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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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02MADRID4435SPAIN: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] ACTIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA OPERATIVES BUILDING ON ARRESTS MADE IN 2001, SPANISH LAW ENFORCEMENT MADE ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF AL QAEDA ASSOCIATES DURING 2002. IN JANUARY, POLICE ARRESTED MOROCCAN CITIZEN NAJIB CHAIB MOHAMED IN A BARCELONA SUBURB. CHAIB MOHAMED WAS ACCUSED OF BELONGING TO A TERRO [...]
2002-12-05 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SP
03MADRID4409SPAIN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Actions against Al Qaeda Operatives Building on arrests made in 2001 and 2002, Spanish police made additional arrests of Al Qaeda suspects during 2003. In January, police arrested 16 North African (mostly Algerian) nationals in Catalunya suspected of having ties with al Qaeda operatives in [...]
2003-12-11 11:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SP
04MADRID1000SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA SALVATORE SCALONE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Inspector Salvatore Scalone, Supervisor, Airworthiness Unit, Technical Branch, Flight Standards Division, to travel to Madrid March 28-April 2 to attend the European BE-1900 Operators Conference prepared by Raytheon Airlines at the Hotel We [...]
2004-03-25 09:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID1002SPAIN:HUMANITARIAN AID FOR HAITI
[...] We received Spain's response to reftel from Felipe Bragado de las Heras, Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain has donated EUR 300,000 (USD 366,000 at an exchange rate of EUR 1.0=USD 1.21) to the United Nations Flash Appeal for Haiti [...]
2004-03-25 09:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PREL HA SP
04MADRID1007SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA KILMARTIN,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA/SLD William E. Kilmartin, John E. Gerrard, and David G. Kostorowski, to travel to Madrid March 28-31 to conduct meetings with Government of Spain officials regarding the Megaports Initiative. 2. As requested reftel, reservations h [...]
2004-03-25 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID1013EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - MADRID, SPAIN
[...] (U) Embassy Madrid Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on 25 March 2004 as per REFTEL. The EAC discussed the concerns and possible threat considerations as outlined. The RSO stated that a Verbal Note was prepared for the Spanish Police requesting an augmentation of both static and dynamic [...]
2004-03-25 15:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CASC
04MADRID1014COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRACY A. HALL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Econ Officer Tracy A. Hall to travel to Madrid from March 28-30 to attend the Meeting of the EU Northern Dimension's "Partnership in Health and Social Well-Being," which is to be chaired by Sweden. 2. Embassy understands that no further ass [...]
2004-03-25 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID1024SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL HAROLD LINK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Harold Link, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado to travel to Pamplona April 01-04 to participate in the International Electrotechnical Commission, Maintenance Team 12 Meeting. 2. Embassy understands [...]
2004-03-26 09:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID1027REBUILDING IRAQ: MADRID SUBCONTRACTING
[...] We are working with the Spanish Council of Chambers of Commerce to organize the April 29 Madrid visit of Admiral David Nash and delegation. The Council is open to inviting other European and Moroccan companies to participate. The Council agrees with the format for the conference suggested r [...]
2004-03-26 14:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP PREL SP
04MADRID1040SPAIN:AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE RESPONSE
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Continental Asia Alejandro E. Albargonzalez San Martin told us March 25 that Spain's delegation will not be making new commitments to Afghanistan at the Berlin Conference. He noted that while Spain will carry out its previous pledge of $113 million through [...]
2004-03-29 05:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV AF SP NATO
04MADRID1052SPAIN: UPDATE ON ZAPETERO'S CABINET SELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Future Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is revealing his cabinet selections on a piecemeal basis as the government formation process procedes. Thus far he has officially named Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega as First Vice President of Government and Minister of th [...]
2004-03-29 14:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID1058SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/NOAA SYBIL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sybil Seitzinger, Program Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),to travel to Santiago de Compostela March 30-April 4 to attend the Conference Planning Committee for the Ameri [...]
2004-03-29 16:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID1061SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE RE ROAD SAFETY
[...] We delivered reftel demarche to the MFA, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Public Works, and the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs. 2. In follow-up conversations with Ana Paredes, Subdirector General of Services for Technical Bodies and Rosario Bernal Garcia, Head of Ser [...]
2004-03-30 10:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN AORC SP UN WHO
04MADRID1072NEW SOCIALIST MAJORITY APPEARS STABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The margin of the Socialist (PSOE) victory on March 14 should allow them to take power without any formal coalition agreements with smaller parties. While the PSOE's 164 seats fall 12 short of an absolute majority, it should allow them to govern stably, especially given the fac [...]
2004-03-30 14:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID1074SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met March 30 with Socialist defense minister-designate Jose Bono. The meeting was very pleasant and friendly, and Bono pledged to do his part to continue the fine relations the U.S. and Spain have developed over the years. He characterized himself as a "moderate soc [...]
2004-03-30 15:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
04MADRID1079SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CHR 60 RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff met with Augustin Nunez, MFA Director General for UN Affairs (A/S equivalent) on March 26 to follow up on our initial March 23 approach to senior MFA officials regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Cuba and China resolutions (reftels A and B). We stressed our [...]
2004-03-30 16:25:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM CH CU SP UNHRC
04MADRID1092SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JORGE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jorge Sztein, Staff Scientist, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona April 28-May 2 to participate in a post graduate course on Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare at the Universidad Autonoma. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2004-04-01 08:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1095SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT OF TREASURY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott M. Albinson and Richard Riccobono, Office of Thrift Supervision, to travel to Madrid April 2-3 to meet with representatives of La Caixa. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers [...]
2004-04-01 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON OTRA SP
04MADRID1096SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF AND DEPSECSTATE
[...] (C) Summary: When you meet with Jose Bono April 5 in Washington, you will find this long-time Socialist party "heavyweight" an affable, smooth politician who could be a pro-U.S. voice of reason in the new government headed up by Socialist Party (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. We [...]
2004-04-01 11:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SP
04MADRID1099SPAIN: RESPONSE TO NPT PREPCOM III DEMARCHE
[...] (C) We presented reftel points to Marcos Rodriguez Cantero in the office of International Disarmament Affairs at the MFA on March 30. Rodriguez, who will be Spain's delegate to the PrepCom, said Spain would support U.S. proposals to strengthen the IAEA Board of Governors and the Proliferation [...]
2004-04-01 14:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP SP NPT IAEA
04MADRID1108SPAIN'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRAINING, NEEDS AND
[...] There is a significant amount of intellectual property (IP) training and education in Spain sponsored by government ministries, police entities, and industry groups. To add to GOS efforts, we have arranged working breakfasts, roundtables, and lunches with the active participation of governmen [...]
2004-04-02 09:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON SP
04MADRID1118SPAIN: PARTIAL RESPONSE TO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) We delivered reftel talking points and letter April 2 to Guillermo Kirkpatrick, the MFA's Deputy Director General for International Disarmament Affairs. We addressed the letter to Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Javier Gil Catalina, the under secretary-level official who deals with [...]
2004-04-02 14:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL SP
04MADRID1122AMBASSADOR'S OUTREACH TO GALICIA
[...] Summary: The Ambassador traveled March 30-31 to Santiago de Compostela, capital of the northwestern region of Galicia, to open the eighth in a series of regional seminars on E-Commerce and Internet for small and medium sized firms. The Ambassador took the opportunity to meet with President of [...]
2004-04-02 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ETRD PREL SP
04MADRID1131PROPOSED PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - SPAIN
[...] Summary: Below is the text of a proposed public announcement for Spain. The EAC met today and determined that an updated Public Announcement was warranted in light of the discovery of a bomb on the rail line used by the high speed train connecting Madrid and Seville earlier today. End Summar [...]
2004-04-05 06:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC SP PTER
04MADRID1140SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL EFFORD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Efford members, Richard Efford, Professional Staff Member, House Appropriations Committee (HAC),Cheryle Tucker, Leigha M. Shaw, Michael Malone and John Blazey, also from HAC, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, April 11-18. The purpos [...]
2004-04-05 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
04MADRID1141SPAIN TERRORISM UPDATE: MARCH 11 TERRORISTS BLOW
[...] (SBU) Three weeks after the March 11 terror train bomb attacks, terrorism and the police fight against it continue to dominate the Spanish political and media landscape. In recent days, the police scored two successes: tracking down the suspected leaders of the March 11 attacks to a Madrid [...]
2004-04-05 18:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL SP
04MADRID1145SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARKUS RIES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Markus Ries, Research Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Sevilla April 22-25 to attend the 4th International Symposium on Lysosomal Storage Diseases Natural Course on Pathology and Therapy, an [...]
2004-04-06 09:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1146SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS THOMAS D. LORENSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Geologist Thomas D. Lorenson to travel to Barcelona April 16-24 to participate in a series of working meetings dealing with USGS and international academic partners ocean drilling program Leg 204 post cruise meeting, "Drilling Gas [...]
2004-04-06 09:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON EMIN SENV SP
04MADRID1154SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hans Frauenfelder from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Gran Canaria May 24-28 to participate in the 2nd SPIE International Symposium "Fluctuation and Noise" and to give a lecture on "Proteins are Highly Inhomogeneous Systems." 2. [...]
2004-04-06 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1155SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DENNIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis P. Roach from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Madrid May 05-15 to conduct FAA-sponsored work on the inspection of composite and metallic structures using advanced health monitoring techniques and other work related to homelan [...]
2004-04-06 10:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1159FAS FY 2004 GA/MPCC MIDYEAR REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-06 12:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR
04MADRID1180Consular response to Terrorist attacks in
[...] Summary: March 11, 2004, eleven bombs went off in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring almost 1,500 in a series of attacks on commuter trains coming into Madrid and at three separate train stations between 7:30 and 8:00 am. Both the Consular Section and Embassy went into immediate action. [...]
2004-04-07 14:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CPAS CVIS CMGT PTER SP
04MADRID1186SPAIN: RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-07 16:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SP MAR
04MADRID1187ZAPATERO AND SPANISH TROOPS IN IRAQ: POLITICAL
[...] (C) Political pressure is high on incoming Socialist President Rodriguez Zapatero to fulfill his campaign promise to pull the 1300 Spanish troops out of Iraq absent a new UN mandate giving the UN the lead role. Zapatero is on the hook to demonstrate to his supporters that his surprise election [...]
2004-04-07 18:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID1188SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA JAMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Hungerford, Research Chemist, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS to travel to Bayona-Vigo April 17-25 to present a lecture on seafood product research at the 11th Symposium on Sample Handling for Environmental and Biological Analysis. [...]
2004-04-12 11:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1200INVESTITURE SCHEDULE FOR SPAIN'S NEW SOCIALIST
[...] Summary. Spain's Congress of Deputies is slated to begin the investiture sessions to install the new Socialist government on April 15. Depending on whether the Socialist leader, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, receives an absolute majority or not on the first vote, he could be sworn in as Pres [...]
2004-04-14 06:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SP
04MADRID1201SPANISH RESPONSE: PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1534
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-14 06:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL SP UNSC UN
04MADRID1205SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joe Sostaric, Visiting Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Badajoz April 25-May 1 to give a presentation at the 9th Meeting of the European Society of Sonochemistry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary [...]
2004-04-14 08:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1206SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS WILLIAM J. WINTERS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS William J. Winters, Civil Engineer, to travel to Barcelona April 19-22 to present and discuss laboratory test results at the Ocean Drilling Program LEG 204 post-cruise meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2004-04-14 09:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SP
04MADRID1207SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUSAN CHU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Chu, Associate Director for Science, NIP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Sevilla, May 6-9 to attend the 4th Symposium ESTEVE of Advances in Vaccines. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...]
2004-04-14 09:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1208SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC JOANNE MEI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne Mei, Lead Research Chemist, Ph.D., Newborn Screening Branch, NCEH, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona April 24-28 to provide consultation to the Centre d'Etudis Epidemiologics sobre la Sida de Catalunya (CEESCAT). 2. Embassy understand [...]
2004-04-14 09:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1210SUSANA ESTEVEZ TO HEAD SPANISH DELEGATION TO UN
[...] Spain's MFA informed us that Spain will be represented to the April 14 UN Special Session in observance of World Health Day by Spain's Ambassador to the United Nations as well as by Susana Estevez, Head of International Relations, Ministry of Interior. 2. In a separate communication, the [...]
2004-04-14 10:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN AORC SP UN WHO
04MADRID1212SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC DAVID WARNOCK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David Warnock, Microbiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Bilbao, May 15-18 to give a lecture on "The Epidemiology of Invasive Candidiasis" at the Congress of Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology. 2. Embassy un [...]
2004-04-14 10:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1213SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC SEAN GALLAGHER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sean Gallagher, Research Physiologist, MIPB, NIOSH, CDC, DHHS to travel to Oviedo June 5-9 to visit the El Valle Gold Mine and the Carles Gold Mine to discuss the development of cooperative agreements and to observe gold mine operations. 2. [...]
2004-04-14 10:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI OTRA SP
04MADRID1217SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC BRIAN MAHY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Mahy, Senior Scientific Research Advisor, Office of the Director, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Madrid, April 22-25 to attend and be a speaker at the 2nd CISA Symposium on Animal Health. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nec [...]
2004-04-14 12:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1223SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JORAM PIATIGORSKY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joram Piatigorsky, Senior Investigator, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid May 8-16 to attend a workshop titled "Genetic Control of Eye Development and its Evolutionary Implications." 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...]
2004-04-14 13:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1523 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 3, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED FRENCH POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL PROCEEDED TO THE ARREST OF THE AL [...]
2004-05-03 10:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1550TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EU EXPANSION: SPANISH PRIVATE
[...] SUMMARY. In a recent report, Spain's largest employers' organization, the Confederacion Espanola de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE),highlighted the challenges and opportunities for Spain presented by EU enlargement. Opportunities include potential for increased trade and investment, whi [...]
2004-05-04 11:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SP
04MADRID1559SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA/EST OFFICER PAUL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA/EST Officer Paul Malik to travel to Barcelona May 15-19 to plan a meeting for a Middle East regional environmental workshop "Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture," organized with USDA and USEPA for Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli participants [...]
2004-05-04 12:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV SP
04MADRID1562SPANISH DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE COMMITTED TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Over lunch with the DCM and Economic Counselor May 3, Secretary of State for Budget and Finance Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez expressed his strong commitment to continued fiscal restraint and pushing forward Spain's economic reform agenda to spur competitiveness and enhance Spa [...]
2004-05-04 15:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID1569 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES, AND INFORMATION PER REFTEL, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: SINGH, DILBAG - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: AUG. 16, 1978, INDIA - AGE RANGE (26-30) - COMPLEXION: MEDIUM BUILD - EYES: BROWN - HAIR: SHORT BLACK [...]
2004-05-05 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1570SPANISH RESPONSE TO EURO-MEDITERRANEAN MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on May 3 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora said that the EU states will be presenting their Middle East reform proposal (the EU's equivalent of our Greater Middle East Initiative) to the Arab states at [...]
2004-05-05 11:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON KMPI PHUM PREL SP EUN
04MADRID1590SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEVE SIMON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steve Simon, Expert, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid May 23-June 2 to attend the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association and the 2nd meeting of the I-131 working group for the In [...]
2004-05-06 12:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1591SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Wojciech H. Zurek from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Santa Cruz de la Palma June 1-4 to present two papers titled: "Quantum Darwinism and Envariance" and "Decoherence and the Loschmidt Echo" at the University of La Lagun [...]
2004-05-06 12:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1592SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC HENEINE,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DHHS/CDC Walid Heneine, Shoukat Qari, Jeffrey Johnson and Gerardo Garcia-Lerma to travel to Tenerife, June 8-12 to attend and present study data that supports CDC surveillance of transmitted HIV at the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Wor [...]
2004-05-06 12:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1593SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA GULDING, O'TOOLE,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA personnel John M. Gulding, Gary O'Toole, Patricia Friesenhahn, Julie Draper, and Angel L. Morales from FAA Washington, D.C. to travel to Madrid June 13-19 to participate in Working Group 2 Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...]
2004-05-06 12:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID1601SPAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE REGARDING AMENDED UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-06 14:49:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SP UNGA
04MADRID1617 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PARTICIPANTS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-07 10:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFSI AFIN OTRA CMGT CVIS
04MADRID1619SPAIN BIOS ON OFFICIALS IN PRESIDENT'S
[...] (U) Summary: Over the past week, Spain's Council of Ministers has named new, top-level government officials. We are presenting biographical information on these new officials in three parts to keep you informed of our new political interlocutors in the Spanish government. This cable provid [...]
2004-05-07 11:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID1620SPAIN BIOS ON NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
[...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a three part series on new top-level officials in the Spanish government. Biographical information on officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Defense is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Minis [...]
2004-05-07 11:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID1621SPAIN BIOS ON NEW JUSTICE AND INTERIOR
[...] (U) Summary: This is the final of three cables on new top level official in the Spanish government. Biographical information on top officials in Spain's Ministries of Justice and Interior is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Ministries of the Presidency, Fo [...]
2004-05-07 11:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID1622REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-07 11:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA SP
04MADRID1623SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOVA WADE STEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wade Steven Kingery, Attending Physician, VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, to travel to Madrid May 10-17 to participate as an invited speaker at the International Scientific Meeting, "Neuropathic Pain-Changin [...]
2004-05-07 11:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID1624SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA HERBERT,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA HQ and NASA Kennedy Space Center Clinton Herbert, Bernard Geldzahler, Timothy O'Brien, Bruce Ledford, John Kiriazes, and David Rainer to travel to Madrid, Moron, and Zaragoza, May 10-22 to hold meetings on security with tracking station of [...]
2004-05-07 11:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID1625REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE OF PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-07 11:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA SP
04MADRID1636 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: AL-FETORY, SHEREF - ALIASES: AL-FAYTURI, SARIF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: DEC. 10, 1973, BENGHAZI, LIBYA - CLASS: NEGATIVE - AL-FETORY RESI [...]
2004-05-07 14:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL
04MADRID1640SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA HQ and NASA Kennedy Space Center Jan F. McGarry, Michael Mishchenko, Richard Mushotzky, and Rebecca Gardner to travel to Madrid, San Fernando, Laredo May 10-July 9 to attend various meetings and workshops with NASA counterparts. 2. Emb [...]
2004-05-07 16:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID1651NEW SPANISH MINISTER OF INDUSTRY WANTS STRONG
[...] SUMMARY: In his May 5 courtesy call on new Minister of Industry, Tourism and Commerce Jose Montilla, the Ambassador raised USG concerns on protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Spain. The Ambassador also asked Montilla if rumors are true that the new administration is considerin [...]
2004-05-10 11:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR SP
04MADRID1652SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLIFFORD VOSS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Clifford Voss, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Cartagena and Barcelona May 23 - June 13 to attend and participate in the 18th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting (SWIM) and teach a workshop on seawater intrusion modeli [...]
2004-05-10 11:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY SENV ECON OTRA SP
04MADRID1656 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN EARLY MAY 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR TWO ASSOCIATES OF MOROCCAN NATIONAL AMER EL-AZIZI, WHO IS BEING SOUGHT AGGRESIVELY BY SPANISH POL [...]
2004-05-10 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1657 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAR 23, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING SUSPECTED TERRORIST FOR THEIR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE 11 OF MARCH 2004 TERRORIST AT [...]
2004-05-10 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1658 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - APRIL
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON APRIL 5 AND 19, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED FIVE VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING 45 INDIVIDUALS, TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND 43 SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF [...]
2004-05-10 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID1690TAIWAN OBSERVERSHIP AT WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-12 10:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL TW SP WHO
04MADRID1691NEW SPANISH GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE AID
[...] This report is sensitive but unclassified and is not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) In an initial courtesy call on new Secretary General for the Spanish International Aid Agency (AECI) Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, de Laiglesia laid out the new Socialist government's vision for Spanish aid po [...]
2004-05-12 10:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PINR PGOV IZ SP
04MADRID1708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...]
2004-05-12 15:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID1713 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE CORRECT DOB FOR THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST REPORTED IN REFTEL. 2. NAME: KHAYATA KATTAN, ABDULLA - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JAN. 24, 1961, ALEPPO, SYRIA - NATURALIZED SPANISH CITIZEN - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. KHAYATA WAS A KEY CONTACT OF DETAINED SPA [...]
2004-05-13 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1716SPANISH POSITION ON ROLLOVER OF UNSCR 1487
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Inigo de Palacio, MFA Director of UN Affairs, on May 7. De Palacio stated while no decision had yet been made, Spain may abstain on the vote to roll over UN Security Council Resolution 1487 this year. He said that the change from voting in favor to abstaini [...]
2004-05-13 11:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP UNSC KICC
04MADRID1730SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA EDMOND BARATTA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edmond Baratta, Radiation Safety Officer, WEAC, ORA, FDA, DHHS to travel to Madrid, May 22-28 to meet delegate for the Health Physics Society. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers [...]
2004-05-13 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1731DCM'S MEETING WITH MFA STATE SECRETARY BERNARDINO
[...] (C) DCM paid an initial call May 10 on MFA State Secretary Bernadino Leon, who said this was his first meeting SIPDIS with a foreign embassy since taking office. Leon made a point of saying that the new government wanted to have excellent relations with the U.S., especially on counter-terrorism in [...]
2004-05-13 15:10:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID1732SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA MCCLELLAND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Vincent John McClelland and Ann Courtland Heinrich to travel to Madrid May 23-29 to participate in the International Radiation Protection Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are remin [...]
2004-05-13 15:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID1733SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA A/S BILL BURNS
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA A/S Bill Burns, Staff Assistant Kevin Roland and EUCOM POLAD Terry Snell to travel to Madrid, May 18. 2. (U) Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Colin Cleary. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2386) [...]
2004-05-13 15:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP AMGT PREL SP
04MADRID1736SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARIA LANDI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Landi, Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona May 28-June 1 to participate in the Melanoma Genetics Consortium Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necess [...]
2004-05-14 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1739SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EVGUENIA I.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Evgenia I. Rainina from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to travel to Granada and Madrid May 21-June 3 to attend the Eigth World Congress on Biosensors in Granada, and attend the NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Madrid. 2. Emb [...]
2004-05-14 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID1741SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JACK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jack Bennink, Chief, Virology Immunology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, June 6-10 to Chair a session, "Immunodominance in Practice: Comparison Between [...]
2004-05-14 11:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1742SPAIN: ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY
[...] We spoke with high level officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (including the Spanish International Aid Agency) and Environment regarding reftel meetings. Secretary General for Pollution Prevention and Climate Change Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri expressed interest in sending a couple of his [...]
2004-05-14 13:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KSCA SENV TSPL IZ SP
04MADRID1743NEW SPANISH ENVIRONMENT OFFICIAL ON BIOTECH AND
[...] We met May 12 with the new Environment Ministry Secretary General for Pollution Prevention and Climate Change, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri. Our discussions focused on two of Gonzalo's key responsibilities: biotech and climate change. Biotech 2. We emphasized to Gonzalo the USG's interest in t [...]
2004-05-14 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO PINR SP
04MADRID1762SPAIN'S POSITION ON UNSCR 1487 ROLLOVER NOT YET
[...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points May 14 to Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon. In addition to ref A points, Charge made clear that President Zapatero, Foreign Minister Moratinos and other high-level officials in the Zapatero government have stated a number of times they wish to maintai [...]
2004-05-14 15:55:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP UNSC KICC
04MADRID1763SPANISH RESPONSE TO MAY 17-18 EU FMS MEETING
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora said that the new Spanish government would maintain Spain's previous policies on the issues being discussed at the next EU General Affairs and External Relat [...]
2004-05-14 16:19:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUN
04MADRID1764VISA WAIVER PROGRAM COUNTRY REVIEWS: SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-15 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT EAIR XT AS BX JA NZ SI SN KOCI CASC SPCVIS
04MADRID1767SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. DAVID DRASIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation (NSF) Dr. David Drasin, Program Director in the Division of Mathematical Sciences to travel to Barcelona, Seville and Madrid June 3-24 to give lectures and attend conferences at the cities above mentioned. 2. Emb [...]
2004-05-17 08:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID1768SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALISA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alisa Goldstein, Principal Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona May 28-June 3 to give a presentation to the Melanoma Genetics Consortium. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...]
2004-05-17 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1769SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC MARK EBERHARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Eberhard, Director, Division of Parasitic Diseases, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Valencia July 18-24 to be the keynote speaker at a symposium and to participate in congresses, meetings and workshops during the IX European Multicolloquium o [...]
2004-05-17 09:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SOCI OTRA SP
04MADRID1770SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA NICHOLAS J.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Nicholas J. Curro from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Gran Canaria Island May 25-28 to participate at the "Fluctuations and Noise in Materials" Conference held at Maspalomas. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...]
2004-05-17 09:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1771SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA GLORIA ELENA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Gloria Elena Chavez from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Madrid May 21-30 to attend the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2004-05-17 09:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1773SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MIKHAIL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mikhail Kashlev, Tenure Tack Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to San Feliu de Guixols in Catalunya and Seville May 29-June 5 to give a speech entitled "Cooperative Action of Chromatin-Remodelling" at the EURESCO Gene [...]
2004-05-17 09:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1777SPAIN ON NON G-8 PLEDGES FOR CHORNOBYL SHELTER FUND
[...] We delivered reftel points to Francisco Arana Landa, Subdirector General for Nuclear Energy in the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. Echoing the response he gave during our first approach on this issue (ref b),Arana said May 17 that no decisions have been made due to the change of gov [...]
2004-05-17 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY ENRG KSCA SP
04MADRID1792SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Smith for travel to Madrid, May 23-25. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Joseph R. Babb. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2294) on his mobile (34-616-000-859) at home (34-91-575-0081) via fax (34-91-587-23 [...]
2004-05-18 10:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
04MADRID1798SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO BECOME GLOBAL
[...] Per reftel Pol-miloff met May 10 with Guillermo Kirkpatrick, MFA's Director General for International Arms Control Affairs to revisit this issue. Kirkpatrick said given the new government is still getting into place, it is highly unlikely the GOS will make a decision on whether to become a G [...]
2004-05-18 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL SP
04MADRID1806IRAQ ASSISTANCE: MAY 25-26 DOHA MEETING ON IRAQ
[...] According to our contact at the Ministry of Economy, the GOS will be represented at the Doha Meeting by Technical Adviser Ines Menendez de Luarca Bellido of the Ministry of Economy's General Directorate for International Finance, and the Director of the Spanish Commercial Office in Dubai, UAE, [...]
2004-05-19 10:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SP
04MADRID1813SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA GERALD SCOTT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA/NMFS Gerald Scott, Supervisory Fishery Biologist, to travel to Madrid May 30-June 5 to participate in the 2004 International Commission for Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT),Exploratory Meeting for East Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefish Tuna. [...]
2004-05-19 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID1814SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS SCOTT,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA/NMFS Fishery Biologists Gerald Scott, Mauricio Ortiz, Shannon Cass-Calay and Craig Brown to travel to Madrid June 25-July 5 to attend the Conference of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. 2. Embassy und [...]
2004-05-19 15:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID1815SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Beauchamp, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-8 to present a talk entitled "Integration of Auditory and Visual Information about Objects in Superior Temporal Sulcus" at the [...]
2004-05-19 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1816TERRORIST FINANCING: SPAIN'S ABILITY TO FREEZE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-19 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER EFIN ECON PREL ETTC SP
04MADRID1817SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC PALMER,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Sarah Palmer, Joseph Fitzgibbon, Michael Ussery, Frank Maldarelli and John Coffin to travel to Tenerife, Canary Islands, June 4-13 to participate in the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop Meeting. 2. Embassy understands th [...]
2004-05-19 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1818SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC LAWRENCE COX
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Cox, Associate Director, ORM, NCHS, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, June 8-12 to attend the Privacy in Statistical Data Bases Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...]
2004-05-19 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1831SPAIN: DISAPPOINTED BUT STILL ENGAGED AFTER
[...] (C) Spanish MFA officials were upset that Equatorial Guinean President Obiang allowed the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy Party (CPDS) to pick up only a handful of seats in the April 25 legislative elections. Citing serious voting irregularities, Spanish officials concluded that t [...]
2004-05-19 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EK SP
04MADRID1832SPAIN: MFA OFFICIAL SEES NO CHANGE IN CUBA POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met May 18 with Pablo Gomez de Olea, the MFA's deputy director general for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Gomez assured us the Zapatero government will maintain a tough stance on Cuba and will not unilaterally backtrack on the EU's strict common position on C [...]
2004-05-19 16:21:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CU SP
04MADRID1833SPAIN: READOUT ON US-EU OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: We spoke May 18 with Deputy Director for Air Transportation Development Eugenia Llorens, who participated in the latest round of US-EU open skies negotiations, about matters contained in Reftel A and her views on the possible outcome of the negotiations and its implications for Spain [...]
2004-05-19 16:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR SP
04MADRID1834 SPAIN REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS ICAO GROUP II RE-
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Embassy received a dip note from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation requesting USG support and affirmative vote for the GOS's reelection as member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, Group II [...]
2004-05-20 07:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SP ICAO
04MADRID1836IMPLEMENTATION OF EU TRACEABILITY AND LABELING
[...] In response to reftel request for information on implementation and enforcement of the new EU Traceability and Labeling (T&L) for food and feed regulations, we talked to the Spanish Food Safety Agency, the Spanish Food and Beverage Federation and the Spanish Feed Compounders Association regard [...]
2004-05-20 09:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EU TBIO SP
04MADRID1837SPAIN ON HYDROFLOUROCARBONS
[...] We delivered reftel points to the Ministries of Environment and Industry, Tourism and Trade. Juan Martinez Sanchez, Environment Ministry Subdirector General for Environmental Quality, responded May 18 that the new Socialist Administration is currently studying the draft regulation and therefo [...]
2004-05-20 10:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD XG BEXP SENV SP USTR
04MADRID1838NEW SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE SUPPORTS
[...] SUMMARY: In our first meeting with new Secretary of State for Tourism and Trade Pedro Mejia Gomez, he told us that Spain fully supported EU Trade Commissioner Lamy's efforts to move forward Doha negotiations and was not overly concerned about potential loss of agriculture subsidies, as long as [...]
2004-05-20 10:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR SENV EAGR SP
04MADRID1842IRAQI ASSETS: RASHEED BANK ASSETS LOCATED IN SPAIN
[...] (C) Working level contacts at SEPBLAC, Spain's financial intelligence unit, informed us that they located the suspected Rasheed Bank (REF A) assets during a recent unannounced (REF B) investigation of Banco Arab Espanol. The numbered account contained USD 25,863.79 and has been dormant since [...]
2004-05-20 11:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC
04MADRID1848SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. THOMAS HART
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Thomas Hart, Clinical Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 9-14 to present a lecture on the role of genetics and severe periodontitis at the 7th Congress of the European Academy o [...]
2004-05-20 14:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1850SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH CLAUDE RICKEY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/EH Claude Rickey Jones to travel to Madrid May 22-June 6 to participate in the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA-11). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. V [...]
2004-05-20 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA KSCA SENV TBIO SP
04MADRID1851SPAIN: APPROVAL FOR TRAINING SHIP EMPIRE STATE
[...] Embassy delivered March 2 a nota verbal to Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the State University of New York (Suny) Maritime College crew of approximately 600 cadets and 75 crew officers aboard the Federal Training Ship Empire State that will stop in Barcelona from May 28 [...]
2004-05-20 15:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR SP
04MADRID1853SPAIN IPR: ABERRANT MOD CHIP RULING
[...] According to an April 2004 ruling made by Barcelona Penal Court 3, the installation of mod chips (devices that allow customers to alter their video game consoles so they can operate games downloaded from the internet or from other regions) is legal. The Guardia Civil had investigated the prac [...]
2004-05-20 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON SP
04MADRID1857IRAQ ASSISTANCE: NO CHANGES TO DATE ON SPANISH
[...] We discussed the status of Spain's pledge for Iraq reconstruction with Directorate General of International Finance Technical Adviser Ines Menendez de Luarca Bellido. Menendez said that her Director General and Secretary of State for Economy have not yet been able to discuss this matter with t [...]
2004-05-21 10:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL SP
04MADRID1861MEETING WITH MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPE AND
[...] (C) PolCouns and poloff paid an initial call May 17 with the MFA's newly-named Director General for Europe and North America, former Spanish Ambassador to Denmark and Lithuania Josep (Pepe) Pons. Previously, the Directorate General for North America had been combined with the Asia portfolio, [...]
2004-05-21 10:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID1864MFA'S NEW POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) MFA Political director Rafael Dezcallar told Polcouns in a May 20 meeting that Spain wanted to be helpful on Afghanistan but likely would have to determine whether resources would be available. He indicated the GOS likely would not be able to meet all of the requests the USG has present [...]
2004-05-21 13:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID1865SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEPHEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Stephen Marx, Chief, Metabolic Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona May 24-31 to give a lecture and to chair a session of talks at the 46th Congress of Spanish Endocri [...]
2004-05-21 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1866SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DANIELA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Daniela Seminar, Program Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, May 29-June 2 attend the International Consortium on Melanoma. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are remind [...]
2004-05-21 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1867SPAIN: DCM WITH SPANISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
[...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met with Spanish President Zapatero's national security advisor Carles Casajuana May 20 to brief him on our request for increased Spanish support for ISAF, urge the GOS to vote in favor of the UNSC ICC rollover resolution and share USG's initial thoughts on the UN [...]
2004-05-21 13:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP NATO
04MADRID1868SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LEONARDO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Leonardo Cohen, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-6 to serve as a keynote speaker at the 5th Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum. [...]
2004-05-21 13:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1869SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MIOTTI,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Paolo Miotti, Carolyn Williams, Sandra Lehrman, Rod Hoff, Jonathan Kagan and Margaret Johnston to travel to Barcelona, June 1-6 to attend the European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...]
2004-05-21 13:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1870SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...]
2004-05-21 14:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID1871NEA A/S BURNS IN MADRID
[...] (C) NEA A/S William Burns paid a five-hour visit to Madrid May 18, meeting with President Zapatero's new National Security Advisor, Carlos Casajuana, and the new Deputy Foreign Minister, Bernardino Leon. The Spanish expressed a desire to work with the US on such issues as encouraging better [...]
2004-05-24 11:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL SP MO AG IZ
04MADRID1877SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/BUCEN ARNOLD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau (BUCEN) Dr. Arnold Reznek, Economist, Center for Economic Studies, to travel to Barcelona June 7-12 to attend the Computational Aspects of Statistical Confidentiality Conference at the Escola D'Administracio SIPDIS Publica [...]
2004-05-24 15:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON OTRA SP
04MADRID1878SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC AMANDA SMITH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Amanda Smith, Project Manager, DHAP, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS to travel to Tenerife, June 8-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that [...]
2004-05-24 15:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1884SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SERGI FERRE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 23-July 2 to meet colleagues at the University of Barcelona in relation to several projects involving receptors. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2004-05-25 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1894SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CENSUS BUREAU'S
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia J. Doyle, Census Bureau staff member, to travel to Lluria, Barcelona, June 7-12 to attend the international conference Privacy in Statistical Databases 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2004-05-25 12:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON OTRA SP
04MADRID1895SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DAVID. V.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey David V. Fitterman, Research Geophysicist, to travel to Cartagena May 29-June 5 to represent the USGS and present a paper at the 18th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting. 2. For futher cables please note that only American [...]
2004-05-25 12:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON KSCA OTRA TPHY SP
04MADRID1905NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVAIR "INTENDS" TO
[...] We sent reftel A talking points in a letter welcoming Spain,s new Director General of Civil Aviation Manuel Bautista Perez and requesting an introductory appointment. To our surprise, Bautista responded notifying us of the GOS's "intent" to establish an open skies relationship. 2. An info [...]
2004-05-25 15:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR SP
04MADRID1918SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Grant, Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 25-28 to present a seminar, "Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches to Drug Addiction," at the Area d'Investigacio Farmacologica Ins [...]
2004-05-26 07:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1933SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DAVID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA, Office of Defense Programs, David B. Marks from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Toledo May 28-June 5 to be a speaker at a conference about a system for performing computerized speaker and language identification in support o [...]
2004-05-26 11:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1939SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRS. VINAY PATHAK AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Vinay Pathak and Wei-Shau Hu, Investigators, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, June 7-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assi [...]
2004-05-26 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1940SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. CARL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Director, Basic Science Program, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, June 1-3 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Em [...]
2004-05-26 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1941SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC HOLLINGDALE,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Hollingdale, Dr. Michael Kurilla and Mr. David Sorrentino from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-6 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB [...]
2004-05-26 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1942SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. RICHARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Richard Koup, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid June 6-10 to participate in the workshop on Immunodominance the Key to Understanding and Manipulating CD 8 T Cell Responses t [...]
2004-05-26 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY TBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1945SPAIN SUPPORTS RUSSIA IN PSI CORE GROUP AND WILL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-26 15:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC OPDC PARM PREL
04MADRID1954 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: NASSAR, MUSTAFA SITMIRYAM - AKA: "ABU MUS'AB AL-SURI" - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 1956, SYRIA - CLASS: POSITIVE (UNDER DIFFERENT POB) - [...]
2004-05-27 07:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1955 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BELHADJ, YOUSEFF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: MAY 27, 1976, TOUZINE, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - BROTHER OF MOHAMMED BELHADJ WHO WAS ARRESTED BY [...]
2004-05-27 07:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID1956 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED NOUREDDINE BOUHABILA ASSOCIATE OF ISLAMIC EXTREMIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA "ABBAS", WHO WAS FORMERLY BASED IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. BOUHABIL [...]
2004-05-27 07:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1984SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FTC STEVENSON AND RAMOS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Trade Commission officials Hugh Stevenson and Elena Gasol Ramos to travel to Madrid June 16-18 to attend meetings with the Spanish Data Protection Agency, Attorney General's Office and the National Consumer Protection Agency. 2. Emb [...]
2004-05-28 08:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR OTRA SP
04MADRID1991SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC MARY REICHLER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mary Reichler, Medical Officer, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Valencia July 16-25 to attend the 7th International Meeting on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases (MEEGID). 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2004-05-28 14:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1992SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA OSUNSANMI AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Omotunde Osunsanmi and Jacqueline Diaz-Albertini, investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona June 5-16 to visit Instituto Grifols S.A. and conduct an inspection to determine compliance with FDA's Good Manufac [...]
2004-05-28 14:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1993SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC KENNETH CASTRO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kenneth Castro, Director, DTBE, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona June 4-7 to be the guest speaker at the XXXVII National Congress of Sociedad Espanola de Neumologia y Cirugia Toraxica (SEPAR). 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2004-05-28 14:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1995SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leopoldo Raij, employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to travel to Santiago de Compostela June 9-13 to be a speaker for the 11th National/5th International Congress of Medicine. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessa [...]
2004-05-28 14:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID1997 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAHDJOUB-ZERROUG TERRORIST NETWORK IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: ZENIMI, REDOUANE - AKA: " [...]
2004-05-28 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2005COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TDY: FS-01 LAURA
[...] Laura Lochman, FS-01, 170-54-6808, requests country clearance to travel to Moscow for a TDY assignment as a Russian language student. Ms. Lochman is scheduled to arrive Moscow at 13:00, August 29, 2004, on Aeroflot 318 from Washington Dulles. Her TDY will last until completion of her Russian [...]
2004-06-01 05:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP RU
04MADRID2006SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...]
2004-06-01 07:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID2012SPAIN'S ECONOMY MINISTER LOOKS FOR FISCAL
[...] Summary. Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes described to Ambassador May 27 his role in the Zapatero government as finding a balance between the "excess enthusiasm" of his fellow ministers and maintaining the fiscal discipline committed to by President Zapat [...]
2004-06-01 15:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PTER ETTC SP
04MADRID2039 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2040 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2041 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2042 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2043 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2055SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. B. LEE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. B. Lee Fenton Hall, Section Chief, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-4 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Please note that ca [...]
2004-06-02 15:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID2056SPAIN: T.S. EMPIRE STATE JUNE 6 BUNKERING IN
[...] Embassy communicated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the change in date to June 6 for bunkering of the State University of New York (Suny) Maritime College Training Ship Empire State in Ceuta. 2. Embassy received a response June 2 from the MFA. An informal translatio [...]
2004-06-02 15:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR SP
04MADRID2083SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA EDWIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Edwin Hedvall, Resources Team Program Operations Assistant, to travel to Calela near Barcelona, June 15-20 to attend a training course offered by engineers for disaster relief. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2004-06-04 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAID SP
04MADRID2085 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - MAY
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 3 and 17, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED ELEVEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING TWENTY TWO INDIVIDUALS, THREE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND NINETEEN SUSPE [...]
2004-06-04 09:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2091SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carla Pettinelli, Chief, HIV Research Branch, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH; and Dr. Zvi Grossman, Adjunct Investigator, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID, NIH to travel to Tenerife June [...]
2004-06-04 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID2092SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NRC DENNIS DAMON AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis Damon and Andrew Persinko of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, to travel to Madrid and Salamanca June 5-13 to participate in a technical exchange on Integrated Safety Analysis Experience wi [...]
2004-06-04 14:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG TRGY SP TECH
04MADRID2093SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA LISA NAEGER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lisa Naeger, Microbiologist, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Canary Islands June 8-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2004-06-04 14:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2094SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA BRUNILDA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brunilda Torres, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 26-July 2 to visit Hospital Clinico Universitario and conduct a CDER high priority user fee due date, pre-approval bioresearch mon [...]
2004-06-04 14:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2095SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HECTOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA, Office of Defense Programs, Hector E. Lorenzana from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to travel to Madrid June 25-July 15 to present a paper at a scientific workshop attended by Spanish and international researchers in high-pressure [...]
2004-06-04 14:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2096SPAIN: VIEWS ON IRAQ RESOLUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY Spanish MFA Political Director Dezcallar, who now has overall Iraq responsibility in the MFA, told us June 3 that Spain appreciated the constructive and positive attitude evident in the US-UK revised text. He said Spanish President Zapatero personally had instructed Spanish UN P [...]
2004-06-04 15:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2101SPAIN-SYRIA: ASAD VISIT TO MADRID
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish MFA Political Director Dezcallar told us that Syrian President Asad during his June 1-2 visit to Madrid indicated he was fully willing to "go all the way8 with Israel to achieve peace ) but on the basis of the return of all Syrian territory. However, the Syrians said [...]
2004-06-04 16:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2118SPAIN: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS
[...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's energy sector. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for energy policy (para 2) -- Possible merger of gas, electricity and water companies (para 3) -- Low gas supply reserve may lead to brown [...]
2004-06-07 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG BTIO EPET SP
04MADRID2133SPAIN: TELECOM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
[...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's telecommunications and information technology sectors. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for telecom issues (para 2) -- Spain,s public television under review (para 3) -- New government [...]
2004-06-07 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINV EINT ETRD SP
04MADRID2136SPAIN'S ZAPATERO: STILL IN CAMPAIGN MODE
[...] (C) Summary: Almost three months after his electoral victory and a month and a half after formally taking office, Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) remain in campaign mode, intensely focused on winning a decisive victory for Spanis [...]
2004-06-07 15:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID2142OPPOSITION ECONOMIC SPOKESMAN: WE'RE WATCHING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Popular Party's (PP) Economic Spokesman in Parliament Arias told us his party is watching closely the development of the Socialist economic policy, which he characterized as a work in progress. He described both sides of the political aisle in Spain as strongly in favor of [...]
2004-06-08 10:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR SP
04MADRID2144SPANISH EU ELECTIONS - LOOKING FOR AFFIRMATION OR
[...] (C) The Spanish political scene is now focused on the June 13 European Parliamentary elections. Because of EU enlargement, Spain will elect 54 members, down from the 64 seats it received in 1999. With the EU elections coming only three months after the surprising March general elections, the [...]
2004-06-08 12:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP EUN PSOE
04MADRID2160COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] Country Clearance is requested for the following TSA contract employee for travel to Brussels, Belgium on Thursday June 10, 2004. Traveler: Rosanne Beltran Position: Security Assistant, TSA Representative Office Madrid U.S. Passport Number: 701353785 Issued: Madrid, Spain Expires 1 F [...]
2004-06-08 15:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA
04MADRID2161SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NANCY RIVERA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Rivera, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Director, Structured Finance, to travel to Barcelona June 7-12 to attend a transportation conference and meet with OPIC clients regarding toll road and airport deals. 2. Embassy u [...]
2004-06-08 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OTRA SP
04MADRID2163SPAIN AND UNSC IRAQ RESOLUTION: PROMISE OF
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met June 8 with Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos to press him not only for a yes vote on the UNSCR on Iraq, but a strong, positive explanation of the vote that also included clear support for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG). As he had said publicly to the press, M [...]
2004-06-08 17:01:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ SP UNSC
04MADRID2164AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SEVILLE, SOCIALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's June 3 visit to Seville, Andalusia Region President Manuel Chaves told him that Spanish President Zapatero seeks "normal, strong" relations with the US despite Zapatero's rapid withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq. Chaves, a long-time Socialist party "boss," [...]
2004-06-09 09:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL ECON SP MO
04MADRID2179COMMISSIONER JEFFREY MERRIFIELD'S OFFICIAL VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COMMISSIONER JEFFREY MERRIFIELD OF THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) VISITED SPAIN MARCH 28 TO APRIL 2, 2004 TO CONDUCT THE SECOND ANNUAL HIGH LEVEL BILATERAL MEETING WITH THE SPANISH NUCLEAR SECURITY COUNCIL (CSN) AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NUCLEAR ENERGY INDUSTRY'S W [...]
2004-06-09 14:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOTRA ENRG TRGY SP TECH
04MADRID2180EU EXPANSION AMBASSADOR: PRO-TURKEY, DOUBTFUL ON
[...] (C) We met with Ambassador Jorge Fuentes, MFA Ambassador on Special Mission for EU Enlargement, on May 28 to discuss Spanish foreign policy inside the EU and the GOS's view on further enlargement. Fuentes agreed with our assessment that with the EU Parliamentary elections coming so soon after [...]
2004-06-09 15:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU SP EUN
04MADRID2181SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER PREVIEWS POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Ambassador Argyros, accompanied by DCM and PolCouns, met June 8 with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono to reinforce NATO's and the USG's requests for Spanish support in augmenting ISAF and coalition operations in Afghanistan. As Bono's schedule permitted this meeting only several weeks [...]
2004-06-09 16:20:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2186VISA ALLOCATION - JUNE 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-10 10:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS
04MADRID2187EXTRADITION CASE OF ALEXANDER BOIKO
[...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman, at Hotel Melia Fenix, Calle Hermosilla no. 2, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 4316700, f [...]
2004-06-10 10:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SP BOIKO ALEXANDER
04MADRID2201SPANISH RESPONSE TO JUNE 14-15 EU FMS MEETING
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on June 10 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. On general questions regarding the EU Constitution, Mora said he thought the EU Constitution would be approved by June 25. He said the double majority populatio [...]
2004-06-10 15:49:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUR
04MADRID2203SPANISH POSITION ON RENEWAL OF UNFICYP MANDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-10 16:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALCY GR KPKO SC TO SP
04MADRID2204MIXED SIGNALS ON IRAQ ASSISTANCE PLEDGES
[...] (C) An article in the June 9 issue of El Pais quotes Foreign Minister Moratinos as saying the GOS is reconsidering its USD 300 million pledge towards Iraq reconstruction. The article suggests the review comes because so little has been used. This statement seems to contradict Foreign Minister [...]
2004-06-10 16:49:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID2205SPAIN: POSITIVE ABOUT U.S. VIEWS ON IRAN/IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-13 10:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY SP
04MADRID2206SPAIN AGREES ON U.S VIEWS TO STRENGTHEN IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-13 10:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY SP
04MADRID2210SPANISH EU ELECTIONS: SOUR VICTORY, SWEET DEFEAT
[...] (U) The Socialist Party (PSOE) won Spain's EU Parliamentary elections on June 13, but by a smaller margin than expected, 43% to 41%. The two-point difference offers something positive to both major parties, though the Popular Party probably comes away with the moral victory. The Socialists w [...]
2004-06-14 11:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID2215AZNAR KEPT UNDER WRAPS IN EU PARLIAMENT ELECTION
[...] (C) Jose Maria Aznar did not participate in the Popular Party's campaign for the June 13 EU parliamentary election. With the Socialists making the war in Iraq and distancing Spanish foreign policy from the US their central campaign issues, Popular Party leaders decided that Aznar was too radioactiv [...]
2004-06-14 12:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SP
04MADRID2217SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMB THOMAS E. MCNAMARA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara, Senior Advisor for UN Counter-Terrorism matters, to travel to Madrid June 14-16 for discussions with government officials. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Political Officer Colin Cleary who can be reached at wor [...]
2004-06-14 14:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PTER PREL SP
04MADRID2218SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S SECRETARY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Lincoln Bloomfield, OSD Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Andrew Hoehn, OSD Commander Randall SIPDIS Hendrickson, Nathaniel Heller, EUR to travel to Madrid June 15-16 for discussions with government officials on the U. [...]
2004-06-14 15:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA OVIP MARR SP
04MADRID2230SPANISH DEPUTY FM CONFIRMS INCREASED AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon apologized to Charge June 14 on behalf of the Spanish government for negative remarks the Spanish first vice president made about Secretary Rumsfeld June 4. Leon also confirmed Spain will increase its participation in Afghanistan [...]
2004-06-14 17:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ SP UNSC KICC
04MADRID2236 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JUNE 9, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIST RABEI OSMAN SAYED AHMED, ALI [...]
2004-06-15 10:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2247SPAIN WANTS TO NEGOTIATE OPEN SKIES BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the failure of the European Union Council of Ministers to endorse the proposed US-EU Open Skies agreement, Eugenia Llorens, Deputy Director General of Air Transportation, Ministry of Public Works (protect) told us privately of Spain's interest in negotiating a bilater [...]
2004-06-15 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR SP
04MADRID2248SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMY: TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 14 meeting with Charge, Spanish Secretary of State for Economy David Vegara said the fight SIPDIS against terrorism finance, including close cooperation with the United States, would continue to be a priority for the Ministry of Economy and Finance. On Iraq reconst [...]
2004-06-15 16:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID ETTC PTER PINR SP
04MADRID2250ECONOMISTS OFFER MIXED OUTLOOK ON GOS ECONOMIC
[...] Summary: In a breakfast with the Ambassador, leading Spanish economists offered mixed views on the ability of Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes to hold the line on sound economic policies in a heavily political cabinet. The economists cited as major policy challe [...]
2004-06-16 08:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2257PRE LICENSE CHECK: GARCIA PANDO,CARLOS.USDOC 02022
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-16 12:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC ES
04MADRID2259CLARIFICATION ON NEWS STORY REGARDING SECRET
[...] News articles have just been released relating to an incident that occurred in the southern town of Tarifa, Spain, on June 10, at 1630 hours, between several organized crime street criminals and two Secret Service Agents who were working a protective detail on President Bush's daughter Jenna. [...]
2004-06-16 12:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
04MADRID2277 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: HAMOUYA, MOURAD - AKA: MALKI - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: UNKNOWN, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST RELATES THA [...]
2004-06-17 06:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2278 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST, ON JUNE 1, 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID, SPAIN, DETAI [...]
2004-06-17 06:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2279 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO CBP REPORTING, ON MAY 26, 2004, AT GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TEXAS, ALVARO BORRAS COMPDERA ARRIVED FROM MEXICO CITY, PRESENTED A SPANISH [...]
2004-06-17 06:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2280 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR POSSIBLE LINKS TO TERRORISM DUE TO THEIR SUSPECTED ASSOCIATION WITH "ANSAR AL- [...]
2004-06-17 06:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2281 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AFTER THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN, IN THE SCOPE OF THE UNIT OF ANTITERRORISM COO [...]
2004-06-17 06:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2295SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Claudia Johnson Lewis from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Zaragoza July 2-24 to conduct in field work dealing with geopmorphology and seismic hazards. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2004-06-17 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2296SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JOE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Joe David Thompson from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Sitges July 8-15 to present a paper and attend the 7th International Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...]
2004-06-17 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2297SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Rolando D. Somma from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Palma de Mallorca June 21-July 1 to visit Universitat de Illes Baleares and continue collaborations in the area of Quantum entanglement and condensed matter systems. 2. [...]
2004-06-17 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2298SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. PETER VARMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Science Foundation (NSF) official Dr. Peter Varman, Program Director, Division of Computing and Communication Foundations to travel to Barcelona, June 27-30 to present a paper at the 16th ACM Symposium on Parallelism Algorithms and [...]
2004-06-17 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID2299SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/MSFC JOE T. HOWELL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joe T. Howell from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center to travel to Granada, June 27-July 3 to present papers at the 4th International Conference on Solar Power from Space. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Vi [...]
2004-06-17 16:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2300SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JOHN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA John NMN Singleton from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Sitges July 10-16 to give a lecture and attend the 7th International Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors (SNS 2004). 2. Embassy understands that no a [...]
2004-06-17 16:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2303LABOR LEADER SKEPTICAL ON ZAPATERO
[...] (C) Pol/Labor officer spoke June 16 with Jose Maria Fidalgo, Secretary General of Spain's largest trade union confederation, CCOO (Comisiones Obreras). Fidalgo expressed a cautious, wait-and-see attitude toward the Zapatero government. He said he was not yet convinced of Zapatero's seriousness. Zap [...]
2004-06-18 09:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB SP
04MADRID2313SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Robin Conwit, Program Director, Clinical Trials, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 26-30 to attend the European Neurological Society Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...]
2004-06-18 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2314SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Murray Fingeret, Chief Optometry Section, VA Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, to travel to Barcelona June 28-July 5 to present a research on Perimetry at a major meeting dedicated to Permietry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is [...]
2004-06-18 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID2316SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL ARTHUR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Arthur Nozik, Senior Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Granada July 16-25 to present an invited lecture at the IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance [...]
2004-06-18 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2317SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARGARET
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Margaret Mooney, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 17-19 to attend the World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are [...]
2004-06-18 16:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2318SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT/NHTSA MICHAEL W.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael W. Monk, Director Vehicle Research and Test Center, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to travel to Madrid, July 10-16 to present a lecture at a Vehicle Safety Seminar at the University of Madrid. 2. Embassy und [...]
2004-06-18 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID2341 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN APRIL 2004, A MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDED BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE 11 MARCH 2004 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECTS AND ASSOCIATES AS FOLLOWS: [...]
2004-06-21 15:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2342 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING IS THE STATUS OF SPANISH INVESTIGATION OF SUSPECT BARCELONA-BASED TERRORIST CELL. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, POST HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE [...]
2004-06-21 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2343 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ARRESTED IN MILAN, ISLAMIC EXTREMIST RABEI OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, ALIAS: "MOHAMED [...]
2004-06-21 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2369BLOOMFIELD DELEGATION UPDATES SPANISH ON GLOBAL
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Lincoln Bloomfield and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy Andrew Hoehn briefed GOS officials June 15 on the latest USG thinking on the global defense posture review (GDPR) and its possible impact on Spai [...]
2004-06-23 10:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2381ZAPATERO ECONOMIC ADVISOR OFFERS VIEWS ON
[...] Summary. Miguel Sebastian, President Zapatero's key economic advisor, recently presented his analysis on Spain's productivity and economic growth to corporate leaders. Sebastian declared that Spain's relatively low labor productivity is the most important issue that may hinder future economic [...]
2004-06-23 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2394COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-24 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2397POSITIVE SIGNS ON SPAIN'S IFC AND IRFFI PLEDGES
[...] Summary: A call to a key contact on Iraq reconstruction issues adds additional weight to assurances by high level GOS contacts that Spain would honor its Iraq Donors' Conference commitments. Our working level contact predicted the IFC $5 million and half of the IRFFI $20 million would be disbu [...]
2004-06-24 14:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID2398SPAIN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNEP'S STRATEGIC
[...] We shared reftel points with Ana Paredes, MFA Subdirector General for International Technical Organizations and Amparo Ramblas, Deputy Director for International Relations, Ministry of Environment. 2. Paredes responded that she has not heard of any proposed plan that would require the UNE [...]
2004-06-24 15:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL SENV SP
04MADRID2416SPANISH RESPONSE: MAINTAINING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (C) Summary: Spain continues to say that they believe the human rights situation in China is improving and that the EU arms embargo no longer makes sense. (Note: In our various approaches to senior levels of the previous government, we received a similar response.) Spain believes that it is i [...]
2004-06-25 15:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH TW SP EUN
04MADRID2417SPANISH UNDECIDED ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff discussed reftel points June 24 with Marcos Rodriguez in the MFA's Office of International Disarmament Affairs. Poloff delivered the demarche jointly with Enrico Vencenti, political counselor at the Italian Embassy and Peter Spoor, first secretary political officer at t [...]
2004-06-25 17:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL SP CWC
04MADRID2418SPAIN'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several European researchers have published studies outlining the problem of Spain's underground economy. The most recent study, published by Friedrich Schneider in March 2004, claims that Spain's underground economy is currently equivalent to 22.3% of official GDP. Spain's co [...]
2004-06-28 07:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB KIPR SP
04MADRID2427Country Clearance granted for NSF Dr. Junku
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY SP NSFO
04MADRID2429Country Clearance granted for NSF Dr. Kamal
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY SP NSFO
04MADRID2430Country Clearance granted for EPA Brobst and
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 15:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV SP
04MADRID2440SPAIN: AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON INTERIOR
[...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, paid a courtesy call June 24 on Minister of Interior Jose Antonio Alonso. Ambassador thanked Alonso for all the support Embassy has received on various security issues and commented on the outreach already made by Alonso with his U.S. counterpart (Alonso ha [...]
2004-06-29 11:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
04MADRID2443 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, ON SUSPICION OF PLANNING A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE GROUP [...]
2004-06-29 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2449Country Clearance granted for USGS: Bricker
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-29 13:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SP
04MADRID2453SPAIN INCREASES MINIMUM WAGE MIDYEAR
[...] The Spanish Council of Ministers approved June 26 a 6.6% increase in the minimum wage to EUR 490.80 (USD 599.34) from EUR 460.50 (USD 562.40) per month. The new wage will be effective July 1. This increase will affect 600,000 workers. The increase in cost to the Spanish government is predict [...]
2004-06-29 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2477 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] THIS IS A REPEAT OF MADRID 002443. MADRID INADVERTENTLY OMITTED CLASS RESULTS FOR SUSPECTS. POST REGRETS INCONVENIENCE. 2. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 3. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUES [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2478 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CONSIDERED ALERTING BEHAVIOR BY MOROCCAN CITIZEN SAMIR EL MOKHTAR. MOKHTAR WAS IMPLI [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2479 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN LATE APRIL 2004 A PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT SERVICE WAS INVESTIGATING INDIVIDUALS SUSPECTED OF POSING A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. THEY HAD DISCOVERED ME [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ALI
04MADRID2480 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 20, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP),ARRESTED ALGERIAN CITIZEN REDA ZERROUGH, DPOB: DEC. 5, 1967, ALGERIA, AT ALICANTE AIRPOR [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2481 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL DETAILS OBTAINED BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES ON INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH SUSPECT TERRORIST RABI' OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, RECENTLY ARRE [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2482 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 10, 2004, REPORTED THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES EXTRADITED THE ETA MEMBER, JUAN LUIS AGUIRRE LETE TO SPAIN, AFTER SERVING A SENTENCE IN F [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2483SPAIN - BIOGRAPHIES ON MFA DIRECTORS GENERAL
[...] (U) This cable provides biographies on new directors general in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI, Spain's equivalent of USAID). GOS directors general are roughly equivalent to State Department assistant secretaries; AECI directors gen [...]
2004-07-01 08:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL EAID SP PSOE
04MADRID2484OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: SPAIN
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Rodriguez, MFA Director for Central and Southern Europe on June 30. Rodriguez stated that he would pass along our information to his MFA colleagues in Brussels, as he believed that there would be a meeting of the EU's Western Balkan Working Group on M [...]
2004-07-01 09:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC SP ICTY
04MADRID2487SPAIN AGREES TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-01 10:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL SP CWC
04MADRID2488SPAIN: STILL REVIEWING PSI INFORMATION SHARING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-01 14:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP
04MADRID2492SPAIN: LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: The previous Spanish government under President Jose Maria Aznar was long in the forefront within the EU and on its own in criticizing Cuban human rights abuses, lack of movement toward democracy and absence of fundamental rights for Cuban citizens. The current government under Sociali [...]
2004-07-01 16:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALCU ETTC PREL PHUM SP
04MADRID2495Country Clearance granted for DHHS/FDA Neal
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA US SP
04MADRID2496Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith-
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
04MADRID2497Country Clearance granted for DHHS/FDA Neal
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA US SP
04MADRID2498Country Clearance granted for NSF: Harper
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY SP NSFO
04MADRID2499Country Clearance granted for NIH/FIC - Uzel
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2500Country Clearance granted for NIH/FIC -Gahl
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2501Country Clearance granted for USNRC James
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA
04MADRID2502Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith-
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
04MADRID2504FAS FY 2004 GA/MPCC THIRD QUARTER REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR
04MADRID2518HAITI DEMARCHE FOR BUDGET SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 11:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL
04MADRID2528SPAIN: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW CLARIFICATION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL CU SP
04MADRID2529SPAIN: ZAPATERO GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZES AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Zapatero government's Council of Ministers approved July 2 a substantial increase in Spain's presence in Afghanistan. Zapatero will put the contribution to a parliamentary vote Tuesday, July 6. We expect parliament to approve the contribution. The GOS has proposed to incr [...]
2004-07-02 16:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
04MADRID2530SPAIN: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy, meeting with the Ambassador June 30, was upbeat about the PP's showing in the June European Parliament elections and in the party's prospects to regain power. Rajoy upbraided the Zapatero government for causing strains with Washington and for [...]
2004-07-02 16:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2534TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES - LIST 59
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-06 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS
04MADRID2544 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - JUNE
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE 7 AND 28, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED FIFTEEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING FIFTY-SEVEN INDIVIDUALS, EIGHT SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND FORTY- NIN [...]
2004-07-06 11:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2554IBERIA PULLING "MINI-HUB" OUT OF MIAMI; SALVADORAN
[...] Summary: Today, Iberia Airlines announced plans to fly directly to Guatemala and Panama, avoiding the Miami International Airport for "purely financial" reasons, beginning in October. Nevertheless, an Iberia contact told us that increased layover time due to new security procedures in Miami [...]
2004-07-06 15:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON CVIS SP
04MADRID2558 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, RAY MOHAMED, AKA MOURAD, WAS ARRESTED ON JUNE 8, 2004 BY THE BELGIAN FEDERAL POLICE FOR HIS CONTACTS WITH RABI' OSMAN EL-SAYED AHMED, [...]
2004-07-07 06:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2560 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, FOUR ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS WERE BELIEVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED SUSPECT AL-QAEDA ASSOCIATE KHALAD [...]
2004-07-07 06:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL MIAH
04MADRID2564BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECKS
[...] (SBU) We contacted Deputy Director General Angel Menendez Nava in the Office of International Relations at the Ministry of Defense to verify the legitimacy of licenses 05-9155569 and 05-9076385 between Eurocopter-France and the Spanish Air Force. In a letter to the Embassy, Menendez confirmed [...]
2004-07-07 10:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC SP
04MADRID2565SPAIN: UNSATISFIED WITH NPT PREPCOM III
[...] (C) Summary: The GOS was dissatisfied that the NPT PrepCom III conference did not focus on broad nonproliferation issues, according to the MFA's non-proliferation office. Our MFA interlocutors believe that unless substantive priorities are identified during follow-up consultations, the 2005 [...]
2004-07-07 10:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM SP
04MADRID2566Country Clearance granted for NSF SoConner
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 12:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NFSO
04MADRID2567Country Clearance granted for DVA Arthur Allen
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 12:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID2571Country Clearance granted for NOAA/NMFS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 12:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID2572Country Clearance granted for Ellen Dotson,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 12:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID2573Country Clearance granted for DHHS/CDC Zuzana
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 12:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID2574COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FIELD SUPPORT
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR FIELD SUPPORT SPECIALIST PORTLAND USEAC ELIZABETH VARGA. MS. VARGA WILL BE SERVING AN ADMINISTRATIVE TDY AND WILL BE WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IN MADRID FROM JULY 9 THRU JULY 24, 2004 AND IN BARCELONA FROM JULY 16 THRU 20, 2004. 2. HOTEL RESERVA [...]
2004-07-07 12:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP SP
04MADRID2579SPANISH PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES
[...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly approved July 6 President Zapatero's proposal to increase substantially Spain's troop presence in Afghanistan. The vote was 302 in favor, 10 against and 1 abstention. Only the former communist United Left party and several obscure parties [...]
2004-07-08 06:43:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID2586 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, THE NORTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS LISTED BELOW WERE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NETHERLANDS SUSPECTED TERRORIST CELL MEMBER OR DUTCH [...]
2004-07-08 10:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2587 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN CITIZEN NASREDDINE BOUSBAA ON JULY 1, 2004. HE IS ACCUSED OF FORGERY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMEN [...]
2004-07-08 10:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2602VP SOLBES SAYS BUSINESS RELATIONS WITH U.S. CRUCIAL
[...] SUMMARY: AT a June 24 Embassy-hosted lunch, Second Vice President and Minister for Economy and Finance Solbes said the new Spanish Administration wants to foster U.S.-Spanish business relations. He reiterated his intention to retain budget stability and increase productivity while devolving [...]
2004-07-08 14:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN PREL SP
04MADRID2605SPAIN: MARINE SECURITY PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY: Per reftel request, we interviewed Spanish officials regarding marine security programs. No single GOS agency is responsible for marine security. Each regional port authority is responsible to assure that ports in its jurisdiction comply with International Ship and Port Facilities [...]
2004-07-09 08:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG PARM PTER PHSA SP
04MADRID2618SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON JULY 12-13 EU FMS
[...] (C) Summary: Spain sees the EU-ASEM summit in danger over the insistence of Asian nations to include Burma as a full member. The GOS supports the opening of an EC office in Baghdad and stresses the importance of holding at least one of the two planned elections in Afghanistan this Fall. On t [...]
2004-07-09 14:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUN
04MADRID2619SPANISH RESPONSE: RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on July 6 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora was not able to give an immediate reaction, but later spoke to Poloff on July 9. He stated that Spain and the EU share the general concern with the USG rega [...]
2004-07-09 14:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SY SP
04MADRID2625 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES BRITISH AUTHORITIES DETAINED ON JUL 6, 2004, THE FORMER BARCELONA-BASED EXTREMIST FILALI OUALI AKA: ABDORRAHMAN [...]
2004-07-12 11:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL OUALI
04MADRID2626 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF EARLY JULY 2004, MOROCCAN NATIONAL BOUCHRA BEN ABDELLAH WAS SUSPECTED OF ENGAGING IN ISLAMIC EXTREMIST [...]
2004-07-12 11:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN
04MADRID2627SPAIN-UK: GIBRALTAR VISIT BY UK NUCLEAR SUB
[...] (U) The visit by the British nuclear submarine HMS Tireless to Gibraltar has provoked acute tension within the GOS towards Britain. The HMS Tireless, which arrived the morning of July 9, originally sparked controversy in May 2000 when it docked at Gibraltar for repairs after developing a crac [...]
2004-07-12 13:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2636SPAIN SUPPORTS EU PRESSURE ON DARFUR, INCREASES AID
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officer for sub-Saharan Africa Nuria Reigosa and the Spanish Agency for International Development Secretary General,s Head of Cabinet Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio regarding the imminent crisis in Darfur. Reigosa told us that at the July 12 [...]
2004-07-12 15:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID SP UNSC
04MADRID2642RESUBMISSION FAS FY 2004 GA/MPCC THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-13 12:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR
04MADRID2649SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WESLEY PHILLIPS AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wesley Phillips and Jill Johnson, GAO Officials for travel to Madrid, July 18-20, to conduct a review of government and private sector practice for insuring against natural catastrophes and acts of terrorism. 2. Control Officer at Embassy M [...]
2004-07-13 16:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAGAO OTRA SP
04MADRID2659SPAIN: NEW "APPROACH" ON WESTERN SAHARA; VIEWS ON
[...] (C) The GOS is pursuing a new "approach" to resolve the crisis in the Western Sahara but its elements remain unclear, according to the newly appointed MFA Director General for the Mediterranean, Near East, and Africa, Alvaro Iranzo. The Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister is in the process of di [...]
2004-07-14 13:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO WI SU SP USUN
04MADRID2660SPAIN SUPPORTS PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON SUDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-14 13:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SU SP UNSC
04MADRID2670 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF MID-APRIL 2004, TWO INDIVIDUALS, REFERRED TO AS AL QAEDA MEMBERS, WERE IN MAICAO, COLOMBIA, TO OBTAIN [...]
2004-07-14 13:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2671 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN EARLY-TO-MID JUNE 2004, THE SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL DETAINED NINE SPANISH NATIONALS FOR THEIR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACQUISITION, TR [...]
2004-07-14 13:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2678SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KILMARTIN, AVERILL,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William E. Kilmartin, DOE; William A. Averill, Los Alamos National Laboratory; David L. Carroll, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Whitney J. Creer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Mark D. Ladd, Sandia National Laboratories; Richar [...]
2004-07-14 15:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID2679IRAQI ASSETS: LISTING OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-14 15:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC
04MADRID2688 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE MORNING OF JULY 12, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED MARCH 11 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT AND SPANISH CITIZEN, ABDERRAHMAN HAMMADI AFANDI. [...]
2004-07-15 07:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2689 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. POST RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ASSOCIATES OF FORMER BARCELONA-BASED ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND SUSPECT TERRRORIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA: ABBAS 3. NAME: [...]
2004-07-15 07:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2692SPANISH RESPONSE TO CUBAN RESOLUTION IN ECOSOC
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-15 08:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP
04MADRID2693SPAIN:ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY
[...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche to Juan Manuel Linares, MFA Deputy DG for UN Affairs, on July 13 and to Alberto Moreno, MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Affairs, on July 14. Both stated that they could not commit to a position on the proposed UNGA resolution, as the EU had not yet decided on a [...]
2004-07-15 08:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS SP ICJ UNGA
04MADRID2700SPAIN AND CUBAN OUTREACH
[...] (C) Ref A sought post's view on the likelihood the GOS or Spanish NGOs would participate in outreach to Cuban civil society to pressure the Castro government to hasten democratic transition on the island. We discussed Cuba with new MFA Director General for Latin America Sandomingo (Ref B). [...]
2004-07-15 15:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
04MADRID2708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JULY 14, 2004, FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ETA. THE POLICE GAVE CHASE TO THE SUSPECTS AFTER THEY DROVE TH [...]
2004-07-15 16:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2712SPAIN: GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (C) Legat and other agencies have met and consulted at length on the release on bail July 13 of Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed. While there is disappointment within the rank and file of the Spanish National Police, they emphasize that it was a provisional release on bail. Prosecutorial Magistrate [...]
2004-07-16 07:05:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KJUS PGOV SP
04MADRID2724SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...]
2004-07-16 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL HA SP
04MADRID2725SPAIN: FULFILLS IRAQI DINAR DONATION PLEDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-16 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID2729SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC LAWRENCE COX
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Cox, Ph.D., Associate Director, ORM, NCHS, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, July 24-29 to co-chair and give a presentation at the 18th International Federation for Information Processing Working Group, (IFIPWG) 11.3 Conference. 2. [...]
2004-07-19 10:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY SP
04MADRID2730SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. BHAVANI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Program Director in the Division of Information & Intelligent Systems, to travel to Barcelona, July 24-29 to attend the IFIP Database Security Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessar [...]
2004-07-19 10:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID2731SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. RITA RODRIGUEZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Science Foundation's Dr. Rita Rodriguez, Program Manager in the Division of Computer & Network Systems, to travel to Valencia, August 20-30 to attend the European Conference of Artificial Intelligence and Workshop on Spatio Tempora [...]
2004-07-19 10:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID2732SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE SUSAN SCHOENUNG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Schoenung, DOE/EE, to travel to Madrid, September 6-8 to attend international collaboration on hydrogen importance to advanced technology development work at Sandia. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessary. 3. [...]
2004-07-19 10:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2733SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE PAUL C. MILES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul C. Miles, Principal Investigator, Sandia National Laboratory, to travel to Valencia, September 5-11, to present a paper at the Thiesel 2004 Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are r [...]
2004-07-19 10:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2735PRE-LICENSE CHECK, CARLOS GARCIA PANDO
[...] COMMERCIAL ATTACHE NICHOLAS KUCHOVA AND FSN TRADE SPECIALIST CARLOS PEREZMINGUEZ CARRIED OUT THE PRE-LICENSE CHECK OF ISCAL AT POETA ANTGEL GONZALEZ, 10 33204 GIJON (ASTURIAS),SPAIN ON JULY 15, 2004. 2. THE CS TEAM MET WITH CARLOS GARCIA PANDO, OWNER OF THE COMPANY, MR. JES [...]
2004-07-19 13:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC SP
04MADRID2745SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...]
2004-07-19 16:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL HA SP
04MADRID2759SPAIN: RESPONSE ON MEK DETAINEE DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On July 9, the Spanish MFA finally responded with a definitive "no" to our 5/14 demarche (reftel) asking Spain to accept Mujahahedin-e Khalq (MEK) detainees. MFA Ambassador Fernandez de la Pena told us that the GOS has reviewed our request on an interagency basis, including MFA, Interio [...]
2004-07-20 12:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALIR PHUM PTER SP PREJ IQ
04MADRID2762SPAIN UNVEILS NATIONAL KYOTO PLAN
[...] SUMMARY: In an eleventh hour move to avoid EU penalties, Spain's Ministries of Environment and Industry unveiled the provisional National Allocation Plan (NAP) on 7 July. The NAP is the GOS attempt to bring domestic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in line with the first tranche of the Kyoto [...]
2004-07-20 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ENRG EPET SP
04MADRID2763SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY FURR, NACI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gary Wayne Furr, Contractor, NACI, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid, September 9-17 to participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Universa [...]
2004-07-20 14:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID2764SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NICOLAS W. HENGARTNER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nicolas W. Hengartner, Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, July 24-31 to speak at the 6th World Congress of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no as [...]
2004-07-20 14:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2765SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NORA VOLKOW
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Santander, July 25-27 to attend the Menendez Pelayo International University Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2004-07-20 14:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2766SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DANIELA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Daniela Seminara, Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, July 21-27 to give a presentation at the study of familial colorectal cancer in the [...]
2004-07-20 14:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2784RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: INST. TECNOLOGICO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-22 08:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC SP
04MADRID2790SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDA QUISENBERRY AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Beighley, Forest Manager, USDA, and Michael Quisenberry, Forest Health Protection, USDA, to travel to Seville, July 21-August 6 to accompany Portuguese forestry officials to a meeting with Spanish forestry officials in Seville. 2. Emba [...]
2004-07-22 09:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA SP
04MADRID2794SPAIN: 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] Spain - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement 2. This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Spain. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Cou [...]
2004-07-22 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KTDB SP USTR OPIC
04MADRID2795SPAIN TOYS WITH IDEA OF CULTURAL EXCEPTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spain's new Minister of Culture has vowed to find ways to help the Spanish film industry. The press has seized on her sometimes over the top remarks and is reporting that the GOS is pursuing a policy of cultural exception along the lines of the French model. A high-level Minis [...]
2004-07-22 15:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON KPAO SP
04MADRID2800SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MILITARY PROCUREMENT
[...] (S) Summary: The Spanish MFA told us it was unaware that Spanish firms have been involved in Iran's attempt to procure military and electronic equipment, according to officials in the Office of International Affairs of Disarmament. Such attempts would put Spanish business interests at odds [...]
2004-07-22 16:28:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IR SP
04MADRID2801SPAIN'S DELEGATE TO THE 2004 OXFORD TRACKING
[...] (U) Mr. Fermin Lopez, chief of staff for the Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade of Defense and Dual Use Goods at Spain's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism told Poloff July 22 that he plans to attend the October 25 Tracker workshop in Oxford, England. 2. (U) Lopez said that Spai [...]
2004-07-22 16:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPARM SP NTTC
04MADRID2803TOMAHAWK RELEASABILITY - SPAIN COUNTRY TEAM
[...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (SBU) The following is Mission Spain Country Team's assessment on releasability of the Tomahawk System to the Spanish Navy. 3. (C) In recent years the Spanish armed forces have significantly contributed to international peace, stability and the Global [...]
2004-07-23 08:23:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR SP
04MADRID2804SPAIN: LETTER FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO FM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-23 08:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP ODPC
04MADRID2830SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jaime Marquez, Senior Economist, Division of International Finance, Federal Reserve Board, to travel to Madrid, August 25-31 to attend a meeting of the Econometric Society, hosted by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 2. Embassy understa [...]
2004-07-23 14:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN SP
04MADRID2831SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LONGSWORTH, KILMARTIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul M. Longsworth, DOE; William E. Kilmartin, DOE; and Tracy P. Mustin, DOE, for travel to Madrid, July 29-30 to meet with Embassy and Spanish officials for the signing of a MOU with Spain for the Megaports Initiative. 2. Control Officer a [...]
2004-07-23 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID2844SPAIN SUPPORTS REVISED DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-26 13:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SU SP UNSC
04MADRID2851SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY FURR, NACI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gary Wayne Furr, Contractor, NACI, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid, September 9-17 to participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Universa [...]
2004-07-27 08:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID2852SPAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF CIRA AS
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena, Special Ambassador for Counterterrorism, and Juan Antonio Aliaga Mendez, the Ministry of Economy's Deputy Director for Inspection and Control of Capital Movements. In a July 22 meeting, Desk Officer Miguel Garcia- [...]
2004-07-27 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEP KVPR KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS SP EUN
04MADRID2854DEMARCHE ON NATO TRAINING IN IRAQ
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - Entire text. 2. (C) POLCOUNS discussed USG desire for "dual-hatted" command and control for the NATO training mission in Iraq (Reftel) with Spanish MFA Director General for UN, NATO, Counter-terrorism and non-proliferation affairs Arturo Laclaustra. Laclaustra was gratefu [...]
2004-07-27 14:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALIZ SP NATO MAPS
04MADRID2856SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hans Frauenfelder, DOE, for travel to Seville, September 13-18 to present a talk at the New Horizons in Stochastic Complexity Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of d [...]
2004-07-27 14:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2871FINANCE MINISTER SOLBES CLEANS UP BOOKS
[...] SUMMARY: Finance Minister Pedro Solbes announced July 16 his intention to add EUR 6.14 billion (USD 7.4 billion),or 0.78% of GDP, of non-performing government investments to the 2004 budget. This is predicted to give Spain its first budget deficit (at 1.2% of GDP),since 1999. These liabil [...]
2004-07-28 07:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2872SPAIN: RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] (C) We reviewed the revisions to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with newly-designated Deputy Director General of International Armament Affairs Marcos Rodriguez July 8 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rodriguez told us that officials at Spain's Nat [...]
2004-07-28 10:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA SP CWC
04MADRID2873SPAIN'S NOMINATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICERS
[...] (U) Madrid nominates Mr. Brian B. Brown, Political Officer, to attend the September 28-29 conference on human rights reporting and advocacy in Washington. The following is Mr. Brown's itinerary: MON 27 SEP Depart Madrid Continental Airlines Flight CO 63 11:25 PM Arrive Newark 1:20 PM Dep [...]
2004-07-28 10:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF ELAB OTRA SP
04MADRID2877 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 11:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2885CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP AT FSI, (PC-
[...] POST WISHES TO NOMINATE ELISA SALVADOR, SENIOR IV FSN, MADRID, SPAIN FOR THE CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP. SHE WAS NOT SELECTED IN 2002 OR 2003. PLEASE SEE INFORMATION REGARDING CANDIATE BELOW; A) Salvador, Elisa B) Grade:08/06 C) Alcy R. Frelick, Counselor for Consular Affairs D [...]
2004-07-28 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AFSI AMGT CMGT CVIS
04MADRID2889CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP AT FSI, (PC-
[...] POST WISHES TO NOMINATE ELISA SALVADOR, SENIOR IV FSN, MADRID, SPAIN FOR THE CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP. SHE WAS NOT SELECTED IN 2002 OR 2003. PLEASE SEE INFORMATION REGARDING CANDIATE BELOW; A) Salvador, Elisa B) Grade:08/06 C) Alcy R. Frelick, Counselor for Consular Affairs D [...]
2004-07-29 06:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AFSI AMGT CMGT CVIS
04MADRID2898SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA'S O'BRIEN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien and Thomas Friers, delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Moron Air Base and Zaragoza Air Base September 11 - 24 to meet with Spanish government officials, participate in training, and site familiariza [...]
2004-07-29 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID2902TERRORIST FINANCE: VIEWS FROM THE WORKING LEVEL IN
[...] (C) Summary. SEPBLAC's (Spain's financial intelligence unit) working level officer responsible for terrorist finance issues, offered his views on legal and organizational issues affecting the fight against terrorist finance in Spain. He predicted that the regulations for Spain's 2003 Terroris [...]
2004-07-29 16:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER KTFN SP
04MADRID2903ANDALUSIAN FIRES RAVAGE 35,000 ACRES
[...] SUMMARY: Since July 27, forest fires have raged out of control and burned more than 35,000 acres in the Andalusian provinces of Huelva and Sevilla. Authorities have evacuated more than 1,160 people from the surrounding areas affected by the flames. The 2004 fire season may be one of the wor [...]
2004-07-29 16:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID SENV PGOV EU SP
04MADRID2904SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA THOMAS L. PAGANO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas L. Pagano, ATO-P, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid September 9 - 17 to attend and participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Univ [...]
2004-07-30 08:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SP
04MADRID2909SPAIN: DEFMIN AND HIS DEPUTY ON S-80 SUBS WEAPONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY Ambassador Argyros phoned Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono July 16 to reinforce USG concern that the bidding process for the Spanish S-80 submarine weapons package, in which two U.S. companies are involved, remained open and transparent. Ambassador noted to Bono that the bid [...]
2004-07-30 11:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR SP
04MADRID2911PRE-LICENSE CHECK, INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE
[...] COMMERCIAL ATTACHE NICHOLAS KUCHOVA AND FSN TRADE SPECIALIST CARLOS PEREZMINGUEZ CARRIED OUT THE PRE-LICENSE CHECK OF INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE CASTILLA Y LEON AT LOPEZ BRAVO, 70, POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL VILLALONQUEJAR, BURGOS, SPAIN ON JULY 29, 2004. EX THERM IS A PORTABLE 50HZ, [...]
2004-07-30 12:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC SP
04MADRID2916MUSLIM OUTREACH WORLDWIDE
[...] Embassy Madrid welcomes this Muslim Outreach initiative and provides the following information about our outreach efforts: 2. Brief Context for Muslim Outreach efforts in Spain: An estimated 500,000 to one million Muslims live in Spain. Almost all are of foreign origin, with only about 3, [...]
2004-07-30 15:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM OIIP PREL EAID PHUM PGOV EUN OEXC SP
04MADRID2936SPAIN: RESPONSE TO PSI INFORMATION SHARING REQUEST
[...] (C) Spain concurs with the PSI proposal to share information with non-member countries, but Spanish defense officials continue to question its operational aspects and lessons learned. End Summary. 2. (C) Over the past few months, we have met with Marcos Rodriguez in the Office of Interna [...]
2004-08-03 05:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP
04MADRID2937SPAIN MEGAPORTS MOA SIGNING AWAITING LEGAL COUNSEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: We accompanied Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Administrator Paul Longsworth and William Kilmartin of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to meetings with the director of Spanish Customs and the president of the Por [...]
2004-08-03 07:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL SP
04MADRID2955SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC AND ICJ ADVISORY OPINION
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General of UN Affairs, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares stated that Spain will wait and see what the General Assembly presents to the Security Council before taking a definitive position, adding that, a [...]
2004-08-03 14:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS SP ICJ UNGA
04MADRID2958USOAS AMBASSADOR'S MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: In his July 29 meeting in Madrid with Spanish MFA Director General Sandomingo, USOAS Ambassador Maisto urged Spain to send observers to the Venezuelan referendum and to remain firm on Cuba. Maisto thanked the GOS for its decision to send police/troops to Haiti with a Moroccan [...]
2004-08-03 15:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2961SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC 1540 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) Summary. We delivered reftel demarch to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director Genral of UN Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga, Special Assistant to the Director General of the Coordination Unit for Spain's Participation in the UNSC, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares and Yt [...]
2004-08-03 15:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PK SP UNSC
04MADRID2963SPAIN ENCOURAGES EU ACTION ON MAOIST VIOLENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-03 16:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER KTDB NP SP EUN
04MADRID2964SPAIN UNDETERRED BY FAHIM'S REMOVAL FROM VICE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-04 06:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF SP
04MADRID2965SPAIN QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS OF REMOVING CAVEATS
[...] (C) Spain is reviewing restrictions it may have placed on Spanish forces that are participating in KFOR but would prefer to help strengthen Kosovo police forces to improve KFOR's effectiveness, according to Kosovo specialists at the Spanish Foreign Ministry. Following the outbreak of violence [...]
2004-08-04 12:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL YI SP NATO
04MADRID2966 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST INDICATES JORDANIAN NATIONAL OMAR QASEM RADWAN AL SHABOUL, WAS LIVING IN SPAIN AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH AT LEAST TWO KEY S [...]
2004-08-04 12:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL
04MADRID2967 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF LATE JULY 2004, THE SEVENTH BODY FOUND IN THE APARTMENT IN LEGANES, A SUBURB IN THE OUSKIRTS OF MADRI [...]
2004-08-04 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2977SPAIN NOTIFIED OF US INTEREST IN SPANISH OSCE
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche concerning Spain's candidacy for the 2007 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to Maria Victoria Scola Pliego, MFA Special Representative for OSCE issues, on August 4. Scola Pliego was encouraged by the U.S. position [...]
2004-08-05 08:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP OSCE
04MADRID2986SPAIN: "MIXITY" ISSUE IN GPS AGREEMENT
[...] On August 4, we passed reftel points and exchange of letters to Jesus Antonio Perez Blanco, Subdirector General for Airline Navigation Systems and Airports at the Ministry of Public Works. We also shared points with two MFA contacts: Emilio Fernandez-Castano, Director General of Internation [...]
2004-08-05 14:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA EU SP
04MADRID2991SPAIN ON HOSTAGE TAKING AND MURDER IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-06 14:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER IZ SP
04MADRID2992SPAIN LOOKS TO SYRIA RELATIONS AND UNSC ROLE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-06 14:28:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL PTER IZ SY SP
04MADRID3007 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - JULY
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JULY 13 AND 28, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED EIGHTEEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING SEVENTY-FOUR INDIVIDUALS, THREE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND SEVENTY- [...]
2004-08-06 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3022CUBAN VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS FROM MADRID
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid wanted to examine overstay rates of applicants issued visas for tourist travel to the United States. Because of the wealth of information available on Cuban applicants, the Cuban community's travel patterns were studied. Post initiated a validation study to det [...]
2004-08-10 13:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CMGT CU SP
04MADRID3023U.S. NOTE VERBALE AND TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON
[...] (U) We delivered ref A U.S. note verbale and ref B talking points on UN General Assembly Resolution 58/41 regarding improvement of the effectiveness of the methods of work of the First Committee to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General for UN Affairs, on August 10. Go [...]
2004-08-10 14:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PARM PREL SP CDG UNGA
04MADRID3034VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 30, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED SEMAAN GABY EID ON JULY 28, 2004, FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN [...]
2004-08-10 15:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SEMAAN GABY EID
04MADRID3052 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF MID-JULY 2004, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED AL QAEDA SUSPECT KHALED ABIDI, WHO WAS [...]
2004-08-10 15:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3059SPANISH HOUSING PRICES CONTINUE TO SOAR
[...] Housing prices continue to rise in the Spanish real estate market. According to Tinsa (Spanish society of home appraisers) the price of used housing was 16% higher and new dwellings 19% higher midway through the second trimester of 2004 than the same period of 2003. These numbers indicate th [...]
2004-08-10 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ABLD SP
04MADRID3066SPAIN/EU SUPPORT FOR THE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Following up on USOAS Ambassador Maisto's strong pitch to the GOS on the Venezuelan presidential referendum (ref a),Poloff delivered ref b points on August 10 to Javier Ignacio Martinez del Barrio, Technical Advisor to the Deputy Director for Countries within the Andean Community. Martin [...]
2004-08-11 10:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE KPAO SP
04MADRID3072SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Spring 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - seven - one for the Political Section, two for the Management Section, two for Public Affa [...]
2004-08-11 14:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID3073COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER
[...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee (HASC),and delegation, to visit Spain from August 24-25, 2004 for an overnight stop at Rota Naval Base. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is Econ Officer Richard C. Mer [...]
2004-08-11 14:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO PK AF IZ BA DJ EG SP
04MADRID3074SPAIN: MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-11 15:23:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD SP
04MADRID3075SPANISH MFA ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT CONDEMNING
[...] On August 5 we demarched the Spanish Foreign Ministry (MFA) encouraging Spain to make a strong statement condemning hostage taking and murder in Iraq (reftel). Assistant Secretary Burns raised the issue with Foreign Minister SIPDIS Moratinos August 8, and Moratinos requested a copy of Amb [...]
2004-08-11 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER IZ SP KPOA
04MADRID3077 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 7, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE SPANISH COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE AS THE SUSPECTED ME [...]
2004-08-12 11:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3079SPAIN REQUEST FOR USNATO MULTI-COUNTRY TOUR FOR FY-
[...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST, MADRID WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE SPACE FOR TWO SPANISH PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING MULTI-COUNTRY TOURS: - SFOR - ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE - NATO'S OUT-OF-AREA OPERATIONS 2. POST WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC NOMINATIONS SEPTEL, IN EARLY TO [...]
2004-08-12 11:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL SCUL SP NATO
04MADRID3080SPAIN ENCOURAGED BY US SUPPORT FOR WEOG ROTATION
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and Secretary of State Colin Powell's letter regarding US support for Western European and Others Group (WEOG) rotation for the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) membership to Gonzalo Alvarez Garrido, Acting MFA Deputy Director General for UN Affa [...]
2004-08-12 11:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOPDC PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID3082COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT OF
[...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance for the following DHS employees: James Hugh Yeager, Isabel Marie Tumblin, Cecilia Michele Barela, and Sharon Ruth Trodden to travel to Madrid, Spain from August 30 - September 3, 2004. The purpose of the trip is to review TSA's ability to assess securi [...]
2004-08-12 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR
04MADRID3093SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS JOANNE C.T.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne C.T. Ferreira, Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to travel to Barcelona, September 13-22 to participate in Eurostrataform Gulf of Lions research cruise aboard the R/V Oceanus, an American University National Oceanographics Labo [...]
2004-08-13 10:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV SP
04MADRID3094SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE DENNIS L. SIEBERS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis L. Siebers, Principal Investigator, Sandia National Laboratory to travel to Valencia, September 5-11 to present a paper at Polytechnic University of Valencia. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...]
2004-08-13 10:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3095SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE THOMAS SARKUS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Sarkus, Division Director, Advanced Energy Systems Division and Physical Scientist, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL),Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy to travel to Madrid, September 16-19 to inspect the Shell [...]
2004-08-13 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3096SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA ROBERT HENNES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Hennes, Team Leader, Milk Safety Team, Office of Compliance/Division of Cooperative Programs, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS to travel to Ventisilla, August 15-20 to conduct a National Conference on Interstate Mi [...]
2004-08-13 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3103SPAIN: GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 12:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID3105EU SANCTION FORCES SPAIN'S SHIPBUILDER INTO
[...] SUMMARY. The Spanish press reported late July that the European Commission has ruled that Spain,s Izar Naval Constructions, a quasi-public company, violated the terms of EU aid for the shipbuilding industry and must return EUR 1.1 billion (USD 1.35 billion). This payment return threatens the [...]
2004-08-13 14:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ELAB EWWT SP
04MADRID3106SPAIN REDUCES CIVIL SERVANT WAGE INCREASE
[...] SUMMARY. The Spanish press reported in late July that the new Socialist government is proposing a 3.2% increase in civil servant wages, rather than the 3.5% union goal, in the 2005 National Budget. This excludes the 0.3% allocated for the recovery of purchasing power lost in the last eight ye [...]
2004-08-13 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EFIN SP
04MADRID3118SPAIN: FURTHER REACTION TO GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE
[...] (C) Following up on ref A demarche and ref B reporting cable concerning U.S. Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR),we delivered the demarche August 15 to General Felix Sanz, the Spanish Armed Forces' Chief of Defense, and Admiral Francisco Torrente, Secretary General for Defense Policy at the [...]
2004-08-15 17:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID3126SPAIN WILL SEND MORATINOS TO OSCE CONFERENCE ON
[...] (U) The Spanish MFA has told us that Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos will be leading the Spanish delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination in Brussels on September 13-14. Alvaro Rodriguez Alvarez, [...]
2004-08-18 11:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SP OSCE
04MADRID3134SPAIN NOTIFIED OF US INTEREST IN SUPPORT OF WADE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-18 15:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SP
04MADRID3151SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. GEORGE THOMA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. George Thoma, Chief, Communications Engineering Branch, National Library of Medicine, NIH to travel to Marbella and Alicante September 5-14 to present technical paper, "Baysian Learning of 2D Document Layout Models for Automated Preservatio [...]
2004-08-20 10:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3152SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. KALU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kalu Ogbureke, Research Fellow, Craniofacial and Skeletal Disease Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH to travel to Madrid, September 4-11 to attend and collaborate with other oral pathologists at a conference [...]
2004-08-20 10:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3153SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. AURELIO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Aurelio Bonavia, Research Fellow, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid, September 4-10 to attend the European Virology 2004 Meeting and participate in the SARS Workshop [...]
2004-08-20 10:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3154SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. VALERIE GREGG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Valerie Gregg, Program Manager in the Division of Information & Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF) to travel to Zaragoza, August 27-September 4 to be a plenary speaker at the annual European Union's EGOV04 Research Confe [...]
2004-08-20 10:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID3155SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALLEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Allen Minton, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid, August 30-September 12 to discuss projects of common interest with Dr. Ge [...]
2004-08-20 10:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3163SPAIN: IMMIGRANT REMITTANCES ACHIEVE RECORD LEVELS
[...] Summary. The large increase in cash remittances by immigrants from Spain to their home countries has caught the attention of the general Spanish media and the business press this summer. According to the Bank of Spain immigrants and other foreigners residing in Spain have remitted approximat [...]
2004-08-20 14:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON SP
04MADRID3210 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 21 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY THE SPANISH SCIENTIFIC POLICE, THE SPANISH N [...]
2004-08-26 13:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3212 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF AUG. 21, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZED THE HANDOVER OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST, KHALID BOULOUDO, A 29 YEAR [...]
2004-08-26 13:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3232MORATINOS AGREES WITH US POSITION FOR WEOG
[...] (C) Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos agrees with US efforts to reach a rotation agreement within WEOG to occupy the posts assigned in the Human Rights Commission. Poloff received the text of Moratinos' response to Secretary of State Colin Powell's August 11 letter (Ref A) fro [...]
2004-08-27 11:05:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOPDC PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID3246SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MUSTAFA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona and Oviedo, September 11-22 to meet with collaborators at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal D,Investigacio Medic [...]
2004-08-27 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3247SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOAN MALING
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joan Maling, Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, National Science Foundation to travel to Barcelona, September 27-October 4 to attend the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 8 Conference. 2. Embassy [...]
2004-08-27 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID3248SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT NEWMAN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Newman and Richard Steketee, Medical Officers, DPD, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, September 21-25 to represent CDC as members of the Intermittent Preventative Treatment in Infants (IPTi) Consortium. 2. Embassy understands t [...]
2004-08-27 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SP
04MADRID3249SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS BOND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Bond, NASA Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, September 22-24 to visit INTA and participate in discussions on water film scaling and refurbishment upgrades. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visit [...]
2004-08-27 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3250SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK POTAPCZUK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Potapczuk, NASA Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, September 22-23 to meet with INTA on updates on current SLD research activities. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that beare [...]
2004-08-27 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3251SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLENN CADA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Glenn Cada, Research Staff Member, UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory to travel to Madrid, September 9-21 to present the latest DOE-sponsored research into biological effects of turbulence to international scientists and engineers. 2 [...]
2004-08-27 14:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3252SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD E. JENNINGS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard E. Jennings, Aerospace Engineer, Avionics Systems Branch, FAA to travel to Madrid, September 13-18 to attend ICAO ACP, Working Group C, UAT SARPS Meeting at INECO in Madrid. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2004-08-27 14:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SP
04MADRID3255SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. Delegation to Second World Urban Forum including Simmons, Panehal, Carlson, Lord, Freedman and Glenn with USAID; Shea, Sorzano and Lam with HUD; Parcher with the U.S. Geological Survey; Hirsch with the Smithsonian Institute; and Swaney [...]
2004-08-27 15:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SP
04MADRID3262SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOHN CLAY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Clay, Senior Investigator, Ion Channel Biophysics Group, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to travel to Palma Majorca, September 11-19 to give a presentation, "Irregular Firing of a Neuron," at the 24th Annua [...]
2004-08-30 10:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3263SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN MCCORMICK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen McCormick, Research Physiologist, U.S. Geological Survey to travel to Castellon, September 3-10 to attend and participate in the 5th International Symposium on fish endocrinology. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessar [...]
2004-08-30 10:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TPHY ECON TBIO SP
04MADRID3264SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES R. SCHWANK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James R. Schwank, Sandia National Laboratories, NNSA to travel to Madrid, September 19-26 to attend the conference, "Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visito [...]
2004-08-30 10:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3265SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. DANA A. BREWER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Dana A. Brewer, NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, September 21-25 to discuss details of NASA,s participation in the Radiation Effects on Components and Systems Conference in 2005. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...]
2004-08-30 10:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3273SPANISH CABINET APPROVES C02 EMISSIONS PLAN TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOS August 27 issued a Royal Decree-Law that launched a National CO2 Emissions Allocation Plan designed to both: (1) set Spain on course for meeting its CO2 emissions commitments under the Kyoto Protocol; and, (2) comply with the EU Directive intended to launch the EU's CO [...]
2004-08-31 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ETRD ENRG PGOV SP
04MADRID3600A MID-TERM LOOK AT SPAIN'S SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Spain's Security Council September presidency with Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director of United Nations Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga Saldanha, MFA head of UNSC Issues. Both stressed that Spain has tried to be an "honest broker" as the hea [...]
2004-09-21 06:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP UNSC UN
04MADRID3603COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH BROOKS, SHANNON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) personnel: Elizabeth Brooks, Shannon Cass-Calay, Joseph Powers, Gerald Scott, Guillermo Diaz, Mauricio Ortiz, Clarence Porch, Craig Brown an [...]
2004-09-21 07:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA EFIS OTRA SP
04MADRID3604SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL RUNDE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel Runde, USAID, Global Development Alliance, to travel to Spain from o/a October 16-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a conference on the importance of bilateral donor agencies and to work closely with donor foundati [...]
2004-09-21 07:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA SP
04MADRID3605A MID-TERM LOOK AT SPAIN'S SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Spain's Security Council September presidency with Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director of United Nations Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga Saldanha, MFA head of UNSC Issues. Both stressed that Spain has tried to be an "honest broker" as the hea [...]
2004-09-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP UNSC
04MADRID3614SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLARA OLAYA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Clara Olaya, Health Communication Specialist, OD, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 28-October 4, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present at a workshop entitled, "Narratives for Health," which will reach writers and [...]
2004-09-21 13:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3625TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT POST
[...] (SBU) Information provided below is keyed to ref A's para. 5. 2. (SBU) DCM Robert Manzanares serves as Terrorism Finance Coordinator (TFCO). Phone number: 34 - 91 587 2205. E-mail: ManzanaresB@state.gov 3. (SBU) Economic Officer Carl Schonander serves as Deputy Terrorism Finance Coor [...]
2004-09-21 15:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SP
04MADRID3626SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENRY DIAZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Diaz, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 20-October 1, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate accomplishments under the NOAA/OGP Project on Historical [...]
2004-09-22 09:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA SENV OTRA SP
04MADRID3631SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANE KELLY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Kelly, Director of the National Diabetes Education Program, NCCDPHP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 29-October 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak and present a workshop on diabetes and to give a presen [...]
2004-09-22 12:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3639 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS. 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF SEP. 20, 2004 REPORTED THAT FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED ETA TERRORISTS IN A POLICE ROAD BLOCK IN MONTAUBAN, FRANCE. THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARMED AND DRIVING A S [...]
2004-09-23 09:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3643SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MORGAN HALL
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Morgan Hall, Officer-in-Charge of Spain and Malta, EUR/WE, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain from September 26-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy and Consulate personnel. 2. Control Officer for this [...]
2004-09-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3644SPANISH GOVERNMENT STRONGLY SUPPORTS NEW
[...] Summary: In a delayed response to ref A demarche, Technical Advisor Manuel Alhama Orenes in the Cabinet of Secretary of State for International Cooperation (aid) Leire SIPDIS Pajin, defined the new position of the GOS on international aid as "anything is possible". Spain is now a major sup [...]
2004-09-23 13:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL SP
04MADRID3647SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID W. MCKEE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David W. McKee, Department of State, to travel to Madrid, September 30 - October 2 to assist Embassy with its classified homepage on SIPRNET. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Suzannah Jones. She can be reached at work (34-91-587-238 [...]
2004-09-23 15:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAINF PGOV PINR SP
04MADRID3649REQUEST FOR SECURITY ADVISORY OPINION
[...] Post requests an advisory opinion in the case of Ryan Air pilots applying for C1/D and B1/B2 visas to work in the United States for a six month period. Over the past year, Madrid has seen several cases of pilots requesting visas for six weeks of training, followed by approximately 5 months of [...]
2004-09-23 15:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS SP
04MADRID3666COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CONSULAR
[...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance and welcomes Harris Orkand information services contractors Timothy Curran, Fernando Canarte, and Nancy Rapin to Barcelona, Spain, from September 28 to October 15, 2004. 2. Your hotel information is: Hotel Princesa Sofia Plaza Pio XII, 4 Barcelon [...]
2004-09-24 08:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCSY CMGT AADP CASC CPAS SP AMAT CUIS
04MADRID3667 Consular Agent's 2003 Evaluations and Step
[...] Post recently realized that, due to an internal processing error, our consular agents' evaluations in the year 2003 were not properly submitted and, consequently, the employees did not receive the step increase they should have earned that year. 2. Our files show that in the year 2003 only [...]
2004-09-24 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT AMGT APER
04MADRID3682 SPAIN CIVAIR: FILING OF FINAL U.S. CARRIER
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-24 11:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SP
04MADRID3690SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHLEEN ALLEGRONE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kathleen Allegrone, Director, EUR/WE to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, September 28 - October 2. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Robert J. Riley. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2392) on his mobile (34-609-0 [...]
2004-09-24 14:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3696SPAIN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IFC PRIVATE
[...] Embassy will continue to engage GOS on supporting the IFC facility. MANZANARES [...]
2004-09-24 15:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID PREL ECON EINV SP
04MADRID3699SPANISH OFFICIALS REACT TO PRESIDENT BUSH REMARKS
[...] (C) Spanish officials have reacted defensively to President Bush's remarks concerning Spain's withdrawal from Iraq, made at his September 23 joint press conference with Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Allawi. During a courtesy call by Charge and Econcouns September 24, the MFA's Director Genera [...]
2004-09-24 15:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SP
04MADRID3700SPAIN: ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-24 16:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR SP ICAO
04MADRID3701SPAIN'S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CHALLENGE
[...] (U) Summary. The GOS has announced a plan to revise its Law on Foreign Aliens (Ley de Extranjeria) to grant legal status to undocumented immigrants who can demonstrate that they have worked a minimum of one year in Spain. The GOS is acting in response to a massive increase in illegal immigrat [...]
2004-09-24 16:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON SMIG MO SP
04MADRID3715SPANISH BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS: THE CATALAN POSITION
[...] Summary: Budget negotiations between the Catalan regional government and the central government will be a key challenge during the budgeting season which begins in earnest this week. The three parties currently in the Catalan government are unified in seeking increased funding for the regional [...]
2004-09-27 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID3728 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON SEP. 15, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF FORGERY AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. SPANISH POL [...]
2004-09-28 07:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ALI
04MADRID3732SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY SOMMERS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey Sommers, Investigator, Detroit District Office, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 8-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to inspect a pharmaceutical manufacturer for compliance with F [...]
2004-09-28 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3733SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEFANO LUCCIOLI AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stefano Luccioli, Senior Medical Advisor, Office of Food Additive Safety, and Kenneth Falci, Director, OSAS, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 2-7, 2004. The purpose of this visi [...]
2004-09-28 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3734SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUE ANNE ASSIMON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sue Anne Assimon, Biologist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 3-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend a conference on Threshold Levels associated with allergenic foods [...]
2004-09-28 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3735SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DIEGO F. TORRES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Diego F. Torres, DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 9-November 13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to visit the High Energy Astrophysics Group at the Univer [...]
2004-09-28 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KSCA TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3736SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY UYEKI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy Uyeki, Medical Epidemiologist, DVRD, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) and to present a l [...]
2004-09-28 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3737SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTONIO BOUZA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Antonio Bouza, Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program, DOE, to travel to San Sebastian, Spain from October 12-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to obtain first hand, technical information in the field of hy [...]
2004-09-28 11:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3741SPAIN: IRAQ DONOR'S MEETING TOKYO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-28 13:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL SP
04MADRID3760 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - SEPTEMBER
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON SEP. 27, 2004, AS PART OF THE MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES [...]
2004-09-29 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3766SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY O'BRIEN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien and Thomas Friers, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Zaragoza and Moron, Spain, from October 30-November 19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spanish government officials, to participate in transo [...]
2004-09-29 12:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3767SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOYCE A. OBER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joyce A. Ober, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 22-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Sulfur 2004 Conference and to visit a sulfur recovery plant and a sulfuric acid plant. [...]
2004-09-29 12:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA ECON OTRA SP
04MADRID3768SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JAMES MULSHINE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. James Mulshine, Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Pamplona, Spain from October 5-9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give a presentation, "Integrated Approach to Population Based Early Lun [...]
2004-09-29 12:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3769SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENRIETTA HUBBARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Henrietta Hubbard, Supervisory Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Outcomes Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Seville, Spain from November 17-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is [...]
2004-09-29 12:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3773TERRORIST FINANCE: JAMA'AT AL TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-29 15:06:00Embassy MadridSECRETCVIS EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN SP LVPR
04MADRID3776SPAIN'S WEOG ROTATION RESPONSE IN AUGUST 27 LETTER
[...] (C) To update the record Ref A, Poloff delivered Secretary of State Colin Powell's August 11 letter to the MFA SIPDIS and received the text of Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos' response to Powell's letter on August 26. Madrid 3232 (Ref B) dated August 27, 2004, contains Moratinos' [...]
2004-09-29 15:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOPDC PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID3779SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL Q. WANG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Q. Wang, Vehicle and Fuel Systems Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 3-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation of Wells-To-Wheels (WTW) Energy and Emission Effects of [...]
2004-09-30 09:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3780SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE SCHONBERGER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Schonberger, Assistant Director for Public Health, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 21-24, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to serve as an official advisor to the EU [...]
2004-09-30 09:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3821PURCHASE ORDER FOR SPANISH BIOTECHNOLOGY VIDEO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-01 12:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN EAGR ECON TBIO KPAO
04MADRID3829SPAIN SUPPORTS EU ROAD MAP ON NORMALIZING LIBYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Enrique Mora Benavente, Head of EU Planning at the MFA, on September 29. Mora Benavente told Poloff that Spain favors the four-step European "road map" to normalized relations and economic cooperation with Libya. The four-step process [...]
2004-10-01 15:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV SP EUN
04MADRID3831PURCHASE ORDER FOR SPANISH BIOTECHNOLOGY VIDEO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-04 08:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN EAGR ECON TBIO KPAO
04MADRID3833NEW IRAQ EXECUTIVE ORDER
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-04 11:51:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL PTER KTFN SP
04MADRID3835MADRID PUBLIC HEALTH TIDBITS
[...] Madrid's ESTH Officer periodically groups together and reports ESTH developments that might otherwise "fall below the reporting bar." Key issues will continue to be reported via "stand alone" cables. ESTH Officer Ken Forder welcomes feedback at forderk@state.gov. 2. INDEX: A. HIV i [...]
2004-10-04 12:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KHIV SP
04MADRID3836SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NORMAN ANTOKOL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Norman Antokol, Analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, DOS to travel to Madrid, October 13-17 for orientation, familiarization and Embassy consultations on the political and economic circumstances in Spain. 2. Control Officer a [...]
2004-10-04 13:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3839SPAIN FAVORS CODE OF CONDUCT WITH THE LIFTING OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR/WE Director Kathleen Allegrone, Charge, and Poloff delivered reftel talking points and discussed U.S. human rights concerns at all levels of the Spanish MFA September 28-30. Spain believes that the Code of Conduct is sufficient to monitor arms sales to China of EU states. [...]
2004-10-04 14:07:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH EUN
04MADRID3840UNIONS PROTEST GOS PLAN FOR SAVING FAILING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Zapatero's Socialist (PSOE) government is facing its first labor crisis since taking office in April, as shipyard workers in five cities stage unruly protests and block traffic to protest GOS backing of a restructuring plan that will lead to significant layoffs. The heart of th [...]
2004-10-04 14:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB SP
04MADRID3843SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. DEREK LEROITH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Derek LeRoith, Chief, Diabetes Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 10-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to conduct ongoing collaborative research with D [...]
2004-10-05 08:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3844SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SNORRI THORGEIRSSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Snorri Thorgeirsson Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Pamplona and Madrid, Spain from October 7-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk entitled, "Molecular Basis of Hepatocarcinogenesis," at t [...]
2004-10-05 08:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3846SPAIN CELEBRATES ARREST OF ETA LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary. Spanish politicians, police officials, and the media rejoiced after learning of the capture of ETA leader Mikel Albizu Iriarte, his partner Soledad Iparragirre, and 19 other ETA members and supporters in southern France and northern Spain. Police also seized hundreds of pounds of [...]
2004-10-05 08:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
04MADRID3862SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRIAN KEITH COOPER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Keith Cooper, Aviation Safety Inspector, FAA, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 19-22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to perform US Airways outsource and line station inspections. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...]
2004-09-24 01:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID3863SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VLADA MATUSOVSKY AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vlada Matusovsky and Yvonne McKnight, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 29-November 5, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to inspect a pharmaceutical manufacturer for compliance [...]
2004-10-05 09:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3864MADRID ENVIRONMENT TIDBITS
[...] Madrid's ESTH Officer periodically groups together and reports ESTH developments that might otherwise "fall below the reporting bar." Key issues will continue to be reported via "stand alone" cables. ESTH Officer Ken Forder welcomes feedback at forderk@state.gov. 2. INDEX: A. Prest [...]
2004-10-05 11:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SP
04MADRID3887EMBASSY MADRID STRENGTHENS MUSLIM OUTREACH
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid began its efforts for Muslim outreach in Spain by hosting the visit of Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Program Officer for the Middle East at the National Endowment for Democracy and the Department's first participant in the "Citizen Diplomat" program, September 29 - October [...]
2004-10-05 13:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KPAO KISL SP
04MADRID3889 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH DAILY NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS" ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED FIVE SUSPECTED ETA MEMBERS IN VIZCAYA AND LEON, SPA [...]
2004-10-05 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3892SPAIN URGES FRANCE TO BUDGE ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) The Spanish Foreign Ministry's chief diplomat for Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and African issues told visiting EUR/WE office director Kathy Allegrone October 1 that Spain has edged "closer toward neutrality" on the Western Sahara issue and is urging France to budge from its firm support [...]
2004-10-05 16:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL SP UNSC
04MADRID3899MADRID SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TIDBITS
[...] Madrid's ESTH Officer periodically groups together and reports ESTH developments that might otherwise "fall below the reporting bar." Key issues will continue to be reported via "stand alone" cables. ESTH Officer Ken Forder welcomes feedback at forderk@state.gov. 2. INDEX: A. Polic [...]
2004-10-06 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOSCI SOCI SP
04MADRID3900SPAIN TO CONTRIBUTE ONE MILLION EUROS TO POLIO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-06 08:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO XG XT SP WHO OECD
04MADRID3901SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHANE VRIGNAUD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephane Vrignaud, NOAA Fisheries Representative to the European Union, United States Mission to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium, to travel to Vigo and Madrid, Spain from October 6-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in [...]
2004-10-06 10:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BEXP SP EUN
04MADRID3907AZNAR DOMINATES POPULAR PARTY CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary. Mariano Rajoy, a long-time Aznar ally and the Popular Party's presidential candidate in the March 14 elections, was elected as the new President of the Popular Party (PP) during the 15th PP Party Congress. The event was dominated by enthusiastic expressions of support for former [...]
2004-10-06 11:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV SP
04MADRID3911DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON IRAQ
[...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff met with MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Moreno Humet to advise him of the 10/6 release of DCI Special Advisor Duelfer's report on Iraq WMD. Moreno requested details regarding the nature and scope of the ISG investigation, after whic [...]
2004-10-06 14:21:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SP KPDD
04MADRID3914CUBA: MFA ON INVITING DISSIDENTS TO SPANISH
[...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pedro Gomez de Olea on 10/7 to discuss reports that the Spanish Embassy in Havana was planning to break with EU policy by not inviting dissidents to its national day reception on 10/12. Gomez de Olea, wh [...]
2004-10-07 11:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
04MADRID3926SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JEAN CELLI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jean Celli, Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to San Feliu de Guixols and Barcelona, Spain from October 16-22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend a workshop on Frontiers in Cellul [...]
2004-10-07 13:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3927SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. EUN-CHUNG PARK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Eun-Chung Park, Program Officer, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 16-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an international symposium entitled, "Molecular Aspect [...]
2004-10-07 13:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KHIV OTRA SP
04MADRID3928SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. CAROL KENDALL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carol Kendall, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 28-November 2, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate as thesis examiner at the Ph.D. Dissertation Defense of Laura V [...]
2004-10-07 13:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY SENV KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID3929SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JORDI CLARIMON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jordi Clarimon, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute on Aging, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 16-24, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk entitled, "Alzheimer and Parkinson: Two Different Entities with Si [...]
2004-10-07 13:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3932STRATEGY TARGETING ORGANIZED PIRACY (STOP)
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR KPAO SP WTRO
04MADRID3937SPAIN: APPROACH TO EU MEMBERS ON AID, TRADE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 14:40:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECIN PREL EU TU CY SP
04MADRID3941SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AARON FLEISCHAUER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Aaron Fleischauer, Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 14-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 9th European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2004-10-08 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3951PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, SPAIN'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, CHINA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, China, Libya, Sudan, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 6. Mora Benavente does not expect that Iraq will be discussed at the GAERC meetings. Spain's position on the China arms embargo remains unchanged; for [...]
2004-10-08 12:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUN
04MADRID3965SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AARON FLEISCHAUER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Aaron Fleischauer, Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 14-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 9th European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2004-10-08 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3969PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, SPAIN'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, CHINA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, China, Libya, Sudan, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 6. Mora Benavente does not expect that Iraq will be discussed at the GAERC meetings. Spain's position on the China arms embargo remains unchanged; for [...]
2004-10-08 15:42:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUN
04MADRID3979SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCISCA LIEM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Francisca Liem, Chief, Laboratory Data Integrity Branch, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and Assurance, EPA, to travel to Madrid and Valencia, Spain from October 22-29, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate Spain's Good Laboratory [...]
2004-10-13 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID3990SPAIN:DEMARCHE TO EU ON FREEZING MAOIST ASSETS
[...] (U) We delivered ref A points October 6 to Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning. Mora Benavente assured us that Spain considers the Maoist rebels to be terrorists. He does not believe that other EU governments consider the Maoists freedom fighters. Mora Benavente expects that Spain [...]
2004-10-14 07:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN NP SP
04MADRID3991DEMARCHE ON U.S. ACTIONS TO TERMINATE LARGE
[...] (U) We delivered Reftel A demarche to Javier Hergueta Garnica, Deputy Director General of Bilateral International Economic Relations with Europe and the OECD, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, as well as Sr. Joan Trullen Tomas, Secretary General of Industry and Jesus Candil Gonzalo [...]
2004-10-14 07:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ETRD SP
04MADRID3992SPAIN: MFA SUPPORTIVE OF SHELL/REPSOL FRAMEWORK
[...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Repsol YPF's Director General for the Eastern Hemisphere and Orient Mario B. Rosso, as well as to Alberto Moreno Humet, Deputy Director of the Near East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. 2. (SBU) Moreno expressed doubt that this issue would g [...]
2004-10-14 07:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ETTC ENRG EPET SP
04MADRID3993SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JONATHAN WEBER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jonathan Weber, Assistant to the Director for Antimicrobial Resistance, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 10-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3rd EARSS-ESAC Plenary Meeting. 2. Embassy understand [...]
2004-10-14 08:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3994EXTRADITION CASE OF GREGG RENE WALTER
[...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb, at Hotel Melia Los Galgos, Claudio Coello 139, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 5626600, from October 18 to [...]
2004-10-14 12:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CPAS KCRM SP
04MADRID4005SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT A. SCHMIDT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert A. Schmidt, NASA, to travel to Madrid and Moron, Spain from November 8-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a transoceanic abort landing site emergency services exercise. 2. Embassy understands that no assistanc [...]
2004-10-15 08:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4007SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHLEEN H. FRIZELL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kathleen H. Frizell, Research Hydraulic Engineer, Water Resources Research Laboratory, Technical Service Center, Bureau of Reclamation, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 30-November 7, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give two pres [...]
2004-10-15 08:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID4015UNSCR 1559: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT FOLLOW-UP RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Poloff disscussed Ref A points on 4/13 with MFA Deputy Director General for the Near East Alberto Moreno Humet. He said the GOF had already engaged the Spanish MFA several times on this issue and that the Spain generally accepted French and U.S. thinking on how to proceed. Moreno said he [...]
2004-10-15 14:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE SP UNSC
04MADRID4020KYOTO NOW MATTERS TO SPAIN
[...] (SBU) During an October 13 courtesy call by newly arrived ESTHOFF, Environment Ministry General Coordinator for Climate Change Teresa Rivera stressed that the Kyoto Protocol enjoyed the strong support of the entire cabinet of the "new" Spanish Government, and that Spain was determined to do its [...]
2004-10-15 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON PGOV SP
04MADRID4039SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS GLYN DAVIES
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Glyn Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, October 19-22. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Robert J. Riley. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2392),on his mobile [...]
2004-10-18 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID4046SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JACKIE BLACK, FAA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jackie Black, FAA Safety Inspector, AFS-50, FAA, to travel to Bilbao, Spain from October 18-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to ensure that recertification inspection and added (aircraft) ratings are commensurate to the FAA authorizations [...]
2004-10-15 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID4060ALLEGED MISDEEDS OF U.S. FLAGGED RESEARCH VESSEL
[...] (C) The R/V Powell has been on U.S. Embassy Madrid's radar screen since September, when it first contacted us for assistance in processing a request to make a port call in a Spanish harbor. Since our first contact with it, this vessel has demonstrated a consistent pattern of ignoring and at [...]
2004-10-19 14:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL MARR KRVC TPHY SP EWWT
04MADRID4063DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER REGRETS UNHELPFUL MOD
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon told DCM Manzanares Oct. 14 that he agreed that DefMin Bono's comments last week about US-Spain relations and the US role in the Spanish National Day Parade were extremely unhelpful. Leon promised there would be no further comments from President Zapatero [...]
2004-10-19 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID4073GOS ARRESTS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS
[...] (C) Summary. Spanish National Police arrested eight Maghrebi residents of Spain on charges of planning to bomb Spain's High Court, which takes the lead in GOS terrorism investigations. The detentions were based in part on USG information provided through Legatt channels. According to news r [...]
2004-10-19 15:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC SP
04MADRID4078SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM BARRACK,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. William Barrack, Dr. Richard Davey, Ms. Nikki Gettinger, Ms. Janet Herrera, Dr. H. Clifford Lane, Dr. Sandra Lehrman, Dr. Ana Martinez, Ms. Laura McNay, Dr. Karen Oseekey, Dr. Jorge Tavel, Mr. John Tierney, and Ms. Susan Vogel, employees of [...]
2004-10-20 06:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID4079SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL D. STROTTMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel P. Strottman, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),to travel to Valencia, Spain from March 1-May 31, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct collaborations with scientists from the Univ [...]
2004-10-20 08:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID4080SPAIN ON POLISARIO RHETORIC, WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary. Spain will convey a message to the Madrid Polisario representative calling on the Polisario to cease threats to resume armed conflict with Morocco. MFA Maghreb Office Director Carlos Fernandez Arias also shared Spain's views on the state of play in Western Morocco, including GOS [...]
2004-10-20 12:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MO AG SP
04MADRID4090SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SUSAN MACKEM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Susan Mackem, Chief, Developmental Biology Section, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 23-27, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Juan March Workshop on Hedgehog-Gli Signaling and give a p [...]
2004-10-21 07:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4091SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN SHEEHAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Sheehan, Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain from October 27-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an international symposium on the future of the sheep and goat dairy sectors. 2. Embass [...]
2004-10-21 07:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4093PRESS REPORTS PROGRESS IN BREAKING UP TRAFFICKING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-21 10:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SP
04MADRID4109 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF OCT. 16, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE GERMAN POLICE ARRESTED ON OCT. 15, 2004 IN HAMBURG, THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA MEMBER IN EUROPE MAMOUN DARKAZANLI, [...]
2004-10-22 12:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4110 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING NAMES OF SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WITH POSSIBLE TERRORIST TIES IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: EL BAYADE, ABDESALAM [...]
2004-10-22 12:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID4112SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS ZARZECKI
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Zarzecki, Department of State to travel to Madrid, October 24-26 to meet with Spanish officials to discuss conventional weapons procurement issues (per reftels B,C and D). 2. (U) Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political [...]
2004-10-22 13:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL MARR PARM SP
04MADRID4113SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD P. COMPTON,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard P. Compton, Director, Office of Research and Technology, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from November 9-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to represent the United [...]
2004-10-22 14:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN OTRA SP
04MADRID4114WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA) MARKET
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-22 15:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SP WTO
04MADRID4115CUBA: SPAIN CONFIDENT IT CAN OVERTURN EU MEASURES
[...] (C) Summary. Spain is determined to roll back key elements of the June 2003 EU "restrictive measures" on Cuba implemented in the wake of Castro's crackdown on the opposition. MFA officials are confident they have sufficient support within the EU to do so. The GOS counts the UK, France, Swed [...]
2004-10-22 15:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CU SP
04MADRID4116SPANISH ON ITER HOME
[...] (U) ESTHOFF made reftel points October 19-22 to: (1) Juan Antonio Rubio, Director General of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Technology Investigation (CIEMAT); (2) Francisco Javier Arana Landa, Deputy Director General for Nuclear Energy, Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Commerce; ( [...]
2004-10-22 15:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALTRGY TSPL TNGD ENRG SP
04MADRID4119 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION MEDIA REPORTED ON OCT. 4, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS THAT FRENCH POLICE IN COORDINATION WITH THE SPANISH GUARDIA [...]
2004-10-22 15:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID4128SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEON SAYADIAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leon Sayadian, US Member of WG-67, ATO-P, FAA Headquarters, Architecture and System Eng., ATO-P, NAS Technical Engineering, ATO-P, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-18, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with persons in his [...]
2004-10-19 18:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID4147AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER OF JUSTICE TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar on October 21 to discuss law enforcement issues, including counterterrorism cooperation, trafficking in persons, and Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition treaties (MLAT). The Ambassador stressed the USG's [...]
2004-10-27 13:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CASC SP
04MADRID4154SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. PHILIP C.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Philip C. Stepaniak and Dr. Rainer K. Efenhauser, NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona and Rota, Spain from November 11-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to instruct Department of Defense personnel on shuttle operations m [...]
2004-10-28 09:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4179PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, NOV 2: IRAQ, IRAN, MEPP,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Russia, Sudan, Somalia, Ukraine, Kosovo, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 26 and October 28. Mora Benavente said that EU police training in Iraq would take place after [...]
2004-10-29 11:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUN
04MADRID4181ARAFAT'S DETERIORATING HEALTH RESPONSE - AMEMBASSY
[...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL, the Emergency Action Committee was consulted regarding specific security concerns for possible repercussions from the deteriorating health of Arafat. With many EAC members already committed to outside meetings during the day, but understanding the necessity of a [...]
2004-10-29 15:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
04MADRID4192SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN FINKBOHNER,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jon Finkbohner and Robert Darius, Investigators, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and Sidney Priesmeyer and Cynthia Jim, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 11-13, 2004. The purpose of [...]
2004-11-02 13:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4195SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID DEMARINI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David DeMarini, EPA Official, Office of Research and Development, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 10-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a lecture entitled, "Mutagenicity of Disinfection By-Products Associated with Drinking [...]
2004-11-02 13:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4196SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ANTONIO FOJO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Fojo, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Bilbao, Spain from November 23-27, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Second Spanish Lung Cancer Group Symposium and to give a talk entitl [...]
2004-11-02 13:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4197SPAIN: BRIEFING ON IRAN PROCUREMENT ATTEMPTS IN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Dr. Thomas Zarzecki of INR/SPM, accompanied by poloff, provided an intelligence briefing to an interagency GOS audience on October 25 on arms procurement attempts in European countries by state sponsors of terrorism, especially Iran. The well-received briefing sparked discussion [...]
2004-11-02 15:13:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL MASS MOPS PINR IR SP
04MADRID4199SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFERY BROWN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffery Brown, Senior Deputy Comptroller, United States Treasury Department, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 4-7, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a conference entitled, "Prudential Regulation and Banking Supervis [...]
2004-10-26 19:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID4203SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. WILLIAM RUNDELL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. William Rundell, Division Director for the Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from November 15-23, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk on the deve [...]
2004-11-03 09:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4241FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN SPAIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High oil prices and the ever more apparent economic costs of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol should guarantee that the possibility of constructing new nuclear power plants in Spain remains the subject of public debate. However, given that the Zapatero Government will not/ [...]
2004-11-03 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SP
04MADRID4243ILSA RESPONSE FROM REPSOL IS BUSINESS AS USUAL
[...] (SBU) We spoke with Mario B. Rosso, Director General of the Eastern Hemisphere and Caribbean for REPSOL-YPF (Repsol) about Reftel A and B points. 2. (SBU) Rosso was well-prepared to handle the topic, explaining that the framework agreement noted in Reftel B was only "investigative," and t [...]
2004-11-03 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR SP
04MADRID4256SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTIAN C. MAENDER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Christian C. Maender and Keith A. Tucker, NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES) Critical D [...]
2004-11-04 11:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4258EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BERARDUCCI
[...] Post personally delivered Dip note no. 583 to the Chief of the Unit of Consular Legal Matters at the Foreign Ministry. Spanish official informed post that they would fax copy of Dip Note to the President of the Criminal division of the National Court for any appropriate action 2. Embassy w [...]
2004-11-04 13:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CPAS SNAR KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER
04MADRID4265JAILED ETA LEADERS CALL FOR END TO ARMED STRUGGLE
[...] (U) Summary. Six jailed ETA members signed a letter addressed to the ETA leadership calling for an end to the armed struggle in favor of political action in cooperation with leftist parties. The letter, which was evidently not intended for public release but found its way to a regional newsp [...]
2004-11-04 16:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV SP
04MADRID4266SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HAROLD E. BROOKS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold E. Brooks, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),to travel to Madrid and Leon, Spain from November 5-13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the European Conference on Severe Storms. [...]
2004-11-05 08:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4278SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICIO MALDONADO,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricio Maldonado, Director of the Americas' Accountability/Anti-Corruption Project of Casals & Associates, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 30-November 8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to represent the Americas Accountability and [...]
2004-11-05 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID4279SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. TERRY PHILLIPS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Terry Phillips, Chief, Ultramicro Analytical Immunochemistry Resource, Office of Research Services, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Toledo, Spain from November 6-10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present the keynote lect [...]
2004-11-05 15:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4281COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL YOUNG
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep Bill Young, Chairman, House Appropriations Committee (HAC),and delegation members, to travel to Rota from November 9-11, 2004 to review estimates in the field for the Departments of Defense and State. 2. Embassy Point of Contact [...]
2004-11-05 16:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC AMGT AFIN IT SP
04MADRID4283SPAIN: ZAPATERO TO RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) The Government of Spain is aware of all three human rights issues raised in reftel demarche. The Spanish agree that the possible moves by Chavez supporters threaten democracy, human rights and civil rights in Venezuela. The Zapatero government will raise these issues with Venezuelan pre [...]
2004-11-05 16:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SP
04MADRID4286SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM HALSEY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Halsey, Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate as a technical expert in OECD/NEA's working group [...]
2004-11-08 09:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID4290SPANISH GOVERNMENT POLICY ON HIV/AIDS AT HOME AND
[...] Secretary of the Spanish National AIDS Plan Lourdes Chamorro Ramos briefed ESTHOFF November 4 on her office's domestic and international activities/priorities. Chamorro Ramos, the highest ranking Spanish Government official focusing solely on HIV/AIDS, indicated that her office has a good ha [...]
2004-11-08 12:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KHIV SP
04MADRID4294SPAIN SUPPORTS US POSITIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-08 13:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
04MADRID4297SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANDREA CORCORAN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Andrea Corcoran, Director, Office of International Affairs, and Robert Rosenfeld, Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an IOSCO Seminar [...]
2004-11-08 16:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
04MADRID4299SPECIAL 301 MID-TERM REVIEW WITH COPYRIGHT
[...] This is an action cable. See para. 6.1. 2. Summary: Spanish copyright industry representatives said at a 10/29/04 DCM-hosted lunch that it was too soon to tell where the Zapatero government was going with respect to IP protection. The majority said they had no view at this time whether Sp [...]
2004-11-08 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR SP
04MADRID4313 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY DEPUTY SENIOR
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS REQUESTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER NICHOLAS RANDAL KUCHOVA TO TRAVEL TO JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA FROM NOVEMBER 13 - JOHANNESBURG; NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 - CAPE TOWN; AND NOVEMBER 16 UNTIL 20, 2004 - JOHANNESBURG. 2. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT [...]
2004-11-10 16:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP SP
04MADRID4315 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY DEPUTY SENIOR
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS REQUESTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER NICHOLAS RANDAL KUCHOVA TO TRAVEL TO JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA FROM NOVEMBER 13 - JOHANNESBURG; NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 - CAPE TOWN; AND NOVEMBER 16 UNTIL 20, 2004 - JOHANNESBURG. 2. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT [...]
2004-11-10 16:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP SP
04MADRID4316EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL
[...] Christopher Michael Berarducci's surrender is getting strong press coverage in major newspapers in Spain. "El Mundo", one of Spain's leading newspapers states that Spain is going to surrender subject to the US without receiving the requested assurances. The publication quotes Post's dipnotes t [...]
2004-11-10 16:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CPAS KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER
04MADRID4318SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT D. STRAHOTA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert D. Strahota, Assistant Director, United States Securities and Exchange Commissioner, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Organization of Securities Commissions [...]
2004-11-12 08:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
04MADRID4319SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH ZAMORA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth Zamora, Economist, Office of Productivity and Technology, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 20-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to establish contacts within the agency and make specific [...]
2004-11-12 09:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA SP
04MADRID4322 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF OCTOBER 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ASSOCIATE OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAW [...]
2004-11-12 12:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4324 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - OCTOBER
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON OCT. 25, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT P [...]
2004-11-12 12:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4335SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICIA MCILROY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia McIlroy, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to conduct an inspection of Advanced Medical Optics in Spain. 2. Embassy understands [...]
2004-11-12 16:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4336SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY S. KARGEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey S. Kargel, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14-21, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present an invited seminar at the Astrobiology Institute (INTA) and to participate in field i [...]
2004-11-12 16:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON KSCA TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4337SPAIN ON SUPPORT FOR IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL:
[...] (C) Poloff met on 11/12 with Eva Martinez of the MFA's Directorate General for the Near East to encourage Spanish assistance for the Iraqi Special Tribunal. Martinez said Spain had received no request from the Iraqi Interim Authority (IIG) for assistance in preparing for the Iraqi Special Tri [...]
2004-11-12 16:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER PREF SP
04MADRID4341BEST WISHES AND PENDING ISSUE
[...] I was saddened to hear of the President' acceptance of your resignation. The Administration is losing one of its most effective leaders. Thank you for your tireless efforts to further the President's Economic Program. 2. Please accept my best wishes as you return to your family in Texas [...]
2004-11-12 16:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC SP SY
04MADRID4350SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ERNEST HAMEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ernest Hamel, Biologist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 11-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak in a seminar series sponsored by the Centro De Investigaciones Biologicas, to give a talk [...]
2004-11-15 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4351SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. PAUL WADE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Paul Wade, Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 27-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and speak at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Onc [...]
2004-11-15 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4367SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MAKES FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos November 10 at the Foreign Ministry for a farewell call. Ambassador began by saying it was time to get the U.S.-Spain relationship moving forward. Moratinos agreed and said Spain and the U.S. needed to start working on a positi [...]
2004-11-15 15:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID4373SPANISH DELEGATION TO THE CWC DISCUSSIONS ON HOST
[...] (C) In response to reftel request regarding Spain's participation in host country agreement (HCA) discussions on the margins of the 29 November-3 December session of the 9th Conference of States Parties (CSP),an MFA official told poloff November 10 that the following officials plan to attend [...]
2004-11-15 16:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA SP CWC
04MADRID4374(S) SPAIN: SHIELD S59A-03: EMBASSY MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Poloffs delivered non-paper providing additional information on Telstar on November 10 to the Spanish Foreign Ministry's director general for international economic relations, Javier Hergueta. Hergueta said Telstar is willing to cooper [...]
2004-11-15 17:01:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL ETTC SP CBW
04MADRID4376SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JAMES F. REILLY II
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. James F. Reilly II, Astronaut, NASA Johnson Space Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES) Payload Review [...]
2004-11-16 08:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4381SPAIN SUPPORTS TURKISH EU ACCESSION
[...] (C) Spain supports Turkish EU candidacy, a policy that has remained consistent through both the Popular Party administration of Jose Maria Aznar and the current Socialist administration of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. MFA EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo told Poloff November 15 t [...]
2004-11-16 11:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECIN PREL EU TU SP
04MADRID4382INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR YUGOSLAVIA:
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-16 11:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM SP UNGA
04MADRID4385SPAIN'S 2005 BUDGET TRIES TO BALANCE SOCIALIST
[...] SUMMARY: Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes Mira presented the Socialist government's first General State budget to Congress on 30 September. After passing the Chamber of Deputies, the budget has been forwarded to the Senate for debate and approval. It will then be returned [...]
2004-11-16 14:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV SP
04MADRID4386 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF OCTOBER 19, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SEVERAL ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO WERE BELIEVE TO BE PLANNING SUICIDE ATTACK [...]
2004-11-16 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4387 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON OCTOBER 28, 2004, THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 13 INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED TO ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAWARI, AKA MIKAEL ETIENNE [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4388 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOVEMBER 3, 2004, AS PART OF THE ON-GOING "OPERATION NOVA" SPANISH AUTORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN AND THREE ALGERIAN NATIONALS, POSSIBLY ASS [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4389 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SPANISH AUTHORITIES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL SAMIR BENBELLIL. SUBJECT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN VARIOUS [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4405ANDALUSIA BALANCES BUDGET WITH GOS AND EU HELP
[...] Summary: The Andalusian budget which was presented to the regional Parliament the final week of October contains EUR 24.5 billion (USD 31.7 billion) in outlays, an increase of 10% over 2004. Andalusia has already received the funds necessary to pay for its budget expenditures from the central [...]
2004-11-18 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID4414 EXTRANCHECK: TRAVEL CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR JOHN MCKENNA AND FRED CARLE FROM THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY TO TRAVEL TO MADRID AND BARCELONA FROM DECEMBER 11 - 18 TO CONDUCT END-USE CHECKS ON COMPANIES IN SPAIN. 2. TRAVELER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SPAIN REQUIRES A VISA FOR OFFICIAL OR DIPLOMAT [...]
2004-11-18 14:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC OTRA AU BEXP SP
04MADRID4415TERRORISM FINANCE DISCUSSIONS WITH GOS TREASURY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-18 15:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PREL PTER SP
04MADRID4427SPANISH ON ITER, EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE
[...] (U) This is an action request for OES/SAT and OES/STC: see paragraphs 5 and 6 (respectively). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Spanish Science officials continue to believe that France will ultimately cut a deal with Japan that will bring the ITER to the French site along with sufficient guarant [...]
2004-11-19 11:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCI TSPA ENRG TSPL TNGD TRGY SP
04MADRID4428SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHANIE PAYNE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephanie Payne Clarke, Department of Energy, Allison Christine Bennett, Sandia National Laboratories, Whitney J. Creer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Steven Mark Dinehart, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stephanie Deanne Ketring, Sand [...]
2004-11-19 11:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID4429SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ALASDAIR STEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alasdair Steven, Chief, Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from December 1-5, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to serve on [...]
2004-11-19 11:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4430SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN
[...] (C) Poloffs met with the MFA desk officer for Russia and Eastern European affairs, Marta Ruiz, 11/16 to encourage Spain's participation in the second round of presidential election in the Ukraine set for November 21 and to hear GOS views on imposing visa restrictions on Ukrainian officials w [...]
2004-11-19 11:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EU SP
04MADRID4431SPAIN WILL LIKELY SUPPORT U.S. METHYL BROMIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-19 12:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SP
04MADRID4432AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL LUNCH WITH ECONOMY MINISTER
[...] Summary. During a farewell lunch with the Ambassador, Second Vice President and Minister of the Economy Pedro Solbes gave a tour d'horizon of the status of the 2005 budget, current and projected growth rates for the economy, government plans to ease the overheated housing market, and his tak [...]
2004-11-19 12:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID4437SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANIK EDWARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Janik Edward, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Rota, Spain from December 10-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to perform a regulatory inspection of medical devices at MQSA, US Naval Hospital. 2. Embas [...]
2004-11-19 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID44382004 WINTER SESSION OF THE COMMISSIONING AND TENURE
[...] POST CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT TO MADRID OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES: -- BRIAN B. BROWN, POLITICAL OFFICER. AN EER WILL BE SUBMITTED BY NOVEMBER 23, 2004 - -DAVID J. MCGUIRE, CONSULAR OFFICER. AN EER WILL BE SUBMITTED BY NOVEMBER 23, 2004. --JESSIE J. DEBUSSCHERE, ASSISTANT INFORMATION OFFIC [...]
2004-11-19 16:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
04MADRID44392004-2005 WINTER SESSION OF THE SPECIALIST TENURING
[...] POST CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT TO MADRID OF SUZANNAH M. JONES, AS OMS IN THE POLITICAL SECTION. 2. AN EER FOR SUZANNAH M. JONES WILL BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 17, 2004. ARGYROS [...]
2004-11-19 16:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
04MADRID4443SPAIN SUPPORTS SUDAN DRAFT RESOLUTION IN UNSC
[...] (C) Spain fully agrees with U.S. efforts on the UK-penned draft resolution focusing on the North-South peace process in Sudan. Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, Deputy Director General for UN Affairs at the MFA, told Poloff that he hoped that the resolution would be passed by consensus in Na [...]
2004-11-19 16:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SU SP UNSC
04MADRID4444SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN
[...] (C) Poloffs met with the MFA desk officer for Russia and Eastern European affairs, Marta Ruiz, November 16 to encourage Spain's participation in election monitoring during the second round of the Ukrainian presidential election on November 21 and to hear GOS views on imposing visa restrictio [...]
2004-11-19 16:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EU SP
04MADRID4445SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOV 22 GAERC: MEPP,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the Middle East Peace Process, China, Kosovo, Belarus, Cyprus, ESDP issues, Iran, and Ukraine with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo on November 18. Poloff also discussed Spain's views on Turkey with Juan Aristegui, MFA Subdirector General o [...]
2004-11-22 07:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUN
04MADRID4465SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT MCCONNELL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert McConnell, Senior Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, Department of Energy, to travel to Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from December 10-15, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lead the Internationa [...]
2004-11-23 08:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID4474 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOV. 19, 2004 THE DAILY LOCAL NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS", REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING THE DETENTION OF SOME OF THE ALLEGED ETA LEADERSHIP MEMBERS IN FRANCE ON OCT. 3, [...]
2004-11-23 16:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4485SPAIN FORGIVES IRAQ PARIS CLUB DEBT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-24 14:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN SP
04MADRID4486SPAIN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT SIX-PARTY ITER FRAMEWORK
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-24 14:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALTNGD TRGY TSPL ENRG PREL
04MADRID4488SPAIN: LATEST ON EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-24 15:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC CH SP EUN
04MADRID4492MEETING ON WITH DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo told Charge that the MOD will take the lead in promoting "excellent" bilateral ties between Spain and the U.S. Regarding the tender for the S-80 submarine weapons system, Pardo indicated a GOS decision would be forthcoming soon. He strongl [...]
2004-11-24 16:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID4499SPAIN/IRAN-IAEA: RESPONSE TO US REQUEST FOR STRONG
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-26 13:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR SP IAEA
04MADRID4500MFA CLAIMS SURPRISE AT CUBA'S NORMALIZATION OF TIES
[...] (C) Summary. MFA DG for Latin America Sandomingo told Polcouns that the GOS had been surprised by the Cuban Government announcement that it would resume official contacts with the Spanish Embassy in Havana after more than 17 months of having "frozen" such ties. Sandomingo cast the move as a [...]
2004-11-26 16:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CU SP
04MADRID4501SPANISH OFFICIALS CANNOT ATTEND MEETING IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish officials have indicated that they will now be unable to attend discussion on the host country agreement (HCA) on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as previously promised because it conflicts with other arms control meetings that they are scheduled to attend during the [...]
2004-11-26 16:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA SP CWC
04MADRID4502SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN RUSSELL COCHRAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Russell Cochran and Ahmed A. Hasan, Sandia National Laboratories, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, Department of Energy, to travel to Cordoba, Spain from December 8-18, 2004. The purpose of this visit [...]
2004-11-29 07:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID4503SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD HAYES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edward Hayes, Epidemiologist, DVBID, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from December 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to teach "Public Health Strategies in the Tropics," at the Masters of International Health and Tropical [...]
2004-11-29 07:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP CDC
04MADRID4504SPAIN FORGIVES IRAQ PARIS CLUB DEBT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-29 10:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN SP
04MADRID4515REQUEST FOR COLLOCATION WAIVER FOR FAS OFFICES -
[...] (SBU) In accordance with guidance provided in reference, Mission Spain RSO submits this formal request for a collocation waiver for the critically needed Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) offices. This new lease space is required and has been prompted by RSO concern for the existing buildin [...]
2004-11-29 16:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
04MADRID4523 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF NOV. 17, 2004, REPORTED THAT SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE BALTASAR GARZON, INDICTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST ABDELADIM AKOUDAD, ALIAS "NADU [...]
2004-11-30 08:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4524 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS PART OF AN ON-GOING COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATION, SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING ALGERIAN NATIONALS: 3. NAME: BOUKHIRI, MOHAMED - G [...]
2004-11-30 08:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4528SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GEORGE IMEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to George Imel, Nuclear Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 8-9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a specialists meeting held by CIEMAT concerning the final muse [...]
2004-11-30 11:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA KNNP OTRA SP
04MADRID4543TRIPWIRES SUBMISSIONS - MISSION SPAIN
[...] Per REFTEL, AmEmbassy Madrid takes this opportunity to certify that according to 12 FAH-1, H-024, the Mission Emergency Action Plan has received it's annual review. In fact, the RSO office maintains an on-going update program review of the EAP and when appropriate, forwards any relevent upda [...]
2004-11-30 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC AMED AFSI KFLO AEMR PTER PINR KSEP
04MADRID4547SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. MARGARET V.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Margaret V. Federline, Deputy Director, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and to Mr. James E. Kennedy, Technical Assistant, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to travel [...]
2004-12-01 12:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA
04MADRID4548SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. MARGARET V.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Margaret V. Federline, Deputy Director, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and to Mr. James E. Kennedy, Technical Assistant, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to travel [...]
2004-12-01 12:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA
04MADRID4550SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE
[...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on suppo [...]
2004-12-01 12:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL CU SP
04MADRID4552 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - NOVEMBER
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON NOV. 8 AND ON NOV. 29, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY AL [...]
2004-12-01 12:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4553SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE
[...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on suppo [...]
2004-12-01 12:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL CU SP
04MADRID4554SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE
[...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on support for [...]
2004-12-01 12:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL CU SP
04MADRID4585SPAIN/AFGHANISTAN: SPAIN STILL CONSIDERING ISAF
[...] (C) Prior to receipt of ref a demarche request, Charge, Polcouns and other embassy officers used previously scheduled meetings and conversatons the week of November 23 and 26 to press the Chief of Defense, Deputy Defense Minister, MOD DG for International Relations and MFA Political Director [...]
2004-12-02 16:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SP NATO
04MADRID4603VIRTUAL PRESENCE PROGRAM (VPP) IN
[...] (SBU) Summary Embassy Madrid has decided to initiate Virtual Presence Programs (VPP) for Andalusia and the Basque country a one year trial basis. Charge initiated the Andalusia VPP concept while visiting Seville November 30-December 1. He hosted a well attended reception for the U.S. Davis [...]
2004-12-03 13:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID4612CHAVEZ COURTS SPANISH SOCIALISTS;LEAVES POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Spain November 21-23, in a trip that was touted by the Spanish government as primarily economic in nature. Chavez commenced his stay by stating that good relations with Spain "have become of strategic importance" and that he "welcomes the [...]
2004-12-03 16:10:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EPET ELAB EIND PHUM PREL MARR SP VE
04MADRID4613SPAIN BETS ON WINDPOWER
[...] (SBU) Spain's "new" Socialist Party (PSOE) Government, unlike its center-right predecessor, appears be taking quite seriously the commitment, enshrined in domestic law and EU Directive, to derive 12 percent of energy consumption from renewable energy sources by 2010. Renewable energy sources [...]
2004-12-03 16:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SP
04MADRID4627WEEKEND BOMBINGS MASK DECLINING ETA CAPABILITIES
[...] (C) Summary. ETA terrorists carried out twelve bombings in two sets of coordinated attacks during the December 3-6 holiday weekend in Spain. The bombs consisted of small devices and there were no fatalities, though 10-20 people sustained minor injuries. The first series of bombings took plac [...]
2004-12-09 08:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SP
04MADRID4637SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LLOYD L. LOOPE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lloyd L. Loope, Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain from December 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate at the convention on Biological Diversity. 2. Embassy u [...]
2004-12-09 10:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON KSCA TBIO TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4638VIRTUAL PRESENCE PROGRAM (VPP) IN SEVILLE/ANDALUSIA INITIATED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid has decided to initiate Virtual Presence Programs (VPP) for Andalusia and the Basque country on a one year trial basis. Charge initiated the Andalusia VPP concept while visiting Seville November 30 - December 1. He hosted a well attended reception for the U.S. Da [...]
2004-12-09 10:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL
04MADRID4649 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BEN ABDELLAH, SAMIR - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: NOV. 29, 1967, MOROCCO - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. ON NOVEMBER 22, 2004 THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED [...]
2004-12-09 16:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN
04MADRID4657COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN
[...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Attorney General Ashcroft and his team on December 17 for the signing of the bilateral protocol to the multilateral MLAT (REF A) and a meeting with Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar. We have incorporated the new arri [...]
2004-12-10 07:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP CASC KCRM KJUS PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4677SPAIN: CHARGE MEETS WITH CHIEF OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Spanish Chief of Defense General Felix Sanz December 9. Sanz said he will do all in his power to strengthen U.S./Spain military ties. He agreed it was not useful talk about whether the military relationship between the two countries is "balanced," rather Spain' [...]
2004-12-10 16:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID4679SPANISH RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN COUNTERNARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-13 11:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAF SP
04MADRID4687DEPUTY FM LEON ON CUBA, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-13 15:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SP
04MADRID4708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" OF DEC. 10, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH POLICE ON DEC. 8, 2004, IN THE SPANISH- [...]
2004-12-14 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL WAKI
04MADRID4709BIOSAFETY DEVELOPMENTS IN SPAIN
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) Summary: The Zapatero government is changing Spain's previously pro-biotech position to one more opposed to the technology. This is clear from Environment Minister Narbona's statements, Spanish votes on EU Commission biotech proposals, a d [...]
2004-12-15 07:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD SENV SP
04MADRID4713ALLEGED ISLAMIC TERRORIST PLAN TO LAUNCH
[...] (U) The American Embassy Spain Emergency Action Committee met on December 14, 2004, in response to REFTEL in order to assess the current situation and exchange perspectives on the possible threat. 2. (S) The EAC noted that parts of the information were relatively specific such as the para [...]
2004-12-15 10:43:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER ASEC CASC
04MADRID4728SPAIN ON EU BATTERY DIRECTIVE
[...] ESTHOFF discussed reftel December 15 with Environment Ministry Waste Prevention Deputy Director General Juan Martinez Sanchez, requesting answers to the five specified questions. Martinez Sanchez provided the following responses (keyed to the five questions): -- Until December 8, 2004, Sp [...]
2004-12-16 10:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ETRD SENV SP
04MADRID4734SUMMER 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Summer 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - eight - one for the Economic Section, one for the Political Section, two for the Managemen [...]
2004-12-16 12:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID4745SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM KILMARTIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Kilmartin, Department of Energy , National Nuclear Security Administration, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 19-23, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to support the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Spain to coop [...]
2004-12-17 14:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID4748VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. BETWEEN 18 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE RE-DETAINED AL-JAZIRAH JOURNALIST TAYSIR ALOUNI KATE AND NINE OF HIS ASSOCIATES IN SPAIN AS SUSPECTED I [...]
2004-12-17 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4749 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 13, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN THE ON-GOING "OPERACION LAGO". 3. NAME: LEBIK, ABDELKADER [...]
2004-12-17 16:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LEBIK
04MADRID4753SPANISH BUDGET VETOED IN THE SENATE AS EXPECTED
[...] Summary. Spain's Senate vetoed December 13 the Socialist government's 2005 budget. The budget, which already passed the lower house, will now be returned for further consideration. The lower house may pass the budget over the Senate's objections next week by an absolute majority, or by a si [...]
2004-12-17 17:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON SP
04MADRID4768SPANISH CONGRESS RATIFIES S AND T AGREEMENT
[...] This is an action request for OES/STC -- see para 3. 2. Embassy has received Spanish Foreign Ministry Note Verbal 385/2.3, dated December 14, 2004, informing us that the Spanish lower house and Senate had ratified the January 20 and February 2, 2004 exchange of notes extending the validi [...]
2004-12-20 14:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOSCI PREL SP
04MADRID4774SPAIN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Per Ref A instructions, the following is the 2004 terrorism report submission for Spain. 2. Spain is a strong ally in the war on terrorism, authorizing the use of military bases to support Operation Enduring Freedom and sending troops to Afghanistan to provide added security during that cou [...]
2004-12-20 16:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC SP
04MADRID4776 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DALY PRESS OF DEC. 18, 2004 REPORTED THAT TWO OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGES ORDERED THE ARREST OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR EXTREMISTS BASED IN LAN [...]
2004-12-20 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID4777POPULAR PARTY FORESEES ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Popular Party's Economic Spokesperson in Parliament Miguel Arias Canete predicted 2005 would be a good year for Spain, but that beginning in 2006 Spain's economy would sour and imperil Spain's Socialist government. He declared strong respect for Minister of Economy and F [...]
2004-12-20 17:55:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAGR ETRD TBIO SP
04MADRID4778SPAIN: INDECISIVE ON ISAF STAGE TWO ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met December 20 with Spanish National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana to discuss Spain's role in ISAF stage two. Casajuana was very reluctant to commit the Zapatero government to any role in stage two. Casajuana said it was very unlikely the GOS would announce a decisi [...]
2004-12-21 07:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID4787SPAIN ON AUSTRALIA'S SUBMISSION TO CONTINENTAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 10:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA AS AY SP
04MADRID4788ITER: SPAIN DEMARCHED ON ITER FINANCING
[...] (C) ESTHOFF passed Ref A points and letter December 20 to Science Ministry Technology Policy Director General Carlos Alejaldre Losilla, reiterating U.S. support for Japan's ITER proposal, noting U.S. concerns regarding lack of clarity in the EU's ITER proposal, and underscoring our commitment [...]
2004-12-21 11:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL TRGY SP EUN
04MADRID4793INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 14:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID4803INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID4827LOCAL NGO PRESSURES SPAIN ON CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. On 12/21, Poloff met with Rafael Rubio, head of the Spanish NGO "Cuba en Transicion" (Cuba in Transition),a human rights organization dedicated to raising public awareness in Spain about human rights abuses in Cuba. Rubio, who generally works with the Popular Party (PP) but has [...]
2004-12-22 14:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CU SP
04MADRID4830VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT FOR MLAT SIGNING
[...] (C) Summary. Attorney General John Ashcroft visited Spain on December 17 to sign the bilateral protocols to the U.S.-EU Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) and Extradition Treaty. During his one-day visit, Attorney General Ashcroft also held separate meetings with the Minister of Justice and the M [...]
2004-12-22 14:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALCASC KJUS PREL SP
04MADRID4831SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA MARIA CHAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Maria Chan, Team Leader, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, DHHS to travel to Valencia, January 22-26, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting and be a speaker at the Fundacion Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, 1s [...]
2004-12-22 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4832SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Edward Kilmartin from the National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, to travel to Madrid, December 19-23 to attend the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Spain to coop [...]
2004-12-22 16:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID484SPANISH PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR COMMENTS ON
[...] (SBU) On February 11 we spoke with Roman Escolano, Economic Advisor to Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar to get an update (since reftels A and B) on where Aznar's initiative for barrier-free transatlantic trade is going. Escolano confessed that the GOS is in an anomalous situation -- a month [...]
2004-02-12 12:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4840SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID OFFICIALS ADOLFO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to AID/AA/LAC Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator and David Mutchler, Cuba Senior Advisor, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, January 8-12. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Please provide an agenda of the me [...]
2004-12-23 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP USAID
04MADRID4850VALIDITY OF PASSPORTS BEYOND THEIR EXPIRATION
[...] (SENSITIVE) SPAIN: MFA confirms that Spanish citizens have the right to enter Spain regardless of the validity (or absence) of passport or other identity documents. Since Spain has been maintaining a database of Spanish nationals, including biometric elements, for over 150 years, the Spanis [...]
2004-12-27 08:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT SP AN
04MADRID4851GOS PASSES BUDGET OVER SENATE VETO
[...] The Spanish parliament passed the 2005 General Budget December 22 with an absolute majority over the Senate's veto. The budget passed with a vote of 180 to 162. The parties voting in favor of the budget were the Socialists, the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC),the United Left (IU),the Ca [...]
2004-12-27 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID4887SHIELD S59A-03: SPAIN INFORMED THAT TELSTAR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-29 15:34:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL ETTC SP IR CBW
04MADRID4889SPAIN CIVAIR: FILING OF U.S. CARRIER SCHEDULES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-29 16:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SP
04MADRID4890SPAIN: YUKOS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-29 17:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ECON PREL PHUM KPAO RS SP
04MADRID490SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARTA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance Dr. Marta Leon-Monzon, Health Science Administrator, Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Valencia March 9-13 to participate as a keynote speaker and a round table discussant in the Conference "Aids and Drugs" at the [...]
2004-02-12 16:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID492COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC OFFICER
[...] Embassy Madrid requests country clearance for Economic Officer Marta Youth who has Top Secret Clearance, to travel to Brussels February 17-18 to attend USEU Conference on Commerce. 2. No embassy assistance is requested. MANZANARES [...]
2004-02-13 09:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID495POINTS DELIVERED: FOREIGN LEADERS MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Esther Monterrubio, Director General for Eastern Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Monterrubio said that Spain, as an EU member, is monitoring elections in the Ukraine very carefully. She agreed with our position that the Ukraine's accession t [...]
2004-02-13 10:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP SP EUN
04MADRID513BIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL: HIGHLIGHTING SPAIN'S BT
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy's Biotechnology Working Group would like to propose creating a video to record and widely disseminate Spain's positive experience with planting and commercializing Bt corn. While local estimates for executing our project proposal are likely too high to be comple [...]
2004-02-13 12:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON TBIO TSPL ETRD SENV EAGR KPAL SP
04MADRID516SHORTAGE OF HOTEL ROOMS IN MADRID, MAY 20 - 23, 2004
[...] THE WEDDING OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE OF ASTURIAS FELIPE DE BORBON AND LETIZIA ORTIZ WILL TAKE PLACE IN MADRID ON MAY 22 POST PREDICTS THIS EVENT WILL AFFECT THE AVAILABILITY OF HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE WEEKEND OF MAY 20 TO 23, 2004. 2. WE DISCOURAGE ANY OFFICI [...]
2004-02-13 14:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA CASC AMGT OVIP
04MADRID517 SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (U) As directed in REFTEL, the following responses constitute the SEPQ for Mission Spain. The responses will directly correlate in sequence with the questions asked. All questions and responses have been coordinated with the appropriate Emergency Action Committee (EAC). 2. (SBU) POLITI [...]
2004-02-13 14:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER
04MADRID519SPANISH DELEGATES TO ATTEND MARCH 23 DEFENSE
[...] AS REQUESTED REFTEL, EMBASSY PROVIDED LETTER ON THE PROPOSED MARCH 23 EXPORT DIALOG TO MR. RAMON MURO MARTINEZ AT THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMICS. MR. MURO INFORMED US THAT HE WILL LEAD A SPANISH DELEGATION OF THREE OFFICIALS. IN ADDITION TO MURO, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION WILL BE JOSE L [...]
2004-02-13 14:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC SP
04MADRID520ENCOURAGING SPAIN TO PURSUE BUSINESS IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. With continued "bad press" over the lack of Iraq reconstruction-related contracts for Spanish firms, we met with Ministry of Economy's Director General for Commercial Policy Carlos Jimenez to share lessons learned reftel. Our overtures were welcome, but we also received a clear [...]
2004-02-13 15:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID526SPAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON MADRID DONORS' CONFERENCE FOR
[...] We met February 13 with Ministry of Economy officials Ramon Guzman, Director General for Trade and Investments, and Carlos Jimenez, Director General for Commercial Policy, to discuss reftel. Both participate regularly in the Core Group conference calls. According to Guzman and Jimenez, the GO [...]
2004-02-13 16:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID527SPANISH ELECTION OUTLOOK: ONE MONTH OUT, POPULAR
[...] (C) Polls one month before the March 14 Spanish general election continue to point to victory for the Popular Party and Aznar's successor as party leader, Mariano Rajoy. The PP hopes not just for a plurality, but for an absolute majority. Were the PP to fall far short of an absolute majority, [...]
2004-02-13 17:21:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID553Spanish Film Campaign: Promotion or Protectionism?
[...] Spain's film industry has kicked off 2004 with a campaign aimed at promoting Spanish films by belittling those "made in the USA." Despite the campaign's anti-American tone, there's no need for Hollywood to worry yet. GOS policy, as voiced by President Aznar, suggests that the introduction of m [...]
2004-02-18 08:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON SP
04MADRID561SPANISH RESPONSE: VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] (C) Per reftel A, we spoke with Inigo de Palacio, MFA Director of UN Affairs, on February 9 to deliver demarche on voluntary contributions to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. De Palacio said he could not give a response at that time, but would pursue the issue within the MFA. On February [...]
2004-02-18 13:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PINS SL SP KWCI UNSC
04MADRID564SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAMARRE AND HANSEN,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Andre Lamarre and Dale Hansen FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors, to travel to Madrid, February 23-27 to conduct maintenance on a U.S. registered aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT ASSESSMENT: In [...]
2004-02-18 15:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID572SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC SUSAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Goldstein, Epidemiologist, DVH, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Seville, March 10-13 to attend the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board meeting and present a paper "Hepatitis B Vaccine Booster Doses: Current CDC Recommendations." 2. Embass [...]
2004-02-19 09:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID573SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA ATCHER AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert W. Atcher and Mario Ruben Perez from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona and the islands of Mallorca March 6-21 to conduct site visits with organizations involved in energy production, pollution control, meet with U.S [...]
2004-02-19 11:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID574SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Michael Mustaleski, DPE/NNSA/DPTRAV funded traveler, to travel to Madrid, March 7-11 to give a presentation and discussions on international technical standards at the 15th Technical Sessions on Welding Conference. 2. Embassy underst [...]
2004-02-19 11:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID575SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Cornelia M. Verspoor from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Granada, March 27-April 1, to make a scientific preentation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT ASSESSMENT: In general, Spain is s [...]
2004-02-19 11:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID576COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR POLITICAL OFFICER
[...] Country clearance is requested for travel by Political/Labor Officer Colin Cleary to London, England on February 22-24. 2. Purpose of Travel: Colin Cleary will participate in the 2004 European Labor Officer's Conference. 3. Itinerary: DEPART FEB 22 MADRID BARAJAS BA #7060 1550 AR [...]
2004-02-19 12:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SP
04MADRID583GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: SPANISH POLICE SEEK ACCESS
[...] (C) The Spanish National Police (SNP) have officially requested via the Embassy that the USG authorize Spanish police access to interview two Guantanamo detainees. SNP seeks to develop information regarding the two detainees' training, recruitment and deployment into Afghanistan. The two detainees [...]
2004-02-20 05:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
04MADRID601SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OES/OMC COLIN MCIFF
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to OES/OMC Colin McIff to travel to Madrid February 22-26 to attend a meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Network. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2004-02-20 16:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV EFIS SP
04MADRID604SPANISH HOUSING COSTS: A GROWING ECONOMIC AND
[...] SUMMARY: Recent public opinion polls show that rising housing prices are a serious concern of the Spanish public. Between 1997 and 2002, housing prices rose 78% in real terms. A hot real estate market based on strong demand and low interest rates has fed the sharp increase. Government regul [...]
2004-02-20 17:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV SP
04MADRID605SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC MARGARET
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret Villarino, Medical Officer, DTBE, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona March 7-12 to attend the "Red Espanola de Salud Publica" workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT ASSESSMENT: In g [...]
2004-02-20 17:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO SP
04MADRID606SUCCESS! NIKE WINS IN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After more than 14 years of court battles, Nike has won a major victory in the Spanish Constitutional Court that once again allows the company to use its trademark (both the name and the swoosh) on apparel sold in Spain. On February 16, in response to Nike's appeal of a negative [...]
2004-02-20 18:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON SP
04MADRID607SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON FEBRUARY 23-24 EU
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches on February 20 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. 2. (C) Regarding reftel A topics, Mora stated that the discussion on Afghanistan will include the EU's concern that the references to Islam in the Afghan [...]
2004-02-23 06:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUN
04MADRID6089-11 COMMISSION VISIT: MEETING WITH JUDGE GARZON
[...] (SBU) Dieter Snell and Hyon Kim of the 9-11 Commission visited Madrid February 13. At their request, the Embassy arranged a meeting for them with Judge Baltasar Garzon of the National Court. This was the only appointment with Spanish officials that the Commission staff sought. Garzon is [...]
2004-02-23 07:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
04MADRID611SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS ROBIN TUTTLE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USDOC/NOAA/NMFS employee Robin Tuttle, Foreign Affairs Specialist to travel to Madrid February 20-29 to attend the Executive Committee of the International Network for the Cooperation and Coordination of Fish Monitoring. 2. Embassy understa [...]
2004-02-23 09:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID613THE SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS: FREQUENTLY ASKED
[...] (U) This cable aims at providing "at a glance" answers to questions we have received from Washington audiences about the upcoming Spanish national elections, including the complexities of Spain's parliamentary system and its regional aspects. 2. (U) WHEN ARE THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS? --- [...]
2004-02-23 12:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID618SPAIN: EU TO BACK OAS POSITION ON VENEZUELA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-24 06:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE SP
04MADRID635SPAIN: ELBARADEI TELLS PALACIO IAEA SHOULD MOVE
[...] (C) Poloff queried Guillermo Kirkpatrick, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director General for Disarmament, about Minister Palacio's February 19 meeting with IAEA Director General ElBaradei in Vienna. Kirkpatrick said ElBaradei told Palacio he was extremely happy with Libya's cooperation with [...]
2004-02-24 16:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PTER SP
04MADRID639IPR Crimes: The Impact of Spain's Penal Code Reform
[...] Summary. On November 25, 2003, the Government of Spain modified its Penal Code to reinforce intellectual and industrial property protection. The revised Spanish Penal Code increases the punishments for crimes against intellectual property and copyright infringements, especially for repeat of [...]
2004-02-25 07:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON SP
04MADRID646SPANISH RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-25 12:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL PREF SP
04MADRID647BLUE LANTERN POST-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSE
[...] Poloff coordinated with Mission's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) regarding license 05-878248 for the export of technical data to Izar Construcciones Navales. The ODC confirmed that MOD has approved a program to build a new S-80 class of submarines and is competitively soliciting several [...]
2004-02-25 14:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC SP
04MADRID648PSI: SPAIN SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENT BUT DISCUSSION
[...] Post presented reftel points to Deputy Director General for International Disarmament Affairs, Guillermo Kirkpatrick, at the MFA. Kirkpatrick said the MFA would support the proposal because it strengthened PSI measures to curb WMD proliferation. He added that because the proposal involved i [...]
2004-02-25 15:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MNUC KNNP SP
04MADRID649SPAIN AGAINST FULL WEOG PARTICIPATION FOR ISRAEL
[...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Inigo de Palacio, MFA Director of UN Affairs, on February 24. De Palacio stated that while Spain and the EU would support renewing Israel's WEOG New York membership in May, the EU's common policy is to "gi [...]
2004-02-25 15:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS EU AORC SP UN
04MADRID650REQUEST FOR SECURITY SECTOR ASSISTANCE IN LIBERIA:
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-25 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID EFIN PGOV PREL LI SP
04MADRID651Spain approves nine new GM corn varieties
[...] SUMMARY. The Spanish government approved last week nine new varieties of genetically modified (GM) corn for commercial planting. This reflects a continued openness towards GM cultivation for feed in Spain. In 1998 and 2003, six other GM corn varieties were approved for planting. The new GOS [...]
2004-02-25 16:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD SP EUN
04MADRID652SPAIN CIVAIR: FILING OF FINAL U.S. CARRIER SUMMER
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-25 17:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SP
04MADRID659VISAS CONDOR: CUBA(MILA ESPINOSA, JOSE
[...] ..CAB: VISAS CONDOR - 00003062 2. ..BOA: ..NAM: MILA ESPINOSA, JOSE NEY ..NAT: CUBA ..DOB: 04MAR1959 ..SEX: M ..VLO: POSITIVE ..CCB: LA HABANA ..COB: CUBA ..OCC: OPERATIVE ..EMP: MIGUEL ALIMENTACION ..PPT: REGULAR ..PPN: C140916 ..PPI: 22NOV2002 ..PPE: 22NOV2008 ..PPC: FRANCE ..PPS: CUBA . [...]
2004-02-26 13:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA
04MADRID660SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOANNE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joanne Fertig, Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Treatment and Recovery Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, to travel to Cordoba March 23-31 to present a paper, "Treatment of Alcohol and Tobacco Depe [...]
2004-02-26 15:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID661SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ELIZABETH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Elizabeth Fee, Chief, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, NIH, to travel to Barcelona March 14-17 to attend a meeting of the Coordination Working Group of the Joint Learning Initiative. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2004-02-26 15:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID662SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALFREDO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alfredo Martinez, Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid March 21-25 to give a presentation on Adrenomedullin and Factor H Knockout Mice at the Cajal Institute of Neurobiology. 2. Embassy understands that n [...]
2004-02-26 15:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID663SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Hallett, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona March 25-28 to give a lecture, "Brain Plasticity and Recovery from Stroke: General Principles," at the Motor Learning B [...]
2004-02-26 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID667SPANISH DELEGATES TO ICAO'S MEETING IN CAIRO
[...] We met with Susana Espana, International Relations Advisor for Civil Aviation at the Ministry of Public Works, regarding reftel. She informed us that the following Spanish officials from Civil Aviation, Ministry of Public Works, will attend the ICAO meeting in Cairo: -Manuel Menderoz, Head [...]
2004-02-26 16:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SP
04MADRID670SPAIN: REQUEST TO SUPPORT JAPAN AS CHAIR OF TRUST
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-26 17:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID671SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SERGI FERRE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona March 29-April 8 to conduct collaborative research at the University of Barcelona. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3 [...]
2004-02-27 09:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID672SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC BOND, MILLER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas H. Bond, Dean R. Miller and Mark G. Potapczuk from the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) to travel to Madrid April 1-2 to meet with Alejandro Feo for discussions on Icing Research by Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial (INTA). 2 [...]
2004-02-27 09:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID679SPANISH ELECTIONS: CONCERNS ABOUT AN ETA ATTACK
[...] (C) Spanish police are concerned that ETA may strike in the period before the March 14 national elections. Juan Hidalgo, Senior Advisor to the State Secretary for Security, told us February 26 that ETA's recent announcement of a "cease-fire" in Catalonia meant that it might seek to strike [...]
2004-02-27 13:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
04MADRID683SPAIN INCLINED TO BE FLEXIBLE ON FSC
[...] (SBU) We shared reftel letter and points with GOS contacts in Moncloa (the Spanish equivalent of the White House) and the Ministries of Economy and Foreign Affairs. Nicolas Lopez, Spain's 133 Committee titular, told us that while reconsideration of the March 1 retaliation is not possible, Sp [...]
2004-02-27 17:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON SP USTR WTRO
04MADRID693REQUEST FOR DELETION FROM CLASS
[...] VISAS CLOK DELETION - 00003077 2. NAME: KREISLER DE AGUILAR, EDUARDO RAFAEL, DATE OF BIRTH: 12AUG1973, GENDER: M, COUNTRY OF BIRTH: SPN, NATIONALITY: SPN, CASE NUMBER: 589- 001/04021. 3. SUBJECT WAS ENTERED IN CLASS UNDER CODE PNC II ON 22 JAN 04 PER FBI HIT. FINGERPRINT RESULTS INDICA [...]
2004-03-01 09:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CLOK
04MADRID694 REQUEST FOR DELETION FROM CLASS
[...] VISAS CLOK DELETION - 00003076 2. NAME: MENDIETA ECHEVARRIA, MARIA CRISTINA, DATE OF BIRTH: 01JUL1951, GENDER: F, COUNTRY OF BIRTH: SPN, NATIONALITY: SPN, CASE NUMBER: 143- 001/04033. 3. SUBJECT WAS ENTERED IN CLASS UNDER CODE PNCII ON 02 FEB 04 PER FBI CLASS HIT SIMILARITIES. SUBSEQUE [...]
2004-03-01 09:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CLOK
04MADRID696SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. FINBARR SLOANE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Finbarr Sloane, Program Officer for the Division of Research, Evaluation, and Communication from the National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to El Escorial February 29-March 4 to participate in a NSF funded Organization for Economic Co [...]
2004-03-01 14:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NSF
04MADRID702SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA KYLE L. OLSEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kyle L. Olsen, Manager, Continued Operational Program, ANM-104, FAA, Renton, Washington to travel to Barcelona March 13-20 to attend Flight Safety Foundation, Aviation Safety Seminar and JAA Joint Safety Team (JSSI) meetings. 2. Embassy und [...]
2004-03-01 16:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID703SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DAVID J. BRILES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David J. Briles, Safety Information Engineering and Analysis Division, ASY-100, FAA to travel to Barcelona March 16-21 to participate in meetings of the Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) Government Support Team (GST) and the Joint Safe [...]
2004-03-01 16:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID711IRAQI ASSETS:RASHEED BANK ACCOUNTS IN SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-01 16:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC
04MADRID712SUBJECT: SPANISH ELECTIONS: MAJOR ETA ATTACK ON
[...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The Guardia Civil arrested two ETA members in the pre-dawn of February 29 on a highway about a hundred miles east of Madrid. One of the ETA operatives was in a van carrying over 500 kg of explosives; the other was in a looko [...]
2004-03-01 21:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV SP
04MADRID718SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. CLIFTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Clifton Bogardus, Chief, Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Granada March 2-10 to present a talk, "The Natural Histories of Diabetes and how [...]
2004-03-02 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID719SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA AMY RISPIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Amy Rispin, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to travel to Madrid, March 22-28 to attend a meeting on the OECD Classification of Chronic Aquatic Hazards. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2004-03-02 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP
04MADRID720SPAIN - ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-02 16:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
04MADRID723SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. COHEN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. Leonardo Cohen, Senior Investigator, Human Cortical Physiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; and Dr. Okihide Hikosaka, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Instit [...]
2004-03-03 08:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID730SPANISH RESPONSE TO EU BURMA POLICY DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-03 15:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM SP EUN
04MADRID735URGING HONDURAS TO TABLE CUBA RESOLUTION AT UN
[...] (C) DCM discussed reftel demarche March 3 with Spanish President Aznar's National Security Advisor Alberto Carnero. Carnero undertook to draw President Aznar's attention immediately to our request that Aznar urge his Honduran counterpart, whom he will meet Friday, March 5 along with other Ce [...]
2004-03-03 17:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM SP
04MADRID736SPECIAL 301: PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION
[...] SUMMARY: Despite the strong political will of government officials and the stepped up enforcement efforts of police, piracy continues to be a significant problem in Spain as pirates adapt their way of doing business to avoid police, to take advantage of legislative loopholes, and to better use [...]
2004-03-03 18:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD SP
04MADRID748SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USNRC SYED, PHILIP,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ali Syed, Senior Technical Advisor; Jacob Philip, Geotechnical Engineer; Michael F. Hessheimer and Dan Naus, Engineers of Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Madrid March 13-20 to participate in the CSNI/R [...]
2004-03-04 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG TRGY SP TECH
04MADRID749SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC CINDY DOHERTY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Cindy Doherty, Pharmacist, DTBE, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona March 7-13 to attend the "Red Espanola de Salud Publica," an infectious disease and immigration workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2004-03-04 17:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID750DASD BRZEZINSKI DISCUSSES NATO NON-FUNDING OF
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for European and NATO policy Ian Brzezinski met February 26 with Ministry of Defense officials in Madrid to discuss the NATO Security Investment Program,s (NSIP) funding of Spanish air defense systems and Spain's blockage of NATO infrastructure [...]
2004-03-04 17:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID755LIBYA/IAEA: CONSULTING WITH BOG MEMBERS ON LIBYA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-04 18:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PREL PARM LY SP IAEA
04MADRID756BETTER INFORMING SPANISH ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) Summary: Following up on our February 12 meeting with Ministry of Economy contacts (ref A),we met March 4 with Enrique Navarro, who is spear-heading Ministry of Defense efforts to help Spanish business get Iraq reconstruction contracts. We shared lessons learned from the January 2004 Cze [...]
2004-03-04 18:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ SP
04MADRID763OPPORTUNITIES IN SPAIN'S GROWING ENERGY MARKET
[...] SUMMARY: Since joining the EU in 1986, Spain has experienced dramatic industrialization and economic development. Along with development, energy consumption has skyrocketed and shows no sign of abating. These developments bring challenges for a country that is now emitting greenhouse gasse [...]
2004-03-05 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG BTIO EPET SP
04MADRID764SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS: THE KEY ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As Spanish voters focus on the March 14 nationals elections in earnest, three issues will dominate their thinking: the war against ETA terrorism, unease over growing secessionist tendencies in the Basque and Catalan regions, and the economy. On all three issues, Aznar,s Popular [...]
2004-03-05 16:42:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP PREL
04MADRID770DRAFT REVISION OF CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET FOR
[...] UPDATE OF CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET FOR SPAIN AND ANDORRA: 2. COUNTRY DESCRIPTIONS: Spain and Andorra are both highly developed and stable democracies with modern economies. Spain is a member of the European Union. Additional information on Spain may be obtained from the Tourist Office [...]
2004-03-05 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID772SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David S. Johnson, Research Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for travel to Madrid March 25-28 to present a paper at a conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. TH [...]
2004-03-05 17:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA SP
04MADRID773IRAN/IAEA: REACTION TO DG'S IRAN REPORT
[...] (C) We met with Marcos Rodriguez Cantero of the International Disarmament division at MFA on March 3 and conveyed US views on the IAEA Iran Report. Rodriguez told us that Spain shares US concerns about Iranian non-proliferation and the findings contained in the IAEA Iran report. Non-prolifera [...]
2004-03-08 06:05:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC SP IAEA
04MADRID774SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USSEC RANDALL ROY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to United States Securities and Exchange Commission (USSEC) official Randall Roy, Special Counsel, to travel to Madrid March 4-8 to attend a meeting being hosted by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO): IOSCO Standing [...]
2004-03-08 08:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
04MADRID776SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOE LINDA GUNTER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Department of Energy official Linda Gunter, Acting Associate Director, Nuclear Cycle Technology, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology to travel to Madrid March 30-April 2 to attend the Nuclear Energy Institute's World Nuclear Fu [...]
2004-03-08 11:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA TRGY KSCA KNNP SP
04MADRID782SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA FRANCIS GUIDRY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Francis Guidry, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, DHHS/FDA to travel to Reus and Toledo March 26-April 2 to conduct an inspection of Taiber in Reus and of Madespa in Toledo. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2004-03-08 14:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID789SPANISH ELECTIONS: LABOR PERSPECTIVE
[...] (SBU) With the economy doing well, unemployment is nonetheless a prominent issue in the campaign for the March 14 general elections, and remains one of the principal concerns of Spaniards. The Popular Party, having halved Spain's unemployment rate from over 22% to 11.2% in eight years, is p [...]
2004-03-08 18:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV SP
04MADRID807BUDGET LIMITS SPAIN'S CONTRIBUTION TO IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-09 15:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC TRGY SP AFIN
04MADRID812PSOE ECONOMIC ADVISOR: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Spain's main opposition party, the Socialist Workers' Party of Spain or PSOE, faces the unenviable task of running against what is inarguably an impressive record of economic growth and job creation under the ruling Popular Party (PP). According to Miguel Sebastian, the archit [...]
2004-03-10 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID817SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS: VIEWS BEYOND MADRID
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish regional leaders in Valencia, Asturias, Andalucia and Extremadura from both the Socialist and Popular Parties believe the Popular Party will gain the most seats in the March 14 national elections. But most of them - except for two Socialist party members in regional Soci [...]
2004-03-10 12:19:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID818SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOHN COUSE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Couse, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH to travel to Mallorca March 29-April 2 to attend a talk at the International Cluster of Research into Endocrine Disruption in Europe Workshop. 2. [...]
2004-03-10 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID819SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LUIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Luis M. Rocha from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Granada March 26-31 to attend the Biocreative Workshop and present a work titled "Fuzzy Consensus for Inter-Agent Negotiation." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...]
2004-03-10 13:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID820SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BERNARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bernard Moss, Chief, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid April 22-25 to present a seminar, "Reverse Genetic Approaches to Understanding Poxviruses," at the Second Centr [...]
2004-03-10 13:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID822SPANISH RESPONSE TO 60TH SESSION OF THE UN
[...] (C) Summary. The head of the MFA's Human Rights Office stated that Spain's priorities for the upcoming UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) session are substantially the same as USG priorities, focusing on many of the same countries and issues. On sensitive subjects, he said that Spain will [...]
2004-03-10 15:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP UNHRC
04MADRID825EQUATORIAL GUINEA: SPANISH MFA ON ALLEGED COUP
[...] (C) President Obiang has demanded that Spain extradite to Equatorial Guinea a political opponent who resides in Madrid, Severo Moto, accused of sponsoring an alleged coup plot uncovered this week. MFA has received no official request, and would not transfer Moto if one were received. MFA [...]
2004-03-10 16:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SP EK
04MADRID826 OFM AND EMBASSY MADRID DISCUSS
[...] Summary: DS/OFM DAS lead a negotiating team consisting of Embassy Management Counselor, HRO Senior FSN, and an OFM Program Officer in discussions with Spanish representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance. This meeting focused on two issues: (1) the continued practice of [...]
2004-03-10 16:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KREC SP
04MADRID827SPAIN'S 9-11: ETA MASSACRE IN MADRID THREE DAYS
[...] (SBU) ETA terrorists struck March 11 in the center of Madrid, placing bombs on four commuter trains. There were a total of 13 explosions (including three police-controlled explosions to disactivate bombs.) The bombs exploded in the middle of rush hour, from 0835 to 0855 local. Interior Minister Ace [...]
2004-03-11 13:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC SP OSAC
04MADRID828SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV ANDREW
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Andrew W. Erickson from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Barcelona March 11-20 to complete the EMBA Program through UNM in accordance with LANL AM409.08 Policy. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THRE [...]
2004-03-11 13:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID829SPAIN ON TRADE AND UNCTAD XI
[...] We shared reftel talking points with trade officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Economy. According to our Spanish contacts, EU member states, including Spain, share our concern and are also committed to preserving the integrity of the Doha Development Agenda. 2. S [...]
2004-03-11 13:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SP
04MADRID830SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA BRIAN MONTAGUE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA official Brian Montague, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) to travel to Madrid March 23-27 to attend the OECD Classification of Chronic Aquatic Hazards Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2004-03-11 13:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP
04MADRID831SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL GERARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerard Holzmann, employee from the California Institute of Technology working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Barcelona March 30-April 4 to give a presentation at the 11th International Spin Workshop on Model Checking of [...]
2004-03-11 13:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID838EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING (EAC) - EMBASSY
[...] (U) In response to the multiple train bombings in Madrid on the morning of March 11, the Ambassador chaired a full EAC meeting to discuss the impact and implications, if any, on the Embassy personnel and facilities as a result of the bombings. Highlights of some general and operational conti [...]
2004-03-11 16:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
04MADRID839SPAIN'S ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel demarche March 10 to Manuel Acerete, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Deputy Director General for International Security Affairs. Acerete confirmed Spain would attend SHAPE's March 11 Force Generation Conference. He explained that due to its commitments in Ir [...]
2004-03-11 18:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SP NATO
04MADRID841Spanish Customs Administration
[...] This cable contains responses to reftel cable re: EU member state customs regimes. Responses are queued to questions listed in reftel para 6. We collected the information during routine visits with Customs and business contacts. A. CUSTOMS PROCEDURES The formal procedure is comprised of t [...]
2004-03-12 09:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SP ETRD EU WTO USTR
04MADRID850SPAIN'S UNITED LEFT (IU) PARTY: A DECLINING FORCE
[...] (SBU) Note: This message was planned prior to the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid as a feature of Embassy's advance reporting on Spain's March 14 elections. It provides a snapshot of the United Left Party, one of Spain's smaller, but still significant political parties. End note. 2. [...]
2004-03-12 15:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SP
04MADRID854SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NTSB ROBERT M.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert M. Macintosh, Jr., Chief Advisor, International Safety Affairs, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB),to travel to Barcelona March 14-18 to participate in the Flight Safety Foundation European Aviation Safety Seminar (EASS). 2 [...]
2004-03-12 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAIR SP
04MADRID856IRAQI ASSETS:RASHEED BANK ACCOUNTS IN SPAIN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Though we received information from the Ministry of Economy that Rasheed Bank accounts were liquidated by the Banco Arab Espanol (ref b),we were contacted by officials of Spain's Financial Intelligence Unit, SEPBLAC (Executive [...]
2004-03-12 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC
04MADRID859SPAIN ON OECD DECISION-MAKING REFORM PROPOSAL
[...] We raised the USG reform proposal on decision-making with the MFA's Director General for International Economic Relations German Bejarano. He described Spain as strongly in favor of a reform on decision-making in the OECD. Bejarano criticized the lack of leadership evinced by the Secretary [...]
2004-03-12 17:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD SP OECD
04MADRID860SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS HAROLD R. NEWMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold R. Newman, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Madrid March 26-April 10 to attend the 17th Industrial Minerals International Congress. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT [...]
2004-03-12 17:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON EMIN SENV SP
04MADRID861SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA ROBERT A. NESTER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert A. Nester, Aircrew Program Manager, American Trans Air (ATA),Indianapolis Flight Standards District Office, to travel to various places in Spain March 23-26 to perform surveillance activities related to assigned work program consisting [...]
2004-03-12 17:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID862SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDINT/FWS LOUIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to LOuis Ballard, Fish and Wildlife Service Official, Department of Interior to travel to Cordoba April 17-23 to present a paper on Fire Planning and Development Effort to an international conference designed for Fire Planners. 2. Embassy unde [...]
2004-03-12 17:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID864SPANISH ELECTIONS: SCENARIOS FOR COALITION
[...] (C) Before the March 11 terrorist attacks, the conservative Popular Party and its candidate Mariano Rajoy were slated to win the Spanish elections, but few confidently assessed the PP would win an absolute majority in Parliament. As part of Embassy Madrid,s election reporting plan, we have b [...]
2004-03-12 19:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID865SPAIN: POSSIBLE IMPACT OF TERRORIST ATTACK ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BEFORE THE MARCH 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID, THE DRAMA OF THE MARCH 14 SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN CENTERED ON WHETHER PRESIDENT AZNAR'S POPULAR PARTY AND ITS CANDIDATE MARIANO RAJOY, WOULD WIN ENOUGH SEATS IN PARLIAMENT TO GOVERN WITH AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY (REFTEL). O [...]
2004-03-12 19:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID868SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USNRC COMMISSIONER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USNRC Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrified; Mr. John Thoma, the Commissioner's Technical Assistant for Materials; Mr. William Borchardt, Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; Mr. John Greeves, Director of the Division of Was [...]
2004-03-15 08:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY OVIP SP
04MADRID880SPANISH ELECTIONS: MARCH 11 ATTACKS/ALLEGED
[...] (C) The Socialist Party, turning the tables on all pre-March 11 polls, soundly defeated the Popular Party in March 14 national elections. Reaction to the March 11 terror attacks proved to be the decisive factor. Massive but solemn anti-terror marches March 12 saw 11 million Spaniards take [...]
2004-03-15 14:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID881SPANISH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NEW SOCIALIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Well before the March 14 general elections, Socialist Workers' Party of Spain (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero made clear that if elected he would refocus Spanish foreign policy away from the primacy of the transatlantic link and toward Spain,s traditional EU partners [...]
2004-03-15 14:43:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID891SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. PETER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. Peter Silverman, Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),NIH, to travel to Cordoba March 20-28 to present a paper: "Treatment of Alcohol and Tobacco Dependence in the United States [...]
2004-03-15 16:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID892SPAIN: BIODATA ON JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO,
[...] (SBU) On March 14, the Spanish Workers Socialist Party (PSOE) led by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero defeated the incumbent Popular Party (PP),in Spain's general elections (see reftel for discussion of election results). Zapatero should be in place as President of the government by late April. [...]
2004-03-15 16:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID893MADRID MARCH 11 BOMB ATTACKS: STATUS OF
[...] (C) The investigation into who perpetrated the March 11 attacks in Madrid continues, with an Al Qaeda link looking increasingly likely. While authorities cannot completely rule out responsibility by the terrorist group ETA, or a possible ETA role in coordination with an Islamic terrorist group, the [...]
2004-03-15 17:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
04MADRID894SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOE HARFORD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. Jose Harford, Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid March 24-26 to meet with the Ministry of Health to discuss U.S.-Spanish interactions regarding health. 2. Embassy under [...]
2004-03-16 08:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID900FORMATION OF THE NEW SPANISH GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Summary. Spain's parliamentary system is flexible on exact dates for installing governments after a general election, but given historical timeframes, Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero should be invested as President of the Government by the end of April or the beginning of Ma [...]
2004-03-16 13:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID901SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FINCEN BAITY AND SHOWELL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Director William Baity and Country Desk Officer Jennifer Showell, Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN),to travel to Madrid March 21-24 to attend meetings hosted by Spain's Financial Intelligence Unit, SEP [...]
2004-03-16 15:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL SNAR SP PTER
04MADRID950SPAIN ON NON G-8 PLEDGES FOR CHORNOBYL SHELTER FUND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-18 14:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP KSCA OTRA TRGY
04MADRID952FALL 2004 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Fall 2004 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - six - one for the Political Section, one for the Management Section, two for Public Affairs [...]
2004-03-18 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID958MADRID BOMB ATTACKS: STATUS OF INVESTIGATION -
[...] (C) Information from official sources remains limited due to the secrecy order issued by the judge presiding over the investigation, Judge Juan del Olmo. LegAtt Office will request further information through our mutual legal assistance treaty, but receipt of information as a result of that r [...]
2004-03-18 17:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
04MADRID959SPANISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON MARCH 22-23 EU FMS
[...] (C) Summary. Spain will be putting terrorism at the top of its agenda for the March 22-23 EU FMS meetings and the March 25-26 European Council meetings. Jointly with the Dutch, Spain will be backing the creation of a EU Coordinator for anti-terrorism efforts. The MFA's EU Office also expects [...]
2004-03-18 17:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP EUN
04MADRID960DEALING WITH ZAPATERO: AN INEXPERIENCED BUT
[...] (C) Summary: This message provides initial embassy thinking on how to deal with President-Elect Zapatero in the lead up to his government's formation and the early stages of his administration. Zapatero has no experience in administration or foreign affairs. He is likely to be a difficult but [...]
2004-03-18 18:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID961WHO ARE THE SPANISH SOCIALISTS?
[...] (C) Summary: The Socialist Workers Party of Spain (PSOE),surprise victor in March 14 elections, is a center-left party in the European social democrat tradition. Since the end of the Franco regime and the beginning of Spain's modern democracy in 1977, PSOE has generally advocated comprehensive soc [...]
2004-03-18 18:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID962SPANISH ELECTION: POPULAR PARTY STILL IN SHOCK
[...] (C) The Popular Party remains in shock over the March 14 election results. The government vehemently rejects charges it withheld information on al Qaeda for election benefit. The PP accepts defeat but members complain the Socialists manipulated the March 11 terror attacks to turn the electora [...]
2004-03-18 19:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SP PSOE
04MADRID974AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH POSSIBLE NEW SPANISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Argyros had a cordial discussion March 22 with Miguel Angel Moratinos, reported to be the leading candidate to serve as Foreign Minister under the government of Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Moratinos stressed Zapatero,s appreci [...]
2004-03-22 19:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID981INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-23 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPL SENV TSPA EFIS SP
04MADRID986SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA TIMOTHY W. STANTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Timothy W. Stanton to travel to Madrid March 27-31 to conduct a focused inspection at Transmeridian Airlines D091 substantial maintenance provider, Iberia Lineas Aereas. 2. As requested reftel reservations have been made at the Hotel Me [...]
2004-03-23 10:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID987SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOE MARK DELWICHE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Delwiche, Senior Scientist, and Frederick Colwell, Consulting Scientist with Bechtel B&W Idaho, a contractor to Idaho Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy, to travel to Barcelona April 15-24 to speak at the Ocean Drilling Program L [...]
2004-03-23 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID990COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BASSETT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brant Bassett, Professional Staff Member House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI),to travel to Spain for the period March 24-26 on matters of concern to the Committee. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is ORA Managem [...]
2004-03-23 14:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK GM SP
04MADRID995TERRORISM FINANCE: MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Spain has been a strong ally in the fight against terrorism finance. That said, the GOS has not always been as pro-active as we believe they could and should be in this fight. While Spain passed bold new laws after September 11 providing the government with administrative author [...]
2004-03-24 11:49:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER SP
04MADRID998CHR 60 - DEMARCHE REQUESTS FOR RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] (C) Political Counselor conveyed reftel points March 23 to Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Ramon Gil-Casares, stressing the importance of passage of these resolutions for the USG. We also passed our points to MFA's Human Rights and International Organizations Departments. Juan Manuel Cabre [...]
2004-03-24 14:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM CH CU SP UNHRC
05MADRID12004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-03 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID100INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March, 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish l [...]
2005-01-12 12:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB SP OPIC USTR
05MADRID1000SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 16 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the China arms embargo, Croatia, Human Rights in Belarus and Cuba, the Middle East Peace Process, Hamas, Lebanon, Sudan, Moldova, and Georgia with the MFA's Head of EU Policy Planning Enrique Mora Benavente on March 10 and March 14. Spain's position regarding [...]
2005-03-15 17:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG SP EUN
05MADRID1003SPAIN: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] (U) The USG transferred Spanish-national Guantanamo detainee Hamed Abd al Rahman Ahmed (DPOB: September 22, 1974, Ceuta, Spain) to Spanish custody on February 14, 2004. He was held for five months on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization and released on EUROS 3,000 bail (USD 3,9 [...]
2005-03-16 11:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKTIA PTER PHUM PINR OPDC PREL
05MADRID1004SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF JOAN MALING
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joan Maling, Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Barcelona, March 18-24, to attend the 5th International Symposium on Biligualism. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-03-16 11:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP THPY NSF
05MADRID1010ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES MEETINGS WITH SPANISH
[...] (C) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales held bilateral meetings with Minister of Interior Jose Antonio Alonso and Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar on the margins of his March 10-11 visit to Spain to represent the USG at the commemoration honoring the victims of the March [...]
2005-03-16 13:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1011 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: MILENOV, TONI RADEV - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JAN. 6, 1978, POPOVEZT, BULGARIA - CLASS: POSITIVE (NO DOB) 3. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 14, 2005 R [...]
2005-03-16 13:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1025 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF MARCH 16, 2005, REPORTED THAT MEMBERS OF THE SPANISH CIVIL GUARD ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON MARCH 15, 2005. THEY ARE [...]
2005-03-16 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL DIEZ
05MADRID1027SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DARRELL K.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hydrologist Darrell K. Nordstrom, from U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Madrid, Seville, Rio Tinto, Huelva and Zaragoza, March 19-April 8, to visit the Rio Tinto Basin in south-central Spain and review the current state of knowledge of the [...]
2005-03-16 16:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA TSPA ECON SP
05MADRID1030SPAIN ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Charge met with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy (P equivalent) Rafael Dezcallar to discuss reftel points and urge Spain to co-sponsor the Cuba human rights resolution at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights. Dezcallar noted that Spain is not a voting member on the CHR this year, [...]
2005-03-16 18:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU SP
05MADRID1031SPANISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS VENEZUELA SALE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo requested a meeting with Charge Friday, March 11 to explain Spain's plans to sell military equipment to Venezuela. In the meeting, Pardo denied reports that Spain would sell "Corvette" gunships to Venezuela, said none of the equip [...]
2005-03-16 19:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1035SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS BARNARD, HANES,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patrick Barnard, Research Geologist; Daniel Hanes, Research Oceanographer; and Asbury Sallenger, Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Barcelona, April 1-10, to attend and participate in the Coastal Dynamics 2005 Conference [...]
2005-03-17 08:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID1036SPANISH POLICE COORDINATE MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL
[...] The Spanish Civil Guard reported March 16 that police officers from 12 European and Latin American countries were arresting 500 people on charges of distributing child pornography on a Spanish-language Internet chat site. It is unclear whether the location of the server has been identified. [...]
2005-03-17 10:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SP
05MADRID1042(S) SPAIN: RESPONSE TO FOLLOW UP REQUEST RE EQUATORIAL GUINEA COUP PLOT
[...] (S) Summary: Spanish Foreign Ministry officials have conveyed their concern that the USG released an incorrect report regarding a possible coup plot against the Government of Equatorial Guinea (GREG) that could adversely affect Spain's recent efforts to normalize bilateral relations with Equ [...]
2005-03-17 14:24:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL PINS PINR UK SP EQ
05MADRID105SPAIN PLEDGES A GENEROUS RESPONSE TO TSUNAMI
[...] Summary: The GOS has pledged a robust EUR 56 million (USD 74 million) aid package to the Asian countries inundated by the December tsunami. This package includes EUR 50 million (USD 66.1 million) in reconstruction credits and EUR 6 million (USD 7.9 million) in humanitarian assistance. In ad [...]
2005-01-12 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR PGOV SP
05MADRID1050SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Shelby consisting of Senator Richard Shelby, Dr. Annette Shelby, Staff Director Kathleen Casey, Communications Director of SBANK Andrew Gray and LTC Doug Carney to travel to Madrid, Barcelona, Granada and Seville March 28-April 1, [...]
2005-03-17 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
05MADRID1053SPAIN: IRAQI AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-17 16:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP IZ
05MADRID1061SPAIN: POSITIVE ON U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-17 16:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO IR SP
05MADRID1063SPAIN'S AID PROGRAM IN ANDEAN REGION
[...] Econoff met March 13 with Spanish Agency for International Development (AECI) officials in the Subdirectorate General for South America to answer reftel questions. Our contacts noted that Andean countries have been priorities for Spanish Aid for several years, and that most Andean countries wi [...]
2005-03-17 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL CO ECIN PE BL VE SP EUN
05MADRID1066SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JAMES SKALECKY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Skalecky, Engineer, Noise Division, Office of Environment and Energy, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),to travel to Seville, March 21-25, to observe noise measurement flight tests of the Airbus A300-622R at Moron Air Base for the pu [...]
2005-03-18 09:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID1067SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DANIEL HANLON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel Hanlon, WAAS Program Manager; ATO-W; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),to travel to Torrejon, March 28-April 1, to discuss the IWG interoperability concerns that involve international (ICAO) standards and participate in the 14th Sat [...]
2005-03-18 09:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID1073UNCHR 61: SPANISH VIEWS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Susana Camara Angulo, MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights, on March 15. Camara Angulo said that generally the GOS agrees with positions presented in the talking points. She stated that even though Spain is no longer a voting member of the UN C [...]
2005-03-18 12:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP UNHRC
05MADRID1086EUROFAB: DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF FABRICATED MOX
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-18 16:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG PREL SP
05MADRID1088SPAIN'S BOOMING HOUSING MARKET AND THE UNCERTAIN
[...] SUMMARY: The Spanish housing market in 2004 and the first trimester of 2005 can be characterized by record growth, easy credit, and poor rentability. In recent years, tremendous demand for housing, coupled with insufficient supply has resulted in rising prices and unprecedented construction. [...]
2005-03-18 17:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN AMGT SP
05MADRID109SPAIN: NO DECISION YET ON ISAF STAGE II
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Deputy National Security Adviser Maria Jesus Alonso on 1/11, following up on recent Embassy calls on Alonso and other GOS officials to encourage Spanish participation in ISAF Stage II through leadership of a PRT. Poloff stressed the importance of the issue to t [...]
2005-01-12 16:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID1094SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DANIEL MUHS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Research Geologist Daniel Muhs, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Palma de Mallorca, April 8-17, to conduct fieldwork on his project, "Eolian History of North America," which studies the climatic significance of Eolian (windblown) sed [...]
2005-03-21 09:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY SENV KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID112004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN CORRECTED VERSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-03 16:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID1103SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USITC STAFF BAUMERT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USITC staff members Jennifer Baumert and Laura Bloodgood to travel to Madrid, April 14-19, to meet with Spanish private sector and government officials to discuss renewable energy-related issues. 2. Control Officer is Economic Officer Ken F [...]
2005-03-21 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ASEC OTRA
05MADRID1104EU PARLIAMENTARIAN SALAFRANCA ON UNDP CANDIDACY
[...] (SBU) Spanish EU Parliamentarian for the Popular Party (PP) Jose Ignacio Salafranca visited Charge on March 18 to solicit USG support for his bid to replace Malloch Brown as UNDP director. Salafranca said he wanted to clarify to the USG that although he had the support of the Spanish Governme [...]
2005-03-21 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SP UNDP
05MADRID1106SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SOMALIA IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-21 17:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SO SP
05MADRID1110SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA WHYTE, KAUFMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wayne Whyte, Bradford Kaufman, and Glenn Feldhake, from NASA Headquarters to travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Madrid, April 2-8, to attend a joint European Space Agency/NASA-Japan Aerospace Agency 2005 meeting. 2. Embassy understand [...]
2005-03-22 11:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1117SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick; Acting Assistant Secretary for Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Robert Bradtke; Executive Assistant Ross Wilson; Special Assistants Christine Davies, Campbell Marshall and Gene [...]
2005-03-22 15:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT OVIP
05MADRID1118MFA ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION, CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo requested a meeting with poloff on March 21 to discuss Spain's position on the USG draft Cuba human rights resolution and to provide a readout on the recent visit of Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. On the draft Cuba UNCHR [...]
2005-03-22 16:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU SP
05MADRID1119SPAIN: STATUS UPDATE ON DTTC LICENSE 946549
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-22 17:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC SP
05MADRID1123SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL MARK LACY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Lacy, California Institute of Technology, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Granada, April 15-24, to attend the High Redshift Radio Galaxies Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessar [...]
2005-03-23 11:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1124SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kathleen Merikangas, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),and Dr. Paul Grant, Staff Clinician, NIMH, to travel to Barcelona, April 11-19, to attend and give individual presentations at the 12th International Sympo [...]
2005-03-23 12:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1125SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC BERARD, BRAY,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Diana Berard, Drs. Michael Bray, Heather Greenstone, Catherine Laughlin, Charles Litterst, Harold Radtke and Christopher Tseng, NIH staff from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Center for Scientific Revie [...]
2005-03-23 12:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1126SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BENES TRUS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Benes Trus, Senior Investigator, Center for Information Technology, NIH, to travel to Madrid, April 17-20, to confer with collaborators at the University of Madrid on virus structure and to give a talk on papillomavirus structure. 2. Em [...]
2005-03-23 12:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1127SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LITTLE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Office of Defense Programs, Charles Q. Little and Ralph R. Peters, to travel to Barcelona, April 16-27, to attend the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2. Embassy [...]
2005-03-23 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1128SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL CHENG,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Yang Cheng, Terrance Huntsberger, Andrew Johnson, Jeffery Norris and Mark Powell, from the California Institute of California, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, April 15-May 1, to attend the IEEE International [...]
2005-03-23 12:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID113SPAIN'S VIEWS ON U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS
[...] (C) Poloff discussed policy issue papers and reftel talking points concerning U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) with Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament [...]
2005-01-12 16:40:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
05MADRID1131ADDRESSING VWP REVIEW CONCERNS
[...] CHARGE AND CONSUL GENERAL PRESENTED DEMARCHES AS INSTRUCTED IN REF A TO GOS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR. 2. MARCH 21, 2005, CHARGE AND CG PRESENTED DEMARCHE IN REF A TO JOSE MARIA PONS IRAZAZABAL, DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIG [...]
2005-03-23 12:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL KPAO SP
05MADRID1139ISRAELI DIPLOMAT ON SPAIN-ISRAEL RELATIONS
[...] (C) Israeli Embassy Political Counselor Alona Fisher met with poloff on March 22 to discuss Israeli views on recent efforts by Foreign Minister Moratinos to improve Spanish relations with Israel. Fisher said bilateral relations have improved markedly in the last few months, after a "very diff [...]
2005-03-23 15:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS SP
05MADRID114MADRID PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE
[...] SUMMARY. During 2004 there was a general increase in the cost of living in Madrid and the CPI rose 2.9%. The transportation and food sectors experienced the highest cost increases, whereas domestic utilities, property taxes and leisure activity prices remained relatively stable. Many of th [...]
2005-01-12 16:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON AMGT ALOW SP ELTN EFIN
05MADRID1140SPANISH VIEWS ON EU DELEGATION'S MEETINGS ON CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: The EU failed to make a persuasive case for lifting the EU arms embargo on China in its recent meetings with USG officials in Washington, according to the Spanish Foreign Ministry's deputy director for disarmament affairs. EU members are now convinced that any decision to lift th [...]
2005-03-23 16:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC CO SP EUN
05MADRID1141SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO
[...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. The Madrid train bombings in March 2004 came as a terrible shock to a country that felt it was accustomed to dealing with terrorism [...]
2005-03-23 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON IZ SP NATO
05MADRID1152SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA JAMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Hungerford, Research Chemist, Office of Regulatory Affairs, and Robert Dickey, Supervisory Biologist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Vigo, April 9-21, to speak on Marine and Freshwater Toxins Analysi [...]
2005-03-28 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1153SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA ROBERT DEVLIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA official Robert Devlin, Branch Chief, ORD Office of Research and Development (OAR),to travel to Barcelona, April 21-28, to make a presentation entitled "Making in Vitro Studies Relevant: Factors to Consider in Exposing Lung Cells to Envir [...]
2005-03-28 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID1164SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USNRC SUDHAMAY BASU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sudhamay Basu, Research Engineer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),Nuclear Reactor Reasearch, to travel to Madrid, April 4-14, to attend the OECD/NEA Program Review Group (PRG),and Management Board (MB) meetings. 2. Embassy understands [...]
2005-03-29 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP TECH
05MADRID1165SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MASSOD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Massod Z. Hadi, from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Barcelona, April 28-May 5, to attend the European Symposium of the Protein Society 2005, and present a poster entitled "High Throughput Methods for Protein Complex Isolation and I [...]
2005-03-29 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1178DEMARCHE TO ZAPATERO ON MEETING WITH CHAVEZ, LULA,
[...] (SBU) Charge conveyed Ref A points to National Security Adviser Carles Casajuana on March 23. Casajuana stressed the correlation of USG-Spanish interests in a stable, democratic Venezuela and assured Charge that the USG points would be provided to President Zapatero and his party prior to Zapatero' [...]
2005-03-29 13:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP VZ
05MADRID1179 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: RODRIGUEZ RECONDO, ZAINE - GENDER: FEMALE - DPOB: 26 YEARS OLD, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE 3. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 22, 2005 REPORTED THAT [...]
2005-03-29 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1181 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 20, 2005 REPORTED THAT FRENCH AND SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION THAT ENDED IN THE ARREST IN LE CAP D'ADGE, MONTPELLIER, FRAN [...]
2005-03-29 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1182 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 20, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST BY SCOTLAND YARD IN LONDON, U.K. OF MOUTAZ ALMALLAH, DABAS, A SYRIAN NATURALIZED SPANISH CITIZEN, WANTED [...]
2005-03-29 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1183 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF MARCH 19, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE DETAINED MOHANNAD ALMALLAH DABAS. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED ON MARCH 24, 2004 IN CONNECTION [...]
2005-03-29 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1203 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: OLABARRIETA COLORADO, IKER - GENDER: MALE - SEP. 29, 1977, BARACALDO, VIZCAYA, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE 3. NAME: GONZALEZ SOLA, IGOR [...]
2005-03-30 13:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1204 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 24, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE TWO ETA ACTIVISTS REFERENCED BELOW WERE ARRESTED BY FRENCH POLICE IN LANNEMEZAN, FRANCE. THE ARRESTED WERE FOUND [...]
2005-03-30 13:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1212SPAIN ON THE OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON SUDAN
[...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points to MFA DAS for Sub-Saharan African Affairs Antonio Sanchez Benedito, emphasizing that the participation of the Deputy Secretary in the Oslo conference was intended to convey the importance the USG placed on the success of this event. Benedito said that Spain [...]
2005-03-30 16:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON SU SP
05MADRID1228SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT NANCY ANN WENTZLER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Ann Wentzler, Chief Economist with the Comptroller of the Currency, to travel to Madrid, March 29-April 2, to attend a meeting at the Institute of International Finance. 2. Embassy reminds travelers to submit country clearance request [...]
2005-03-31 13:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID1238SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC PERRY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Perry Blackshear, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Valencia, April 7-9 to present a seminar, "The TTP Family of CCCH Tandem Zinc Finger Proteins in the Regulation of MRNA Turnover." [...]
2005-03-31 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1239SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS ENRIC CORTES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Enric Cortes, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS),to travel to Jaen and Barcelona, April 8-18, to give lectures on shark fisheries. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-03-31 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
05MADRID1251EXTRADITION CASE OF MANUEL ISAAC MARQUEZ SR
[...] Country clearance is granted for U.S. Marshal, Christina Pharo, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Stephanie Christine Perez and Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Javier Rodriguez. 2. Three double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Marshal, Christina Pharo, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marsha [...]
2005-03-31 15:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CPAS KCRM SP MARQUEZ MANUEL ISAAC SR
05MADRID1252FALL 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Fall 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - seven - one for the Economic Section, one for the Political Section, one for the Management [...]
2005-03-31 15:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC SP
05MADRID1254SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SOMALIA IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 12:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SO SP
05MADRID1257 COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DOC
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR MARIO CARDULLO, COUNSELOR ON TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURISM TO TRAVEL TO BARCELONA, SPAIN FROM APRIL 11 TO 16, 2005 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR SMES (INSME) ANNUAL MEETING. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 01031 WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOTE [...]
2005-04-01 13:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA BEXP SP BGMT
05MADRID126WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS:SPAIN PRIORITIES
[...] There follows below in para.2, Embassy Madrid's assessment of U.S. services market priorities in Spain and market openness. This analysis was largely conducted by the USCS based on experiences with American firms doing business in Spain. We found the market openness rating difficult to make. [...]
2005-01-13 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SP WTO
05MADRID1277EXTRADITION CASE OF MARK M. ROSS
[...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Michael Robert McClung, and Donald Irving Exum. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Marshals Michael Robert McClung, Donald Irving Exum and Roger Wellborn Devall, at Hotel Melia Los Galgos, Claudio Coello 139 [...]
2005-04-04 13:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR SP ROSS MARK
05MADRID1278 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - MARCH
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON 04 APRIL 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT [...]
2005-04-04 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1281SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MUSTAFA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Asturias and Barcelona, April 17-May 1, to meet with Spanish investigators to review exposure assignments with collaborators on the Spanish Bladder Cancer S [...]
2005-04-04 14:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1284SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL DAVID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David Johnson, Senior Chemist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Barcelona, April 24-May 1, to attend the 7th International Forum of International Lignin Institute (ILI). 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...]
2005-04-05 08:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID1285SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ROGER PORTER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Roger Porter from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Gran Canaria, April 2-8, to discuss outstanding and new coordination issues of the three agencies and to present a briefing on new GSFC missions and associated spectrum r [...]
2005-04-05 08:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1289SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC SERGI FERRE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 15-26, to meet with colleagues at the University of Barcelona and discuss a number of projects such as, heteromerization of: cannabinoid CB1 [...]
2005-04-05 14:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1290SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA MILES BRAUN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Miles Braun, Director, Division of Epidemiology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, April 14-20, to attend the mid-year meeting of the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology (ISEP). 2. Em [...]
2005-04-05 14:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1291SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA SHIEW MEI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Shiew Mei Huang, Deputy Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, April 16-20, to attend the 3rd World Drug Absorption, Transport and Delivery Clinical Significance and Regulatory Impact Conference. [...]
2005-04-05 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1292SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC STEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Kleeberger, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 22-26, to give a talk on "Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Pulmonary Responses to Inhaled Pollutants" at the Exp [...]
2005-04-05 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1293SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF KAMAL SHUKLA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kamal Shukla, Program Director, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, National Science Foundation, to travel to Barcelona, April 30-May 4, to attend the 6th European Symposium of the Protein Society. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2005-04-05 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID1305 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING 13 INDIVIDUALS ON APRIL 1, 2005 IN CONNECTION WITH THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID. THE ARRE [...]
2005-04-06 08:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1306 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF APRIL 1, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST OF JON SANCHEZ MENDAZA, AN ALLEGED LEADER OF "KAS - EKIN", AN OUTLAWED ORGANIZATION OF ETA'S POLITICAL OR [...]
2005-04-06 08:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1308SPAIN REGISTERS CONCERN WITH HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested a meeting to discuss GOS concerns with this year's Human Rights Report. Poloffs met March 29 with Manuel de la Camara Hermoso, MFA Deputy Director of North American Affairs, and Jose Antonio de Ory Peral, MFA Director General of Human Rights. [...]
2005-04-06 10:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SP
05MADRID1316SENATOR SHELBY MEETS SPANISH ECONOMICS OFFICIALS
[...] Summary: Senator Richard Shelby met separately in Madrid March 28 with two high-ranking Spanish government officials in the government,s two ministries dealing with economic and finance issues. The Senator and his hosts discussed the current state of the Spanish economy, the impact of EU en [...]
2005-04-06 11:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID1317DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 11:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CO SP EUN NATO VZ
05MADRID1324DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 12:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID1346SPAIN CONFIRMS NEED FOR DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE
[...] (U) ECONCOUNS and ESTHOFF made reftel points April 7 to MFA International Economic Affairs Director General (A/S equivalent) Emilio Fernandez-Castano, urging Spain to not/not require a formal diplomatic clearance for 3U Technologies or other future U.S. commercial enterprise vessels operating [...]
2005-04-07 10:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKRVC KTIA PHSA SENV SP
05MADRID1349GWOT ASSESSMENT: MADRID FEEDBACK
[...] (C) Summary. We appreciate the opportunity to weigh in on issues related to the Global War on Terrorism per reftel action request. Overall, counterterrorism cooperation between the U.S. and Spain is excellent, remaining a cornerstone of the bilateral relationship despite friction on other important [...]
2005-04-07 12:04:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PREL SP
05MADRID1350SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC VILMA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vilma Carande-Kulis, Senior Policy Advisor in Health Economics, OD, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-15 to attend a public health meeting, present "Definition of Public Health Economics" and "Investing in Promoting Public Health and Pr [...]
2005-04-07 13:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1351SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. PHILIP YIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Philip Yin, Clinical Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 12-17, to give a presentation at the 18th International Conference on Antiviral Research. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2005-04-07 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1353MFA OFFICIAL SEES LITTLE PROGRESS ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) MFA DAS for Maghreb Affairs Carlos Fernandez Arias told poloff on March 31 that Spain sees few signs of progress in negotiations to resolve the Western Sahara dispute and only limited indications of improved Moroccan-Algerian relations. Arias (protect) said FM Moratinos and other GOS poli [...]
2005-04-07 14:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER MO SP
05MADRID1368SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. PHILLIP TAYLOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Phillip Taylor, Program Director, Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Santaigo de Compostela, June 17-25 to attend meetings of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and associated European [...]
2005-04-08 15:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID1369SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. JUNKU YUH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Junku Yuh, Program Director, Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Barcelona, April 19-30 to attend the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2. [...]
2005-04-08 15:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP NSF
05MADRID1371SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA LINDA KOBAYASHI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Linda Kobayashi from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Barcelona, April 15-May 1, to attend the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2005-04-08 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1374SPANISH REPRESENTATION AT THE OSLO DONOR'S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-08 15:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECON SU SP
05MADRID1408EMBASSY MADRID PARTICIPATION IN ESTH CONFERENCE
[...] Embassy Madrid ESTH Officer Ken Forder hopes to participate in reftel conference June 20-24. Confirmation of his participation depends on financial arrangements. Total cost of participation is expected to run USD 2,668.00. This breaks down as follows: Round Trip airfare Madrid to Washing [...]
2005-04-13 07:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPA TSPL KPAO KSCA AMGT SP
05MADRID1409SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA DAN HUTCH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dan Hutch, Economist, Office of the Administrator (OA),Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to travel to Cadiz and Madrid, May 1-7, to attend a conference that will cover quantitative and qualitative analyses and research relevant to smart g [...]
2005-04-13 08:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID1440SPAIN: CHILD MARRIAGE SURVEY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-13 15:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN
05MADRID1442 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 8, 2005 REPORTED THAT AS A RESULT OF RECENT POLICE OPERATIONS CONDUCTED IN FRANCE AND ALSO IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY OF SPAIN, AGAINS [...]
2005-04-13 15:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1456SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG POSITION ON
[...] (C) On April 13, Poloff delivered demarche as per instructions in reftel A to MFA Maghreb office director Carlos Fernandez Arias. Arias said that he was aware that the Department had shared a similar message with the Spanish Embassy in an April 12th meeting. He appreciated the USG's detailed [...]
2005-04-14 15:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL AG MO WI SP
05MADRID1458SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALEXEI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alexei Yeliseev, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 30-May 5, to present a poster, "Bacterial Expression of Functional Peripheral Cannabinoid Receptor for Structural Studi [...]
2005-04-14 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1459SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBERTO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Roberto Romero, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to Valencia, April 27-30, to attend and give a lecture at the First International IVI Congress: Reproductive and Maternal-Fetal M [...]
2005-04-14 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1460SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA EDWIN MELENDEZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edwin Melendez, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Silvota, Asturias, May 7-17, to visit AsturPharma and conduct a human drug pharmaceutical inspection for compliance with FDA's current Good Manufacturing Practi [...]
2005-04-14 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1461SPECIAL 301:PUSH FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRESS ON
[...] Summary: The GOS has agreed to an IPR Roundtable with the U.S. On April 8, the Council of Ministers approved and publicized the "Integrated Government Plan for the Reduction and Elimination of Activities Damaging Intellectual Property ( http://www.mcu.es/gabipren/notas/2005/abril/c ul_08_p [...]
2005-04-14 16:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR SP
05MADRID1472SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JPL) FRISH,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center delegation to travel to Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid, April 17-June 19. Harold Frish will travel to Valencia to attend a meeting to define system engineering standards; Vladimir Lumelsky will travel to Barc [...]
2005-04-15 12:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1475MORATINOS WILL PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-15 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL SP
05MADRID1477SPANISH CONGRESS' FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR
[...] (C) Rafael Estrella, Socialist spokesperson on Congress's Foreign Affairs Committee (committee chairman equivalent) told us that he believes relations have "completely normalized" between the U.S. and Spain. According to Estrella, Spain's engagement with Venezuela should not pose an obstacle [...]
2005-04-15 15:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP NATO
05MADRID1478SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA DAN COSTA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA official Dan Costa, Supervisory Research Physiologist, Office of Research and Development (ORD),to travel to Barcelona, April 21-28, to meet with Spanish counterparts to exchange latest technological advances in the area of toxicological e [...]
2005-04-18 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID149SPANISH PARTICIPATION AT KOBE TSUNAMI CONFERENCE
[...] ESTHOFF and ECONOFF passed Ref A points January 14 to: (A) Juan Pablo de Laiglesia y Gonzalez de Peredo, the number two-ranking official in the Spanish Aid Agency (AEC); (B) Maria de la Concepcion Soto Calvo, the Director General of the Education and Science Ministry's Oceanographic Institute; [...]
2005-01-14 11:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV KSCA SP UNESCO
05MADRID1495BASQUE ELECTIONS: ETA SUPPORTERS GAIN SEATS
[...] (U) The moderate Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) won its eighth straight regional election, but lost four seats in the 75-seat Basque Parliament to the radical leftist Communist Party of the Basque Lands (EHAK),which had the explicit support of ETA front-group Batasuna. The Marxist-Leninist E [...]
2005-04-18 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1496SPAIN: WORST NUCLEAR INCIDENT SINCE 1992
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent discovery of corroded cooling tubes inside the Vandellos II nuclear reactor near the Catalonian city of Tarragona appears to represent the worst nuclear incident in Spain since the 1992 discovery of faulty sensors in the cooling system of the Trillo nuclear reactor near G [...]
2005-04-19 09:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SP
05MADRID1517 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF APR. 16, 2005, REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT EXAMINING JUDGE FOR THE MARCH 11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS, ORDERED THE UNCONDITIONAL IMPRISONMENT [...]
2005-04-20 11:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1518SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DAVID L. LEACH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David L. Leach, Research Geologist, USGS, to travel to Salamanca April 20-25, to attend an organization meeting regarding international field trips and conferences in 2005, 2006 and 2007 to be attended by USGS and other international geological [...]
2005-04-20 14:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SP
05MADRID1519SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ROSALIND GRYMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Rosalind Grymes from NASA's AMES Research Center (ARC),to travel to Madrid, April 28-May 10, to plan upcoming collaborative workshops and Joint Astrobiology Summer School 2005 with international partner Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB). 2. Em [...]
2005-04-20 14:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1521SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OES/EGC BARBARA DE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Barbara de Rosa-Joynt from OES/EGC, to travel to Oviedo, April 29-1 May, to participate as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Technical Group meetings of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum. 2. Embassy understands that no assistan [...]
2005-04-20 14:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SENV TRGY SP
05MADRID1526SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS BERNARD FRIEDMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Bernard Friedman, Senior Social Science Analyst, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, July 7-14, to present two papers at the Biennial Meeting [...]
2005-04-20 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TVBIO
05MADRID1527SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE VASILIS FTHENAKIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vasilis Fthenakis of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, June 5-12, to give an oral presentation entitled "Emission Factors in the Production of Materials Used in PV." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2005-04-20 15:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA TRGY SP
05MADRID1528SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE RICHARD KING
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard King, of the U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Technologies Program, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, June 4-14, to attend the European Conference on PV Solar Conversion. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3 [...]
2005-04-20 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA TRGY SP
05MADRID1529SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wojciech H. Zurek, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, May 14-21, to attend an information meeting and give a lecture titled "Dynamics of a Quantum Phase Transition." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2005-04-20 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID153 EXTRANCHECK: TRAVEL CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR ITA OFFICIALS LAVONNE CLARK AND FREDERICK MINES TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN JANUARY 30 THROUGH FEBRUARY 5, 2005 TO CONDUCT COST VERIFICATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CHLORINATED ISOCYANURATES FROM SPAIN. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 00089 WE UN [...]
2005-01-14 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC OTRA ASEC AU BEXP SP
05MADRID154SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC SANJAY DESAI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sanjay Desai, Tenure Track Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, January 28-February 1 to meet with malaria research collaborators at the Glaxosmithkline Plant. 2. Embassy underst [...]
2005-01-14 11:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID156INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS: SPAIN
[...] Poloff conveyed reftel points on the International Mission for Iraq Elections (IMIE) to Deputy Director General for the Near East Alberto Moreno on January 3. Moreno thanked poloff for the information and said he would respond at a later date with GOS views. On January 11, we learned from a s [...]
2005-01-14 12:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SP
05MADRID1560 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE RADICAL ISLAMIST ACTIVITY OF TWO MOROCCANS IMPRISONED IN SPAIN. AS OF LATE MARCH 2005, THE SPANISH AUTHORI [...]
2005-04-21 15:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1563SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS JOANNE FERREIRA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne C.T. Ferreira, Geophysicist, USGS, to travel to Barcelona, April 21-May 4, to participate in the Euro Strataform Gulf of Lions Research Cruise aboard the RV Endeavor and American UNOLS Fleet Research Vessel. 2. Embassy appreciate tha [...]
2005-04-22 08:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID1564SPAIN: RESPONSE TO FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-22 09:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID AF SP UNSC
05MADRID1576SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-22 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL SP
05MADRID1577SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...]
2005-04-22 14:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN
05MADRID1578SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...]
2005-04-22 14:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN
05MADRID1580SPAIN: WATER BILL PASSED BY LOWER HOUSE
[...] The Spanish lower house of Congress passed April 21 a landmark reform of the country's water policy, thus advancing one of the Socialist Party (PSOE) government's leading environment-related policy goals. The bill passed by a vote of 188 in favor, 135 against (the former ruling Popular Party [...]
2005-04-22 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SP
05MADRID1584MASS TRIAL OF AL-QA'IDA SUSPECTS GETS UNDERWAY
[...] (U) Spanish prosecutors launched their case against al-Qa'ida financier Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas and 23 associated defendants on April 22 before the Fifth Magistrate of Spain's National Court. The defendants were named in a September 2003 indictment handed down by high-profile judge Baltasar [...]
2005-04-22 16:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
05MADRID1585SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTRY: "TRUST US ON VENEZUELA
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary of State for Defense (deputy minister equivalent) Francisco Pardo called a meeting with Charge April 20 to discuss Spain's plan to sell ships and planes to Venezuela. Pardo said the Zapatero government wanted to be as transparent as possible on the sale but was frustrated tha [...]
2005-04-22 17:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1587SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. Our counter-terrorism cooperation with Spain remains strong despite problems in other areas and your visit will help demonstr [...]
2005-04-25 11:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1596SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/WE THOMAS
[...] Ref A welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Cunningham, Spain and Malta Country Officer, for consultations and familiarization, to travel to Madrid, Valletta and Barcelona, April 26-May 1. This message provides visit control officer information. 2. Control officer for the Madrid [...]
2005-04-25 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID1598 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF APR. 22, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE CANADIAN SUPREME COURT DENIED THE LAST APPEAL BEFORE THE EXTRADITION TO SPAIN OF THE TWO SUSPECTED E [...]
2005-04-25 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1604SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER: VENEZUELA DEAL DESIGNED
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge April 22, Minister of Defense Jose Bono said the only reason Spain was selling military ships to Venezuela was to help troubled Izar shipyard. Protesting Izar workers had put a lot of pressure on the Zapatero government, said Bono. He assured Charge that none o [...]
2005-04-26 06:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP
05MADRID1617SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC JANE SEWARD,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Seward, Chief Medical Officer; Lorraine Alexander, Medical Officer; and Gustavo Dayan, Senior Service Fellow, National Immunization Program, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Valencia, May 17-21, to present various projects related to immunization p [...]
2005-04-26 14:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1618SPAIN'S NEW TOBACCO CONTROL LAW CLEARS FIRST HURDLE
[...] Spain's tough new tobacco control law was approved by the nation's Council of Ministers April 22 and forwarded to the lower house of Congress, where it is expected to be approved before Spain shuts down for the summer. The law (see reftel for complete details) bans all tobacco advertising (as [...]
2005-04-26 15:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI SP
05MADRID1619SPAIN: DOE LETTER ON ITER NEGOTIATIONS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY TNGD ENRG KSCA CH KSAC RS JA SP EUN
05MADRID1621SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA TIMOTHY O'BRIEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien and Thomas Friers from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to travel to Madrid, Moron and Zaragoza, May 4-23, to meet with NASA and Spanish Government officials and to support shuttle transport system 114 transoceanic abort landin [...]
2005-04-26 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TPSA
05MADRID1626SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S
[...] (C) The Zapatero government believes it has taken significant steps to put relations with the U.S. back on track, such as agreeing to lead both a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Military-to-military relations between Spain and the U.S. have remained strong over the past 14 months despite the [...]
2005-04-27 06:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
05MADRID1628POPULAR PARTY: TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND
[...] (U) The opposition Popular Party (PP) is working hard to avoid losing its controlling majority in Galicia, historically a bedrock region for the center-right PP and home to both PP founder Manuel Fraga (now leader of the Galcian Regional government) and current PP leader Mariano Rajoy. The PP [...]
2005-04-27 06:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV SP PSOE
05MADRID1629SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC CHRIS PADDOCK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Chris Paddock, Medical Officer, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Logrono, June 17-23, to attend the 4th International Conference on Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Disease and present "Spotted Fever Rickettsioses in the Americas: A Decade of Discover [...]
2005-04-27 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1637 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 25, 2005 REPORTED THAT ETA SUSPECT ARAIZ ZUBIMENDI IZAGA ARRIVED IN SPAIN ESCORTED BY FRENCH POLICE AND WAS HANDED OVER TO THE SPANISH [...]
2005-04-27 13:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1639MORE WORRYING OBESITY STATISTICS
[...] Reftel outlined Spain's Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Strategy (NAOS),which was launched in February with much fanfare by Health Minister Elena Salgado (responding to what she claimed was the nation's obesity "pandemic"). Minister Salgado went back on the anti-fat hustings April 26, when s [...]
2005-04-27 13:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI SP
05MADRID1645SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID M. LUNA AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joe Gangloff, Senior Counsel, US Department of Justice (DOJ),and David Luna, State/INL, to travel to Madrid, April 26-29, to participate at the Steering Committee Meeting for the OECD-UNDP Middle East and North Africa (MENA) "Good Governance f [...]
2005-04-27 14:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV KCRM SP OECD
05MADRID1646ENCOURAGING EU PARTICIPATION IN APRIL 28-29
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-27 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER KTFN SP EUN
05MADRID1651SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV CLARK,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, DOE funded personnel: Harvey W Clark, Ronald A. Hansen, Scott E. Hulse, Christopher J. Joines, and Richrad L. Waters, to travel to Rota, May 5-15, to support the Do [...]
2005-04-28 09:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1652SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS ROBERT C. BURRUSS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert C. Burruss, USGS Research Geologist, to travel to Oviedo, April 27-May 1, to represent the USGS at the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Technical Group Meeting and participate in the Storage Taskforce Meeting to prepare a workplan [...]
2005-04-28 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID1653SAO CHIEF NOMINATION - SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-28 10:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDMASS SP
05MADRID1676SPAIN'S COAL INDUSTRY: THE WAY FORWARD
[...] SUMMARY: Coal is currently a critical part of the Spanish energy industry, although its domestic production continues to rely on public subsidies to remain viable. The recent moratorium on EU coal subsidies to Spain will force the Spanish government to re-examine the future of the industry. P [...]
2005-04-29 12:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EMIN ECON PGOV SP
05MADRID1677SPAIN: FUNDING REQUEST FOR NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-29 12:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL EU SP
05MADRID1683SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-29 13:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO LE SY SP PRLE
05MADRID1684SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA CHARLES LARSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Charles Larson, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS, to travel to Valencia, May 20-27, to conduct a devise inspection of Industrias Quirurgicas de Levante. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visi [...]
2005-04-29 13:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1687SPAIN NOT SUPPORTIVE ON WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS
[...] (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points April 21 to appropriate MFA and Health Ministry contacts. POLMILOFF passed reftel points that same day to the Defense Ministry. The MFA contacted ESTHOFF to inform the Embassy that it would deliver the combined GOS response to our demarche. This response was [...]
2005-04-29 15:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PREL PTER SP WHO
05MADRID1688SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL RUSSIAN OECD MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Econoff discussed reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Multilateral Economic Relations Pablo Montesino-Espartero on April 27. SubDG Montesino discussed Spain's position with Spanish Ambassador to the OECD Fernando Ballestero Diaz prior to the discussion w [...]
2005-04-29 15:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAMGT EFIN ECON ETRD RS SP OECD NATO
05MADRID1689SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA MEENAN, JACK,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Flight Inspection personnel Mitchael Meenan, Pilot; Kenneth Jack, Pilot; John Dewitt, Technician; and John Hodges, MX Support, to travel to Rota twice, May 25-26; and May 30-31, for certification of aids for the Department of Defense and ce [...]
2005-04-29 15:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP FAA
05MADRID169GOS BOOSTS TSUNAMI AID TO EUR 9.3 MILLION
[...] The MFA announced January 13 an increase of Spanish humanitarian aid to Southeast Asian countries affected by the tsunami to EUR 9.3 million (USD 12.2 million). This number SIPDIS is in addition to Spain's pledge of EUR 50 million (USD 65.5 million) in reconstruction credits. The MFA press [...]
2005-01-14 17:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR PGOV SP
05MADRID1691 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY EL PAIS REPORTED THAT FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO ALLEGED MEMBERS OF ETA ON APR. 28, 2005. THE ARREST TOOK PLACE IN CAUSSADE, FRANCE, WHEN THEY [...]
2005-04-29 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1693SPAIN: ISAF CAVEATS
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Spanish Defense and Foreign Ministry officials said they will reevaluate the caveats placed on their forces in Afghanistan in light of Spain's new missions there: leading a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Current caveats on Spanish operations in Afghanistan will bec [...]
2005-05-04 07:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID170SPAIN'S BUSINESSES REJECT MINIMUM WAGE INFLATION
[...] Summary: Spain's largest business organization (CEOE) publicly rejected January 13 the governments new minimum wage decree because it includes a clause that indexes future wage increases to inflation. The decree was passed on December 29 after an agreement between the Ministry of Labor and Spa [...]
2005-01-14 17:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EFIN SP
05MADRID1700SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Marta Leon-Monzon, Health Scientist Administrator, Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director, NIH; and Dr. Igor Belyakov, Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Malaga, May 16-21, to attend and participate in the [...]
2005-05-04 14:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
05MADRID1701SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Mischchenko from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Gran Canaria, May 15-21, to participate at the Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles. 2. Embassy understands that no assis [...]
2005-05-04 14:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1702SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA JAMES DUNNIE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Dunnie and Lydia Rosas-Marty, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS, to travel to Girona and Barcelona, May 21-27, to inspect drug manufacturers Fort Dodge Veterinaria, S.A. and Inke SA., for compliance with FDA's current [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1703SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DAVID GARRISON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. David Garrison, Associate Program Director in the Division of Ocean Sciences, the National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Santiago de Compostela and Madrid, June 17-25, to attend meetings of the American Society of Limnology and Oce [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID1704SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Warach, Senior Investigator, Section on Stroke Diagnostics and Therapeutics, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, May 15-18 to participate in a meeting on stroke research with colleagu [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1705SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL HIGHWAY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Carl K. Andersen, Federal Highway Administration representative, to travel to Leon, May 12-21 to attend the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) meeting and participate in working sessions of various technical committees. 2. Embas [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN TSPL OTRA SP
05MADRID171SPAIN ON RELATIONS WITH USG: "WE WANT BACK IN"
[...] Summary. The Zapatero Government has undertaken a series of gestures intended to signal their desire for improved ties with the USG. Spain will contribute $20 million to the UNDP to support the Iraq elections, met a USG request to press Arab governments to encourage Sunni participation in the Iraq [...]
2005-01-15 12:21:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SP
05MADRID1710REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-04 15:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA SP
05MADRID1727SPANISH POLICE REPORT 16 ARRESTS FOR TRAFFICKING
[...] All major Spanish dailies are reporting that Spanish National Police (SNP) authorities in the Canary Islands announced May 5 that 16 people from Spain and Cape Verde had been arrested on suspicion of trafficking children from the Cape Verde Islands through the Canary Islands to France. The S [...]
2005-05-06 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SP FR GA CV SG PO
05MADRID1729SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA WEST AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert West and Padme Yanamandra-Fisher from the California Institute of California working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Granada, May 13-22 to attend the 8th Annual Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nons [...]
2005-05-06 14:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID173NET-CENTRIC DIPLOMACY TRIP REPORT-
[...] A visit to install the NCD pilot system for publishing biographic files and telegraphic reports to the SIPRNet took place from December 15-17. The NCD application was successfully installed on a ClassNet workstation and the locally engaged contractor was fully trained in its use. Post Su [...]
2005-01-18 07:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAINF OTRA
05MADRID1730SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DURAND BEGAULT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Durand Begault, from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Barcelona, May 26-June 1, to attend and present a paper at an Audio Engineering Society (AES) Workshop on Audio-Haptic Interaction and to meet with collaborators and colleagues [...]
2005-05-06 14:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1731SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA JAMES A. COSTRELL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James A. Costrell, from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, June 19-23, to attend management meetings. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic and official passport [...]
2005-05-06 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1732SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC ANGULO,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Frederick Angulo, Medical Epidemiologist; Peter Gerner-Smidt, Microbiologist; Michael Lynch, Medical Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, May 30-June 7, to attend two meetings: the Annual International Burden of Foodborne Illne [...]
2005-05-06 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1733SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA KESSLER;
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Larry Kessler; Daniel Schultz; Ginette Michaud; Ronda Balham; Kimberly Trautman; Steven Niedelman; and David Kelly from the Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, to travel to Sevilla, May 16-20 to attend the Glo [...]
2005-05-06 15:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1739 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 APRIL
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 06, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES 2. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED EIGHT VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING TWENTY-FIVE INDIVIDUALS, EIGHT SUSPE [...]
2005-05-06 15:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1748SPAIN-VENEZUELA ARMS TRANSFERS: DEMARCHE ON U.S.
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for International Disarmament and Terrorism Issues Marcos Rodriguez on May 9 to convey reftel points on U.S. third-party transfer requirements related to Spain's sale of weapons to Venezuela. Rodriguez (protect) said that he was "one of many" in the MFA [...]
2005-05-09 13:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL SP VZ
05MADRID1749SPAIN-VENEZUELA ARMS TRANSFERS: DEMARCHE ON U.S.
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for International Disarmament and Terrorism Issues Marcos Rodriguez on May 9 to convey reftel points on U.S. third-party transfer requirements related to Spain's sale of weapons to Venezuela. Rodriguez (protect) said that he was "one of many" in the MFA [...]
2005-05-09 13:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL SP VZ
05MADRID1750SPAIN-VENEZUELA ARMS TRANSFERS: DEMARCHE ON U.S.
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for International Disarmament and Terrorism Issues Marcos Rodriguez on May 9 to convey reftel points on U.S. third-party transfer requirements related to Spain's sale of weapons to Venezuela. Rodriguez (protect) said that he was "one of many" in the MFA [...]
2005-05-09 13:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL SP VZ
05MADRID1751SPAIN: RESPONSE ON CIVILIAN COMPONENTS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-09 13:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID1756SPAIN'S VIEWS ON PREVENTING AN UNMANDATED SESSION
[...] Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Juan Manuel Gonzales de Linares, Deputy Director General for UN Affairs at the MFA. Gonzales de Linares confirmed to poloff that Spain shares U.S. views and is against a Working Group to discuss human rights reform in Geneva. Gonzales de Linares said th [...]
2005-05-09 13:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SP UNCHR UNGA
05MADRID1761SPAIN: RESPONSE TO BOLIVIA HYDROCARBON LEGISLATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-09 16:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG PREL BL SP
05MADRID1766SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV FUNDED
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation funded personnel: Randy R. Rogers; William J. Dougherty; Brian B. Peters; Scott E. Gable; and Michael G. Hoxie to travel to Algeciras, May 23-Jun [...]
2005-05-10 07:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID1769SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. ABHIJIT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Abhijit Deshmukh, Program Director in the Division of Design, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation at the National Science Foundation, to travel to Benalmadera, June 16-19 to attend the 14th International Association of Science and Technolo [...]
2005-05-10 09:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP NSF
05MADRID1770SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBERTO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Roberto Romero, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, May 22-26, to participate in the Third Course Ian Donald Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology, an [...]
2005-05-10 09:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1771SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA PAULA BONTEMPI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paula Bontempi, from NASA HQ, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 18-24, to attend a special session on Applied Ecosystem-Level Research to Reverse Coral Reef Degradation, sponsored by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. [...]
2005-05-10 09:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1772SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARIA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Merino, Chief, Surgical Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid and Palma de Mallorca, May 23-29, to give an update on "Prognostic Factors in Breast Cancer," at the Hospital Clinico San Carlos in Madrid, and giv [...]
2005-05-10 09:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1786UPDATE ON TERRORISM FINANCE IN SPAIN
[...] (U) Summary. Meetings with Spanish contacts suggest that Spain remains serious about fighting terrorism finance. The GOS conducts searches for funds from all individuals and organizations listed in prenotifications and notifications from the U.S.; no such funds have been found in Spanish acc [...]
2005-05-10 15:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV PREL EU SP EUN
05MADRID1798SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. CLIFTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Clifton Barry, III, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH, to travel to Madrid, May 17-18 to participate in a workshop, "The Biology of Persistence," sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates [...]
2005-05-11 11:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO KHIV SP
05MADRID1799SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC DONATUS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Donatus Ekwueme, Health Economist, NCCDPHP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-14, to do a presentation entitled "Cost analysis of screening, diagnosing, and staging for prostate cancer: a review of the literature," at the 5th Internati [...]
2005-05-11 11:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1800SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DEBORAH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Deborah Philp, Research Fellow, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, to travel to Sitges, May 27-31 to present a poster titled "The Actin Binding Site on Thymosin Beta-4 Promotes Angiogenesis" at the Fifth European S [...]
2005-05-11 11:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1803SPAIN: SOCIALIST DEPUTY'S VIEWS ON ENERGY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) ESTHOFF met with Socialist Party (PSOE) Congresswoman and Industry Commission spokesperson Arantza Mendizabal Gorostiaga May 11 to discuss nuclear and renewable energy-related issues. Mendizabal made several interesting comments that tended to confirm our previous reporting (reftels) [...]
2005-05-11 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SP
05MADRID1809FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S MEETING WITH ANTI-TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary. FBI Director Robert Mueller met May 9 with Juan del Olmo, the Spanish judge overseeing the investigation into the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings, to advocate improved information sharing on terrorism investigations. Director Mueller expressed understanding of the limits imp [...]
2005-05-12 10:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID1816FM MORATINOS URGES NORTH AFRICAN "COLLECTIVE
[...] (U) During a visit to Paris, FM Miguel Angel Moratinos urged the governments of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania to begin laying the groundwork for the formation of a "collective security system" to help foster regional stability. Moratinos acknowledged that his recommendation [...]
2005-05-12 14:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SP
05MADRID1819SPANISH VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS:REVISED
[...] Summary: The GOS devotes significant staff to services. Insurance, telecoms and banking are Spain's main interests. The EU is making an effort to improve its services offer according to GOS interlocutors. The EU has not shared with Member States examples of alleged "roll-backs". The EU is pl [...]
2005-05-12 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD WTO
05MADRID1825SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS GLYN T. DAVIES
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Glyn T. Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs to travel to Sevilla, May 13-15 to attend the U.S.-Spain Council Meeting. 2. Control Officer for this visit is Economic Officer Carl Schonander who can be reached at: O [...]
2005-05-12 16:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC PREL SP
05MADRID1826 LOOKOUT SHARING
[...] CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I. MANZANARES PRESENTED DEMARCHE AS INSTRUCTED IN REFTEL TO JOSE MARIA PONS IRAZAZABAL, DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON MAY 10. FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER WAS IN SPAIN AND HAD A MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR ALONSO IN WHICH H [...]
2005-05-13 05:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC PGOV PTER PINR PREL KPAO EU SP
05MADRID1829 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF MAY 7, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT SENTENCED THE ALLEGED ETA ACTIVISTS REFERENCED BELOW TO 2,775 YEARS OF PRISON FOR [...]
2005-05-13 09:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LORAN
05MADRID1831 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: MOTO NSA, SEVERO - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: NOV. 6, 1943, ACOCK, EQUATORIAL GUINEA - POSITIVE 3. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT TH [...]
2005-05-13 12:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL MOTO
05MADRID1835 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF MAY 10, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW AS SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA'S INFORMATION NE [...]
2005-05-13 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL PENA
05MADRID1837 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS REPORTED ON MAY 12, 2005, THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED TWO ALLEGED MEMBERS OF ETA'S FINANCIAL NETWORK. THE DETAINEES HAD MADE TRAN [...]
2005-05-13 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LARREA
05MADRID184SPAIN: UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (CHR),
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-19 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KWMN UN CHR
05MADRID185SPAIN: UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (CSW)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-19 10:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KWMN UN CSW
05MADRID1854SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID E&E/EG/EI ROBERT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Archer, Physical Scientist, USAID/E&E/EG/EI, to travel to Madrid, May 31-June 5, to review energy regulatory distance learning program financed by the World Bank and developed and managed by Comillas University; meet with Union Fenosa re [...]
2005-05-16 15:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP AID
05MADRID1855SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL SCOTT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott Schreck, Senior Engineer II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Pamplona, May 24-27 to lead meetings of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Research Annex 11 and Annex 20. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2005-05-16 15:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID1859SPAIN: ETA ATTACKS AFTER ZAPATERO PROPOSES PEACE
[...] On May 15, four small bombs, each containing approximately four pounds of explosives, exploded in the Basque region of Spain, The bombings, attributed to the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorist group, took place near four industrial centers in the Guipuzcoa region of the Basque coun [...]
2005-05-16 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID186SPAIN WANTS TO KEEP FCN TREATY WITH U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-19 11:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON ETRD KTIA EINV SP
05MADRID1865SPAIN'S COMPETITION TRIBUNAL TRAVESL TO WASHINGTON
[...] Summary: The President of Spain's Competition Tribunal Gonzalo Solana Gonzalez travels to Washington next week to meet with U.S. Foreign Trade Commission officials, the Department of Justice and International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Solana's goal is to discuss proposed reforms to compe [...]
2005-05-16 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN ECON SP
05MADRID1869SPAIN OFFICER REPONSIBLE FOR ESTH
[...] In response to reftel, the officer responsible for Environment, Science, Technology, and Health issues is Economic Officer Kenneth Forder, who can be reached at, e-mail: forderk@state.gov; Office (34) 91-587-2385, Fax: (34) 91-587-2292. NEALON [...]
2005-05-17 14:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS TBIO SENV TSPA TSPL KSCA SP
05MADRID187FSC/ETI DISPUTE
[...] EconOff discussed reftel demarche with Subdirector General for EU Trade Policy (Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism) Nicolas Lopez on 1/19/05. Lopez said the GOS was still studying its "posture" on the automaticity issue, although he conceded that in the past, Spain had not opposed the Co [...]
2005-01-19 11:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SP USTRUWR
05MADRID1870SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ELLIOT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Elliot McVeigh, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, June 1-5, to attend and give a lecture, "Advance Imaging, Modeling and Simulation on the Heart: [...]
2005-05-17 14:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1871SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC RONALD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ronald Valdiserri, Deputy Director, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, May 24-26 to attend the seminar of presentation for the annual report on HIV enhanced surveillance and the commemoration of 10 years of the Center for Epidemiological [...]
2005-05-17 14:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1872SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ULRICH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ulrich Siebenlist, Section Chief, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, May 22-25, to give a talk, "Novel Contributions of NF-Kappab in Health Disease," at the Juan March Foundation Spring 2005 Wor [...]
2005-05-17 14:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1879U.S.-SPAIN COUNCIL: MOD BONO EXPRESSES "PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S.-Spain Council, a private bi-national NGO dedicated to strengthening U.S.-Spain relations, held its tenth annual meeting May 13-16 in Seville. Participants included U.S. Council Chairman Senator Chris Dodd, EUR DAS Glyn Davies, Charge Manzanares, Spanish Minister of Defense Jos [...]
2005-05-17 15:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID188SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Douglas A. Chinn, from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Barcelona, February 5-10, to attend the Smart Fabrics Conference and present standard talk called "Carbon based electronics at Sandia." 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...]
2005-01-19 13:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1880SPANISH REACTION TO NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF KORAN
[...] The Spanish media have given very prominent coverage to Newsweek's retraction of its Koran desecration allegation story. All national and major regional broadcast and print media have made the retraction either the lead or one of the top three international stories in May 17 reports, includin [...]
2005-05-17 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID1881DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE TO
[...] (C) Poloff advised MFA Deputy Director General for North America Manuel de la Camara on May 16 regarding the USG's readiness to transfer Moroccan national Lahcen Ikassrien to the Spanish authorities, contingent upon Spain's agreement to the conditions established in reftel. De la Camara had no [...]
2005-05-17 16:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
05MADRID1891SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed the China Arms Embargo, European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),and Sudan with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on May 17. Fernandez-Arias does not expect the China Arms Embargo [...]
2005-05-18 10:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALCH PREL SU MARR MOPS SP EUN
05MADRID1892U.S. COMMERCIAL VESSEL REQUEST TO MEET WITH OES
[...] This is an action request for OES/OA -- see paragraph 7 2. SUMMARY: Mr. Chuck Collins, representative of 3U Technologies, requests to meet with OES/OA, L/OES, and other OES experts sometime between May 23-25 to discuss several options his company is considering pending resolution of its [...]
2005-05-18 10:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC KTIA PHSA SENV SP
05MADRID1894PARLIAMENT AUTHORIZES GOS NEGOTIATIONS WITH ETA
[...] (U) President Zapatero won Parliamentary approval on May 17 for his plan to offer peace talks with Basque terrorist group ETA if ETA agrees to abandon the armed struggle. The initiative passed by a vote of 192 to 147, with all parties except the Popular Party (PP) accepting Zapatero's proposal [...]
2005-05-18 12:23:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID191SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Marueen E. Quinn, Kurt E. Amend, USN Commander Debra Maddrell and Worth S. Anderson to travel to Madrid, January 25-26, to consult with the EU and key NATO allies regarding the role of the international community in Afghanista [...]
2005-01-19 14:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL SP NATO
05MADRID1912SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA GORDON MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gordon Michael McKay, Pittsburgh Certificate Management Office, Coraopolis, PA, to travel to Barcelona, May 25-26, to perform international check airmen surveillance. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...]
2005-05-19 09:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID1921SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JSC) PORTER AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen V. Porter and John D. Cornwell, from the NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Madrid, May 28-June 2, to meet with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Collaboration on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Thermal Working Group Formulation. [...]
2005-05-19 12:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1922CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION DEMARCHE
[...] Summary: Spain supports the philosophy underpinning the Cultural Diversity Convention, and there is a political desire on the part of the GOS for the international community to adopt the Convention. There does not appear much willingness on the part of the GOS to revisit the Chair's proposal [...]
2005-05-19 13:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SCUL SP UNESCO
05MADRID1924SPANISH FIRM SEEKS BUSINESS WITH LIBYA
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 17, Javier Hergueta, the Foreign Ministry's deputy director general for bilateral economic relations with Europe and the OECD countries, requested a meeting with poloff. Hergueta explained that a Spanish firm, Espindesa (part of [...]
2005-05-19 14:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER ETTC SP CBW
05MADRID1929SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. MORRISON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Deborah Morrison, Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH; and, Dr. Silvio Gutkind, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, to travel to Madrid, May 29-June 3, to give individual presentations [...]
2005-05-19 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1930SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BEZRUKOV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergey Bezrukov, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to Castellon, May 31-June 5, to attend a program/collaboration meeting on Physics of Ion Channels, at the Universitat Jaume I, De [...]
2005-05-19 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1931SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MARK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark W. Becker from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, June 4-14, to attend the International Workshop on Information Hiding, and the 1st Watermarking Virtual Laboratory (WAVILA) of the European Network of Excellence (ECRYP [...]
2005-05-19 15:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1932SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (KSC) TIMOTHY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to travel to Madrid, Moron and Zaragoza, June 6-12, to meet with NASA representatives, and to support shuttle transport system 114 transoceanic abort landing sites. 2. Embassy understan [...]
2005-05-19 15:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TPSA
05MADRID1933SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JCS) ASTRONAUT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Astronaut Lt. Colonel Rex J. Walheim, from the NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to the Canary Islands, June 9-14, to serve as a speaker for the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is neces [...]
2005-05-19 15:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1934SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA COLLEEN FLAHERTY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Colleen Flaherty, Biologist, Office of Pollution, Prevention, and Toxic Substances, EPA, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 17-25, to attend the ASLO Summer Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. V [...]
2005-05-19 15:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID1938SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICK W. GRAFF
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patrick W. Graff, Director SEDM, Italy & Spain Defense Issues, European and NATO Affairs, OSD-ISP, to travel to Madrid, Spain from May 23-May 28, to attend meetings with US and Spanish MOD on resolution on high level defense committee action i [...]
2005-05-20 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID1940SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO STEADMAN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Velica Steadman and Angela Reilly, Intellectual Property Research Specialists, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, to travel to Barcelona, May 22-27, to attend the Momentum Barcelona 2005 Conference hosted by the Centre Convencions International [...]
2005-05-20 11:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR OTRA AORC ASEC SP
05MADRID1950US-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-23 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SP EUN UN
05MADRID2057SPAIN: 2ND SUBMISSION SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] U.S. Embassy Madrid has the honor of nominating Merck, Sharp and Dohme (MSD),Spain's division of Merck Pharmaceuticals, for the 2005 Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence. MSD is a recognized leader in the business world, serving as a market leader in the field of healthcare te [...]
2005-06-01 07:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV SP
05MADRID2061COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CODEL HASTINGS
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes Representative Alcee Hastings to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 6-10, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Annual Conference on Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Intolerance of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). 2. Admini [...]
2005-06-01 07:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
05MADRID2064COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DR. HOWARD GADLIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Howard Gadlin, Ombudsman, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Seville, Spain from June 15-21, 2005. the purpose of this visit is to attend and give a presentation at the International Association for Conflict Management 18th Annual C [...]
2005-06-01 10:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2065COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR RYAN MUTTER AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ryan Mutter, Junior Service Fellow, and William Encinosa, Senior Economist, Center for Delivery Organization, and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from July 7-14, 2005. Th [...]
2005-06-01 10:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2066COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DR. ABHIJIT DESHMUKH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Abhijit Deshmukh, Program Director in the Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation, National Science Foundation, to travel to Malaga, Spain from June 16-19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 14th Internatio [...]
2005-06-01 10:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA SP
05MADRID2067COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR IVAR MARTIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ivar Martin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, Department of Energy, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from June 15-July 9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the [...]
2005-06-01 10:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP KSCA TRGY
05MADRID2068COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR WOJIECH ZUREK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wojciech H. Zurek, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Benasque, Spain from June 27-July 5, 2005 to attend the summer session on Quantum Information and Dec [...]
2005-06-01 10:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KSCA TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID2069COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS/CDC GERARDO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerardo Garcia-Lerma, Senior Fellow, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 16-19, 2005. The purpose of this trip is to present, "Drug Resistant HIV-1 and Viral Fitness" at the 1st Symposium of the Spanish Retrovirus Working Gro [...]
2005-06-01 10:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA US SP CDC
05MADRID2070COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR NOAA/TSUNG-HUNG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Tsung-Hung Peng, Edward Cokelet, Henry Vanderploeg, Doran Mason, Thomas Nalepa, and Andrea Jaeger, NOAA, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from June 17-26, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate [...]
2005-06-01 10:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SENV KSCA SP
05MADRID2071SPAIN: ICAO DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-01 10:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC SP
05MADRID2072COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GREGORY DASCH,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Dasch, Team Leader, Marina Eremeeva, Biologist, Robert Massung, Microbiologist, Amanda Loftis, Microbiologist, Herbert Thompson, Branch Chief, William Nicholson, Microbiologist, David Swerdlow, Team Leader, Alice Chapman, Epidemiologist [...]
2005-06-01 11:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID2073COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUSAN RICHARDSON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-01 11:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA TPHY KSCA SP
05MADRID2082DOJ COUNTERTERRORISM MEETINGS WITH SPANISH
[...] (C) Summary. A USDOJ/FBI team led by DOJ Trial Attorneys Donald Ashley and Greg Sofer visited Madrid May 16-20 for meetings with Spanish prosecutors and judicial officials to discuss counterterrorism cooperation and to participate in the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Coun [...]
2005-06-01 14:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
05MADRID2084COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAP PROCUREMENT MISSION
[...] Embassy Madrid welcomes and grants country clearance to Judith Monte and Brian Weyand, INR/I/M Geographic Specialists, to travel to Madrid, Bilbao and A Coruna, July 2-15, for map collection as well as for Ms. Monte's attendance at the International Cartographic Association Conference in A Cor [...]
2005-06-01 17:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAINR OTRA SP
05MADRID2097COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SCOTT ESTON HULSE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott Hulse, Bechtel Nevada, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain from June 6-9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to provide scientific and technical support to Department [...]
2005-06-02 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
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