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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05PARIS7334 |
DETAILS OF EDF'S PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION [...] SUMMARY. The partial privatization of Electricite de France (EDF) will be done through an increase in EDF's capital and a sale of government shares to EDF's employees. The government will keep a substantial 85% stake in the company. The initial public offering of EDF's shares will start on O [...] |
2005-10-26 17:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV ENRG FR |
| 05PARIS734 |
FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) completed a nearly two-week trip that had taken him to Iraq, major Middle East capitals, the Palestinian territories, Berlin and London, with a stop in Paris and meetings with President Chirac (septel) and Foreign Minister Barnier January 14. Barnier sh [...] |
2005-02-04 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ IS FR |
| 05PARIS7349 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bush Presidency - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7352 |
FRENCH MFA READOUT ON CHAVEZ VISIT, COLOMBIA, AND [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for South America provided a frank and unapologetic readout October 24 of French policy toward Venezuela and the recent visit of President Chavez. The MFA highlighted France's economic interests in Venezuela, downplayed concerns about human rights, regional st [...] |
2005-10-27 11:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR VE BL CO |
| 05PARIS7355 |
OECD/EXPORT CREDIT: STRENGTHENED ANTI-BRIBERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) working group on export credits and credit guarantees (ECG) met October 10 and 11 in Paris to consider proposals to enhance the November 2000 Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export [...] |
2005-10-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD EXIM OECD |
| 05PARIS7360 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MICHEL ROCARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former prime minister Michel Rocard received Ambassador Stapleton October 24. Fresh off the early-October publication of his new book, "If the Left Had Known," and a recent trip to China, Rocard sees the November congress of his Socialist Party (PS) as a historic opportunity. Offer [...] |
2005-10-27 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS7373 |
FRENCH ELECTRICITY UTILITY GIANT EDF GETS "GREEN [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delays, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin confirmed on October 24 that France's state-owned power company Electricite de France (EDF) is to be partially privatized. To limit protests from trade unions, the GOF has pledged to maintain 85 percent owners [...] |
2005-10-27 17:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS7387 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Oil For Food Bush [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-28 10:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7392 |
FRENCH ON BURMA UNSC - BENIN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-28 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM FR UNGA UNSC |
| 05PARIS7396 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO SAFE HAVEN DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-28 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM FR NU |
| 05PARIS7397 |
IRAQ: GOF REACTION TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (C) We delivered ref A statement October 28 to Bernard Chappedelaine, the MFA's Iraq desk officer, and also asked him if France would not consider any additional bilateral programs for Iraq, given the approval of the referendum on the constitution. Chappedelaine raised the long-standing Frenc [...] |
2005-10-28 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ FR |
| 05PARIS7398 |
GOF CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Benoit Knopper, the MFA's desk officer for Iran, to deliver reftel talking points on the Iranian President's increasing extremism. Knopper noted the GOF's statements condemning the Iranian President's rhetoric. Furthermore, Knopper said, the MFA had convoked in [...] |
2005-10-28 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IR FR |
| 05PARIS7399 |
LATEST GOF THINKING ON MEHLIS REPORT, SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant, offered latest French thinking on the Mehlis report and other related issues. Besancenot said France was focused on gaining unanimity for a draft resolution in the Security Council, and was willing to comp [...] |
2005-10-28 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR LE SY UNSC |
| 05PARIS7401 |
USUNESCO: 33RD GENERAL CONFERENCE EDUCATION [...] SUMMARY: The work of Commission II (education) during the 33rd General Conference was the culmination of the US Delegation's work since the US reentry into UNESCO in October 2003. It produced results by injecting momentum into the moribund UN Literacy Decade; by completing - with US agreement [...] |
2005-10-31 08:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7407 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-31 12:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7439 |
ISRAELI FM SHALOM VISITS PARIS, TOULOUSE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Sylvan Shalom concluded a 3-day visit to France on Saturday, October 29 after visiting Paris and Toulouse. Although Shalom's visit was planned as the latest in a series of bilateral efforts to improve the Israeli-French relationship, international issues predominated, [...] |
2005-10-31 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IS FR |
| 05PARIS7446 |
UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE: U.S. WINS POSITIVE [...] Summary: In Commission III (social and natural sciences) at UNESCO's 33rd General Conference (GC), the U.S. Delegation registered several important successes relating to social and natural sciences issues, despite a challenging political environment. The adoption by the GC of the Bioethics [...] |
2005-10-31 18:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TSPL EAID TBIO SENV SOCI UNESCO ETRA KSCI |
| 05PARIS7454 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Iraq - Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7461 |
UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S [...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...] |
2005-11-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA |
| 05PARIS747 |
OFFICIAL GOF REACTION TO DEATH OF TOGO PRESIDENT [...] (U) Both President Chirac and the MFA issued brief communiques following the death on February 5 of Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema. Informal Embassy translations of both texts follow: 2. (U) Elysee Communique (February 5, 2005): BEGIN COMMUNIQUE: -- It is with profound sadne [...] |
2005-02-07 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TO FR |
| 05PARIS7472 |
UNESCO and WSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the UNESCO General Conference from October 3 to 21, the majority of UNESCO Member States agreed in a resolution to stress UNESCO's and the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) "prominent roles" in coordinating the implementation of decisions taken at the World [...] |
2005-11-02 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
| 05PARIS749 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO [...] SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO FRANCE 2. IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF TODAY'S PRESS, LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION'S FRONT PAGE CARRIES THE HEADLINE "PARIS AND WASHINGTON MAKE UP" ON THE EVE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...] |
2005-02-07 12:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7491 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq CIA Detention Centers [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-03 11:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7496 |
MFA EMPHASIZES COOPERATIVE SPIRIT ON DRAFT IRAQ [...] (U) This message contains a guidance request in para 4. 2. (C) Poloff discussed the new Iraq UNSCR (reftel) November 2 with MFA UN/Iraq desk officer Nicolas Kassianides, who had sent instructions on the draft text earlier in the day to the French UN Mission in New York. Kassianides stressed [...] |
2005-11-03 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IZ UNSC |
| 05PARIS7506 |
FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS7510 |
FY06 TV CO-OP NOMINATIONS [...] We are pleased to nominate two TV co-op project ideas for consideration under FY06 funding. THE GENERAL CONTEXT 2. The bilateral relationship was strained by differences over Iraq, and while relations have improved, the French media has an ingrained tendency to portray the United States [...] |
2005-11-03 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC OIIP FR |
| 05PARIS7521 |
FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...] |
2005-11-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN |
| 05PARIS7525 |
PARIS RIOTS CONTINUE FOR 7TH NIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: The rioting that began October 27 in Paris' "inner city" suburbs has persisted, every night, for a week so far. Running battles between riot police and rampaging youth have pitted tear gas and rubber bullets against taunts, stones, trash fires and car burnings. The accidenta [...] |
2005-11-03 18:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL FR |
| 05PARIS7527 |
VIOLENCE IN SUBURBS: COMMENTS OF TERRORISM [...] (S) During a conversation November 3 with terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard, Poloff asked for his analysis of recent violence in the suburbs (ref A). Ricard began by saying that no one in the French government should be surprised by what has happened. Successive governments ha [...] |
2005-11-04 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PTER FR |
| 05PARIS7528 |
TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE COMMENTS ON ONGOING [...] (S) Summary: Terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard (strictly protect) discussed his office's ongoing C/T activities November 3, including the possible upcoming release of two ex-GTMO detainees and the continued investigation of three separate terrorist cells discovered in 2005. [...] |
2005-11-04 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PTER FR |
| 05PARIS7532 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to South [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-04 11:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7561 |
SET BACK FOR FRANCE'S NUCLEAR COMPANY AREVA [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Prime Minister de Villepin cancelled the planned partial privatization of French nuclear powerhouse AREVA, generating a flurry of journalistic commentary, mostly suggesting that the non-privatization will upset the company's planned expansion to take advantage of [...] |
2005-11-04 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA EINV PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS7573 |
AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS: FRENCH EFFORTS [...] Summary. The GOF continues to hone preparations for a future avian flu pandemic. On October 27, Research Minister Goulard made symbolic visits to some of France's most prestigious biological research facilities that could prove critical in any response to an H5N1 viral outbreak. On November [...] |
2005-11-04 18:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR SOCI FR |
| 05PARIS7574 |
USUNESCO: 33rd GENERAL CONFERENCE ADOPTS [...] SUMMARY: UNESCO's 33rd General Conference adopted by consensus the Convention Against Doping in Sport, designed to strengthen efforts to keep sport fair and drug-free. The convention places particular emphasis on the education of amateur athletes and the fight against doping in sport by athl [...] |
2005-11-07 09:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7577 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Paris Riots President Bush to [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-07 11:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7587 |
USUNESCO: UNESCO BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION [...] SUMMARY. On November 3, Mission staff attended an informal UNESCO panel discussion "60 Minutes on the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge," presented by the Basic Sciences Division of the Science Sector. This was one of a series of talks to mark the organization's 60th anniversary. While th [...] |
2005-11-07 14:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7595 |
PARIS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING REGARDING [...] DCM convened the Paris CORE EAC this date to discuss the continuing spread of arson attacks throughout France. Attendees included; DCM, DCM UNESCO, RSO, CG, ACS, MGT, ORA, FBI, POL, PA, OSI, ICE, TSA, DATT, and ECON. 2. FOR BACKGROUND: RSO reiterated that over the last week there have bee [...] |
2005-11-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC FR |
| 05PARIS7597 |
MFA ON IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 discussion, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran Antoine Sivan affirmed that the GoF will view the next Iraqi government as fully sovereign, but gave no indication that the GoF will increase its assistance to Iraq after December elections. Sivan expressed satisfac [...] |
2005-11-07 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR FR |
| 05PARIS7598 |
WTO DEMARCHE: FRENCH MAINTAIN VIEWS ON AG TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs delivered ref A points to key French officials at the Elysee, the Trade Ministry and the Foreign Ministry, who continue to voice their objections to the Commission's revised proposal for the WTO Doha Round negotiations. The French approach seems to have changed very li [...] |
2005-11-07 17:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS7599 |
RAMPAGE IN FRANCE CONTINUES FOR 11TH DAY [...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding massive deployments of police and President Jacques Chirac's assurances that "the absolute priority is to reestablish security and public order," violent unrest in France intensified through the weekend, with November 6 marking the eleventh night of arson and clas [...] |
2005-11-07 18:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL FR |
| 05PARIS7613 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Summit of the Americas [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7626 |
FORMER PM JOSPIN DEFLECTS SPECULATION ABOUT [...] (C) Over lunch with Ambassador Stapleton on November 2, former prime minister Lionel Jospin said that desire for change, along with widespread disappointment with the record of President Chirac and the center-right, "puts things in place" for a center-left victory in 2007. However, he also cau [...] |
2005-11-08 13:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS7630 |
NEW FRENCH BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE PARISOT ON [...] SUMMARY. France's new business spokesman Laurence Parisot believes France is still "quite competitive" despite the French public's negative perception of the private sector. Parisot, who was elected as first woman president of the French employers association MEDEF in July 2005, told Ambass [...] |
2005-11-08 15:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB FR KBIO |
| 05PARIS7658 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France - Suburban Violence [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-09 12:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7667 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU BM FR UNHRC |
| 05PARIS7675 |
FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN: REMAIN FIRM, DON'T [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan assessed the Ahmadi-Nejad government as weakened by internal debate within Iran and lacking competence and experience, during a recent discussion with us. Sivan speculated that Ahmadi-Nejad's recent s [...] |
2005-11-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IR FR |
| 05PARIS7677 |
USUNESCO: UNESCO'S WSIS PREPARATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 7 presentation to member states on UNESCO preparations for WSIS, Assistant Director General Abdul Waheed Khan discussed Internet governance, the possibility of UNESCO and ITU leading roles in post-WSIS implementation, the UNESCO "brand" at WSIS, planned UNE [...] |
2005-11-09 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7682 |
THE FRENCH INTEGRATION MODEL: GOING UP IN SMOKE? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Continuing violent unrest in France -- only now diminishing after thirteen intense days -- has very publicly brought to light the ugly reality of France's persistent failure to integrate its immigrant population. Importantly, the violence has not taken on religious ove [...] |
2005-11-09 18:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI ELAB FR |
| 05PARIS7683 |
THE FRENCH VIEW IN INITIATING THE KABUL AGENDA [...] (C) On November 8 poloff discussed reftel points with MFA Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon. Gerardon explained that France agreed with U.S. views as outlined in the points, and said he was glad to see the prominence given to the United Nations' key leadership role in the country. He [...] |
2005-11-10 10:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV |
| 05PARIS7688 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Social Unrest in France [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-10 12:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7691 |
FRENCH INNOVATION EVENT: SEEKING U.S. PARTICIPATION [...] Summary: Eminent scientist and former French presidential scientific advisor Professor Jean Audouze called on Embassy recently to urge U.S. participation in the second European Research and Innovation Exhibition and associated conference to be held June 8-11, 2006 in Paris. The Embassy views t [...] |
2005-11-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL TPHY TNGD KPAO FR |
| 05PARIS77 |
GOF WON'T BE JOINING INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR [...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points urging French support for the International Mission for Iraq Elections (IMIE) with MFA Iraq desk officer Bernard Chappedelaine January 5, after delivering reftel points to the GoF December 29. Chappedelaine reported that the GoF did not plan to participate in [...] |
2005-01-05 17:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PHUM IZ FR |
| 05PARIS7704 |
FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Total executive notes decision-making void in Iran (para 2) -- Individuals flocking [...] |
2005-11-10 14:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS771 |
FRANCE AND GERMANY COORDINATE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE [...] SUMMARY. Using the semiannual Franco-German Economic and Finance Committee meeting as a springboard, French and German Finance Ministers jointly called for coordinated G7 action on the declining U.S. Dollar; reiterated their desire for reform of the European Stability and Growth Pact; and dis [...] |
2005-02-07 17:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS7715 |
USUNESCO: UNESCO CHOOSES KHARTOUM AS ARAB [...] On November 9, Director General Matsuura presided over a series of events at UNESCO headquarters to mark the naming of Khartoum as "Arab Cultural Capital 2005." The events included discussions on Nubian archaeology and a performance of Sudanese music. According to an earlier UNESCO press rel [...] |
2005-11-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SU UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7716 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Azerbaijan Terrorism - Amman [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7725 |
NMFS CHIEF HOGARTH SEEKING ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP: [...] (U) On November 8, ESTH Officer delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Julien Turenne, Chief of the Bureau of Resources and International Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fish. Mr. Turenne understood the points delivered, and explained that GOF has no objection to Mr. Hog [...] |
2005-11-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PHSA SENV AORC FR ICCAT |
| 05PARIS7733 |
UNESCO: ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION: PROGRAM AND [...] Summary. The Administrative Commission of UNESCO's General Conference considered budget, administrative and personnel issues. It approved the administrative items in the two-year overall program and budget after debate focused on the budget's unsatisfactorily long and complex format. Member [...] |
2005-11-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN ABUD AFIN AORC UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7737 |
PEP-MENA DONOR MEETING OCTOBER 20 2005 [...] (U) At the The annual PEP-MENA (Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East and North Africa) meeting was held in Paris October 20. , bBoard members outlined to donor countries the progress of the first year of the PEP- MENA program, and presented success stories from each of the pro [...] |
2005-11-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL HA FR |
| 05PARIS7742 |
USUNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL BRIEFS ON UNESCO'S [...] Summary. On Tuesday 8 November, the Director- General convened an information meeting on UNESCO's participation in the Oil-for-Food Program (OFFP). The meeting, which was originally requested by the British Delegation during the 172nd Executive Board in September, was intended to review the [...] |
2005-11-14 17:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EFIN IZ FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7745 |
FRENCH-IRAQI RESEARCHER DESCRIBES RECENT RAMADAN [...] (C) Summary: A local French-Iraqi anthropologist, Hosham Dawod (protect), briefed us on a recent visit to Qom, Iran, reportedly at the invitation of supporters of Ayatollah Sistani. Dawod, who is a former IVLP participant and an expert on Iraqi tribes and Shi'ism, told us he spent 12 days in [...] |
2005-11-14 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR IR IZ FR |
| 05PARIS7749 |
FRANCE: IPR ISSUES UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French Intellectual Property (IPR) and cultural policy news. French Net pirates prefer U.S. films ------------------------------------ 2. (U) Almost 38 percent of French Internet users admit to illegally downloading movies, with a marked p [...] |
2005-11-15 10:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR FR |
| 05PARIS7752 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-15 11:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7767 |
USUNESCO: UNESCO - DIRECTOR OF HUMAN [...] This is an action request: see para. 6. 2. During a meeting on November 14, Dyane Dufresne- Klaus, Unesco's Director of Human Resources, told the Charge that she would like U.S. assistance in reforming the organization's human resource system. She indicated that the current system is ju [...] |
2005-11-15 13:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN APER FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7769 |
UNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL PROMISES TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary. During a October 25 office call, UNESCO Director General Koichoro Matsuura promised Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg that he would speak out publicly if any UNESCO Member State misused the Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...] |
2005-11-15 14:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL ETRD CJAN FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7771 |
FRENCH ECONOMY IMPROVING, BUT UNREST MAY LEAVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. While the recent unrest in France may have dominated the headlines, the GOF has attempted to counter the negative reports with good economic news. GDP growth increased 2.8% (annualized) in the third quarter, much more than expected. The unemployment rate decreased to 9.8%, and [...] |
2005-11-15 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS7772 |
USUNESCO: UNESCO SYMPOSIUM EXAMINES CULTURAL [...] SUMMARY and comment: UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector held an international symposium on "Cultural Diversity and Transversal Values: East-West Dialogue on Spiritual-Secular Dynamics" on November 7- 9. The symposium concluded with a communiqu identifying new directions for dialogue [...] |
2005-11-15 18:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AORC SCUL JA FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7777 |
ASSAULT OF FRENCH JOURNALIST IN TUNISIA PROMPTS MEDIA OUTCRY, DOMESTIC CRITICISM OF GOF HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-16 09:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM TS FR |
| 05PARIS7779 |
FRENCH CUBA POLICY: WAITING FOR A GESTURE [...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with Deputy Political Counselor and PolOff, MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pierre-Alain Coffinier clarified the French position on Cuba in the aftermath of FM Perez Roque's visit October 11 (reftel). Coffinier characterized the [...] |
2005-11-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR CU |
| 05PARIS7785 |
ACTION REQUEST: GUIDANCE ON RESPONSE TO COE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) Amb. Stapleton received by fax a letter (full text para 4) from Dick Marty, whom the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly has appointed to investigate the allegations of CIA secret detention centers in CoE member countries. The key [...] |
2005-11-16 12:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR PINS FR |
| 05PARIS7787 |
MFA EUROPEAN DIRECTOR NOT OPTIMISTIC ON EU BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: MFA EU Affairs A/S-equivalent Briatta told us November 15 that he was not optimistic the EU would reach a budget deal by year's end, in part because of Blair's weakened domestic standing, and notwithstanding the UK's fears of increasing isolation within the EU and growing unhapp [...] |
2005-11-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD FR ECON PGOV EUN |
| 05PARIS7788 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to China Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7792 |
FRANCE ON CHAD: DEBY'S THE MAIN MAN [...] (C) Summary: For Michael Deslaimes, the French MFA Chad and Togo Desk Officer, Idriss Deby's Presidency is "indispensable" to the tenuous stability of a hodgepodge country in continual tribal ferment. Deslaimes told Africa Watcher November 15 that Deby is the right choice -- the only option [...] |
2005-11-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV EFIN CD FR |
| 05PARIS781 |
OECD SURVEY OF SPAIN'S ECONOMY: EROSION OF [...] The Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD conducted an economic review of Spain on January 31, 2005. The last such review was held in February 2003. Mr. Angel Torres, Director General at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Spain's previous EDRC delegate, led the Spanis [...] |
2005-02-08 10:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN XG XT ZM SP |
| 05PARIS7812 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to China [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-17 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7813 |
FRENCH RELUCTANT TO DEPLOY EU GENDARMERIE TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The French are reluctant to send the EU Gendarmerie to Haiti in support of upcoming elections for a number of reasons. The primary concern they cite is that the EU Gendarmerie is not yet ready to deploy, and won't be until sometime in 2006. Additionally, the GoF is w [...] |
2005-11-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO FR HA EUN |
| 05PARIS7814 |
CNIL UNLOCKS SOX [...] SUMMARY: Bowing to pressure, CNIL Commissioners announced on November 15 that they would allow US-listed companies to enact whistleblower provisions in France, as required by Sarbanes Oxley Section 301. CNIL published an "orientation document" and promised to grant blanket approval to firms t [...] |
2005-11-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS7828 |
PAKISTAN RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE: FRENCH [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-17 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL PAK |
| 05PARIS7831 |
FRENCH LUKEWARM TO SUPPORTING PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. Parfait stated that the French did not share our analysis of the success of the disarmament camp [...] |
2005-11-17 16:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PTER FR CO OAS |
| 05PARIS7835 |
ANALYZING THE CIVIL UNREST -- THE ISLAMIC FACTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The perpetrators of the urban rampaging (refs) in France are by and large of Arab-African and Black-African background. In most cases, they are also Muslims, raising the question as to what extent their religious affiliation helps explain the explosion in France's immigrant subu [...] |
2005-11-17 17:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS7838 |
AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - FRANCE [...] (U) Detailed GOF reactions and responses to date to the possibility of an avian flu pandemic are contained in reftels (B) - (E). The following paragraphs respond to reftel A queries. -------------------------- Preparedness/Communication -------------------------- 2. (U) Following news t [...] |
2005-11-17 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL FR |
| 05PARIS7844 |
FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA FR |
| 05PARIS7850 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Prisons and [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7863 |
USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102 [...] There are 335 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) maintaining official relations with UNESCO. 5 NGOs have entered into official relations with UNESCO. 2 NGOs have ended official relations with UNESCO since last year's review. Mission notified IO/SHA Sylvia Hammond by fax and e-mail. 2. [...] |
2005-11-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC SOCI PHUM |
| 05PARIS7871 |
RECOMMENDATION OF WAIVER FOR FRANCE OF LIBERTAD [...] (C) Summary and comment: France adheres to the EU's Common Position on Cuba, and the GoF monitors the human rights situation in Cuba closely. MFA officials have consistently stressed that they share both the U.S. assessment of the human rights situation and the U.S. goal of supporting peacef [...] |
2005-11-18 14:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC FR CU |
| 05PARIS7873 |
AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. CHAD 4. GABON 5. BURKINA FASO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. ETHIOPIA 8. NIGERIA Â [...] |
2005-11-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS7885 |
FRENCH CONFLICTED ON ARMS SALES TO VENEZUELA, BUT [...] (S) Summary: Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel A points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi, and PolOff separately shared points with Admiral de Monval, responsible for Latin American iss [...] |
2005-11-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR MASS PARM FR VE |
| 05PARIS7896 |
FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC - ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN, [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 16 to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff and European Affairs DAS-equivalent for EU External Relations Caroline Ferrari, and discussed them with LeDeunff November 18. Embassy Middle East watcher discussed points on November 16 with MFA DAS-equival [...] |
2005-11-18 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ KPAL PREL SR SY UP YI FR EUN |
| 05PARIS7899 |
MFA CABINET MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: MFA Cabinet advisor on Maghreb/Arabian Gulf issues Francois Thoizy, during a November 17 discussion on GoF policy in the Gulf and Maghreb (septel), offered unusually frank observations on domestic integration and discrimination issues, referring frequently to his status as the fir [...] |
2005-11-18 19:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL SOCI PINR XF |
| 05PARIS7905 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7915 |
USUNESCO: UKRANIAN PRESIDENT AND FRENCH FM [...] Summary. In a ceremony at Unesco headquarters on November 16, Unesco marked its 60th anniversary. Featured speakers included Ukranian president Yushchenko, French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy and former directors general Amdaou-Mahtar M'Bow and Federico Mayor. A recurring theme in all the [...] |
2005-11-21 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL ETRD UP FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7920 |
FRENCH THINK TANKER ON VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: French think-tanker Francois Gere, who claims to have extensive ties to the local Iranian Embassy as well as the Quai and Israeli Embassy met with us November 18 to report on his recent trip to the Isfahan nuclear facility at the Iranian government's invitation. Gere -- who many [...] |
2005-11-21 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR MNUC IR PINR KNUP |
| 05PARIS7922 |
GOF DECLINES TO MAKE PUBLIC APPEAL OR PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts report the GoF is disinclined to make a public appeal or demarche the SARG on the arrest of Syrian democracy activist Kamal Labowani, citing questions about Labowani's character and describing the Mehlis investigation as a more pressing priority. Elysee contacts were [...] |
2005-11-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS7935 |
Unofficial translation of article from Le [...] Trade Minister Christine Lagarde has signed two recent op-ed pieces on the WTO round. The latest, published on November 21 in the Financial Times entitled "Big Cuts in Farm Tariffs are No Solution to Poverty" warns against "blindly slashing" agricultural tariffs, and proposes focusing on the [...] |
2005-11-21 18:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD FR WTRO EUN |
| 05PARIS794 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO [...] SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO MIDDLE EAST - EUROPE 2. MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT IN SHARM EL-SHEIK, SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE REGION AND TO PARIS TODAY ARE PROMINENTLY FRONT- PAGED WITH ACCOMPANYING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH MAHMUD [...] |
2005-02-08 11:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7947 |
CESR HOLDS HEARING ON MEDIATION OPTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a public hearing organized in Paris on November 21 by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR), financial market participants aired differing opinions about how and whether CESR should institute a mediation procedure for national regulators. The idea is to not s [...] |
2005-11-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS7948 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to Mongolia Israel- [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-22 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7953 |
FRENCH SUPPORT BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BN BM FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS7954 |
FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL, [...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...] |
2005-11-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC |
| 05PARIS7955 |
DOD DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN trade shows 2007 [...] IN ANTICIPATION OF Euronaval 2006 and the PARIS AIR SHOW 2007, the Ambassador and the U.S. Embassy Paris Country Team strongly support and encourage FULL AND DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN THese IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENTs. 2. Exposure and Outcomes. EURONAVAL, scheduled fo [...] |
2005-11-22 14:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD FR PINS MILI |
| 05PARIS7961 |
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 20 OCTOBER [...] (C) Summary: On 20 October 2005, ESTH/NP officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the Spanish Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on reviewing results of the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid and on briefing partners on the a [...] |
2005-11-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE |
| 05PARIS7971 |
USUNESCO: COMMENTS ON HIGH LEVEL GROUP [...] Charge met November 22 with Peter Smith, ADG for Education. Smith made following comments in response to reftel points: -- Within 24 hours there will be two more countries on the Sherpas group: Japan and the US. This will be announced in Beijing but there will be a meeting on Sunday aft [...] |
2005-11-22 18:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AID UNESCO UNGA |
| 05PARIS7980 |
PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the November 15 Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported that the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Iraq that will be presented to the IMF Board on December 23 will probably be precautionary. The Secretariat and some creditors complained that a precautionary arrangement belied Iraq's claim [...] |
2005-11-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS7986 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Angela Merkel to France [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8002 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - FRENCH [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP FR |
| 05PARIS8016 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: FRENCH PREPARE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the UNFCCC/Kyoto meetings in Montreal, Embassy officers visited French environment officials to learn what was on their minds. All expressed praise for USG climate science and climate technology work, something of a change from mostly negative comments toward [...] |
2005-11-23 18:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR |
| 05PARIS8022 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran CIA - Alleged [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-25 11:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8028 |
AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. SUDAN 4. MAURITANIA 5. CHAD 6. GABON 7. RWANDA 8. MALARIA+HIV/AIDS Â [...] |
2005-11-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS8029 |
NATO - FRENCH STILL RETICENT ON USE OF NAC-R [...] (C) Summary: On November 21, MOD Strategic Affairs officer Colonel Creux provided a very positive readout of Strategic Affairs Director Jean Ponton d'Amecourt's October 31 meetings at the Pentagon, the NSC, and the Department. While outstanding issues remain with the Pentagon, most notably the [...] |
2005-11-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR FR NATO EUN |
| 05PARIS8032 |
DEMARCHE: BASHAR'S OFFER TO MEHLIS - FRANCE IN [...] (S) France agrees fully with the substance of the position laid out in reftel. A/S Jean-Francois Thibault provided this reaction at close of business, Friday, November 25, after having reviewed the question with (unnamed) MFA and Presidency senior officials during the course of the day. Thib [...] |
2005-11-25 18:25:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV FR SY |
| 05PARIS8034 |
OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE [...] As a member of the Task Force that drafted the new EPOC Strategic Vision, the U.S. is a strong proponent of the Vision and successfully negotiated further refinements. The purpose of the Vision is to guide environmental work of the Committee over the next 5-10 years; to promote the implementat [...] |
2005-11-28 08:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD |
| 05PARIS8049 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Europe: Allegation of GWOT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8057 |
USUNESCO -- DRAFT DECLARATION FOR [...] This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. The following is the draft declaration for the International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus to be held in Argentina and Uruguay February 20-24, 2006. The meeting is being organized by Unesco's Social Science Sector as part of its Man [...] |
2005-11-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AR UY UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8062 |
FRANCE: HSPD-6 TERRORIST LOOKOUT SHARING PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Agencies at post involved in our productive and extensive counterterrorism dialogue with the French have considered HSPD-6 requirements to explore obtaining terrorist watchlist information. We consider it highly unlikely the GOF would consent to unilateral sharing of its watchli [...] |
2005-11-28 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER CVIS CASC PGOV PREL PINR FR EUN |
| 05PARIS8063 |
FRANCE: R/V CORWITH CRAMER RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] (U) Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 1441/AME dated 24 November 2005. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research campaign of the Corwith Cramer in the French waters of [...] |
2005-11-28 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KRVC EWWT FR |
| 05PARIS8069 |
SOCIALIST PARTY ENDS MONTH-LONG DECISON PROCESS [...] France's Socialist Party (PS) -- in a convoluted, fiercely contested, but genuinely democratic process throughout November -- agreed on a document setting out the party's policy direction and renewed the membership of its governing institutions. It also created a "Presidential Commission" to [...] |
2005-11-28 18:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS8071 |
NATO Tour for Young French Political Leaders - [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...] |
2005-11-29 09:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN |
| 05PARIS8072 |
DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA [...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...] |
2005-11-29 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY |
| 05PARIS8074 |
FRANCE: NASA/DAO MISSION CLEARANCE APPROVAL: [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-29 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS TSPA FR |
| 05PARIS8075 |
FRANCE TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON NGO DRAFT LAW DEMARCHE [...] (C) On November 22, Poloff delivered ref A demarche regarding a new Russian draft law on NGOs to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space. On November 29, Charles Denier, senior desk officer for Russia, told Poloff that France was, like the U.S., very c [...] |
2005-11-29 11:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS PHUM PINR |
| 05PARIS8076 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Climate Change - Montreal [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-29 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS808 |
FURTHER GOF REACTION TO DEATH OF EYADEMA [...] MFA spokesman on February 7 addressed the issue of Togo President Eyadema and the naming of his son as his successor (reftel). Informal Embassy translation of MFA spokesman's statement and response to questions follows. 2. BEGIN TEXT: -- I recall to you the spokesman's declaration of [...] |
2005-02-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TO FR |
| 05PARIS8081 |
USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: EXHIBITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission continues to receive requests from American artists, consortia and NGOs for support in securing UNESCO exhibit space. This is because navigating the exhibits bureaucracy at UNESCO is deeply confusing to the uninitiated, rates to rent out the spac [...] |
2005-11-29 12:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN |
| 05PARIS8088 |
SARKOZY'S SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES RECENT [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy's security advisor, a 20-year plus veteran of the French National Police, said the recent unrest had taken the security establishment by surprise, but that the massive yet moderate response of the police prevented a major crisis of public order. [...] |
2005-11-29 13:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER FR PGOV |
| 05PARIS81 |
DONOR SUPPORT FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF: FRANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Working level French officials dealing with the tsunami are very pleased with and thankful for the excellent cooperation with the USG. France will be represented "most likely at the ministerial level" at the 11 January Geneva donors' conference, however the GOF has not decide [...] |
2005-01-05 17:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAID EFIN PREL FR |
| 05PARIS8103 |
FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-29 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KPWR EAID AF |
| 05PARIS8116 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8120 |
USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] The Canadian mission officially notified the UNESCO Director General 23 November that Canada had accepted (ratified) the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, recently adopted by the biennial UNESCO General Conference at its October 2005 meeting. It also registered its acceptance with the [...] |
2005-11-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD CJAN CA UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8123 |
USUNESCO: POST-WSIS READOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission met with Elizabeth Longworth, Head of the Information Society Division of the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector on 11/23/05 and discussed WSIS follow up at UNESCO, UNESCO views on how Internet Governance was handled at WSIS, and the U.S. Library of Congress [...] |
2005-11-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8128 |
Corrected Copy -- NATO Tour for Young French [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...] |
2005-11-30 14:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN |
| 05PARIS8137 |
FRENCH UNABLE TO SEND BOLIVIAN ELECTION MONITORS [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Bolivia Desk Officer Philippe Letrillard on November 30. Letrillard underlined that the GoF fully supported efforts to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections in Bolivia. However, he noted that the EU was unable to send observers and expressed doubt t [...] |
2005-11-30 15:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FR BO |
| 05PARIS8149 |
WTO TRADE TALKS: FRENCH BUSINESS BEGINS TO [...] SUMMARY. In a first public breach of the French position on agricultural trade, French business leaders -- with French Ministers of Economy and of Trade present -- openly criticized the GOF's support for the interests of the agricultural sector and maintenance of the EU's Common Agricultural [...] |
2005-11-30 17:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL FR |
| 05PARIS8150 |
DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: FRENCH [...] (C) Poloff discussed the President's major policy speech on Iraq and the just-released U.S. strategy paper on Iraq with MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf affairs Antoine Sivan and MFA Iraq desk officer David Cvach November 30. Sivan welcomed our briefing, and said he would incorp [...] |
2005-12-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV IZ |
| 05PARIS8153 |
France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Record fine for France Telecom (para 2); -- Hefty fines for French mobile phone operators (para 3); -- France Telecom fined fo [...] |
2005-12-01 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS8162 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Alleged CIA Prisons [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-01 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8171 |
NOVEMBER 28-29 VISIT OF IRAQI FM ZEBARI [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA contacts described the November 28-29 visit of Iraqi FM Zebari as a success, but did not suggest that the visit will herald an increase in modest French assistance levels to Iraq. FM Douste-Blazy reportedly stressed to Zebari GoF support for an inclusive political [...] |
2005-12-01 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ SY IR FR |
| 05PARIS8172 |
NAC COMMUNIQUE: DESPITE RESERVATIONS, FRANCE IS [...] (C) On December 1, we delivered ref A points to Arnaud Roux, MFA Counselor following the CFE/Istanbul discussions and who also will be present at the NAC on December 2. Roux confirmed that he was aware of the debate on the use of "either" versus "or" paragraph proposals. He expressed some su [...] |
2005-12-01 18:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE FR NATO |
| 05PARIS8173 |
MFA CABINET ADVISOR ON FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS AND [...] Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's advisor for Franco-German relations Heldt and German Ambassador Neubert, speaking about German Chancellor Merkel's November 23 inaugural visit to France, both predicted continuity in the Franco-German relationship while emphasizing more a marriage of reason than of [...] |
2005-12-01 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GM PINR EUN |
| 05PARIS8186 |
FRENCH CONTINUE TO BAN AL-MANAR, ALTHOUGH APPEAL [...] (S) We discussed reftel points on preventing Al Manar broadcasts with CSA (France's FCC-equivalent) and MFA contacts on December 2. We stressed the importance of France continuing its ban on Al Manar. 2. (S) Isabel Mariani, international affairs liaison at the CSA, confirmed that, as repor [...] |
2005-12-02 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ASEC PREL PTER FR LE |
| 05PARIS8192 |
USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING [...] This is an urgent guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The director of UNESCO's Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences, Maciej Nalecz, has asked via a letter to Ambassador Oliver if U.S. International Contributions for Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Activities (ICSECA) fund [...] |
2005-12-02 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD UNESCO KSI |
| 05PARIS8202 |
AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. GABON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 6. NIGER 7. HISSENE HABRE 8. UGANDA 9. HIV/AIDS-MALAWI Â [...] |
2005-12-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS8203 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Allegations of CIA Flights [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8207 |
(C) FRENCH REACTION TO FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON [...] (S) We shared and discussed reftel points with the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division, noted that absent a designation on terrorism grounds, France normally lacks legal authority to block assets of individua [...] |
2005-12-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS8217 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-05 11:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8240 |
FRENCH REMAIN UNDECIDED ON MACEDONIA'S EU CANDIDACY [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel B points with MFA DAS-equivalent for External Community Relations Caroline Ferrari. Ferrari said that the GOF has not yet decided if it will support the granting of candidate status to Macedonia as recommended on November 9 by the Commission. Ferrari said that the [...] |
2005-12-05 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM FR MK DA EUN |
| 05PARIS8245 |
USUNESCO: UK REP REPORTS PLANS THAT EC ADOPT [...] (U) UK UNESCO DCM Christine Atkinson informed DCM Koss 30 November about plans whereby the European Council would adopt the Cultural Diversity Convention in May 2006, with EU Member State ratifications to follow. She gave the specifics: --November - December 2005: European Commission inter [...] |
2005-12-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8246 |
FRENCH REACTION TO E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) We delivered ref points to the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. We spoke with Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division in the Ministry of Economy, who took note of the information but expressed skepticism that France could do anything about [...] |
2005-12-05 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM KTFN FR |
| 05PARIS8247 |
USUNESCO: KOREAN DMZ: NO MECHANISM EXISTS TO [...] The 17 November public suggestion of Ted Turner of the United Foundations Foundation at a New York City event to designate the Korean DMZ as a World Heritage Site was unworkable, South Korean UNESCO rep Ki-Joung Cho told poloff in a 1 Dec office call, even though a great majority of South Kor [...] |
2005-12-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SCUL MARR CJAN CH KS UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8248 |
USUNESO - AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 2 LUNCH WITH [...] Ambassador Oliver attended a lunch December 2 hosted by the Austrian ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner. The 11 guests were from other delegations and the UNESCO secretariat and included Monsignor Follo, the Holy See observer, the ambassadors of Lithuania, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro, the [...] |
2005-12-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD FR EU AU YI UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8256 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8269 |
FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE [...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted French company Ixsea Oceano and spoke with CEO Thierry Gaiffe as well as Quality Director Nicolas Faussot. Both were very cooperative. Faussot thoroughly answered all of our questions. 2. First, Faussot confirmed that Ixsea ordered fo [...] |
2005-12-06 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
| 05PARIS8280 |
USUNESCO-UNESCO TO PARTICIPATE IN AFRICAN [...] (SBU) UNESCO Director General Matsuura, accompanied by the Assistant Directors General for Culture and Education will attend an African Union summit in Khartoum on culture and education in January 23-24. The total UNESCO delegation will number 12-15. In anticipation of the Khartoum meeting, [...] |
2005-12-06 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XA UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8292 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 13:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8300 |
SUPPORT FOR PARTNERSHIPS TO REDUCE MERCURY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 14:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV FR |
| 05PARIS831 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS [...] SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS 2. MIDDLE EAST - SHARM EL-SHEIK SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A LARGE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PARIS, HER MUCH AWAITED POLICY SPEECH AND HER CONSULTATIONS WITH PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND FM BARNIER. THE CHO [...] |
2005-02-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8311 |
NEW FRENCH ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES ON THE WAY, [...] (SBU) French Interior Minister Sarkozy's anti-terrorism bill, approved by France's National Assembly on November 29, has moved to the Senate for final approval with surprising speed. The Bill will authorize video surveillance of more public places and give the government increased powers to [...] |
2005-12-07 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON KTFN FR |
| 05PARIS8313 |
TEXT OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE [...] (U) Action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Post received on December 6, 2005 faxed copy of a letter to the Secretary from the President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Renee van der Linden. The transmittal sheet attached to the letter from van der Linden's Chief of Staf [...] |
2005-12-07 16:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PTER PINR PHUM FR |
| 05PARIS8314 |
MDA: FRANCE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR DRAFT GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC |
| 05PARIS8318 |
USUNESCO: COUNTRY CLEARANCE USGS DEVINE+1 [...] As requested in reftel, country clearance is granted for Senior Advisor for Science Applications James F. Devine and acting Director Patrick Leahy to travel to Paris (12/15-12/17) to meet with UNESCO Science Staff and U.S. Mission to UNESCO. 2. Control officer is Science Attach, Nancy Co [...] |
2005-12-08 10:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV TBIO AORC FR |
| 05PARIS8327 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-08 13:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8353 |
UNESCO: FRENCH CANDIDATE REPORTEDLY HAS LEAD [...] (C) Classified by Andrew, C. Koss, Charge, U.S. Mission to Unesco in Paris, reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary. Corridor rumors place Francoise Riviere, the French chief of staff to UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura, as the leading candidate among the 320 applicants to replace retiring A [...] |
2005-12-08 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8357 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE IN EUROPE - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8368 |
AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CAMEROON 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. ERITREA 8. SOUTH AFRICA 9. SUDAN 10. MALAWI 11. AFRICA'S PRISONS Â [...] |
2005-12-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS8373 |
A CONVERSATION WITH CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER [...] (C) Summary: Michel de Bonnecorse, head of the "Africa Cell" at the Elysee Palace that advises the French President, described the 12/2-12/4 Africa-France Summit in Bamako as a strategic, historic project, encouraged a high-level USG presence for the January meeting of the International Worki [...] |
2005-12-09 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC EAID TO GH IV FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS8374 |
FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. U.S. Investment in France is Up ---------------------------------- Â [...] |
2005-12-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL FR EUN |
| 05PARIS8386 |
WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] France's leading NGO dedicated to the support of terrorist victims and their families is S.O.S Attentats - S.O.S. Terrorisme. It was founded in 1986 by Franoise Rudetzki, herself a victim of terrorist attack. Its aim is to seek monetary compensation, psychological and medical care and judic [...] |
2005-12-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC SOCI FR |
| 05PARIS8390 |
FRANCE: GOVERNMENT CONCERNED ABOUT LEGAL BASIS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 7 meeting with a French official, Emboffs reviewed current arrangements for implementing the No-Fly system in France, and discussed GOF concerns about its legal basis in U.S. domestic law and ICAO conventions. Our contact also raised the potential applicability of [...] |
2005-12-12 10:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR FR PTER |
| 05PARIS8397 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8416 |
UNESCO: INTANGIBLE HERITAGE CONVENTION: [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC), which is designed to ensure the safeguarding of the international cultural heritage, will likely enter into force mid-2006. After that, IHC Member States will establish "Operational Guidelines" that will set the basis for the cr [...] |
2005-12-13 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD SENV SOCI PGOV CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8418 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria - Assassination of [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-13 12:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8426 |
FRENCH APPEAR DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE UIGHERS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-13 14:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF FR |
| 05PARIS8435 |
GOF OFFICIALS CONDEMNS TUENI ASSASSINATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GoF immediately condemned at the highest levels the assassination of Gebran Tueni and issued strong public statements calling on the international community to redouble efforts to ensure full implementation of relevant UNSCR's, confirming GoF readiness to help the GOL, and payi [...] |
2005-12-13 18:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS8441 |
FRENCH OFFICIALS STRESS THE POSITIVE TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Presidency and MFA officials stressed GoF support for Iraq's political process and the Arab League reconciliation effort during December 5 meetings with visiting Deputy Senior Iraq Advisor Deutsch. French officials expressed willingness to help support Iraqi rec [...] |
2005-12-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ FR |
| 05PARIS8442 |
FRANCE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per reftel, enclosed is the 2005 country report on terrorism for France. Embassy point of contact is Poloff Peter Kujawinski, who can be reached on either the classified or unclassified e-mail systems. France - 2005 OVERVIEW In 2005, France continued to discover and dismantle terro [...] |
2005-12-14 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN FR |
| 05PARIS8445 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria-Lebanon Rice European [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-14 15:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8454 |
FRANCE FAVORS LIBERIAN SANCTIONS RENEWAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL ETRD ETTC LI FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS8456 |
UNESCO: Ambassador meets with DG to review US- [...] Summary: The Ambassador's December 6 meeting with UNESCO DG Matsuura focused primarily on three topics: U.S. engagement with UNESCO in the wake of UNESCO's adoption in October of the cultural diversity convention; the importance of increasing the number of U.S. staff at UNESCO and including an [...] |
2005-12-14 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC SCUL SKI UNESCO FR |
| 05PARIS8457 |
FRANCE TO DELIVER DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN NGO LAW [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-14 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RS FR |
| 05PARIS8458 |
USUNESCO: TEXT OF LETTER-UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] The following letter on Executive Board rotation was received December 14 from the Finnish delegation, the current chairs of electoral Group I. Please advise. QTE To Members of Electoral Group I Re: Meeting between the President of the General Conference and chairs of the various ele [...] |
2005-12-14 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO FR |
| 05PARIS8460 |
FRENCH GUARDED ON RUMORS OF SUBMARINE SALES TO [...] (S) Summary: In response to information indicating French-Venezuelan contacts to discuss potential arms sales, in particular the Scorpene submarine, DCM followed up on December 13 with the SGDN Deputy head Edouard Scott de Martinville, POL/MC with MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, U/S Joseph [...] |
2005-12-14 17:22:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR MASS PARM FR VE |
| 05PARIS8461 |
NON-COMMITTAL GOF RESPONSE ON WELCOMING IRAQI [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoF and local Iraqi embassy have no public events planned in conjunction with Iraq's December 15 elections. GoF officials stress that the GoF will wait and see how the elections unfold, paying particular attention to voter participation levels, before pronouncing [...] |
2005-12-14 18:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ FR |
| 05PARIS8462 |
COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET [...] (C) Summary: Council of Europe Secretary General Davis warned the Ambassador December 12, citing NATO "unresponsiveness" to repeated written queries, that he intended soon "to go public" with respect to the alleged use of KFOR-run detention centers in Kosovo for secret CIA secret prisons (this [...] |
2005-12-15 06:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR FR EUN |
| 05PARIS8471 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran - Ahmadinejad's [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8483 |
GOF CONTINUES TO DECLINE COMMENT ON BOUTEFLIKA'S [...] (C) The GoF continues to stonewall on the health situation of Algerian President Bouteflika, who has been hospitalized in Paris since November 27 (reftels). During a December 13 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Christian Testot reiterated he could provide no informatio [...] |
2005-12-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG FR |
| 05PARIS8487 |
UNESCO PRIZES-SOME GOOD, SOME BAD [...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. The UNESCO secretariat issued a press release on December 14 announcing that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will receive the 2005 International Jose Marti Prize in a ceremony in Havana on 28 January, 2006. According to the announcement, the [...] |
2005-12-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | VE FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8490 |
BANKERS SHARE DISCONTENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several senior French bankers have emphasized to the Ambassador their frustration at the slow pace of French structural reforms, albeit with grudging admiration for the efforts of Finance Minister Breton. They forecast continued weak GDP growth in 2006, and note the importance [...] |
2005-12-16 11:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS8499 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Legislative elections [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-16 13:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8502 |
UNESCO HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON HUMAN SECURITY [...] A high-level working meeting on Human Security was held December 12 and 13 at UNESCO headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to advise on a "major publication" on human security that is planned for 2007. 2. The high-level working meeting (note: "high-level working meeting" is not [...] |
2005-12-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8503 |
USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect), a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...] |
2005-12-16 14:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8505 |
Despite Obstacles French Corn Growers [...] SUMMARY: Despite a recent judicial decision suspending jail sentences for 49 people found responsible for test plot destruction and the absence of a French law on coexistence of biotech and non-biotech crops, French corn growers are determined to continue planting biotech corn. They planted [...] |
2005-12-16 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
| 05PARIS8509 |
USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect), a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...] |
2005-12-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO |
| 05PARIS8511 |
ELYSEE TAKING GRIM VIEW ON CHAD [...] (C) Summary: The Elysee "Africa Cell" that advises President Chirac believes President Deby's Chad is undergoing a major crisis, with a near-term coup and territorial disintegration conceivable scenarios. Deby has lost Zarghawa confidence, according to Elysee adviser Labriolle, because he h [...] |
2005-12-16 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV EFIN EPET CD FR |
| 05PARIS8512 |
FRANCE WELCOMES IRAQI ELECTIONS, BUT SUGGESTS IRAQ [...] (C) The following is an informal translation of the French MFA spokesman's December 16 statement on Iraq's elections: Begin text. France welcomes the important mobilization of all the components of Iraqi society during the December 15 election for the National Assembly and marks its satisf [...] |
2005-12-16 18:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR |
| 05PARIS8513 |
AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTTON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. DROC 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. CHAD 8. NIGER 9. ETHIOPIA/ERITREA 10. SUDAN Â [...] |
2005-12-19 08:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS8525 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO and EU Agreements [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-19 13:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8544 |
MFA CAUTIOUS ON UNSCR 1644, SYRIA/LEBANON NEXT [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Syria/Lebanon Herve Besancenot welcomed the UNSC's unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1644, but expressed concern that international efforts to pressure Syria are losing momentum while the SARG is increasingly emboldened that it can wait out the U.S. and France ove [...] |
2005-12-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS8548 |
FRENCH NAVAL COURTSHIP CREATES DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF, Thales, and state-owned shipbuilder DCN, have confirmed that the French defense electronics group has agreed to buy a 25% stake in DCN. Their messages echoed the widespread expectation that the Thales-DCN tie-in would be applauded by its architects as a first step towa [...] |
2005-12-20 09:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND MARR MASS PARM ECON FR |
| 05PARIS856 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE [...] SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LE FIGARO WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE "THREAT FROM RADICALISM" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFTER THE SHARM EL-SHEIK CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT. "PUTTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON TRACK [...] |
2005-02-10 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8560 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - President Bush [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8561 |
AUSTRALIA GROUP: IRAN SEEKING GLASS-LINED [...] (S) On December 16, ESTH/NP Officers delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Etienne Sur, who is responsible for chemical disarmament at the MFA. Mr. Sur understood the points delivered and conveyed his appreciation for the information and willingness to investigate the situation fu [...] |
2005-12-20 13:53:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC FR IR CBW |
| 05PARIS8571 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bolivia [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-21 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8573 |
FRENCH GOVERNMENT PRIVATIZES TOLL-ROAD COMPANIES [...] SUMMARY. The government announced winning-bidders for its stake in toll-ways companies, ASF, APRR and SANEF December 14. The sell-off, which aroused widespread overseas bid interest, encountered political opposition in the National Assembly. Bidders were selected on their price offers, but a [...] |
2005-12-21 12:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS8576 |
FRENCH MEDIA REACTION: MONTREAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE [...] Summary. During the run-up to the eleventh Conference of the Parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Montreal November 28-December 9, the French press relentlessly criticized the U.S. and highlighted the "intransigent" attitude of the "world's largest polluter." Comment [...] |
2005-12-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV ENRG KPAO FR |
| 05PARIS8582 |
UNESCO: Kosovo Experts' Meeting: Establishes [...] (U) Summary. A 9 December UNESCO Experts' Meeting on Kosovo resulted in an agreed list of 13 priorities (seven Orthodox, six Muslim) for cultural restoration and the basis for a cooperative working relationship with UNMIK. The substantive part of the Expert Meeting, which took place in the p [...] |
2005-12-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL CJAN EAID YI UNESCO EUN |
| 05PARIS8586 |
PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to implement a second 30 percent tranche of debt reduction for Iraq, provided a Stand-By Arrangement is approved by the IMF Executive Board before year-end. The first batch of bilateral agreements implementing the Paris Club debt d [...] |
2005-12-21 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS86 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN [...] IRAQ 2. TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN AID AND POLITICS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: POLITICS AND HUMANITARIAN AID ARE TWO KEY WORDS IN MANY OF TODAY'S COMMENTARIES, WHILE FRONT PAGES ARE MOSTLY DEVOTED TO DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION IS AN EXCEPTION WITH ITS LEAD STORY ON IRAQ A [...] |
2005-01-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8601 |
UNESCO CONFERENCE EXAMINES MEANS OF ENHANCING [...] Summary and Introduction: An international conference on "The Introduction of History of Science in the Higher Education Level of the Muslim Countries" took place December 15-16, at UNESCO; the conference was organized by UNESCO's Culture Sector, with the participation of the Natural Science [...] |
2005-12-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO KSCA SOCI SCUL KISL TSPL FR |
| 05PARIS8603 |
FRANCE SIGNS 80 PERCENT DEBT REDUCTION AGREEMENT [...] (U) On December 21, the GoF signed a bilateral debt reduction agreement with Iraq, in accordance with Paris Club terms agreed to in November 2004. The agreement offers an 80 percent cancellation of Iraq's debt between 2005 and 2008, disbursed in three tranches linked to implementation of Iraq [...] |
2005-12-22 11:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EAID IZ FR |
| 05PARIS8605 |
FRENCH HOPEFUL ON ALTERNATIVE TO SUDANESE AU [...] (C) MFA Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert confirmed to Africa Watcher that France remains hopeful that a Congo-Brazzaville candidacy may avert the fiasco of a possible Sudanese African Union (AU) Presidency after the January 2006 summit in Khartoum. Chirac's Africa Adviser Michel de Bonnecorse [...] |
2005-12-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM CF SU AU FR |
| 05PARIS8606 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KEY SARKOZY ADVISOR FRANCOIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sarkozy advisor and former Education Minister Francois Fillon told the Ambassador December 20 that Sarkozy had a chance to buck the French predisposition to vote against the ruling party in 2007 by focusing his presidential campaign on the electorate's deep-seated desire for re [...] |
2005-12-22 12:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI FR EUN |
| 05PARIS8608 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran International [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8610 |
UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: [...] (SBU) The Cultural Diversity Convention's proponents continue to carry out a multi-faceted ratification strategy (Refs A and B). Kader Asmal, who advocated for the Convention from his position as Chair of the UNESCO negotiations, is reportedly to "consult" with developing countries and urge [...] |
2005-12-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL ETRD CJAN TBIO FR SU AF |
| 05PARIS8613 |
U.S. TROOP DRAWDOWN IN AFGHANISTAN NOT A SURPRISE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PGOV AF FR NATO |
| 05PARIS8619 |
FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION [...] Summary: Even though France's President Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA), issued a press release on [...] |
2005-12-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR |
| 05PARIS8622 |
FRANCE REVISES 2005 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: The GOF revised its 2005 central government budget to include additional social expenditures and revised receipts including transfers to local authorities. The revised budget includes measures dear to President Chirac: a tax on airline tickets to help fund development aid, and tax cu [...] |
2005-12-22 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS8623 |
FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...] |
2005-12-22 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN |
| 05PARIS8626 |
FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...] |
2005-12-23 06:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN |
| 05PARIS8627 |
FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION DISSATISFIED WITH [...] Summary: Even though French President, Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA), issued a press release on [...] |
2005-12-23 06:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
| 05PARIS8631 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER EU COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on December 21, former EU Commission president Jacques Delors underlined his feeling that Europe is currently in a deep crisis, in part because of the lack of visionary European leadership, but also because of Europeans' hostility to EU enlar [...] |
2005-12-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR EUN |
| 05PARIS8654 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Galileo [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-27 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8659 |
AIR FRANCE DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Emboffs December 21, Air France officials expressed concern about the cost of processing visas for crewmembers. Air France estimates that it requires approximately 6000 visas per year at a cost in lost crew time and other expenses it claims could reach five [...] |
2005-12-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CVIS PTER FR |
| 05PARIS8673 |
SYRIA: FRANCE'S THOUGHTS ON EIB LOAN [...] (C) Summary. French officials tell us that the EIB loan to improve Syria's rural telephone network was approved unanimously on 13 December. While the Foreign Ministry was unaware and regretted the news that the loan had been approved, Finance Ministry officials said they see no scope for ov [...] |
2005-12-28 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL FR SY |
| 05PARIS8677 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ukraine Bush Administration [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8683 |
GOF RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO UIGHER RESETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR KAWC PHUM PREF |
| 05PARIS8684 |
FRANCE CONTENT TO OBSERVE RUSSIAN-UKRAINE GAS [...] (C) Summary. French officials agree that the Russia- Ukraine gas dispute bears watching, but do not believe that intervention by European officials recommending gradual market solutions is warranted at this time. They suspect that commenting now might even be counterproductive. Dismissing co [...] |
2005-12-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL UP RS FR |
| 05PARIS8689 |
REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND SPORTS [...] Mission France is pleased to have the opportunity to provide an overview of those cultural programs that best support our MPP goals and objectives. While France - and Paris in particular - is center to the cultural world, hosting thousands of these events each year without our involvement, th [...] |
2005-12-29 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS8692 |
AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CHAD/SUDAN 5. DROC 6. RWANDA 7. CAMEROON 8. FRANCE AND AFRICA Â [...] |
2005-12-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS8698 |
AFGHANISTAN COMPACT IN LONDON: PRELIMINARY FRENCH [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Jerome Walter, Counselor for Multilateral and Bilateral Financial Affairs at Cooperation (AID-equivalent), Ramon Fernandez, in Tresor's Office of Multilateral Affairs and Development, and to Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon at the MFA. Fernandez an [...] |
2005-12-30 13:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL AF |
| 05PARIS878 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-11 11:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS879 |
REVIEW OF ISSUES RAISED IN SECSTATE MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with MFA Cabinet Director Vimont (protect), DCM discussed follow up to issues raised during Secretary's meetings in Paris February 8. Vimont said the French side had been pleased by the visit and the level of discussion with the Secretary. Review of specific issue [...] |
2005-02-11 12:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IR IZ SY |
| 05PARIS888 |
FRANCE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) On February 10, Hugues de Longevialle, MFA disarmament specialist responsible for IAEA issues, provided us with initial feedback on our initiative to strengthen the IAEA (reftel), which we had conveyed earlier in the week. Longevialle cautioned that a more formal French reaction was still [...] |
2005-02-11 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM TRGY AORC FR IAEA |
| 05PARIS89 |
IAEA: FRANCE HAS NOT TAKEN A DECISION ON A THIRD [...] (C) In the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent director for disarmament issues Francois Richier, we presented reftel demarche December 21 to the desk officer covering the office during the holidays. On January 5, we met with Richier's deputy, Veronique Vouland-Aneini, who voiced skepticism that IAE [...] |
2005-01-06 11:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC PREL FR IAEA |
| 05PARIS890 |
U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCUSSION OF U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and National Nuclear Security Administrator Linton Brooks held fruitful meetings with Director of the Federal Agency of Atomic Energy (Rosatom) Alexandr Rumyantsev to discuss a possible U.S.-Russian joint statement on counter terrorism and preve [...] |
2005-02-14 06:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ENRG PTER KNNP RU |
| 05PARIS901 |
FRENCH PRESIDENT CHIRAC PLEASED WITH U.S.- [...] (U) Summary: On February 9, 2005, the USEP Space Attache/NASA European Representative (NER) joined a European Space Agency (ESA) delegation to brief French President Jacques Chirac on the successful deployment of the European Huygens probe on the surface of the Saturn moon, Titan. Chirac wa [...] |
2005-02-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA PREL FR |
| 05PARIS904 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS [...] IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS 2. MUNICH SUMMIT - NATO - IRAN 3. TOGO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A WIDE VARIETY OF STORIES ARE FEATURED IN TODAY'S EDITORIALS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENTS IN TOGO (LE FIGARO), BUT THE IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO: "THE SHIITES [...] |
2005-02-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS908 |
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OVERVIEW OF SECSTATE VISIT TO PARIS [...] Summary: Three dominant views emerged in the French media from a plethora of reaction to the Secretary's visit to Europe. Coverage of the Secretary's visit to Paris was extensive, and its tenor was quite warm, especially when contrasted with the Iraq-inspired chill in American-French relati [...] |
2005-02-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC OIIP FR |
| 05PARIS920 |
IRAN-EU3: FRENCH RESPONSE TO U/S BOLTON'S LETTERS [...] (C) Late on 11 February, French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye's office provided us with an advance copy of Laboulaye's response to U/S Bolton on the issue of Iranian violations of the November EU3 agreement with Iran. We were told a hard copy would follow under cover of diploma [...] |
2005-02-14 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM FR |
| 05PARIS938 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK KYOTO [...] LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK 2. KYOTO PROTOCOL 3. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIK HARIRI DOMINATE TODAY'S EDITORIALS AND FRONT PAGES. RADIO COMMENTATOR BERNARD GUETTA ECHOES MOST EDITORIALISTS WHEN HE TITLES HIS COMMENTARY: "SYRIA'S [...] |
2005-02-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS952 |
TOGO: FRENCH SUPPORTERS OF EYADEMA INVOLVED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftel notes the current involvement of two French figures in the succession controversy following Togolese President Eyadema's death, Charles Debbasch and Michel Scarbonchi. Both are well-known longtime supporters and advisors of the former President, and both have had recent [...] |
2005-02-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR TO FR |
| 05PARIS953 |
GOF CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF officials reacted with shock and indignation to the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri February 14, with President Chirac calling for an international investigation to establish responsibility and punish the perpetrators. FM Barnier described the bo [...] |
2005-02-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS963 |
BIE: NEW PITCH FOR U.S. TO REJOIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Wu Jianmin, the President of the International Exhibitions Bureau (or BIE, the organization responsible for organizing World's Fairs and other global exhibitions) has requested that the USG reconsider its 2002 withdrawal from the organization. He said that within the past six [...] |
2005-02-15 17:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP AORC FR |
| 05PARIS964 |
FRENCH DELAYING TACTICS ON EU DESIGNATION OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite multiple appeals from the U.S. and Israel, the GoF appears likely to seek a delay in EU designation of Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the EU Clearinghouse meetings February 16. The chief GoF preoccupation appears to be the perceived complicating effe [...] |
2005-02-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC EFIN LE SY FR EUN |
| 05PARIS965 |
FRENCH SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HA XL FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS974 |
FRENCH OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BORREL AFFAIR, WIDOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for East Africa Jean-Christophe Belliard informed us on February 14 that Djibouti FM Farah's health was recovering following his stroke but that he would remain hospitalized for several weeks and would not be able to meet with FM Barnier on February 17 as ear [...] |
2005-02-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MARR SCUL DJ FR |
| 05PARIS985 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF [...] LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF HARIRI - SYRIA 2. KYOTO 3. U.S - EUROPEAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EXECUTIVE LIFE IS TODAY'S TOP HEADLINE STORY, WITH LE FIGARO, LA TRIBUNE AND LES ECHOS REPORTING THAT FRANCE IS READY TO PAY THE CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSION BETWEEN 525 AND 600 MIL [...] |
2005-02-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS987 |
OECD TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON TRADE AND [...] On February 7, 2005, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held a technical workshop intended to seek advice from outside experts on its draft report on trade and structural adjustment. The paper is to be completed in time for the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting [...] |
2005-02-16 14:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD XG XT ZM ECON EFIN |
| 05PARIS993 |
FRANCE ON U.S. VENEZUELAN CONCERNS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Venezuelan Desk Officer Hedi Picquart on February 16. Picquart did not have an immediate formal response to U.S. concerns about Russian weapons sales to Venezuela, but indicated that he would pass our points to French embassies in Moscow, Caracas, and B [...] |
2005-02-16 15:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL FR VE CO |
| 06PARIS1006 |
UNESCO: INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONVENTION [...] SUMMARY: On February 9, 2006 UNESCO hosted an information session for member states on the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Director General (DG), Matsuura and Assistant Director General (ADG) for Culture, Bouchenaki outlined the next steps for the impleme [...] |
2006-02-16 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL AORC UNESCO |
| 06PARIS1007 |
FOLLOW-UP ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE TUNIS AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, 2006 the UNESCO Director General (DG), Koichiro Matsuura, and Assistant Director General (ADG) for Communication and Information, Khan, held an information session for UNESCO's permanent delegations to outline the implications for UNESCO of the World Information [...] |
2006-02-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
| 06PARIS1010 |
MFA OFFERS ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON IRANIAN [...] (C) During a February 15 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan offered additional details on Iranian government manipulation of the Mohammed cartoon controversy, which he said led to a violent protest last week which targeted the French em [...] |
2006-02-16 18:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR KISL FR |
| 06PARIS1011 |
FRANCE/C.A.R.: MFA ENCOURAGED BUT CONCERNS REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 15 stressed continuing GOF interest in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.), based on its strategic location, role in regional crises, and precarious status as an impoverished state that could become a failed state. The MFA officials claimed P [...] |
2006-02-16 18:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CT FR |
| 06PARIS1020 |
AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. CHAD/SUDAN 4. NIGERIA 5. DROC Â [...] |
2006-02-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS1031 |
SEGOLENE ROYAL DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR 2007, TRIP [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Socialist Party (PS) presidential hopeful, current media darling and president of the Poitou-Charentes region Segolene Royal left no doubt as to her determination to win election as president of France in 2007. She matter-of-factly assessed [...] |
2006-02-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 06PARIS1036 |
DEBY BETTER OFF AFTER TRIPOLI. UN DROPPING THE [...] (C) Summary: The French Presidency is relieved at the outcome of the Tripoli summit, which has significantly defused tensions between Sudan and Chad. Elysee Africa Cell Deputy Labriolle reported that Libya was pleased to have demonstrated its diplomatic credibility and had laid the groundwo [...] |
2006-02-17 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IV SU CD FR |
| 06PARIS104 |
MFA, PRESIDENCY ADDRESS UPCOMING MORALES VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 5 discussion of ref A demarche, an MFA official indicated that President Chirac would urge Bolivian president-elect Morales January 7 to govern responsibly and inclusively. Chirac will counsel prudence in moving forward with stated plans to nationalize the natural g [...] |
2006-01-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR BO CO |
| 06PARIS105 |
MUBARAK VISIT LEAVES GOF REASSURED OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac meeting, GoF contacts described Chirac and Mubarak as on the "same line" on Syria/Lebanon, and concluded that Egypt remains firm in its commitment to press Syria to cooperate with UNIIIC. Mubarak and Chirac agreed that Bashar al-Asad mu [...] |
2006-01-06 18:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE EG KPAL IS IR IZ FR |
| 06PARIS1068 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relations - [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-21 11:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS107 |
AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. CHAD/SUDAN 4. SIERRA LEONE 5. ZIMBABWE 6. UGANDA 7. RWANDA Â [...] |
2006-01-09 08:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS1103 |
FRANCE REPORTS FIRST CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN [...] Summary: French authorities confirmed on February 18 the first case of avian flu in a wild duck on French territory. The government has extended the confinement of poultry to all departments of continental France. Vaccination of fowl is imminent in areas where confinement is difficult to en [...] |
2006-02-22 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR |
| 06PARIS1106 |
IPDC BUREAU UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver spoke with the Ambassador of the Netherlands on February 17, 2006 and confirmed that the Dutch Ambassador still plans to run for the Group I seat on the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Bureau. In the meantime, the Greek Amb [...] |
2006-02-23 06:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO |
| 06PARIS1113 |
UDF LEADER FRANCOIS BAYROU REVIEWS HIS CENTRIST [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on February 16, Union for French Democracy (UDF) leader Francois Bayrou reaffirmed "that France needs a centrist alternative" (ref B). He admitted, however, that the French persist in thinking in terms of "right and left," making it unlikely [...] |
2006-02-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 06PARIS1118 |
TOGO/FRANCE: EX-MINISTER BOKO UPSET AND AFRAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on February 17 that he was very upset by apparent press leaks concerning his testimony about the November 6, 2004, bombing incident in Cote d'Ivoire. Boko had told a French judge investigating the incident that French authorities h [...] |
2006-02-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PINR TO IV FR |
| 06PARIS1129 |
French Investment Flows Double in 2005 [...] SUMMARY. Based on preliminary data, direct investment flows both to/from France doubled in 2005. French companies continued to invest twice as much abroad than foreign companies invested in France. France plans to intensify economic relations with countries with high investment potential, n [...] |
2006-02-23 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS1130 |
GOF REAFFIRMS QUARTET CONDITIONS, NO-CONTACT WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA and Elysee contacts continue to reiterate GoF attachment to the Quartet conditions and that the GoF has no intention of seeking contacts with Hamas. At the same time, GOF contacts remain reluctant to prejudge the consequences of Hamas refusal to meet Quartet conditions on EU [...] |
2006-02-23 17:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS PTER EUN FR |
| 06PARIS1137 |
FRANCE: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW YEAR 2006 [...] (SBU) In 2005, the French government stepped up its efforts to combat counterfeiting and piracy. In particular, 2005 was marked by an increase in joint activities with French companies and cooperation between the government and the private sector. The GOF has also worked closely with the pr [...] |
2006-02-24 10:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON FR |
| 06PARIS1138 |
FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- EDF's appetite for takeovers grows as profits double (para 2) -- Italians again eyeing Ele [...] |
2006-02-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
| 06PARIS1141 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS1144 |
FIRST APPARENT CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN FRENCH [...] (U) Summary: Early on February 24, France's Agriculture Minister confirmed that a flock of domestic turkeys contained highly pathogenic H5 virus. Laboratory results, expected shortly, have yet to confirm definitively the H5N1 strain. However, the flock of turkeys - since culled - was locat [...] |
2006-02-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR |
| 06PARIS1169 |
MTAG: FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. NONPAPER FOR MTCR [...] (S) SUMMARY: On 15 February 2006, ESTH/NP Officer met with French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, and provided him reftel nonpaper. Although not named in the nonpaper, Bertol [...] |
2006-02-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL FR MTCR |
| 06PARIS1184 |
CHIKUNGUNYA EPIDEMIC ON REUNION ISLAND - [...] (U) Summary: A chikungunya (`chik') mosquito-borne viral epidemic in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion has become a serious political problem in Paris. Health Minister Bertrand in particular has been roundly criticized for "under-estimating" the epidemic. In an attempt to rein in th [...] |
2006-02-24 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CASC FR |
| 06PARIS1186 |
FRENCH ON FEBRUARY 27 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol Deputy delivered points to Pascal LeDeunff, deputy chief of the MFA's CFSP unit, on February 17; poloff followed up with LeDeunff on February 24. According to LeDeunff, the GAERC will issue strong conclusions on Iran, but none on Iraq or the Israeli-Palestinian situation. END [...] |
2006-02-24 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG FR EUN |
| 06PARIS1187 |
GOF CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (SBU) The GoF issued two statements, February 22 and 23, condemning the Al-Askariya Shrine bombing, and stressing the need for national reconciliation in Iraq (texts in paras 2 and 3). MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan told us the GoF statements were intended [...] |
2006-02-24 18:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ FR |
| 06PARIS1199 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq GWOT - Guantanamo - [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-27 12:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS121 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Liberation of French [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-09 13:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS1220 |
AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION [...] On February 22, Senior OES Public Affairs Advisor Susan Povenmire met with Maria Zampaglione, Director of Communications of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), to discuss how the USG and the OIE might collaborate on avian flu public outreach efforts. US Mission for UNESCO Science [...] |
2006-02-27 16:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA |
| 06PARIS1222 |
FRANCE AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON ODIHR ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-27 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PHUM PREL BE FR |
| 06PARIS1224 |
MFA GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POINTS ON [...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points on considerations for an international tribunal for UNIIIC suspects with MFA UN action officer for Middle East issues Selina Grenet February 23. Throughout the discussion, Grenet stressed GoF support for an international tribunal, while emphasizing the need [...] |
2006-02-27 19:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE KJUS FR |
| 06PARIS1235 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Islam - Democracy - [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-28 11:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS1236 |
2/21 STAFFDEL TALWAR VISIT: IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Members Puneet Talwar and Tomicah Tilleman met a series of senior French officials February 21, in discussions that addressed Iran, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, NATO/Darfur, Hamas, regional reform, and counterterrorism. On Iran, Chirac's Mi [...] |
2006-02-28 11:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR PARM IZ SY LE KPAL IS KDEM PTER SU |
| 06PARIS1251 |
FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAYMOND BARRE SHARES [...] (C) In a February 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, former prime minister Raymond Barre cautioned against any overconfidence that right-wing, nativist and xenophobic sentiment in France might be something of the past. If anything, in Barre's view, popular reaction to urban unrest and other [...] |
2006-02-28 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 06PARIS1264 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-01 11:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS128 |
PRESIDENCY MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche previewed the upcoming visit of Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Gourdault-Montagne to Washington, stressing the need to reassess U.S.-GoF efforts to pressure Damascus, without suggesting that such pressure be eased. Boche d [...] |
2006-01-09 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE EG SA FR |
| 06PARIS1282 |
SUDAN -- URGENT DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Pol/MC discussed AMIS re-hatting (ref) with MFA Africa Bureau PDAS Elisabeth Barbier March 1. Barbier fully concurred with our analysis of the current situation, and undertook to review what the French might be able to do in support of the demarches we are making in Tripoli, Cairo and e [...] |
2006-03-01 13:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU KPKO FR |
| 06PARIS1289 |
FRENCH DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to various MFA and MOD officials responsible for Iraq, Afghanistan and NATO. On Iraq, the regional bureau described itself as "not opposed" to providing assistance but adduced a number of preconditions to be fulfilled that make assistance unlikely. [...] |
2006-03-01 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL |
| 06PARIS1293 |
SYRIA: FRANCE NOT INCLINED TO BLOCK EIB WATER LOAN [...] (C) Summary. French officials continue to suggest that France will not block the proposed EIB loan to support water projects in Syria. In our discussions with senior Elysee, MFA and Finance Ministry officials, they have been quick to note that Syria is not under EU sanctions, that the water [...] |
2006-03-01 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN SY LE FR |
| 06PARIS1295 |
UNESCO: CARTOON ISSUE THREATENS TO HIJACK UPCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a guidance request, see para 7. On February 15 the UNESCO Ambassadors of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) released a statement in response to the Danish cartoons. Among other things, the statement calls for the creation of a normativ [...] |
2006-03-01 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL AORC KISL UNESCO |
| 06PARIS1296 |
(C) MFA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO EU-3 ON [...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary reaction to the U.S. white paper on Syria/Lebanon (ref A), MFA A/S-equivalent for NEA Thibault sought to emphasize the positive, while offering a variety of legalistic arguments on why EU sanctions on Syria were inadvisable or unachievable at this juncture. Thiba [...] |
2006-03-01 18:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 06PARIS130 |
FRENCH IMPRESSIONS OF MORALES VISIT [...] (C) Presidential diplomatic advisor for the Americas Dominique Boche characterized the 45 minute meeting January 7 between President Jacques Chirac and Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales as positive. Morales reassured Chirac that foreign investors would be provided a secure legal environme [...] |
2006-01-09 17:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR BO |
| 06PARIS1301 |
UNESCO: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE, UNESCO CHAMPIONS [...] SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: UNESCO has an array of programs related to celebrity advocates, such as goodwill ambassadors, who help focus the world's attention on UNESCO as an organization. The US Mission to UNESCO requests guidance on approaching Mr. Tiger Woods about becoming a UNESC [...] |
2006-03-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL UNESCO |
| 06PARIS1304 |
PARIS CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE FINANCING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. President Chirac can call his "Conference on Innovative Financing for Development" a success, at least by the standards the GOF had very likely set at the outset: during the Conference, eleven countries announced their intention to follow the French example and institute a tax [...] |
2006-03-02 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EIND FR |
| 06PARIS1306 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS131 |
MFA OFFICIAL DOWNPLAYS U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (C) In a January 5 meeting with Deputy Political Counselor and PolOff (discussion of Bolivia and Colombia ref B), DAS-equivalent for Latin America Michel Pinard downplayed U.S. concerns about rumored discussions regarding the sale of Scorpene submarines to Venezuela. While acknowledging that [...] |
2006-01-09 18:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM FR VE |
| 06PARIS1312 |
VILLEPIN ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON FRENCH RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Prime Minister de Villepin's cabinet economic advisor privately describes French-EU relations as being at "an all-time low" on economic issues and worries that the GOF has been unable to find much "traction" with the new German government of Angela Merkel. The advisor defended the openne [...] |
2006-03-02 12:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECON PREL FR |
| 06PARIS1322 |
FRANCE: AMBASSADOR AND MOT PERBEN DISCUSS US/EU [...] (U) Ambassador Stapleton had breakfast with Minister of Transport, Equipment, Infrastructure and Tourism Dominique Perben February 28. The Minister was accompanied by his Diplomatic Advisor Jacques Beltran and his Counsellor for Aviation Olivier Berthelot. Deputy Chief of Mission Karl Hofman [...] |
2006-03-02 14:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER PREL |
| 06PARIS1330 |
CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...] |
2006-03-02 17:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR |
| 06PARIS1331 |
IRAN/IAEA: FRENCH SHARE U.S. ASSESSMENT OF LATEST [...] (C) On March 2, we delivered ref A points, minus the "if asked" section, on U.S. views of the latest IAEA report to Etienne de Gonneville, an MFA action officer handling non-proliferation issues in the Strategic Affairs directorate. De Gonneville skimmed the U.S. text and remarked that our as [...] |
2006-03-02 17:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR FR IAEA |
| 06PARIS1335 |
FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART I [...] Answers below are keyed to section and para numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Kim Baker, bakerke@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393), fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 80 hours. FS-1 Deputy Political Counselor: 4 hours [...] |
2006-03-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI |
| 06PARIS1338 |
FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART II [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI |
| 06PARIS1339 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-03 11:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS1344 |
UNESCO: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) My staff and I held an off-site meeting February 14 to review the past two years of our engagement with UNESCO and to offer suggestions for the path ahead. We all agreed that we need to achieve tangible results for the USG by the October 2007 General Conference. That requires a realistic [...] |
2006-03-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KPAO AORC UNESCO |
| 06PARIS1347 |
2/27 STRAW - DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETING: MAINLY MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) Summary: UK embassy contacts described the February 27 Straw-Douste-Blazy working dinner as focused primarily on the two ministers' planned joint trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories, with no agreement on timing. Douste-Blazy wants the trip to take place before Israeli electio [...] |
2006-03-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL IS IR PARM ECON PINR UK AF FR |
| 06PARIS1352 |
AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. DROC 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. BURUNDI 6. MAURITANIA 7. UGANDA 8. KENYA 9. ZIMBABWE 10. NIGERIA Â [...] |
2006-03-03 15:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS1368 |
FRANCE ON UNDEF PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Deputy Polcouns discussed reftel points March 3 with MFA IO DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian and social affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen. Le Fraper said France's position tracked well with that of the U.S., although there were a few minor differences of emphasis. He [...] |
2006-03-03 19:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL FR UNGA |
| 06PARIS137 |
UNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON INVITATION TO [...] This is guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The UNESCO Secretariat has asked permission via letter to Ambassador, to invite U.S. official Eugene Stakhiv (Army Corps of Engineers) to deliver a public lecture at the 8th Kovacs Colloquium. The Kovacs colloquium, entitled "Frontiers in F [...] |
2006-01-10 09:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY SENV TSPL EAID UNESCO KSI |
| 06PARIS1370 |
NEA/MAG DIRECTOR JORDAN REVIEWS MAGHREB ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: NEA/MAG Director William Jordan's February 27 meetings with MFA counterparts addressed the Western Sahara conflict, Moroccan-Algerian relations, human rights issues in Tunisia, and Libya. On Western Sahara, MFA officials agreed with Jordan on the need for Morocco to be more forw [...] |
2006-03-03 19:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AG MO TU WS FR |
| 06PARIS1387 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Moussaoui Trial - [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-06 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |