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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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07SURABAYA26EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: REFUGEES REMAIN IN PORONG MARKET
[...] Despite reports that the Bupati of Sidoarjo planned to evict forcibly all residents of the refugee camp at the Porong market on August 10, an estimated 2,500 villagers displaced by the Lapindo mud flow remained in residence as of August 13. According to a volunteer from TAGANA (a humanitarian [...]
2007-08-14 21:07:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA27EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: REFUGEES REMAIN IN PORONG MARKET
[...] Despite reports that the Bupati of Sidoarjo planned to evict forcibly all residents of the refugee camp at the Porong market on August 10, an estimated 2,500 villagers displaced by the Lapindo mud flow remained in residence as of August 13. According to a volunteer from TAGANA (a humanitarian [...]
2007-08-14 21:07:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA31AVIAN INFLUENZA -- BALI OUTBREAKS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) During an August 24 courtesy call by the Principal Officer, the Governor of Bali Dewa Made Beratha stressed that local government and health officials were taking proactive measures to restrict the spread of Avian Influenza (AI) on the island. The Governor admitted that Balinese official [...]
2007-08-29 09:11:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07SURABAYA33MALANG: EAST JAVA'S UNIVERSITY CITY AND EPICENTER OF HUMAN
[...] (SBU) During an August 30-31 visit to Malang, Principal Officer spoke with educators and civil society leaders about the duality of this East Javanese city: a city famous for both education and growing poverty that has made Malang's citizens easy targets for traffickers. Malang hosts two state [...]
2007-09-04 07:25:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG KPAO ID
07SURABAYA34SURABAYA: USG TRAINING FOR POLICE, COURTS, AND NGOS RESULTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, Surabaya police arrested two suspects for attempting to traffic seven women from Indonesia to Malaysia. The victims were handed over to an International Organization of Migration (IOM)-sponsored NDO KPPD Samitra Abhaya and returned to their villages. The Surabay [...]
2007-09-11 04:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG ASEC ID
07SURABAYA3489SURABAYA ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS RESULTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the recent Muslim celebration Ied Adha and Christmas holiday season, Surabaya police conducted two anti trafficking operations resulting in the arrest of seven suspects for attempting to traffic six children and two women into debt prostitution bondage and smuggling from [...]
2007-12-31 05:02:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR
07SURABAYA37EAST JAVA: LAPINDO MUD UPDATE: HYDROGEN SULPHIDE LEVELS AND
[...] (SBU) Sofian Hadi, Director of Operations for the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS),told Consulate Surabaya September 18 that hydrogen sulfide gas levels at the mud flow site in Sidoarjo had increased to 30 -- 35 ppm (parts per million),levels considered dangerous to human health. It has [...]
2007-09-19 01:13:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA39SOUTH SULAWESI: PLAYING POLITICS WITH SHARIAH LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: The November 5 gubernatorial election in Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla's home province of South Sulawesi is both a battle within the local Golkar party and a referendum on the implementation of Shariah law in the province. An internal local Golkar dispute now pits the cu [...]
2007-09-21 08:40:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA41EAST JAVA: MUDFLOW UPDATE -- USGS EXPERT VISIT TO MUDFLOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 20-22, USGS Geologist Thomas Casadevall and Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer toured the site of the Sidoarjo mud flow and met with Indonesian geologists familiar with the disaster. The site tour and subsequent meeting showed fundamental differences in focus between geolog [...]
2007-09-28 12:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA42LOMBOK'S AHMADIYAH SECT: DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED?
[...] (SBU) Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant traveled to the island of Lombok in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, from September 11 to 13. While there, they met with 127 members of the religious sect Ahmadiyah at their refugee barracks in the provincial capital Mataram. In Febru [...]
2007-09-28 12:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA43MANADO--ALL BROTHERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: North Sulawesi has long maintained a reputation for tolerance and calm, despite being surrounded areas best known for ethnic and religious conflicts. During a September 25-27 visit to Manado, Surabaya Principal Officer discussed with local leaders, academicians, and the media Nor [...]
2007-10-01 07:06:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA44CONGEN SURABAYA CLEBRATES RAMADAN
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. Consulate General Surabaya planned and hosted five separate Iftar activities during the month of September. Two were hosted by the Consul General at her residence, and another one was hosted by the CG in Manado, in the province of North Sulawesi. Another two events involved unde [...]
2007-10-02 09:58:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ECON ID
07SURABAYA45EASTERN INDONESIA: ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS IN LOMBOK
[...] (SBU) Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant assessed anti-human trafficking efforts during a visit to the island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB),September 11-13. Anti-trafficking NGOs described poor coordination of anti-trafficking activities and victims' [...]
2007-10-03 07:01:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07SURABAYA46NORTH SULAWESI: GROWING PROBLEMS IN HIV AND TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The head of a local NGO in Manado described the growing problem of HIV and trafficking in women during Surabaya Principal Officer's recent visit. In a city that prides itself on beginning strongly Christian, prostitution has been forced further underground, making monitoring the [...]
2007-10-05 02:28:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07SURABAYA47NORTH SULAWESI: WORLD OCEAN CONFERENCE MAY 11-15, 2009
[...] During his September 25 meeting with Surabaya Principal Officer, North Sulawesi Governor S. H. Sarundajang requested support for Manado's efforts to host a World Ocean Conference May 11-15, 2009. Governor Sarundajang explained that by hosting the World Ocean Conference, North Sulawesi will cal [...]
2007-10-05 07:57:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID TPHY PREL ID
07SURABAYA49INDONESIA AND BURMA: VIEWS FROM EAST JAVA
[...] Jakarta-based foreign policy watchers are not the only Indonesians closely monitoring events in Burma. Since the crisis erupted, the Surabaya-based daily Jawa Pos has published front-page reports, with color pictures, covering events inside Burma and international reaction and providing commen [...]
2007-10-09 10:03:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07SURABAYA51EAST NUSA TENGGARA--MUSLIM RADIO AND POLITICS IN A CHRISTIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Christian dominated East Nusa Tenggara (NTT),Muslim residents play an important political role. The Chairman of NTT's Indonesian Islamic Council told visitors from ConGen Surabaya that relations between religious and ethnic communities have stabilized on the island of West T [...]
2007-10-10 10:07:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA53EAST NUSA TENGGARA: CAMPAIGNS, CORRUPTION AND CREATIVITY
[...] (SBU) Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with the leadership of Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) during a recent visit to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). These political parties currentQold 21 and 12 seats respectively of the 55 total seats in NTT's Pr [...]
2007-10-15 10:10:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA54EAST NUSA TENGGARA: CAMPAIGNS, CORRUPTION AND CREATIVITY
[...] (SBU) Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with the leadership of Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) during a recent visit to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). These political parties currently hold 21 and 12 seats respectively of the 55 total seats in NTT' [...]
2007-10-15 10:10:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA55EAST NUSA TENGGARA: WEST TIMOR'S PERFECT STORM--REFUGEES,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with local officials and NGOs involved in the resettlement of refugees from Timor Leste in the cities of Kupang and Atambua, in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) during a October 2-5 visit. After our meetings in Atambua near the borde [...]
2007-10-16 09:32:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTT PGOV PHUM KCOR ID PREF
07SURABAYA56EAST JAVA: LAPINDO MUD FLOW UPDATE: DAM BREACHED, SECONDARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hot mud flowing through a breach of dam 42 at the mud flow site has covered a secondary road linking Sidoarjo and Malang and entered houses and schools of a nearby village. Efforts to repair the breach have been unsuccessful and at least 10 other earthen dams are considered to be [...]
2007-10-17 08:56:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA57SOUTH SULAWESI: JUSUF KALLA PICKS HIS GUBERNATORIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 15, Vice President and Golkar National Chairman Jusuf Kalla strongly urged Golkar elites in South Sulawesi to support incumbent Amin Syam and his running mate Mansyur Ramly in the November 5 gubernatorial elections. Public reaction has been negative, suggesting that t [...]
2007-10-18 03:32:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA58EAST JAVA'S MT. KELUD VOLCANO: ERUPTION THREAT REMAINS WHILE
[...] Increased seismic activity on Mt. Kelud, a volcano 90 km southwest of Surabaya, East Java caused authorities to raise the eruption threat level to 4, the highest possible. Authorities recommended the voluntary evacuation of residents within 10 kilometers of the mountain on October 16. Consul [...]
2007-10-18 10:54:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV ECON ID
07SURABAYA59NORTH MALUKU: FISTICUFFS AND FALSE STARTS MAR GOVERNOR'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violence and confusion continues to plague the race for Governor and Vice Governor in the Province of North Maluku. The official start date for the campaign has changed three times amid violent physical assaults and accusations of favoritism on the part of the Provincial Electi [...]
2007-10-22 11:11:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA60US CONSULATE GENERAL SURABAYA: 2007 ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF
[...] Post completed the 2007 annual review of consular management controls on 22 October 2007. Caryn R. McClelland, Consul General, FS-01 certified the completion of the management review. 2. Background on Surabaya Personnel: There are currently two consular officers assigned to post and one [...]
2007-10-23 07:54:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS ID
07SURABAYA61EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: SUBSIDENCE CAUSING DAM BREACHES
[...] Two earthen dams separating lagoons of mud have been breached at the Lapindo Mud Flow site according to local press reports. Near midnight on Sunday 21 October, Dam 25 collapsed and underwent two quick repairs. Mud from the breach flowed from one holding pond into another at the former site [...]
2007-10-24 08:44:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA62A VOLCANO-SIDE, AIR CONDITIONED TENT: SBY'S INSPECTION TOUR
[...] (SBU) President Yudhoyono (SBY) spent the night of October 24 in an air conditioned tent in a refugee camp near Mt. Kelud in East Java according to media reports. The Center Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation in Bandung had raised the warning level for eruption to the highest level p [...]
2007-10-25 09:05:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV ECON ID
07SURABAYA63JAWA POS: FIRST HAND-COVERAGE OF BURMA CRISIS, INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit by the Surabaya Principal Officer, Public Affairs Officer, and Public Affairs Assistant to the Surabaya headquarters of the Jawa Pos Group October 19, Jawa Pos editors and journalists described their efforts to provide accessible and relevant news coverage to read [...]
2007-10-25 09:37:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PGOV PHUM ID BM NS IS
07SURABAYA64EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: PRESIDENTIAL FLY-BY OFFERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Yudhoyono's October 25 fly-by of the Sidoarjo mud flow disaster and subsequent meeting with officials at the Surabaya airport left displaced residents skeptical of any significant action. Vice President Jusuf Kalla made similar aerial observations on October 28 and ann [...]
2007-10-30 09:57:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA65EAST JAVA'S CHINESE MUSLIMS: IN THE MOSQUE, ON THE STUMP AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Surabaya Principal Officer and Pol/Econ officer attended the fifth anniversary ceremony of the construction of the Cheng Hoo Mosque in downtown Surabaya on 28 October. The event went well beyond simple ceremony and demonstrated the importance of the audience to business, poli [...]
2007-10-31 09:13:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ID PGOV PHUM
07SURABAYA66EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: POLITICS AND RIVER CURRENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sidoarjo mud flow continues to play both a symbolic and tangible role in East Java's political and economic life. The beginning of the rainy season, the increasingly frequent breaches of existing earthen dams, the threats to vital infrastructure, the continuing distrust of t [...]
2007-11-02 08:08:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA67EAST JAVA ELECTIONS COMMISSION: ELECTORAL POLITICS AND MUD
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 31, Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with East Java Provincial Election Commission (KPU) officials. They expressed concern that the mud flow disaster in Porong could affect election logistics for vast areas of East Java. The hi [...]
2007-11-02 09:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID EAID
07SURABAYA68EAST NUSA TENGGARA: SHOOTING INCIDENT AT NTT-TIMOR LESTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dili and Consulate General Surabaya contacted individuals on either side of the Indonesia-Timor Leste border regarding the shooting of Timor-Leste citizen Lucas Neno by Indonesian Armed forces (TNI). Neno was shot at approximately 4:30 a.m. Timor-Leste local time on Oct [...]
2007-11-02 09:59:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ID TT PREF
07SURABAYA71EAST JAVA NAHDLATUL ULEMA CONFERENCE: POLITICS, RELIGION,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The East Java Nahdlatul Ulema (NU) Conference selected Ali Maschan Moesa as the Chairman of the NU Tanfidziyah Council on November 4. Ali Maschan's election did nothing to dampen speculation that he would soon announce his candidacy in the 2008 East Java Governor's race. Ali Ma [...]
2007-11-08 11:16:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL PHUM SOCI ID
07SURABAYA72GOLKAR'S POLITICAL MACHINE APPARENTLY FAILS IN SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer, Pol/Econ Assistant and two Political Officers from Embassy Jakarta observed the first direct gubernatorial elections in South Sulawesi Province on November 5. The apparent defeat of incumbent Amir Syam by his Vice Governor Syahrul Ya [...]
2007-11-13 09:28:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA73EAST JAVA: INAUGURATION OF HESS PROJECT CANCELLED BY
[...] (SBU) On November 15, beginning at approximately 1100, hundreds of demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Hess Onshore Processing Facility in Gresik, north of Surabaya, demanding Hess (the facility's operator) discontinue operations. The protestors, residents of three villages surrounding t [...]
2007-11-16 06:31:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EPET ID
07SURABAYA74SOUTH SULAWESI: ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN, THE LOSERS SUE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The November 16 official announcement of election results failed to dampen controversy surrounding who won the race for South Sulawesi Governor. Now abandoned by national Golkar Party leadership, defeated incumbent Amin Syam and Vice Governor candidate Mansur Ramly have annou [...]
2007-11-16 10:21:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA77SOUTH SULAWESI: BULUKUMBA'S SYARIAH LAW A "CRASH PROGRAM IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 6, Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant traveled to Bulukumba Regency, South Sulawesi to discuss the practical implementation of Syariah law in the regency. Located on the southern most tip of South Sulawesi, Bulukumba has implemented local regulations that mirror [...]
2007-11-23 09:46:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL ID
07SURABAYA78EAST JAVA: SURABAYA-MADURA BRIDGE - COMMUNITIES UNPREPARED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Residents originally opposed plans to build a bridge linking the island of Madura with Indonesia's second largest city Surabaya fearing Madura's unique culture would be destroyed. With the Surabaya-Madura bridge scheduled for completion in late-2008, distrust has given way to an [...]
2007-11-28 04:28:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV SOCI ID
07SURABAYA79MADURA -- DOMINANT POLITICAL ROLE OF NAHDLATUL ULAMA (NU)
[...] (SBU) Summary: The moderate Islamic organization Nadhdlatul Ulama (NU) enjoys widespread support among the conservative Muslim population of Madura. Although not officially involved in politics, NU religious leaders "Kiais" are influential community leaders, running larger educational institut [...]
2007-11-29 01:27:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EAID ID
07SURABAYA80EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE -- VICTIMS LOSE LAWSUIT AND ARE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mudflow victims are planning to take their case against the government and Lapindo company to The Hague after the Jakarta District Court rejected their law suit. The judges ruled that, in spending Rp 1.63 trillion (USD 175 million),the government and Lapindo have "done what they [...]
2007-11-29 07:18:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENIV ELAB ENRG PHUM PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA85CENTRAL SULAWESI: POST-CONFLICT TENTENA AND POSO -- SAVING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Syaiful Anam and Amril Ngiode were sentenced to 18 years and 15 years respectively for bombing a market in Tentena on May 29, 2005. The bombing, which killed 22 and wounded 40, was only one horrifying episode during an extended period of violent inter-religious co [...]
2007-12-06 03:33:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO EAID SOCI PTER SCUL
07SURABAYA87EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: OPERATIONAL FUNDS DISBURSED;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) oversight body visited the site of the mudflow to access operations and set a deadline of 2008 for effective mitigation of the problems caused by the mud. The central government disbursed Rp 500 Qlion (USD 55 million) to the B [...]
2007-12-07 08:41:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV EPET ELAP ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA89EAST JAVA: VOTERS IGNORE ENDORSEMENTS; POLITICIANS IGNORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Media giant Jawa Pos Group's Pro Otonomi Institute (JPIP) was established in 2002 to evaluate and rank the performance of individual regencies in East Java. While JPIP has successfully focused the attention of some elected officials on the relationship between job performance a [...]
2007-12-14 09:54:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL ID
07SURABAYA91SOUTH SULAWESI: SUPREME COURT ORDERS SOUTH SULAWESI ELECTION
[...] (U) On December 19, the Supreme Court accepted defeated incumbent Amin Syam's challenge to the November gubernatorial election results and asked the South Sulawesi Election Commission (KPUD) to hold re-elections in four regencies (Bone, Bantaeng, Gowa, and Tan Toraja). The Supreme Courts decis [...]
2007-12-21 06:14:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ID
08SURABAYA1EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: DAM COLLAPSE INUNDATES HIGHWAY,
[...] (SBU) Fears that a system of levees and dams containing the mud flow at Sidoarjo could fail during the rainy season were confirmed last night as heavy rains caused the collapse of Dam 64. Local media report that water levels remain nearly one meter high on the Porong Road bordering the mud c [...]
2008-01-04 09:53:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA100SURABAYA WELCOMES NBA TO INDONESIA
[...] Summary: Surabaya played host to the first ever NBA events in Indonesia when Danny Granger of the Indiana Pacers visited from August 22-25, 2008. He participated in a press conference, tossed up the opening jump ball and presented trophies at a high school championship tournament, visited an [...]
2008-08-28 06:37:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL PREL ODIP KPAO ECON ID
08SURABAYA103SURABAYA B1/B2 VISA VALIDATION STUDY
[...] Summary: The Consular Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya recently conducted a validation study of B1/B2 visa issuances for the six month period between December 1, 2006 and May 31, 2007. The study results were primarily based on queries of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [...]
2008-09-08 00:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KFRD ID
08SURABAYA109EAST NUSA TENGGARA: WHERE CHILDREN STARVE, A FAMINE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT),at the extreme southeastern edge of Indonesia's archipelago, has long lacked food security and chronic malnutrition persists. While a flurry of spring 2008 media reports gave the impression that hunger is more acute than in previous years, loc [...]
2008-09-22 10:22:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTT PGOV PHUM ID PREF EAGR
08SURABAYA11SOUTH SULAWESI: IRANIAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, REACHING OUT ONE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Iranian Embassy in Jakarta increased its public diplomacy efforts in Indonesia by establishing five "Iranian Corners" in 2007. The first Iranian Corner outside West Java was established at Hassanudin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi, in November, reaching out to studen [...]
2008-01-29 01:57:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF KISL IR ID PGOV KPAO
08SURABAYA116CENTRAL SULAWESI: MEDIA REPORT OF PALU BOMB PLOT TURNS OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A September 30 report titled "Kids Uncover Idul Fitri Bomb Terror Plan in Palu" was carried in the English language daily, The Jakarta Post. Congen Surabaya spoke with local police, and civil society leaders knowledgeable about local media who refuted the Jakarta Post story. W [...]
2008-10-03 09:30:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL KIRF PTER EAID PREL ASEC ID PINS
08SURABAYA119WEST NUSA TENGGARA: LIFE FOR LOMBOK'S AHMADIYAH SECT CHANGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 16 visit by Office of International Religious Freedom (IRF) representative and Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer to Mataram, Ahmadiyah refugees described their difficult living conditions and frustrations trying to generate government action to improve their situation. [...]
2008-10-24 07:18:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ID KIRF PHUM
08SURABAYA12EASTERN INDONESIA: PUBLIC POLICY TRAINING PROGRAMS IN
[...] (U) Much-welcomed USG-funded assistance programs aimed at capacity building and conflict resolution are being reestablished in areas which have suffered through years of ethnic and religious conflict. During separate mid-January trips to the eastern Indonesian provinces of Central Sulawesi and [...]
2008-01-31 04:41:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ID PGOV KPAO
08SURABAYA121EAST JAVA: WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE, ISOLATION IS NO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uncertainty about the full extent of the global financial crisis continues to cause a lack of liquidity in all sectors of East Java's economy and the Indonesian economy more broadly. This was the theme of a roundtable discussion with visiting EAP/MTS Director Kamala Lakhdhir, wh [...]
2008-10-29 09:10:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EFIS EIND ETRD EINV PGOV ID
08SURABAYA127NORTH MALUKU: NONE INJURED BY THREE BOMBS LINKED TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's official news agency reported that there were no injuries from "low-magnitude explosions" at three locations in North Maluku's provincial capital Ternate early in the morning of November 3. The blasts hit the North Maluku Governor's residence, the North Maluku regi [...]
2008-11-03 10:09:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ID KISL PTER PHUM
08SURABAYA129SURABAYA WELCOMES A NEW PRESIDENT IN EAST INDONESIA
[...] (U) Summary: Consulate General Surabaya welcomed over 100 guests to the CG's residence November 5 to observe live results of the U.S. Presidential Election. Local government officials, NGOs, prominent academics, students, and many members of the media attended the event. The CG, other Consul [...]
2008-11-06 10:42:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OIIP ID
08SURABAYA13CENTRAL SULAWESI: POSO FEELING SECURE, BUT WORRIED ABOUT THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On a January 18-20 visit to Central Sulawesi, Surabaya Pol/Econ officer spoke with NGOs, journalists, academics and local residents about the current state of post-conflict recovery in Poso. All agreed that the outlook is positive overall; however there is an equally clear conse [...]
2008-01-31 11:10:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO EAID SOCI PTER
08SURABAYA131EAST JAVA: RAZOR THIN VICTORY IN RUN-OFF ELECTION SIGNALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the November 4 run-off election to select East Java's governor, low turnout and a lack of party discipline saw former Provincial Secretary Soekarwo squeak out a narrow (less than 1%) victory over East Java's first female gubernatorial candidate Khofifah. Although early exit [...]
2008-11-14 10:28:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KISL ID
08SURABAYA132EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: AS LAPINDO'S POCKETS EMPTY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 11 meeting with the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, (ESDM),the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) reported that the global financial crisis has caused a near stoppage of mudflow mitigation efforts. BPLS Operational Vice Head Hardi Prasetyo told the [...]
2008-11-18 22:40:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ID EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC
08SURABAYA133WEST NUSA TENGGARA: HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR CHANGE FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Elected on an anti-corruption platform, recently inaugurated Governor of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Muhammad Zainul Majdi remains extremely popular among the local population of Mataram, the provincial capital. Political observers, however, are skeptical that he has the skills or [...]
2008-11-20 07:49:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF PHUM KISL EINV ID
08SURABAYA137MALUKU: PEACE REIGNS AFTER ALLEGED BLASPHEMY SPARKS A
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rebuilding is underway in the Central Maluku town of Masohi after a day-long sectarian riot broke out there after more than four years of calm. On December 9, more than 60 houses and two churches were burned and six people were injured in Masohi on Seram Island some 120 km east [...]
2008-12-18 08:28:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL KIRF PTER PINS ASEC ID
08SURABAYA138EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: US TECHNICAL ADVISOR BEGINS WORK
[...] (SBU) Summary: US Technical Advisor for the Sidoarjo Mudflow, Dr. Van Williams arrived in Surabaya on December 18 following a November survey of the mudflow site, and discussions with the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS),the Center of Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation and the Departmen [...]
2008-12-18 09:47:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA14SULTAN OF TERNATE AS NORTH MALUKU MEDIATOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sultan of Ternate positioned himself as the mediator of the continuing North Maluku gubernatorial dispute during a January 25 meeting with Surabaya Principal Officer. Ternate, the capital of North Maluku, was calm after the January 23 Supreme Court ruling that supported form [...]
2008-02-04 04:23:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ID
08SURABAYA16POLICE AND SOLDIERS CLASH IN CENTRAL MALUKU: THREE DEAD
[...] (SBU) According to police and media contacts, early Saturday morning, February 2, a group of Indonesian armed forces (TNI) soldiers from the 731 Kabaresi infantry battalion in Central Maluku attacked local police offices in the city of Masohi on the island of Seram. After an exchange of gunfir [...]
2008-02-05 09:38:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL ID
08SURABAYA18EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: MORE DIKES COLLAPSE, GEYSERS
[...] (SBU) Geysers caused by ongoing subsidence, rainy season flooding and demonstrations fueled by popular discontent are taxing the ability of the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency to cope with the continuing disaster. Two earthen dikes collapsed on February 10, flooding two villages with mud and w [...]
2008-02-11 11:23:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA20NORTH MALUKU: CONTINUING GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION UNCERTAINTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 11, a low-explosive, hand-made bomb exploded outside the Ternate residence of the head of the North Maluku High Court. There were no reports of injuries. Although no group has claimed responsibility, the bomb was reportedly an attempt to put pressure on local officia [...]
2008-02-12 08:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL ID
08SURABAYA21SUPER TUESDAY IN SURABAYA
[...] (U) Summary: Congen Surabaya hosted a Super Tuesday Election event at the Consul General's residence for 35 invited guests from the media, local political parties, and academia. The Consulate's Pol/Econ Officer and Public Affairs Officer led a discussion of Blue State vs. Red State dynamics, [...]
2008-02-13 01:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGPV KISL KPAO ID
08SURABAYA22EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE -- RESIDENTS IGNORE POLICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Flammable gas leaks in villages surrounding the mud flow have led officials to restrict access, but residents refuse to leave. Sidoarjo officials will stop providing food assistance to recently displaced villagers due to budgetary constraints. Some village officials are skimmin [...]
2008-02-15 07:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET NERG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA27EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: PROGRESS ON PLANNED USG TECHNICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 26, Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) Engineers Mr. Soffian Hadi and Mr. Handoko Teguh told Congen Surabaya Pol/Econ officer that U.S. assistance discussed in previous meetings (Ref A) is much needed and will likely receive official approval if the U.S. proposes [...]
2008-02-27 07:32:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA29EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FLAMES AND GEYSERS FORM BACKDROP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Geysers and gas flares near the mudflow epicenter continue to appear since they first started in early February. Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) Spokesman Achmad Zulkarnain said that the recent flare-up of burning hydrogen sulfide gas on the site of the abandoned Jatirejo [...]
2008-03-03 09:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA32GORONTALO: VISITING A TROPICAL NEBRASKA, INDONESIA'S CORN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Well-known across Indonesia both for its corn production and dynamic Governor, Sulawesi's Gorontalo Province has gained a reputation as a showcase of public administration best practices. In an effort to sort hype from ground truth, Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer a [...]
2008-03-05 10:40:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ID ECON PGOV
08SURABAYA33EASTERN INDONESIA: PROSPEROUS JUSTICE PARTY (PKS) TRIES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the regions beyond Java, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) are focused on attracting new members beyond the Muslim students and professionals who makeup the party's backbone. On the Hindu island of Bali and the Muslim-majority province of Gorontolo, local PKS leaders highlig [...]
2008-03-10 07:14:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRL ID
08SURABAYA34GORONTALO: CORN, CORRUPTION AND THE PROMISE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with Mr. Elnino Husein, activist and journalist of Tribun Gorontalo, and Mr. Arrusdin Bone, board member of Gorontalo Golkar Party and director of the NGO, LP2G, during a recent visit to the province. In con [...]
2008-03-11 09:31:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ID ECON PGOV
08SURABAYA35SOUTH SULAWESI: MAKASSAR DRUG BUST UNCOVERS EXPLOSIVES,
[...] (SBU) Makassar authorities are still investigating the discovery of explosives, an AR-15 rifle and many rounds of ammunition at a house belonging to a Mr. Sabri at a housing complex in a Makassar suburb according to media reports and Congen Surabaya contacts. Makassar police -- acting on a ti [...]
2008-03-13 10:05:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL ID
08SURABAYA39EAST NUSA TENGGARA: EASTER STABBING OF EAST TIMORESE REFUGEE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Easter stabbing of an East Timorese refugee and the subsequent revenge destruction of 11 houses in a local village highlight the continuing tensions between communities in West Timor. The deployment of hundreds of police backed up by army soldiers restored order to the area. [...]
2008-03-25 05:19:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM ASEC ID
08SURABAYA40EAST JAVA: MUDFLOW UPDATE: DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK MAIN ROAD;
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 24, residents of nine villages whose homes are being destroyed by the unabated mudflow took their demands for compensation to the street -- blocking the primary transportation corridor linking Surabaya with the rest of East Java for over eight hours. The blockade was li [...]
2008-03-25 07:33:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC EAID ID
08SURABAYA43EAST JAVA: GAS CONVERSION PROGRAM TRIGGERS RAPID RISE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government plans to encourage consumers to switch from kerosene to LPG for cooking are triggering long lines, rising prices, and inflation throughout East Java. Public discontent is receiving widespread media attention, but thus far gubernatorial candidates have remained silent. [...]
2008-04-02 10:03:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ENRG EAGR ID
08SURABAYA44CENTRAL SULAWESI: ON THE RUN SINCE 2005, SECT LEADER IS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Arifin, (aka Madi),the fugitive leader of a so-called heretical Islamic sect, was killed while resisting arrest according to press reports and Congen Surabaya sources. After three years on the run, police received information that Madi had returned to his home village of Salen [...]
2008-04-07 08:43:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KISL ID PGOV KIRF PREL
08SURABAYA47EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FLAMMABLE GAS BUILDUP CAUSES
[...] (U) Summary. Five residents of a village near the Sidoarjo mudflow fell unconscious after exposure to high concentrations of gas in their neighborhood. Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) spokesperson Ahmad Zulkarnain confirmed to the local press that a buildup of methane and hydrogen sul [...]
2008-04-14 09:04:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA48NORTH MALUKU: ELECTION DECISION FINALLY IN SIGHT; POPULATION
[...] (SBU) After months of bureaucratic debate between provincial election officials and the central government and contradictory court decisions, it appears that North Maluku will soon swear in a new governor. At the formal request of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the North Maluku parliament held [...]
2008-04-18 09:52:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ENRG ID
08SURABAYA51EAST JAVA -- SOME LISTEN TO ALLAH, SOME TO THE POLLS;
[...] (SBU) Summary: What role will the world's largest Muslim organization play in the run up to Indonesia's 2009 Presidential election? The East Java governor's race could provide a preview of the declining role of large Muslim organizations like Nadhlatul Ulama (NU),with some 40 million member [...]
2008-04-23 09:27:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI KISL ID
08SURABAYA52EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SIDOARJO REGENT PUTS PRIORITY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the May deadline for final compensation payments near, tempers are rising among those displaced by the disaster. An estimated 1,000 staged a demonstration April 28, protesting Lapindo's decision to end food ration payments to those living in the Porong Market on May 1. On Ap [...]
2008-04-28 09:17:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA53SURABAYA CELEBRATES EARTH DAY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen Surabaya celebrated Earth Day by joining a clean-the-beach campaign organized by a local NGO and planting trees in a nearby park. Later in the week, the Principal Officer participated in a well-attended seminar organized by a group of women's issues activists to discuss t [...]
2008-04-29 05:39:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KPAO ENRG KWMN EAID TPHY TRGY ID
08SURABAYA54ALUMINI GRANT BRINGS ENGLISH TEACHER TRAINING TO NEW
[...] (U) Summary: ConGen Surabaya's PAO recently traveled to remote regions of South Sulawesi to attend English Teacher Training Workshops organized by a participant in the Secondary School Educators 2005 program. Ratna Haris from the Secondary Educators State Alumni Association is using a $13,500 [...]
2008-04-30 08:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI SCUL KPAO OEXC PGOV ID
08SURABAYA56JAWA POS AWARDS INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SERVICE ACROSS EAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Media giant Jawa Pos Group's Pro Otonomi Institute (JPIP) presented its annual awards April 30 to regencies and cities throughout East Java which demonstrated innovation across public service sectors. Perennial winners Lamongan and Sidoarjo, famous for employing business techniq [...]
2008-05-05 10:22:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID ECON ID
08SURABAYA57EAST JAVA: PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS DISCUSS DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Four presidential hopefuls discussed the power of decentralization on economic development at an April 30 seminar hosted by the Jawa Pos Group. All four agreed that the central government had failed to transfer sufficient authority to regional governments and questioned the gove [...]
2008-05-06 10:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID PREL ID
08SURABAYA6EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: RAINS THREATEN DAMS, YET CLEAR
[...] The same monsoon rains that weakened and broke a dam at the Sidoarjo mud flow site January 3 have paradoxically improved the flow of the Porong river, clearing it of sedimentation. Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) Deputy of Operations, Mr. Soffian Hadi told ConGen Surabaya that there is n [...]
2008-01-16 04:48:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA61EAST JAVA: PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO OPENS EDUCATION DAY AMID
[...] (U) Summary: President Yudhoyono visited East Java May 12-13 May for National Education Day opening ceremonies at Airlangga University in Surabaya. The President was greeted by small-scale student protests calling for reduction in fuel and food prices, expulsion of foreign oil companies and a [...]
2008-05-14 09:09:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI SCUL KPAO OEXC OIIP PGOV ID
08SURABAYA63BALI: CONTINUED PRESSURE CAUSES AHMADIYAH MEMBERS TO SEEK
[...] (U) Six representatives of the Islamic religious sect Ahmadiyah now resident in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) sought but failed to gain political asylum at the Australian Consulate and German Honorary Consulate in Bali on May 15. The six claimed to represent 195 Ahmadiyah members still in Lo [...]
2008-05-23 10:13:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KIRF PINS ID PHUM KISL
08SURABAYA65MALUKU: ETHNICITY, RELIGION MIGHT TRIGGER POST-ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Maluku remains calm, recent fighting between a handful of villages has underscored the role of ethnicity in all aspects of life in Maluku, ConGen Surabaya Pol-Econ Officer and Pol-Econ Assistant found during meetings with NGOs, media and political parties in Ambon, Maluku [...]
2008-05-29 09:06:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL KIRF PTER PINS ASEC ID
08SURABAYA66EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: TWO YEARS OF MUD, GEYSERS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since mud and noxious fumes began surging from the ground on May 29, 2006, there has been little progress in recovery and rebuilding. Threatening major highway and rail links, the mudflow has had a major economic and social impact, but the political consequences remain unclear. [...]
2008-05-30 10:49:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA68EASTERN INDONESIA: AFGHANS BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA DETAINED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local police arrested seven Afghan nationals near Kupang, West Timor, for immigration violations. According to the police, the Afghans claimed they felt threatened in Afghanistan and intended to enter Australia via boat from Roti Island. All seven reportedly entered on valid In [...]
2008-06-03 10:16:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF SMIG PREL ELAB KCRM KWMN ID
08SURABAYA7SOUTH SULAWESI: DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Daily protests against the Supreme Court's December decision requesting gubernatorial elections be re-run in four South Sulawesi regencies turned violent January 16 when supporters of declared victor Syahrul Yasin Limpo entered the governor's office. The local election commissio [...]
2008-01-18 01:29:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ID
08SURABAYA70NORTH MALUKU: GOLKAR, PRESIDENTIAL PROXY FIGHT OVER
[...] Summary: (SBU) Violence has flared again between the supporters of candidates for North Maluku Governor. Local ethnic friction and Jakarta party politics have made this far flung governor's race drag on for almost six months now. The latest round of violence was reportedly triggered by the J [...]
2008-06-10 01:02:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
08SURABAYA73EAST JAVA: LOCAL ELECTIONS PROVE ISSUES MATTER TO VOTERS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Based on the results of the most recent nine local elections for Regent in East Java Province, two things are clear. First, poor performance usually dooms incumbents no matter the size of the campaign war chest. Second, in a few more conservative districts, support from Islami [...]
2008-06-18 07:27:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL ID
08SURABAYA74CENTRAL SULAWESI: LOCAL VIEWS OF POST CONFLICT ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former sites of extreme violence between Muslim and Christian communities throughout the Central Sulawesi city of Poso are now safe, although physical signs of the conflict remain. Residents of the Poso and NGO leaders told visiting Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer that economic devel [...]
2008-06-19 09:13:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ID KISL PTER EAID PREL SOCI SCUL
08SURABAYA78NBA BASKETBALL: SPORTS DIPLOMACY PARTNERSHIPS IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deteksi Basketball League (DBL) has secured a multi-year partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA). This new agreement was facilitated through introductions and suggestions made by U.S. Consulate General Surabaya following meetings in Jakarta. An NBA player an [...]
2008-07-08 06:32:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KPAO PREL ECON ID
08SURABAYA8EAST JAVA: DECENTRALIZATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a wide ranging lunch discussion with visiting DCM January 16, six Surabaya-based political observers -- representing the media, academia, NGOs, and religious communities -- offered their frank assessments of the successes and limitations of decentralization in East Java. [...]
2008-01-20 05:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL EAID ID
08SURABAYA80EAST JAVA--OIL PRICES, POOR INFRASTRUCTURE BATTER BOTH
[...] Summary: Top managers at two major Indonesian factories in Gresik, East Java, spoke to visiting Consulate staff about the challenges of running a large-scale factory in Indonesia. State-owned Petrokimia is a fertilizer company with a protected market and guaranteed prices. Privately-owned Kel [...]
2008-07-09 10:52:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ID ECON PGOV
08SURABAYA81EAST JAVA: EDUCATION COOPERATION A PRIORITY FOR LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 4 visit to Surabaya, Ambassador Hume discussed the prospects for enhanced education cooperation between the U.S. and Indonesia with local officials, academics, and business leaders. All stressed the importance of establishing necessary infrastructure and institutio [...]
2008-07-10 08:21:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KPAO PREL ECON EAID ID
08SURABAYA82WEST NUSA TENGGARA: VICE PRESIDENT'S FINGERPRINTS ON ANOTHER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Incumbency has proved to be more of a millstone than an advantage for the once preeminent Golkar Party in a series of gubernatorial elections across Eastern Indonesia. On July 7, West Nusa Tenggara witnessed the fifth and most recent defeat for an incumbent Governor, in this cas [...]
2008-07-10 10:44:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL KIRF ID
08SURABAYA85EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SOME REFUGEES RESETTLED WHILE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the mudflow disaster now entering its third year, legal and political controversy in Jakarta surrounding the causes of the mudflow has not abated, despite an increasingly sophisticated PR campaign by the holding company thought responsible for the disaster. On the ground [...]
2008-07-17 11:21:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV EPET ENRG SENV PGOV ID
08SURABAYA86EASTERN INDONESIA: RISING PRICES PUSH INDONESIANS TO REDUCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past three months, Eastern Indonesia's flour mills have witnessed a dramatic shift in domestic consumption of wheat products as food and energy prices rise. During recent visits by ConGen Surabaya Principal Officer to two of the world's largest flour mills, Bogosari in [...]
2008-07-18 06:24:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD ID
08SURABAYA87SOUTHEAST SULAWESI: A REMOTE PROVINCE FOCUSES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Located far from the centers of power, the province of Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) is rich in natural resources yet poor in human capital and infrastructure. Sultra's recently elected, 41-year old, businessman governor has outlined a five-fold plan to capitalize on private-publi [...]
2008-07-22 05:05:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV ID
08SURABAYA88EAST JAVA GOVERNOR'S ELECTION: WEAK PARTY LOYALTY LEADS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Based on quick count results, it appears likely East Java governor's election will go to a second round after no candidate garnered 30% of the vote in a five ticket race. Soekarwo-Syaifullah Yusuf -- supported by the National Mandate Party (PAN),Party Democrat (PD),and the Pro [...]
2008-07-25 10:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KISL ID
08SURABAYA94EAST JAVA: THE TANGLED WEB SURROUNDING THE SOLE FEMALE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: East Java's female candidate for governor, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, succeeded in reaching the second round of the election, but faces strong criticism from women's issues activists in Surabaya. While her critics acknowledge that the Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama's (NU) [...]
2008-08-01 08:13:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN KDEM SOCI KISL PREL ID
08SURABAYA96EAST JAVA: MALNUTRITION COMPLICATED BY INADEQUATE GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malnutrition in children is an enduring problem in Indonesia, not only for rural provinces with weak economies such as East Nusa Tenggara (NTT),but also for more developed provinces such as East Java. Although poverty makes malnutrition worse, ill-prepared local healthcare st [...]
2008-08-07 09:51:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV EAID PGOV ID
08SURABAYA97SURABAYA: ICITAP-FUNDED DNA LAB OPENED WITH ENTHUSIASM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The opening of a Surabaya DNA forensics lab established with assistance from the U.S. Department of Justice's International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) generated positive press in East Java and the continued appreciation of provincial police. Th [...]
2008-08-08 08:59:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ASEC ID
08SURABAYA98CONSULAR MANAGEMENT VISIT TO BALI CONSULAR AGENCY
[...] Summary. Supervisory Consular Officer / Surabaya Consular Section Chief (CSC) Terry Mobley visited Bali from July 24 - 25. During the visit, CSC and Bali-based Consular Agent Joshua Finch reviewed Consular Agency operations, visited with a few long-term American citizen residents of Bali, an [...]
2008-08-21 07:25:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC CPAS ID
08SURABAYA99EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: 98TH GEYSER APPEARS AMID PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As river levels rise due to increased sedimentation, local residents forced the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) to stop pumping mud slurry into the Porong River. BPLS estimates that the added pressure could cause dike failure within several days, although the dikes' tole [...]
2008-08-25 10:14:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA10EAST JAVA: GOVERNOR'S RACE ENDS WITH MURKY LESSONS FOR 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's most populous province has finally elected a new governor after one general election and two run-off elections. Unprecedented televised testimony in Indonesia's Constitutional Court triggered a second runoff after vote buying in Madura was revealed. In a province of n [...]
2009-02-03 11:23:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ID KISL KIRF
09SURABAYA101EXXONMOBIL'S CEPU PROJECT: LOCAL POPULATION PERSPECTIVE MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil's operation of the Cepu oil field has come under harsh media criticism for failure to meet production targets and the expectations of the local population. The situation on the ground, however, paints a different picture. While eager to see more economic impact from [...]
2009-10-26 08:26:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON EINV PGOV PREL ID
09SURABAYA105PRESS RAISE FEARS OF A SECOND MUD DISASTER; CNPC SUBSIDIARY
[...] (U) Press sources report that on Wednesday, 28 October a mishap at an oil field on Madura Island, East Java Province caused a well to begin spurting water, mud, and gas, raising the specter of a repeat of the Lapindo mud disaster in Sidoarjo. The well is operated by oil company SPE Petroleum, a [...]
2009-10-30 05:55:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG SENV ECON ID
09SURABAYA106JPIP COMPETITION ENCOURAGES GOOD GOVERNANCE, EXPANDS INTO
[...] (U) In 2001, Indonesia began a political transformation from the centralized system of the Suharto era to a decentralized system characterized by high levels of local autonomy. During the intervening eight years, some regency and city governments have used this new-found authority to improve t [...]
2009-10-30 09:33:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAID ID
09SURABAYA107DECENTRALIZATION: AN EDUCATION TUG-OF-WAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eight years after the government began pushing decision making to the local level under a policy of regional autonomy, the central government remains deeply involved in local-level education. The Constitution requires that local governments devote 20% of their annual budget to e [...]
2009-11-05 05:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EAID ECON ID
09SURABAYA109SHARIA IN EASTERN INDONESIA WANING
[...] Summary: While Aceh has gained international attention for new laws mandating stoning for adultery and banning pants for women, sharia law has gained little traction in Eastern Indonesia. Since 2003, 11 local governments have issued just 16 bylaws, most commonly to mandate the giving of alms, [...]
2009-11-09 09:44:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KISL KIRF ID
09SURABAYA11FIRST USN SHIP VISIT TO BALI SINCE 2002 SPOTLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time since 2002, a U.S. Naval ship paid a visit to the resort island of Bali, spotlighting Indonesia's much improved security situation and deepening U.S.-Indonesia security and counterterrorism cooperation. The visit by USS LASSEN and its crew is the latest exampl [...]
2009-02-04 03:31:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO ASEC ID
09SURABAYA111FISHERY LAW THREATENS MALUKU TRADITIONS, ECONOMY,
[...] SUMMARY: Jakarta recently passed a law that sets a 12-mile off-shore boundary outside of which the national government controls. This law threatens the local traditions that have governed fishing practices, and sustained coastal resources, in the Maluku islands for centuries. Local groups are [...]
2009-11-13 09:33:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SENV EFIS PHUM SOCI ID
09SURABAYA113EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER MITIGATION,
[...] SBU(U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has taken over full responsibility for mitigation efforts at the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster. Due to financial difficulties, Lapindo has not met the original compensation deadline. However, most victims have accepted an installment payment system that L [...]
2009-11-24 04:27:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET EINV SENV ENRG SOSI PGOV ID
09SURABAYA115MALUKU: ELECTRICITY WOES PLAGUE AMBON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Technical and maintenance problems at Ambon's power plants have left the island without electricity for up to 14 hours a day. While repairs are expected to be completed soon, long-term development needs require increased electricity capacity. Planned Ambon projects are plagued [...]
2009-12-01 08:16:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ID
09SURABAYA116MANADO'S TRADITIONAL FISHERMEN AND FISH STOCKS FACE NUMEROUS
[...] Representatives from the local NGO KELOLA and the North Sulawesi Traditional Fisherman Association (ANTRA) are trying to raise awareness about threats to the livelihood of traditional fishermen in North Sulawesi. Local fishermen established ANTRA, with a current membership of 1500, earlier thi [...]
2009-12-03 06:13:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV PGOV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA120INDONESIAN BAHA'I FACE DIFFICULTIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent proselytizing activities have created difficulties for a small Baha'i community in East Java. The local Council of Muslim Clerics decided not to ban the Baha'i because they are a distinct religion. While Baha'i regularly encounter administrative difficulties due to their [...]
2009-12-16 10:57:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI ID
09SURABAYA122EAST JAVA MINIMUM WAGE LEVELS DISPUTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local governments revise the monthly minimum wage on an annual basis. Revisions are based on annual cost of living surveys conducted by Wage Councils. The Wage Councils represent government, business, labor, and academia. In East Java, labor is concerned that the 2010 minimum [...]
2009-12-23 10:59:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ID
09SURABAYA123SURABAYA B1/B2 VISA VALIDATION STUDY
[...] Summary: The Consular Section of U.S. Consulate General Surabaya recently conducted a validation study of B1/B2 visa issuances for the six month period between December 1, 2007 and May 31, 2008. Ninety eight percent of these recipients had either not yet traveled or properly returned to Indo [...]
2009-12-24 02:06:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KFRD ID
09SURABAYA124SURABAYA TIP SEMINAR: DIFFICULTIES REMAIN IN COMBATTING TIP
[...] (SBU) Several attendees at a recent Trafficking in Persons (TIP) seminar in Surabaya described prosecutors and judges as a weak link in the enforcement of TIP laws. Recently tightened government regulations were said to have made less-educated workers more vulnerable to trafficking. The Indo [...]
2009-12-24 05:55:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KTIP ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI ID
09SURABAYA13EAST JAVA: CHINESE SWEAT AND DIPLOMACY -- TRYING TO BUILD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The bridge linking Surabaya and the nearby island of Madura is nearing completion. The Chinese continue efforts to transform their reported USD 1.6 billion in loans and financing into a milestone representative of China's increasingly close economic ties with Indonesia. China's V [...]
2009-02-09 10:03:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ID CH
09SURABAYA16EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: U.S. ADVISOR BUILDING
[...] (SBU) Summary: After almost two months on site, the U.S. mud advisor Van Williams has built a strong working relationship with officials at the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS). The collapse of a major directional dike at the mudflow's epicenter has hampered BPLS's efforts to move large qu [...]
2009-02-13 09:10:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA17EAST JAVA: BOY HEALER GIVING HEALTH MINISTER A BLACK EYE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Seeking a cure from water blessed by a ten year old boy, thousands are flocking to a small village near the East Java city of Jombang. Provincial authorities have tried to stop the flood of potential patients, but with marginal success. Four have died while queuing to see the boy [...]
2009-02-19 07:52:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA20LOMBOK: LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS AHMADIYAH CAN RETURN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ahmadiyah refugees in Lombok's Transito Camp have received word via a local government spokesman that they can return home after nearly three years away. Members of this minority Islamic sect are determined to return despite limits that will remain on their religious practice. [...]
2009-03-03 08:41:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA23EAST JAVA: FEMALE CANDIDATES UNAFRAID OF COMPETITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: East Java's female legislative candidates are not worried about their ability to compete in upcoming national elections despite the effective cancellation of a quota requiring that women account for 30% of candidates. More than gender, a lack of experience and education are th [...]
2009-03-12 07:23:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL ID
09SURABAYA25FRAUD SUMMARY - (SURABAYA)
[...] Please find below the semi-annual fraud report for U.S. Consulate General Surabaya for the period September 2008 - February 2009. A. Country Conditions Indonesia is an archipelago of over 17,500 islands spanning three time zones and 3,400 miles along the Equator. Its population of 245 [...]
2009-03-13 09:27:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ID
09SURABAYA26LOMBOK: AHMADIYAH'S RETURN POSTPONED
[...] (SBU) Summary: As reported Reftel, members of the Ahmadiyah community in Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Tengah (NTB),intended to return to their home villages in the West Lombok Regency on March 14. At the request of the West Lombok government, the Ahmadis resident in Transito Camp have agreed to de [...]
2009-03-16 07:35:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA27SURABAYA RIVER POLLUTION LEADS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Surabaya City faces immense challenges to its water supply: pollution, seawater intrusion, and dwindling ground water. The Surabaya River, which provides 90% of the city's tap water, is being overwhelmed with industrial waste. Enforcement of environmental regulations has been i [...]
2009-03-19 04:56:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON PGOV ID
09SURABAYA28EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SUBSIDENCE CONTINUES TO HAMPER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Subsidence north and west of the mudflow epicenter continues to hamper efforts by the Sidoarjo Muflow Mitigation Agency (BPLS) to pump mud into the Porong River. BPLS officials met with scientists from the National Geological Agency for a technical discussion but produced no new [...]
2009-03-20 09:11:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA33EAST JAVA: NEW BREED, OLD PROBLEMS, LOCAL OFFICIALS CHART
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since elections started changing the face of Indonesian politics nearly a decade ago, cities and regencies in East Java are increasingly electing officials with private sector experience and clear plans for local development. Congen Surabaya visited Trenggalek Regency and Kedir [...]
2009-04-09 09:15:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV ID
09SURABAYA36SOUTH SULAWESI: MORE YAWNING, LESS YELLING WHILE GOLKAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 2009 Legislative elections in South Sulawesi were marked by a dip in turnout and a generally orderly process. This was in stark contrast to the angry crowds held back by concertina wire following the hotly contested 2007 South Sulawesi governor's election. Early results sho [...]
2009-04-13 20:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ID
09SURABAYA38MALUKU: HIGH TURNOUT, ENTHUSIASM, ETHNICITY NOT RELIGION
[...] (SBU). Summary: The parliamentary elections in Maluku were peaceful and voter turnout was high. Despite the area's history of sectarian conflict, the outcome of this and recent local elections demonstrated that religion is no longer the primary factor in choosing political leadership. Voters te [...]
2009-04-17 10:07:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL ASEC PHUM ID
09SURABAYA4EAST JAVA AND CENTRAL SULAWESI: RHETORIC HEATS UP PEACEFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations against Israeli military action in the Gaza strip remain peaceful in Surabaya. Four recent demonstrations have focused on the Consulate itself and one on the Consular Agency in Bali. In Surabaya, protestors led by a local leader in the Islamic Cleric's Associa [...]
2009-01-13 10:15:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KIRF PINS ID PHUM KISL
09SURABAYA40LOMBOK: FOUR AHMADI FAMILIES RETURN HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT
[...] The Ahmadiyah representative in Lombok told Congen April 24 that the head of the Ketapang district office visited the Transito camp on April 14 to request the Ahmadis once again delay their return to their homes in the Gegerungan Village in West Lombok Regency for security reasons. The official [...]
2009-04-24 10:25:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA43NEWMONT'S FUTURE IN SUMBAWA
[...] (SBU) Summary. ConGenOff visited western Sumbawa from April 21-24, meeting with Newmont representatives as well as government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGO). The General Manager of Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) said the recent arbitration ruling offers clarity in regard to [...]
2009-04-30 14:42:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EMIN EFIN ETRD EINV PREL SENV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA45TFFLU01: BALI'S REACTION TO THE H1N1 INFLUENZA THREAT
[...] (U) Summary. While there are no reports of H1N1 infected persons on the Hindu tourist island of Bali, local Airport, Health, and Department of Animal Husbandry officials are all reportedly prepared for the possibility of H1N1 cases in Bali. Airport officials are utilizing thermal scanning equi [...]
2009-05-05 11:07:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU CASC AEMR ASEC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SURABAYA48EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: AS THIRD ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sidoarjo mudflow has buried over 700 hectares over the past three years and threatens critical infrastructure. While the East Java Governor is pushing speedy construction of a new transportation corridor around the mudflow, landowners are demanding compensation equivalent to [...]
2009-05-13 03:29:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA52EAST JAVA: AFGHANS BREAK OUT OF IMMIGRATION DETENTION,
[...] (SBU) Ten Afghan men are still at large after escaping from an East Java immigration detention center in the early hours of May 19. Indonesian immigration officers say the fugitives broke through a barred window and escaped leaving behind an ill compatriot and seven Iraqis. Indonesian immigr [...]
2009-05-22 04:13:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF SMIG PREL ELAB KCRM KWMN ID AF
09SURABAYA55METHANOL SPIKED "ARAK" RESULTS IN MULTIPLE DEATHS IN BALI
[...] Indonesian authorities on the island of Bali have confirmed more than 50 cases of suspected methanol poisoning associated with consumption of apparent methanol-spiked "arak" (also referred to as "arrack"). Arak is a common home-brewed alcoholic beverage in Bali, but is also produced by a few [...]
2009-06-02 11:04:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC SNAR SOCI ETRD ID
09SURABAYA56METHANOL SPIKED "ARAK" RESULTS IN MULTIPLE DEATHS IN BALI
[...] Indonesian authorities on the island of Bali have confirmed more than 50 cases of suspected methanol poisoning associated with consumption of apparent methanol-spiked "arak" (also referred to as "arrack"). Arak is a common home-brewed alcoholic beverage in Bali, but is also produced by a few [...]
2009-06-02 11:04:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC SNAR SOCI ETRD ID
09SURABAYA59CONSULAR MANAGEMENT VISIT TO BALI CONSULAR AGENCY
[...] Summary: Supervisory Consular Officer (SCO) Terry Mobley visited Bali from June 8 - 9 to conduct the annual Consular Agency management review. During the visit, SCO and outgoing Bali-based Consular Agent Joshua Finch and newly hired Consular Agent Joseph Curtin reviewed Consular Agency opera [...]
2009-06-10 09:34:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC CPAS ID
09SURABAYA60EAST JAVA: A DUEL OVER THE ROLE OF INDONESIA'S GOVERNORS
[...] (U) Summary: Do Indonesian governors represent the central government? Or, are they independent local leaders who must operate like corporate CEOs? Two well-known governors debated their roles during decentralization at a seminar sponsored by the Jawa Pos Institute of Pro Otonomi (JPIP). De [...]
2009-06-11 03:03:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ID
09SURABAYA62SURABAYA: SOUTHEAST ASIA'S LONGEST BRIDGE OPENS--BUT IMPACT
[...] (U) Summary: After decades of sporadic planning, Indonesia's longest bridge opened on June 10th. Empty pockets and grass roots opposition stymied the span that now links the islands of Java and Madura. Burdened with symbolism before it carried its first car, skepticism over promised economic [...]
2009-06-19 01:43:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EINV SOCI ID CH
09SURABAYA66EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: GOVERNMENT PLANS TO TAKE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three years after the Sidoarjo Mudflow disaster began, the Indonesian government signaled an intent to take over responsibility for mitigation from Lapindo Brantas, citing Lapindo's financial difficulties. If it follows through, the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) will ex [...]
2009-07-08 01:28:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA68EASTERN INDONESIA: ISLAMIC VOTERS NOT SWAYED BY RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential candidate Vice President Jusuf Kalla struggled to burnish his image as the choice of Islamic and non-Javanese religious voters during the campaign. However, early results suggest voters from Indonesia's largest Islamic organizations did not heed their leaders' cal [...]
2009-07-09 09:10:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA70EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: HOMES DISAPPEAR IN 10 SECONDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Several houses west of the epicenter of the Sidoarjo mudflow collapsed into a sinkhole on July 14. Approximately 200 houses were damaged, 40 houses heavily. The local Government is assisting with evacuation and compensation, but some residents refuse to leave. Severe and sudden [...]
2009-07-17 10:15:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA71VISAS VIPER: SURABAYA JULY 2009 MONTHLY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 06:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PTER ASEC PINR ID
09SURABAYA73DECENTRALIZATION BRINGS LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO HEALTH SERVICES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI's decentralization program has created significant leeway for local governments to prioritize community services and spending. Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, has focused its attention on improving health services and allocated significant budget resources to [...]
2009-08-11 01:12:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SENV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA74EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: POLICE DROP CASE AGAINST LAPINDO;
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 5, the East Java Provincial Police Chief (Kapolda) announced that his office was dropping its investigation into the cause of the Sidoarjo mudflow. This decision effectively absolves the Lapindo company and its staff of responsibility for causing the mudflow, which ha [...]
2009-08-13 01:54:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA76INDONESIAN FLEET REVIEW: U.S. NAVY DOMINATES THE SHOW AND
[...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Navy, led by the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, dominated "Sail Bunaken" at the Indonesian Fleet Review (IFR) 2009, hosted by Indonesia in North Sulawesi August 12-20, 2009. Indonesian officials, the media, and the general public expressed overwhelming appreciation for the partici [...]
2009-08-27 03:37:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO MARR PHSA ID
09SURABAYA79VISAS VIPER: SURABAYA AUGUST 2009 MONTHLY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 07:55:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PTER ASEC PINR ID
09SURABAYA81EAST JAVA: SURABAYA'S RAMADAN OUTREACH MAKES A POSITIVE
[...] (U) Summary: The staff of ConGen Surabaya extended their hands to 1500 Indonesians during the first three weeks of Ramadan. Surabaya hosted seven Iftaar events (known locally as Buka Puasas) throughout East Java and gave eight presentation on "Muslims in America" at local schools. The Iftaar [...]
2009-09-17 09:34:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL SOCI KISL ID
09SURABAYA87FRAUD SUMMARY - (SURABAYA)
[...] Please find below the semi-annual fraud report for U.S. Consulate General Surabaya for the period March - August 2009. A. Country Conditions Indonesia is an archipelago of over 17,500 islands spanning three time zones and 3,400 miles along the Equator. Its population of 245 million com [...]
2009-10-01 09:33:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ID
09SURABAYA92NTT: CNN HERO'S ORPHANAGE FACES FUNDING PROBLEMS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: CNN hero Soehardi Budi operates and funds the Roslin Orphanage in Kupang, the capital of Nusa Tenggara Timor (NTT). This orphanage provides refuge for 46 children, operates a farm and provides mobile library services to surrounding villages. Mr. Budi was recently fired from his [...]
2009-10-09 05:27:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI ECON PGOV ID
09SURABAYA93NTT: LONG-TERM CONDITIONS GENERATE HIGH INFANT/MATERNAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province, one of the poorest in Indonesia, faces serious health challenges, especially high maternal and infant mortality rates and child malnutrition. Experts blame problems with access, a lack of medical personnel, a lack of education and information, [...]
2009-10-09 08:37:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV ID
09SURABAYA94BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, BUT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Breast cancer diagnostic facilities are difficult to access in Indonesia, especially outside provincial capitals. Once a case of cancer is diagnosed, treatment is too expensive for all but the wealthiest individuals. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, ConGen Surabaya is [...]
2009-10-16 05:09:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KWMN KPAO PGOV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA98BALI'S JEMBRANA REGENCY: A MODEL OF EFFICIENCY
[...] The Regency of Jembrana is recognized as a model for decentralization by prominent Indonesian media outlets, including Tempo. On a recent trip by Chargi d'Affaires Ted Osius to Jembrana, Jembrana's Regent, Prof Winasa, demonstrated the Regency's use of technology to improve operational effic [...]
2009-10-22 09:32:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ID
09SURABAYA99NGOS RATE SURABAYA'S OFFICIAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP: POLICE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of local NGOs gave Surabaya's official efforts to combat trafficking in persons a failing grade overall. While generally praising the efforts of the police, the NGOs said the police were too under-resourced to be truly effective. The NGOs universally criticized [...]
2009-10-23 06:14:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KTIP ECON PGOV ID
10SURABAYA11EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: REDUCED VOLUME OF MUDFLOW AIDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Concerns that the 2006 Sidoarjo mud volcano would quickly engulf the entire regency have proven unfounded. Reduced volume of mudflow aided efforts to contain the area affected. Initial bank restrictions on loans to Sidaorjo businesses and residences threatened the overall econo [...]
2010-01-28 09:47:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV SENV ENRG PGOV MCC KMCA ID
10SURABAYA12EAST JAVA ISLAMIC SCHOOL LAUNCHES RADIO STATION WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: An East Java pesantren (religious boarding school) launched a local radio station designed to support Islamic teaching and values drawing on programming relayed directly from Al-Ahqhof University in Yemen. The Rector and Indonesian alumni of Al-Ahqhof University attended the st [...]
2010-02-02 09:44:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER SOCI ECPS YM ID
10SURABAYA15FACEBOOK MLK DAY OUTREACH PROVES THE TWO-FOLD VALUE OF
[...] SUMMARY: Consulate Surabaya's official Facebook page launched its "I have a dream~" outreach in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Indonesia is the seventh largest Facebook-using country and one of the fastest-growing in the world. The Surabaya Facebook MLK posts received over 10,00 [...]
2010-02-12 09:17:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO ID XC
10SURABAYA7MIXED REACTIONS IN EASTERN INDONESIA TOWARD ASEAN/CHINA FTA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political and business leaders in Eastern Indonesia have mixed views of the impact that the recently implemented ASEAN/China FTA will have on local economies. Some express concern that the FTA will allow cheap Chinese goods to flood local markets. Others express optimism that [...]
2010-01-21 09:17:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID PGOV SOCI KMCA MCC ID
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