISM, INDIA- [...] "JUSTIFIED WORRIES," editorial in November 17 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "After the Headley case has come into the limelight, the focus of the Indian security establishment has shifted to Woodstock and Doon schools in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand. Keeping in view the [...] | 2009-11-19 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2339 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson was reported saying: "The Government of India is committed to resolving all outstanding issues with Pakistan through a peaceful bilateral dialogue in accordance with the Simla Agreement. A third country role cannot be envisaged nor is it necessary. [...] | 2009-11-19 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI234 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/OBAMA PRESIDENCY, SRI [...] "INDIA'S EXPECTATIONS For OBAMA" op-ed article by former diplomat Rajendra Abhyankar in the February 6, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It is welcome that the new U.S. President feels that Pakistan needs to play a more positive role in the interest of peace and stabilit [...] | 2009-02-06 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2342 | INDIA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UNGA [...] (C) The Indian Mission to the UN in New York will vote in favor of resolutions that reaffirm support for the three UN institutions devoted exclusively to Palestinian issues as New Delhi remains unwilling to review its policy on Israeli-Palestinian issues. On November 18, PolCouns conveyed Ref A po [...] | 2009-11-19 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2344 | U/S OTERO ENGAGES INDIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the Global Issues Forum held November 5 (Reftel),Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Otero met with Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)Secretary Sharma on November 6 to discuss areas for global cooperation on environmental issues including forestry [...] | 2009-11-20 03:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2348 | VALIDATION STUDY OF NEW DELHI'S OVER 55 APPLICANTS [...] SUMMARY: Fraud Prevention personnel undertook a validation of B1/B2 visas issued to those over the age of 55 in a select timeframe. Conventional wisdom at post is that those older applicants with children well-established in the U.S. respect the law and do not attempt to overstay, particular [...] | 2009-11-20 08:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2349 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS ASIA VISIT, U.S.-INDIA [...] "DIPLOMATIC FAILURE," op-ed in November 20 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "China is becoming increasingly aggressive toward India. A new troublesome U.S.-China-India triangle has come into being in South Asia, with the China visit of President Obama and the Arunachal visit of Da [...] | 2009-11-20 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2350 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 16-20, 2009, including the following: -- India Ready for FATF Evaluation -- Disinvestment Gets a Push -- Commerce Minister Plans to Double India's Share in Global Trade Within the Next Five Yea [...] | 2009-11-20 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY TINT BG NP |
| 09NEWDELHI2354 | TURBULENCE IN PARLIAMENT AWAITS PRIME MINISTER ON RETURN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The winter session of Parliament kicked off on a stormy note on November 19 as the opposition parties brought parliament and the capital to a halt over the issue of sugarcane prices to farmers. The Opposition effectively mobilized over 25,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh to [...] | 2009-11-20 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2355 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: GOVERNMENT TALKS TO SEPARATISTS [...] (C) Summary: Following up announcements by the Prime Minister and the Home Minister last month (ref a-c),the GOI and the Mirwaiz Omar Farooq-led separatists have publicly acknowledged that they are engaged in closed door talks. The separatists have indicated to Embassy that they intend to en [...] | 2009-11-20 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2356 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: PAKISTAN-BASED TERRORISM THREAT [...] (C) The improving security situation and the return to relative peace and prosperity in the state has encouraged the Indian government to be forward leaning on seeking a solution to the Kashmir issue through confidence building measures and the start of a dialogue with separatists (refs a-d). [...] | 2009-11-20 14:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2357 | INDIA PROVIDES PART 810 ASSURANCES ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) conveyed by diplomatic note November 20 a document entitled "Assurances by the Government of India to the Government of the United States on Nuclear Technology Transfers" in reply to reftel demarches. These "Part 810" assurances constituted a key r [...] | 2009-11-20 14:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2358 | India Wrestles With Food Price Inflation - Plans to Import [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of India (GOI) is struggling to contain double-digit food price inflation, while sitting on near-record food grain stocks. An uneven 2009 monsoon that significantly reduced the rice output combined with regressive GOI decisions on grain stocks, support prices and [...] | 2009-11-20 15:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI236 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "UNNECCESARY ACTION," editorial in February 7 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan has done it again, speaking out of turn and thereby harming the interest of the nation. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee last week almost snubbed Narayanan in pu [...] | 2009-02-09 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2360 | MEDIA REACTION: PM'S VISIT TO U.S., AF-PAK [...] "LESSONS OF MUMBAI ATTACKS," op-ed in November 22 Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "India's campaign to create diplomatic pressure on Pakistan for bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice seems to be unsuccessful. And the U.S.' unreasonable softness towards Pakistan in this context [...] | 2009-11-23 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2365 | INDIA SIGNALS BUSINESS AS USUAL ON FUEL BANKS, [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Deputy Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Vipul repeated familiar positions November 23 in reply to reftel demarches on several issues before the November 26-27 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, including fuel banks, [...] | 2009-11-23 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP IR SY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2373 | RENEWED GOI EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),which plays a significant role in the GOI's trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts, seems to be taking renewed steps to overcome India's TIP challenge. In September, the MHA issued two advisories, one on violence against women and another on hu [...] | 2009-11-24 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR ELAB KWMN KOCI PHUM KTIP SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2375 | USTR KIRK AND MINISTER SHARMA REACTIVATE TRADE POLICY FORUM [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 26, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk led an interagency delegation to India for the first Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meeting with the GOI since February 2008. Noting the 20 months between TPF meetings, USTR Kirk and Minister of Commerce and [...] | 2009-11-24 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV KIPR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2376 | RENEWED GOI EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),which plays a significant role in the GOI's trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts, seems to be taking renewed steps to overcome India's TIP challenge. In September, the MHA issued two advisories, one on violence against women and another on hu [...] | 2009-11-24 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR ELAB KWMN KOCI PHUM KTIP SOCI |
| 09NEWDELHI2377 | MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S VISIT TO U.S., [...] "WHAT SHOULD INDIA ASK AMERICA FOR?" editorial in November 23 centrist Hindi daily NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Both countries want to send out the message of a strong partnership between two big democratic forces. One wonders, however, if anything substantive will come out of the visit. Will the same ol [...] | 2009-11-24 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI238 | BILLION INDIAN VOICES: ELECTION COMMISSION ROW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now seconded calls by the Chief Election Commissioner to remove one of his colleagues from the three-member Election Commission. This spat is allegedly based on the targeted Election Commissioner's close ties to the Congress Party, but Cong [...] | 2009-02-09 14:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2381 | Commercial Space Launch Agreement Talks Launched [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for Services and Investment Christine Bliss and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Scientific Secretary A. Bhaskraranarayana led the first round of bilateral Commercial Space Launch Agreement (CSLA) negotiations October 27-28 in B [...] | 2009-11-25 10:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TSPA KTIA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2382 | MEDIA REACTION: PM'S VISIT TO U.S., 26/11 [...] QONUS ON U.S. TO STRENGTHEN TIES, REASSURE INDIA, editorial in November 24 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Barack Obama is neither path breaking, nor ambitious in any respect. By anointing China the lord of entire Asia, Obama not on [...] | 2009-11-25 10:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2386 | A NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: PM RUDD VISITS NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2388 | IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S HOLLOW VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, and Vice President Hamid Ansari during a November 16-17 visit to New Delhi that was large on formality but little on substance. A senior Indian Ministry of [...] | 2009-11-25 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2389 | INDIA: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND [...] (C) A/DCM discussed reftel points and key messages on November 24 with Y.K. Sinha, Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran Affairs in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. Sinha stated that he had some insight into current Iranian attitudes on the nuclear issue as he had recent [...] | 2009-11-25 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2391 | LIBERHAN LEAK STEALS REPORT'S THUNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The list of political scandals awaiting Prime Minister Singh upon his return from Washington has grown with the release of the Liberhan Commission report. Bowing to immense pressure from the Opposition, Home Minister F.M. Chidambaram presented the report in the lower and upper [...] | 2009-11-25 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2395 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- Industrial Growth on Path to Recovery -- RBI Warns Banks Dealing with Iran, Pakistan, and Others -- FATF Mutual Evaluation Spurs Tougher AML Regulations I [...] | 2009-11-27 10:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ECIN EIND PK IR UZ TU TP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2396 | CURRENT INDIAN GOVERNMENT THINKING ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In an extended November 24 meeting, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran Affairs Y.K.Sinha lamented that recent media focus on the corruption and inefficiency of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government is "undermining" international commun [...] | 2009-11-27 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN PK AF |
| 09NEWDELHI2397 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S [...] "MATURING TIES," editorial in centrist, independent English daily, THE TIMES OF INDIA: "The outlook for Indo-US ties going forward is substantive, though it might not be spectacular, and promises decent dividends. It is in India's interests to push through more market reforms and scale up its [...] | 2009-11-27 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2398 | U/S TAUSCHER ENGAGES FS RAO IN STRATEGIC SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Delegations led by Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao exchanged views on the full spectrum of nonproliferation and disarmament issues in the first meeting of the Strategic Security Dialogue (SSD) November 12-13 [...] | 2009-11-27 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2399 | INDIA UNLIKELY TO MEET $500 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Both Government of India (GOI) officials and private sector experts expect the GOI to fall far short of its plan to spend $500 billion on infrastructure between 2007 and 2012. Public-private partnerships have become an acceptable format for such projects but the private sector r [...] | 2009-11-27 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG ELTN EWWT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2401 | FRESH MOMENTUM: CANADIAN PM HARPER VISITS INDIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Canadian PM Stephen Harper's November 15-18 visit to India was long on atmospherics but short on solid deliverables. In addition to official meetings with PM Singh, EAM Krishna and Sonia Gandhi, Harper had a highly visible public program in Mumbai and touched base with the Sikh c [...] | 2009-11-30 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2403 | MEDIA REACTION: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S [...] "MANMOHAN SINGH'S SUCCESSFUL AMERICA VISIT: BOTH [NATIONS] NEED EACH OTHER," editorial in November 29 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "The number of accords signed in the field on defense, science and technology, trade and commerce, education, etc., by the United States and India duri [...] | 2009-11-30 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2408 | VALIDATION STUDY OF NEW DELHI'S M1 APPLICANTS [...] SUMMARY: New Delhi's Fraud Prevention Unit recently completed a validation study of M1 visas issued to applicants during the first half of FY08. Historically, post has viewed M1 applicants as poor visa risks, and the refusal rates for M1 visas have been higher than those for most other non-i [...] | 2009-12-01 08:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC EAIR ELAB SCUL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2409 | K-1 FIANCE(E)VISAS: TILL DEATH DO US PART? [...] New Delhi has completed its first-ever K-1 Fianc(e) Visa validation study. During FY2008, New Delhi's Immigrant Visa (IV) Unit issued 184 fianc(e) visas. In almost 50 percent of the cases, we were able to contact neither the beneficiary nor the petitioner due to disconnected, non-existent, or [...] | 2009-12-01 09:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI241 | SATYAM PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian government and industry leaders are working to make the fraud and failure of corporate governance at Satyam appear to be an isolated incident. However, industry insiders and legal experts view Satyam as indicative of widespread lack of corporate governance especially in [...] | 2009-02-10 05:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND KCRM KCOR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2413 | MEDIA REACTION: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S [...] "U.S. ASSURANCE," editorial in November 29 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's U.S.-visit has been more successful than was expected. Singh held talks with Obama on the entire gamut of bilateral relations, the situation in the region and global challenges like terroris [...] | 2009-12-01 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2416 | CIVAIR INDIA: CLARIFICATION SOUGHT ON SECURITY SCREENINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: ECON/EST MIN-COUNS November 30 delivered reftel demarche on security screenings to Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA) Secretary Nambiar. In response, Nambiar, noting that differing national screening guidelines created "muddy water," agreed that the United States and India must [...] | 2009-12-01 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ECON IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2429 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - COVERAGE OF POTUS AF- [...] The speech appeared on major Indian news networks soon after it was delivered. NDTV 24x7 headlined their story "Nuclear-armed Pakistan big security threat, says Obama," and quoted the President as saying the cancer of terrorism has spread from Afghanistan to Pakistan and that the danger will g [...] | 2009-12-02 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2430 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ISSUES, CLIMATE [...] "QUESTION MARK ON NUCLEAR SAFETY," editorial in December 2 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "At a time when the U.S. and other nations are moving on their respective nuclear initiatives with India, it is unfortunate if incidents such as the one at Kaiga nuclear plant happen, where t [...] | 2009-12-02 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2433 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT -- COVERAGE OF POTUS AF- [...] India said it was not "complaining" about not being mentioned in President Obama's speech. Instead, India welcomed Washington's continued commitment in Afghanistan, saying it was "very pleased" that pressure on al Qaeda and the Taliban would not be eased. Minister of State for External Affairs [...] | 2009-12-03 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2435 | INDIAN AF-PAK PUNDITS VOICE "CRITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The overall reaction of selected Political Section interlocutors - a diverse group of journalists, commentators, academics, think-tank analysts, and parliamentarians from different religious communities and political orientations - to President Obama's December 1 speech on Afgh [...] | 2009-12-03 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IN AF PK |
| 09NEWDELHI2436 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN REQUEST: PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, the purchase order under license number 00501187827 was placed by the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI). Econoffs from Embassy New Delhi and Consulate Mumbai have made inquiries and confirming the order and establishing the bona fides of ARAI. 2. (SBU) On No [...] | 2009-12-03 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC IN KOMC |
| 09NEWDELHI2437 | TOP CONCERNS OF U.S. CIVAIR COMPANIES IN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At a roundtable discussion with Emboffs on November 23, representatives of U.S. airlines, express delivery services and aircraft manufacturers discussed their doing business concerns in order to provide input to government-to-government meetings scheduled to take place on the ma [...] | 2009-12-04 02:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ETRD EFIN ECON IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2441 | INDIAN DELEGATION HEADS TO COPENHAGEN WITH SOFT WORDS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Armed with the Kyoto Protocol and the Bali Action Plan, India's delegation to COP-15 is planning a highly legalistic defense of the G-77 and the entitlement of developing countries to financial flows from the developed world. U.S. negotiators should expect more nit- [...] | 2009-12-04 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ETRD TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2444 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: COVERAGE OF POTUS AF-PAK [...] Media reported that India on Thursday welcomed the emphasis in the U.S. strategy on strengthening the government of Afghanistan and the Afghan security forces, and that India hoped the international community was prepared for a long haul in the region. 2. India's foreign office spokesperson [...] | 2009-12-04 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2445 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 30 to December 4, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Contraction Moderating -- World Bank Commits Increased Funding for India -- Competition Commission Focuses on the 'Common Man' -- GOI Has N [...] | 2009-12-04 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID ECIN EIND ELTN ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2447 | GOI APPLAUDS PRESIDENT'S AF-PAK SPEECH (ESPECIALLY [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting, MEA Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran Affairs Y.K. Sinha expressed general appreciation for the President's speech, stating that it refuted speculation that the international community was looking to make a hasty exit from the region. Apart from h [...] | 2009-12-04 15:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN AF PK |
| 09NEWDELHI2451 | INDIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) PolCouns conveyed Ref A demarche points to Ministry of External Affairs UN Economic and Social (UNES) Division Joint S ecretary Rajiv Misra on December 1, emphasizing the importance we place on India's support in voting against the OIC-sponsored UNGA resolution calling for criminal bans on [...] | 2009-12-07 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA UN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2453 | MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S U.S. VISIT, NPT, [...] "INDIA, AMERICA IN THE NEW AGE," op-ed in December 6 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "PM Singh's U.S. trip was more about symbolism than substance. America's pledges to fight terror in India's neighborhood seem to be diplomatic. It remains to be seen if the US will really exert pressure on Pakista [...] | 2009-12-08 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2455 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CHIDAMBARAM PLEDGES MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: In a follow up to assurances by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Home Minister P. Chidambaram in October (ref c-e),the Home Minister declared in Parliament on December 2 that the GOI would withdraw "significant" military and paramilitary forces from Jammu and Kashmir, but he [...] | 2009-12-08 14:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2459 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ISSUES, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "DEAL OF EQUALITY," editorial in December 8 right- of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "The India-Russia nuclear deal further strengthens the close relations between the two nations, while uncertainty still looms over the implementation of the U.S.-India nuclear initiative. The pact with Russia [...] | 2009-12-09 11:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI246 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS WILL FLY SOLO, NOT AS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress Party has decided to fight coming parliamentary elections mostly alone and not as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) alliance; it will only seek case-by-case seat-sharing understandings with allies at the state level. In making this decision, the Congress Party [...] | 2009-02-10 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2461 | PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES REFUGEE ISSUES IN INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a two-day visit to New Delhi, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten discussed Bhutanese refugees, Tibetans in India, and the status of UNHCR in India. Key members of the Bhutanese Core Group agreed that we should submit test humanitarian return cases [...] | 2009-12-09 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL IN SL |
| 09NEWDELHI2462 | PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES GOI ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a lengthy meeting at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on November 10, Suresh Reddy, Director for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and the Maldives, described India's relief efforts for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka with PRM Principal Deputy Assi [...] | 2009-12-09 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL IN SL |
| 09NEWDELHI247 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: SONIA GANDHI SOUNDS ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi kicked off her party's 2009 parliamentary campaign on February 9 articulating three broad themes: safeguarding secularism, inclusive economic growth and the fight against terror. Speaking to a conclave of Congress Party functionaries, Gandh [...] | 2009-02-10 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2470 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN, [...] "OBAMA'S AF-PAK STRATEGY," op-ed in December 9 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It seems very unlikely that America's work will be over in 18 months. The Taliban will sit tight to execute their plans till the Americans leave. There are, however, crucial elements in this strategy th [...] | 2009-12-10 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2472 | TELANGANA - A NEW STATE IS BORN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with mounting protests from students and supporters of a new state of Telangana and the deteriorating health of a regional politician who was in the 11th day of a hunger strike to death, GOI abruptly caved on December 9 and gave the go-ahead for formation of a new state [...] | 2009-12-10 14:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2481 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-RUSSIAN NUCLEAR [...] "RUSSIA-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT," editorial in December 11 Leftist Kolkata Bengali GANASHAKTI: "The Indo-Russian nuclear agreement will have far reaching effect on bilateral relationship. This pact offers more facilities than the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear deal. Washington naturally faces terr [...] | 2009-12-11 11:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2482 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 7, to December 11, 2009, including the following: -- New Chief Economic Advisor -- GOI Seeks Additional Funds from Parliament -- GOI Drafts New Postal Legislation -- GDP Growth on Path Towards Reco [...] | 2009-12-11 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR EFIN EINV EAID ECIN EIND ELTN ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2489 | MEDIA REACTION: AF/PAK ISSUES, OBAMA NOBEL [...] "ADVICE FOR U.S.," editorial in December 12 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The arrest of five U.S. nationals in Pakistan for their involvement in the terrorist activities should be an eye-opener for the U.S. It is meaningless to have a new Af-Pak policy focusing on Afghanistan, [...] | 2009-12-14 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI249 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/A.Q. KHAN, JOE BIDEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 01:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2492 | INDIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. India has made continuing progress since April 2009 in combating human trafficking. The Ministry of Home Affairs has designated trafficking in persons a top priority and demonstrated renewed efforts in tackling the problem. India enhanced efforts to expand law enforcement capac [...] | 2009-12-14 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KTIP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2493 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON [...] Summary: (C) In a reminder that there are many Kashmir-focused terrorist groups who do not want any negotiation or accommodation with India, unidentified gunmen on December 4 shot Fazal-ul-Haq Qureshi, a prominent moderate separatist leader who was part of the recently announced GOI-Srinagar [...] | 2009-12-14 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2494 | INDIAN POLITICAL THEATER: THE LIBERHAN REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliamentary debate on the Liberhan Commission,s report (Ref B) on the destruction of a mosque 17 years ago caused disruption and drama. Both houses of Parliament engaged in hearty mud slinging across party lines, while ignoring more pressing issues, such as the rising price o [...] | 2009-12-14 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI25 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "THE CRAFTY MOVES OF PAKISTANI ARMY" editorial in the January 7, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It would be naove to conclude that Pakistan- based terrorist outfits were the sole engineers of the Mumbai terror attacks. It is as naove as the assumption that a singular a [...] | 2009-01-07 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI250 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SHANTHA BIOTECHNICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On February 05, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Pre-License Check (PLC) at Shantha Biotechnics Limited (SHAN [...] | 2009-02-11 01:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2500 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN SUMMIT, POTUS NOBEL [...] "COMMON GROUND," editorial in December 14 centrist Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "India and China have different concerns and strategies in Copenhagen. Copenhagen offers a great chance to these two big emerging economies to forge an understanding, not only on climate change but on strategic is [...] | 2009-12-15 11:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2502 | South Asia: Integration as Anti-crisis Response [...] (SBU) Summary: At the December 11 opening of the "Second South Asia Economic Summit" in New Delhi, speakers stressed that enhanced regional cooperation could be an effective response to the global recession and allow countries to diversify and insulate against developed country problems in the [...] | 2009-12-15 13:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2507 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN SUMMIT, NOBEL PRIZE [...] "WRANGLING OVER CARBON EMISSIONS," op-ed in December 15 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Industrial countries want to get the poorest nations on their side to pressure India and China to cut their emissions. The idea is to destroy the economic challenge posed by these two big emerg [...] | 2009-12-16 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2510 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS, MUMBAI [...] "INDIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THE TALIBAN," op-ed in December 17 left-of-center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan after the year 2011 and that's when a vacuum will form in the country, which is likely to be filled by nefarious insurgent forces [...] | 2009-12-17 09:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2515 | High Food Inflation Eclipses Economic Recovery [...] SUMMARY: Despite a promising overall economic outlook, rising food price inflation continues to pose a serious challenge to the Government of India (GOI). Food prices increased by a staggering 19.95 percent for the week ending on December 5, the fastest pace in eleven years. Causes of the ris [...] | 2009-12-17 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2516 | NSA NARAYANAN ON CIVIL NUCLEAR IMPLEMENTATION AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Roemer pressed National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan in a telephone call December 16 for progress on civil nuclear implementation, assurances about the protection of sensitive information, and a commitment not to seek extradition in the Headley case. Narayanan remai [...] | 2009-12-17 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI252 | INDIAN AUTO INDUSTRY IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 01:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO |
| 09NEWDELHI2521 | BREAKING THE STALEMATE IN NEPAL: INDIA DOESN'T [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel demarche Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) Director (North) Sanjiv Ranjan told us on December 16 that India has conveyed to all concerned parties the need to build consensus, but has not bought into the "flexibility argument" which the GOI perceives as [...] | 2009-12-18 08:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2522 | MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE, AFGHANISTAN, [...] "U.S. INTENTION," editorial in December 17 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The latest information on David Headley and Tahawwur Rana is not only shocking, but worrisome. The Indian government should ask the U.S. why it did not inform India about Headley much earlier. It seems the [...] | 2009-12-18 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2528 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 14, to December 18, 2009, including the following: -- All's Quiet in Parliament on the Economic Reform Front -- Unbundling Electricity in Tamil Nadu -- U.S. Firm Azure Power Opens India's First [...] | 2009-12-18 14:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID ECIN EIND ELTN ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2529 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG [...] (SBU) Senator Gregg and Delegation: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following soon after Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing everything from agriculture to defense coop [...] | 2009-12-18 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2530 | INDIA-RUSSIA CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL DOMINATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: During an annual India-Russia summit on December 6-8 in Moscow, Prime Minister Singh and President Medvedev inked six bilateral agreements that included a civil nuclear deal and pacts focused on military relations, cultural exchanges, and trade. The joint statement was warm in to [...] | 2009-12-18 15:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2532 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR PAKISTANI ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In a December 17 conversation with Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik, the Ambassador pressed for Pakistani government action to convict suspects implicated in the 2008 Mumbai attacks; action against suspected Mumbai mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) supremo Hafez Saeed; a [...] | 2009-12-18 16:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK |
| 09NEWDELHI2539 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "COPENHAGEN'S FAILURE," op-ed in December 20 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is difficult to understand why President Obama called a face-saver accord a useful and unprecedented success! No unanimous agreement could be reached at Copenhagen, because of the Obama Administration [...] | 2009-12-21 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2540 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "COPENHAGEN'S FAILURE," op-ed in December 20 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is difficult to understand why President Obama called a face-saver accord a useful and unprecedented success! No unanimous agreement could be reached at Copenhagen, because of the Obama Administration [...] | 2009-12-21 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2541 | INDIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN ASEC |
| 09NEWDELHI2543 | WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT ENDS WITHOUT CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: The lack-luster winter session of Parliament came to an end without passage of the Civil Nuclear Liabilities legislation. Despite assurances from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that it intended to push the legislation through, we did not see any signs of Congr [...] | 2009-12-21 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2544 | AMBASSADOR VISITS PARLIAMENT, CALLS ON SPEAKER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) Speaker Meira Kumar expressed an interest in meeting Speaker Pelosi in the United States. Kumar wants to increase exchanges between Indian and United States legislators. The Ambassador and Spe [...] | 2009-12-21 13:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI2545 | ADVANI MOVES UPSTAIRS, HANDS OVER REINS TO THE NEXT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India's principal opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),implemented a generational change at the top when its leading stalwart, former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, stepped down from his position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, India's lower hou [...] | 2009-12-21 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2546 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN; NEW DELHI. [...] "CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES," editorial in December 21 right-of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "The summit at Copenhagen practically failed miserably because it could not be successful in finalizing any comprehensive and binding agreement. Evasion to accept their responsibilities, t [...] | 2009-12-22 09:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2548 | ENGAGING INDIA ON UN DEBATE: FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: Post is pleased to offer our recommendations for a strategy to engage India on the "defamation of religions" proposal and to back the U.S. "Action Plan" at the upcoming March session of the UN Human Rights Council on countering racial and religious discrimination. While India may [...] | 2009-12-22 12:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC UNGA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2550 | ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DEFENDS COPENHAGEN ACCORD; LOCAL NGOS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh claimed victory for India's Copenhagen negotiating team in a parliamentary session December 22. Ramesh used his response to opposition attacks to sensitize the nation to the idea India needs to realize its responsibilities as a [...] | 2009-12-22 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ETRD TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2553 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, HEADLEY CASE, [...] "KYOTO KILLED," editorial in December 21 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "There were hopes of forging binding agreements in Copenhagen and making the US sign it. Who expected Kyoto would be killed! But that is what happened. Neither were the developing countries able to obtain technology to cut [...] | 2009-12-23 09:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2554 | Auto Industry, GOI on Standards and Remanufacturing [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 15, Dilip Chenoy, Director General of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM),told Econoff and Econ Specialist that he had drafted IndiaQs newly mandatory tire standards (reftel) and the standards would not affect any U.S. companies. He expressed supp [...] | 2009-12-23 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD ECON EINV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2558 | Industry, GOI on WTO, Government Procurement, SAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Assistant Secretary General Manab Majumdar, who is responsible for trade policy, said FICCI is a strong believer in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and understood that India would be poorer without a Doha Deve [...] | 2009-12-24 07:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD ECON EINV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2559 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ISSUES, COPENHAGEN, [...] "SECURITY OVERLOOKED IN U.S. INTEREST," op-ed article by leftist leader Prakash Karat in December 23 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "The proposed Nuclear End Use Bill is brought by the government to meet U.S. demands... It is noteworthy that Russian and French suppliers have not raised such demands. [...] | 2009-12-24 07:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2569 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, [...] "AL QAEDA'S PLOT FOILED," editorial in December 28 left-of-center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "The Al Qaeda attempt to blow up a U.S.-bound jet on Christmas Day once again brings home the need for a review of the databases used by U.S. security agencies. If a man, who tried to blow up a jet [...] | 2009-12-28 10:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2575 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, HEADLEY CASE; NEW [...] "WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE," editorial in December 17 Bhubaneswar Oriya centrist SAMAYA:"It is good to see that America, responsible for maximum environmental pollution, is eager to reduce emission of greenhouse gases. The Copenhagen summit should take into account the views of developing count [...] | 2009-12-29 10:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI258 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FIRST INDIAN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On February 5, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at First Indian Corporation [...] | 2009-02-11 08:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2585 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "PAKISTAN IN DISARRAY," editorial in December 30 left-of-center Marathi daily APLA MAHANGAR: "Even as India is trying to get back on track after the 26/11 tragedy, Pakistan continues to be plagued by serious domestic crises. The general lack of law and order has robbed the country of all its c [...] | 2009-12-30 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2588 | BHUTANESE KING'S SUCCESSFUL FIRST STATE VISIT TO [...] (U) The King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, visited India from December 21-26 on his first state visit to a foreign country following his coronation in November 2008. In addition to holding meetings with political figures that included the President and Vice President of India, Pri [...] | 2009-12-31 02:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM CH BH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2597 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, PAKISTAN, COPENHAGEN, [...] "A RESPONSIBLE U.S. MEDIA SPARED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST," op-ed in left- of-center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "The U.S. media should be congratulated for the balanced and sober coverage of the attempted act of terrorism aboard a flight that landed in Detroi [...] | 2009-12-31 10:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI26 | SHIELD SO4B-08: INDIA AWARE OF SYRIAN ATTEMPT TO [...] (S) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs(DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra told Poloff January 6 in response to reftel demarche that the appropriate Indian agencies were aware of reports that Syria was attempting to acquire dual-use chemical weap [...] | 2009-01-07 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM ETTC SY IN PREL |
| 09NEWDELHI260 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, PAKISTAN, [...] "GREAT EXPECTATIONS FROM OBAMA," op-ed in the February 10 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by right-wing economist Bharat Jhunjhunwala: "Gandhi's photo hangs in Obama's office. He says India and the U.S. are natural partners. This talk is fine, but kind of superficial. Obama's mission is to salvage t [...] | 2009-02-11 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI264 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FLIC MICROWAVE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On February 3, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at FLIC Microwave Private Li [...] | 2009-02-12 06:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI265 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: AN ENDORSEMENT THAT MATTERS [...] (C) Summary: In a public letter to party workers, Sonia Gandhi unequivocally endorsed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, making it virtually certain that he would remain Prime Minister if the Congress Party leads the next government. Manmohan Singh has built a good and clean image around the cou [...] | 2009-02-12 10:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI266 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO - PAK RELATIONS, WAR [...] "PAKISTAN'S MANEUVER," editorial in the February 11 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan's demand for more information to complete its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks shows that it is simply misleading the world and killing time. But, for how long will the Indian government tolerate Pakis [...] | 2009-02-12 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI267 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES MENON TO IMPLEMENT CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Highlighting U.S. industry concerns about the slow pace of civil nuclear cooperation and stressing the opportunities it holds for U.S. commerce and job creation, Ambassador Mulford pressed Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon February 11 for swifter action on implementation. Menon reit [...] | 2009-02-12 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI268 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) We welcome your visit to New Delhi as India begins to gear up for parliamentary elections likely to be held in April-May. While popular anger over the November Mumbai attacks has cooled slightly, Indian officials continue to demand that Pakistan respond to Delhi's demands for action against the [...] | 2009-02-12 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ECON AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI269 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS AND BACHUS [...] (SBU) We welcome your upcoming visit as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's historic journey to India in February-March 1959. The inspiration which Dr. King and other leaders of the American civil rights movement drew from Mahatma Gandhi is well known in [...] | 2009-02-12 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI270 | CLIMATE POSITIONS HARDEN AT 2009 DELHI SUSTAINABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, held February 5 - 7, 2009, focused solely on climate change and the road to the December 2009 UNFCCC climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark. DSDS 2009 attracted fewer current heads of state than in 2008 but more big names including [...] | 2009-02-12 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI274 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO-PAK [...] QPAKISTAN FALLS FLAT ON ITS FACEQ editorial in the February 13, 2009, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily LOKSATTA. QAlthough PakistanQs Interior Minister has finally acknowledged that the Mumbai attacks were partly plotted on Pakistani soil, there are some expected twists in this [...] | 2009-02-13 10:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI278 | DALAI LAMA REQUESTS SECRETARY TO PROMOTE CALM IN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 13 farewell meeting, the Ambassador sought the Dalai Lama's views on the Secretary's upcoming visit to Beijing. The Dalai Lama underlined that neither Tibetan leaders nor the PRC would like a repeat of last year's violence. Consequently, he suggested the Secretary [...] | 2009-02-13 12:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IN CH |
| 09NEWDELHI28 | INDIAN GROUPS PROTEST ISRAELI OFFENSIVE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza strikes are emerging as a significant issue for some Muslim groups in India, who are raking up traditional anti-Israel rhetoric. Urdu media has been portraying the U.S. and Israel as enemies of Islam, stoking Muslim anger further and radical Islamic groups are gearing u [...] | 2009-01-07 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREL IS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI280 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- India Modifies FDI Procedures -- Inflation Continues to Fall -- December Industrial Output Falls -- Interim Railway Budget Announced -- FII Holdings Fal [...] | 2009-02-13 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI281 | DELHI WELCOMES PAKISTAN'S RESPONSE TO DOSSIER [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Government reacted positively to the much awaited official response from Pakistan to the dossier on the Mumbai terror attacks. Foreign Minister Mukherjee's recognition of the Pakistani response as a "positive development" was echoed by the Indian media and Post contact [...] | 2009-02-13 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI282 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: A THAW IN CONGRESS-COMMUNIST [...] (C) Summary: Communist supremo Prakash Karat signaled that the Left parties could, under certain conditions, return to a coalition that includes the Congress Party. The Congress Party was quick to pick up the olive branch, saying it is ready to join hands with the Left parties to keep the B [...] | 2009-02-13 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI283 | INDIANS SEEK MODIFICATION OF AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: While stressing that a complete overhaul is not necessary, Indian officials and experts on Afghanistan have expressed a clear desire for a change in approach to implementing Afghan reconstruction. India has been a significant contributor to Afghan reconstruction. Visits by Afgha [...] | 2009-02-13 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI284 | DELHI DIARY, FEBRUARY 3-13, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 2-13, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Valentine's Day Violence? -- Six-year-old's Beating Caught on Tape in UP -- Vajpayee Hospitalized, Making Steady Progress Valentine's Day [...] | 2009-02-13 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR EAGR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI288 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY: “HUGE STAKE†IN SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Special Representative Richard Holbrooke on February 16, Menon: -- stated that India "has a huge stake" in the Special Representative's success in his new role and promised to support Holbrooke's efforts publicly to al [...] | 2009-02-17 08:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI289 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS/ WAR [...] "PAKISTAN4S CRISIS," editorial in the February 16 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's saying that the Taliban is trying to take over Pakistan is not surprising. The Taliban and Al-Qaida are spreading terror with the aim of global jihad and their fir [...] | 2009-02-17 10:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI29 | MUKHERJEE SHARES CONCERN ABOUT SPECIAL ENVOY IN AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL [...] (S) SUMMARY. In Ambassador Mulford's January 7 farewell call on External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the Minister said he understood the seriousness of the error in releasing sensitive intelligence from the Mumbai terrorism investigations and pledged that the Ministry would not further diss [...] | 2009-01-07 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG |
| 09NEWDELHI291 | ENGAGING STATES IN KOSOVO RECOGNITION: INDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ICJ KV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI297 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN; NEW [...] "TALIBAN'S TRUCE WITH THE DEMON PAKISTAN" editorial in the February 18, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "The Pakistani government's handshake with the Taliban is the worst piece of news for India and the global community. Pakistan's President Asif Zardari had earlier ex [...] | 2009-02-18 10:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI298 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP SWINGS INTO ELECTION MODE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani kicked off the party's 2009 national elections campaign unveiling the slogan, "If BJP wins, India wins." Advani heralded the BJP's terror-fighting and governance record, while attacking the United Progre [...] | 2009-02-18 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI302 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SMD PUMP & [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On January 28, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted six Post-Shipment Verifications (PSV) at SMD Pump & Engineering [...] | 2009-02-18 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI309 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NEW ADMINISTRATION'S [...] "DEFEAT IN SWAT," editorial in the February 18 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Not even a week has passed since Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari admitted that the Taliban has established sway over large parts of his country and aims to take it over entirely. Now we hear that Islamab [...] | 2009-02-19 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI314 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: BHARAT DYNAMICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On February 4, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Bharat Dynamics Limited ( [...] | 2009-02-19 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI317 | MEERA SHANKAR SLATED AS NEXT INDIAN ENVOY TO [...] (SBU) Media reported on February 19 that the GOI has selected the Indian Ambassador to Germany Meera Shankar as the next Indian Ambassador to Washington. The same stories also reported that MEA Special Secretary Sharat Sabharwal will go to Islamabad to replace Satyabrata Pal, who is due to [...] | 2009-02-19 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI319 | BOUCHER IN BHUTAN: VISIT EXPLORES WAYS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The February 9-11 visit to Bhutan of Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher demonstrated continuing U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom. In meetings with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Economic Affairs, and the Fourth King, Boucher addressed Bhutan's peaceful transit [...] | 2009-02-20 05:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREF PREL IN BH |
| 09NEWDELHI324 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 17-20, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Declines to 14-Month Low -- India-ASEAN FTA Authorization May Be Postponed -- State-owned Banks to Be Recapitalized -- GOI Extends Duty Credit [...] | 2009-02-20 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI328 | DELHI DIARY, FEBRUARY 16-20, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 16-20, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Congress Reshuffles Ahead of Elections -- NC-Congress Sweep J&K Rajya Sabha Elections -- More Jobs if BJP Elected Congress Reshuffles Ahead [...] | 2009-02-20 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR |
| 09NEWDELHI33 | INDIAN READOUT ON CHINESE VICE FM HE YAFEI'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei visited New Delhi on January 5, where he met with FM Menon, FS Mukherjee, and NSA Narayanan as well as Deputy Chair of the Planning Commission Ahluwalia. Press coverage of the visit focused almost exclusively on discussion of the India-Paki [...] | 2009-01-08 09:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI332 | INDIA TO PARTICIPATE IN SHARM AL-SHEIK CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff on February 18 conveyed reftel points to MEA Deputy Secretary of West Asia and North Africa Division, Suhil Khan, informing the GOI of U.S. intention to make a pledge of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian Authority at the Sharm al-Sheikh March 2 conference and encouraging [...] | 2009-02-23 09:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI335 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, WAR AGAINST TERRORISM; [...] "MEANING OF HOLBROOKE MISSION," op-ed in the February 22 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The Pakistan army and its supporters have given three clear messages to the U.S. during the first step of Richard Holbrooke mission. They tried [...] | 2009-02-23 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI34 | INDIA TO SUPPORT CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] PolCouns delivered reftel invitation, information on the Contact Group (CG) on Somali Piracy, and additional issues for consideration by core members to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (United Nations - Political Division) Asith Bhattacharjee. Bhattacharjee confirmed that he will [...] | 2009-01-08 09:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI346 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO - PAK RELATIONS, [...] "TALIBAN IN PAKISTAN," editorial in the February 23 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "It is pretty evident from the ceasefire in Swat Valley that the Taliban is regaining strength in Pakistan. President Asif Ali Zardari's comments also underline Islamabad's helplessness in the face of the Taliban. The [...] | 2009-02-24 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI35 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "HERE'S THE PROOF," editorial in January 7 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Pakistan is a nuclear capable nation and no one wants a nuclear war. But there's a limit to taking atrocities lying down, and very soon India will reach that point of no return. If the world thinks India is not capable of la [...] | 2009-01-08 10:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI351 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] "PAKISTAN'S MILITARY WAR PLAN AND UNSTATELIKE CHARACTER", editorial in the February 23 right-of-center Urdu daily URDU TIMES, Mumbai: "It is of course not a concealed fact that the formation of terrorist outfits has always been a special ingredient of Pakistan's military strategies. Pakistan h [...] | 2009-02-25 10:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI354 | CICA SENIORS MEETING CALLS FOR MORE ACTION; TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. The February 18-20 Senior Officials Committee/Special Working Group meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) included the usual litany of decisions taken on past agenda items and recommendations for future discussions, but was not [...] | 2009-02-25 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KZ TU IN |
| 09NEWDELHI359 | MEDIA REACTION: BANGLADESH, UNITED STATES, [...] "THE REBELLION IN BANGLADESH" editorial in the February 26, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "In a land that has witnessed several rebellions in the recent past, the latest uprising of the Bangladesh Rifles (BR - paramilitary troops) is the most shameful in Bangladesh's [...] | 2009-02-26 10:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI365 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "DISQUALIFICATION OF 'SHARIFS'", editorial in the February 26 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS, New Delhi: "Every sane human being has a right to tell Pakistani rulers, judiciary and authorities that they should finally come to their senses and leave the path that leads to death an [...] | 2009-02-27 09:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI367 | DELHI DIARY, FEBRUARY 14-27, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 14-27, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting: -- 14th Lok Sabha Ends Respectfully, But No Election Dates Yet -- Parliamentary Committee Calls for Better Military/Intel Coordination [...] | 2009-02-27 11:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL PINR PTER MOPS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI368 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 23 TO FEBRUARY 27, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- UPA Government's Last Relief Package to Exporters -- UPA Sneaks in Another Last Minute Vote Sweetener -- Government Attempts Clarification of FDI Policy [...] | 2009-02-27 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI369 | DALAI LAMA SUCCESSION SPECULATION: MARCH 10 [...] (C) Summary. The February 25 Tibetan New Year (Losar) marks the beginning of a tense three-week prelude to March 10, the 50th anniversary of the failed 1959 uprising that led the Dalai Lama to flee China. Tibetan exiles in India have followed the lead of their compatriots in China and shunned [...] | 2009-02-27 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF IN CH |
| 09NEWDELHI370 | INDIA-IAEA: SHARED CONCERN ON IRAN-SYRIA REPORT, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ministry of External Affairs Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs Gaddam Dharmendra shared February 28 India's perspective on Iran-Syria and India's Additional Protocal, two items on the agenda of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Govern [...] | 2009-02-27 14:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY IN PINS ENRG |
| 09NEWDELHI378 | MEDIA REACTION: BANGLADESH, US [...] "DISTURBED NEIGHBORHOOD," editorial in February 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "It is easy for India to explain away the disturbed situation in neighboring Bangladesh as that country's own problem. But is it right for India to shirk its responsibility? Being the biggest country [...] | 2009-03-02 11:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI379 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: NATIONAL ELECTION DATES ANNOUNCED [...] (U) India will go to the polls between April 16 and May 13 to elect a new parliament and put in place a new government. The announcement was made on March 2 by the Indian Election Commission which released an election schedule with voting occurring in five phases beginning on April 16 and endin [...] | 2009-03-02 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI381 | FS MENON CALLS IN CHARGE ON SITUATION IN BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: Charge was called in by Foreign Secretary Menon on Saturday, February 28, to hear GOI concerns about the situation in Bangladesh. Menon said that while India was relieved that the rebellion by paramilitary troops appeared to be over, Delhi was worried that the Jamaat-e-Islami might [...] | 2009-03-02 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS BG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI392 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORIST FINANCING, INDIA- [...] "COASTAL SECURITY," editorial in March 2 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "With the Mumbai terror attacks exposing the lack of coordination among security agencies, India has completely overhauled its coastal security apparatus and handed over the overall responsibility of maritime security to the [...] | 2009-03-03 10:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI394 | WOMEN IN INDIA: REPORTING BLITZ HONORING INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary. With unprecedented economic growth and rising prominence on the international stage, India hands have dubbed this the "Golden Age" for the world's largest democracy. Indian women have also made significantly strides, as saris and salwar's climb the corporate ladder and break the [...] | 2009-03-03 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI395 | MUMBAI ATTACKS: GOI CHARGESHEET POINTS TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI396 | GOI OPEN TO RECONSIDERING MONUC DECISION IF DRC [...] (C) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Kaestner met MEA United Nations-Political Division Joint Secretary Asit Bhattacharjee on March 3, 2009 regarding India's plans to withdraw its troops from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Kaestner expressed the USG's gratitude [...] | 2009-03-03 14:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | CG IN PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09NEWDELHI40 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 2-9, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 2-9, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- J&K: Omar Abdullah Sworn-In as Chief Minister -- PDP Pulls out of UPA Coalition -- Shootout in Poonch -- UAE Naval Commander Vis [...] | 2009-01-09 07:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI403 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: NATIONAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: India will hold national elections in five stages from April 16 to May 13. Results will be announced on May 16. With an electorate of 714 million, the election will be the largest democratic undertaking in world history. Neither of the two largest parties, the currently ruling [...] | 2009-03-04 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI405 | INDIAN HOME MINISTER PLEDGES COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION TO FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (S/Noforn) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram: -- thanked the FBI for assistance in the Mumbai terror attacks investigation and pledged to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation; -- expressed concern at the possibility of terrori [...] | 2009-03-04 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI41 | INDIA CONSIDERING U.S. VIEWS ON POSSIBLE IRAN [...] (SBU) Poloff on January 8 conveyed to MEA United Nations Economic and Social Division Director Dinesh Patnaik reftel points, informing the GOI of U.S. concerns about a possible Iranian presidency of the United Nations Development Program's Executive Board. On January 9, Patnaik told Poloff th [...] | 2009-01-09 09:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IN IR PREF UNDP |
| 09NEWDELHI412 | INDIAN NSA SHARES DESIRE FOR COOPERATION WITH DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (S) Summary. In a cordial March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan: -- recognized the importance of the improved cooperation between the U.S. and India since November's terrorist attacks in Mumbai; -- identified Lashkar-e-Taiba as the number [...] | 2009-03-04 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI413 | INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO HOLBROOKE: WANT YOU TO [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke and Ambassador Mulford, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also acting Prime Minister, congratulated the United States on the election of President Obama. Mukherjee made the following points on U.S-Ind [...] | 2009-03-05 04:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI414 | IACC Removed from Mission India Business Executive Program [...] Summary. After uncovering a series of fraudulent visa cases and unqualified applicants directly supported by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC),Mission India has removed the IACC from its visa facilitation Business Executive Program (BEP). In FY-2007 and FY-2008, the refusal rate [...] | 2009-03-05 06:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC ECON EFIN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI415 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO SR HOLBROOKE: PAKISTAN [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan emphasized that Pakistan's relationship with India would be driven by the Pakistani military. Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, who also attended, noted that the Indian and Pakista [...] | 2009-03-05 06:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI417 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN-TERRORIST ATTACK ON SRI [...] "A BARBARIC ACT" editorial in March 5 Guwahati Assamese ASAMIYA PRATIDIN. "... The attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers has clearly demonstrated the inability of Pakistan's present regime to rein in the Taliban who are running a parallel government within its territory ... The world community n [...] | 2009-03-05 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI42 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI420 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH DIRECTORS OF [...] (C) In a March 3 meeting, FBI Director Robert Mueller met with the Director of India's Intelligence Bureau (IB) Rajiv Mathu and National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director Radha Vinod Raju. Director Mueller thanked the government of India (GOI) for its cooperation and access in the investigat [...] | 2009-03-05 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR POREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI421 | INDIA: THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ACCESS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: The following answers reftel, paragraph 20 request for information on Government of India (GOI) regulations governing benefit sharing and access to genetic resources. India's National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is the body responsible for managing and approving access to India [...] | 2009-03-06 01:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV TBIO |
| 09NEWDELHI433 | INDIA: DELIVERY OF USDOC/NOAA/NMFS LETTER REGARDING [...] (SBU) Per reftel, on February 27, 2009, post forwarded copies of the letter from Acting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Assistant Administrator James Balsinger to Mr. Tarun Shridhar, Joint Secretary (Fisheries),Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fish [...] | 2009-03-06 08:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV OTRA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI435 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- India Continues to Slow Down -- Inflation Declines to 7-Year Low; RBI Moves -- FDI Clarifications Just Cloud the Issue -- FATF Gives Go Ahead for India Mutual [...] | 2009-03-06 09:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI436 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN-TERRORISM; NEW DELHI. [...] "TROUBLED SOUTH ASIA", op-ed in March 5 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by foreign affairs columnist Vinay Kaura: "When Hasina won the elections, India celebrated. Today with the army crisis in Bangladesh, India grieves. Barely a year has passed and Pakistan democracy is already being questioned, pa [...] | 2009-03-06 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI438 | THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON TAKING: GORSHKOV TROUBLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia plans to charge India an additional $700 million dollars for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, the most recent chapter in a saga of price hikes and scheduling delays that brings the price of the refurbished Soviet-era carrier to a whopping $2.9 billion, nearly three [...] | 2009-03-06 11:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR RU IN |
| 09NEWDELHI439 | WOMEN IN INDIA: LONG HISTORY OF POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: Women have held high political office in India since the 1960's when Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister. Today, her daughter-in-law Sonia Gandhi is perhaps the most powerful person in India. But women without famous names - such as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and form [...] | 2009-03-06 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI44 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 5-9, 2009, including the following: -- India's Exports Continue to Fall in December -- Export Tax Makes Indian Basmati Rice Expensive -- Government Hopeful on Insurance Sector Bills -- GOI Manda [...] | 2009-01-09 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI440 | WOMEN IN INDIA: GOVERNMENT'S PROGRESS GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. During its five-year tenure, the Congress Party-led ruling coalition, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),has made uneven progress on women's issues. Activists credit the current government with creating an independent Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) and initia [...] | 2009-03-06 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI441 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON,S WASHINGTON VISIT: [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon will travel to Washington March 9-11 at the invitation of Special Representative Holbrooke to provide India's input to our Afghanistan policy review. While in Washington, Menon will meet with Ambassador Holbrooke, the Deputy Secretary [...] | 2009-03-06 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ABLD ECON OFDP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI442 | CORRECTED COPY: BHARAT BALLOT: NATIONAL ELECTION [...] (U) Corrected Copy: To revise seat distribution in paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary: India will hold national elections in five stages from April 16 to May 13. Results will be announced on May 16. With an electorate of 714 million, the election will be the largest democratic undertaking [...] | 2009-03-09 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI447 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "BIG MISTAKE," op-ed in March 8 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The terrorist attack on the Lankan cricket team came as the biggest shock for Pakistanis. Pakistan is paying a heavy price for its mistake. The same terrorists whom it created and suppor [...] | 2009-03-09 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI451 | INDIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGING IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Indian experts on the Indo-Iranian relationship describe it as stable but somewhat shallow. It is nurtured by both sides simply to maintain a friendly partner in the region. Our contacts encouraged the U.S. to engage Iran bilaterally rather than use India or any other third party as [...] | 2009-03-09 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER EPET IR IS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI453 | OES ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY HARNISH ENGAGES GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oceans, Environment and Sciences Bureau (OES) OES Acting Assistant Secretary Reno Harnish lead a multi-stakeholder delegation to New Delhi to engage GOI ministries on the lessons learned from the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) in order to suppor [...] | 2009-03-11 06:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG BEXP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI46 | CHIEF MINISTERS PLEDGE TO COMBAT TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Prime Minister Singh's charge at a January 6 meeting that Pakistan was complicit in the Mumbai attacks garnered most of the headlines, the Chief Ministers meeting was also an important first step in launching the new National Investigation Agency (NIA). Following passage [...] | 2009-01-09 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI468 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] "POLITICAL CRISIS IN PAKISTAN" editorial in the March 13 Guwahati Assamese ASAMIYA PRATIDIN. "... It seems Pakistan is heading for another military coup with the current political crisis deepening further ... The government's failure to curb the growing activities of the Taliban and the Al Qa [...] | 2009-03-13 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI470 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS PARTY POISED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Political observers expect the Congress Party to pick up 6-10 seats from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan in the May 7 parliamentary elections. They see the Congress Party riding on momentum from its December 2008 win over the BJP in the state assembly elections, [...] | 2009-03-13 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI471 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Industrial Index Declines Again -- Foreign Direct Investment High Through December -- Inflation Continues To Soften -- Characteristics of Service Sector Ent [...] | 2009-03-13 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI473 | INDIA REQUIRES U.S. PAY LANDING AND NAVIGATION [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) After 18 months, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs replied to reftel demarche with a diplomatic note (No.WII/113/7/2007, 6 March 2009) received March 11 stating that the Indian government only agreed to waive landing, p [...] | 2009-03-13 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS KSEP PREL EAIR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI475 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN'S TRUE FACE," op-ed in March 13 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by editor Sanjay Gupta: "Musharraf's statements in New Delhi show clearly how much ill will this man harbors against India. When someone out of power can harbor such ill will, you can imagine what kind of mindset those in powe [...] | 2009-03-16 10:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI48 | MENON TOUGH ON PAKISTAN, BULLISH ON BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on January 8 discussed Pakistan and the bilateral relationship in the context of the U.S. political transition with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford. Boucher and Menon were in full agreement on the need to ensure th [...] | 2009-01-09 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN TSPL KNNP ETTC |
| 09NEWDELHI484 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: MAYAWATI HOPES TO DOMINATE UTTAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Caste combinations and identity politics, rather than development or governance are the key drivers as Uttar Pradesh (UP) heads into parliamentary elections in April-May. National issues appear to play little or no role in voting decisions. This poor, largely rural state of 185 [...] | 2009-03-17 07:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI488 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: CROMPTON GREAVES [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On March 3, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted two Post-Shipment Verifications (PSV) at Crompton Greaves Limited [...] | 2009-03-17 09:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI489 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN; NEW [...] "HERE'S THE ANSWER," editorial in the March 16 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan sent 30 questions earlier in March on the Mumbai attack, and on Friday India gave 32 answers which included more than 400 pages in all, as well as CDs, intercepted voice recordings and voice logs [...] | 2009-03-17 10:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI493 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING: A RAY OF LIGHT IN AN OTHERWISE GLOOMY [...] (U) Summary: After a period of unprecedented growth, the Indian real estate sector is in the midst of a protracted slowdown. Housing prices are in a phase of adjustment; having been reduced 20-30% in the major metros, and developers are not sure they have yet hit the bottom. However, a ray of [...] | 2009-03-17 11:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND IN |
| 09NEWDELHI503 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, UNITED STATES OF [...] "PAKISTAN CRISIS," editorial in March 17 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The crisis in Pakistan has blown over, at least for the time-being. Western countries, as well as India, may think it is all resolved, but the basic problem stays. President Zardari merely gave in to the publ [...] | 2009-03-18 10:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI507 | PUNJAB, AN EXAMPLE OF STATE OPPOSITION TO INDIA'S [...] (SBU) After the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, the Indian government moved quickly to establish a National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate and prosecute terrorism cases. The move stirred resistance from many states which view ceding power to a national agency as an infringement of [...] | 2009-03-18 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI508 | INDIA PLANNING TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered by fax ref A demarche March 3 and ref B demarche March 13 to Gaddam Dharmendra, formerly director and newly appointed Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Second Secretary at the Embassy of [...] | 2009-03-18 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAPN PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI517 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: BHARAT HEAVY [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On March 2, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Bharat Heavy Electricals [...] | 2009-03-19 07:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI519 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF DEMOCRACY," op-ed in the March 18 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by former diplomat and parliamentarian Kuldip Nayar: "That America is behind the Pakistan army is no secret. Washington has been cajoling, influencing and forcing Islamabad for the last 50 years t [...] | 2009-03-19 09:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI52 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GAZA; [...] "DOES AJMAL KASAB DESERVE SYMPATHY?" editorial in the January 10, 2009, Mumbai edition of right-of-center Marathi daily SAAMNA. "Pakistan-based terrorists, the ones who wreaked havoc in Mumbai on 26/11, came with the definite purpose of full-scale mayhem and bloodshed. Similarly, the ones who [...] | 2009-01-12 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI522 | BILLION INDIAN VOICES: CONGRESS SET FOR GAINS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress Party appears poised for a comeback in Punjab with political observers projecting the party will pick up five to nine seats in the two phase parliamentary elections on May 7 and May 13. Just two years into the current state government's tenure, the inherently di [...] | 2009-03-19 10:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI528 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, UNITED STATES, [...] "GOOD TERRORISTS, BAD TERRORISTS," op-ed article in March 19 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic expert Brahma Chellaney: "The Obama administration's strategy to separate a majority of insurgent commanders from the hard core of the Taliban is flawed. America is about to repe [...] | 2009-03-20 09:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI531 | PREYING MANTIS? NEW DELHI WEIGHS IN ON SAO DELAYS [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department; see paragraph 13 2. (SBU) Summary: This cable joins those of Missions Beijing (ref A),Moscow (ref B) and others to emphasize the serious burden the Visas Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) processing system has imposed on American busi [...] | 2009-03-20 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS ECON PREL BEXP TSPA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI532 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 16-20, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Falls to a Historic Low -- Foreign Direct Investments High Through January -- India Discusses Free Trade Pact with Chile -- New Pension Scheme fo [...] | 2009-03-20 13:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI533 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 16 - 20, 2009, including the following: -- Haryana State Forest Department Goes After High Profile Development and Mining Interests -- Forest Fires In National Parks Cau [...] | 2009-03-20 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO KGHG TRGY NASA TSPA TNGD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI541 | RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Director Negma Malik of the Eurasia division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on March 17. Director Malik relayed to Poloff that she had delivered the nonpaper to the concerned individuals within MEA and that they are fully aware of the United St [...] | 2009-03-23 10:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI543 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN, TERRORISM [...] "AMERICA'S INAPPROPRIATE ADVICE," editorial in March 21 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The U.S. advice to India to pull back its troops from the Indo-Pakistan border is inappropriate. Islamabad projects to the U.S. that it cannot concentrate on fighting terrorists active on the Afghanistan border [...] | 2009-03-23 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI544 | WOMEN IN INDIA: CHANGING CHOICES OF WOMEN IN INDIAN [...] (U) Summary: With each passing decade since 1950, increasing numbers of women in India enter into higher education, and the disciplines they are choosing to study have changed over time. While educational opportunities for women in India remain a study of contrasts, the women in four of Delhi' [...] | 2009-03-23 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI550 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "PAKISTAN ON LAHORE ATTACK," editorial in the March 23 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "The Pakistan Home Minister's report on the attack on Lankan cricketers blames 'some foreign countries' for the strikes. It says militants based in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region may have been used [...] | 2009-03-24 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI557 | INDIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 12:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP |
| 09NEWDELHI558 | ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK SAFEGUARD POLICIES REVIEW: [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Finance Joint Secretary for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank, Govind Mohan on March 12. In a follow up meeting J/S Mohan stated that the government of India agrees with the United States' position that the proposed ADB requiremen [...] | 2009-03-24 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB IN |
| 09NEWDELHI559 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: THE "OTHER" GANDHI FACES HATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Varun Gandhi, until now the lesser-known grandson of Indira Gandhi and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha aspirant, burst onto the national scene when an election campaign video caught him delivering anti-Muslim remarks. The video footage, played in a continuous loop on [...] | 2009-03-24 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI563 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA PREMIER LEAGUE CRICKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Next month's Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament will be held in South Africa after the league's organizers failed to secure Government of India approval for the matches to go ahead in India. The tournament - scheduled to begin on April 10 - clashes with the upcomin [...] | 2009-03-25 09:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ECON IN |
| 09NEWDELHI564 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "SAUDI ARABIA'S INTEREST IN PAKISTAN IS DUE TO THE BOMB," op-ed article by columnist Lata Raje in the March 25 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are close, and that is for specific reasons. They have had a deep strategic military relationship for decades. Pakistan has e [...] | 2009-03-25 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI567 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS PARTY HAS NO REGRETS IN [...] (U) Summary: On March 22, the Congress Party, head of the United Progressive Alliance government at the center, announced its decision to re-nominate Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from Delhi. Both Tytler and Kumar have been accused of instigatin [...] | 2009-03-25 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI575 | VALIDATION STUDY OF INDIAN A2 AND A3 VISA APPLICANTS [...] (SBU) As one of a number of ongoing validation studies (reftel) by the Fraud Prevention personnel in Mission India, Embassy New Delhi conducted a review of selected A2 and all A3 visa recipients in FY 2007. Results indicate appropriate use of the visa by all recipients in the study. Given th [...] | 2009-03-26 09:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI576 | INDIA'S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGES LACK A GREEN FOCUS [...] This cable is in response to Ref A seeking information regarding green investments in India's economic stimulus packages. On December 7, 2008, the Government of India announced a fiscal stimulus package of approximately 4 billion USD (Ref B). This was followed-up on January 2, 2009 with a GO [...] | 2009-03-26 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIN ENRG KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI577 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, U.S.A.; NEW DELHI. [...] "IRAQ IN SEARCH OF PEACE," commentary in March 25 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by Vinay Kaura: "The U.S. military mission has completed six years in Iraq. Both the Iraqi people and the U.S. are battle-weary and fed up. The political scenario in Iraq is critical, with ethnic and sectarian power st [...] | 2009-03-26 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI578 | INDIA WAITING TO SEE WHICH BANGLADESH WILL EMERGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: India - Bangladesh relations are healthy and close in the wake of the December election of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government. The violent Bangladeshi Rifles mutiny in early February did not shake the Government of India's confidence in Hasina, who is percieved to have handled th [...] | 2009-03-26 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN BG |
| 09NEWDELHI587 | INDIA: GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING "DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (UN-Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on March 23. Poloff spoke with Patnaik on March 24 who said the GOI has not made a formal decision on the resolution at this time but will seriously consider the issues [...] | 2009-03-27 06:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI588 | FOR LET, IT'S ALL IN THE TIMING [...] (S) Summary: Recent terrorist activity in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is in line with the annual increase in infiltrations during the spring thaw. The upcoming national elections may also be a factor in the increase. At least 17 militants and eight Indian soldiers were killed in a March 20 battle [...] | 2009-03-27 08:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI592 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "BRIGHT INITIATIVES OF BLACK U.S. PRESIDENT" op-ed article in the March 26 right-of-center Urdu daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA by staffer Asad Raza: "Obama is implementing his election campaign promises. The U.S. can regain the lost trust of the Muslim world by stopping its blind support to Israel, an [...] | 2009-03-27 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI593 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: MANMOHAN SINGH COMES OUT SWINGING [...] (SBU) Summary: At a rally this week to release the Congress Party's election manifesto, Prime Minister Singh attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate L.K. Advani in unusually combative, personal terms. He described Advani as an "opportunist" and "unfit" to be Pr [...] | 2009-03-27 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI594 | INDO-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP: FORMER AMBASSADORS TO [...] (C) Summary: Five former Ambassadors to Iran now in Delhi recently shared with us their views on the current Indo-Iranian relationship. The Ambassadors were unanimous that the Indo-Iranian relationship is important to India primarily for energy security, but lacks depth. Bilateral ties - describ [...] | 2009-03-27 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI596 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- Much Ado: Tata Nano Finally Launched -- Infosys Postpones Hiring; IBM Plans to Shift Jobs to India -- Wind-power Producers in Tamil Nadu Can Charge More -- [...] | 2009-03-27 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI597 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ECON IN |
| 09NEWDELHI6 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "SOFTENING OR ACTING?" editorial in January 1 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan's National Security Advisor Durrani's not ruling out that captured Mumbai militant Kasab is a Pakistani national indicates a softening in Pakistan's attitude. But, that's not without reason. Besid [...] | 2009-01-02 10:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI601 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] "TARGETING THE REAL PROBLEM," editorial in March 30 Centrist, nationally circulating, pro-Congress Party English daily THE HINDUSTAN TIMES: "There is no greater strategic threat to India than the struggle that today encompasses southern Afghanistan and, increasingly, swathes of northwestern Pa [...] | 2009-03-30 10:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI604 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE PERILS OF POLLING [...] (SBU) Summary: As India heads into the 2009 Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) elections in April/May, Indian media outlets will release a torrent of election polls and public opinion surveys. In examining these polls, we will keep in mind that election polling in India is a notoriously un [...] | 2009-03-30 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI61 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "SHAMELESS STATEMENT," editorial in January 12 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Drawing a parallel with the Israeli strikes in Gaza, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani has accused the international community of double standards saying that it was more concerned about the Mumbai [...] | 2009-01-13 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI612 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] "PUSH FORWARD," editorial in March 31 Centrist, Independent, nationally circulating THE TIMES OF INDIA English daily: "With the suicide bombing of a mosque...and the audacious assault on a police training centre... on the outskirts of Lahore, the Taliban-terrorist nexus has reimposed its warpe [...] | 2009-03-31 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI617 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- Indo-German Southern Ocean Iron Fertilization Experiment Fails -- Indian Meteorological Department Gearing Up To Monitor Air Pollut [...] | 2009-03-31 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ECON IN |
| 09NEWDELHI618 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN REVIEW PAPER DELIVERED IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 13:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI619 | VALIDATION STUDY OF INDIA AT 60 COMMEMORATIVE EVENT [...] (SBU) Summary. As one of a number of ongoing validation studies (reftels) by the Fraud Prevention personnel in Mission India, Embassy New Delhi conducted a review of participants in the "India at 60" series of events in the U.S. in late 2007. Travelers on A, B, and I visas were included in t [...] | 2009-04-01 01:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI631 | ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Director (Central Europe) Mr. Sevala Naik. Naik indicated that India has not yet decided whether it will file a brief with the International Court of Justice regarding the advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence. He rel [...] | 2009-04-01 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PGOV PREL ICJ KVIR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI633 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AF-PAK STRATEGY, G-20 [...] "PAKISTAN HEADED TOWARD DESTRUCTION," editorial in March 31 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "From the attack on the police academy in Lahore, it is clear where Pakistan is headed. Pakistan covertly supports terror, allowing blacklisted outfits to operate under different names. The U.S. knows this w [...] | 2009-04-01 11:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI637 | TOWARD A MEANINGFUL NATO-INDIA RELATIONSHIP [...] (S) SUMMARY. The primary goal of a strengthened NATO-Pakistan relationship must be to support our vital efforts in Afghanistan, and Post concurs that ref A's recommendations can help soothe Indo-Pak sensitivities. However, we should not assume India's automatic opposition to greater NATO enga [...] | 2009-04-01 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI638 | VALIDATION STUDY OF NEW DELHI'S B1B2 HINDI/PUNJABI LANGUAGE [...] (SBU) As one of a series of validation studies (reftels) by the Fraud Prevention personnel in Mission India, Embassy New Delhi undertook a validation of B1B2 visas issued to "language applicants" during the first quarter of the 2008 calendar year (January 1-March 31, 2008). The rate of overst [...] | 2009-04-02 02:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI640 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: REDPINE SIGNALS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Adminitration Act. 2. On March 24, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Redpine Signals Inc. (REDPIN [...] | 2009-04-02 09:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI641 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SRI KOTESWARA CAM SYSTEMS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On March 25, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Pre-License Check (PLC) at Sri Koteswara CAM Systems Private Li [...] | 2009-04-02 09:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI642 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SUDERSHAN BIOTECH [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On March 25, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Sudershan Biotech Limited ( [...] | 2009-04-02 09:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI643 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SIPRA LABS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On March 23, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Sipra Labs Limited (SIPRA). [...] | 2009-04-02 09:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI644 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION AT INNOVATION [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On March 24, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Innovation Communications S [...] | 2009-04-02 09:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI645 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: FLEXTECH LIMITED, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On March 26, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Pre-License Check (PLC) at Flextech Limited (FLEXTECH) in Hyder [...] | 2009-04-02 09:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI646 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/LAHORE ATTACKS, [...] "LAHORE ATTACK," editorial in April 1 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "The Lahore attack once again shows the extent to which the terrorists' writ runs in Pakistan... organizations like Al-Qaida and the Taliban are laboring to take full control of Pakistan. One can imagine the Pakistani people's [...] | 2009-04-02 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI647 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you both back to India. Since your last visit, the political season has entered its final phase, with the political establishment fixated on elections in April-May that will deliver a new government in June. Despite hot campaign rhetoric and political tu [...] | 2009-04-02 10:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ECON AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI651 | INDIA TO APPROACH IRAN TO DISCUSS ROXANA SABERI'S [...] (C) Acting DCM met with Indian Ministry of External Affairs Joint-Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran Division) T.C.A. Raghavan on April 2 and, inter alia, delivered reftel points regarding the continued detention in Iran of Amcit Roxana Saberi. Raghavan acknowledged our concern, and in re [...] | 2009-04-02 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL IR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI654 | DALAI LAMA URGES USG TO ADHERE TO HISTORIC U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a March 30 meeting, the Charge d'Affaires solicited the Dalai Lama's views on the Tibet movement. This was the first meeting between a senior USG official and the Dalai Lama since March 10, the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's escape to India in [...] | 2009-04-03 03:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IN CH |
| 09NEWDELHI661 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 30 to April 03, 2009, including the following: -- India to Conduct Next Tiger Census in October 2009 -- Maoist Attack in Orissa's Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary Surprises [...] | 2009-04-03 10:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPA TRGY TNGD ECON SOCI KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI662 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/LAHORE ATTACKS, [...] "BLOOD ALL AROUND", editorial in April 2 right-of- center Urdu daily HAMARA SAMAJ: "As was expected, the conspiracy behind the terrorist attack on the police training academy in Lahore was unearthed. Baitullah Mehsood, the leader of the Taliban, was said to have owned up to the attacks in a co [...] | 2009-04-03 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI663 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 30-April 3, 2009, including the following: -- Update on India's External Sector -- Indian Carriers Cancel Aircraft Orders -- Boeing Opens Research and Technology Center -- Bihar Govt Official Comm [...] | 2009-04-03 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI665 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: MOHAN BHAGWAT NEW RSS CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) selected 59-year old Mohan Bhagwat as its new leader, replacing the 78-year old K.S. Sudarshan who stepped down citing health problems. Bhagwat is the youngest chief in RSS history and represents a "generational change" in the organizatio [...] | 2009-04-03 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KIRF IN |
| 09NEWDELHI666 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN REVIEW WELL RECEIVED, SOME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 13:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI667 | INDIA FORWARD LEANING ON AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL PTER AF PK IR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI670 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, TERRORISM, [...] "OBAMA'S PAKISTAN POLICY" op-ed in April 5 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "Now Pakistan will obtain U.S. aid only if it delivers against the Taliban. America is isolating Pakistan, putting together a 'contact group' and getting Muslim countries like [...] | 2009-04-06 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI674 | INDIAN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] (C) During his introductory April 6 meetings at the Foreign Ministry, Charge Burleigh delivered reftel points to Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar (Americas),providing both officials with copies of the White House statement. The Charge urged the G [...] | 2009-04-06 14:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI676 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: Tytler Ruling Angers Sikhs, Congress [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, the GOI's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cleared senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler of his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, in which at least 3,000 Sikhs died. The ruling comes as Tytler begins his campaign as the Congress Party's candida [...] | 2009-04-07 09:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI678 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN/TERRORISM, [...] "ARBITRARY ACT" editorial in April 6 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The United Nations Security Council is obviously ineffective in checking North Korea. North Korea's desire to equip itself with weapons of mass destruction seems to be turning into an obsession. There is a need to find a permanen [...] | 2009-04-07 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI679 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Following is the full text of a Press Trust of India (PTI) wire story that appeared in several leading English language dailies, including THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THE HINDU, THE ASIAN AGE and DECCAN HERALD: 2. (Begin text) DUBAI: Reaching out to the Muslim world, President Barack Obama on Monda [...] | 2009-04-07 11:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI684 | INDIA ANALYZES DOD REPORT ON CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Ministry of External Affairs Joint Sec retary for East Asia Vijay K. Gokhale received the Annual Report to Congress on Military Power of the People's Republic of China (Reftel) with clear interest. He expressed concern about China's opacity in terms of its budget and its i [...] | 2009-04-07 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM PM CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI686 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: A MATTER OF COALITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The fragmentation of political power away from Delhi and the national parties to the states and regional parties means that no single party is capable of forming a national government by itself in India. With little more than a week to go before the start of the polling cycle [...] | 2009-04-07 14:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI690 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, G-20 SUMMIT, [...] "SECOND CRISIS," editorial in April 7 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "If North Korea's missile launch is not taken seriously, another crisis of the proportions of the global economic recession may start. The 6-nation dialogue to make North Korea halt its nuclear program is taking its own sweet t [...] | 2009-04-08 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI694 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE INDIAN RURAL VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: It is conventional wisdom in India that the rural voter is more important than the urban voter, mainly because there are more than twice as many rural as urban residents in India and polling in recent years has indicated that rural voters are more likely to vote than urban voter [...] | 2009-04-09 10:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI698 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] "BARACK OBAMA AND ISLAM" editorial in April 8 right- of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "President Barack Obama's significant remarks at the Turkish parliament indicate that he does not intend to repeat the follies of his predecessor George W. Bush, but rather establish a broader engagement with the [...] | 2009-04-09 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI699 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN [...] (SBU) Dear Chairman Berman and Delegation: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit coincides with a historically unprecedented level of U.S.-India collaboration encompassing everything from defense cooperation to agriculture and reflecting widespread support in both countr [...] | 2009-04-09 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI7 | VALIDATION STUDY OF BHUTANESE NIV APPLICANTS [...] (SBU) In response to concerns raised by smuggling of Bhutanese applicants (reftel),Embassy New Delhi has completed a three-part validation study of Bhutanese non-immigrant visa (NIV) applicants. The study reviews (1) Bhutanese students issued F, M or J visas between FY 2006 and FY 2008, (2) [...] | 2009-01-02 10:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN BT |
| 09NEWDELHI700 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, HOLBROOKE [...] "Obama's dream," editorial in April 9 Tamil daily DINAKARAN: "President Obama, during his tour of Europe, advocated that international pressure may be applied to change the mindset of countries engaged in nuclear weapon production. He reached out to the Muslim world with his goodwill message a [...] | 2009-04-09 11:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI705 | INDIA: PRESSING FORWARD WITH GPS, SATELLITE, MOON PROGRAMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an April 8 conversation, Shantanu Bhatawdekar, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Officer on Special Duty in New Delhi, updated ESTOff on personnel changes in ISRO, progress on GPS systems, upcoming satellite launches, moon mission cooperation, and the Bhuvan applicatio [...] | 2009-04-09 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL TPHY SENV EAIR ANET PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI706 | FOREIGN MINISTRY WELCOMES NEW CHARGE D'AFFAIRES [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly April 6 tour d'horizon with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Charge d'Affaires Burleigh raised the "unfinished business" of the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and End-Use Monitoring, protested Indian tactics which have delayed construction of Mu [...] | 2009-04-09 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT KNNP PARM PREL SCUL IN PK |
| 09NEWDELHI708 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN- [...] "SHORTCOMINGS OF HOLBROOKE MISSION," op-ed article in April 12 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "An Asia Society report on the Pakistan-Afghanistan region and U.S. Envoy Richard Holbrooke's mission is causing concern in India. There is fear that Holbro [...] | 2009-04-13 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI710 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: A VIEW FROM THE GROUND LEVEL [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of Embassy New Delhi's coverage of the 2009 Indian general elections, we will provide a series of reports from a rural constituency in Uttar Pradesh to give some feel for how the election looks from the ground level. Bulandshahr, a market town of 175,000 located 40 mil [...] | 2009-04-13 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI726 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Per Reftel request, Econoff contacted the Rajasthan Police Deptartment and the GOI's Special Protection Group to determine if the three companies noted on the Reftel were blacklisted. Results follow: 2. (U) The Director General of the Rajasthan State Police (RSP),Mr. Harirsh Meena, te [...] | 2009-04-14 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KSEP IN US |
| 09NEWDELHI728 | MEDIA REACTION: UNREST IN THAILAND, [...] "UNREST IN THAILAND" editorial in April 14 independent Bengali daily ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "The cancellation of the ASEAN summit in Thailand due to anti-government unrest is unparalleled, even in the entire South East Asia... It will affect Thailand's credibility as a safe investment destinatio [...] | 2009-04-14 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI730 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: HIMACHAL POLITICS SPLIT THE [...] (U) Summary. Himachal Pradesh accounts for only four seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, but given the neck-and-neck national race between the Congress Party and the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP),every seat counts. Himachal voters, on average more educated and prosperous than other Indians, cas [...] | 2009-04-14 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI734 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN GIVING IN TO TALIBAN," editorial in the April 15 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Demonstrating a clear lack of will to challenge the Taliban, Pakistani president Asif Zardari has signed a regulation imposing Islamic law in the northwestern Swat valley as part of a deal to end Taliba [...] | 2009-04-15 11:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI74 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "WAR NOT AN OPTION," op-ed in the January 13 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily by Joginder Singh, former director of India's Central Bureau of Investigation: "Addressing chief ministers of Indian states, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently conceded that the defense mechanisms to thwart terror thr [...] | 2009-01-14 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI742 | INDIA'S INDEPENDENT POLICY AND THE EMERGING ASIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: India is struggling to find its way among the disjointed, multi-layered regional architecture which exists in Asia today. India's policy toward Asia remains largely ad-hoc, and India's primary goals in Asia appear to be to increase economic engagement and integration and to max [...] | 2009-04-15 15:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI743 | FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON ON END GAME IN SRI LANKA [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon reviewed with Ambassador Burleigh the current state of Indo-Sri Lankan discussions as the conflict in northern Sri Lanka reaches a conclusion. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama was in New Delhi April 15 for meetings wit [...] | 2009-04-15 15:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI745 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Following is the full text of another report in April 8 independent, centrist Eastern India based English language daily THE TELEGRAPH by Washington correspondent K.P. Nayar: 2. (BEGIN TEXT): Washington, April 7: The speech was delivered in Prague. But its echoes are being felt in New Delh [...] | 2009-04-16 04:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI746 | HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: OPINION LEADERS [...] (SBU) Senior Indian officials welcomed the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan in a series of meetings in Delhi April 8 with visiting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. (The [...] | 2009-04-16 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI747 | HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: AFGHAN POLICE [...] (C) In a series of high level meetings in Delhi April 8, Indian Officials told Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen that they were prepared to establish a major new Afghan police training program -- [...] | 2009-04-16 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI748 | HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: INDIA LIKES [...] (C) During their several high level meetings in Delhi April 8, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen were told that India liked the U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan thus far outlined -- and [...] | 2009-04-16 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI749 | HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: RECENT [...] (C) In each of the three important substantive meetings with Indian officials on April 8 (Foreign Secretary Menon, Ambassador S.K. Lambah, and National Security Advisor Narayanan),Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff A [...] | 2009-04-16 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI753 | FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON FLAGS CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon shared with Ambassador Burleigh his views on Bangladeshi instability following Menon's two-day visit to Dhaka on April 13-14. Menon characterized the situation there as ""fragile"" and said that following the late-February m [...] | 2009-04-16 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI754 | FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON SAYS KABILA LETTER [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Menon, Ambassador Burleigh urged that the GOI reconsider its intention to withdraw Indian forces from UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC),pointing to recent letter from President Kabila as evidence that the Congo [...] | 2009-04-16 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC CG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI755 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: BJP PROMISES FREEBIES TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) struck a populist tone with the release of the party's manifesto ahead of the April-May parliamentary elections. The BJP lays out a range of programs offering something for nearly everyone. The manifesto has its focus, however, on lifting those [...] | 2009-04-16 15:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI756 | SUBJECT: BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA GOES TO THE [...] Summary: (U) On April 16, Indian voters cast their ballots in 124 election districts across 17 states and territories in the first of five phases of parliamentary elections, thus marking the start of the biggest democratic exercise the world has ever seen. Polling in the first round was gene [...] | 2009-04-16 15:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI759 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERROR, PAKISTAN, [...] "SAME FLAW IN NEW RULE," commentary in the April 15 Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN by S. Shankar. "President Barack Obama is making the same mistake over which he criticized Bush's policy -- continuing aid to Pakistan to control the Taliban. A major part of this aid is used by Pakistan against Indi [...] | 2009-04-17 10:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI769 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN WILL NEVER GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK," editorial in the April 16 DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has firmly stated that the peace talks cannot be resumed unless Pakistan stops allowing anti- India terrorist activities on its soil and acts against the perpetrators of the M [...] | 2009-04-17 10:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI770 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 13-17, 2009, including the following: -- India Misses Export Target -- Inflation Declines, Food Still Expensive -- Domestic Steel Users Oppose Antidumping Duty -- Company Expects Approval of Firs [...] | 2009-04-17 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI773 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE GHOST OF THE 1984 RIOTS HAUNTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Congress Party on April 9 withdrew the nominations of Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar as candidates in the April-May Lok Sabha elections in response to outrage by Sikh activists that the candidates would not have to answer for their alleged roles in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. [...] | 2009-04-17 13:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI775 | NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEKS OF APRIL 6 TO [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the weeks of April 06-17, 2009, including the following: -- New Protocols for Tiger Relocations in National Parks -- Poll Indicates Political Parties Unconcerned About the Environment -- [...] | 2009-04-17 14:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL TBIO KSCA TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI777 | CHARGE BURLEIGH ENGAGES INDIAN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting on April 14, 2009, Charge Burleigh discussed climate change, renewable energy, nuclear non-proliferation, and next steps for the Indo-U.S. Civil Nuclear Agreement with Indian Special Envoy fo [...] | 2009-04-20 06:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TRGY PREL ECON KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI779 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/PAKISTAN, US [...] "PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT'S SURRENDER," commentary in April 19 right-of-center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN by strategic affairs expert K. Subrahmanyam: "By giving in to the demand to enforce Islamic law in Swat Valley and other tribal areas, Pakistani President Asif Zardari has indicated that Islamab [...] | 2009-04-20 11:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI780 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION: INDIA WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 11:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI782 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with Codel Berman, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh endorsed the Obama Administration's outreach to Iran, saying that a comprehensive dialogue will be more effective in changing Tehran's behavior than international sanctions. He urged the U.S. to stay the cou [...] | 2009-04-21 06:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM TRGY KNNP EAGR ENRG EINV ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI785 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "SIGNALS FROM THE RED MOSQUE," editorial in the April 20 right of center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan's Red Mosque is again becoming a threat. With his release, the mosque's cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz has called for the imposition of Islamic rule in Pakistan. Pakistani hardliners are in [...] | 2009-04-21 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI788 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: DIVIDED LOYALTIES IN PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary. National elections came off with very few problems in Jammu and Kashmir, one of seventeen states where voting occurred in the first phase. The most striking aspect of Jammu and Kashmir's election campaign was its ordinariness: voters focused on governance, roads, electricity [...] | 2009-04-21 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI79 | KARZAI VISIT TO INDIA "SYMBOLIC" OF AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Karzai met January 12-13 with Indian Prime Minister Singh to express solidarity with India in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks and to discuss counterterrorism cooperation. The two leaders also lauded India's contributions to Afghan reconstruction, pledged to f [...] | 2009-01-14 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI792 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, CUBA; NEW DELHI. [...] "AMERICA'S AF-PAK POLICY DANGEROUS," op-ed article by foreign affairs columnist Lata Raje in April 22 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT: "The U.S. is finding it difficult to contain the Taliban in Pakistan. Afghanistan claims that unless the terrorist hideouts on the Pakistani borders are destroye [...] | 2009-04-22 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI796 | U.S.-INDIAN RELATIONS: CLEARING THE BRUSH [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In advance of the April 24 Interagency Meeting to discuss India policy, Mission offers its views on the next steps that should be taken to move the relationship forward in the near term. We are focused on high priority items whose resolution will lay the groundwork for a stronge [...] | 2009-04-22 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS ENRG EFIN CVIS AMGT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI797 | NSA NARAYANAN SHARES VIEWS ON SECURITY AND U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan described to a visiting congressional delegation led by Representative Howard Berman April 17 what he viewed as a genuine convergence of interests between India and the United States, as well as his concerns about Pakistan-based terrorism [...] | 2009-04-22 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI8 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 29, 2008 to January 2, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Figures Decline for Second Consecutive Month -- 3G Telecom Spectrum Auction Postponed -- Most Indian Carriers Cut Domestic Fares - [...] | 2009-01-02 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI800 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BULANDSHAHR TAKE TWO [...] (U) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market-town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh (reftel). A series of one-day visits have given us an opportunity to observe the election campaign from the ground up, and to gauge t [...] | 2009-04-22 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI801 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP ABOUT FACE ON NUCLEAR DEAL? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI802 | GOING GREEN AND SAVING MILLIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL [...] SUMMARY: Embassy New Delhi has achieved significant success in energy efficiency and environmental sustainability through a focused "going green" effort. Embassy New Delhi has been a pioneer in rainwater harvesting, solar technology, and energy conservation. Post has realized more than half [...] | 2009-04-22 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TRGY ECON KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI804 | CODEL BERMAN DISCUSSES BILATERAL, REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In an April 17 meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and a U.S. congressional delegation led by Representative Howard Berman, the two sides discussed regional issues, including the new U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan policy, terrorism, and Iran, as well as bilat [...] | 2009-04-22 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG KGHG SENV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI805 | INDIA'S VIEWS ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indian officials and media have welcomed the new U.S. administration,s positions on non-proliferation issues, reciprocating by signaling a willingness to join with us in several areas to reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction. The Prime Minister,s Special Envoy Shyam Sa [...] | 2009-04-22 14:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI808 | FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON CONFIRMS INDIA WILL KEEP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC CG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI809 | MEDIA REACTION: THE SRI LANKAN CRISIS, PAKISTAN, [...] "CRISIS STILL CONTINUES" editorial in April 23 Kolkata Bengali independent ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "The Manmohan Singh government is silent about the sufferings of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. While it considers the LTTE terrorists, it doesn't like to meddle in the internal affairs of its next-door [...] | 2009-04-23 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI813 | AVIATION FEES ISSUE IN INDIA: SEEK GUIDANCE FOR APRIL 30 DEADLINE FROM GOI [...] This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Post appreciates the Department's guidance to date on the issue of aviation-related fees for official USG aircraft and understands an interagency process is currently underway to provide further guidance on a global p [...] | 2009-04-23 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KMGT OTRA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI814 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY URGES COOPERATION ON SRI [...] (C) Charge met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon April 23 for a discussion on the urgent humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka and its ramifications for India. Menon began the conversation by noting that External Affairs Minister Mukherjee had requested a telephone call to Secretary [...] | 2009-04-23 14:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF ASEC CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI815 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY SEES TACTICAL RETREAT BY [...] (C) Charge met April 23 with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon for talks which included the current standoff in Nepal between Prime Minister Dahal and Army chief Gen. Katawal. Menon said he believed the situation had been quite close to a disaster for Nepal as it would have taken [...] | 2009-04-23 14:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI816 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP ABOUT FACE ON NUCLEAR DEAL? [...] (C) Summary: In an interview with the Hindustan Times newspaper, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani appears to have walked back some of his party's opposition to the U.S.-India civil nuclear deal. Instead of finding knee-jerk fault with the deal, he carefully pointed out the di [...] | 2009-04-23 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI817 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: ROUND TWO OF INDIAN [...] Summary: (U) On April 23, Indian voters cast their ballots in 141 election districts across 13 states in the second of five phases of parliamentary elections. Polling in the second phase was mostly peaceful and smooth. Final turnout numbers were not available at COB, but turnout appeared to [...] | 2009-04-23 15:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI823 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN / TALIBAN, SRI LANKA [...] "WE TOO HAVE TO FIGHT THE TALIBAN," op-ed in April 23 right-of-center AMAR UJALA Hindi daily by columnist Kuldip Talwar: "The Pakistan government believes that the Sharia deal with the Taliban in the Swat Valley will strengthen peace in the country. The international community is, however, not [...] | 2009-04-24 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI826 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- India's Outward FDI Plans Up, But Actual Flows Down -- RBI Cuts Interest Rates In Its Monetary Policy -- ......And Lowers Growth Estimates -- Retail Food I [...] | 2009-04-24 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI828 | NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 20 TO [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- Tiger Deaths in Madhya Pradesh - Poaching on the Rise -- EST Section Celebrates Earth Day -- Famous Tiger Gets Lifetime Achieve [...] | 2009-04-24 20:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI829 | RAJAPAKSA PROMISES A PAUSE TO INDIAN ENVOYS [...] (C) On April 25, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan told Charge that Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa had agreed to announce on April 27 a cessation of hostilities with the LTTE. Narayanan, who had traveled with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon to Colombo on April 24, related that he had p [...] | 2009-04-25 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI838 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: ROOT CAPITAL, INC. [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input on OPIC providing a direct loan to Root Capital, a 501(c)(3)for the purpose of expanding its global financial services business as a non-bank to farmers and artisans, agricultural companies and cooperatives globally. 2. (SBU) The only [...] | 2009-04-27 09:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IN EINV |
| 09NEWDELHI844 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA UNREST, [...] "CLASH IN SRI LANKA," editorial in the April 25 right- of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "The UN should concentrate on restoring normalcy in Sri Lanka. It should also make all out efforts to stop the military action. The Lanka government and LTTE rebels should be brought to the table for talks. If [...] | 2009-04-27 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI850 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA UNREST, TERRORISM; NEW [...] "CEASEFIRE OR TEMPORARY TRUCE?" editorial in April 28 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT: "The temporary de- escalation of violence in Sri Lanka has come as a relief to many political parties in India.... What caused Sri Lanka to take this step? Did pressure from India play a role? Or did the centr [...] | 2009-04-28 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI855 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK [...] "TALIBAN'S HOLD OVER PAKISTAN," op-ed article by columnist R.R. Palsokar in April 29 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "The conflict in Pakistan has various facets. First, political clashes between Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party and Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League are pulling the administrat [...] | 2009-04-29 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI860 | MGSF01: H1N1 FLU - INDIA'S RESPONSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the close of business on April 29 in India, no cases of H1N1 infection in humans or livestock have been reported by the local press or government authorities. We expect India to achieve independent diagnostic capability within the next few days; CDC is providing technical as [...] | 2009-04-30 06:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI861 | MEDIA REACTION: H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK, OBAMA's 100 [...] "FLU'S TERROR" editorial in April 30 right-of-center Gujarati daily GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "The World Health Organization's warning on the rapidly spreading flu is an indicator of the severity of this killer flu that has left more that 149 dead in Mexico.... As far as India is concerned, the gover [...] | 2009-04-30 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI863 | DEMOCRACY-IN-EXILE - TIBETANS DEBATE REFORM AMIDST [...] (C) Summary. Following the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's escape to India, Tibetans now look toward their future and the implementation of further democratic reforms for the government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA). While the exile community has the instruments of democra [...] | 2009-04-30 13:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI864 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: ROUND THREE OF INDIAN [...] (U) Summary: On April 30, Indian voters cast their ballots in several states seen as key to the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) bid to win power from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. This is the third of five phases of parliamentary elections; p [...] | 2009-04-30 14:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI870 | END USE MONITORING: FINDING AN ACCEPTABLE TEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (C) During the last several weeks, GOI officials have indicated a stronger interest in settling outstanding issues involving End Use Monitoring (EUM) language to be used in Letters of Agreement for defense sales. We see an opportunity to d [...] | 2009-05-01 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI871 | Special 301 Points Delivered to India [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points contained in reftel to N.N. Prasad, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, on April 29, 2009. Econoffs, joined by USPTO representatives, notified Prasad that India would remain on the Priority Watch List in 2009 and acknowledged GOI's incr [...] | 2009-05-01 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KIPR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI872 | INDIAN ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian economy is showing some signs of recovery from the current slowdown, with many analysts predicting that the downward cycle is expected to bottom out in the second half of FY 2009-10 (October-April). The core sector (including power, cement, and steel) and automobiles [...] | 2009-05-01 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI873 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BHUTAN RE KOSOVO'S MEMBERSHIP IN IMF [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points contained in reftel to Tenxin Rondel Wangchuk, Counselor, at the Royal Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi on May 1, 2009. Econoff informed Wangchuk of the importance of Bhutan's participation in the vote, even if Bhutan has not recognized Kosovo's independence. [...] | 2009-05-01 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV IN US BT |
| 09NEWDELHI875 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] "WHO WILL RULE KABUL?" oped in April 30 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR by foreign policy writer Ved Pratap Vaidik: "Presidential elections are due in Afghanistan on August 20. It is likely that President Karzai will win again. During Obama's campaign it seemed as if one of his first actions, if he wo [...] | 2009-05-01 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI876 | DELHI SAYS U.S. PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] (U) Indian press began reporting on 30 April that Pakistan was moving 6,000 troops from its border with India to fight the Taliban in the west. The reports are based on an April 29 New York Times article citing an unnamed Pakistani official. One report also cited satellite images that it cla [...] | 2009-05-01 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI877 | INDIA SELECTS HARDEEP SINGH PURI AS ITS NEW UN [...] (C) The GOI announced the selection of Hardeep Singh Puri on April 16 as the new Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Puri replaces Nirupam Sen, who has served India as Permanent Representative since 2004, and was a dyed-in-the-wool Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) advocate who made coo [...] | 2009-05-01 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI878 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 27 to May 1, 2009, including the following: -- India Signals Plans to Purchase IMF Bonds -- Slowdown in Mergers and Acquisitions -- Regulator Issues Notices to 12 Accounting Firms -- India Conside [...] | 2009-05-01 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI879 | MGSF01: H1N1 FLU - UPDATE ON INDIA, BHUTAN'S RESPONSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India still reports no cases of H1N1 in people or livestock, notwithstanding greatly exaggerated press reports of a case in Hyderabad. The Government of India (GOI) continues preparations to deal with any potential outbreaks. Airport screening has begun, though procedures are v [...] | 2009-05-01 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI88 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "NOW IS THE TIME TO REALLY COME TO THE POINT" editorial in the January 15, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It is commendable that India's Home minister P. Chidambaram spoke of the possibility of breaking off business, transport and tourist links with Pakistan and isola [...] | 2009-01-15 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI880 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE CONGRESS LOSES GROUND IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Congress Party appears poised to win five to seven seats in Haryana parliamentary elections on May 7. Currently, they hold nine of Haryana's ten seats. Congress's strong development record and high economic growth rate -- together with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Part [...] | 2009-05-01 13:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN EAGR |
| 09NEWDELHI885 | MEDIA REACTION: STATE DEPARTMENT TERRORISM [...] "INCOMPLETE STUDY," editorial in the May 2 right-of- center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "In its recent report on terrorism, the U.S. State Department has included India among the worst-hit countries in the world. But Pakistan does not figure in the list of countries whose governments support te [...] | 2009-05-04 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI886 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] President Obama's April 29 press conference generated widespread reporting in India the next day. The media highlighted his remark: "On the military side you're starting to see some recognition just in the last few days, that the obsession with India as the mortal threat to Pakistan has been m [...] | 2009-05-04 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI89 | INDIA TO ATTEND FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING AT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI891 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S 100 [...] "OBAMA'S CONFIDENT BEGINNING," op-ed article by columnist Rashmi Bhure in May 5 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "It is commendable that despite being surrounded by multiple domestic challenges, President Obama has given precedence to foreign policy issues. He wants to regain America's lost supr [...] | 2009-05-05 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI904 | MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "THE NEPAL PROBLEM," editorial in May 5 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "The army and the Maoists have been at loggerheads since the Maoist government of Prachanda came into power in Nepal. Prachanda was forced to fire the Army chief Katuwal because of the latter's insubordination. There is clear [...] | 2009-05-06 11:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI910 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: ELECTION BODY GETS NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Power Ministry Secretary V.S. Sampath on April 21 assumed charge as one of three commissioners on India's Election Commission, following the retirement of Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami. Sampath is the junior member of India's three-member Election Commission [...] | 2009-05-06 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI913 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY URGES SPEEDY POLITICAL [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Charge sought the GOI's views on recent events in Nepal and suggestions for ways the U.S. and India could coordinate on responding to the political crisis. Menon explained that Prime Minister Dahal had been backed into a corn [...] | 2009-05-06 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER NP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI922 | MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, H-1B VISA RESTRICTIONS, [...] "NEPAL RATTLED AGAIN" op-ed article in May 6 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "China is quietly playing its anti-India games in Nepal. Beijing has for long been working on Nepal's leaders to shake off their leanings toward India. China's slow convincing seems to have worked, and it is evi [...] | 2009-05-07 09:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI924 | INDIA-IAEA: NEXT DIRECTOR GENERAL, SAFEGUARDS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. India will wait until the last moment to decide which candidate to support as the new IAEA Director General, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra. Dharmendra believed that Sout [...] | 2009-05-07 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP AORC ETTC IAEA ENRG TRGY |
| 09NEWDELHI925 | INDIA AND NONPROLIFERATION: REACTION TO CALL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Indian media commentators have expressed concern with Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller's May 5 opening statement at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Revi [...] | 2009-05-07 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI927 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: The rolling Indian parliamentary election moved north as Indian voters cast their ballots in the fourth round of elections on May 7. In play were several key battleground states for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance's attempt to stay in power. In this fourth of [...] | 2009-05-07 15:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI933 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BATTLEFIELD BULANDSHAHR -- TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the third in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh. On May 5th, two days before its parliamentary district went to the polls, PolOff and PolFSN ventured back to Bulandshahr to see how [...] | 2009-05-08 10:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI936 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN: TALIBAN INTERNAL [...] "FIGHTING THE ENEMY OF THE WORLD," editorial in May 8 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "Pakistan is involved in one of the worst and most violent confrontations with the Taliban. This is the time when the Pakistani government needs the support of the entire global community. The leadership in Pa [...] | 2009-05-08 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI937 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 4-8, 2009, including the following: -- Indian IT Industry Reactions to U.S. Tax Plan -- Indo-Pak Border Trade Increases to About $80M -- New Chief of National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) [...] | 2009-05-08 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI94 | INDIAN SKEPTICISM OF PAKISTAN PREVALENT DESPITE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 10:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI941 | EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON ADAPTATION, NOT INNOVATION [...] SUMMARY: EmTech India '09 was MIT Technology Review's first ever emerging technology conference held outside the U.S. The conference was billed as a forum to discuss technological trends and showcase India's latest cutting edge technologies in information and communications technology, clean [...] | 2009-05-08 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL TBIO TNGD TPHY EINV SIPR TINT SCUL ECPS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI942 | INDIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY, BABY STEPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Science and Technology's Department of Science and Technology (DST),the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII),and the Tamil Nadu Technology Development Promotion Council, sponsored a conclave in Delhi April 14 and 15 to identify industry opportunities in India [...] | 2009-05-08 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TNGD TPHY EIND EAGR TRGY TBIO IN |
| 09NEWDELHI943 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE AND PERSONALITY DOMINATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI944 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: DELHI POLLS PEACEFUL, VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, the fourth phase of the election, PolOff and PolFSN visited several polling sites in three of the seven parliamentary districts in the Delhi Capital Territory (DCT). The voting process for the average voter seems to be orderly and well-established. Election day passed [...] | 2009-05-08 14:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI945 | CORRECTED COPY: BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A visit to six constituencies in an arc along the western border of bellwether Uttar Pradesh revealed that caste, personality politics, and tactical voting dominate over national issues as the region went to the polls May 7. Results of all parliamentary contests across the cou [...] | 2009-05-08 14:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI947 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, TALIBAN / [...] "FRESH DIALOGUE WITH INDIA," editorial in the May 8 right-of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "Pakistan today is in the grip of grave dangers both within and from outside. It is imperative for Pakistan to improve its ties with India. Who is behind enervating and destabilizing Pakistan? The needle of [...] | 2009-05-11 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI948 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF U.S.- [...] The Xinhua news agency reported that India Sunday welcomed Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's remarks that India is not a threat to Islamabad, saying it is a positive step towards a peace process between the two neighbors. "It is a positive step. It looks to be a positive step towards the [...] | 2009-05-12 05:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI95 | INDIAN SKEPTICISM OF PAKISTAN PREVALENT DESPITE [...] (U) Corrected copy - new text. 2. (C) Summary: India's initial reaction to Interior Minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik's January 15 statements on investigating the Mumbai attacks has been skeptical. Foreign Minister Mukherjee explicitly criticized the Pakistani government for bypassing dip [...] | 2009-01-16 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI952 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/TALIBAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "PAKISTAN'S WAR A SHAM," editorial in May 11 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan's rulers know very well that if U.S. aid is stopped even for a few months, the country could collapse. Zardari has, therefore, declared an open war against the Taliban to keep the U.S. in good humo [...] | 2009-05-12 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI960 | MAYAWATI DEPUTY FORESEES NO CHANGE IN INDIAN [...] (C) Summary: Shashank Shekhar, Cabinet Secretary to Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Mayawati, told Ambassador Burleigh on May 4 that he foresees no change in Indian foreign policy should Mayawati become Prime Minister. He further commented that what little the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lead [...] | 2009-05-13 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI964 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, INDO-PAK RELATIONS; NEW DELHI [...] "PAKISTAN ON COURSE CORRECTION," editorial in the May 12 right-of-centers DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari recently conceded in Washington that India is not a threat to Pakistan. This does not, however, mean that Pakistan's Army necessarily subscribes to this vie [...] | 2009-05-13 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI967 | UK READOUT OF DES BROWNE (SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SRI [...] (C) Summary. UK Special Envoy for Sri Lanka Des Browne visited New Delhi May 6-7 to consult with Indian officials on possible collaboration on the humanitarian and political situation in Sri Lanka. Browne briefed diplomats on his view of the situation in Sri Lanka, and a UK High Commission coll [...] | 2009-05-13 13:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CE UK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI968 | CHARGE'S CALL ON LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION L.K. [...] (SBU) Summary: Looking relaxed and confident, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani told Charge that there would be continuity and strength in U.S.-India relations should a BJP-led government emerge after the national parliamentary elections currently underway. H [...] | 2009-05-13 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG KGHG SENV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI969 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA'S MARATHON ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: Indian voters cast the final ballots in the country's marathon elections on May 13. In this fifth and final phase, polling took place in 86 constituencies across seven states and two territories. Voting was relatively peaceful with the exception of small skirmishes in West Beng [...] | 2009-05-13 15:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI98 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, U.S.- [...] "EXHAUSTED STRATEGIES..." op-ed article by columnist Ajay Lele in the January 16, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Terrorist Ajmal Kasab's arrest and interrogation is the only instance in which India has compelled Pakistan to admit Pakistani complicity in terrorist viol [...] | 2009-01-16 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI981 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN [...] (U) Summary: India's foreign policy is unlikely to change significantly, regardless of the outcome of the parliamentary elections. The political parties, with few exceptions, differ little in their approach to India's foreign policy. Such issues have not played a substantial role in the camp [...] | 2009-05-14 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI982 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIAN EXIT POLLS: NO CLEAR [...] (U) Polling in India's month-long election to choose a new parliament and form a new government ended at 5:00 pm on May 13. Immediately afterward, the hyperactive Indian electronic media began to furiously air exit polls that compiled results from all five phases of voting. TV coverage cont [...] | 2009-05-14 14:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI987 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: UTTARAKHAND SUFFERING FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff and PolFSN traveled north to Uttarakhand on May 11 to assess the political landscape of this small state with five parliamentary seats up for grabs. In discussions with a mix of local journalists, academics, business leaders, and state civil servants, the themes that we h [...] | 2009-05-15 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI988 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: MUSLIM VOTE DIVIDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff and PolFSN traveled to western UP to visit five parliamentary districts where Muslims make up a large minority, and in some cases, the majority, of voters. These five districts voted on May 13, the final phase of the election for the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliamen [...] | 2009-05-15 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI990 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA 100 DAYS, SRI LANKA, [...] "OBAMA INITIATES TAX REFORMS TO CREATE JOBS" op-ed article by Ganesh Natrajan of NASSCOM in May 15 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "The protectionist anti- outsourcing voice from the U.S. need not send shivers down the spines of Indian Business Process Outsourcing units (BPOs)and the IT sector. [...] | 2009-05-15 12:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI991 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 11-15, 2009, including the following: -- Exports Continue Contraction -- March Industry Growth Down -- But Manufacturing Sector Showing Revival Signs -- Consumer Inflation Shows Some Abatement -- SE [...] | 2009-05-15 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI994 | INDIA'S NEW PENSION SCHEME AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) opened the "New Pension Scheme" (NPS) to all Indians between the ages of 18-55, including private sector companies, self-employed professionals and informal sector low wage workers, on May 1, 2009. The NPS had pr [...] | 2009-05-15 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI995 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: CHARGE DISCUSSES NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Burleigh discussed the national elections with journalists, local politicians and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's deputy during a visit to the state capital, Lucknow, on May 4. The journalists generally agreed that Mayawati's popularity has declined sinc [...] | 2009-05-15 13:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI996 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY WEIGHS POST-CONFLICT [...] (C) Charge met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon May 15 for a discussion on the urgent humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. Menon acknowledged the dire situation and said that the fighting was more intense in the conflict zone, with higher casualty figures and more use of heavy we [...] | 2009-05-15 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI997 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: TIGHT BATTLE IN RAJASTHAN [...] (SBU) Summary: While the race is close and tight in Rajasthan, the Congress Party is expected to pick up between 5-10 seats from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in parliamentary election. Polling was on May 7 and results will be declared on May 16. The Congress strategy was to pick strong [...] | 2009-05-15 14:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI998 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: JAI HO! CONGRESS PARTY WINS [...] (U) Please note that the numbers in this cable are all approximate, based on the latest media reports of vote count in progress. The actual results may vary slightly but we do not expect any major changes. The Election Commission will certify the final results on Monday, May 18. 2. (C) Su [...] | 2009-05-16 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KDEM IN |
| 10NEWDELHI101 | ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC: INDIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Secretary Clinton's January 12 Asia-Pacific speech in Honolulu was reported in two leading Indian newspapers, THE HINDUSTAN TIMES and THE INDIAN EXPRESS. The reports, drawn from wire stories, focused on the Secretary's terming Asia as "indispensable" to meeting global security and humanit [...] | 2010-01-21 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF IN |
| 10NEWDELHI103 | TFHA01: INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Post delivered reftel A and B demarche points to Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) division on January 19. 2. (U) An MEA official said that India had decided to give a total of USD 5 million in cash to Haiti, an increase from the USD 1 million [...] | 2010-01-22 02:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KDEM OIIP UN HA IN |
| 10NEWDELHI104 | MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES VISIT, [...] "U.S. ACCEPTANCE," editorial in January 21 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates who visited India recently said two important things. First, India may not be as patient as the last time if it were to be attacked again by Pakistani militants. Second, he warned India of [...] | 2010-01-22 11:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI109 | HASINA'S DELHI VISIT: PROGRESS TOWARD REGIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina's January 10-13 visit to India boosted prospects for regional integration. Following recent Bangladeshi action against Indian insurgents, Hasina again pledged Bangladeshi territory would not be used for anti-Indian activities. Bangladesh granted India [...] | 2010-01-22 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BG IN |
| 10NEWDELHI113 | A SMALL STEP TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 1984 ANTI-SIKH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed two chargesheets January 13 against senior Congress Party leader Sajjan Kumar for making provocative speeches and inciting mobs in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. While a positive step toward accountability and a possible attemp [...] | 2010-01-22 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM IN |
| 10NEWDELHI114 | INDIA AGREES ALTERNATIVE IS NECESSARY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Kozak and PolCouns on January 22 met with Rajiva Misra, Joint Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division at the Ministry of External Affairs, to discuss USG concerns about the "defamation of religions" resolution and the related OIC-backed Protoc [...] | 2010-01-22 13:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC UNGA IN |
| 10NEWDELHI115 | INDIAN MEA SHARES VIEWS ON SRI LANKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian MEA is optimistic that the January 26 elections will prove a step in the right direction for Sri Lanka. There is concern in the GOI that the international community's approach to addressing human rights concerns has pushed Sri Lanka toward China. India continues to wat [...] | 2010-01-22 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE IN |
| 10NEWDELHI116 | MENON APPOINTED NEW NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was appointed India's new National Security Advisor on January 22. M.K. Narayanan's departure from the post signals the end of a bureaucratic tussle with Home Minister Chidambaram for authority over internal security. Menon will oversee a [...] | 2010-01-22 15:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP PK IN PINR |
| 10NEWDELHI117 | POTUS Letters Delivered to BASIC Delegations in New Delhi [...] As requested in REF NSC e-mails, Post delivered four letters from POTUS addressed to BASIC country heads to their representatives at the conference hotel. Letters were passed Sunday morning, prior to the start of the BASIC meeting, to delegations for: -- Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Indep [...] | 2010-01-24 05:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG IN |
| 10NEWDELHI118 | POTUS Letters Delivered to BASIC Delegations in New Delhi [...] As requested in REF NSC e-mails, Post delivered four letters from POTUS addressed to BASIC country heads to their representatives at the conference hotel. Letters were passed Sunday morning, prior to the start of the BASIC meeting, to delegations for: -- Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Indep [...] | 2010-01-24 05:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG IN |
| 10NEWDELHI13 | MEA ON INDIAN ASSISTANCE TO 2010 AFGHAN ELECTION [...] (C) According to senior Ministry of External Affairs officials, the GOI is not actively considering providing technical or financial support to Afghan elections, but would be open to such proposals from the Afghan government. On January 6, we raised reftel query with Gopal Bagley, MEA's Actin [...] | 2010-01-06 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IN |
| 10NEWDELHI131 | INDIA: OUTREACH ON LONDON CONFERENCE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 10:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF IN |
| 10NEWDELHI132 | A SMALL STEP TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 1984 ANTI-SIKH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed two chargesheets January 13 against senior Congress Party leader Sajjan Kumar for making provocative speeches and inciting mobs in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. While a positive step toward accountability and a possible attemp [...] | 2010-01-25 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM IN |
| 10NEWDELHI133 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "AMERICA IS INTERESTED IN AN INDO-PAK CONFLICT" editorial in January 25 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "America's Defense Secretary's warning that India's patience will run out if there is a repeat of 26/11 attacks is an indirect heads-up to Pakistan. Despite being fully aware that Pak [...] | 2010-01-25 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI135 | INDIA: ENGAGING POSTS ON THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF IN |
| 10NEWDELHI140 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA, INDIA- [...] "ONE-YEAR OF OBAMA," editorial in January 25 right- of-center Urdu daily, MUNSIF: "President Obama's one year performance has been extremely disappointing. He promised that he would withdraw American forces from Iraq; close the most infamous Guantanamo Bay; and pull out America from the econom [...] | 2010-01-27 10:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI146 | INDIAN SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL HAITI RESPONSE [...] (U) Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, made an unscheduled visit to Port-au-Prince on January 24 after official visits to Colombia, Peru, and Dominican Republic. During his meetings with Dominican President Fernandez and Foreign Minister Morales. President Fernandez inv [...] | 2010-01-27 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN HA |
| 10NEWDELHI151 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary McHale: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington and Minister of Human Resource Development Sibal's US tour, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing e [...] | 2010-01-27 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN |
| 10NEWDELHI152 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, INDIA-SRI [...] "TENSION BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN," editorial in January 27 right-of-center Urdu daily ETEMAAD: "The US Defense Secretary's recent disclosure about different terror groups in the Afghan-Pakistan region vindicates India's fear that one more attack from Pakistani area is possible. Unfortunatel [...] | 2010-01-28 10:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI154 | INDIA TO COMMUNICATE MITIGATION ACTIONS FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY In a wide-ranging discussion following the climate change meeting of the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) ministerial group, Indian Minister of Environment and Forests (MOEF) Jairam Ramesh told the Ambassador January 25 that India is ready to communicate its voluntary dom [...] | 2010-01-28 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG TRGY ECON PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI155 | INDIA SUPPORTS NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT, FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director of Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Amandeep Singh Gill stated January 27 that the Government of India (GOI) was looking forward to a positive and productive Nuclear Security Summit and confirmed that Prime Minister [...] | 2010-01-28 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN AORC CDG |
| 10NEWDELHI162 | NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN WITH SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Outgoing National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan discussed Afghanistan with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke January 18. Holbrooke explained President Obama's plan for the start of a phased troop withdrawal in 2011 rather than a precipitous pull out, and made the case f [...] | 2010-01-28 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF PK IN |
| 10NEWDELHI163 | SRAP HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a January 18 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao described the Indian effort in Afghanistan as focused on strengthening governance by building Afghan capacities. She said Indian engagement is transparent and should not be threatening [...] | 2010-01-28 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AF IN |
| 10NEWDELHI17 | NEW STEWARDS OF INDIAN DEFENSE RESEARCH MAY BE GOOD NEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent changes in Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) leadership may herald opportunities for increased productivity in defense research and collaboration with India. Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat was appointed on 1 September to the post of Scientific Advisor to the [...] | 2010-01-06 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL KSCA MCAP PGOV IN |
| 10NEWDELHI173 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, SRI LANKA PRESIDENTIAL [...] "HOW LONG INDIA CAN KEEP QUIET?" commentary in January 28 centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "China's nationalistic zeal and territorial ambitions are proving to be India's bane. U.S. is aware of this, but is scared of China's aggressive nationalism. India should be extra vigilant on its border [...] | 2010-01-29 10:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI179 | GOI ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR EXPORTERS [...] Summary: In a bid to boost the Indian export sector, Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma on January 12 announced new sector-specific export incentives that retroactively took effect on January 1. The benefits include expansion of products and destinations eligible for various export [...] | 2010-01-29 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN IN |
| 10NEWDELHI181 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF STATE [...] "Amid talk of fading allure and promises not kept, an embattled President Obama, bruised by economic, political, and foreign policy crises in his first year in office, has pledged to stop US companies from taking jobs overseas and warned Americans about increasing competition from China and In [...] | 2010-01-29 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI182 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 11 - 29, 2010 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 11-29, 2010, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Vice-President Ansari: Make Intelligence Agencies Accountable to Parliament -- Junior Ministers Disgruntled, Tell PM Singh They Ar [...] | 2010-01-29 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR |
| 10NEWDELHI187 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 25 to January 29, 2010, including the following: -- India to Build More Fast Breeder Reactors -- External Commercial Borrowing Norms Relaxed For 3G Spectrum Auctions -- Coal Still King for India [...] | 2010-01-29 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ECIN EMIN ENRG IN |
| 10NEWDELHI188 | THE BLAME GAME: AG MINISTER ON DEFENSE OVER HIGH FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: The national concern about continuing high food prices has grown increasingly political as the allied Congress Party has joined the opposition in criticizing Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar for failing to stem rising food inflation. [...] | 2010-01-29 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
| 10NEWDELHI189 | THE BLAME GAME: AG MINISTER ON DEFENSE OVER HIGH FOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 01:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
| 10NEWDELHI201 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIANS FEAR CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) Summary: While there have been a few positive moves regarding Kashmir in the last month, the more significant developments have been negative and represent setbacks to peace and reconciliation. On the plus side, the Defense Minister unveiled a few more confidence building measures, and Kashmir [...] | 2010-02-01 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
| 10NEWDELHI202 | MEDIA REACTION: SECURITY IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, [...] "CHINESE BASES IN PAKISTAN," editorial in January 30 centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "The U.S. is desperate to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan. If the U.S. quits Afghanistan, that will take the pressure off the terrorists, thereby weakening democracy and liberal political forces in Pakistan. [...] | 2010-02-01 12:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI205 | NSA MENON DISCUSSES PAKISTAN AND CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paragraph 11. 2. (S) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with Ambassador Roemer as National Security Advisor January 28, Shivshankar Menon asserted that his portfolio would remain "the same" as that of his predecessor. He touched on civil nuclear implementat [...] | 2010-02-01 13:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
| 10NEWDELHI206 | SRAP HOLBROOKE MEETS INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER KRISHNA [...] (C) Summary: EAM Krishna told Ambassador Holbrooke in a January 18 meeting that Pakistan needed to take visible steps against those responsible for the Mumbai attacks before a full fledged dialogue with India could move forward. Holbrooke cited the U.S. and India's shared interest in Pakistani s [...] | 2010-02-01 16:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AF IN |
| 10NEWDELHI207 | INDIAN ISLAM: DEOBANDI-BARELVI TENSION CHANGING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Like most issues affecting the world's largest democracy, Islam in India presents a series of dichotomies. The Muslim population of India ranks as the second or third highest in the world and yet it is only a minority in India, representing 13.4 percent of the total population [...] | 2010-02-02 03:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KISL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI212 | HFAC STAFFERS MEET WITH INDIAN MEA OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) On January 12, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers Jasmeet Ahuja and Greg McCarthy met with Indian Ministry of External Affairs officials to discuss U.S.-Indian defense relations, civil nuclear cooperation, and the role of water issues in India's bilateral relations . Indo-America [...] | 2010-02-02 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS KOMC PREL PTER SENV BG CE PK IN |
| 10NEWDELHI213 | IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: INDIA: DO NOT SINGLE US OUT [...] (c) Embassy delivered reftel points on the major development deal pending between Iran and Indian petroleum majors Oil and Natural Gas Company of India (ONGC) and Hinduja to Siddhartha Nath, External Affairs Under Secretary for Afghanistan and Iran and to Vani Rao, External Affairs Americas D [...] | 2010-02-02 14:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI22 | NEW CONVERGENCE PROJECT CONTINUES U.S.-INDIA PARTNERSHIP TO [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)-funded project, "Converging Against Child Labor: Support for India's Model," provides new momentum for the partnership between the U.S. and India in eradicating child labor. Implemented by the International Labor Organization (ILO),the USD 6.85 m [...] | 2010-01-07 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ETRD KTIP KOCI PHUM SOCI USAID IN |
| 10NEWDELHI225 | WHAT IS INDIA DOING IN AFGHANISTAN? [...] (C) Summary: India is proud of its ongoing "development partnership" with post-Taliban Afghanistan that began in late 2001. The GOI claims the sum of its performed and pledged assistance to date totals USD 1.3 billion, of which approximately one-third has been disbursed. India's civilian ai [...] | 2010-02-03 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PARM IN AF |
| 10NEWDELHI227 | MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION, [...] "OBAMA IN SEARCH OF AN ENEMY," op-ed in February 2 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "From President Barack Obama's State of the Union address it appears as if he has found a new enemy in the form of the fast growing economies, India and China. The Obama Administration is trying to te [...] | 2010-02-03 10:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI24 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, TERRORISM: U.S. [...] "Pakistan's intolerance," op-ed article in left-of- center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "The recent bomb attack on Shias in Karachi shows how the situation is deteriorating in Pakistan with each passing day. Sectarian violence, especially between the Shias and the Sunnis, has always assumed [...] | 2010-01-07 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI242 | INDIAN RESPONSE TO ONWARD PROLIFERATION CASES, [...] (S) SUMMARY. Two officials in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Office of Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) gave us a verbal response February 3 to the outstanding onward proliferation cases (reftel) raised during the November 2009 Strategic Security Dialogue (SSD). Wh [...] | 2010-02-05 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PARM PREL MCTRE KSCA ETTC IN IR SY |
| 10NEWDELHI243 | SECENSETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM [...] (U) Mission India warmly welcomes you on your first visit to India as Special Representative to Muslim Communities. You will find an Indian government that is more committed than ever to building a durable and wide ranging USG-GOI relationship after Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit in N [...] | 2010-02-05 11:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI244 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN, UNITED [...] "AMERICA'S PROBLEM," op-ed in February 4 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The Obama Administration's strategy for the Taliban is simple: if you can't defeat them, bribe them. The Taliban, al Qaeda and groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba are all birds of the same feather. To cut a deal [...] | 2010-02-05 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI254 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, INDO-PAK [...] "OBAMA GOES LOCAL," editorial in right-of-center Marathi daily, SAMANA: "President Obama is aware of America's waning power in the global context. And his effort to prevent the outsourcing of jobs is a reaction to the unfolding scenario. He is also aware that India, China and even Brazil are l [...] | 2010-02-08 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI261 | BHUTAN INVITES THE SECRETARY TO ATTEND APRIL SAARC [...] The Royal Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi forwarded a letter from Bhutanese Foreign Minister Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, inviting the Secretary to the Inaugural and Concluding Session of the Sixteenth South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to be held from April 28-29 at Thimphu. [...] | 2010-02-09 09:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BT IN |
| 10NEWDELHI263 | INDIA AND NATO: TIME FOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Participants in the Fourth India-NATO Dialogue, a non-governmental "track II" event held in New Delhi February 1, agreed that the time was right to establish a regular, sustained, official dialogue between the world's largest democracy and its mightiest military alliance. The [...] | 2010-02-09 10:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 10NEWDELHI264 | New Synergy in India American Citizen Services [...] Summary: American Citizen Services (ACS) Unit Chiefs and Senior Locally Engaged Staff (LES) from all India posts convened in New Delhi January 20-22, 2010 for a Mission-wide ACS conference - the first of its type in institutional memory. The goals of this conference were to promote consisten [...] | 2010-02-09 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CMGT ASEC KFRD IN |
| 10NEWDELHI265 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "SUCCESS OF TALKS DEPENDS ON PAK ARMY," commentary by former Indian Ambassador to U.S. Naresh Chandra in February 8 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Although Pakistan has been dragging its feet on booking the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, India has done the right thing by extending its hand [...] | 2010-02-09 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI273 | INDIA: PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On February 8, Post delivered reftel points to Under Secretary Siddhartha Nath of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division and Under Secretary Abhishek Verma of UN Political Division. We urged India to pressure Iran regarding their numerous human rights viola [...] | 2010-02-10 14:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | IR PHUM PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI274 | INDIA ON PRESSURING IRAN TO ENGAGE ON NUCLEAR [...] (U) Due to the unavailability of senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials over the last ten days, PolOff delivered reftel demarche points on February 9 to Under Secretary Siddhartha Nath of MEA's Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) Division. 2. (C) Nath promised to convey the points [...] | 2010-02-10 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC IR AF IN |
| 10NEWDELHI275 | MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS NOT YET TO GM EGGPLANT "IN [...] (U) Summary: On February 9, Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh announced his final decision regarding the commercial approval of genetically modified (GM) eggplant, or Bt brinjal, in India. With a long and emotional charged justification, the Minister declared that a moratorium [...] | 2010-02-11 01:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON TBIO EAID ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
| 10NEWDELHI276 | MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS NOT YET TO GM EGGPLANT "IN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 01:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON TBIO EAID ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
| 10NEWDELHI280 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN/U.S., [...] "INDO-PAK TALKS UNDER U.S. PRESSURE," editorial in February 10 Leftist Kolkata Bengali daily, GANASHAKTI: "India has offered a resumption of talks with Pakistan under U.S. pressure. This is the latest example of America's meddling in India's foreign and defense policy, courtesy of the Indo-U.S [...] | 2010-02-11 09:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI285 | CLIMATE CONFUSION: 10TH DELHI SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, held February 5 - 7, 2010, was notable for the overwhelming support for Dr. R.K. Pachauri, the recently embattled chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),and also for a distinct lack of ideas, bordering on outri [...] | 2010-02-11 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
| 10NEWDELHI287 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY’S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (S) Summary: You will find an Indian government that is more committed than ever to building a durable and wide ranging USG-GOI relationship after Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit in November. New Delhi has been broadly supportive of USG goals in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. After refusing [...] | 2010-02-11 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER ECON SENV AF PK IN |
| 10NEWDELHI288 | TIBET: GROWING FRUSTRATION AFTER LATEST ROUND OF [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 14:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL PREF PINR PHUM CH IN |
| 10NEWDELHI290 | TIBET: GROWING FRUSTRATION AFTER LATEST ROUND OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Dharamsala February 3-7 to meet a cross section of the Tibetan community upon the conclusion of the ninth round of dialogue in Beijing between the Tibetan government-in-exile, known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA),and Chinese officials. During meetings with [...] | 2010-02-11 15:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREF PHUM CH IN PINR PREL |
| 10NEWDELHI291 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO ON 2/13 PUNE BOMBING [...] (C) In a February 14 telephone conversation with Foreign Secretary Rao, Ambassador Roemer expressed his condolences for the February 13 terrorist bombing in Pune and offered USG assistance as appropriate. Rao thanked the Ambassador and condemned the attacks as "typical senseless violence" by [...] | 2010-02-14 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK IN |
| 10NEWDELHI292 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] "ENVIRONMENT BEFORE TALKS," editorial in February 14 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Only a miracle can make the India-Pakistan talks work in the wake of the rhetoric from both sides. It is a result of India's weak diplomacy that Pakistan keeps raising the Kashmir issue, whereas India should be s [...] | 2010-02-16 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI293 | TFHA01: INDIA TO SEND FPU TO HAITI WHEN [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Director Sanjay Rana of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs' United Nations Political division. According to Rana, India plans to complete deployment of one Formed Police Unit (FPU) to Haiti by the end of March 2010 (Note: this is earlier than the M [...] | 2010-02-16 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA IN |
| 10NEWDELHI295 | COLD START - A MIXTURE OF MYTH AND REALITY [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Indian Army's "Cold Start Doctrine" is a mixture of myth and reality. It has never been and may never be put to use on a battlefield because of substantial and serious resource constraints, but it is a developed operational attack plan announced in 2004 and intended to be taken [...] | 2010-02-16 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS IN PK |
| 10NEWDELHI298 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Wire reports appearing in the Indian media highlighted the Secretary's remarks on Iran. Secretary Clinton was reported saying that Iran has not lived up to its nuclear obligations and has rebuffed U.S. and international efforts to engage in serious talks. Iran has a right to nuclear power, but [...] | 2010-02-17 03:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI301 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Period [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the period of February 1 to February 15, 2010, including the following: -- GOI Releases MSME Task Force Report -- Industrial Production Continues to Grow -- PayPal No Friend of the RBI -- Inflation Running Fast and [...] | 2010-02-17 07:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ECIN IN |
| 10NEWDELHI306 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, U.S.-CHINA [...] "TALKS ARE THE ONLY WAY" February 17 editorial in Guwahati Assamese independent ASAMIYA KHABOR: "India should hold talks with Pakistan as scheduled to foil terrorists' agenda to upset it, and demonstrate before the world community its (India) commitment to peaceful negotiation. The resumption [...] | 2010-02-17 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI31 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of, January 04 TO January 08, 2010, including the following: -- Cabinet Clears Copyright Amendments for Introduction in Parliament -- GOI Under Fire at Economic Seminar -- India Ranks Eighth in Internet Pi [...] | 2010-01-08 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ECIN KIPR EIND ELTN ETRD TSPA IN JA |
| 10NEWDELHI312 | THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVE PROGRAM IN INDIA: VALIDATION STUDY [...] Summary. The Business Executive Program (BEP) continues to be a key part of Non-Immigrant Visa processing in posts across Mission India, with BEP appointments for the B1/B2 visa class alone accounting for tens of thousands of applicants each year. A recently conducted Mission-wide validation [...] | 2010-02-18 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT ASEC KFRD IN |
| 10NEWDELHI318 | Mission India's nominations for S/GWI Small Grants [...] Mission India is pleased to submit 11 proposals for consideration by S/GWI as part of the 2010 Small Grants Initiative. Mission India received dozens of creative proposals, formed a selection committee comprised of key sections to evaluate proposals and select those that meet mission goals and [...] | 2010-02-19 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN IN |
| 10NEWDELHI319 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 11 - 29, 2010 C A N C E L L E D [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR |
| 10NEWDELHI321 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 19, 2010 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 30 - February 19, 2010, that did not feature in our other reporting. My Name Is Rahul ---- 2. (SBU) Rahul Gandhi's Mumbai visit and his skirmishing with the Maharashtra chauvinist Shiv Sena party shows he is bec [...] | 2010-02-22 08:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR |
| 10NEWDELHI323 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "TALKS ONLY SOLUTION," editorial in February 21 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "The India- Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks will soon start. Can any conflict be solved without talks? If the Taliban takes control of Pakistan, we will not be untouched either. We should give Pakist [...] | 2010-02-22 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI326 | NUCLEAR SECURITY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE DISCUSSIONS [...] C) SUMMARY: U.S. and Indian interagency delegations met on the margins of the Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group (CNEWG) meeting in Mumbai Feb 3-4 to discuss collaboration on a Nuclear Security Center of Excellence (COE). Continuing discussions on proposals that had been tabled previously, th [...] | 2010-02-22 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN NSC |
| 10NEWDELHI328 | LOW INDIAN EXPECTATIONS FOR FEBRUARY 25 TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary: According to Yashwant Sinha, the Indian MEA point person on Pakistan policy, there is no set agenda for February 25 Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan in New Delhi and resumption of the Composite Dialogue after the talks is unlikely. Sinha confided that he is "not sanguin [...] | 2010-02-23 06:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK |
| 10NEWDELHI329 | INDIA: DESIGNATION OF IRGC UNDER EO 13382 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 08:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR EFIN GM PREL PARM IN |
| 10NEWDELHI330 | INDIA "WARY" OF NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, YK Sinha -- India's functional equivalent of Assistant Secretary for Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan -- repeated the GOI mantra that India does not favor new sanctions on Iran because they adversely affect Indian interests. He denied that Indian entities [...] | 2010-02-23 08:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN IR |
| 10NEWDELHI333 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN, [...] "WHY AF-PAK IS IMPORTANT TO INDIA-PAKISTAN TALKS," op-ed in February 22 Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "India-Pakistan relations changed course all of a sudden after the London conference. It is bizarre the way India suddenly did an about-turn on Pakistan, offering talks. Was it an independent [...] | 2010-02-23 11:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI334 | INDIAN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN: EAGER FOR INCREASED USG COORDINATION, WARY OF PAKISTANI SCHEMING, SKEPTICAL ON R/R [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, YK Sinha -- India's A/S equivalent for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran -- welcomed increased GOI-USG coordination "at all levels" on our respective assistance activities in Afghanistan. He warned the USG not to be drawn into what he characterized as a Pakistan [...] | 2010-02-23 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN PK AF IR |
| 10NEWDELHI34 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM -- U.S. POLICY; [...] "FAILURES OF U.S INTELLIGENCE AND ANXIETY OF PRESIDENT OBAMA," op-ed in January 10 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "President Obama has come down hard on U.S secret agencies for their intelligence failure on the failed Christmas bombing attempt. The real question, however, is why [...] | 2010-01-11 14:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI343 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS; NEW DELHI. [...] "THE UNCONTROLLABLE TALIBAN," editorial in February 24 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAL: "It is time to see, particularly for the U.S. -- which is spending considerably on anti-terrorist initiatives -- as to how and why Pakistan is unable to rein in the Taliban. The recent kidnap and beheading of [...] | 2010-02-24 10:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |