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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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04BERLIN1459PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-23 13:51:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER PREL PINS GM
05BERLIN1318GERMAN VIEWS ON UN REFORM
[...] (C) Poloff met recently with several German government officials to discuss Germany's current thinking on UN reform. The Germans continue to insist that they are interested in wide-ranging reform, and point to their active engagement in formulating the EU response to all of SYG Annan's propos [...]
2005-04-20 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR GM UNSC
05BERLIN2235FM FISCHER ON IRAN
[...] (S) During a meeting on June 29 with visiting New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Foreign Minister Fischer said he was extremely concerned about Iran after the election of President Ahmadinejad. He said no one expected Ahmadinejad's victory, least of all Iranian negotiators on the nuclear [...]
2005-07-01 13:37:00Embassy BerlinSECRETIAEA KNNP MNUC PREL EU IR GM
05BERLIN48GERMAN REQUEST FOR MILAIR TRANSPORT OF GERMAN
[...] (SBU) Paragraph 3 below provides an informal translation of a diplomatic note from the German Foreign Ministry requesting USG agreement for transport of German Border Police (BGS) and Diplomats via US military aircraft (MilAir) between Ramstein Airbase and Baghdad. The BGS agents will be provi [...]
2005-01-07 11:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC IZ GM
05BERLIN65BUILDING ON NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL: GERMANY
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, on January 6 MFA Deputy NATO director Herbert Beck assured Embassy that Germany will continue to push other NATO allies increase their contributions to ISAF. When asked if he thought Germany would be able to persuade the Spaniards to provide a PRT in Qala-e [...]
2005-01-07 16:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL AF GM NATO
06BERLIN1025DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S MEETING IN
[...] (C) (Summary) During his visit to Berlin on April 11, Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer met with Rolf Nikel, Deputy Director General for Foreign Affairs, Security Policy, and Global Issues at the Chancellery, and Rolf Welberts, Office Director for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and [...]
2006-04-13 15:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS EUN GM BO
06BERLIN1069AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FEDERAL COMMISSIONER FOR
[...] (U) Summary. German Federal Integration Commissioner Maria Boehmer provided Amb. Timken April 6 with an outline of plans to develop a "National Integration Action Plan" which will focus on promoting language skills, education and employment, women's and human rights, legal adjustments, and so [...]
2006-04-20 14:21:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL KISL GM
06BERLIN1070TURKISH MUSLIM ASSOCIATION LEADER ON INTEGRATION
[...] (U) Summary. The leader of Ditib, Germany's largest Turkish/Muslim organization, which is tied closely to the Turkish state, sees opponents of Turkish EU accession as at least partly behind the caricature controversy and other developments that have complicated the integration of Turkish immi [...]
2006-04-20 14:21:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV SCUL GM TU
06BERLIN1094GERMAN TIP CONVICTION AND SENTENCING STATISTICS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) German prosecutors seek maximum sentences for traffickers by whatever means they can, according to a recent Max Planck Criminological Institute study. For TIP crimes, this mea [...]
2006-04-21 15:50:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN1109GERMANY/PKK: ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WITH TURKISH
[...] (SBU) Further to reftel, Global Affairs Acting Counselor discussed the recent possibly PKK-linked demonstrations and the recent German arrest of an alleged PKK leader with Turkish Embassy Counselor Kemal Tuzun April 25. Turkish Embassy on Demonstrations --------------------------------- [...]
2006-04-25 11:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM GM TU
06BERLIN1132GERMANY'S GAS IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA: BACKGROUND TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy issues will feature in Chancellor Merkel's agenda for April 26-27 talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Siberia. Recent EU-Gazprom exchanges and German media have played up the emotional side of Russian gas deliveries to the EU. Economics Minister Glos and an al [...]
2006-04-27 05:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV PREL PGOV GM RU EUN
06BERLIN1160SCENESETTER: AG GONZALES MEETING WITH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Schaeuble, a loyal ally in the war on terror, looks forward to discussing ongoing as well as additional cooperation with the U.S. Our work to date, as with his predecessor, in fighting terrorists and international criminal groups, while excellent, is sometimes [...]
2006-04-28 14:56:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN1165INDIAN PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S VISIT TO GERMANY
[...] (C) (Summary) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Germany from April 23-25 raised India's profile as an international partner for Germany and gave Singh a chance to address German concerns about the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative. In her public comments about the initiative, [...]
2006-04-28 15:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GM IN
06BERLIN1171GERMANY: DEMARCHE ON EU LISTING OF TAMIL TIGERS
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to Anke Reiffenstuhl, desk officer in the German MFA Counterterrorism Office, on April 28. Reiffenstuhl said after the recent developments in Sri Lanka, especially the assassination attempt, Germany is in the process of hardening its policy [...]
2006-04-28 16:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL PTER KTFN GM
06BERLIN1190NEW GERMAN LEFT PARTY: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE STEP
[...] (C) Summary. The merger of Germany's two largest leftist parties, the Left Party.PDS and the WASG (Electoral Alternative for Social Justice),is proceeding but with considerable difficulty. The Berlin branch of the WASG appears determined to run against the PDS in fall state elections, despi [...]
2006-05-03 14:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV GM
06BERLIN1227IRAN: GERMAN PARLIAMENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 press conference, Ruprecht Polenz (CDU),Chairman of the German Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and frequent commentator in the German media, provided a readout of his May 2-3 visit to Tehran. Polenz said that the nuclear subject had come to dominate the publi [...]
2006-05-05 15:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC PHUM EU GM IR
06BERLIN1342Merkel Previews German EU Presidency Agenda
[...] SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel highlighted energy coordination, deregulation, and research investment as key priorities for Germany's EU Presidency next year in two Berlin speeches on May 9 and May 11. However, she described the politically sensitive issue of the EU Constitution as requiring "f [...]
2006-05-16 14:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ENRG EFIN PGOV ECON PREL EUN GM
06BERLIN1354LOOKING TO U.S. EXAMPLES -- GERMANY'S MINISTER FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary -- German Minister of Education and Research Schavan told the Ambassador she wants to make her first official trip to the U.S. at the end August and also discussed her thoughts on improving Germany's education system, including to integrate immigrant populations and trying to e [...]
2006-05-17 15:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECON OEXC PREL TBIO GM
06BERLIN1376GERMANY NOTIFIED: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) EMIN delivered ref demarche and information concerning MURAT KARNAZ (aka KURNAZ) to Lothar Freischlader, Diplomatic Advisor to the Federal Interior Minister, May 19. Freischlader had no immediate reaction, but noted he was familiar with detailed discussions that had taken place in Washingt [...]
2006-05-19 13:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PINR PREL GM IZ
06BERLIN1389GERMAN MINISTRIES ON SCHENGEN SUSPENSION FOR WORLD
[...] (C) While Germany has announced it would suspend Schengen provisions and re-establish border controls if necessary during the World Cup June 9 - July 9, the reality seems to be the move is little beyond a legal step needed in case Germany decides it needs some additional specific measures again [...]
2006-05-22 17:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KHLS PINR ASEC GM EU
06BERLIN1414MANAS AIRFIELD: SEEKING SUPPORT FROM ISAF/OEF
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message May 22 to Eckart Blaurock, MFA NATO Desk Action Officer in charge of ISAF affairs. Blaurock was very supportive of the request and undertook to pursue the matter with the relevant MFA regional bureau. 2. (C) Also on May 22, DAO passed reftel message to H [...]
2006-05-24 15:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL KG GM
06BERLIN1443TURKISH EMBASSY PRESSES FOR HELP CAPTURING PKK
[...] (S) Turkish Embassy PolCouns Kemal Tuzun requested a meeting May 26 with Acting Global Affairs Counselor to discuss new ideas from Ankara to fight the PKK. During the meeting he provided a non-paper (in English, text contained in para 4 below) about and photos of Canan Kurtyilmaz, a.k.a. Asya [...]
2006-05-26 19:14:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KTFN GM TU
06BERLIN146TEST MESSAG OF SIPDIS CAPTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 11:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDACOA
06BERLIN1494GERMAN VIEWS ON THE "ROAD TO RIGA"
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings May 18-19 with USNATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland, German officials were cautious across the board. Nuland focused on the strategic rationale behind our Riga summit initiatives but made only modest headway in broadening German thinking. Nuland found Chancellery and MO [...]
2006-06-02 13:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS PREL GM
06BERLIN1495GERMAN-IRAN TRADE: CHILL IN THE AIR
[...] (C) Summary: Increased international pressure on Iran to halt its uranium enrichment activities may already be affecting Germany's trade with Iran, despite record numbers for 2005. Germany enjoys a substantial trade surplus with Iran, but officials and business people report German businesses [...]
2006-06-02 14:12:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ETRD ETTC GM MNUC PREL IR
06BERLIN1501PSI: GERMAN ATTENDANCE AT HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 15:32:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL PL GM
06BERLIN1502FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 15:33:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA AORC PREL UNSC IR EU GM
06BERLIN1504GERMAN PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) A German Government opinion welcomed the objectives of a Bundesrat bill to criminalize clients who knowingly or recklessly patronize victims of trafficking in persons (TIP). As a Justice Ministry official pointed out, the Merkel Government's November 2005 Coalition Agreement supports im [...]
2006-06-02 16:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN1570SCENESETTER: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Germany gives Interior Minister Schaeuble, a loyal ally in the war on terror, his long-awaited chance to discuss with you personally ongoing and additional bilateral cooperation. Your visit also lets you thank former Minister Schily, who enjoys good relations with [...]
2006-06-09 13:23:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER KJUS PREL PGOV KHLS GM
06BERLIN1595FMCT: GERMAN COMMENTS ON U.S. PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 14:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KNNP PREL CDG GM
06BERLIN1614GERMANY'S GRAND COALITION: THE RETURN OF POLITICS
[...] (U) Summary. After a winter and early spring in which the internal troubles of the SPD provided almost the only domestic headlines, politics returned to Germany in May as the government turned its attention to a series of domestic issues: passage of an anti-discrimination law and tax hikes (b [...]
2006-06-13 14:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV GM
06BERLIN1651 GERMANY'S 2007 EU PRESIDENCY: THE ENERGY AGENDA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany expects to coordinate an ambitious energy initiative for the country's 2007 EU Presidency in the first half of 2007. Germany's EU Presidency will include a kind of "Lisbon Agenda" action plan for EU energy efficiency, use of renewables, and internal market coordination. [...]
2006-06-16 04:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD PGOV SENV EINV PREL EUN GM
06BERLIN1654GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTRY TO OPEN DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. After weeks of media attention on immigration and integration policy, German Interior Minister Schaeuble has decided to organize a conference and meet directly with representatives of a number of Islamic organizations. The decision represents a significant policy shift for the G [...]
2006-06-16 09:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL GM
06BERLIN1672STRUCTURAL LIMITS TO INTEGRATING TURKISH
[...] SUMMARY. Nearly 50 years since the first wave of Trkish immigrants arrived in Germany, economic inegration remains one of the Turkish immigrant comunity's greatest challenges. Prospects for greter economic integration are dimmed by high unemloyment rates, low education levels, and lack of G [...]
2006-06-16 14:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON ELAB SOCI TU GM
06BERLIN1687TIP: RECENT GERMAN GOVERNMENT STEPS; FIGHTING TIP
[...] (SBU) On June 14, Germany deposited instruments of ratification for the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons (Palermo Protocol). Germany will become a party to both July 14. Federal Interior Ministry offi [...]
2006-06-19 16:03:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN1753BERLIN MEETING OF FORCED LABOR AGREEMENT BOARD OF
[...] (U) The Board of Trustees (Kuratorium) of the "Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility, and Future," responsible for oversight of compensation programs for Nazi-era forced laborers and for promoting tolerance and anti-Semitism in the future, met in Berlin June 21-22. There were two key issues [...]
2006-06-26 14:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL PHUM PGOV GM
06BERLIN1781SPD CALLS FOR MORE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
[...] (U) Summary: On June 26 the Social Democratic party (SPD) held a conference under the rubric: "Peace through Disarmament: International Law and Nuclear Nonproliferation." FM Steinmeier (SPD) and IAEA DG ElBaradei were the keynote speakers. During the conference, Steinmeier and other SPD l [...]
2006-06-27 15:54:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPARM KNNP IAEA NATO PGOV GM
06BERLIN1803 Germany and the Airbus Management Squabble
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pressures on Airbus to re-design its A350 and to resolve production problems with the jumbo A380 have focused German official and press attention on shortcomings in the current Franco-German management of Airbus. Inquiries into insider trading of Airbus shares have increased pre [...]
2006-06-28 14:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN GM
06BERLIN1806GERMAN OFFICIAL REACTIONS TO REACH DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions with working-level officials at Germany's Chancellery, Ministry of Economics and Ministry of Environment revealed continued support for the EU Council's December 13, 2005 version of REACH, in contrast to meetings U.S. officials had with State Minister Hildegard Mueller [...]
2006-06-28 15:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON BEXP GM
06BERLIN1809GERMAN OFFICIALS NOTE IMPROVEMENT IN PROVIDING
[...] (U) Summary: German officials reject the notion that Germany has made little progress in protecting TIP victims since 1996. Representatives of the German Federal Family Ministry and the Hamburg State Office of Criminal Investigation (LKA) point to vastly expanded counseling and assistance. [...]
2006-06-28 16:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN1833GERMAN NEXT STEPS O SUPPORT FOR IRAQ
[...] (C) German officials said German steps to mark the inauguration of the Maliki Government included inviting Foreign Minister Zebari to Berlin and considering expansion of training programs outside Iraq. Global Affairs and Political Officers discussed German plans June 29 with incoming MFA Iraq [...]
2006-06-30 14:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALREL PGOV EAID IZ
06BERLIN1835TIP: WORLD CUP UPDATE
[...] (U) Three weeks into the World Cup, German officials and NGOs report no increase thus far in incidents of trafficking in persons (TIP). Officials credit a combination of factors, including increased surveillance and raids on brothels, effective border controls, joint operations with police in [...]
2006-06-30 15:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN1884RUSSIA G-8 PRESIDENCY HOSTS MEETING ON ENGAGING
[...] (C) Summary. German, UK, U.S., and Canadian representatives used a counterterrorism meeting co-organized in Berlin by the Russian MFA and the East West Institute (EWI) to encourage a more structured Russian effort in official G-8 Roma-Lyon channels. The plan that emerged from the June 30 m [...]
2006-07-06 12:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV EIND ELTN ETTC GM
06BERLIN1893HEALTH "REFORM" SPARKS COALITION CLASH
[...] (U) After weeks of internal haggling, in the early morning hours of July 3 Chancellor Merkel announced a compromise agreement on health care reform, designated a top priority in last fall's Coalition Agreement. The reform had been intended to cut medical costs. However, the announced agreeme [...]
2006-07-06 14:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GM
06BERLIN1937GERMAN VIEWS ON S/P INITIATIVE, "PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] (C) Summary: S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner consulted with German officials June 29 on the "Partnership for Better Governance" initiative (PBG). The PBG would be a multilateral partnership to support the emergence of democratic institutions in the developing world by contracting to provid [...]
2006-07-11 08:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KCRS KMCA KMPI GM
06BERLIN1950Snapshot of German Economy - Growth Remains Modest
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germany remains on track for a mild economic revival this year, with 0.4% GDP growth in the first quarter of 2006 and expectations of 1.8% for the year as a whole. Recent unemployment figures were better than expected after the disappointing start earlier in the year. Busines [...]
2006-07-11 15:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM
06BERLIN1993POLITICAL GOALS OF THE GERMAN EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) (Summary) According to our contacts, the Germans have identified four main political goals to pursue during their EU presidency next year. They hope to create a new EU neighborhood policy that encourages countries of the former Soviet Union such as Ukraine and Georgia to pursue reforms d [...]
2006-07-14 15:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU GM
06BERLIN2058GERMANY: HSPD-6 TERRORIST DATA SHARING UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mission Germany has pushed HSPD-6 information sharing with German officials for several months, thus far without success, but recent developments and future high-level contact may provide a way forward. The U.S. sharing of the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) for the Soccer [...]
2006-07-21 14:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER CVIS PINR PGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN2060TERRORISM FINANCE: IIRO: ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 15:35:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN GM
06BERLIN2075TERRORISM FINANCE: MORE GERMAN INFORMATION ON
[...] (C) On July 12, Germany prenotified the proposed addition of Ismail Abu Shaweesh to the UNSCR 1267 Committee's Consolidated List of Individuals and Entities Associated with Al Qaida, the Taliban, and Usama Bin Laden. Ismail Abu Shaweesh is in German custody and on trial for several alleged cr [...]
2006-07-24 17:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV UN GM
06BERLIN2175GERMAN COMMENTS ON FMCT COORDINATION PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 15:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL CDG
06BERLIN2266IOM AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ASSESS
[...] (U) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and German anti-trafficking NGOs say there was no significant increase in trafficking in persons (TIP) or forced prostitution during the 2006 Soccer World Cup in Germany. The IOM and NGOs credit public awareness campaigns and effective pol [...]
2006-08-08 15:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN2269GERMANY DEBATES HEDGE FUND REFORM; BACKS
[...] SUMMARY. Hedge funds are politically contentious in Germany. The two major political parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's "Grand Coalition" have staked out opposing positions on whether Germany should reform its hedge fund regulations. The three major German financial agencies -- the Bund [...]
2006-08-09 09:09:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV PGOV GM
06BERLIN2303SCENESETTER: FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S BERLIN VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. German officials welcome your visit to Berlin to show the strength of U.S.-German law enforcement and counterterrorism cooperation; we want you to use the visit to strengthen it further. You can underscore to nearly all key law enforcement decision-makers the need for uncomplica [...]
2006-08-11 11:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER KJUS ASEC PGOV ETTC CVIS PREL KHLS GM
06BERLIN2344INDUSTRY IMPLICATIONS OF THE REITS DEBATE IN
[...] SUMMARY: Germany's Finance Ministry is nearing the completion of a draft law to legalize Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). The decision to legalize REITs, however, must first receive the approval of Chancellor Angela Merkel's "Coalition" Cabinet, which is deeply divided on the issue. Wh [...]
2006-08-15 10:16:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV PGOV GM
06BERLIN2397DEMARCHE ON WTO DISPUTE ON CHINA IPR: GERMANY
[...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Knut Bruenjes, Deputy Director General for Trade Policy, at the Ministry of Economics and Technology, August 11, 2006. Bruenjes said German officials are aware of the seriousness of the IPR violations involving trademarks and copyrights occurring in [...]
2006-08-18 14:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO GM
06BERLIN2534GERMAN FAMILY MINISTRY OFFICIALS RESPOND TO U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: German Federal Family Ministry officials reiterated the German government's commitment to fight trafficking in persons (TIP) in an August 28 meeting with emboffs. Family Ministry representatives noted the steps German ministries and NGOs had taken to fight TIP in the context of [...]
2006-08-30 09:53:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN2546SPD IN DRIVER'S SEAT FOR BERLIN ELECTION
[...] (U) Summary. With three weeks to go, opinion polls and political commentators and contacts all say Berlin's September 17 election of a new parliament is the SPD's to lose. The Social Democrats lead the Christian Democrats by over ten percent in all polls and the ratings gap between the two parties' [...]
2006-08-30 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV GM
06BERLIN2548FIRST LOOK AT GERMANY'S EU PRESIDENCY, G-8
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the German government is not expected to finalize its G-8 and EU presidency agendas until after cabinet meetings on each scheduled for October 1 and October 11 respectively, Environment Ministry contacts conveyed August 23 what they see as focal points for German envir [...]
2006-08-30 15:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG EAIR GM
06BERLIN2577SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) Summary. The July 31 train bombing plot, the UK airplane bombing plot, and the Hizballah-Israel war have brought about public debate in Germany that gives us new opportunities for increased counterterrorism cooperation which you should explore in your discussions here. After 9/11, German [...]
2006-08-31 16:54:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER PGOV GM
06BERLIN2593GERMAN THOUGHTS ON SANCTIONS, EU3 UNITY
[...] (U) Summary: Charge raised Iran with Foreign Office State Secretary (U/S-equivalent) August 30 and Embassy delivered SIPDIS reftel demarche August 31. Germany is ready for discussion of Iran to return to the Security Council and supports discussion of punitive measures. The critical task, [...]
2006-09-01 16:01:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEU IR KNNP PARM PGOV PREL UN
06BERLIN2623GERMAN RESPONSE: UPCOMING IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS
[...] (C) Noting his previous discussions with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow, MFA's State Secretary Georg Boomgaarden told DCM that Germany planned to SIPDIS send a high-level representative from the MFA for the September 10 Iraq Compact meeting in Abu Dhabi. Boom [...]
2006-09-07 08:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIZ EAID EFIN PREL
06BERLIN2654DHS COUNSELOR ROSENZWEIG PUSHES FOR CT PROGRESS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Regarding Interior Minister Schaeuble's planned September 24-26 trip to Washington, German Interior Ministry Director General Guenter Krause told visiting Department of Homeland Security Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for Policy Paul Rosenzweig September 4-5 that SIPDIS [...]
2006-09-12 06:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KHLS EAIR PGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN2676S/CT AMB. CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH EU CT
[...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton, meeting EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries September 6 in Berlin, stated the need for the U.S. and EU to incorporate all the tools at their disposal -- social, commercial, economic, and diplomatic tools -- in the fight a [...]
2006-09-13 07:15:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KHLS EAID GM EU
06BERLIN2733GERMAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING MTCR PLENARY AND INDIA
[...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph five. 2. (C) Global Affairs officer discussed the October 2-6 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary scheduled for Copenhagen in a meeting September 14 with German MFA MTCR Desk Officer Ina Schuett. Schuett inquired whether the U.S. [...]
2006-09-15 13:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM ETTC GM SA
06BERLIN2740GERMANY -- RELEASE OF SUSPECT IN ATTEMPTED TRAIN
[...] (SBU) The German Federal Prosecutor's Office announced September 14 the release from investigatory detention of Fadi Al Saleh, one of three individuals arrested in connection with the July 31 attempted bomb attacks on the German railway system (Reftel). Al Saleh, a Syrian national, is suspect [...]
2006-09-15 15:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER ASEC KCRM GM
06BERLIN2743ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY: GERMANY READY TO TALK
[...] Summary. Officials in the international division of the Environment Ministry emphasize the Chancellery's desire to link environmental and economic issues will shape Germany's bilateral dialogue with the U.S. on climate change as well as Germany's contributions to the upcoming High Level Dialo [...]
2006-09-15 17:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG EAIR GM
06BERLIN2748SPD WINS BERLIN ELECTION; OUTCOME REFLECTS LOCAL
[...] (U) As widely expected, Berlin's SPD won the Sept. 17 state election, taking 30.9 percent of the vote, up slightly since the 2001 election. The SPD will have the option of forming a government with either the Left Party.PDS or the Greens, both of which took just over 13 percent of the vote. E [...]
2006-09-18 12:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GM
06BERLIN2754GERMANY'S FAMILY MINISTER ON THE FIGHT AGAINST TIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. German Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen, meeting with the Ambassador, stressed Germany's commitment to fighting trafficking in persons. She noted the study, underway in the Ministry at her direction, to establish a factual analysis of the effects of the 2002 law concernin [...]
2006-09-18 15:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL GM
06BERLIN2766GERMAN MUSLIMS RESPOND CALMLY TO POPE'S REMARKS
[...] (U) Summary and Comment. Muslim organizations in Germany reacted calmly, but critically, to the Pope's September 12 remarks in Regensburg. There have been no demonstrations to our knowledge and no violent incidents. Muslim organizations have also accepted the Pope's subsequent apology and ou [...]
2006-09-19 14:11:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KISL GM
06BERLIN2769CDU/CSU AND SPD INTERNAL DISCONTENT: IMPACT ON
[...] (U) Summary. Chancellor Merkel begins the fall political season in a secure position, despite sniping from rivals within her own party and tensions between the coalition partners at the party level. However, party sources and polls indicate discontent remains significant. The SPD is plagued [...]
2006-09-20 11:14:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV GM
06BERLIN2782GERMANY'S EU PRESIDENCY - LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) The American Chamber of Commerce EU's meetings on September 13 and 14 with officials responsible for Germany's EU presidential agenda at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economics and Chancellery provided a comprehensive preview of Germany's EU presidency economic agenda. Ge [...]
2006-09-20 16:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG GM PGOV PREL EU
06BERLIN2785U.S.-GERMAN COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY: SEIZING THE
[...] (S) Summary. The discovery this summer of the plot to bomb German trains, coming on top of terrorists' plans in the UK to blow-up transatlantic flights, has created an opening for the German government to move on further counterterrorism initiatives. Interior Minister Schaeuble's trip to Was [...]
2006-09-21 08:46:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER PGOV PREL KHLS CVIS TBIO GM EU
06BERLIN2793GERMANY WILL PARTICIPATE IN INITIAL MEETING OF
[...] (C) EMIN, accompanied by Global Affairs officer, and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin delivered ref A demarche and accompanying draft documents September 21 to German MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Michael Witter and MFA Desk Officer for Internatio [...]
2006-09-21 15:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKGIC PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS IAEA GM
06BERLIN2820IRAN/EXPORT CONTROLS - GERMAN UPDATE ON EU EFFORTS
[...] (C) German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Director Markus Klinger provided Global Affairs officer September 22 with an update on EU3 efforts to raise awareness in other EU capitals of the risk of diversion of sensitive technology to Iran's nuclear and missile programs. As part of an effort [...]
2006-09-25 10:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL KNNP MTCR MNUC IR GM
06BERLIN2828GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON ARMS TRANSFERS TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Emboffs delivered ref A demarche September 22 to MFA Arms Export Control Division Desk Officer Jan Freigang and Venezuela Desk Officer Achim Troester. Freigang said Germany closely evaluates all export license applications involving [...]
2006-09-25 16:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PARM PREL ETTC VE GM
06BERLIN2829TREASURY OFFICIALS UNDERSCORE BASIS, VALUE OF TFTP
[...] (C) Summary. Treasury Department Deputy Assistant General Counsel James Freis and Senior Advisor Michael Jacobson underlined the legal basis and the value of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) in several meetings with German officials September 19. German officials, who are prepar [...]
2006-09-25 16:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KJUS ETTC EFIN KTFN PGOV GM EU
06BERLIN2830EARLY GERMAN THOUGHTS ON U.S.-EU TERRORISM FINANCE
[...] (SBU) German agencies preparing for the U.S.-EU terrorism finance workshop this week in Helsinki met Monday September 25, as foreshadowed ref B, to prepare for the meeting and to begin discussions about the next workshop, to take place under the 2007 German EU Presidency. Transatlantic Diplom [...]
2006-09-25 17:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER KTFN GM
06BERLIN2832TERRORISM FINANCE: ISLAMIC RESISTANCE SUPPORT
[...] (C) Subsequent to the domestic designations in refs A and B, German MFA counterterrorism desk officer Holger Kraemer informed Global Affairs Officer that German agencies have performed their regular checks and determined that there are no assets under any of the subject's names in German finan [...]
2006-09-26 09:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN ETTC EFIN PGOV GM
06BERLIN2893SUCCESSFUL START TO ISLAMIC CONFERENCE
[...] Summary. Germany's Sept. 27 Islam Conference of government and Muslim representatives has been widely hailed as a successful and historic occasion. Interior Ministry contacts report the event was better than expected, even though there were differing views among the Muslim participants and t [...]
2006-09-29 14:32:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KISL PGOV GM
06BERLIN2948CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S SPEECH ON GOALS FOR EU
[...] (U) Summary. Chancellor Merkel spoke on September 22 at a Bertelsmann Foundation Conference on the future of Europe and highlighted five key goals for the EU as her government prepares to assume the EU presidency in the first half of 2007. First, the EU is committed to democracy, rule of law [...]
2006-10-06 12:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EU GM
06BERLIN2957SCENESETTER: LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mission Germany warmly welcomes you and your delegation for talks which will deepen our cooperation with Germany in the Global War on Terror. The German Government is serious about combating terrorism and, especially in the wake of the failed train bombing attampts in July, is [...]
2006-10-10 05:50:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PTER PGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN2976GERMAN NONPROLIFERATION PRIORITIES INCLUDE G-8
[...] (C) Summary: German MFA Office Director for Nuclear Nonproliferation, International Energy, and Nuclear Energy Policy Thomas Meister told Global Affairs Counselor October 6 that Germany is still in the process of formulating nonproliferation priorities for its G-8 Presidency, but will focus i [...]
2006-10-11 15:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KGIT IAEA IN GM
06BERLIN3023GERMAN QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE COALITION AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs Counselor presented Reftel demarche October 17 to Ambassador Hermann Sausen, MFA Commissioner for Environmental and Biopolitical Issues. Drawing on Reftel points, GA Counselor reiterated our interest in Germany becoming a full partner in the Coalition Against Wildlife Tr [...]
2006-10-17 14:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV GM
06BERLIN3030GERMAN MFA BRIEFING ON FUEL CYCLE INITIATIVE
[...] (C) German MFA Deputy Office Director for Nuclear Nonproliferation and International Energy Dietrich Becker briefed Global Affairs officer October 17 on FM Steinmeier's proposed Fuel Cycle Initiative. The initiative, first presented at the IAEA General Conference in September (ref B),propose [...]
2006-10-18 16:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA GM
06BERLIN3045IRAQ/US/UK JOINT DEMARCHE ON IRAQ COMPACT;
[...] (C) Iraqi Embassy Counselor Qais Naif Abboud and Attache Bashar F. Al-Bander, UK Embassy Poloff Neil Holland, and Global Affairs Officer jointly delivered ref demarche October 16 to MFA Iraq Working Group Chief Ruediger Lotz and two of his staff including desk officer Christofer Burger. Abboud [...]
2006-10-19 18:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN IZ GM
06BERLIN3058NSG - GERMAN REACTION TO INDIA PRESENTATION ON
[...] (C) German MFA NSG Desk Officer Joerg Polster told Global Affairs officer October 20 that India's October 12 presentation on the margins of the NSG Consultative Group meeting (ref A),while helpful, had done little to change German thinking on civil nuclear cooperation with India. Polster stat [...]
2006-10-20 17:18:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IN GM
06BERLIN3059GERMAN COMMENTS ON U.S. NATIONAL SPACE POLICY
[...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph 9. 2. (S) Summary: Global Affairs officer briefed German officials in Bonn on the U.S. National Space Policy October 16. Although the German officials appreciated the information, they also expressed some reservations. In sum, they contended [...]
2006-10-20 17:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM GM
06BERLIN3060SCENESETTER FOR CEQ CHAIRMAN JAMES L.
[...] SUMMARY. Your visit to Germany -- Frankfurt October 23 and Berlin October 26-28 -- provides excellent opportunities to advance U.S.-German cooperation and to refute German public misperceptions about U.S. climate and energy policies. The visit particularly offers opportunities to engage on [...]
2006-10-20 18:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON ENRG EAIR GM
06BERLIN3076GERMANY MULLS NEW APPROACH FOR DEEPENING
[...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel has publicly affirmed that she plans to pursue deepening transatlantic economic relations during Germany's EU Presidency. In response, German officials have been scrambling to devise a plan to increase economic integration with the U.S. without adopting the form [...]
2006-10-23 16:47:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL PGOV GM EU EFIN EAGR
06BERLIN3093U.S. OFFICIALS INSPECT SUSPECTED STOLEN U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: USG and German Customs officials inspected the German auto dealer Eble 4X4 Restaurationen, located in Lahr, Germany, on October 4, 2006, on suspicions that Eble planned to export stolen U.S. military HMMWVs (reftel) from Germany. Although the USG officials continued to harbor su [...]
2006-10-25 09:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC MASS PARM GM
06BERLIN3098LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER'S VISIT TO GERMANY TO
[...] (C) Legal Adviser Bellinger used the opportunity of a U.S.-German conference on international legal issues relating to the Global War on Terror to address widespread German/European misperceptions about U.S. policies and practices. Bellinger and other senior USG participants underscored the [...]
2006-10-25 12:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM KJUS PREL PTER
06BERLIN3135GERMAN RESPONSE: IRAQ COMPACT PG MEETING IN KUWAIT
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer discussed ref demarche with Ruediger Lotz, Chief of the MFA Iraq Working Group. He said he would lead the German delegation to the October 31 Iraq Compact Preparatory Group (PG) Meeting in Kuwait; an officer from the German Embassy in Kuwait would also be there. W [...]
2006-10-27 13:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ EAID EFIN PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN3141OEF MANDATE RENEWAL BURDENED BY GERMAN TROOPS'
[...] (C) Summary. A series of incidents involving German forces overseas will burden November's debate on renewal of the mandate for German troops in OEF, though at this stage the Chancellery and Foreign Office are confident the mandate will be approved. Most recently, photographs of German soldi [...]
2006-10-27 15:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM GM
06BERLIN3145SUBJECT: GERMAN SECURITY POLICY WHITE PAPER
[...] (C) Summary. Chancellor Merkel and her cabinet approved October 25 a White Paper on security policy and the future of the Bundeswehr, the first since 1994. The document is on the whole a success, defining priorities in a manner consistent with that of the U.S. and reaffirming the role of NATO [...]
2006-10-27 17:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GM
06BERLIN3151EB/ESC DAS PAUL SIMONS MEETINGS WITH GERMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 20, EB/ESC Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Simons met with senior German officials at the SIPDIS Foreign Office and the Economic Ministry to discuss issues associated with energy policy as Germany prepares to take over the EU and G-8 presidencies in 2007. Interlocu [...]
2006-10-30 08:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EU PGOV PREL SENV GM
06BERLIN3156GERMAN HEALTH MINISTER SCHMIDT TRAVELING TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Health Ulla Schmidt travels to New York and Washington October 29 - November 4 to meet with pharmaceutical companies, consumer groups, and attend a Commonwealth Fund symposium on health care policy. The trip is billed by the Ministry of Health as another opportuni [...]
2006-10-30 14:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EIND EINV PGOV SOCI GM ELAB
06BERLIN3172BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Per ref A request, emboffs contacted the management offices of the Eurojet consortium in Hallbergmoss, Germany to confirm receipt of aircraft spare parts (transducer sets) made by U.S. company Endevco. According to the license application, the transducers are intended for use in EJ200 j [...]
2006-10-31 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC GM UK SP IT
06BERLIN3173DHS A/S BAKER ENGAGES ON PNR, SEEKS GREATER CT
[...] (C) Summary. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker urged greater bilateral SIPDIS biographic and biometric information sharing and explained U.S. objections to the recent U.S.-EU Passenger Name Records (PNR) agreement. A/S Baker urged Germany to accep [...]
2006-10-31 12:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKHLS PGOV PTER PREL EAIR GM EU
06BERLIN3195GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN POLICE NEXT STEPS: ESDP?
[...] (C) Summary. German agencies continue to disagree on the merits of turning to an ESDP mission to expand training of the Afghanistan police, even though Germany has made this proposal to the EU in Brussels (ref A). The MFA, which formally leads the German effort, sees a way to streamline oper [...]
2006-11-02 11:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PTER AF GM
06BERLIN3202GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ITU COUNCIL
[...] In response to the diplomatic notes relayed to German government as instructed in reftel, post recently received two Notes Verbal, both dated October 16. The first Note Verbal confirmed German support for the U.S. candidacy to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council in the up [...]
2006-11-02 14:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECPS ITU GM
06BERLIN3220PARLIAMENTARY PRESSURE, GOVERNMENT MISSTEPS
[...] (C) Summary: Setbacks related to German overseas deployments are reinforcing a tendency toward short-term caution on military issues. Barely one week after the release of a well-received White Paper on security that cast Germany as an increasingly engaged and transformed security partner, Ber [...]
2006-11-03 16:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM GM LE AF BK SR
06BERLIN3259GERMAN RESPONSE: UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS AND KOMID
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche November 6 to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke. Global affairs officer subsequently delivered ref B demarche November 7 to MFA International Economic Policy Division Desk Officer Bernd Forster and MFA Nuclear Nonprolife [...]
2006-11-07 17:01:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM EFIN KNNP PREL PGOV DPRK KN CH GM
06BERLIN3267OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE U.S. OBJECTIVES DURING
[...] (C) Summary: While debates over constitutional reform will limit Germany's ability to launch major initiatives, Germany's EU presidency presents opportunities for the U.S. and Germany to advance shared objectives and improve coordination. On energy, we have an opportunity to promote closer c [...]
2006-11-08 16:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG PTER GM EU
06BERLIN3281NO GERMAN PLANS FOR FURTHER IRAQI DEBT RELIEF
[...] (SBU) Johannes Kindler, Deputy Director General of the Federal Chancellery, and Rolf Wenzel, Deputy Director General for International Financial and Monetary Policies of the Ministry of Finance, told Embassy officers in separate meetings that Germany was unlikely to forgive further Iraqi debt [...]
2006-11-09 17:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IZ GM
06BERLIN3296NGO FILES ANOTHER LEGAL COMPLAINT AGAINST SENIOR
[...] (C) Summary. The Justice Ministry confirmed that a German lawyer for the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR),a New York-based NGO, filed a 380 page legal complaint via email November 14 with the German Federal Prosecutor General in Karlsruhe. The complaint requests the Federal Prosecutor [...]
2006-11-14 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKJUS KMDR PREL GM
06BERLIN3324GERMAN AUTHORITIES ARREST MAN FOR EXPORTING WMD
[...] (C) On November 13, the Federal Office of Criminal Investigation (BKA) headquartered in Meckenheim provided Legatt Berlin with a summary of arrests made November 6 in connection with illegal shipments of WMD-related items to Iran. According to the summary, the Federal Office of Customs Invest [...]
2006-11-16 16:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC KCRM KNNP PARM PREL IR GM SZ
06BERLIN3325GERMANY DENIES EXPORT LICENSE FOR SUSPECTED STOLEN
[...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Global Affairs officer met German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke November 14 to discuss ref case of two German auto dealers trying to export suspected stolen U.S. military HMMWVs. As noted in ref B, Eble 4X4 Resta [...]
2006-11-16 16:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC MASS PARM GM
06BERLIN3333MERKEL FACES PARTY CONVENTION AFTER YEAR IN OFFICE
[...] (C) After a year in office, Chancellor Merkel finds herself, her party, and her government languishing in the polls. The largest tax hike in German history, a failed health care reform effort, and challenges to Merkel's Qdership from within her own party are the three leading causes of this s [...]
2006-11-17 17:15:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN3353GERMANY 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 15:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM GM
06BERLIN3354DAS KRAMER'S VISIT TO BERLIN, NOVEMBER 17
[...] (C) (Summary) National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen, MFA Political Director Michael Schaefer, and other senior German officials discussed Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus in meetings with DAS Kramer who visited Berlin on November 17. Schaefer and Heusgen argued that we s [...]
2006-11-22 16:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN GM RU UP MD GG
06BERLIN3355NEW-OLD BERLIN GOVERNMENT TO BE FORMED NOVEMBER
[...] (U) After six weeks of negotiations followed by overwhelming endorsements at state-level party conventions, Berlin's Social Democrats (SPD) and Left Party.PDS (LP.PDS) have announced all the members of the new cabinet (Senat),which will be elected by the state parliament on November 23. Desp [...]
2006-11-22 17:05:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GM
06BERLIN3374(S) SHIELD S06-06: GERMAN INSTITUTES DECLINE
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer discussed WMD nonproliferation issues with German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke November 27. Kauke provided a German-language nonpaper in response to ref B demarche concerning contacts between the Chinese Center for Disease Control (CCDC) and [...]
2006-11-28 15:16:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC GM CH
06BERLIN3380(S) DEMARCHE ON IRAN SEEKING GERMAN-ORIGIN ENGINES
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke November 27. Kauke thanked us for the information concerning the Dutch firm Aviation Services International's procurement efforts of German-produced Limbach Flugmotoren engines on b [...]
2006-11-28 16:48:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC GM TW IR
06BERLIN3391INTERAGENCY DELEGATION URGES U.S-GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary. A U.S. delegation sought expanded German actions against the PKK and proposed closer cooperation between Germany and the U.S., as well as among Turkey, Germany, the U.S., and other EU member states. German officials acknowledged the importance of fighting the PKK. The Interior M [...]
2006-11-29 17:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL GM TU
06BERLIN3395CONVENTION STRENGTHENS MERKEL IN PARTY, GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Summary. Angela Merkel's re-election as party leader with an unexpected 93 percent of the vote, together with poor performances by her principal rivals and good results for her proteges, has helped to consolidate her leadership of the CDU. Her strong showing may also boost her position v [...]
2006-11-30 09:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN3399ENERGY AND GERMANY'S EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The German EU presidency provides us with opportunities to engage both Germany and the EU on all aspects of energy policy, including the question of standards for the next generation of energy technologies. Germany plans to make energy a key focus of its EU and G-8 presidenci [...]
2006-11-30 12:22:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV PREL EU GM
06BERLIN3402ENGAGING WITH THE GERMANS ON THEIR EU CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) (Summary) Germany has made engagement with Central Asia a top priority for its upcoming EU presidency. The Germans hope to strengthen regional cooperation in Central Asia, expand the region's economic options, increase cooperation on energy, promote the rule of law, and expand contacts b [...]
2006-11-30 15:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL ZKGM EU GM
06BERLIN3412DEMARCHE TO GERMAN MFA ON IRANIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Poloff presented reftel demarche to Sabine Sparwasser, MFA Office Director for Middle East and Maghreb Affairs, on December 1. MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel also attended. Sparwasser stated that she expects EU coordination on any public statement regarding the upcoming Iranian ele [...]
2006-12-01 14:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM GM IR
06BERLIN3422ENGAGING GERMANY ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE: CEQ CHAIRMAN?S
[...] SUMMARY: White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James L. Connaughton met with senior German officials from the Environment, Economic, and Foreign Affairs Ministries as well as the Bundestag (parliament) and Chancellery to discuss environment and energy policy as Germany prepar [...]
2006-12-05 08:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON EAIR GM
06BERLIN3433SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NEA PDAS JAMES F. JEFFREY
[...] (C) After a brief honeymoon during her first year in office, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Grand Coalition government face low opinion ratings at home. This owes largely to difficulties with domestic economic, social, and political restructuring; the debate about the role of German troops [...]
2006-12-05 15:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN3435DELEGATION PROPOSES HSPD-6 INFO SHARING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. An interagency U.S. delegation presented German officials with a proposal to share terrorist screening data as called for in HSPD-6. The meeting between the U.S. delegation and the German side, headed by the Interior Ministry, November 8 in Berlin followed previous bilateral dis [...]
2006-12-06 11:05:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KHLS CVIS GM
06BERLIN3442ENGAGING GERMANY ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE: CEQ
[...] SUMMARY: White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James L. Connaughton met with senior German officials from the Environment, Economic, and Foreign Affairs Ministries as well as the Bundestag (parliament) and Chancellery to discuss environment and energy policy as Germany prepar [...]
2006-12-07 09:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON EAIR GM
06BERLIN3450DEMARCHE ON E.O. 13382 ENTITIES -- EXAMPLES OF
[...] (S) Global Affairs counselor and Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche December 6 to officials from the Foreign Trade Law Division in the German Economic Ministry. Foreign Trade Law Division Office Director Ursina Krumpholz thanked us for the information and said she would discuss it with [...]
2006-12-07 16:44:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN GM
06BERLIN3452GETTING MORE FROM GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany remains a key partner in Afghanistan and Chancellor Merkel is committed to succeeding, but we need to find new ways to increase German resolve and resources. Post believes the Germans can do more in the near term in many of the key areas Embassy Kabul has identified i [...]
2006-12-07 18:06:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS AID ECON AF PK GM
06BERLIN3456SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S.-GERMAN WORKING GROUP ON
[...] (C) Summary. The December 12 inaugural meeting of the U.S.-German Working Group to share counterterrorism information is an opportunity to achieve significant progress. German officials have indicated they would be prepared to share their "Gefaerderliste" (list of those who pose a threat) an [...]
2006-12-08 11:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KJUS KHLS GM
06BERLIN3462GERMAN VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] SUMMARY. Embassy officers talked to numerous contacts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chancellery about issues that will arise during the upcoming GAERC (see reftels) and European Council meetings. Chancellery officials stated that Turkey's failure to fulfill its obligations caus [...]
2006-12-08 15:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU GM
06BERLIN3468Germany's FY 2007 Defense Budget: More Shadow than Light
[...] (U) The Bundestag approved a 472 million Euro increase of the MOD budget in FY 2007 on November 24, 2006. This marginal increase follows a series of nominal cuts in defense spending and exemplifies the continued low priority for defense: While the national budget will grow by 3.2 percent, def [...]
2006-12-11 07:11:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO GM
06BERLIN3477A GOOD TWO WEEKS: BOEING COMPLETES OVER $10
[...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing reports it is winning orders from Germany's two largest air carriers, Lufthansa and Air Berlin, worth almost $11 billion. Air Berlin and Boeing announced November 28 they were finalizing a deal for 85 Boeing 737-type aircraft worth $5.1 billion. The order would represen [...]
2006-12-11 16:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON ETRD GM
06BERLIN3478NEXT STEPS ON THE TFTP -- GERMAN REACTION
[...] (C) Summary: Germany is not contemplating any immediate action in response to the November 22 report of the EU's Article 29 Working Party that concluded that SWIFT violated the EU's Data Privacy Directive by exporting data to the U.S. Nevertheless, German officials believe SWIFT will come un [...]
2006-12-11 17:08:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ECON GM
06BERLIN3490(C) MERKEL AFTER ONE YEAR
[...] (C) Improving the tone of transatlantic relations has been a key goal of the first year of Angela Merkel's chancellorship, and she largely has succeeded, to the benefit of the U.S. and Germany. Merkel has not taken bold steps yet to improve the substantive content of the relationship, however [...]
2006-12-13 10:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN3492A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) (Summary) A/S Kristen Silverberg met Commissioner for Global Affairs, Peter Wittig, State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg, Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel, and other German officials and opinion leaders in Berlin on December 4 and 5 to discuss UN policy issues such as Iran, Leba [...]
2006-12-14 08:08:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALUNHRC UNIFIL UN SU IR LE SY EUN GE
06BERLIN3503S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST ENGAGES GERMANY AHEAD OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings December 6, S/CRS Coordinator Ambassador John Herbst pushed German officials to incorporate stability and reconstruction (S/R) programming into their 2007 G-8 and EU presidencies. His interlocutors from the Federal Chancellery and Foreign Ministry sug [...]
2006-12-14 14:20:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KPKO CM GM XA
06BERLIN3504ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES DISCUSSES TERRORISM AND
[...] (C) The Attorney General, in meetings with German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries, reviewed the legal basis on which the USG is engaged in the global fight against terror and discussed in particular the Military Commissions Act recently signed by Pre [...]
2006-12-14 16:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKJUS PREL PTER GM
06BERLIN3505GERMAN REQUEST CONCERNING KOMID FINANCIAL
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer met Christian Mayer, deputy director of the German Finance Ministry's Division for Monetary Transactions and Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, November 24 to follow up ref B demarche and the Germans' interim reply (ref A). Mayer said relevant G [...]
2006-12-14 17:08:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KNAR GM CH
06BERLIN3506(S) DEMARCHE PASSED TO GERMANY ON POTENTIAL SALES
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Divison Desk Officer Ina Schuett December 14. Schuett thanked us for the information. She said that the German firm Spinner Machine Tools is a well-known producer of CNC machinery, but she had no knowledge of prolif [...]
2006-12-14 17:40:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW SY KN
06BERLIN3507GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin jointly delivered the Global Initiative (GI) draft Plan of Work and accompanying documents (ref) to officials from the German MFA's Division for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy December [...]
2006-12-14 17:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC KNNP PREL ASCH CACM GM AS CA CH
06BERLIN3517ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER OLMERT'S VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) (Summary) During Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's visit to Berlin on December 11-12 he held extensive discussions with Chancellor Merkel and met more briefly with Foreign Minister Steinmeier and President Koehler. Most of the discussions with Merkel took place without any other staff prese [...]
2006-12-15 15:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL IS LE SP SY XF GM
06BERLIN3518GERMANY HONING TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Chancellor and other senior German officials continue to note Germany's economic agenda for its EU presidency includes promoting a more highly integrated transatlantic market place, while at the same time reiterating support for a successfully concluded Doha Development Agenda [...]
2006-12-15 15:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN ECIN KIPR PREL GM
06BERLIN3519GERMAN POSITION ON EU EMISSIONS TRADING AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per action request in reftel, post has discussed points with a broad range of German officials in the Foreign Office, Ministry of Environment, Economic Ministry, Transportation Ministry, and the Bundestag. All contacts noted the Environment Ministry has the lead on this issue [...]
2006-12-15 17:22:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON SENV GM
06BERLIN3520SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Your December 21 meetings in Berlin with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck are an excellent opportunity to push economic reforms and boost German, European and global growth as Germany assumes the leadership of the G-8 and the EU. The Chancellor an [...]
2006-12-15 17:53:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PREL GM
06BERLIN3527IRAN HOLOCAUST DENIERS' CONFERENCE: THE VIEW FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iranian government-sponsored Holocaust conference received wide official and media attention in Germany, with sharp criticism coming from the Chancellor downwards. It is not yet clear if authorities will pursue criminal charges against Germans involved with the conference. [...]
2006-12-18 15:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM GM IR
06BERLIN3529ENGAGING MUSLIMS IN GERMANY ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] Summary. Mission Germany has expanded its Muslim engagement efforts to include a series of roundtable discussions on U.S. foreign policy with prominent members of Germany's Muslim communities. Despite skepticism and suspicion from some interlocutors, most are keen to express their political [...]
2006-12-18 16:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDGM KISL PTER
06BERLIN3542FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Senior Advisor Charles King Mallory and NEA/PI Political Pillar Manager Owen Kirby met with representatives from two German political foundations December 6-7. In separate meetings, representatives of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) and Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FEF [...]
2006-12-20 09:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMPI GM
06BERLIN3551GERMAN PARLIAMENT DEBATES SUPPORT IN DARFUR
[...] (C) A parliamentary debate on the future of German contributions to a peace operation in Darfur shows that there is an emerging - if vague - support for an enhanced operation in Sudan. SPD, Greens and FDP expressed cautious support, depending on the details, of an extended peace support opera [...]
2006-12-20 15:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL GM XA SU
06BERLIN3554GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UAE-BASED MAYROW
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer discussed WMD nonproliferation issues with German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Andreas Kauke December 4. Kauke provided a German-language nonpaper in response to ref B demarche concerning the procurement efforts by a Berlin-based man, Akbar Ashraf Vaghefi, and a [...]
2006-12-20 17:31:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL AEMR GM IR
06BERLIN3555BUNDESTAG SENDS REQUEST FOR VIDEOS OF QUESTIONING
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) On December 19, Post received the following letter addressed to Ambassador Timken from Siegfried Kauder, Chairman of the Bundestag Investigating Committee looking into allegations of renditions and the activities of the [...]
2006-12-20 17:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PTER KLIG PGOV GM
06BERLIN3558GERMANY SUPPORTS NARROW SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with German government officials and business associations show continued willingness to support targeted sanctions concerning Iran's nuclear and missile programs, but at the same time reflect little enthusiasm for pursuing broader sanctions against Iran. Official [...]
2006-12-21 10:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC EPET ETRD GM MNUC PREL IR
06BERLIN3563German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of December 20, Germany has 7,664 military personnel deployed in out-of-area deployments. All Bundeswehr deployments, with the exception of observers such as in Georgia (where currently 11 military personnel are deployed under UNOMIG),all military out-of-area (OOA) deployments require [...]
2006-12-21 15:50:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL GM
06BERLIN3564GERMAN GOVERNMENT SENDS LEGISLATION TO PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) On December 13, the German cabinet approved enabling legislation for five treaties on German-U.S. judicial cooperation in criminal matters, paving the way for their ratification. As a next step in the ratification process, both houses of the German Parliament (the Bundestag and Bundesrat [...]
2006-12-21 16:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN3565GERMANY: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Germany continues to be a strong partner in countering the global terrorist threat by participating in military operations overseas, providing leadership in multilateral settings, and fighting terrorism within its borders. German cooperation with the United States on the counterterrorism [...]
2006-12-21 16:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC GM
06BERLIN3566GERMAN QUERY ON PRC UNIVERSITY SEEKING FILAMENT
[...] (U) This message contains a request for guidance -- please see paragraph four. 2. (S) Global Affairs officer met German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke December 21. Kauke passed a nonpaper concerning an export license application currently undergoing review by the [...]
2006-12-21 16:47:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE TNGD PARM PREL PINR GM CH
06BERLIN3567BERLIN POLICE RAIDS TARGET SUSPECTED TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) On December 20, the Berlin Criminal Investigation Service's (LKA) office for combating trafficking raided eighteen locations in Berlin and executed eight arrest warrants. According to a press release issued by the Berlin LKA, police and Berlin prosecutors had been conducting investigation [...]
2006-12-21 16:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN3580(S) DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett December 27. Schuett thanked us for the information and said she would convey it to appropriate government officials for consultation. She said that the Federal Economic and Export [...]
2006-12-28 11:50:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL GM
06BERLIN3587GERMAN FEDERAL PROSECUTOR DECLINES INVESTIGATING
[...] (SBU) German Federal Prosecutor Monika Harms has decided that she is not responsible for investigating six EUCOM officers in Stuttgart for allegedly planning the kidnapping and rendition of six Algerian nationals from Sarajevo to Guantanamo Bay via Germany in 2002, according to December 29 Ger [...]
2006-12-29 12:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKLIG KJUS PREL GM
06BERLIN361VISIT OF HOLOCAUST ENVOY O'DONNELL: DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary. In January 18 meetings at the Foreign and Interior Ministries, and the Federal Chancellery, German officials signaled a desire to move more quickly toward a resolution of ITS issues than they had in the past, but were nonetheless unsure of how to do so from both a substantive and [...]
2006-02-09 16:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI GM
06BERLIN393TERRORISM FINANCE: ADDITIONAL INFO REQUEST RE:
[...] (C) Global Affairs Officer conveyed reftel to Susanne Welter, MFA Acting Office Director for International Counterterrorism Cooperation February 13. She said she would consult with other German agencies to determine whether Germany might be able to provide any additional information. Post wil [...]
2006-02-13 16:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN GM
06BERLIN455ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETINGS IN GERMANY
[...] (C) Summary: Senior German officials responded positively to USG efforts to show solidarity with Denmark and agreed with the basic principle of using the incident to stress the importance of building democracy in the BMENA region. The Germans agreed with the USG assessment that the caricature [...]
2006-02-17 10:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PHUM PTER GM
06BERLIN477CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS LAUNCH DISCUSSION OF NEW BASIC
[...] (U) Under the slogan "New Justice Through More Freedom," Chancellor Merkel hosted a mini-covention of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on February 21 to launch the development of a new Basic Program for the party. Merkel emphasized the many challenges not addressed in the 1994 Basic Progr [...]
2006-02-21 16:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV GM
06BERLIN636OPPOSITION TO SCRUTINIZE BND ROLE IN IRAQ
[...] (C) The FDP's Bundestag caucus voted March 6 to establish a parliamentary investigatory committee to look into the activities of the German intelligence service (BND) in Iraq and in relation to terror suspects held by the U.S. Since the caucuses of the Greens and Left Party.PDS had already ta [...]
2006-03-07 16:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN700AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI'S MEETINGS WITH GERMAN
[...] (C) (Summary) Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli visited Berlin and discussed UN reform with National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretary Georg Boomgaarden, Director General for UN Affairs SIPDIS Hans-Joachim Daerr and other Ministry officials on March [...]
2006-03-10 19:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UN GM
06BERLIN721VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT KACZYNSKI TO GERMANY
[...] (C) Summary: During his visit to Berlin on March 8-9, Polish President Kaczynski criticized German positions on the EU, the German-Russian gas pipeline and the commemoration of World War II refugees. However, his public remarks were relatively restrained, and German officials described the [...]
2006-03-14 16:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GM PL
06BERLIN846THE MARCH 26 GERMAN STATE ELECTIONS: GOOD NEWS FOR
[...] (C) The March 26 election in three German states had the effect of reinforcing the national standing of Christian (CDU) and Social (SPD) Democrats, partners in the Berlin's "Grand Coalition." Though turnout was low, there are few signs that alienation was the reason, as protest parties of rig [...]
2006-03-27 12:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN889SHUTTING DOWN THE PKK IN FRANCE AND GERMANY:
[...] (S) Upon receipt of Ref A, DCM chaired a meeting of relevant members of the country team and post raised the issue of PKK support in Germany with the Turkish DCM and senior members of the German government. German officials state an awareness of the threats posed by the PKK and a readiness to [...]
2006-03-31 14:56:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL FR GM
06BERLIN939GERMAN RESPONSE TO AARHUS GUIDELINES DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Global Affairs officer delivered points in reftel demarche April 6 to Hans-Peter Hofmann, Head of the MFA Taskforce on Environmental and Biopolitical Issues and to Oliver Lorenz, desk officer for North America in the same department. Hofmann replied the German Ministry of Environment (B [...]
2006-04-06 14:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECE KTIA SENV UNAUS XG GM
06BERLIN988ADDITIONAL GERMAN ACTION AGAINST THE PKK
[...] (C) Recent allegedly PKK-linked violence in Germany and one arrest in Berlin formed the backdrop for continued engagement with senior German officials pursuant to ref B. Demonstrations -------------- 2. (C) According to local press reports, on the evening of April 1, alleged PKK supporte [...]
2006-04-11 15:51:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL GM
06BERLIN993THE GERMAN ECONOMY: MORE GROWTH?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A rise in German business confidence indexes signaled a change of mood about Germany's economic prospects in early 2006. Many linked the boost to Chancellor Merkel's "honeymoon" effect as business groups put high hopes in the new government and a turnaround from Germany's wan 0.9% [...]
2006-04-12 09:26:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL GM
07BERLIN1000(S) SHIELD S59A-05: GERMAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed to Global Affairs officer May 10 a German Government request concerning ref B demarche. Kauke said the German Federal Office of Customs Investigations (ZKA) [...]
2007-05-16 15:30:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC GM IR AE
07BERLIN1003U.S.-RUSSIAN DEMARCHE: OSCE CT CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer and Russian Embassy CT Officer Alexander Kondakov delivered ref demarche to Holger Kraemer, German MFA desk officer for International CT cooperation, May 14. Kraemer replied MFA Commissioner for Counterterrorism Ambassador Buso von Alvensleben would attend the eve [...]
2007-05-16 19:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN GM
07BERLIN1007SCENESETTER FOR G-8 AFRICA PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary. Chancellor Merkel will open the Eighth Africa Partnership Forum (APF) in Berlin immediately following the G-8 Finance MinistersQ Meeting in Potsdam May 19-20 and the German-World Bank Forum on May 21. Hosted by the German Development Minister, the APF will set out the key co [...]
2007-05-18 09:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD PREL GM
07BERLIN1019THIRD G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP (NPDG)
[...] (SBU) Summary: The third G-8 Nonproliferation Directors' Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place May 14 in Berlin. The delegates reviewed a German-produced draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit in Heiligendamm but were unable to reach consensus on [...]
2007-05-18 17:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CACM UK FR IT
07BERLIN103AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ECONOMIC MINISTER GLOS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with German Minister for Economics and Technology Michael Glos to discuss the Doha Development Round and cooperation on energy/environment issues. The Ambassador also delivered STATE 4760 points on Iran, which will be reported septel. Glos stated Doha's successful [...]
2007-01-18 12:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD ENRG WTRO PREL GM
07BERLIN1031(C) FOLLOW-UP ON GERMANY'S PROPOSAL ON MTCR DENIAL
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer passed ref A non-paper to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger May 9. Klinger thanked us for the non-paper, which provides USG feedback on Germany's proposal for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) denial notifications (see ref E). Kl [...]
2007-05-21 14:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE MNUC PARM ETTC KSCA TSPA GM
07BERLIN1032G8 LABOR MINISTERS ON THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF
[...] Labor ministers of the G8 countries, meeting in Dresden May 6-8, said governments need to address the social dimension of globalization by devising employment and social protection strategies and promoting corporate social responsibility. They asked the G8 heads of state and government to en [...]
2007-05-22 05:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SOCI OECD IBRD ILO GM
07BERLIN104HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Economics and Technology Michael Glos January 17. Glos said we should do everything in our power to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. While he acknowledged pressure from the German business community to distance itself [...]
2007-01-18 13:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC OECD
07BERLIN1066GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER ON ENERGY/CLIMATE IN
[...] (C) Summary. German Minister for Economics and Technology Michael Glos met with the Ambassador May 24 to discuss the EU/Russia Summit (in which Glos was a full participant),energy security and climate change policy, and the current push to realize a successful conclusion to the WTO Doha Dev [...]
2007-05-25 10:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD SENV PREL EU GM
07BERLIN1067TURKEY AND TURKISH-GERMANS
[...] (C) Summary. The Turkish state has long considered Turks resident in Germany as potential allies and maintains official and unofficial means of influencing the community. For many years, Turkey had at best been ambivalent and sometimes directly hostile to integration. Turkey's stance has cha [...]
2007-05-25 12:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALSOCI PGOV PREL TU GM
07BERLIN1071CHANCELLOR MERKEL PREVIEWS G-8 SUMMIT
[...] Summary: German Chancellor Merkel emphasized climate change, hedge funds, Africa, and closer cooperation with emerging economies as core themes for the June 6-8 G-8 Summit in her remarks before the Bundestag May 24. Merkel acknowledged the debate on climate change is contentious, but argued d [...]
2007-05-25 15:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SENV ENRG PREL PGOV PL EU GM
07BERLIN1072(S) INTERIM GERMAN RESPONSE ON IRAN'S EFFORTS TO
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Andreas Kauke provided on May 18 to Global Affairs officer an interim response concerning the German Government's investigation into ref B information that Iran's Saipa Heavy Dies Manufacturing Company (SAIPA) planned to procure machine tool control e [...]
2007-05-25 16:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW IR
07BERLIN1073(S) GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT FIRM REPORTEDLY
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke May 18. Kauke thanked us for the information concerning the procurement of machine tools by the Iran Heavy Die Manufacturing (SAIPA) from the German firm Heinisch Werkzeugmaschinen [...]
2007-05-25 16:35:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
07BERLIN1079(S) SHIELD S04C-07: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT IRAN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett May 23. Schuett said she will pass the information concerning the German firm Zirbus Technology's interest in selling a freeze dryer to the Iranian firm Cinnagen to the German fede [...]
2007-05-29 14:49:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR GM
07BERLIN1082U.S. INVITATION PASSED TO GERMANY CONCERNING AN
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer passed ref invitation May 23 to Joerg Polster, German MFA International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy desk officer. Polster, who had attended the NSG Plenary and related meetings in Cape Town, South Africa, from April 16-20, queried the need for the U.S.-hosted [...]
2007-05-30 10:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM
07BERLIN1083U.S. FOLLOW-UP TO PROPOSAL AT NSG PLENARY TO SHARE
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer passed reftel follow-up information May 23 to Joerg Polster, German MFA International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy desk officer. Polster, who had attended the NSG Plenary and related meetings in Cape Town, South Africa, from April 16-20, was familiar with the [...]
2007-05-30 10:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM
07BERLIN1084GERMAN QUERY CONCERNING RUSSIAN SUPPLY OF NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Joerg Polster, German MFA International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy desk officer, queried Global Affairs officer May 23 concerning press reports that Russia had delivered a batch of nuclear fuel to two reac [...]
2007-05-30 10:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC ETTC PREL KNNP GM RS IN
07BERLIN1085(S) GERMANY NOTIFIED OF IRANIAN MISSILE DEVELOPER
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett May 23. Schuett said she is unacquainted with the Chinese firm Shanghai Technical By-Products International Corporation Company (STBPI),but she is aware of Iran's Doostan Interna [...]
2007-05-30 10:38:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR CH
07BERLIN1086IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer discussed May 24 reftel with Christof Pollmeier, deputy office director of the German MFA's Arms Export Control Division. Pollmeier said the German Government fully complies with UNSCR 1747 and the EU Regulations enacted to ensure that all EU member states impleme [...]
2007-05-30 10:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR GM
07BERLIN1090(S) GERMANY ALERTED TO RECENT PROCUREMENT
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered demarche contained in ref to Markus Klinger, Deputy Director of the German MFA's Export Control Division, and Ina Schuett, desk officer, May 23. Klinger agreed to pass the information concerning Mahaco's brokering of a shipment of pressure transmitters fr [...]
2007-05-31 09:37:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKSCA PARM PREL ETTC GM
07BERLIN1093GERMANY'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS ON THE EDGE OF ...
[...] (C) Summary. Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) is showing early signs of a recovery after six months of declining fortunes. Though polls do not yet indicate a shift in the public mood, party leaders are taking steps to reassert discipline and unify the party; some party themes seem to [...]
2007-05-31 15:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN1102(S) MESSAGE ON DPRK'S NEW FINANCIAL NODE FOR
[...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph 5. 2. (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche in separate meetings May 29 to officials in the German Ministries of Economics and Foreign Affairs. Ursina Krumpholz, Office Director of the Ministry of Economics' Foreign Trade Law and L [...]
2007-06-01 11:49:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL KNNP KNAR PARM GM
07BERLIN1104German Government Welcomes Zoellick
[...] Germany welcomed President Bush's May 30 nomination of Robert Zoellick to be President of the World Bank. On behalf of Chancellor Merkel (CDU),Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Heidi Wieczorek-Zeul (SPD),praised the choice and described Zoellick as a "good candidate who w [...]
2007-06-01 14:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD PREL GM
07BERLIN1107CFE: GERMANY PUSHES FOR BEING FORWARD-LEANING ON
[...] (C) Summary: Germany believes that at the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference, a point-by-point rebuttal of Russian concerns about CFE could prove counterproductive and play into the hands of hardliners in Moscow. Instead, Germany believes that NATO should be forward-leaning and take "an [...]
2007-06-04 05:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1126U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer conveyed ref demarche to German MFA UN Policy Division Desk Officer Mirko Schilbach June 1. Schilbach said he will share the U.S. report with other appropriate officials in the German Government. He, in turn, shared a copy of the report that Germany submitted to [...]
2007-06-05 16:09:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY GM
07BERLIN1127TERROISM FINANCE: GERMANY NOTIFIED OF AKA
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer deliveredref demarche to German MFA International Cooperaion on Counterterrorism Division Desk Officer Hoger Kraemer at OOB, June 4, as instructed in reftel. Kraemer said he would forward to appropriate German officials the information concerning the U.S. action to [...]
2007-06-05 16:15:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFI ETTC EUN KTFN PREL PTER GM
07BERLIN113GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarch to Thomas Schieb, Deputy EU Correspondent at the MFA, and relayed the points to the Chancellery, the Economics Ministry and the MFA's policy planning staff. Schieb reported that Germany is encountering difficulties with its desire for the EU to approve a [...]
2007-01-19 17:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN GM
07BERLIN1134CFE: GERMANY REACTS POSITIVELY TO U.S. THINKING ON
[...] (C) We delivered ref A points on U.S. thinking on elements for a final document for the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference to Amb. Friedrich Groening, MFA Director for Disarmament and Arms Control, June 5 and then followed-up with him June 6 to get his reactions right before he left for B [...]
2007-06-06 13:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL GE
07BERLIN1136SPECIAL ENVOY OPPOSES GERMAN CHANGES TO SLAVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, J. Christian Kennedy, met May 21 with the leader of a Jewish group in Berlin and parliamentary leaders of the CDU/CSU and SPD parties to exchange views about the proposed German government changes to the Board of Trustees of the German slave [...]
2007-06-06 14:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1137(S) GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT GERMAN FIRM POSSIBLY
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog June 4. Herzog said it is worrisome that German firm ICS Schneider Messtechnik is seeking to circumvent German export controls to deliver environmental test chambers to Iran's Ra [...]
2007-06-06 15:22:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
07BERLIN1138(S) GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT IRANIAN BALLISTIC
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog June 4. Herzog said he will pass the information to the German federal inter-agency export group about efforts by Iran's Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) to procure dual-use e [...]
2007-06-06 15:57:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE
07BERLIN114SCENESETTER: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, your visit to Berlin will enable you to seek solutions to our bilateral and U.S.-EU challenges with a government and with a Minister who see things a lot like we do and who have the will and the authority to improve the status quo. Our key suggestions for your January 26 d [...]
2007-01-19 17:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKHLS KJUS PTER PGOV PREL GM EU
07BERLIN1142GERMANY DISCUSSES U.S. POSITION ON RUSSIA'S SUPPLY
[...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A response to ref B German query to Joerg Polster, German MFA International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy Division desk officer, June 5. Polster said the U.S. position o [...]
2007-06-07 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IN GM
07BERLIN115FOOD SECURITY/HUMANITARIAN ACTIONS COOPERATION
[...] SUMMARY. On January 18, USEU Development Counselor and Embassy Berlin Econoff discussed opportunities for cooperation on development assistance with German officials in light of Germany's concurrent EU/G-8 presidencies. Development Ministry interlocutors expressed interest in U.S. proposals [...]
2007-01-21 10:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON GM
07BERLIN1159(S) GERMAN ASSURANCES REGARDING BUNDESBANK'S
[...] (S) EMIN deployed the demarche points in ref with Michael Witter, MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs, June 7. He and Global Affairs Officer met with Witter and MFA Director for Financial Policy Ingo Karsten June 8 to follow-up on the previous day's discussion. 2. (S) Witter s [...]
2007-06-08 16:29:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM IR GM
07BERLIN1190GERMANY - MFA RESPONSE TO 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) CONTAINS REQUEST FOR ACTION -- PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) Emboffs delivered demarche contained in ref and passed an advance copy of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report country narrative for Germany to Axel Kuechle, MFA Deputy Director for International Cooperation against Orga [...]
2007-06-13 15:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC
07BERLIN121GERMAN REACTION TO EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S ENERGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 10, the European Commission unveiled its proposals for the EU's first common energy strategy, to be released in March. The German government's reaction was mixed. The Ministry of Economics criticized plans for "unbundling," i.e., the separation of energy generatio [...]
2007-01-22 11:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR SENV PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN1215GERMANY LIFTS ENTRY BAN ON REVEREND MOON
[...] (SBU) According to Dr. Dieter Romann, Director of the German Interior Ministry's Office of Border Security Issues, the "hit" in the German consular and border control system calling for Reverend Sun Myung Moon's visa denial has been removed. Dr. Romann issued a statement to Embassy Berlin, t [...]
2007-06-18 10:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGM PHUM
07BERLIN1216GERMAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) (Summary) We have had several opportunities over the past few days to take soundings from German officials and interlocutors outside government on how they view the way forward in Kosovo. As expected, they are preoccupied with maintaining EU unity and full of legalistic anxieties about t [...]
2007-06-18 12:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL UNMIK RU YI GM
07BERLIN123German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of January 14, Germany has 7,486 military personnel in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of observers such as in Georgia (where currently 11 military personnel are deployed under UNOMIG),require parliamentary approval. A law regul [...]
2007-01-22 11:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL GM
07BERLIN1234ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Claudia Schuett of the German MFA's International Economic and Financial Policy Division June 18 and to Ursina Krumpholz, Office Director of the Economics Ministry's Foreign Tr [...]
2007-06-20 15:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP KN PARM IR EUN GM
07BERLIN1238TERRORISM FINANCE: GERMANY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Pursuant to reftels, MFA Desk Officer for International Counterterrorism Cooperation Holger Kraemer provided Global Affairs Officer with additional information June 19. 2. (C) Begin Text of informal Embassy translation of German non-paper. The Mauritanian national and former resident [...]
2007-06-21 09:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFS EFIN ETTC EUN GM
07BERLIN1247 GERMAN AND EPO RESPONSE TO WIPO DEMARCHE
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin discussed holding WIPO DG accountable for his actions as requested in reftel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts voiced support for the USG view but also discussed the delicacy of Germany's position, due to its ongoing role as President of the European Council. Spe [...]
2007-06-22 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR WIPO SZ GM
07BERLIN1251WESTERWELLE CASTS FDP AS COALITION ALTERNATIVE
[...] (U) Summary: Seeking to return to federal government after a 9-year absence, the Free Democratic Party (FDP) has placed all bets on Guido Westerwelle, whom party delegates resoundingly re-elected as national party chairman at its national convention in Stuttgart on June 15. Westerwelle -- w [...]
2007-06-22 15:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1253OFFICIAL DEBUT OF GERMANY'S LEFT PARTY
[...] (U) Summary. At a Berlin convention on June 16, the long-awaited and painfully negotiated merger of Germany's eastern-based Left Party.PDS and western-based Electoral Alternative for Social Justice (WASG) into a single national "Left Party" was officially consummated. Delegates to the conven [...]
2007-06-22 15:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV GM
07BERLIN1255UNSCR 1747/OECD: GERMAN RESPONSE ON EXPORT CREDIT
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche, which includes the U.S. answers to a USG Survey passed to the OECD concerning export credits for Iran, to Ursina Krumpholz, Officer Director of the German Ministry of Economics' Foreign Trade Law and Law of the Sea Division, and Ernst Roeder-M [...]
2007-06-25 09:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR GM
07BERLIN126EXTREME RIGHT ACTIVITY SURGES DESPITE GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germans are growing increasingly concerned about right-extremism. Although fears that neo-Nazis might try to grab media attention during the World Cup last year did not materialize, subsequent electoral gains by the right-extremist National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) in [...]
2007-01-22 15:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGM PGOV PHUM SOCI
07BERLIN1268IRANIAN RESPONSE TO EU DEMARCHE ON DETAINED AMCITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA has provided details on the EU demarche carried out by the German Embassy in Tehran, in its role as EU President, to the Iranian MFA on June 19. The German CDA informed the Iranian MFA's Office Director for Human Rights Emadi of worldwide concern about the detenti [...]
2007-06-26 14:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPHUM CASC PGOV PREL GM IR
07BERLIN1270GERMAN MFA OUTLINES IRAN PROGRAMMING WITH VISITING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 15 meeting with NEA Senior Advisor David Denehy, MFA Office Director for Middle East Affairs Sabine Sparwasser discussed the MFA's assessment of the Iranian government's paranoia about efforts to support civil society. Denehy explained IDP's goals and approach to w [...]
2007-06-26 14:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GM IR
07BERLIN1291UNSCR 1747/OECD: GERMAN REACTION TO FOLLOW-UP
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Ursina Krumpholz, officer director of the German Ministry of Economics' Foreign Trade Law and Law of the Sea Division, and Ernst Roeder-Messell, deputy office director of the same division, June 15. 2. (SBU) Krumpholz said the German Go [...]
2007-06-29 15:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR GM
07BERLIN1292KEY BUNDESTAG MEMBER INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH
[...] Please note action request contained in paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Bundestag Transportation Committee Chairman Klaus Lippold (CDU),in a meeting with emboffs, offered to assist us in building a consensus in favor of tackling aviation emissions in a manner that would overcome U.S. object [...]
2007-06-30 10:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV SENV PREL GM EU
07BERLIN1294MERKEL AFTER THE SUMMITS: THE WIND AT HER BACK
[...] (C) Summary: After the successful conclusion of two high-profile summit meetings in June, Angela Merkel is at a high point of her Chancellorship. Her public support is rising after having negotiated a climate change "breakthrough" at the G-8 Summit and an agreement at the EU Summit to advan [...]
2007-07-02 10:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1312GERMAN PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATING DELIVERY OF
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following German-language non-paper in response to the USG non-paper contained in ref A to Global Affairs officer June 19. Kauke said this case was difficult because the German firm Limbach Flugmotoren GmbH & Co shipp [...]
2007-07-03 15:55:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC GM TW LN IR
07BERLIN1341(S) GERMAN QUERY ON ALLOWING EXPORT OF HIGH-SPEED
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following German-language non-paper to Global Affairs officer June 19. The non-paper requests USG input into a licensing decision by the German Federal E [...]
2007-07-06 16:42:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMNUC ETTC PARM PREL IS GM
07BERLIN1342(S) GERMANY RESPONDS TO USG NOTIFICATION OF
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following German-language non-paper to Global Affairs officer June 19. The German non-paper responds to ref B demarche, which alerted the German Government to attempts by the Swedish firm Mahaco to procure German-pro [...]
2007-07-06 16:50:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKSCA PARM PREL ETTC GM
07BERLIN1343GERMANY REQUESTED TO PROVIDE IDENTIFIER
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA UN Policy Division Desk Officer Mirko Schilbach July 2. Schilbach thanked us for the identifying information provided for the Iranian entities and individuals listed in the Annexes of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. He said he especially [...]
2007-07-09 05:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN IR KNNP PARM GM
07BERLIN135GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN AND NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Summary and comment: German officials welcomed the U.S. comprehensive approach to Afghanistan, covered in the Secretary's meetings January 17-18 with Chancellor Merkel and SIPDIS Foreign Minister Steinmeier, and followed up January 22 by the Deputy Chief of Mission. Berlin expects to [...]
2007-01-23 16:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS NATO PINS AF PK GE
07BERLIN1395GERMAN GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED ABOUT A PROBLEMATIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-13 15:35:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PREL IR GM
07BERLIN1425GERMANY'S AMBITION TO JOIN THE LUNAR-PROBING CLUB
[...] (SBU) Summary: Conversations with German officials concerning Germany's plan to launch an unmanned lunar mission by 2013 indicate that, although enthusiasm is high in the German Aerospace Center (DLR),the government needs to be convinced of the value of this unilateral mission. The chairman [...]
2007-07-19 16:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL TNGD ETTC ECON GM
07BERLIN1438EMBASSY BERLIN'S EFFORTS ON ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (S) Post leadership continues to raise our concerns to the Government of Germany about Iran's failure to comply with its international nuclear nonproliferation and UNSCR-mandated obligations regularly. The Ambassador has discussed issues noted in reftel with the highest levels of German gover [...]
2007-07-23 15:07:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PARM PREL GM IR
07BERLIN1450TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS AGAINST IRAN WITH GERMAN OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 08:02:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN GM IR PARM PREL
07BERLIN1452(S) NIAG 7053: GERMAN RESPONSE ON IRANIAN FIRM
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke met Global Affairs officer July 19 and passed the following German-language non-paper. Kauke said the German Government investigated the information contained in ref B concerning an attempt by the Iranian firm Tajhiz Novin Tous [...]
2007-07-25 15:01:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR TC CH GM
07BERLIN1453GERMAN QUERY CONCERNING POTENTIAL EXPORT OF
[...] (U) This is an action item -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog met Global Affairs officer July 23 and passed the following German-language non-paper. Herzog explained that German export control authorities sought USG input for an [...]
2007-07-25 15:03:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMNUC ETTC MTCRE PARM TNGD GM CH
07BERLIN1457SPD DEBATES WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE LEFT PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: The flow of some support from the SPD to The Left party -- highlighted by the recent defections of five officials of the Lower Saxony SPD to The Left -- has increased self-examination within the SPD about its future direction. Although the top party leadership has vowed to cont [...]
2007-07-26 10:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1466GERMAN VIEWS ON U.S. COUNTERPROPOSALS FOR MTCR
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Officials from the German Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economics and Technology passed the following English-language non-paper to Global Affairs officer July 24. The non-paper is a response to U.S. follow-up comments (see ref B [...]
2007-07-26 15:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE MNUC PARM ETTC KSCA TSPA GM
07BERLIN1486(S) IRAN'S BANK MELLI - INVOLVEMENT IN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A nonpaper and demarche July 31 to Finance Ministry Deputy Director General Rolf Wenzel and MFA Deputy Office Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation Thomas Goebel. Global Affairs officer also relayed ref A request for information on Bank [...]
2007-07-31 15:52:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR GM
07BERLIN1495GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 15:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1496GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 15:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1497GERMANY SEEKS CONSULTATIONS ON U.S.-INDIA CIVIL
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer passed ref A nonpaper to MFA officials July 27. In a follow-on discussion July 31, MFA Deputy Office Director for Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Dietrich Becker and NSG Desk Officer Joerg Polster stated Germany has yet to take a position on the U.S.-India Civil [...]
2007-08-01 15:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG KNNP KTIA IN GM
07BERLIN1503GERMANY - PRELIMINARY VIEWS ON U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Office Director for Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Dietrich Becker told Global Affairs officer July 31 Germany is interested in learning more about U.S. and Russian plans to follow up on the July 3 Declaration on Nucl [...]
2007-08-02 15:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ENRG ECON PGOV GM
07BERLIN1521(S) GERMANY INVESTIGATING EFFORTS BY A GERMAN FIRM
[...] (S) Global Affairs officers delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog August 7. Herzog said the German firm ICS Schneider Messtechnik is already under German government scrutiny for its previous dealings with Iranian entities involved in procure [...]
2007-08-08 13:07:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM HR IR
07BERLIN1522RESPONSE TO QUERY ON EXPORT OF LII AND PLIF
[...] (S) Global Affairs officers delivered ref A response to the German query contained in ref B to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog August 7. Herzog thanked us for the U.S. input and said he would pass it to the German federal interagency export control group for revi [...]
2007-08-08 13:09:00Embassy BerlinSECRETENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY GM CH
07BERLIN1534GERMAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-10 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY GM
07BERLIN1536GERMAN VIEWS ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO SHARE
[...] (C) Global affairs officer delivered ref A demarche and draft letters August 10 to MFA NSG Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Polster expressed appreciation for the information but noted Germany had not changed its position on sharing nuclear-related export denial information with the IAEA Secretari [...]
2007-08-10 14:05:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ETTC IR GM
07BERLIN1539German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of early August, Germany had 7,597 military personnel (compared to 7,438 in mid-May) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, require parliamentary approval. A law regulates the parliamentar [...]
2007-08-13 05:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
07BERLIN1552 ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 10, EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan met with officials from the SIPDIS German Chancellery, Ministry of Economics and Technology and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the President's September 27-28 Major Economies Conference. Sullivan also conducted a w [...]
2007-08-14 05:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KCHG PREL GM
07BERLIN1561 LABOR SHOWDOWN AT DEUTSCHE BAHN: MORE
[...] SUMMARY. The anticipated train strike in Germany may have a long-lasting impact on labor relations in this country, as it pits longstanding constitutional rights to strike against the judiciaryQs authority to defend the national economic interest, and could ultimately delay the governmentQs [...]
2007-08-15 15:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1568GERMANY RECEIVES FURTHER FOLLOW-UP ON ITS PROPOSAL
[...] (C) Global Affairs officers delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck August 15. The demarche is a response to German views on U.S. counterproposals (ref D) to a German proposal (ref H) concerning denial notifications for the Missile Technology Con [...]
2007-08-17 10:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE MNUC PARM ETTC KSCA TSPA GM
07BERLIN1571MESSAGE ON ONGOING PROLIFERATION FINANCE
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs August 16 and to the Ministry of Economics and Technology August 17. Claudia Schuett, desk officer in the MFA's International Economic and Financial Policy Division, Ursina Krumpholz, Office Director [...]
2007-08-17 13:45:00Embassy BerlinSECRETIR KNAR KNNP PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1574 U.S. SUBPRIME MARKET FALLOUT REVERBERATES IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fall out from the U.S. subprime mortgage market continues to reverberate in Germany. IKB, a Dusseldorf based bank, has chalked up losses of approximately 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion),staving off insolvency due to a bailout of 3.5 billion euros ($4.79 billion) led by state-o [...]
2007-08-20 05:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1575 U.S. SUBPRIME MARKET FALLOUT REVERBERATES IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fall out from the U.S. subprime mortgage market continues to reverberate in Germany. IKB, a Dusseldorf based bank, has chalked up losses of approximately 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion),staving off insolvency due to a bailout of 3.5 billion euros ($4.79 billion) led by state-ow [...]
2007-08-20 05:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1591GERMAN BUNDESTAG'S AFGHANISTAN MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] (C) Germany's debate on the future of its Afghanistan mandates continues unabated despite the Bundestag's summer recess. The recent unfortunate deaths of three German police officers (who were killed when a remotely detonated mine exploded near their vehicle) and the one-day kidnapping and re [...]
2007-08-22 15:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO GM AF MARR
07BERLIN1596GNEP - INITIAL GERMAN REACTION TO INVITATION TO
[...] (U) Econoffs delivered ref A letters of invitation and ref B talking points August 20 to German Environment Ministry Deputy Director General for International Cooperation Karsten Sach and German Economics Ministry Director General for Energy Andreas Schuseil. Econoff also briefed MFA Deputy O [...]
2007-08-23 14:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY KNNP PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN1604SPD CHANCELLOR CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: SPD Chairman Kurt Beck's low popularity rating, compared to those of other senior party figures, raises questions about who will likely be the SPD's chancellor candidate in 2009. The most likely outcome is that the SPD party chairman -- currently Kurt Beck -- will eventually be [...]
2007-08-24 10:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN161U.S.-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA AND LUNCH ON
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Assistant Secretary Dan Fried in Dresden January 12, EU Political Directors agreed on the importance of continued U.S.-EU coordination on Kosovo, specifically on the need to support UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan and to resist Russian pressure that might del [...]
2007-01-25 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN GM
07BERLIN1612GERMANY LOOKS EASTWARD: CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S TRIP
[...] (C) Chancellor Merkel will visit China and Japan August 26 ) September 1, in her longest trip abroad since taking office. The trip will be largely devoted to G8 issues raised at the summit in June, the so-called 'Heiligendamm process,' and climate change. Her visit to China will highlight th [...]
2007-08-24 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH JA GM
07BERLIN1621GERMAN CABINET RETREAT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged from the August 23-24 Federal Cabinet retreat with consensus among the parties in her Grand Coalition Government on a 50-point program designed to sustain Germany's economic upturn. No signs of coalition cracks appeared. The program inc [...]
2007-08-27 15:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN PREL ELAB GM
07BERLIN1640GERMANY - FOLLOWING UP ON PROPOSED OPEN-ENDED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN ECON ETRD MNUC PARM IR GM
07BERLIN1648EMBASSY BERLIN'S EFFORTS ON FY2007 IRAN DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As a pilot post in the FY07 Iran Democracy Small Grants Program, Embassy Berlin has canvassed several local nongovernmental organizations working on Iran or Middle East issues to discuss Small Grant opportunities. While generally positive on overall initiative goals, organizatio [...]
2007-08-31 12:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM KPAO PREL GM IR
07BERLIN1652GNEP MINISTERIAL - GERMANY STILL UNDECIDED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 15:16:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA GM
07BERLIN1668BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK COMPLETED
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer contacted Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann (KMW) Procurement Sales Manager Harald Marke July 19 concerning KMV's role as an intermediate consignee in license application 05-050048064. Marke sent the requested information to Global Affairs officer August 31. 2. (SBU) For t [...]
2007-09-05 13:16:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC NL CACM TU GM NO
07BERLIN1669(S) INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI ENTITY SEEKING GERMAN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ulrike Wolf August 28 concerning the attempt by the Pakistan firm Intertrade to procure technical assistance from the German firm Deckel Maho Gildemeister (DMG). Wolf said she would pass the infor [...]
2007-09-05 13:20:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM PK
07BERLIN1671DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMANY CONCERNING IRAN FOR
[...] (C) EMIN presented Reftel demarche September 3 to Geza von Geyr, Director for U.S. and Canada in the German Federal Chancellery. Von Geyr expressed appreciation for being informed of USG concerns, and undertook to disseminate them further within the German interagency community. 2. (C) EM [...]
2007-09-05 15:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR IAEA AORC
07BERLIN1673(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (C) Global Affairs officers passed ref U.S. talking points to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck August 31. Reck said she would forward the proposal to modernize the MTCR by rebalancing controls on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missiles to the technical exp [...]
2007-09-05 16:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM FR UK AU JA
07BERLIN1685(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: U.S. WHITE
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref U.S. white paper on high energy density fuels to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck September 4. Reck thanked us for the proposals and said she would pass them to experts in the Federal Office for Economics and Export Controls fo [...]
2007-09-06 16:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM
07BERLIN1686(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: U.S.
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref U.S. proposals to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck September 4. Reck thanked us for the proposals and said she would pass them to experts in the Federal Office for Economics and Export Controls for evaluation. 2. (U) Post w [...]
2007-09-06 16:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM
07BERLIN169EU'S POLICY TOWARDS CENTRAL ASIA: DAS
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles met on January 17-19 with democracy and human rights officials in the German MFA and Chancellery. Among other topics, Barks-Ruggles and German interlocutors discussed the Germans' plans to lead the deve [...]
2007-01-26 12:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM GM
07BERLIN1698IRAN: GERMANY RECEPTIVE ON IAEA/BOARD OF GOVERNORS
[...] (C) Ambassador Timken delivered Ref (A) demarche September 7 to Foreign Office State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg. (Foreign Minister Steinmeier is traveling and was unavailable.) Silberberg said Germany agreed with the U.S. position; the "Plan of Action" might be useful in clearing up som [...]
2007-09-07 17:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR IAEA GM AORC
07BERLIN1699DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY: CHANCELLERYQS
[...] Summary: Germany, like many industrialized nations, faces the enormous twin challenge of remaining competitive in a global economy while coping with the social and economic impact of demographic change. German policy makers confront a sobering demographic trend: the population of Germany i [...]
2007-09-10 05:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1703GERMANY MAKES PROGRESS ON GHETTO PENSIONS
[...] (C) Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, met August 30 with Michael Sell and Ludger Schlief of the Federal Chancellery to discuss ghetto pensions. Germany has made substantial progress in recent weeks on this issue. Sell and Schlief reported that the governme [...]
2007-09-10 12:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1704RENAISSANCE OF JEWISH LIFE CONTINUES IN BERLIN
[...] Summary: Two new synagogues opened in Berlin, marking the revitalization of Jewish life in the former center of the Nazi Third Reich. The Lubavitch (Hassidic) Jewish Educational Center was inaugurated on September 2, two days after the opening of the newly renovated and historic Rykestrasse [...]
2007-09-10 12:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDGM PGOV PHUM PREL
07BERLIN1706DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY: CHANCELLERY'S
[...] Summary: Germany, like many industrialized nations, faces the enormous twin challenge of remaining competitive in a global economy while coping with the social and economic impact of demographic change. German policy makers confront a sobering demographic trend: the population of Germany i [...]
2007-09-10 13:21:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1715GEORGIA/NATO: GERMANY HOLDS FIRM AGAINST NAC TRIP
[...] (C) Political Counselor raised Ref (A) points with MFA NATO Office Director Dirk Brengelmann and NSC-director-equivalent Detlef Waechter at the Chancellery. Their positions were essentially identical and appeared to be coordinated: Germany does not support a North Atlantic Council visit to Georgia [...]
2007-09-10 15:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALNATO GG PREL RS GM
07BERLIN1716BOSNIA: GERMANY ON LAJCAK'S SEPT. 11 PSC ADDRESS
[...] (C) Post raised reftel points with the MFA Western Balkans office September 10. The MFA shares the U.S. assessment that the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina is deteriorating, as evidenced by the actions of Presidency Member Silajdzic and RS Prime Minister Dodik. The reputation of the interna [...]
2007-09-10 16:18:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK EU GM
07BERLIN1733(S) GERMAN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL EXPORT TO IRAN
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Volker Herzog provided a German-language nonpaper to Global Affairs Officer on September 10. The German nonpaper responds to the US nonpaper of 31 May 2007 outlined in Ref concerning the possible export of test equipment from a German firm via UAE to [...]
2007-09-13 09:20:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC MTCRE KSCA PARM PREL GM IR AE
07BERLIN1740BUNDESTAG INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE
[...] (C) On September 13 the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry will meet again following the summer recess and continue the process of questioning individuals concerning the activities of German intelligence and security agencies relating to the Iraq war, the alleged abduction and transport of terror [...]
2007-09-14 11:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV GM
07BERLIN1746 THE GERMAN SUBPRIME BANKING CRISIS:
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. subprime crisis continues to produce anxiety in Germany?s banking sector, but the exposure of German banks remains unclear. After the bailout of a second state-run bank, SachsenLB, in mid-August, pressure for a consolidation of Germany?s fragmented financial landscape [...]
2007-09-14 15:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN ELAB PREL
07BERLIN1751U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: INITIAL
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche September 17 to MFA Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Polster expressed appreciation for the opportunity to offer German views on the U.S. draft text but expressed doubt that Germany's interagency working group wou [...]
2007-09-18 08:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP KTIA PGOV PARM PREL IN GM
07BERLIN1767TERRORISM ARRESTS DEMONSTRATE THREAT OF HOMEGROWN
[...] (C) The September 4 arrests of three terrorist suspects, two of whom are German citizens who converted to Islam, has given Germany its first high-profile case of homegrown Islamic terrorism and focused attention on the southern German area of Ulm/Neu-Ulm, which authorities have long identified [...]
2007-09-19 10:47:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KHLS KJUS GM
07BERLIN1770(S) GERMANY ALERTED TO SHIPMENT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche and accompanying photos September 19 to MFA Deputy Office Director for Export Controls on Non-Conventional Dual Use Goods Markus Klinger and MFA Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Klinger said he recognized the time-sensitive nature of our request [...]
2007-09-19 13:03:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KNNP GM SY
07BERLIN1771AUSTRALIA GROUP - DELIVERY OF U.S. RESPONSE TO TWO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests Department guidance to respond to German questions posed in paras 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche and accompanying track-changes document September 19 to MFA Deputy Office Director for Export Controls on Non- [...]
2007-09-19 13:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC CBW GM
07BERLIN1772CHANCELLERY REACTS SKEPTICALLY TO JUSTICE
[...] (C) New draft anti-terrorism legislation proposed by Justice Minister Zypries (SPD) has come under fire from the other side of the governing grand coalition. Chancellery Director General for Interior and Legal Affairs Michael Wettengel told EMIN September 18 that the new draft counterterroris [...]
2007-09-19 13:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KHLS KJUS GM
07BERLIN1776INFORMATION DELIVERED ON IRANIAN FINANCIAL
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche September 18 to MFA International Economic and Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett and Economics Ministry Foreign Trade Law Desk Officer Ernst Roeder-Messell. Schuett and Roeder-Messell undertook to pass the information to relevan [...]
2007-09-20 09:53:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP MNUC EFIN IR BA GM
07BERLIN1783(C) MTCR: GERMANY SUPPORTS MODIFIED U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 15:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM
07BERLIN1784(S) GERMAN RESPONSE CONCERNING EXPORT OF WELDING
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker delivered a German-language nonpaper to Global Affairs officer September 19. The nonpaper responds to ref B demarche informing German authorities that the German firm Trumpf GmbH & Co., working with Ireland's Mac Aviation Group, [...]
2007-09-20 15:30:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR EI
07BERLIN1785ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS OF COATED FREE SHEET PAPER
[...] Summary: This is in response to Reftel on subject of the USITC antidumping investigation of coated free sheet paper from China, Indonesia and Korea. 2. Industry-wide data, as available for coated free sheet paper: Production quantity, metric tons (value million USD*) 2004 1,838,615 [...]
2007-09-21 05:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN PREL GM
07BERLIN1792GERMANY ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS REGARDING THE
[...] (C) Global Affairs Counselor received a letter September 17 from German MFA Export Control Division Director Cyril Nunn reporting the German Government has issued new export control regulations regarding the export of currency production equipment to North Korea. The new regulations, which we [...]
2007-09-21 14:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC KSAC PARM PREL KH GM
07BERLIN1802 RENEWAL OF MINUSTAH MISSION ON HAITI -
[...] SUMMARY. In response to SecState 127801, post emphasized to German Government the importance of the UN Security Council renewal of a strong MINUSTAH mission on Haiti and urged the German Government to support the recommendations for the MINUSTAH made by UN Secretary General. German official [...]
2007-09-25 15:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO EFIN EIAD PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1819AUSTRALIA GROUP - U.S. RESPONSE TO GERMANY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 14:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CBW GM
07BERLIN1820(C) MTCR: NEXT STEPS FOR SMALL GROUP PROPOSALS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 14:49:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1822German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of early August, Germany had 7,149 military personnel (compared to 7,597 in early August) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, require parliamentary approval. A law regulates the parliam [...]
2007-09-28 15:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
07BERLIN1823GERMANS DOWNPLAY SUGGESTIONS OF SPLIT ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: German opinion on Kosovo is moving in the right direction. Recognizing the unlikeliness of a positive outcome to the Troika process, officials at the Chancellery and Foreign Office have underscored to us that they are working toward the broadest possible support within the EU f [...]
2007-09-28 15:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GM KV UNMIK
07BERLIN1841IFTAR DIPLOMACY
[...] (U) Summary: For the third year, Ambassador and Mrs. Timken led senior Mission Germany staff in hosting Iftar dinners and events, a major element in the Mission's Muslim Engagement activities. This year, the venues were Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Munich. Muslim guests uniformly praise [...]
2007-10-04 15:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGM KIRF KISL PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1842TEC: GERMAN CHANCELLERY WORRIED ABOUT LOST MOMENTUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel's chief economic adviser is concerned that work on the Transatlantic Economic Council program has slowed since Portugal took over the EU Presidency. Other German government and industry representatives report progress on the TEC's work program and structure alth [...]
2007-10-05 05:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN PREL ECIN EU GM
07BERLIN1844TEC: GERMAN CHANCELLERY WORRIED ABOUT LOST MOMENTUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel's chief economic adviser is concerned that work on the Transatlantic Economic Council program has slowed since Portugal took over the EU Presidency. Other German government and industry representatives report progress on the TEC's work program and structure alth [...]
2007-10-05 07:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL ECIN EU GM
07BERLIN1846GERMAN PROSECUTORS SUSPECT RUSSIAN
[...] (C) German prosecutors suspect Atomstroyexport, the Russian state-owned nuclear power equipment and services exporter, played a leading role in efforts to circumvent Germany's export control laws by diverting German-manufactured technology to Iran's nuclear program via Russian front companies [...]
2007-10-05 10:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC KCRM KNNP PARM PREL MNUC KJUS IR RS GM
07BERLIN1851GERMAN EXPORT CONTROL LIST REVISIONS PROHIBIT
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker informed Global Affairs Officer October 5 that the German Government has updated its national export control list in an effort to prevent Iran from acquiring non-listed radar surveillance equipment that might enhance Iran's mili [...]
2007-10-05 14:40:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PREL PARM MCAP GM IR
07BERLIN1853SPD CHAIRMAN BECK THROWS RED MEAT TO THE PARTY'S
[...] (C) Summary: In the weeks before the SPD's October 26-28 national convention, and with an eye toward the 2009 election campaign, SPD Chairman Kurt Beck is attempting to calm the SPD's unruly left wing with gestures that symbolize a partial repudiation of the centrist economic policy of former [...]
2007-10-05 15:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1878IRAN DEMARCHE: GERMAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to Foreign Office State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg October 12. (Charge also discussed Iran with Political Director Volker Stanzel October 10, raising points similar to those in reftel.) Silberberg said the text of the EU Council conclusions had been agre [...]
2007-10-12 11:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR XF EUN GM
07BERLIN1883GERMAN MFA RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Poloff and Econ Counselor met with German MFA and Economic Ministry officials respectively to discuss ref A. Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb, who is responsible for overseeing the drafting of position papers for the MFA's use at the October 15-16 EU General Affairs and Exter [...]
2007-10-12 15:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL RS LY IS IZ IR
07BERLIN1884GERMANY'S AFGHANISTAN MANDATES: ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO
[...] (C) Summary: With the Bundestag's approval of the ISAF/Tornado mandate Oct. 12, the spotlight now shifts to the upcoming parliamentary debate and vote on the OEF mandate. While most parliamentarians now seem to accept that dropping the OEF mandate would send a very bad political signal about G [...]
2007-10-15 05:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR GM AF
07BERLIN1885GERMANY REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF IV PROGRAM FOR
[...] (C) Acting MFA Deputy Director General for Asian Affairs, Ambassador Michael Koch, called in pol-mil/external chief October 12 to raise concerns about Embassy Kabul plans to send an Afghan governor from the northeast province of Kunduz (Mohammad Omar) on an international visitor program to the [...]
2007-10-15 05:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR GM AF
07BERLIN1886GERMANY REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF IV PROGRAM FOR
[...] (C) Acting MFA Deputy Director General for Asian Affairs, Ambassador Michael Koch, called in pol-mil/external chief October 12 to raise concerns about Embassy Kabul plans to send an Afghan governor from the northeast province of Kunduz (Mohammad Omar) on an international visitor program to the [...]
2007-10-15 05:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR GM AF
07BERLIN1887GERMANY'S AFGHANISTAN MANDATES: ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO
[...] (C) Summary: With the Bundestag's approval of the ISAF/Tornado mandate Oct. 12, the spotlight now shifts to the upcoming parliamentary debate and vote on the OEF mandate. While most parliamentarians now seem to accept that dropping the OEF mandate would send a very bad political signal about G [...]
2007-10-15 05:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR GM AF
07BERLIN1896GERMAN CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY -- MERKEL COMMITTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Merkel is serious about pursuing aggressive international measures to meet the challenges of global warming. She has built her Chancellorship almost exclusively on this issue. Her support for mandatory, targeted global limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and [...]
2007-10-16 14:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV GM
07BERLIN1909U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES IRAN SANCTIONS, ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary: German Government officials in the Chancellery and MFA expressed to visiting Undersecretary Reuben Jeffery their preference for multilateral sanctions designed to prevent Iran from developing its nuclear weapons program. While willing to consider EU autonomous sanctions in the e [...]
2007-10-19 10:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON KNNP EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL SENV GM
07BERLIN1910U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES IRAN SANCTIONS, ENERGY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-19 10:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON KNNP EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL SENV GM
07BERLIN1913(C) GERMANY AGREES TO JOINT DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) Post raised reftel request with the German Foreign Office October 19. The Western Balkans office agreed with U.S. points on the importance of avoiding any parallel election effort in Serb portions of Kosovo. Germany supports a coordinated approach by Contact Group embassies in Belgrade [...]
2007-10-19 13:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SR YI KO GM
07BERLIN1919GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO WEIGH IN AGAINST HOLOCAUST
[...] (C) German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Director George Witschel told Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, J. Christian Kennedy October 18 that the German Government is "quite concerned" about the Holocaust Insurance Bill (HR 1746) scheduled for mark-up on October 23 as it would upset the [...]
2007-10-22 14:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1932(S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IRANIAN MISSILE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 09:32:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE
07BERLIN1943ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S CONVERSATION WITH
[...] (C) EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried met October 23 with German National Security Adviser Christoph Heusgen. They discussed Russia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Georgia, Turkey, and the Middle East. Russia/2 2/MD/CFE: ------------------ 2. (C) Heusgen noted that the Chancellor saw Russian Pre [...]
2007-10-24 14:22:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GM KS RS
07BERLIN1951DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA: GERMANY'S
[...] (U) Response to reftel demarche is provided in BERLIN 1935. Points from reftel (a) were delivered in conjunction with reftel (b). TIMKEN JR [...]
2007-10-25 14:59:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA CU GM
07BERLIN1957GERMAN DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 09:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETRD PHUM
07BERLIN1964GERMANY EXPECTED TO PRESENT HEALTH SYSTEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, EconOff met with Dr. Walter Werner, Head of the Trade Policy, Services and Intellectual Property Division at the Ministry of Economics on reftel points. Werner said Germany will avoid any discussion of Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRI [...]
2007-10-26 17:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR WTRO WHO
07BERLIN1972STEINMEIER TO TRAVEL TO MIDEAST, PROMISES MORE
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Steinmeier kicks off a visit to Egypt, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories October 29. Steinmeier's trip is part of what the MFA bills as a more active stance toward the Middle East peace process, with the aim of supporting the USG efforts in the run-up to the Annapol [...]
2007-10-29 15:53:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL GM IS
07BERLIN1977THE SPD RALLIES AROUND BECK AND LOOKS TOWARD 2009
[...] (C) Summary: The Social Democratic Party's (SPD) October 26-28 convention gave a much-needed boost to party chairman Kurt Beck, who emerged as the SPD's undisputed candidate for chancellor in 2009. The SPD focused squarely on a domestic agenda that should not directly affect our ability to wo [...]
2007-10-30 11:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON AF IR GM
07BERLIN1980SCENESETTER FOR ANGELA MERKEL'S CRAWFORD VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Angela Merkel will arrive at Crawford riding a wave of public approval surpassing 70 percent. Her popularity is credited to her effective leadership style, Germany's economic growth, and her skill in turning centrist appeals on climate change and social issues to her advantage. [...]
2007-10-30 17:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECUN EU GM
07BERLIN1994Resumption of German training of Iraqi forces in the UAE
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a two-year disruption, Germany will resume training of the Iraqi armed forces in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates in early 2008. From January through April, the Bundeswehr will train an Iraqi logistics and support battalion of 800 soldiers in the UAE and provide e [...]
2007-11-01 11:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
07BERLIN1995German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of late October, Germany had 6,737 military personnel in out-of-area deployments, plus an additional 600 dedicated for SACEUR's Balkans Operational Reserve Force (ORF) and 3,100 for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those [...]
2007-11-01 11:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
07BERLIN200EL MASRI: MUNICH PROSECUTOR ANNOUNCES ARREST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Office of the Munich Prosecutor announced January 31 the issuance of 13 arrest warrants for the alleged kidnappers of Khaled El-Masri, a Lebanese-German national who claims he was abducted from Macedonia and taken to Afghanistan in 2004. The thirteen individuals named are th [...]
2007-01-31 18:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER PGOV GM
07BERLIN2000WIREC - FOLLOWING UP WITH GERMANY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 13:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TRGY SOCIS KPAO ENRG GM
07BERLIN2004THE WRONG SIGNAL AT THE WRONG TIME:
[...] (SBU) Summary. No tectonic shift in German economic policy came out of the SPD convention, perhaps, but the SPD's labor reforms could mark the beginning of a rollback in Schroeder's "Agenda 2010" reforms, a source at the Labor Ministry told the Embassy. The resolution to block privatization [...]
2007-11-02 06:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2007GERMANY DRYING OUT TRADE WITH IRAN THROUGH
[...] (C) Summary: Due to the German government's quiet tightening of export controls and credit guarantees, increased political risk, and banks' market withdrawals, Germany's exports to Iran have markedly fallen. Iranian purges of state-owned companies and regulators and rising extortion and bure [...]
2007-11-02 10:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD EPET ETTC KNNP PREL IR GM
07BERLIN2008OCTOBER 30 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MEETING FOCUSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The final G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin on October 30, and included focused discussions on geographic expansion and related modalities. The delegates also heard presentations from implementing agencies des [...]
2007-11-02 11:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS
07BERLIN2014LABOR REFORMS IN GERMANY: A THREAT TO
[...] In the last few weeks, much has been written about the SPD's new program to roll back labor reforms in Germany, with the "Financial Times" characterizing them as a German retreat from economic reform. Whether the Beck proposals or a government counter-proposal can be contained as a piece-me [...]
2007-11-02 16:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2015TIP - UPDATE ON GERMAN EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] In 2007, Germany's counter-TIP campaigns and awareness raising programs brought together high-level decision makers and NGOs. As a result of strengthened legislation penalizing labor exploitation, NGOs and government officials are starting to focus on improving awareness and counseling in thi [...]
2007-11-05 09:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM
07BERLIN2027IRAN/FATF - GERMAN FINANCIAL REGULATORS URGE BANKS
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche November 5 to German Finance Ministry Financial Crimes Desk Officer Kristina Wogatzki and MFA International Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett. According to Wogatzki, the German Financial Monitoring Association (BaFin) distribu [...]
2007-11-06 17:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PTER PGOV ECON IR GM
07BERLIN2028IRAN/FATF - GERMAN FINANCIAL REGULATORS URGE BANKS
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche November 5 to German Finance Ministry Financial Crimes Desk Officer Kristina Wogatzki and MFA International Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett. According to Wogatzki, the German Financial Monitoring Association (BaFin) distribu [...]
2007-11-06 17:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PTER PGOV ECON IR GM
07BERLIN2029GERMAN EXPECTATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT
[...] (C) Emboffs delivered ref A demarche November 5 to MFA Nonproliferation Divison Desk Officer Hellmut Hoffmann, IAEA Desk Officer Martin Langer, and Nuclear Nonproliferation Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Hoffmann expressed appreciation for the information and noted that Germany had received a si [...]
2007-11-06 17:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN2034GRAND COALITION OPPOSES EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German reaction to the European Commission's unbundling directives for the European energy market has been overwhelmingly negative. The Grand Coalition is displaying rare unanimity on this issue and is backed by Germany's major energy companies. The Economic Ministry, resp [...]
2007-11-07 13:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV ETRD PGOV EU RU GM
07BERLIN2037GERMANY'S IRAN POLICYMAKING PROCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Both privately and publicly, German officials continue to insist multilateral measures, coupled with quiet economic pressure on Iran, are the most effective way to change Iran's behavior. While Chancellor Merkel has been clear on the need to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapons [...]
2007-11-07 16:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR GM
07BERLIN2060MUENTEFERING RESIGNS; STEINMEIER BECOMES
[...] (C) Summary: In a surprise move, one of the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) top politicians and ministers, Franz Muentefering, announced his resignation as Vice-Chancellor and Labor Minister November 13, citing personal reasons. Later in the day, SPD Chairman Kurt Beck announced that Foreign [...]
2007-11-13 18:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN2062BANK MELLI ATTEMPTS TO PURCHASE A TURKISH BANK TO
[...] (S) Emboffs delivered reftel nonpaper during the week of November 5 to MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel, MFA Nonproliferation Division Director Hellmut Hoffman, MFA International Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett, and Economics Ministry Foreign Trade Law Division Director Ursina [...]
2007-11-14 09:50:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN KNNP MNUC IR TU GM
07BERLIN2064 GERMANY?S DRAFT INVESTMENT SECURITY LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: The German Ministry of Economics has published a first draft of a law establishing a review mechanism for foreign investments that seeks to address national security considerations without deterring legitimate business. Ministry officials say the draft, significantly narrower i [...]
2007-11-14 16:32:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2071GERMAN GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO BLOCK RUSSIAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On the basis of information presented to the German Government by the Portuguese Embassy in Berlin, the German Government has taken initial steps to block a shipment of Russian rockets and related materials bound for Venezuela's Defense Ministry. The shipment was scheduled to [...]
2007-11-15 13:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM ETTC TSPA MARR MASS PGOV RU VE GM
07BERLIN2077GERMANY IS ON MESSAGE REGARDING THE IAEA'S 15
[...] (C) Charge d'Affairs delivered REFTEL points on November 16 to Ruediger Luedeking, MFA Deputy Commissioner for Arms Control and Disarmament. Luedeking noted that the Ministry spokesman would be making a statement about the ElBaradei report during the November 16 midday press conference and th [...]
2007-11-16 14:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IAEA PARM AORC
07BERLIN208EB/ESC DAS PAUL SIMONS MEETINGS WITH GERMAN
[...] SUMMARY. On January 25, EB DAS Paul Simons met with Foreign Office Policy Planning Staff Head Markus Ederer and Economic Ministry Director General for Energy Issues Andreas Schusseil to discuss energy issues during Germany's EU and G-8 presidencies. Both German officials were positive about [...]
2007-02-01 17:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV PREL SENV EU GM
07BERLIN2080APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Thomas Schieb, Deputy EU Correspondent at the MFA, and relayed the points to the Chancellery. 2. (C) Schieb provided substantive comments on the following topics: --Upcoming EU Summits with China, Africa, and India: The November 19 GAERC agenda [...]
2007-11-16 16:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK
07BERLIN2081"STURM UND DRANG" FOLLOWED BY "STAY THE COURSE" -
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite deeply-rooted German desires for a UN-mandated Kosovo/Serbia settlement, the German government has indicated it will recognize Kosovo if, as expected, Pristina unilaterally declares independence following the completion of the Troika process. The German government has als [...]
2007-11-16 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SR YI KO GM
07BERLIN2083IRAN/GERMANY - MINISTRIES FOLLOWING CHANCELLOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German Government officials in the MFA, Economics Ministry, and Finance Ministry have taken note of Chancellor Merkel's strong public statements in support of a third UNSCR resolution and renewed efforts to encourage German business to cut or curtail ties with Iran following last [...]
2007-11-16 17:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN KNNP MNUC ETRD PGOV IR GM
07BERLIN2094 GERMAN BANKS WEATHERING SUB-PRIME MORTGAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Third quarter reports show that most German banks appear to have weathered the turbulences in the international financial markets. Large private banks such as Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank reported losses in their investment portfolios, balanced by gains in other sectors, resu [...]
2007-11-20 10:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2103(S) GERMANY WILL GRANT LICENSE FOR EXPORT OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog passed Global Affairs officer November 21 a German-language nonpaper (see para 4) announcing the German Government's intention to grant a license for the export to Israel [...]
2007-11-21 12:23:00Embassy BerlinSECRETENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY GM IS
07BERLIN2106(S) AUSTRALIA GROUP - GERMANY REQUESTS INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog passed Global Affairs Officer November 21 a German-language nonpaper (see para 3) requesting additional information on a U.S. Australia Group denial (AG/Jun03/Den/USA/57) [...]
2007-11-21 14:56:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CBW CH GM
07BERLIN211GERMAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON VENEZUELAN ARMS
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Arms Export Control Division Desk Officer Jan Freigang and Venezuela Desk Officer Achim Troester January 29. Freigang and Troester appreciated the information and encouraged the USG to share with the German Government specific [...]
2007-02-02 11:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREF MARR PHUM MASS PARM PTER SNAR VE GM
07BERLIN2116GERMANY'S VIEWS ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points on November 16 to Betina Kern, Deputy Head of the Andean Region Division at the German Foreign Ministry. With respect to the substance of USG concerns about proposed constitutional changes in Venezuela, Kern said that Germany "feels exactly the same way." [...]
2007-11-26 15:49:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM WHA EU VE GM
07BERLIN2140GERMAN VIEWS ON ADDITIONAL EU DESIGNATIONS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German Government officials are still deliberating at a very senior level how they will proceed on the UK and French proposal to add Banks Melli and Saderat and the Ex-Im Bank of Iran to the April 2007 EU list of designated individuals/entities. German officials regard the UN pa [...]
2007-11-30 09:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM
07BERLIN2141G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING,
[...] (SBU) Summary: ISN DAS Andrew Semmel visited Berlin November 27 to participate in the final G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group Meeting (NPDG) of the German presidency. Delegates expressed disappointment with the lack of agreement on a work program at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) and a [...]
2007-11-30 09:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL ETTC KNNP JA GM
07BERLIN215JOINT COORDINATION AND MONITORING BOARD: ENHANCED
[...] At the high-level session of the Afghanistan Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) in Berlin January 30-31, donor Government representatives and Afghan partners renewed their commitment to realize the political vision outlined in the January 2006 Afghanistan Compact. In the opening [...]
2007-02-02 15:32:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PGOV ENRG AF
07BERLIN2152CLIMATE CHANGE -- GERMAN OPINION AHEAD OF UN
[...] (SBU) The Germans have endorsed a roadmap approach at Bali that is not dissimilar to that of the U.S. (Reftel A),but Chancellor Merkel's government is committing itself to increasingly ambitious environmental objectives that could challenge the U.S. position in Bali and other international n [...]
2007-12-03 09:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG GM
07BERLIN2153(S) NIAG 7183 - POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE BY GERMAN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche December 3 to MFA Export Control Division Deputy Director Markus Klinger and MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Export Control Division Director Goetz Lingenthal joined the meeting later at Klinger's request. Ref A repor [...]
2007-12-03 12:59:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC KNNP PREL PARM GM IR
07BERLIN2157GERMAN RESPONSE U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 19:18:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNGM IR KNNP MNUC PARM
07BERLIN2159GERMANY/IRAN - U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES ADDITIONAL EU
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Undersecretary Reuben Jeffery met with German Economics Ministry State Secretary Bernd Pfaffenbach in Berlin December 3 to request German support for additional EU autonomous measures against Iran in advance of a third UN Security Council resolution. Pfaffenbach reported that Ch [...]
2007-12-04 11:02:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM
07BERLIN2161(S) GERMAN RESPONSE - IRANIAN MISSILE DEVELOPER
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker delivered a German-language nonpaper December 3 in response to ref B information indicating that Iran's Doostan International Company, acting on behalf of Iran's Sabalan Company, was seeking a toxic gas detection system manufact [...]
2007-12-04 15:20:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR CH
07BERLIN2162(S) GERMAN RESPONSE - IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM'S
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (S) In a December 3 meeting with Global Affairs officer, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided an interim response to ref B demarche, which reported that an agent for Iran's Shahid Hemmat Industria [...]
2007-12-04 15:20:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE
07BERLIN2163(S) GERMANY CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE GERMAN FIRM'S
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Director Goetz Lingenthal provided Global Affairs Officer November 28 with an update into German Government efforts to to prevent the German firm ICS Schneider Messetechnik from exporting environmental test and temperature shock chambers to Iran's missile [...]
2007-12-04 15:20:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
07BERLIN2172German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of December 2, Germany had 7,173 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,737 in late October),plus 3,100 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, req [...]
2007-12-05 17:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
07BERLIN2173IRAN - ECONOMICS MINISTRY AND MFA SUPPORT THIRD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior officials in the German Economics Ministry and in the MFA's Economic Policy Division insist Germany remains committed to a "strong, robust" third UNSCR on Iran. If there is no resolution or a watered-down resolution, Germany is prepared to support autonomous EU measures t [...]
2007-12-06 07:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM
07BERLIN2177COMPREHENSIVE GERMAN CLIMATE CHANGE PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The coalition government presented a series of far-reaching and ambitious environmental legislative measures to the German Parliament for consideration on December 5 (Reftel). The 14 points of this proposal are not new, but rather stem directly from the 29-point "Meseberg Plan [...]
2007-12-07 14:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG GM
07BERLIN218GERMANY'S BEST PRACTICES FOR ENHANCING STEEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's steel industry benefits from both national and EU programs to enhance the competitiveness of its steel industry. According to Dr. Dirk Grabowski, Office Director for the Steel and Defense Industries at the Ministry of Economics and Technology, the nation's steel indust [...]
2007-02-02 17:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD OTRA FR GR IT JA KSAC EUN
07BERLIN2180Germany's Defense Budget: Still Scraping Bottom Despite
[...] (SBU) Despite a nominal increase of 900 million Euro over last year, the German defense budget for 2008 will fall far below the NATO target of 2% of GDP. Transformation will remain underfunded, as plans to free money for investments by reducing operational expenses have not materialized. -- [...]
2007-12-07 19:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM
07BERLIN2186MERKEL CLAIMS POLITICAL CENTER FOR CDU
[...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's central and ever present role in the Christian Democratic Union's (CDU) December 3-4 convention and the absence of any major internal opposition to her policies or leadership reinforce her position as the undisputed leader of the most U.S.-frien [...]
2007-12-10 17:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN219EXPORT CONTROL BILATERAL TALKS BETWEEN GERMANY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Christopher Padilla met a range of German export control officials and industry representatives December 1, 2006, to discuss export control issues. Assistant Secretary Padilla and his German interlocutors discussed 1) the U [...]
2007-02-02 17:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV GM
07BERLIN2191PREVENTING IRANIAN PROLIFERATION - GERMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 14:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM
07BERLIN2192IRAN - GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY SUPPORTS THIRD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Post-NIE, the German Finance Ministry agrees with the Chancellery, MFA, and Economics Ministry assessment that Iran's enrichment- and missile-related activities continue to pose a threat. The Finance Ministry supports work toward a strong third UNSCR but also remains sympathetic [...]
2007-12-12 15:16:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM
07BERLIN2193GERMANY "OUT OF THE GAME" ON INTERNET GAMBLING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germany leans toward favoring a negotiated settlement between the European Commission and the United States on internet gambling to avoid arbitration in the World Trade Organization (WTO). However, Ministry of Economics officials say Germany will not pressure other Member St [...]
2007-12-12 17:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTRO GM
07BERLIN2202ICAO/PSI - MFA CONTINUES TO LOBBY TRANSPORTATION
[...] (C) On December 13, MFA Nuclear Arms Control and Nonproliferation Division Desk Officer Thomas Muetzelburg provided emboffs with a readout of ongoing German interagency discussions on whether to support including transportation offenses related to WMD proliferation in the Montreal Convention a [...]
2007-12-14 12:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC EAIR KNNP KTIA OTRA PARM ICAO GM
07BERLIN2206 G8 CONFERENCE ON THE ENERGY SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 3, the German government hosted its last major G8 conference on the theme of energy and climate change, a major priority during both its G8 and EU presidencies. Ministers and senior representatives of G8 countries, the European Union and Brazil, China, India, Mexic [...]
2007-12-14 16:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG GM
07BERLIN2207 GERMANS PLEASED WITH TEC PROGRESS; IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German government officials and industry associations are upbeat about the results achieved at the first Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) meeting on November 9 in Washington. Government officials also expect renewed focus on TEC during the Slovenian EU Presidency. German in [...]
2007-12-17 06:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN EINV ECIN PREL PGOV EU GM
07BERLIN2208 SECOND WAVE OF FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS HITS
[...] SUMMARY: The "second wave" of the U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis has hit the German banking sector, striking hardest those banks that were already affected at the beginning of the crisis in July and August. IKB (Industrie Kreditbank) and Saxony state bank (Sachsen LB) announced their need fo [...]
2007-12-17 06:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2216(S) CONTINUED EFFORTS BY A GERMAN FIRM TO PROVIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 14:08:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM
07BERLIN2217(S) SHIELD S04C-07 - GERMAN FIRM DENIES HAVING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 14:09:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR GM
07BERLIN2218(S) SHIELD S15A-06 - SYRIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 15:14:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL PARM ETTC SY GM
07BERLIN222SECRETARY CHERTOFF ENGAGES MUSLIMS IN GERMANY ON
[...] Summary: On January 26, 2007, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff exchanged views on counterterrorism efforts with twelve leaders of Germany's Muslim communities over dinner at the residence of Ambassador Timken. This event was the highest level of engagement with Muslims in Ger [...]
2007-02-05 11:20:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDGM KISL PTER SOCI
07BERLIN2222IRANIAN PROCUREMENT NETWORKS PUT GERMAN EXPORT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Recent German and international media reports have focused on Iran's extensive efforts to procure nuclear- and missile-related dual-use technology in Germany. Although some press accounts have asserted that Iran has been able to exploit weaknesses in Germany's export control regim [...]
2007-12-19 15:54:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL KJUS KSCA KNNP MNUC PGOV IR GM
07BERLIN2239GERMAN COURT TO RESUME TRIAL AGAINST A.Q.
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A federal court in Stuttgart announced November 14 that trial proceedings would resume in early 2008 against Gotthard Lerch, a German citizen allegedly linked to the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation network. The trial was suspended in July 2006 pending resolution of jurisdictio [...]
2007-12-21 13:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM KNNP KJUS KCRM PREL MNUC ETTC GM
07BERLIN2241IRAN: GERMAN MFA UPDATES ON EU MEASURES, LARIJANI,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a December 20 meeting with Iranwatcher, MFA Senior Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel discussed a range of Iran-related issues. In addition to comments on the current status of the P5 1 and EU additional measure processes, she underscored the return of former nuclear nego [...]
2007-12-21 14:41:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM IR
07BERLIN2256IRAN: SENIOR IRANIAN BANKER SHARES VIEWS ON
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A senior Iranian banker confirmed recent press reports that the Germany-based European Iranian Commercial Bank (EICB) is expanding and will be opening a new office in Tehran, with further plans for a new Dubai office. The EICB is owned by a group of Iranian state-owned banks, [...]
2007-12-28 16:15:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD GM IR
07BERLIN229DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S DISCUSSIONS IN BERLIN ON
[...] (C) Summary: DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, in January 26 meetings with German Interior Minister Schaeuble, Justice Minister Zypries and Chancellery Head de Maiziere, reiterated USG interest in enhanced counter-terrorism information-sharing. The German side agreed that data-privacy concern [...]
2007-02-05 17:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKJUS KHLS PTER CVIS PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN230AL-MASRI UPDATE -- NEXT STEPS ON ARREST WARRANTS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The MFA's Acting Legal Adviser told emboffs Feb. 5 the German Government fully understands the USG's strong desire that international arrest warrants not be issued in the al-Masri case. She noted, however, that such warrants are routinely issued ("99.99 percent of the time") [...]
2007-02-05 18:48:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNKJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN242AL-MASRI CASE -- CHANCELLERY AWARE OF USG CONCERNS
[...] (S/NF) In a February 6 discussion with German Deputy National Security Adviser Rolf Nikel, the DCM reiterated our strong concerns about the possible issuance of international arrest warrants in the al-Masri case. The DCM noted that the reports in the German media of the discussion on the issu [...]
2007-02-06 17:48:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNKJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN244JANUARY 23 MEETING OF G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) met January 23 in Berlin under the German Presidency. The Chair informed partners that the next meeting, February 27-28, would focus on the mid-term review of the 10-year Global Partnership (GP) program, with the International Atom [...]
2007-02-07 10:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN251US-EU INFORMAL JHA HIGH LEVEL MEETING, JANUARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. and EU, under the chair of the German Presidency, met in Berlin January 22-23 for the Informal Senior Level Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Meeting. Led by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville, DOJ Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz, and DHS Acting A/S for Internati [...]
2007-02-08 06:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGM KJUS PREL PTER SMIG KHLS CVPR EU
07BERLIN254GERMAN MPS NOTE IRANIAN UNITY ON NUCLEAR ISSUE,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Two delegations of German parliamentarians recently visited Iran on fact-finding missions, encountering broad-based support for the Iranian nuclear program and ignorance about the exact details of the international community's position on an Iranian civil nuclear program. O [...]
2007-02-08 10:02:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL GM IR
07BERLIN268DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-09 14:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP PREL GM
07BERLIN269GOVERNMENT AND NGO REPORTS EVALUATE GERMAN EFFORTS
[...] (U) Summary: Reports prepared by the German Federal Interior Ministry and Federal Family Ministry, as well as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and key German anti-trafficking NGOs independently conclude there was no significant increase in trafficking in persons (TIP) during [...]
2007-02-09 15:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM
07BERLIN271TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH SENIOR
[...] (C) Summary -- Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt discussed TFTP/SWIFT, terrorist financing, the importance of open investment policies, and the Chancellor's transatlantic economic initiative in a meeting February 8 with Jens Weidmann, Director General in the Chancellery for Economic and Finan [...]
2007-02-11 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PTER GM
07BERLIN272TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY TALKS WITH GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary -- Meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt February 8, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed that day's EU Troika meeting with the Pakistani Foreign Minister, Iran and North Korea, Chancellor Merkel's transatlantic initiative, the Iraq Compact, and Germa [...]
2007-02-11 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PREL GM IZ PK AF
07BERLIN273TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) Summary -- Meeting with Economics Ministry State Secretary Bernd Pfaffenbach February 7, Treasury Deputy SIPDIS Secretary Kimmitt discussed moving forward on the SIPDIS Chancellor's transatlantic economic initiative, the Doha Development Agenda, the importance of implementing strong [...]
2007-02-11 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PREL ETTC PTER GM
07BERLIN274TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt met with German Finance Ministry State Secretary Thomas Mirow February 8 to review key bilateral and transatlantic economic issues. Discussing international sanctions on Iran and North Korea, he noted the progress that had been ma [...]
2007-02-11 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PTER PREL GM IR
07BERLIN275TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary -- Meeting with German Justice Minister Zypries February 8, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by Ambassador, discussed Germany's goals, as EU and G-8 President, for combating intellectual property rights violations, UN sanctions on Iran, and international efforts [...]
2007-02-11 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PREL KIPR GM IR
07BERLIN276TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS GERMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-11 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PTER PREL GM IR
07BERLIN277DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Kimmitt met with German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (CDU) February 8 as part of his discussions with senior German officials. Discussing TFTP/SWIFT, Schaeuble re-affirmed that the big issue is the need to balance our responsibilities to protect pe [...]
2007-02-11 16:42:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN ETTC PTER PREL GM IR
07BERLIN278TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary -- Meeting with German Justice Minister Zypries February 8, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by Ambassador, discussed Germany's goals, as EU and G-8 President, for combating intellectual property rights violations, UN sanctions on Iran, and international efforts [...]
2007-02-11 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PREL KIPR GM IR
07BERLIN279GERMAN VIEWS ON THE FEBRUARY FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Thomas Schieb, Deputy EU Correspondent at the MFA, and relayed the points to the Chancellery. Schieb said that the GAERC conclusions on the new PA unity government were likely to be similar to our points (Reftel C). The announcement of the unity gove [...]
2007-02-12 13:33:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN GM
07BERLIN281GERMANY SOLICITS REACTION TO DISCUSSION PAPER ON
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (C/REL FRA, GBR, GER, JPN) German Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett passed the following English-language discussion paper concerning Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) denial notifications to Global Affairs of [...]
2007-02-12 16:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC PARM GM
07BERLIN307UNSCR 1737: INITIAL GERMAN RESPONSE TO FREEZING
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to Ursina Krumpholz and Ernst Roeder-Messell of the German Ministry of Economics on February 13 and to Claudia Schuett of the Germany Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 14. The German officials thanked the USG for providing information [...]
2007-02-14 17:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR GM
07BERLIN317BUNDESTAG INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE SEEKS USG
[...] (U) On February 9, 2007 Ambassador Timken received a letter from the chairman of the Bundestag committee investigating the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born Turkish national Murat Kurnaz. In the letter, Chairman Siegfried Kauder asks whether the USG would be willing to allow an Amer [...]
2007-02-15 15:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGM KJUS KLIG PGOV PINS PREL
07BERLIN318GERMANY TO LOOK INTO POTENTIAL SALE OF GERMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 16:14:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP KSAC MNUC PARM PREL KHIV GM
07BERLIN321REPORT OF FIRST G-8 LYON-ROMA MEETING OF GERMAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the G-8 Lyon-Roma Anti-Crime and Terrorism Group (LR/ACT) under the German Presidency was held in Berlin from February 12-15, 2006. The U.S. delegation was co-chaired by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville and S/CT Director for Trans-Regional Affairs Roopa Rangaswa [...]
2007-02-16 06:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM OTRA PTER UNGA KJUS GM
07BERLIN334USEU AMBASSADOR C. BOYDEN GRAY'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 7, USEU Ambassador C. Boyden Gray met with German Chancellery State Secretary Dr. Hans Beus, Chancellery Director of Coordination for European Policy Andreas Hermes, and the Chancellery's Economic Advisor Dr. Jens Weidmann to discuss key issues in Germany's EU Presid [...]
2007-02-16 17:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD SENV PGOV PREL EU GM
07BERLIN335LESS EXPOSURE IN IRAN: GERMANY DECREASES EXPORT
[...] (C) Summary: EMIN and Econoff met with Dr. Hans-Joachin Henckel February 12 to discuss Germany's policy regarding export credit guarantees for German companies doing business with Iran. Henckel said official export credit guarantees for 2006 dropped to 900 million euro compared to 1.6 billion [...]
2007-02-16 20:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC GM PREL IR EPET ETRD
07BERLIN34GERMAN GOVERNMENT ACTIONS TO IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1737
[...] (U) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche January 3 to officials from the Foreign Trade Law Division in the German Economic Ministry. Foreign Trade Law Division Office Director Ursina Krumpholz and her deputy Ernst Roeder-Messell expressed thanks for the information. Krumpholz said that [...]
2007-01-05 16:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP GM
07BERLIN354GERMAN FIRM DECLINES SELLING PRINTING PRESS TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 16:36:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP KSAC MNUC PARM PREL KHIV GM
07BERLIN356 Minister Tiefensee's U.S. Visit - disappointment on Open
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY -- Ministry staff report German Minister of Transportation, Construction and Urban Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee returned from his first official visit to Washington pessimistic about the future of the U.S./E.U. civil air agreement negotiations. Senior Ministry officials report Tief [...]
2007-02-22 14:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ENRG ICAO PREL GM
07BERLIN360GERMANY NOTIFIED OF ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to Ursina Krumpholz and Ernst Roeder-Messell in the German Ministry of Economics and to Claudia Schuett in the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs February 20. The officials thanked us for the information on the additional Iranian entities sa [...]
2007-02-22 16:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KNAR PARM IR GM
07BERLIN361(S) GERMANY ALERTED TO IRAN'S EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 16:38:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW IR
07BERLIN362BERLIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. delegation travelling to Berlin, Germany, for the Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting February 27-28, 2007. 2. (SBU) The control officer for this visit will be Global Affairs Officer Richard Crandell, who can be rea [...]
2007-02-22 18:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN371MISSION GERMANY SUBMISSION FOR 2007 SPECIAL 301
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mission Germany recommends that Germany receive the same treatment in the 2007 301 Report as it received in 2006 and not be listed in the priority watch list category. The situation facing American pharmaceutical companies in Germany has not appreciably deteriorated during th [...]
2007-02-23 15:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR GM
07BERLIN376G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. delegation, headed by Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations Andrew Semmel, considers the first meeting of the Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) under Germany's G-8 Presidency a good start and hopes to see it engage [...]
2007-02-23 17:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN38GASTRIGHT DELEGATION DISCUSSIONS IN BERLIN ON
[...] (C) (Summary) In an productive and timely visit, South and Central Asian Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary John Gastright, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Bureau Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Tom Schweich, USAID Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator Mark Ward, and J [...]
2007-01-09 09:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL SNAR PTER PNAT PGOV EAID ECON ECIN
07BERLIN386GERMAN RESPONSE TO CIVIL SOCIETY PROGRAMMING
[...] (C) (SUMMARY): With 2006 expenditures totaling nearly two million Euros, Germany's approach to supporting Iranian civil society focuses on broadcasting, exchange, cultural, and educational activities. Reflecting Germany's general caution on promoting civil society in the region, the GOG tends [...]
2007-02-26 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GM IR
07BERLIN390GERMAN FAMILY MINISTRY RELEASES EVALUATION OF 2002
[...] (U) Summary: German legislation enacted in 2002 to improve the legal and social situation of prostitutes -- and create conditions for them to get out of prostitution -- has enjoyed only partial success, according to a 200-plus page Family Ministry report released in late January. The report [...]
2007-02-26 16:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM
07BERLIN394GERMANY AGREES WITH NEED FOR CLOSE COOPERATION TO
[...] (C) Global Affairs Counselor and Global Affairs officer delivered points in Ref A to German MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Michael Witter and MFA International Economic and Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett February 26. Drawing on reftel points, Emboffs underscor [...]
2007-02-27 13:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL IR GM
07BERLIN397NEA DAS SCOTT CARPENTER DISCUSSES BMENA INITIATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A FEBRUARY 20 DISCUSSION OF THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (BMENA) INITIATIVE, MFA BMENA COORDINATOR RENATE SCHIMKOREIT ASKED NEA DAS SCOTT CARPENTER FOR ASSISTANCE IN SECURING AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JORDAN THAT YEMEN WILL HOST THE 2007 FORUM FOR THE FUTURE. SHE NOTED [...]
2007-02-27 15:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKMPI KDEM PHUM PREL GM JO YM
07BERLIN399SECOND ROUND OF US-GERMAN "PRUEM" DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. German and U.S. officials resumed discussions of a data sharing agreement modeled on Germany's "Pruem" Convention for law enforcement and counterterrorism cooperation in Berlin January 23. The German delegation said it had not had time to study the U.S. draft text or discuss i [...]
2007-02-27 15:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KHLS PGOV CVIS KVPR GM
07BERLIN408AFGHANISTAN: GERMANY INCREASES DEVELOPMENT AID 25%
[...] (SBU) Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul announced on February 27 that Germany would immediately increase reconstruction support by EUR 20 million, bringing Germany's overall bilateral Afghanistan development aid to EUR 100 million annually. The German money will target primary [...]
2007-02-28 15:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON GM AF
07BERLIN409GERMAN FIRM ALERTED TO TAIWAN FIRM'S FALSE END-USE
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer met Global Affairs officer February 23 and passed the following German-language nonpaper in response to ref B demarche concerning the Taiwan firm Hartford's use of a false end-user certificate to divert German-produced CNC controllers to the [...]
2007-02-28 16:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW EG
07BERLIN431GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Thomas Schieb, Deputy EU Correspondent at the MFA, and relayed the points to the Chancellery, Economic Ministry, and Environment Ministry. On Kosovo, Schieb said that Germany remained committed to the Ahtisaari timeline and was hopeful that a new UNSC [...]
2007-03-02 14:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EUN KPAL GM
07BERLIN434BUNDESTAG LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S., P5+1 ON IRAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a March 1 parliamentary debate on Iran policy, the four main German parties presented a relatively unified message in support of P5 1/UN efforts on Iran and making Iran responsible for the next steps. Speakers emphasized the clandestine nature of Iran's nuclear program, its [...]
2007-03-02 16:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IR GM
07BERLIN442KINDERGARTEN CAPERS: CDU EATS THE SPD'S LUNCH
[...] (U) Summary. In the debate with minority conservative elements in her own party over creation of new day-care/pre-school slots for Germany's children, Chancellor Merkel is advancing her program of modernizing the CDU's social image. At the same time, she has stolen at least some of the Socia [...]
2007-03-05 15:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PGOV GM
07BERLIN443A/S SULLIVAN MEETS WITH GERMAN OFFICIALS;
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met Jens Weidmann, the Chancellery's Director General for Economic and Financial Policy, and Karl Brauner, the Economics Ministry's Director General for External Economic Policy, February 1-2 to discuss [...]
2007-03-05 15:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD PREL GM
07BERLIN447MERKEL GIVES PREVIEW OF PRIORITY ISSUES FOR MARCH
[...] Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who currently holds the presidency of the European Council, addressed the German Bundestag on March 1 in a policy speech about her priorities for the March 8-9 EU Council Meeting in Brussels. Major themes are the promotion of economic growth, a succes [...]
2007-03-05 17:26:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EU GM
07BERLIN45GERMANY TAKES RUSSIAN - BELARUS OIL DISPUTE IN
[...] (U) German reaction to the cutoff of Russian oil via the Druzhba Pipeline has been relatively muted. Economics Minister Michael Glos stated there was no cause for alarm as Germany has sufficient reserves to cover any shortages. That said, Glos demanded that "the pipeline be reopened as soon [...]
2007-01-09 16:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM
07BERLIN455GERMAN GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED ABOUT U.S. 60-DAY
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche and text of the U.S. 60-Day Report on "Efforts Toward Implementing UNSCR 1737" to the German Ministries of Economics, Finance, and Foreign Affairs March 5. Ursula Krumpholz, Office Director of the Economic Ministry's Foreign Trade Law and [...]
2007-03-06 15:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY GM
07BERLIN456(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (C) Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett March 5. Schuett said the German Government generally supports the U.S. proposal to modify controls on UAVs and cruise missiles in the MTCR. She said German government experts [...]
2007-03-06 15:12:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA GM
07BERLIN457NSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Schaeuble told National Security Advisor Hadley February 23 Germany and the U.S. need to share information to combat terrorism, but the European Parliament is concerned about civil liberties. Schaeuble sought U.S. agreement for a U.S.-EU-Russia trilateral meetin [...]
2007-03-06 15:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KJUS AF LE IZ SR RS GM
07BERLIN459GERMANY - 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission points of contact are Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127) and Caroli [...]
2007-03-07 09:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC
07BERLIN46GERMANY REVISITS ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES IN LIGHT
[...] Summary. The arrest of a former top Siemens board member brings to six those detained in a scandal drawing attention to German corporate governance. The Siemens case is the latest of a number of corporate scandals that include a Volkswagen prostitution and embezzlement ring and German activi [...]
2007-01-09 17:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD GM KCRM OECD
07BERLIN469GERMAN AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING URANIUM PELLETS
[...] (C)Pursuing recent press reports, the Mission has bee in contact with German officials regarding the iscovery of uranium pellets in a private citizen' yard in Laeunfoerde, Germany. The following inormation is based on discussions with representaives of the German Federal Office of Criminal I [...]
2007-03-07 16:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM ETTC PTER ENRG GM
07BERLIN470CHANCELLERY AND MFA OFFICIALS PREVIEW MARCH 8-9 EU
[...] (SBU) Summary: German officials remain optimistic about the prospects for a successful March 8-9 EU Council summit, despite media reports about failure to achieve consensus on binding targets for renewable energies. In accordance with Chancellor Merkel's desire to focus on specific goals and [...]
2007-03-07 17:18:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD SENV PREL ENRG GM
07BERLIN479UK ENGAGING GERMANY ON POSSIBLE ENERGY/CLIMATE
[...] (C/NF) A British Embassy contact passed emboff the following British draft non-paper March 7 that they have been told to deliver to the German government. He asked that the USG not/not disclose that it had received/knew the contents of the document. The non-paper is most striking for its pra [...]
2007-03-08 16:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV ENRG EAIR GM
07BERLIN484GERMAN GOVERNMENT ALERTED TO USG CONCERNS OVER
[...] (S) Summary: DCM as Charge as well as senior Embassy staff again raised the need for German government action to preclude the possible printing press sale to North Korea by the German firm Drent Goebel, as requested in refs. MFA State Secretary Silberberg, Chancellery Deputy National Securi [...]
2007-03-09 14:40:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL KH GM
07BERLIN493DEMARCHE TO GERMANY ON ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 16:55:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPGOV PREL PTER KJUS ASEC GM AR IR LE
07BERLIN494MDB WISSMANN OUTLINES VISION OF NEW TRANSATLANTIC
[...] (U) Summary: Building on his previous calls for closer transatlantic economic ties (reftel),Matthias Wissman, Chairperson of the Bundestag Committee on EU Issues, presented his latest ideas on further integrating the transatlantic economy at a press roundtable March 8. Wissmann told the press [...]
2007-03-09 19:03:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN497TERRORIST FINANCE: GERMANY ON CASH COURIERS
[...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered demarche (ref A) to the German Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, and the Interior. The MFA recalled the previous (G-8) discussion on the issue, stated Germany does not object to the U.S. proposal, and said the G-8 Lyon-Roma Group should be able to address the issue [...]
2007-03-12 08:12:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER GM
07BERLIN515IRAQ COMPACT UN MEETING: GERMAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref demarche to the Chancellery and MFA to urge senior German participation. The German government's initial plan was to have an ambassador-level official from its UN Mission represent Germany at the event. Embassy has reclamaed the German government at senior le [...]
2007-03-14 10:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ GM
07BERLIN520GERMAN PRESIDENCY SEES CLIMATE/ENERGY AND PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel has identified energy/climate change and progress on an EU constitution as her top priorities for the remainder of Germany's EU presidency, according to officials in the Chancellery and MFA. The German government believes the EU's consensus position has laid th [...]
2007-03-14 16:08:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD SENV ENRG PREL PGOV PL EU GM
07BERLIN524MURAT KURNAZ: ANOTHER BUNDESTAG REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) On March 2, 2007 Ambassador Timken received another letter from the chairman of the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry looking into allegations of renditions, the activities of the German intelligence services related to the war in Iraq, and the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born T [...]
2007-03-15 11:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KLIG PREL GM
07BERLIN530(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) --
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Global Affairs officer passed ref proposals to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett March 12. Schuett thanked us for the proposals and quickly reviewed them. She said that the German Government has been [...]
2007-03-15 16:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
07BERLIN532SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your return to Berlin comes at a point in the German EU and G-8 presidencies when German policy makers and top officials across the government are evaluating progress and looking to make needed midpoint course corrections for the final sprint to the June G-8 summit and the con [...]
2007-03-16 14:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN ETRD ETTC GM
07BERLIN533(S) GERMAN QUERY CONCERNING THE EXPORT OF
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Andreas Kauke provided a German-language nonpaper to Global Affairs Officer March 12. The nonpaper requests USG input for a German export licensing decision concerning the delivery of vib [...]
2007-03-16 17:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMNUC ETTC PARM PREL IS GM
07BERLIN535FEBRUARY 27-28 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin February 27-28. The two days of discussion covered three themes: "Main Achievements Within the Global Partnership," "Experiences and Lessons Learned," and "Develo [...]
2007-03-16 19:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN541USG REACTION TO DISCUSSION PAPER ON MTCR DENIAL
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer passed ref A message to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett March 12. Schuett thanked us for the reaction to Germany's discussion paper on Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) denial notifications (ref B). She said the German Government [...]
2007-03-19 16:33:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM KSCA TSPA GM FR
07BERLIN547DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY MEETS WITH TOP
[...] (C) Summary -- Meeting separately with Head of the Federal Chancellery/Minister without Portfolio Thomas de Maiziere and with Chancellery Director General for Economics Jens Weidmann March 19, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt discussed Chancellor Merkel's transatlantic economic initiative, i [...]
2007-03-20 11:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL ETTC GM IR IZ
07BERLIN554TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and German Finance Ministry State Secretary Dr. Thomas Mirow discussed the increased risks facing German firms in Iran and the need for targeted financial measures focused on Iranian illicit conduct. They also discussed hedge funds, the fin [...]
2007-03-20 13:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PREL GM
07BERLIN555TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MARCH 19
[...] (C) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and German MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg discussed the need to maintain political unity within the international community on Iran and to work together to ensure effective implementation of multilateral agreements. They also discussed [...]
2007-03-20 13:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PREL SENV ENRG EAIR MARR GM IZ PK
07BERLIN561(S) RESULTS OF GERMAN INVESTIGATION OF IRAN'S
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke met Global Affairs officer March 12 and passed a German-language nonpaper in response to ref B and D demarches requesting German authorities to investigate attempts by the Chinese firm Bellamax to procure WMD-related items for I [...]
2007-03-20 15:58:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR
07BERLIN563GERMAN VIEWS ON ZIMBABWE: AT ODDS WITH SOME EU
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on March 20 to Dr. Rolf Krause, Head of Division for Pan-African and Southern African Affairs at the German MFA. Krause agreed that the situation in Zimbabwe is very concerning and deserves close attention by the international community. Krause said that [...]
2007-03-20 17:18:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI GM
07BERLIN567EON-RUHRGAS DETAILS POSSIBLE PURCHASE OF GAS FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Eon Ruhrgas gave emboff a new detailed read out March 13 of the company's plans for the possible purchase of Iranian liquified natural gas (LNG). Eon's Vice President for Government, International and Economic Affairs Dr. Heinz Riemer, said Eon's decision to pursue a contract to b [...]
2007-03-21 10:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV ENRG PREL IR GM
07BERLIN576GERMANY AND MISSILE DEFENSE: STRATEGY FOR DEFUSING
[...] (C) Summary. Discussion of missile defense (MD) in Germany may become trapped by partisan domestic political interests. Social Democrats (SPD),suffering in the polls and without any major issues to distinguish themselves from the conservatives (CDU/CSU),seem to see an opportunity to reasse [...]
2007-03-21 16:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR GM
07BERLIN577AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director Markus Klinger March 19. Klinger said the U.S. support for Croatia's application for Australia Group (AG) membership is "good news." He noted that the EU, as well as Germany, has [...]
2007-03-21 17:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CBW ETTC HR GM
07BERLIN58DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL SYRIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche January 9 to Ursina Krumpholz, office director of the Economic Ministry's Foreign Trade Law Division, and her deputy, Ernst Roeder-Messell, and, in a separate meeting, to Andreas Kauke in the MFA's Export Control Division. Krumpholz thanked us [...]
2007-01-10 16:38:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL KNNP PARM SY ETTC GM
07BERLIN59COUNTERTERRORISM INFORMATION SHARING: BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The three main results of the first meeting of the U.S.-German Working Group on Counterterrorism Information-Sharing were: (1) the U.S. will provide Germany with a draft bilateral agreement on enhanced biometric data-sharing in January; (2) the U.S. invited a German delegation [...]
2007-01-10 16:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KHLS CVPR PGOV GM
07BERLIN597GERMANY NOTIFIED OF USG OUTREACH TO INCREASE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 15:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PTER KGIC GM RS
07BERLIN598GERMANY'S REVISED DISCUSSION PAPER ON MTCR DENIAL
[...] (SBU) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following English-language Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Discussion Paper to Global Affairs officer March 20. Kauke said Germany also planned to submit the Discussion Paper on Denial Notification and Rel [...]
2007-03-23 15:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM KSCA TSPA GM FR
07BERLIN599GERMANY NOTIFIED OF UKRAINE JOINING THE GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 15:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PTER PINR PINS KNNP KGIT GM UP
07BERLIN60GERMAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS EU DATA PROTECTION AND
[...] (C) Summary. German Ministry of Interior (MOI) DG for Police and Counterterrorism Gunther Krause told a DHS-DoJ-USEU delegation the EU draft framework decision on sharing police and judicial information is unsatisfactory; Germany plans to re-write it during its 2007 EU Presidency. Concerning [...]
2007-01-10 16:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKHLS KJUS PTER PGOV EU GM EAIR
07BERLIN600(S) SHIELD S59A-05: GERMAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke March 20. He said he will convey the information to the German inter-agency export control group for investigation and report the results back to the USG. 2. (S) Kauke found [...]
2007-03-23 16:03:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC GM IR AE
07BERLIN601GERMANY/TIP - POLICE INVESTIGATIONS HIGHLIGHT
[...] Summary: A number of TIP-related police investigations concluded in recent weeks highlight German efforts to prosecute German nationals allegedly engaged in child sex tourism and other forms of trafficking in South East Asian countries. Over the past two years, German law enforcement agenci [...]
2007-03-23 16:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM
07BERLIN602GERMAN PLANS TO HELP SECURE THE LEBANON-SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary. Germany plans a four-step process to help Lebanon secure its border with Syria by 01/01/2008, beginning with a pilot project in the north. Equipment deliveries and training have begun. The 2006 German government team examining the prospects found, according to a recently releas [...]
2007-03-23 16:18:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR PGOV PBTS PREL GM LE SY
07BERLIN604MDA DIRECTOR OBERING PROMOTES MISSILE DEFENSE IN
[...] (SBU) Lt. General Henry A. Obering, Director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, visited Berlin on March 15 to provide briefings and answer questions about U.S. missile defense (MD) plans from the German press, think-tank analysts, high-ranking government officials, and members of the German P [...]
2007-03-23 16:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS NATO PREL GM
07BERLIN605SCENESETTER FOR G-8 DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING,
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Germany, in addition to an occasion to engage G-8 counterparts, is an opportunity to advance our bilateral cooperation on development issues with Germany, the world's fourth largest bilateral aid donor, the largest contributor to EU development aid coffers, and a donor wit [...]
2007-03-23 18:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL GM
07BERLIN61GERMAN PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN KURNAZ
[...] (U) This Cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The State Prosecutor's Office in Tuebingen has contacted the Staff Judge Advocate, Stuttgart Law Center, asking for further information in connection with events Murat Kurnaz -- a Turkish citizen resident in Germany -- [...]
2007-01-11 07:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM
07BERLIN619BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Semmel, Foreign Affairs Officer David L. Evans, Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy, and William F. Menold, Jr., to participate in the Global Partnership Working Group and Nonproliferation Directors [...]
2007-03-27 12:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AMGT OTRA ASEC PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN637INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] (C) Global Affairs Counselor and Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Ingo Karsten, Office Director of the German MFA's International Economic Policy Division, and Desk Officer Claudia Schuett of the same division March 28. Karsten said the German Government agrees with all aspects [...]
2007-03-28 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GM
07BERLIN645INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] (C) Global Affairs Counselor and Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Ingo Karsten, Office Director of the German MFA's International Economic Policy Division, and Desk Officer Claudia Schuett of the same division March 28. Karsten said the German Government agrees with all aspects [...]
2007-03-29 11:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GM
07BERLIN672UPDATE ON GERMAN MEASURES TO HALT BANK SEPAH
[...] (S) Global Affairs Counselor met March 30 with Karl Wendling, Deputy Director General in the German Economic Ministry's Directorate for Foreign Trade Law and Export Control, to review measures Germany has taken to halt banking activity by Bank Sepah and Bank Sepah International (Ref A). Wendl [...]
2007-03-30 14:49:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM PREL IR GM
07BERLIN700USD/P EDELMAN'S MARCH 28 CONSULTATIONS IN BERLIN
[...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Edelman, accompanied by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Deputy Director Maj. Gen. Anzalone, visited Berlin March 28 to hold consultations on missile defense and Afghanistan with senior officials in the defense and foreign ministries and at the chancellery [...]
2007-04-03 16:37:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO MOPS GM PL EZ RS AF
07BERLIN707(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett passed the following English-language EU proposal to Global Affairs officer April 2. Schuett said the proposal comes from those MTCR partners which are also EU member [...]
2007-04-04 13:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA GM
07BERLIN72GERMAN CABINET DISCUSSES FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
[...] (C) Summary: In a joint meeting on foreign affairs between German cabinet ministers and their EU Commission counterparts January 9 in Berlin, EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson was reportedly upbeat about prospects for moving forward on Doha. Participants from both sides agreed UN Special Envoy [...]
2007-01-11 18:05:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PGOV GM EU
07BERLIN73THIRD PARTY ATTEMPTS TO PURCHASE BOEING AIRCRAFT
[...] (C) Following up on previous discussions with Boeing's Germany office, Boeing provided Econoff January 8 with information on third-party attempts to acquire Boeing aircraft and spare parts over the past twelve months involving Iran and Libya. Eric Schwartz (please protect throughout),Deputy [...]
2007-01-12 08:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EAIR IR GM
07BERLIN730AL MASRI CASE UPDATE: MUNICH PROSECUTOR TO MAKE
[...] (SBU) Following up on April 7 media reports indicating the Munich State Prosecutor's Office planned to take a "new legal step" in the Al Masri case, Mission approached both the prosecutor's office in Munich and the Federal Justice Ministry. The Munich Deputy District Attorney told ConGen Mun [...]
2007-04-10 17:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER PREL GM
07BERLIN747GERMANY'S GRAND COALITION IN GOOD CONDITION, FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Germany's Grand Coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD is in good condition, despite tensions between the two parties on domestic and foreign policy. The CDU/CSU has for the most part taken the lead in domestic policy and Chancellor Merkel is broadly credited with doing a good job. The SP [...]
2007-04-12 16:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN758TERRORISM FINANCE: TROIKA AND FINANCIAL SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer passed ref A list to Susanne Welter, MFA Deputy Office Director for Counterterrorism Cooperation. Her only reaction was to ask whether USEU would provide a delegation list to the European Commission in Brussels; Global Affairs Officer responded they would. 2. ( [...]
2007-04-13 15:16:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PTER ETTC KTFN EUN GM
07BERLIN759GERMANY ALERTED TO U.S. BRIEFINGS AT THE NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 15:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR GM
07BERLIN763(S) NIAG 7053: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT IRAN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke April 13. Kauke thanked us for the information and said he will pass it to the German federal inter-agency export control group for investigation. He said the provision of the nuc [...]
2007-04-13 15:37:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR TC CH GM
07BERLIN764GERMANY NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to Claudia Schuett of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs April 2 and to Ursina Krumpholz and Ernst Roeder-Messell of the German Ministry of Economics April 3. The officials thanked us for the information on the U.S. designation of Iran's [...]
2007-04-13 15:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM KN IR GM
07BERLIN766GERMAN RESPONSE: FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND IRAQ
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered points in ref to MFA State Secretary Georg Boomgaarden April 12. Global Affairs Officer followed up with MFA Iraq Team Leader Ruediger Lotz April 13. Lotz stated German Foreign Minister Steinmeier would attend the meeting in Sharm El-Sheik. As to German plans for an anno [...]
2007-04-13 16:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV PREL IQ GM
07BERLIN768GERMANY AGREES TO CBP IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary. German Interior Ministry Director for Air, Sea, and Rail Security Dieter Romann told CBP Representative (Frankfurt) and Global Affairs Officer March 29 that Germany agrees to the U.S. proposal to post four CBP officers at Frankfurt Airport as part of the Immigration Advisory Pro [...]
2007-04-13 18:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KHLS AMGT APER PTER CVIS ECON PREL CMGT
07BERLIN791MARCH 29 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The third G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin March 29. The Chair opened with a discussion of a draft document which reviewed the first five years of the Global Partnership (GP). Some delegations complained t [...]
2007-04-18 18:04:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN796CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS NEW MUSLIM COORDINATING
[...] (U) Summary. Reftel reported the planned establishment of a Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) by Germany's four largest Muslim religious organizations. The Council would serve as an umbrella organization representing German Muslims belonging to or otherwise associated with the four organizat [...]
2007-04-19 15:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALSOCI KISL GM
07BERLIN80TSA OFFICIALS DISCUSS AVIATION SECURITY WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with German Interior and Transportation officials December 19, TSA representatives pushed for more access by USG inspectors to Germany's airports and to air carriers that fly to the U.S. The TSA reps also voiced concerns about Germany's failure to re-screen carry- [...]
2007-01-12 16:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KJUS PREL PTER GM
07BERLIN801BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO U.S.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Semmel, Foreign Affairs Officer David L. Evans, and Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy to attend the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting from April 21-25, 2007. Per reftel, hotel reservations at [...]
2007-04-19 19:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC GM OTRA PARM PREL
07BERLIN802SCENESETTER FOR ANGELA MERKEL IN WASHINGTON: GOALS
[...] (C) Summary. Angela Merkel arrives in Washington in an enviable position of political strength, both at home and in the EU. However, she is conscious that her strength derives largely from the weakness of her counterparts and other factors beyond her control. Achieving her goals for the EU - [...]
2007-04-20 07:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECUN EU GM
07BERLIN806REPORT OF SECOND G-8 LYON-ROMA MEETING OF GERMAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The second meeting of the G-8 Lyon-Roma Anti-Crime and Terrorism Group (LR/ACT) under the German Presidency was held in Berlin from April 16-19, 2007. The U.S. delegation was co-chaired by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville and S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and included repr [...]
2007-04-20 10:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR UNGA GM AF
07BERLIN81GERMAN REACTION TO AFRICOM BASING
[...] (C) DCM and Naval Attach presented reftel talking points to MOD and MFA on January 15. MOD Parliamentary State Secretary Christian Schmidt offered preliminary personal SIPDIS views and undertook to provide DCM initial coordinated German government feedback on January 17. Schmidt reacted [...]
2007-01-15 11:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL GM XA US
07BERLIN813APRIL 18 MEETINGS PROVIDE VALUABLE CLARIFICATION
[...] (C) Summary: A delegation from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) visited Berlin April 18 to respond to a long list of detailed questions from German technical experts and analysts regarding U.S. MD plans in Europe. The delegati [...]
2007-04-20 15:24:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR MASS MOPS NATO PREL GM RS
07BERLIN833 G-8 LABOR MINISTERIAL: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] Welcome in advance to Germany and to this year's meeting of G-8 labor ministers, hosted by Germany's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs May 6-8 in Dresden, the capital of the eastern state of Saxony. Like the other states of the former German Democratic Republic, Saxony still lags behind th [...]
2007-04-24 16:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN834SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...]
2007-04-24 17:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
07BERLIN835SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...]
2007-04-24 18:32:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
07BERLIN845APRIL 23 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The fourth G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place April 23, and focused on drafting the Global Partnership (GP) five-year review document. The delegates failed to reach agreement on the U.S. proposals for the future of the [...]
2007-04-25 17:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK
07BERLIN855RECENT GERMAN ACTIONS AGAINST THE PKK: RAIDS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the course of the last two months, German authorities have taken a number of actions against the PKK, including arresting two key PKK leaders and conducting raids on the homes and offices of numerous suspected PKK members. The actions again demonstrate German intentions and abi [...]
2007-04-27 09:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC PREL KTFN GM TU
07BERLIN858THIRD ROUND OF U.S.-GERMAN "PRUEM" DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) Summary: German and U.S. officials met April 4 on the margins of the U.S.-EU Troika meetings in Berlin for the third round of face-to-face discussions on a data-sharing agreement modeled on the European "Pruem" Convention. (Note: Additional discussion has taken place via videoconference. [...]
2007-04-27 11:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KHLS PREL PGOV KVPR GM
07BERLIN861TERRORISM FINANCE: JIHAD AL BINA DESIGNATION
[...] (C) Holger Kraemer, MFA desk officer in the office of Counterterrorism Cooperation, notified us April 25 that German agencies have completed their searches and have found no Jihad al-Bina assets in Germany. KOENIG [...]
2007-04-27 14:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC KTFN GM
07BERLIN864TERRORIST FINANCE: DISRUPTING TALIBAN FINANCING:
[...] (S) Global Affairs Off delivered ref demarche to Mathias Sonn, MFA Office Director for International Counterterrorism Cooperation, who said he agrees completely with the idea of German and joint approaches to Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the UAE along the lines of reftel. Given the military [...]
2007-04-27 18:04:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER EFIN KTFN KPAO AF PK GM ZU ZP
07BERLIN865GERMAN PROSECUTOR DROPS LEGAL COMPLAINT AGAINST
[...] (U) Summary. German Federal Prosecutor decided April 27 not to pursue a full investigation into senior U.S. officials for alleged "war crimes" at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. As first reported in ref A, the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, acting through German attorney Wolfgan [...]
2007-04-27 18:15:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KLIG PTER GM
07BERLIN884SNAPSHOT OF GERMAN ECONOMY ? RECOVERY IN
[...] Summary: The German economy is expected to grow 2.4% in 2007 according to the spring consensus forecast of Germany?s six leading economic institutes. After half a decade of below-average economic performance, Germany has finally caught up with the general growth trend in the Euro zone, ove [...]
2007-05-02 15:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM
07BERLIN892GERMAN PROPOSAL TO AMEND AUSTRALIA GROUP GUIDELINES
[...] (C) German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger passed the following two draft proposals and draft annex to Global Affairs officer April 27. Klinger said the German Government proposes to amend the Australia Group (AG) Guidelines "to limit the risks of proliferation and terr [...]
2007-05-03 14:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM CBW PREL ETTC GM
07BERLIN90GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT POSTPONEMENT OF MEGAPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-16 16:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA GM
07BERLIN912TERRORIST FINANCE: DISRUPTING TALIBAN FINANCING:
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) As previewed ref B, Pol-Mil Chief followed up on the demarche concerning Taliban financing (ref A) with Eckhart Blaurock, the Afghanistan action officer in the MFA's NATO Office May 3. Blaurock indicated that he had discussed [...]
2007-05-04 16:55:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER EFIN KTFN KPAO AF GM PK ZU ZP
07BERLIN92GERMAN PROSECUTOR FOLLOWS UP: KURNAZ CASE
[...] (U) This Cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Further to reftel, the State Prosecutor's Office in Tuebingen has written the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Stuttgart Law Center, asking for further information in connection with events Murat Kurnaz -- a Turkish [...]
2007-01-17 07:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM
07BERLIN925ENCOURAGING GERMANY TO MOVE FORWARD ON HOLOCAUST
[...] (U) Summary: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues J. Christian Kennedy met April 22 and 23 with German government officials to discuss three major Holocaust issues: "ghetto pensions," restructuring of the slave labor foundation's Board of Trustees, and stolen art restitution. In each of these [...]
2007-05-08 12:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN940BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew K. Semmel, ISN/DOS Alexander T. Liebowitz, and Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy to participate in the G-8 NPDG meeting from May 12-15, 2007. 2. (SBU) Point of contact for this visit will be Global A [...]
2007-05-09 16:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN943GERMANY EXERCISING VIGILANCE AND RESTRAINT WHEN
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Desk Officer Mirko Schilbach of the German MFA's UN Policy Division May 9. Schilbach was not aware that Russia had admitted Iranian General Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr, whose travel is sanctioned under UNSCR 1747, entry into Russia in early Apri [...]
2007-05-10 13:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIR KNNP PARM RS GM
07BERLIN952GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin jointly delivered ref information to Joerg Polster of the German MFA's Division for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy May 4. Polster thanked us for the information and said he would pass [...]
2007-05-11 10:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC KNNP PINR PINS PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN955GERMANY'S ISLAM CONFERENCE: WATCHING SAUSAGE BEING
[...] (U) Summary: The second plenary meeting of the Interior Ministry's Islam Conference took place May 2. The Conference has yet to deliver much concrete progress on substantive issues, but can claim the increased public attention to Muslim integration as a major success. It is also mired in a [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM KISL PGOV SOCI
07BERLIN960GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT IRANIAN INVITATION FOR
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Joerg Polster, desk officer of the German MFA's International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy Division, May 10. Polster said Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) partners discussed Iran's invitation for bids to construct two new nuclear power rea [...]
2007-05-11 16:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR MNUC PARM ENRG GM
07BERLIN963GERMAN ASSURANCES REGARDING POTENTIAL SALE OF
[...] (S) Global Affairs Counselor and Global Affairs Officer delivered ref demarche to Michael Findeisen, the German Finance Ministry's Director of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance Division, May 11. Findeisen stated there is no/no likelihood of Drent Goebel beginning production at this p [...]
2007-05-11 17:07:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP KSAC MNUC PARM PREL GM KH
07BERLIN964GERMAN REACTION USG PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND
[...] (U) EMIN spoke with MFA Director General for Economics and Sustainable Development Peter Ammon May 11 and conveyed the points in ref on the proposal to expand and extend the Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction. (Note: Ammon is also the German Foreign Affairs S [...]
2007-05-14 05:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP GM
07BERLIN965GERMAN REACTION USG PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND
[...] (U) EMIN spoke with MFA Director General for Economics and Sustainable Development Peter Ammon May 11 and conveyed the points in ref on the proposal to expand and extend the Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction. (Note: Ammon is also the German Foreign Affairs S [...]
2007-05-14 05:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP GM
07BERLIN977Germany and Iraq Announce Resumption of Training for Iraqi
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Jassim al-Obeidi in Berlin May 9, DefMin Jung announced that Germany will train 350 Iraqi soldiers from a transportation battalion in the UAE this year. The Bundeswehr also plans to train an Iraqi medical unit in Germany. As part of th [...]
2007-05-14 06:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER NATO IZ GM
07BERLIN990German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of May 13, Germany had 7,438 military personnel (compared to 7,993 on April 10) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of observers such as in Georgia (where currently 11 military personnel are deployed under UNOMIG),require parliam [...]
2007-05-15 15:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM
07BERLIN995(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) --
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger May 9. Klinger said the U.S. approach to the Small Group before presenting the proposals to all MTCR Partners is a good practice. He said he will discuss the proposals with his [...]
2007-05-16 15:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK SC
07BERLIN996AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY TO PARTICIPATE IN PLENARY
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger May 4. Klinger said the German Government was already considering presentations to make at the Australia Group (AG) Information Exchange sessions during the June 4-7 AG Plenary in [...]
2007-05-16 15:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL CBW GM
07BERLIN998(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) --
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger May 9. Klinger said the U.S. approach to the Small Group before presenting the proposals to all MTCR Partners is a good practice. He said he will discuss the proposals with his [...]
2007-05-16 15:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK SC
07BERLIN999(S) SHIELD S14A-06: GERMAN REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed a request from the German Government concerning ref A and ref D to Global Affairs officer May 10. Ref D informed the German Government that the XXXXXXXXXXXX sh [...]
2007-05-16 15:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL CBW GM IR GR
08BERLIN1000(S) NONPAPER DELIVERED TO GERMANY REGARDING ICS
[...] (S) On July 21, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel nonpaper to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Wacker expressed appreciation for the reftel information and said German authorities have since halted their legal proceedings against Andreas Schneider, of ICS [...]
2008-07-23 16:17:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR AEC GM
08BERLIN1006MERKEL TRIP COMMUNICATES STAUNCH OPPOSITION TO
[...] (C) Chancellor Merkel delivered a sobering message on MAP and an EU membership perspective for Ukraine during her July 21 visit to Kiev. According to Chancellery Russia and Eastern Europe Division chief Norman Walter. Merkel made clear that Germany supported Ukraine's eventual membership in [...]
2008-07-24 10:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN101RESPONSE TO GERMAN INQUIRY ON U.S. LICENSING
[...] (S) Global Affairs Counselor presented Ref A talking points January 18 to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck thanked us for the information on U.S. licensing practices, noting that the information we provided would be useful for the German Government in making a final [...]
2008-01-24 11:28:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC MTCRE KSCA KNNP PARM PREL CH GM
08BERLIN1017(C) MTCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEXT STEPS ON MACHINE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) On July 25, Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck expressed appreciation for the reftel "new draft proposal" but admitted that she is unfamiliar with e [...]
2008-07-28 06:22:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR JA UK GM
08BERLIN1020(S) TRITIUM GAS EXPORT TO IRAN: GERMANY SENDS BACK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 14:14:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR NL GM
08BERLIN1026GERMANY MAY NAME OFFICIAL DELEGATES TO THE METHANE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has repeatedly engaged German Environment Ministry (BMU) officials to encourage their active participation in the Methane to Markets (M2M) Partnership. While Germany became a Partner Country to the Partnership in July 2006, it has yet submit the name [...]
2008-07-29 07:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG EUN GM
08BERLIN1033NATO SOFA STATUS FOR USAFRICOM NON-DOD CIVILIANS:
[...] (U) On July 21, 2008, Embassy Berlin received a letter (dated July 14, 2008) from Foreign Office Legal Adviser Georg Witschel on SOFA issues related to non-DOD U.S. Government civilian employees serving at USAFRICOM. Witschel's letter was in reply to the Embassy's June 19, 2008 letter, which [...]
2008-07-30 05:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR NATO PREL AF
08BERLIN1038GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOLDING FAST ON IRANIAN
[...] (S) Summary: German Economic Ministry officials asserted Germany's preference for specific, targeted sanctions against Iran but admitted the Ministry continues to struggle with the conflicting twin goals of pressuring Iran economically and answering the demands of their domestic business con [...]
2008-07-30 10:57:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN EINV ETTC KNNP PINR PREL IR
08BERLIN1044PM MALIKI VISITS GERMANY TO ENHANCE COOPERATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki visited Germany on July 22-24 to encourage German politicians and industry to increase their cooperation with Iraq. He underscored that the security situation has dramatically improved in Iraq over the last six months and invited the German government to [...]
2008-07-31 12:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ GM
08BERLIN1048GONO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMANS - NO OBJECTION
[...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to German Ministry of Foreign Affairs representatives Julian Luebbert, Desk Officer, International Economic and Financial Policy and Antje Haeusler, Southern Africa Division. Both officers expressed appreciation for the informaton. They stated that t [...]
2008-07-31 17:32:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI
08BERLIN1049NSG CHAIRMAN EMPHASIZES NEED FOR CONSENSUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Chairman Viktor Elbling and his primary working-level technical advisor, Joerg Polster, shared their views on moving forward on the NSG India Specific Exception Agreement (ISEA). On July 31, Elbling expressed to EMIN Germany's [...]
2008-07-31 19:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG ETTD IN GM
08BERLIN105German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of January 13, Germany had 6,481 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 7,173 in late December),plus 5,700 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, re [...]
2008-01-24 17:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN1050GERMAN CHANCELLERY APPROVED GAS DEAL IN IRAN, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: German Chancellery sources report that it knew of and approved the decision by Germany's export control agency (BAFA) to permit Steiner-Prematechnik-Gastec's (Steiner) export of machinery related to the conversion of natural gas to fuel to Iran. Despite press reports alleging p [...]
2008-07-31 20:10:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC EPET PREL IR GM EINV PINR ECON PGOV
08BERLIN1051NSG CHAIRMAN EMPHASIZES NEED FOR CONSENSUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Chairman Viktor Elbling and his primary working-level technical advisor, Joerg Polster, shared their views on moving forward on the NSG India Specific Exception Agreement (ISEA). On July 31, Elbling expressed to EMIN Germany's [...]
2008-07-31 20:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG ETTD IN GM
08BERLIN1058(C) NTI FUEL BANK INITIATIVE: GERMANY WORKING
[...] (C) German MFA Commissioner for International Energy Policy, Viktor Elbling, told EMIN and EconOffs in a July 31 meeting that Germany is working within the EU to formulate a common NTI Fuel Bank Initiative (NTIFBI) position and expects a donation decision by this September. Elbling compliment [...]
2008-08-04 08:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM GM
08BERLIN1066GERMANY RELUCTANT TO MAINTAIN TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
[...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points to Mark Bogdahn, deputy head of the Western Balkans Division at the German MFA, and desk officer for Serbia, Silja Weibel, on August 1. PolOffs noted that a premature lifting of the travel ban on the Karadzic family could negatively impact OHR's removal of P [...]
2008-08-05 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKAWC ICTY PREL ETTC SR GM
08BERLIN1068(S) GERMANY REQUESTS RELEASE OF ICS SCHNEIDER NONPAPER TO THE GERMAN CRIMINAL CUSTOMS OFFICE (ZKA)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-06 07:27:00Embassy BerlinSECRETAEC ETTC GM IR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL
08BERLIN1069(S) GERMAN FIRM GEBR SAACKE GMBH INDICATES NO
[...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, Germany indicates the German firm Gebr Saacke GmbH & Co has had no business dealings with the Pakistani firm Premier International and has since been sensitized to future procurement efforts. On July 21, 2008, German MFA Export Control Division Desk Offic [...]
2008-08-06 08:32:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA AEC GM PK
08BERLIN1081DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE ON NEW
[...] (C) On 7 August 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Alexander Fierley, desk officer responsible for Southeast Asia at the German Foreign Office. POLOFF explained the Tom Lantos Block Burmese Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts (JADE) Act of 2008, and provided Fierley with a list of the 10 c [...]
2008-08-08 07:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD BM
08BERLIN109MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II - FINALIZED GERMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The German delegation to the second Major Economies Meeting has been finalized and will now include a representative of the Federal Chancellery in addition to those from the Environment and Foreign Affairs Ministries. In response to the action request (REF A),the Environment Mi [...]
2008-01-25 11:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1090CHANCELLERY DISTANCES MERKEL FROM IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) After initially taking a defensive stance on the controversial sale by a German firm of gas-to-liquids equipment to Iran (Ref),the Chancellery and CDU issued statements clearly designed to dissociate Chancellor Angela Merkel from the decision. On August 6, Chancellery deputy spokesma [...]
2008-08-08 16:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC EPET PREL EINV ENRG ETRD IR GM
08BERLIN1095TFGG01: GERMANY CITES FRENCH-LED "PROGRESS"
[...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel points August 11 to Chancellor Merkel's Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel and to Foreign Office acting Political Director Emily Haber. We also discussed Georgia with Office Directors for NATO and Caucasus affairs. Chancellor Will Go to Sochi August 15 ----- [...]
2008-08-11 15:18:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALNATO PARM KCFE RU GG
08BERLIN1096(S) GERMANY INFORMED ON U.S. PROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 15:31:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CBW IN GM
08BERLIN1101GERMANY'S VIEW OF GEORGIA: FRUSTRATION RISING BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting DCM accompanied by POLOFF delivered REF (A) points to Foreign Office acting Political Director Emily Haber on August 12. Haber expressed the MFA's frustration with Russian actions in Georgia but stressed Germany's decision to wait for a readout from French Foreign Ministe [...]
2008-08-12 12:08:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RU GG
08BERLIN1102NATO SOFA STATUS FOR USAFRICOM NON-DOD CIVILIANS:
[...] (U) On August 6, 2008, Charge d'Affaires Koenig met with newly appointed MFA State Secretary Peter Ammon and delivered a letter in response to the letter Embassy Berlin received (dated July 14, 2008) from Foreign Office Legal Adviser Georg Witschel on SOFA issues related to non-DOD U.S. Governm [...]
2008-08-12 13:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR NATO PREL AF
08BERLIN1103(S) GERMANY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (S) After reviewing a USG supplied nonpaper (REF B) detailing USG proliferation concerns with the Indian company United Phosphorus Ltd. (UPL),Germany is still inclined to approve a permit to export Australia Group listed items to UPL [...]
2008-08-12 16:23:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PINR ETTC CBW IN IR GM
08BERLIN1108German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of July 30, Germany had 6,750 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 7000 in May),plus 2,500 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and an additional 1,000 on stand-by for the EU's Battle Groups. All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the ex [...]
2008-08-13 09:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN1109(C) MTCR SMALL GROUP PROPOSALS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-13 11:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL GM
08BERLIN1114GERMAN MFA PROMOTES EU'S COMMON POSITION ON UNSCR
[...] (C) Summary: German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) contacts tout the EU's recently adopted Common Position (CP) as going beyond UNSCR 1803 and expect quick adoption of the CP's required annexes. End Summary. 2. (C) Econoff met with Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer for Iran Fin [...]
2008-08-13 15:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN1115GERMAN MFA PROMOTES EU'S COMMON POSITION ON UNSCR
[...] (C) Summary: German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) contacts tout the EU's recently adopted Common Position (CP) as going beyond UNSCR 1803 and expect quick adoption of the CP's required annexes. End Summary. 2. (C) Econoff met with Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer for Iran Fin [...]
2008-08-13 15:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN1117(C) NSG CHAIRMAN EXPECTS PUSHBACK ON INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: At an August 13 meeting with EMIN and Econoff, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Chairman Viktor Elbling, along with staff advisors Goetz Lingenthal and Joerg Polster, stressed support for an NSG exception for India and agreed with the USG on the need to press for a consensus at the [...]
2008-08-13 21:29:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG ETTD IN GM
08BERLIN1120(C) NSG CHAIRMAN EXPECTS PUSHBACK ON INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: At an August 13 meeting with EMIN and Econoff, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Chairman Viktor Elbling and staff stressed support for an NSG exception for India and agreed with the USG on the need to press for a consensus at the upcoming Extraordinary NSG Plenary in Vienna on Augus [...]
2008-08-14 10:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG ETTC IN GM
08BERLIN1126HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY FOR USAREUR
[...] (S) Reference is EUCOM J5-J8 request for Embassy Berlin's assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding USAREUR's plan to re-station the G/52 Aviation Company with its four aircraft from Livorno, Italy to locations in Germany. 2. (U) This is a joint DoD-Department of State message, prov [...]
2008-08-15 09:27:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL GM
08BERLIN1127GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO IRANIAN - SYRIAN BANKING
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel non-paper to Julian Luebbert, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Officer responsible for Iran Financial Sanctions; Andreas Krueger, Head of the MFA Iran Unit, and Stefan Bantle, Syria Desk Officer at MFA. Econoff also delivered reftel non-paper to Kri [...]
2008-08-15 10:50:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER PINR SY IR GM
08BERLIN1129BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK CASE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel questions, Litef GmbH provided us with the following: -- Annual Sales reports for 2006 and 2007. Litef said that the agreement took effect in May 2006. They also said that they have had no sales under this DA to date in 2008. -- The reports provided state tha [...]
2008-08-15 11:04:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GM
08BERLIN113GERMANY IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Acting Head of the European Correspondent Office Thomas Schieb on January 25. Schieb noted that the Western Balkans, Iran, Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sudan/Dafur/Chad, and Kenya were currently on the GAERC agenda. -------------- [...]
2008-01-25 17:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KVIR IR IZ IS SU
08BERLIN1130TFGG01: MERKEL "WILL TALK TOUGH" IN SOCHI;
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-15 11:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS
08BERLIN1146(S) GERMANY TO WEIGH U.S. OBJECTIONS REGARDING
[...] (S) Before deciding on a pending German export request of Australia Group (AG) listed items to the Indian firm United Phosphorus LTD (UPL),German export control authorities agreed to weigh U.S. concerns regarding the AG "no undercut policy." On Monday August 18, MFA Export Control Division [...]
2008-08-18 16:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PINR ETTC CBW IN IR GM
08BERLIN1148(S) GERMANY TO WEIGH U.S. OBJECTIONS REGARDING
[...] (S) Before deciding on a pending German export request of Australia Group (AG) listed items to the Indian firm United Phosphorus LTD (UPL),German export control authorities agreed to weigh U.S. concerns regarding the AG "no undercut policy." On Monday August 18, MFA Export Control Division [...]
2008-08-19 10:08:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PINR ETTC CBW IN IR GM
08BERLIN1150G-7 STATEMENT ON GEORGIA: GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY AWAITS SIGNAL FROM CHANCELLERY AND MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-19 12:08:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PGOV GG GM
08BERLIN1155GERMANY TO DOUBLE GEORGIAN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) The German Foreign Office announced August 19 that Germany would increase its humanitarian assistance to Georgia from 1 million to 2 million euros. POLOFF spoke on August 20 with Georgia Desk Officer Gosse at the MFA for more detail on the additional one million euros. Gosse confirmed tha [...]
2008-08-21 05:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM
08BERLIN1156GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S IAEA BID
[...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Martin Langer, head of the IAEA unit in the German MFA's Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Office on August 19. Langer expressed agreement that "nearly any other option would be an improvement over Syria or Iran as a member of the IAEA's Board of Go [...]
2008-08-21 05:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR SY AF
08BERLIN1166SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR LUGAR'S VISIT TO BERLIN,
[...] (U) Mr. Senator: Mission Germany warmly welcomes you to Berlin. Your visit comes on the heels of the historic opening of our new Embassy on Pariser Platz on July 4, preceded by the separate June visits of President Bush and Secretary Rice. I am pleased that we will be able to host two of your [...]
2008-08-21 13:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1171GERMAN GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel non-paper to relevant MFA and Finance Ministry contacts. Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer responsible for Iran Financial Sanctions, told EconOff that Germany has already designated these entities. In a separate conversation, MFA Iran Unit Chief Andreas [...]
2008-08-21 15:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM
08BERLIN1173GERMANY: HUMANITARIAN AID LIMITED BY RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF met August 21 with Deputy Head of the Task Force for Humanitarian Aid and Mine Action Oliver Owcza and Desk Officer Miriam Lenz to discuss the findings of the delegation to Georgia August 20 and 21 (Ref A). Owcza and Lenz charged that the Russians had interfered with the d [...]
2008-08-22 13:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM
08BERLIN1175GERMANY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier August 20 welcomed the release of Belarusian political prisoners Andrey Kim and Syarhey Parsyukevich and noted that Belarus had taken an important step towards improving relations with the EU. PolOffs met with MFA desk officer for Belarus, [...]
2008-08-22 15:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PREL PHUM RU GG PGOV BO
08BERLIN1176GERMANY CAREFULLY WATCHING RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel to discuss the Russian troop withdrawal from Georgia on August 22. Reichel emphasized that Russia's actions over the next day are vital for mitigating damage to its relations and reputation. Although confusi [...]
2008-08-22 16:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN1181TFGG01: CHANCELLOR MERKEL SAYS RUSSIA HAS NOT
[...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Merkel said in an interview August 24 that Russia had not fulfilled its obligations under the ceasefire agreement and called Russia's credibility into question. A Chancellery spokesman criticized the Russian legislature's recommendation of recognition of South [...]
2008-08-25 15:33:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO GM GG RS
08BERLIN1187GERMANY REACTS STRONGLY TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials reacted strongly to Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia August 26. See para 7 for the full text of a German government statement on the matter. During a visit to Estonia today, Chancellor Merkel said the recognition was "absolutely unacceptable" [...]
2008-08-26 16:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN120AMBASSADOR CULTIVATES TIES WITH YOUNG FDP LEADERS
[...] (C) Ambassador Timken and senior embassy officers hosted a dinner for eight young up-and-coming Free Democrat (FDP) federal parliamentarians January 23 in order to foster a working relationship and discuss policy issues of mutual interest. Born from a recent meeting between the Ambassador and [...]
2008-01-29 09:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1204NATO SOFA STATUS FOR NON-DOD USG CIVILIANS AT U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In its most recent correspondence with the Embassy, the German Foreign Office retreats from some of its previous unhelpful positions, but continues to contend that only DOD USG civilian employees or dual-appointed non-DOD USG civi [...]
2008-08-29 12:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO AMGT APER GM XA
08BERLIN1210(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIAN FIRM SUPPLYING
[...] (S) On August 25, EconOff delivered reftel nonpaper to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog. Herzog thanked the USG for the reftel information and promised to pass this information to the appropriate German export control authorities. Upon examining the nonpaper, He [...]
2008-08-29 15:17:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR ML SN GM
08BERLIN1219GERMAN THOUGHTS ON SERBIA'S ICJ PUSH AND THE EULEX
[...] (C) PolOff delivered points in ref (A) to Mark Bogdahn, deputy head of the Western Balkans Division at the German MFA, and desk officer for Kosovo, Dr. Michael Geisler, on September 2 to determine the level of German engagement to counter a Serb effort to seek an UNGA referral on Kosovo indepe [...]
2008-09-04 10:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKAWC ICTY PREL ETTC SR GM KV
08BERLIN122WELCOME TO BERLIN
[...] (C) NSA Hadley: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 31 to February 1. Germany is currently consumed by the aftermath of bitterly fought state elections that took place on January 27 in Hesse and Lower Saxony. They are being seen as barometers for next year's nat [...]
2008-01-29 16:25:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1222GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 5-6 EU GYMNICH MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Post provided talking points from reftels to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb September 2 and followed up with him September 4 to get Germany's perspective on the Avignon meeting. Schieb indicated there was little daylight between the U.S. and Germany on the way [...]
2008-09-04 15:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV GM GG RU
08BERLIN1223GERMANY WILLING TO SUPPORT ANA EXPANSION, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 10 Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) meeting, Germany is prepared to go along with the Afghan government's request to expand the Afghan National Army (ANA),but has concerns about the cost and the sustainability of this initiative. German officials [...]
2008-09-04 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF GM
08BERLIN1227GERMANY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITIONS ON UNGA THIRD
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Deputy Head of the Human Rights Department Martin Huth September 4 and spoke with Chancellery Advisor on Global Issues, the United Nations and Human Rights Edgar Gansen on September 5 on reftel points. Both expressed strong support for the U.S. positions on no-action mo [...]
2008-09-05 14:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN GM
08BERLIN1229SCENE SETTER FOR TREASURY U/S LEVEY VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Germany September 11-12 is well-timed. Your key interlocutors are now back from summer vacation and attending to the implementation of the EU's August 8th Common Position. Following Iran's failure to respond to the refreshed P5 1 incentive package, EU discussions [...]
2008-09-08 11:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GM IR AADP
08BERLIN1241HYDROSOL: AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: The German Space Agency (DLR) has, in conjunction with the International Energy Agency's solar-thermal energy cooperative "SolarPACES", developed an efficient carbon dioxide (CO2)-free method of harvesting hydrogen from water. Named "HYDROSOL", this is an interesting [...]
2008-09-09 16:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY TSPL TNGD SENV GM
08BERLIN1244LUGAR CODEL: GERMANS EMPHASIZE NEED FOR
[...] (C) Begin Summary: During Senator Lugar's September 1-2 visit to Berlin, which focused on energy security, the range of interlocutors (government, business, parliament) told Lugar that Germany has had a long history of cooperation with Russia on energy, that Russia consistently has been a reli [...]
2008-09-10 15:33:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG OVIP GM
08BERLIN1250NINTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROLS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 10:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC HR KSTC PARM PREL GM
08BERLIN1254GERMANY WORKING WITHIN EU FOR DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) On 12 September 2008, POLOFFs delivered reftel demarche to Christiane Botschen, Deputy Director for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean at the German Foreign Office. Botschen informed POLOFFs that Germany and the EU shared the same concerns as the United States about Nicaragua's re [...]
2008-09-12 09:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL GC NU RU
08BERLIN1255GERMANS REMAIN WARY ABOUT EXPANDING ISAF AUTHORITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel demarche points to office directors and action officers in the MFA, MOD and Chancellery September 11, emphasizing that giving ISAF the ability to undertake counternarcotics interdiction missions is critical to achieving success against the insurgency in Afgha [...]
2008-09-12 10:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR GM AF
08BERLIN1259GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 EU GAERC FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany expects the EU Council on September 15 to agree on creating a small "coordination cell" in Brussels to help coordinate the existing anti-piracy contributions of EU members and prepare the way for a possible future ESDP mission off the coast of Somalia. The Council is also [...]
2008-09-12 14:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PHUM PGOV GM ZL ZI SO SR BO
08BERLIN1261GERMANY/GEORGIA: STATUS OF EU OBSERVER MISSION AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The German government is using numerous bilateral and multilateral tools to assist Georgia in its recovery from the recent war with Russia. Germany strongly supports the EU observer mission in Georgia and seems determined to meet the October 1 deployment deadline. Chancellor Merk [...]
2008-09-12 15:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN1272GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO IRCG-AFFILIATED SHOPPING TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 13:40:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP MUNC IR PREL PARM EFIN UK IS FR GM
08BERLIN1273GERMANY: NO PLANS FOR FORMAL REJECTION OF RUSSIAN
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Head of the Russia and Ukraine Division Ernst Reichel September 14. 2. (C) While agreeing that the Russian claim was unfounded, Reichel said the GOG viewed it as unnecessary to issue a formal statement. At this time, Germany also has no intention of pu [...]
2008-09-16 14:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPHUM GG RS GM XG XH
08BERLIN1276IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met on September 15 in Berlin with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. The meeting, which took place at Mottaki's request, was only announced that morning, but reportedly was in the works since September 11 at the latest. The C [...]
2008-09-16 16:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL IR GM
08BERLIN1279NO FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTION TO FDA-937-07 GRANT
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Embassy in Berlin finds no negative U.S. foreign policy implications for the proposed award of FDA Research Grant Entitled "Phase 2/3 Study of FX-1006A for Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy." The Embassy understands that this grant began in 2007 and that there are already ten pa [...]
2008-09-17 13:21:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO FDA GM
08BERLIN1280(S) GERMANY CONSIDERING ACTION TO PREVENT IRAN'S AQUISITION OF SNIPER RIFLES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 15:52:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL MASS ETTC FR AU IR GM
08BERLIN1285GERMANY PASSES ON OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON
[...] (C) Summary: German MFA officials responsible for energy policy and Iran are reluctant to engage Poland and Croatia on their efforts to develop Iranian natural gas resources. They expressed a preference for United Nations action, as well as very keen interest in learning more about the respo [...]
2008-09-18 15:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC PREL HR PL IR GM
08BERLIN1286GERMANY: MOVING FORWARD WITH EU OBSERVER MISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany plans to have 18 of the 40 observers it has pledged for the EU observer mission on the ground in Georgia early next week, with the additional 22 on standby should the EU need them. Contacts at MFA and the German Government Center for International Peace Operations (Zentru [...]
2008-09-18 15:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EUN
08BERLIN1295GERMANY: COLLAPSE OF ORANGE COALITION PULLS MAP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts at MFA and the Chancellery indicated that the collapse of the Orange Coalition in Ukraine makes MAP improbable in the near or medium term. POLOFF met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel September 19, who hoped that Germany and the U.S. would come [...]
2008-09-19 13:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1300(S) RESULTS OF M/V ANTARES I COMPLIANT BOARDING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 11:35:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMNUC PARM PREL SY LI KN GM
08BERLIN1309MERKEL,STEINBRUECK STAND UP FOR BALANCED BUDGET
[...] Summary: On September 16, against a backdrop of the global financial crisis and increasing demands for domestic spending, Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck (SPD) introduced an FY 2009 budget of 288.4 billion Euros -- the Grand Coalition's third and last joint budget prior to the national elect [...]
2008-09-23 07:59:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL PGOV ECON GM
08BERLIN1314GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S IAEA BID
[...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to Hans Koeppel, desk officer in the MFA's Nuclear Arms Control (REF 240) Division on September 18. Koeppel, who was backstopping his colleague Martin Langer while Langer was on a trip to Washington with the German Political Director, Volker Stanzel, reiterate [...]
2008-09-23 15:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR SY AF
08BERLIN1318GERMANY LOOKING FOR SMALL STEP FORWARD IN BELARUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA and Chancellery contacts appeared in agreement regarding Belarus and expected the EU to ease restrictions following the Belarussian parliamentary elections on September 28. The GOG hopes that the elections will reflect "an improvement over last time," which in conjunction wi [...]
2008-09-24 11:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PREL PHUM RU GG PGOV BO
08BERLIN1323GERMANY'S INTERIM RESPONSE ON ENGAGING CHINA ON
[...] (S) EMIN met with Ruediger von Fritsch, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Economic Affairs and provided reftel non-paper. The Ministry's Export Control Division subsequently contacted Econoff. The Director of Export Controls, Goetz Lingenthal, said the MFA and other age [...]
2008-09-25 07:11:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER PINR IR GM
08BERLIN1329GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 15:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GM
08BERLIN1330BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK: LICENSE
[...] (SBU) REF A requested Embassy assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050104085 for export of a U.S.-origin piezoresistive accelerometer (Endevco Model 7270A-200K) to the Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) in Freiburg, Germany. The reason for this end-use check is that [...]
2008-09-25 15:21:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDA ETTC KOMC GM
08BERLIN1334GERMAN RESPONSE: PREVENTING IRAN FROM ADVANCING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany shares USG concerns regarding Iran's nuclear program and welcomes further steps to prevent Iran from obtaining critical equipment needed for their new IR-2 centrifuge design. Germany maintains that its primary mechanisms for safeguarding sensitive centrifuge technology [...]
2008-09-26 11:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC
08BERLIN1337HNN FOR ACTIVATION OF MARINE COMPONENT FOR US
[...] (C) On September 25 DATTOFF delivered reftel points in letter form to MOD contacts Lieutenant Colonel Juergen Joachim von Sandrart (North America Bilaterals Desk Officer - German Joint Staff J31) and Lieutenant Colonel Jared Sembritzki (Africa Bilaterals Desk Officer - German Joint Staff J31). [...]
2008-09-26 14:29:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR NATO PREL AF
08BERLIN1345SEPTEMBER 17 VISIT OF ACTING DOD GENERAL COUNSEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting DOD General Counsel Daniel Dell'Orto, accompanied by Charge Koenig, met with MFA Legal Advisor Georg Witschel and MOD Legal Advisor Dieter Weingartner September 17 in Berlin. In addition to a general legal discussion about the use of force in combating transnational terror [...]
2008-09-29 12:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV GM
08BERLIN1349GERMANY RELUCTANT TO IMPEDE ZIMBABWE'S ACCESS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 12:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI GM
08BERLIN135(S) GERMAN REQUEST - IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM'S
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker and MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director Markus Klinger provided Global Affairs Officers January 25 with a German-language nonpaper in response [...]
2008-02-04 15:06:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE
08BERLIN1354GERMANY/ANA EXPANSION: MORE INFORMATION NEEDED
[...] (C) As instructed ref A, post approached officials in both the MFA and MOD to ask that Germany consider providing $100 million per year from 2010 to 2014 in additional funding for sustainment of the expanded Afghan National Army (ANA). 2. (C) While open to making an additional contribution a [...]
2008-10-01 16:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
08BERLIN1355GERMANY/RUSSIA: ON THE EVE OF THE OCTOBER 2
[...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials were surprised to hear that attacks against civilians in the Russian-controlled areas of Georgia remain a problem and asked for more information about the source of these reports. Germany plans to use the October 2 bilateral government consultations in St. Peter [...]
2008-10-01 17:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS GM RS GG
08BERLIN1356U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker met separately with NSA Christoph Heusgen and MFA Deputy Political Director Eberhard Pohl September 26 to discuss NATO operations in Afghanistan; NATO relations with Russia following the war in Georgia; Ukraine and Georgia; efforts to fight pira [...]
2008-10-02 08:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1359GERMANY ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1835
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 13:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MUNC PARM IR GM
08BERLIN1361GERMANY RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF IRISL
[...] (S) Germany will deal with IRISL multilaterally, through the EU's implementation of the Common Position on UN Security Council Resolution 1803. Econoff met with Economics Ministry Office Director Martin Lutz and provided reftel points. Lutz stated that the final EU implementation of UNSCR 1 [...]
2008-10-02 13:54:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL IR GM
08BERLIN1365GERMAN VIEWS ON MAP, STRASBOURG/KEHL SUMMIT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials at the Chancellery and MFA told visiting EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner October 2 that while they saw little chance of extending MAP to Georgia or Ukraine at the December NATO foreign ministerial, they agreed it was necessary to agree on a way ahead to fulfill the [...]
2008-10-06 16:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV NATO EUN OSCE GG GM RS FR
08BERLIN137EMERGING 5-PARTY LANDSCAPE COULD YIELD FRAGILE
[...] (C) Key state elections in Germany indicate an emerging 5-party political landscape, bringing with it increasing complexity in the formation of fragile coalitions. A possible result could be continuation of a national Grand Coalition after 2009. Both the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Soc [...]
2008-02-04 17:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1377GERMANY: OCTOBER 2 CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the October 2 German-Russian consultations in St. Petersburg, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier engaged in "friendly" and "non-confrontational" discussions, according to Chancellery and MFA contacts. While stressing that the consultations were limited in s [...]
2008-10-09 14:30:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1379GERMAN PARTICIPANTS - 9TH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 16:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC HR KSTC PARM PREL GM
08BERLIN1384(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN WORKING TO PROCURE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 15:52:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR ML SN GM
08BERLIN1385 GERMANY MOVING QUICKLY FORWARD ON BIOFUELS
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) John Mizroch and U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary (DUS) Douglas Faulkner represented the U.S. in July 2008 bilateral discussions on biofuels with German officials represe [...]
2008-10-10 16:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ENRG EU EUN SENV TPHY TRGY
08BERLIN1386GERMAN VIEWS ON THE OCTOBER 13 EU GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb October 9 and followed up with him October 10 to get his reactions. Schieb noted that the GAERC will not only issue its own conclusions, but help prepare those to be released by the October 15-16 Eur [...]
2008-10-10 16:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV GG RS ZI UZ BO MD
08BERLIN1387GERMANY: BUNDESTAG SET TO RENEW A BEEFED-UP ISAF
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Bundestag is expected to approve on October 16 a 14-month extension of the parliamentary mandate that authorizes Bundeswehr participation in the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The renewed ISAF mandate will continue to limit German forces essentially to the north of Afghanista [...]
2008-10-10 17:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV AF GM
08BERLIN1389 THE VIEW FROM BERLIN: NO EUROPE-WIDE BAILOUT BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 9, Thomas de Maiziere, Head of the Federal Chancellery, signaled the possibility of greater European coordination following the upcoming EU summit. The Chancellery is critical of the way the UK and Ir [...]
2008-10-14 05:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON GM
08BERLIN1399GERMANS DISCUSS FINANCIAL CRISIS, INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. State Secretary Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach of the Ministry of Economics told Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 10 that although Germans are alarmed by the ongoing financial turbulence, the country is relatively well positioned to ride out the storm. A fisca [...]
2008-10-15 15:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON GM
08BERLIN14(S) GERMANY WILL INVESTIGATE SHIPMENT OF
[...] (S) Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche January 4 to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck undertook to pass the information immediately to the German interagency export control working group. Reck said German export control officials are well aware of the ri [...]
2008-01-04 13:52:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC EWWT PARM PREL KNNP SN TU PK GM
08BERLIN1407GERMANY: UNCERTAIN ABOUT AID PACKAGE AND MIXED ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Office Director for South Caucasus and Central Asia Maria Gosse on October 14, who stressed that Germany plans on delivering an aid package for Georgia and the region, but is unlikely to provide direct budget support. Gosse also shared [...]
2008-10-17 13:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM
08BERLIN1408(S/NF) GERMANY NONCOMMITTAL ON PALESTINIAN
[...] (S/NF) DCM raised October 15 with German NSA Christoph Heusgen the possibility of Germany resettling the Palestinian Guantanamo detainee described in Ref (A). Heusgen was noncommittal; he did not rule it out but suggested that other countries (he mentioned Spain) might be more appropriate. [...]
2008-10-17 15:02:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO GM
08BERLIN1411GERMANY: SMOOTH SAILING EXPECTED FOR RATIFICATION
[...] (C) As instructed reftel, post contacted the MFA NATO Office to inquire about the status of Germany's ratification of the NATO accession protocols for Croatia and Albania. Desk Officer Karin Marshall noted that the Cabinet had approved draft legislation seeking approval of the accession protoc [...]
2008-10-17 16:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO HR AL GM
08BERLIN1412GERMAN SUPPORT FOR ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Office Director for Afghanistan Affairs Ruediger Koenig October 17, emphasizing the importance of holding the 2009 elections on schedule and encouraging Germany to make a significant contribution so that the process is fully funded. Koenig agreed that s [...]
2008-10-17 16:21:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF GM
08BERLIN1413GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: ISAF MANDATE RENEWED WITH A
[...] (C) As previewed reftel, the Bundestag approved on October 16 a 14-month extension of the parliamentary mandate for Bundeswehr participation in ISAF by a wide margin, with 442 voting "yes," 96 "no" and 32 abstaining. In addition, 42 parliamentarians, some of whom would have voted "no" or abst [...]
2008-10-17 16:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV AF GM
08BERLIN1414GERMAN FINANCIAL BAILOUT APPROVED
[...] SUMMARY. Despite concerns raised by some of Germany's states regarding the division of cost between the federal and state government, the German Parliament today approved legislation to shore up the country's ailing financial system. Business leaders and economists applauded the development. [...]
2008-10-20 05:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB GM
08BERLIN1417GERMANY WELCOMES INFORMATION ON MAYROW TRADING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 10:29:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MUNC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM
08BERLIN1421ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BLUE LANTERN END USE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (SBU) The director of the Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) recently provided additional information and supporting documentation that adequately addresses all questions posed in Blue Lantern post-shipment end-user license check 056 [...]
2008-10-20 16:26:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDA ETTC KOMC GM
08BERLIN1422GERMANY REQUESTS FEEDBACK ON MTCR EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) On October 17, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided EconOff with the text of the German "Proposal for an Export Control Seminar on Risk Assessment in Licensing." Due to the rapidly approaching MTCR Canberra [...]
2008-10-21 06:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS GM
08BERLIN1423(C) MTCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. REPORT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 06:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS GM
08BERLIN1424GERMANY'S OUTREACH EFFORTS ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Econoff met with Director General of Germany's export control agency, (BAFA),Georg Pietsch and Holger Beutel, BAFA's Head of Division for Industry Outreach and delivered reftel non-papers. The BAFA officials were eager to explain the German Government's outreach programs for non-prolife [...]
2008-10-21 07:22:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PREL PARM MUNC IR GM
08BERLIN1436GERMANY: OPEN TO GREATER COOPERATION WITH THE U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Officials at the German Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) told visiting S/CRS Deputy Coordinator Larry Sampler October 16 that they would welcome greater cooperation with S/CRS and invited the U.S. to send one or more representatives to a December 11-12 internatio [...]
2008-10-23 07:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID PHUM PREF UNDP UN
08BERLIN1441(C) MTCR: GERMANY ACCEPTS USG FEEDBACK ON RISK
[...] (C) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck welcomed REF B USG feedback on the REF A German MTCR Export Control Seminar nonpaper. During an October 23 meeting, Reck thanked the USG for the timely response and said that the feedback was sufficient for the GoG to move the proposal o [...]
2008-10-23 15:05:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS GM
08BERLIN1444GERMANY UNLIKELY TO CHANGE STANCE ON DE-ALERTING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 12:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDGM MNUC NATO PARM UNGA
08BERLIN1461GERMANY: NO PLANS TO ATTEND IRAN'S NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-28 16:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP AORC MUNC TRGY IR GM
08BERLIN1466ATTEMPTED EXPORT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS TO
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See comment and action requests in paragraphs 11 and 12. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Berlin has become aware that a U.S. firm, Presidential Airways, appears to have moved German-origin helicopters to Turkey, with the intent of moving them NLT 30 Oct to [...]
2008-10-30 06:29:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKOMC ECCT AF GM
08BERLIN1467ATTEMPTED EXPORT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See comment and action requests in paragraphs 11 and 12. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Berlin has become aware that a U.S. firm, Presidential Airways, appears to have moved German-origin helicopters to Turkey, with the intent of moving them NLT 30 Oct to Afghanista [...]
2008-10-30 06:29:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKOMC ECCT AF GM
08BERLIN1468READ OUT OF TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S VISIT TO GERMANY
[...] (S) SUMMARY During meetings with a comprehensive slate of senior Chancellery and Finance, Economic and Foreign Ministry officials on September 11, 2008, U/S Levey focused on three main topics: 1) The recent U.S. designation of IRISL as a proliferation-related entity using deceptive financial [...]
2008-10-30 08:41:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN PRELM IR GM
08BERLIN1474GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO U.S. MEASURES ON EDBI / EIHB
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to ref A, German Ministry of Finance officials stated there are no clear facts to connect Europaisich-Iranische Handelsbank AG (EIHB) to the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and that, further, Germany [...]
2008-10-30 17:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MUNC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM
08BERLIN1475GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. WAY FORWARD ON BOSNIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post presented reftel points to MFA Western Balkans Office Director Jutta Schmitz, who readily agreed that Bosnia (BiH) was on the wrong track and needed to be the focus of renewed attention by the international community, especially by the EU. Schmitz, who just took up her positi [...]
2008-10-30 17:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV BK EU GM
08BERLIN1480HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE
[...] (U) This cable responds to ref e-mail request to conduct human rights vetting, as required by the Leahy Amendment, for German military representatives who plan to attend the Sovereign Challenge Conference from November 17-20, 2008 at Hurbult Field, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. 2. (U) The POL [...]
2008-10-31 10:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GM
08BERLIN1482ATTEMPTED EXPORT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary. The German Federal Security Council (Bundessicherheitsrat) is likely to reach a formal decision to permit movement of the three German-origin helicopters to Afghanistan in a meeting scheduled for November 5 (ref B). The Chancellery, MFA, Economic Ministry and its export cont [...]
2008-10-31 14:41:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKOMC PGOV PREL ECCT AF GM
08BERLIN1484GERMAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER
[...] (C) In addition to transatlantic relations, EU foreign ministers are expected to use their November 3 informal "Gymnich" lunch in Marseille to discuss options for EU support of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the possibility of deploying an EU battlegroup Germany [...]
2008-10-31 15:53:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN RS IS AF PK SY LE SO IR
08BERLIN149BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Refs B and D requested post assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-948922 for export of unclassified components and spare parts to the NATO E-3A SIPDIS AWACS Component Logistics Wing in Geilenkirchen, Germany. The reason for the request was U.S. law enforcement en [...]
2008-02-06 16:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC GM
08BERLIN1496 New German Agriculture Minister Likely to Follow
[...] (U) Summary. Ilse Aigner has been appointed as the German Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, replacing Horst Seehofer who has returned to Bavaria as Minister President. It is unclear how this change will affect Germany's agricultural and trade policy decisions in the comin [...]
2008-11-03 15:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON PGOV INRB GM
08BERLIN15(S) GERMAN INQUIRY - U.S. LICENSING PRACTICES
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck passed Global Affairs Officer January 4 a German-language nonpaper requesting information about U.S. licensing procedures concerning the export to China of technology [...]
2008-01-04 13:58:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC MTCRE KSCA KNNP PARM PREL CH GM
08BERLIN1509GERMAN INQUIRY ON CHINA - PAKISTAN NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On the margins of an unrelated meeting, German MFA Desk Officer Joerg Polster requested any releasable information on a reported China - Pakistan civil nuclear agreement under which China would provide two new nuclear power plants to [...]
2008-11-05 13:05:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP KNUC PREL PK CH GM
08BERLIN151SENIOR BUNDESTAG MP URGES THAW IN U.S.- IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 26 meeting, Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ruprecht Polenz (CDU) gave the Ambassador a read-out of his mid-January trips to Israel and Iran. Repeatedly commenting that he did not believe only in "containment," Polenz asserted that the Iranian leaders' to [...]
2008-02-07 15:33:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PGOV PREL PTER IS IR GM
08BERLIN1511MERKEL IN CHINA SEEKS RESOLVE IN HANDING FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Much of Chancellor Merkel's October 23-25 visit to Beijing to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) focused on the financial crisis, according to Chancellery advisors Ludger Siemes (Bilateral Relations to the Near and Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America) and Petra Sigmu [...]
2008-11-05 13:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON CH GM IN PK
08BERLIN1512CWC: GERMANY STILL REVIEWING REVISED DRAFT HOST
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Chemical and Biological Weapons Office Director Alexander Olbrich, Deputy Holger Ruthe and Desk Officer Juliane Thuemmel November 5, emphasizing the continued interest of the United States in concluding a Host Country Agreement on the conduct of Chemical [...]
2008-11-05 14:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA CWC GM
08BERLIN1515MEDIA REACTION: U.S. Elections, Russia, EU
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Outcome of U.S. Elections 3. (Russia) Medvedev Address 4. (EU) Accession Report  [...]
2008-11-06 11:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1517DAS GARBER IN BERLIN: GERMANY SIGNALS ITS INTEREST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber's meetings with MFA and Chancellery officials on October 22, contacts shared concern as to whether the Russian actions in Georgia were a "one-off occurrence" or reflected a new pattern in Russian foreign policy. MFA and Chance [...]
2008-11-06 14:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1518DAS GARBER'S DISCUSSION WITH GERMAN ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber on October 22 met with Ministry of Economics officials to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade Law and Export Control Karl Wendling and Head of North Africa and Near and Middle East Division Jue [...]
2008-11-06 14:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIR AZ PREL ECON EAID IZ AF GM
08BERLIN1524MEDIA REACTION: Indonesia, Economic, MEPP, U.S., Russia,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Indonesia) Execution Of Terrorists 3. (Economic) Financial Crisis, Chinese Economic Program 4. (MEPP) Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Aftermath Of U.S. Elections 6. (Russia) Foreign Policy, Accident On Nuclear Submarine 7. (U.S.-Spain) Relations [...]
2008-11-10 11:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1526GERMANY EXPECTS RESUMPTION OF EU PCA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points to MFA Head of the Russia and Ukraine Division Ernst Reichel. Reichel expected the resumption of PCA negotiations to be approved at a ministers' lunch today during the GAERC, and did not share the concern that Russian President Medvedev's security proposal [...]
2008-11-10 15:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV GG RS
08BERLIN1529MEDIA REACTION: Financial Crisis, Economic, EU-Russia,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) Financial Crisis 3. (Economic) U.S. Car Industry Problems 4. (EU-Russia) Energy Policy, Partnership Agreement 5. (U.S.-Afghanistan) Future Policy 6. (U.S.-EU) Future Cooperation 7. (Mideast) Peace Process 8. (U.S.) Obama [...]
2008-11-12 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN153GERMAN ENERGY GIANT RWE JOINS NABUCCO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After negotiations lasting nearly a year, German energy giant RWE became the sixth member of the Nabucco Gas Pipeline consortium. RWE joins energy companies from Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey in the EU-supported project to pipe gas from the Caspian region to [...]
2008-02-08 09:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV PREL PGOV GM
08BERLIN1530GERMANY LOBBYING AGAINST IRAN NO-ACTION MOTION
[...] (C) Deputy Head of the Human Rights Division of the MFA Martin Huth told Poloff November 10 that the MFA had tasked its embassies in Madagascar and India November 7 to demarche their respective host governments to vote against the no-action motion on Iran (per reftel). Huth told Poloff in a f [...]
2008-11-12 13:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM GM
08BERLIN1535(S) GERMANY INFORMED ON CONTINUED IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 15:51:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM
08BERLIN1537GERMANY: RAPIDEYE AG READY TO SELL UNIQUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By January 2009, German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG (RE) will likely begin commercial delivery (without significant export restriction) of unique, space-based imagery with potential reconnaissance applications and capable of imaging any point on Earth daily. Althoug [...]
2008-11-13 16:22:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM
08BERLIN1538GERMANY GOES INTO RECESSION, SMALL STIMULUS ON THE WAY
[...] SUMMARY. Germany has slid into recession, and major indicators point to a further deterioration. There are few signs of a turnaround in 2009. As manufacturing orders dry up and industrial output sputters, German companies are bracing for a rough ride. Despite the negative trends, however, s [...]
2008-11-14 12:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON GM
08BERLIN1542GERMANY REMAINS STUBBORN ON MAP AND ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Top German government officials emphasized to visiting USNATO Ambassador Kurt Volker November 10-11 that Germany remains strongly opposed to granting Ukraine and Georgia member action plan (MAP) status at the December 2-3 meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. While open to giving the appl [...]
2008-11-14 18:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV AF RS GG UP GM
08BERLIN1543MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO:
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...]
2008-11-14 18:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF
08BERLIN1544MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO:
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...]
2008-11-17 05:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF
08BERLIN1545GERMANY AGREES WITH U.S. POLICY ON RECONCILIATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 10:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL AF GM
08BERLIN1546GERMAN CONCERNS ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE AFGHAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA is concerned that if the Afghans decide at this late date to bring forward next year's presidential election, and hold it in April, May or June, rather than in September, as previously agreed, ISAF and the international community might have difficulty providing the [...]
2008-11-17 10:47:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER SNAR AF FR GM
08BERLIN1547GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS FOR NOVEMBER 19 AFGHAN
[...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A talking points regarding the November 19 international conference on Afghan refugees in Kabul to MFA Office Director for Afghanistan Affairs Director Ruediger Koenig on November 14. Koenig noted that Germany took the conference very seriously, although nobody from B [...]
2008-11-17 10:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM AF PK IR GM
08BERLIN1548GERMAN ENGAGEMENT WITH PAKISTAN AND VIEWS ON THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To help Pakistan deal with its broad range of challenges, Germany has significantly ramped up its diplomatic engagement with Islamabad and plans to double its development assistance. Both Chancellor Merkel and FM Steinmeier have met with Pakistani leaders in recent weeks. Germa [...]
2008-11-17 10:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ECON EAID PK GM
08BERLIN1549GERMANY FORMALLY SCALES DOWN PARTICIPATION IN OEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A new parliamentary mandate significantly reduces the geographic area in which German armed forces are allowed to operate under OEF and reduces the troop ceiling by almost half. As a result, German military forces will no longer have the ability to participate in combat operation [...]
2008-11-17 10:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV AF GM
08BERLIN1554GERMANY: EXPECTATIONS LOW FOR NOVEMBER 19 GENEVA
[...] (C)SUMMARY. Contacts at the MFA and the Chancellery remain hopeful that the Geneva Talks will succeed in bringing all parties--especially Abkhazia and South Ossetia--to the table on November 19. Poloffs met with Chancellery Desk Officer for South Caucasus and Central Asia Agapi Nehring, who [...]
2008-11-18 09:47:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN
08BERLIN1555IRAN: GERMAN OFFICIALS SHARE VIEWS ON SANCTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA/IR Office Director Todd Schwartz discussed a range of Iran-related issues with representatives of the Chancellery, MFA, and Ministry of Economics during November 12 meetings. Emphasizing their belief that sanctions are working, all three agencies repeated Germany's long-st [...]
2008-11-18 11:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNNP KDEM GM IR IZ
08BERLIN1561"YES WE CEM": GREENS ELECT GERMANY'S FIRST ETHNIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Greens elected pragmatic Cem Oezdemir party co-chair -- Germany's first ethnic Turkish national party leader -- during its November 14-16 party convention and sought to jump-start its sagging polls with a "Green New Deal" combining financial market reforms with investment in [...]
2008-11-19 11:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV PREL AF GM
08BERLIN1562MEDIA REACTION: Somalia, Georgia, Economic, Obama
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Somalia) Hijacked Supertanker 3. (Georgia) Geneva Talks 4. (Economic) Finance Crisis 5. (U.S.) Obama Administration  [...]
2008-11-19 11:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1564GERMANY SEES FATF LEVERAGE WITHIN G-20 CONTEXT;
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 10:28:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR CG
08BERLIN1566MEDIA REACTION: Somalia, Obama, U.S.-Iraq Latam, Congo EU
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Somalia) Pirate Activities 3. (U.S.) Obama Team 4. (U.S.-Iraq) Status of Forces Agreement 5. (Latam) China's Influence 6. (Africa) Congo 7. (EU) Economic Stimulus Package  [...]
2008-11-20 11:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1567GERMANY SUPPORTS EU'S DOUBLE-EDGED APPROACH TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany appears satisfied with how the EU-Russia Summit unfolded in Nice on November 14, according to contacts in the Chancellery and MFA. Germany was eager to restart Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) negotiations, but supports launching an Eastern Partnership with c [...]
2008-11-21 09:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN
08BERLIN1569GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] On November 20, Econoff met with Peter Silberberg, Head of Division, and Dr. Reinhard Hassenpflug, Deputy Head of Division, of the MFA's Economic and Development Affairs of the UN Division, to seek Germany's support for U.S. priorities with regard to the outcome of the Financing for Developme [...]
2008-11-21 12:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN GM UNGA
08BERLIN1575GERMAN FIRM INFOTERRA EYEING NEXT SAR-LUPE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Infoterra, a subsidiary of EADS-Astrium, believes that their next generation digital synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology provides them with a competitive edge in securing the SAR-Lupe follow-on contract with the German MOD and are actively pursuing entry into the USG defe [...]
2008-11-21 16:05:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM
08BERLIN1583IAEA/SYRIAN TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROJECT: BERLIN
[...] (C) On November 25, Dr. Joerg Polster (protect),MFA Nuclear Energy Policy officer, told us that Germany had not yet formulated a position on whether to support IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) with Syria. Recognizing US objectives to prevent TC with Syria, he said that "we are not yet operati [...]
2008-11-25 15:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SY GM
08BERLIN159(S) GERMANY WILL INVESTIGATE ALLEGED PAKISTANI MISSILE-RELATED PROCUREMENT ATTEMPTS; DUAL-USE EXPORTS TO PAKISTAN REMAIN SUSPENDED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 17:42:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC GM MTCRE PARM PK PREL
08BERLIN1590(C) GERMANY REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PRETORIA'S
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) After conclusion of the November 19-20 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Vienna, MFA Nuclear Energy Policy officer, Dr. Joerg Polster, requested feedback on what the USG plans to do regarding Sout [...]
2008-11-26 16:18:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA SF GM
08BERLIN1591(C) GERMANY FEARS NSG COULD BE UNDERMINED BY
[...] (C) Germany believes that continued civil nuclear cooperation between Pakistan and China (beyond the Chasma II nuclear power plant) is outside the scope of China's entrance agreement into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and fears that this continued cooperation could weaken the NSG as a who [...]
2008-11-26 16:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP KNUC PREL PK CH GM
08BERLIN1597GERMANY STICKING TO UNSCR 1816 BUT OPEN TO
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel to MFA Deputy Division Head of ESDP Jens Beikuefner, ESDP Desk Officer Stefan Roessel, and UN Policy Desk Officer Dirk Stockhausen on November 28. Although contacts strongly opposed a technical resolution delaying UNSCR 1816 for two weeks, they supported extending [...]
2008-11-28 15:37:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08BERLIN1601STEINMEIER PLANNING FIRST TRIP TO IRAQ -- SIGNALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier is planning to visit Iraq in January 2009 soon after President-Elect Obama's inauguration -- his first visit as FM. According to the MFA, the visit comes on the heels of positive news from Iraq regarding the security and [...]
2008-12-01 13:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN ECON
08BERLIN1604GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: NOVEMBER 26-27 MEETING OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At a November 26-27 conference in Berlin, ISAF RC-North Chiefs of Defense and representatives from SHAPE and JFC Brunssum discussed a wide range of issues, including the insurgent threat along the border with RC-West, the requirements for a larger RC-North QRF and support for nex [...]
2008-12-01 16:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR GM NO SW FI IT AF
08BERLIN1605GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN DONORS
[...] On December 1, Econoff met with Gudrun Sraega, Head of Division, South Asia, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to encourage German participation in the proposed December 16 Pakistan Donors Conference in New York (ref A). Other than a recent inquiry by the Japanese, Sraega said she had not b [...]
2008-12-02 10:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL GM PK
08BERLIN1608GERMANY OFFERES STRONG SUPPORT FOR AMENDING NSG
[...] (SBU) Germany, current Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),confirmed their full support for the U.S.-proposal to amend NSG guidelines regarding transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment/technology and expect little resistance from members with the possible exception of S [...]
2008-12-02 16:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY SF GM
08BERLIN1609MFA GIVES REASSURANCES ON STOCKPILING OF US
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff discussed German thoughts and activities on cluster munitions with MFA officials prior to FM Steinmeier's December 3 trip to Oslo to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). Seeking to allay US concerns, contacts noted that Germany already briefed NATO allies about [...]
2008-12-02 16:47:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN161STEINBRUECK CALLS FOR TIGHTER BANKING
[...] SUMMARY: For months, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck (SPD) refrained from commenting on the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the U.S. and possible measures to prevent similar turbulences in the future. Now, in the week leading up to the G-7 Finance Minister meeting in Tokyo he finally br [...]
2008-02-11 08:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ETRD PREL PGOV GM
08BERLIN1626URGENT REQUEST TO EXPEDITE POTENTIAL UAV SALE TO
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) In support of a potential $150 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of U.S.-origin Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to Germany, Embassy Berlin requests that PM/DDCT move as quickly as possible in gaining approval for Technical A [...]
2008-12-05 15:20:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETRD IS GM
08BERLIN1628GERMAN VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 8-9 EU GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany says it is "completely in line" with the U.S. on the way forward in Bosnia, while acknowledging a few "nuances" regarding the conditions for the transition to a EU Special Representative. The discussion of EU enlargement at the December 8-9 GAERC will focus on the Wester [...]
2008-12-05 16:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ZL RS IS TU GM
08BERLIN1629GERMANY SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON RETURN OF HEU TO
[...] (SBU) In the interest of enlisting German MFA support to expedite preparations for the return of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) from the Rossendorf Research Reactor in Saxony, Germany to Russia by the end of 2010, Berlin EMIN delivered the reftel DOE letter with cover letter to MFA Deputy Dire [...]
2008-12-05 17:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY IAEA RS GM
08BERLIN1633ENCOURAGING CREDIBLE VOICES TO COUNTER VIOLENT
[...] (SBU) Here in Berlin, there is no question that local voices advocating tolerance and understanding are most effective. We are fortunate here in having considerable support on this issue from the Interior Ministry. There is a deep understanding of the imperative to reach vulnerable segments [...]
2008-12-08 14:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKPAO OPRC OIIP GM PREL
08BERLIN1636GERMAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO REMAINS STRONG DESPITE
[...] (U) PolOff met with German MFA Deputy Office Director for the Balkans Mark Bogdahn December 5 to discuss the fallout from the recent arrest of three German Bundesnachtrichtendienst (BND) officers accused of the November 14 bombing of the EU building in Pristina, as well as to review developmen [...]
2008-12-09 12:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM KS
08BERLIN1638GERMANY ALIGNED WITH USG ON SYRIA/IAEA TECHNICAL
[...] (C) Germany confirmed that its support for a Syria-requested Technical Cooperation (TC) project with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be limited to "generic discussion regarding the peaceful use of nuclear power" and that its intention is to limit technical discussion until [...]
2008-12-09 15:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SY GM
08BERLIN1649MEDIA REACTION: UK-Iraq, Economic, EU Summit, Greece,
[...] Lead Stories Summary Editorials focused on the controversy between the CSU and CDU on lowering taxes, on German participation in the EU mission to combat piracy, and on the government's most recent personal data protection measures. ZDF-TV's early evening newscast Heute opened with a story [...]
2008-12-11 12:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1652TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to the German Ministries of Finance, Economics, and Foreign Affairs regarding the U.S. designation of the Saudi Arabia-based Union of Good organization as a supporter of terror and encouraged the ministries to pursue similar measures. None of our Germa [...]
2008-12-11 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS
08BERLIN1656GERMANY WELCOMES OFAC PAPER ON BURMA SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the EU mulls its Common Position against Burma/Myanmar, Germany welcomed reftel information as a means of improving the effectiveness of EU sanctions against Burma. During the week of December 1, EconOff delivered the OFAC Burma sanctions paper to the German Ministries of F [...]
2008-12-11 17:05:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU GM
08BERLIN166GERMANY: ONE OF EUROPE'S LEADING ARMS EXPORTERS SEES NO
[...] (U) Summary: Germany exported 7.7 billion Euros worth of arms in 2006, making it one of the largest arms exporters in the European Union. Almost half of these sales were to other NATO and EU member states in support of cooperative multinational projects like the Eurofighter. But critics poin [...]
2008-02-11 16:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PARM GM
08BERLIN1660IRAN: MFA SAYS GERMANY SHIFTS POSITION, SUPPORTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a significant change of position on Iran sanctions, a senior German MFA official told CDA December 11 that senior MFA officials had decided that Germany would support a much stronger application of new sanctions (including on banks) against Iran at a December 17 experts-leve [...]
2008-12-12 12:46:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV GM IR EU
08BERLIN1663GERMANS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT RELATIONS WITH POLAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA and Chancellery contacts viewed Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's visit to Berlin on December 5-6 and the bilateral government consultations in Warsaw on December 8 as the culmination of a year's worth of hard work by both countries to improve relations. However, Germany is [...]
2008-12-12 14:08:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL GM
08BERLIN1664GERMANY: POISED TO DEPLOY WITH ROBUST MANDATE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of interagency wrangling over legal issues, Germany is poised to contribute a frigate with a 200-man crew to the EU "Atalanta" counter-piracy operation on the basis of a robust parliamentary mandate that allows the Bundeswehr to carry out "opposed boardings" and to tak [...]
2008-12-12 15:05:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN GM
08BERLIN1665GERMANY SUPPORTS CONTACT GROUP, BUT WARY OF ANY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. While welcoming the establishment of the Contact Group as a useful way to improve coordination in counter-piracy efforts, MFA officials voiced concerns about the U.S. desire for the new proposed UNSC resolution to address the need to pursue pirates ashore. They pointed out that t [...]
2008-12-12 15:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PBTS PHSA PREL PTER GM
08BERLIN1667BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK: LICENSE
[...] (SBU) After multiple attempts to determine Logi-Sped's role in Blue Lantern (BL) end-use check 05-050057708, EconOff did not receive a satisfactory response addressing the questions in reftel. Logi-Sped,s broker told us that he has no record of a transaction involving AES Shipping Number 105 [...]
2008-12-12 15:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDA ETTC KOMC LE GM
08BERLIN1669GERMANY: POST-MORTEM ON KEY ISSUES FOLLOWING THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials are generally satisfied with the hard-fought compromises on MAP and NATO-Russian relations in the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers communique. On MAP, there is hope that this contentious issue can finally be put to the side for the medium term. While conceding [...]
2008-12-15 11:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO RS AF GM
08BERLIN1671MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-Iraq, Russia, Rumsfeld,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Iraq) Bush in Baghdad 3. (Russia) New Opposition Party/Antigovernment Protests 4. (U.S.) Report on Rumsfeld Regarding Detainees 5. (U.S.) Financial Crisis 6. (U.S.) Car Industry 7. (EU) Reaction To EU Summit 8. (Germany) Reac [...]
2008-12-15 12:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1675IRAN: BUNDESTAG MEMBERS DISCUSS LEVERAGING IRANIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two of the Bundestag's leading Iran experts discussed Iran-related issues with visiting NEA/IR Office Director Todd Schwartz November 11 and 12. In separate meetings, Rolf Muetzenich (SPD),a leading member of the Bundestag's Disarmament Subcommittee, and Iranian-German Green [...]
2008-12-16 15:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV KNNP GM IR
08BERLIN1679(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTANI FIRM SEEKING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 12:41:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL PK GM
08BERLIN1684GERMANY PLEASED WITH EULEX LAUNCH; CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with German MFA Office Director for the Western Balkans Jutta Schmitz December 12 to discuss her thoughts on progress in Serbia and Kosovo, including the successful launch of the EULEX mission, and concerns about the latest developments in Macedonia and Bosnia and Herze [...]
2008-12-18 12:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM KS BK MK SI
08BERLIN1685THE GERMAN CREDIT CRISIS: HOW BAD IS IT?
[...] SUMMARY. German businesses and banks are debating whether or not there is a credit crisis in Germany. There is no shortage of anecdotes about companies facing credit constraints. The picture is in fact mixed: many large, industrial firms are having problems securing credit at reasonable pri [...]
2008-12-19 09:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PREL GM
08BERLIN1687AFGHAN ELECTIONS: GERMANY BELIEVES IT HAS RC-NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany has readily accepted the burden of coordinating the fulfillment of security support requirements in the north for the 2009 Afghan elections. In fact, German officials believe they already have most, if not all, of the requirements covered. Germany is hopeful that the rel [...]
2008-12-19 12:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR MOPS GM AF
08BERLIN1689ROUND 55 - HOST NATION NOTIFICATION REGARDING
[...] (S) Post delivered the host national notification regarding the return of 192 vacant housing units in the U.S. Army Europe's Mark Twain Village Housing area in Heidelberg, Germany. Poloff delivered the letter to MFA North America Desk Officer Wert Boerner at 1430 local time on December 18, an [...]
2008-12-19 13:05:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR NATO PREL GM
08BERLIN1690GERMANY: VISIT OF KUNAR AND WARDAK GOVERNORS HELPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 18 visit to Berlin, the governors of Kunar and Wardak provinces pressed for greater German assistance with the training and equipping of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the Afghan National Police (ANP). In a surprise announcement, the Interior Ministry revealed tha [...]
2008-12-19 13:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM AF TU
08BERLIN1692GERMANY: MIXED VIEWS OF THE NEW EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. German contacts support the EU's new Eastern Partnership (EP) in part because it offers increased cooperation with eastern neighbors while falling short of moving toward membership and in part because it responds to Russian aggression in Georgia by bringing the eastern neighbors [...]
2008-12-19 13:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU SW GM RS
08BERLIN1693GERMAN LAW LIMTS ABILITY TO STOP OIL AND GAS
[...] (C) Summary: Senior German government officials, have all expressed support for the principle that Iran should not receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology from Germany, although, legally, their hands are tied in seeking legal action against German companies. German officials once again [...]
2008-12-19 13:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR GM
08BERLIN1695German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of December 3, Germany had 7,200 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,700 in July),plus 2,500 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and an additional 1,000 on stand-by for the EU's Battle Groups. All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with t [...]
2008-12-19 15:20:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN1702GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (SBU) On December 22, 2008, Econoff spoke with Christiane Botschen, Deputy Head of Division for Mexico, Central America & Caribbean, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge host country suspension of assistance to Nicaragua following the fraudulent November 9 municipal elections. Having f [...]
2008-12-22 14:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PREL UNGA NU GM
08BERLIN1703GERMANY TO PARTICIPATE IN FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 14:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GM
08BERLIN1705(S) GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS EXPORTED TO AFGHANISTAN: PREPARING FOR INQUIRIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 15:27:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKOMC PGOV PREL ECCT AF GM
08BERLIN1720IRAN: GERMANY WELCOMES INFO ON ASSA CORP, EU MAY
[...] (C) Germany's Ministry of Finance welcomed the information contained in reftel and the related press releases detailing Assa Corporation's actions as a front for Bank Melli's activities in the U.S. Finance Ministry Office Director Michael Findeisen was previously unaware of Assa's designation [...]
2008-12-30 09:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP EFIN PARM IR GM
08BERLIN1724GERMANY ENCOURAGING UKRAINE AND RUSSIA TO SETTLE
[...] (C) Summary: We discussed reftel points with the Chancellery and Foreign Office December 30. German officials confirmed that Russia has carried out an effective lobbying campaign on the question of gas debts. We were told that Germany shares U.S. goals and is encouraging Ukraine and Russia [...]
2008-12-30 16:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL UP EU GM
08BERLIN173GERMANY AGREES THAT OSLO PROCESS TEXT ON CLUSTER
[...] (C) Pol-mil chief delivered reftel talking points to MFA conventional arms control desk officer Burkhard Ducoffre February 13, stressing U.S. concerns that several provisions in the draft Oslo Process text that will be considered at the Feb. 18-22 meeting in Wellington could have a severe impa [...]
2008-02-13 16:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN180IRAN: GERMAN OFFICIALS SHARE THOUGHTS ON NIE, P5+1
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Greg Schulte's January 31-February 1 discussions with key German officials covered a range of proliferation issues, including Iran, U.S.-India Civil Nuclear cooperation, and international nuclear fuel bank proposals. On Iran, German officials repeated their strong [...]
2008-02-14 10:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PARM KNNP IR GM IN CH
08BERLIN182NSG/IRAN - GERMANY UNDECIDED ON REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche February 6 to MFA IAEA Unit Chief Martin Langer and MFA Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Unit Chief Dietrich Becker, who undertook to convey the request to Germany's interagency export control working group. In a follow-up discission Febr [...]
2008-02-14 16:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP ETTC AORC MNUC PARM IAEA IR GM
08BERLIN184GERMANY/KOSOVO: PLANNING TO BE AMONG THE FIRST TO
[...] (C) Summary: While a hardening of the Spanish position on Kosovo is making the achievement of a EU "common platform" increasingly unlikely, Germany plans to go forward in any case in immediately initiating the necessary procedures to recognize Kosovo after its declaration of independence. End [...]
2008-02-14 17:29:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO GM AF
08BERLIN188A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAN, ANNAPOLIS, SYRIA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg told A/S Welch in a February 11 meeting that the MFA does not agree that it is necessary to push for an immediate UNSC Iran sanctions resolution before the next IAEA report is issued, although Germany is not against such a push. A/S Welch [...]
2008-02-15 12:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL SY IS GM IR
08BERLIN192ICAO/PSI - GERMAN TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY POSITION
[...] (C) EconOff delivered ref A demarche February 12 to MFA Nuclear Arms Control and Nonproliferation Division Desk Officer (and PSI action officer) Thomas Muetzelburg. Muetzelburg said there had been "positive developments" in the position of the German Transportation Ministry. As reported ref B [...]
2008-02-15 14:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM GM
08BERLIN194ERDOGAN INFLAMES INTEGRATION AND TURKISH EU
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's overtures to the Turkish community and statements against assimilation during his February 7-10 visit to Germany caused a political tempest. His call for Turks living in Germany to reaffirm strong ties to Turkey and educate their child [...]
2008-02-15 15:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM KISL
08BERLIN195(S) FURTHER SCHEMING BY GERMAN FIRM TO EXPORT TEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) On February 15, Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Per ref B, Global Affairs officer requested that Wacker not pass the nonpaper to the German interagency [...]
2008-02-15 17:35:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
08BERLIN208BERLIN AND BEIJING BACK ON TRACK
[...] (C) Tracking with reports from Beijing (reftel),German relations with China have developed forward momentum following a negative shift in the bilateral relationship in the fall of 2007. This follows a series of diplomatic exchanges over the past few months, culminating recently with a telep [...]
2008-02-20 16:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH GM
08BERLIN209MOMENTUM FOR UNSC REFORM SUBDUED IN GERMANY
[...] (C) Although momentum seemed to pick up last year for German leadership on the issue of UNSC reform, the German Foreign Ministry does not predict significant forward momentum on this issue in the coming year, primarily for reasons to do with the UN meeting calendar and planning logistics. Ne [...]
2008-02-20 16:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC GM
08BERLIN210AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. INPUT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 16:48:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL CBW GM
08BERLIN211IRAN - GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY SUPPORTS LISTING BANK MELLI, BUT REMAINS SKEPTICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 17:53:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN ETRD EU GM IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08BERLIN212GERMANY: KOSOVO RECOGNITION LETTER ON ITS WAY
[...] (SBU) The German cabinet approved today (February 20) FM Steinmeier's proposal to recognize Kosovo's independence. MFA Western Balkans Deputy Director Marc Bogdahn told us that President Koehler, who has been on vacation in the German state of Thuringia, was expected to return to Berlin this a [...]
2008-02-20 18:16:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL GM KV
08BERLIN217NSF PROPOSED RESEARCH GRANT NO. EAR-0741355: NO
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Embassy in Berlin finds no negative U.S. foreign policy implications for the proposed award of NSF Research Grant No. EAR-0741355 entitled "International Continental Scientific Drilling Program." TIMKEN JR [...]
2008-02-22 09:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA NSF GM
08BERLIN218GERMAN MINISTERS TO ATTEND WIREC, MAY USE OCCASION
[...] (SBU) Summary: German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel and Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul will attend the March 4-6 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference. The rest of the German delegation has registered online. The Germans may use W [...]
2008-02-22 10:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY GM
08BERLIN22KEY ELECTIONS MAY REVEAL DIRECTION OF GERMANY
[...] (C) Summary: Germany is now gearing up for three state-level elections in January and February that will be seen as a barometer for political trends in advance of the 2009 national elections. At a time when the national Grand Coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social D [...]
2008-01-07 17:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN224GERMAN TAX DRAGNET EXPANDS AMID GROWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The highly publicized raids by German law enforcement officials on Germany's rich and powerful in the ongoing tax evasion investigation threatens to ensnare hundreds of prominent citizens. It has also ignited a heated public debate on Germany's moral fabric and its ability to ma [...]
2008-02-22 16:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PGOV GM
08BERLIN23ACTION COMPLETE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL THREE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-07 17:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AU GM
08BERLIN235GERMANY/ISAF: THE OUTLOOK FOR BUCHAREST AND BEYOND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany is unlikely to make any new major contributions to ISAF before the NATO Bucharest Summit in April or the Afghanistan Conference hosted by France in June, despite pleas for additional forces. German officials see no reason to re-evaluate the current Bundeswehr force postur [...]
2008-02-26 14:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO GM AF
08BERLIN240GERMANY/TIP - MINISTRIES WELCOME ACTION GUIDE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials from key federal ministries welcomed the recommendations in G/TIP's "Action Guide to Combat Trafficking in Persons" for Germany. They highlighted a series of steps taken in 2007, including finalization of the second Federal Action Plan to Combat Violence a [...]
2008-02-27 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL
08BERLIN243GERMAN COMPANY ALERTED TO PAKISTANI ENTITY'S ATTEMPT TO PROCURE SPARE PARTS AND TECHNICAL ASSITENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 08:12:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC GM KSCA MTCRE PARM PK PREL
08BERLIN247MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT: IS GALILEO
[...] (C) The 6th Annual Munich Satellite and Navigation Summit, held February 19-21, 2008, focused largely on the Galileo program's future. Though prospects have improved from a year ago, the program still faces significant challenges, including: an aggressive schedule for a fully operational an [...]
2008-02-28 17:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN FR GM
08BERLIN250GERMAN OUT-OF-AREA DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) As of February 17, Germany had 6,657 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,481 in late January),plus 5,700 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, r [...]
2008-02-29 11:20:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF BK ET EUN GG KV
08BERLIN256GERMANY - 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission point of contact is Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127). 2. (SBU) [...]
2008-03-03 08:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV GM
08BERLIN264MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT: WORLDWIDE GNSS
[...] (SBU) REPRESENTATIVES FROM RUSSIA, CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, AND AUSTRALIA PRESENTED UPDATES ON DEPLOYMENT OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AT THE 6TH ANNUAL MUNICH SATELLITE AND NAVIGATION SUMMIT HELD FEBRUARY 19-21, 2008. WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, RUSSIA'S GLONASS PROGRAM IS PROJEC [...]
2008-03-03 17:09:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN FR GM
08BERLIN265BECK'S RISKY GAMBIT DIVIDES SPD, STRENGTHENS MERKEL
[...] (C) Summary: SPD Chairman Kurt Beck's declared opening to cooperation with the Left Party in Hesse and the West threatens to divide the SPD, potentially playing into the hands of Chancellor Merkel's CDU. By forcing through a decision to allow the SPD's Andrea Ypsilanti to be elected as Hesse [...]
2008-03-03 17:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN270WIREC - GERMAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SENDS HIS
[...] (SBU) The Foreign Ministry transmitted a letter dated February 25th to Embassy Berlin from German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel addressed to Secretary Rice. The original has been pouched to EUR/AGS for appropriate dissemination within the Department. An MFA-prepared courtesy translation [...]
2008-03-04 12:26:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY PREL GM
08BERLIN273GERMANY BACKS MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION,
[...] (SBU) On February 28, ECONOFF delivered reftel points to Karsten Sach, Deputy Director General for International Cooperation at the Environment Ministry. Sach is also Germany's lead climate negotiator. Sach passed our request to both Christian Lindemann and Marcus Schroeder, who handle inter [...]
2008-03-04 17:08:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC
08BERLIN286GERMANY SUPPRTS DISCUSSIONS ON KOSOVO OUTSIDE
[...] (C) PolOff delivered points in Reftel to Dr.Steffen Koch, desk officer for Defense and Securty Policy at the German Federal Foreign Office. Koch said Germany shared our disappointment that the February 25 meeting with EU and NATO countries to discuss Kosovo could not proceed as hoped. He exp [...]
2008-03-05 16:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO GM KV
08BERLIN292IRAN: TALKING POINTS SHARED WITH GERMANY ON UNSCR
[...] (U) Post delivered copies of reftel nonpaper to relevant offices at the MFA and the Ministry of Economics on March 4. 2. (C) MFA Arms Control Directorate Desk Officer Christoph Wolfrum told Poloff that he expected additional EU designations, which had been held up by EU Member States p [...]
2008-03-07 12:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL GM IR
08BERLIN294IRAN: MFA DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY PROGRAMMING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting Iran Desk Officer Carolyn Coberly and MFA officials discussed U.S. and German efforts on Iran-related democracy programming, the upcoming Iranian elections, and the current Iranian human rights situation on February 25. The MFA officials expressed great interest in sup [...]
2008-03-07 14:08:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV IR GM
08BERLIN295GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE AND BUNDESTAG MEMBER ON CUBA
[...] (C) Summary: German Foreign Office Latin America Commissioner Gerhard Schroembgens underscored German support for the EU's dual-track approach to Cuba and told us that Germany has called on EU Development Commissioner Michel to meet with opposition and civil society figures while in Havana. [...]
2008-03-07 16:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EUN CU GM
08BERLIN296GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH 10-11 GAERC
[...] (U) Pol-mil/external chief met with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger March 7 to discuss ref A points regarding the March 10-11 EU General Affairs and External Affairs Council (GAERC) meeting. Embassy Iran watcher followed up on relevant points with the MFA Iran desk. Western Ba [...]
2008-03-07 17:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN302NSG/INDIA - GERMAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN/NESS Director Richard Stratford and DOE/NNSA Director for International Regimes and Agreements Richard Goorevich visited Berlin March 7 to discuss Germany's plans for its upcoming presidency of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and the May 19-23 Berlin Plenary. Discussion foc [...]
2008-03-10 17:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP KTIA PGOV PARM PREL IN GM
08BERLIN303GERMANY/RUSSIA: MEREL GOES TO MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel traveledto Moscow March 8, becoming the first foreign leder to meet with Russian President-elect Medvede since his election a week ago. During her one-day visit, she also met and held a joint press confrence with President Putin. At a March 10 de-briefing for t [...]
2008-03-10 19:12:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MAR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN313(C) STEINMEIER COULD ECLIPSE BECK AS SPD
[...] (C) Summary. A physically and politically weakened SPD Chairman Kurt Beck returned to work March 10 after a two-week illness and botched political machinations amidst rampant speculation about his political future. SPD sources tell us that although Beck will likely remain SPD party chairman, h [...]
2008-03-12 12:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN315BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) Ref A requested Embassy assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050080456 for export of unclassified pizoresistive accelerometers to IABG mbH in SIPDIS Lichtenau, Germany. Ref requested that post contact the foreign end user and confirm receipt of the item, exact [...]
2008-03-12 16:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC SZ GM
08BERLIN320GERMANY UNCONVINCED OF FEASIBILITY OF MAJOR
[...] (SBU) ECONOFF delivered ref A points to Karsten Sach, Environment Ministry Deputy Director General for International Cooperation (and Germany's lead climate negotiator). Sach was familiar with the points, which were similar to points made by Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman Ji [...]
2008-03-13 16:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG ENRG EUN GM
08BERLIN322IRAN: BUNDESTAG PASSES RESOLUTION CALLING FOR FREE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 6, the German Bundestag passed a unanimous resolution on the upcoming Iranian parliamentary elections, calling for a free and fair campaign and free and democratic elections. Speakers from Germany's four main political parties underscored the deteriorating Iranian huma [...]
2008-03-13 16:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM IR GM
08BERLIN323IRAN: MFA ON MAJLES ELECTION STATEMENT,
[...] (C) PolOff (Iran-watcher) shared reftel talking points and the draft USG statement on the March 14 Iranian parliamentary election with MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel on March 12. Potzel recommended that the statement should frame the Iranian election in terms of international standards, [...]
2008-03-13 16:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR GM
08BERLIN325CURRENT GERMAN ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ: SMALL, STEADY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: German engagement in Iraq remains small, but there are a few improvements of note. The opening of a new office in Erbil, revived and additional training programs, and participation in multi-lateral forums demonstrate that Germany is quietly investigating ways to increase its en [...]
2008-03-13 16:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN
08BERLIN326NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO GET MORE OUT OF GERMANY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: German press and politicians have been responding with reluctant optimism to news of generally declining violence in Iraq over the past nine months. With this shift come fresh opportunities to engage Germany and increase German involvement with the Iraqi government, business, a [...]
2008-03-13 16:49:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN
08BERLIN327CONTINUED GERMAN SUPPORT ON SERBIA AND KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: Since Kosovo declared independence February 17, Germany has pressed Serb government leaders both publicly and privately to tone down the negative rhetoric and prevent violence, while privately urging "reasonable" Serbs to focus on European integration. It has also actively encoura [...]
2008-03-14 08:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GM KV
08BERLIN333GERMANY/IRAN - EXPORTERS AND BANKS "DOING THEIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German exporters and banks have responded to Government pressure to curtail Iran-related business by exercising extreme vigilance on new contracts, stepping up due diligence, and requesting licensing-related guidance from Government regulators at record levels. German firms' a [...]
2008-03-14 15:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD EPET ETTC KNNP PREL IR GM
08BERLIN334(C) MTCR -- SMALL GROUP PROPOSALS FOR 2008 --
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 16:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC KSCA PARM PREL MTCRE GM
08BERLIN335EMERGING LEFT PARTY SHAKES UP GERMAN POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: The Left Party's electoral successes in western states and gains in the national polls over the past year have transformed this once fringe party of former communists into a weighty political force. The merger of smaller post-communist parties to form the Left Party last year ha [...]
2008-03-14 16:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN336(S) NIAG 6004 - REQUEST FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A nonpaper March 14 to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck was familiar with the case, but said she did not have any information beyond what had been reported in the media. Reck noted that because of Germany's strict data [...]
2008-03-14 17:07:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC GM IR
08BERLIN341(S) GERMANY REQUESTS INFORMATION REGARDING CARBON
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided Global Affairs Officers March 14 with a German-language nonpaper requesting information on how the U.S. handles export licensing for carbon-fiber production technology to [...]
2008-03-17 16:14:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC KNNP PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM
08BERLIN343GLOBAL INITIATIVE - EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 16:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FR GM
08BERLIN345MARCH 14 QUINT MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] SUMMARY. At a March 14 deputy director-level Quint meeting on Afghanistan in Berlin, all welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as the new UN Special Representative for Afghanistan and agreed it was important to provide him as much support as possible. There was also agreement that the upcomin [...]
2008-03-18 12:37:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID NATO GM AF
08BERLIN356WSJ OP-ED: GERMANS PUSHING FOR MORE DISARMAMENT
[...] (U) Summary: Germany is a challenge for the U.S. on the issue of arms control and disarmament, often critical of our efforts and poorly informed about our activities. The January 15 Wall Street Journal op-ed by Kissinger, Schultz, Perry, and Nunn -- which supported inter alia the goal of elim [...]
2008-03-20 09:37:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM NATO PGOV NRRC GM MARR KCFE
08BERLIN358GERMANY: STILL NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MISSILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior German officials told visiting MDA Director Lt. Gen. Obering that at the upcoming Bucharest Summit, Germany can support tasking NATO authorities to develop options for how the Alliance might provide MD for NATO territory not covered by the planned U.S. European-based MD sy [...]
2008-03-20 12:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO GM
08BERLIN359AUSTRALIA GROUP: U.S. PROPOSAL FOR REVISION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-20 15:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETTC GM
08BERLIN365GERMANY'S REACTION TO UNREST IN TIBET
[...] (C) On March 18, PolOff with Thomas Gerberich, the lead China desk officer at the German MFA, to discuss the latest developments in Tibet and the German response to the situation. Although German officials have said they oppose boycotting the Olympics to protest the Chinese government's heav [...]
2008-03-20 16:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CH GM
08BERLIN372(S) MESSAGE DELIVERED - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 15:45:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR AE GM
08BERLIN378(C) GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. DECISION ON SHARING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 17:08:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SY GM
08BERLIN379GERMAN VIEWS ON APRIL 28-29 GYMNICH
[...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on April 26 points regarding the April 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]
2008-03-26 17:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN38GERMANY TO ATTEND JANUARY 30 MEM DESPITE MISGIVINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germany will send a delegation to the January 30 Major Economies Meeting (MEM) although they remain skeptical about the value-added that the Major Economies Process (MEP) brings to the UNFCCC process. German officials are expressing concerns about the frequency and scope of the [...]
2008-01-10 10:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN381CORRECTED DATES: GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH 28-29
[...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on April 26 points regarding the March 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]
2008-03-27 08:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN382CORRECTED DATES: GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH 28-29
[...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on March 26 points regarding the March 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]
2008-03-27 08:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN386EMBASSY BERLIN RESPONSE TO FY 2008 PEDOPHILIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, Embassy Berlin has found no evidence that would suggest that United Nations Volunteers (UNV) or its affiliate organizations have ties to groups that support pedophilia. Per UNV representatives, the organization does not grant official status, accreditation, [...]
2008-03-28 14:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAID PHUM SOCI GM
08BERLIN389HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: USAREUR FY-09
[...] (U) This is a joint DOD/DOS message in response to the reftel request for an embassy assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding proposed FY-09 USAREUR force structure changes in Germany, including the reorganization, relocation, activation and inactivation of U.S. Army Europe units in Ans [...]
2008-03-28 17:22:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL GM
08BERLIN391HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: USAREUR FY-09
[...] (U) This is a joint DOD/DOS message in response to the reftel request for an embassy assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding proposed FY-09 USAREUR force structure changes in Germany, including the reorganization, relocation, activation and inactivation of U.S. Army Europe units in Ans [...]
2008-03-31 07:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL GM
08BERLIN392GERMANY HAS IMPLEMENTED DUAL-USE ITEM PROVISION OF
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche March 28 to German MFA Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Polster noted that Germany had already implemented an outright prohibition on the transfer of NSG- or MTCR-listed items, materials, equipment, goods, technolog [...]
2008-03-31 08:29:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP PARM MNUC NSG IR GM
08BERLIN393(S) GERMANY: EXPORT AUTHORITIES CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (U) This message contains additional information which the Department may wish to consider in formulating a response to ref C action request. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The German Federal Office of Economics and Export Controls (BAFA) is concerned about the efforts of a German [...]
2008-03-31 09:10:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC KNNP PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM
08BERLIN399DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URGING FASTER PROCESSING OF
[...] (C) Poloff met March 12 with the head of the German Finance Ministry's Nazi-era restitution section, Dr. Hermann-Josef Rodenbach, to deliver reftel points. Dr. Rodenbach welcomed USG efforts to encourage the Finance Ministry to move faster on processing restitution claims stemming from the Na [...]
2008-03-31 12:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KNAR PHUM GM
08BERLIN400PSI: GERMANY APPRECIATES RECEIPT OF TALKING
[...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Arms Control desk officer Thomas Mutzelburg March 28. Mutzelburg expressed appreciation for the points but asked why a summary of the German-led discussion on the classified PSI website was not included. He noted that this discussion was well-received [...]
2008-03-31 13:05:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC EAIR ICAO OTRA KTIA
08BERLIN404PRELIMINARY RESPONSE - REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 10:03:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM IR GM
08BERLIN405GERMANY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL
[...] (S) EconOff delivered ref A-C demarches during the week of March 24 to MFA International Economic Policy Officer Claudia Schuett, Economics Ministry Foreign Trade Law Division Desk Officer Ernst Roeder-Messell, and Finance Ministry Terrorism Finance and Financial Crimes Division Director Michae [...]
2008-04-01 10:04:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN ECON ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM
08BERLIN407WIREC - GERMAN PLEDGES AND REACTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many of Germany's pledges included in the Washington International Action Program (WIAP) from the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) were similar to climate and energy measures already agreed to by the German Cabinet in August 2007. Additional commitme [...]
2008-04-01 12:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA GM
08BERLIN408GERMANY ALSO QUESTIONS CANADIAN PROPOSAL, SHARES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany shares U.S. concerns that the Canadian proposal on interoperability for the Oslo Process text on cluster munitions will not provide a long-term solution to the problem. Germany has put forth its own proposal for how to address the interoperability issue, which it plans to [...]
2008-04-01 13:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN409(S) GERMANY APPRECIATES NONPAPER ON U.S. LICENSING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 13:28:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC KNNP PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM
08BERLIN41GERMANY APPRECIATES INFORMATION ON U.S. FIRMS
[...] (C) German officials tell us that the information Washington provided in Reftel on U.S. enforcement of Iran sanctions will support their ongoing efforts to discourage German business ties with Iran. Nevertheless, German business associations cite the National Intelligence Estimate in continui [...]
2008-01-10 16:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR GM
08BERLIN412AUSTRALIA GROUP MESSAGE DELIVERED: U.S.-UK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 08:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ETTC CBW SIPDIS GM
08BERLIN421GERMANY INCREASES CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IRAQI
[...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to Iraq Unit head Dr. Ruediger Lotz and desk officer Thomas Lenferding on March 31. Dr. Lotz expressed appreciation for the information and noted that in the coming days, a number of announcements regarding assistance for Iraqi refugees would be made. Lotz a [...]
2008-04-03 12:49:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IQ GM
08BERLIN424GERMANY - STATE/TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES BURMA AND IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 11:06:00Embassy BerlinSECRETBM EFIN ETTC GM IR KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
08BERLIN427GERMANY WALKS TIGHTROPE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE
[...] (SBU) German Chancellor Merkel and the interior and foreign ministries have ruled out a boycott of the Olympics, but government reactions, along with that of the public, continue to be critical of China. Government statements and an April 3 special session of the German parliament on China's [...]
2008-04-04 14:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CH GM
08BERLIN428ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY DECISION ON BIOETHANOL WILL
[...] On April 4, German media reported on Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel's decision to abandon a planned increase in the unlabeled blending mandate for bioethanol in gasoline from five percent to ten percent. However, according to Embassy contacts in leading biofuel industry groups, not a si [...]
2008-04-04 15:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG ENRG EUN GM
08BERLIN432MESSAGE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 07:50:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PINR PREL PTER KGIC FR GM
08BERLIN433(S) IRAN - GERMAN EXPERTS WANT "HARD EVIDENCE" ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: German Finance and Economics Ministry officials, like their counterparts in the Chancellery and MFA, recognize the expediency of including Bank Melli in a post-UNSCR 1803 round of EU autonomous sanctions. However, experts in these ministries say they have not yet seen "convincin [...]
2008-04-07 10:11:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN ECON EINV ETRD KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC
08BERLIN435GERMAN RESPONSE TO IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN AND
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PolOff (Iran Watcher) and Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel points to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Iran Desk and the MFA Export Control Division respectively. The Export Control Division emphasized [...]
2008-04-08 11:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR UNSC GM
08BERLIN458MERKEL GIVES CREDENCE TO BIOPIRACY CLAIMS AHEAD OF CBD
[...] SUMMARY: Biodiversity was the theme of the CDU/CSU caucus conference of the German Bundestag, held April 9 in Berlin. In a keynote address German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she expects the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties (COP-9) will send a clear signal on the n [...]
2008-04-11 14:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TBIO EAGR PGOV GM
08BERLIN464GLOBAL INITIATIVE: GIIP ADIVISORY COMMITEE MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 14:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC PARM PREL EN GM
08BERLIN465GERMANY: HOST NATION CONSULTATIONS INITIATED ON
[...] (S) As instructed reftel, post has opened consultations with both the German Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Federal Foreign Office (FFO) on EUCOM plans to close and return 15 U.S. military sites in Germany (Round 54). In a letter outlining the planned action, we have asked for any German g [...]
2008-04-14 15:45:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN469 SUB PRIME CRISIS GETTING COSTLY FOR GERMAN
[...] SUMMARY: With all major year-end reports of German banks now in, the impact of the U.S. sub prime crisis on German banking is beginning to reveal its full extent of damage. The story emerging is one of a sector largely intact, but bruised and ripe for consolidation. Set for a record profit [...]
2008-04-15 15:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL PGOV GM
08BERLIN475AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 15 MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German Environment Minister Gabriel told the Ambassador that Germany recognizes the role sectoral approaches will play in supporting global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Gabriel views the Major Economies Process as the key forum for building consensus to support [...]
2008-04-16 10:09:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA GM
08BERLIN479MESSAGE DELIVERED - BAHRAIN ENDORSES GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-16 14:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDTRA PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA GM
08BERLIN492GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials at both the MFA and the Chancellery share U.S. concerns regarding recent Russian presidential instructions issued in regard to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and are open to delivering a joint demarche with the U.S. and others to Moscow on the matter. Meanwhile, the [...]
2008-04-18 16:15:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GG RS GM
08BERLIN493GERMAN CONFERENCE PROMOTES INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: German officials say they plan to work with "like-minded" countries to establish the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) this fall, regardless of whether major developed nations support the endeavor. According to the German proposal, IRENA would offer policy advice, f [...]
2008-04-18 17:16:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN494EDUCATION AND RESEARCH MINISTRY SHOWCASES GERMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: There are four major scientific research institutes in Germany, each with tens of affiliated research centers. The institutes are entirely funded by the German federal and individual state governments. The German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) sponsored a two-day [...]
2008-04-18 17:21:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPL SENV ENRG PREL GM
08BERLIN498GERMANY/IRAN: GROENING ON EU DELIBERATIONS AND EL
[...] (C) Political MC met with German Arms Control Commissioner Fritz Groening April 21 to discuss EU deliberations on Iran at the April 18 PSC meeting and in advance of the April 28-29 EU GAERC meeting. Groening commented that the P5 1 meeting in Shanghai did not bring conclusive resolution of ou [...]
2008-04-21 18:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR IAEA GM PARM AORC
08BERLIN500CHANCELLERY WEIGHS IN FAVORABLY ON SPEED OF
[...] (C) On April 17, Embassy Poloffs met with the Chancellery Budgetary Policy Chief Ludger Schlief to discuss facilitating property restitution to Nazi-era victims (see reftels). Schlief acknowledged that the Finance Ministry was not making adequate progress on the processing of restitution claims [...]
2008-04-22 07:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KNAR PHUM KIRF GM
08BERLIN506GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS ON MACEDONIAN NAME
[...] (C) Pol-mil/external chief delivered reftel points to MFA South Europe Deputy Office Director Felix Klein and Greece Desk Officer Gabriele Scheel April 18, to MFA NATO Deputy Office Director Gunnar Denecke April 21 and to MFA Western Balkans Office Director Joachim Bleicker April 22. 2. (C) [...]
2008-04-23 08:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MK GR GM
08BERLIN507GERMANY CONSIDERS OPENING DOORS TO IRAQI CHRISTIAN
[...] (C) In the past several weeks, German politicians have begun a serious debate to allow up to 30,000 Iraqi Christian or other religious minorities to resettle in Germany, with German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (CDU) pressing the hardest for swift action. On April 17, 2008, the state [...]
2008-04-23 08:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN PHUM PREF
08BERLIN508GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS ON MACEDONIAN NAME
[...] (C) Pol-mil/external chief delivered reftel points to MFA South Europe Deputy Office Director Felix Klein and Greece Desk Officer Gabriele Scheel April 18, to MFA NATO Deputy Office Director Gunnar Denecke April 21 and to MFA Western Balkans Office Director Joachim Bleicker April 22. 2. (C) [...]
2008-04-23 08:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MK GR GM
08BERLIN511(S) NONPAPER DELIVERED: CLARIFICATION ON IRANIAN
[...] (S) On April 21, Global Affairs officer delivered ref A information sheet to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Wacker expressed appreciation for the ref A information and said this information will help clarify the identity of the Iranian end-user and which Irani [...]
2008-04-24 06:27:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM
08BERLIN52EMBASSY BERLIN'S ENGAGEMENT WITH DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) Embassy Berlin has carried out a variety of Freedom Agenda-related activities over the last year, focusing on Cuba and the Middle East. 2. (C) CUBA: On December 12, 2007, Ambassador Timken gave a laudatory speech on the occasion of awarding the 2007 "Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Medal" t [...]
2008-01-11 17:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL GM IR SY CU
08BERLIN531GERMAN GRAND COALITION FACES STRAIN OF UPCOMING
[...] (C) The German Grand Coalition will increasingly face tensions created by the need for the lead candidates to position themselves for the 2009 national electoral campaign. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier both remain highly popular. Merkel, however, face [...]
2008-04-25 09:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN537IRAN: DFM SAFARI VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe and the Americas Mehdi Safari made his first official visit to Berlin April 17-18 to hold discussions with the MFA and Interior Ministry. Safari's visit has been characterized as "nothing revolutionary" by MFA officials. He delivered t [...]
2008-04-25 15:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR GM
08BERLIN540GERMANY: OPEN TO CUSTOMS TRAINING ROLE FOR OSCE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pol-mil/external chief delivered reftel points to MFA Afghanistan desk officer Clemens Hach and OSCE desk officer Eric Tosatti April 24, emphasizing that the U.S. felt it was important to go forward as soon as possible in implementing the December 2007 decision on providing OSCE [...]
2008-04-25 16:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OSCE AF GM
08BERLIN541GERMANY ON APRIL 28-29 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol-mil/external chief met with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb April 25 to discuss reftel points on key issues to be discussed at the April 28-29 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). The Western Balkans, the Middle East, Burma, Zimbabwe and [...]
2008-04-25 17:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL GM IR RS KV BK BM IZ ZI PK ZL
08BERLIN545HOFF'S VISIT TO BAGHDAD OPENS DOOR TO NEW GERMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: German Parliamentarian Elke Hoff's March 25-27 trip to Baghdad was the first of any German parliamentarian since the fall of Saddam's regime. Despite the extremely difficult security situation into which she stepped, Hoff's visit was a notable success that already has sparked i [...]
2008-04-28 13:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO IQ EUN GM
08BERLIN555GERMAN RESPONSE - REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE REGARDING
[...] (S) EconOff delivered ref A demarche April 28-29 to MFA Deputy Director for International Economic and Financial Policy Sabine Seidler, Economics Ministry Foreign Trade Law Desk Officer Martin Lutz, and Finance Ministry Director for Terrorism Finance and Money Laundering Michael Findeisen. All [...]
2008-04-29 15:30:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PTER EFIN MNUC GR IR GM
08BERLIN558BERLIN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR FUEL
[...] (SBU) Originally intended as a venue for formally rolling out German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's proposal to establish a new IAEA-run uranium enrichment facility, the scaled-back "International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Supply: Challenges and Opportunities," hosted by Germany, the Netherlan [...]
2008-04-30 13:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM AORC IAEA KNPP ENRG GM
08BERLIN562 RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES -
[...] (U) Summary: The recent press coverage of rising food prices has prompted the German Government to review its current policies affecting food and feed supplies. Domestically, there are a variety of factors contributing to rising food and feed prices. As expected, farmers have responded to hi [...]
2008-04-30 15:15:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL FAS
08BERLIN566 RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES -
[...] (U) Summary: The recent press coverage of rising food prices has prompted the German Government to review its current policies affecting food and feed supplies. Domestically, there are a variety of factors contributing to rising food and feed prices. As expected, farmers have responded to hi [...]
2008-05-02 05:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL FAS
08BERLIN569U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel to Christoph Wolfrum, desk officer in MFA's Arms Control Division, on April 30. Wolfrum expressed appreciation for the nonpaper, adding that at first glance, there was "nothing surprising" in the U.S. position. He noted that Germany's delegation had already travele [...]
2008-05-02 12:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL IAEA
08BERLIN570GERMAN RESPONSE: NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel to Christoph Wolfrum, desk officer in MFA's Arms Control Division, on April 30. Wolfrum expressed appreciation for the nonpaper, adding that at first glance, there was "nothing surprising" in the U.S. position. He noted that Germany's delegation had already travele [...]
2008-05-02 12:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL IAEA
08BERLIN582MISSION GERMANY PLANS OUTREACH ON DAY OF
[...] (U) In response to reftels, Mission Germany plans to raise the plight of political prisoners in Cuba through a number of initiatives on May 21, the recently-announced Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People. In addition to ongoing outreach to parliamentarians, Foreign Ministry and Chanceller [...]
2008-05-05 14:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU GM
08BERLIN585COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SENIOR COUNTRY
[...] Embassy Berlin welcomes and grants country clearance for LTC Sande Schlesinger and delegation to travel to Berlin May 8 - 10, 2008, as proposed reftel. 2. Point of contact for the visit is POL/MIL-External Unit Chief, William E. Moeller. Contact information is as follows: Office: [...]
2008-05-05 15:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL GM FR CD OTRA
08BERLIN605GERMANY DISCUSSES POSITION(S) ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (C) Summary: POL MC pressed German Deputy Arms Control Commissioner Ruediger Luedeking on the interoperability implications of the Dublin meeting on cluster munitions, urging the "like-minded" group to remove paragraphs 1 (b) and (c) of the draft text and stressed the importance of a strong an [...]
2008-05-09 12:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN607(S) PAKISTAN NEVER RECEIVED DUAL-USE CNC MACHINES
[...] (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided Global Affairs Officer on May 5 with a German-language nonpaper response to reftel regarding the attempted Pakistani procurement of dual-use CNC (computer numerical control) machine tools from the German firm Deckel Maho Gild [...]
2008-05-09 14:50:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL PK AU GM
08BERLIN615GERMANY WILL PARTICIPATE IN INT'L COMPACT WITH
[...] (U) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Iraq Desk Director Dr. Ruediger Lotz May 7. Lotz noted that Germany would again participate in the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Stockholm. Due to scheduling reasons, FM Steinmeier will likely not attend, but State Secretary Sil [...]
2008-05-09 15:04:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN616(S) IRAN TURNS TO CHINA TO PROCURE DUAL-USE
[...] (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided Global Affairs Officer on May 5 with a German-language nonpaper response to reftel regarding the attempted Iranian procurement of dual-use aluminum sheet metal in support of their missile program from the German firm Lodec Me [...]
2008-05-09 15:13:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM
08BERLIN617(S) GERMANY FINDS NO IRANIAN PROCUREMENT ATTEMPTS
[...] (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided Global Affairs Officer on May 5 with a German-language nonpaper response to reftel regarding the Iranian procurement of dual-use Mercedes Benz trucks. Wacker said the German export authorities had not uncovered any indicatio [...]
2008-05-09 15:21:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IR GM
08BERLIN618(S) MESSAGE DELIVERED: CHINESE ATTEMPT TO PROCURE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 15:22:00Embassy BerlinSECRETCH ETTC IR PARM PREL GM
08BERLIN620GERMANY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING COULD RAISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The German Constitutional Court has ruled that allowing German air crews to participate in the NATO AWACS mission in Turkey on the eve of the war in Iraq without first seeking approval of the Bundestag was unconstitutional. While it is still too early to draw any definitive concl [...]
2008-05-09 16:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS GM
08BERLIN621HOST NATION NOTIFICATION COMPLETED ON USAFE PAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 16:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN626IRAN: GERMAN RESPONSE ON 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel to MFA Office Director for Middle East Affairs Sabine Sparwasser on May 8. Sparwasser expressed thanks for the U.S. report to the UNSC on implementation of UNSCR 1803. She said that German implementation of UNSCR 1803 will take place on two tracks: Germany-wide [...]
2008-05-13 14:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY GM IR
08BERLIN628 RESPONDING TO NUCLEAR TERRORISM AND RADIOLOGICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German officials from the Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Office of Radiation Protection (BfS) briefed NNSA Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations Admiral Krol on Germany's task force approach to respond to incidents of nuclear terrorism and other radiolo [...]
2008-05-13 15:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP PTER ASEC KCRM ENRG PREL KGIC GM
08BERLIN629MERKEL'S LATIN AMERICA TRIP HIGHLIGHTS DIVIDE...OR
[...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel's four-country tour of Latin America got unexpected media attention after Hugo Chavez compared the Chancellor's CDU to the Nazi party. Reflecting their differences in other areas, the CDU and Social Democratic Party (SPD) are promoting different approaches to Lat [...]
2008-05-13 18:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CU XM GM
08BERLIN631(S) MESSAGE DELIVERED: IRAN PROCURING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 07:23:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC TW IR AE GM
08BERLIN637(S) GERMAN RESPONSE - IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE
[...] (S) On May 13, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided Global Affairs Officer with a German-language nonpaper response to ref A. Ref A information includes the names of possible UAE intermediaries that Iran may be using to procure a German origin signal generator, mod [...]
2008-05-14 14:43:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA IR AE GM
08BERLIN641GERMANY: CDU/CSU STIRS THINGS UP WITH PROPOSED
[...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary caucus of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU),held an international conference in Berlin May 7 to unveil and seek comment on a 13-page proposal for a new German security strategy. The paper propos [...]
2008-05-15 16:12:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO EUN GM
08BERLIN642GERMANY: CDU/CSU STIRS THINGS UP WITH PROPOSED
[...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary caucus of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU),held an international conference in Berlin May 7 to unveil and seek comment on a 13-page proposal for a new German security strategy. The paper propos [...]
2008-05-16 06:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO EUN GM
08BERLIN643(S) GERMANY REQUESTS INFORMATION CONCERNING IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF ICS-SCHNEIDER TEST CHAMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 10:14:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM ETTC GM IR KSCA MTCRE PREL
08BERLIN644GERMANY: HOST NATION CONSULTATIONS CONCLUDED ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 12:24:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN649LEBANON: GERMANY SUPPORTS ARAB LEAGUE BUT
[...] (C) PolM/C delivered Ref (A) demarche May 16 to Foreign Office A/S-equivalent Andreas Michaelis. (Foreign Minister Steinmeier is traveling, and State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg was unavailable to meet with A/DCM.) Post noted the statements issued over the past week by Chancellor Merkel a [...]
2008-05-16 14:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE SY IR GM
08BERLIN656HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GERMAN MILITARY UNITS
[...] (U) THIS CABLE RESPONDS TO REF E-MAIL REQUEST TO CONDUCT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING, AS REQUIRED BY THE LEAHY AMENDMENT, OF TWO GERMAN MILITARY UNITS THAT PLAN TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (ISOF) WEEK TRAINING IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, 19-23 MAY 2008. 2. (U) AMEMBASSY BERLIN POSSE [...]
2008-05-19 15:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN657WELCOME TO BERLIN
[...] (C) Mr. President: My Mission and I look forward to welcoming you to Germany June 10-11. Your visit is an opportunity to focus the German public on the excellent state of U.S.-German bilateral relations, for which you and Chancellor Merkel should take deserved credit. Our cooperation in mee [...]
2008-05-19 15:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN658CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY: MISSION GERMANY ACTIVITIES
[...] (U) Per reftel B, Mission Germany plans to issue an Op-Ed under the Ambassador's by-line in recognition of the Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People on May 21. The Op-Ed will appear in a national daily newspaper, The Tagesspiegel. We are working with the Chancellor's office and the Foreign [...]
2008-05-19 16:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU GM
08BERLIN664GERMANY ON BANK MELLI: RESPONSE TO BANK MELLI
[...] (S) Post delivered reftel points to relevant governmental contacts who did not offer substantive responses. EconOff delivered reftel points May 15 to the Ministry of Finance Deputy Director for Financial Crimes, Terrorist Finance, and Money Laundering Kristina Wogatzki. Wogatzki expressed [...]
2008-05-20 11:29:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP ECON EFIN ETTC MNUC GM IR
08BERLIN669German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of early May, Germany had just over 7,000 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,657 in mid-February),plus 5,700 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observe [...]
2008-05-21 06:32:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN683GERMANY EXPANDS REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPORT OF
[...] (S) On May 16, Germany expanded heavy truck export restrictions to Iran and Syria by issuing an amendment (16/9211) to the German Foreign Trade and Payment Regulations (AWV) -- the implementing regulation of the German Foreign Trade and Payments Act (FTPA) -- exercising its authority to both [...]
2008-05-21 16:56:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM MTCRE ETTC PREL KNNP IR SY IS GM
08BERLIN685GERMAN MFA DELEGATION VISITS TEHRAN, LEAVES TOUGH
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: A senior-level MFA delegation visited Iran April 22-23. While the German delegation members pressed their Iranian hosts on both the nuclear issue and the Iranian regime's threats against Israel, they did not deliver criticism of Iran's role in Iraq and Afghanistan, nor did [...]
2008-05-22 10:32:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV GM IR IZ AF LE SY IS
08BERLIN686CAN CHAIRMAN BECK RALLY AN UNRULY SPD?
[...] (C) The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has continued in recent weeks to publicly show a lack of unity on key issues. They have disagreed on whether German leaders should meet with the Dalai Lama, whether the SPD should support Horst Koehler's (as yet unannounced) candidacy for another term as [...]
2008-05-22 11:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN69IRAN: MFA DETAILS EXPULSION OF GERMAN DIPLOMAT BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA contacts have confirmed press reports that Iran expelled a German diplomat in early January. MFA officials note that the Iranian decision took place after a December 2007 German magazine article revealed the German government's July 2007 expulsion of an Iranian diplomat acc [...]
2008-01-15 13:51:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPGOV PREL GM IR
08BERLIN709GERMANY INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE JUNE 16-18 MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 11:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP PARM PREL KGIC SP GM
08BERLIN714GERMANY AGREES WITH POINTS IN U.S. NONPAPER ON
[...] (C) PolOff delivered Reftel points to Hellmut Hoffmann, Director of the MFA's Office for Nuclear Arms Control, on May 30. Hoffmann expressed appreciation for the points and noted Germany's ongoing concern for Iran's lack of "full cooperation" with the IAEA and the UN. After quickly reading [...]
2008-05-30 14:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA GM IR
08BERLIN715GERMANY WILL BE REPRESENTED (BARELY) AT FRIENDS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 15:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL GM IQ
08BERLIN723GERMANY DECLINES INVITATION TO PRESENT AT THE JUNE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 14:26:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP PARM PREL KGIC SP GM
08BERLIN729GERMANY REACTION MIXED ON U.S. PROPOSALS FOR THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Pol-Mil/External Unit Chief met June 3 with Weert Boerner, desk officer in the MFA North American Office, to press for adding explicit references to Cuba, Venezuela, the FARC, the U.S.-Columbia FTA and missile defense to the 2008 U.S.-EU Summit Declaration now under negotiation. [...]
2008-06-03 16:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL PHUM GM
08BERLIN744GETTING GERMANY ON BOARD FOR MAP FOR GEORGIA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. We will have to engage regularly with the German government at very senior levels over the next several months to have any hope of getting the Germans on board with extending MAP to Georgia and Ukraine at the NATO foreign ministers meeting in December. The German "nein" at Bucha [...]
2008-06-05 14:33:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO GM RS UP GG
08BERLIN745SCHWAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY IS SPD'S LATEST HAIL
[...] (C) Summary: Faced with continued losses in the polls, the Social Democrats (SPD) have been trying on new tactics like various badly fitting dresses for a prom, each one redder than the last. The latest has been the baffling decision to run Professor Gesine Schwan against the popular incumbent [...]
2008-06-05 16:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN749GERMANY/RUSSIA: CHANCELLERY VIEWS ON MAP FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel discussed Russian political developments and Ukrainian/Georgian MAP with Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel and Chancellery Director for East European and Central Asian Affairs Norman Walter June 4. Because of DAS Merkel's lon [...]
2008-06-06 11:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON GM RS GG UP
08BERLIN750TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO KEY GERMAN MINISTRIES
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR G/TIP. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (U) On June 4, Global Affairs Officer and Embassy Legal Advisor delivered ref A points informing regarding the TIP Report's release and Germany's tier ranking to key officials in the German MFA, Family Ministry, In [...]
2008-06-06 12:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL
08BERLIN754GERMAN RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN ARMS SALES DEMARCHE
[...] (S) On 4 June 2008, visiting DAS David Merkel delivered reftel demarche to Rolf Nikel, Chancellery Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor. Nikel acknowledged the importance of addressing the issue with Russia and agreed to discuss it with Merkel prior to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Be [...]
2008-06-06 15:55:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC MASS PARM PREL IR RS GM
08BERLIN755CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev visited Berlin on June 5 to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other officials, his first trip to Europe as Russian President. In what was described by the German Federal Chancellery as a meeting to build rapport and a positive relati [...]
2008-06-06 17:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN772IRAN TRADE - CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S MORAL SUASION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel's moral suasion campaign -- along with UN/EU sanctions and a host of other factors -- has convinced major German banks and big business to curtail trade and financial ties with Iran. The result will be a further downward trend in German exports to Iran, accordin [...]
2008-06-11 13:01:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETRD PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN EPET IR GM
08BERLIN786 GERMANY'S BUSINESS TIES WITH IRAQ -- A SLOW, BUT
[...] SUMMARY: The Ministry of Economics and German business organizations are cooperating closely in seeking to rebuild Germany's significant business ties with Iraq. The first important step is the planned June 30-July 1 meeting in Berlin of the German-Iraq Joint Economic Commission after a more [...]
2008-06-13 12:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL BEXP IR GM
08BERLIN789GERMAN VIEWS ON JUNE 16-17 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol-mil/external chief met with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb June 13 to discuss ref A points on key issues to be discussed at the June 16-17 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Schieb noted that the agenda of this GAERC is even fuller than no [...]
2008-06-16 07:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV PHUM ZL ZK IR CU GM
08BERLIN790GERMANY FORMULATING POSITION ON CSC
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel nonpaper and talking points on June 6 to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) Specialized Working Group for Nuclear Safety Head of Division Ms. Ursula Adenauer and on June 11 to the German MF [...]
2008-06-16 07:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM GM
08BERLIN795CODEL ROHRABACHER AND ROSCOSMOS DIRECTOR PERMINOV
[...] (SBU) On May 28, 2008 CODEL Rohrabacher met with Roscosmos Director Anatoliy Perminov at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin to discuss a variety of U.S./Russia space cooperation issues focusing on how to strengthen bi-lateral civil space cooperation policy and exploring new areas of future research c [...]
2008-06-16 16:03:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TSPA RS IR GM
08BERLIN796FINANCE MINISTRY VIEWS ON EUROPEAN-IRANIAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A German Finance Ministry official confirmed that the Hamburg-based, Iranian-owned European-Iranian Commercial Bank (EIHB) had recently opened a branch in Tehran. The German Government cannot prevent German banks from establishing foreign branches, but can intervene if the br [...]
2008-06-17 06:55:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN801KOSOVO 120 DAYS LATER -- GERMANY REMAINS IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Since Kosovo's coordinated declaration of independence on February 17 and through the transfer of power from the UN to the government of Kosovo following the entry-into-force of its constitution on June 15, Germany has continued to coordinate closely with the United States and oth [...]
2008-06-18 06:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GM KV
08BERLIN802MEDIA REACTION: Mideast, Iran, France
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Mideast) Israeli-Hamas Peace Talks 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (France) White Book On Defense  [...]
2008-06-18 11:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN810GERMAN MFA READOUT OF SOLANA VISIT TO TEHRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Upon receiving ref A points, the German MFA's Iran Desk provided a preliminary readout of the June 13-15 visit by EU High Representative Solana to Iran to deliver the P5 1 incentive package. The Iran Desk described Iranian FM Mottaki as "tough and tight" in his meeting with Sol [...]
2008-06-19 13:47:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR GM
08BERLIN811JUNE 12 MEETING IN BERLIN OF THE WESTERN FRIENDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The June 12 meeting of the Western Friends of Georgia focused mainly on a German-drafted non-paper, which proposes a three-stage plan for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, beginning with security and confidence building measures (CBMs),including declarations of [...]
2008-06-19 15:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS ZJ GG
08BERLIN821(C) GERMANY RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT NTI NUCLEAR FUEL
[...] (C) In a meeting on June 11, a German MFA official told Global Affairs officer Germany is reluctant to support the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) nuclear fuel bank initiative at this time. The reasons stem from a perceived a lack of interest from Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries and an [...]
2008-06-20 15:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM GM
08BERLIN829MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, IRAN, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ZIMBABWE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Palestinian Conference in Berlin 3. EU Sanctions against Iran 4. U.S. Nuclear Weapons 5. Zimbabwe 6. Oil Price 7. Berlin Airlift Anniversary 8. French President Sarkozy in Israel  [...]
2008-06-24 12:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN836MEDIA REACTION: Mideast, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, U.S.-Germany,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Mideast) Berlin Conference, Israeli Government Crisis 3. (Zimbabwe) Run-Off Elections 4. (Pakistan) Infiltration From Afghan Border Region 5. (U.S.-Germany) U.S. Nuclear Weapons In Germany 6. (Serbia) New Government 7. (U.S.) Interest Ra [...]
2008-06-26 12:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN839GERMANS WILL ENGAGE JAPAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] (C) Post discussed Ref (A) points June 25 with Chancellery and Foreign Office officials. POL M/C raised the matter with Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen and Security Policy Director Geza von Geyr on the margins of their June 25 meeting with Secretary Rice. They suppor [...]
2008-06-26 16:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AF AS CA GM IT FR
08BERLIN840GEORGIAN PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S JUNE 25 MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili held a 90-minute lunch meeting June 25 in Berlin. According to the Chancellery, the atmosphere of the meeting was constructive. The majority of the discussion was taken up by Saakashvili's description of G [...]
2008-06-26 17:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EUN GM RS
08BERLIN853GERMANY INFORMED OF NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEMBERS:
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 15:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC PARM PREL KNNP JO IN RS GM
08BERLIN87WELCOME TO BERLIN
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 22-23. In addition to discussions with your P5-plus-1 counterparts on Iran, your bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Steinmeier will provide an important opportunity to advance our cooperation. Germany [...]
2008-01-18 15:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN875NORTH KOREA DEMARCHE: GERMAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) PolOff delivered the paper to Ellen Goelz, desk officer for Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the German MFA on June 30. Goelz noted her appreciation for the comprehensive information and promised to share it with other Korea Watchers within the GoG. While noting that the con [...]
2008-07-03 09:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KN KNNP GM
08BERLIN876NASA-CNSA CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION: GERMAN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Ellen Goelz, desk officer for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the German MFA on June 30. Goelz welcomed the talks and noted that Germany will continue to press China as necessary on space issues. She also promised to share the information with re [...]
2008-07-03 09:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL GM
08BERLIN877SUMMARY OF MAY PSI MEETING HANDED OVER TO GERMANS
[...] (U) On June 30, PolOff delivered Reftel points to Ellen Goelz, desk officer for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, who offered to share the summary with interested parties within the German government and noted that such information is "extremely welcome and helpful." She also noted that, as [...]
2008-07-03 09:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL GM
08BERLIN879WELCOME TO BERLIN
[...] (C) Mr. President: My Mission and I look forward to welcoming you to Germany June 10-11. Your visit is an opportunity to focus the German public on the excellent state of U.S.-German bilateral relations, for which you and Chancellor Merkel should take deserved credit. Our cooperation in mee [...]
2008-07-03 10:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN884GERMANY/IRAN - FINANCE MINISTRY VIEWS ON UNSCR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A German Finance Ministry official confirmed that the EU-3 and Italy had put forward a draft Common Position calling for expansive implementation of UNSCR 1803. The draft Common Position includes a Franco-German proposal to establish an EU-wide mechanism against proliferation fin [...]
2008-07-03 16:46:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN89GERMANY: NO TROOPS FOR ESDP DEPLOYMENT IN CHAD AND
[...] (C) Pol mil-chief delivered ref A points to Erik-Jan van Oosterhout in the MFA ESDP Office January 14, underscoring U.S. support for the mission and urging Germany to consider ways of contributing to it. Pol-mil chief noted that while recent French pledges of helicopters and troops would ensur [...]
2008-01-18 20:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR CD GM FR
08BERLIN890PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE EVENT: GERMAN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer for UN Human Rights and International Protection of Human Rights Sarah Bernardy told Poloff July 7 that, in response to reftel points, the MFA could not support a prisoners of conscience public affairs event at the UN without first having more de [...]
2008-07-08 09:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN PHUM PREL KDEM
08BERLIN896(C) GERMANY AND U.S. IN SYNCH WITH MTCR SMALL
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) On June 26, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck said Germany is putting the finishing touches on a Small Group draft proposal focused on outreach to [...]
2008-07-08 15:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA AU FR JA UK GM
08BERLIN897BERLIN GNSS TELEMATICS CONFERENCE: GALILEO FEELING
[...] (SBU) The 2nd GNSS Technologies and Telematic Applications Conference, held June 12, 2008, highlighted a paradigm shift in Galileo's business philosophy to generate revenue and openness to foreign procurement. Galileo representatives admitted that the goal of having a complete and operationa [...]
2008-07-08 15:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM
08BERLIN898(C) GERMANY PLANNING TO PRESENT PAPERS ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) On June 26, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck said Germany is planning to present three papers on the following topics: Iranian procurement networks; a case study on a five-axis laser machining center for t [...]
2008-07-08 15:49:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU IR KN
08BERLIN899(C) GERMANY: DLR SPACE DIRECTOR SUGGESTS A JOINT
[...] (C) On July 7, delegations from the German Space Agency (DLR) and USSTRATCOM (headed by General Kevin Chilton) met to discuss space situational awareness issues and opportunities for future information sharing. During a broad-ranging discussion, German delegation lead Dr. Hubert Reile, DLR P [...]
2008-07-08 16:14:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALTSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN90NATO SOFA STATUS FOR USAFRICOM CIVILIANS: GERMANY
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Pol-mil chief provided the U.S. diplomatic note in reftel to the director of the MFA Office on the Legal Framework for the Stationing of Foreign Military Forces (Referat 503),Onno Hueckmann, on December 20. On January 10, a [...]
2008-01-18 20:21:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR NATO GM AF
08BERLIN906JUNE 30 GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING: AD REF AGREEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 30 meeting in Berlin, the Friends of the Secretary General on Georgia agreed ad ref to a three-phase approach for the settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia. The resulting document is far less detailed and prescriptive than the original German draft, proposed on Jun [...]
2008-07-10 10:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS ZJ GG
08BERLIN908GERMANY "DISAPPOINTED" WITH NEW U.S. POSITION ON
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the newly-arrived head of the MFA's Conventional Arms Control Division, Mr. Gregor Koebel on July 10. Koebel had received a "leaked copy of the DoD points through an NGO contact" on July 9 and was therefore already familiar with many of the points about th [...]
2008-07-10 14:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN909GERMANY NEEDS MORE INFO ON PURPOSE AND DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to Karin Marschall, desk officer for the Defense and Security Policy Division at the German MFA on July 10. Marschall expressed appreciation for the points, but noted that Germany does not yet have an official response due to outstanding questions concerning [...]
2008-07-10 15:12:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIO NATO PREL AF GM
08BERLIN915(S) GERMANY COMPLIMENTS THE U.S. HANDLING OF THE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (S) On July 11, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Deputy Head of Export Control Division Christof Pollmeier in regards to the U.S. boarding of the Antares I. Pollmeier expressed appreciation for the nonpape [...]
2008-07-11 14:28:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMNUC PARM PREL SY LI KN GM
08BERLIN916GERMAN RESPONSE TO 2008 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) On July 1, Emboffs met for a roundtable discussion of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report with key German officials from the MFA, as well as the Family, Labor and Justice ministries. While the report was well received, a Family Ministry official expressed regret that more atte [...]
2008-07-11 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV
08BERLIN917INVITATION DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 15:11:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA ENRG KNNP GM
08BERLIN942GERMANY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IAEA-INDIA SAFEGUARDS
[...] (C) On July 15, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Desk Officer for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy Joerg Polster regarding rallying support for the India-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement. Polster said that although he [...]
2008-07-16 16:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG ETTC IN GM
08BERLIN945EU's Solana Welcomes US Participation in
[...] (SBU) On July 15-16, EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana joined a number of high-ranking former and current foreign policy officials in Berlin at a conference entitled "Managing Global Insecurity (MGI)". During the course of the conference, Solana offered generalized comments about the mu [...]
2008-07-17 11:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN951GERMAN MOD REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION REGARDING A
[...] (C) Following the meeting with German MFA officials on July 10 reported in reftel B, PolOff delivered reftel A points to COL Bernd Schtt, Armed Forces Staff at the German MOD, on July 14, 2008. Schtt appeared surprised about the timing of the current proposal for an ANA force size increase, s [...]
2008-07-18 12:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM NATO PREL IO AF
08BERLIN952DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL
[...] (S) Officers from Global Affairs and the Political Section delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck and MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel respectively. Both expressed appreciation for the reftel information. 2. (S) Potzel said that the dra [...]
2008-07-18 13:32:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN
08BERLIN957(C) DLR LOBBIES FOR U.S. POLITICAL SUPPORT TO TAKE
[...] (C) The German Space Agency (DLR) contacted the U.S. Embassy in Berlin in an apparent political move to corral support in their favor in an upcoming Chancellery decision to reorganize lines of control over Germany's primary space surveillance asset. The Chancellery will be reportedly decidi [...]
2008-07-18 15:05:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALTSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM
08BERLIN959GERMAN ENERGY LEGISLATION COMPROMISES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six months after triumphantly presenting draft energy laws to meet aggressive global warming targets (reftel),coalition harmony has dissolved, resulting in watered down legislation that is likely to cost more and deliver less than initially expected. Parliamentary hearings we [...]
2008-07-21 05:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV PGOV EU SENV GM
08BERLIN960GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALLY RESPONDS TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Berlin delivered the information in STATE 66363 about U.S. health priorities for the G8 summit to German Foreign Ministry State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg and Economic Cooperation and Development Ministry State Secretary Erich Stather on Monday, June 23 in formal letters from [...]
2008-07-21 06:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV WHO PREL GM
08BERLIN973GERMANY REQUESTS IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE ON AUSTRALIA
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided Global Affairs Officer July 18 with a nonpaper requesting further information and guidance regarding a German export license request concerning Australia Group (AG)-liste [...]
2008-07-21 15:50:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM ETTC CBW PINR IN GM
08BERLIN976DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL
[...] (S) Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche to German Finance Ministry Officer Kristina Wogatzki. She expressed appreciaton for the refetl information. 2. (S) Wogatzki said she is unaware of any German exporters using IRISL or Iran Air, but will continue to be alert to indicati [...]
2008-07-22 10:18:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KN
08BERLIN991DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ON
[...] (C) On 22 July 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Verana Frick, desk officer responsible for Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia at the German Foreign Office. Frick said that the German Government will continue to support dialogue and a peaceful solution between the Government of Col [...]
2008-07-22 15:22:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALCOL VE HR EUR PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL
08BERLIN999DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 14:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR GM
09BERLIN1001H1N1 UPDATE: 11,493 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 390 new cases, bringing the total as of August 14 to 11,493. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. A dispute between the government and the health insurance companies over flu shot payments has been resolv [...]
2009-08-14 14:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1002CDU AND CSU HOLD THE CARDS IN GERMANY'S COALITION
[...] (C) With politicians returning from their annual summer vacation to face seven weeks of intense campaigning, speculation is rife about how Germany's coalition poker game will play out as the mainstream political parties jockey for position. Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CD [...]
2009-08-14 15:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1003AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY INFORMED ON US
[...] (SBU) On August 12, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director, Markus Klinger, informing Germany of the US intention to submit a proposal for a "Chemical Micro-Reactor Systems Experts Group" at the September 2009 Australia Group (AG) Plenary in Pa [...]
2009-08-14 16:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC PARM PGOV PREL PINR TBIO KSTC FR GM
09BERLIN1004GERMANY: UPDATED POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED
[...] Per ref A request, please note that the key points of contact for NPT-related issues in the German MFA remain Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Nikolai von Schoepff (240-RL@diplo.de) and his deputy Stefan Kordasch (240-0@diplo.de). Both can be reached at tel. 0049-30-5000-4268. E [...]
2009-08-14 17:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN1007H1N1 UPDATE: 12,120 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 627 new cases, bringing the total as of August 17 to 12,120. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. The German government plans to order enough vaccine for 80 percent of its population. END SUMMARY 2. [...]
2009-08-17 15:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1012H1N1 UPDATE: 12,830 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over the past two days by 710 new cases, bringing the total as of August 19 to 12,830. The daily rate of increase has slightly declined. On August 19, the Cabinet approved a Health Ministry regulation on establishing p [...]
2009-08-19 15:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1014H1N1 UPDATE: 13,180 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over yesterday by 350 new cases, bringing the total as of August 20 to 13,180. Germany ranks first in confirmed virus infections among European countries. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 20 press briefing, the Na [...]
2009-08-20 15:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1015GERMANY BACK ON TRACK TO RATIFY THE EU LISBON TREATY BY THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's Grand Coalition government should be able to revise the implementing legislation for the EU Lisbon Treaty as mandated by the German Constitutional Court before the September 27 Bundestag election. However, even if this happens, Germany may still not be in a position to [...]
2009-08-20 16:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EUN GM
09BERLIN1019G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: GERMANY STRESSES
[...] (SBU) PolOff shared reftel information note and talking points regarding the 2009 G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future (FfF) with Deputy Head of MFA Division, Union for the Mediterranean and BMENA, Andreas Berg, who had already received the information note from the Italian Embassy. Berg's two main [...]
2009-08-21 14:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KMPI KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV GM
09BERLIN1020CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL RALLIES EAST GERMAN CDU
[...] (U) Chancellor Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union - CDU) used a high-level CDU gathering in Weimar on August 18 to rally eastern Germany's CDU for the upcoming state (August 30) and parliamentary elections (September 27). Merkel told her party that electoral success for Thuringian Min [...]
2009-08-21 14:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1021GERMANY: VIEWS ON IRAN SANCTIONS AND PRELIMINARY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 15:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS GM
09BERLIN1022GERMANY INQUIRES ABOUT RADIOACTIVE COBALT-60
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 4. 2. (C) Summary: German MFA contacts have asked the U.S. to provide information regarding the reported import by the U.S. of radioactive cobalt-60 contaminated stainless steel. Open source reporting indicated this material may have been u [...]
2009-08-21 16:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM MUNC PARM PINR PREL PTER GM KNNP
09BERLIN1023H1N1 UPDATE: 13,180 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 560 cases, bringing the total as of August 21 to 13,740. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 21 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a total of 5 [...]
2009-08-24 05:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1025H1N1 UPDATE: 14,325 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over the weekend by 585 cases, bringing the total as of August 24 to 14,325. Local health officials said that the recent Berlin World Championship in Athletics had no impact on the increase in H1N1 cases in the capital. [...]
2009-08-25 05:26:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1030AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE: ESTABLISHING MINIMUM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 15:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ETTC PREL FR GM
09BERLIN1031AUSTRALIA GROUP NONPAPER DELIVERED: CLARIFYING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 15:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ETTC PREL FR GM
09BERLIN1032AUSTRALIA GROUP NONPAPER DELIVERED: CLARIFYING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 15:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ETTC PREL FR GM
09BERLIN1033AUSTRALIA GROUP NONPAPER DELIVERED: CHEMICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 15:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ETTC PREL FR GM
09BERLIN1034(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AN IRANIAN PROCUREMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 15:47:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR SZ GM
09BERLIN1035(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 15:55:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA AE IR GM
09BERLIN1039H1N1 UPDATE: 14,581 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased slightly by 256 cases, bringing the total as of August 25 to 14,581. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 25 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a t [...]
2009-08-26 11:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1046H1N1 UPDATE: 14,940 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased slightly by 359 cases, bringing the total as of August 26 to 14,940. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia proposes protection for pregnant women working with flu patients. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 26 press [...]
2009-08-27 12:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1047 H1N1 UPDATE: GERMANY PASSES 15,000 CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany has passed the 15,000 mark. On August 27, 319 new cases were reported, bringing the total to 15,259. German health authorities expect a second massive wave of infections in winter. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 27 press [...]
2009-08-27 14:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1048ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF
[...] (U) Per reftel, we examined whether the work of the proposed National Science Foundation (NSF) grant would have adverse implications on U.S. foreign policy. From our review of the backgrounds and the work of the proposed organizations, we assess that there are no adverse implications for U.S. [...]
2009-08-27 15:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA NSF GM
09BERLIN1049EADS SHAREHOLDER BREAKDOWN - DO THE FRENCH REALLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Defense and Space Company (EADS) is often assumed to be dominated by French influence and EADS-Astrium, a subsidiary of EADS, has been accused by German industry of wielding this influence to the benefit of French competitors. However, while French industry represe [...]
2009-08-27 16:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT RS CH GM
09BERLIN1054MEDIA REACTION: JAPAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GERMANY
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Japan) Outcome of Parliamentary Elections 3. (UN) Climate Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process 5. (Germany) Outcome of State Parliament Elections  [...]
2009-08-31 11:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1056H1N1 UPDATE: 15,878 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose over the weekend to 15,878 cases on August 31. Opinion polls show that fewer Germans are interested in flu vaccination this fall/winter. Health authorities are planning an awareness campaign to encourage people to get vaccinat [...]
2009-08-31 15:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1066NETANYAHU FEELS SOME HEAT IN BERLIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu August 27, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier both stressed the importance of a freeze on settlement construction to achieve a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. This, despite attempts b [...]
2009-09-02 13:40:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS GM IR
09BERLIN1067GERMANY HAS NO OBJECTION TO UNODC'S OBSERVER STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 14:26:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC GM
09BERLIN1068GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS STEADY
[...] SUMMARY. There were once again mixed signals from the German labor market in August. According to the Federal Employment Agency, the number of seasonally adjusted unemployed in Germany which reflects the overall trend in the labor market fell very slightly(by 1,000) in August; the rate, how [...]
2009-09-03 12:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EFIN PGOV GM
09BERLIN1069GERMANY SOLICITS U.S. VIEWS ON G8 GLOBAL
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (C) While meeting with MFA desk officers Dr. Bernd Rinnert and Dr. Joerg Polster on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) matters (Ref A),they raised a series of points with Econoff related to the G8 Global Partner [...]
2009-09-03 12:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER KGIC GM
09BERLIN1070US 2009 MTCR PLENARY PROPOSALS DELIVERED TO GERMANY
[...] (C) On September 1, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer, Nancy Reck, regarding US "small group" proposals for the 2009 MTCR Plenary in Rio de Janeiro. Reck thanked the USG for the non-paper and said she would deliver it to the appropriate authorities [...]
2009-09-03 13:05:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR JA UK GM
09BERLIN1071AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMAN RESPONSE ON US
[...] (SBU) On September 3, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer, Nancy Reck, relayed to EconOff German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control's (BAFA) views on the US Australia Group (AG) proposal to establish an experts working group on micro-reactor systems (MRS). Reck said Germany [...]
2009-09-03 13:11:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ETTC PREL FR GM
09BERLIN1080GERMANY TO FRANCE: STAY OUT OF OUR COMMERCIAL SATELLITE AFFAIRS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 13:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT RS CH GM
09BERLIN1089H1N1 UPDATE: 16,584 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose to 16,584 cases on September 3. Germany reported its first severe case of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 3 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confir [...]
2009-09-04 07:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1093MERKEL PAINTS HERSELF INTO A CORNER: WHY THE OPEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. No one could have predicted that the Opel rescue would take this long. The parties in the Grand Coalition government, the CDU/CSU and SPD alike, all had a strong interest in resolving the matter and preserving jobs well before the national elections on September 27. Opel itse [...]
2009-09-04 16:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB ETRD GM
09BERLIN1096H1N1 UPDATE: 17,265 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The net number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 681 cases to 17,265 cases on September 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its September 8 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a total of 698 new (labor [...]
2009-09-08 15:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1104H1N1 UPDATE: 17,644 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 379 cases to 17,644 on September 9. Germany plans to order an additional 18 million courses of H1N1 vaccine. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 9 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Ro [...]
2009-09-09 14:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1105FDP CHAIRMAN WESTERWELLE'S LITE AND DARK CAMPAIGN
[...] (U) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman and Foreign Minister hopeful Guido Westerwelle used a September 7 political forum in Essen to criticize the poor quality of political discourse during Germany's election campaign. He stated that Germany deserved a higher quality debate about its futur [...]
2009-09-09 15:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PREL PGOV
09BERLIN1106CHANCELLOR ANGELA "TEFLON" MERKEL TAKES LIMELIGHT
[...] (C) Less than two weeks after her party suffered losses in two state elections, CDU Chancellor Angela Merkel found her fighting spirit before 8,000 party faithful at a September 6 election rally in Duesseldorf launching the "hot phase" of the CDU/CSU electoral campaign. The CDU has been shifting pa [...]
2009-09-09 16:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PREL PGOV
09BERLIN1107GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 06:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1108GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chancellery is confident that Chancellor Merkel's policy statement to the Bundestag on September 8 has succeeded -- at least for now -- in settling the domestic political controversy surrounding the September 4 air strikes against two hijacked fuel tankers in Kunduz. Ironically, th [...]
2009-09-10 06:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1111H1N1 UPDATE: 17,644 CONFIRMED CASES (UPDATED)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 379 cases to 17,644 on September 9. Germany plans to order an additional 18 million doses of H1N1 vaccine. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 9 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Rober [...]
2009-09-10 09:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1112(C) IAEA: GERMANY READY FOR IRAN SANCTIONS; WANTS
[...] (C) Summary. On September 8 poloff informed MFA IAEA lead Hans-Peter Hinrichsen that the U.S. was delivering reftel demarche to all IAEA Board Members. Hinrichsen shared copies of the EU and E3 statements to be released that day (see paragraphs 12 and 13). Hinrichsen asked for the USG to in [...]
2009-09-10 10:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS GM
09BERLIN1114(C) GERMAN REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON A PENDING
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) On September 9, the German MFA Export Control Office (Division 412) provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper requesting information from the USG by September 18 regarding a pending German export of a low-pressure casting m [...]
2009-09-10 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IN GM
09BERLIN1115H1N1 UPDATE: 17,790 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 146 cases to 17,790 on September 10. Munich International School confirms case(s) of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 10 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institu [...]
2009-09-10 15:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1116GERMAN INTELLIGENCE VIEWS ON OPTICAL RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: The German Intelligence Service (BND) expressed confidence that Germanys proposal for a High Resolution Optical System (HiROS) reconnaissance satellite program "will be realized regardless of the outcome of the German general elections this month" and is advocating for a US partner [...]
2009-09-10 15:46:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL JP FR SP UK TSPA
09BERLIN1118AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S INITIAL MEETING WITH GERMAN FM
[...] (C) During a September 13 introductory call by Ambassador Murphy, Steinmeier emphasized his frustration at being unable to distance himself from Merkel in the election campaign. He stated his support for the Magna deal on Opel. He expressed his strong support for President Obama, and underli [...]
2009-09-10 16:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1124GERMAN SHERPA FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 13:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC GM
09BERLIN1125SPD CHANCELLOR-CANDIDATE STEINMEIER EXPRESSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPD Chancellor-candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier used a campaign appearance in Osnabrueck attended by PolOff to dismiss the prospects of a CDU/CSU-FDP government after the next parliamentary elections on September 27. Speaking to over 2,000 people in Osnabrueck -- an SPD strong [...]
2009-09-11 15:05:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV GM
09BERLIN1128H1N1 UPDATE: 17,937 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 147 cases to 17,937 on September 11. Munich International School, which includes Mission children, has reported two cases of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 11 press briefing, the National Reference Center [...]
2009-09-11 15:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1129GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 14 introductory meeting with Ambassador Murphy, Defense Minister Jung emphasized that the controversy over the September 4 air strikes in Kunduz should not be allowed to disrupt what is a fundamentally excellent bilateral relationship. Jung expressed understand [...]
2009-09-11 16:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1130GERMAN OPTICAL SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING: THE PATH FORWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 16:21:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT KS FR GM
09BERLIN1132GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 14-15 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany shares the U.S. assessment of the situation of IDPs in Sri Lanka and the need to act quickly, but notes that the EU Council is currently not on track to take action until October. While agreeing that the EU should enhance its trade and investment with Georgia, Armenia a [...]
2009-09-11 19:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN EAID PHUM ETRD AF PK GM CE ZJ
09BERLIN1133WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE GERMAN ELECTIONS?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germany could see a change in government after the September 27 Bundestag election, and even if the result is another Grand Coalition of Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and sister Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) party with Foreign Minister Steinmeier's Social [...]
2009-09-14 10:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDGM PGOV
09BERLIN1134PARTNERING FOR FOOD SECURITY: NO DECISION YET ON
[...] (SBU) On September 10, 2009, Ambassador Murphy delivered the invitation to the September 26 meeting on Partnering for Food Security on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and accompanying draft statement during an introductory call on Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinme [...]
2009-09-14 12:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD PREL UNGA GM
09BERLIN1136GERMAN ELECTIONS: MERKEL-STEINMEIER TV DEBATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The September 13 90-minute television debate between Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party chief Angela Merkel and Vice Chancellor and Social Democratic Party (SPD) chancellor candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier will probably have little lasting effect on the e [...]
2009-09-14 15:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDGM PGOV
09BERLIN1138ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE GERMANY'S 2009 GENERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As they head to the polls on September 27, German voters have one major worry on their minds: the economy. Well aware of this reality, the five viable political parties -- the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)-Christian Social Union (CSU),Social Democratic Party (SPD),Free Demo [...]
2009-09-15 12:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN114GERMANY DIVES DEEPER INTO RECESSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After several years of strong growth and falling unemployment, the German economy is on the ropes. The German government has repeatedly revised its 2009 growth forecasts downward, and the Economics Ministry is now projecting that gross domestic product will shrink by 2.25 perc [...]
2009-01-29 10:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB PREL GM
09BERLIN1140GERMANY PRESSES EU FOR JOINT ACTION ON 6
[...] (C) Pol M/C delivered reftel demarche on missing and detained amcits to German MFA Amb. Klaus-Peter Gottwald, (A/S Equivalent) Commissioner for Arms Control and Disarmament, on Sept. 14. Pol M/C stressed with Gottwald, who was already well informed about the details of the cases, the importan [...]
2009-09-16 10:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALCASC GM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR
09BERLIN1143GERMANY ALREADY "IN THE CHOIR" ON IRAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador called German MFA Political Director Stanzel September 15 to discuss reftel on expanding the chorus on Iran. Stanzel thanked the Ambassador for the update and said Germany agreed with our message and was taking similar action with only subtle differences. Stanzel added t [...]
2009-09-16 15:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC
09BERLIN1144GERMANY TO SPEAK AT ICJ IN DECEMBER, PRESSES
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, on September 8 MFA Balkans Deputy Director Marc Bogdahn confirmed that Germany will present oral arguments at the ICJ in December. However, Germany has not encouraged -- and has no plans to encourage -- other countries to do so. Though Germany had previousl [...]
2009-09-17 06:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL ICJ KV GM
09BERLIN1145A/CFE: GERMANY FAVORS FLEXIBILITY TO NUDGE RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary. On September 10 Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Office Director for Conventional Arms Control Michael Banzhaf. Banzhaf took particular note of Antonov's redlines with regard to abolishment of flank regimes for Russia and non-implementation of the "existing" CFE Treaty. Ban [...]
2009-09-17 06:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL NATO GM
09BERLIN1148MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC, U.S.-WILSON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Presidential Elections 3. (EU) Barroso Election 4. (Economic) U.S. Recession, Lehman Bros. 5. (U.S.) Issue of Race in America  [...]
2009-09-17 11:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1150GERMANY'S UNGA PRIORITIES AND A PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Deputy Head of the UNGA Division Julia Gross and Poloff discussed U.S. and German priorities for the 64th UNGA September 15. Gross noted that many of reftel priorities tracked those of Germany, including on climate change, peacekeeping, UN reform, and sustainable developmen [...]
2009-09-17 14:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNGA GM KPAL IS
09BERLIN1151MERKEL TARGETS BANKERS IN RUN-UP TO G-20 SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Days before national elections in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel will fly to the other side of the Atlantic to attend the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. This is a decision taken by a leader confident not only in her re-election prospects, but also in her mission to push through G [...]
2009-09-17 14:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM
09BERLIN1156GERMAN FEDERAL PROSECUTORS REQUEST INFORMATION TO
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) During a meeting between German federal prosecutors, Econoffs and LES Legal Specialist, German federal prosecutor Wolfgang Siegmund raised two questions related to German export control cases. 3. (S) Siegmund stated th [...]
2009-09-18 10:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL CH GM
09BERLIN1157FURTHER MISSION GERMANY VIEWS ON PLANNED U.S.
[...] (S/NF) I understand that there will be a Deputies' meeting in Washington on September 18 to discuss the future of the U.S. military force structure in Europe. Since the U.S. European Command as well as the bulk of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) and U.S. Air Forces Europe (USAFE) are located in Ge [...]
2009-09-18 10:51:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM
09BERLIN1158MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Missile Defense 3. (Afghanistan) Aftermath of Elections 4. (Lebanon) Formation of New Government  [...]
2009-09-18 12:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1160(S) NIAG 9130 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN SEEKS GERMAN-ORIGIN VALVES FOR ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 15:25:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR GM
09BERLIN1161NONPAPER DELIVERED: USG INFORMATION ON A PENDING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 15:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IN GM
09BERLIN1162GERMANY'S NEXT FOREIGN MINISTER?: THE WORLD
[...] (C//NF) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman Guido Westerwelle may be on the verge of becoming Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor in a Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU)-FDP government after the parliamentary elections on September 27. He has a strong craving for politi [...]
2009-09-18 16:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1163H1N1 UPDATE: 19,015 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 218 cases to 19,015 on September 16. Nordrhein-Westfalen remains the German state with the highest number of confirmed virus cases. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 17 press briefing, the National Reference Cent [...]
2009-09-18 16:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1164GERMANS MOSTLY POSITIVE ON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. German reaction to the President's September 17 announcement has been mostly positive, with both Chancellor Merkel and FM Steinmeier issuing public statements welcoming the new U.S. approach on European missile defense and hoping this paves the way for greater cooperation on MD w [...]
2009-09-18 16:15:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR PREL NATO RU GM
09BERLIN1165BERLIN EAC MEETING ON 18 SEP 2009
[...] (S/NF) On 18 September the Mission Germany EAC met in Berlin to discuss the current threat situation. This discussion centered on the two different but related threat streams currently of concern (see refs),i.e. the threat of a terrorist attack on Germany timed to impact their elections and [...]
2009-09-18 16:17:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
09BERLIN1166GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON SRI LANKAN IDPS,
[...] (SBU) After presenting ref A demarche on Sri Lankan IDPs to the MFA Deputy European Corespondent in advance of the September 14-15 EU GAERC meeting (ref B),PolOff followed up to reinforce the points with MFA South Asia Office Director Gudrun Sraega. 2. (C) Sraega said that Germany shared U [...]
2009-09-18 16:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09BERLIN1167DATA PRIVACY TRUMPS SECURITY: IMPLICATIONS OF A
[...] (C) Summary: Current polling data suggest that the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) could receive sufficient votes in the September 27 national elections to form a governing coalition. The FDP are strong defenders of citizens' privacy rights and these views ha [...]
2009-09-21 08:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KJUS KHLS GM
09BERLIN1168GERMANY TO ATTEND INFORMAL MEETING ON MARGINS OF
[...] (U) MFA Arms Control Chief Peter Gottwald plans to attend the informal CTBT meeting with U/S Tauscher on the margins of the September 24-25 Article XIV Conference in New York. Per instructions from the German UN Mission, Gottwald has blocked off time for the meeting on the morning of September [...]
2009-09-21 10:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPARM CTBT GM
09BERLIN1169NPT REVCON: GERMANY UNDERSCORES NEED TO REASSURE
[...] (C) Summary. Post addressed ref A questions about German positions on non-proliferation in refs B & C. During subsequent meetings, German officials have also emphasized the need to overcome NAM suspicions that non-proliferation efforts are veiled attempts to infringe on NPT Article IV rights. [...]
2009-09-21 10:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09BERLIN117MEDIA REACTION: RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, IRAN, DAVOS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Russia Suspends Kaliningrad Missile Plan 3. U.S. Policy on Afghanistan 4. Envoy Mitchell in the Mideast 5. Davos World Economic Forum 6. U.S.-Iranian Relations 7. Clashes Between Sri Lankan Government And Rebels  [...]
2009-01-29 12:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS XF XH CE IR
09BERLIN1170INTENSELY NEGATIVE REACTION TO ESTA FEE IN GERMANY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reaction in Germany to the ESTA fee-related provision of the Travel Promotion Act (TPA) has been vehemently disapproving. Even before the Senate vote on September 9, GOG officials and the media, including the national evening television news, highlighted their opposition to the [...]
2009-09-21 15:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALCVIS CMGT PREL GM
09BERLIN1171GERMANY: EU COORDINATING REDLINES FOR UNGA WALKOUTS
[...] (SBU) Political Minister Counselor and Poloff met with MFA Head of UNGA Division Thomas Fitschen September 21 to deliver reftel points. Fitschen noted that the issue of redlines for walkouts has already been discussed within the EU in Brussels last week. He said that the EU presidency is tr [...]
2009-09-21 15:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA GM
09BERLIN1172SECURITY SERVICES ON ALERT AFTER AL QAIDA VIDEOS
[...] SUMMARY: German security services are on alert following the appearance of two new Al Qaida videos featuring a dual German-Moroccan citizen who threatens Germany with repercussions if German voters do not vote in the upcoming federal elections for a new government that will withdraw German fo [...]
2009-09-21 16:59:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL GM
09BERLIN1173MEDIA REACTION: Missile Defense, G20, Climate, UN, Mideast
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Missile Defense 3. G20 4. Climate Change 5. UN General Assembly 6. Mideast Peace Process 7. German Elections  [...]
2009-09-22 05:09:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR IS XF
09BERLIN1174MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Missile Defense, G20, Climate
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. Climate Change 4. G20 Summit 5. Missile Defense 6. UN-U.S. Relations 7. Mideast Peace Process 8. Travel Promotion Act 9. German Elections  [...]
2009-09-22 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US RS IR IS XF
09BERLIN1175 German Reactions to U.S. Proposals on "Global
[...] (U) Summary: While supporting the results of the G-8 meeting in Washington during the week of September 14, Germany prefers to maintain the G-8 response to a global partnership on food security in line with agreements reach by the Agricultural Ministers in l'Aquilla in April. However, German [...]
2009-09-22 13:03:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD PREL UNGA GM
09BERLIN1176MERKEL VS. STEINMEIER? WHAT DO THE GERMAN
[...] (C/NF) This is not a "change" election. The German public does not see the September 27 parliamentary elections as decisive, and on many foreign policy fronts, including Afghanistan, arms control, and Russia, we do not foresee significant or distinct policy differences between the two most fe [...]
2009-09-22 13:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD GM KJUS PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1179GERMAN ELECTORAL QUIRKS COULD BENEFIT MERKEL'S CDU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two quirks in the German electoral system could provide Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democratic Party/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and its preferred partner, the Free Democratic Party (FDP),with a parliamentary majority that it otherwise would not obtain from the raw vot [...]
2009-09-23 14:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM GM
09BERLIN1180MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, G20, UN CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. UN Climate Change Summit 4. Mideast Trilateral Summit 5. Obama Presidency 6. G20 Summit  [...]
2009-09-23 15:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US IS XF
09BERLIN1183BRINGING THE GERMANS AROUND ON GRANTING SOVEREIGN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA and MOD continue to argue that only U.S. "warships" can be granted "sovereign immunity" against search or arrest when visiting German ports, but this seems to be based on an overly narrow and traditional reading o [...]
2009-09-24 09:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PHSA PBTS GM
09BERLIN1185MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-UN, ECONOMIC, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-UN) President Obama's Speech 3. (Economic) G-20 Summit 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Ahmadinejad 5. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 6. (Mideast) Summit Meeting 7. (U.S.-UK) Relations 8. (Honduras) Zelaya in Brazilian Embassy [...]
2009-09-24 14:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR HO UK AF XF
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