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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08STATE91177 |
BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license and post-shipment check for the export of spacecraft-related equipment to India. Post is requested to c [...] |
2008-08-25 15:59:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC IN KOMC |
| 08STATE91178 |
BLUE LANTERN END USE CHECK ON APPROVED LICENSE [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a Blue Lantern check on an approved license for the export of air flight safety equipment to Croatia. Post is requested to comp [...] |
2008-08-25 16:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC HR KOMC |
| 08STATE91179 |
BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a post-shipment check for the export of helicopter flight helmets to Slovenia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...] |
2008-08-25 16:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SI |
| 08STATE91327 |
REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR ISF TRANSITION [...] (U) This is an action request. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that Posts engage appropriate host country officials to notify and elicit support for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) Transition Plan and the associated U.S. weapons sales. State and Defense Depar [...] |
2008-08-25 20:25:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PINS MASS AE BA EG IS IZ JO KU QA |
| 08STATE91332 |
AFTER-ACTION REPORT FOR DEMETER'S RESILIENCE, THE [...] (U) Summary: Following the recommendations of the G8 Bioterrorism Experts (BTEX) Group in 2005, a series of G8 workshops dealing with decontamination, food defense and public health/law enforcement cooperation was organized. "Demeter,s Resilience" was the second G8 food defense event and was [...] |
2008-08-25 20:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EUN FR GM IT JA PTER RS TBIO UK |
| 08STATE91372 |
DAS KROL REQUESTS MEETINGS WITH UN OFFICIALS IN [...] (U) George Krol, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs responsible for Central Asia, requests mission's assistance in arranging a one - day program in New York during the week of September 8 primarily to meet with relevant UN and mission officials to discus [...] |
2008-08-25 22:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON UN TX KG TI KZ UZ |
| 08STATE91379 |
USUN INSTRUCTIONS FOR DRC CONSULTATIONS [...] USUN may draw on the following points during the August 26 Security Council Consultations on the UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee: -- The United States would like to thank the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republ [...] |
2008-08-26 00:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
| 08STATE91387 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: FR MUST NOT BLOCK NATO [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) With respect to UNSCR 1816 and increasing acts of piracy off the Horn of Africa, Washington requests that USNATO raise the possibility of a NATO counter-piracy role at the August 27 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting, and in a [...] |
2008-08-26 00:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN NATO PREL |
| 08STATE91426 |
MGCH01: SUMMER 2008 OLYMPICS MONITORING GROUP [...] At 0700 EDT on 08/26/08, the Executive Secretary disbanded the Summer 2008 Olympics Monitoring Group. 2. Public inquiries regarding American Citizen Services issues may be referred to the Office of Overseas Citizens Services 888-407-4747, or from overseas at 1-202-501-4444. Inquiries from [...] |
2008-08-26 11:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
| 08STATE91440 |
POINTS FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 26 SOMALIA BRIEFING [...] Mission may draw on the following in Security Council consultations on Somalia on August 26, 2008. 2. Mr. President, this council meets today to consult on the way forward toward a more peaceful Somalia. I would like to make four points. First, this Council asked, in its Resolution 1814 [...] |
2008-08-26 11:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO UNSC SO |
| 08STATE91448 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-26 12:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC EZ |
| 08STATE91582 |
TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) The Russian MFA passed a letter from President Medvedev to President Bush declaring Russia?s intention to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in a Presidential Decree to be signed August 26. (TF/Embassy Moscow telcon) AKHALGORI STANDOFF CONTINUES ------------ [...] |
2008-08-26 15:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
| 08STATE91786 |
RESPONSE TO SANTO DOMINGO 1332 LEAHY VETTING [...] The Department has reviewed the relevant data sources and found no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed in paragraph 2, who has been selected to participate in ALP course training. 2. The candidates for training are: PINA DULUC, JUAN 03DEC1984 [...] |
2008-08-26 20:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PHUM DR |
| 08STATE91869 |
ASTANA COMMON WORLD FORUM: SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) This is an action message. Mission is requested to participate in the senior officials meeting (SOM) being held in Astana on August 28-29 in preparation for the October Common World Forum described in reftels. Mission should seek to achieve the following objectives: -- obtain a new b [...] |
2008-08-26 23:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL KZ |
| 08STATE91989 |
(S) CANCELLATION OF DPRK-IRAN FLIGHT: THANKING [...] (S//REL Recipients) SUMMARY: On 23 July, we informed Central Asian states of a possible flight of proliferation concern transiting Central Asian airspace en route from North Korea to Iran. Because similar flights in the past have transported personnel and items of proliferation concern, we [...] |
2008-08-27 12:37:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC AF CH KG KZ TI TX UZ |
| 08STATE92039 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...] |
2008-08-27 13:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08STATE92040 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...] |
2008-08-27 13:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08STATE92323 |
DEMARCHE: U.S. WILL NOT SIGN THE NATO [...] (C) This is an action request for all NATO Posts and Embassy Tel Aviv to demarche relevant Foreign Ministry legal and policy offices at appropriate levels prior to the September 2 Meeting of NATO Legal Advisors. We would appreciate information on any comments or replies received; please slug [...] |
2008-08-27 22:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN |
| 08STATE92325 |
TFGG01 - GEORGIA - DEMARCHE REQUEST ON SOUTH [...] (SBU) This is an action request: The Department requests that action addressees, with the exception of Moscow, Hanoi, Tripoli and Pretoria, approach host governments at the highest appropriate level to urge them to oppose the participation of representatives from the de facto governments of Abk [...] |
2008-08-27 23:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL GG |
| 08STATE92332 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONTINUE ENGAGING GOI ON DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. 2. (C) Per Refs A-D, Embassy Baghdad has shared with the GOI the draft text of a UNSC resolution that imposes targeted sanctions on individuals or entities that engage in or provide support for acts of violence that threaten [...] |
2008-08-27 23:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PREL PTER IZ RU UK |
| 08STATE92335 |
Support for Egypt's Ministerial Conference on [...] This is an action request for Embassies to demarche host governments (foreign, health and agriculture ministries) to urge high-level participation in this year's major international conference on avian and pandemic influenza, to take place in Egypt October 25- 26. (See para 7.) End Summary. [...] |
2008-08-28 00:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL |
| 08STATE92342 |
GEORGIA -- GUIDANCE FOR POSSIBLE UNSC EMERGENCY [...] The Department understands that Georgia may ask for an emergency UNSC session as early as tomorrow in light of the Russian Federation's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on August 26. If the UNSC does meet to discuss Georgia on August 28, the Department requests that USUN draw on the [...] |
2008-08-28 01:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC GG |
| 08STATE92346 |
TRAVEL ALERT - TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV [...] This Travel Alert is being issued to urge American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas affected by Tropical Storm Gustav in Haiti, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. U.S. citizens in areas likely to be impacted by Tropical Storm Gustav w [...] |
2008-08-28 01:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
| 08STATE92371 |
TFGG01 - GEORGIA - URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST ON [...] (SBU) This is an action request: Georgia is seeking an emergency session of the UN Security Council meeting as early as August 28, 2008 to discuss Russia's recognition of the separatist Abkhazian and South Ossetian de facto governments. In anticipation of this meeting, the Department requests [...] |
2008-08-28 02:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL GG |
| 08STATE92512 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050101261 for the export of military radios to Poland. PM/DDTC outreach team plans to compl [...] |
2008-08-28 15:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PL |
| 08STATE92567 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: POSSIBLE UNAUTHORIZED [...] (U) This is an Action Request for Embassy Stockholm. Please see paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Post recently obtained information that European Helicopter Service (EHS) Sweden may be planning to retransfer four Bell 212 helicopters to a third country without prior approval [...] |
2008-08-28 16:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC SW |
| 08STATE92568 |
FOLLOWING-UP WITH CHINA ON EFFORTS BY PAKISTAN'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background and Purpose/Objective: On many occasions since March 2006, U.S. has provided Chinese officials with information regarding attempts by Pakistan's missile program to procure ring-rolling and flow form [...] |
2008-08-28 16:28:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK |
| 08STATE92615 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-28 18:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC AIT |
| 08STATE92637 |
PROVIDING BELGIUM ADDITIONAL INFO ON MALAYSIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Brussels, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In late July 2008, we advised Belgian officials of information indicating that as of June, the Malaysian-based firm Evertop Services Sdn Bhd sought A9910 advanced data acquisition syst [...] |
2008-08-28 18:53:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC BE IR MY |
| 08STATE92723 |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR AUSTRALIA ON BANK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Australian embassy officers recently asked ISN to provide additional information on the proliferation-related activities of Iran's Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Sade [...] |
2008-08-28 20:27:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR AS KNNP PARM PTER PINR PREL |
| 08STATE9284 |
GUIDANCE FOR JANUARY 30 UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON THE [...] (SBU) USUN is instructed to draw from the points in paras. 2-9 below in making its statement at the January 30 UNSC debate on the Middle East. Please select the point in para. 2 that describes the outcome of the discussion on the PRST on Gaza, and follow with the rest of the points in para. 3 [...] |
2008-01-30 00:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPAL IS LE |
| 08STATE9295 |
VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: MONUC SUPPORT FOR LOCAL [...] USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the resolution authorizing the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo to support the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The text of the resolution appears in paragraph 2. If there are any substantive changes to this text, pl [...] |
2008-01-30 01:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC CG |
| 08STATE93148 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050120369 for the export of a thermal imaging kit to Romania. Post is requested to complete [...] |
2008-08-29 17:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RO |
| 08STATE93161 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050118916 for the export of a FLIR Thermal Imaging System to Ireland. Post is requested to c [...] |
2008-08-29 17:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC EI |
| 08STATE93264 |
APPROACHING THE EU REGARDING GEORGIA IN ADVANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold an informal "Gymnich" meeting in Avignon on September 5-6. We expect the agenda to include: Georgia and EU/Russia relations, the Israeli-Falestinian peace process, updating the 2003 EU Sec [...] |
2008-08-29 21:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PREL PGOV GG |
| 08STATE93272 |
APPROACHING THE EU ON NON-GEORGIA TOPICS IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold an informal "Gymnich" meeting in Avignon on September 5-6. We expect the agenda to include: Georgia and EU/Russia relations, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, updating the 2003 EU Security [...] |
2008-08-29 21:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU |
| 08STATE93287 |
ENGAGING THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN ON ITS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (C) Despite the difficult political context, the precarious economic situation in Pakistan necessitates that we continue to press senior GOP leadership on the urgent need for additional steps to restore confidence and avert an economic crisis. [...] |
2008-08-29 22:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK |
| 08STATE93343 |
TRAVEL ALERT ? TROPICAL STORM HANNA [...] This Travel Alert is being issued to urge American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas that may be affected by Tropical Storm Hanna in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. U.S. citizens located in areas likely to be impacted by Tropical Storm Hanna and who do not have acc [...] |
2008-08-30 17:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
| 08STATE93352 |
HURRICANE GUSTAV MGJM01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 2 [...] (U) The storm center is projected to pass 100 miles southwest of Havana. JAMAICA HAS YET TO DECLARE DISASTER OR ASK FOR U.S. HELP --------------------------------------------- ----------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kingston reports severe agricultural sector and infrastructure damage, with several [...] |
2008-08-30 22:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC GV KHLS |
| 08STATE93380 |
HURRICANE GUSTAV MGJM01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 3 [...] (SBU) The storm center made landfall with 150 mph winds and an 18-foot storm surge, which penetrated up to four miles inland. USINT HAVANA SAFE, AWAITING OFFICIAL CUBAN DAMAGE REPORT --------------------------------------------- ----------- 2.(SBU) The government evacuated 164,000 people fr [...] |
2008-08-31 18:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC GV KHLS |
| 08STATE93447 |
NATO-RUSSIA: PUTTING "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" INTO [...] (C) Pursuant to the agreement among NATO Foreign Ministers at their August 19 meeting that there can be "no business as usual" in the NATO-Russia relationship under the current circumstances, Washington supports Mission's view (reftel) that it is important "not to use" the NRC as currently str [...] |
2008-09-02 01:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL GG RS |
| 08STATE93505 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050119469 for the export of an inertial measurement unit to New Zealand. Post is requested t [...] |
2008-09-02 12:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NZ |
| 08STATE93558 |
(S) SHIPMENT OF CHINESE ORIGIN GOODS DESTINED FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-02 13:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL IR CH UK AS |
| 08STATE93583 |
PREVENTING ESTABLISHMENT OF IRANIAN JOINT BANK IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) The United States has information that Iran is engaged in efforts to establish a joint bank in Indonesia between Iran's Bank Melli and an Indonesian bank. We believe on [...] |
2008-09-02 13:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER PINR ID |
| 08STATE93765 |
CONTINUED COOPERATION BETWEEN SINGAPORE'S ACE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Singapore, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: On several occasions since September 2007, the United States has alerted the government of Singapore to efforts by the Singaporean firm Ace Pressureweld and the Pakistani trading company Sahara I [...] |
2008-09-02 17:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL SN PK |
| 08STATE93885 |
POSSIBLE SHUTDOWN OF FINANCIAL OPERATIONS: [...] The National Hurricane Center is currently predicting that Hurricane Hanna will make landfall near Charleston, South Carolina on Friday evending or Saturday morning. Management in GFS Charleston has convened its emergency action committee and is watching the storm track and continues to consu [...] |
2008-09-02 20:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT KFSC |
| 08STATE93931 |
2008 NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary and action request: the Secretary of Defense has released the 2008 National Defense Strategy (NDS). This cable provides general background on the NDS to assist posts in responding to host nation questions. Please pass this cable to the Department Of Defense (DoD) representatives a [...] |
2008-09-02 21:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PTER MCAP PREL |
| 08STATE93943 |
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR IRAN SMALL [...] (SBU) The Office of Iranian Affairs (NEA/IR) announces that the application deadline for the Iran Small Grants program has been extended to November 15, 2008. 2. (SBU) The Office of Iranian Affairs has funds available for small grants at addressee posts to support civil society, human rig [...] |
2008-09-02 21:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KPAO ABUD AFIN AMGT ECON IR |
| 08STATE9395 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to [...] |
2008-01-30 14:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08STATE93970 |
LIFELINES FOR IPCC WORKING GROUP ELECTION [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. Missions should be prepared to assist the U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its efforts to secure a positive outcome to elections for working group co-chair positions at the IPCC Plenar [...] |
2008-09-02 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL UNEP WMO KGHG IR ML AR MA MO |
| 08STATE93981 |
ACTION REQUEST: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States has an ambitious agenda for the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session and will need the support of capitals to win key votes, which include resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, as well as possible initiativ [...] |
2008-09-03 00:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN |
| 08STATE94035 |
TRAVEL WARNING - TROPICAL STORM HANNA AND TROPICAL [...] This Travel Warning is being issued to urge U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of travel to The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands at this time due to the threat posed by Tropical Storm Hanna and Tropical Storm Ike on September 3, 2008. The Department of State authorized the [...] |
2008-09-03 04:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC BS |
| 08STATE94059 |
MTCR: ARGENTINE SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE (SLV) [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Buenos Aires, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: REF D reports the government of Argentina's (GOA's) agreement to the U.S. request for transparency on Argentina's space launch vehicle (SLV) program (REF B and REF C) and request for [...] |
2008-09-03 11:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA AR |
| 08STATE9413 |
REQUEST FOR EMBASSY TO ENCOURAGE HOST COUNTRY [...] This is an action request. Action request in para 9. --------------- SUMMARY --------------- 2. Summary: This message provides background information on how national governments can make voluntary pledges to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy. These national pledges, as [...] |
2008-01-30 14:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XL |
| 08STATE9421 |
REQUEST FOR EMBASSY TO ENCOURAGE HOST COUNTRY [...] This is an action request. Action request in para 9. --------------- SUMMARY --------------- 2. Summary: This message provides background information on STATE 00009421 002 OF 006 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR EMBASSY TO ENCOURAGE HOST COUNTRY PLEDGE TO ADVANCE THE UPTAKE OF RENEWABLE EN [...] |
2008-01-30 14:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA |
| 08STATE94296 |
UPDATE ON TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE HANNA: [...] The trajectory of Tropical Storm/Hurricane Hanna has slowed and it is now expected to make landfall very late Friday evening or Saturday morning somewhere between the middle of Florida,s Atlantic Coast and the middle North Carolina, an area which includes all of South Carolina. GFS Charlesto [...] |
2008-09-03 18:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT KFSC |
| 08STATE94461 |
OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON REPORT BY [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 4 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Guldimann and the Special Represen [...] |
2008-09-03 20:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL UNMIK KV |
| 08STATE94464 |
OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: REACTION TO RELEASE OF [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on September 4. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes the August 20 release of the last two Belarusian prisoners of conscience, Andrey Kim and Syarhey Parsyukevich. [...] |
2008-09-03 20:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM BY |
| 08STATE94482 |
MGHH01: HURRICANE MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Hanna weakened considerably overnight. It should strengthen over the next 36 to 48 hours and could become a Category 1 hurricane by the time it passes Nassau September 4. Central and northwest Bahamas may experience four to eight inches of rainfall. (MG/National Hurricane Center telc [...] |
2008-09-03 20:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
| 08STATE94499 |
(S) FOLLOWING-UP WITH SWEDEN ON DEALINGS BETWEEN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Since 2004, we have worked closely with Swedish officials in an effort to curtail assistance to Iran by the Swedish entity Mahaco. These efforts have resulted in subjecting Mahaco's activities to increased scrutiny [...] |
2008-09-03 21:00:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA SW IR |
| 08STATE94532 |
OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: KILLING OF JOURNALIST IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-03 21:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE PREL PHUM RU |
| 08STATE94704 |
UPDATE ON TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE HANNA: [...] The trajectory of Tropical Storm/Hurricane Hanna has slowed and it is now expected to make landfall Saturday morning somewhere between the middle of South Carolina and the middle of North Carolina,s coast. GFS Charleston continues to make preparations for the eventuality that the storm could [...] |
2008-09-04 14:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT KFSC |
| 08STATE94723 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (C) The Department sent a demarche (REF A) to initiate discussions with key countries on the importance of implementing robustly the inspection provision of [...] |
2008-09-04 15:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | GR IS ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PREL KNNP EUN |
| 08STATE9474 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to [...] |
2008-01-30 15:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08STATE94797 |
SUBJECT: VETTING RESPONSE FOR ICITAP STATEMENT [...] (U) This cable responds to the guidance request in reftel for the ICITAP Statement Analysis Course to be held at the Avala Training Center in Serbia from September 15-19, 2008. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the following individuals listed in reftel and possesses no credible [...] |
2008-09-04 17:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SR |
| 08STATE94816 |
SOMALIA: INSTRUCTIONS ON PRST [...] USUN is authorized to join consensus on the following PRST on Somalia due to be adopted on September 4, 2008. Begin text: The Security Council welcomes the signing of a peace and reconciliation Agreement ("the Djibouti Agreement") between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the [...] |
2008-09-04 17:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL SO XA XW |
| 08STATE94825 |
USUN INSTRUCTION: CALL P-3 MEETING REGARDING [...] (SBU) This is an action request. USUN is to request a P-3 meeting be held before COB Friday, 5 September. The U.S. intends to propose the four names in para 2 be added to the consolidated asset freeze and travel ban list maintained by the Committee established pursuant to UN Security Council [...] |
2008-09-04 17:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN SU UNSC |
| 08STATE94832 |
SUBJECT: VETTING RESPONSE FOR GCMC COURSE PASS [...] (U) This cable responds to the guidance request in reftel for the George C. Marshall Center resident course Program on Advanced Security Studies (PASS 08-7), scheduled for September 26-December 19, 2008, in Garmisch, Germany. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the following individ [...] |
2008-09-04 17:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SR |
| 08STATE9486 |
TALKING POINTS FOR DPA BRIEFING ON KENYA [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the January 30 DPA briefing on the situation in Kenya: Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank Under Secretary-General Pascoe (or other DPA briefer) for their SIPDIS briefing today on the situation in Keny [...] |
2008-01-30 16:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM |
| 08STATE94862 |
USUN INSTRUCTIONS: REVIEW RESOLUTION OF THE [...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the UN General Assembly resolution contained in para 2 below concerning the two-year review of the UN General Assembly Counter-Terrorism Strategy. USUN should seek additional guidance if substantive changes are made to the resolution prior [...] |
2008-09-04 18:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNGA |
| 08STATE94882 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050120964 for the export of radiation hardened power converters and associated technical data [...] |
2008-09-04 18:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IN |
| 08STATE95000 |
SUDAN - RESPONSE TO NORWEGIAN/US OIL INITIATIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) The Department is interested to learn more about Norway,s thoughts on a potential joint Norwegian/United States initiative in Sudan aimed at developing an Abyei and post-2011 oil revenue sharing agreement. We agree that such [...] |
2008-09-04 20:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU |
| 08STATE95091 |
GUIDELINES ON CONTACTS WITH TAIWAN [...] SUMMARY: EXECUTIVE BRANCH CONTACTS WITH TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVES ABROAD SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES LAID OUT IN PARA 3 BELOW. THE GUIDELINES APPLY TO ALL OCCASIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ESPECIALLY IN THE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE OCTOBER 10 ("DOUBLE TEN") ANNIVERSARY OF TH [...] |
2008-09-05 02:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL TW |
| 08STATE95200 |
UPDATE ON TROPICAL STORM HANNA AND HURRICANE IKE: [...] Tropical Storm Hanna will make landfall Friday evening between Charleston and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. GFS Charleston continues to make preparations for the storm (as advised in reftels). 2. Financial operations in Charleston will cease on Friday, September 5 at 10 am. We will asses [...] |
2008-09-05 13:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT KFSC |
| 08STATE95300 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050115265 for the export of firearms and magazines to Mexico. Post is requested to compl [...] |
2008-09-05 17:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MX |
| 08STATE95334 |
CORRECTED COPY - DUE DATE, PARAGRAPH REFERENCES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States has an ambitious agenda for the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session and will need the support of capitals to win key votes, which include resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, as well as possible initiative [...] |
2008-09-05 18:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN |
| 08STATE95391 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050120453 for the export of electronic component parts to South Korea. Post is requested to [...] |
2008-09-05 19:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS |
| 08STATE95569 |
UNMOVIC/UNSCR 1762: MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Iraqi Minister for Science and Technology Raad Fahmy's request to discuss the path to eventual normalization regarding Iraq's civil nuclear industry, including the ultimate lifting of relevant UNSCR obligations, this cable outlines the steps necessary for Iraq to [...] |
2008-09-05 21:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNSC IAEA IZ |
| 08STATE95572 |
HUMANITARIAN SECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD -- NEED FOR [...] (C) Objectives: Security for humanitarian operations and civilians in eastern Chad will be a top priority with the impending end of the rainy season and the need to renew the MINURCAT mandate which expires in September. The international community needs urgently from the Government of Chad [...] |
2008-09-05 22:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM CD |
| 08STATE95622 |
U.S.-ROK Strategic Consultations for Applied [...] (SBU) September 2, 2008, from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm, Washington, DC. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Negroponte David Gordon, Director, Policy Planning A/S Mark Kimmitt, PM DASD David Sedney, DOD-OSD DAS Alex Arvizu, EAP Sung Kim, EAP Kurt Tong, EAP/K Kaye Lee, D Staff [...] |
2008-09-06 04:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN MARR PARM PREL KS |
| 08STATE95691 |
TRAVEL WARNING - HURRICANE IKE [...] This Travel Warning is being issued to urge U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of travel to Cuba at this time due to the threat posed by Hurricane Ike. The Department of State authorized the departure of non-emergency personnel and eligible family members of the United States Inter [...] |
2008-09-07 23:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC BH |
| 08STATE95696 |
MGHH01: HURRICANE MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Outer bands will reach the northeastern coast of Cuba September 7 with the center nearing Havana in 48 hours. Northern Haiti is experiencing tropical storm force winds and heavy rain. (MG/National Hurricane Center telcon) HAVANA ------- 2. (SBU) USINT Havana requests authoriz [...] |
2008-09-08 01:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
| 08STATE95744 |
UN MISSION IN LIBERIA: MANDATE RENEWAL AND [...] USUN is requested to circulate to concerned missions the draft text for a Security Council resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), slightly accelerating the pace of the drawdown of UNMIL's military component, and raising the authorized level of UNMIL's police con [...] |
2008-09-08 12:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC LI |
| 08STATE95843 |
VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Representatives of an Iranian underground construction company affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) planned to visit underground equipment manufacturers in Germany an [...] |
2008-09-08 15:50:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN UK IS FR |
| 08STATE95999 |
LEAHY VETTING OF BURUNDI MILITARY FOR AMISOM [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 3, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Floribert Biyereke Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Position: Deputy Chief of Per [...] |
2008-09-08 19:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR BY |
| 08STATE96000 |
HUMAN RIGHTS BETTING FOR IMET TRAINING - [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 3, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Tumsifu Semana Rank: Captain DOB: December 12, 1969 2. (U) Post is permitted to [...] |
2008-09-08 19:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW |
| 08STATE96049 |
KUDOS TO EMBASSY PRISTINA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-08 20:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | APER AMGT PREL PGOV KV |
| 08STATE96075 |
MGHH01: HURRICANE MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Hurricane Ike will reach Havana September 9: -- Ike is moving over Cuba as a Category 2 storm; it may intensify before it hits central and western Cuba later today. Ike is projected to cross areas of western Cuba already damaged by Hurricane Gustav. (MG/National Hurricane Center te [...] |
2008-09-08 21:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
| 08STATE96188 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050112184 for the export of firearms to Costa Rica. Post is requested to complete this Blue La [...] |
2008-09-09 13:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC CS |
| 08STATE96482 |
OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SERBIAN [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 10 Special Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes Minister Jeremic back to the Permanent Council. Mr. Minister, while recent events in Georgia have unq [...] |
2008-09-09 20:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OSCE UNMIK KV YI SR |
| 08STATE96555 |
TTWG -- SNIPER RIFLES OFFERED TO IRAN'S MINISTRY [...] This is an Action Request - Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Summary: We have information that in mid-May 2008 the Iranian Ministry of Defense was offered 40 German-made Unique Alpine sniper rifles and associated equipment by the French company TAC International. We believe that the rifles w [...] |
2008-09-09 21:54:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC GM FR AU IR |
| 08STATE96580 |
USUN INSTRUCTIONS: UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON SUDAN [...] USUN may draw on the following points during the September 11 Security Council Consultations on the UNSC Sudan Sanctions Committee: -- The United States would like to thank Italian Ambassador Terzi for his statement and for his efforts as the new Chair of the Security Council Committee esta [...] |
2008-09-09 23:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SU UNSC |
| 08STATE96587 |
CANCELLATION OF TRAVEL WARNING - TROPICAL STORMS [...] THE TRAVEL WARNING ISSUED FOR THE BAHAMAS ON 9/2/2008 HAS BEEN CANCELLED, EFFECTIVE 9/8/08. 2. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS LIFTED THE AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE FOR THE BAHAMAS DUE TO IMPROVEMENTS IN WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS. 3. MINIMIZE CONSIDERED. RICE [...] |
2008-09-10 00:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC BH |
| 08STATE96598 |
APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Classified by Bill Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 14. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on September 15-1 [...] |
2008-09-10 02:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL ZI SO YI TU GG RS |
| 08STATE96693 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE - [...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...] |
2008-09-10 13:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW |
| 08STATE96741 |
SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE ISAF OPLAN TO EXPAND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: On June 11, Supreme Allied Commander-Europe (SACEUR), U.S. General Craddock, proposed to NATO Defense Ministers an amendment to the Counternarcotics Annex of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Opera [...] |
2008-09-10 14:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
| 08STATE9678 |
DRC - TALKING POINTS FOR JANUARY 30 BRIEFING [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for their January 30 briefing on the DRC. Begin points: -- The United States thanks Mr. Titov for his thorough briefing on the Goma Agreement. -- The United States joins the Council in congratulating the government and people [...] |
2008-01-30 21:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL |
| 08STATE96828 |
MILITARY PERSONNEL HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - THE [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Middle Management Course - September 17 - 23, 2008 Name: CNE Messie Ngolla, Jean Vincent [...] |
2008-09-10 15:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR CM |
| 08STATE96873 |
ADDITIONAL EXCEPTION TO USG DISENGAGEMENT AT HRC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. This cable supplements guidance to Geneva for exceptions to the U.S. policy of disengagement at the UN Human Rights Council during the September 8-26 Ninth Regular Session (reftel C). 2. (SBU) Department appreciates Mission's reporti [...] |
2008-09-10 16:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM |
| 08STATE96923 |
TRAVEL WARNING - GEORGIA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the current security situation in Georgia to include the risk of unexploded ordnance and the potential for an increased risk of crime. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Georgia issued August 23, 2008. 2. The Department of State [...] |
2008-09-10 17:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PTER GG |
| 08STATE96940 |
TRAVEL WARNING - AFGHANISTAN [...] This Travel Warning provides updated information on the security situation in Afghanistan. The security threat to all American citizens in Afghanistan remains critical. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Afghanistan issued February 6, 2008. 2. The Department of State [...] |
2008-09-10 18:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC OTRA PTER PREL AF |
| 08STATE96997 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...] |
2008-09-10 19:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08STATE97027 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050121644 for the export of electronic detonators to Korea. Post is requested to complete [...] |
2008-09-10 19:50:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KOMC KS |
| 08STATE97030 |
TRAVEL WARNING-LEBANON [...] This Travel Warning updates information on security threats and ongoing political violence in Lebanon and informs U.S. citizens of current safety and security concerns. The Department of State continues to urge that Americans avoid all travel to Lebanon. Americans who live and work in Leban [...] |
2008-09-10 19:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC LE |
| 08STATE97064 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: MEMORANDUM OF [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 9. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C-Rel Norway) Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objectives: -- Work with the Government of Norway to negotiate a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weap [...] |
2008-09-10 20:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PARM PREL CWC NO |
| 08STATE97109 |
OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL - STATEMENT ON GEORGIA FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-10 22:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | GG RU OSCE PREL |
| 08STATE97114 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (U) This is an action request, see paras 4-7. 2. (SBU) Context: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will select a new Executive Director for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) this fall to replace incumbent Dr. Peter Piot (Belgium). Ban has asked the UNAIDS co-sponsoring [...] |
2008-09-10 23:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV UNGA EAID |
| 08STATE97116 |
GUIDANCE FOR SRSG GAMBARI UNSC BURMA BRIEFING, [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. USUN should draw from the points in para 4 , from the objectives in para 5, and from the background in paras 7-9 in response to SRSG Ibrahim Gambari's UNSC briefing on Burma, currently scheduled for September 11, as well as Gambari's scheduled September 12 [...] |
2008-09-10 23:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAO UNSC BM |
| 08STATE97129 |
USUN INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE IN UNSC MEETING ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-11 02:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC IR |
| 08STATE97240 |
MGHH01: HURRICANE MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Ike is a Category 1 over Western Cuba, heading into Gulf: -- State media reports four deaths and severe damage in eastern Cuba. Half Matanzas and parts of Havana are without power. (MG/WHA telcon) -- USINT Havana will reopen September 10. All USINT staff are safe and account [...] |
2008-09-11 14:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT |
| 08STATE97288 |
MGHH01: HURRICANE MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Category 1 Ike leaves heavy rains and flooding in Cuba: -- Ike is likely to re-strengthen before making landfall September 13 along the Texas coast. (MG/National Hurricane Center telcon) -- The storm has displaced approximately two million Cubans and Havana continues to e [...] |
2008-09-11 14:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT |
| 08STATE97316 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2008, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will designate two senior Government of Venezuela (GOV) officials and one former official under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin [...] |
2008-09-11 15:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE LE SNAR AND KCRM PREL |
| 08STATE97377 |
CORRECTED TEXT - COMMERCIAL SATELLITE LICENSE [...] (U) This is an action message. The Department requests that the Embassy approach appropriate Government of Japan officials at the earliest opportunity to seek certain written assurances, as per paragraphs 4 - 7 below. This cable contains proprietary information; please protect accordingly. [...] |
2008-09-11 16:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC JA KSCA KSTC PINR PREL TSPA |
| 08STATE97379 |
UN 1267: REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TO RESOLVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5-8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) In August 2004, the Libyan government nominated 74 names for addition to the UN 1267 Committee's Consolidated List of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, al-Qaida or th [...] |
2008-09-11 16:23:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER UNSC |
| 08STATE97389 |
REVISED: VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Representatives of an Iranian underground construction company affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) planned to visit underground equipment manufacturers in Germany an [...] |
2008-09-11 16:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN FR GM IR IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SZ UK |
| 08STATE97395 |
CORRECTED COPY: SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE ISAF [...] (U) This is a CORRECTED action request. Please see paragraph 4. CORRECTIONS: demarche shuold be delivered only to NATO Allies and points in paragraph 4 are classified as Confidential/Releasable to NATO. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: On June 11, Supreme Allied Commander-Europe (SACEUR), U.S. Genera [...] |
2008-09-11 17:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
| 08STATE97505 |
RESPONSE TO CANADIAN REQUEST FOR ADVICE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S//REL CANADA) On July 15, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Shawn Caza, told Embassy Ottawa that he was interested in U.S. [...] |
2008-09-11 19:35:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP IR PREL PARM PINR EFIN CA XS |
| 08STATE97531 |
ACTION REQUEST: INITIATE HOST NATION [...] (C) This is an action request for Embassy Rome. Post is requested to conduct host nation consultations at the appropriate level regarding the proposed return of the Monte Orlando Compound, at Gaeta, Italy, operated by U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, to the Government of Italy, as described in para [...] |
2008-09-11 20:06:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IT |
| 08STATE97539 |
DEMARCHE ON SOUTHERN SUDAN TRADE DELEGATION [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. The interest of U.S. companies operating in Addis Ababa, Kampala, and Nairobi has been encouraging as we continue to plan for the first U.S. trade delegation to Juba, Sudan. (ref) The participating companies represent a broad range of econ [...] |
2008-09-11 20:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SU |
| 08STATE97574 |
APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on September 15-16. We expect the formal agenda to include: Zimbabwe, Somalia, Serbia, Turkey, and Georg [...] |
2008-09-11 21:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV GG RS |
| 08STATE97575 |
LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR MONTENEGRO ATTENDEES [...] (U) This cable responds to the guidance request in reftel for the following individuals to participate in a USCG Boarding Officer Course to be conducted at the Port of Bar, Montenegro from 22-26 September. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the following individuals listed in refte [...] |
2008-09-11 21:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MW ASEC KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR |
| 08STATE97589 |
MGHH01: HURRICANE MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Mission Mexico continues to monitor the storm. Expected rainfall is unlikely to cause flooding in the Rio Grande valley. (MG/WHA telcon) CUBA RECOVERS, AIRPORT AND SEAPORT OPERATING -------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Cuban government estimates three to four [...] |
2008-09-11 22:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT |
| 08STATE97802 |
(S) 2003 ARMENIAN ARMS PROCUREMENT FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-12 16:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL MASS AM |
| 08STATE97955 |
UNSCR 1540 -- ASSISTANCE REQUESTS, MATRICES, [...] (U) This is an action request for USUN, see paras 7 and 8. 2. (SBU) Summary. Washington has now completed review of a letter that the Committee drafted and presented for formal UN adoption, addressing UN Member States' requests for technical assistance pursuant to United Nations Securit [...] |
2008-09-12 19:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC |
| 08STATE97991 |
SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SUSTAINING AFGHAN [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: The September 10 Joint Coordination Board Meeting in Kabul endorsed the Afghan Government's request to expand the Afghan National Army (ANA) from the previously internationally-endorsed size of 86,000 to 134,000 (inclusive o [...] |
2008-09-12 19:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PREL NATEU MOPS MARR |
| 08STATE97993 |
IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING JAPANESE-ORIGIN ITEMS [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The U.S. has information indicating that in June and July 2008, a procurement manager for the Iranian UAV entities Fan Pardazan and Qods Aviation (or Aeronautics) Industries sought servo motors manu [...] |
2008-09-12 20:01:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR TW |
| 08STATE98068 |
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACTION ON UNGA 62 RESOLUTION ON [...] This is an Action Request (see paragraphs 2-3) containing instructions for USUN (reftel A) during action on the proposed UN General Assembly (GA) Resolution requesting the UN Security Council to address climate change on Monday, September 15. 2. USUN is instructed to continue, as our prefe [...] |
2008-09-12 22:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC UNGA SENV KGHG AORC XB XV |
| 08STATE98072 |
SOMALIA PIRACY: LETTER TO SC RELAYING USG ACTIONS [...] This is an action request see paragraph 2. 2. Operational paragraph 12 of UNSCR 1816 requests states cooperating with the TFG inform the Security Council within 3 months of the progress of actions undertaken in the exercise of the authority provided in operational paragraph 7 of that resol [...] |
2008-09-12 22:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHSA PBTS EWWT XA XW |
| 08STATE98073 |
MGBL01: MONITORING GROUP FORMATION REGARDING THE [...] The Executive Secretary has directed the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs to form a Monitoring Group to coordinate all State Department activities regarding the situation in Bolivia, effective 1600 EDT September 12, 2008. The Monitoring Group will operate virtually with support from the [...] |
2008-09-12 22:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT BL |
| 08STATE98088 |
ACTION REQUEST: INTENSIFIED U.S.-EU EXPERT- [...] This is an action request for USEU Brussels. OBJECTIVES 2. Department instructs Post to pursue the following action plan: -- Work with European Commission (EC) expert-level contacts, EPA, DOE, USDA, and other USG agencies to schedule and conduct a bilateral Digital Videoconference (DV [...] |
2008-09-13 00:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN SIPDIS |
| 08STATE98089 |
AFGHANISTAN: GUIDANCE FOR UNSC RENEWAL OF THE [...] The Department instructs USUN to support UNSC adoption of the Italian draft resolution (para 4) renewing the International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) mandate in Afghanistan. The Department also refers USUN to the following guidance in negotiating the final text of the resolution. USU [...] |
2008-09-13 00:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL ISAF AF |
| 08STATE98094 |
TRAVEL WARNING BOLIVIA [...] This Travel Warning is being issued to alert U.S. citizens to the unstable social and security situation in Bolivia. The Department of State has authorized the departure of non-emergency personnel and all family members of U.S. Embassy personnel in Bolivia and suggests all U.S. citizens defer [...] |
2008-09-13 02:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC BL |
| 08STATE98110 |
ACTION REQUEST: SOLICITING MEMBER STATE VIEWS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-13 09:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN |
| 08STATE98278 |
GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 15 - 26 WASSENAAR [...] (U) This cable provides guidance for the U.S. Delegation to the September 15 -26, 2008 Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) meeting in Vienna. 2. (U) USDEL should seek EG consensus on US objectives as articulated in this and previous EG guidance, the December 2007 plenary and inter [...] |
2008-09-15 00:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PTER |
| 08STATE98422 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-15 15:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC NI |
| 08STATE98424 |
FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL THREE-LICENSE [...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to subject Blue Lantern request regarding the export of firearms ammunition to Canada. This request was sent 48 days ago. We request an update from post regarding the status of this case. If post has already responded to subject [...] |
2008-09-15 15:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC CA |
| 08STATE98436 |
AUTHORIZE CONCLUSION OF GSOMIA WITH MEXICO [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Department of Defense and Mexican Navy reached agreement on the final text of the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) on September 2, 2008, which will set uniform rules across the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) for handling U.S.-origin classified military infor [...] |
2008-09-15 15:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MX PREL PTER |
| 08STATE98684 |
CHINA CIVAIR: UPS REQUESTS USG ADVOCACY [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: As Post is aware, U.S. cargo carriers continue to experience difficulties getting their operating schedules approved by the General Administration of Civil Aviation in China (CAAC). Recently, the CAAC informed UPS that its 20 [...] |
2008-09-15 21:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH EAIR KTIA |
| 08STATE98685 |
LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR MONTENEGRIN ATTENDEES [...] (U) This cable responds to the guidance request in reftel for the following individuals to participate at the Manpower Managament Workshop to be held September 22-24, 2008 in Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina, and at the Program on Advanced Security Studies to be held in a USCG Boarding Officer [...] |
2008-09-15 21:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KJUS MW PHUM PREL |
| 08STATE98696 |
TRAVEL WARNING - IRAN [...] The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of travel to Iran. Dual national Iranian-American citizens may encounter difficulty in departing Iran. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Iran issued January 3, 2008. 2. Some elemen [...] |
2008-09-15 21:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PTER IR |
| 08STATE98697 |
TFGG01: GEORGIA COORDINATING GROUP TRANSITION [...] As of 0800, September 15, 2008, the Executive Secretary has directed the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR) to assume leadership of the Georgia Coordinating Group (GCG) in coordinating and implementing the USG's strategy for the crisis, including both diplomatic efforts and assista [...] |
2008-09-15 22:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG |
| 08STATE98698 |
MGHH01: HURRICANE MONITORING GROUP [...] At 1530 EDT on September 15, 2008, The Executive Secretary disbanded the Hurricane Monitoring Group. 2. Public inquiries regarding American Citizen Services issues may be referred to the Office of Overseas Citizens Services 888-407-4747, or from overseas at 1- 202-501-4444. Inquiries fro [...] |
2008-09-15 22:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC AMTG CASC JM KFLO MARR MX PINR PREL |
| 08STATE98706 |
VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE UNGA RESOLUTION ON UN [...] The Department instructs USUN to abstain during the vote in the UN General Assembly on September 16 on the resolution containing the recommendations of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG), the draft text of which the President of the General Assembly communicated to UNGA members by fax on Sept [...] |
2008-09-15 23:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL UNGA |
| 08STATE98906 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 8. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C-Rel Greece) Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objectives: -- Work with the Government of Greece to negotiate a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC [...] |
2008-09-16 15:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | GR KTIA PARM PREL CWC |
| 08STATE98963 |
CONTACT POLICY FOR THE 63RD UNGA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) USUN personnel and TDY personnel representing the U.S. government at the UN are requested to adhere to the guidelines below in official and social interactions with governments and entities that require special treatment. [...] |
2008-09-16 16:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PREL UNGA |
| 08STATE98969 |
SOLICITING SUPPORT TO PUSH CHINA ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Singapore is one of the busiest transshipment points for trade between China and Iran. As such, and as a friend and partner of the United States, it is a key player in comb [...] |
2008-09-16 16:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR UK CH SK HK PINR |
| 08STATE98975 |
URGING COALITION ALLIES TO APPROACH BEIJING ON CHINESE PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-16 16:57:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR UK CH SK HK |
| 08STATE99000 |
SOLICITING ALLIES, SUPPORT TO ENGAGE CHINA ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-16 17:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR UK CH SK HK PINR |
| 08STATE99002 |
SOLICITING UAEG SUPPORT TO ENGAGE CHINA ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Getting China to aggressively implement United Nations Security Council resolutions as well as more effectively enforce its own export controls regarding transfers of d [...] |
2008-09-16 17:53:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR PINR |
| 08STATE99131 |
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Brasilia and Pretoria, please see paragraphs 3-6. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: Paragraphs 5 and 6 below contain proposals on Outreach and Machine Tools that the U.S. plans to put forward for adoption at the November 2008 Missile Technol [...] |
2008-09-16 20:35:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL |
| 08STATE99175 |
DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: TALKING POINTS FOR SEPTEMBER 17 [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during their September 17 briefing on the Djibouti-Eritrea border situation. Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank Mr. Honwana for his briefing today and the members of the Djibouti-Eritrean Fact Finding Missio [...] |
2008-09-16 22:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM DJ ER XA XW |
| 08STATE99182 |
DEMARCHE: REVISED CIV-MIL CELL CONCEPT FOR [...] (C) This is an action cable, see para 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: On September 13, 2008, the Deputies Committee endorsed the circulation of a revised concept paper among Allies and Partners with troops in Regional Command - South in Afghanistan, which outlines a proposed Civil-Military Planning [...] |
2008-09-16 22:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL |
| 08STATE99202 |
GUIDANCE FOR UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Zimbabwe September 19. 2. (U) Begin points: I would like to thank Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Haile Menkerios for his briefing on the situ [...] |
2008-09-17 00:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU KDEM |
| 08STATE99203 |
GENERAL COMMITTEE GUIDANCE (SEPT 17): NATURAL [...] (U) Following is guidance on a supplementary item proposed for inclusion in the 63rd session of the UNGA: "Natural Resources and Conflict." Guidance is for the September 17 General Committee meeting. 2. (SBU) The proposed item is based on Belgium's prior sponsorship of a June 25 Security C [...] |
2008-09-17 00:06:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO UNGA |
| 08STATE99211 |
GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for September 18. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I thank Under-Secretary Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. Today, I would like to make [...] |
2008-09-17 01:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
| 08STATE99217 |
ACTION REQUEST: SOLICITING MEMBER STATE VIEWS [...] (U) This is an action request for all EU member posts. Please see paragraph 2 below. Embassy Paris, please see additional actions in paragraph 3. USEU Brussels, as you discuss this topic with member state representatives and others, please use points in paragraphs 2 and 3 as appropriate. [...] |
2008-09-17 03:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN SIPDIS |
| 08STATE99505 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...] |
2008-09-17 18:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08STATE99612 |
ATTEMPTS BY NORTH KOREA'S KOMID TO EVADE JAPANESE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The U.S. has information that in July 2008, North Korean's primary weapons trading firm, Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID), was working with the Chinese company New East Interna [...] |
2008-09-17 20:09:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA BM |
| 08STATE99654 |
SEEKING PROGRESS ON PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) OBJECTIVES: Washington remains committed to completing a bilateral shipboarding agreement with Ukraine under the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and is prepared to send an interagency team of experts to Kyiv to resolve remaining differences between the Ukraine-proposed and U.S.- [...] |
2008-09-17 20:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL UP |
| 08STATE99661 |
TAIWAN: GUIDANCE FOR GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING, [...] (U) Following is guidance on a supplementary item proposed for inclusion in the 63rd session of the UNGA: "Need to examine the fundamental rights of the 23 million people of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to participate meaningfully in the activities of the United Nations specialized agencies. [...] |
2008-09-17 21:03:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO UNGA TW |
| 08STATE99666 |
CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN,S NEW IR-2 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Government (PGs) with detailed information regarding the critical commodities Iran will require to support the deployment of the next generation [...] |
2008-09-17 21:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC UK GM FR |
| 08STATE99667 |
M/V ANTARES I: RESULTS OF COMPLIANT BOARDING [...] (S//REL Germany) On 13 June 2008, a boarding team from the USS Bulkeley boarded and searched the M/V ANTARES I, a Liberian-flagged, German-owned cargo vessel, on 13 June in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The boarding was conducted in accordance with our bilateral Proliferation Security Initi [...] |
2008-09-17 21:29:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL GM LI KN SY |
| 08STATE99672 |
63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UNITED STATES GOALS AND [...] (SBU) The upcoming General Debate of the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA), September 23 - October 1, and regular session, which continues through December, will provide a platform for the advancement of key U.S. interests. We will use the high-level ministerial meetings Secretary-General Ban i [...] |
2008-09-17 21:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA |
| 08STATE99685 |
EGYPT: POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF RETRANSFER, END-USE [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Cairo. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVE ---------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that Post engage appropriate host country officials to determine the status of the Chinese proposal, discussed below, and confirm whether any subsequent [...] |
2008-09-17 22:15:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EG MAS PARM PREL |
| 08STATE99692 |
UN AWARENESS AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS -- UNSCR [...] (U) This is an action request for USUN, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 4, Panama,s UN rep. attending the Global Initiative Workshop at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany expressed the desire for more training related to UNSCR 1540 and UNSCR 1803 implementation. In resp [...] |
2008-09-17 22:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KGIC |
| 08STATE99698 |
MINURCAT RENEWAL TALKING POINTS [...] Mission may draw on the following points in Security Council consultations on Chad, the Central African Republic and MINURCAT on September 19. Begin Text: The United States would like to thank the Secretary General and the Special Representative for their reports detailing the conditions i [...] |
2008-09-17 22:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CD CT KPKO UNSC |
| 08STATE99701 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NATO ALLIES AND PARTNERS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and select NATO Partners -- particularly those that are departing the Iraq Coalition -- that Prime Minister Maliki has asked the Alliance to maintain the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) through at least 2009. We would urge Allies and Partn [...] |
2008-09-17 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ |
| 08STATE99702 |
OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON EU OBSERVERS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-17 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OSCE GG RS |
| 08STATE99734 |
TRAVEL WARNING - YEMEN [...] This Travel Warning updates information on security incidents in Yemen and reminds U.S. citizens of the high security threat level in Yemen due to terrorist activities. The Department of State has authorized the departure of non-emergency personnel and eligible family members of the U.S. Emba [...] |
2008-09-18 02:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC YM |
| 08STATE99903 |
63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEA DELEGATION [...] This is an action request. Department requests country clearance for the individuals listed in paragraph 2 below to support NEA efforts at the upcoming 63rd United Nations General Assembly(UNGA). Department anticipates representatives will be involved in this support from September 19 throu [...] |
2008-09-18 15:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA PREL |
| 08STATE99928 |
SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY CONSULTATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-18 16:22:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC JA |
| 092OF5 |
CORRECTED TEXT: THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU)Summary: The Secretary announced the U.S. Science Envoy Program on November 3. The Science Envoys will seek to identify new opportunities and build new partnerships in Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation. The first three envoys will begin travel in January and February, and posts are [...] |
2009-12-11 03:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI |
| 09STATE100087 |
AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5 and 6. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. DOD PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA, OCTOBER 17 ) NOVEMBER 7, 2009, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MOBILE TRAINING TEAM EXERCISE. TRAINING WILL FOCUS ON COUNTER NARCOT [...] |
2009-09-25 16:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US |
| 09STATE100097 |
BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] |
2009-09-25 16:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK |
| 09STATE100098 |
BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] |
2009-09-25 16:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK |
| 09STATE100099 |
BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] |
2009-09-25 16:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK |
| 09STATE100100 |
BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] |
2009-09-25 16:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK |
| 09STATE100101 |
BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] |
2009-09-25 16:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK |
| 09STATE100102 |
BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] |
2009-09-25 16:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK |
| 09STATE100104 |
BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] |
2009-09-25 16:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SF |
| 09STATE100105 |
BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] |
2009-09-25 16:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IS |
| 09STATE100106 |
BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] |
2009-09-25 16:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC LY |
| 09STATE100135 |
Implementation of Transportation Lite [...] Summary. The Office of Logistics Management is working with posts to deploy a new module in ILMS called Transportation Lite. This new software tool is designed to more effectively coordinate personal property shipments between the traveler, GSO, and Despatch Agency. It provides functiona [...] |
2009-09-25 17:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ATRN AFIN APER AMGT |
| 09STATE100145 |
UNAMA: GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 29 SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to draw from the points in paragraph 3 below during consultations following the quarterly UN Security Council briefing on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) scheduled for September 29, 2009. 2. (U) Objectives: -- Acknowledg [...] |
2009-09-25 18:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC AF |
| 09STATE100148 |
UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("the DRC Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/index.shtml) with the info [...] |
2009-09-25 18:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC |
| 09STATE100153 |
EXISTENCE OF A COVERT URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3 for action. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The United States is aware that Iran has been secretly building another enrichment facility, in addition to the one at Natanz. Some other governments are also in possession of similar information. [...] |
2009-09-25 18:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR KNNP MNUC PARM |
| 09STATE100156 |
SELECTION OF UNITED STATES CO-CHAIR TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Brussels. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The United States and the European Union co-chair the International Technical Working Group on Nuclear Smuggling (ITWG). The G8 established the ITWG in response to a raft of nuclear smuggling [...] |
2009-09-25 18:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PTER PINR PREL ASEC KCRM BE XG XT |
| 09STATE100175 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT [...] (U) USUN is authorized to join consensus on issuance of a Presidential Statement on September 29, expressing concern at delays in preparations for the November 29 presidential and parliamentary elections in Cote d'Ivoire, and urging the Ivorian parties to respect their commitment to the elector [...] |
2009-09-25 19:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO IC |
| 09STATE100197 |
SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 24, [...] (SBU) Participants: U.S. SCA A/S Blake SCA Special Assistant Matthew Lowe Anthony Renzulli (SCA Notetaker) Sri Lanka Defense Secretary Rajapaksa Ambassador to the United States Jaliya Wickramasuriya 2. (C) SUMMARY. In a September 24 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotobhaya Rajapa [...] |
2009-09-25 19:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CE PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER |
| 09STATE100237 |
DAY 2: U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] (SBU) Day 2 discussions of the U.S.-South African Nonproliferation and Disarmament Dialogue focused on technical level nuclear security issues. DOE/NNSA, NRC, and State gave a series of presentations on areas of cooperation. The United States invited the SAG to visit U.S. nuclear facilities [...] |
2009-09-25 20:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF KNNP MNUC NP PARM ENRG SF |
| 09STATE100252 |
DAY 3: U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] (SBU) On Day 3 of the U.S.-South Africa Nonproliferation and Disarmament Dialogue, participants shared views and plans for upcoming international events, and discussed next steps. Einhorn provided an overview of the latest U.S. plans for the upcoming UN Security Council Summit on Disarmament a [...] |
2009-09-25 20:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF KNNP MNUC NP PARM ENRG SF |
| 09STATE100275 |
WHALING: US COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT GROUP TALKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Post is requested to approach appropriate Government of Japan officials regarding the Future of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Support Group meeting in Santiago, Chile, October 5-1 [...] |
2009-09-25 22:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IWC PREL EFIS JA SENV |
| 09STATE100279 |
TRAVEL ALERT: CHINA 2009-H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the quarantine measures imposed by the Government of China in response to the 2009-H1N1 pandemic that may affect travel to China. This Travel Alert updates the July 9, 2009, Travel Alert in order to advise U.S. citizens of the current quarantin [...] |
2009-09-25 23:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC AMED CH |
| 09STATE100282 |
Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective September 27, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-717. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this enti [...] |
2009-09-25 23:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ALOW AMGT APER AFIN |
| 09STATE100288 |
JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR COMBINED [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian official listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...] |
2009-09-25 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM JO |
| 09STATE100289 |
TRAVEL ALERT: CHINA 2009-H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-25 23:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC AMED CH |
| 09STATE100312 |
GUANTANAMO CLOSING S/E FRIED SEPTEMBER 21 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting at the Kuwaiti Permanent Mission in New York, S/E for the Closure of Guantanamo, Dan Fried told the Kuwaiti PM that the way forward to resolve the Kuwaiti detainee issue is to finalize the draft diplomatic note outlining proposed GOK security measures. R [...] |
2009-09-26 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDRG KU |
| 09STATE100316 |
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, SEPTEMBER 2009 SESSION: [...] Background. A draft resolution on "Elimination of Discrimination Against Women," introduced by Colombia and Mexico, is being discussed at the September 2009 session of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The latest draft of the resolution, dated September 24, calls for appointment of an Indepe [...] |
2009-09-26 00:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SIPDIS PHUM HRC KWMN SOCI UN |
| 09STATE100603 |
PIRACY PROSECUTION - DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request (see paragraphs 2 and 3). Kenya currently has more than 100 suspected pirates in custody, either awaiting trial or on trial. The burden needs to be shared more broadly. The United States will continue to press victim states to take responsibility for [...] |
2009-09-28 11:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS MP PBTS PHSA |
| 09STATE100682 |
EXTRADITION: COLOMBIA: FARC MEMBERS JULIO ENRIQUE [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. THIS CABLE CONTAINS SENSITIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE HOST GOVERNMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. 2. (SBU) At the request of the United States [...] |
2009-09-28 14:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN CVIS CO |
| 09STATE100692 |
SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 24, [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-28 14:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NP PGOV PREF PREL |
| 09STATE100749 |
FAYYAD PRESENTS INSTITUTION-BUILDING PLAN AT AHLC [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the United States and more than 20 donor countries joined Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) for a September 22 meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) at United Nations headquarters in New York. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere, who chaire [...] |
2009-09-28 15:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL PREL PGOV WBG EU IS |
| 09STATE100853 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050140260 and 050146711 for the export of firearms to Mexico. Post is requested to complete this [...] |
2009-09-28 17:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC MX |
| 09STATE10088 |
OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 5, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States has noted with concern press reports that Russia plans to open three military bases in the Abkhaz reg [...] |
2009-02-04 14:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE RU GG |
| 09STATE100928 |
UZBEKISTAN: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Uzbekistan to help strengthe [...] |
2009-09-28 19:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP UZ |
| 09STATE100957 |
SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING CONVENED BY OAS SG INSULZA [...] Classified by WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon. Reason: 1.4 (b, d) 2. (U) September 22, 2009; 16:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon USUN Special Advisor Ron Godard Barbara Rocha (Notetaker) Other OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insul [...] |
2009-09-28 19:44:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BR HO OAS CR |
| 09STATE100988 |
U/S OTERO,S SEPTEMBER 23 MEETING WITH BOLIVIA [...] Classified by U/S Maria Otero (G). Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) September 23, 2009; 11:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Maria Otero WHA A/S Thomas Shannon Laura Pena Barbara Rocha (Notetaker) Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca UN Charge Pablo Solon 4. [...] |
2009-09-28 20:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR BL |
| 09STATE101024 |
JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...] |
2009-09-28 22:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM JO |
| 09STATE101025 |
JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...] |
2009-09-28 22:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM JO |
| 09STATE101042 |
GUIDANCE: ADOPTION OF UNSC RESOLUTION ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Resolution on Sexual Violence in Conflict to be adopted on September 30 (para 2). USUN should also seek out co-sponsors for the resolution. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Resolution to the Department p [...] |
2009-09-28 23:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PHUM PREL CG KWMN |
| 09STATE101125 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 051009880 for the export of night vision goggles (NVGs) to New Zealand. Post is requested to c [...] |
2009-09-29 12:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NZ |
| 09STATE101142 |
SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 25, [...] (SBU) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. Don Camp, UNGA Senior Area Advisor Matthew Lowe, SCA Special Assistant Elena Soderblom, Bureau Notetaker Bhutan Foreign Minister Ugyen Tshering Counsellor Tshewang Dorji Bhutanese Mission Notetaker Tobgay 2. (C) SU [...] |
2009-09-29 13:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PREF PREL |
| 09STATE101146 |
DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (SBU) The Administration has decided to withdraw Ms. Anne Slaughter Andrew as the candidate for U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. Post is requested to inform the Government of Jamaica of this decision via diplomatic note (text at para 2). On September 25, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon notifie [...] |
2009-09-29 13:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER PREL JA |
| 09STATE101150 |
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Maritime Shipping Trends Of Controlled Materials 2008-2009" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) [...] |
2009-09-29 13:28:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
| 09STATE101182 |
AF A/S CARSON,S MEETING WITH KENYA PM ODINGA, [...] Classified by Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (C) September 24, 2009; 8:00 a.m.; New York, NY. 3. (C) Participants: U.S. AF Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson DRL Assistant Secretary Michael Posner Special Advisor to the Great Lakes Region Harold Wolp [...] |
2009-09-29 14:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREF PREL PTER SO KE |
| 09STATE10122 |
AGREEMENT WITH BAHAMAS ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. DOD has asked the Department to secure status protections for U.S. military personnel who will be present in the Bahamas from March 4, 2009 through March 18, 2009 in conjunction with Exercise Tradewinds. Post is requested to immediately propo [...] |
2009-02-04 14:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US |
| 09STATE101238 |
(C/NF) EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERSHIP (C-AL9-01941) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE PAST REPORTING ON LEADERSHIP STYLES AND GOVERNANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN. IN RECENT MONTHS, EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN MORE OUTSPOKEN--AND SOME UNUSUALLY CRITICAL OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN PRAISING VENEZUELA--AND IT APPEARS THAT VENEZUELA'S FINANCIAL [...] |
2009-09-29 15:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL SCUL AC BB DO GJ SC ST VC VE |
| 09STATE101241 |
(C) KUDOS FOR NEW DELHI REPORTING [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTEL. WE ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING DRDO ATTEMPTS TO REFORM DEFENSE R&D AND FOUND THIS REPORT ESPECIALLY VALUABLE. IT PROVIDED WELCOME INSIGHTS INTO DRDO,S EFFORTS AS WELL AS REGARDING THE ONGOING CONTEST BETWEEN INDIAN INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC SECTOR [...] |
2009-09-29 15:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR AADP IN |
| 09STATE101294 |
CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH TUNISIA: [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Tunisia (GOT) has expressed interest in consultations with USG nuclear experts as part of a study it is conducting on the feasibility of achieving nuclear power on its territory by 2023. Since past GOT [...] |
2009-09-29 17:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TS |
| 09STATE101328 |
JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR THE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian official listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...] |
2009-09-29 17:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM JO |
| 09STATE101334 |
JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian official listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...] |
2009-09-29 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM JO |
| 09STATE101367 |
(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S SEPARATE [...] (U) September 23, 2009; various times; New York, USA. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with Italian Secretary of State Ezno Scotti, Guatemalan Foreign Minister Haroldo Rodas, and Paraguayan FM Hector Lacognata, Assistant Secretary Shannon described the current state of affairs in H [...] |
2009-09-29 18:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR HO VT IT PA XK GT |
| 09STATE101373 |
(C/NF) ASSESSMENT OF GUATEMALAN MILITARY AND [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE FOLLOWING GUATEMALA'S POLITICAL SITUATION IN LIGHT OF THE HONDURAS POLITICAL CRISIS INVOLVING THE MILITARY-ASSISTED OUSTER OF PRESIDENT ZELAYA AND APPRECIATE POST'S REPORTING ON THE ISSUE. WE ARE INTERESTED IN COLOM'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MILITARY IN LIGHT OF [...] |
2009-09-29 18:32:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR GT |
| 09STATE101469 |
(SBU) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN PRIME MINISTER JADRANKA KOSOR AND THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN 2010. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION POST CAN PROVIDE ON PRIME MINISTER KOSOR AND ON ACTIVITIES WITHIN POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE RUNUP TO THE 2011 PARLIAMENTARY E [...] |
2009-09-29 20:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL HR |
| 09STATE10148 |
LEAHY VETTING OF GABONESE CANDIDATES FOR ILEA [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 4, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: MAKITA, Jean Delis Organization: Gendarmerie Nationale Rank: Lieutenant Major DOB: [...] |
2009-02-04 15:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PHUM GB |
| 09STATE101510 |
HOTEL SHORTAGE - REQUEST TO DEFER TRAVEL TO TRINIDAD, [...] The Government of Trinidad and Tobago will host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November 2009. The meeting itself is November 27-29, but the run-up to the gathering, including related events, will begin several weeks earlier. 2. Hotel accommodations in Port of Spain, Trini [...] |
2009-09-29 22:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA TD |
| 09STATE101519 |
MANDATORY TRAINING FOR AFGHANISTAN SERVICE [...] SUMMARY: American employees of all USG agencies who are preparing for assignments or temporary duty in Afghanistan should review the following mandatory training requirements, which are effective October 1, 2009. Employees must complete the training required for their assignments before trav [...] |
2009-09-29 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT |
| 09STATE101610 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON,S PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] (U) September 23, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; New York, NY. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. AF Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Karl Wycoff Acting Assistant Administrator at USAID Earl Gast Somalia Desk Officer Matthew Walsh (Notetaker) CONTACT GROUP COUNTRIES AND O [...] |
2009-09-30 12:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KPKO SO |
| 09STATE101631 |
A/S SHANNON,S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH HONDURAN [...] Classified by WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon. Reason: 1.4 (b, d) 2. (U) September 22, 2009; 15:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon USUN Special Advisor Ron Godard Barbara Rocha (Notetaker) Honduras Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas Vic [...] |
2009-09-30 13:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP SHANNON THOMAS PREL PGOV HO OAS |
| 09STATE101633 |
BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] |
2009-09-30 13:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RP |
| 09STATE101635 |
BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] |
2009-09-30 13:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RP |
| 09STATE101639 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050188541 for the export of bullet tips to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern c [...] |
2009-09-30 13:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RS |
| 09STATE101777 |
JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ROYAL JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...] |
2009-09-30 17:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM JO |
| 09STATE101846 |
JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...] |
2009-09-30 19:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM JO |
| 09STATE101847 |
JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6904 [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...] |
2009-09-30 19:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM JO |
| 09STATE101875 |
MALDIVES: A/S BLAKE'S MEETING WITH FM SHAHEED [...] (C) Summary: In a September 25 meeting with SCA A/S Blake on the margins of UNGA in New York, Maldives Foreign Minister Shaheed related that Maldives would try to qualify for a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) program despite MCC's focus on larger countries. Shaheed reported that in h [...] |
2009-09-30 19:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID EFIN ECON MARR SENV KGHG ETRD IN IS |
| 09STATE101892 |
UPDATE CONCERNING CONVERSION OF SPACE LAUNCH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Update Concerning Conversion of Space Launch Vehicles to Ballistic Missiles" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Contro [...] |
2009-09-30 19:38:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
| 09STATE101893 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-30 19:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IN |
| 09STATE101912 |
ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCUD B MISSILE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Scud B Missile System" to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) [...] |
2009-09-30 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR |
| 09STATE101971 |
FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL THREE-LICENSE [...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to subject Blue Lantern request regarding the export involving Bel Trading and Consulting in Seychelles of rifles and grenade launchers to Georgia. This request was sent over 60 days ago. We request an update from post regarding th [...] |
2009-09-30 20:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SE |
| 09STATE101976 |
UPDATE ON OCTOBER 1, 2009 UAE VISA REQUIREMENT [...] The UAE government transition to its new visa policy will take place on October 1, 2009. Effective this date, all persons traveling to the UAE on a U.S. diplomatic or official passport must obtain a visa prior to arrival. As with any new policy, we expect that there will be a few bumps alon [...] |
2009-09-30 21:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS APER AMGT AE AF |
| 09STATE101981 |
MEETING WITH SWISS HEAD OF EXPORT CONTROL POLICY AND SANCTIONS ERWIN BOLLINGER ON COLENCO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-30 21:23:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IR MNUC PARM |
| 09STATE101995 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050191885 for the export of pistols to Burkina Faso. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...] |
2009-09-30 22:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UV |
| 09STATE101997 |
ICASS HIERARCHY RESTRUCTURE [...] SUMMARY ----------- This is an update on changes to the overseas ICASS budget hierarchy for fiscal year 2010. This is the first of two cables. Issues covered in this telegram follow: Â [...] |
2009-09-30 22:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT KFSC |
| 09STATE101998 |
FUNDING OF NEW CONTRACTS AND GRANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DEPARTMENT IS REVIEWING REQUESTS BY EMBASSY ISLAMABAD FOR FUNDING OF ONGOING OR NEW CONTRACTS AND GRANTS. DEPARTMENT CONCURS WITH PROCUREMENT ACTIONS FOR FIVE ACTIVITIES: (1) POLIO ERADICATION (UNICEF), (2) FATA ENABLING PROGRESSIVE MEDIA VOICES IN PAKISTAN (INTERNEWS), (3) [...] |
2009-09-30 22:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PK PREL |
| 09STATE102004 |
INSTRUCTION: HRC RESOLUTION ON MISSING PERSONS [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus, and vote YES if there is a vote, on the resolution entitled "Missing persons," provided that the resolution text does not change significantly from the wording contained in REFTEL to negatively affect vital U.S. interests. CLINTON [...] |
2009-09-30 22:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM |
| 09STATE102018 |
CONSULAR ISSUES CABLE -- SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Thank you to all the bidders who have submitted their bid lists via consularbidders@state.gov. If you are planning to bid on consular positions and have not yet expressed your interest to CA, please do so now. It is that time of year. Remember that your bids should be realistic. If a posi [...] |
2009-09-30 22:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT |
| 09STATE102030 |
SRI LANKA/NEPAL: SCA A/S BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 29, [...] (U) September 29, 2009; 12:00 p.m.; New York. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. SCA A/S Blake Donald Camp, Senior Area Adviser, USUN Douglas Mercado, Adviser, Humanitarian Affairs, USUN Anthony Renzulli (SCA Notetaker) UN U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe U/SYG for Humanitarian Af [...] |
2009-09-30 23:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER EAID ICRC UN IN CE NP |
| 09STATE102047 |
INSTRUCTION: HRC RESOLUTION ON THE FINANCIAL [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus, and deliver the explanation of position below, on the resolution entitled "Follow up to the 10th Human Rights Council Special Session (Resolution 10/1) on the impact of the global economic and financial crisis on the universal realization and [...] |
2009-10-01 00:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM |
| 09STATE102051 |
INSTRUCTION: HRC RESOLUTION ON TOXIC WASTE [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus and deliver the explanation of position below on the resolution entitled "The adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes and the enjoyment of human rights," provided that the resolution text does not [...] |
2009-10-01 00:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM |
| 09STATE102073 |
MULTILATERAL "COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM [...] Action Request - See Para 9. 2. (SBU) The Secretary's Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism is pleased to announce a three-day "Multinational Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Planners Workshop" from Wednesday, November 4-Friday, November 6, 2009 in Washington, D.C. This workshop wil [...] |
2009-10-01 01:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KHLS UK SP GM FR IT AS |
| 09STATE102086 |
TRAVEL WARNING: GUINEA [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against travel to Guinea due to continuing civil unrest and the unpredictable nature of the current security situation. U.S. citizens are advised that the Department of State has ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel and eligible family m [...] |
2009-10-01 02:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC GV |
| 09STATE102227 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050191953 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Spain. Post is requested to co [...] |
2009-10-01 14:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SP |
| 09STATE1023 |
UPDATE ON EUROPEAN EFFORTS TO INCLUDE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 24, 2008 European Ministers officially adopted a Directive to include international aviation in the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). All flights arriving and departing from EU airports, [...] |
2009-01-06 19:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU |
| 09STATE102322 |
UNSC SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: GUIDANCE FOR [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to share the draft resolution in para 2 with other members of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan, which would extend the mandate of the Committee's Panel of Experts for one year. ---------------- DR [...] |
2009-10-01 17:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL XW UNSC |
| 09STATE102350 |
U.S. DISPUTE OF RUSSIAN START BILLS [...] (U) This is an action cable (see paragraph 2). 2. (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has reviewed itemized cost lists and bills associated with implementation of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) (totaling 526,826.76 USD), and supporting [...] |
2009-10-01 17:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KACT START US RS |
| 09STATE102362 |
CAR: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN (2009-2010) [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of the Central African [...] |
2009-10-01 18:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CT |
| 09STATE102411 |
COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - SAMOA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-01 18:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC WS |
| 09STATE102466 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05989685 for the export of one (1) International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled C-130 Hercul [...] |
2009-10-01 19:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC CT PO |
| 09STATE102518 |
ADRIATIC CHARTER FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEET [...] Classified by EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones for Reasons: 1.4 (b and d) 2. (U) September 23, 2009; 5:00-6:00 p.m.; New York, New York. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones EUR/SCE - Cathy Westley (note taker) Adriatic Charter Al [...] |
2009-10-01 20:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN NATO CR AL BK SR MK MW |
| 09STATE102524 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 1: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on authorization request GC1964-09 for the retransfer of rifles from the Israeli Police to U.S. company [...] |
2009-10-01 21:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS |
| 09STATE102532 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-SHIPMENT/POST-LICENSE [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-shipment/post-license check on license 050190294 for the export of ballistic plates to Mexico. Post is requested to complete [...] |
2009-10-01 21:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC MX |
| 09STATE102542 |
RESPONSE TO ISRAEL REQUEST FOR GREATER BMENA ROLE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Background: On September 8, MFA Maghreb Director Eynat Shlein-Michael (reftel) requested a greater Israeli role in the BMENA process for the fall 2009 workshops and the November Forum for the Future ministerial in Morocco. Unfo [...] |
2009-10-01 21:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM KMPI PREL IS |
| 09STATE102548 |
REVISED INSTRUCTION: HRC RESOLUTION ON THE [...] Per RefB, the Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus, and deliver the explanation of position below, on REV1 of the resolution entitled "Follow up to the 10th Human Rights Council Special Session (Resolution 10/1) on the impact of the global economic and financial crisis on the universa [...] |
2009-10-01 22:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM |
| 09STATE102580 |
(S) MULTI FLATBED TRUCK CONVOY ENROUTE FROM IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request to Embassy Ankara. Please deliver the points in paragraph 4 immediately. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) We have information that a multi flatbed truck convoy carrying industrial manufacturing components likely intended for the production of explosively [...] |
2009-10-02 00:40:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS TU |
| 09STATE10260 |
BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH CENTCOM AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compliance Specialists from the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met October 21-22 in Cairo with USG officials to discuss the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and related defense trade and compliance issues. Topics included third-party t [...] |
2009-02-04 19:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EG ETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL |
| 09STATE102613 |
TRAVEL WARNING - LEBANON [...] The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens to avoid all travel to Lebanon due to current safety and security concerns. Americans living and working in Lebanon should understand that they accept risks in remaining and should carefully consider those risks. This supersedes the Trav [...] |
2009-10-02 08:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC LE |
| 09STATE102684 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050190991 and 050192065 for the export of night vision devices and rifles to Togo. Po [...] |
2009-10-02 13:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC IS TO |
| 09STATE102717 |
LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE: MANAGUA 922 [...] (SBU) As of October 2, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed. Unit: Nicaraguan National Police Sevilla Midence, Cruz Alonso; Comm; 02 May 1965 Navas Funes, Domingo de Jeses; Comm; 04 Aug 1958 2. (SBU) [...] |
2009-10-02 13:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PHUM PINR NU |
| 09STATE102718 |
LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE: MANAGUA 920 [...] (SBU) As of October 2, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed. Unit: Nicaraguan Army Varela, Rafael Antonio; Sgt; 24 Oct 1972 Paniagua, Pablo Jose; Sgt; 25 July 1975 Rosales Caceres, Edwin Javier; Sgt; 07 A [...] |
2009-10-02 13:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PHUM PINR NU |
| 09STATE102729 |
COTE D,IVOIRE: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Cote d,Ivoire to h [...] |
2009-10-02 14:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG IV |
| 09STATE102732 |
GHANA: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Ghana to help stre [...] |
2009-10-02 14:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG GH |
| 09STATE102805 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for these individuals be filed with as m [...] |
2009-10-02 15:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL POLM |
| 09STATE102860 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests AIT Taipei's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050192019 for the export of gyroscopes to Taiwan. AIT Taipei is requested to complete [...] |
2009-10-02 16:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
| 09STATE102887 |
COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE: OPPORTUNITY FOR FINANCIAL [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-8. 2. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will hold a Counterterrorism Financial Regulatory training course at the FDIC Training Facilities in Arlington, Virginia. This training is funded by INL and S/CT, which co-chair the [...] |
2009-10-02 17:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL |
| 09STATE102906 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050106069 and 050119782 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled F-16 [...] |
2009-10-02 17:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC ID SN |
| 09STATE102919 |
IRANIAN SHIPPING IN A POST-UNSCR 1803 ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iranian Shipping in a Post-UNSCR 1803 Environment" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point o [...] |
2009-10-02 18:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
| 09STATE102923 |
(C/NF) AFTERMATH OF PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S RETURN TO [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE COVERAGE OF THE ONGOING CRISIS RELATED TO PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S RETURN TO HONDURAS. WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE PROSPECTS OF VIOLENCE OCCURRING BETWEEN ZELAYA SUPPORTERS AND HONDURAN SECURITY FORCES. AS TIME AND RESOURCES ALLOW, WE WOULD WELCOME POST [...] |
2009-10-02 18:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PINS PREL BR CS HO VE |
| 09STATE102928 |
(C) KUDOS FOR LEADERSHIP REPORTING (C-AL9-01977) [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO THANK POST FOR THE RICH BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PROVIDED IN REFTEL, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED OUR INSIGHTS ON HOW THESE LEADERS ARE PERCEIVED LOCALLY. OUR RECENT ANALYTIC ASSESSMENTS ON THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS, WHICH BENEFITTED FROM THIS TYPE [...] |
2009-10-02 18:21:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV CH |
| 09STATE102933 |
(U) EAC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS (C-AL9-02031) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY'S (EAC) TRADE NEGOTIATIONS IN KAMPALA, UGANDA THAT TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 24 AND 25. ANALYSTS PLAN TO WRITE ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS, AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY REPORTING ON THE TOPICS BELOW, POSTS' TIME AND RESOURCES PER [...] |
2009-10-02 18:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR BY KE RW TZ UG |
| 09STATE102941 |
(U) KUDOS FOR NIGER REFERENDUM REPORTING [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO SEND KUDOS FOR REFTELS (NIAMEY 000505 AND NIAMEY 000625), WHICH PROVIDED INSIGHT INTO THE POLITICAL PARTIES' VIEWS OF PRESIDENT MAMADOU TANDJA'S REFERENDUM AND THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS IN OCTOBER. WE RECOGNIZE THAT POST WILL PROVIDE COVERAGE O [...] |
2009-10-02 18:33:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR NG |
| 09STATE102954 |
(U) KUDOS FOR PORT AU PRINCE REPORTING [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REF REPORTS ON THE HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE. WE FOUND THE EMBASSY'S INITIAL THOUGHTS IN REF A ON POTENTIAL OUTCOMES OF THE NEW UNIT INSIGHTFUL. WE ALSO PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED THE UNIQUE DETAILS OF THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. WE HAD SEEN THE APPRO [...] |
2009-10-02 18:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV HA |
| 09STATE102956 |
(S/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WELCOMED EMBASSY SANAA'S DETAILED REPORT ON IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT WITH THE HUTHI. WE WERE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE REPORTING, ASSESSMENTS OF IRANIAN STRATEGIC INTERESTS IN YEMEN, AND IMPACT OF FIGHTING ON BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN YEM [...] |
2009-10-02 18:42:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ECON PGOV PREL IR YM |
| 09STATE102964 |
(U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON KAZAKHSTAN ARRESTS [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTELS' COVERAGE OF THE ARRESTS OF KAZAKHSTANI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON CORRUPTION CHARGES AND RECENT CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT THE SYSTEMIC NATURE OF CORRUPTION. THE INSIGHTS ON THE ENDEMIC LEVEL OF CORRUPTION, AND THE EPIDEMIC OF RECENT ARRESTS OF MU [...] |
2009-10-02 18:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV KZ |
| 09STATE102966 |
(U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SIERRA LEONE CURRENCY [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED POST'S REPORTING ON THE RECENT DECLINE IN THE VALUE OF THE SIERRA LEONE CURRENCY, AS REPORTED REFTELS (FREETOWN 000322, FREETOWN 000321, FREETOWN 000262). POST'S ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED THE CAUSE OF THE CURRENCY'S SLIDE, THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL EC [...] |
2009-10-02 18:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON SL |