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| 04BERLIN1459 | PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-23 13:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS GM |
| 05BERLIN1318 | GERMAN 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 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR GM UNSC |
| 05BERLIN2235 | FM 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 13:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | IAEA KNNP MNUC PREL EU IR GM |
| 05BERLIN48 | GERMAN 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 11:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEC IZ GM |
| 05BERLIN65 | BUILDING 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 16:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AF GM NATO |
| 06BERLIN1025 | DEPUTY 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 15:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS EUN GM BO |
| 06BERLIN1069 | AMBASSADOR 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 14:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL KISL GM |
| 06BERLIN1070 | TURKISH 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 14:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV SCUL GM TU |
| 06BERLIN1094 | GERMAN 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 15:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1109 | GERMANY/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 11:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM GM TU |
| 06BERLIN1132 | GERMANY'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 05:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV PREL PGOV GM RU EUN |
| 06BERLIN1160 | SCENESETTER: 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 14:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1165 | INDIAN 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 15:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM IN |
| 06BERLIN1171 | GERMANY: 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 16:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL PTER KTFN GM |
| 06BERLIN1190 | NEW 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 14:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1227 | IRAN: 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 15:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM MNUC PHUM EU GM IR |
| 06BERLIN1342 | Merkel 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 14:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ENRG EFIN PGOV ECON PREL EUN GM |
| 06BERLIN1354 | LOOKING 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 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OEXC PREL TBIO GM |
| 06BERLIN1376 | GERMANY 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 13:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PINR PREL GM IZ |
| 06BERLIN1389 | GERMAN 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 17:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KHLS PINR ASEC GM EU |
| 06BERLIN1414 | MANAS 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 15:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL KG GM |
| 06BERLIN1443 | TURKISH 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 19:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KTFN GM TU |
| 06BERLIN146 | TEST MESSAG OF SIPDIS CAPTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-20 11:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA |
| 06BERLIN1494 | GERMAN 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 13:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN1495 | GERMAN-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 14:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ETRD ETTC GM MNUC PREL IR |
| 06BERLIN1501 | PSI: GERMAN ATTENDANCE AT HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL PL GM |
| 06BERLIN1502 | FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 15:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IAEA AORC PREL UNSC IR EU GM |
| 06BERLIN1504 | GERMAN 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 16:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1570 | SCENESETTER: 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 13:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV KHLS GM |
| 06BERLIN1595 | FMCT: GERMAN COMMENTS ON U.S. PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNNP PREL CDG GM |
| 06BERLIN1614 | GERMANY'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 14:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 04:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD PGOV SENV EINV PREL EUN GM |
| 06BERLIN1654 | GERMAN 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 09:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL GM |
| 06BERLIN1672 | STRUCTURAL 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 14:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELAB SOCI TU GM |
| 06BERLIN1687 | TIP: 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 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1753 | BERLIN 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 14:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL PHUM PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1781 | SPD 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 15:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM 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 14:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN GM |
| 06BERLIN1806 | GERMAN 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON BEXP GM |
| 06BERLIN1809 | GERMAN 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 16:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1833 | GERMAN 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 14:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | REL PGOV EAID IZ |
| 06BERLIN1835 | TIP: 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 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1884 | RUSSIA 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 12:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EIND ELTN ETTC GM |
| 06BERLIN1893 | HEALTH "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 14:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1937 | GERMAN 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 08:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KCRS KMCA KMPI GM |
| 06BERLIN1950 | Snapshot 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 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN1993 | POLITICAL 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 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU GM |
| 06BERLIN2058 | GERMANY: 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 14:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CVIS PINR PGOV PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN2060 | TERRORISM FINANCE: IIRO: ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-21 15:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN GM |
| 06BERLIN2075 | TERRORISM 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 17:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV UN GM |
| 06BERLIN2175 | GERMAN COMMENTS ON FMCT COORDINATION PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-31 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL CDG |
| 06BERLIN2266 | IOM 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 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2269 | GERMANY 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 09:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2303 | SCENESETTER: 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 11:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER KJUS ASEC PGOV ETTC CVIS PREL KHLS GM |
| 06BERLIN2344 | INDUSTRY 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 10:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2397 | DEMARCHE 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 14:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO GM |
| 06BERLIN2534 | GERMAN 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 09:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2546 | SPD 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 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2548 | FIRST 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 15:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EAIR GM |
| 06BERLIN2577 | SCENESETTER: 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 16:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2593 | GERMAN 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 16:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EU IR KNNP PARM PGOV PREL UN |
| 06BERLIN2623 | GERMAN 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 08:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ EAID EFIN PREL |
| 06BERLIN2654 | DHS 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 06:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KHLS EAIR PGOV PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN2676 | S/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 07:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KHLS EAID GM EU |
| 06BERLIN2733 | GERMAN 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 13:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM ETTC GM SA |
| 06BERLIN2740 | GERMANY -- 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 15:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER ASEC KCRM GM |
| 06BERLIN2743 | ENVIRONMENT 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 17:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EAIR GM |
| 06BERLIN2748 | SPD 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 12:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2754 | GERMANY'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 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN2766 | GERMAN 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 14:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KISL GM |
| 06BERLIN2769 | CDU/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 11:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2782 | GERMANY'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 16:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG GM PGOV PREL EU |
| 06BERLIN2785 | U.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 08:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL KHLS CVIS TBIO GM EU |
| 06BERLIN2793 | GERMANY 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 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KGIC PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS IAEA GM |
| 06BERLIN2820 | IRAN/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 10:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL KNNP MTCR MNUC IR GM |
| 06BERLIN2828 | GERMANY 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 16:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL ETTC VE GM |
| 06BERLIN2829 | TREASURY 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 16:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS ETTC EFIN KTFN PGOV GM EU |
| 06BERLIN2830 | EARLY 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 17:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER KTFN GM |
| 06BERLIN2832 | TERRORISM 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 09:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN ETTC EFIN PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2893 | SUCCESSFUL 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 14:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KISL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2948 | CHANCELLOR 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 12:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU GM |
| 06BERLIN2957 | SCENESETTER: 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 05:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PTER PGOV PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN2976 | GERMAN 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 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KGIT IAEA IN GM |
| 06BERLIN3023 | GERMAN 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 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV GM |
| 06BERLIN3030 | GERMAN 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 16:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA GM |
| 06BERLIN3045 | IRAQ/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 18:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN IZ GM |
| 06BERLIN3058 | NSG - 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 17:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IN GM |
| 06BERLIN3059 | GERMAN 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 17:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM GM |
| 06BERLIN3060 | SCENESETTER 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 18:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON ENRG EAIR GM |
| 06BERLIN3076 | GERMANY 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 16:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL PGOV GM EU EFIN EAGR |
| 06BERLIN3093 | U.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 09:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MASS PARM GM |
| 06BERLIN3098 | LEGAL 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 12:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM KJUS PREL PTER |
| 06BERLIN3135 | GERMAN 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 13:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ EAID EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN3141 | OEF 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM GM |
| 06BERLIN3145 | SUBJECT: 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 17:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN3151 | EB/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 08:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EU PGOV PREL SENV GM |
| 06BERLIN3156 | GERMAN 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 14:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND EINV PGOV SOCI GM ELAB |
| 06BERLIN3172 | BLUE 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 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM UK SP IT |
| 06BERLIN3173 | DHS 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 12:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KHLS PGOV PTER PREL EAIR GM EU |
| 06BERLIN3195 | GERMANY 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 11:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PTER AF GM |
| 06BERLIN3202 | GERMANY 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 14:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS ITU GM |
| 06BERLIN3220 | PARLIAMENTARY 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 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM GM LE AF BK SR |
| 06BERLIN3259 | GERMAN 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 17:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM EFIN KNNP PREL PGOV DPRK KN CH GM |
| 06BERLIN3267 | OPPORTUNITIES 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 16:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PTER GM EU |
| 06BERLIN3281 | NO 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 17:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ GM |
| 06BERLIN3296 | NGO 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 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KMDR PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN3324 | GERMAN 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 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KCRM KNNP PARM PREL IR GM SZ |
| 06BERLIN3325 | GERMANY 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 16:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MASS PARM GM |
| 06BERLIN3333 | MERKEL 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 17:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN3353 | GERMANY 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-22 15:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM GM |
| 06BERLIN3354 | DAS 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 16:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GM RU UP MD GG |
| 06BERLIN3355 | NEW-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 17:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV 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 15:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM 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 16:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC GM TW IR |
| 06BERLIN3391 | INTERAGENCY 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 17:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GM TU |
| 06BERLIN3395 | CONVENTION 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 09:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN3399 | ENERGY 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 12:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV PREL EU GM |
| 06BERLIN3402 | ENGAGING 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 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZKGM EU GM |
| 06BERLIN3412 | DEMARCHE 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 14:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GM IR |
| 06BERLIN3422 | ENGAGING 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 08:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON EAIR GM |
| 06BERLIN3433 | SCENESETTER 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 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN3435 | DELEGATION 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 11:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KHLS CVIS GM |
| 06BERLIN3442 | ENGAGING 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 09:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON EAIR GM |
| 06BERLIN3450 | DEMARCHE 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 16:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN GM |
| 06BERLIN3452 | GETTING 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 18:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS AID ECON AF PK GM |
| 06BERLIN3456 | SCENESETTER 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 11:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KJUS KHLS GM |
| 06BERLIN3462 | GERMAN 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 15:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU GM |
| 06BERLIN3468 | Germany'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 07:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO GM |
| 06BERLIN3477 | A 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 16:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON ETRD GM |
| 06BERLIN3478 | NEXT 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 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN 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 10:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN3492 | A/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 08:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHRC UNIFIL UN SU IR LE SY EUN GE |
| 06BERLIN3503 | S/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 14:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KPKO CM GM XA |
| 06BERLIN3504 | ATTORNEY 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 16:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PTER GM |
| 06BERLIN3505 | GERMAN 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 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN 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 17:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW SY KN |
| 06BERLIN3507 | GLOBAL 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 17:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL ASCH CACM GM AS CA CH |
| 06BERLIN3517 | ISRAELI 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 15:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS LE SP SY XF GM |
| 06BERLIN3518 | GERMANY 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 15:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN ECIN KIPR PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN3519 | GERMAN 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 17:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV GM |
| 06BERLIN3520 | SCENESETTER 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 17:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN3527 | IRAN 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 15:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GM IR |
| 06BERLIN3529 | ENGAGING 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 16:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | GM KISL PTER |
| 06BERLIN3542 | FOUNDATION 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 09:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMPI GM |
| 06BERLIN3551 | GERMAN 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 15:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL GM XA SU |
| 06BERLIN3554 | GERMAN 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 17:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL AEMR GM IR |
| 06BERLIN3555 | BUNDESTAG 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 17:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PTER KLIG PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN3558 | GERMANY 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 10:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EPET ETRD GM MNUC PREL IR |
| 06BERLIN3563 | German 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 15:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN3564 | GERMAN 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 16:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN3565 | GERMANY: 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC GM |
| 06BERLIN3566 | GERMAN 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 16:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE TNGD PARM PREL PINR GM CH |
| 06BERLIN3567 | BERLIN 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 16:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM 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 11:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN3587 | GERMAN 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 12:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KLIG KJUS PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN361 | VISIT 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 16:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI GM |
| 06BERLIN393 | TERRORISM 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 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN GM |
| 06BERLIN455 | ASSISTANT 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 10:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PHUM PTER GM |
| 06BERLIN477 | CHRISTIAN 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 16:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN636 | OPPOSITION 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 16:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN700 | AMBASSADOR 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 19:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UN GM |
| 06BERLIN721 | VISIT 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 16:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM PL |
| 06BERLIN846 | THE 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 12:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN889 | SHUTTING 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 14:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL FR GM |
| 06BERLIN939 | GERMAN 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 14:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECE KTIA SENV UNAUS XG GM |
| 06BERLIN988 | ADDITIONAL 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 15:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN993 | THE 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 09:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON 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 15:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC GM IR AE |
| 07BERLIN1003 | U.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 19:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN GM |
| 07BERLIN1007 | SCENESETTER 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 09:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN1019 | THIRD 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 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CACM UK FR IT |
| 07BERLIN103 | AMBASSADOR 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 12:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR 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 14:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE MNUC PARM ETTC KSCA TSPA GM |
| 07BERLIN1032 | G8 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 05:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SOCI OECD IBRD ILO GM |
| 07BERLIN104 | HALTING 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 13:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC OECD |
| 07BERLIN1066 | GERMAN 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 10:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD SENV PREL EU GM |
| 07BERLIN1067 | TURKEY 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 12:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV PREL TU GM |
| 07BERLIN1071 | CHANCELLOR 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 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON 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 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM 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 16:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM 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 14:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR GM |
| 07BERLIN1082 | U.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 10:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM |
| 07BERLIN1083 | U.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 10:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM |
| 07BERLIN1084 | GERMAN 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 10:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC 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 10:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR CH |
| 07BERLIN1086 | IMPLEMENTING 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 10:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL 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 09:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC GM |
| 07BERLIN1093 | GERMANY'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 15:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 11:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL KNNP KNAR PARM GM |
| 07BERLIN1104 | German 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 14:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN1107 | CFE: 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 05:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN1126 | U.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 16:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY GM |
| 07BERLIN1127 | TERROISM 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 16:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFI ETTC EUN KTFN PREL PTER GM |
| 07BERLIN113 | GERMAN 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 17:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GM |
| 07BERLIN1134 | CFE: 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 13:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL GE |
| 07BERLIN1136 | SPECIAL 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 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM 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 15:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM 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 15:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE |
| 07BERLIN114 | SCENESETTER: 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 17:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KHLS KJUS PTER PGOV PREL GM EU |
| 07BERLIN1142 | GERMANY 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 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IN GM |
| 07BERLIN115 | FOOD 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 10:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID 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 16:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM IR GM |
| 07BERLIN1190 | GERMANY - 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC |
| 07BERLIN121 | GERMAN 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 11:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV PGOV PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN1215 | GERMANY 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 10:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM PHUM |
| 07BERLIN1216 | GERMAN 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 12:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK RU YI GM |
| 07BERLIN123 | German 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 11:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN1234 | ADDITIONAL 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 15:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR EUN GM |
| 07BERLIN1238 | TERRORISM 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 09:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER 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 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR WIPO SZ GM |
| 07BERLIN1251 | WESTERWELLE 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 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
| 07BERLIN1253 | OFFICIAL 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 15:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN1255 | UNSCR 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 09:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR GM |
| 07BERLIN126 | EXTREME 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 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM PGOV PHUM SOCI |
| 07BERLIN1268 | IRANIAN 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 14:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CASC PGOV PREL GM IR |
| 07BERLIN1270 | GERMAN 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 14:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GM IR |
| 07BERLIN1291 | UNSCR 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 15:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR GM |
| 07BERLIN1292 | KEY 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 10:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV SENV PREL GM EU |
| 07BERLIN1294 | MERKEL 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 10:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
| 07BERLIN1312 | GERMAN 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 15:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MNUC 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 16:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC GM |
| 07BERLIN1343 | GERMANY 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 05:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IR KNNP PARM GM |
| 07BERLIN135 | GERMANY 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 16:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS NATO PINS AF PK GE |
| 07BERLIN1395 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED ABOUT A PROBLEMATIC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-13 15:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PREL IR GM |
| 07BERLIN1425 | GERMANY'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 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL TNGD ETTC ECON GM |
| 07BERLIN1438 | EMBASSY 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 15:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL GM IR |
| 07BERLIN1450 | TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS AGAINST IRAN WITH GERMAN OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-25 08:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON 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 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR TC CH GM |
| 07BERLIN1453 | GERMAN 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 15:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MNUC ETTC MTCRE PARM TNGD GM CH |
| 07BERLIN1457 | SPD 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 10:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
| 07BERLIN1466 | GERMAN 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE 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 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR GM |
| 07BERLIN1495 | GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN1496 | GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN1497 | GERMANY 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 15:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP KTIA IN GM |
| 07BERLIN1503 | GERMANY - 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 15:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP 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 13:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM HR IR |
| 07BERLIN1522 | RESPONSE 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 13:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY GM CH |
| 07BERLIN1534 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-10 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY GM |
| 07BERLIN1536 | GERMAN 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 14:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ETTC IR GM |
| 07BERLIN1539 | German 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 05:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS 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 05:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV 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 15:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN1568 | GERMANY 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 10:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE MNUC PARM ETTC KSCA TSPA GM |
| 07BERLIN1571 | MESSAGE 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 13:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | IR 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 05:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN 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 05:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN1591 | GERMAN 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 15:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GM AF MARR |
| 07BERLIN1596 | GNEP - 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 14:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY KNNP PGOV PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN1604 | SPD 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 10:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
| 07BERLIN161 | U.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 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN GM |
| 07BERLIN1612 | GERMANY 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 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH JA GM |
| 07BERLIN1621 | GERMAN 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 15:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN PREL ELAB GM |
| 07BERLIN1640 | GERMANY - FOLLOWING UP ON PROPOSED OPEN-ENDED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-30 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN ECON ETRD MNUC PARM IR GM |
| 07BERLIN1648 | EMBASSY 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 12:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM KPAO PREL GM IR |
| 07BERLIN1652 | GNEP MINISTERIAL - GERMANY STILL UNDECIDED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-31 15:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA GM |
| 07BERLIN1668 | BLUE 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 13:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC 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 13:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM PK |
| 07BERLIN1671 | DEMARCHE 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP 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 16:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE 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 16:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE 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 16:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM |
| 07BERLIN169 | EU'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 12:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GM |
| 07BERLIN1698 | IRAN: 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 17:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IR IAEA GM AORC |
| 07BERLIN1699 | DEMOGRAPHY 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 05:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN1703 | GERMANY 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 12:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
| 07BERLIN1704 | RENAISSANCE 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 12:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | GM PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07BERLIN1706 | DEMOGRAPHY 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 13:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN1715 | GEORGIA/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 15:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO GG PREL RS GM |
| 07BERLIN1716 | BOSNIA: 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 16:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 09:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC MTCRE KSCA PARM PREL GM IR AE |
| 07BERLIN1740 | BUNDESTAG 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 11:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN ELAB PREL |
| 07BERLIN1751 | U.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 08:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP KTIA PGOV PARM PREL IN GM |
| 07BERLIN1767 | TERRORISM 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 10:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER 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 13:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KNNP GM SY |
| 07BERLIN1771 | AUSTRALIA 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 13:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC CBW GM |
| 07BERLIN1772 | CHANCELLERY 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 13:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KHLS KJUS GM |
| 07BERLIN1776 | INFORMATION 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 09:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP MNUC EFIN IR BA GM |
| 07BERLIN1783 | (C) MTCR: GERMANY SUPPORTS MODIFIED U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE 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 15:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR EI |
| 07BERLIN1785 | ANTIDUMPING 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 05:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN1792 | GERMANY 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 14:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP 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 15:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO EFIN EIAD PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN1819 | AUSTRALIA GROUP - U.S. RESPONSE TO GERMANY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW GM |
| 07BERLIN1820 | (C) MTCR: NEXT STEPS FOR SMALL GROUP PROPOSALS FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN1822 | German 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 15:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
| 07BERLIN1823 | GERMANS 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 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM KV UNMIK |
| 07BERLIN1841 | IFTAR 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 15:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM KIRF KISL PGOV PREL |
| 07BERLIN1842 | TEC: 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 05:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN PREL ECIN EU GM |
| 07BERLIN1844 | TEC: 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 07:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL ECIN EU GM |
| 07BERLIN1846 | GERMAN 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 10:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KCRM KNNP PARM PREL MNUC KJUS IR RS GM |
| 07BERLIN1851 | GERMAN 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 14:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PREL PARM MCAP GM IR |
| 07BERLIN1853 | SPD 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 15:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
| 07BERLIN1878 | IRAN 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 11:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR XF EUN GM |
| 07BERLIN1883 | GERMAN 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 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL RS LY IS IZ IR |
| 07BERLIN1884 | GERMANY'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 05:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GM AF |
| 07BERLIN1885 | GERMANY 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 05:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GM AF |
| 07BERLIN1886 | GERMANY 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 05:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GM AF |
| 07BERLIN1887 | GERMANY'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 05:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GM AF |
| 07BERLIN1896 | GERMAN 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 14:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV GM |
| 07BERLIN1909 | U/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 10:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KNNP EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL SENV GM |
| 07BERLIN1910 | U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES IRAN SANCTIONS, ENERGY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-19 10:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON 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 13:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR YI KO GM |
| 07BERLIN1919 | GERMAN 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 14:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN1932 | (S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IRANIAN MISSILE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-24 09:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE |
| 07BERLIN1943 | ASSISTANT 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 14:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM KS RS |
| 07BERLIN1951 | DEMARCHE 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 14:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA CU GM |
| 07BERLIN1957 | GERMAN DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PHUM |
| 07BERLIN1964 | GERMANY 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 17:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR WTRO WHO |
| 07BERLIN1972 | STEINMEIER 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 15:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL GM IS |
| 07BERLIN1977 | THE 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 11:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AF IR GM |
| 07BERLIN1980 | SCENESETTER 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 17:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECUN EU GM |
| 07BERLIN1994 | Resumption 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 11:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
| 07BERLIN1995 | German 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 11:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
| 07BERLIN200 | EL 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 18:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN2000 | WIREC - FOLLOWING UP WITH GERMANY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-01 13:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TRGY SOCIS KPAO ENRG GM |
| 07BERLIN2004 | THE 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 06:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN2007 | GERMANY 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 10:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD EPET ETTC KNNP PREL IR GM |
| 07BERLIN2008 | OCTOBER 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 11:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS |
| 07BERLIN2014 | LABOR 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 16:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN2015 | TIP - 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 09:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN2027 | IRAN/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 17:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PTER PGOV ECON IR GM |
| 07BERLIN2028 | IRAN/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 17:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PTER PGOV ECON IR GM |
| 07BERLIN2029 | GERMAN 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 17:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC PGOV PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN2034 | GRAND 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 13:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV ETRD PGOV EU RU GM |
| 07BERLIN2037 | GERMANY'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 16:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR GM |
| 07BERLIN2060 | MUENTEFERING 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 18:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN2062 | BANK 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 09:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN 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 16:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN2071 | GERMAN 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 13:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC TSPA MARR MASS PGOV RU VE GM |
| 07BERLIN2077 | GERMANY 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 14:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM AORC |
| 07BERLIN208 | EB/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 17:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV PREL SENV EU GM |
| 07BERLIN2080 | APPROACHING 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 16:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR YI KO GM |
| 07BERLIN2083 | IRAN/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 17:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 10:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN 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 12:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ENRG 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 14:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW CH GM |
| 07BERLIN211 | GERMAN 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 11:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREF MARR PHUM MASS PARM PTER SNAR VE GM |
| 07BERLIN2116 | GERMANY'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 15:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE GM |
| 07BERLIN2140 | GERMAN 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 09:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM |
| 07BERLIN2141 | G-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 09:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC KNNP JA GM |
| 07BERLIN215 | JOINT 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 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PGOV ENRG AF |
| 07BERLIN2152 | CLIMATE 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 09:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV 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 12:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PREL PARM GM IR |
| 07BERLIN2157 | GERMAN RESPONSE U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-03 19:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | GM IR KNNP MNUC PARM |
| 07BERLIN2159 | GERMANY/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 11:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP 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 15:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM 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 15:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC 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 15:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR |
| 07BERLIN2172 | German 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 17:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
| 07BERLIN2173 | IRAN - 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 07:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM |
| 07BERLIN2177 | COMPREHENSIVE 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 14:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG GM |
| 07BERLIN218 | GERMANY'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 17:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OTRA FR GR IT JA KSAC EUN |
| 07BERLIN2180 | Germany'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 19:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM |
| 07BERLIN2186 | MERKEL 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 17:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN219 | EXPORT 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 17:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EINV GM |
| 07BERLIN2191 | PREVENTING IRANIAN PROLIFERATION - GERMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM |
| 07BERLIN2192 | IRAN - 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 15:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM |
| 07BERLIN2193 | GERMANY "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 17:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO GM |
| 07BERLIN2202 | ICAO/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 12:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC 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 16:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV 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 06:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD 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 06:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN2216 | (S) CONTINUED EFFORTS BY A GERMAN FIRM TO PROVIDE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-18 14:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM |
| 07BERLIN2217 | (S) SHIELD S04C-07 - GERMAN FIRM DENIES HAVING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-18 14:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR GM |
| 07BERLIN2218 | (S) SHIELD S15A-06 - SYRIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-18 15:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC SY GM |
| 07BERLIN222 | SECRETARY 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 11:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | GM KISL PTER SOCI |
| 07BERLIN2222 | IRANIAN 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 15:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL KJUS KSCA KNNP MNUC PGOV IR GM |
| 07BERLIN2239 | GERMAN 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 13:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KNNP KJUS KCRM PREL MNUC ETTC GM |
| 07BERLIN2241 | IRAN: 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 14:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL GM IR |
| 07BERLIN2256 | IRAN: 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 16:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD GM IR |
| 07BERLIN229 | DHS 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 17:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KHLS PTER CVIS PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN230 | AL-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 18:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN242 | AL-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 17:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN244 | JANUARY 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 10:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA |
| 07BERLIN251 | US-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 06:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM KJUS PREL PTER SMIG KHLS CVPR EU |
| 07BERLIN254 | GERMAN 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 10:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL GM IR |
| 07BERLIN268 | DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN269 | GOVERNMENT 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 15:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN271 | TREASURY 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PTER GM |
| 07BERLIN272 | TREASURY 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL GM IZ PK AF |
| 07BERLIN273 | TREASURY 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PREL ETTC PTER GM |
| 07BERLIN274 | TREASURY 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL GM IR |
| 07BERLIN275 | TREASURY 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL KIPR GM IR |
| 07BERLIN276 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS GERMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-11 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL GM IR |
| 07BERLIN277 | DEPUTY 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL GM IR |
| 07BERLIN278 | TREASURY 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL KIPR GM IR |
| 07BERLIN279 | GERMAN 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 13:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN GM |
| 07BERLIN281 | GERMANY 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 16:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC PARM GM |
| 07BERLIN307 | UNSCR 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 17:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR GM |
| 07BERLIN317 | BUNDESTAG 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM KJUS KLIG PGOV PINS PREL |
| 07BERLIN318 | GERMANY TO LOOK INTO POTENTIAL SALE OF GERMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP KSAC MNUC PARM PREL KHIV GM |
| 07BERLIN321 | REPORT 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 06:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM OTRA PTER UNGA KJUS GM |
| 07BERLIN334 | USEU 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 17:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD SENV PGOV PREL EU GM |
| 07BERLIN335 | LESS 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 20:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC GM PREL IR EPET ETRD |
| 07BERLIN34 | GERMAN 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 16:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP GM |
| 07BERLIN354 | GERMAN FIRM DECLINES SELLING PRINTING PRESS TO THE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-21 16:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP 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 14:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ENRG ICAO PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN360 | GERMANY 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 16:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP KNAR PARM IR GM |
| 07BERLIN361 | (S) GERMANY ALERTED TO IRAN'S EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-22 16:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW IR |
| 07BERLIN362 | BERLIN 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 18:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN371 | MISSION 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 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR GM |
| 07BERLIN376 | G-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 17:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA |
| 07BERLIN38 | GASTRIGHT 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 09:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL SNAR PTER PNAT PGOV EAID ECON ECIN |
| 07BERLIN386 | GERMAN 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 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GM IR |
| 07BERLIN390 | GERMAN 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 16:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN394 | GERMANY 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 13:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL IR GM |
| 07BERLIN397 | NEA 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 15:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI KDEM PHUM PREL GM JO YM |
| 07BERLIN399 | SECOND 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 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KHLS PGOV CVIS KVPR GM |
| 07BERLIN408 | AFGHANISTAN: 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 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON GM AF |
| 07BERLIN409 | GERMAN 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 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW EG |
| 07BERLIN431 | GERMAN 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 14:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EUN KPAL GM |
| 07BERLIN434 | BUNDESTAG 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 16:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IR GM |
| 07BERLIN442 | KINDERGARTEN 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 15:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN443 | A/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 15:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN447 | MERKEL 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 17:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EU GM |
| 07BERLIN45 | GERMANY 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 16:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM |
| 07BERLIN455 | GERMAN 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 15:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP 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 15:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA GM |
| 07BERLIN457 | NSA 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 15:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS AF LE IZ SR RS GM |
| 07BERLIN459 | GERMANY - 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 09:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC |
| 07BERLIN46 | GERMANY 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 17:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD GM KCRM OECD |
| 07BERLIN469 | GERMAN 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 16:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM ETTC PTER ENRG GM |
| 07BERLIN470 | CHANCELLERY 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 17:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SENV PREL ENRG GM |
| 07BERLIN479 | UK 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 16:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ENRG EAIR GM |
| 07BERLIN484 | GERMAN 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 14:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL KH GM |
| 07BERLIN493 | DEMARCHE TO GERMANY ON ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-09 16:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS ASEC GM AR IR LE |
| 07BERLIN494 | MDB 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 19:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN497 | TERRORIST 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 08:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER GM |
| 07BERLIN515 | IRAQ 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 10:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ GM |
| 07BERLIN520 | GERMAN 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 16:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SENV ENRG PREL PGOV PL EU GM |
| 07BERLIN524 | MURAT 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 11:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS 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 16:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK |
| 07BERLIN532 | SCENESETTER 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 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON 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 17:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MNUC ETTC PARM PREL IS GM |
| 07BERLIN535 | FEBRUARY 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 19:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA |
| 07BERLIN541 | USG 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 16:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM KSCA TSPA GM FR |
| 07BERLIN547 | DEPUTY 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 11:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL ETTC GM IR IZ |
| 07BERLIN554 | TREASURY 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 13:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN555 | TREASURY 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 13:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN 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 15:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR |
| 07BERLIN563 | GERMAN 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 17:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI GM |
| 07BERLIN567 | EON-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 10:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV ENRG PREL IR GM |
| 07BERLIN576 | GERMANY 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 16:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GM |
| 07BERLIN577 | AUSTRALIA 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 17:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW ETTC HR GM |
| 07BERLIN58 | DESIGNATION 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 16:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL KNNP PARM SY ETTC GM |
| 07BERLIN59 | COUNTERTERRORISM 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 16:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KHLS CVPR PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN597 | GERMANY NOTIFIED OF USG OUTREACH TO INCREASE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PTER KGIC GM RS |
| 07BERLIN598 | GERMANY'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 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM KSCA TSPA GM FR |
| 07BERLIN599 | GERMANY NOTIFIED OF UKRAINE JOINING THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PTER PINR PINS KNNP KGIT GM UP |
| 07BERLIN60 | GERMAN 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 16:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KHLS 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 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC GM IR AE |
| 07BERLIN601 | GERMANY/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 16:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM |
| 07BERLIN602 | GERMAN 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 16:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR PGOV PBTS PREL GM LE SY |
| 07BERLIN604 | MDA 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 16:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NATO PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN605 | SCENESETTER 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 18:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN61 | GERMAN 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 07:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM |
| 07BERLIN619 | BERLIN: 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 12:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AMGT OTRA ASEC PARM PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN637 | INFORMATION 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GM |
| 07BERLIN645 | INFORMATION 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 11:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GM |
| 07BERLIN672 | UPDATE 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 14:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN KNNP PARM PREL IR GM |
| 07BERLIN700 | USD/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 16:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR 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 13:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA GM |
| 07BERLIN72 | GERMAN 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 18:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PGOV GM EU |
| 07BERLIN73 | THIRD 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 08:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EAIR IR GM |
| 07BERLIN730 | AL 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 17:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN747 | GERMANY'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 16:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN758 | TERRORISM 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 15:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER ETTC KTFN EUN GM |
| 07BERLIN759 | GERMANY ALERTED TO U.S. BRIEFINGS AT THE NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP 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 15:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR TC CH GM |
| 07BERLIN764 | GERMANY 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 15:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR GM |
| 07BERLIN766 | GERMAN 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 16:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL IQ GM |
| 07BERLIN768 | GERMANY 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 18:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KHLS AMGT APER PTER CVIS ECON PREL CMGT |
| 07BERLIN791 | MARCH 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 18:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA |
| 07BERLIN796 | CONTROVERSY 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 15:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KISL GM |
| 07BERLIN80 | TSA 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 16:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KJUS PREL PTER GM |
| 07BERLIN801 | BERLIN: 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 19:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC GM OTRA PARM PREL |
| 07BERLIN802 | SCENESETTER 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 07:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECUN EU GM |
| 07BERLIN806 | REPORT 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 10:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR UNGA GM AF |
| 07BERLIN81 | GERMAN 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 11:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL GM XA US |
| 07BERLIN813 | APRIL 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 15:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR 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 16:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN834 | SECOND 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 17:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
| 07BERLIN835 | SECOND 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 18:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
| 07BERLIN845 | APRIL 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 17:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK |
| 07BERLIN855 | RECENT 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 09:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC PREL KTFN GM TU |
| 07BERLIN858 | THIRD 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 11:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KHLS PREL PGOV KVPR GM |
| 07BERLIN861 | TERRORISM 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 14:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC KTFN GM |
| 07BERLIN864 | TERRORIST 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 18:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER EFIN KTFN KPAO AF PK GM ZU ZP |
| 07BERLIN865 | GERMAN 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 18:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KLIG PTER GM |
| 07BERLIN884 | SNAPSHOT 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 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN892 | GERMAN 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 14:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM CBW PREL ETTC GM |
| 07BERLIN90 | GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT POSTPONEMENT OF MEGAPORTS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-16 16:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA GM |
| 07BERLIN912 | TERRORIST 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 16:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER EFIN KTFN KPAO AF GM PK ZU ZP |
| 07BERLIN92 | GERMAN 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 07:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM |
| 07BERLIN925 | ENCOURAGING 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 12:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
| 07BERLIN940 | BERLIN: 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 16:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN943 | GERMANY 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 13:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP PARM RS GM |
| 07BERLIN952 | GLOBAL 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 10:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP PINR PINS PARM PREL GM |
| 07BERLIN955 | GERMANY'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 12:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM KISL PGOV SOCI |
| 07BERLIN960 | GERMANY 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 16:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR MNUC PARM ENRG GM |
| 07BERLIN963 | GERMAN 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 17:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP KSAC MNUC PARM PREL GM KH |
| 07BERLIN964 | GERMAN 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 05:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP GM |
| 07BERLIN965 | GERMAN 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 05:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP GM |
| 07BERLIN977 | Germany 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 06:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER NATO IZ GM |
| 07BERLIN990 | German 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 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS 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 15:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK SC |
| 07BERLIN996 | AUSTRALIA 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 15:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM 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 15:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET |