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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 09BERLIN1186 |
GERMANY'S LEFT PARTY: NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME -- [...] (C) The Left Party's electoral campaign caught some wind in the final weeks before the September 27 national elections with its electoral successes in Saarland and Thuringia (see REFTELS B and C). This small surge, however, has not turned into meaningful gains in the polls despite its populis [...] |
2009-09-24 15:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
| 09BERLIN1188 |
AGING GERMAN GREENS FACED WITH DISAPPOINTMENT OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Greens will likely achieve their best federal result ever in the September 27 Bundestag election, but they are unlikely to be satisfied with Sunday's results. After the election, a fight over leadership and the future course of the party may begin in earnest. The party is fac [...] |
2009-09-24 15:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV |
| 09BERLIN1189 |
HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: DRAW-DOWN OF U.S. [...] (S) Ref A requested Embassy Berlin's assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding USAREUR's plan to inactivate or withdraw almost all of the remaining units from the city of Mannheim (state of Baden-Wurttemberg) and to close U.S. Army Garrison Mannheim. 2. (S) This message updates and su [...] |
2009-09-25 06:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN119 |
(S) GERMANY INFORMED ON IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR MY GM |
| 09BERLIN1192 |
MEDIA REACTION: G-20, UNGA, CHINA, HONDURAS, U.S.-TRAVEL, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) G-20 Summit 3. (UNGA) Reaction to Obama Speech, Iran 4. (China) Climate Protection Proposals 5. (Honduras) Power Struggle 6. (U.S.) Travel Alert 7. (Germany) Bundestag Elections/Afghanistan  [...] |
2009-09-25 11:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US HO CH |
| 09BERLIN1197 |
WESTERWELLE'S SURGE CLINCHES BLACK-YELLOW IN [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel achieved her goal of a solid parliamentary majority for her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP), but will have to contend with a self-confident FDP that is lik [...] |
2009-09-28 11:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
| 09BERLIN1199 |
MEDIA REACTION: GERMANY, IRAN, ECONOMIC, GUANTANAMO, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Outcome of Bundestag Elections 3. (Iran) New Enrichment Plant 4. (Economic) Aftermath of G-20 Summit 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guantnamo 6. (Honduras) Escalation of the Situation  [...] |
2009-09-28 13:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR ECON US HO |
| 09BERLIN120 |
IRAN: HERMES PROGRAM CUTS MAKE WAVES [...] (C) Summary: Media reports claiming a sudden, dramatic decision to reduce Hermes export guarantees for trade with Iran are overstated, German government officials tell us. Instead, the program has been wound down, with a 94% reduction since 2004, as part of Germany,s ongoing efforts to incre [...] |
2009-01-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD GM IR |
| 09BERLIN1200 |
Mission Germany Pandemic Influenza Working Group [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a September 18 meeting of Mission Germany's Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG), Mission Germany remains under tripwire two. A core group of PIWG members will begin meeting biweekly as we head into the flu season. END SUMMARY 2. (U) Mission Germany's Pandemi [...] |
2009-09-28 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN1201 |
H1N1 UPDATE: FIRST DEATH AS GERMANY HITS 20,000 MARK [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 175 cases over the weekend to a total of 20,068 on September 28. Germany reported its first suspected H1N1 death. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 28 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at [...] |
2009-09-28 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN1202 |
GERMANS RETURN FROM NY CYNICAL RE OCTOBER 1 TALKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3 for action. 2. (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on the existence of a covert uranium enrichment facility with German Iran Task Force Director, Andreas Krueger, September 28. Krueger, who had been in NY with the German delegation w [...] |
2009-09-28 16:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PARM |
| 09BERLIN1204 |
GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL H1N1 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-29 16:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL KFLU WHO GM |
| 09BERLIN1205 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY;Berlin [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran) Missile Tests 3. (Afghanistan) Elections, ISAF 4. (Germany) Aftermath of Bundestag Elections  [...] |
2009-09-30 06:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF GM |
| 09BERLIN1206 |
MERKEL AND WESTERWELLE PLAN COALITION TALKS WHILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Merkel met on Monday, September 28 with her future Vice Chancellor and probable Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle to plan coalition negotiations, with the goal of having a new government in place for the November 9 20th anniversary festivities of the fall of the wal [...] |
2009-09-30 06:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | GM PGOV |
| 09BERLIN1207 |
GERMAN SPACE AGENCY SEEKING USG SUPPORT ON OPTICAL SATELLITE COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-30 06:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA GM |
| 09BERLIN121 |
IRAN: GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S.-IRAN DIALOGUE, WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German political establishment has enthusiastically greeted the Obama administration's new approach to Iran. Public statements from the Chancellor, Foreign Minister, and Bundestag members over the last three weeks have greeted USG statements regarding dialogue with Iran. Ge [...] |
2009-01-30 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL KNNP GM IR |
| 09BERLIN1224 |
CWC BWC CLOSE ALLIES MEETING SEPTEMBER 28-29, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Meetings of Close Allies have always been valued for providing a useful venue for a frank exchange of views on, and an opportunity to coordinate approaches to, biological and chemical weapons-related issues. This meeting showed the need to re-invigorate the process, from the p [...] |
2009-09-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW GM |
| 09BERLIN1225 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GEORGIA, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) Rasmussen-Obama Meeting 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report, Hamas-Fatah Relations 5. (Georgia) Final Report on Georgian War 6. (EU) Irish Referendum 7. (China) 60th Anniversary 8. (Germany) Foreign Pol [...] |
2009-09-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF XF GG EU GM |
| 09BERLIN1228 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GEORGIA-RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Resumption of Talks 3. (Georgia-Russia) EU Report 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy  [...] |
2009-10-01 11:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR GG RS AF |
| 09BERLIN1233 |
GERMANY URGES U.S. TO SUPPORT ITS OPCW CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a September 22 letter to the Ambassador, German MFA DepSec-equivalent Reinhard Silberberg strongly lobbied the USG to support German Ambassador Peter Gottwald for Director General of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) [...] |
2009-10-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL CWCM GM |
| 09BERLIN1234 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU-IRELAND, OLYMPICS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) German Role 4. (EU) Irish Vote on Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Chicago's Olympic Bid 6. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform  [...] |
2009-10-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU US |
| 09BERLIN1235 |
GERMAN READOUT ON IRAN P5+1 TALKS: POSITIVE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. German MFA Political Director Stanzel gave a detailed readout of the P5 1 Iran meeting to the diplomatic corps and said he had been pleasantly surprised with the outcome of the October 1 talks. He stressed Germany's positive assessment of the Tehran Research Reactor agreement, [...] |
2009-10-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | GM KNNP PGOV PREL IR |
| 09BERLIN1236 |
H1N1 UPDATE: 21,129 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 481 cases to a total of 21,129 on October 2. RKI and ECDC have confirmed the first H1N1 death in Germany. Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the H1N1 vaccine will be delivered to Germany in the com [...] |
2009-10-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN1238 |
BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) EADS Defense and Security Head of Trade Compliance, Doris Wirth, informed EconOff that the reftel ITAR-controlled push button switches were purchased by EADS via Air Parts Ltd on August 28, 2007 (P.O. 422/4124963) in support of the Eurofighter Program. Wirth did not specifically identify [...] |
2009-10-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC UK GM |
| 09BERLIN1240 |
CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S NEW COALITION: WHAT IT MEANS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's election of a center-right governing coalition, composed of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), was supposed to herald a shift to a more business-friendly government. The [...] |
2009-10-05 05:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN1241 |
A FEW GOOD MINISTERS: WHO MIGHT BE WHERE IN THE [...] (C//NF) Summary: The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) began coalition negotiations on October 5, and although personnel issues will be addressed last, speculation on the Cabinet make-up already is in full swing. German cabinet minister [...] |
2009-10-05 12:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | GM PGOV PREL |
| 09BERLIN1242 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, OLYMPICS, NIDEAST, EU; Berlin [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Olympics) Impact on Obama Administration 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 5. (Ireland) Aftermath of Irish Vote On Lisbon Treaty  [...] |
2009-10-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR US XF EU |
| 09BERLIN1243 |
CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S NEW COALITION: WHAT IT MEANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's election of a center-right governing coalition, composed of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), was supposed to herald a shift to a more business- friendly government. [...] |
2009-10-05 13:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN1244 |
OCT. 7 IRAN MEETING: GERMANY COMMITTED TO [...] (S) SUMMARY. The German Chancellery's Deputy National Security Advisor equivalent, Nikel, stressed to the DCM, in an October 1 meeting, that Chancellor Merkel remained committed to pursuing serious sanctions should Iran not cooperate on the nuclear dossier. However, both Nikel and MFA offici [...] |
2009-10-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM UNSC PREL IR ETTC GM |
| 09BERLIN1247 |
GERMAN CHOD EXPECTS SOCIAL DEMOCRATS TO TURN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. At a September 29 dinner hosted by Ambassador Murphy in honor of SACEUR ADM Stavridis, German Chief of Defense GEN Schneiderhan expressed concern that with the departure of many Social Democratic Party (SPD) leaders and parliamentarians who were reliable supporters of the Bund [...] |
2009-10-06 05:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR PGOV AF GM |
| 09BERLIN125 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, DAVOS, TURKEY-ISRAEL, FINANCE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Elections 3. Davos Global Economic Forum 4. Turkish PM Erdogan Clashes With Israel 5. Financial Markets 6. Protests in Russia  [...] |
2009-02-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS RS IZ TU XF |
| 09BERLIN1251 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Pakistan) Islamabad Bomb Attack 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 7. (U.S.) Economic Policy 8. (U.S.) No Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting  [...] |
2009-10-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR PK AF EU US |
| 09BERLIN1258 |
MEDIA REACTION: DPRK, AFGHANISTAN, IMF, ECONOMIC, HONDURAS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (DPRK) U.S. Relations 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting in Istanbul 5. (Economic) U.S. Labor Market Policy 6. (Honduras) Power Struggle 7. (Economic) Weakness of The Dollar 8. (U.S.) Obama A [...] |
2009-10-07 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KN AF EFIN ELAB HO US EU |
| 09BERLIN1259 |
DASD TOWNSEND'S SEPTEMBER 23-25 CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. DASD for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend visited Berlin September 23-25 for the first annual bilateral defense consultations with the German MOD, and also had wide-ranging consultations with senior officials at the MFA and Chancellery. All were anxious about the current sta [...] |
2009-10-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GM |
| 09BERLIN126 |
GERMANY: POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED ISSUES [...] The key points of contact for NPT-related issues in the German MFA are Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Nikolai von Schoepff and his deputy Stefan Kordasch. According to von Schoepff, Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Peter Gottwald, is likely to lead the German de [...] |
2009-02-02 16:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09BERLIN1263 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, IMF, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) U.S. Strategic Deliberations 3. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Italy) Implications of Court Ruling for Berlusconi  [...] |
2009-10-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF EFIN EU IT |
| 09BERLIN1264 |
(S) GERMANY TAKES ACTION ON SEIZURE OF IRANIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY: The German government is moving aggressively to help thwart delivery of UNSCR-sanctioned Iranian origin munitions to Syria that are currently aboard the German-flagged vessel M/V HANSA INDIA. Following a German demar [...] |
2009-10-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR UK MT LY EG GM |
| 09BERLIN1267 |
H1N1 Update: 22,110 Cases; Second Death Reported [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 507 cases to 22,110 on October 8. RKI has announced the death of a 5-year old boy from Munich (Bavaria) who had been infected with H1N1. Germany hopes to start its H1N1 vaccination program at the end of October. END SUMM [...] |
2009-10-09 09:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN1270 |
MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA-NOBEL, AFGHANISTAN, ITALY, UK, U.S.; [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Norway) President Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Italy) Implications of Court Ruling on Berlusconi 5. (UK) Tory Party Conference 6. (U.S.) Economic Development  [...] |
2009-10-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO US AF IT UK ECON |
| 09BERLIN1271 |
WESTERWELLE FIRM ON REMOVAL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C//NF) Summary: A well-placed FDP source said that on the first day of coalition negotiations (October 5) between the CDU, CSU and the FDP, FDP leader Westerwelle argued for the removal of the remaining non-strategic nuclear weapons from German soil. Interior Minister Schaeuble (CDU) asserte [...] |
2009-10-09 12:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MNUC MARR GM |
| 09BERLIN1273 |
GERMANS MAY BE WILLING TO SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN, [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-09 15:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN AF GM |
| 09BERLIN1274 |
MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, RUSSIA-U.S., [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Bomb Attack 3. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 4. (Russia-U.S.) Clinton Visit 5. (Mideast) Aftermath of Goldstone Report 6. (U.S.) Nobel Peace Prize for Obama 7. (Turkey-Armenia) Rapprochement 8. (EU) Future of Lisbon Tr [...] |
2009-10-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PK AF RS XF US AM EU |
| 09BERLIN1275 |
MTCR INFORMATION EXCHANGE PROPOSALS SHARED WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-13 16:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA BR FR GM |
| 09BERLIN1276 |
GERMANY INVITED TO WASHINGTON EXPERTS AND TOKYO [...] (SBU) Econoff provided reftel information to MFA Desk Officer for Nuclear Energy and Non-proliferation Dr. Bernd Rinnert. Rinnert thanked Econoff for the points and stated that the German Sherpa for the Nuclear Security Summit will be Ambassador Viktor Elbling, Commissioner for Nuclear Energy [...] |
2009-10-13 16:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA |
| 09BERLIN1277 |
GICNT: GERMANY NOTIFIED OF NEW DATES; QUESTIONS [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to German MFA desk officer Dr. Bernd Rinnert. Russian MFA First Secretary Dmitry Cherkaschin also attended. Rinnert thanked Econoff for the information. 2. (SBU) Rinnert wondered aloud how the GICNT fits into the G-20 as it overtakes the G-8 and, pre [...] |
2009-10-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM |
| 09BERLIN128 |
NATO ENLARGEMENT: GERMANY TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS [...] The NATO accession protocols for Croatia and Albania have already been approved by both houses of the German Parliament and signed by President Horst Koehler. A notice to this effect was published in the German Legal Gazette on December 31. The only remaining step is for Germany to deposit [...] |
2009-02-02 17:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN1280 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, EU, U.S.; Berlin [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 3. (Afghanistan) Secret Increase in U.S. Forces 4. (EU) Ratification of Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Climate Protection  [...] |
2009-10-14 12:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO US AF EU |
| 09BERLIN1281 |
GERMAN VIEWS ON STRENGTHENING IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. During a friendly and frank discussion of Iran that the Ambassador hosted in honor of Dr. Condoleezza Rice on October 6, German parliamentarians, Chancellery and MFA officials, and senior think-tank researchers agreed that the international community was approaching an "end game" [...] |
2009-10-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM UNSC PREL PGOV IR ETTC GM |
| 09BERLIN1285 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, EU-TURKEY, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) British Role 3. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 4. (EU-Turkey) Progress Report 5. (EU) Future President 6. (U.S.) Future Role in the World 7. (China-Russia) Natural Resources Agreement  [...] |
2009-10-15 12:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF US EU TK RS |
| 09BERLIN1292 |
MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, TURKEY-ISRAEL, UNHRC, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Series of Bomb Attacks 3. (Turkey-Israel) Relations 4. (UNHRC) Goldstone Report 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (EU-U.S.) Dollar, SWIFT Â [...] |
2009-10-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PK TK UN EV EU |
| 09BERLIN1294 |
(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-16 13:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR MY GM |
| 09BERLIN1296 |
GERMANY COULD HAVE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT WITHIN [...] (C//NF) Summary: A well-placed Free Democratic Party (FDP) source told Emboffs October 15 that Chancellor Angela Merkel aims to finish coalition negotiations between her Christian Democratic Union, the Christian Social Union, and the FDP by October 18, but that the FDP viewed a completion of [...] |
2009-10-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL |
| 09BERLIN1297 |
(S) GERMANY PLANNING TO RECALL COMPUTERS CONNECTED WITH IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM REF: A. BERLIN 487 B. BERLIN 406 C. STATE 31434 BERLIN 00001297 001.2 OF 002 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: After they confirm the place of origin, Germany is planning to take back over one hundred boxes of Siemens industrial computers/equipment that were purchased by an entity associated with Iran's nuclear program and are currently in a secure storage facility in the UAE. Germany repor [...] |
2009-10-19 15:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR AE UK CH GM |
| 09BERLIN1300 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Clinton Interview 3. (Iran) Bombings 4. (Sudan) New U.S. Strategy 5. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 6. (Pakistan) Government Offensive 7. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Talks  [...] |
2009-10-20 06:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO US IR SU AF PK |
| 09BERLIN1304 |
H1N1 Update: 22,936 Cases; Concerns over Vaccine [...] (U) SUMMARY: From October 7-13, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 942 cases to a total of 22,936. As of October 12, Germany is reporting new H1N1 cases on a weekly, rather than daily, basis. The Ministry of Health (BMG) announced that the H1N1 vaccination program will [...] |
2009-10-20 06:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN1310 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, SUDAN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Talks in Vienna 3. Afghanistan Election Fraud 4. New U.S. Policy on Sudan  [...] |
2009-10-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR AF SU |
| 09BERLIN1314 |
GERMANY ON TEC: MORE MODEST AGENDA, READY TO DEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The German government, worried that the Transatlantic Economic Cooperation (TEC) process may stall at the upcoming TEC meeting on October 26-27, is setting more modest goals. The German government has submitted five agenda items - on financial regulations, innovative techno [...] |
2009-10-21 08:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN PREL ECIN EU GM |
| 09BERLIN1315 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, IRAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghan Runoff Elections 3. VP Biden in Europe, Missile Defense Policy Shift 4. Iranian Nuclear Program 5. Climate Protection  [...] |
2009-10-21 12:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IR EZ PL |
| 09BERLIN1319 |
GERMAN SPACE AGENCY FLOATS A MERGED GPS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A senior German Space Agency (DLR) official informally floated the idea of aligning the security aspects of the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and the European Galileo Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) under the framework of NATO within the next ten years. [...] |
2009-10-22 10:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR UK GM |
| 09BERLIN1320 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, VP BIDEN IN EUROPE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Nuclear Program 3. VP Biden in New Europe 4. Guantanamo 5. Climate Protection 6. Afghanistan  [...] |
2009-10-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF US PL IR GM |
| 09BERLIN1324 |
OHB-SYSTEM CEO CALLS GALILEO A WASTE OF GERMAN TAX PAYER MONEY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-22 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM |
| 09BERLIN1325 |
GERMAN GOVERNMENT TRANSITION LIKELY TO FORECLOSE [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Head of Union for the Mediterranean and BMENA Andreas Berg told Poloff October 21 that it is unlikely that a high-level government official will be able to attend the November 2-3 Forum for the Future since the new German government will likely only have just been sworn the we [...] |
2009-10-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI GM |
| 09BERLIN1327 |
MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAN-ISRAEL, NATO MINISTERIAL, VP [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Secret Meeting between Iran and Israel 3. Afghanistan/NATO Ministerial 4. Taliban in Pakistan 5. Biden in Europe  [...] |
2009-10-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PK AK IR IS GM RO EZ PL |
| 09BERLIN1329 |
64TH UNGA: GERMAN CANDIDATE FOR ICSC, WOLFGANG [...] (SBU) MFA UN Budget, Administration, and Personnel Division Chief Michael Fabri-Weiland sent Poloff electronically biographic information on the German candidate for the International Civil Service Commission, Mr. Wolfgang Stoeckl (reftel). Post will forward the information electronically to [...] |
2009-10-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UNGA GM |
| 09BERLIN1332 |
GERMAN VIEWS ON OCTOBER 26-27 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Germany is in broad agreement with U.S. points on Afghanistan/Pakistan, but officials expect no discussion on the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Pakistan during the October GAERC. Afghanistan discussions will center around adopting the Council's Action Plan, which, Germany believes, [...] |
2009-10-23 16:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN EAID PHUM ETRD AFDB PK GM |
| 09BERLIN1333 |
GERMANY EXPRESSES TEPID SUPPORT FOR GEOGRAPHICAL [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to representatives of Germany's Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Economics and Technology and the Foreign Office. 2. (SBU) The head of the AgMin's International Trade Policy Division, Klaus Kehrein, told FAS that extending Geographical Indicat [...] |
2009-10-26 06:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN KIPR |
| 09BERLIN1337 |
GERMANY'S COALITION AGREEMENT STRESSES PRIORITY OF [...] (U) Summary: The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) signed a coalition agreement in the early morning of October 24, laying the groundwork for their next four years of cooperation as the country's governing coalition. The agreem [...] |
2009-10-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MNUC PHUM GM |
| 09BERLIN1338 |
GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) MFA Human Rights Department Desk Officer Dirk Sander informed Poloff October 26 that Germany agrees with the U.S. position to oppose no-action motions and intends to do likewise. He said that Germany intends to support the three country-specific resolutions (reftel): on Iran, Burma, an [...] |
2009-10-26 16:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN GM |
| 09BERLIN1339 |
EU SUMMIT DOMINATED BY CZECH DEMANDS; PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: German experts believe that EU leaders will spend much of the October 29-30 EU Summit coordinating with the Czechs over final steps needed to sign the Lisbon Treaty. Meanwhile, there seems little likelihood that the summit will produce actual candidates for the new positions of EU [...] |
2009-10-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN GM |
| 09BERLIN1340 |
GERMANY'S NEW COALITION AGREEMENT: THE DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Germany's recently elected CDU/CSU-FDP coalition signed a Coalition Agreement -- the document setting out policy priorities for the next four years -- on October 24, 2009. The agreement includes several elements -- tax cuts worth around 24 billion euros for individuals and pri [...] |
2009-10-26 17:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN1354 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, UN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iraq) New Violence 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (UN) Karadzic Trial 7. (Germany) Murder Trial Against Man Who Stabbed Muslim Woman 8. (Germany) New Coalition Agreeme [...] |
2009-10-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ IR AF UN GM |
| 09BERLIN1355 |
AIRBUS IS CONVINCED THAT THE U.S. TANKER BIDDING [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Airbus CEO Thomas Enders expressed strong disappointment regarding the bidding process for the next generation of U.S. Air Force tankers. He contended that Boeing has used its influence to ensure a process that will work in its favor. [...] |
2009-10-28 06:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PINR PREL EU GM |
| 09BERLIN1356 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GERMAN FM-DESIGNATE [...] (C) German Foreign Minister-Designate Guido Westerwelle (Free Democratic Party - FDP) and MFA State Minister-Designate Werner Hoyer (FDP) paid a brief introductory call on the Ambassador at the Embassy on October 27. Westerwelle was in a buoyant mood over FDP results in the election, and th [...] |
2009-10-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL GM AF |
| 09BERLIN1357 |
GERMANY SUPPORTS MODIFED CONSENSUS LANGUAGE IN ATT [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel points, MFA Arms Control Chief Peter Gottwald told POL M/C that Germany would support the modified language on consensus proposed by the German Ambassador in Washington. Gottwald had initially given little thought to further coordination with the UK -- sp [...] |
2009-10-28 13:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNGA MCAP GM |
| 09BERLIN1358 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear 3. (Afghanistan) New Strategy 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Presidency 6. (Middle East) Conflict Over Water Resources  [...] |
2009-10-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU XF |
| 09BERLIN1360 |
THE NEW GERMAN CABINET - AN OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) Chancellor Merkel's new Cabinet emerged early on October 24 after a month of intense media speculation about its make-up; it contained several surprises. Perhaps the most unexpected announcements were that of former Interior Minister Schaeuble as Finance Minister and former Economics Min [...] |
2009-10-29 06:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
| 09BERLIN1361 |
EMBASSY PRODUCING COUNTER RADICALIZATION VIDEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin is producing a counter radicalization video that highlights messages from Germany-based Muslim community leaders who reject extremism and promote tolerance and understanding among religions. Mission Germany recently organized ten days of filming by a U.S.-Indonesi [...] |
2009-10-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC KPAO KHLS GM |
| 09BERLIN1362 |
GERMANY REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON EXPORT WITH MTCR "NO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) MFA Export Control Division Officer Dirk Haupt provided Global Affairs Officer on October 28 with non-paper requesting U.S. guidance by November 17 on a pending German export of extruded aluminum plates to India that may have been [...] |
2009-10-29 10:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MTCRE PGOV PREL PINR TSPA KSCA IN GM |
| 09BERLIN1364 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, AFGHANISTAN MIDEAST, IRAN, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Bomb Attack, U.S. Strategy 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Brother on CIA Payroll 4. (Mideast) Clinton Visit 5. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 6. (EU) Future President 7. (U.S.-Germany) Relations 8. (Environment) Climate Talks [...] |
2009-10-29 13:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR EU GM KGHG |
| 09BERLIN1367 |
FDA REPORTABLE FOOD REGISTRY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-30 06:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON GE |
| 09BERLIN1368 |
FDA REPORTABLE FOOD REGISTRY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-30 06:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON GE |
| 09BERLIN1371 |
MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Middle East) Secretary Clinton's Visit 3. (Afghanistan) U.S. Strategy, NATO Report on Air Strikes 4. (Iran) Nuclear Program 5. (EU) Summit Meeting, EU President 6. (U.S.) Economic Recovery  [...] |
2009-10-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO XF AK IR EU US |
| 09BERLIN1372 |
MTCR: U.S. REPORT ON CONTACTS WITH NON-PARTNERS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA ETTC MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA FR BR GM |
| 09BERLIN1373 |
SCENESETTER: CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: This meeting will be an opportunity to engage Merkel on achieving several common goals: success in Afghanistan, preventing a nuclear weaponized Iran, and dealing with climate change. You may also wish to discuss the closing of Guantanamo, engaging Russia productively, and advan [...] |
2009-10-30 17:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MNUC GM |
| 09BERLIN1376 |
CHANCELLOR RULES OUT TROOP INCREASE BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellor Merkel has firmly decided against seeking authorization for additional troops when the parliamentary mandate for the Bundeswehr's participation in ISAF comes up for renewal in December. Merkel's decision to put off any possible troop increase until after next year's A [...] |
2009-10-30 19:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV AF |
| 09BERLIN1377 |
SECURITY TAKES BACKSEAT AS NEW JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new Federal Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has strong views on individual liberties and personal privacy that are likely to lead to complications with the USG concerning law enforcement security cooperation and data sharing. Leutheusser-Schnarrenb [...] |
2009-11-02 07:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS KHLS GM |
| 09BERLIN1381 |
MEDIA REACTION: GERMAN CHANCELLOR IN THE US, CLIMATE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. US-Germany/Climate 3. Afghan Presidential Elections 4. Secretary Clinton in the Mideast  [...] |
2009-11-02 13:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF XF |
| 09BERLIN1382 |
FY 2009 IO&P Voluntary UNFCCC Contribution Confirmed [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC ABUD KGHG SENV |
| 09BERLIN1387 |
MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-GERMANY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Mideast) Clinton Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Winner of Elections 4. (U.S.-Germany) Chancellor Merkel to Address Congress 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (Economic) CIT Collapse 8. (U.S.) Presid [...] |
2009-11-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO XF AG GM KGHG IR EFIN US |
| 09BERLIN1389 |
H1N1 Update: 29,907 Confirmed Cases; 4 New H1N1 [...] (U) SUMMARY: From October 21-29, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 3,075 to a total of 29,907 cases. Four more H1N1 deaths have been reported for a total of 6 deaths in Germany. In an October 26 meeting, the Vice President of the Robert Koch Institute stated that we ar [...] |
2009-11-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN139 |
GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION REGARDING ABKHAZ [...] (C) Charge raised reftel points with MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg on February 4, urging Germany to oppose a possible Russian call for Abkhaz separatist leaders to participate in a formal UNSC meeting regarding the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). Silverberg agreed that now [...] |
2009-02-04 09:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL GG GM |
| 09BERLIN1391 |
NEW FM WESTERWELLE LIKELY TO RAISE NON-STRATEGIC [...] (S) SUMMARY. New German Foreign Minister Westerwelle will likely raise the issue of nuclear weapons when he has his initial meeting with Secretary Clinton in Washington this week. Given his very public advocacy over the past several months for the withdrawal of all remaining nuclear weapons [...] |
2009-11-03 17:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL MNUC MARR NATO PARM PGOV GM RU |
| 09BERLIN1392 |
SCENESETTER: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Washington on the heels of Chancellor Merkel and one week after assuming his cabinet position. He is painfully conscious of being inexperienced; out of his element, he has clung to his scripts. However, his staff assured us that Wes [...] |
2009-11-03 17:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG MNUC AF GM IR RS |
| 09BERLIN1393 |
GERMANY'S NEW INTERIOR MINISTER FACES STEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new federal interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, is known for being a competent administrator who performed effectively over the past four years as the Chancellery Chief of Staff. De Maiziere is a close confidant of Chancellor Merkel, their professional relationship d [...] |
2009-11-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL KHLS KJUS GM |
| 09BERLIN1394 |
GERMANY VIEWS CURRENT DRAFT GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA NEA Division Director Boris Ruge and MFA Desk Officer, Human Rights Division, Georg Klussmann November 3 to deliver reftel points. Ruge had argued to Poloff separately before the joint meeting with Klussmann that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas needs [...] |
2009-11-04 15:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS KPAL GM |
| 09BERLIN1395 |
GM DECISION NOT TO SELL OPEL GREETED BY SHOCK AND [...] (C) Summary: Just hours after Chancellor Merkel's historic November 3 address to a joint session of Congress, General Motors (GM) canceled its sale of Opel to Canadian auto parts manufacturer Magna. The decision, which followed repeated assurances from GM that it was a done deal, came as a co [...] |
2009-11-05 06:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON ELAB PREL RU GM |
| 09BERLIN14 |
(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONTINUED IRANIAN INTEREST [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-07 14:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR FR GM |
| 09BERLIN1400 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, GENERAL MOTORS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GMQs U-turn 3. Chancellor Merkel in the US 4. President Obama Q One year after the elections 5. Lisbon Treaty 6. CIA Q Italian Court 7. Climate Change 8. Iranian Protests 9. Afghanistan  [...] |
2009-11-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG IR EU GM US IT |
| 09BERLIN1402 |
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SHIFT AGAINST OEF; BUNDESWEHR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Just weeks after suffering its worst Bundestag election results since the end of World War II, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is showing the first signs of a swing to the left on security policy. According to a senior SPD Bundestag staffer, the party will oppose the renewal of [...] |
2009-11-05 14:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV GM |
| 09BERLIN1403 |
SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Berlin warmly welcomes you to Germany for the historic 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin is hosting all four-powers and EU leaders at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to mark this occasion. Your visit includes meetings with Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister [...] |
2009-11-05 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF MNUC AF RS IR KPAL KWBG GM |
| 09BERLIN1405 |
(S) GERMANY ALERTED TO IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-05 16:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU KS GM |
| 09BERLIN1406 |
GERMANY SUPPORTS "DOUBLE ROLLOVER" OF EU SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany agrees that Belarus has made little progress on human rights or democratization recently and therefore supports a "double rollover" of both the suspension of EU sanctions as well as the sanctions regime itself at the November 16-17 EU GAERC meeting. We made the case for [...] |
2009-11-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PHUM BO GM |
| 09BERLIN1409 |
MEDIA REACTION: GENERAL MOTORS, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GM's U-turn 3. UN staff in Afghanistan relocated 4. German Foreign Policy 5. Fall of the Wall 6. Mideast Peace Process  [...] |
2009-11-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO XF AF GM US |
| 09BERLIN1412 |
READOUT OF 1540 EXPERTS MEETING IN BERLIN [...] (U) Summary. UNSCR 1540 implementation experts from the G8 met in Berlin from October 22-23, 2009 at the invitation of the German Foreign Office. All participants felt this was a useful and successful undertaking. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange views on the status of 1540 implem [...] |
2009-11-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN1413 |
GERMAN CHANCELLERY CLAIMS RACE FOR EU COUNCIL [...] (C) Chancellery EU Affairs Director Dirk Loelke told us November 6 that notwithstanding European press reports touting Belgian PM Rompuy and UK FM Miliband as the clear favorites to become the first European Council President and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs under the Lisbon Trea [...] |
2009-11-06 18:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GM |
| 09BERLIN1414 |
GERMANY SUPPORTS MONTENEGRO FOR MAP AT DECEMBER [...] (C) Drawing on ref B, post outlined the U.S. position on NATO enlargement for the December 3-4 NATO foreign ministerial with MFA NATO Office Director Bernhard Schlagheck and Deputy Gunnar Denecke on November 2. Confirming what we had heard earlier from the Chancellery, Schlagheck said that Ge [...] |
2009-11-09 06:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA GM UP GG MW BK |
| 09BERLIN1415 |
NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ZU GUTTENBERG ON MANDATES, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 5 introductory meeting, new Defense Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg told Ambassador Murphy that one of his immediate challenges was dealing with five separate Bundeswehr mandates that come up for renewal in December, which is complicated by uncertainty about [...] |
2009-11-09 07:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO ETRD KNNP PARM EFIN PGOV |
| 09BERLIN1416 |
MEDIA REACTION: 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Fall of the Wall Anniversary 3. Climate Change Copenhagen 4. Afghanistan 5. Health Care Reform  [...] |
2009-11-09 12:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF |
| 09BERLIN1418 |
H1N1 Spikes By Over a Third in a Week: 10,368 New [...] (U) SUMMARY: From October 26 to November 1, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 10,368 cases to 40,271 total cases. Five more deaths were reported in Germany due to H1N1 increasing the total number of death to eleven. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its November 9 press briefi [...] |
2009-11-09 15:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN142 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN/LIEBERMAN TO MUNICH, [...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you to Munich for the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC). The high profile U.S. delegation is eliciting extreme interest from the MSC's international participants, among them more than 70 heads of state or government, and foreign and defense min [...] |
2009-02-04 11:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN1420 |
MEDIA REACTION: FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, AFGHANISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall 3. OEF Offensive in Kunduz 4. GM/Opel 5. Top EU Jobs  [...] |
2009-11-10 11:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG |
| 09BERLIN1428 |
NEW GERMAN AF/PAK REP: POLITICIAN OR DIPLOMAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig told us November 9 that a decision would be taken by the new center-right government "relatively soon" on a German AF/PAK special representative. The coalition agreement between the Christian Democratic Union/Christian [...] |
2009-11-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO GM AF PK |
| 09BERLIN1429 |
MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, ARMISTICE DAY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. Armistice Day 5. Muslims in Germany  [...] |
2009-11-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF CH JA FR EU GM |
| 09BERLIN143 |
SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JOHN KERRY, CHAIRMAN OF [...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you to Munich for the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC). The high profile U.S. delegation is eliciting extreme interest from the MSC's international participants, among them more than 70 heads of state or government, and foreign and defense min [...] |
2009-02-04 11:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN1430 |
(S) GERMANY ALERTED TO PREVENT IRANIAN ACQUISITION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR MY GM |
| 09BERLIN1431 |
(S) GERMANY INFORMED OF IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR CH GM |
| 09BERLIN1432 |
BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) In response to Blue Lantern post-shipment check on license 050117142, International Spares Services (ISS) GmbH Business Director, Albrecht Schwecht, confirmed to EconOff that the International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled tachometers purchased from MPS Logistics, Inc. are for the G [...] |
2009-11-12 13:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM |
| 09BERLIN1433 |
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HEUSGEN ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen told EUR A/S Phil Gordon and Ambassador Murphy in a November 10 meeting in Berlin that Germany strongly preferred that the proposed international conference on Afghanistan be held outside the country to make it easier to pre [...] |
2009-11-12 17:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO MNUC PARM KNNP GM IR RU AF |
| 09BERLIN1434 |
MFA STATE MINISTER HOYER DEFENDS WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA State Minister Werner Hoyer strongly defended the new government's commitment to seek the withdrawal of all remaining nuclear weapons from Germany during a November 10 meeting with EUR A/S Phil Gordon and Ambassador Murphy, arguing that there was not one credible scenario in w [...] |
2009-11-12 17:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO MNUC PARM GM RU AF |
| 09BERLIN1435 |
ACTING MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR HABER ON BOSNIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting MFA Political Director Emily Haber, who is the MFA's Special Envoy for Southeast Europe and Turkey, discussed follow-up to the Butmir Talks and the future of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia with EUR A/S Gordon during a November 10 meeting in Berlin. Haber w [...] |
2009-11-12 17:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EUN PHUM GM TU BK |
| 09BERLIN1436 |
MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, SWIFT, RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. US-EU SWIFT Agreement 5. President Medvedev's address to the nation 6. Turkish-Kurdish Conflict  [...] |
2009-11-13 12:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO JP CH AF GM XG US |
| 09BERLIN1438 |
GERMANY NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN BANK [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-13 15:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PRM IR GM |
| 09BERLIN144 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CLINTON, PROTECTIONISM, MUSLIMS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran Launches Satellite 3. Transatlantic Relations 4. Danger Of Protectionism 5. Muslim World/Guantnamo 6. Financial Crisis Hits Russia 7. Turkish-Israeli Relations 9. Controversy over Pope Benedict  [...] |
2009-02-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM RS IR US ID TU VT |
| 09BERLIN1440 |
(S) GERMANY DENIES TEST CHAMBER EXPORTS DUE TO [...] (S) The German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) recently denied two separate applications from Voetsch Industrietechnik GmbH for the export of VT7004 test chambers to entities affiliated with Iran's missile program. On November 12, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer, [...] |
2009-11-13 15:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MUNC TSPA IR TH ML SN |
| 09BERLIN1441 |
GERMAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 16-17 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Belarus, Germany concedes that the GAERC is likely to extend both the sanctions regime and the suspension of those sanctions until October 2010, but continues to believe that it would be better to extend them only to May 2010. Germany is eager to increase cooperation with Rus [...] |
2009-11-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV MARR MOPS BO RU UP SO BK |
| 09BERLIN1442 |
GERMAN VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. position laid out in reftel: continued engagement with Russia on difficult issues such as Iran and Georgia remains necessary, and the negative developments in Ukraine reinforce the need for Ukrainian leaders to work together. Despite a negative [...] |
2009-11-13 16:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG |
| 09BERLIN1447 |
SRAP HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 12 meeting in Berlin, MFA State Minister Werner Hoyer and U.S. Special Representative Holbrooke discussed ministerial attendance at Karzai's November 19 inauguration, ongoing U.S. deliberations on a new Afghanistan strategy, and proposals for improving coordinat [...] |
2009-11-16 10:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID NATO GM AF |
| 09BERLIN1449 |
MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN CHINA, BURMA, CLIMATE, [...] Lead Stories 2. U.S.-Chinese Relations 3. U.S.-Burmese Relations 4. APEC--Climate Protection 5. Iranian Nuclear Conflict 6. Future of Guant namo Prisoners 7. Strategy on Afghanistan  [...] |
2009-11-16 13:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF BM CH IR |
| 09BERLIN1451 |
Spike of H1N1 Cases - 53,957 Total; 5 New Deaths [...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 2-8, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 14,890 cases to a total of 53,957 cases. Five more H1N1 related deaths were reported in Germany, increasing the total number of deaths to sixteen. Germany plans to order 150,000 doses of a non-adjuvant v [...] |
2009-11-16 15:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN1454 |
IRAN: NEW GERMAN FM WESTERWELLE FOLLOWING CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S TOUGH STANCE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: After his first 2 weeks in office, Germany's new FM has taken clear positions on Iran. He made a number of public remarks in support of Chancellor Merkel's "zero tolerance" for Iranian nuclear weapons, and voiced strong support for the dual track policy. MFA Iran Task Force [...] |
2009-11-17 07:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR GM KNNP |
| 09BERLIN1455 |
GERMANY: CAMPAIGN AGAINST NON-STRATEGIC NUKES TO [...] (C) Summary. On November 10 MFA Arms Control Chief Peter Gottwald told the Ambassador that Germany would continue to engage with Belgium and the Netherlands in advance of a broader NATO discussion over the removal of non-strategic nuclear weapons from Germany. Gottwald insisted that tactical [...] |
2009-11-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC MARR PARM NATO KNNP KACT GM |
| 09BERLIN1456 |
GERMANY REVERSES COURSE ON BOSNIA OHR CLOSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite Germany's earlier support for the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia, officials now say it should remain open until at least 2011. However, they believe the OHR is a damaged body that is barely able to perform the job it has been given. If t [...] |
2009-11-17 10:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL BK GM |
| 09BERLIN1458 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, FAO-SUMMIT, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process, Palestinian State 5. (Environment) FAO Summit Meeting 6. (EU) Future President  [...] |
2009-11-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG |
| 09BERLIN1460 |
GERMANY'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS REJECT PARTY'S TOP-DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's struggling Social Democratic Party (SPD) voted in a new leadership and recommitted itself to serving as the country's center-left people's party at its November 13-15 party convention. After having suffered its worst defeat at the polls since World War II, the newly [...] |
2009-11-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF GM |
| 09BERLIN1463 |
(C) GERMANY WELCOMES US GUIDANCE ON THE EXPORT OF [...] (C) On November 17, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer, Dirk Roland Haupt, responding to a German information request on a pending German export of extruded aluminum plates to India. Haupt thanked the USG for delivering the response within the reque [...] |
2009-11-17 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IN GM |
| 09BERLIN1467 |
EUROPEANS TRACK U.S. ON EAST AFRICA BUT REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: During a German MFA experts level meeting in Berlin to discuss the challenges facing East Africa, it was clear the Europeans saw eye to eye with the United States on most Horn issues but differed on the advisability of sanctions against Eritrea. We agreed Ethiopia's role in the region [...] |
2009-11-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER PHSA SENV DJ ER ET GM KE SO |
| 09BERLIN1468 |
GERMAN MFA SAYS EU PREPARING SANCTIONS ON GUINEA, [...] (C) German MFA Assistant Secretary-equivalent for African Affairs Muelmenstaedt met with visiting AF DAS Wycoff October 15 in Berlin, prior to the October 16 MFA-hosted quint discussion on East Africa (reported reftel). During the bilat, we reviewed East Africa generally (information reported [...] |
2009-11-18 09:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CD CG SU GM |
| 09BERLIN1469 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Debate Over Troop Withdrawal 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Top Jobs 6. (Transparency International) New Ranking  [...] |
2009-11-18 11:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US AF KGHG EU |
| 09BERLIN1470 |
ON THE EVE OF THE KARZAI INAUGURAL: GERMAN VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany completely shares U.S. priorities for the new Afghan government, and FM Westerwelle plans to reinforce these points in a scheduled bilateral meeting with Karzai after the November 19 inauguration. The German MFA remains skeptical about the idea of dual-hatting the U.S. Am [...] |
2009-11-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO ECON EAID GM AF PK |
| 09BERLIN1471 |
GERMANY AND BUNDESWEHR TRANSFORMATION: COMMITTED [...] (U) SUMMARY. DefMin Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg in his first speech to the new Bundestag on November 10 emphasized that the Bundeswehr must be "sleeker, even more efficient, and even more focused on out-of-area operations," indicating that the new MOD remains committed to developing a more mob [...] |
2009-11-18 15:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM |
| 09BERLIN1474 |
GERMANY STILL MALLEABLE ON SEVERAL UNGA [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA Deputy Head of UN General Assembly Division Julia Gross told Poloff November 19 that Germany agrees in general with the U.S. goal of reducing the number of one-sided UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel biases. Gross said that this year's negotiating climate has be [...] |
2009-11-19 11:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE GM |
| 09BERLIN1476 |
OHB-SYSTEM TO BUILD GERMAN OPTICAL SPY SATELLITE; LOOKING AT U.S. MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY: OHB-System, Germanys top satellite manufacturer and third largest in Europe, will be the prime contractor on Germanys planned High Resolution Optical Satellite (HiROS) reconnaissance system -- a system that France would like to see not happen because it would directly compete with its [...] |
2009-11-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA CH FR GM |
| 09BERLIN1477 |
DEMARCHE: ITU KOSOVO-RELATED ACTIONS [...] Embassy Berlin passed and discussed reftel talking points with Peter Voss, head of the division "International ICT Policy, ITU" at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology; with Dr. Annegret Groebel, Head of Section for International Coordination at the Federal Network Agency; and wit [...] |
2009-11-23 07:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PREL ECON ECPS KVPR ITU |
| 09BERLIN1478 |
DEMARCHE: ITU KOSOVO-RELATED ACTIONS [...] Embassy Berlin passed and discussed reftel talking points with Peter Voss, head of the division "International ICT Policy, ITU" at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology; with Dr. Annegret Groebel, Head of Section for International Coordination at the Federal Network Agency; and wit [...] |
2009-11-23 07:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PREL ECON ECPS KVPR ITU |
| 09BERLIN1479 |
DEMARCHE: ITU KOSOVO-RELATED ACTIONS [...] Embassy Berlin passed and discussed reftel talking points with Peter Voss, head of the division "International ICT Policy, ITU" at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology; with Dr. Annegret Groebel, Head of Section for International Coordination at the Federal Network Agency; and wit [...] |
2009-11-23 07:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PREL ECON ECPS KVPR ITU |
| 09BERLIN1480 |
FDP PRESSING FOR GERMANY TO END PARTICIPATION IN UNIFIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new center-right German government decided at a cabinet meeting on November 18 to seek a six-month extension of the parliamentary mandate for the German Navy's participation in the Maritime Task Force (MTF) of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) when the mandate comes up [...] |
2009-11-23 07:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM LE |
| 09BERLIN1481 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GUANTANAMO, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Environment) Copenhagen Summit 4. (Mideast) Israeli Settlements 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (U.S.-Asia) Future Relations 8. (EU) Top Jobs 9. (Economic) [...] |
2009-11-23 07:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG XF US IR EU ETRD |
| 09BERLIN1483 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, DPRK, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Middle East) Israeli Settlement Policy 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (DPRK) Obama Warning 6. (U.S.-Asia) Obama Trip 7. (EU) EU Top Jobs 8. (Environment) Copenhagen Conference à [...] |
2009-11-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR KN US EU KGHG |
| 09BERLIN1487 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S., AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-CHINA, [...] Lead Stories 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Maneuvers 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 4. (Afghanistan) U.S. Arming Local Militias 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 7. (EU) Future Leadership  [...] |
2009-11-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR US AF KGHG EU |
| 09BERLIN1488 |
DEMARCHE: GERMANY SUPPORTS US: WILL VOTE AGAINST SERBIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PREL ECON ECPS KVPR ITU GM |
| 09BERLIN1489 |
IRAN: GERMANY, FRANCE, UK CONSIDERING JOINT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on Iran's nuclear program and the next steps to German MFA Iran Task Force Director Andreas Krueger. Krueger thanked Poloff for the information that the US would be delivering the points in IAEA capitals and said Germany, France and the UK were currently d [...] |
2009-11-23 13:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
| 09BERLIN1493 |
GERMANY ECHOES USG ON IAEA SYRIA REPORT [...] (C) On November 20, MFA IAEA/Syria lead Robert Siegfried told poloff that Germany was in agreement with reftel points regarding Syria's engagement with the IAEA. Siegfried expected the EU declaration on Syria to be in line with the concerns voiced by the IAEA. Moreover, it would re-emphasize [...] |
2009-11-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IAEA PREL KNNP SY GM |
| 09BERLIN1494 |
GERMANY SUPPORTS THIRD SUBSIDIARY BODY AT 2010 NPT [...] (C) Summary. Germany supports the USG effort to include a third subsidiary body at the NPT RevCon to address Article X (treaty withdrawal) issues. However, it believes the road ahead could be difficult due to NAM opposition. End Summary. 2. (C) Post delivered reftel points on November 20 t [...] |
2009-11-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09BERLIN1496 |
GERMANY TO TAKE BACK SEAT IN ONGOING MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director for the Balkans Marc Bogdahn told poloff on November 18 in response to reftel points that while Germany supports UN negotiator Nimetz's efforts to resolve Macedonia's name dispute with Greece, Germany had no plans to actively lobby the parties. Bogdahn was downbeat a [...] |
2009-11-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL EUN NATO GR MK GM |
| 09BERLIN1497 |
GERMANY FAVORS MAINTAINING EUFOR TROOP LEVELS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for the Balkans Marc Bogdahn on November 18 and had a follow-on conversation with MFA Bosnia desk officer Michael Geisler on November 20. Geisler -- who had just returned from the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting in Saraj [...] |
2009-11-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL MARR MOPS EUN BK GM |
| 09BERLIN1499 |
MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE, MIDEAST, IRAN U.S.-INDIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 3. (Mideast) Israel-Palestinian Conflict 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (U.S.-India) Singh in Washington 6. (Economic) Financial Crisis  [...] |
2009-11-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG XF IR IN ECON |
| 09BERLIN15 |
GERMANY: READY FOR PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE PHASE II [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel to MFA Division Head for NATO Bernhard Schlagheck, who thanked Embassy for the information. Schlagheck said he would pass the information MFA PA in preparation for media questions. Embassy also shared the points with the Chancellery officer responsible for securit [...] |
2009-01-07 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
| 09BERLIN1500 |
H1N1 Cases Continue to Skyrocket in Germany; New Low- [...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 7-13, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 26,579 cases to a total of 86,654 cases. This is the third consecutive week with an approximately 30 percent increase in the number of confirmed H1N1 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increas [...] |
2009-11-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN1501 |
ANGARSK NUCLEAR FUEL BANK: GERMANY CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Germany is supportive the ref A Angarsk nuclear fuel reserve proposal, but would prefer text changes that address concerns about "conditions of supply" and "market neutrality" before pledging co-sponsorship. Econoff met with MFA Desk Officer for Nuclear Energy and Non-Proliferation, Dr. [...] |
2009-11-24 16:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS PK IN IS JP KS |
| 09BERLIN1502 |
GERMANY TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen responded positively to the news that President Obama would formally announce the U.S. way forward on Afghanistan and Pakistan next week before the NATO Foreign Ministerial. However, he confirmed that Germany would not annou [...] |
2009-11-24 17:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
| 09BERLIN1503 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-INDIA, CLIMATE, BRAZIL- [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Decision Time Approaching 3. (U.S.-India) PM Singh in Washington 4. (Copenhagen) Climate Summit 5. (Brazil-Iran) Lula-Ahmadinejad Meeting 6. (Iraq) Elections 7. (Philippines) Emergency After Killings 8. (Israel/Palestin [...] |
2009-11-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF IN KGHG BR IR IZ PH XF |
| 09BERLIN1504 |
GREGOR GYSI - PIED PIPER OF THE LEFT [...] (C) Summary: Left Party Caucus Chief Gregor Gysi told the Ambassador during a November 23 meeting that he alone was responsible for building The Left as a national force. He is aiming for The Left to enter all state parliaments by 2013, after specifically targeting North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW [...] |
2009-11-25 13:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF GM |
| 09BERLIN1507 |
GERMANY WORRIES THAT HOLDING SECOND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Both the German MFA and MOD reiterated that while Germany would rhetorically support the President's announcement next week of the U.S. way ahead in Afghanistan and Pakistan, any additional German contributions would have to wait until the Afghan government made the necessary com [...] |
2009-11-27 11:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EAID GM AF PK |
| 09BERLIN1508 |
HEADS ROLL AT MOD WITH NEW REVELATIONS ON KUNDUZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Revelations that the German MOD failed to pass along or deliberately withheld reports about civilian casualties caused in the September 4 Kunduz air strike have reignited a political storm in Berlin, leading in quick succession to the resignations of the German Chief of Defense an [...] |
2009-11-27 18:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV GM AF |
| 09BERLIN151 |
GERMANY LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-05 09:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM |
| 09BERLIN1512 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND, [...] Lead Stories 2. (Afghanistan) Upcoming Presidential Speech 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Russia) Train Derailment 5. (Switzerland) Ban to Build New Minarets 6. (Dubai) Financial Crisis 7. (China) Monetary Policy 8. (Germany) Demjanjuk Trial  [...] |
2009-11-30 12:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF IR RS SZ ZP CH GM |
| 09BERLIN1513 |
GERMANY CONFIRMS $3 BILLION PLEDGE FOR FOOD [...] (SBU) In separate interactions with officials at the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV), Embassy reinforced the importance the U.S. and other partners place on putting the L'Aquila food security princi [...] |
2009-11-30 16:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EAID ETRD |
| 09BERLIN1515 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, CLIMATE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Afghanistan Strategy 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (EU) Lisbon Treaty 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 6. (Honduras) Elections 7. (U.S.-Germany) Swift Agreement 8. (Switzerland) Swiss Ban on New Minarets [...] |
2009-12-01 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF IR EU KGHG HO GM SZ |
| 09BERLIN1518 |
H1N1 Update: 132,965 Confirmed Cases, 61 [...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 8-20, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 33,787 cases to a total of 132,965 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to sixty-one. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its weekly press briefing on November 30, the National Reference Center [...] |
2009-12-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN1520 |
ANNUAL MEETING OF ISAF RC-NORTH CHODS FOCUSES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an annual conference hosted by Germany, ISAF RC-North CHODs and representatives from SHAPE and JFC Brunssum discussed the deteriorating security situation in the north and the need for additional maneuver battalions and helicopters. While no major new contributions were an [...] |
2009-12-02 09:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
| 09BERLIN1521 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, RUSSIA, CLIMATE, WTO, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Obama's Address 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Russia) Medvedev's Security Initiative 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 6. (Economic) WTO 7. (Economic) Dubai's Financial Problems, Implications  [...] |
2009-12-02 11:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF IR RS KGHG ETRD ZP |
| 09BERLIN1525 |
GERMANY NONCOMMITTAL ON PA BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (C) Pol Minister Counselor delivered reftel letter from Secretary Clinton to German Foreign Minister Westerwelle November 25 to MFA Near East Assistant Secretary-equivalent Andreas Michaelis who had just returned from his November 23-24 visit to Jerusalem and Ramallah with Westerwelle. Michae [...] |
2009-12-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL EAID PGOV WBG EU IS GM |
| 09BERLIN1526 |
GERMAN MFA SHARES ITS OWN QUESTIONS, [...] (SBU) Poloff shared reftel points as well as questions and recommendations with MFA Human Rights Division deputy Martin Huth December 2. Huth said that the MFA is "in full agreement with the points made" and also provided questions that the MFA sent to its Geneva Mission, see para 2. Huth sa [...] |
2009-12-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA GM |
| 09BERLIN1527 |
GERMAN POLITICAL REACTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German politicians across the political spectrum welcomed and endorsed President Obama's plan for the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, seeing their own views largely confirmed in his speech. However, the opposition SPD and Greens criticized the CDU-CSU/FDP coalition gove [...] |
2009-12-02 18:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO GM AF PK |
| 09BERLIN1528 |
COALITION TESTED AS US-EU TFTP/SWIFT AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere overruled Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and abstained from voting at the November 30 COREPER vote in Brussels on an interim U.S.-EU agreement to continue the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program. De Maiziere' [...] |
2009-12-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KJUS KHLS GM |
| 09BERLIN1530 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, SWITZERLAND;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction to Obama Speech 3. (Switzerland) Ban on Minarets  [...] |
2009-12-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF SZ |
| 09BERLIN1534 |
(S) GERMANY INFORMED ON IRAN'S CONTINUED INTEREST [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-03 16:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR GM |
| 09BERLIN1535 |
(S) NIAG 9028: GERMANY SAYS NO DEALS IN PLACE TO [...] (S) German export control authorities completed an investigation into an Iranian effort to procure 1800 stainless steel valves from the German firm Mit-Weimar GmbH and determined there are no pending deals to export the valves to the Iranian firm Sherkat-E Sakhtemani-Ye Rahtess (Rahtess Const [...] |
2009-12-03 16:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL IR GM |
| 09BERLIN1536 |
GERMAN RESPONSE TO BURMA DIALOGUE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On December 1, Poloff discussed reftel points with Theo Kiddess, MFA Deputy Head of Division for Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific. Kiddess expressed his appreciation for the points, and fully agreed with U.S. views on the necessity of a legitimate 2010 election, for di [...] |
2009-12-04 07:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BMGT PGOV PREL |
| 09BERLIN1539 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE OBAMA, RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction To President Obama's Address 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 4. (U.S.) Obama Administration 5. (Russia) Putin Comments 6. (Economic) WTO Talks  [...] |
2009-12-04 12:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AG KGHG US RS ETRD |
| 09BERLIN154 |
GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT TWICE AS HIGH AS EXPECTED IN JANUARY [...] Summary: The global economic crisis has hit the German labor market with the speed and power of a Tsunami, exceeding even the most pessimistic forecasts of many economists. German unemployment rose almost twice as much as forecast in January as the economic downturn spread to industries from [...] |
2009-02-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV GM |
| 09BERLIN1544 |
GERMANY TRACKS U.S. MESSAGE ON ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) MFA Near East division deputy Sibylle Sorg told Poloff December 3 that the MFA agrees fully with reftel points on Israel's settlement moratorium. She said that reftel points are helpful for the upcoming EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting which will have conclusions on the Middle East. [...] |
2009-12-04 14:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PREL KWBG IS GM |
| 09BERLIN1545 |
GERMANY WILL RUN ONLY IN 2012 FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) MFA Human Rights Department deputy Martin Huth told Poloff December 4 in response to reftel message that Germany will not run for UN Human Rights Council membership until the term 2012-2015, due mainly to Germany's need to focus its resources on its upcoming bid for non-permanent membershi [...] |
2009-12-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM GM |
| 09BERLIN1548 |
GERMANY RENEWS CONSIDERATION OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate December 1 meetings with Ambassador Dan Fried, Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility (S/GC), the Ministry of the Interior, Foreign Ministry and Chancellery expressed a willingness to consider seven new cases of Guantanamo detainees for [...] |
2009-12-07 07:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER GM |
| 09BERLIN1549 |
Confirmation of U.S. FY 2009 UNCCD [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-07 09:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC ABUD KGHG SENV |
| 09BERLIN155 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, GUANTANAMO, MSC, ISRAEL, ECONOMY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Reconstruction 3. Fate Of Guantnamo Detainees 4. Munich Security Conference 5. Upcoming Israeli Elections 6. U.S. Economy -- Protectionism 7. Sarkozy Speech 8. Nuclear Energy 9. U.S. Healthcare Insurance 10. Vatican Controversy [...] |
2009-02-06 11:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IZ US IS XF FR VT |
| 09BERLIN1553 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, COP15, GENERAL MOTORS;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories 2. Climate Change 3. Afghanistan 4. GM Plans to Restructure Opel  [...] |
2009-12-07 12:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF GM KGHG |
| 09BERLIN1554 |
BUNDESTAG RENEWS ISAF MANDATE, BUT REAL DEBATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bundestag extended the mandate for Bundeswehr participation in ISAF for an additional year with a broad majority on December 3. While most opposition Social Democrats (SPD) supported the extension of the mandate, which was largely a roll-over of the previous one, the party pu [...] |
2009-12-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
| 09BERLIN1556 |
GERMAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER 8 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany shares our views on the way ahead in Bosnia, but does not want to rule out the possibility (albeit small) of a breakthrough by the time of the March PIC meeting that would allow the OHR to close and EUFOR Althea to be withdrawn on a more accelerated basis. Germany blames [...] |
2009-12-07 16:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN MARR GM BK MK SR IR |
| 09BERLIN1559 |
MEDIA REACTION: COP15, German Strategy on Afghanistan, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change Conference 3. Afghanistan 4. Iranian Protests 5. U.S.-Turkish Relations  [...] |
2009-12-08 13:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR AF GM US TU |
| 09BERLIN1560 |
No Objection to Proposed FDA Research [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AFIN AORC ABUD KGHG |
| 09BERLIN1561 |
GERMANY: OEF AND UNIFIL MANDATES EXTENDED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bundestag on December 3 approved the extension of the mandates for Bundeswehr participation in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and the Maritime Task Force (MTF) of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). While the OEF mandate was extended for a full year, as per usual pra [...] |
2009-12-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV NATO EUN GM LE |
| 09BERLIN1566 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, IRAQ, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change: EPA on CO2 3. Terror Attacks in Iraq 4. Bosworth in North Korea 5. Afghanistan: Gates Visit 6. Mideast: EU Ministerial on Jerusalem 7. Iranian Clashes  [...] |
2009-12-09 11:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF IR KN KGHG IZ XF |
| 09BERLIN1567 |
GERMANY MAY MISS ITS BROADBAND GOALS [...] Summary: The German government introduced a National broadband strategy in early 2009 that spurred a flurry of activity aimed at expanding broadband deployment at the state and local levels. In the aftermath of the economic crisis, however, the telecom industry has not invested the large sums [...] |
2009-12-09 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON GM |
| 09BERLIN1569 |
GERMAN-HOSTED CFE SEMINAR FORESHADOWS MAJOR PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA hosted on November 25-26 a seminar on conventional arms control in Europe (CFE), continuing a series of Berlin seminars that are ostensibly designed to stimulate creative thinking about how to overcome the current CFE stalemate. This seminar drew representatives fr [...] |
2009-12-10 10:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL MARR NATO GM RU |
| 09BERLIN1570 |
GERMANY: WESTERWELLE STRESSES CONTINUITY DURING [...] (C) Summary: The MFA sees FM Westerwelle's first trip to Moscow last month as a largely successful introductory call. The Russians probed for policy changes following the German elections. Although FM Lavrov seemed reassured that Berlin's Russia policy would remain unchanged, the MFA is ques [...] |
2009-12-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM EUN NATO MARR OSCE RU UNSC PGOV IR PREL |
| 09BERLIN1571 |
MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change 3. Nobel Peace Prize 4. Afghanistan 5. Iraq Terror Attacks 6. Greek Financial Crisis  [...] |
2009-12-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF NO KGHG IZ GR |
| 09BERLIN1574 |
MEDIA REACTION: Nobel Peace Prize, COP15, Finance;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Nobel Peace Prize 3. Climate Change 4. Levy on Bonuses  [...] |
2009-12-11 19:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO NO DA KGHG UK FR US |
| 09BERLIN1576 |
H1N1 Update: Infection Rate Peaked in November [...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 28-December 4, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 11,582 to a total of 192,348 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to ninety-four. Germany is considering selling its surplus H1N1 vaccine. Our analysis of infection rates sug [...] |
2009-12-14 05:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN1577 |
NOW FOR THE HARD PART: MERKEL,S TEAM EXAMINES NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellor Merkel set the German agenda on Iran with her early November statement before the U.S. Congress on "zero tolerance" for a nuclear armed Iran and the need for tougher sanctions should engagement not work. During a private roundtable hosted by Ambassador Murphy, however [...] |
2009-12-14 07:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC EFIN IR GM |
| 09BERLIN1578 |
GERMANY DEFENDS EXPORT MODEL BUT EXAMINES WAYS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In December 7 meetings in Berlin, German officials expressed a cautious optimism about Germany's recovery, but stressed that downside risks remain, particularly weaknesses at state-owned banks ("Landesbanken"). They were also concerned about Greece's debt position and the thre [...] |
2009-12-14 09:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD GM PREL |
| 09BERLIN1579 |
GERMANS STILL CONSIDERING NEW ASSISTANCE TO WFP IN [...] (SBU) Maren Lipps, Pakistan Desk Officer, Germany Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), told Econoff that Germany shares U.S. concerns about the World Food Program's (WFP's) need for assistance in Pakistan to cover its forecasted shortfall of resources. She said there was a [...] |
2009-12-14 14:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IO PGOV PHUM PK PREF |
| 09BERLIN158 |
HEDGING YOUR BETS: GERMANY LEANS TOWARDS NABUCCO, [...] (C) Summary: Germany demonstrated its growing support for the Nabucco gas pipeline by sending Economics Ministry heavyweight State Secretary Bernd Pfaffenbach to last week's Nabucco Summit in Budapest. During and after the conference the German government expressed guarded optimism regarding N [...] |
2009-02-06 15:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP EU RU TU GM |
| 09BERLIN1580 |
MEDIA REACTION: COP15, IRAN, MEPP, U.S., FINANCE, GERMANY- [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Conference 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Middle East) Settlement Conflict 5. (U.S.) Blackwater 6. (U.S.) Finance Markets 7. (Germany - Afghanistan) Defense Minister Under Fire  [...] |
2009-12-14 14:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KGHG IR XF US AF |
| 09BERLIN1587 |
MEDIA REACTION: COP15, IRAN, ITALY, GERMANY-AFGHANISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Summit 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Italy) Aftermath of Attack on Berlusconi 5. (Germany-Afghanistan) Afghanistan/ zu Guttenberg 6. (Greece) Financial Crisis  [...] |
2009-12-15 12:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR IT GM GR |
| 09BERLIN1588 |
GERMANY REQUESTS ASSURANCES ON VIRUS EXPORT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) German MFA Deputy Head of Division for Export Control Markus Klinger provided the following non-paper to Econoff, seeking additional assurances related to a proposed export of extremely dangerous pathogens to the U.S. Army [...] |
2009-12-15 13:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MOPS PARM TBIO GM |
| 09BERLIN159 |
MERKEL PROPOSES A WORLD ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: What does German Chancellor Angela Merkel mean by a "World Economic Council"? The concept, first enunciated by the Chancellor in December 2008, is a moving target that has recently been eclipsed by a parallel proposal for a global "Economic Charter." At its root lies Merkel's [...] |
2009-02-06 17:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GM OECD PREL WTRO IO |
| 09BERLIN1590 |
S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN PUSHES FOR MORE DATA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Counterterrorism Coordinator Daniel Benjamin urged German interlocutors to support a variety of programs to increase U.S.-European and U.S.-German counterterrorism-related information sharing. Ambassador Benjamin specifically called on Germany to support the U.S.-EU agreement to [...] |
2009-12-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KHLS KJUS GM |
| 09BERLIN1591 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, GUANTANAMO, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change 3. Guantanamo 4. Afghanistan/Sep 4 airstrikes 5. British arrest warrant against Livni  [...] |
2009-12-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF GM KGHG US CU UK IS |
| 09BERLIN1593 |
MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, IRAN, NATO-RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) COP 15 3. (Iran) Missile Test 4. (NATO-Russia) Rasmussen in Moscow 5. (Afghanistan) Holbrooke 6. (Germany-Afghanistan) Impact of September 4 Airstrikes 7. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo Prison Camp 8. (Greece) Economic [...] |
2009-12-17 11:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KGHG IR AF GR GM US |
| 09BERLIN1596 |
BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON APPLICATIONS 050150563 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-18 08:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM |
| 09BERLIN1598 |
GERMANY READY TO RAMP-UP SANCTIONS DISCUSSIONS; [...] (S/NF) Summary. German MFA Iran Task Force Director Andreas Krueger told poloffs December 16 that Germany is ready to engage on discussions of the "pressure" track on Iran as soon as possible. He noted Germany hoped to start EU discussions on the topic at the same time as UNSC discussions. [...] |
2009-12-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM |
| 09BERLIN1599 |
MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, IRAN, PAKISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) COP 15 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Protests 4. (Pakistan) Court Ruling on President's Amnesty 5. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 6. (NATO-Russia) Rasmussen in Moscow  [...] |
2009-12-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KGHG IR PK RS NATO |
| 09BERLIN1600 |
GERMAN TAX CUTS AND BUDGET DEFICIT: THE LAST HURRAH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The German budget deficit looks set to reach 6 percent of GDP in 2010, thanks to a drop off in tax revenues, to a spike in crisis-related spending, and now, to the first tranche of tax cuts fulfilling the new coalition government,s pre-election campaign promises. EU and consti [...] |
2009-12-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN1601 |
ONGOING STRIFE OVER KUNDUZ AIR STRIKE ENSNARES ZU [...] (C) SUMMARY. The opposition parties smell blood after former Bundeswehr Inspector General Schneiderhan claimed in a newspaper interview this week that Defense Minister zu Guttenberg had "lied" in describing the circumstances of Schneiderhan's November 26 dismissal. While taking responsibilit [...] |
2009-12-18 12:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
| 09BERLIN1602 |
GERMAN-RUSSIAN BUSINESS: RIDING THE BEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: German firms are riding the Russian bear, but nobody wants to get off. Meanwhile, Russian firms are increasingly investing in Germany to gain access to German technology. Germany accepts this, even in seemingly sensitive sectors, as helpful to economic recovery. Germans see Ru [...] |
2009-12-18 13:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL GM RS |
| 09BERLIN1603 |
H1N1 Update: Infection Rate Continues to Fall [...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 5-December 11, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 6,800 to a total of 203,713 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to 119. END SUMMARY 2. (U) The Influenza Working Group of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported on Dec [...] |
2009-12-18 14:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 09BERLIN1604 |
GERMANY/RUSSIA: LOST THAT LOVING FEELING? [...] (C) Summary. German political decision- and opinion-makers are making a more sober assessment of Russia writ large, including its partnership with Germany and its trajectory. German officials describe themselves as the most avid supporters in Europe of the U.S. reset policy, but nearly a ye [...] |
2009-12-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM NATO OSCE PGOV PREL RS ECON |
| 09BERLIN1605 |
GLASS HALF FULL: GERMANY BACKS CURRENT DOHA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. German government and industry fully concur in calling for a swift conclusion of the Doha Round. They believe that the current Doha package is the best result that can be obtained. Senior government and industry officials have signaled that they consider U.S. demands for more m [...] |
2009-12-18 15:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL EAGR WTRO EU GM |
| 09BERLIN1606 |
ADAPTED CFE: DRILLING DOWN ON GERMAN'S PROPOSALS [...] (S) Summary. Germany believes allies should de-link the 1999 Istanbul Commitments from Adapted CFE (A/CFE) talks in order to make headway with Russia. Germany also thinks allies should formalize NATO's prior assurances of restraint and begin a discussion on the meaning of "substantial forces" [...] |
2009-12-18 16:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | KCFE PARM PREL NATO GM |
| 09BERLIN1608 |
MEDIA REACTION: COP15, AFGHANISTAN, HEALTHCARE;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Copenhagen Climate Conference 3. Afghanistan 4. Healthcare Bill  [...] |
2009-12-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KGHG US AF |
| 09BERLIN1609 |
GERMANY'S NEW DEVELOPMENT MINISTER CONNECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dirk Niebel (FDP) was an odd pick as Germany's new Development Minister -- he had no experience in international development, and had previously suggested abolishing the Development Ministry. Now in charge, Niebel has big shoes to fill, following on the heels of Heidemarie Wie [...] |
2009-12-21 16:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN161 |
MEDIA REACTION: MSC, U.S. ECONOMY, EU-RUSSIA, GERMAN ECON [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Munich Security Conference 3. U.S. Economic Package 4. Russia-EU Meeting 5. German Economic Minister Resigns  [...] |
2009-02-09 12:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US EU RS AF IR |
| 09BERLIN1610 |
EMBASSY BERLIN RESPONSE TO FY 2010 PEDOPHILIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, Embassy Berlin finds no evidence suggesting the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) or its affiliate organizations share ties to groups that support pedophilia. Per UNV representatives, the organization does not grant official status, accreditation or recognition [...] |
2009-12-22 10:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID PHUM SOCI GM |
| 09BERLIN1611 |
(S) GERMANY WILL REVIEW CASE OF SYRIAN ATTEMPTS TO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MUNC ETTC KSCA SY GE |
| 09BERLIN1612 |
MEDIA REACTION: COP15, IRAN, GERMANY-AFGHANISTAN, OBAMA [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change 3. Iranian protests 4. Afghanistan 5. Obama Presidency  [...] |
2009-12-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR GM AF US |
| 09BERLIN1615 |
(S) SIEMENS COMPUTERS WILL NOT GO TO IRAN [...] (S) Summary: The Siemens computers described in reftels remain in the UAE. German MFA officials assure us that all parties are working towards a resolution that will prevent the computers from reaching Iran, although they would not commit to a particular solution or timeline. Disputes about [...] |
2009-12-22 14:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL MUNC IR CH UK AE GM |
| 09BERLIN1617 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, CIA, SERBIAN EU [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Serbian EU Bid 3. Climate Change 4. Lithuania -- CIA Covert Prisons 5. Afghanistan  [...] |
2009-12-23 16:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF GM KGHG US SR |
| 09BERLIN1621 |
German COP-15 Reactions [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germans have expressed disappointment with the results of the COP-15 Summit in Copenhagen. Government officials have defended the outcome, but are also pointing fingers. Opposition leaders saw the summit as a clear failure and predictably took leaders to task. German media head [...] |
2009-12-24 09:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG ENRG PREL EIND GM |
| 09BERLIN1622 |
GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: MOD STAFF PUSHES FOR TROOP [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The MOD staff is recommending that the German government seek an increase of 1,500 in the troop ceiling for the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan after the January 28 London Conference. Publicly, Defense Minister zu Guttenberg has remained non-committal about any troop increase, whil [...] |
2009-12-24 09:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
| 09BERLIN1623 |
MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Chinese trial against dissident 3. China buys Volvo 4. Obama Administration  [...] |
2009-12-24 09:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH GM US |
| 09BERLIN1626 |
MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, IRAN, CHINA, U.S.;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Failed Terrorist Attack 3. (Iran) New Protestsn4 4. (China) Reaction to Jailing of Liu Xiabo 5. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform  [...] |
2009-12-29 07:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KGHG US IR CH |
| 09BERLIN1628 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, TERRORISM, ISRAEL, GERMANY- [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Failed Terrorist Attack 3. (Iran) Clashes Between Regime and Opposition 4. (Terrorism) U.S.-Yemen 5. (Israel) New Settlements 6. (Afghanistan) London Conference  [...] |
2009-12-31 13:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IR YM IS AF |
| 09BERLIN1629 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, CHINA-UK, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Aftermath of Failed Terrorist Attack, Debate in Germany 3. (Iran) Protests, Ahmadinejad Remarks 4. (U.S.-Russia) START talks, Putin Remarks 5. (China) Execution of British National 6. (Germany-Afghanistan) Afghanistan Conference à [...] |
2009-12-31 13:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US IR RS UK AF |
| 09BERLIN1630 |
MEDIA REACTION: US, US, US;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Impact of Failed Attack 3. (U.S.) Yemen, Guant namo 4. (Anti-Terrorism) Assessment of Passenger Screening 5. Look Back at 2009, Look Ahead to 2010 Â [...] |
2009-12-31 13:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH GM US |
| 09BERLIN1633 |
Lame Duck German Governor Kicked Upstairs as New [...] (SBU) Chancellor Angela Merkel nominated Baden- Wuerttemberg (BW) Minister President Guenther Oettinger as EU Energy Commissioner primarily to remove an unloved lame duck from an important CDU bastion. The move was not the promotion of a valued colleague as Merkel's allies sought to portray it [...] |
2009-12-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM |
| 09BERLIN1634 |
Lame Duck German Governor Kicked Upstairs as New [...] (SBU) Chancellor Angela Merkel nominated Baden- Wuerttemberg (BW) Minister President Guenther Oettinger as EU Energy Commissioner primarily to remove an unloved lame duck from an important CDU bastion. The move was not the promotion of a valued colleague as Merkel's allies sought to portray it [...] |
2009-12-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM |
| 09BERLIN1635 |
Lame Duck German Governor Kicked Upstairs as New [...] (SBU) Chancellor Angela Merkel nominated Baden- Wuerttemberg (BW) Minister President Guenther Oettinger as EU Energy Commissioner primarily to remove an unloved lame duck from an important CDU bastion. The move was not the promotion of a valued colleague as Merkel's allies sought to portray it [...] |
2009-12-31 14:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM |
| 09BERLIN1636 |
Lame Duck German Governor Kicked Upstairs as New [...] (SBU) Chancellor Angela Merkel nominated Baden- Wuerttemberg (BW) Minister President Guenther Oettinger as EU Energy Commissioner primarily to remove an unloved lame duck from an important CDU bastion. The move was not the promotion of a valued colleague as Merkel's allies sought to portray it [...] |
2009-12-31 14:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM |
| 09BERLIN165 |
READOUT OF STEINMEIER-LARIJANI DISCUSSIONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: According to German MFA Political Director Stanzel, German FM Steimeier pressed Iran to drop its backward-looking approach and accept the U.S.'s new, sincere willingness for dialogue in his February 6 meeting with Iranian Majles Speaker Ali Larijani on the margins of the Muni [...] |
2009-02-10 14:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KNNP GM IR |
| 09BERLIN168 |
GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER THROWS IN TOWEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The sudden resignation of Economics Minister Michael Glos (CSU) on February 7 caught Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and her party off guard at a time when addressing Germany's economic downturn is paramount. To minimize damage, the CSU quickly replaced Glos with its Secretary Ge [...] |
2009-02-11 06:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
| 09BERLIN169 |
GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER THROWS IN TOWEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The sudden resignation of Economics Minister Michael Glos (CSU) on February 7 caught Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and her party off guard at a time when addressing Germany's economic downturn is paramount. To minimize damage, the CSU quickly replaced Glos with its Secretary Ge [...] |
2009-02-11 06:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
| 09BERLIN181 |
GERMANY SEEKS U.S. PARTNER TO DEVELOP OPTICAL SPACE IMAGERY CAPABILITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-12 17:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM |
| 09BERLIN183 |
HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: USAREUR FORCE [...] (S) Reftel requested Embassy Berlin's assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding USAREUR's plan to move troops currently stationed in Schweinfurt to Grafenwoehr and to move or inactivate several smaller units at posts throughout the country. This message provides Embassy Berlin's assessme [...] |
2009-02-13 10:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN184 |
MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Obama, Economic Pakistan-India [...] Lead Stories Summary Editorials focused on today's Bundestag meeting on the government's economic stimulus package, on protectionist tendencies in the EU, and on reports that people use drugs to improve their performance on the job. ZDF-TV's early evening newscast Heute opened with the Co [...] |
2009-02-13 11:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM |
| 09BERLIN185 |
GERMANY URGING OTHERS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (SBU) PolOff met with German MFA Deputy Office Director for the Balkans Mark Bogdahn February 12 to discuss the points in Ref. A. Bogdahn thanked us for sharing our talking points and noted that Germany continues to work actively to convince other nations to recognize Kosovo, including a numb [...] |
2009-02-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM KS |
| 09BERLIN187 |
GERMANY: 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE MUST SUCCEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a great deal of interest in Germany -- in the government, the Bundestag, the press, and among the NGO and think tank community -- about the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and Review Conference (RevCon). Interlocutors insist the 20 [...] |
2009-02-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09BERLIN188 |
GERMAN CONCERNS ABOUT INFO SHARING IN THE LEAD-UP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (SBU) Political and Global Affairs officers delivered Ref points simultaneously to interlocutors at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economics on February 12. While expressing appreciation for receipt of the information [...] |
2009-02-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA PREL TSPL GM |
| 09BERLIN19 |
GERMANY: ONBOARD FOR CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A and Ref B to MFA Deputy Division Head for European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Jens Beikuefner, who noted that MFA already had received the draft communiqu and proposed agenda from the German Permanent Mission to the UN. MFA Division Head for ESDP Kampmann l [...] |
2009-01-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER |
| 09BERLIN192 |
GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. NONPROLIFERATION ASSURANCES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY FR GM |
| 09BERLIN193 |
(C) GERMANY OPEN TO NGA WAIVER REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary: Economics Ministry (BMWi) officials are optimistic that Germany will approve a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) request to waive a provision of their Satellite Data Security Law (Satellitendatensicherheitsgesetz) for the USG. This NGA request asked for a special pro [...] |
2009-02-17 05:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA UK CA GM |
| 09BERLIN195 |
GERMANY TO FOLLOW EU LEAD AND SEES ITSELF AS A BRIDGE ON [...] Summary: The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) will represent Germany at the upcoming meeting in Mexico City of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs Concerning Liability and Redress. BMELV will be represented by Wolfgang Koehler and Dr. Jan-Erik Bucha [...] |
2009-02-17 12:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO |
| 09BERLIN196 |
MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Obama Clinton, [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-17 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM |
| 09BERLIN209 |
A REVITALIZED NUCLEAR INDUSTRY MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's current policy to phase out nuclear power by 2021 is coming under fire from leaders of the CDU/CSU and FDP, while Germany's nuclear industry is increasingly confident of winning an indefinite reprieve from the ban should a conservative/liberal coalition form the next go [...] |
2009-02-19 15:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL GM RS TU UP |
| 09BERLIN215 |
(C) GERMANS WARN THAT BUY AMERICA COULD PROMPT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials have encountered strong official reactions, public outcry and unfavorable press on Buy America provisions in the U.S. stimulus package. Germans are widely concerned about their impact on an already troubled export-oriented economy. Embassy representatives re [...] |
2009-02-20 16:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN216 |
GERMAN VIEWS ON THE FEBRUARY 23-24 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. While the Afghanistan discussion at the February 23-24 GAERC is supposed to be limited to just 30 minutes, Germany says EU foreign ministers will have a greater opportunity to address this issue at the March GAERC meeting and at a dinner on the margins of the March 19 EU Summit. [...] |
2009-02-20 20:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN XF ZL SU CE IZ AF GM |
| 09BERLIN217 |
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting on the margins on the Munich Security Conference, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and German MFA State Secretary Silberberg discussed a wide range of issues, including Afghanistan, Russia, missile defense, Africa, and Iraq. Also participating in the meeting [...] |
2009-02-20 20:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO AF RU XA IZ UP GG GM |
| 09BERLIN218 |
MEDIA REACTION: G20, CLINTON, GUANTANAMO, NATO, ECONOMICS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Preparatory Meeting 3. Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia 4. Guantnamo 5. France's Return to NATO's Structures 6. U.S. Budget Deficit, Efforts to Fight Financial Crisis 7. Former Chancellor Schroeder's meeting with President Ahmadinejad 8. Fo [...] |
2009-02-23 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH FR IR IS XG |
| 09BERLIN220 |
IRAN: FORMER CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-Chancellor and former SPD Chief Gerhard Schroeder's February 19-22 visit to Iran has come under fire not only from rival parties and Germany's Jewish community, but also from a senior SPD Bundestag member. The MFA (and with it, FM Steinmeier) has also distanced itself from t [...] |
2009-02-23 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM IR |
| 09BERLIN226 |
(C) GERMANY OPEN TO NGA WAIVER REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary: Economics Ministry (BMWi) officials are optimistic that Germany will approve a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) request to waive a provision of their Satellite Data Security Law (Satellitendatensicherheitsgesetz) for the USG. This NGA request asked for a special pro [...] |
2009-02-24 12:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA UK CA GM |
| 09BERLIN227 |
UNITED STATES AND GERMANY IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON [...] Summary: The German government is approaching oversight of the DNA synthesis industry by relying on the Industry Association for Synthetic Biology (IASB) to develop and promote voluntary self-regulation. The proposed IASB oversight mechanisms are very much in line with the USG policy framewor [...] |
2009-02-24 16:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL GM BWC |
| 09BERLIN228 |
GERMANY ANXIOUS FOR RESULTS AT NEXT WEEK'S [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Martin Langer, head of the MFA's IAEA Unit in the Nuclear Arms Control (REF 240) Division on February 24. Langer noted that Germany shares many of our views and concerns about Iran's and Syria's refusal to work with the IAEA and the nature of those contries' [...] |
2009-02-24 16:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM SYR |