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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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05DILI160LETTER ADDRESSED TO SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN FROM EAST
[...] (U) Post received a letter from President Xanana Gusmao addressed to Secretary-General Kofi Annan on April 7, 2005, who has requested the Embassy's assistance in forwarding it to the Secretary-General through the US Mission to the UN in New York. 2. (U) Following is the text of the letter: [...]
2005-04-08 01:42:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC AMGT
06DILI101DISTURBING DEVELOPMENTS IN PREPARATIONS FOR ELECTIONS; UNDP
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent discussions with representatives of international election assistance NGOs and via requests for assistance relayed to the UN, senior Government of East Timor (GOET) officials have revealed an outline of their plans for the 2007 legislative and presidential elections. E [...]
2006-03-07 05:42:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM TT
06DILI112TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS PUSH FOR ACCESS TO SCU
[...] (C) The bilateral Indonesia-East Timor Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) has made a surprise request for full access, with necessary redaction to assure witness confidentiality, to the files of the Serious Crimes Unit (SCU). After Prosecutor-General Longuinhos Monteiro refused the request, [...]
2006-03-11 11:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKJUS KAWC PHUM KPKO TT
06DILI135PRESIDENT GUSMAO RESPONDS TO DISMISSAL OF STRIKING SOLDIERS
[...] (U) On March 16, the Commander of East Timor's Defense Force (FDTL),Brigadier-General Taur Matan Ruak, publicly announced that all striking soldiers were officially dismissed and were considered to have become civilians as of March 1. The dismissed soldiers, numbered at 591, were part of a st [...]
2006-03-24 19:13:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MARR TT
06DILI144UNREST IN DILI OVER THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING FDTL DISMISSALS,
[...] Summary: Beginning late last week and escalating over the weekend, there have been a number of incidents of unrest around Dili involving intimidation and threats as well as attacks on houses and other property. As of Monday night (March 27),widespread police patrols have resulted in a signifi [...]
2006-03-29 08:05:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR ASEC TT
06DILI147FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON LOCAL TENSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On 29 March, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta briefed the diplomatic corps on recent events in Dili, emphasizing that press reports of riots and military strife are exaggerated and that recent disturbances have been neither politically or ethnically motivated nor fatal. Rather [...]
2006-03-30 03:37:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR TT
06DILI152END OF WEEK UPDATE ON FDTL DISMISSALS AND UNREST IN DILI
[...] (U) Summary: As of today, the situation in Dili remains calm and appears to have mostly returned to normal after the spate of incidences reported in Reftel D. Dili residents who had left their homes to stay with relatives or take refuge elsewhere out of fear of escalating violence, a number th [...]
2006-03-31 09:24:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR ASEC TT
06DILI161PRIME MINISTER'S AND PRESIDENT'S SPEECHES EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC
[...] Summary: Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri and President Xanana Gusmao on April 4 addressed the annual Timor-Leste Development Partners Meeting. Alkatiri used the forum to announce a new approach to economic growth and poverty reduction. He stated that the "fight against poverty must be seen by al [...]
2006-04-10 03:44:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KDEM TT
06DILI167AMBASSADOR GUTERRES TO CHALLENGE ALKATIRI FOR FRETILIN PARTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Preparations for Fretilin's National Party Congress are well underway. Delegates to the Congress have been elected at district meetings that began in February. Within the party it has long been assumed that Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri would continue in a second term as Secreta [...]
2006-04-12 09:13:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM TT
06DILI18EX-MILITIA MEMBERS KILLED IN CLASH WITH EAST TIMOR BORDER
[...] (U) Summary: Three alleged members of 1999-era anti-independence militias were shot dead by officers of East Timor's Border Patrol Unit (BPU) on Friday, January 6. One of the three, Jose Mausorte, was a prominent member of the Halilintar militia and had been accused of involvement in several [...]
2006-01-09 15:18:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PHUM ASEC KAWC TT ID
06DILI192MORE VIOLENCE IN DILI AREA LAST NIGHT, BUT CALM TODAY
[...] (U) Summary: There was more rioting yesterday evening in the village of Tasitolu, just west of Dili, and at least three more people died, apparently shot by members of the armed forces (FDTL) who had responded to the Tasitolu riot, in addition to the two who had died earlier in Dili. Although [...]
2006-04-29 15:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI194DILI REMAINS CALM, BUT THOUSANDS STILL DISPLACED AS RUMORS
[...] Summary: The situation in Dili was relatively calm last night, but there were still several disturbances reported, including shots fired in two Dili neighborhoods, reported clashes in the hills outside of Dili, and fighting at one of the major markets. There was another fight between groups of [...]
2006-04-30 15:04:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI200UPDATE ON DILI SECURITY SITUATION: RETURN TO NORMAL IS SLOW
[...] Dili remains abnormally quiet following Friday's rioting and the security operations in response. It appears that the armed forces (FDTL) have relinquished law enforcement responsibilities to the national police (PNTL),but they remain involved in patrolling. Currently, there are five confirm [...]
2006-05-01 15:12:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI203DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUSMAO
[...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboffs, met with President Xanana Gusmao May 2 to discuss U.S. priorities and concerns in East Timor. The major focus of the discussion was the riots on Friday, April 28 and the subsequent intervention of th [...]
2006-05-03 11:06:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06DILI210DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ALKATIRI
[...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboff, met with Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri on May 3. DAS John congratulated Alkatiri on the many things that the Government of East Timor (GOET) is getting right, such as their work with the Millennium C [...]
2006-05-04 15:15:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06DILI213EAST TIMOR UPDATE: ARMY RETURNS TO BARRACKS AS GOET URGES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy's current assessment is that the potential for politically motivated violence in East Timor in the near future appears to be de-escalating. Although the likelihood of imminent violence appears low, the ongoing political and constitutional crisis caused by Prime Minis [...]
2006-05-05 15:36:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI214AMBASSADOR GUTERRES ON POLITICAL/SECURITY SITUATION AND
[...] (SBU) Emboff met with East Timor's Ambassador to the U.S. and the United Nations, Jose Luis Guterres, on May 6. Guterres is running against Prime Minister Alkatiri for Secretary General of the ruling Fretilin Party in the party congress scheduled for May 17-20. Ambassador Guterres conveyed st [...]
2006-05-06 14:17:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT
06DILI219ALKATIRI, RAMOS-HORTA EXPRESS OPTIMISM, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 15:12:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI220THE VIEW FROM THE WEST: MEETINGS WITH DISSIDENT MILITARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to the ex-military "petitioners" who led the April demonstration in Dili, there are a number of dissident members of the national police (PNTL) and armed forces (FDTL) who have gone AWOL and are currently located in mountainous areas of western East Timor. Many, alt [...]
2006-05-10 15:19:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI224FRETILIN PARTY CONGRESS: RECENT EVENTS SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER
[...] (C) Summary. In light of the serious unresolved issues and current potential for unrest, Fretilin party leaders continue to discuss whether the party Congress should go forward as planned in Dili on May 17-19. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri's public popularity, never his strong suit, is at its l [...]
2006-05-11 15:07:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
06DILI226EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING?
[...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...]
2006-05-11 19:08:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI228EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING?
[...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...]
2006-05-11 19:24:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI229RAMOS-HORTA: WOULD ACCEPT PRIME MINISTER POSITION
[...] (S) Summary: In a conversation with Ambassador Rees, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said he believes Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri will probably be defeated in next week's Fretilin Party Congress. He believes Alkatiri has brought the defeat upon himself by his arrogant and sometimes abusive [...]
2006-05-12 15:12:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI231FRETILIN PARTY CONGRESS WILL BE "A REAL FIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy sources within and close to the ruling party, the Fretilin Party Congress scheduled to take place in Dili May 17-19, will be "a real fight". The competition will not only be between the two dominant candidates for Secretary General, but also over competing vi [...]
2006-05-14 08:15:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
06DILI232FRETILIN PARTY CONGRESS WILL BE "A REAL FIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy sources within and close to the ruling party, the Fretilin Party Congress scheduled to take place in Dili May 17-19, will be "a real fight". The competition will not only be between the two dominant candidates for Secretary General, but also over competing vi [...]
2006-05-14 08:15:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
06DILI236FOREIGN MINISTER REPORTS PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with the Diplomatic Corps, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta reported that significant progress was made over the weekend to ease tensions with the dissident military groups including the group led by Major Reinado and the 591 Petitioners led by Lt. Salsinha. [...]
2006-05-16 11:15:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC KPKO KDEM TT
06DILI238EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 16, 2006
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Life in Dili -- Fretilin Central committee meeting -- Guterres announces running mate -- Fretilin Congress security update -- Latest from TMR (See septel) -- Ramos-Horta on the campaign trail? -- Status of Other Embassies -- Petitioner Update -- Consular Issues End summa [...]
2006-05-16 15:47:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PGOV KPKO TT
06DILI239EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 17, 2006
[...] (U) Commercial, transportation, and civic activity in the city are normal. A few roadblocks have been established around the area where the Fretilin Party Congress is taking place. There were 76 seats open on outbound flights. The Australian, British Irish, Korean, New Zealand, Philippines, [...]
2006-05-17 16:03:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PGOV KDEM TT
06DILI240EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 18, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY. - LIFE IN DILI - FRETILIN CONGRESS DAY 2 - AMERICAN CITIZENS ISSUES - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - SECURITY ASSESSMENT LIFE IN DILI Â [...]
2006-05-18 15:15:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV MARR KDEM TT
06DILI243EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 19, 2006
[...] (U) The city continues to return to normal and there were several reports of additional refugees returning to Dili Transportation was functioning normally; schools and markets were open. Despite a heavy security presence, restaurants in the immediate area around the party congress were open. [...]
2006-05-19 11:11:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV MARR KDEM TT
06DILI245CHARGE MEETS WITH STATE MINISTER ANA PESSOA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Stein and USAID representative Fuller held a warm meeting with Senior Minister and Minister for State Administration Ana Pessoa on May 22, 2006 to discuss the commission she leads to investigate the grievances of the former FDTL soldiers, the "petitioners" dismissed earlier [...]
2006-05-22 15:13:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT
06DILI246DILI SITREP MAY 22
[...] (SBU) The situation was more tense than in recent days as rumors and exaggerations circulated widely. An outbreak of communal violence in Becora (Dili's easternmost suburb),where gangs of eastern and western youth armed with slingshots, knives, and machetes clashed intermittently throughout t [...]
2006-05-22 15:13:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT
06DILI247EAST TIMOR SITREP #1 FOR MAY 23, 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: GOET PROPOSAL FOR TALKS FALTERS AS REINADO AND FDTL CLASH COMMENTS FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS FROM THE GOET POLICE ISSUES IDP CAMPS SITUATION IN DILI End Summary. GOET PROPOSAL FOR TALKS FALTERS AS REINADO AND FDTL CLASH 2. (C) Charge Stein and USDR traveled to [...]
2006-05-23 15:12:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT
06DILI252EAST TIMOR SITREP #1 FOR MAY 24, 2006
[...] (U) Summary. - EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT OF COMMENCMENT OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENTS - FDTL ACTIVITIES - OTHER VIOLENCE IN DILI - AIR TRAFFIC ISSUES - DISIDENT MILITARY GROUPS - OTHER POLICE ISSUES - IDP CAMPS OVERCROWDED - AMCIT PHOTO JOURNALIST COMES UNDER FIRE IN TASITOLU - AMC [...]
2006-05-24 07:12:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CACS TT
06DILI253EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...]
2006-05-24 15:33:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT
06DILI254EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME
[...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...]
2006-05-24 15:36:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI255EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING ON MAY 24, 2006
[...] (SBU) On May 24, 2006, the DCM convened a meeting of Embassy Dili's EAC to review the Embassy's contingency planning in light of the deteriorating security environment. The Ambassador, RSO, POL, MGMT, USAID, CONS, and ODC attended the meeting. 2. (C) POL and ODC reported of continued factio [...]
2006-05-24 15:36:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT ID TT
06DILI258EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...]
2006-05-25 07:15:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT
06DILI259EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...]
2006-05-25 07:15:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT
06DILI261EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING ON MAY 24, 2006
[...] (SBU) On May 24, 2006, the DCM convened a meeting of Embassy Dili's EAC to review the Embassy's contingency planning in light of the deteriorating security environment. The Ambassador, RSO, POL, MGMT, USAID, CONS, and ODC attended the meeting. 2. (C) POL and ODC reported of continued factio [...]
2006-05-25 07:27:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT ID TT
06DILI262EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME
[...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...]
2006-05-25 07:27:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI263DILI UPDATE: FIGHTING IN DILI INCREASES, PRESIDENT ASSUMES
[...] (U) Summary: -- President Assumes Control of the Military (on Paper) -- FDTL Soldiers Shoot Unarmed Police and UN Personnel -- Violence in the Capital Worsens -- Casualty Information -- Military Reportedly Arming Civilians -- Status of Amcits -- Special Police Unit Requests Embassy Assistanc [...]
2006-05-25 15:11:00Embassy DiliSECRETASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI268EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 26, 2006
[...] (U) SUMMARY -- AUSTRALIAN PATROLS COMMENCE, SOME VIOLENCE CONTINUES -- GOVERNMENT DEFIES PRESIDENT -- PRESIDENT INTENDS TO DISMISS THE GOVERNMENT -- FOREIGN MINISTER: PRIME MINISTER SHOULD RESIGN -- SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IMPROVES BUT REMAINS TENSE -- NATIONAL HOSPITAL STRUGGLING TO CARE FOR WO [...]
2006-05-27 15:12:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI274EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 29, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: PRIME MINISTER MAY ENDORSE PRESIDENT'S ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY POWERS MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND DEFENSE WILL BE REPLACED TOMORROW ALKATIRI REFUSES TO RESIGN, BUT MAY SOON BE DISMISSED VIOLENCE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN, LOOTING CONTINUES FDTL WITHDRAWS FROM DILI HQ ADF SUCCESSFULLY RESP [...]
2006-05-30 11:30:00Embassy DiliSECRETASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI276EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 30
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 19:20:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNASEC PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO CASC TT
06DILI279EMBOFFS INTERVIEW NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSIONER IN HIDING
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Interior Minister Alcino Barris, Police Commissioner Paulo Martins and dozens of police officers from all branches have reassembled the national police (PNTL) hierarchy at an orphanage in the hills overlooking Dili. The group has been disarmed by the Australian Defense Forces [...]
2006-05-31 15:15:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PHUM TT CU CH
06DILI280EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 30
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 15:15:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI281EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 31
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 15:15:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI291AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH MINISTER RAMOS-HORTA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-03 19:12:00Embassy DiliSECRETASEC PGOV MOPS PHUM TT KDEM KPKO
06DILI293EAST TIMOR WEEKEND UPDATE: JUNE 3-5, 2006,
[...] (U) Summary: Pro-Xanana security ministers are sworn in; Superior Council endorses President's security plan; Ramos-Horta begins Defense Minister duties; FRETILIN Central Committee endorses Alkatiri, promotes Lobato; Australia on post-UNOTIL planning; Anti-Alkatiri demonstration reportedly ca [...]
2006-06-05 15:11:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC KPKO AU PO TT
06DILI296EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 6, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: 1500 Anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive from western districts; Ambassador meets with new Minister of the Interior Parliament deliberates with a bare quorum; Portuguese paramilitary police continue operations without JTF Coordination; Malaysian diplomats announce need for externa [...]
2006-06-06 15:12:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC AU PO TT
06DILI298EAC MEETING: REVERSE TRIPWIRES ESTABLISHED
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on 7 June to develop reverse tripwires related to the current political and security situation in East Timor, discuss added security measures at the Embassy, and review the Mission's policy for travel within East Timor. Deputy C [...]
2006-06-07 11:17:00Embassy DiliSECRETAEMR ASEC AMGT TT
06DILI299EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 7, 2006
[...] (U) Summary. - Demonstrators return to their districts; - UN envoy Ian Martin departs Dili; - International police force update; - Readout on Ramos-Horta's meetings with dissident leaders; - Australian and New Zealand Defense Ministers visit; - Parliament's [...]
2006-06-07 15:11:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI300EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 8, 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary - GNR restricted to barracks after confrontation with Australian forces; - Provisional cooperation agreement reached between JTF and Portuguese forces; - Armed group claims Alkatiri gave them weapons to kill opponents; - Foreign Defense Attaches inv [...]
2006-06-08 19:25:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY AS TT
06DILI301EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 9, 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: - AFP commander gives policing plan to Ramos-Horta; - GNR Equipment Arrives in Baucau; - Former Minister of Police Bids Farewell to PNTL Commanders; - Sources confirm Fretilin Headquarters in Ermera District was burned; - Status of the news media; - JTF agrees to provide secur [...]
2006-06-09 11:26:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI303EMBOFFS MEET WITH ALLEGED FRETILIN "SECRET SECURITY" FORCE
[...] (C) Summary. U.S. Embassy and United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL) PolOffs met today with the leaders of the "Fretilin Secret Security" force in their mountaintop compound outside of Liquica. The group, comprised entirely of former Falintil resistance fighters, showed PolOffs t [...]
2006-06-12 15:16:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM PINS ASEC TT
06DILI304EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 12, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry Commission; Opposition MP Joins Major Reinado to Call for Changes to the Constitution; GNR Cooperates Effectively with JTF; Security environment. End summary. GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry [...]
2006-06-12 15:16:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI306EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 13, 2006
[...] (C) Summary: Pro-Alkatiri armed group reported in Los Palos; Ramos-Horta casts doubt on whether UN investigation would include "Fretilin Security Forces"; Fretilin National Planning Committee may meet to discuss current crisis; Opposition MPs walk out of Parliament in protest of a Fretilin r [...]
2006-06-13 15:14:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI308EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 14, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: President addresses Parliament; Fretilin presents itself as the victim; Ramos-Horta briefs diplomatic corps on GOET requests for post UN-mission; Prime Minister wants Timorese control of police; Security environment; End Summary. President addresses Parliament -------------- [...]
2006-06-14 15:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI313EMBASSY DILI VIEWS ON POST-UNOTIL MISSION
[...] (U) Summary: This message discusses possible components of a follow-on United Nations mission in East Timor after the expiration of the anticipated two-month extension of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL). Whether or not the mission is conducted under Chapter VII authority and [...]
2006-06-16 19:27:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNKPKO PREL PGOV PHUM AU PO MY TT
06DILI316PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS HE WILL DISMISS PRIME MINISTER THIS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 19:20:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KCRM TT AS
06DILI320EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 20, 2006
[...] (C) Summary: --- President still plans to dismiss Prime Minister after Council of State meeting tomorrow; --- Arrest warrant issued for Lobato; --- Ramos-Horta in Baucau, plans to head further East tomorrow; --- Anti-Alkatiri demonstration begins, may grow in coming days; --- Weapons confisca [...]
2006-06-20 15:11:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PREF EAID AS TT
06DILI322EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRIME MINISTER PERSUADES PRESIDENT TO
[...] (U) Summary: --- Prime Minister persuades President to delay dismissal --- Anti-Alkatiri demonstration continued; --- Lobato's house surrounded; --- Security environment in Dili. End Summary. Prime Minister persuades President to delay dismissal ----------------------------------- (S) A [...]
2006-06-21 11:19:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PREF EAID AS TT
06DILI325UPDATE FROM AFP ON INTERNATIONAL POLICING IN DILI
[...] (C) Summary: Emboff met yesterday with Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commander Steve Lancaster to review the current status of international policing in Dili. Lancaster reported that the international police have not yet reached full capacity, primarily due to a delay in the arrival of the [...]
2006-06-22 07:07:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALMOPS ASEC PHUM AU PO NZ TT
06DILI327EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRESIDENT WILL RESIGN TOMORROW UNLESS
[...] (U) Summary: --- President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not; --- Ex-Minister Lobato arrested; --- More anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive in Dili.. End summary. President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not --------------------------------------------- ----------- [...]
2006-06-22 15:16:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT
06DILI329EAST TIMOR SITREP: ALKATIRI MAY RESIGN TOMORROW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 23:04:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO AS TT
06DILI333EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRESIDENT ACCEPTS PRIME MINISTER'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 15:23:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AS TT
06DILI334EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 27 JULY
[...] (U) Summary: --- President Gusmao will lead interim government for 30 days; --- Alkatiri resisting summons to defend against criminal charges; --- Pro-Alkatiri demonstrators may enter Dili tomorrow; --- Senior Australian official may visit Dili on Thursday; --- Security update. End Summary. [...]
2006-06-27 15:12:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT
06DILI335EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 28 JULY
[...] (U) Summary: --- Dili security situation deteriorates overnight; --- President "considering all options" for new Government; --- Demonstration update: westerners prepare to depart, easterners undecided; --- UDT leadership announces the replacement of its two Members of Parliament; --- Govern [...]
2006-06-28 11:22:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT
06DILI341EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 30 JUNE
[...] (U) Summary: --- Ramos-Horta to head interim government? --- President may negotiate with Fretilin on new Prime Minister ---- Demonstrators depart after speeches by Gusmao, Alkatiri, Lu'olo; --- Alkatiri claims Parliamentary immunity in arms case; --- Fretilin activists contend their leader [...]
2006-06-30 15:12:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR PO AS TT
06DILI35RESPONSE TO CRIMINALIZATION OF DEFAMATION IN NEW PENAL CODE
[...] (U) Last month the Council of Ministers announced their approval of a new penal code for East Timor. The law is now in the hands of the President either to promulgate or to veto. Although no official copies of the law are available, leaked copies have been circulated among civil society organi [...]
2006-01-20 08:50:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPAO TT
06DILI355RAMOS-HORTA BECOMES PRIME MINISTER IN NEW FRETILIN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 15:11:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MOPS TT
06DILI356AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador congratulated newly inaugurated Deputy Prime Minister Estanislau Da Silva and discussed the new Government's priorities. According to Da Silva, who had been the Fretilin leadership's first choice for Prime Minister, the discussions between President Xanana Gusmao [...]
2006-07-11 11:25:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF KJUS EAID KDEM PINR TT
06DILI357PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS RAMOS-HORTA WILL LEAD A REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met today with President Xanana Gusmao, who gave a detailed account of the negotiations that led up to the appointment of the new Government that was sworn in today. The President also expressed his confidence that Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta will lead a reform gov [...]
2006-07-11 15:12:00Embassy DiliSECRETPREL PGOV PREF KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR TT
06DILI358JAPANESE EMBASSY VIEWS NEXT UN MISSION
[...] (C/NF) Summary: A Japanese diplomat meeting with DCM spoke highly of Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Sukehiro Hasegawa and suggested Hasegawa should head the next UN mission in East Timor. Japan will not contribute troops or police to the peacekeeping operation (PKO),b [...]
2006-07-12 07:51:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPKO UN TT
06DILI363BISHOP NASCIMENTO IS WORRIED, BUT WILLING TO HELP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 11:06:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR KPKO TT AS PO
06DILI368PRIME MINISTER RAMOS-HORTA ANNOUNCES NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta on Friday, July 14, announced the composition of the government over which he will preside. The new government resembles the previous one led by ex-Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri in most respects, with a few notable changes. The majority of ministe [...]
2006-07-17 12:09:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TT
06DILI369EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JULY 10-17, 2006
[...] Summary: New government leaves opposition parties cold Prosecutor General sworn in for second four-year term Rai Los hands over his weapons Parliament back to work on electoral law and Alkatiri case Plans for additional demonstrations called off Internally Displaced People (IDPs) beginning to [...]
2006-07-17 12:09:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI372PRIME MINISTER RAMOS HORTA'S LATEST VIEWS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In several conversations with Ambassador and Emboffs following his swearing in as East Timor's new Prime Minister, Jose Ramos Horta shared his views on some issues facing his government. Among the subjects addressed were: his delicate working relationship with the Fretilin party; [...]
2006-07-19 00:15:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO UN PO AU TT
06DILI381CONTINUED TENSIONS OVER NATIONAL POLICE REINTEGRATION
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Tensions have continued in recent weeks between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Minister of Interior, Alcino Barris, regarding how to handle the reintegration of East Timor's national police (the PNTL). Each have presented proposals with competing approaches and pr [...]
2006-07-25 11:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPKO PREL PGOV KJUS UN AU TT
06DILI387PRO-REINADO DEMONSTRATIONS SMALL BUT WORRYING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations are being staged in Dili to protest the arrest and detention by international forces earlier this week of Major Alfredo Reinado, the leader of a group of dissident Military Police that played a prominent role in the violent clashes in and around Dili in late May. [...]
2006-07-29 15:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR AU PO TT
06DILI394EAST TIMOR UPDATE JULY 24-31, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: Continued repercussions of Reinado arrest Prime Minister presents his Government Program to Parliament Council of State extends the "State of Crisis" through August 20 International Commission of Inquiry: Briefing by the Executive Director End summary. Continued repercussions [...]
2006-08-01 09:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR UN TT
06DILI404INCREASED GANG ACTIVITY STRETCHES LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: There has been a notable increase in disturbances around Dili in recent days, beginning late last week and continuing through today. These have mostly occurred in neighborhoods that have been regular sites of conflict during the last few months. Additionally, there has been a r [...]
2006-08-08 10:16:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PHUM ASEC AU TT
06DILI405IDP RETURN PLANS AND SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with Charge d'Affaires on August 7, Anna Pessoa, the Minister for State Administration, discussed the current state of planning for the return of as many as 150,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) to their homes in Dili. Noting the deteriorated security envi [...]
2006-08-09 02:49:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC PREF EAID TT
06DILI424REDUCED VIOLENCE IN DILI, BUT SERIOUS PROBLEMS REMAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the last week there was a significant reduction in the gang-related incidents reported in reftel, but late last week there were several serious incidents and the potential for renewed gang activity remains. Although some of the factors contributing to the resumption of ga [...]
2006-08-21 02:44:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PHUM ASEC AU CASC PREF KJUS TT PGOV
06DILI427RAMOS-HORTA WILL REINFORCE SUPPORT FOR JAPANESE DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 09:36:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KPKO TT PO AS CH JA
06DILI428FRETILIN FACTIONS RESPOND TO COURT DECISION AFFIRMING
[...] (U) Summary: The Court of Appeals this week issued its official decision rejecting the argument that the re-election of Mari Alkatiri and Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterres to the Fretilin party leadership at the party congress in May was illegal. The case was brought by members of Fretilin's interna [...]
2006-08-22 11:07:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KDEM TT
06DILI429PRESIDENT GUSMAO ASKS ANNAN TO RETAIN SRSG HASEGAWA THROUGH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 09:13:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNSC KPKO TT JA
06DILI439PRESIDENT GUSMAO CONCERNED ABOUT CAPE VERDE SRSG CANDIDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-29 02:56:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNCV PO TT KPKO UN PREL KDEM PHUM
06DILI452MAJORITY OF DILI'S POPULATION STILL DISPLACED
[...] (U) Summary: Dili has become a city characterized by a large displaced population residing in over 50 separate camps. Resolving this issue and convincing internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return home is turning out to be a slow and complicated process, partially due to the complexity of th [...]
2006-09-07 11:09:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV UN ASEC TT
06DILI455THE VIEW FROM AILIEU: REINADO'S POPULARITY ENDURES, F-FDTL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs on Wednesday, September 6 traveled to Aileu to look into developments there since dissident Major Alfredo Reinado escaped from prison in Dili last week. Aileu is the location where he established his initial base following his departure from his armed forces (FDTL)post i [...]
2006-09-11 00:23:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO ASEC AU TT
06DILI463DILI SECURITY UPDATE: GANG DISTURBANCES BECOMING ENTRENCHED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following a spike in gang activity in early August in the period immediately following the arrest of dissident Major Alfredo Reinado, there was a reduction in such incidents later in the month. However, gang incidents have gradually escalated during the ensuing weeks, particular [...]
2006-09-13 02:04:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PHUM ASEC CASC PREF AU PO TT
06DILI47406-07 BUDGET USES PETROLEUM FUND TO TARGET POVERTY
[...] Summary: Following Parliamentary approval last month, the Government of East Timor (GOET) FY 2006-2007 budget went into effect in early September, two months after the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1. At $315.9 million this budget reflects an increase of more than 100 percent over the [...]
2006-09-24 04:24:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET EFIN TT
06DILI487PREVIEW OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary. According to one of its principal authors, the UN Special Commission of Inquiry report pulls no punches in naming the direct perpetrators and assessing responsibilities for the April-May crisis. The report recommends prosecution of former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato and elem [...]
2006-10-03 07:47:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS KPKO ASEC UN TT
06DILI491EAST TIMOR'S STRONGEST OPPOSITION PARTY GAINING MOMENTUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: East Timor's strongest opposition party, the Democratic Party (PD),held its national congress on September 29 - October 1, reelecting the incumbent leadership. The congress demonstrated that PD has emerged as a well-organized and well-funded party with a strong base among the y [...]
2006-10-05 05:54:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ID TT
06DILI517RELEASE OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS
[...] Summary: The Report of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste was released today to the National Parliament of East Timor and to the public. The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will now commence with an effort to distribute it widely throughou [...]
2006-10-17 13:07:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO ASEC UN AU TT
06DILI518RELEASE OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS
[...] Summary: The Report of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste was released today to the National Parliament of East Timor and to the public. The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will now commence with an effort to distribute it widely throughou [...]
2006-10-17 13:07:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS KPKO ASEC UN TT
06DILI528UPDATE ON EAST TIMOR ELECTION ISSUES
[...] Summary: Representatives of IFES, the International Republican Institute (IRI),and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on October 18 briefed Charge d'Affaires on their electoral related programs and the current status of preparations for the 2007 elections. Discussions centered around th [...]
2006-10-24 15:47:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM TT
06DILI534DETERIORATION IN DILI SECURITY SITUATION, AIRPORT CLOSED
[...] (U) Summary: A significant increase in communal conflict occurred in Dili today, resulting in two confirmed deaths and reports of other casualties as well. The first clashes, beginning early in the morning, involved the area around airport IDP camp where disturbances that began last night esca [...]
2006-10-25 11:24:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR PREF KPKO CASC AU TT
06DILI540UNMIT ADDRESSES SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIT sees ongoing disturbances in Dili becoming more organized and UNPOL notes drug related behavior and evidence that payments are being made to perpetrators. Recognizing the counterproductive effect of freeing most of those of those arrested after only a short period of deten [...]
2006-10-27 11:59:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO MARR ASEC CASC UN TT
06DILI549EXPLAINING LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN DILI
[...] (C) Summary: While gang-related disturbances have become a regular feature of day-to-day life in recent months, last week's upsurge of violent confrontation was on a greater scale and with more lethal consequences. In addition, these disturbances were accompanied by what appeared to be a conce [...]
2006-11-03 12:02:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF ASEC KJUS KPKO AU TT
06DILI578MULTIPLE DIALOGUE INITIATIVES ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS TIMOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent weeks have seen a flurry of dialogue and reconciliation efforts among East Timorese institutions and leaders. These have included series of meetings between the armed forces (F-FDTL) and the national police (PNTL),initiatives by youth group and gang leaders, and a high l [...]
2006-11-29 11:03:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MARR KPKO TT
06DILI592UPDATE ON POLICING AND SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIT reports that the situation in and around Dili IDP camps, which previously have been the main flashpoints for violence, largely has returned to "normal," with only sporadic rock fights and disturbances. However, they remain concerned that government plans to utilize PNTL an [...]
2006-12-08 03:31:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO ASEC MARR UN TT
06DILI595PRESIDENT GUSMAO AND EX-PM ALKATIRI MEET
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Gusmao and former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri met for the first time in five months on December 8, and both participated in a traditional Timorese peace ceremony on December 10, taking an oath to work together for peace and stability. Their meetings followed followed [...]
2006-12-11 09:05:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO UN TT
06DILI600UPDATE ON ELECTION ISSUES: STILL NO ELECTORAL LAW
[...] Summary: Parliament has made some progress on passing electoral legislation but the overall process remains excruciatingly slow. While a law governing the supervisory body was finally passed on December 6, the review of the legislation on parliamentary elections, begun last week, has made only [...]
2006-12-18 10:20:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM UN TT
06DILI604AFTER SLOW START, PARLIAMENT RUSHES THROUGH ELECTION LAW
[...] The National Parliament in a press release issued late yesterday announced passage of the draft parliamentary election law drafted by the ruling Fretilin party. In contrast to last week's deliberations (reftel) which addressed the first 16 articles one at a time, the remainder of the legislati [...]
2006-12-19 12:12:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM UN TT
06DILI65LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM PRESIDENT KAY RALA XANANA
[...] Post received a letter addressed to President George W. Bush on February 10, 2006. 2. Following is the text of the letter: Dili, 18 January 2006 Excellency, The Commission For Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) established in 2001, during the transitional administrati [...]
2006-02-14 09:06:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC AMGT TT
06DILI70UPDATE ON JANUARY BORDER INCIDENTS
[...] (U) Summary: Two border incidents that occurred in January have caused a spike in tension between East Timor and Indonesia. First, on January 6, three alleged members of 1999-era militias were shot dead by East Timor's Border Patrol Unit (BPU). See Reftel. Then, on January 24, it was reporte [...]
2006-02-15 05:37:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PHUM ASEC TT ID
06DILI84INDONESIAN TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS ARRIVE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The five Indonesian members of the bilateral Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) arrived in Dili on Sunday to commence a weeklong program. The program is to include meetings with high-level Government officials, site visits, meetings with victims of violence in 1999, and a fo [...]
2006-02-21 14:21:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL JKUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
07DILI101AUSSIES BRIEF ON REINADO OPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: International Stabilization Forces (ISF) commander Brigadier Malcolm Rerden and Australian Ambassador to East Timor Margaret Twomey briefed Emboffs March 9, reviewing the current status of ISF operations to apprehend Major Alfredo Reinado and summarizing a meeting Rerden has just [...]
2007-03-12 08:57:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS PGOV PREL TT AU NZ
07DILI106CONTINUED SYMPATHY FOR REINADO IN WESTERN DISTRICTS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 11-13 visit to East Timor's western districts Emboffs and US Defense Representative found that dissident military leader Major Alfredo Reinado retains strong backing across the region, though it remains unclear if his supporters would be willing to go beyond their cur [...]
2007-03-14 12:54:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO AU TT
07DILI11NEW ELECTORAL LAWS GO INTO EFFECT, BUT MANY ISSUES
[...] Summary: The three main laws that will govern East Timor's presidential and parliamentary elections this year were finally promulgated last month. While the final versions do contain a few compromises of note, the overall process resulted in laws that fall significantly short of reflecting a n [...]
2007-01-15 09:48:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI110AUSTRALIAN AND PORTUGUESE INTERESTS CONVERGE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate discussions, the Portuguese and Australian ambassadors downplayed concerns about support for military dissident Major Alfredo Reinado in the western districts. Their views converge on one matter, that Alfredo is a fugitive from justice who should surrender or be ca [...]
2007-03-15 02:14:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPKO MOPS PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM UN TT
07DILI115RAMOS-HORTA CONCERNED BUT ANA PESSOA DISMISSIVE OF ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta complained to a gathering of diplomats March 21 that the elections law amendment passed by Parliament that same day includes a provision allowing political party symbols on presidential election ballots. The decision, which Ramos-Horta said viola [...]
2007-03-20 11:12:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI119SECURITY SECTOR CONCERNS INTENSIFY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Recent decisions made by both the Government of East Timor (GOET) and the United Nations Integrated Mission to Timor-Leste (UNMIT) have possibly made the security environment in Dili more problematic in advance of national elections next month. Dili is now a city where armed [...]
2007-03-22 10:43:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO AU UN TT
07DILI120SECURITY SECTOR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: As detailed in reftel, Post has become increasingly concerned regarding the direction of developments in the security sector, including both the East Timorese armed forces (F-FDTL) and the East Timorese National Police (PNTL). In light of these concerns, we have reviewed our policy [...]
2007-03-23 09:58:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT
07DILI121ELECTION POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Our overarching policy continues to be focused on supporting a credible elections process that expresses the will of the Timorese people. The UN Elections Certification Team (UNECT) continues to provide detailed analysis of the many metrics that can be measured in making this de [...]
2007-03-23 10:45:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI124PRESIDENT SIGNS ELECTION LAW AMENDMENT, BUT TIME RUNNING
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Xanana Gusmao March 26 signed into law the controversial election law amendment, paving the way for ballot printing to start later this week. The amendment addressed several key legislative problems identified by the UN Election Certification Team (UNECT) and had thre [...]
2007-03-27 10:32:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI129PRESIDENT GUSMAO ESTABLISHES NEW PARTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following months of preparation accompanied by widespread speculation, President Xanana Gusmao formally announced the establishment of his new party, currently known as the National Congress for the Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT). Gusmao's hope is that with his name and reputatio [...]
2007-03-29 10:39:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI131PRIMER ON APRIL 9 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN EAST TIMOR
[...] (U) Summary: On April 9 Timorese citizens are scheduled to go to the polls to select from eight candidates who they want to serve as their next president, replacing the iconic Xanana Gusmao. Most observers believe that the election will go to a run off, as the winner must win by a margin of ov [...]
2007-03-30 10:55:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI132SECURITY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Post remains concerned by developments in the security sector following a United Nations Police (UNPOL) request to the GOET to deploy elements from the East Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) into the capital city of Dili. While the Commander of the F-FDTL, Brigadier General Taur Ma [...]
2007-03-31 08:41:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT
07DILI136ELECTORAL CERTIFICATION PRIORITIES
[...] (C) Summary: The United Nation's Electoral Certification Team (ECT) has published its Fifth report dated 16 March 2007 regarding the 2007 parliamentary and presidential elections in East Timor. While the comprehensive report by the independent body concluded that major corrective steps in the [...]
2007-04-03 11:45:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL UN TT
07DILI14SUSPECTED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS DETAINED
[...] (C) Summary: UNPOL has arrested a Nigerian and a Lebanese national in Dili suspected of involvement in an apparent attempt to traffic young Timorese women to Syria, possibly for prostitution. The Nigerian detainee, found in possession of a large number of fraudulent documents, is confirmed to [...]
2007-01-16 11:23:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KPKO KCRM ASEC UN SY NI LE TT
07DILI141THREE FRONTRUNNERS FOR EAST TIMOR'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE
[...] (C) Summary: As the East Timorese presidential campaign wraps up, opposition candidate Fernando "Lasama" de Araujo has emerged alongside establishment candidates Jose Ramos-Horta and Francisco "Lu'Olo" Gutterres as a serious contender in the 9 April presidential election. While current Prime M [...]
2007-04-05 09:30:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI143ALKATIRI CONFIDENT HIS MAN WILL WIN
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, ruling Fretilin party Secretary General and former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri strongly asserted Fretilin would not be involved in any violence surrounding the presidential campaign, and expressed confidence that Fretilin candidate Fra [...]
2007-04-06 07:58:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MARR TT
07DILI148INITIAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED, BUT DISPUTES LOOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst emerging disputes over the counting of votes after a calm and smooth election day, East Timor's National Election Commission (CNE) today announced provisional results for the first round of the presidential elections, indicating Fretilin candidate Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterr [...]
2007-04-11 11:28:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TT
07DILI15PRELIMINARY HEARING OF F-FDTL SUSPECTS IN APRIL-MAY
[...] (U) Summary: On January 12, a preliminary hearing was held for 12 suspects in the April-May, 2006 violence, 11 of whom aQ members of the armed forces (F-FDTL). This marked the first judicial step that has been taken to date vis-`-vis any member of the F-FDTL. As a result of the hearing, three [...]
2007-01-16 11:26:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT
07DILI150ELECTION COUNT INCOMPLETE, BUT PREPARATIONS FOR RUNOFF
[...] (C) Summary: The National Election Commission (CNE) yesterday, April 12, began the national tabulation of votes for Monday's presidential election poll. According to IFES representatives working closely with the CNE on this process, there are a number of problems with the district tabulation, [...]
2007-04-13 11:14:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI151COUNTING PROBLEMS DELAY OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Electoral Commission (CNE) has delayed the originally scheduled announcement of the provisional national results for the April 9 presidential elections due to multiple problems with the tabulation and documentation of votes. According to its interpretation of the la [...]
2007-04-16 13:11:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI154EAST TIMOR STABLE THROUGHOUT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary. The government of East Timor conducted its first round of presidential elections April 9 largely without a significant security incident. In fact East Timor has been remarkably calm over the past two months, aside from the occasional martial arts group fight and minor clashes b [...]
2007-04-17 10:08:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT
07DILI156CNE CONFIRMS LUOLO VERSUS RAMOS-HORTA RUNOFF
[...] Summary: Defying worries that the national tabulation might stretch on for days, the National Election Commission today, April 18, announced at a late afternoon press conference that it had completed the tabulation and announced the provisional national results, reaffirming that Francisco "Lu'o [...]
2007-04-18 13:14:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI158GUSMAO DISCUSSES ELECTION RESULTS AND CNRT STRATEGY WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 18 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, President Xanana Gusmao described the results of the April 9 first round of the presidential elections as essentially a loss for the ruling Fretilin party with its candidates' performance reflecting a broad based desire for change. He [...]
2007-04-20 14:32:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MAAR KDEM AU TT
07DILI164SECURITY OUTLOOK IN ADVANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF
[...] (C/NF) Summary. With the start of the campaign period for the second round of the presidential election, East Timor for the most part remains calm. Within this context, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met with International Stabilization Force (ISF) commander Brigadier Mal Rerden April 23 to discu [...]
2007-04-25 08:31:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR ASEC KPKO UN TT
07DILI166NATIONAL BUDGET PLAGUED BY EXECUTION CHALLENGES AND
[...] Summary: During an informal briefing for donors last week, the International Monetary Fund's Resident Representative in East Timor painted a bleak picture of budget execution to date for the fiscal year (FY) 2006-2007. Of a $329 million budget, while $211 of it has been committed, only $84 mil [...]
2007-04-27 17:06:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET EFIN TT
07DILI173RESISTANCE ALUMNI TURN OUT FOR CNRT'S FIRST NATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: The National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) held its first national congress April 28-30, under the slogan "The land has been liberated, it's time to liberate the people!" Delegates elected President Xanana Gusmao as the party president and Dionisio Babo Soares as its [...]
2007-05-02 14:46:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI176EAST TIMOR WILL NOT SUPPORT BELARUS CANDIDACY AT UN HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-07 09:12:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC TT
07DILI182FRETILIN UNDER FIRE FOR CAMPAIGN IRREGULARITIES
[...] (C) Summary: East Timor's ruling Fretilin party has come under increasing scrutiny in relation to allegations of illegal campaign activities in advance of the May 9 presidential runoff. While some are likely exaggerated for the purpose of campaign rhetoric, others appear to be much more solidl [...]
2007-05-08 04:35:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI185LOWER TURNOUT BUT TECHNICALLY IMPROVED ROUND TWO VOTING
[...] Summary: The second round of East Timor's presidential election concluded May 9 without incident. There were visible improvements compared to the first round with regard to logistical preparations. The Embassy will urge all parties to use established legal mechanisms for filing complaints, t [...]
2007-05-09 10:16:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV ASEC UN TT
07DILI189LANDSLIDE RAMOS-HORTA VICTORY GIVES OPPOSITION MOMENTUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: It is now a virtual certainty that Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta has won the May 9 runoff in a landslide, having picked up the vast majority of votes previously cast for the losing candidates of round one, while ruling Fretilin party candidate Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterres gaine [...]
2007-05-11 11:49:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI19PRESIDENT GUSMAO DECLINES TO MEET ON JOINT DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary. President Gusmao has declined to meet the Australian, Japanese, Portuguese, and U.S. chiefs of mission to receive the Ref B joint demarche previously delivered to former Prime Minister Alkatiri (Ref A). Through his Chief of Staff the President conveyed that he was well aware of th [...]
2007-01-17 11:39:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AS JA MZ PO TT
07DILI197ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT TRANSITION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the victory of Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta in the presidential race now officially confirmed by the Court of Appeals, plans are in place for his inauguration on May 20. Deputy Prime Minister Estanislau da Silva will assume the Prime Ministership until June 30, while the [...]
2007-05-18 12:49:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI204MANAGING PORTUGESE AND LUSOPHONE INTERESTS IN EAST TIMOR
[...] (C/NF) Summary: As the international community grapples with how best to assist East Timor in re-establishing security, strengthening the public sector, and stimulating economic growth, one of the most delicate issues confronting the major players is how to manage Portuguese, Brazilian and ot [...]
2007-05-25 07:58:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID TT PO
07DILI218EAST TIMOR'S PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN OFF TO VIOLENT START
[...] (SBU) Summary. Campaign-related violence in the district of Viqueque left three dead over the weekend of June 2 - 3. Viqueque is a Fretilin stronghold and tensions erupted as former President Xanana Gusmao led his new party in campaign rallies there. With help from the International Stabiliza [...]
2007-06-05 06:20:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM AS UN TT
07DILI219POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...]
2007-06-05 07:59:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT
07DILI220POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...]
2007-06-05 08:00:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT
07DILI223CNRT LEADER XANANA GUSMAO ON ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: In a June 5 meeting with Charge and Poloff, a relaxed and confident Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, former President and currently leader of the National Council of Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT),which hopes to oust the ruling Fretilin Party in East Timor's parliamentary elections on June [...]
2007-06-06 10:42:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM TT
07DILI230FRETILIN REASSESSES, PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE OPPOSITION ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: The results of East Timor's April-May 2007 presidential elections clearly demonstrated ruling party Fretilin's weakness heading into the June 30 parliamentary elections. Fretilin, which has dominated East Timor's politics since independence, was caught by surprise by the extent to [...]
2007-06-14 13:44:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI232PROMULGATION OF PROBLEMATIC AMNESTY LAW UNLIKELY FOR NOW
[...] (C) Summary: The National Parliament on June 4 approved a Law on Truth and Measures for Clemency for Various Infractions, stipulating that amnesty be provided for a wide array of offenses so long as they were committed between April 20, 2006 and April 30, 2007. If promulgated, the law would ha [...]
2007-06-20 10:38:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS TT
07DILI234EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA LOOKS AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 20 meeting with Charge and Poloff, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta expressed satisfaction with the ongoing parliamentary election campaign and confidence in connection with various post-election political scenarios. He confirmed that he had requested that the Inter [...]
2007-06-21 10:04:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AS PO ID TT
07DILI239UPDATE ON USAID/OFDA-FUNDED ACTIVITIES IN EAST TIMOR
[...] USAID/OFDA Bangkok-based Regional Advisor for Asia and the Pacific (RA) traveled to East Timor June 4 - 7, 2007 to monitor ongoing USAID/OFDA-funded emergency and mitigation programs, and assess the humanitarian situation in Dili. Outbreaks of violence continue to be a part of daily life in Di [...]
2007-06-26 07:18:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID TT
07DILI241EAST TIMOR'S OPPOSITION PARTIES PREPARE TO GOVERN
[...] (SBU) Summary: With East Timor's ruling FRETILIN likely to lose its parliamentary majority following the June 30 elections, the four main opposition parties are looking at the very real possibility of being in a position to form the next government. These include: former president Xanana Gusmao [...]
2007-06-27 11:31:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI243EMBASSY DILI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, JUNE 28
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by Ambassador, convened at 1030 June 28 to assess the security environment in preparation for post's participation in observing national elections throughout East Timor on June 30. Regional Security Officer (RSO) noted that in meeti [...]
2007-06-28 08:01:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR CASC KDEM TT
07DILI247FRETILIN, CNRT LEAD AS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COUNT
[...] (SBU) Summary: East Timor's parliamentary elections went remarkably smoothly despite last minute logistical challenges brought on by an unseasonable period of heavy rains in the days leading up the June 30 poll. International observers, including US mission teams present in almost all district [...]
2007-07-02 10:46:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI251AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, DISCUSSES ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hans Klemm presented his letter of credence to President Jose Ramos-Horta on July 4 in a ceremony hosted at the President's office. In a meeting following the ceremony, both vowed to strengthen bilateral relations. Ramos-Horta expressed his appreciation for U.S. suppo [...]
2007-07-05 12:31:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM TT
07DILI252GOVERNING COALITION AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED TOMORROW, GUSMAO
[...] (SBU) The last ballot from the June 30 election was counted at the Dili district counting center at mid-day day July 5; results of the completed count are reported in paragraph 2. At approximately 8:00pm local time the same day, we learned that former President Xanana Gusmao's party, the Natio [...]
2007-07-05 12:32:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI255ELECTION RESULTS GIVE WAY TO RENEWED POWER STRUGGLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the announcement of the validated election results are still pending, East Timor's electorate and parties have virtually without exception already accepted the results announced at the end of the counting process on July 5. The question that all are now grappling with is [...]
2007-07-09 12:52:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI258EAST TIMOR'S GOVERNMENT FORMATION DEBATE CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: The mutually exclusive positions of FRETILIN and the Alliance of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT),the Social Democratic Association of Timor and the Social Democratic Party (ASDT/PSD) coalition, and the Democratic Party (PD) described in reftel appear to r [...]
2007-07-13 10:41:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI264USG ENGAGEMENT WITH TAUR MATAN RUAK
[...] (C) In October 2006, a UN commission of inquiry recommended that the Timor Leste judicial authorities prosecute Brigadier General Ruak, chief of the local defense force, as a result of his actions during the spring 2006 crisis. The Timor Leste prosecutors reportedly began an investigation, but [...]
2007-07-23 07:31:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT
07DILI274PRESIDENT TO ASK GUSMAO-LED COALITION TO FORM COALITION
[...] (C) Summary. President Jose Ramos Horta told the ambassador on July 31 that he will ask this afternoon the CNRT-led coalition to select a prime minister as the initial step towards forming a new government. The widespread expectation is former president Xanana Gusmao will be the new prime min [...]
2007-07-31 06:33:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM TT
07DILI281BITTER POLITICAL DIVISION WILL LIKELY HAMPER NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: President Jose Ramos-Horta on Wednesday, August 8 formally swore in the new government formed by the Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP),with former President Xanana Gusmao stepping into the role of Prime Minister. With a new government in place, the country may be able [...]
2007-08-08 12:30:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI285TIMOR-LESTE'S NEW CABINET
[...] (SBU) Summary: Newly appointed PM Xanana Gusmao laid out an ambitious program for the government formed by the Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) in his August 8 inaugural speech. Effective implementation will be challenged by difficult relations with the outgoing ruling party FRETIL [...]
2007-08-13 09:39:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI3LOBATO TRIAL TO RESUME AMID RUMORS OF DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Minister of Interior Rogerio Lobato on charges of illegal arms distribution is due to resume on January 9. It had originally opened on November 30, but was adjourned the same day and delayed until this month, apparently because key witnesses / co-defendants had [...]
2007-01-05 09:34:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ASEC TT
07DILI306THE STATE OF FRETILIN
[...] (C) Summary: In the days immediately following the August 5 announcement of the new government, led by the four-party Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP),supporters of the previous ruling party FRETILIN launched a campaign of violence and intimidation primarily concentrated in the thr [...]
2007-08-31 09:53:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI310AUSTRALIA, PORTUGAL BRING AID TO TIMOR-LESTE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-05 10:45:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID TT PO AS
07DILI313TIMOR-LESTE'S NEW CABINET COMPLETE
[...] (C) Summary: Following Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's initial appointments to Timor Leste's new Cabinet (reftel),President Ramos Horta swore in additional members on August 31. In a move that grants him authority over the National Police (PNTL) and Defense Forces (F-FDTL),PM Gusmao assumed t [...]
2007-09-07 09:47:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI318PRESIDENT'S UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE: TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (U) Timor-Leste is a newly emerging democracy, independent since 2002. Its new government, freely elected in June 2007, is fully committed to safeguarding human rights and promoting democracy. It is constrained, however, by a lingering culture of political violence and low capacity on the pa [...]
2007-09-13 08:24:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM TT
07DILI327PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING MEETS TIMOR-LESTE'S LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In his September 19 visit to Timor-Leste, USPACOM Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating extended an offer to provide training and assistance appropriate to the country's security needs. PACOM, he said, would work with Timor's leaders to identify which programs and forms of train [...]
2007-09-25 09:32:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TT
07DILI330DRAFT UNGA RESOLUTION ON RAPE - DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (U) We met on September 28 with Joao Camara, Secretary General of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Francisco Cepeda, Director of Multilateral Affairs, to urge that Timor-Leste support our draft UNGA resolution condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy. Drawing o [...]
2007-09-28 12:32:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNGA AORC KWMN TT
07DILI338COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HOLDS HEARINGS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 06:51:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
07DILI348DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IAAC CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 08:09:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UNGA UN TT
07DILI351TIMOR-LESTE TO PRESS FOR ASEAN ENGAGEMENT ON BURMA
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Ambassador met October 26 with Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano Da Costa to urge that Timor-Leste, as a candidate for accession to ASEAN, explore ways to press Burma. We stressed the importance of the issue to the United States, and expressed our appreciation for [...]
2007-10-26 09:39:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEAN PO SG TT BM
07DILI352TIMOR-LESTE WILL VOTE FOR RESOLUTION CONDEMNING CUBA
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met October 26 with Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa to urge that Timor-Leste vote against Cuba's UNGA resolution condemning the U.S. embargo (reftel A). Citing the President's recent speech (reftel B),we said that the Castro regime is continuing its longstanding prac [...]
2007-10-26 09:46:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL PHUM ETRD CU TT
07DILI358EMBASSY DILI RESPONSE ON GREAT WHITE FLEET COMMEMORATION
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dili is strongly engaged with USPACOM in developing a robust schedule of ship visits to Timor-Leste. In conversation with Ambassador, GOTL leaders have recalled U.S. ship visits in the pre-independence era, and have requested our help in reviving Dili's status as a regular port [...]
2007-11-08 10:07:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO MARR MASS TT
07DILI359CHALLENGES IMMENSE AS GOVERNMENT PASSES THREE MONTH MARK
[...] (SBU) Three months after taking office, Prime Minister Gusmao can tally several accomplishments: selecting some energetic and skilled ministers, a couple of key legislative victories and the proper identification of policy priorities all linked to resolving causes or consequences of the 2006 c [...]
2007-11-08 11:16:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TT
07DILI362PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA DESCENDS ON OPPOSITION TERRITORY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. On a November 6 - 8 trip, President Jose Ramos Horta traveled into FRETILIN territory to defend the Alliance for a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) government, promote his anti-poverty program, and counter the opposition FRETILIN party's criticisms of against his government. He pra [...]
2007-11-14 10:31:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPINR CVIS PREF ASEC TT
07DILI370REBEL REINADO HANGS TOUGH IN TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. During November, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao suffered setbacks in his efforts to rein in fugitive rebel Major Alfredo Reinado and his supporters - a group consisting primarily of several hundred "petitioners" dismissed from the Armed Forces of Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) in 2006. Gus [...]
2007-11-26 11:42:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC TT
07DILI379TIMOR-LESTE: FRETILIN SETTLES INTO OPPOSITION ROLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FRETILIN's leaders remain optimistic that Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's government will be short-lived. FRETILIN is confident that it can undermine Gusmao's coalition by frustrating the realization of the government's policy objectives and highlighting its lack of governing exp [...]
2007-12-12 15:17:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TT
07DILI385TIMOR-LESTE: REINADO ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 09:38:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC TT
07DILI395USS PORT ROYAL CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO DILI
[...] (SBU) Summary. The USS Port Royal visited Dili on December 10-12, a visit that all of Post's contacts characterized as extremely successful. The ship's engagements with the host nation, the United Nations Integrated Mission to Timor-Leste, and the Australian-led International Stabilization [...]
2007-12-28 05:28:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL TT
07DILI61RICE SHORTAGE: POLITICAL AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS IN TIMOR
[...] (U) Summary: A severe rice shortage in East Timor has caused both a dramatic increase in the price of rice and in many cases a total lack of availability at any cost. Although the UN has emphasized that the rice shortage does not translate into an overall food shortage, the immediate political [...]
2007-02-22 09:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EAID ASEC CASC KPKO TT
07DILI66RAMOS-HORTA'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY IN CONTEXT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta, a political independent, officially announced his candidacy for president on February 25 in the eastern town of Laga. Ramos-Horta is widely known to be the candidate supported by President Xanana Gusmao and his newly established political party, [...]
2007-02-26 13:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI7MOUNTING CONCERN ABOUT F-FDTL BEHAVIOR
[...] (C) Summary. UNMIT is seriously concerned about arrogant and undisciplined behavior by increasingly visible armed F-FDTL elements in Dili. According to the Deputy SRSG, UNMIT is submitting a formal complaint to Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta and plans to raise the issue with the UN Security [...]
2007-01-08 08:30:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MARR ASEC UN TT
07DILI70REINADO'S LAST STAND: REBEL LEADER SURROUNDED
[...] (C) Summary: As of 9 p.m. local time February 27, a large contingent of the mainly Australian International Security Forces (ISF) in a western East Timor town had cordoned off escape routes for dissident F-FDTL Major Alfredo Reinado and his group, who on February 25 seized 15-25 assault rifles [...]
2007-02-27 13:28:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MAAR KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI8EAST TIMOR: OBSTACLES TO ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] (C) Summary. While there are indications that East Timor's Prosecutor-General genuinely desires to pursue justice for crimes related to the April-May 2006 events, he is said to be under strong pressure from the political elite not to do so, and to fear for his personal safety. He is therefore [...]
2007-01-12 12:12:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT
07DILI83UPDATE ON REINADO STANDOFF AND SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (S/NF) Summary: At day's end March 2, there had been no significant change to the situation on the ground in Same, where dissident military leader Alfredo Reinado remains surrounded by Australian Defense Force (ADF) soldiers. ADF reinforcements have arrived in East Timor, but there are indica [...]
2007-03-02 12:00:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC CASC KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI89TURMOIL IN DILI AS REINADO HUNT CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: Dili remained calm but very tense March 6 as the unresolved Reinado operation and the expected March 7 Roserio Lobato court verdict kept the population on edge. No serious injuries or deaths were reported although there were widespread disturbances the night of March 5, continu [...]
2007-03-06 14:16:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI92EX INTERIOR MINISTER LOBATO FOUND GUILTY, FOR NOW
[...] (U) Summary: A Dili District Court on March 7 sentenced former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato to seven and a half years in prison on murder and weapons charges. His co-defendants, Francisco Salsinha, Francisco Xavier Viegas, and Marcos Piedade, each received a four month suspended sentence. [...]
2007-03-07 10:36:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KPAO ASEC TT
07DILI93EAST TIMOR ELECTION HICCUPS PERSIST - CORRECTED COPY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent briefing for the Embassy, USAID contractors and grantees working with East Timor's electoral process expressed an array of concerns about the election process, especially over the ineffective role of UN advisors to the National Electoral Commission (CNE) and the State [...]
2007-03-07 11:55:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI94EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MARCH 8, 2007
[...] Summary: -- Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue; -- Reinado relays new "peaceful resolution" conditions; -- Lobato verdict clarification; -- Security update. End summary. Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Embassy Dili has been reaching out t [...]
2007-03-08 10:38:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI95GUSMAO EXPOUNDS ON REINADO, ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, President Xanana Gusmao told Charge d'Affaires (CDA) he will no longer talk directly with Major Alfredo Reinado because of Reinado's history of stubbornness and duplicity in the President's direct negotiations with the rebel soldier. The strategy remains for [...]
2007-03-08 10:52:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MAAR KDEM KJUS KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI96DILI BISHOP SYMPATHIZES WITH REINADO
[...] (C) Summary: Bishop of Dili Alberto Ricardo da Silva told us in a March 9 meeting that he was reluctant to get involved in convincing dissident military leader Major Alfredo Reinado to surrender because he feared for the safety of Reinado if he surrenders to GOET authorities, and that the Cath [...]
2007-03-09 10:24:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS UN AU VT TT
08DILI107ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S APRIL 6 - 7 VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 6-7 visit to Timor-Leste, EAP Assistant Secretary Hill emphasized continuing U.S. support in the wake of the February 11 attacks on President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. He urged the GOTL to move forward on strengthening the judiciary system and reso [...]
2008-04-15 03:57:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TT
08DILI113PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA RETURNS TO TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (C) Summary. Two months after being severely injured in an assassination attempt, Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta received a warm welcome upon his return to Dili on April 17, with crowds lining the route of his motorcade. He gave a brief address to Parliament in which he repeated his call f [...]
2008-04-17 11:21:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TT
08DILI118PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA ANNOUNCES PARDONS, CALLS FOR PETROLEUM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 06:22:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TT
08DILI12BAR RAIDS POINT TO CHINESE ORGANIZED CRIME
[...] (U) Summary: In the first week of January, Timor-Leste's National Police, with the support of U.N. police advisors, have raided seven Dili bars. All evidence points to Chinese prostitution rings having made inroads into the country. Small amounts of ecstasy and drug paraphernalia were also s [...]
2008-01-18 09:20:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SMIG SNAR PREL KPKO ID CH TT
08DILI121SALSINHA REPORTEDLY SURRENDERS
[...] (SBU) On the morning of Friday, April 25 Lieutenant Gastao Salsinha, surviving leader of the perpetrators of the February 11 assassination attempts against Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, reportedly turned himself into authorities in the village of Lauana, Er [...]
2008-04-25 10:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC TT
08DILI122TIMOR-LESTE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT APDP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-29 03:26:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL TT
08DILI124FEBRUARY 11 ATTACKERS IN CUSTODY
[...] (U) Following a weekend of negotiation in Ermera District, Lieutenant Gastao Salsinha, surviving leader of the perpetrators of the February 11 attacks against Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, arrived in Dili on Tuesday, April 29 with twelve of his followers to [...]
2008-04-29 09:30:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC TT
08DILI126HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER TIMOR-LESTE'S STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (C) Summary. Although the Government of Timor-Leste publicly directed the security forces to respect human rights during the State of Emergency imposed following the attacks on the President and Prime Minister on February 11, the Office of the Ombudsman (Provedor) has reported 17 instances of [...]
2008-04-30 11:42:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ASEC TT
08DILI128IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES ON TIMOR-LESTE
[...] Summary. While an estimated two-thirds of Timor-Leste's population is food insecure or vulnerable to food insecurity, the worldwide increase in food and commodity prices has not yet led to social or political unrest in Timor-Leste. The increase in the price of food in the first quarter of 20 [...]
2008-05-02 09:35:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD ECON TT
08DILI133BURMA: DEMARCHES TO TIMOR LESTE ON REFERENDUM, CYCLONE
[...] CYCLONE NARGIS RESPONSE: Per reftels, DCM met May 9 with Timor-Leste Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Vicky Tchong and Acting Director for Bilateral Affairs Magdalena Alves to discuss Burma. On Cyclone Nargis, we outlined our efforts to provide humanitarian relief and urged that [...]
2008-05-09 08:36:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EAID BM TT
08DILI134DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IRAN SANCTIONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 01:24:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR TT
08DILI138DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] (U) DCM met May 9 with Celio Moniz, Acting Director of Multilateral Affairs at Timor-Leste's Foreign Ministry. Drawing on reftel a, we urged that Timor-Leste co-sponsor the draft Declaration on Prisoners of Conscience. We stressed that it was not a country-specific measure, and that it affir [...]
2008-05-12 08:29:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA TT
08DILI139TIMOR-LESTE COALITION STABLE DESPITE STRESSES
[...] (SBU) Summary. A May 1 joint declaration between Timor-Leste's opposition FRETILIN party and the leader of a member party of the governing Parliamentary Majority Alliance (AMP) does not portend a collapse of the government. The immediate cause of this maneuver was patronage: one of the coalit [...]
2008-05-12 08:59:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC TT
08DILI142TIMOR-LESTE PARTICIPATION IN JUNE LAUNCH EVENTS
[...] (U) On May 15 we met with Vicky Tchong, Secretary General of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to invite Timor-Leste to send two participants to the upcoming Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership electoral observation mission and meeting to be held in Mongolia from June 25 and July 2 (ref [...]
2008-05-15 07:42:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM TT
08DILI151STABILITY RETURNS TO TIMOR-LESTE'S EASTERN DISTRICTS
[...] (U) Summary. Ambassador and Poloff traveled to the eastern districts of Viqueque and Baucau from May 27 - 28 to meet with local officials and members of civil society. These districts were the focal points of political violence during and after national elections in 2007. Despite lingering t [...]
2008-06-01 03:22:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC TT
08DILI159MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ASSESSMENT OF TIMOR-LESTE
[...] Summary: A senior team from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) visited Timor-Leste from 18 to 22 May 2008. The team met with a wide range of stakeholders during its visit, outlining the steps necessary for Timor-Leste to obtain compact assistance. Because Timor-Leste is currently under- [...]
2008-06-04 08:58:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV TT
08DILI17TIMOR-LESTE'S NATIONAL PARLIAMENT: A WORK IN PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Timor-Leste's National Parliament is still grappling with language issues, low capacity, staffing shortages, and poor communication with voters. It continues to rely heavily on Portuguese-speaking foreign staff financed by the UNDP. Despite this, the four-party government coalition has [...]
2008-01-25 10:43:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TT
08DILI172NO CHANGE IN TIMOR-LESTE POSITION ON KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 09:51:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL UN PGOV YI KV TT
08DILI183JOSE RAMOS-HORTA PREVIEWS CTF REPORT
[...] (C) President Jose Ramos-Horta called the Ambassador into his office July 14 to preview his government's reaction to the Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) report to be released on July 15. President Ramos Horta described the report as "quite good," while acknowledging that senior office [...]
2008-07-14 09:29:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TT
08DILI184MAJOR CHANGES IN TIMOR-LESTE FISCAL POLICY
[...] Action requested - see para 13 below. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Timor-Leste National Parliament will begin debate this week on a massive supplementary budget that marks a departure from the country's historically conservative fiscal policy. If enacted and fully implemented, the government [...]
2008-07-14 10:00:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TT
08DILI188TIMOR-LESTE CONSIDERS SUPPORT FOR JULY 24, 2008 PRISONER OF
[...] (SBU) Poloff met July 18 with Vicky Tchong, Secretary General of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),to seek support for a prisoners of conscience event to be held at the United Nations (UN) in New York during the final week of the UN Economic and Social Council. Ms. Tchong said [...]
2008-07-18 09:11:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDTT
08DILI201TIMOR-LESTE: PROPOSED AMNESTY STIRS CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Begin Summary. Following his commutation in May of the sentences of 94 criminals including former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato, Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta proposed on June 30 a law that would extend amnesty to figures implicated by the UN's Commission of Inquiry (COI) in ac [...]
2008-08-12 06:38:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS TT
08DILI208TIMOR-LESTE: BORDER CHALLENGES REMAIN IN OECUSSI
[...] From August 11 - 13, Poloff traveled to the enclave district of Oecussi, located within the boundaries of Indonesia's West Timor province, to attend a cultural festival and to assess border conditions in Timor-Leste's westernmost district. Travel to Oecussi is hampered by requirements for Indo [...]
2008-08-20 12:30:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC UN ID TT
08DILI214REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED VETTING FOR TIMOR-LESTE DEFENSE AND
[...] (SBU) POST PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING TIMOR-LESTE DEFENSE FORCE MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOR DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PARTICIPATION IN ODC COORDINATED SECURITY COLLABORATION WORSHOP FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND UNDER THE ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL INITIATIVE, COMMENCE ON 9-12 SEPT [...]
2008-08-26 08:58:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL KCRM MARR ID TT
08DILI216MISSION DILI COMMENTS ON UNFPA CPD FOR TIMOR-LESTE
[...] In response to reftel, US Mission Dili offers the following comments on UNFPA's Country Program Document for Timor-Leste for 2009-13. 2. General: In general, the proposed Country Program Document (CPD) is analytical, well written and reality/evidence based. The document aptly incorporate [...]
2008-08-28 09:24:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREF SOCI TT
08DILI225VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - AUGUST 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 06:06:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT
08DILI229LET'S LIFT THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (U) Summary. Embassy Dili believes that conditions in Timor-Leste now warrant revocation of the Department's Travel Warning, last revised in July. Over the course of 2008, immediate threats to political and social stability have been eliminated or reduced. There have been no major instances o [...]
2008-09-10 10:07:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PO AS TT
08DILI231SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONAIRE (SEPQ) FOR FALL
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No B. HAVE THERE BEEN ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? No C. HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKEN PLACE N [...]
2008-09-15 08:16:00Embassy DiliSECRETASEC PTER TT
08DILI239RECENT U.S. SUPPORT FOR REFORMING TIMOR-LESTE'S SECURITY
[...] The Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) convened a workshop September 8-12 to assist the development of Timor-Leste's first national security policy. The workshop brought to Hawaii seventeen Timorese leaders and stakeholders, including the vice prime minister and parliamentarians [...]
2008-09-23 09:04:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PMIL MARR TT
08DILI251SECURITY ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TIMOR-LESTE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No B. HAVE THERE BEEN ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? No C. HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKEN PLACE N [...]
2008-10-01 10:21:00Embassy DiliSECRETASEC TT
08DILI252URGENT REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY CONSULAR COMMISSION FOR TDY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-03 03:47:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CASC TT
08DILI256TIMOR-LESTE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION
[...] Per reftel, DCM met with Roberto Soares, Director for External Affairs at Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to explain our position on the upcoming UNGA vote on referring the question of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice. 2. Soares thanked us, saying tha [...]
2008-10-08 03:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA UN TT KV
08DILI261PM GUSMAO ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND SECURITY SECTOR REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. In an extended meeting with the Ambassador on October 8, PM Gusmao shared the economic policy woes his government has faced in 2008 and prescriptions for 2009, his plan to appoint a very senior Timorese politician as a second Vice Prime Minister in charge of improving government [...]
2008-10-09 10:55:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALECON MARR MASS EAID MCC TT PREL OTRA PGOV MCAP
08DILI262PM GUSMAO ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND SECURITY SECTOR REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. In an extended meeting with the Ambassador on October 8, PM Gusmao shared the economic policy woes his government has faced in 2008 and prescriptions for 2009, his plan to appoint a very senior Timorese politician as a second Vice Prime Minister in charge of improving government [...]
2008-10-09 11:00:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALECON MARR MASS EAID MCC TT PREL OTRA PGOV MCAP
08DILI273PRESIDENT HORTA TO VISIT WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 2008
[...] Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos Horta told the Ambassador on October 24 that he intends to travel to Washington in early December 2008. The purpose of the President's visit is to consult with administration officials, Millennium Challenge Cooperation (MCC) directors, and members of congress [...]
2008-10-27 06:18:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MCA TT
08DILI275EMBASSY DILI NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dili is proud to nominate Sister Guilhermina Marcal as an International Woman of Courage. Sister Guilhermina is the manager of Canossa Balide camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). When Timor-Leste erupted in crisis May 2006, hundreds of residents of the Balide neighborhood [...]
2008-10-28 03:00:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PHUM TT
08DILI279REQUEST FOR UASID MISSION DIRECTOR REPRESENTATIVE MARK A.
[...] USAID Mission Representative Mark Anthony White requests permission to depart post on November 4, 2008, for Annual Leave. 2. Mr. White will return to post on November 13, 2008. 3. During his absence, Executive Officer Mr. Peter Cloutier will assume charge. 4. Please advise approva [...]
2008-11-03 05:22:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID TT
08DILI280THANK YOU FOR TDY OF RSO JESSICA MOORE
[...] Embassy Dili extends its warm thanks to ConGen Chiang Mai for the September 30 - October 28 TDY of RSO Jessica Moore. Jessica served very ably as lone RSO for almost a month at this small, 35 percent hardship post. During this time, she ably dispatched the full range of security duties, inclu [...]
2008-11-04 01:34:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC TH TT
08DILI281MCC ELIGIBILITY: THE CASE FOR TIMOR-LESTE
[...] Timor-Leste is Asia's poorest country and ranks among the most impoverished nations of the world in terms of illiteracy, maternal and child mortality, malnutrition, low income and other indices of human development. Its infrastructure is shockingly poor, from roads to schools, to telecommunic [...]
2008-11-04 07:31:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT
08DILI282SECURITY FOR EMBASSY DILI ELECTION EVENT
[...] (SBU) Following arrival in-country of TDY RSO on November 4, Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to review security arrangements for our November 5 election day event (ref A). Participants included DCM, RSO, Acting USAID Director, MGT Officer,and POL officer. 2. (U) [...]
2008-11-04 09:50:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT TT
08DILI283VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI, TIMOR-LESTE -- OCTOBER 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 11:03:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT
08DILI285CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM PRESIDENT OF
[...] Post has received a letter of congratulations to the President-elect from Fernando La Sama de Araujo, President of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste. Original will be pouched to EAP/MTS. 2. Begin text of English translation: Senator Barack Obama, On your election as President of [...]
2008-11-07 08:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL TT
08DILI286DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IRAN, BURMA, DPRK RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, DCM met November 7 with Roberto Soares, Director of Interregional Cooperation at Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge that Timor-Leste vote against "no-action" UNGA Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea. We noted that while Timor-Leste has [...]
2008-11-07 09:00:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA TT
08DILI287CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM TIMOR-LESTE PRIME
[...] Post has received a letter of congratulations to the President-elect from Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Original has been pouched to EAP/MTS. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. President-elect, Allow me, on behalf of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to exten [...]
2008-11-07 09:30:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP TT
08DILI288TIMOR-LESTE: IDP REINTEGRATION ON TRACK DESPITE CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Since April 2008, the Government of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) has closed 33 of 54 internally displaced persons (IDP) camps erected after over 100,000 people fled their homes during the 2006 political-military crisis. The GOTL and NGOs estimate that over 50,000 I [...]
2008-11-07 12:21:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PHUM SOCI TT
08DILI289STATEMENT BY TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA ON U.S.
[...] On November 4, the Office of Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta released the following statement on the U.S. Presidential elections. 2. Begin text: President of the Republic and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Josi Ramos-Horta, congratulated today the president-elect of the United States, B [...]
2008-11-09 04:56:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TT
08DILI294TIMOR-LESTE: COURT OF APPEALS FINDS BUDGET ALLOCATION
[...] (U) Summary. Timor-Leste's Court of Appeals ruled on October 27 that the Government's allocation of monies from the Petroleum Fund into a newly-created Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) violates the Constitution's provisions against secret budgets. The Court also found that any transfers from [...]
2008-11-19 08:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ECON TT
08DILI297U.S. PACIFIC FLEET AND U.S. MARINE FORCES PACIFIC EXPLORE
[...] (C) Summary. Teams from both U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) and U.S. Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) concluded an assessment trip to Timor-Leste on November 22 designed to determine how they can provide additional assistance to Timor-Leste's security sector. In doing so, members met with a [...]
2008-11-25 07:04:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR EAID TT
08DILI298DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 10:32:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL UNGA TT
08DILI300VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - NOVEMBER 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 04:29:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT
08DILI308TIMOR-LESTE LEADERS REACT TO MCC DECISION
[...] On December 12, the Ambassador briefed Finance Minister Pires, Foreign Minister da Costa, Vice Prime Minister Guterres, Acting Speaker of Parliament Guterres, the head of Timor's MCC team, and President Jose Ramos Horta on the MCC Board's decision to not reselect Timor-Leste as Compact eligibl [...]
2008-12-15 23:38:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT
08DILI311THANK YOU FOR TDY OF ARSO PHIL SIMS
[...] Embassy Dili extends its sincere thanks to Embassy Manila for the November 4 - December 13 TDY of ASRO Phil Sims. He ably managed the heavy routine workload of our one-man RSO shop, which includes managing our 74-man local guard force and extensive coordination and information-sharing with the [...]
2008-12-16 04:58:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT TT
08DILI313SOCIAL AND SECURITY CONDITIONS IN BAUCAU IMPROVED FROM 2007
[...] (SBU) Poloff visited the district of Baucau from December 3-4 to deliver sports equipment to residents in the Suco of Fatulia, sub-district of Venilale, and to meet with Catholic Church and National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) officials in the district. In contrast to previous visits, economi [...]
2008-12-16 08:41:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTT
08DILI316DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 04:58:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDTT
08DILI320CORRECTED COPY: SOCIAL AND SECURITY CONDITIONS IN BAUCAU
[...] (SBU) Poloff visited the district of Baucau from December 3-4 to deliver sports equipment to residents in the Suco of Fatulia, sub-district of Venilale, and to meet with Catholic Church and National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) officials in the district. In contrast to previous visits, economi [...]
2008-12-24 01:14:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON TT
08DILI323MAJOR PROJECTS AND GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT IN TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (SBU) The poorest country in Asia, Timor-Leste faces large gaps in public infrastructure, from roads to ports, electricity, schools and hospitals. Early decisions after independence in 2002 to eschew international debt and to conserve most of the country's future petroleum wealth constrained [...]
2008-12-31 08:59:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT
08DILI39EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING, 11 FEBRUARY 2008
[...] (SBU) Charge convened Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee at 1300 hours on Monday, February 11 in response to the shooting earlier that morning of President Jose Ramos-Horta and attempted shooting of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao by the group of fugitive military dissidents associated with [...]
2008-02-11 07:56:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC TT
08DILI40REBELS ATTACK TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary. On the morning of February 11, a small group of rebels affiliated with fugitive military dissident Alfredo Reinado mounted coordinated attacks on Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Ramos-Horta was seriously injured and has been flown to Darw [...]
2008-02-11 12:30:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC AS TT
08DILI41TIMOR-LESTE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE
[...] Summary. Child labor in Timor-Leste is pervasive but difficult to quantify. Hard data is largely unavailable. All stakeholders agree that it is a problem, but the GOTL, preoccupied with the fundamental tasks of preserving public order, has not yet had sufficient means, capacity, or stabilit [...]
2008-02-12 04:33:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TT
08DILI42EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING, 12 FEBRUARY 2008
[...] (U) In response to yesterday's attacks on Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, Ambassador convened Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee at 16:00 on February 12. Participants included DCM, RSO, Management Officer, MilRep (ODC),Acting USAID Mission Director, [...]
2008-02-12 09:55:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC TT
08DILI45TIMOR-LESTE CALM FOLLOWING ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT, PM
[...] (SBU) Summary. In sharp contrast to the violence and chaos that surrounded the crisis of April - May 2006, Timor-Leste is calm and its institutions are functioning normally on the day following the shooting of President Ramos-Horta and the attack on Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Although a fo [...]
2008-02-12 11:32:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC MARR AS TT
08DILI46EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING, 12 FEBUARY 2008
[...] (U) In response to yesterday's attacks on Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, Ambassador convened Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee at 16:00 on February 12. Participants included DCM, RSO, Management Officer, MilRep (ODC),Acting USAID Mission Director, [...]
2008-02-13 01:27:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC TT
08DILI47DILI CALM, ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR ATTACKERS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. In Timor-Leste, the government is functioning normally and Dili remains calm two days after the shooting of President Jose Ramos-Horta and the attack on Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. The GOTL has officially extended the 48-hour state of emergency for seven more days. The bodie [...]
2008-02-13 10:44:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC AS TT
08DILI48TIMOR-LESTE INCLINED TO SUPPORT KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (U) Per reftels A - C, DCM met February 13 with Vicky Tchong, Secretary General of Timor Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SIPDIS to urge that Timor-Leste promptly recognize an independent Kosovo following its secession from Serbia. Tchong expressed broad agreement with our position, but [...]
2008-02-14 10:04:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN UMIK EU YI TT
08DILI49TIMOR-LESTE ACTING PRESIDENT REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR INQUIRY
[...] (C) Action requested -- see Para 6 below. 2. (C) The Ambassador met Friday 14 with the Speaker of the National Parliament and Acting President Fernando LaSama de Araujo. Lasama, who had just returned February 13 from Portugal due to the tragic events of February 11 in Dili, told the Ambas [...]
2008-02-14 10:53:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM ASEC PREL
08DILI50TIMOR-LESTE UPDATE: GOTL WELCOMES U.S. OFFER OF HELP WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On February 15, the GOTL welcomed our offer of assistance with the criminal investigation into the February 11 attacks on President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (reftel A). Dili remains calm and secure. The International Stabilization Force (ISF) has been a [...]
2008-02-15 10:50:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM ASEC AS TT
08DILI51USG ASSISTANCE TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ATTEMPTED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-16 03:03:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KCRM ASEC PREL TT
08DILI54TIMOR-LESTE UPDATE: NATIONAL AUTHORITIES TAKE LEAD IN
[...] (C) Summary. Timor-Leste's Council of Ministers has instructed the Armed Forces (F-FDTL) and National Police (PNTL) to direct all security operations in the wake the February 11 attacks on President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. This is at variance with the agreement between th [...]
2008-02-19 11:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC TT
08DILI56CHINESE INROADS INTO TIMOR-LESTE: HIGH VISIBILITY, LOW COST,
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Wu Daiwe's January 29 - 31 visit to Timor-Leste highlights China's relatively high-profile engagement here. Although Chinese diplomats in Dili maintain that Timor-Leste is strategically unimportant to Beijing, the PRC is nevertheless cultivating goodwill and [...]
2008-02-20 05:48:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EMIN EINV SMIG CH TT
08DILI59TIMOR-LESTE -- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 10:00:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL SMIG ID
08DILI6THE RAMOS-HORTA ROAD SHOW -- BRINGING THE STATE TO THE
[...] (U) On January 7 - 9, PolOff accompanied President Jose Ramos-Horta on a government goodwill mission to two remote eastern towns to build support for his Anti-Poverty Task Force and outline the government's top priorities for 2008: resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs),reaching [...]
2008-01-14 07:14:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR MASS ID TT
08DILI60PRESSING FAVORABLY INCLINED STATES FOR EARLY RECOGNITION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 06:21:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KV TT
08DILI61TIMOR-LESTE 2/11: FOURTEEN DAYS LATER
[...] (SBU) Two weeks after the shooting of President Ramos Horta and the apparent attempted assassination of Prime Minister Gusmao, Timor-Leste remains calm but fragile. In contrast to past political crises, Timor's governing institutions have functioned well in meticulous observance of the constit [...]
2008-02-26 10:00:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TT
08DILI65SECURITY MISSTEPS DAMAGE DILI' S RECENT PERFORMANCE
[...] (SBU) Serious missteps by the Timorese security forces, both the national police and the military, have dented the government's performance in recent days. UNMIT has reported several credible reports of human rights violations of varying severity by the police since February 11, including th [...]
2008-02-28 09:52:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TT
08DILI66SECURITY MISSTEPS DAMAGE DILI'S RECENT PERFORMANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. We traveled to Gleno February 28 to assess how events in the capital are playing in a district west of Dili. Gleno was calm, markets were bustling, and its citizens share the same surrounding the February 11 attacks on the President and Prime Minister. Possible F-FDTL operat [...]
2008-02-29 09:15:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TT
08DILI67TIMOR-LESTE 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Dili's submission in preparation for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report. Please note paragraph designations are keyed to reftel questions: -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Timor-Leste is a destination country for trafficking victims. Nearly a [...]
2008-03-01 03:31:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL SMIG ID
08DILI70WHEELS UP FOR TIMOR-LESTE CUBAN MEDICS
[...] (C) Summary. On February 24, the government of Timor-Leste facilitated the departure of four Cuban doctors to the U.S. under the Special Public Benefit Parole Program (SBPB). Timor-Leste appreciates the support of the Cuban medical mission's 200-plus doctors and nurses operating in the country [...]
2008-03-04 03:53:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM CU ID TT
08DILI72TIMOR-LESTE FISCAL TRANSPARENCY FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED
[...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for an update on fiscal transparency and accountability of countries receiving USG assistance. Transparency of National Budget ------------------------------- 2. (U) Once approved by the National Parliament and promulgated by the President, the G [...]
2008-03-04 23:49:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV ID
08DILI74UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 09:33:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM TT
08DILI75TIMOR-LESTE RECOGNIZES KOSOVO; PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 09:33:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KV TT
08DILI79TIMOR-LESTE: LEVERAGING USG EFFORTS IN AGRICULTURE
[...] Classifying Timor-Leste as a Priority Country under USDA's Food for Progress (FFP) program would directly and strongly support U.S. foreign policy objectives to support Timor-Leste's efforts to build a stable, secure, prosperous, and democratic future for its citizens. The country meets the q [...]
2008-03-11 05:11:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PREL TT
08DILI82CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE/KEY RESOURCES - TIMOR LESTE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 09:15:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER TT
08DILI89TIMOR-LESTE LAUNCHES ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING
[...] On March 13 - 14, two major NGOS in Timor-Leste held an anti-trafficking workshop, "Halt Exploitation, Learn to Prosecute (HELP)", for over 68 members of government agencies and NGOs. The GOTL signaled its strong support by having Foreign Minister Da Costa serve as the keynote speaker in the [...]
2008-03-20 03:12:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PHUM PGOV KJUS TT
08DILI91TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENT RECALLS FEBRUARY 11; PLANS FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary. President Jose Ramos Horta warmly thanks President and Mrs. Bush for their recent statement of support. During a March 18 meeting with the Ambassador in a Darwin hospital, Timor's President, critically wounded during a February 11 assassination attempt, said he was unable to expla [...]
2008-03-20 09:53:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL TT
08DILI92TIMORESE PARTIES EXPECT DURATION OF AMP COALITION THROUGH
[...] (C) A survey of leaders of Timor-Leste's political parties has found broad agreement that the current Alliance for a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) Cabinet is likely to serve its full term of office, barring unforeseen circumstances. However, the February 11 attacks on President and Prime Minis [...]
2008-03-21 08:31:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC TT
08DILI94TIMOR-LESTE EAGER TO BEGIN WORK ON MCC COMPACT AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dili welcomes and is ready to support the initiation on March 25 of discussions between MCC Vice President John Hewko and his team, and senior members of the government of Timor-Leste (GOTL) on a potential MCC Compact as well as Timor's remediation process. The March 25 teleconf [...]
2008-03-21 08:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMCA TT
08DILI95JAPAN'S PLANS FOR MARITIME SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. A visiting Japan ministry of foreign affairs official briefed us on Japan's plans for providing maritime security assistance to Timor-Leste, possibly in partnership with Australia and the United States. A full government of Japan interagency assessment team will visit Dili i [...]
2008-03-27 09:48:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
09DILI100VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - MARCH 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 03:24:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT
09DILI101DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR KLEMM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 10:03:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA TT
09DILI103TIMOR-LESTE SECURITY FORCE VETTING REQUEST
[...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Timor-Leste National Police member for Department clearance for participation in PACOM-coordinated Title X-funded training. This training involves attendance at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies where the individual will attend the Comprehensive Se [...]
2009-04-08 03:43:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MOPS MARR TT
09DILI104TIMOR-LESTE "DEEPLY CONCERNED" BY NORTH KOREAN MISSILE
[...] (SBU) Following up on an April 8 diplomatic note to Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Charge, together with his Japanese counterpart, met April 9 with MFA Acting Secretary General Constancio Pinto to convey our concern over North Korea's April 5 missile launch. Drawing on reftel, we s [...]
2009-04-09 15:22:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP KS KN JA TT
09DILI108TIMOR-LESTE: US ASSISTANCE AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] Keyed to questions contained in reftel para 3, please find Embassy Dili's responses with regard to U.S. assistance and budget transparency on the part of the Governmment of Timor-Leste. 2. Q1: IS THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE OR IS IT ALREADY RECEIVING U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTA [...]
2009-04-15 13:02:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL TT
09DILI109TIMOR-LESTE: DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 09:54:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM TT
09DILI110RETURN OF AMBASSADOR KLEMM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 05:41:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA TT
09DILI115MGSF01: TIMOR-LESTE RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (U) Post medical officer was briefed April 29 by the Ministry of Heath's Director of Infectious Diseases on the Government of Timor-Leste's response to the outbreaks of H1N1 in the U.S. and Mexico. She reported that on the morning of the 29th, the Minister for Health and Special Secretary of [...]
2009-04-29 06:46:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU PREL TBIO CASC TT
09DILI117MGSF01: EMBASSY DILI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING ON
[...] (U) Embassy Dili Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by Deputy Chief of Mission, convened to determine post response to outbreaks of H1N1 influenza. EAC participants included Ambassador, Management Officer, POL/CONS officer, MilRep, Regional Security Officer, Medical Officer, and Communi [...]
2009-05-01 15:32:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC TBIO AMGT TT
09DILI118TIMOR-LESTE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MEETING
[...] Summary: The Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL) held its annual international donor development assistance meeting April 2-4, 2009, with delegations from over 32 countries and 350 participants attending. The Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister chaired the Timor Leste Development Pa [...]
2009-05-01 15:33:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN SOCI TT
09DILI120VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - APRIL 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 08:58:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT
09DILI123F-FDTL'S MILITARY RECRUIT TRAINING PLAN: STEPPING FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary. The Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL) will soon move forward with a recruit training plan which promises to nearly double the size of the force by early 2010. The plan has potentially serious flaws, including the use of newly minted and under-trained officers and NCOs as train [...]
2009-05-11 16:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON MARR EAID TT
09DILI125SNAPSHOT OF U.S. MILITARY RELATIONS WITH TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (SBU) Six months after a thorough November 2008 assessment by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and U.S. Coast Guard designed to determine the desirability and feasibility of future U.S. military and security commitments in Timor-Leste, our engagement continues to strengthen steadily. The fundamen [...]
2009-05-13 08:10:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PMIN PGOV MARR TT
09DILI1272009 INVESTMENT DISPUTE AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIM REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 08:28:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE PGOV TT
09DILI132TIMOR-LESTE SEEKS WORLD BANK CONTRITION
[...] Timor-Leste Minister of Finance Pires called in the Ambassador on May 21, 2009, to ask for U.S. support to resolve a dispute with the World Bank. The conflict concerns a financial management technical assistance project that is both a flagship program for the World Bank in Timor-Leste, and a [...]
2009-05-22 08:04:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN IBRD EAID ECON TT
09DILI133DEMARCHE: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP
[...] The Ambassador met on May 21, 2009, with the Finance Minister of Timor-Leste to share reftel information and talking points. The Finance Minister reported that she had not yet received the ballot instructions from the World Bank. We provided those to her on May 22. The Finance Minister noted [...]
2009-05-22 08:22:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV TT
09DILI137TIMOR-LESTE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR ILEA BANGKOK CRIME
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2. They have been selected to take part in the International Law Enforcement Academy's (ILEA) Crime Scene Management Course on June 1 - 12, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. 2. The candidates are listed i [...]
2009-05-26 07:26:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ASEC TT
09DILI138TIMOR-LESTE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANT IN ILEA
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the individual listed in paragraph 2. He has been selected to take part in the International Law Enforcement Academy's (ILEA) Seaport Border Security Course on June 8 - 12, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. 2. The candidate is listed in "na [...]
2009-05-26 08:26:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ASEC TT
09DILI139TIMOR-LESTE: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANT IN ILEA
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the individual listed in paragraph 2. He has been selected to take part in the International Law Enforcement Academy's (ILEA) Seaport Border Security Course on June 8 - 12, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. 2. The candidate is listed in "name, [...]
2009-05-30 03:08:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ASEC TT
09DILI141TIMOR-LESTE CASTS BALLOT ON WORLD BANK KOSOVO MEMBERSHIP
[...] Ambassador spoke on May 30, 2009, with Timor-Leste's Finance Minister. The Finance Minister reconfirmed that Timor-Leste already cast repeat already cast its ballot on Kosovo's membership in the World Bank. As conveyed in ref a),the Minister said Timor-Leste decided to abstain. KLEMM [...]
2009-06-01 05:56:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TT KV
09DILI144NO MI-17S IN TIMOR-LESTE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 04:10:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SMIG PARM PK TT
09DILI145DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 07:51:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA TT
09DILI147VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR TIMOR-LESTE - MAY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 09:06:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT
09DILI150SCENESETTER FOR JULY 2 - 4 VISIT OF CODEL PRICE TO
[...] Summary. Embassy Dili warmly welcomes the July 2 - 4, 2009, visit of the House Democratic Assistance Committee under the chairmanship of Representative David Price. The CODEL will find Timor-Leste enjoying an unaccustomed phase of political stability, although the country remains afflicted b [...]
2009-06-17 08:29:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDOREP OTRA PREL EAID TT
09DILI151DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON 2009 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) On June 16, DCM met with officials at Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to present the 2009 Trafficking In Persons report for Timor-Leste, per reftel. MFA participants included USA Bilateral Affairs Officer Ms Elda Ferreira; Ms Sebastiana Barros, Human Rights Officer in the Multila [...]
2009-06-18 03:30:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM TT
09DILI152UN MISSION IN TIMOR-LESTE: ZERO TOLERANCE ON SEXUAL ABUSE
[...] (SBU) The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) continues to uphold its commitment to a zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). In 2008, UNMIT investigated one SEA allegation. The allegation was dismissed in 2008 due to a lack of evidence. There were [...]
2009-06-19 08:27:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PHUM TT
09DILI153UN MISSION IN TIMOR-LESTE: ZERO TOLERANCE ON SEXUAL ABUSE
[...] (SBU) The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) continues to uphold its commitment to a zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). In 2008, UNMIT investigated one SEA allegation. The allegation was dismissed in 2008 due to a lack of evidence. There were [...]
2009-06-19 10:17:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PHUM TT
09DILI158REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED CONSULAR COMMISSION FOR TDY CONOFF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 09:47:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CASC ODIP TT
09DILI163TIMOR-LESTE SECURITY FORCE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) POST PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING TIMOR-LESTE SECURITY FORCE MEMBER FOR DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S. PACIFIC ARMIES CHIEF CONFERENCE (PACC) IN TOKYO, JAPAN UNDER THE 2009 USPACOM TITLE X PROGRAM. THE CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE FROM AUGUST 24, 2009 UNTIL AUGUST 27, 2009. [...]
2009-07-06 08:53:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM TT KPKO MARR JA
09DILI167PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA CONDEMNS TRAFFICKING, ASKS FOR USG
[...] (SBU) Following the release of the Trafficking-in-Persons report, GOTL President Ramos-Horta invited the Ambassador to meet to discuss the issue on July 1. Ramos-Horta told the Ambassador that trafficking in Timor-Leste is "totally unacceptable" and that forcing women into prostitution is " [...]
2009-07-09 10:10:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIP PHUM PGOV EAID PINS TT
09DILI172TRIAL BEGINS FOR PRESIDENT'S ATTACKERS
[...] (U) The trial for the 28 individuals accused of attacking President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Gusmao in February 2008 began in Dili on July 13. The suspects, including ex-soldiers and an Australian woman, are charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to murder, and other offenses, for th [...]
2009-07-14 08:19:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KJUS TT
09DILI173HOUSE DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE COMMISSION VISITS DILI
[...] SUMMARY: Six U.S. Congressmen led a delegation from the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) on a visit to Timor-Leste July 2-4. HDAC members and staffers engaged with Timorese leaders, held a day-long training session at the National Parliament, and visited a rural district. Timore [...]
2009-07-15 08:52:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EPET EFIN PHUM TT
09DILI178TIMOR-LESTE HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA
[...] Response is formatted as requested reftel. A. Head of State -- President Jose Ramos-Horta does/does plan to attend UNGA. He also plans to attend the UN Climate Change Summit in New York on September 22. -- Arrival and departure dates to and from New York are not yet fixe [...]
2009-07-23 01:13:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA TT
09DILI179RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 01:13:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL RS TT
09DILI18SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE BY VADM JOHN M.
[...] (SBU) The visit of Vice Admiral Bird to Dili comes at a perfect time as we seek to encourage the Government of Timor-Leste's active leadership over the reform of its security sector. VADM Bird will be the highest ranking foreign official to visit Dili in 2009 from any nation and will underlin [...]
2009-01-13 03:45:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PMIL OTRA TT
09DILI180INIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE
[...] Political Officer delivered reftel demarche on initiatives to counter torture to MFA Secretary-General Vicky Tchong on July 22. 2. SG Tchong responded that Timor-Leste does not have any specific policies or programs for stopping torture and assisting its victims. She indicated that [...]
2009-07-23 01:29:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM TT
09DILI181HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE LOW, BUT VULNERABILITIES PERSIST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Timor-Leste remains a low HIV prevalence country, but porous borders, an influx of sex workers from abroad, and low awareness about the disease could lead to an increase in HIV/AIDS infected persons. The national response has focused on prevention, education, testing, and treatmen [...]
2009-07-24 03:19:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV SOCI PGOV MASS TT
09DILI194NEW TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Timorese parliament unanimously created a new Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on June 29, only the second time in the parliament's history a measure has been adopted without an opposing vote. The Commission is an independent criminal police body with full investigatory powe [...]
2009-08-03 07:30:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KCOR TT
09DILI201TIMOR CONFIRMS FIRST TWO CASES OF SWINE FLU
[...] Doctors at Timor's National Hospital confirmed the country's first two cases of H1N1 swine flu on August 10. The two patients -- one an Australian, the other Indian -- were held in an isolation area at the hospital while medical samples were forwarded to Australia for testing. The hospital p [...]
2009-08-11 11:00:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SOCI TT
09DILI204PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA EXPECTED TO MAKE STATEMENT ON BURMA
[...] Political Officer delivered reftel demarche on Aung San Suu Kyi's conviction to Constancio Pinto, MFA Director for External Relations and Ambassador-Designate to the United States, on August 12. Political Officer provided texts of the statements by President Obama and Secretary Clinton and ur [...]
2009-08-12 15:11:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM BM TT
09DILI206PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA CALLS FOR ASSK RELEASE
[...] President Jose Ramos-Horta called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi in a statement released on August 12 (reftel). The president's comments made the front page of the local Tetum language press. Full text is below. 2. (Begin text) President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Jose Ra [...]
2009-08-13 08:59:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BM TT
09DILI218TIMOR-LESTE AT TEN YEARS: TO THE BRINK AND BACK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten years after the August 30, 1999, referendum that put it on the road to formal independence, Timor-Leste remains an underdeveloped ward of the international community. Early efforts to portray the country as a triumph of international nation-building were shattered by violen [...]
2009-08-21 00:26:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINS EAID ECON EFIN EIND EPET
09DILI22FOOD FOR PROGRESS ELIGIBILITY: THE CASE FOR TIMOR-LESTE
[...] Classifying Timor-Leste as a Priority Country under USDA's Food for Progress (FFP) program would directly and strongly support the U.S. foreign policy objective of building a stable, secure, prosperous, and democratic Timor-Leste. The country meets the qualifying criteria for priority countri [...]
2009-01-21 08:58:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PREL TT
09DILI220VETTING REQUEST: ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES FOR PORT SECURITY
[...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. This is the second group of candidates Post has submitted for this training course (reftel). Post has no derogato [...]
2009-08-21 07:36:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS TT
09DILI221U.S.-TIMOR-LESTE BILATERAL MILITARY CONSULTATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first U.S.-Timor-Leste Bilateral Defense Discussion (BDD) took place in Dili on August 18. The two delegations discussed the full range of military-to-military activities, from strategic dialogue and operational cooperation to planning and executing training, exercises, exc [...]
2009-08-24 00:49:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PREL TT
09DILI223SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO INDEPENDENCE
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Dili warmly welcomes the August 29-31, 2009, visit of a Presidential Delegation led by The Honorable Nancy Soderberg and The Honorable Harriet Babbitt on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Timor's independence referendum. The delegation will find Timor-Leste enjoying an [...]
2009-08-25 05:56:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TT
09DILI228DEMARCHE REPLY: ARF DISASTER RELIEF DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 00:32:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR TT
09DILI230PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] (U) Summary: A Presidential Delegation attended a series of official events from August 29-31 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Popular Consultation that led to Timor-Leste's independence. Meeting separately with Prime Minister Gusmao and President Ramos-Horta, the Delegation als [...]
2009-09-01 08:44:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG SENV KICR KPKO PINS ID
09DILI236UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Ambassador raised reftel points with President Jose Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste. Ramos-Horta reported that neither he nor the government of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has given consideration to becoming a candidate for one of the four seats in the Asian group of the UN Human Rights Co [...]
2009-09-08 06:53:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL TT
09DILI240PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE AFTER PRESIDENT THREATENS TO
[...] (SBU) President Jose Ramos-Horta threatened to resign as Timor-Leste's president on September 9 unless the national parliament reversed its vote disapproving of his planned travel to the United States for the UN General Assembly. The parliament, with unclear constitutional authority, voted aga [...]
2009-09-09 11:03:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL TT
09DILI249DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche on Kosovo recognition to the MFA's Acting Director for External Relations, Elisa Da Silva, on September 14. 2. Ms. Da Silva confirmed that Kosovo had reached out to Timor-Leste for a meeting at UNGA. Political Officer urged that the Government of Timor- [...]
2009-09-16 05:01:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA TT
09DILI25ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 09:20:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC TT
09DILI250DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN CHORUS
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche on Iran to the MFA's Acting Director for External Relations, Elisa Da Silva, on September 14. 2. Ms. Da Silva expressed her appreciation for the information on the U.S. position and indicated she would convey it to Foreign Minister Da Costa, currently o [...]
2009-09-16 05:02:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IR TT
09DILI251DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche on UNGA goals and objectives to the MFA's Acting Director for External Relations, Elisa Da Silva, on September 14. 2. Ms. Da Silva expressed her appreciation for the information on the United States' priorities for the UNGA. Given the presence of a UN m [...]
2009-09-16 05:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA TT
09DILI254MILITIA LEADER CASE ROILS DOMESTIC POLITICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Parliament could vote as early as this week on a no-confidence motion against the government related to Prime Minister Gusmao's release of an indicted Indonesian militia leader on August 30. The no-confidence motion is not expected to pass but opposition leaders have [...]
2009-09-22 01:47:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TT
09DILI257EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, SEPTEMBER 23
[...] (SBU) The DCM chaired a meeting of the embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 23 to review post's security posture in advance of local elections scheduled for October 9, and other matters. RSO, Mgt, Pol/PAO, IMO, AID and DOD participated in the meeting. 2. (SBU) The E [...]
2009-09-24 05:38:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PGOV PHUM TT
09DILI258TIMOR-LESTE: REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 JIATF WEST
[...] (U) This is an initial request for fiscal year 2010 (FY10) JIATF West support in Timor-Leste, as defined and authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (as amended). 2. (SBU) Timor-Leste is vulnerable to exploitation by transnational criminal organizations due to its ov [...]
2009-09-24 06:18:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PINS PINR SNAR TT
09DILI26TIMOR-LESTE FORMALLY REQUESTS MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM
[...] Summary. Embassy Dili received on January 27, 2009, a letter (see below) from Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to John J. Danilovich, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The Prime Minister accepts the offer of eligibility under the MCC's Threshold Program in response to a Danilovic [...]
2009-01-28 08:15:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT
09DILI267TIMOR-LESTE: REQUEST FOR ANTI-TERRORISM ASSISTANCE TRAINING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dili would like to request an Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) training assessment to address two separate critical areas of vulnerability for the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL). First, the Secretary of State for Security has requested assistance from the Ambassador in pro [...]
2009-09-30 08:24:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PREL TT
09DILI268TIMOR-LESTE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANT IN NCIS
[...] (U) Post requests Departments' assistance in vetting the following candidates who have been nominated for an NCIS training program, October 26 to November 06, 2009, in Timor-Leste, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Na [...]
2009-10-05 01:29:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MOPS PINR TT
09DILI269DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BURMA POLICY REVIEW
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche announcing the conclusions of the Burma policy review to Isilio Coelho, MFA Director of External Relations, on September 30. 2. Coelho expressed his appreciation for the information on the new U.S. policy. He believed the elements of the U.S. policy woul [...]
2009-10-05 01:29:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV BM TT
09DILI271DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche supporting the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization to Isilio Coelho, MFA Director of External Affairs, on September 30. Post also conveyed the demarche material via diplomatic note. 2. Coelho expressed his appreciation for the info [...]
2009-10-05 01:38:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHSA TT
09DILI274VISAS VIPER: AUGUST 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The Charge d'Affaires chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on October 6, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the August 2009 reporting period. 3. Post's Vis [...]
2009-10-06 03:26:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT
09DILI275VISAS VIPER: SEPTEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Charge d'Affaires chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on October 6, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the September 2009 reporting period. 3. Post's Visa [...]
2009-10-06 03:35:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT
09DILI276TIMOR-LESTE: LOCAL COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) countries, a G8 initiative intended to support the U.N. Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, met for the first time in Timor-Leste on October 2. The group concluded that while the current risk of a terrorist a [...]
2009-10-06 08:45:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ASEC ID TT
09DILI280TIMOR-LESTE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS IN ILEA
[...] (U) Post requests Departments' assistance in vetting the following candidates who have been nominated for training at the International Law Enforcement Academy's (ILEA) in Bangkok, Thailand, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2009-10-13 07:39:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MOPS PINR TT
09DILI283TIMOR-LESTE: LOCAL ELECTIONS FREE, FAIR, AND ALMOST WITHOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the recent history of violence and instability associated with Timorese elections, the October 9 elections for Suco Chiefs and Councils in 442 localities throughout the country were conducted in an orderly fashion with only a few minor, isolated incidents reported. Inte [...]
2009-10-16 05:23:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TT
09DILI284GOTL DEFENDS BERE RELEASE IN PARLIAMENT DEBATE, SURVIVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The decision to release indicted war criminal Martenus Bere on August 30 continues to roil Timorese politics. Under pressure from the opposition parties in parliament, the governing coalition acceded to demands for a parliamentary debate and no-confidence vote on October 12. Pr [...]
2009-10-16 05:50:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KAWC ID TT
09DILI285TIMOR-LESTE: SECURITY SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The security situation in Timor-Leste has improved dramatically following the political crises and violence in 2006, 2007, and early 2008. Infrastructure has been rebuilt, the internally-displaced persons have been resettled, and the incidence of serious and even petty crime i [...]
2009-10-16 07:48:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC EAID TT
09DILI289EVACUATION EXERCISE REINFORCES AMCIT OUTREACH, EXPOSES
[...] SUMMARY: The Embassy conducted a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) exercise on October 20 as part of the MAREX 2009 combined military exercise. U.S. Marines evacuated three dozen volunteers drawn from both the Embassy and the private American citizen community, using CH-53E Sea Stallio [...]
2009-10-26 04:48:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT AEMR AODE ASEC TT
09DILI290USS BONHOMME RICHARD AND 11TH MEU VISIT TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (U) Summary: The USS Bonhomme Richard and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit visited Timor-Leste October 13-23 and conducted highly successful exercises, provided medical services, completed humanitarian engineering projects, and engaged in community relations activities in coordination with [...]
2009-10-26 05:36:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MASS ASEC TT
09DILI299SJAFRIE SJAMSOEDDIN'S HISTORY IN TIMOR-LESTE
[...] SUMMARY: Indonesian General Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin served in Timor-Leste on multiple occasions during the Indonesian occupation. As commander of the Kopassus Intelligence Task Force in 1991 he was present for the November 12 Santa Cruz massacre in which many dozens of peaceful protestors were ki [...]
2009-11-06 08:30:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL CVIS ID TT
09DILI301REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: COMMUNITY POLICING
[...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Names of proposed candidates are as follows: -- Joao Bel [...]
2009-11-10 05:17:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV MASS TT SOCI
09DILI304VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Deputy Chief of Mission chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on November 17, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the October 2009 reporting period. 3. Post [...]
2009-11-17 02:48:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT
09DILI312VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Deputy Chief of Mission chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on December 1, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the November 2009 reporting period. 3. Po [...]
2009-12-01 08:12:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT
09DILI313PREVIEW OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH ON AFGHANISTAN IN
[...] Ambassador met on the evening of December 1 (local time) with Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta to share a preview of President Obama's West Point speech on Afghanistan (ref A). President Ramos-Horta thanked us for the early alert, said he intended to watch the speech live and pledged to [...]
2009-12-02 01:14:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF PK TT
09DILI316TIMOR-LESTE TO AGAIN ABSTAIN ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGION
[...] Political Officer delivered reftel demarche on "defamation of religion" to the MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs, Abel Guterres, on December 3. Poloff informed Guterres that the United States would again vote no when the resolution went before the UNGA plenary session for a final vote. [...]
2009-12-03 05:22:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM PGOV TT
09DILI321TIMOR-LESTE ON BURMA
[...] Ambassador on December 1 and 2 spoke with Timor-Leste's president and foreign minister, respectively, to share USG views on Burma as conveyed in reftel. President Ramos-Horta said he highly appreciated and was impressed by recent U.S. overtures to Burma. While he shared our disappointment wi [...]
2009-12-09 06:44:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV BM TT
09DILI323TIMOR-LESTE ON BURMA
[...] Ambassador on December 1 and 2 spoke with Timor-Leste's president and foreign minister, respectively, to share USG views on Burma as conveyed in reftel. President Ramos-Horta said he highly appreciated and was impressed by recent U.S. overtures to Burma. While he shared our disappointment wi [...]
2009-12-09 08:26:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV BM TT
09DILI325THE UNITED NATIONS IN TIMOR-LESTE: LOOKING BACK AND FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a private, valedictory interview, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Timor-Leste Atul Khare provided the following, useful assessment of UNMIT's accomplishments over the last few years and the significant challenges that lie ahead. His self-serving com [...]
2009-12-10 08:59:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UN TT
09DILI326TIMOR-LESTE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 05:04:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL TT
09DILI332TIMOR-LESTE COMPLETES EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY
[...] The Government of Timor-Leste completed its first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report and conveyed it to the president in a public ceremony on December 21. The report covers activities during calendar year 2008 and was compiled by the chartered accountant, Deloitte Touc [...]
2009-12-21 12:42:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEPET EFIN ENRG PGOV KCOR TT
09DILI335PRIME MINISTER VOICES SUPPORT ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao sent a letter dated December 14, 2009, to the Ambassador expressing his government's support for President Obama's strategy on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Full text follows below. Electronic version forwarded to EAP/MTS. 2. (B [...]
2009-12-22 02:02:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR TT AF
09DILI337FOREIGN REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE
[...] The Dili District Prosecutor's Office and the United Nations Police National Investigations Department's Prosecution Support Unit conveyed a request for judicial assistance to the Embassy on December 22. The Prosecutor's Office asked the Prosecution Support Unit to investigate misadministrati [...]
2009-12-22 07:19:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CJAN TT
09DILI338THE DOWNSIZING OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORCES IN
[...] (SBU) The Timorese government seeks a significant reduction in the presence of international security forces over the course of 2010. Citing the improved security situation here, Australian and New Zealand troops deployed in Timor-Leste plan to drop from a combined 800 soldiers today to 450 [...]
2009-12-22 09:55:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PMIL KPKO TT
09DILI34U.S. 7TH FLEET COMMANDER AND THE USS LASSEN VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 15:15:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR EAID TT
09DILI342POLITICAL FUTURE FOR TOP TIMORESE GENERAL?
[...] SUMMARY: Major General Taur Matan Ruak, the current commander of the Timorese armed forces (F-FDTL),could stand as a candidate in the presidential elections in 2012. While TMR is a member of the independence generation that has dominated Timorese politics since the country's formal independen [...]
2009-12-28 23:07:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR MASS PREL TT
09DILI36RETURN OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN TIMOR-LESTE
[...] Increasing numbers of internally displaced persons (IDP) are returning to their areas of origin in Timor-Leste. Returns are facilitated by improvements in security, the distribution of a monetary relocation package to the affected and a commitment by national government to resolve resettlemen [...]
2009-02-11 10:42:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID TT
09DILI37JOSE RAMOS-HORTA VISITS WASHINGTON
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 24-26, 2009, Jose Ramos-Horta will make his first visit to Washington as President of Timor-Leste. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate hopes to acquaint himself with leaders of the new Obama Administration and renew old friendships among members of the U.S. Congress. He [...]
2009-02-11 15:19:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP JOSE RAMOS HORTA
09DILI5EMBASSY DILI ADVOCATES IMPORT OF U.S. BEEF AND POULTRY IN
[...] (U) On December 12, Poloff met with Secretary of State for Livestock Valentino Varela from the Ministry of Agriculture to request lifting of a current ban on U.S. beef and poultry products into Timor-Leste. The ban came to our attention through two Dili supermarket retailers, who reported that [...]
2009-01-06 09:42:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD RP TT
09DILI77DEPARTURE FROM POST OF AMBASSADOR KLEMM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 06:06:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA TT
09DILI79TIMOR-LESTE'S LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTION LAWS MOVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On Monday, March 2, Timor-Leste's Council of Ministers submitted two draft laws for Municipal and Suco (Village) elections to the National Parliament's Commission A (Constitutional Issues, Justice, Public Administration, Local Power and Government Legislation). The Commission w [...]
2009-03-12 11:34:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM TT
09DILI8URGENT REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY CONSULAR COMMISSION FOR TDY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 05:49:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CASC TT
09DILI86RETURN OF THE PEACE CORPS TO TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (SBU) President Ramos-Horta formally requested the Peace Corps to resume its program in Timor-Leste in a March 10 letter. Embassy Dili judges the security and stability conditions in Timor-Leste as safe and fully permitting the resumption of a Peace Corps Volunteer program. Much has changed [...]
2009-03-17 10:15:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ASEC TT
09DILI97SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE BY MARFORPAC'S LT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 11:22:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTT MARR ID MOPS OTRA
10DILI17TFHA01: TIMOR-LESTE TO DONATE USD 500,000 TO HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 08:16:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV PREL PREF TT
10DILI19PM GUSMAO SEEKS TO VISIT WASHINGTON IN 2010
[...] In a discussion with the Ambassador on January 26, 2010, Timor-Leste Foreign Minister da Costa reported that Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao would like to visit Washington at some point during 2010. The Prime Minister hopes to meet with appropriate USG counterparts, including at the White House [...]
2010-01-28 09:00:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL TT
10DILI21REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: ILEA TRAINING BANGKOK
[...] (U) Action request: Post requests Departments' assistance in vetting the following candidates who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Training: Computer Crime Investigations Course, 22F [...]
2010-02-01 01:50:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PGOV SOCI TT
10DILI22REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: ILEA TRAINING BANGKOK
[...] (U) Action request: Post requests Departments' assistance in vetting the following candidates who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Training: Supervisory Criminal Investigator Course, [...]
2010-02-01 01:50:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PGOV SOCI TT
10DILI26TIMOR-LESTE: SAME-SEX DOMESTIC PARTNER ACCREDITATION
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Ambassador Amorim Dias, National Director for Protocol, Consular, and Legal Affairs at the MFA told the DCM in a February 1 meeting that he did not anticipate any problem with the GOTL accrediting same-sex partners of U.S. diplomats assigned to Timor-Leste. [...]
2010-02-03 01:50:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER AMGT TT
10DILI27TIMOR-LESTE: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR
[...] Summary: Child labor in Timor-Leste remains pervasive and difficult to quantify (see ref B for further background). Children work in agriculture, as street and market vendors, and as domestic laborers. Although there is some anecdotal evidence to suggest that underage girls have been forced i [...]
2010-02-04 06:38:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI TT
10DILI30BLUE LANTERN CHECK DILI CASE 050209036
[...] Summary: Post completed Blue Lantern check, case number 050209036, Dili Defense and Supplies (DDS) on February 9. According to DDS and Policia Nacional Timor-Leste (PNTL) there was an initial agreement to order grenade launchers and pepper spray. The order never materialized and both parties ha [...]
2010-02-09 08:13:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TT
10DILI37VISAS VIPER 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The Ambassador chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on February 9, 2010. State, USAID, Justice, and DOD participated. 2. Post has no information to report for the February 2010 reporting period. KLEMM [...]
2010-02-17 06:30:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT
10DILI38TIMOR-LESTE PLANNING TO ASSOCIATE WITH THE COPENHAGEN
[...] (SBU) National Director for Bilateral and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Isilio Coelho responded favorably to the reftel demarche points conveyed by the DCM on February 9. According to Coelho, the GOTL is inclined towards associating with the Copenhagen Accord. A fin [...]
2010-02-18 05:53:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KINR TT
10DILI4VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Charge d'Affaires chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on December 1, 2009. State Department, USAID, and Defense Department meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the December 2009 reporting period. 3. Post's Visas Viper coordinator is Michael P. Taylor [...]
2010-01-05 02:30:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT
10DILI40TIMOR-LESTE: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANT IN ASIA
[...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidate, who has been nominated for Asia Pacific Center for Strategic Studies' Executive Course on Advanced Security Cooperation training from April 28 to June 16, 2010 in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Fore [...]
2010-02-19 03:31:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MOPS PINR TT
10DILI42TIMOR-LESTE: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dili submits the following two proposals for consideration for the 2010 Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. Our first choice is the Caukus Feto Iha Politika (Women's Political Caucus),an organization founded to promote women's p [...]
2010-02-19 08:32:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TSRY TT
10DILI43TIMOR-LESTE: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dili submits the following two proposals for consideration for the 2010 Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. Our first choice is the Caukus Feto Iha Politika (Women's Political Caucus),an organization founded to promote women's p [...]
2010-02-22 06:58:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL PHUM AID CDC COM TSRY TT
10DILI44TIMOR-LESTE: PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA CONDEMNS IRANIAN HUMAN
[...] (SBU) On February 8, DCM met with Jose Turquel, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Ramos-Horta, and, per ref instructions, urged the GOTL to issue a public statement condemning the ongoing human rights violations in Iran. On February 9, DCM conveyed the same message to Isilio Coelho, Nationa [...]
2010-02-22 07:00:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM TT
10DILI48TIMOR-LESTE ENDS BAN ON IMPORT OF U.S. POULTRY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On February 19, USAID Mission Representative and Poloff met with Secretary of State for Livestock Valentino Varela from the Ministry of Agriculture and Dr. Rui Carvalho, National Director for the Directorate of Quarantine. [...]
2010-02-25 08:14:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD TT
10DILI49USS REUBEN JAMES VISITS TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The USS Reuben James visited Timor-Leste February 21-24 and completed highly successful military-to-military engagements, humanitarian engineering projects, and community relations activities. Led by the Chief of the Timorese Defense Forces (F-FDTL),the F-FDTL engaged with the [...]
2010-02-25 08:23:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MCAP PGOV TT
10DILI9NEW UN REP ARRIVES AS DRAWDOWN ASSESSMENT STARTS
[...] SUMMARY: Ms. Ameerah Haq, the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Timor-Leste (SRSG),took up her post on January 6, 2010. One of her first tasks is to assist the UN Technical Assessment Mission that is in Dili from January 11-18 to make recommendations on drawing down th [...]
2010-01-13 09:01:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON ETRD TT ASEC
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