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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 10EFTOLONDON223 |
UK COMMITTED TO DISTINGUISHING NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judith Gough, Head of Security Policy Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and Rhydian Phillips, Deputy Head of CBRN Security at the FCO, on January 21. In a follow-up meeting on January 29, Phillips said that the UK shared the U.S. con [...] |
2010-01-29 15:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PARM PREL EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG |
| 10EFTOLONDON224 |
UK TO SEND FIVE REPRESENTATIVES TO NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel joint demarche to Rhydian Phillips, Deputy Head of CBRN Security at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on January 29, along with Political Counselor Birgitta Tazelaar of the Embassy of the Netherlands. Phillips thanked the U.S. and the Netherlands for the [...] |
2010-01-29 15:37:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG |
| 10LONDON126 |
SCOTLAND: INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM NOT MOVING [...] (SBU/NF) Summary and comment. First Minister Alex Salmond and his Scottish Nationalist Party-led (SNP) minority government are unlikely to introduce an independence referendum bill in the Scottish Parliament in January, as previously planned. According to well-placed sources, the SNP government's [...] |
2010-01-20 17:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PBTS UK |
| 10LONDON131 |
[SOURCE REMOVED] TARGETED BY IRANIAN REGIME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: [DETAIL REMOVED] and prominent VOA commentator Ali Reza Nourizadeh recently told [NAME REMOVED] he had been targeted by Iranian intelligence, an allegation confirmed by London LEGATT. Nourizadeh was approached some months ago by Mohammad Reza Sadeqinia, an Iranian national who intro [...] |
2010-01-21 12:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PTER PINS UK IR |
| 10LONDON132 |
SOMALIA/ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA: UK MINISTERS ON RESOURCES, SANCTIONS, AND RELATIONS REF: LONDON 89 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville, reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] (C/NF) Summary. UK ministers agreed new resources for the implementation of its Somalia policy at a January 18 meeting of the cabinet sub-committee on Africa. They also decided to support, within the EU, a minimal lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe by delisting the eight parastatals requested by Fi [...] |
2010-01-21 13:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC PGOV SO ZI SF ZU XW UK |
| 10LONDON148 |
UK DOMESTIC TERRORIST FINANCE REVIEW [...] (S/NF) Summary: HM Treasury (HMT) has been leading HMG efforts to review its domestic terrorist finance designations, subsequent to agreements HMT made with UK courts and the European Commission, in 2008. USG assistance in the form of a TDY secondment from U.S. Treasury to HMT in November 2009, pl [...] |
2010-01-22 15:22:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ETTC UK |
| 10LONDON150 |
UK PARLIAMENT OFFICIALS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE [...] (C/NF) Summary. At a private meeting on Wednesday, 20 January, two of Parliament's most senior officers laid out the contingency plans currently being put in place for the next general election and beyond. With the outcome of the next election still so uncertain, Parliamentary authorities are pla [...] |
2010-01-22 15:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UK |
| 10LONDON151 |
UK RESPONSE: LIBYAN PROPOSAL FOR AMENDING THE NPT [...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nick Low, Head of Nuclear Issues Section at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and Delphine Hournau, Nuclear Issues Desk Officer at the FCO, on January 22. Low and Hournau indicated that the UK supported the U.S. proposal for a follow-up trilatera [...] |
2010-01-22 17:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP NPT LY RS UK |
| 10LONDON159 |
SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO LONDON JANUARY 27-29 [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: We are delighted to welcome you back to London for the conferences on Afghanistan and Yemen this week. PM Brown is our strong ally on both issues, despite some early difficulties in coordinating conference details with us, especially in regard to Yemen. He assured me that they were [...] |
2010-01-25 12:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK AF PK |
| 10LONDON161 |
UK SUPREME COURT TO RELEASE TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (C/NF) Summary: The newly created Supreme Court took as its first case in October 2009 a grouping of challenges to the UK's terrorist finance regime called the "G and others" case. The Court released its decision to HM Treasury lawyers, but not its policy team, on January 21. The broader Treasury [...] |
2010-01-25 14:21:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC UK |
| 10LONDON162 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HMG AGREES ELECTORAL LIST BAN [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-25 14:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IQ UK |
| 10LONDON164 |
UK CABINET SECRETARIES AND PROMINENT BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Kingdom cannot risk disengaging or distancing itself from Brussels. The enhanced powers of the EU post-Lisbon treaty, the size of the market, the shifting economic power from developed to developing countries, all underscore the need for an engaged, committed UK in th [...] |
2010-01-25 15:12:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EU UK |
| 10LONDON165 |
LIBYA/NPT: UK ACCEPTS CONSOLIDATED TRILATERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-25 16:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP NPT LY RS UK |
| 10LONDON177 |
UK SUPPORTS CUTTING IRAN OFF FROM CORRESPONDENT BANKING [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-25 18:23:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC IR UK |
| 10LONDON19 |
(S/NF) UK: NO ENGAGEMENT WITH ANY HAMAS ARM; DIFFICULT INTERPAL DYNAMICS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-05 17:16:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON KTFN PTER UK |
| 10LONDON208 |
(C) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK WANTS TO USE UPR TO [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-28 14:46:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM IR UK |
| 10LONDON21 |
UK - UNHAPPY WITH ICELANDIC PRESIDENT'S DECISION [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: The UK government did not anticipate that Iceland President Grimsson would block the legislation on Icesave with UK Treasury officials telling us that until the morning of January 5, Icelandic officials had reassured the UK that the law would be signed. Given that Iceland's PM [...] |
2010-01-06 12:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV IC NE UK |
| 10LONDON213 |
S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: SOMALIA - SUPPORTING [...] With its large Somali Diaspora community and historical connections, the UK is home to many Somali-run non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that deliver development programs with/through/as local organizations in Somalia. Harnessing the capacity of the UK's active and capable Somali communit [...] |
2010-01-29 10:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN PHUM KPAO EAID SO UK |
| 10LONDON221 |
UK SUPREME COURT QUASHES DOMESTIC TERRORIST [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-29 12:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC PTER UN UK |
| 10LONDON227 |
UK STILL FORMING POSITION WITH EU ON CITES [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-29 17:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV UK |
| 10LONDON231 |
BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY - QUARTERMASTER'S LTD [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-01 16:02:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK |
| 10LONDON242 |
(C/NF) PM BROWN'S CALL TO SECRETARY CLINTON REGARDING "CUBAN FIVE" [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-02 16:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR CU UK |
| 10LONDON253 |
IRAN: UK PLANS LOBBYING EFFORT SIMILAR TO THAT OF U.S. TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-03 17:42:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL IR UNSC |
| 10LONDON255 |
UK SEES FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AS KEY ISSUE IN UPCOMING U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE NEGOTIATIONS IN MADRID [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-04 10:15:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EU SENV SP UK |
| 10LONDON257 |
IRAN: HMG BRIEFS ON IRIG JAMMING OF BBC, VOA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Embassy London Iran Watcher (poloff) met February 3 with Jaime Turner, Deputy Head of Multi-lateral Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Iran Group to discuss ways to condemn publicly the Iranian regime's blocking of western satellite channels and how to circumvent it. Turn [...] |
2010-02-04 13:03:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETTC ECPS TSPA IR UK FR |
| 10LONDON260 |
HMG SAYS UK WILL NOT INTRODUCE BANK LEVY TO RECOUP BAILOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following President Obama's proposals for a Financial Crisis Responsibility (FCR) fee and bank restructuring, HMG announced it would not introduce similar measures in the UK. While HMG supports the concept of a future internationally coordinated global bank insurance levy, it d [...] |
2010-02-04 13:37:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV UK |
| 10LONDON261 |
ENGAGEMENT ON UK WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: The government is active in promoting women's rights and there is a robust set of non-governmental organizations working on women's issues. Post consults with women's groups on a regular basis on a range of issues including violence against women, Muslim women's issues, and se [...] |
2010-02-04 14:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN XG PHUM UK |
| 10LONDON263 |
UK SUPREME COURT DENIES STAY OF DECISION TO QUASH [...] (C/NF) Summary: The British Supreme Court on February 4 denied a request from HM Treasury to stay the court's January 27 decision to quash part of the UK's terrorist finance regime. Most UK banks have agreed to HMT requests to maintain a freeze until temporary fast-track legislation is in pla [...] |
2010-02-04 17:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON KTFN ETTC PTER UN UK |
| 10LONDON268 |
ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN THE UK [...] (C) Summary: Although people of Muslim faith make up only 3-4 percent of the UK's population, outreach to this key audience is vital to U.S. foreign policy interests in the UK and beyond. Embassy London Muslim engagement activities comprise a counter-radicalization strategic plan, public diplomacy [...] |
2010-02-05 12:10:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPAO PGOV PREL UK |
| 10LONDON295 |
IMO/STW: 41ST SESSION OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON [...] SUMMARY: The 41st session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on Standards of Training and Watching (STW S/C) met in London from 11-15 January, 2010, chaired by Rear Admiral Peter Brady (Jamaica). The session was attended by delegations from 90 member states, 2 associ [...] |
2010-02-08 17:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT IMO UK |
| 10LONDON313 |
UK ELECTION: HUNG PARLIAMENT LOOKING MORE LIKELY [...] (C/NF) Summary. Narrowing polling data suggests the increased likelihood of a hung parliament in the UK's next general election, expected May 6. Despite small but sustained leads in the polls, the Conservative Party has not managed to seal the deal with the British electorate and faces the p [...] |
2010-02-10 17:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UK |
| 10LONDON322 |
UK PASSES TEMPORARY TERRORIST ASSET-FREEZING BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: A temporary terrorist asset-freezing bill became law in the UK on February 10, having been fast-tracked through parliament under emergency procedures. The Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Act 2010 was introduced following a Supreme Court ruling that two of HM Tre [...] |
2010-02-11 14:41:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON KTFN UK |
| 10LONDON324 |
NO UK PLANS TO CONTRIBUTE TO HAITI UN PEACEKEEPING [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-11 15:01:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN |
| 10LONDON330 |
UK UNIONS PUT THEIR MONEY ON LABOUR PARTY, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. British trade unions, though not the political force they once were, continue to be the primary source of funding for the Labour Party's electoral campaign, contributing 72 percent of Labour's total donations. The unions expect either a Labour or Conservative government to imp [...] |
2010-02-11 16:49:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV UK |
| 10LONDON338 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: SLM/AW LEADERSHIP COUNCIL SUSPENDS [...] (SBU) UK-based Sudan Liberation Movement/Abdul Wahid (SLM/AW) Spokesman Yahia Ahmed al Bashir Bolad informed Poloff February 11 that the SLM/AW Leadership Council took a decision February 11 to "freeze authorities and power of the head of movement Mr. Abdul Wahid Mohammed Ahmed Nour." (COMMENT [...] |
2010-02-12 09:22:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS EAID SU CD UK |
| 10LONDON339 |
SOMALILAND: UK ASSISTANCE TO POLICE SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary. In order to increase the UK's and international community's ability to access Somaliland, the UK is funding training to the Somaliland Special Protection Unit (SPU), a branch of the police force, at the level of GBP 375,000 (USD 600,000) in the current fiscal year and GBP 230,000 [...] |
2010-02-12 14:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MASS EAID KPIR SO ET UK |
| 10LONDON340 |
BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK - LICENSE 050203970 [...] Per reftel, the Embassy conducted a check into the bona fides of Aviation Trading Co. (a.k.a. Hayward and Green Aviation Ltd., Transworld Aviation Trading Ltd.) On Jan 26, the Criminal Intelligence Group of HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) confirmed that neither the company nor its d [...] |
2010-02-12 15:39:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK |
| 10LONDON341 |
CWC: UK STILL IN INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ON CHALLENGE [...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and associated non-papers to Tsui-Ling Yu, Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Desk Officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on February 2. In a follow-up meeting on February 12, Yu said that the FCO had discussed this matter with Clive Rowlan [...] |
2010-02-12 17:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL CWC CBW OPCW KTIA UK |
| 10LONDON360 |
SADC: AF DAS PAGE'S FEB 8 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR UK [...] (C) Summary. Senior UK Foreign Office (FCO), Department for International Development (DFID), and Number 10 (No10) Africa officials told AF DAS Page during February 8 meetings that de-listing some entities in Zimbabwe was necessary because of timing and in order to maintain EU consensus. They [...] |
2010-02-17 12:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM ZU SF UK |
| 10LONDON361 |
AF DAS PAGE'S FEBRUARY 9 COURTESY CALLS ON [...] (C) Summary. AF DAS Susan Page paid courtesy calls on February 9 on Kenyan High Commissioner Ephram Waweru Ngare, South African High Commissioner Dr. Zola Skweyiya, Nigerian High Commissioner Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, Zimbabwean Ambassador Gabriel Mharadze Machinga, and Ethiopian Ambassador Berhanu [...] |
2010-02-17 12:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KE SF NI ZI ET UK |
| 10LONDON364 |
BANK OF ENGLAND GOVERNOR: CONCERN ABOUT RECOVERY, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Reining in the UK's debt will be the greatest challenge facing the party that wins the expected May 6 general election, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King told the Ambassador in a February 16 meeting. While neither party has adequately detailed plans to reduce the deficit, King ex [...] |
2010-02-17 17:18:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV PGOV UK |
| 10LONDON366 |
GUINEA: UK THINKING ON JUSTICE AND SECURITY SECTOR [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-18 13:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM MASS EAID PGOV GV UK |
| 10LONDON367 |
UK ON EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: SMOKE BUT NO FIRE [...] (C/NF) Responding to reftel, Foreign Office China External and Taiwan Team leader Matthew Moody described for Poloff February 18 the recent Spanish suggestion of a shift in the EU's arms embargo on China as "smoke without fire." He intimated that the UK had been "surprised" by the statements [...] |
2010-02-18 13:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM EUN CN UK |
| 10LONDON391 |
HMG AGREES ON NEED FOR ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANSF [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG agrees on the urgent need to fill the shortage of ISAF trainers and mentors for the Afghan National Security Forces and has encouraged allies to help fill the shortfall, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials told Poloff February 19 (reftel). FCO officials did no [...] |
2010-02-19 17:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS PREL NATO MOPS PGOV AF UK |
| 10LONDON408 |
LONDON - GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: Poloff demarched FCO's Levant Team Leader Nishi Dholakia and MENA UN Issues Desk Officer Colin McDonald on February 22 using points provided ref A. Dholakia indicated that the UK's final position on the text was dependent on the outcome of an EU coordination meeting later that d [...] |
2010-02-23 12:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IO PHUM UNGA IS WB |
| 10LONDON414 |
LEFT-LEANING EUROPEAN LEADERS RALLY BEHIND GORDON [...] (SBU) Summary. An international conference on jobs had the feel of a campaign rally for Prime Minister Brown, with several left-leaning European leaders strongly praising Brown for rescuing the world from the economic crisis. The theme of the February 19 conference held in London by Progressi [...] |
2010-02-23 18:09:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL SP UK GR NO EU |
| 10LONDON42 |
SYRIAN SUPPORT TO HIZBALLAH - DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN LONDON REF: STATE 129636 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-08 17:23:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY IS |
| 10LONDON439 |
UK DEFENDS OIL EXPLORATION IN FALKLAND ISLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions between the UK and Argentina have risen over the past week over a new drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands Outer Conservation zone following the arrival of the Ocean Guardian oil rig in the North Falkland Basin. Argentina contested the right of the Falkland Island's Gov [...] |
2010-02-24 19:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ECON ENRG PREL AR UK |
| 10LONDON440 |
UK DEFENDS OIL EXPLORATION IN FALKLAND ISLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions between the UK and Argentina have risen over the past week over a new drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands Outer Conservation zone following the arrival of the Ocean Guardian oil rig in the North Falkland Basin. Argentina contested the right of the Falkland Isla [...] |
2010-02-25 06:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ECON ENRG PREL AR UK |
| 10LONDON443 |
PDAS NANCY MCELDOWNEY'S MEETING WITH E-6 POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. EUR PDAS Nancy McEldowney's February 18 consultations in London with E-6 counterparts on European security underscored the need to engage Russia in a way that advanced Allied interests; to renew discussions of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty regime to strengthen predi [...] |
2010-02-25 17:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PARM NATO RS UK |
| 10LONDON444 |
UK RESPONSE: SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA MEETING [...] (C/NF) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to Duncan Johnson, Regional Issues Desk Officer in the Counter-Proliferation Department (CPD) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and Victoria Dunne, Syria and Lebanon Desk Officer in the Middle East and North Africa Department of the FCO, on [...] |
2010-02-25 17:11:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL IAEA SY IR TU UK |
| 10LONDON450 |
UK -LIBYA RELATIONS - IN LIMBO [...] (C) Poloff met with incoming Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) North Africa Director Philippa Saunders on February 23. During a conversation that focused almost entirely on Libya, Saunders explained that fear over how Tripoli will handle Megrahi's eventual funeral remains a major concern and on [...] |
2010-02-25 17:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LY |
| 10LONDON456 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK GIVES TACTICAL ADVICE ON [...] (C/NF) Alastair Long, head of the UN Human Rights team at the FCO, told Poloff in response to reftel demarche that HMG is broadly supportive of U.S. goals for the upcoming Human Rights Council session. He reported positive progress on the U.S. defamation of religions action plan within the [...] |
2010-02-26 13:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN IR UK |
| 10LONDON458 |
PHENYLACETIC ACID DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK LIKELY TO SUPPORT RECLASSIFICATION [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-26 15:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UNODC SNAR UK |
| 10LONDON49 |
UK RESPONSE: REGARDING CHINA'S IMPENDING INTERCEPT FLIGHT-TEST REF: SECSTATE 2126 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-11 14:23:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | MCAP PARM PREL TSPA UK |
| 10LONDON65 |
KENYA: KINNOCK'S JANUARY VISIT TO NAIROBI AND [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-12 17:18:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM KE UK |
| 10LONDON67 |
SUDAN/CHAD: JEM ON ABDUL WAHID, CHAD-SUDAN [...] (C) Summary. London-based Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) spokesperson Ahmed Hussein Adam phoned Poloff on January 12 from N'djamena to offer an update on JEM's diplomatic activities. He said he had recently had a conversation with a "more open-minded" Abdul Wahid al-Nur in Paris; implie [...] |
2010-01-13 11:57:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS SU CD UK |
| 10LONDON69 |
UK MUST WAIT FOR GENEVA FEEDBACK TO AGREE TO NPT [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-13 15:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MNUC NPT LY UK |
| 10LONDON71 |
TREASURY COMMITTEE GRILLS SEVERAL BANK CHIEFS ON BONUSES, [...] (U) Summary: The House of Commons' Treasury Select Committee held a one-off evidence session January 12 on the UK's fully and partially nationalized banks. It heard evidence from Stephen Hester, chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Gary Hoffman, chief executive of Northern Roc [...] |
2010-01-14 07:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
| 10LONDON76 |
AFGHANISTAN/YEMEN/IRAN: SENIOR UK-BASED DIPLOMATS DISCUSS AT CHINESE AMB'S FAREWELL DINNER Classified By: Ambassador Louis B. Susman, reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-14 17:31:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECIN PGOV ECON IR AF YM CH IN UK |
| 10LONDON77 |
AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - UK DELEGATION [...] (SBU) The following delegation will represent the UK Government at the African Union summit: - Baroness Glenys Kinnock, Foreign Office Minister for Africa - Norman Ling, Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (mobile: 251.91.120.3081) - Fiona Robertson, Private Secr [...] |
2010-01-14 17:32:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA UK |
| 10LONDON84 |
UK VIEWS ON IRAN SANCTIONS: UN, EU AND U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-15 12:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC ECON KTFN EFIN IR US |
| 10LONDON86 |
AMBASSADOR’S MEETING WITH LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Susman paid an introductory call on Liberal Democratic Party leader Nick Clegg on January 12. Clegg may find himself cast into the role of kingmaker if neither of the two main parties wins an outright parliamentary majority in the upcoming general elections, -- though Cleg [...] |
2010-01-15 14:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK AF PK |
| 10LONDON87 |
CHINA-UK RELATIONS: PAUSE FOR THOUGHT POST-COP 15, [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-15 15:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETTC ECON CH UK IR |
| 10LONDON88 |
SUDAN/CHAD: JEM NOT IMPRESSED WITH RAPPROCHEMENT; [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-15 15:57:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS CD SU UK |
| 10LONDON89 |
SOMALIA: UK SET TO PUT RESOURCES TO NEW POLICY REF: 09 LONDON 2435 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville, reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-15 16:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KTFN KPKO SO UK |
| 10LONDON92 |
United Kingdom: Investment Climate Statement 2010 [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2010. UNITED KINGDOM: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT --------------------------------------------- ---- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment [...] |
2010-01-15 17:27:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC KTDB USTR UK |
| 85LONDON24287 |
URBAN VIOLENCE IN BRITAIN -- THE CHALLENGE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. DEPRESSED AREAS IN SEVERAL OF THE U.K.'S INNER CITIES ERUPTED IN RIOTS IN THE PAST MONTH. THE BRITISH SEE MANY OF THEIR DOMESTIC WOES THROWN INTO HIGH RELIEF BY THE RIOTS AND THE SUBSEQUENT NATIONAL DEBATE ABOUT CAUSE, EFFECT, AND WHO IS TO BLAME [...] |
1985-10-31 14:21:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PINS UK |
| 85LONDON6332 |
EVENING STANDARD ARTICLE ON US CAPTIVES IN [...] PARAGRAPH 2 CONTAINS ARTICLE FROM THE STANDARD OF MARCH 19, 1985 ENTITLED "TORTURE ORDEAL OF KIDNAPPED US DIPLOMAT". THE ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY THEODORE LEVITE IN TEL AVIV. 2. BEGIN TEXT: AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT KIDNAPPED BY LEBANESE EXTREMISTS IS BEING PARADED AROUND THE COUNTRY IN AN OPE [...] |
1985-03-19 17:52:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC LE IS XF |
| 86LONDON1567 |
THE UGANDA SITUATION: LONDON VIEWS [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. OUR FCO COLLEAGUES ARE WATCHING THE UGANDA SITUATION WITH GROWING CONCERN, AND THEIR ANALYSIS OF MUSEVENI'S NEGATIVE ROLE VERY MUCH COINCIDES WITH OUR OWN IN REFTEL. THE FCO WAS THOROUGHLY RATTLED BY THE FIGHTING IN KAMPALA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING; HOWEVER, THE BRITIS [...] |
1986-01-23 18:30:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | UG PGOV PREL |
| 87LONDON20480 |
AFGHANS SELL US STINGERS TO KHOMEINI [...] THE SUNDAY TIMES CARRIED A STORY ON SEPTEMBER 20 ALLEGING THAT THE U.S. HAS CUT OFF SUPPLIES OF STINGER MISSILES TO THE AFGHAN MUJAHEDEEN BECAUSE SOME OF THE REBEL COMMANDERS HAD SOLD STINGERS TO THE IRANIANS FOR MONEY AND POLITICAL FAVOR. 2. BEGIN TEXT. AFGHANS SELL US STINGERS TO KHO [...] |
1987-09-21 16:29:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS IR |
| 88LONDON16998 |
NORTHERN IRELAND - CONTROLLING THE VIOLENCE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE RECENT ESCALATION OF IRA ATTACKS, WHICH HAVE INCLUDED NOT ONLY MORE KILLINGS IN NORTHERN IRELAND BUT ALSO BOMBINGS AT UK MILITARY BASES IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE AND THE FIRST BOMBING IN BRITAIN ITSELF SINCE 1984, HAVE CAUSED HMG TO REEXAMINE ITS [...] |
1988-08-09 17:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PTER PGOV MARR MCAP UK EI |
| 88LONDON26262 |
THE UK: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] OUR SUBMISSION FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1988 ANNUAL REPORT OF PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM BEGINS AT PARAGRAPH 2. DEPARTMENT DRAFTERS SHOULD NOTE THAT AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING, HMG IS WARNING THE PUBLIC THAT THE IRA APPARENTLY IS PLANNING A MAJOR BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN IRELAND, AND [...] |
1988-12-09 21:41:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 90LONDON3111 |
1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR THE UK [...] THROUGHOUT 1989, AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TERRORIST THREAT TO THE UK AND UK INTERESTS WERE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OUTLAWED PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY (PIRA) AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, THE ACTIVITIES OF OUTLAWED PROTESTANT TERRORIST GROUPS IN NORTHERN IRELAND. THE CONFLI [...] |
1990-02-13 17:21:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 92LONDON23667 |
UNITED KINGDOM: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY INPUT FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 5 REFTEL. 2. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: -- HMG, LIKE THE USG, ISSUED INDICTMENTS OF T [...] |
1992-12-14 18:11:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPRP UK EI |
| 92LONDON37 |
UNITED KINGDOM: 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY INPUT FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 5 REFTEL ARE CONTAINED IN PARAS 3-10 BELOW. 2. EMBASSY SUGGESTS THAT THE FINAL REPORT INCORPORATE IN SOME FASHION THE FOLLOWING POINTS ON THE THREAT POSED BY TERRORISM [...] |
1992-01-02 17:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 93LONDON22928 |
UNITED KINGDOM: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY INPUT FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT TO THE CONGRESS. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 4 REFTEL. 2. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: -- HMG CONTINUES ACTIVELY TO P [...] |
1993-12-29 15:43:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 94LONDON20091 |
UNITED KINGDOM: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY INPUT FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 3 REFTEL. 2. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: -- HMG CONTINUES ACTIVELY TO PROSECUTE MEMBER [...] |
1994-12-28 17:57:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 95LONDON13048 |
LEADER OF SUDANESE OPPOSITION SEEKS USG SUPPORT [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: LEADER OF THE SUDANESE OPPOSITION COALITION, AL-SAYED EL-MERGHANI, TOLD US SEPTEMBER 15 THAT OPPOSITION EFFORTS WILL PRODUCE THE DOWNFALL OF THE NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT (NIF) REGIME IN KHARTOUM. -- TO FURTHER THIS EFFORT, EL-MERGHANI ASKED THE US [...] |
1995-09-20 16:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID SU IQ IZ |
| 95LONDON15945 |
MURDER OF QADHAFI OPPONENT IN LONDON [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: MICHAEL J. HABIB, MINISTER-COUNSELOR FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS. REASON: 1.5(D). 2. (U) ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, AN EXILED OPPONENT OF QADHAFI'S REGIME WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN HIS WEST LONDON GROCER'S SHOP ON SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26. FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS [...] |
1995-11-28 13:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL LY UK |
| 95LONDON8776 |
NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE PROCESS "CRISIS" [...] (U) PARAGRAPHS CLASSIFIED AS MARKED. OADR FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SINN FEIN LEADERS HAVE AUTHORITATIVELY RULED OUT ANY DECOMMISSIONING OF WEAPONS -- EVEN A SYMBOLIC GESTURE -- UNTIL THE SHAPE OF AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IS CLEAR, AND HAVE DE [...] |
1995-06-21 18:00:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS UK EI |
| 98LONDON12113 |
ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT - UK [...] THE UNITED KINGDOM IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES' CLOSEST ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. IT ROUTINELY TAKES A ROBUST STANCE AGAINST TERRORISM, AND CONTRIBUTES ACTIVELY TO THE WORK OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES -- PARTICULARLY THE UNITED NATIONS, THE GROUP OF EIGHT ( [...] |
1998-12-11 18:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 99LONDON10405 |
UNITED KINGDOM: 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE UNITED KINGDOM IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES' CLOSEST ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. IT ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTES TO THE WORK OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES, INCLUDING THE UN, THE GROUP OF EIGHT (G8), AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IN PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGAIN [...] |
1999-12-15 07:01:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |