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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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| 01VATICAN1390 | FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S VISIT TO IRAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . 2. (C) CHARGE CALLED ON VATICAN DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS MONS. GIANNI D'ANIELLO ON MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S MARCH 3-8 TRIP TO IRAN. D'ANIELLO, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE FOREIGN MINISTER, [...] | 2001-03-12 17:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF IT IS SY VT |
| 02AMMAN4499 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2002-08-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02ANKARA8110 | TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT, ISSA, SMITH [...] Summary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen to follow a reasonable path with emphasis on EU membership. The economy is on eggshells, and the new government will need to stick to the IMF-backed reform pr [...] | 2002-11-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU |
| 02ANKARA9040 | AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE MEETS WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: In Dec. 13 meetings with President Sezer, MFA Deputy U/S for the Middle East Tuygan, and representatives of ruling AK Party and main opposition CHP, American Jewish Committee (AJC) leaders affirmed AJC's support for Turkey. End summary. 2. (C) Dec. 13 AJC President Tann [...] | 2002-12-18 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02HANOI2956 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PROFILES-VIETNAM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02956 01 OF 02 120931Z 2. (C) AS FAR AS EMBASSY CAN ASCERTAIN FROM THIS DISTANCE, VIETNAM IS AT BEST A MARGINAL PLAYER ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND AT TI [...] | 2002-12-12 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO VM UNHRC HUMANR |
| 02STATE250963 | DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON 12/9 AND 12/10. WE UNDERSTAND THE DANISH PRESIDENCY INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AT THE C [...] | 2002-12-07 02:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL SY EUN EFIN |
| 03ABUDHABI3816 | IRAQ GC AUGUST 17-18 VISIT TO ABU [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of the Iraqi Governing Council's (GC) first visit to the UAE, UAEG officials were cautiously optimistic that the entire Arab world will eventually throw its support behind [...] | 2003-08-19 15:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4428 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your October 5 visit. Your Emirati interlocutors are eager to see you. We have requested meetings for you with MFA Mins [...] | 2003-10-02 08:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AF IR IS IZ TC |
| 03AMMAN4807 | SESAME-SOWING THE SEEDS OF REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Second SESAME (Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Council meeting, hosted in Istanbul in mid-July, yielded a productive discussion among the regional members on key issues such as upgrading of the synchrotron machine, future scie [...] | 2003-08-03 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN |
| 03ANKARA1273 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-02-26 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1533 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3011 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-08 11:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3151 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3305 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3401 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-23 13:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3918 | AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE VISIT TO ANKARA, JUNE 6, [...] (C) Five members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) including Harold Tanner, president, Shula Bahat, chief operating officer, Stanley Bergman, board member, Marian Bergman, board member and Barry Jacobs, director of strategic studies visited Ankara on Friday, June 6 to meet with senior G [...] | 2003-06-18 07:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IS TU |
| 03ANKARA4019 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-23 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4105 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA462 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-01-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7205 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-19 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03BRUSSELS5635 | TRANSATLANTIC LEGISLATORS' DIALOGUE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: The biannual Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD) meetings were held in Williamsburg, Virginia on November 13-16 (list of participants in paras 20-21). The six members of Congress and ten members of the European Parliament (MEP's) reviewed the draft EU Constitutional Trea [...] | 2003-12-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03COLOMBO1389 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2003-08-11 07:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV |
| 03KUWAIT3946 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 21-24: UN [...] SUMMARY: In an interview with Al-Qabas, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated that despite the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad, "we are committed to continuing our mission in Iraq." All papers report increased security around foreign missions in Kuwait in response to the attack in Ba [...] | 2003-08-26 09:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4459 | (C) IRAQ ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION -- THOUGHTS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: Relative to the size of its economy, Kuwait has been the most generous supporter in the world of OIF and of humanitarian assistance to Iraq. It will likely continue to play this role willingly for some time. There are, however, several factors that augur against a large GOK ple [...] | 2003-09-29 08:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ECON PREL EAID EINV IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT5756 | (C) GOK STILL AWAITING QATARI GAS; UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: Despite increased publicity surrounding a possible Kuwaiti-Iranian natural gas deal, the GOK is unlikely to conclude an agreement with Iran, according to a well-placed Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) official. Rather, Kuwait is betting that Qatar will eventually serve as its prima [...] | 2003-12-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR |
| 03OTTAWA2453 | CANADA SUPPORTS IRAN NONCOMPLIANCE RESOLUTION AT [...] (C) Canadian DFAIT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Deputy Director Terry Wood assured us that the GOC fully supports a finding of noncompliance at the September IAEA Board of Governors meeting and wants to assist in any way possible. Though Canada already was inclined to support a resolution, Wood s [...] | 2003-08-27 20:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR IAEA |
| 03STATE9334 | NONPAPER FOR RUSSIAN USE WITH SYRIAN VP KHADDAM: [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SYRIAN VP KHADDAM WILL BE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGTON, THE USG HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOR RAISE SYRIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH. POST IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE [...] | 2003-01-11 02:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL SY |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2866 | DRL PDAS KOZAK MEETS WITH HONDURAN OFFICIALS TO [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Kozak, DRL/MLA Deputy Director Sicade, and EmbOffs met November 19-20 with senior GOH officials, including Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, to discuss U.S. cooperation with Latin American countries on human rights resolutions at the United Nations Commission on H [...] | 2003-12-08 21:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU HO UNGA |
| 03THEHAGUE2114 | PDAS SOUTHWICK DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Michael Southwick met with Dutch interlocutors on August 18 to discuss US-led and multilateral efforts in the field of human rights. The Dutch exchanged EU goals for the UNGA 3rd committee as well as thoughts on Cuba, CHR WEOG rotation scheme, and US-EU cooperation on h [...] | 2003-08-22 08:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM BM CG TH CH ZI CU NL UNHRC UNGA |
| 03THEHAGUE2457 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH PERSPECTIVES ON ADDING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Given the EU's 2002 decision not to designate NCR/NCRI, the Dutch believe the USG will have to present more evidence of NCR/NCRI ties with MEK before Europe is ready to reconsider this decision. Meanwhile, the Dutch have noted indications of MEK fundraising in the Netherlands [...] | 2003-09-30 06:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PTER IR IZ |
| 04ABUDHABI3410 | UAE Succession Update: The Post-Zayed Scenario [...] (S) Summary: The UAE will likely experience a smooth transition of power once the elderly President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan leaves the scene. Day-to-day governance of the UAE is now firmly in the grasp of the post-Zayed generation. Sheikh Zayed's decree appointing his son Mohammed [...] | 2004-09-28 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PINR PGOV TC |
| 04ANKARA3405 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-15 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA3435 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-16 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA4190 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-28 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA4995 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-03 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5051 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BOSPHORUS DEMARCHES TO ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered ref a-d demarches on Bosphorus bypass issues on August 31 to Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler. Ambassador stressed that the USG did not support a specific route or project, but called for timely, transparent decisions from the GOT on permits, specifically fo [...] | 2004-09-08 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV ENRG SENV TU UK |
| 04ANKARA5453 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5535 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5660 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5741 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6167 | IRAN REQUEST FOR BOEING PARTICIPATION IN KISH [...] (SBU) Following, for the record, are the texts of three documents given to DCM by the Swiss defense attache in Ankara, who is also accredited to Tehran. The documents relate an Iranian desire to encourage the participation of the Boeing Company in the Kish Air Show, which will be held Novem [...] | 2004-11-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC TU IR |
| 04ANKARA6207 | SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey provides an excellent opportunity to assure the Turks that the U.S. continues to support Turkey's EU candidacy. Some elements in Turkey view the U.S. and EU as rival power blocs, and question why the U.S. would want Turkey in the EU. By highlighting areas o [...] | 2004-11-02 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU TU |
| 04ANKARA6396 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6887 | PUTIN VISITS TURKEY: RUSSIA BIDS TO TURN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Putin's visit demonstrated both Russia's assessment that Turkey is in play and the Turks' habit for mixing wishful thinking, barbarian handling, and a desire for (lucrative) attention. As of now, the visit appears not to have been the total breakthrough the Russians and some Turks [...] | 2004-12-10 19:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS EPET ETRD TU |
| 04ANKARA992 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04BRATISLAVA1130 | SLOVAKS WILL NOT LOBBY FOR IRAN/TURKMENISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-20 06:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM LO |
| 04BRUSSELS2262 | USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- entire text. 2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as it absorbs its new members and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU under the Irish Presidency i [...] | 2004-05-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2593 | MANY EU SUMMIT FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) During the EU Summit June 17-18 in Brussels, EU sources tell us EU leaders will approve a range of pre-cooked decisions on a broad range of foreign policy topics so that they can focus on Constitutional Treaty negotiations and top-level appointments (septel). EU leaders are expected to en [...] | 2004-06-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID XA XF TU HR RO BG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3171 | DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) On November 9, PolOff met with the Foreign Ministry's Jorge Luis Gomez, Directorate of International Organisms, and Federico Villegas, Office of Human Rights, to seek Argentina's support for the resolutions on Belarus, Turkmenistan, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Iran. Villegas noted that these wer [...] | 2004-11-10 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AR UNGA DEMARCHE |
| 04GUATEMALA583 | GUATEMALA ON 60TH UNCHR [...] (C) Per instructions ref A, PolOff jointly delivered reftel demarches to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on March 11. Rodriguez said Guatemala's interests at 60 UNCHR largely coincide with ours and that this overlap had improved with the arriv [...] | 2004-03-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT UNHRC |
| 04KUWAIT1346 | (SBU) PM MOVES TO NIP SECTARIANISM IN THE BUD [...] (C) Summary: The liberation of Iraq,s Shiite majority has increased the assertiveness of Kuwaiti Shiites (about one-third of Kuwaitis),who were already making progress against institutionalized discrimination. They now have their own family-law court, more building permits for mosques, appr [...] | 2004-04-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI KU |
| 04MADRID822 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO 60TH SESSION OF THE UN [...] (C) Summary. The head of the MFA's Human Rights Office stated that Spain's priorities for the upcoming UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) session are substantially the same as USG priorities, focusing on many of the same countries and issues. On sensitive subjects, he said that Spain will [...] | 2004-03-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SP UNHRC |
| 04NEWDELHI7733 | PUTIN VISIT: FROM RUSSIA WITH TOUGH LOVE [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin's December 3-5 visit to India did little to broaden their ties beyond defense, despite efforts by both sides to infuse the relationship with new momentum. Both leaders pressed their issues with Russia extracting a promise from India to sign a defe [...] | 2004-12-07 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP MASS IN |
| 04PARIS9025 | FRENCH LOBBYING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) As per reftel, Poloff spoke to MFA DAS-equivalent for Human Rights in the Directorate of United Nations and International Organizations Affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen about the need to lobby third countries against supporting any "no action motions" that might be brought by Iran or [...] | 2004-12-17 17:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL FR EUN |
| 04ROME3381 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON GYMNICH ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Charge, accompanied by PolOff, met with MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Giampiero Massolo and NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi on September 1 to convey points from Ref A demarche. Italy shares US views on most of the issues that EU Foreign Ministers w [...] | 2004-09-03 04:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR IT EUN |
| 04SANAA3086 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS NEED SUPPORT IN [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on December 13. Ref B demarche was delivered November 9 (ref C). 2. (C) Noman said he received the same demarche from the Dutch December 13. The DFM confided that he agreed with the USG position on both t [...] | 2004-12-14 09:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL IR YM DEMARCHE HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04SANAA3118 | DAS DIBBLE MEETINGS WITH ROYG MINISTERS: YEMEN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and Visiting NEA/ARPI Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble met separately with Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi, Minister of Interior Alimi, and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Sofan on December 15. The Ministers worked from the same talking poi [...] | 2004-12-18 14:15:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR ECON KMPI YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04TELAVIV1408 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1677 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's disengagement plan: -Leading media (Ha'aretz, citing GOI sources) reported that Wednesday Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and other senior security officials [...] | 2004-03-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6200 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. has no information regarding the achievement of a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, as indicated in reports comin [...] | 2004-12-08 11:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6368 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04THEHAGUE1105 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Johan Verboom/Netherlands held a 22 April consultation on his draft decision on the Late Receipt of Article IV and V Income and the Working Capital Fund. Regarding the preambular paragraphs, Russia and Korea expressed concern that the language regarding possessor states' resp [...] | 2004-05-03 13:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1144 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The DDG held a May 3 meeting with the Delegation on the status of the VIS Enhancement. Attendees were the VIS project management board: DDG, Chief/Admin Herb Schultz, Chief/Information Support Branch Greg Linden, Chief/Verification Horst Reeps, and Acting Chief/Inspectorate Carlos Trent [...] | 2004-05-10 12:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1499 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) There are two specific set of decisions which are the highest priorities at this EC. The first set of issues is time-sensitive and involves amendments to the Working Capital Fund and the Financial Regulations. These draft decisions will give the OPCW a much greater financial cushion [...] | 2004-06-17 12:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1845 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...] | 2004-07-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1967 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) A recent trip by the Director General proved uneventful and produced little or nothing in terms of substantive results - an outcome considered very successful by the DG. The OPCW Chief of Cabinet Raphael Grossi expounded on a number of personnel issues, most notably appealing for a solid [...] | 2004-08-05 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2836 | NETHERLANDS/EU: SWARTBOL ON TURKEY, RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rob Swartbol, PM Balkenende's senior foreign policy advisor, predicted to Ambassador Sobel on November 1 that the EU will make a positive decision on Turkish accession negotiations in December, but warned that the Turks will find some elements of the decision more objectionable [...] | 2004-11-03 17:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3273 | DEMARCHE TO EU TO LOBBY FOR SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 15:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL PHUM PREL |
| 04YEREVAN1255 | DECIPHERING THE ARMENIAN-AMERICAN DIASPORA [...] (SBU) The Armenian-American Diaspora continues to wield considerable influence upon the foreign and domestic policies of the Government of Armenia. This influence ranges from the obvious connection of U.S.-born and/or trained GOAM officials, the influence of private and public U.S. assistance [...] | 2004-06-01 12:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
| 05ADANA168 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / (CUKUROVA): A group comprised of the senior leaders of Adana, under the leadership of Abdullah Torun, Adana deputy from AKP, and including the provincial chairperson of AKP, the Adana mayor, chairpersons of chambers and agricultural associations, held a press announcement. The [...] | 2005-09-26 08:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05AMMAN1826 | MDA ISSUE: EMBLEM WORKING GROUP'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on recent consultations with regional members of the Emblem Working Group, the Chair of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission is confident the majority of Arab National Societies can be persuaded to actively support the reconvening of the a [...] | 2005-03-06 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PREF IS JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN5136 | JORDANIAN BANKS RECEIVE LARGE DEPOSITS FROM [...] (U) This cable represents a joint message from Embassies Amman and Baghdad. 2. (S/NOFORN and throughout) In the course of checking into recent rumors about alleged large-scale deposits into Jordanian banks by Iraqi government personnel, Amman Emboff learned of an alleged Iraqi Ministry of D [...] | 2005-06-28 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV ECON PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7522 | VISIT OF HOWARD DEAN AND NATIONAL JEWISH [...] (C) A delegation from the U.S. National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC),led by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and accompanied by three state Democratic party leaders, met separately September 17 with Prince Ali bin al Hussein (acting as Regent in the absence of King Abdul [...] | 2005-09-20 06:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KPAL KMPI EAID ECON PINR IS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN9963 | IRAQ: AMMAN COALITION TALKS AMONG SUNNIS AND [...] (C) Senior Iraqi Sunni and secular politicians including Iyad Allawi and Adnan Dulaime met in Amman on December 25 and 26, and agreed to form an &Iraqi National Alliance8 coalition to compete with the Shi,ite Islamist "555" coalition in forming a new government. The immediate goal of the new [...] | 2005-12-29 16:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05ANKARA1260 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-09 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1755 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1802 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1952 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL JOHN HANDY, [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a series of US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Feith, Secretary of State Rice, [...] | 2005-04-05 11:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | OVIP MARR PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA2250 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2317 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-23 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2324 | "OUR VIEWS ARE THE SAME AS YOURS," TURKISH IRAQ [...] (C) Turkey almost entirely shares our views on Iraq, GOT Special Envoy Koruturk told Senior Adviser and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Amb. Richard Jones on April 19. Amb. Jones outlined for the Turks our approach over the coming year, including providing support for the Iraqi Security Forces (I [...] | 2005-04-25 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETRD TU IZ NATO |
| 05ANKARA2524 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2910 | TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR MAY-JUNE CODELS [...] Summary: The Erdogan government's drift on relations with the U.S., with the EU, and on reform is of concern, as are trends inimical to religious freedom. U.S. Turkish relations remain solid in specific areas and we look for new opportunities to expand cooperation, but our relations are not [...] | 2005-05-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OREP PINS ECON MARR TU |
| 05ANKARA2968 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA325 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3301 | COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Action request--see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey fully supports U.S. efforts to conclude CCIT convention at the 60th UNGA, acknowledges resistance exists among some OIC member states on points which are red lines for both the U.S. and Turkey, and asks for clarification of the U.S. sta [...] | 2005-06-10 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU UNGA |
| 05ANKARA3385 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3833 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...] | 2005-07-01 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA4405 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4636 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-09 05:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5133 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5540 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-24 01:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6101 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6183 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 04:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6554 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...] | 2005-11-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05BAGHDAD2472 | FINAL TEXT OF PRESIDENT TALABANI'S LETTER TO PM [...] (C) President Talabani's Chief of Staff Kameran Karadaghi passed to Charge Staff Assistant the final text of a letter Talabani had dispatched to ITG Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari, noting explicitly that the text had been drafted by Talabani and cleared by KDP chief Masoud Barzani. In the brief [...] | 2005-06-12 10:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ KDP |
| 05BAGHDAD2991 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari reiterated to the Deputy Secretary that security conditions on the ground, and not terrorist demands, should determine the manner of withdrawal of Coalition forces. The Deputy Secretary agreed and noted approvingly the Prime Minister's naming of an Iraqi [...] | 2005-07-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN MOPS KISL SY JO IZ IR |
| 05BAGHDAD3016 | IRAQ AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE FEARS CHILL IN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Iraq Ambassador-designate to Egypt, Safia al-Suhail, worries that Iraqi-Egyptian relations will chill unless the Iraqi government takes the initiative after the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the Egyptian Charge. Al-Suhail told PolOff July 18 that before this tragic incid [...] | 2005-07-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV |
| 05BAGHDAD3018 | CHARGE'S TOUR D' HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with Charge on July 19, President Jalal Talabani pledged to continue lobbying for Masoud Barzani's direct participation in securing a draft constitution by August 15, and urged Charge to travel to Salaheddin to try to persuade Barzani to come to Baghdad. Tala [...] | 2005-07-20 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ SY KEDEM |
| 05BAGHDAD5028 | RAMADI REALITY GAP: SECURITY COUNCIL VS. MOD [...] (C) Summary. This a SET Ramadi Cable. Minister of Defense Sadoun Dulaime addressed in strong terms the Anbar Security Council on December 12. Chastising Anbaris for allowing the province to serve as an 'incubator' of the insurgency, the minister deflected calls by the council to create a ne [...] | 2005-12-17 10:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS IZ |
| 05BRATISLAVA938 | SLOVAKIA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON IRAN [...] (S) Per ref A, Ambassador and Embassy staff briefed MFA State Secretary Magda Vasaryova, MFA PolDir Miroslav Lajcak, MFA Director General for International Organizations Anton Pinter, and a Slovak Intelligence Service representative on U.S. concerns that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons capa [...] | 2005-11-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR LO |
| 05BRUSSELS585 | US/EU HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS: PREPPING FOR CHR [...] (SBU) Summary: US and EU officials met in Brussels February 3 in regularly scheduled human rights consultations (COHOM) to prepare for the spring UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR),and to review the human rights situation in China and Iran. Also discussed were the Global War on Terrorism (GW [...] | 2005-02-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM UNHRC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05COLOMBO1366 | IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
| 05COLOMBO875 | IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-12 07:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
| 05DHAKA1096 | Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-14 04:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII |
| 05DHAKA1114 | Media Reaction: Syria;Dhaka [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-14 07:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII |
| 05DHAKA1699 | Media Reaction: Middle East; Dhaka [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-11 05:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII |
| 05DHAKA2409 | WIDENING SPLITS AMONG BANGLADESHI ISLAMIST GROUPS [...] (C) Summary. There is a widening, public split between mainstream Jamaat Islami and other, more extreme Islamist groups driven by ideological, personal, historical, and even material factors. While IOJ could drop out of the ruling coalition, the JI-BNP alliance -- grounded solidly in politica [...] | 2005-05-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PGOV PTER BG |
| 05DUSHANBE1966 | TAJIKISTAN'S VIEWS OF US FORCE POSTURE (C-RE5-00249) [...] (S) Post's DATT and DCM polled their colleagues informally on the questions below. The following answers should be seen as the Tajik government's current mood on these hypothetical questions. When and if negotiations were to start, outside pressures and local politics would influence the rh [...] | 2005-12-08 09:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PINR MARR PREL AJ PL RO TI |
| 05HELSINKI1216 | FINLAND: VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Finland shares USG concerns about possible no-action motions on important Third Committee resolutions. Johanna Suurpaa, MFA Director for Human Rights, told Poloff that the GoF was increasingly pessimistic about the Uzbekistan and Burma resolutions. The Burmese regime has been embolden [...] | 2005-11-18 13:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL FI UNHRC |
| 05ISTANBUL1080 | DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE COMES TO LIFE IN [...] (U) Summary: A June 20-21 Istanbul symposium within the framework of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) focused on "Empowering Women in Public Life and Democratic Development in the BMENA Region." At this first issue-focused DAD activity, nearly 100 NGO and government representatives e [...] | 2005-06-23 16:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL TU XD XF XI |
| 05ISTANBUL403 | MARMARA GROUP REFLECTIONS ON PRESIDENT ASSAD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation of Marmara Group (Strategic and Social Research Foundation, founded in 1985) members visiting Damascus February 20-24 was impressed with President Assad's stated interest in promoting positive relations with Turkey and the U.S., but sensed the Syrian bureaucracy was [...] | 2005-03-14 12:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SY TU |
| 05KUWAIT1976 | BACKGROUND ON KEY ISSUES FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah will arrive in Washington May 17, in advance of an anticipated July visit by the Prime Minister. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed's visit follows his participation in the Arab-South America Summit held in Brazil, and planned [...] | 2005-05-12 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS IZ KU TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT2548 | IRANIAN NSA VISITS KUWAIT, CALLS FOR AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following a number of official exchanges, the Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, visited Kuwait June 4-6, during which he held a series of meetings reportedly focusing on security cooperation in the fight against terroris [...] | 2005-06-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT4293 | FREEDOM AGENDA: REDUCTION OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reducing the number of electoral districts from 25 to 10 is a top priority for reform-minded parliamentarians (MPs) in the next National Assembly session, which begins October 17. They argue that the reduction would reduce electoral corruption by making common prac [...] | 2005-10-03 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
| 05MANAMA1292 | ISLAMIC AFFAIRS OFFICIAL PROMOTES MODERATION, [...] (C) Ministry of Islamic Affairs Under Secretary Dr. Fareed Al Muftah told the Ambassador September 4 that he welcomed USG support for exchange programs to promote the concepts of tolerance and moderation in Islam. The Ministry would assist in programming American speakers on Islam in the Uni [...] | 2005-09-07 12:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAO OEXC SCUL BA |
| 05NEWDELHI2140 | MODI CASE REFLECTS DOMESTIC POLITICAL DIVIDE [...] (C) Summary: Aside from limited and localized protests in Gujarat and scattered nationalist editorial comment, BJP efforts to build a domestic political issue out of the Modi visa revocation seem to be dissipating. Few outside the Sangh Parivar have risen to the bait and responded to BJP calls to [...] | 2005-03-21 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF IN |
| 05NEWDELHI3878 | PRIORITIZING INDIA'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Petroleum Additional Secretary (International Cooperation) Talmiz Ahmad outlined India's priorities for accessing more foreign fuel sources in a May 24 meeting with Charge and Emboffs. While domestic fuel subsidies continue to consume much of his attention, Minister [...] | 2005-05-25 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PK XA ZK ZP IN |
| 05NEWDELHI7693 | INITIAL INDIAN OUTREACH TO THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Summary: India has begun to lobby Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) members in advance of the 19-20 October meeting of the Consultative Group (CG),MEA Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Hamid Ali Rao told PolCouns and PolMilOff on 3 Oct. So far, the GOI has engaged [...] | 2005-10-03 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP IS IN NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI8162 | INDIA'S STANCE ON IRAN AND THE IAEA CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The spate of media and political criticism touched off by the GOI's decision to vote with the US and the EU3 (UK, France, and Germany) at the September 24 IAEA meeting on Iran is increasing rather than dying down. Foreign Secretary Saran recently summoned Ambassadors from the EU3 to [...] | 2005-10-20 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IR IN |
| 05NEWDELHI9758 | MTAG: GOI WILL FOLLOW UP ON IRAN BROKERING, PUSHES [...] (S) Summary: A/DCM and Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to MEA officials, who promised to provide the additional information to concerned GOI agencies and report the status to us at an early date. New Delhi remains concerned by Ref C decision to sanction Indian entities for INPA violations, p [...] | 2005-12-28 08:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IN IR |
| 05PARIS1588 | JAPANESE EMBASSY ON CHIRAC VISIT TO JAPAN, EU ARMS [...] (C) Summary: On March 8, 2005, Japanese DCM confirmed to DCM that President Chirac will visit Japan officially March 26-28. Chirac, who will be accompanied by a French business delegation and Commerce Minister Loos, will attend the 2005 Aichi Expo and later meet with PM Koizumi and the Empero [...] | 2005-03-10 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETTC JA FR EUN |
| 05PARIS3316 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UZBEKISTAN - UPRISING AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-16 11:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS4115 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE [...] LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE 2. G8 - LIFTING OF DEBT FOR POOR COUNTRIES 3. PARIS AIR SHOW: BOEING - AIRBUS 4. IRAN ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THIS WEEKEND'S LIBERATION OF FRENCH JOURNALIST FLORENCE AUBENAS WHO WAS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FOR OVER THREE MONTHS IS TODAY'S UNANIMOUS [...] | 2005-06-13 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7788 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to China Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 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 |
| 05PRAGUE116 | CZECHS READY TO PROMOTE CUBA RESOLUTION AT UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS; SEEK USG VIEWS [...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: While not a member of the CHR, the Czechs are prepared to lobby in support of a CHR resolution on Cuba and would like to coordinate efforts with Washington. Specifically, the GOCR wants to know if the USG will sponsor this year's resolution. [...] | 2005-01-25 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CU EZ UN CHR |
| 05PRAGUE376 | CZECHS ON GAERC, CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, HIZBALLAH AND [...] (C) Summary. On March 14, we met with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department in the Czech MFA, to discuss the GAERC (ref a),China Arms Embargo (ref b),and visit of Syrian FM to Europe (ref c). We also delivered the statement on U.S. support of t [...] | 2005-03-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG EZ IR EUN |
| 05PRETORIA2854 | SOUTH AFRICA INTENSIFIES ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE; [...] (C) Summary. Over the last ten days, South Africa has become increasingly concerned about the deteriorating economic situation in Zimbabwe and has intensified its diplomatic activity to find a solution to the crisis. Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka traveled to Zimbabwe July 13 and met with Zi [...] | 2005-07-19 14:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EFIN KDEM ZI SF |
| 05ROME1859 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN Security Council reform, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Syria/Lebanon, Darfur, and Iran during his May 13 stopover in Rome. On most issues, Italian positions were [...] | 2005-06-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI |
| 05SANAA255 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2005 [...] The following is posts' submission for the 2005 Investment Climate Statement: (Begin Text) Investment Climate 2005 for Yemen: Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requir [...] | 2005-02-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC KTDB USTR YM ECON COM |
| 05TELAVIV1593 | C-NE4-01083: ISRAELI INTENTIONS REGARDING THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Israel sees Iran as the primary threat to its security and sees the enrichment cycle as the "point of no return" for Tehran's nuclear weapons program. The GOI believes that diplomatic pressure with teeth, such as sanctions, can affect Iranian behavior, and is lobbying the EU-3 a [...] | 2005-03-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EU IR IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV2323 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israeli Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv cited Israeli sources from Sharon's entourage as confirming that the crisis in US-Israeli security relations recently reached a new high as [...] | 2005-04-14 10:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2777 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with various aspects of the disengagement plan. Ha'aretz (banner) and other media quoted Justice Minister Tzipi Livni as saying Tues [...] | 2005-05-04 09:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2809 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York 3. May 5 UK Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the PA has informed the Israeli defense establishment that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas has [...] | 2005-05-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3139 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot writes that PM Sharon is expected to call on PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas today at the AIPAC convention in Washington to coordinate positions with Israel a [...] | 2005-05-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3189 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S. Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that over 1,000 families (60 percent of the settlers) from the Katif Bloc (Gush Katif) have signed a letter that will be sent to the High Court of Justice to [...] | 2005-05-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3304 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. European Union ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on today's transition from Moshe Ya'alon to Dan Halutz in the position of IDF chief of staff. The media cited anger among right-wing politicia [...] | 2005-06-01 11:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5363 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom is holding a meeting in Istanbul with his Pakistani counterpart Mian Kh [...] | 2005-09-01 12:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5705 | IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (S) Senior Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) officials Gideon Frank and Eli Levite told the Ambassador September 8 that a renewed international push on Iran, including referral to the UN Security Council, is necessary, because, based on the response to date of the international community [...] | 2005-09-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV5742 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. North Korea's Announced Renouncement of Nuclear Weapons ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (lead stories in Maariv and Yediot) reported on political developments around PM Sharon six days ahead of the Likud Central [...] | 2005-09-21 08:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5794 | NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S [...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...] | 2005-09-21 03:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV5801 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with issues related to infighting within the Likud. Ha'aretz, Maariv, Jerusalem Post, and this morning's Israel Radio bulletins led with statements by senior m [...] | 2005-09-26 07:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6025 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Nobel Peace Prize to ElBaradei and IAEA ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media bannered the bestowing of the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday upon Hebrew University Professor of Mathematics Robert J. Aumann for his [...] | 2005-10-11 11:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6241 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. New Delhi Bombings 4. Libby Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot Washington correspondent Orly Azolai reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to move up the date of her visit to [...] | 2005-10-31 12:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6246 | STAFFDEL ZWEIG/ADAMS-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: HIRC professional staff members Matthew Zweig and David Adams discussed Hamas and PLC elections, progress on the Wolfensohn agenda, Israeli relations with Muslim states, and UN issues with Israelis, the Wolfensohn team, and USG officials during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on [...] | 2005-10-31 16:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV669 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-04 11:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV671 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6946 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz led with a report by Akiva Eldar that on Wednesday, Israel succumbed to international pressure and informed the U.S. that it plans to complete preparations on Friday for operatin [...] | 2005-12-15 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6996 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the state of PM Sharon's health. Israel Radio reported that Sharon was in good condition this morning after he was rushed to Jerusalem's Hadass [...] | 2005-12-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05THEHAGUE3053 | NETHERLANDS/UNGA: THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) On November 8, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Marwienke Tillema (Deputy Director, International Law Division, MFA). POLOFF conveyed to Tillema U.S. gratitude to the EU for co-tabling the Turkmenistan resolution and explained that, despite U.S. desire to co-sponsor and assist with lob [...] | 2005-11-09 15:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL NL UNGA |
| 05VIENNA3703 | UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - AUSTRIA SHARES [...] On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department. According to Theuermann, Austria plans to vote with the U.S. in favor of the UN Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Turkmenistan, North K [...] | 2005-11-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AU UNHRC |
| 05YEREVAN391 | ARMENIA LOOKING TO IRAN TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON [...] (C) In a February 25 meeting, Armenia's Minister of Energy, Armen Movsesian, told us that Armenia's energy market was too dependent on Russia, especially for the supply of gas, and that Gazprom has proved an unreliable source in the past. Armenia's number one energy priority is to complete [...] | 2005-03-04 04:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AM IR RU |
| 06ABUDHABI2119 | MEDIA REACTION: APPEAL FOR THE RELEASE OF UAE [...] SUMMARY: Three daily Arab newspapers appealed for the release of the kidnapped UAE diplomat. A columnist in "Al-Bayan" warns Arabs against counting on America because its policies have always served Israeli interests. An editorial in English daily "Gulf News" rejects the concept of a regio [...] | 2006-05-22 10:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC |
| 06ABUDHABI2972 | MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: An article in "Al-Bayan" accused the U.S. of supporting Israel against its own interests, while another criticized President Bush's hypocrisy in calling for Israel to preserve the Lebanese government while demolishing the state. An article in "Al-Khaleej" draws comparisons between c [...] | 2006-07-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 06ABUDHABI3626 | UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDING NAM IN HAVANA: [...] (C) Post delivered ref B and C demarches in a series of meetings with members of the UAE delegation to the NAM conference prior to their respective departures to Havana: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ),MFA Under Secretary Tariq Al-Haidan, and International Organiza [...] | 2006-09-13 13:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM KPKO UNSC PGOV GT SU IR |
| 06ACCRA335 | AMBASSADOR AND CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER DISCUSS [...] (C) On January 30, 2006, Ambassador Bridgewater paid a courtesy call on Canadian High Commissioner Donald Bobiash. They agreed Ghana has been slow to seize the opportunities it has to become a middle-income country, and also agreed the U.S. and Canada appear to care more about corruption and p [...] | 2006-02-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV GH |
| 06AITTAIPEI2962 | TAIWAN TIFA FOLLOW-UP: PROGRESS AND HIGH LEVEL [...] Taiwan rolled out the red carpet for Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Eric Altbach and the U.S. trade delegation visit to Taipei August 17-21 to follow-up the May TIFA talks. Taiwan was eager to reaffirm its commitment to the TIFA process and report on actions taken since the May T [...] | 2006-08-25 09:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EIND EINT ETRD KTEX TW |
| 06AITTAIPEI3614 | MEDIA REACTION: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST, TAIWAN'S "SECOND [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage October 21-23 on the year-end Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral races; on the split between the KMT and the People First Party (PFP) leadership over December's Taipei mayoral election; on the follow-on movements of the "Oust Bi [...] | 2006-10-23 10:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 06ALMATY1086 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR BRIEFS OIL EXECUTIVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed ExxonMobil (EM),Chevron, and ConocoPhillips (CP) representatives on Secretary Bodman's visit to Kazakhstan (Ref A) in separate March 16-17 meetings. In follow-on conversation, EM and CP representatives confirmed Shell's earlier report (Ref B) that a recently [...] | 2006-03-28 03:17:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ |
| 06AMMAN1289 | SHIITE INSIDER DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICAL [...] (C) London-based Al-Khoei Foundation Director Ghanem Jawad gave Emboff a run-down on past political intrigues and current political ambitions of several prominent Iraqi political figures, including Ahmed Chalabi, Ibrahim Ja'afari, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, and Jalal Talabani. Jawad Ja'afari's sup [...] | 2006-02-22 07:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KISL JO IZ |
| 06AMMAN1309 | MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN3954 | GEN DAYTON MEETS WITH JORDANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] ( C ) Summary: Dayton and Dhahabi discussed the Palestinian situation, Iran,s role in it, a proposal to train Abu Mazen loyalists in Jordan, and the pro-Hamas lobbying of several Amman personalities, including the Russian Ambassador. End summary. 2. ( C ) USSC Lieutenant General Keith [...] | 2006-06-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 06AMMAN5895 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HIZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-06 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06ANKARA1353 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ALEVI COMMUNITY UPDATE [...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Southeast Turkey's Alevi population is deeply alienated by perceived Sunni attempts to change Turkey's secular identity and is asserting its concerns more widely, including in EU institutions, and seeking to establish a higher p [...] | 2006-03-14 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ANKARA1426 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1511 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-22 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2027 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-13 13:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA237 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2662 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2677 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2746 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-15 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2870 | A DEVELOPMENT TALE OF TWO SOUTHEASTERN CITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Adiyaman and Sanliurfa provinces, located in Turkey's southeastern region, are home to some of the country's most notable tourist attractions, yet both provinces suffer from poverty and underdevelopment. Seasonal migration, gender inequality, and a lack of economic opportunity [...] | 2006-05-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PHUM KWMN TU |
| 06ANKARA2897 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2970 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-24 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA3203 | SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 4 VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (S) Your visit to Turkey comes at an important moment. Foremost on our immediate agenda is ensuring Turkey's sustained support for Secretary Rice's May 31 announcement that we will join EU-3 talks if Iran suspends enrichment and reprocessing. Turkish officials will be interested in hearing U. [...] | 2006-06-02 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU |
| 06ANKARA3451 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4448 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-02 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4802 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-17 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4887 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5604 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5710 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 05:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5774 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5862 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-10 13:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6065 | AMBASSADOR KAUZLARICH ENGAGES WITH TURKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NIO/Europe, Ambassador Rich Kauzlarich, presented the National Intelligence Council's 2020 report on October 9 at a high-powered conference in Ankara. In separate meetings, he heard from the current Central Bank governor that Turkey's economic fundamentals are strong, and from t [...] | 2006-10-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV TU |
| 06ANKARA6276 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6590 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2006-12-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA6621 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6716 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6757 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-28 10:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA69 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-05 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA737 | TURKEY/IRAN NUCLEAR: TURKEY TOUGHENS STANCE ON [...] (SBU) Speaking to the press on February 15, MFA spokesman Namik Tan previewed the visit by Ambassador Schulte and the USG Iran briefing team (reftel). Using language stronger than in previous government statements, Tan said that "the crisis between Iran and the international community has re [...] | 2006-02-16 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNUC IR TU |
| 06ANKARA856 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-22 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ASHGABAT804 | THE JULY 24-25 STATE VISIT OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Iranian President Ahmadinejad was clearly in control, with President Niyazov playing only a secondary role, during the Iranian President,s July 24-25 state visit to Turkmenistan. Notwithstanding the local state media's assertions that the visit centered on developing economic links -- th [...] | 2006-07-27 12:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENGR ETRD PARM IR TX UNSC |
| 06ASHGABAT883 | TURKMENISTAN MEDIA COVERAGE JULY 2006 [...] (U) Turkmenistan state media provided relatively positive coverage of and adequate support for mission events in July. Turkmenistan state television was active and positive in its coverage of ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson's statement on U.S. Independence Day, her farewell meeting with Preside [...] | 2006-08-18 10:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX |
| 06ASHGABAT904 | TURKMENISTAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Turkmenistan's state media coverage of the August 13-15 visit to Turkmenistan of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Steven R. Mann included misinformation about the content of his meeting with President Niyazov and downplayed Mann's emphasis on the need for transparency and comp [...] | 2006-08-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX |
| 06ASTANA919 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, DECEMBER 2006 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Opposition Journalist on Trial ------------------------------ 2. On November 23, the Bos [...] | 2006-12-22 05:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4560 | PRT WEEKLY SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD 1 - 7 DECEMBER 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: This summary of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) activities for December 1-7, 2006, as provided by PRTs to the National Coordination Team at Embassy Baghdad. This report also includes PRTs' observations, views and assessments of the political, economic, infrastructure, r [...] | 2006-12-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINS SOCI KJUS KDEM ECON EFIN |
| 06BAGHDAD4622 | DISABLED IN IRAQ: HANDICAPPED SOCIETY DESCRIBES [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Iraqi Handicapped Society (IHS) told Emboffs December 13 that physically and mentally handicapped persons continued to be marginalized in Iraq, receiving little political attention or services from the government. "In the old regime, Saddam paid little attention [...] | 2006-12-19 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD79 | FM ZEBARI: SHIA FAR FROM DECISION ON PM CANDIDATE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Ambassador on January 9 that the Kurdish Alliance has reached agreement on supporting Talabani for President in the new Iraqi government. The Shia UIA alliance is, in his view, deeply divided over whether to support current PM Ja'afari or curr [...] | 2006-01-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PREL IR IZ KRG |
| 06BANGKOK2548 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - THAILAND SEEKS U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On April 28, POLOFF delivered demarche (reftel A) to the Thai MFA regarding Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The MFA confirmed Thailand's own candidacy within the Asia Group for a UNHRC se [...] | 2006-05-02 06:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR TH UNHRC UN |
| 06BANJUL329 | THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN [...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMAR [...] | 2006-05-23 18:23:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU |
| 06BANJUL332 | THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN [...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...] | 2006-05-24 10:27:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU |
| 06BANJUL333 | THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN [...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...] | 2006-05-24 10:27:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU |
| 06BANJUL439 | THE GAMBIA: REACHING OUT TO VENEZUELA, IRAN [...] (C) Prominent journalist and Embassy contact portrayed President Jammeh's invitation to Venezuelan and Iranian leaders to recent African Union Summit here as a swipe at the U.S. following the suspension of The Gambia's MCA eligibility. According to our source, Chavez actively lobbied Summit d [...] | 2006-07-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMCA UNSC GA IR VE GT |
| 06BEIRUT1544 | MGLE01: A/S SILVERBERG MEETS LEBANESE POLITICIANS [...] (C) At a May 15 dinner for visiting IO A/S Silverberg, Lebanese politicians and opinion-makers of different stripes had at least one thing in common: dissatisfaction with Lebanon's current atmosphere of stagnation, impasse, and finger-pointing, especially regarding President Lahoud's tenacio [...] | 2006-05-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER EAID KDEM KWMN LE |
| 06BEIRUT1808 | MGLE01: A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (C) Reform of the electoral law is the bellwether of the Lebanese government's overall reform plan, and U.S. support for it is in entirely keeping with the President's Freedom Agenda. While there is widespread popular support for replacing the electoral law currently in effect -- associated [...] | 2006-06-07 12:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID KPAO LE |
| 06BEIRUT3414 | LEBANON: DAS DANIN MEETS LEBANESE FORCES LEADER [...] (C) Samir Ja'ja' told DAS Danin that Syria and Hizballah will try either to stall the international tribunal for the Hariri assassination by loading the cabinet with a blocking minority or by bringing the government down through street demonstrations. Ja'ja' assessed the March 14 coalition as [...] | 2006-10-24 14:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
| 06BEIRUT3540 | LEBANON: AOUN DEFENDS HIZBALLAH RELATIONSHIP, [...] (S) In a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, FPM leader Michel Aoun denied that his party had any dealings with Syria and asserted that Hizballah is increasingly independent of Damascus. Despite March 14 group warnings of violent confrontation, the FPM has no plans either with or without [...] | 2006-11-03 17:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
| 06BEIRUT715 | MGLE01: SINIORA WISHES PARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE HAD [...] (C) In a 3/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora regretted the suspension earlier that day of a national dialogue process taking place in the Parliament. The talks made progress while they lasted, he argued, particularly in the area of bringing under control an armed Palestini [...] | 2006-03-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER MARR KPAL SY LE |
| 06BRATISLAVA960 | SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT UK-FRENCH DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] Slovakia will likely support the UK-French draft UNSCR on Iran, according to Ambassador Vladimir Lomen of the UNSC Coordination Unit at MFA. Lomen told Poloff the UK had lobbied the GoS hard for support and that the matter was being considered in the FM's office as of the morning of December 1 [...] | 2006-12-12 14:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IR LO |
| 06BRUSSELS450 | EU, UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS COMMENT ON ACTION PLAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Ukrainian and EU officials discussed the status of the EU-Ukraine Action Plan and negotiations on a visa facilitation regime and readmission agreement. Ukrainian embassy officials said their priorities with the EU in 2006 are to: 1) launch consultations on [...] | 2006-02-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS ECON UP XH IR USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BRUSSELS800 | U.S.-EU TROIKA ON HUMAN RIGHTS, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S.-EU Troika on Human Rights (COHOM),held February 16 in Brussels, provided an important forum for in-depth discussions, but no agreement on what kind of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) meeting might take place should UN agreement on the Human Rights Council (HRC) not be [...] | 2006-03-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CH IR CU BL VE XR EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1059 | MEDIA REACTION BOLIVIAN AGRARIAN REFORM US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the prevailing fear in Bolivia due to the Government's planned agrarian reform; the US canceling Ollanta Humala's US visa; Brazilian President Lula's irritation with Venezuelan President Chavez's interventionism in the region; the [...] | 2006-05-10 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES146 | STAFFDEL MACKEY PUSHES AMIA BOMBING CASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 14. ------- Summary ------- 3. (SBU) House Committee on International Relations (HIRC) Senior Counsel John Mackey and HIRC Democratic Deputy Chief [...] | 2006-01-19 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES158 | MEDIA REACTION US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include: Michele Bachelet winning Chilean presidential elections and considering relations with Argentina "strategic" for Chile; US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's joint statement to put mutual pressure on Iran [...] | 2006-01-20 20:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1584 | MIDDLE EAST; THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the escalation of the Middle East violence; disagreement at the UN Security Council regarding a call for ceasefire; UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea; the status of Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne's confirmation as US Ambassador to Argen [...] | 2006-07-17 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1705 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local newspapers report on diplomatic negotiations to find a solution to the war in the Middle East; Peruvian president-elect Alan Garcia and the US-Peru FTA; ties between Mercosur and Venezuela; and failed WTO negotiations. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US [...] | 2006-08-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1707 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; THE US ROLE; GUANTANAMO; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the war in the Middle East; the UN Human Rights Committee notifying the US that it should close all its secret centers of detention; the confirmation of Ambassador Wayne as US Ambassador to Argentina; and Argentine President Kirchner's isolationism. [...] | 2006-08-01 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1766 | USG FOREIGN POLICY ON THE MIDDLE EAST; US PRESIDENT BUSH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the USG's policy towards the Middle East; US President Bush urging Cubans to undertake democratic change on the island; the trouble met by foreign journalists in reaching Cuba; friction between the Argentine Government and the IMF; [...] | 2006-08-07 19:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2435 | US FENCE BILL; THE AMIA CASE; AMBASSADOR EARL ANTHONY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 18:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2499 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; NICARAGUAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers report on the arrival of Ambassador Wayne to Argentina; the upcoming US legislative elections; Nicaraguan presidential elections; an alleged White House's Website containing detailed information on how to manufacture a nuclear bomb; Saddam Hussein sentenced t [...] | 2006-11-07 09:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2691 | CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...] | 2006-12-05 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2692 | FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE US; CHAVEZ; US AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the implications of Venezuelan President Chavez' re-election; the resignation of US Ambassador Bolton; freedom of speech in the US; the WTO's ruling on Techint; and climate change. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Freedom without taboos" [...] | 2006-12-05 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2694 | CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...] | 2006-12-05 21:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2754 | IRAQ-IRAN-SYRIA; TRI-BORDER AREA; GSP; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories focus on the USG's reaction to the report from the Iraq Study Group; the follow up on the US Treasury Department's designation of individuals and entities supporting Hezbollah in the Tri-Border area; the status of Argentine-Venezuelan ties; and US Ambassador [...] | 2006-12-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2790 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE MEETS WITH AMIA FAMILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador met December 15 with representatives from "Familiares y Amigos de las Victimas" (Family and Friends of the Victims, or FAV),one of the three main organizations representing AMIA victims, and the first meeting between FAV and Ambassador Wayne. Both sides expressed t [...] | 2006-12-20 12:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AR IR LE |
| 06CAIRO1367 | ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS PREP FOR KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo March 4-5 to prepare for a March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Sudan. Among the topics discussed were Iraq, Palestine, Sudan/Darfur, and Arab reform. We understand the meetings were generally uncontentious, with ministers agreeing to support the polit [...] | 2006-03-06 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS IZ UNSC |
| 06CALCUTTA495 | INDIA'S COMMUNISTS LOBBY FOR CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In anticipation of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-24 visit to India, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) has been pressuring the GOI to conduct a more conciliatory foreign policy towards China. In its September Central Committee meeting, the CPM criticized the r [...] | 2006-11-01 12:35:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CH ETRD ENRG PBTS IN PGOV PREL |
| 06CARACAS2830 | CHAVEZ AND THE GLOBAL CHESSBOARD [...] (U) With his eye towards increasing his international stature and gaining a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),President Chavez is literally traveling to all ends of the earth. As a part of this strategy, and in addition to his visits and signing of multiple b [...] | 2006-09-15 20:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
| 06CARACAS288 | CHAVEZ MEETS WITH JEWISH LEADERS, OFFERS TO [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez met with Venezuelan Jewish community leaders January 31 in response to recent allegations of anti-Semitism against Chavez. Jewish leaders complained of anti-Semitic statements in official media; proposed legal punishments for anti-Semitic attacks; and expressed conce [...] | 2006-02-03 19:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM VE IR |
| 06COLOMBO135 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, Undersecretary Burns met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera. The Foreign Minister told U/S Burns that Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to negotiation and a peaceful solution despite continued provocation by the Liberation Tigers of T [...] | 2006-01-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IR CE |
| 06COLOMBO180 | SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT IAEA REFERRAL OF IRAN TO UNSC [...] (C) President Mahinda Rajapaksa called the Ambassador early February 2 to tell him that the cabinet had decided the night before to support the U.S. position on Iran and the IAEA by voting in the February 2 IAEA Board of Governors meeting to refer the issue to the United Nations Security Coun [...] | 2006-02-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP CE IR |
| 06COLOMBO321 | IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 ? SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-28 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV |
| 06DAMASCUS2132 | Damascus Media Reaction: Terrorism, US/Israel, [...] Summary: Papers reported that Syria has called for an international conference to distinguish between terrorism and the right of self-determination. Minister of Interior General Bassam Abdul Majid said in a statement on the sidelines of a conference of Interior Ministers of the EU and Adjacent [...] | 2006-05-08 12:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 06DAMASCUS2634 | UNHCR DAMASCUS FEARS FURTHER DEPORTATIONS OF [...] (C) At UNHCR Damascus' request, poloffs met June 5 with UNHCR's senior protection officer Dietrun Gunther and protection officer Tania Pesce about the SARG's treatment of Iranian Ahwazi refugee Saeed Saki, who has been accepted for resettlement in Norway. In January, SARG authorities detaine [...] | 2006-06-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SY IR |
| 06DAMASCUS4251 | Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria/Venezuela, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with reports of the visit to Lebanon by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Headlines featured Annan's meeting with Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, and their press conference in Beirut, in which Annan expressed full solidarity with the Lebanese [...] | 2006-08-29 11:48:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 06DAMASCUS5358 | Damascus Media Reaction: Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 3 featured a Dec. 2 press statement by Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi in Rome stressing the importance of dialogue and cooperation with Syria to solve the region's issues and establish stability. Mr. Prodi warned against the partitioning of Iraq, saying th [...] | 2006-12-04 10:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 06DAMASCUS5379 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/China, Baker/Hamilton [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moualem met on Dec. 9 with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Chi Jion and an accompanying delegation. Talks focused on developments in the region, particularly in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq, and on bilateral relations [...] | 2006-12-10 13:14:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 06DUBAI1904 | SITUATION IN IRAN'S KHUZESTAN AND REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 14:33:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR PHUM PINR SOCI |
| 06DUBAI3263 | LOBBYING EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF IRANIAN POLITICAL PRISONER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 12:51:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR PHUM |
| 06DUBAI5191 | IRPO: IRANIAN MPS INDICATE US MESSAGE NOT REACHING POPULACE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 12:07:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETTC IR ZP AE |
| 06HELSINKI505 | FINLAND'S EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) During its EU Presidency, Finland will generally be a cooperative partner for the US, keen to facilitate US-EU cooperation and improve overall trans-Atlantic relations. We should expect no GOF-generated surprises; the Finns view their Presidency as a continuation of ongoing processes an [...] | 2006-06-02 12:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG EAID EU FI |
| 06ISLAMABAD21968 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On November 7, Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed the political situation, remarking that the Bajaur incident had played into the hands of the religious opposition, and that the mood of the general populace was truly angry. He re [...] | 2006-11-13 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK |
| 06JAKARTA5703 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ENGAGEMENT WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) House of Representatives Chairman Agung Laksono plans to engage in a friendly manner with Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad during Ahmadi-Nejad's upcoming visit, according to one of Agung's closest associates. Agung's positive view of the Iranians appears to stem at least in part from his pe [...] | 2006-05-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG EMIN IR ID |
| 06JEDDAH197 | JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM CONCLUDES WITH OPTIMISM [...] SUMMARY: On February 13, the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) concluded its three-day run after a variety of speeches promoting the Saudi economy as an economy no longer based solely on oil. A recurrent subtext of the talks was the fact that Saudi Arabia was becoming integrated into a global eco [...] | 2006-03-08 09:44:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KISL PREL SA |
| 06JEDDAH271 | IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CONFRONTS CONOFF AT JEDDAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent gathering at the home of a prominent Saudi businessman, the Iranian ambassador to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Mohammed Kazem Khawansari, confronted Conoff after he was seated near him by the host. Khawansari discussed the recent publication of an [...] | 2006-04-07 14:52:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SA IR IS KPAL KWBG |
| 06KABUL1345 | AFGHANISTAN ADVOCACY SUCCESS STORY: U.S. POULTRY [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of Afghanistans first confirmed case of Avian Influenza, Summit Associates, an American company that imports U.S. frozen chicken and eggs, requested Embassy advocacy to intervene with customs officials blocking Summit containers from entering the country and to help l [...] | 2006-03-27 15:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL OPIC EAID PGOV AF |
| 06KABUL257 | PRT/QALAH-E NAW: MP BIOS: BADGHIS PROVINCE [...] Summary: This cable provides biographic information on three members of the Afghan National Assembly from Badghis province. Azita Rafat is a young female activist focused on development for her province and with a particular concern about the Badghis custom of selling girls. Yaqub Khan is [...] | 2006-01-18 06:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID PHUM KJUS AF KFEM |
| 06KIRKUK130 | KIRKUK ARAB LEADERS DENOUCE PLAN TO RETURN ARABS TO THE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several Kirkuk Arab leaders including Sunni and Shia representatives criticized plans to return Kirkuk Arabs to the south. They agreed that while many Arabs have already left, it was primarily due to discrimination, persecution, and arrests. They stated that [...] | 2006-07-20 13:57:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PREL KISL IZ IR TU |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2041 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Malaysian-American relations rest on an impressive range of economic exchanges and have improved significantly in other areas as well over the three years of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's tenure. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Althou [...] | 2006-11-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2089 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia for the Ninth Chiefs of Defense Conference, November 13-15. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's took the helm. This moderate Muslim-m [...] | 2006-11-08 08:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY |
| 06KUWAIT2147 | KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA CRITICIZES GOK ON [...] (C) Kuwait's Ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Fadel Khalaf, met with the DCM on May 23 to discuss his concerns over the treatment of Indonesian domestic workers in Kuwait. He criticized Indonesia and especially his own government for not doing enough to protect Indonesian workers, and sugges [...] | 2006-06-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL KIRF JO ID KU TIP RELIGIOUS FREEDOM |
| 06KUWAIT2150 | FREEDOM AGENDA: GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM BLOSSOMS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Kuwait's recent "orange revolution" is the role played by the ad hoc coalition of pro-reform youth organizations known as the "orange movement." These youth organizations, which include both liberals and Islamists and were not [...] | 2006-06-07 17:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
| 06KUWAIT255 | CODEL ROS-LEHTINEN ENGAGES KUWAITIS ON IRAQ, IRAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 20-21 visit to Kuwait, CODEL Ros-Lehtinen met with Kuwaiti officials to offer condolences on the death of Amir Shaykh Jaber Al-Sabah, and to express USG appreciation for Kuwaiti support for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and for Kuwait's $500 million pledge to h [...] | 2006-01-25 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV KWMN IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT4609 | FINANCE MINISTRY TALKS TAXES, AID, AND DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. On December 9, Econcouns met with acting Assistant Undersecretary of Finance Khalid Al-Rubeian to discuss Kuwait's new draft tax law, the December 7 designations by the United States of three Kuwaitis for support to Al-Qaida, and assistance to the Palestinians. Al-Rubeian said t [...] | 2006-12-10 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN BEXP ETRD IZ KU |
| 06LIMA847 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE [...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Lima warmly welcomes your visit to Peru -- the first by a Secretary of State since Secretary Powell,s attendance at the OAS General Assembly SIPDIS here on the fateful September 11, 2001. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to highlight for Peruvians, a [...] | 2006-03-03 18:11:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR PE |
| 06LJUBLJANA329 | SUCCESSFUL U.S.-SLOVENIA POL-MIL TALKS HELD MAY [...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with Slovenia took place at the Slovenian MFA May 12. Highlights included: -- SLOVENE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GWOT (paras 3-5): The Slovenes said they are increasingly willing to share the collective burden and that they intend to maintain their particip [...] | 2006-05-25 06:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | MARR NATO PGOV PREL SI |
| 06MOSCOW10382 | LAVROV'S MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: With FM Lavrov's September 7-9 trip to the Middle East, promotion of a "universal" peace process, experts' conference, renewed Syria track, and support for the Arab League ministerial session at UNGA, the GOR continues to seek "player" status in the region. Practically, GOR sup [...] | 2006-09-18 11:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IS SY LE RS |
| 06MOSCOW13171 | RUSSIA AND IRAN: AFTER THE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Russia has repeatedly told us that when it comes to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, it shares our strategic goal but differs with us over tactics. Moscow's reluctance to agree to coercive measures was on full display during consideration of UNSCR 1737, but in th [...] | 2006-12-29 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETRD KNNP MASS IR RS |
| 06MUSCAT1588 | OMANI ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: Oman has not pursued proactive engagement with the Iraqi government due to a lack of strong tribal, economic or religious ties with Iraq, geographic distance, and a cautious foreign policy that seeks to avoid playing a highly visible role on contentious issues. Omani concerns a [...] | 2006-11-14 13:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IZ MU |
| 06MUSCAT1670 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NEA A/S WELCH TO MUSCAT [...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your visit to Oman. Oman remains a dependable friend and ally and cooperates with us on a wide range of subjects, although it prefers to maintain a low profile. Regional threat issues are a prominent concern for the Omani leadership; however, Oman's p [...] | 2006-12-06 14:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KDEM KMPI KNNP KWMN SMIG ECON |
| 06MUSCAT622 | FM UPDATE ON IRAN, PSI ATTENDANCE, AND U.S. VISIT [...] (C) FM Bin Alawi confirmed Omani attendance at upcoming PSI events in May and June, as suggested during the recent visit of U/S Joseph. Clarifying remarks on Iran, he said Oman harbors no illusions about Iranian actions but nevertheless cannot advocate actions that might trigger conflict. He [...] | 2006-04-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP PGOV ETRD IR XF MU |
| 06NAIROBI919 | AMBASSADOR BELLAMY VISITS COAST PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 31 February 3 visit to Mombasa and the Coast Province, the Ambassador discussed counter-terrorism with Provincial Commissioner Maina. Ambassador Bellamy called on Mayor Taib of Mombasa who requested disaster management assistance and met with members of Parliament [...] | 2006-03-01 10:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR PTER |
| 06NEWDELHI2527 | JASWANT SINGH CAUTIOUS IN MEETING WITH A/S BOUCHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 7 meeting with SCA A/S Boucher, former Indian Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh cautioned that the US and India should not emphasize the nuclear agreement to the exclusion of other bilateral initiatives, but agreed that the two share a civilization an [...] | 2006-04-13 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MNUC KIRF ENRG IN PK |
| 06NEWDELHI2532 | CODEL HASTERT AND SONIA GANDHI DISCUSS US-INDIA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 12 meeting with a delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL),Sonia Gandhi was particularly engaged on the status and process of passing the civil nuclear agreement in Congress. She was surprised to hear that the Representatives [...] | 2006-04-14 06:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL ENRG EPET IN |
| 06NEWDELHI2536 | PM ASKS SEN HAGEL FOR HELP PASSING CIVIL NUKE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an April 10 meeting in Delhi with Senator Chuck Hagel asked for "Congressional blessings" for the US-India civil nuclear deal. He outlined to the Senator the importance of the deal to India's burgeoning economy, and made the case that India is a [...] | 2006-04-14 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY BEXP EFIN |
| 06NEWDELHI294 | NSA NARAYANAN MULLS SENATOR KERRY'S SUGGESTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry that focused exclusively on the civil nuclear agreement and nuclear non-proliferation, NSA MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's support for its draft separation plan, and allowed that New Delhi "will not backtrack" on obligati [...] | 2006-01-14 09:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP SENV PTER IN PK CH |
| 06NEWDELHI3199 | INDIAN MUSLIMS AND CONGRESS NERVOUS OVER U.S. IRAN [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of Indian Muslims have told Poloff in recent weeks that Indian Muslim opinion, both Sunni and Shia, is opposed to Washington's policy on Iran's nuclear program and that Indian Muslims would --as they did for Iraq in 2003-- likely peacefully take to the streets in l [...] | 2006-05-09 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN IR |
| 06NEWDELHI4824 | GOI STILL UNDECIDED IN UNSC VOTE BUT SEES [...] (C) The DCM used a July 7 meeting with Additional Secretary (International Organizations),K.C. Singh to probe SIPDIS how the GOI planned to vote in the upcoming election for the Group of Latin American Countries UN Security Council seat. Guatemala and Venezuela are the two candidates. Decl [...] | 2006-07-10 14:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KUNR PREL VE IN |
| 06NEWDELHI4825 | GOI STILL UNDECIDED IN UNSC VOTE BUT SEES [...] (C) The DCM used a July 7 meeting with Additional Secretary (International Organizations),K.C. Singh to probe SIPDIS how the GOI planned to vote in the upcoming election for the Group of Latin American Countries UN Security Council seat. Guatemala and Venezuela are the two candidates. Decl [...] | 2006-07-10 14:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KUNR PREL VE IN |
| 06NEWDELHI948 | IRAN'S ANTI-US COLD WAR FALLS FLAT IN INDIA [...] (C) Summary. India's IAEA Iran vote, the Danish cartoons, and the POTUS visit are reverberating on the Indian political scene, provoking Indian Muslim leaders and activists to speak out. On the domestic front, however, the Congress-dominated UPA government has begun to act on the promises m [...] | 2006-02-08 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN IR IZ |
| 06NICOSIA1767 | "TRNC" UNIVERSITIES: A (STUNTED) GROWTH INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Cypriot higher education system has developed into an important source of income for the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" and pride for the community. Recent developments, however, call into question the viability of the education sector. Expanded capacity in [...] | 2006-10-13 13:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OEXC PREL KPAO CY TU |
| 06PARIS1507 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS1605 | FRANCE ON GUATEMALA/VENEZUELA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for IO affairs Sylvie Bermann indicated March 10 that the GOF had not yet formulated a position on the contest between Venezuela and Guatemala for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. While the MFA favors Guatemala, Bermann made clear that the fin [...] | 2006-03-13 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GT VE UNSC |
| 06PARIS1863 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Bush Strategy [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS2267 | MFA OUTLINES FRENCH POSITIONS IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait provided visiting EUR/WE Director Kathy Allegrone with a candid assessment of French positions on Latin American issues April 5, touching on Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, and Haiti. Parfait acknowledged the close relationship Hugo Chavez sha [...] | 2006-04-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR VE BO CU HA |
| 06PARIS2358 | FRENCH MFA URGES CLOSE CONSULTATION ON HUMAN [...] Summary: (C) IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen on April 7 regretted that the Human Rights Council (HRC) would be a less credible institution without USG participation. However, she admitted that she herself had urged the MFA not to seek an HRC seat in 2006, but to wait until 2007 [...] | 2006-04-11 07:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA FR |
| 06PARIS31 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-04 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS4278 | FRANCE/VENEZUELA: NO DECISIONS YET ON ARMS SALE, [...] (S/NF) Summary: On June 20, we raised ref A (possible French company arms deal with Spain for Venezuela) and ref B (Venezuelan anti-NGO bill) demarches with the MFA's PDAS and DAS-equivalents for Latin America. Regarding reports that the Spanish company Navantia has asked Thales France for pa [...] | 2006-06-21 13:52:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL KDEM PGOV VE PARM |
| 06PARIS4305 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. - EU Summit [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-22 11:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS5183 | UNESCO: SESAME CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON CONTINUED MID EAST [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Council of the Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) convened for its eighth meeting at UNESCO Headquarters on July 10-11, 2006. The centerpiece of the program is a synchrotron light source, to be installed in Jor [...] | 2006-08-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO TPHY TSPA KISL SOCI XF JO |
| 06PARIS6498 | FRANCE OPPOSES VENEZUELA UNSC SEAT BUT RELUCTANT [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with poloff on other issues (prior to reception of ref A),MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini commented that Venezuela would do great harm to Security Council credibility, if elected. That said, Giacomini thought it significant that Venezuela had come up shor [...] | 2006-09-28 13:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE UNSC FR MARR MASS |
| 06PARIS840 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - Energy [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS854 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER-DELEGATE [...] (C) Summary: At a February 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Catherine SIPDIS Colonna affirmed a vision of an ever-deepening European Union despite recent turmoil, stated that the next enlargement should be limited to the Balkan states, and sketche [...] | 2006-02-10 09:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG |
| 06PRAGUE1308 | CZECH RESPONSE TO UNGA ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Czechs generally support USG priorities for UNGA. They support tough sanctions on Iran and North Korea. They continue to support Guatemala for the UNSC seat, although they believe that there is now little that countries outside of Latin America can do to influence the outcom [...] | 2006-10-20 11:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA EZ |
| 06PRETORIA3339 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR OBAMA'S VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Welcome to South Africa, an anchor country in our Africa policy. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC)-led South African Government (SAG) has made major progress toward establishing a vibrant democracy and market-based economy. The SAG has focused on p [...] | 2006-08-15 14:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV ECON KHIV SF |
| 06QUITO2315 | GOE'S UNGA PRINCIPALS: EXPERIENCED PERMREP, [...] (C) Summary: This report on the GOE's UNGA principals responds to questions posed by the Department in Ref A. The GOE has an experienced and capable UN PermRep in Diego Cordovez. Relations between President Alfredo Palacio and FM Francisco Carrion are generally close, but include tensions [...] | 2006-09-15 20:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR UN EC |
| 06RABAT1925 | UNGA ISSUES [...] (C) On October 13, Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the issues raised in reftel A and to emphasize the US' denial of Venezuela's election to the Security Council, reftels A and B. [...] | 2006-10-13 15:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNGA MO |
| 06RIGA832 | LATVIAN VIEWS ON GAERC - FOCUSED ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel demarche to Veronika Erte, A/S-level official responsible for EU issues at the MFA, on October 12. The GOL adopted its GAERC positions in cabinet on October 10. Latvia will be represented at the GAERC by its Ambassador to the EU. 2. (C) Georgia - Althou [...] | 2006-10-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EUN GG RU LE LG |
| 06ROME1347 | IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA WARNS PRESSING TOO HARD ON QRF [...] (C) The Italian MFA does not foresee a change in Italy's policy of gradual troop reductions, in consultation with the Iraqis and coalition partners, in Iraq. Barring additional terrorist attacks, the MFA also does not expect major problems with funding renewal for the mission this summer. But [...] | 2006-05-05 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT |
| 06ROME1450 | GOI LEADERS SAY ITALY WILL REMAIN STAUNCH ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PDAS Kurt Volker met May 8-9 with a cross-section of political and MFA representatives and stressed to elected GOI leaders the importance of continued cooperation on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Balkans and other global issues. He said that Italy would remain an important ally b [...] | 2006-05-12 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IAEA IT IZ IR SR |
| 06ROME1518 | ITALY'S COMMUNIST CHAMBER LEADER WELCOMES USG [...] (C) Communist Renewal leader Fausto Bertinotti May 17 warmly welcomed his first official contact, as Italy's new Chamber of Deputies president, with the US Ambassador. He initiated an animated discussion of Italy's economic problems, and expressed cautious optimism that the new government co [...] | 2006-05-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PGOV |
| 06ROME3051 | ITALY VOTING WITH THE EU ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered Ref A and B points on the UN Third Committee country resolutions, No Action motions, and retaliatory resolutions November 8 to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini. Poloff also delivered Ref C points on the Australian amendment to the Cuba embargo r [...] | 2006-11-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL XG UNHRC UNGA CU IT |
| 06ROME3279 | D'ALEMA MAXIMUS [...] (C/NF) Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema is emerging as the most prominent and dynamic member of the Prodi Government. Barely six months into his tenure at the MFA, he appears intent on leaving his imprint on Italian foreign policy, the Italian Government, and on Italy itself. On forei [...] | 2006-12-12 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1898 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ - VISIONS FOR THE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 2 President Leonel Fernandez described to the Ambassador his ambitions for the two years remaining in his term, including a "democratic revolution" including grassroots consultations on institutional change. He asked for a friendly hearing and "some modest concession" t [...] | 2006-06-06 19:46:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD KDEM KIPR DR |
| 06SINGAPORE990 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOF/MFA SECOND MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Second Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim told the Ambassador during a March 24 courtesy call that the United States and Singapore could resolve issues separating us on a double taxation agreement (DTA). On casinos, he said that Singapore would implement addit [...] | 2006-03-28 06:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETTC PGOV PREL SN |
| 06SOFIA633 | BULGARIA AGAINST IRAN'S HRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA IR BU |
| 06TELAVIV1017 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 12:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV1216 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast 3. Iraq 4. Europe: Anti-Americanism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch and Deputy US National Secur [...] | 2006-03-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV1295 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that on Sunday, the Central Elections Committee announced it was correcting a mistake in the Knesset elections results, taking one Knesset seat from the Labor Party [...] | 2006-04-03 12:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV1331 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to highlight Acting PM Ehud Olmert's efforts to form a government coalition. Yediot and Israel Radio quoted Olmert as saying Monday that it can be assume [...] | 2006-04-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV1426 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-10 11:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV1488 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in The Jerusalem Post) reported that new satellite imagery released on Sunday by the Institute for Science and Imagery, a Washi [...] | 2006-04-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV1575 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon 4. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted Senator Joseph Lieberman, the former Democratic vice presidential candidate and a serving member of the Senate Armed Servi [...] | 2006-04-21 11:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV1720 | ISRAEL OPPOSES IRANIAN CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff shared appropriate reftel (B) points with Daniel Meron, the MFA's director for human rights and international organizations, on April 28 and discussed the issue again after receipt of reftel (A) on May 2. Meron said the GOI strongly opposes Iran's candidacy for the U.N. Human Right [...] | 2006-05-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR PREL IR IS UNGA UNHRC GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1854 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-11 11:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV1913 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Libya 3. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a statement issued Monday by the White House Press Secretary: "President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel to the White House on May [...] | 2006-05-16 11:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV2112 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that the US is willing to enter multilateral direct talks with Iran, if Tehran agrees to halt its nuclea [...] | 2006-06-01 12:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV305 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today, all major media led with stories related to Wednesday's scheduled elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ha'aretz quoted GOI sources in Jerusalem as sa [...] | 2006-01-23 11:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV313 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned Palestinian voters ahead of Wednesday's elections for the [...] | 2006-01-24 15:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV4021 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying Wednesday in Washington, in an address to the American Task Force on Palestine: "I know the commitment of the Palestinian p [...] | 2006-10-12 10:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
| 06TELAVIV4086 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a speech at the opening of the Knesset's winter session, PM Ehud Olmert said that the "Lebanon campaign" underlined the threat a nuclear Iran would pose for the " [...] | 2006-10-17 10:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
| 06TELAVIV4373 | ISRAELI MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY HEAD ON MISSILE [...] (C) In an October 8 meeting, Israel Missile Defense Agency head Arieh Herzog told visiting House Armed Services Committee counsel Roger Zakheim that Israel is working with the U.S. to address (a) a gap in its missile defense (MD) capability vis-a-vis a potential future threat of Iranian nucle [...] | 2006-11-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS IR IS |
| 06TELAVIV448 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and UNSC member Germany decided to transfer [...] | 2006-01-31 12:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV535 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Tzipi Livni, who leaves for the U.S. today, will meet with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State [...] | 2006-02-06 12:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV751 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Israel's representative to the UN Danny Gillerman as warning at the UN Security Council Tuesday that an Iran-Syria-Hamas "terror ax [...] | 2006-02-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV930 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Palestinians -- senior Islamic Jihad commander Munir Abu Sukker and another militant of the group, two children, and another bystander -- were [...] | 2006-03-07 10:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06THEHAGUE2282 | NETHERLANDS/SCENESETTER: FOREIGN MINISTER BOT'S [...] (C) Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot's upcoming visit to Washington DC comes just one month before national elections. It therefore provides an excellent opportunity to move some difficult issues forward in a way that helps ensure that the next Dutch government, whatever its configuration, co [...] | 2006-10-20 11:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2431 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH POSITIONS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to focus largely on Turkey and enlargement, with limited discussion on a range of other issues. They do not expect the Turks to fulfill their Ankara protocol commitments, but seem unlikely to press for wholesale suspension of negotiations. The Dutch exp [...] | 2006-11-09 21:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MARR PGOV PHUM EUN UN BK CG CU IR |
| 06THEHAGUE487 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In coordination with Ian Richards (special assistant to the Deputy Director General) and Renato Carvalho (head of Inspectorate Management),del rep will participate in selected sessions of Technical Secretariat inspector training during the week of March 13. The goal will be to get a bet [...] | 2006-03-07 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE577 | OKAMOTO DESCRIBES DETERIORATING JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 08:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH KN KS RS NL |
| 06THEHAGUE610 | NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: INTEGRATION EXAM [...] Summary: Effective March 15, certain nationalities will need to pass a civic integration exam to immigrate to the Netherlands. Initial reactions in local and foreign press have been divided on whether such a policy will result in better integration of immigrants in the country or only further [...] | 2006-03-22 06:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
| 06THEHAGUE685 | CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSES IRAN, MEPP, INDONESIA, [...] (SBU) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) visited The Netherlands March 22-23 and discussed Iran, Palestinian and Israeli elections, Indonesia, and Iraq with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot. Wexler also publicly debated H.J. Ormel, Parliamentary foreign policy leader for the governing Christian [...] | 2006-03-30 13:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP MARR NL |
| 06TOKYO2063 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO2134 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/19/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO2311 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/27/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-27 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO2353 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-01 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3676 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/03/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-03 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4772 | MEDIA REACTION Q CUBA-US RELATIONS - TOKYO [...] "After Castro: Cuba Should Improve Relations with US" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/21): "It has been three weeks since Cuban President Fidel Castro, who has ruled the country for nearly half a century, fell ill. It is time for the world to think about Cuba after he is gone.... The Cuban [...] | 2006-08-21 05:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 06TOKYO618 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6323 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JAPANESE AND KOREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Japan Dr. Ghanim al-Jumaily is trying to persuade his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pay more attention to South Korea on both the security and economic fronts, Jumaily told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer October 30 during a readout on his recent visit to Seo [...] | 2006-11-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ECON ENRG IZ KS JA |
| 06UNVIEVIENNA815 | IAEA/DPRK/IRAN: JAPAN NIXES BOG DPRK RESOLUTION; [...] (S) Like-minded countries, meeting at the US mission November 2, agreed with Japan's view that, in light of the October 31 announcement on Six-Party talks, the Board should pursue a Chairman's Summary, but not a resolution unless the DPRK reneges on this agreement. Country statements at the B [...] | 2006-11-03 15:11:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA IR KNNP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1073 | EGYPT AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The prevailing atmosphere at the UN is one of increasing polarization between the UN's top donors (chiefly the U.S., Japan, Europe and CANZ) and the G-77. This sharpening divide manifests itself in debates across the full spectrum of reform issues: administrative, bu [...] | 2006-05-25 21:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM ECON AORC KUNR EG |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2260 | UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 61ST GA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 17:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK907 | UN REFORM AND THE P-5 [...] (C) USUN has engaged in a concerted effort to reinvigorate the P-5 as a tool for advancing U.S. interests here in New York, including through more frequent and regular P-5 consultations to discuss a wide range of topics. These consultations, at the Permanent Representative, Coordinator and ex [...] | 2006-05-03 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNSC UN |
| 06VATICAN240 | HOLY SEE: MARTINO DISCUSSES NICARAGUA, SECURITY WALL WITH [...] (C) Cardinal Renato Martino (please strictly protect here) told the Ambassador November 16 that the Holy See had attempted to get Cardinal Obando y Bravo out of Nicaragua in the run-up to the recent elections, but that Obando y Bravo had not acted on the Vatican's "invitation" for him to come [...] | 2006-11-21 14:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI NU CU MX VT |
| 06VIENNA2829 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on the Human Rights Council (HRC) September 22 to Engelbert Theuermann, the assistant secretary-level director of the Austrian MFA's human rights bureau. We also passed him copies of the U.S. proposals on Universial Periodic Peer Review and Mandate Revie [...] | 2006-09-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UN AU |
| 06VIENNA3245 | DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA: COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (a) demarche on November 6 to Engelbert Theuermann, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level Human Rights Director. Charge delivered ref SIPDIS (b) points to Theuermann upon receipt on November 7. 2. (C) Theuermann said Austria shared U.S. views on the c [...] | 2006-11-07 08:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN AU |
| 06WARSAW2323 | READOUT OF CENTCOM,S IRAQ CONFERENCE IN WARSAW 3-5 [...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM,s Coalition conference in Warsaw 3-5 Oct 2006 successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. All presentations and some keynote speeches [...] | 2006-11-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS IZ PL |
| 06YEREVAN1687 | ARMENIA'S CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR IF-AND-WHEN RUSSIA [...] (C) As winter approaches and tensions continue between Georgia and Russia, Armenians are increasingly concerned that Russian gas, shipped to Armenia through Georgia, will be cut off as happened in January 2006 (ref A). According to a USAID-funded expert, Armen Arzumanyan, if Russian gas is cut [...] | 2006-12-07 10:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL RS GA AJ AM |
| 06YEREVAN295 | ARMENIA: ANXIOUS NOT TO CONFRONT IRAN ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref A points regarding Iran's application for membership in the Association of State Nuclear Authorities of Countries Operating VVER-type Reactors during separate calls on Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan and Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian February 28. Si [...] | 2006-03-01 12:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PARM PREL IR RS AM |
| 06YEREVAN353 | ARMENIA: DIFFICULT TO EXCLUDE IRAN FROM NUCLEAR [...] (C) Armenia seeks a face-saving way to support our request to exclude Iran from an upcoming Forum of State Nuclear Safety Authorities of the Countries Operating VVER-type Reactors. Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ANRA) Chairman Ashot Martirosyan told us the MFA will convene a meeting t [...] | 2006-03-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP ENRG PARM PREL IR RS AM |
| 06ZAGREB461 | VPOTUS SCENESETTER: PUSHING CROATIA'S INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vice President Cheney will visit Croatia at a time of political optimism following the opening of accession negotiations with the European Union in October 2005, the arrest of war crimes suspect Ante Gotovina in December 2005, and the prospect of NATO membership growing [...] | 2006-04-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR |
| 07ABUDHABI1898 | UAE SKEPTICISM ON SOVEREIGN WEALTH INITIATIVES; [...] (C) Summary. UAE government and finance officials remain skeptical over U.S. and international sovereign wealth fund initiatives, but eagerly await additional details to further evaluate. UAE-based investment firms cite increased political risk surrounding foreign investment in the U.S., and ar [...] | 2007-11-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | AE ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER EINV |
| 07ABUDHABI702 | CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON APRIL 24 MEETING [...] (S) Summary. On April 24 Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) hosted CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon for an introductory lunch, in what was the Admiral's first visit to the UAE since assuming command [...] | 2007-04-26 15:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PARM IZ IR AF PK SY LE IS AE |
| 07ADDISABABA181 | SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO GERMANY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 22 meeting with deputy pol-econ counselor and German DCM, Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Embassy counselor Abdisalam Warsame Hassan reviewed recent developments in Somalia. TFG President Yusuf had not been harmed by the January 19 mortar attack on the [...] | 2007-01-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SO ET |
| 07AITTAIPEI1443 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 23-25 on KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, who announced Saturday his decision to select former premier Vincent Siew as his running mate in next year's presidential election; on the KMT party congress on Sunday; [...] | 2007-06-25 07:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2067 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN AND BUSH-HU MEETING [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage September 7 to the meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao at APEC Thursday, and to President Chen Shui-bian's videoconference with the American Enterprise Institute Thursday on [...] | 2007-09-07 23:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI777 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ROK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 7-9 on the suspicion that China's "Internet army" may have hacked into home computers of senior officials from Taiwan's University of National Defense, planted a Trojan Horse virus, and gained access to classified inf [...] | 2007-04-09 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AMMAN3582 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN TELL CODEL LEVIN - DUMP MALIKI, [...] (C) In multiple meetings with prominent Iraqis living or transiting Jordan, CODEL Levin was told that the U.S. should stop supporting the Maliki government and should support a parliamentary move by moderate, non-sectarian forces in the Iraqi parliament to bring about a new government, likely t [...] | 2007-08-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN3583 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN TELL CODEL LEVIN - DUMP MALIKI, [...] (C) In multiple meetings with prominent Iraqis living or transiting Jordan, CODEL Levin was told that the U.S. should stop supporting the Maliki government and should support a parliamentary move by moderate, non-sectarian forces in the Iraqi parliament to bring about a new government, likely t [...] | 2007-08-26 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN4567 | IRAQ/IRAN: IRAQI SHI'A CLERIC KHOE,I SAYS IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Anti-Iranian Iraqi Shi'a cleric Jawad al-Khoe'i (strictly protect) described to Emboff his views on Iranian perceptions of Iraq and the U.S., the current situation in Iraq and Iran (where he has been studying for ten of the last twelve years),political developments, ongoing Ir [...] | 2007-11-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ IR JO |
| 07ANKARA10 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1215 | TURKEY-RUSSIA RELATIONS: INTO THE BEAR'S DEN? [...] (C) Summary: Deepening economic and political ties between Russia and Turkey bear watching, but they do not signal a fundamental shift in Ankara's foreign policy orientation. Contacts believe Russia offers Turkey a sympathetic ear as both feel buffeted by a critical west. However, on key Turk [...] | 2007-05-21 07:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET TU RS |
| 07ANKARA2027 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2051 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2209 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2210 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2211 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2386 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2388 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2475 | ANKARA NOMINATION: 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) Personal Information: Full legal name of nominee - Rojbin Tugan Job title/Association - Lawyer Date of Birth - May 30, 1971 Country of Birth - Turkey Citizenship - Turkish Republic Address - Bulak Mahallesi, Cumhuriyet Cad., Tugan Apt. 3rd Floor, Hakkari Telephone - +90 (0438) 211-6963 [...] | 2007-10-05 06:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TU |
| 07ANKARA2487 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-05 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA250 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2550 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-16 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2569 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2584 | TURKEY: REENGAGING ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relationship with Israel has reached a new and somewhat different equilibrium. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's occasional casual use of anti-Israeli rhetoric and rapprochement with Israel's arch enemies has caused the once warm friendship to [...] | 2007-10-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS |
| 07ANKARA2769 | PERES ENCOURAGES MODERATION, COMPROMISE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed a group of Bilkent University students and faculty on November 11, his first public event during a three-day visit to Ankara. He encouraged the students to embrace a future defined by moderation and risk-taking. Throughout his talk, Pe [...] | 2007-11-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMDR TU IS |
| 07ANKARA307 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA317 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION@SDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA493 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA624 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA64 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA641 | TURK-AZERI DIASPORA TAKES AIM AT ARMENIAN DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary: A recent Turkish-Azeri diasporas forum in Baku is seeking to develop an organized counterbalance to the influence of the Armenian diaspora worldwide. Possible Turkish-Armenian rapprochement looks bleak, although MFA sources tell us FM Gul plans to approach Secretary Rice with a p [...] | 2007-03-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM AJ TU |
| 07ANKARA754 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA805 | TURKEY SHOCKED BY GOI DECISION ON IRAQ EXPANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In successive conversations April 6 with Ambassador, Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Celikkol and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu expressed "shock" and great disappointment that Egypt rather than Istanbul is being chosen to host the Iraq Neighbors-plus ministerial. Both urge [...] | 2007-04-09 05:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA83 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANTANANARIVO853 | COMORAN FM JAFFAR REITERATES PRO-AMERICAN STANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ahmed Said Ben Jaffar welcomed the Ambassador to the region, encouraging him to visit the Comoros to deliver credentials and see the country at the first opportunity. Jaffar expressed frustration that the African Union (AU) had not upheld commitments with regar [...] | 2007-08-27 11:18:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID CN |
| 07ASHGABAT1335 | "DUBAI ON THE CASPIAN" LIKELY TO STILL BE "LAKE ERIE ON A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 3 business forum showcased multi-billion dollar, world-class plans for the Avaza Tourism Zone. World-renowned design companies, architectural firms, and developers are involved in the project, guaranteeing [...] | 2007-12-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET ECON ETRD TX |
| 07ASHGABAT302 | MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MANN'S [...] (U) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann's March 3-6 visit to Turkmenistan received wide and generally positive coverage in state media. State media only gave coverage of Mann's March 5 meeting with President Berdimuhammedov and omitted his meetings with other government officials [...] | 2007-03-16 12:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX |
| 07ASHGABAT371 | RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV PROMISES [...] (SBU) During an April 5 meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan,s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Russia,s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expanded the traditional Russian-Turkmenistani state dialog, touching on economic cooperation, but focusing a majority of the time on "humanitarion," [...] | 2007-04-12 14:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV PHUM PREL RS TX |
| 07ASTANA277 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: While recent Kazakhstani headlines have been dominated by discussion of the country's new government, its bid to assume the OSCE chairmanship, and a democratization initiative presumed to be in the works, the real, abiding story here is Kazakhstan's economy. The country's natura [...] | 2007-01-30 12:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KZ |
| 07BAGHDAD1795 | VOTE ON MINISTERIAL NOMINEES DELAYED -- AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister's poorly coordinated effort to gain parliamentary approval for a new slate of six ministers -- five of which are different from those proposed May 10 (reftel) -- has yet to reach fruition. The proposed Ministers of Health, Agriculture, and Transportation; along [...] | 2007-05-30 01:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
| 07BAGHDAD2848 | FM KOUCHNER'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: On August 21, during his visit to Baghdad, FM Kouchner asked the Ambassador how France could be helpful on Iraq. The Ambassador suggested that an active French role on economic development -- including bilateral and EU assistance -- would be helpful, as would French support for th [...] | 2007-08-25 17:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL FR IZ |
| 07BAGHDAD3895 | UK AMBASSADOR TO IRAN ON IRI NEGOTIATING STYLE, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 10:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IR IQ |
| 07BAGHDAD3903 | BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAN: IRAN SEES U.S. AS ITS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IR IQ |
| 07BAGHDAD3922 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES' VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (S) Dear Mr. Secretary: Your visit to Iraq comes at a critical time. Since the September testimony by the Ambassador and Gen. Petraeus, we have seen further progress on security: Anbar Province remains remarkably calm; the Sadr ceasefire continues -- in general -- to hold; the threat from Al- [...] | 2007-12-03 07:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC OVIP IZ |
| 07BAGHDAD981 | FM ON UPCOMING MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 19 meeting with PolCouns, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari reported he has been in contact with his counterparts of those countries who attended the March 10 Neighbors Conference. Plans for the upcoming April Ministerial have stalled due to the Prime Minister's insisten [...] | 2007-03-20 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 07BAKU1099 | FORUM ON KARABAKH ADVOCATES SETTING A DEADLINE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the Forum on Karabakh -- a nascent association of opposition-leaning individuals -- on August 29 told the Ambassador that their organization is increasingly impatient with the Minsk Group process due to its lack of progress in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh c [...] | 2007-09-04 12:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ |
| 07BAKU1141 | AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES AHAMDINEJAD [...] (C) Summary. During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said Iran increasingly supports Iraq's territorial integrity, but President Ahmadinejad will not change his position on Iran's nuclear program. During President Ahmadinejad's August visit to Baku, t [...] | 2007-09-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PHUM KDEM KNNC MARR IR AJ |
| 07BAKU1483 | AZERBAIJAN AND ITALY AGREE TO STEPS FORWARD FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A December 12 visit by an Italian delegation headed by Minister for Economic Development Pierluigi Bersani was highlighted by the signing of an Energy MOU with the Ministry of Economic Development. Edison CEO Umberto Quadrino said that 2008 would bring commercial negotiations be [...] | 2007-12-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ IT ENRG TU |
| 07BAKU309 | KEY MP ANALYZES AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Chair of Parliament's International Relations Commission Samad Seyidov discussed Azerbaijan's role in the Council of Europe and in GUAM. He outlined growing Russian influence in Azerbaijan, and expressed frustration over Russian pressure o [...] | 2007-03-15 06:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM AJ |
| 07BAKU38 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV, A/S LOWENKRON AGREE TO ESTABLISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron on December 18 that the US and Azerbaijan need a "permanent dialogue, every two months," in which we can address openly and frankly issues related to Azerbaijan's democratic developmen [...] | 2007-01-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ETRD ECON IR RU AJ |
| 07BAKU411 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, ISLAM, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Representative Hoekstra and the Ambassador, President Ilham Aliyev provided a tour d'horizon of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, regional geopolitics, energy policy and domestic development. Aliyev argued that Azerbaijan was unique, bordered by its former co [...] | 2007-04-11 11:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM ABLD AMGT CASC |
| 07BAKU852 | CODEL TIERNEY'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: In a friendly and relaxed July 3 meeting, Representative John Tierney and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev exchanged views on Azerbaijan's development, regional role and strong relationship with the U.S. and the West. On the Gabala radar station, Aliyev stated that if Russia and th [...] | 2007-07-09 11:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ IR PBTS |
| 07BAKU862 | KEY MPS DISCUSS AZERBAIJAN'S FUTURE, BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 3 meeting with Representative Tierney, Chair of Parliament's International Relations Commission Samad Seyidov and Members of Parliament Asim Mollazade and Nasib Nasibli noted that Azerbaijan has chosen western orientation, explaining that this is difficult under increas [...] | 2007-07-10 07:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IR AJ |
| 07BAKU880 | WORLD AZERBAIJANIS CONGRESS ELECTS A NEW LEADER [...] (C) Summary: The World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) held its ninth international conference in Cologne, Germany July 6-8. With over two hundred participants representing Azeri communities in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia in attendance, members exchanged ideas and discussed new strat [...] | 2007-07-12 09:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ |
| 07BAKU936 | AZERBAIJAN FM SAYS PROGRESS ITH TURKMENISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In July 19 and July 24 conversations, FM Mammadyarov said that gas transit talks with Turkey would begin soon, and that Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov's recent trip to Turkmenistan was encouraging. He supported the idea of a TEP "under a NATO IPAP chapeau," and accepted [...] | 2007-07-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU ENRG |
| 07BANJUL332 | THE U.S./GAMBIAN RELATIONSHIP: DEPARTING [...] (C) The U.S./Gambian relationship remains strained,due primarily to President Jammeh's increasingly authoritarian leadership and consequent decline in the human rights environment here -- a decline that figured prominently in the June 2006 suspension of The Gambia's eligibility for the Milleni [...] | 2007-06-25 15:41:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS PHUM KPKO KPAO EINV ETRD |
| 07BEIJING619 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETINGS WITH FM LI, IO DG WU AND [...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told A/S Silverberg Beijing hopes U.S.-China cooperation on international organizations issues will continue in 2007, with the United States and China addressing problems arising in various hotspots based on a constructive, cooperative, win-win approach. FM L [...] | 2007-01-26 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC CH IR KS KN SU |
| 07BEIJING7330 | QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 2: FOREIGN LINKS GROW [...] (C) Ties between Muslims in northwest China's Qinghai Province and those in the Middle East are on the rise because of widespread satellite TV use and an increasingly mobile populace. Qinghai contacts told PolOff September 14-19 (ref A) that many Muslim communities are trying to embrace more [...] | 2007-12-04 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PK CH SA |
| 07BEIRUT1320 | LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HEADED FOR A [...] (C) With less than one month to go before the beginning of the two-month presidential election period, the gulf between the majority March 14 and opposition March 8 appears to be widening. The battle currently is being fought in the Christian arena, split into two opposing camps: one, represe [...] | 2007-08-28 12:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
| 07BEIRUT427 | LEBANON: AOUN SKEPTICS ON HIZBALLAH, POLITICAL [...] (C) Some of Michel Aoun's closest friends and MPs are unsure about the soundness of his arrangement with Hizballah and his fitness for the office of President. At a 3/21 dinner, they also observed that Hizballah's influence from abroad is incontestable, and that Iran has more control over it [...] | 2007-03-22 16:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE |
| 07BEIRUT576 | LEBANON: SINIORA IN GO-SLOW MODE ON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) PM Siniora's recent trip to Egypt garnered an energy deal that could reduce Lebanon's dependence on Syria, but President Mubarak and Amr Moussa advised steadfastness, not confrontation, in the GOL's political conflict with Syria and its allies in Lebanon. Rumors of a Swiss track to solve t [...] | 2007-04-25 06:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ENRG PGOV PREL PTER LE |
| 07BEIRUT651 | LEBANON: HARIRI PROMISES SINIORA WILL SEND SECOND [...] (C) Indicative of increasing momentum toward Chapter VII, March 14 parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador in a 5/8 meeting that PM Siniora is about to send a second, more emphatic letter to UNSYG Ban Ki-moon. Although Chapter VII was not explicitly referred to in the d [...] | 2007-05-08 16:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 07BEIRUT692 | LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND PM SINIORA COORDINATE [...] (C) In a 5/16 meeting, PM Siniora informed the visiting NEA A/S Welch that he is ready to initiate an all-out final diplomatic push to garner support for Chapter VII to establish the Special Tribunal. Once the P-3 draft resolution text has been agreed upon, Siniora will concentrate on winni [...] | 2007-05-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 07BEIRUT773 | LEBANON: CODEL LEAHY MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) On 5/31, PM Siniora conveyed to CODEL Leahy his sincere gratitude for U.S. leadership in yesterday's UN Security Council vote for resolution 1757, which will establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He said the June 10 sunset clause was almost irrelevant because Speaker Berri will co [...] | 2007-05-31 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 07BRASILIA2132 | IRAN-RUSSIA-VENEZUELA TRIANGLE THREATENS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Iran, Russia, and Venezuela are involved in an open and growing collaboration with a common purpose to make more arms available to radical populist governments and spread anti-American ideology in the region, according to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and National [...] | 2007-11-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL MASS BR VE XR RS IR |
| 07BRASILIA2262 | BRAZIL: UNWILLING TO ENDORSE ARGENTINE CLAIMS ON [...] (S) Summary: With its abstention on the vote to confirm issuance of international capture notices for five Iranian nationals and one Lebanese suspected of involvement in the 1994 terrorist attack in Buenos Aires at the Interpol General Assembly session on November 7 the Government of Brazil has [...] | 2007-12-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL BR AR |
| 07BRUSSELS1175 | MID-TERM CHANGES IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 13:25:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR EUN |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1090 | MEDIA REACTION; RCTV; G8 SUMMIT; 06/04/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces are mostly related to the implications of the revocation of RCTV's license in Venezuela; and the upcoming G8 Summit with the major topics of disagreement between the US and Russia. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Venezuela - Ch [...] | 2007-06-05 09:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1327 | AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH AMIA FRIENDS AND FAMILY [...] (C) Summary. On July 10, Ambassador Wayne, accompanied by Legal Attache and poloff, met with representatives from the Friends and Families of victims of the 1994 Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) terrorist attack (FAV). The Ambassador praised the FAV's efforts to keep the memory o [...] | 2007-07-11 17:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI IS |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1367 | MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT; US-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover the international conference on the Middle East called by US President George W. Bush; the current status of the US-Russia relationship; and implications of US Treasury Secretary Paulson's trip to Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND [...] | 2007-07-18 11:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1757 | MEDIA REACTION; THE ISRAEL LOBBY; COLOMBIA; CHINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international opinion pieces are related to "The Israel Lobby," by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt; negotiations over hostage release in Colombia; and Chinese hackers' reiterated attacks on the US Pentagon's computing system. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIAL [...] | 2007-09-06 08:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1802 | ARGENTINA: AMIA DICUSSES INTERPOL GA VOTE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. On September 4, Ambassador Wayne met with the President of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Luis Grynwald and other AMIA officials to discuss AMIA's strategy to ensure that the INTERPOL General Assembly (GA) votes to uphold its Executive Committee's (EC) decision [...] | 2007-09-10 17:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1888 | CRISTINA IN HER WORDS: WILL ARGENTINA'S [...] (C) Summary. A well-briefed, confident Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) described her policy priorities to the Ambassador on September 20, a few days before she departs for a five-day program in New York. Although she defended GOA positions on controversial economic issues, CFK expressed a stro [...] | 2007-09-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OVIP EFIN EINV EAIR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1931 | ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT CALLS ON IRAN TO COOPERATE [...] (C) Summary: Media pundits, Jewish groups, and Argentine government officials uniformly praised President Kirchner's strong call during his September 25 address to the UN General Assembly for the Government of Iran to cooperate fully with Argentina's justice system in the investigation of the [...] | 2007-09-26 20:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1971 | (S/NF) EMBASSY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON IRANIAN [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUESTS -- SEE PARA 3. 2. (SBU) Interpol's General Assembly meets November 5-8 in Marrakech, Morocco. Embassy understands the Government of Iran may be actively lobbying Interpol member governments to either vote against or abstain in the vote for the Executive Committee's re [...] | 2007-10-03 13:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV IR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1990 | ARGENTINE PREPARATIONS FOR NOV. 5-8 INTERPOL [...] (S) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 4 with the Foreign Ministry's Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez to discuss the GOA's preparations for the November 5-8 Interpol General Assembly meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. Gonzalez explained that on October 3 the MFA sent an ALDAC to its diplomatic mi [...] | 2007-10-04 20:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PTER PREL IR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1991 | ARGENTINE PREPARATIONS FOR NOV. 5-8 INTERPOL [...] PLEASE DISREGARD BUENOS AIRES 1990 WITH THE SAME SUBJECT LINE, SENT BY ERROR. POST WILL RECALL OOB OCTOBER 5. 2. (S) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 4 with the Foreign Ministry's Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez to discuss the GOA's preparations for the November 5-8 Interpol General Ass [...] | 2007-10-04 21:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PTER PREL IR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES205 | AMIA UPDATE: ARGENTINA LIKELY TO REQUEST QUIET USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM met February 1 with MFA Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez (who has the lead on the AMIA case) to discuss GOA strategy to prepare for the March Interpol Executive Committee meeting that will likely decide whether Red Notices will be issued for the arrest of the nine suspects in t [...] | 2007-02-02 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2060 | AMIA: ARGENTINA'S REQUESTS FOR HELP AT INTERPOL [...] (C/NF) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 16 with the Argentine government's point man on AMIA issues, Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez, recently returned from meetings in Lyon with Interpol's secretariat. Gonzalez formally requested USG assistance in lobbying Interpol member governments in p [...] | 2007-10-17 21:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL IR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2222 | AMIA: MFA READOUT FROM MARRAKECH AND NEXT STEPS [...] (S) Summary: GOA is very pleased with the results of the November 7 Interpol General Assembly vote in Marrakech and credits its success to its close coordination with, and the efforts of, the USG. The GOA has seen no "diffusion" notice from Iran regarding the GOI's stated intention to seek in [...] | 2007-11-15 21:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PTER PREL AR IR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES249 | AMIA RED NOTICES: DOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Visiting DOJ Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher and Criminal Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz met February 7 with MFA Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Ambassador Cappagli, MFA SIPDIS AMIA-lead Ambassador Gonzalez and other senior MFA of [...] | 2007-02-08 18:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV FBI AR |
| 07CAIRO3503 | REPAIRING EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI COMMUNICATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 11:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM KPAL EG IS |
| 07COLOMBO1528 | SRI LANKAN FOR MIN TO TRY TO DISSUADE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tourism Minister Moragoda told Ambassador that he was traveling to Tehran in mid-November to advance the President's trip to Iran. Embassy has continued to underline our concerns about Iran's proliferation programs and sponsorship of terrorist activities known to the most senior [...] | 2007-11-08 12:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS IR CE |
| 07DAMASCUS866 | MALIKI VISIT POSITIVE, BUT INCREMENTAL APPROACH [...] (S) Summary: No one here is saying "modus vivendi," but PM Maliki's August 19-22 visit was notable for top-level SARG and Iraqi commitments on security, energy, and political cooperation. Behind the scenes, the Iraqis strongly suspect that the August 14 attacks on Qahtaniya and Al Jazeera [...] | 2007-08-25 09:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SY IZ |
| 07DARESSALAAM819 | TANZANIA: FOREIGN MINISTER MEMBE DISCUSSES [...] (C) The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, told the Charge June 6 that Tanzania will join an AU mission to stabilize the situation in the Comoros Islands, by sending a company of 200 soldiers to monitor upcoming elections and train the Comoran army. The M [...] | 2007-06-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MOPS IR SO ZI TZ |
| 07DUSHANBE1516 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1 [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...] | 2007-10-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF |
| 07DUSHANBE238 | IMPROVING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN THE TAJIK BANKING SECTOR [...] Summary. The Tajik banking sector continues to develop rapidly, with over 35 percent growth since 2005. However, consumer confidence in the banking system remains weak, resulting in an extremely low deposit rate and little money available to feed economic investment. Tajikistan's top banker [...] | 2007-02-12 11:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EIND EAID ETRD PGOV TI |
| 07HANOI1624 | MFA OFFICIALS STICK TO NAM, UNSC BUSINESS DURING TRIP TO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to an MFA official who was part of a three-person GVN delegation to the recent NAM meeting on human rights held in Tehran, the Vietnamese delegation focused on the NAM event. On the margins, the delegation also lobbied with other attendees on behalf of Vietnam's UN Secu [...] | 2007-09-11 17:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC IR VM |
| 07HILLAH84 | POOR LEADERSHIP, SCARCE CAPITAL AND POWER TOP BABIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with the PRT, representatives of the Babil business and commercial sector highlighted the following as key to the province's near-term economic growth: -- Overcoming the ineffective and/or counterproductive role of governme [...] | 2007-06-06 05:33:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI11 | PRIVITIZATION DEBATE SHARPENS FACTIONAL RIVALRY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 10:29:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN PGOV IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI31 | CONFLICTING CLAIMS WHETHER MOUSAVIAN WILL BE RELEASED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 13:06:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR KNNP |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI39 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN TALKS TO IRANIANS IN DUBAI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-30 15:24:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR OREP |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI45 | PROFESSOR DISCUSSES DETAINED AMERICANS, NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-28 14:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV PREL KNNP KPLS |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI64 | DUTCH AMBASSADOR SEEKS OUT IRPO TO PREP FOR DG VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 15:34:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PHUM KNNP PGOV PREL |
| 07JAKARTA1452 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT A/S HILL [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Jakarta and ConGen Surabaya welcome your upcoming visit to Indonesia. Rumbles within the U.S. House of Representatives of possible legislation that would jeopardize normalized military-to-military relations with Indonesia would unravel our recent progress in this area an [...] | 2007-05-23 07:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR SOCI ID |
| 07JAKARTA2296 | PDAS MCNERNEY'S IRAN CONSULTATIONS IN INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney visited Indonesia on August 14 for productive consultations regarding Iran's nuclear program. Senior diplomat and Middle East expert Alwi Shihab reiterated Indonesia's commitment to a peaceful settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue and said Indonesia w [...] | 2007-08-22 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM UNSC MNUC ID IR |
| 07JAKARTA2421 | DAS MARCIEL'S MEETINGS WITH DEPLU DG HADI AND SBY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate August 28 meetings, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel discussed a range of bilateral issues with Andri Hadi, Director General for Information and Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and with Dino Djalal, advisor to President Yudhoyo [...] | 2007-09-04 09:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM CACS ID |
| 07JAKARTA2549 | INDONESIAN/IRANIAN RELATIONS: MARGINAL SUBSTANCE, [...] (C) Summary: Many elements of a strong bilateral relationship remain underdeveloped between Indonesia and Iran. The two countries maintain marginal trade and investment links. Defense and security cooperation is virtually nonexistent. Despite this, much of the public and Indonesian legislat [...] | 2007-09-13 06:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL MNUC PARM ETRD UNSC ID IR |
| 07JAKARTA972 | HEAT STILL ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO FOLLOWING IRAN [...] (C) A number of members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) from across party lines, including the Speaker himself, continued their vocal assault on Indonesia's decision to vote for UNSCR 1747. Despite the heated rhetoric and highly public critique of the administration's decision [...] | 2007-04-04 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PGOV UNSC IR ID |
| 07JAKARTA994 | ASSESSMENT OF INDONESIA'S POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia will resist taking a clear position on the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo until the last minute and will look for UNSC consensus and a solution agreed by both Serbia and Kosovo. We see little prospect for Indonesian leadership on Kosovo, nor even tacit support for Kosov [...] | 2007-04-09 10:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPAO UNMIK PGOV YI EU ID |
| 07KABUL1186 | WORLD WATCHING DEBATES ON THE AFGHAN MEDIA LAW [...] (U) The Media Law is slated to go for parliamentary debate on April 11 amid rumors over which of five drafts - ranging from reasonably moderate to very restrictive of media content and oversight - will actually be presented and voted on. When it happens, the final debate and vote will attrac [...] | 2007-04-10 13:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
| 07KABUL178 | BOUCHER SEES COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WORKING IN [...] (U) During his January 10 visit to Panjshir Valley, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher heard an extensive analysis of the province from its Governor, Haji Bahlul. The Governor portrayed Panjshir as free of terrorist activity, official corruption and popp [...] | 2007-01-20 05:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
| 07KABUL2324 | UNHCR VIEWS ON AGHANISTAN, IRANIAN DEPORTEES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 5 meeting, Ambassador and UNHCR Country Representative Salvatore Lombardo discussed a wide range of issues. Chief among these were the politicization of the Afghan refugee situation in Pakistan, Afghan deportees from Iran and concerns regarding President Karzai,s forth [...] | 2007-07-19 02:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AF IR PK |
| 07KABUL954 | KOENIGS AND BOUCHER ON INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION, [...] (C) A special response fund to allow the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan close developmental cooperation with ISAF would advance civilian-military coordination; Washington support requested. Additionally, in a March 14 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central A [...] | 2007-03-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF IR |
| 07KUALALUMPUR184 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took the helm. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. [...] | 2007-01-31 10:18:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR651 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...] | 2007-04-11 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR924 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE, [...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...] | 2007-05-24 09:36:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
| 07KUWAIT184 | JOINT TREASURY-FEDERAL RESERVE DELEGATION MEETS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 22-24, Department of Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Tim Adams and Federal Reserve System Governor Randall Kroszner met with leading Kuwaiti officials, financiers, and economists. The visit was the first for a sitting Federal Reserve Governor to [...] | 2007-02-07 15:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN KU PREL |
| 07KUWAIT487 | PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 3, Parliament ratified 20 international agreements, including a security cooperation agreement with Iran in the field of drug trafficking and law enforcement. However, parliamentarians objected strongly to an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. and referred it to the M [...] | 2007-04-04 13:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT781 | FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON RECENT VISIT TO IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Foreign Affairs Chairman and Inter-Arab Parliament (IAP) Speaker Mohammed Al-Sager gave PolOffs a read-out of his recent visit to Iran. Al-Sager said Iranian officials he met, including Rafsanjani, asked for Kuwaiti mediation with the U.S. and called on Kuwait to play [...] | 2007-05-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT808 | TERRORIST FINANCE: TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN ENGAGES [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 23-24, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Sipdis Patrick O'Brien met with senior GOK officials on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CTF) issues. He conveyed USG concerns about the activities of the Kuwait-based [...] | 2007-05-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
| 07KUWAIT852 | KUWAIT'S BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FAIL TO LAUNCH [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Several important state-sponsored infrastructure projects in Kuwait have been delayed for a number of years for largely bureaucratic and political reasons. These projects includes power plants, desalination plants, a mega-refinery, a major container port, and a [...] | 2007-05-31 06:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EINV ENRG ECON |
| 07LAPAZ3053 | BOLIVIA ON UN 3RD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) DCM contacted Bolivian Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez on November 19 regarding reftel. Fernandez mentioned that Bolivia would take different positions on each of the four human rights resolutions before the UN Third Commission. Only in the case of Burma is Bolivia prepared to fully [...] | 2007-11-20 12:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN BL |
| 07LISBON2750 | US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Iran, all parties agreed on the need for concerted action in response to its nuclear program and pretensions for regional hegemony, as well as its deteriorating human rights situation. On the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the EU emphasized its support for the planned int [...] | 2007-10-30 16:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR |
| 07LJUBLJANA755 | SLOVENIA WILL ATTEND UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (SBU) On December 6, Smiljana Knez, head of the Human Rights Unit of the MFA's Division of International Organizations and Human Security, assured EmbOff that Slovenia's Permanent Representation to the UN will attend the upcoming UNGA plenary votes on the four condemnatory resolutions on the [...] | 2007-12-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV UNGA SI |
| 07LONDON2420 | (C) AMERICAN CITIZENS DETAINED IN IRAN: UK [...] (C) In response to poloff's June 12 demarche (ref A),FCO's Iran Team Leader Will Gelling and Iran human rights officer Marian Kalloor on June 20 said UK pressure and lobbying in Tehran was an important element behind the EU Presidency's demarche (reported ref B) on the Iranian Foreign Minist [...] | 2007-06-22 17:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PHUM PREL IR UK |
| 07LONDON809 | UK EXPECTATIONS FOR MARCH EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) The UK Government expects Iran and Bosnia to be issues of focus at the March General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Martin Sherman, FCO's EU External Affairs head, provided Poloff on March 1 with a readout of UK expectations for the GAERC in response to ref non-p [...] | 2007-03-02 15:26:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL PGOV BK YI IS IR AF SU UZ UK |
| 07MADRID1202 | SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...] | 2007-06-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AF |
| 07MADRID1251 | SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...] | 2007-06-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AF LE |
| 07MADRID383 | SPAIN HOSTS MINISTERIAL WITH ARAB NATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs briefed PolCouns February 26 on events surrounding the February 23 Spain-Arab Nations Ministerial in Madrid to inaugurate Spain's newest cultural/international center, "Casa Arabe." Approximately 14 Arab Foreign Ministers attended t [...] | 2007-03-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KISL SP |
| 07MANAGUA1672 | UPDATE ON NICARAGUA'S FOREIGN DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua continues to reduce its foreign debt load. The commercial debt buy-back program, which will reduce foreign debt claims by USD 1.3 billion, is almost complete. Despite strong lobbying efforts with Iran and Libya, no additional countries have forgiven non-Paris Club bil [...] | 2007-07-06 21:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EPET PGOV PREL NU |
| 07MANAMA263 | AL WIFAQ COURTS SUNNIS AND GOVERNMENT BUT RISKS [...] (C) Shia opposition political society Al Wifaq,s strategy since entering the Council of Representatives (COR) in December has been to build trust and consensus with the royal family and Sunni legislators, saving more inflammatory debates over constitutional reform and corruption for later. The [...] | 2007-03-22 08:25:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BA POL |
| 07MEXICO5466 | MEXICAN CONGRESS BUILDS CONFIDENCE DURING ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mexico's legislature has moved beyond its rubber stamp role of years past and begun playing a formative role in the advancement of critical bills. Strong inter-party and party-government dialogue, as well as the powerful impetus provided by the three senior party leaders in the S [...] | 2007-10-16 17:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SENV |
| 07MOSCOW259 | DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, LEBANON, SYRIA, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov reaffirmed support for the roadmap, while expressing sympathy for Palestinian efforts to proceed to final status discussions, and flagged that FM Lavrov will resurrect the GOR proposal for a [...] | 2007-01-23 10:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON RS IS IZ SY LE |
| 07MOSCOW2970 | CODEL NELSON-LOTT: INTERPARLIAMENTARY TALKS FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 27-28 sessions in Moscow of the U.S.-Russian Senate-Federation Council Interparliamentary Working Group, co-chairs Senators Ben Nelson and Trent Lott and Russian Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Mikhail Margelov underlined the importance of encouragin [...] | 2007-06-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PARM MNUC ETRD OREP NELSON LOTT RS |
| 07MOSCOW3434 | RUSSIA AND IRAN: MOSCOW'S SHIFTING VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Iran's nuclear program has posed an increasing challenge to Russia's foreign policy as Moscow tries to balance its strong interest in preventing a nuclear armed Iran against the political and economic considerations that have traditionally driven relations with Tehran. However, [...] | 2007-07-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETRD MASS IR RS |
| 07MOSCOW3803 | ABBAS WINS MOSCOW'S SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas concluded a three-day visit to Moscow with a July 31 meeting with President Putin, who assured Abbas that the GOR would support him as the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people. Abbas also met with FM Lavrov and First DFM Deni [...] | 2007-08-02 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS RS |
| 07MOSCOW4088 | DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN AND WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In July 31-August 1 meetings, DAS Bryza's discussions with MFA, western and Russian energy officials centered on oil pipeline issues and Eurasian gas developments. Transneft head Vainshtok criticized the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, (CPC) and suggested it should only be expande [...] | 2007-08-21 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5425 | MFA UPBEAT ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, DEBT [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, MFA Deputy Director for Iraq Aleksandr Kinshak told us that Russia considered the Iraq Neighbors Expanded Ministerial in Istanbul "very successful," noting that the atmosphere was more positive in Istanbul than at the previous ministerial in Sharm el Sheikh. Kinsh [...] | 2007-11-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY |
| 07MUSCAT1040 | OMANIS SPEAK OUT ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) In attempt to get an unvarnished view of U.S. foreign policy from well-educated Omanis, who are normally reluctant to openly share their opinions on political topics, the Ambassador convened on November 6 the first of a planned series of small-scale discussion groups. Entitled "First Tue [...] | 2007-11-13 11:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KDEM MU |
| 07NASSAU1399 | AMBASSADOR SIEGEL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] Summary: Ambassador Siegel presented his credentials to Governor General Arthur Dion Hanna on November 14 in a ceremony at Government House. Prior to the ceremony, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Brent Symonette, who affirmed the government's desire to maintain the best possible rel [...] | 2007-11-16 22:10:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | APER PREL PTER UNGA BF |
| 07NEWDELHI5206 | NUCLEAR DEBATE RERUN GETS PERSONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Personal attacks between the ruling Congress Party and opposition BJP leaders marked the eight-hour-plus December 4-5 Rajya Sabha (upper house) nuclear debate in Parliament. Going over the same arguments as in previous Parliament debates, the Left and United National Progressiv [...] | 2007-12-05 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 07NEWDELHI871 | SAMAJWADI PARTY PULLS SUPPORT FROM UPA GOVERNMENT, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 14:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN |
| 07NICOSIA103 | INTERNAL, EXTERNAL WOES THREATEN T/C "STATE U" [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Cyprus's Eastern Mediterranean University is "in dire trouble," worries Vice Rector for Student Affairs Samil Ergodan and Senior Advisor to the Rector Johann Pillai. Beset by labor strife, empty "government" funding commitments, and cronyism at home, the "TRNC's state" univ [...] | 2007-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OEXC PREL KPAO CY TU |
| 07OSLO330 | SUSTAINABILITY SMORGASBORD: THE OSLO CSR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. On March 28 through March 30, Norway hosted "Partnerships for Sustainable Development: The Oslo Conference on Good Governance and Environmental Responsibility." Gathering public and private sector leaders, NGOs and international experts, including Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus [...] | 2007-04-03 14:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG ECON EPET EINV KPIR NO |
| 07PARIS151 | COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: A USG Delegation led by Ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, Hank Crumpton, held strategic counterterrorism consultations with senior French officials December 7. The two delegations exchanged views on the overall threat situation, improvements to both countries' counterterr [...] | 2007-01-16 07:34:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL FR |
| 07PARIS195 | MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud was uniformly downbeat in his comments about Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and Lebanon. Iraq has passed the point of no return on remaining a unified state, Araud contended. The current hostilitie [...] | 2007-01-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN UNSC IR LE SY IZ FR |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN1065 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff met October 22 with Delia Chatoor of the Multilateral Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and presented the points in ref a. Regarding the request to oppose &no-action8 motions in order to permit full debate on serious human rights issue raised within the Third C [...] | 2007-10-24 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL TD UNGA |
| 07PRAGUE22 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR A/S FRIED'S JANUARY 11 VISIT [...] (C) Dan, I'm looking forward to seeing you again. Your visit will be our first opportunity to meet the "new" Czech government that President Klaus will formally appoint tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. You are set to call on new/old Prime Minister Topolanek, new Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg, an [...] | 2007-01-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL EZ |
| 07PRAGUE645 | CZECH MFA PROVIDED WITH NEW INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Summary: On June 4 the DCM provided the Czech MFA Political Director with newly releasable intelligence on Venezuela-Iran military cooperation. This information, combined with previously provided open-source material, may prove sufficient for the Czech Government to veto military technolo [...] | 2007-06-06 12:29:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE |
| 07PRETORIA1380 | VISIT OF A/S SILVERBERG [...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to South Africa to consult with the South African Government (SAG) on the President's strategy to end the suffering in Darfur. Sudan is one of Pretoria's top foreign policy priorities. SAG principals will appreciate the opportunity to discuss Darfur, souther [...] | 2007-04-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OTRA SU SF |
| 07PRETORIA2106 | SHE,S BACK - HEALTH MINISTER MANTO [...] (U) South Africa's Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang resumed 100 percent of her duties as Health Minister on June 6, 2007 following a three-month absence to recover from a liver transplant. Her first action was to decline participation in the 3rd Annual South African Aids Conference in Durban (Ju [...] | 2007-06-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF |
| 07PRETORIA2395 | IRANIAN DEPFORMIN ARAGHCHI DEFENDS NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Speaking July 4 at the University of Pretoria, Iranian DepForMin Araghchi argued that Iran's nuclear program is peaceful, but stressed that Tehran will not give up its NPT right to enrich uranium. Iran remains open to "creative" ideas on building confidence about the peaceful [...] | 2007-07-06 10:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP IR IZ IS SF |
| 07RABAT1676 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST [...] (S) Poloff and A/LEGAT met on October 29 with Argentine Embassy Minister-Counselor Pablo Pineiro Aramburu at the Argentine Embassy to convey reftel points concerning the Government of Argentina,s (GOA) request for assistance in lobbying the GOM to support the INTERPOL Executive Committee deci [...] | 2007-10-31 13:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO |
| 07RABAT265 | WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...] | 2007-02-09 12:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO |
| 07RABAT273 | WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...] | 2007-02-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO |
| 07ROME175 | ITALY ON THE UNSC: A EUROPEAN VOICE [...] (C) Summary. Italy enters the UN Security Council under Romano Prodi's center-left government, looking to show its commitment to multilateralism, enhance EU coordination on UNSC issues, and focus on areas within the GOI sphere of influence and where it has troop commitments. The Middle East, [...] | 2007-01-26 11:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC IT |
| 07ROME2093 | ITALY: DOMESTIC STALEMATE KEEPS PRODI IN THE GAME, [...] (C/NF) A political stalemate keeps the fragile Prodi government afloat and could do so for a prolonged period, even as it prevents PM Prodi from tackling Italy's much needed institutional/economic reforms. The tense domestic politics and PM Prodi and FM D'Alema's different tactics on some item [...] | 2007-09-28 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
| 07ROME310 | PROPOSAL FOR GOI-USG EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Throughout 2006, Embassy Rome has engaged the GOI in a dialogue on export control issues, with mixed results. While the GOI is a reliable supporter of the Missile Technology Control Regime and Australia Group, the G [...] | 2007-02-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETRD ETTC IR IT |
| 07SANSALVADOR298 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA [...] (S) President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca is likely to emphasize his concerns over Venezuelan and Iranian threats to regional stability and press for extension of TPS during his February 27 meeting with the President. Saca will also raise gang violence, deportation of Salvadoran criminal alien [...] | 2007-02-20 16:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | PGOV PREL OVIP KCRM KHLS ES |
| 07SANTODOMINGO2152 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING [...] (SBU) The Dominican Republic has become a reliable supporter of democracy in the sometimes difficult and always strategic Caribbean. Our close relationship is exemplified by Dominican ratification of the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement, and our friendship is cemented by a history of strong econ [...] | 2007-09-14 19:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD SNAR UNGA DR |
| 07SAOPAULO601 | CONVERSATION WITH AN OLD FRIEND OF LULA [...] (C) At a June 26 lunch with poloff and econoff, businessman and lobbyist Mohamad Ali Laila (protect) shared his views on President Lula, the PT, Brazil,s relations with Venezuela, and the Lebanese and Muslim communities in Sao Paulo. Laila, who is President Lula,s neighbor in Sao Bernardo [...] | 2007-07-12 14:12:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KISL SCUL BR LE |
| 07STATE29082 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 12. (U) SUMMARY ----------- 2. (C) Argentina has asked for USG assistance in persuading Interpol to issue six Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national thought by Argentina [...] | 2007-03-08 04:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AR LE PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT |
| 07TALLINN259 | ESTONIA IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 23-24 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. On April 20, we delivered Reftel points on U.S. positions in advance of the EU's April 23-24 GAERC meeting to Kart Juhasoo-Lawrence, MFA Counselor for U.S. Affairs, and Kristel Kase, EU GAERC Desk Officer. The majority of the meeting was devoted to discussing the upcoming U.S.-E [...] | 2007-04-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN ETRD KPAL PREL EN |
| 07TALLINN622 | ESTONIA: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE/MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 14:29:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EG EUN IS JA PARM PREL IAEA EN |
| 07TELAVIV1113 | ISRAEL: CODEL ACKERMAN AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Tel Aviv on April 12 with Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni explained Israel's belief that it is impossible to distinguish between Hamas and non-Hamas members of the Palestinian government. She urged the inte [...] | 2007-04-18 06:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IR IS |
| 07TELAVIV1223 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that, in a high-level defense consultation on Wednesday, PM Ehud Olmert decided that Israel will avoid a broad military response to the Hamas rocket bar [...] | 2007-04-26 08:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV1704 | A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES UN AND IO ISSUES WITH DDG [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed United Nations and other international organization issues with MFA Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. The Israelis announced that they have begun quickly campaigning for a UNSC seat in 2019-20. Ya'a [...] | 2007-06-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG KPAL UNSC UNGA |
| 07TELAVIV1857 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Visit to US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Tuesday's meeting at the White House between PM Ehud Olmert and President Bush. The media quoted the two leaders as saying publicly that they would [...] | 2007-06-20 09:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2144 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the visit of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, which was scheduled for next week, has been canceled. Media quoted President Bush as saying during a press co [...] | 2007-07-13 10:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2338 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US-Saudi Arms Deal 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- The media reported on Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to increase military aid to Israel to ease concerns over a proposed American weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. The media cite [...] | 2007-07-30 10:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2543 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2558 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-23 10:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2579 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2636 | ISRAELI NGO SUES TERRORISTS, TIES UP PA MONEY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Israel (GOI) recently reached an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to release portions of withheld Palestinian customs revenue (ref A),but a substantial portion of these funds remains frozen by court order. Israeli courts are in the process of deci [...] | 2007-08-30 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | EFIN EAID PTER KWBG IS IR |
| 07TELAVIV2662 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-04 10:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2815 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that on Thursday PM Ehud Olmert told a gathering of Kadima that "there is a partner for dialogue in the PA." Media quoted Olmert as saying that he wil [...] | 2007-09-21 10:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2853 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2947 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3120 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 10:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3502 | AMBASSADOR JONES' DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH VICE [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Israeli Vice Prime Minister Haim Ramon on December 11, 2007 in Ramon,s Jerusalem office. In response to the Ambassador's questions regarding the meeting of Ramon,s inter-ministerial committee on illegal outposts earlier in the day, Ramon declared that a [...] | 2007-12-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
| 07TELAVIV3612 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the outcome of Defense Minister Ehud Barak's visit to Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday. Media reported that Barak and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak se [...] | 2007-12-27 11:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV757 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-13 05:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07THEHAGUE1939 | NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH SUPPORTIVE ON MOST THIRD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 24, 2007, POLOFF delivered reftel A points to Dutch MFA Director for Human Rights, Ms. Maryem van den Heuvel, and Reneko Elema, Senior Policy Officer. Van den Heuvel welcomed the consultation, noting Dutch agreement on all country resolutions. While inclined to support [...] | 2007-10-25 05:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | UN KTIA PHUM PREL NL |
| 07THEHAGUE1952 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (SBU) The November 5-9 Conference of the States Parties will either be extremely hectic or rather uneventful. When Executive Council 50 passed the 2008 budget, expectations for a meeting of the EC during the Conference faded. Del believes an EC meeting will be necessary during the week of t [...] | 2007-10-30 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE204 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Javits spoke with the Ambassadors of the UK, France, Germany, Japan and South Korea, as well as OPCW Director General Pfirter on the unacceptability of Iran as the Chair of the OPCW Executive Committee. There was unanimous acceptance of that position, nuanced differe [...] | 2007-02-02 13:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR |
| 07THEHAGUE313 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) On February 12, the P-5 Ambassadors met to discuss universality efforts. Following welcoming remarks by Amb. Javits, DG Pfirter provided an update on universality efforts. On the three Caribbean non-SPs, the DG said he had specifically mentioned the Bahamas, Barbados and the Dominican [...] | 2007-02-20 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07TOKYO1113 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-14 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO2652 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-12 23:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO2786 | FORMER JAPANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: NEW DIRECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazuhiro Sugita, former Director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO),believes Japan must support United States policy toward the Middle East but, at the same time, be more willing to pursue its own strategies and engagements in the region. He fears that follo [...] | 2007-06-20 09:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JA |
| 07TOKYO2799 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-21 01:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO5429 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 01:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07USEUBRUSSELS3178 | HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-17 15:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1193 | UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 62ND GA [...] (SBU) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Area Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session of the 62nd GA draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African [...] | 2007-12-20 18:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1209 | 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) Support from East Asian and Pacific Island (EAP) countries was essential for achieving U.S. objectives in this 62nd UN [...] | 2007-12-26 16:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG |
| 07USUNNEWYORK953 | UNGA/C-6: RULE OF LAW DEBATE [...] SUMMARY: Fifty delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during its October 25 - 26 debate on the rule of law at the national and international levels. Many delegations underscored the importance of rule of law activities and their contribution to human rights and international peace and secu [...] | 2007-11-02 18:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
| 07VIENNA1176 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 07, 2007 [...] Eurofighter boss Aloysius Rauen and Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) will be interviewed by the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the Austrian Eurofighter purchase deal today. The committee will also demand that Darabos provide them with a copy of the expert opinion asse [...] | 2007-05-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 07VIENNA1218 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 10, 2007 [...] The parliamentary investigative committee looking into the purchase of Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces will hold the next round of hearings today. A key figure in the affair is due to appear before the committee: Erhard Steininger, a lobbyist for the EADS consortium, who has been a [...] | 2007-05-10 13:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 07VIENNA1230 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 11, 2007 [...] Even if Austria cancels the contract to purchase 18 Eurofighters from the EADS consortium, the jets will have still cost the country a considerable amount of money. So far, about 200 million Euros have gone into preparations for the interceptors and most of it cannot be refunded, experts explai [...] | 2007-05-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 07VIENNA1605 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (U) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel points on June 14 to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken offered the following observations: 2. (C) Cuba: Riecken does not expect much discussion, as Council Conclusions have already been drafted at the working level. [...] | 2007-06-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL SOCI AU |
| 07VIENNA2456 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 20, 2007 [...] The new board of directors of bank Bawag says it will sell the bank's real estate assets, which include the Bawag headquarters in Vienna's first district that is topped off with a large penthouse formerly inhabited by ex-Bawag CEO Helmut Elsner. Other Bawag properties to be sold include the pen [...] | 2007-09-20 13:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 07VIENNA2948 | AUSTRIAN TRADE DELEGATE VIEWS ON IRANIAN POLITICAL AND [...] (SBU) A former Austrian trade delegate to Iran recently told Emboff that financial sanctions are effective in the banking sector, but less successful in deterring Austrian companies from trading with Iranian counterparts. In the view of the trade official, U.S. sanctions were counterproductiv [...] | 2007-12-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU |
| 07VIENNA478 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 23, 2007 [...] Erika Rumpold, head of public relations company 100 Percent Communications, which received over 6 million Euros to promote Eurofighters refused to answer questions at the parliamentary inquiry looking into the purchase of the planes. Committee members said Rumpold may face a fine similar to tha [...] | 2007-02-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 07VIENNA516 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 28, 2007 [...] Eurofighter company boss Aloysius Rauen complained that his firm has been disadvantaged by details leaked to the public from an Austrian parliamentary inquiry into the purchase of 18 Eurofighter jets for use by the Austrian armed forces. Rauen said that concerns about corporate security and dam [...] | 2007-02-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 07VIENNA909 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 04, 2007 [...] Greens MP Werner Kogler says he believes a "network" connecting intermediaries and Austrian ministry officials was set up surrounding the Eurofighter purchase deal, citing specifically two members of the Defense Department's evaluation commission, who entertained close personal ties with interc [...] | 2007-04-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PAO AU |
| 07VIENNA932 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 10, 2007 [...] Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer of the SPOe, and the head of the parliamentary inquiry into the Eurofighter deal, Peter Pilz of the Green Party, believe the country's chances to get out of the purchase contract have increased. Last week new documents surfaced which allegedly confirmed bus [...] | 2007-04-10 12:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 07WELLINGTON361 | DEFENSE AND TRADE MINISTER PHIL GOFF'S TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's Minister for Defense and Trade Phil Goff sees his May 9-11 visit to Washington as a chance to build on the positive momentum created by PM Helen Clark's March visit (Ref A). On the Defense side, Goff will express hope that both countries can continue to identify j [...] | 2007-05-08 03:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD MARR NZ |
| 07YEREVAN1000 | EUR DAS BRYZA'S VISIT YIELDS UPDATES ON NK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Bryza's intense day of meetings in Yerevan July 30 touched important bases with top GOAM and opposition leaders. The visit was aimed at bilateral business, but Nagorno-Karabakh deliberations nonetheless dominated meetings with the President and Foreign Minister. On Turkey, [...] | 2007-08-07 10:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR |
| 07YEREVAN1255 | ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS [...] This is the latest in our periodic series of cables highlighting news of U.S. policy interest. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS: (U) POLITICAL NEWS: -- Ex-President Blasts Government In Quasi-Campaign Speech -- ...And Reaches Out To Old Enemies -- PM Sargsian Talks Iran and Turkey in Moscow -- Pro [...] | 2007-10-17 12:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD KCRM AM |
| 07ZAGREB990 | ENGAGING THE CROATIANS ON THEIR UNSC MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some key decisions affecting Croatia's UNSC membership, particularly on personnel, will have to await the outcome of Croatia's parliamentary elections on November 25, the basic lines of Croatia's approach are already becoming evident. We can expect President Mesic, who will [...] | 2007-11-05 07:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC HR |
| 08ABUDHABI392 | THE UAE'S YOUNG NEW AMBASSADOR -- MBZ'S RIGHT HAND MAN GETS [...] (S) Summary: The UAE on 24 March nominated a new Ambassador to the U.S. in the coming months. The choice of 34-year-old Yousef Mana al-Otaiba -- the sharp, loyal, aide and right-hand man to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Zayed (MbZ) -- reflects a desire to heighten the UAE's visibility [...] | 2008-03-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL OVIP AE |
| 08AITTAIPEI1026 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-13 22:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 08AITTAIPEI1438 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 3 on a order by Taiwan's Department of Health Thursday to remove from shelves more dairy products from China that were found to be contaminated with melamine; on the U.S. Senate's approval of a revised US$700 billio [...] | 2008-10-05 22:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 08ANKARA1175 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-26 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1359 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1377 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1532 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-25 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA164 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1711 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1824 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA2045 | TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. CT DIALOGUE PROPOSAL, URGES [...] (S) Summary. S/CT Dell Dailey urged Turkey November 14 to agree to an annual high-level counterterrorism (CT) dialogue, pressed it to use its influence with Syria to halt the transit of foreign terrorists and asked it to positively respond to earlier U.S. information-sharing proposals. Inter [...] | 2008-11-25 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV IZ SY EU TU |
| 08ANKARA2069 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA2194 | TURKEY/TIP: STRONG COMMITMENT, UNEVEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: GOT, NGO, and IOM experts discussed with visiting G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Jennifer Donnelly December 15-17 the considerable progress Turkey has made in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) sin [...] | 2008-12-31 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 08ANKARA62 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA620 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA673 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA937 | TURKEY: EU TROIKA, IN ANKARA, FOCUSES ON NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: The EU continued its intense engagement with Turkey (following EC President Barroso's recent visit) with a May 6 EU Troika meeting in Ankara. The EU delegation stressed the accession door remains very much open for Turkey, but reforms must be reinvigorated. Turkish [...] | 2008-05-15 05:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU EUN |
| 08ASHGABAT210 | TURKMENISTAN: SOME TURKISH VIEWS ON TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) On February 1, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil met with the Charge to discuss regional energy issues (reftels). He said it is important to explain to Turkmenistan that allowing major Western companies to work in the Caspian and onshore would promote the country's economic and political ind [...] | 2008-02-11 08:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET TU AJ TX |
| 08ASTANA2166 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER'S NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Kazakhstan will be most useful to reinforce the importance we place on the U.S.-Kazakhstan strategic partnership. Both Secretary of State Rice and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad visited Astana in October. With its selection as 2010 OSCE ch [...] | 2008-11-03 09:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET OREP KDEM KZ |
| 08BAGHDAD1347 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil reporting cable. 2. (SBU) A tailored Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) consisting of Gary Novis (Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT)-Head of Delegation),Robert Stapleton, (Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money [...] | 2008-05-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD1578 | COR FINANCE CHAIR ON SUPPLEMENTAL CONFUSION [...] (C) During an introductory meeting with Econoffs May 21, Dr. Ayad Samarraie, Council of Representatives (CoR) Finance Committee Chair, noted that multiple plans for the Government of Iraq's (GOI) proposed supplemental budget have engendered confusion. He cited DPM Barham Salih's proposal to all [...] | 2008-05-23 07:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD159 | TRIBAL AWAKENINGS: SOUTHERNERS STILL HALF-ASLEEP [...] (U) This is a joint Baghdad POL - PRT Maysan, Muthanna, Karbala, Najaf, Dhi Qar, Diwaniyah, Babil, Wasit and REO Basrah cable. 2. (C) Summary: There is no "Shi'a awakening" in southern Iraq comparable to the ar-Ramadi based Sunni Awakening. There is a plethora of independent tribal moveme [...] | 2008-01-22 13:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD1826 | RRT ERBIL: KRG OIL MINISTER ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources Dr. Ashti Hawrami expressed cautious optimism that KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani's upcoming meetings with PM Maliki in Baghdad could lead to passage of some hydrocarbon legislation "by October." This optimism [...] | 2008-06-17 12:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV EPET IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2358 | VP ADEL AND ISCI CHAIR HAKIM: WE'LL TRY TO BROKER [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on July 24 that he and President Talabani had vetoed the recently-passed Provincial Election Law and that ISCI would work with the Kurdish Alliance and other CoR blocs to find a solution to the Kirkuk election issue. He said th [...] | 2008-07-28 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD2606 | (U) KARBALA RECEIVES NATIONAL INVESTMENT CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION (NIC) CHAIRMAN DR. AHMED RIDHA MET WITH POLITICAL AND BUSINESS LEADERS IN KARBALA ON AUGUST 5. HIS PREPARED REMARKS CONCERNING THE IMPERATIVE OF BOOSTING INVESTMENT IN THE PROVINCE WERE DELIVERED WITH EVIDENT CONVICTION AND APPEARED TO BE WELL RECE [...] | 2008-08-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2812 | KARBALA: IRAN EXERTS HEAVY INFLUENCE THROUGH [...] (S) Summary: Since Iraq's liberation, Tehran has sought to increase its sway within Karbala and other key Shi'a holy cities. Iranian agents make use of direct payments and business favors to ensure that provincial government figures remain compliant and favorably inclined to Iranian interests. Sham [...] | 2008-09-02 06:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2972 | KARBALA'S PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary: Karbala's Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) is composed of seven university professors who focus more on where investments should be placed than on how to accommodate and advocate for investors. Because the PIC has as yet received no funding from Baghdad, it relies on its me [...] | 2008-09-15 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECON IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3238 | D PRESSES PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Speaker Mashadani told DepSec Negroponte that a majority in the parliament supported the bilateral security agreement, but that many deputies would not support it publicly. Noting that other countries benefit from security agreements with the U.S., he said the continued American [...] | 2008-10-07 05:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3445 | UPDATE ON MEK TRANSFER [...] (S) Summary: In preparation for the transfer of security authority from the USG to the GOI for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf, the USG is encouraging MEK leaders to begin planning for the transition and pressing the GOI to formulate a plan for when it takes over responsibility. [...] | 2008-10-28 18:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PTER KJUS PINS PREL UN IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD348 | PRT MAYSAN: MAYSAN'S TRIBES SEEK POLITICAL ROLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Tribal members in Maysan are asserting their political relevance by occupying key positions and creating independent advocacy groups. Members of several local tribes, including the Bani Malik, the al-Fartusi, and the al-Gharrawi, [...] | 2008-02-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3553 | PROGRESS ON CAMP ASHRAF (MEK) TRANSITION [...] (S) SUMMARY. EmbOffs recently met with senior GOI stakeholders, including Minister of Interior (REF A),Minister of Defense, National Security Advisor, and Minister of Human Rights, regarding the transfer of security responsibility for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents of Camp Ashraf. In [...] | 2008-11-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD470 | NEA/DAS BUTLER MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 14 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told NEA DAS Lawrence Butler that he thought Iran postponed the trilat scheduled for February 15 because of the February 12 assassination in Damascus of Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyah. Zebari confirmed that Iranian Pre [...] | 2008-02-19 07:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08BAKU1039 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV TELLS BENS HE SEEKS GREATER US [...] (C) Summary: Just ahead of his inauguration, President Aliyev told visiting U.S. business executives that Azerbaijan is a force for stability in an insecure neighborhood. During his second administration, Nagorno-Karabakh will remain "issue number one." By occupying Azerbaijan's territories, [...] | 2008-10-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM |
| 08BAKU1069 | IRAN-AZERBAIJAN SNAPSHOT AND OVERVIEW [...] This cable provides a general unclassified snapshot of Iranian political, economic, and commercial activities in Azerbaijan, outlining apparent evolving Iranian regional priorities and recent and pending developments in bilateral political and economic relations. Many issues noted in the cab [...] | 2008-11-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ECON RU IR AZ |
| 08BAKU136 | AZERBAIJAN ENERGY PLAYERS GIVE STATUS UPDATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key Azerbaijan energy interlocutors agree the key to timely development of the Shah Deniz Stage Two gas project is settling issues of gas transit through Turkey. BP and Statoil claim that the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is moving too slowly in signing commercial cont [...] | 2008-02-13 15:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV PBTS TU AJ |
| 08BAKU140 | AZERBAIJAN'S OIL COMPANY UPBEAT ON COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR President Abdullayev was very upbeat upon hearing of Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov's willingness to increase bilateral cooperation with Azerbaijan and looked forward to follow up discussions with the USG as soon as possible. He denied European charges that SOCAR was no [...] | 2008-02-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG PBTS TU TX AJ |
| 08BAKU250 | SENATOR BROWNBACK'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting with Senator Brownback, President Aliyev affirmed Azerbaijan's commitment to developing new Caspian gas reserves and export routes to Europe in spite of increasing pressure from Russia and Iran. He said that continued U.S. support would be key to these i [...] | 2008-03-14 06:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD PBTS AJ |
| 08BAKU251 | AZERBAIJANIS SEEK REPEAL OF SECTION 907 IN [...] (C) Summary: In separate February 20 meetings, the AmCham Board of Directors, Deputy Foreign Minister Pashayev and a group of reform-minded MPS told Senator Brownback (R-KS) that Azerbaijan sought to deepen its ties with the United States. In recognition of Azerbaijan's growing partnership [...] | 2008-03-14 06:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG ECON KPAO AJ |
| 08BAKU277 | LOOKING TO ARMENIA,"AZERBAIJAN NOW SYMBOL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A clearly pleased President Aliyev branded the recent Armenian Presidential elections "a fraud," the incoming and outgoing Armenian President "criminals," and said that the sham elections and subsequent violence, where the Armenian government was forced to kill its own people, al [...] | 2008-03-25 05:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TX AR ENRG |
| 08BAKU3 | AZERBAIJAN'S INCREASINGLY CONFIDENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In the past few years and especially the last year as oil revenues have come on-line, the GOAJ has adopted a strikingly more confident and activist foreign policy. The GOAJ's new activism is reflected in a high volume of foreign visits to and from Azerbaijan, the large number o [...] | 2008-01-03 10:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG KDEM AJ |
| 08BAKU35 | CODEL SHUSTER RAISES ENERGY, IRAN, DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly January 10 meeting, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and CODEL Shuster discussed a wide range of issues including strengthening the U.S-Azerbaijan partnership, energy, Iran, Azerbaijan's growing regional role, and the Farhad Aliyev case. President Aliyev outli [...] | 2008-01-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET PTER PBTS KDEM ECON AJ |
| 08BAKU392 | FATA-MAMMADYAROV MEETING - APRIL 16, 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 16 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored increasing volatility in the region and pressure from Azerbaijan's neighbors, especially in connection with Azerbaijan's commitmen [...] | 2008-04-24 06:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MASS ENRG AJ |
| 08BAKU541 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV "HURT" BY U.S. CRITICISMS, SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: On May 30, President Aliyev bluntly detailed his personal sense of "hurt" over statements by the Secretary and President that were critical of Azerbaijan's democracy and human rights record. He views the statements as part of a trend -- the UNGA vote, the Presidential statement [...] | 2008-06-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ |
| 08BAKU602 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV PITCHES AZERBAIJAN AS STRONGER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with CODEL Schiff, President Aliyev outlined Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S., highlighting contributions in security, counter-terorrism and energy security, and contrasting them to Armenia's continuing dependence on Russia. He said Azerbaijan seeks gr [...] | 2008-06-26 08:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM AM AJ |
| 08BAKU945 | AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner October 1 with the Deputy Secretary, key Azerbaijani foreign policy thinkers discussed the role of Russia and Iran in the Caucasus, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and efforts to intensify the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship. Participants highlighted Azerbaijan's diffic [...] | 2008-10-08 08:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ AM ENRG GG PGOV PREL RS |
| 08BAKU982 | IRANIAN TEA PARTY: A FOREIGN INVESTOR'S [...] (C/NOFORN) A leading Azerbaijan-based businessman with Iranian roots described his experiences attempting to invest in the Iranian tea sector in 2004-2006. Invited in by Iranian officials, he described how two of his ventures were torpedoed by Teheran authorities after they were underway, an [...] | 2008-10-15 09:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAGR PGOV EINV IZ IR |
| 08BAKU983 | IRANIAN TEA PARTY: A FOREIGN INVESTOR'S [...] (C/NOFORN) A leading Azerbaijan-based businessman with Iranian roots described his experiences attempting to invest in the Iranian tea sector in 2004-2006. Invited in by Iranian officials, he described how two of his ventures were torpedoed by Teheran authorities after they were underway, an [...] | 2008-10-15 09:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAGR PGOV EINV IZ IR |
| 08BASRAH12 | CBS REPORTER KIDNAPPED IN BASRAH (PART 1) [...] (C) Summary: CBS reporter and British citizen Richard Butler (protect throughout) and his Iraqi interpreter were kidnapped from their hotel in Basrah city the night of February 10. It is unknown exactly who is responsible, but many suspect a small, Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) splinter group of former [...] | 2008-02-18 13:19:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PHUM PTER UK IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH43 | SOUTHERN REGION FORMATION STILL ON BASRAWI MINDS [...] (C//REL USA, MCFI) Summary: The formation of a southern Iraqi region is still on the agenda of many political actors in Basrah. With the exception of the Sunnis and staunch nationalists, the preponderance of Basrawis appears to favor a southern region in some form. ISCI's ultimate goal remain [...] | 2008-05-13 07:28:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ |
| 08BEIJING1111 | PRC/IRAN: CHINESE OBSERVERS SAY LITTLE ROOM LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese foreign policy experts say there is little room left for more sanctions against Iran that China can support because current UN Security Council resolutions come close to the PRC red line of jeopardizing China-Iran energy cooperation. Domestically, China's leaders feel in [...] | 2008-03-24 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
| 08BEIJING1143 | SCO: MFA COY, SECRETARIAT POSITIVE ON IRAN'S BID [...] (C) SUMMARY: A contact at the Chinese Foreign Ministry declined to comment on whether China would support Iran's bid to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),but said there are "ample reasons" for Iran's admission to the organization, including the potential for energy cooperation [...] | 2008-03-26 11:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS IR |
| 08BEIJING1203 | VISITING STAFFDEL MEETS NORINCO OFFICIALS [...] (C) NORINCO Vice President He Xiaodong told Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Frank Januzzi and Puneet Talwar that NORINCO can serve as an educator and lobbyist on the subject of export control compliance. VP He said NORINCO unilaterally stopped exporting "explosives" to Syria a [...] | 2008-03-31 08:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL CH IR SY |
| 08BEIJING4572 | IN A/S HOOK'S PRC MEETINGS, UNSC REFORM, 1267, [...] (C) State International Organizations A/S Brian Hook heard China's concerns about the direction of intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council reform during a cordial and productive visit December 4-8. Chinese MFA IO Director General Wu Hailong pressed the United States to support the [...] | 2008-12-17 09:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC IR AORC SU SO KCRM UN CH |
| 08BEIRUT1516 | LEBANON: AOUNISTS DEFEND DEPUTY PM'S DEMANDS FOR [...] (C) In separate meetings with members of Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),DCM and Pol/Econ Chief expressed concerns that Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abou Jamra's threats to boycott cabinet meetings chaired by Prime Minister Siniora contradicted the spirit of the Doha agreement. MP [...] | 2008-10-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IR LE |
| 08BEIRUT1659 | LEBANON: MILIBAND URGES LEBANESE TO ACT ON RANGE [...] (C) British Foreign Secretary David Miliband addressed three main topics with Lebanese interlocutors in his November 18-19 visit: Syria, Iran, and the Middle East Peace Process. On Syria, he told the Lebanese that the UK is not naive and is not selling out with moves such as his trip to Damascu [...] | 2008-11-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
| 08BEIRUT1722 | LEBANON: TASHNAQ AVAILABLE FOR COURTING, SAAD NOT [...] (C) Tashnaq has not decided with whom it will ally for the 2009 elections and is open to any option that will help it meet its goal of winning a five MP bloc, a senior Tashnaq MP told DCM. During the recent trip by a Tashnaq delegation to Syria, president Assad was very interested in Lebanese [...] | 2008-12-04 15:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE SY |
| 08BEIRUT367 | LEBANON: WHITHER MARCH 14 AFTER MARCH 14? [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt conveyed the image of a stagnated March 14 bloc to the Charge in a March 8 meeting at his Clemenceau residence. With majority leader Saad Hariri in Saudi Arabia, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in the U.S., and regional support unreliable, Jumblatt lamented [...] | 2008-03-11 12:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SY LE |
| 08BEIRUT456 | LEBANON: ANTI-HIZBALLAH SHIA LEADER CONTINUES [...] (C) In an April 2 meeting, independent Shia leader Ahmad Assad claimed that his Lebanese Options Group (LOG) political party was gaining momentum among the Shia community, and in particular from former supporters of Amal, the party of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Assad is appealing primaril [...] | 2008-04-02 16:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY LE |
| 08BEIRUT570 | LEBANON: NEW THINK TANK AIMED AT LINKING [...] (C) Prominent Shia attorney (and Hariri lawyer) Mohamad Matar is establishing a new think tank aimed at linking disparate independent Shia groups in Lebanon and securing more political representation in a system in which Hizballah has a monopoly on the Shia representation. Matar believes Hizb [...] | 2008-04-24 16:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR IR SY IS LE |
| 08BEIRUT865 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECURITY MOST IMPORTANT TO [...] (C) Linking success in the 2009 parliamentary elections to March 14's ability to "protect its people," caretaker Social Affairs Minister Nayla Mouawad and her son Michel Mouawad proposed that March 14 implement a security strategy. This would include developing a force within the Internal Secu [...] | 2008-06-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC EG LE |
| 08BEIRUT918 | LEBANON: DEPOSED TYRE SHIA MUFTI PROPOSES FORMING [...] (C) On June 19, Charge and visiting S/P advisor met deposed Shia Mufti of Tyre Sayyed Ali al-Amin, who remains in Beirut after Hizballah drove him out of his position during the May clashes. Al-Amin described the lack of support from Iraqi Shia, whom he describes as afraid to confront Iranian [...] | 2008-06-20 18:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER EAID PINR IQ IR LE |
| 08BERLIN1038 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOLDING FAST ON IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: German Economic Ministry officials asserted Germany's preference for specific, targeted sanctions against Iran but admitted the Ministry continues to struggle with the conflicting twin goals of pressuring Iran economically and answering the demands of their domestic business con [...] | 2008-07-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV ETTC KNNP PINR PREL IR |
| 08BERLIN1466 | ATTEMPTED EXPORT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS TO [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See comment and action requests in paragraphs 11 and 12. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Berlin has become aware that a U.S. firm, Presidential Airways, appears to have moved German-origin helicopters to Turkey, with the intent of moving them NLT 30 Oct to [...] | 2008-10-30 06:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KOMC ECCT AF GM |
| 08BERLIN1467 | ATTEMPTED EXPORT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See comment and action requests in paragraphs 11 and 12. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Berlin has become aware that a U.S. firm, Presidential Airways, appears to have moved German-origin helicopters to Turkey, with the intent of moving them NLT 30 Oct to Afghanista [...] | 2008-10-30 06:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KOMC ECCT AF GM |
| 08BERLIN1530 | GERMANY LOBBYING AGAINST IRAN NO-ACTION MOTION [...] (C) Deputy Head of the Human Rights Division of the MFA Martin Huth told Poloff November 10 that the MFA had tasked its embassies in Madagascar and India November 7 to demarche their respective host governments to vote against the no-action motion on Iran (per reftel). Huth told Poloff in a f [...] | 2008-11-12 13:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GM |
| 08BERLIN1649 | MEDIA REACTION: UK-Iraq, Economic, EU Summit, Greece, [...] Lead Stories Summary Editorials focused on the controversy between the CSU and CDU on lowering taxes, on German participation in the EU mission to combat piracy, and on the government's most recent personal data protection measures. ZDF-TV's early evening newscast Heute opened with a story [...] | 2008-12-11 12:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM |
| 08BERLIN1660 | IRAN: MFA SAYS GERMANY SHIFTS POSITION, SUPPORTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a significant change of position on Iran sanctions, a senior German MFA official told CDA December 11 that senior MFA officials had decided that Germany would support a much stronger application of new sanctions (including on banks) against Iran at a December 17 experts-leve [...] | 2008-12-12 12:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV GM IR EU |
| 08BERLIN345 | MARCH 14 QUINT MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN [...] SUMMARY. At a March 14 deputy director-level Quint meeting on Afghanistan in Berlin, all welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as the new UN Special Representative for Afghanistan and agreed it was important to provide him as much support as possible. There was also agreement that the upcomin [...] | 2008-03-18 12:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID NATO GM AF |
| 08BERLIN424 | GERMANY - STATE/TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES BURMA AND IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 11:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | BM EFIN ETTC GM IR KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 08BERLIN433 | (S) IRAN - GERMAN EXPERTS WANT "HARD EVIDENCE" ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: German Finance and Economics Ministry officials, like their counterparts in the Chancellery and MFA, recognize the expediency of including Bank Melli in a post-UNSCR 1803 round of EU autonomous sanctions. However, experts in these ministries say they have not yet seen "convincin [...] | 2008-04-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC |
| 08BERN612 | BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SWITZERLAND AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PHUM EFIN SZ |
| 08BRASILIA1356 | BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 16-17 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, the CEO Forum, racial integr [...] | 2008-10-10 20:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
| 08BRASILIA420 | BRAZIL: IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian delegation headed by Vice-Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar held a series of high-level meetings with Brazilian officials from the Ministries of External Relations (MRE, aka Itamaraty),Mines and Energy, and Development, Industry and Commerce at the same time Secre [...] | 2008-03-27 10:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR BR |
| 08BRASILIA526 | IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR, PART 2 [...] (S) Summary: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh-Attar visited Brasilia in mid-March to press Brazil to join an anti-American bloc in South America composed of Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad continues to try to arrange an official visit t [...] | 2008-04-18 18:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN BR VE EC CO BL IR XR CH UN |
| 08BRIDGETOWN93 | PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: EC [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ourisman carried out ref b demarche February 13 by calling the Prime Ministers of Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St. Luia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and theGrenadines, and meeting with Barbados PM Thompso on the same day. Embassy Grenada raised the issue wit [...] | 2008-02-14 16:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK SR XL |
| 08BRUSSELS1244 | THE AMBASSADOR MEETS RELEX COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on the morning of August 8, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations (RELEX) reported that CFSP High Rep Solana was irked that Georgian President Saakashvili had seemed so calm in their August 7 telephone call and had no [...] | 2008-08-12 17:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG EAID ETTC KWBG EUN GG XF |
| 08BRUSSELS1412 | UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Speaking both as the Human Rights person at the Belgian MFA and as a participant in the EU Working Group on Human Rights meeting of September 4-5, Francine Chainye told Poloff Judith Heimann: --There were no surprises in our demarche talking points (reftel) except for Belarus (see [...] | 2008-09-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN EU BE |
| 08BRUSSELS171 | BELGIANS SUPPORT EARLY VOTE ON PROPOSED IRAN [...] (C) Per reftel instructions to seek Belgian support for an early vote on the next UNSC Iran sanctions resolution, the Ambassador met on February 1 with Belgian MFA Secretary General Grauls. In response to the Ambassador's suggestion that the MFA issue appropriate instructions to the Belgian M [...] | 2008-02-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM BE IR |
| 08BRUSSELS1910 | (C) IRAN: EU TO CONSIDER MORE DESIGNATIONS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The French Presidency will convene a meeting of capital-based experts in Brussels on December 17 to evaluate names of Iranian individuals and entities for possible designation by the EU under its Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (insert ref number). [...] | 2008-12-16 15:57:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETTC EFIN KNNP ENRG MNUC PINR EUN IR |
| 08BRUSSELS214 | IRAN: EU AGREES TO EXPAND ASSET FREEZE AND TRAVEL [...] (C/NF) At a February 6 meeting in Brussels, an EU working party prepared a list of 19 entities and 15 individuals to be subject to travel bans and asset freezes under the EU's Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (2007/140/CFSP). According to a Council Secretariat contact, EU c [...] | 2008-02-07 18:06:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC KNNP PHUM IR EUN |
| 08BRUSSELS863 | IRAN: FURTHER JAPANESE VIEWS ON P5+1 AND ROME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 15:11:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR PARM PREL ENRG JP EUN |
| 08BRUSSELS870 | (S//NF) IRAN/TERRORISM: EU LIKELY TO REMOVE MEK [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Triggered by a recent UK court decision, the EU is debating whether to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, also included on the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations) from the EU's terrorist designation list as early as the end of June. Delisting cou [...] | 2008-06-09 14:43:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREF PINR ETTC EFIN KTFN IR IZ EUN UK |
| 08BRUSSELS894 | IRAN: EU EXPLAINS 1803 NEXT STEPS TO A/S O,BRIEN, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Patrick O'Brien met senior EU and Member State representatives on May 14 and 15 to stress the importance of EU action on sanctions against Iran. EU interlocutors explained the current EU implementation status for UNS [...] | 2008-06-12 15:16:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1166 | ARGENTINE PRESIDENT HELPS BROKER CHAVEZ MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Kirchner (CFK) and her Ambassador to Washington, Hector Timerman, appear to have played a role in setting up Hugo Chavez's August 13 meeting in Caracas with Jewish leaders, as confirmed by Timerman's participation in the meeting. CFK's involvement a [...] | 2008-08-19 14:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VE AR BZ |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1205 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your September 3-6 visit to Argentina. The agricultural and political situation in Argentina has chang [...] | 2008-08-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP CODEL EAGR ECON PREL BEXP AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1333 | ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...] | 2008-09-24 22:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1456 | ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...] | 2008-10-23 18:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1676 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina December 16-18. With the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, we are looking to build on a strong and positive bilateral relationship. We are working together in significant [...] | 2008-12-10 17:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES176 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina February 20-23. The Government of Argentina is billing your visit as a major indicator of U.S. goodwill, firming up the recent "rapprochement" that ended seven weeks of discord. With the new admin [...] | 2008-02-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES318 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your March 23-26 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already strong and positive bilateral relationship with the three-month-old administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Current significant areas of mut [...] | 2008-03-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES441 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S APRIL 10-11 VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 23:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES708 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD (BUENOS [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...] | 2008-05-23 20:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES990 | ARGENTINA: SPECIAL ENVOY PAYS HOMAGE TO AMIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 3, Dr. Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, visited the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters to pay homage to the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack. He then met with the Executive Boards of both the AMIA and the Del [...] | 2008-07-18 21:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PTER KJUS FBI AR IR VE |
| 08CAIRO1067 | CODEL BAIRD MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN LEADERS ON MARGINS [...] (C) Summary: Codel Baird discussed Egyptian and regional issues with Egypt's political and business leaders on the margins of the May 18 - 20 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, and presidential son Gamal Mubarak focused on [...] | 2008-05-27 11:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EG |
| 08DAMASCUS199 | SYRIAN BUSINESSMEN AND E.O. 13460: A STRATEGY TO [...] (S) Post proposes an operational strategy to use E.O. 13460 to expose and exploit Bashar al-Asad's domestic economic vulnerabilities (ref A). These include the growing influence of a Syrian business class resentful of increased regime extortion despite Bashar's promised economic reforms, the [...] | 2008-03-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | EFIN EINV ETRD ETTC KCOR PGOV SY LE |
| 08DAMASCUS20 | DID ANNAPOLIS PRODUCE A SHIFT IN SYRIAN POLICY? [...] (C) Summary: Many observers of Syrian foreign policy here assert the November 27-28 Annapolis Conference stimulated a favorable shift towards the West. While it is hard to ignore Syria's public declarations of interest in peace with Israel and its efforts to cultivate better relations with th [...] | 2008-01-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 08DAMASCUS560 | AMMAR AL-HAKIM VISIT SIGNALS NEW SARG EMPHASIS ON [...] (C) Summary: On July 30-31, President Asad and other senior officials provided a lavish reception for Deputy Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chair Ammar al-Hakim. Embassy sources suggest Al-Hakim responded favorably to Syrian lobbying to oppose a a long-term security agreement between [...] | 2008-08-07 16:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
| 08DAMASCUS609 | FM KOUCHNER VISIT SETS AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 3-4 [...] (C) Summary: According to a French Embassy readout, French FM Kouchner's August 22-23 discussions with President Asad and FM Muallim focused on Lebanon, Russia/Georgia, human rights, Syria's indirect talks with Israel, and Iran in advance of President Sarkozy's September 3-4 visit to Damasc [...] | 2008-08-27 10:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SY FR |
| 08DAMASCUS610 | FM KOUCHNER VISIT SETS AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 3-4 [...] (C) Summary: According to a French Embassy readout, French FM Kouchner's August 22-23 discussions with President Asad and FM Muallim focused on Lebanon, Russia/Georgia, human rights, Syria's indirect talks with Israel, and Iran in advance of President Sarkozy's September 3-4 visit to Damasc [...] | 2008-08-27 12:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SY FR |
| 08DAMASCUS646 | SARKOZY'S VISIT YIELDS VICTORY FOR FRENCH OIL [...] (C) The most significant economic development resulting from French President Nicholas Sarkozy's visit to Damascus was the signing of an MOU with the SARG that would position the French petroleum company Total to take the lead on any potential projects linking Syria's petroleum infrastructure [...] | 2008-09-15 15:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV FR SY |
| 08DAMASCUS773 | CORRECTED COPY: ANYTHING BUT CONCILIATORY: SARG [...] (S) Summary: Several Embassy sources suggest Iran and Hizballah are pressuring the SARG not only to lobby PM Maliki's government to alter the U.S.-Iraqi bilateral security framework and SOFA, but also to participate in joint attacks against U.S. military targets in Iraq and elsewhere. As rep [...] | 2008-11-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PTER PINS ASEC IZ IR SY |
| 08DHAKA517 | BANGLADESH OPENS BIDS ON OFFSHORE EXPLORATION FOR [...] (SBU) The Government of Bangladesh May 7 opened bids from international energy companies interested in exploring for oil and natural gas in the Bay of Bengal, as Bangladesh seeks to secure future energy resources. Following discoveries of natural gas reserves off the Indian and Burmese shores [...] | 2008-05-08 09:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EMIN PGOV BG |
| 08DILI286 | DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IRAN, BURMA, DPRK RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, DCM met November 7 with Roberto Soares, Director of Interregional Cooperation at Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge that Timor-Leste vote against "no-action" UNGA Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea. We noted that while Timor-Leste has [...] | 2008-11-07 09:00:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA TT |
| 08DUBAI100 | DUBAI ESTH UPDATE: COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Amman ESTH Hub officer and PolEconoff held January 30-31 ESTH related meetings in Dubai. Meetings with Nakheel, the developer of high profile Palms and World island projects, highlighted their pioneering aspects as they reclaim additional coastal land. While Nakheel is planning [...] | 2008-03-17 12:44:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV AE |
| 08DUBLIN289 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEAHY TO IRELAND [...] (U) CODEL Leahy will arrive against a backdrop of a new Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen, the continuing successful peace process in Northern Ireland, a slowing, but still world-class economic growth -- the "Celtic Tiger" -- and an Ireland that is increasingly engaged in for [...] | 2008-05-21 15:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR EI |
| 08DUBLIN609 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEAHY TO IRELAND [...] (U) Embassy Dublin welcomes Senator Leahy to Ireland. The Senator will arrive against a backdrop of an Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen that is facing economic woes and uncertain relations with the European Union following its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum i [...] | 2008-11-06 18:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR SENV MOPPS MARR |
| 08DUBLIN616 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (U) Welcome to Ireland. We look forward to your visit. You will arrive against a backdrop of an Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen that is facing economic woes and uncertain relations with the European Union following its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum in June [...] | 2008-11-12 16:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR SENV MOPPS MARR |
| 08DUSHANBE102 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S AND DASD [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming joint CDR USCENTCOM/DASD Central and South Asia visit to Tajikistan. This cable provides updates only to reference scenesetter cable, and as an update, is primarily addressed to Admiral Fallon. As offered your November visit, Presi [...] | 2008-01-15 11:13:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF |
| 08DUSHANBE1402 | RAHMON HOLDS FORTH - DAS KROL'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a two and half hour meeting on November 11, Rahmon urged greater U.S. attention to Afghanistan and the problem of narcotics trafficking, and said the global financial crisis was affecting Tajikistan because of lower prices for aluminum and cotton. While claiming Tajikistan was [...] | 2008-11-19 03:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 08DUSHANBE245 | TAJIK-IRANIAN FRATERNAL RELATIONS RECONFIRMED [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon visited Iran unexpectedly February 9-10. He returned with promises of some fuel oil to help Dushanbe in the ongoing winter power shortage, and "agreements" for Iran to consider undertaking more hydropower, power transmission, and tunnel improvement work. The vi [...] | 2008-02-19 11:38:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IR TI |
| 08EFTOBUENOSAIRES648 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 21-22 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...] | 2008-05-15 18:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR |
| 08FREETOWN414 | FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR JULY 2008 [...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's media outreach in July included Ambassador Perry's remarks at the 232nd anniversary of the Independence of the United States, a statement commending the people of Sierra Leone for the successful conduct of the July 5 local council elections in Sierra Leone, and a st [...] | 2008-08-25 08:17:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO SL |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI1 | SUPPORTING "FRIENDS OF AMERICA" IN IRAN (IPRO PD YEAR 1, [...] (C) Summary: As reftel details, the Department restarted US-Iran official exchanges in August 2006, featuring the flagship USG exchange program, the IVLP. The Iranian government became aware early on of USG funding for the IVLP and, even for the first program in November of 2006, issued writte [...] | 2008-01-16 08:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | OEXC PGOV PINR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI25 | CONSERVATIVES DOMINATE IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY RUNOFFS, AS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-27 14:13:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI8 | THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 2008 IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 16:12:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PGOV |
| 08ISTANBUL438 | AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...] | 2008-08-15 17:40:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR |
| 08ISTANBUL439 | AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...] | 2008-08-16 08:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR |
| 08ISTANBUL440 | AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...] | 2008-08-16 08:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR |
| 08JERUSALEM1335 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/23): AMERICA HAS NO PERMANENT [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rasim Ebaydat from Jerusalem, entitled, "America has no permanent enemies, when will Arab moderates learn that???" (7/23): "...America sees that engaging Iran... is better than encountering it militarily. This Iranian-American relationship shoul [...] | 2008-07-23 11:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM2029 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/13): UNITY - "BEFORE IT IS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 11:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM2194 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/04): PALESTINIANS: ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 10:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08KABUL1817 | Iran: Another Wave of Deportations? [...] (SBU) Summary: Per a July 12 letter from the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MORR) office in Tehran, Iran will start deporting 85,000 Afghans at the beginning of the Persian month of Asad (July 22). Iran has already deported over 166,000 Afghans since January 1, 2008, mostly yo [...] | 2008-07-19 12:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IR AF |
| 08KABUL2109 | Chairman of Economic Committee of Afghanistan's Parliament [...] Not for Internet Distribution. 2. [SBU] Summary. Officers of the Economic Section met July 30 with Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoi, Chairman of the Economic Committee of Afghanistan's Parliament. Sultanzoi, who emigrated from Afghanistan to the United States and worked for 22 years as a United [...] | 2008-08-10 10:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PHUM ENRG EAIR AF |
| 08KABUL2229 | FARAH: SECURITY WORSENS, GOVERNANCE IMPROVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Roohul Amin became Farah's governor on May 4, and is working closely with provincial officials, elders and the international community, but is struggling with ongoing insecurity. Amin's efforts to tackle corruption have produced some positive results. His efforts to secure Farah [...] | 2008-08-21 02:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
| 08KABUL2972 | HEZB-E-ISLAMI ON VOTER REGISTRATION, IRAN CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan is continuing to organize a nation-wide political movement and distance itself from its origins as a mujahideen military force under the leadership of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The party has organized members in half of the country's provinces, but recent [...] | 2008-11-11 02:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KDEM PGOV PTER AF IR |
| 08KABUL579 | IRAN EDUCATES, FUNDS, AND SUPPORTS PLACEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. The Afghan Graduates Association, with the support of the Iranian government, is working to place Hazara Afghan refugee university students educated in Iran into positions within the Afghan government and private sector. Iran has committed to providing salaries, contacts, and visa [...] | 2008-03-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IR AF |
| 08KABUL667 | HAZARAS DIVIDED BY KARZAI, UNITED FRONT POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: The once united Hazara ethnic group has politically splintered since the fall of the Taliban; its fragments are being divided between Karzai and the opposition United Front. Powerful Hazara leaders' connections to Iran, or lack thereof, sometimes dictate their affiliation with [...] | 2008-03-16 16:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV AF |
| 08KINGSTON957 | JAMAICA: RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PARM SOCI MASS EFIN ECON EAID |
| 08KUALALUMPUR286 | MALAYSIA HAS NOT STOPPED IRAN AT ARMS SHOW [...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Foreign Ministry on April 18 blocked the Defense Ministry's efforts to exclude Iran from the Defense Services Asia (DSA) military sales exhibition. The Embassy submitted a diplomatic note, and carried out a joint demarche with the UK and France at the Foreign Minis [...] | 2008-04-18 12:48:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC IR MY |
| 08KUWAIT203 | LEBANON: KUWAIT DONATES USD 5 MILLION TO SPECIAL [...] (C) During a February 18 meeting with visiting former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Kuwait Prime Minister SIPDIS Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah told CDA that Kuwait finalized the allocation of USD 5 million for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He said that Kuwait set aside thi [...] | 2008-02-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UN PREL PHUM KDEM KU |
| 08KUWAIT696 | NSB ACKNOWLEDGES INCREASED AL QAEDA ACTIVITY AND [...] (S) Summary: Kenneth Wainstein, President Bush's Assistant for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism (APHSCT),met with the President of the National Security Bureau (NSB),Ahmed Al-Fahd on 11 June. The principals discussed the recent increase in Al-Qaeda-related activity in Kuwait, ongoin [...] | 2008-06-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU |
| 08LAPAZ2118 | BOLIVIA: EVO REACTS TO ATPDEA DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The initial characterization by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez of the government's reaction to ATPDEA suspension as "not happy" is proving to be an understatement. Foreign Minister Choquehuanca later announced to the press that the decision was "vengeance" and " [...] | 2008-09-29 17:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL |
| 08LAPAZ2176 | WHAT IS MAS THINKING? WHATEVER MORALES DECIDES [...] (C) Summary: Four ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) congressmen shared their views with PolOff following an October 1 closed-door session with President Evo Morales. Morales allegedly outlined to MAS congressmen his strategy to pass a MAS-drafted constitution with subsequent national elec [...] | 2008-10-07 21:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR BL |
| 08LAPAZ810 | BOLIVIAN MILITARY: LATEST THINKING [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales continues to demand an apology from SouthCom Commander Admiral James Stavridis for allegedly implying Morales has links to terrorism, according to Armed Forces Commander Luis Trigo Antelo. Trigo told our MILGP Commander that without a formal written apology t [...] | 2008-04-09 22:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM PINR KPKO MARR MOPS BO |
| 08LISBON2515 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS EU LINE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) Portugal's MFA Director for Human Rights Sara Martins said Portugal plans to coordinate its human rights agenda with other EU member states and vote on Third Committee measures as a bloc. The GOP approved draft text for Third Committee resolutions, but Martins said Portugal was still wait [...] | 2008-09-12 17:29:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | UN PHUM PREL EUN PO |
| 08LJUBLJANA116 | DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES HOLDS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 15, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles and Director of Office of Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organizations, Doug Rohn held bilateral and U.S.-EU consultations wi [...] | 2008-03-07 07:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EUN SI |
| 08LONDON1623 | UK ON CUBA, IRAN AND OTHER ISSUES AT THE JUNE GAERC [...] (SBU) Foreign Office officials provided to Poloffs on June 12 the responses below to ref points on key GAERC agenda items, as well as a general readout of UK expectations for the June GAERC meeting. Cuba ---- 2. (C) The UK supports lifting the EU's Restrictive Measures on Cuba at the Jun [...] | 2008-06-13 13:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD EAID ZL ZK IR IZ IS CU |
| 08LONDON3110 | IRAN: FCO QUIETLY URGES PRESSURE ON GERMANS FOR EU [...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany has deep political reservations over bank designations proposed against Iran under the EU's Common Policy, and is making legal and intelligence arguments within E4 against UK and French proposals to designate several Iranian banks, according to a UK Foreign and Commonweal [...] | 2008-12-12 18:03:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ENRG IR KTFN MNUC PTER UK |
| 08LONDON821 | IRAN: FCO CAUTIOUS ON PROSPECTS AND END GAME FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary. Foreign and Commonwealth (FCO) contacts are hopeful but uncertain on how and when a UK appellate court will rule on the legality of the current HMG freeze of Mujaheddin-E-Khalq's (MEK) UK assets; in case of an unfavorable ruling, HMG will likely pursue the case in the UK's h [...] | 2008-03-19 17:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC IR PREL PTER UK |
| 08MADRID757 | TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. Your presence provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce our message on Iran financial sanctions with both government and private sector representatives. (Note: Your schedule has been sent via e-mail to staff.) You will also have an oppo [...] | 2008-07-10 09:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETC ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM |
| 08MANAGUA885 | NICARAGUAN DONORS GROW DISENCHANTED WITH ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Over the last six months, bilateral foreign donors in Nicaragua have grown increasingly disillusioned with the Ortega administration. This disappointment has coincided with an unrelated shift in European assistance agencies' priorities away from Central America towards Africa and [...] | 2008-07-11 23:34:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV ECON NU PREL |
| 08MOSCOW142 | SENATOR HAGEL'S MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: In his January 16 meeting with Senator Hagel, FM Lavrov stressed Russian interest in strengthening bilateral relations, but said U.S. efforts to "contain" Russia could undermine constructive engagement and underscored unhappiness over congressional failure to lift Jackson-Vanik [...] | 2008-01-18 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNDP ECON OVIP RS |
| 08MOSCOW2843 | RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary. While reactions to the Secretary's September 18 speech have been fairly muted, with the exception of the customary harangue from the MFA, the Russian leadership is at pains to show that Russia is not isolated following the events in Georgia. Moscow is seeking to push back on clai [...] | 2008-09-23 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GG UP XH RS |
| 08MOSCOW3064 | RUSSIAN ANALYSTS URGE U.S. NOT TO LET GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 13 roundtable attended by HFAC Chairman Howard Berman and HFAC staff, analysts argued that Russians perceived NATO expansion as more of a threat than a nuclear Iran, which was not viewed by the political leadership as a "vital issue" for Russia. They warned a [...] | 2008-10-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP IR IS RS |
| 08MOSCOW3323 | RUSSIA'S CONCEPT OF THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Summary: With the prospect of a major Middle East conference being convened in Moscow in early 2009, analysts explained to us how Russia views the Middle East and how they believe the region, in turn, views Russia. For Russians, the "Middle East" is a concept more than a region, which inc [...] | 2008-11-17 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL ECON MARR RS XF |
| 08MOSCOW3364 | RUSSIA INCHES AWAY FROM ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the Georgia conflict, Russian and Armenian officials assert there has been no change in Russian-Armenian relations, and see no detrimental impact of possible improved relations between Turkey and Armenia. Experts however argue that Russia is able to use the [...] | 2008-11-20 14:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AM AZ RS |
| 08MUSCAT34 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT'S TOUR TO THE REGION. [...] SUMMARY: President Bush's tour to the region is garnering extensive local media coverage in Oman. The media described his tour as "controversial" because of his remarks in support of Israel, in local eyes contradicting the purpose of the visit. Both private and government dailies expressed the [...] | 2008-01-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 08NEWDELHI1760 | FS MENON DESCRIBES HARDENED POSITIONS, [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon described for the Ambassador on June 26 a hardening of positions on the part of the Left and within the Congress Party on whether to take the next step in advancing the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative. The Left ultimately rejected submis [...] | 2008-06-26 07:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN KDEM |
| 08NEWDELHI1921 | PAKISTANI HIGH COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION UNDERSCORES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's call on him to explain next steps needed to bring the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement to fruition, Pakistani High Commissioner Shadid Malik focused on the need for the Nuclear Suppliers Group to follow a "criteria-based approach,"specifying, "We can onl [...] | 2008-07-10 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PK IN |
| 08NEWDELHI2012 | INDIA'S UPA GOVERNMENT SURVIVES CONFIDENCE VOTE -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The two-day special session of parliament to consider the confidence motion culminated late on July 22 with a victory for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government. The tally was 275 votes in favor of the confidence motion, 256 opposed, and 1 [...] | 2008-07-22 14:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 08NEWDELHI2266 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER [...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Mulford, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this snapshot of the bilateral relationship. Coming only days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in Vienna, your visit gives us a chance to gauge where we stand in the NSG process and discuss next s [...] | 2008-08-21 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP KSTC KOMC IN IR PARM PK |
| 08NEWDELHI2812 | MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S. [...] "PM's STRAIGHT TALK," editorial in the October 28 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "When markets fail, governments must act. At the Asia-Europe summit in Beijing, India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh minced no words. He said the international financial crisis has resulted because [...] | 2008-10-30 10:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI2835 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] "U.S. ELECTIONS: THE COLOR OF CHANGE" op-ed article by Delhi-based foreign affairs columnist Ravi Amle in the November 3, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "While the opinion polls indicate a definite nationwide preference for Barack Obama, there is still a fear that Obama [...] | 2008-11-03 10:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3152 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL [...] "PAKISTAN AT ITS DECEIVING BEST," op-ed article in December 14 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by security affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "In the name of action, Pakistan has rounded up a handful of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. This is out of fear that U.S. may declare Pakistan terrorist-sponso [...] | 2008-12-15 11:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3254 | INDIANS STATE IRANIAN PRESIDENT WILL NOT VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has categorically denied the reported upcoming visit of Iranian President Ahmedinejad to Delhi this week, while Indian and Pakistani press continue to speculate on the purpose of the rumored visit. End Summary. Ahmedinejad,s Visit " [...] | 2008-12-30 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK IR IN |
| 08NICOSIA461 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS SUBSTANCE OF P5+1 PACKAGE, BUT MAY [...] (C) Ambassador on June 19 delivered reftel points and contents of P5 1 Iran Package to Cypriot MFA Political Director (P equivalent) Euripides Evriviades. Ambassador emphasized the package's generous and wide-ranging nature, building as it did on an already-robust 2006 offer. Should Iran's [...] | 2008-06-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM CY |
| 08OSLO140 | NORWAY'S ENERGY PART I: ROUGH WATERS AHEAD FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 07:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO |
| 08OSLO612 | NORWAY ACTIVELY SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION [...] (U) Norway actively supports passage of the Canadian-led resolution condemning the deteriorating situation of human rights in Iran. Norway has been and will continue to lobby countries assigned to it. This lobbying has taken place in the capitals of each respective country. The Ministry of [...] | 2008-11-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM NO |
| 08OTTAWA1199 | CANADA SUPPORTS US GOALS FOR UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Canada supports broadly U.S. goals for the UNGA Third Committee, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade human rights desk officer Cyndy Nelson. Nelson said however she could only offer a preliminary assessment, as Canada is in the middle of an election campaign. [...] | 2008-09-12 19:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UN CA |
| 08OUAGADOUGOU1019 | DEMARCHE CONCERNING RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA AND [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche concerning resolutions on Iran, Burma and DPRK on Tuesday, November 11 to the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,. Vincent Zakane. Also in attendance were the Director Generals for Bi-lateral and Multi-lateral Affairs. (Comment: Att [...] | 2008-11-12 16:46:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
| 08PARIS1169 | NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAN AT THE FRENCH [...] (SBU) NEA A/S Welch held extensive bilateral consultations on key NEA issues with French MFA counterparts in Paris on June 12. This cable focuses on Iran; other topics reported septel (notal). Participants included: USG --- --NEA A/S David Welch --Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwar [...] | 2008-06-20 12:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC MNUC KNNP EUN FR IR IZ |
| 08PARIS1305 | STRONG FRENCH SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL EU SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of France (GOF) is pressing EU counterparts to adopt a "Common Position" that transposes UNSCR 1803 in a forward-leaning way, including tougher measures on export credits, dual use exports, financial due diligence, and cargo inspections. The French hope this poli [...] | 2008-07-10 12:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ETTC PARM PINR KNNP IR FR |
| 08PARIS1333 | COUNSELOR COHEN ENGAGES FRENCH ON PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. On July 8 and 9, State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen discussed Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel-Palestine, terrorism, ESDP, and the French Defense White Paper with officials from the French MFA, Elysee, MOD, and Secretariat General of National Defense (SGDN). MFA interloc [...] | 2008-07-15 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MCAP PGOV PREL EUN AF PA IR IZ FR |
| 08PARIS1446 | FRANCE PROMISES A "MORE VOCAL" EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: State DRL and IO officials met with French MFA International Organizations and Human Rights officials on July 17 to discuss upcoming resolutions, declarations and strategy for the 63rd UN General Assembly in New York. French International Organizations A/S-equivalent Sylvie Berman [...] | 2008-07-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NGO PHUM UN |
| 08PARIS2087 | HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION ON IRAN: FRENCH RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR |
| 08PRAGUE460 | CZECH REPUBLIC AND MISSILE DEFENSE: BUILDING UPON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Secretary Rice's visit to the Czech Republic and the signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) on July 8 was a major success. Her discussions with the Czech Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Parliamentarians, especially skeptical Green and oppositio [...] | 2008-07-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EZ |
| 08PRETORIA1932 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 29, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 35 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Experts Believe Inflation will Peak at 13% - Land Expropriation Bill Shelved - 'South Africans Act like Americans' - Intense Lobbying Exp [...] | 2008-09-02 06:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
| 08REYKJAVIK199 | Iceland's Bid for the UN Security Council [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iceland's bid for one of two available WEOG seats on the UN Security Council in 2009-10 is rapidly drawing to a close. The campaign, hamstrung by a slow start and tepid support at home, has found its legs over the last year under the enthusiastic direction of Foreign Minister [...] | 2008-09-12 16:57:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN AU TU IC |
| 08ROME1226 | SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 13 TRIP TO [...] (C/NF) Summary. Mr. President, Silvio Berlusconi's October 13 visit to Washington provides an opportunity to strengthen our close ties with a valuable ally in Europe. Since your June 11-13 visit, Berlusconi has consolidated the standing of his government in Italian public opinion through a ser [...] | 2008-10-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IT |
| 08ROME148 | ITALY AND ISAF: NO NEW DEPLOYMENTS IN NEAR TERM, [...] (C) Summary: With the current political crisis likely to drag on for months, and a caretaker government prohibited from making significant policy changes, we see no prospect for new large-scale Italian military commitments in Afghanistan between now and the summer. However, GOI officials are [...] | 2008-02-01 16:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR EAID AF IT |
| 08ROME247 | IRAN: ITALY CONTESTS EDISON DEAL VIOLATES ISA; [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 10. Summary. -------- 2. (C) Econ M/C delivered points on the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) and reported investment by Italian energy company Edison in Iran's Dayyer Block to MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi. Econ M/C also raised U.S. [...] | 2008-02-28 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR IT |
| 08ROME774 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME, JUNE [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Rome presents a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a number of important security issues in the wake of the successful meetings between the President and PM Berlusconi on June 12. In particular, the positive atmosphere generated by the visit should contribu [...] | 2008-06-19 12:14:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO ETTC KNNP IAEA |
| 08SANAA1473 | DEPORTATION STILL FEARED FOR THE BAHA'IS [...] (SBU) As of September 3, the four imprisoned Baha'is (reftel) remain detained and face possible deportation. According to their lawyer, Khaled al-Anisi, the ROYG has now unofficially agreed that they may choose the country to which they will be deported. 2. (SBU) On August 31, the Charge d' [...] | 2008-09-03 14:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL KIRF PGOV YM |
| 08SANJOSE763 | COSTA RICA: AUGUST 28 UNSC BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Acting A/S Brian Hook's August 28 bilateral consultations with the MFA on UNSC matters were successful in bringing the U.S. and the GOCR to mutual understanding - if not agreement - on a range of UNSC issues. A/S Hook lobbied the MFA for greater cooperation on speed in the UN [...] | 2008-09-23 13:23:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ PGOV PINR PREL UNSC UN CS |
| 08SANJOSE883 | COSTA RICA TO VOTE WITH USG ON KEY THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 13:47:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | CS IR KNNP PGOV PHUM PREL UN |
| 08SANSALVADOR1290 | GOES WILL VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION MOTIONS [...] (C) Poloffs met with Ambassador Carlos Adrian Velasco Novoa, MFA Multilateral Affairs Director, and Gustavo Argueta, MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer, November 12. Polcouns expressed thanks for Salvadoran opposition to no-action motions. Velasco and Argueta said El Salvador has formally decid [...] | 2008-11-14 23:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ES |
| 08SANTIAGO583 | SMORGASBORD: NUMBER THREE AT MFA ON P5 AND IRAN, [...] (C) Chile shares international concern over Iran's nuclear program, agrees the P5 1 package of incentives is generous, and recognizes continued Iranian isolation is the logical outcome should it refuse the package. Chile is prepared to offer the new administration in Asuncion technical assista [...] | 2008-06-19 20:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CI |
| 08SARAJEVO870 | BOSNIA - DISCUSSIONS WITH SDA LEADERSHIP ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 15, we met two senior officials from the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) -- Federation Vice President Mirsad Kebo and state-level parliamentarian Bakir Izetbegovic -- to discuss the party's plans to the October municipal elections, particularly the steps SDA was t [...] | 2008-05-19 08:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PHUM PTER IR BK |
| 08SARAJEVO871 | BOSNIA - DISCUSSIONS WITH SDA LEADERSHIP ON [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, we met two senior officials from the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) -- Federation Vice President Mirsad Kebo and state-level parliamentarian Bakir Izetbegovic -- to discuss the party's plans for the October municipal elections, particularly the steps SDA was [...] | 2008-05-19 11:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PHUM PTER IR BK |
| 08SEOUL2499 | ROKG VIEWS ON INCREASING PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Econ MinCouns and Deputy Econ Couns followed up on reftel demarches on December 16 and 22 to multiple officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) to discuss financial pressure on Iran as well as Korea,s energy rela [...] | 2008-12-31 02:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP MNUC IR KS |
| 08SINGAPORE1199 | SINGAPORE TO SUPPORT NO ACTION ON UNGA 3RD [...] (C) CDA used reftel materials to urge, in a November 10 meeting with MFA International Organizations Director Lim Kheng Hua, that Singapore move as far as it can in the direction of voting against no-action resolutions and for UNGA 3rd Committee Human Rights resolutions on Iran, Burma and the [...] | 2008-11-10 11:32:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SN |
| 08STATE116392 | (S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PALESTINIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on Palestinian Issues (paragraph 3-end) and encourages Department personnel at post to assist in compiling Palestinian biographic information (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD results f [...] | 2008-10-31 15:25:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR KSPR ECON KPAL PREL PTER XF |
| 08STATE117881 | YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE [...] (SBU) Department requests that posts encourage host governments to vote against no-action motions and for the resolutions on Iran, Burma, and DPRK. Votes on these resolutions and on any associated no-action motions are expected later this month in the Third Committee of the United Nations G [...] | 2008-11-05 17:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
| 08STATE117889 | YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE [...] (C) This is an action request. See paras 3, 9-12. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that posts encourage host governments to vote against no-action and for the resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK (North Korea). Ambassador or Charge is requested to engage at the highest [...] | 2008-11-05 18:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
| 08STATE117901 | YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE [...] (SBU) Department requests that posts encourage host governments to vote against no-action motions and for the resolutions on Iran, Burma, and DPRK. Votes on these resolutions and on any associated no-action motions are expected later this month in the Third Committee of the United Nations G [...] | 2008-11-05 18:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
| 08STATE22941 | SECURING IRAQI SUPPORT TO PROPOSE AN UNSCR TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The Deputies Committee tasked State with laying the groundwork for a UN Security Council Resolution that would sanction those who threaten the peace or stability of Iraq similar to the measu [...] | 2008-03-06 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC IZ PREL PTER XF |
| 08STATE43742 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL 28-29 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 16. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on April 28-29. [...] | 2008-04-24 21:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS SY LE CH |
| 08STATE80088 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] (SBU) The department requests that action addressees pursue the following objectives with regard to host government's potential attendance at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers meeting in Tehran, July 27-30, 2008. Posts should: -- Determine from host governments wheth [...] | 2008-07-24 22:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR |
| 08STATE83136 | P3 MEETING ON ACTION PLAN FOR IRAN [...] (S/REL UK AND FRANCE) ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney and Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime Daniel Glaser on July 25 met with UK and French counterparts in Paris to discuss individual and collective P3 actions in the event Iran r [...] | 2008-08-01 19:37:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN |
| 08STATE83662 | REQUESTING COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Action Request: Department requests that Posts approach host governments at an appropriate level, share the Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) report provided in Paras 5-58 below, and make the following points and requests: -- Ur [...] | 2008-08-04 20:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
| 08TELAVIV1053 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the Gaza cease-fire (tahdiya) deal is expected to take effect in a couple of days. Maariv reported that Defense Minister Barak durin [...] | 2008-05-20 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV114 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1170 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted associates of PM Ehud Olmert as justifying his trip to Washington in spite of the political crisis, by saying that the security dialogue began by President [...] | 2008-06-03 10:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1185 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that PM Ehud Olmert addressed the AIPAC conference yesterday and focused on Iran, saying that it must be stopped by all possible m [...] | 2008-06-04 10:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1214 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are scheduled to meet today to discuss a proposed Egyptian-bro [...] | 2008-06-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1258 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1273 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 05:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1591 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 10:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1706 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 10:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1814 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday Maariv listed security arrangements that Israel has drafted for any future final status arrangement with the Palestinians. The Israelis would like to submit this list and to hav [...] | 2008-08-18 10:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV197 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 12:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2268 | IRISL OBJECTIVES SHARED WITH GOI [...] On September 10, Econoff transmitted Treasury's press release on the designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. The press release was also transmitted [...] | 2008-10-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN KNNP PTER EWWT IS |
| 08TELAVIV2368 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London that senior Tehran officials are recommending a pr [...] | 2008-10-22 10:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2446 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S. Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin warned at yesterday's cabinet meeting that a government decision to evacuate more territory m [...] | 2008-11-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2475 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2500 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 11:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2520 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on a wave of layoffs in Israel, and quoted Finance Minister Roni Bar-On as saying that Qthe man in the street wonQt pay for the tycoonsQ ills. The media reported that [...] | 2008-11-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2544 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that DM Ehud Barak has approved dozens of construction projects in the West Bank in recent months, contradicting Israel's commitments under t [...] | 2008-11-14 12:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2860 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that dozens of rockets and mortar shells fell on southern Israel from Gaza over the weekend. The media reported that the attacks have sparked a heated debate in Israel o [...] | 2008-12-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV724 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Intellectual Property Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that at a press conference with the foreign media last night, PM Ehud Olmert hinted at the prospect of secret talks with [...] | 2008-03-27 12:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV785 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Zimbabwe Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that senior advisers of President Bush (headed by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley) and PM Ehud Olmert (Yoram Turbowicz and Shalom Turgeman) met over t [...] | 2008-04-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV881 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that three IDF soldiers were killed in a Hamas ambush in Gaza and four others were injured. The radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying that four Hamas activists [...] | 2008-04-16 14:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV924 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Arrest of Ben-Ami Kadish 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media cited a report published today by the Syrian news agency Sham-Press that PM Ehud Olmert has relayed messages to Syrian President Bashar Assad affir [...] | 2008-04-23 10:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08THEHAGU799 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 15-19, 2008 [...] (U) Budget consultations continued apace, with a session on the International Cooperation and Assistance Branch September 15 and the first wrap-up session September 19. Questions flowed but there was no sign of agreement on the key issue -- the increase in OCPF inspections. The first facilit [...] | 2008-09-25 12:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 08THEHAGUE425 | CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART II: EVENTS AND [...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref a),and the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref b). Other cables will f [...] | 2008-05-19 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL CWC |
| 08THEHAGUE433 | CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART III: ANALYSIS OF THE [...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref b),and reports on the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref c) and events [...] | 2008-05-21 15:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 08THEHAGUE449 | CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART IV: PROCESS AND [...] (U) This cable is the last of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7 -18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref A),the reports on the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref B),even [...] | 2008-05-28 11:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 08THEHAGUE521 | CWC: WRAP UP FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 13, 2008 [...] (U) This report covers the week of June 9-16. Preparations for the upcoming Executive Council (EC) are proceeding apace, with the first informal consultation held on June 12 under the new EC Chairperson. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) discussed the EC agenda in some detail on Ju [...] | 2008-06-16 13:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC |
| 08THEHAGUE687 | NETHERLANDS: EU'S MEK DECISION (C-RE8-01539) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 08:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR NL |
| 08THEHAGUE88 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF U.S. [...] (U) At the end of the tenth anniversary year of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),most U.S. priorities at the OPCW for 2007 were advanced if not fully achieved. An Executive Council (EC) chairman very supportive of the U.S. was elected in May. Article VII implementation moved forward, a [...] | 2008-01-29 15:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 08THEHAGUE898 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (U) Like the Dutch weather, the sunshine and progress of Executive Council 53 in June (Ref A) returned to more typical dark clouds and rain in Executive Council 54, October 14-17. Despite daily meetings, lobbying, and a small group of key delegations meeting to try and find compromise, the w [...] | 2008-10-24 16:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 08TIRANA502 | ALBANIA PRESSES FOR KOSOVO RECOGNITION AT ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA unsuccessfully lobbied the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to recognize Kosovo's independence at the group's June 16 to 18 meeting of foreign ministers in Kampala. The GOA believes that several OIC countries are likely to recognize Kosovo over the next sev [...] | 2008-07-08 05:40:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT KISL KV AL |
| 08TIRANA564 | GOA STILL UNDECIDED ON NAM PARTICIPATION [...] (U) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Director Islam Lauka on July 25. 2. (SBU) Lauka said that the GOA had not yet decided officially on whether or not to attend the NAM conference, but said that a decision would be made by the end of the day on Ju [...] | 2008-07-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR AL |
| 08TIRANA875 | ALBANIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 meeting with Nuri Domi, the Director of the Department for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Domi told Poloff that the Chinese continually pester the GOA to not accept any more Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay, and said that the GOA will formally open an Embassy in India [...] | 2008-12-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
| 08TOKYO1772 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2175 | JAPAN "NOT COMPLACENT" ABOUT BID FOR NON-PERMANENT [...] (C) Japan is "doing our best" to line up support for its bid to win a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for next session, according to MOFA U.N. Policy Division Director Naoto Hisajima. He refused to be drawn out on details or numbers, but said Japanese missions abroad are working in [...] | 2008-08-07 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR JA |
| 08TOKYO26 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-06 05:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2775 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO365 | JAPAN UNABLE TO PROVIDE MUCH ASSISTANCE ON LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Other than public statements in support of the Lebanese government, Japan is unable or unwilling to take further steps at this time to support Lebanon. Funds are not available for the Special Tribunal, Lebanon does not qualify for Japanese official development assistance (ODA),t [...] | 2008-02-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY JA |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA453 | IAEA/BOG: MESA REBUFFS KAZAKHSTAN; AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Acting on instructions, Kazakhstan sought to present its candidacy for the 2008-2010 open MESA seat on the Board of Governors to Indian MESA Chair Kumar, but was rebuffed by Kumar who disputed Kazakhstan's eligibility and bona fides as a MESA group member. The IAEA Statute is silent on MES [...] | 2008-08-14 06:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA454 | IAEA/BOG: MESA REBUFFS KAZAKHSTAN; AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Acting on instructions, Kazakhstan sought to present its candidacy for the 2008-2010 open MESA seat on the Board of Governors to Indian MESA Chair Kumar, but was rebuffed by Kumar who disputed Kazakhstan's eligibility and bona fides as a MESA group member. The IAEA Statute is silent on MES [...] | 2008-08-14 06:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA523 | VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN ON COMPACT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 11:48:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AF AS AU CA EAID FR IT KCRM NL NO PREL |
| 08USEUBRUSSELS1475 | DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES AND IO ACTING DAS REES EU [...] (C) Summary: DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and IO Acting DAS Grover Joseph Rees met September 1 in Brussels with the EU Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) Troika as part of ongoing consultations. The EU-hosted meetings were led by Jacques Pellet, French MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights [...] | 2008-09-23 15:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU |
| 08USOSCE197 | FSC: END-OF ROUND WINTER-SPRING-SUMMER 2008: [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 winter and spring-summer rounds in the Forum for Security Cooperation were highlighted by extensive discussion of the April 20 UAV incident in Georgia and U.S. missile defense in Europe. Russia pushed several CSBM proposals, including its rapid reaction forces informa [...] | 2008-07-31 14:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1173 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...] | 2008-12-16 00:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1175 | ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS A MIXED BAG, WITH DIFFERENTIATED VOTING ON SOME KEY ISSUES. EGYPT MAINTAINED ITS USUAL ACTIVISM IN SHAPING AND DEFENDING UNHELPFUL G-77, OIC, AND NON-ALIGNED POSITIONS. SYRIA ENGAGED IN ITS USUAL RHETORIC AND POLARIZING TACTICS, AND ALGE [...] | 2008-12-16 19:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM XF EG |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1197 | UNGA: WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the activities of Western Hemisphere delegations at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly. At the opening of the Session, twenty-five heads of state from the Western Hemisphere participated in the General Debate. Incoming President of the General Assembly [...] | 2008-12-22 18:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1198 | UNGA 63: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Robert J. Smolik who served as Senior Area Advisor for Western European Affairs to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) During the fall session of the 63rd UNGA, EU and European Free Trade Association states generally aligned with U.S. objectiv [...] | 2008-12-23 19:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB |
| 08USUNNEWYORK139 | U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS IRAN, EAST TIMOR, BURMA, [...] (C) Summary. During a regular U.S.-Japan bilateral meeting on February 8, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Takasu discussed Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, DPRK, and a range of other issues (UN Reform discussion covered septel). On Iran, Takasu reiterated Japanese support for the draft UNSCR, bu [...] | 2008-02-14 13:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KUNR IR BM AF KS SU |
| 08USUNNEWYORK955 | IRAN LOSES RESOUNDINGLY IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: Iran polled a mere 32 votes from the 192-member UN General Assembly in its failed bid for a Security Council seat over Japan. Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda were elected in first round balloting. End Summary. 2. (U) In one round of balloting October 17, the UN Ge [...] | 2008-10-20 16:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA UNSC PREL AORC |
| 08VATICAN91 | (C) NEA DAS DAVID HALE DISCUSSES LEBANON WITH THE VATICAN [...] (C) The Holy See shares the USG goal of a peaceful, free and sovereign Lebanon. The Vatican advocates a cautious approach that focuses on consensus and restraint to achieve this goal. The Vatican's point person for Lebanon urged the U.S. and the West to support March 14, but to discourage "unr [...] | 2008-12-05 18:52:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF LE VT |
| 08VIENNA1717 | IRAN/FATF: FOLLOW-UP WITH GOA AND RAIFFEISEN BANK [...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy followed up again with GOA and Raiffeisen officials to press for strong implementation of FATF Iran recommendations. GOA reps say Austria already implements virtually all of the measures in Ref A demarche. Raiffeisen gave us recent data they believe support their asse [...] | 2008-11-24 12:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR AU |
| 08VIENNA1819 | ENERGY SECURITY WEIGHING HEAVIER IN AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy security has arrived on the agenda of Austrian policymakers. Whereas energy policy was heretofore dominated by issues like renewables/biofuels, climate change, and a vociferous anti-nuclear stance, now diversifying and securing energy supply take equal priority (even as [...] | 2008-12-11 12:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV SENV AU IR |
| 08VIENNA61 | 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, Aus [...] | 2008-01-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU |
| 08VIENNA726 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 28, 2008 [...] The Austrian government, under pressure to act against rising fuel prices, has said it will respond by introducing a series of countermeasures. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) told ORF radio this morning that both commuter and mileage allowances will be raised "cons [...] | 2008-05-28 13:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 08WARSAW1346 | USEU AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials told USEU Ambassador Kristen Silverberg that Poland reluctantly agreed to support resumption of negotiations on the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement after the French Presidency made clear no consensus was needed to move forward. The decision not to [...] | 2008-11-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG SENV KGHG ECON EAGR EUN |
| 0901OF02RPODUBAI288 | IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY [...] (S) Iranian Doctor Alleges Many More Deaths Than Officially Acknowledged: A gynecologist applying for a visa in Dubai described a frenetic scene in the hospitals during the unrest sparked by the disputed election. He was called in to provide support and ended up working three straight shifts - [...] | 2009-07-15 11:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ECON IR |
| 09AITTAIPEI1250 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 21 on the controversy revolving around the Taiwan government's plan to impose energy taxes two years from now; on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) that Taiwan is planning to sign with China; and o [...] | 2009-10-21 09:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AMMAN1182 | MANY JORDANIANS REMAIN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Reaction from our contacts and the Jordanian press on Israeli PM Netanyahu's recent visit to Washington has been typically pessimistic. While President Obama's engagement on the issue is praised, many believe that Netanyahu is not committed to peace and can rely upon pro-Israel [...] | 2009-05-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR JO |
| 09AMMAN952 | JORDAN: MEDIA REACT TO KING'S U.S. VISIT [...] SUMMARY: Wednesday's newspapers in Jordan led with extensive coverage of the President's meeting with King Abdullah at the White House Tuesday. Beneath banner headlines reading "Jordan, U.S. See Eye To Eye On Peace," reports stressed the two leaders' commitment to moving the Middle East peace [...] | 2009-04-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR JO |
| 09ANKARA1054 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA1430 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA146 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA1666 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 11:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA1707 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA1732 | TURKEY: Eastern Provinces Score Gains in Counternarotics, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkish officials are making steady inroads against drug smuggling in the southeast, local officials told Embassy officers during a recent visit. PKK terrorist activity has declined, but it remains active in drug smuggling. The inability of Turkish officials to share informati [...] | 2009-12-04 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SNAR PREL EFIN IR IZ TU |
| 09ANKARA1742 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA1745 | TURKEY: PARTNERS BUT NOT PALS WITH EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Turkish MFA and Egyptian Embassy view the bilateral relationship positively for now, but the two countries' wariness towards each other could impact relations down the road. The Turkish MFA says it views Egypt as a partner and not a competitor. The Egyptian Embassy com [...] | 2009-12-08 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EG PGOV PREL TU |
| 09ANKARA1759 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 12:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA336 | CODEL WEXLER TELLS ANKARA THAT GAZA RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Wexler's message to Turkey's leaders during his February 17-20 visit was blunt. He told President Gul, PM Erdogan, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Basbug, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Davutoglu, MFA U/S Apakan, and other GOT, Parliamentary and opposition party [...] | 2009-03-04 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IS TU |
| 09ANKARA367 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA386 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA423 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA435 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA47 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 09ANKARA532 | MIXED REACTIONS TO OBAMA'S CALL FOR DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA564 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA803 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 10:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA826 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 11:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ASHGABAT277 | OVERVIEW OF REFUGEE SITUATION IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the UNHCR Representative in Turkmenistan, refugees who arrived from Tajikistan during the 1990's have either returned home or been granted citizenship. Integration of the largely ethnic Turkmen [...] | 2009-03-02 12:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF UNHCR TX |
| 09ASHGABAT370 | TURKMENISTAN: IRANIANS TRAVEL EN MASSE TO ASHGABAT [...] (SBU) Hundreds of Iranian tourists from the northern city of Mashhad have arrived in Ashgabat to spend part or all of the Nowruz holidays. Most made the 140-mile trip from Iran's second largest city by bus as part of one of several organized tour groups and are staying at the city's moderatel [...] | 2009-03-23 14:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL TX |
| 09ASTANA1539 | KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN SEA SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 12, President Nazarbayev hosted the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan at a private resort in Kenderliy, south of the port city of Aktau in western Kazakhstan. According to press repor [...] | 2009-09-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR RS KZ |
| 09ASTANA2051 | KAZAKHSTAN STILL MULLING UN IRAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On November 17, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on country-specific resolutions at the United Nations. Utegenova conveyed that Kazakhstan is still considering its position [...] | 2009-11-18 07:27:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA PREL IR KZ |
| 09ASTANA982 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Amb [...] | 2009-06-08 10:08:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET AF GG RS IR KN ZK KZ |
| 09ASUNCION681 | PREPPING FOR A/S VALENZUELA: PARAGUAY'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Lacognata met December 10 to review the bilateral agenda before WHA Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December 17-18 visit. The Ambassador told Lacognata that we believe the investment climate is deteriorating. She also expressed concern about the sustain [...] | 2009-12-15 17:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CVIS ECON PREL MASS PA IR |
| 09ATHENS1511 | Embassy Athens Engages with GoG on Iran [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Athens' Front Office and Political Section have engaged with our Greek partners from the highest levels to the working level at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to expand our dialogue on Iran. Characterizing the Iranian regime as weak, Greek interlocutors maintain [...] | 2009-09-25 14:15:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA KPAL IR IS GR |
| 09BAGHDAD2120 | MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: DISPELLING MEK CLAIMS OF [...] (C) Summary. U.S. military medical personnel will enter Ashraf, Diyala Province, in the next 24 hours to determine the extent of the hunger strike (reftel). While the residents of Ashraf have refused food shipments from the GOI, the residents' claims of GOI blockage of food shipments to Ash [...] | 2009-08-06 13:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER IR IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2237 | SENIOR IRAQI MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN-IRAQ RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 17 meeting with Post's Iran Watcher (IW),Ambassador Taha Shukr al-Abbassi, head of the MFA's Neighboring Countries department responsible for Iran-Iraq relations (A/S equivalent),made the following points: (1) Iraq seeks a bilateral relationship with Iran base [...] | 2009-08-18 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD224 | IRAQ NATIONAL LIST MEMBERS WEIGH IN ON PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2487 | AHMED CHALABI DISCUSSES HIS NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 12 meeting with POL M/C, Ahmed Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress party and member of the newly-formed and predominantly Shia Iraqi National Alliance (INA) (see reftel),criticized the GOI and PM Maliki for failing to govern effectively. He said the I [...] | 2009-09-14 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2637 | RRT ERBIL: KRG BULLISH ON RELATIONS WITH TURKEY [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials told us recently they are pleased with the KRG's improving relations with Turkey, casting this development -- along with strong relations with the United States -- as a counter to malign Iranian [...] | 2009-10-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2744 | EVOLUTION OF INFLUENCE IN IRAQ: COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's evolving political and economic environment has led to increased engagement from other countries using commercial advocacy on behalf of their national political interests. The GOI has begun to engage a number of countries in high level commercial dialogue, and despite its [...] | 2009-10-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON POL PGOV PREL IZ EINV |
| 09BAGHDAD287 | GOI ASKS WESTERN COUNTRIES TO RESETTLE MEK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 14. 2. (C) Summary: GOI point person for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK),National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie (in the presence of the Iranian Ambassador),briefed international organizations and countries the GOI believes may have r [...] | 2009-02-04 09:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PINS PREL IZ IR |
| 09BAGHDAD2992 | IRAN'S EFFORTS IN IRAQI ELECTORAL POLITICS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iran is a dominant player in Iraq's electoral politics, and is using its close ties to Shia, Kurdish, and select Sunni figures to shape the political landscape in favor of a united Shia victory in the January election. A pro-Iran, Shia-dominated, and preferably Islamist governme [...] | 2009-11-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER TU IR IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2997 | SHEIKH WELCOMES U.S. PARTNERSHIP, STRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Mohsin Nayef Faisal al-Jarba, a politically well-connected sheikh in the influential Shammar tribal confederation, told poloff and military chaplains on November 10 that he welcomed continued partnership with the United States. The sheikh stressed support for non-sectarianism, in [...] | 2009-11-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD413 | NEGOTIATING WITH IRANIANS: THE MEK IN IRAQ AS A [...] (S) Summary: In a case study of significant face-to-face dealing with Iranians, the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MeK) at Camp Ashraf in Iraq have been exasperating negotiators during six months of talks with Embassy and Multi-National Force ) Iraq (MNF-I) interlocutors on their future in Iraq. We believe [...] | 2009-02-17 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD751 | IRAQI BUDGET: "DIFFICULT YEAR" SAYS MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Bayan Jabr told EMIN on March 16 that the USD 59 billion FY 2009 Budget as passed by the Council of Representatives was lower than the government had requested and that Iraq faces "a difficult year." Cuts to operational budgets are expected in every ministry. Jab [...] | 2009-03-19 08:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON CVIS PGOV IZ |
| 09BAKU109 | AZERBAIJAN AND RUSSIA: CAN BAKU MAINTAIN THE [...] (C) Summary: Analysts across the political spectrum in Baku suggest that Russia has stepped up diplomatic efforts to lure Azerbaijan away from its political, security, and energy links to the West. They note that this is part of a broader Russian effort to regain its position as the politica [...] | 2009-02-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM RU |
| 09BAKU144 | AZERBAIJAN: SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO GAS -- MORE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to BP Azerbaijan executives, gas production from the second phase of the giant offshore Shah Deniz gas field will be approximately sixteen billion cubic meters annually, higher than expected. However due to inability to reach agreement with Turkey on a gas transit regi [...] | 2009-02-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU |
| 09BAKU20 | AZERBAIJAN'S DISCREET SYMBIOSIS WITH ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PRL PTER AJ IS IR |
| 09BAKU22 | BAKU'S PERSPECTIVES ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: One of the few positive effects of Russia's war on Georgia in August 2008 was a reinvigoration of efforts to solve the Caucasus' other frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Many observers, and even officials at the highest levels of both governments, felt that the stark demonstr [...] | 2009-01-13 13:00:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV AJ AM RU TU |
| 09BAKU252 | AZERBAIJAN: WHAT FOLLOWS THE RAPPROCHEMENT? [...] (S/NF) Summary. As Turkey and Armenia head toward a historic reconciliation, official Baku is in shock at what it views as possible major abandonment by its closest cultural and political partner. Foremost in the minds of Azerbaijani leaders is the effect of renewed Turkey-Armenia relations on [...] | 2009-04-02 08:50:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV TU AM AJ |
| 09BAKU26 | YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...] | 2009-01-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR |
| 09BAKU269 | AZERBAIJAN: TURKISH AMBASSADOR PLEADS FOR REAL N-K [...] (S/NF) Summary. Turkish Ambassador Hilusi Kilic called Ambassador Derse Sunday April 5 to relay his deep alarm at the coming "crisis" in Azerbaijan-Turkey relations and plead for U.S. assistance to ensure that Armenia continues to negotiate in good faith on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) after achievin [...] | 2009-04-07 04:34:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL TU AM AJ |
| 09BAKU27 | YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...] | 2009-01-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR |
| 09BAKU394 | AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REACTS MILDLY TO OBAMBA [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev complained of double standards on democracy and human rights, based on President Obama's recent statement on press freedom. The President joked that it was probably just copied reflexively from last year's statement and he hoped this would not continue to be emp [...] | 2009-05-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU |
| 09BAKU508 | IRANIAN ELECTION: IRANIAN POLITICAL SOURCES REPORT [...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher was in contact Tuesday night with four well-connected sources who shed light on the ongoing situation in Iran. Two sources were wealthy Baku-based Iranian businessmen with allegedly extensive contacts in Tehran including to Mousavi's circle. The other two are in [...] | 2009-06-24 13:10:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ECON AJ IR |
| 09BAKU743 | AZERBAIJAN'S DIASPORA SMALL, NOT POLITCALLY ACTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's diaspora of permanent migrs is small, although there are possibly 2 million labor migrants in Russia and Turkey. The diaspora has not been active in affairs in Azerbaijan or in the United States, but two new groups have recently formed: one pro-government and one pro [...] | 2009-09-18 06:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SMIG AJ |
| 09BAKU801 | IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE [...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...] | 2009-10-07 12:44:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR |
| 09BAKU804 | IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE [...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...] | 2009-10-08 06:44:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR |
| 09BAKU806 | IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE [...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...] | 2009-10-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR |
| 09BASRAH15 | BASRA: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) In March 17-19 meetings with the Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq and the Regional Embassy Office, Basra political leaders all but conceded that the next provincial government will be headed by the Da'wa-led State of Law coalition, despite attempts by opposition parties to capitalize on [...] | 2009-03-25 13:23:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ |
| 09BASRAH16 | BASRAH AIRPORT AIMS TO BECOME TRANSPORT, COMMERCIAL HUB [...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) aims to play a future role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become what Coalition and Basrah leaders hope will be a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Historically under-utilized and rel [...] | 2009-04-03 13:09:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAIR ICAO ETRD IZ IR SA SY JO TU AE |
| 09BASRAH21 | BASRAH: NEW TWIST IN IRAN-BASED HOUSING PROJECT [...] (C) Basrah Investment Commission (BIC) advisor Ihsan Abdul-Jabar told REO that, contrary to widely held assumptions, the BIC has not submitted to Baghdad for approval a proposal for a USD 1 billion Iran-based Karman Company housing and development project in Basrah. In strictest confidence, I [...] | 2009-04-26 14:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ IR |
| 09BEIJING2494 | PRC/IRAN: CHINA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE BILATERALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is biding its time until the political crisis in Iran reaches a clearer resolution and the Ahmadinejad government consolidates power, and will signal its renewed engagement by sending a high-level delegation to Tehran once the political situation has been resolved, accordin [...] | 2009-09-01 12:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
| 09BEIJING2824 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL, U.S.-CHINA [...] CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL "China's rise ends the unilateral world" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/02)(pg 15): "China's implementation of the opening up and reform policy and its rapid economic development after 1978 has frustra [...] | 2009-10-07 08:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH |
| 09BEIRUT177 | LEBANON: UNSCOL OPTIMISTIC ISRAEL WILL WITHDRAW [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams returned from consultations in Israel pleased with the thorough discussions he had, he told the Ambassador February 10. Williams was hopeful Israel would withdraw from Ghajar prior to the Lebanese parliamentary elections on June [...] | 2009-02-13 17:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY IS |
| 09BEIRUT685 | LEBANON: GOL EXPECTS 50% INCREASE IN TOURISM IN 2009 [...] (U) In an interview with French daily L'Orient le Jour on June 16, director general of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) Nada Sardouk said she expects Lebanon to receive around two million total tourists in 2009, noting that 500,000 visited in the first four months of the year. The number of touri [...] | 2009-06-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV KIPR KFLU LE |
| 09BERLIN1199 | MEDIA REACTION: GERMANY, IRAN, ECONOMIC, GUANTANAMO, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Outcome of Bundestag Elections 3. (Iran) New Enrichment Plant 4. (Economic) Aftermath of G-20 Summit 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guantnamo 6. (Honduras) Escalation of the Situation  [...] | 2009-09-28 13:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR ECON US HO |
| 09BERLIN1224 | CWC BWC CLOSE ALLIES MEETING SEPTEMBER 28-29, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Meetings of Close Allies have always been valued for providing a useful venue for a frank exchange of views on, and an opportunity to coordinate approaches to, biological and chemical weapons-related issues. This meeting showed the need to re-invigorate the process, from the p [...] | 2009-09-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW GM |
| 09BERLIN1225 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GEORGIA, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) Rasmussen-Obama Meeting 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report, Hamas-Fatah Relations 5. (Georgia) Final Report on Georgian War 6. (EU) Irish Referendum 7. (China) 60th Anniversary 8. (Germany) Foreign Pol [...] | 2009-09-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF XF GG EU GM |
| 09BERLIN1354 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, UN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iraq) New Violence 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (UN) Karadzic Trial 7. (Germany) Murder Trial Against Man Who Stabbed Muslim Woman 8. (Germany) New Coalition Agreeme [...] | 2009-10-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ IR AF UN GM |
| 09BERLIN1400 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, GENERAL MOTORS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GMQs U-turn 3. Chancellor Merkel in the US 4. President Obama Q One year after the elections 5. Lisbon Treaty 6. CIA Q Italian Court 7. Climate Change 8. Iranian Protests 9. Afghanistan  [...] | 2009-11-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG IR EU GM US IT |
| 09BERLIN1469 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Debate Over Troop Withdrawal 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Top Jobs 6. (Transparency International) New Ranking  [...] | 2009-11-18 11:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US AF KGHG EU |
| 09BERLIN1559 | MEDIA REACTION: COP15, German Strategy on Afghanistan, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change Conference 3. Afghanistan 4. Iranian Protests 5. U.S.-Turkish Relations  [...] | 2009-12-08 13:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR AF GM US TU |
| 09BERLIN196 | MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Obama Clinton, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM |
| 09BERLIN220 | IRAN: FORMER CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-Chancellor and former SPD Chief Gerhard Schroeder's February 19-22 visit to Iran has come under fire not only from rival parties and Germany's Jewish community, but also from a senior SPD Bundestag member. The MFA (and with it, FM Steinmeier) has also distanced itself from t [...] | 2009-02-23 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM IR |
| 09BERLIN298 | IRAN: GERMANY INCREASINGLY FORWARD-LEANING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussions with key German government officials indicate that the German government, in coordination with its EU-4 partners, continues work to tee up additional EU designations of Iranian entities. The key problem is on the sequencing and breadth of designations, on wh [...] | 2009-03-13 11:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP ETRD GM IR |
| 09BERLIN303 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MARCH 16-17 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects a full agenda at the EU General Affairs and External Relations (GAERC) next week, with extensive discussion of the implications of the economic crisis on the eastern neighbors, recent developments in Sudan, Belarus, and the Western Balkans. Germany is highly conc [...] | 2009-03-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR PGOV GM BO UP MD SU GZ IS |
| 09BERLIN402 | MEDIA REACTION: G20, NATO, CHINA-US, ISRAEL, ECB [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Summit 3. NATO Summit 4. Hu-Obama Meeting 5. New Israeli Government 6. Lowering of Interest Rates  [...] | 2009-04-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH IS |
| 09BRASILIA1261 | BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 27-30 VISIT OF SPECIAL REP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit of the Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Ambassador Susan Burk, comes at an important time. Brazil is reviving its long dormant civilian and military nuclear energy programs. It closed down its nuclear weapons program in 1990 and j [...] | 2009-10-23 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC BR |
| 09BRUSSELS1338 | JOSCHKA FISCHER DISCUSS NABUCCO WITH AMB. [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On September 17, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar, DoE PDAS for Policy and International Affairs Jonathan Elkind, and Charge d,Affaires a.i. Christopher Murray met with former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, now a special advisor to [...] | 2009-10-02 09:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS536 | IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER BRIEFS EU ON PRIORITY [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a March 2-3 visit to Brussels, Daniel Glaser, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, assured an uncertain European Union that the United States remains committed to the dual track approach to Iran and said [...] | 2009-04-08 12:23:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS |
| 09BRUSSELS920 | EU AND NORTH KOREA [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 4-5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: USEU shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council General Secretariat functional, regional, and technical experts. Commission sanctions experts request additional information about how the USG will implement the UN [...] | 2009-07-06 09:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCRE |
| 09BUCHAREST425 | ROMANIA: BECOMING MORE 'LIKE MINDED' ON 1267? [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In response to questions raised by USEU in ref emails, EconOff met with Elena Paris, Head of Unit at the Office for the Implementation of International Sanctions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to discuss current Romanian v [...] | 2009-06-22 13:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PREL RO |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1044 | MEDIA REACTION; OBAMA'S DECISION TO ABANDON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international opinion pieces are focused on President Obama's decision to abandon the missile defense shield in Europe; the impact of the Argentine broadcasting draft legislation on Washington; as well as a proposal of foreign banks to Argentina for t [...] | 2009-09-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES794 | ARGENTINA: PROFILING KEY KIRCHNER-ALLIED PIQUETERO LEADERS REF: (A) BUENOS AIRES 0526 (B) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1550 AND PREVIOUS (C) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1715 (D) BUENOS AIRES 0315 (E) BUENOS AIRES 0750 AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite sharing the same goals -- job creation, social inclusion, and state intervention in the economy -- the leaders of Argentina's social activist movements, known as ""piqueteros,"" differ on how to achieve those objectives. Indeed, former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts t [...] | 2009-07-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ASEC PTER AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES966 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT JOINS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Argentina on August 21 condemned Iranian President Ahmadinejad's August 19 nomination of Ahmad Vahidi as Minister of Defense, labeling the selection an "insult to Argentine justice and to the victims of the brutal terrorists attack against the Argentine Jewish [...] | 2009-08-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM ETTC ENRG IR AR |
| 09BUJUMBURA301 | BURUNDI -- VIEWS OF A DEPARTING AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three years as Ambassador to Burundi, I am convinced that this small, poverty-stricken, conflict-ridden nation has the potential to fulfill its promise as a durable African success story. Despite the just-resolved 15-year civil conflict, lack of infrastructure, deep-roote [...] | 2009-06-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | BY CH LY MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL RW SU |
| 09CAIRO1804 | FM ABOUL GHEIT ON UNESCO, NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN , [...] Key Points: -- (C) FM Aboul Gheit said the USG "campaign" against UNESCO candidate Farouk Hosni stemmed from a misunderstanding of his record. Egypt continues to work with the USG on the range of bilateral and multilateral issues. However, citing mounting press criticism, the FM said the basis for [...] | 2009-09-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL IAEA KNNP PARM IR IS KPAL EG |
| 09DAMASCUS147 | ASAD TELLS CODEL BERMAN SYRIA READY FOR PEACE, [...] (C) Summary: President Asad's February 21 meeting with CODEL Berman focused on the need for frank dialogue between the two countries, U.S. concerns about Syria's relations with Hamas, Iran, and Hizballah, and Syria's desire for an American umbrella in a comprehensive regional peace process. [...] | 2009-02-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PTER PHUM IR IS IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS669 | GAUGING SYRIAN VIEWS OF RISING REGIONAL TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: After briefly showing signs of more constructive policies towards its neighbors earlier this summer, Syrians are expressing shock over rising tensions in the region and perceive "anti-Syrian forces" at work. The Syrian Government's response has been to harden its position tow [...] | 2009-09-10 08:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PMIL IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS783 | IS THE SARG INFLUENCING HAMAS'S INCREASINGLY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Hamas distributed a memorandum last week to some Arab ambassadors in Damascus blasting the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PA President Mahmoud Abbas for "obstructing reconciliation efforts." It also condemned Egypt's role in Palestinian reconciliation and expressed reservations H [...] | 2009-11-08 13:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KPAL SY |
| 09DUBAI447 | UAE'S RAS AL KHAIMAH: ROGUE OR REFORMER? [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ras Al Khaimah (RAK),the UAE's northern-most emirate, has emerged into the media spotlight amidst a blitz of recent accusations by a deposed former Crown Prince that, among other things, RAK facilitates illicit trade with Iran, in particular cargo related to Iran's nuclear and [...] | 2009-10-18 08:13:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KNNP ETRD ECON ETTC AE IR |
| 09DUSHANBE785 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE'S JULY VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Blake. Following is an overview of the key issues in Tajikistan and some talking points for your meetings with senior government officials. Overview 2. (C) Tajikistan has the potential to be a stabilizing influence and a [...] | 2009-06-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09GENEVA1089 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-049. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 24, 2009 Time: 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov [...] | 2009-11-30 17:04:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09HANOI520 | A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT VIETNAM'S UPR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva was a lesson in the manipulation of process, according to the Canadian lead for the "troika" that coordinated Vietnam's UPR. The GVN clearly understood that only 60 countries would be ab [...] | 2009-06-05 03:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
| 09HANOI740 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S AUGUST VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Senator Webb: Your return to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City comes at an important moment in the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. Overall, bilateral ties have advanced significantly over the past two-three years, and are arguably at their highest point since relations were reestablished in 1995. Th [...] | 2009-08-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM |
| 09HANOI846 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS, [...] (SBU) Director Slaughter: Your Policy Planning Talks with the Vietnamese, the second since discussions were inaugurated last October, comes at an important moment in the bilateral relationship. Overall, ties between our two countries have advanced significantly over the past two-three years, and [...] | 2009-08-26 06:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM |
| 09HANOI978 | Setting the Scene for Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their highest point since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign investor [...] | 2009-09-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KIRF SENV MARR KHIV KHDP BM |
| 09ISLAMABAD1189 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1330 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1371 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD139 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1421 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 09:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1435 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD178 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD190 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1976 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 09:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2263 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 10:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2453 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORIRSM, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2459 | HEATED DEBATE IN PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In three days of intense debate in the Pakistan National Assembly October 7-9, the Kerry-Lugar Bill (KLB) has come under fire (reftel). Post has been observing the debates daily. During debates on October 8 and 9, criticism of the bill by opposition members of parliament conti [...] | 2009-10-10 06:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2600 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD637 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISTANBUL270 | KEY TURKISH BUSINESS GROUPS DISCUSS POST-CAIRO [...] (SBU) Action request - see para 11. 2. (SBU) (Summary) Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Anne-Marie Slaughter met with representatives of MUSIAD (Independent Industrialist and Businessmen's Association) and TAIK (Turkish-U.S. Business Council) in Istanbul to discuss prospects for U.S [...] | 2009-07-15 08:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
| 09JEDDAH166 | ALBANIAN-SPONSORED DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Albanian ambassador in Riyadh and representative to the OIC reported that his country's draft resolution on Kosovo recognition is moving forward to the Damascus ministerial despite a last-minute Egyptian attempt to modify and dilute the text. The Kosovo issue will be raised an [...] | 2009-05-08 13:12:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF |
| 09JEDDAH367 | THE NEW FACE OF SAUDI ARABIA? SAUDI MINISTER,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In September 23 meeting with Ambassador Smith and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale, Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja held forth on issues ranging from new media and the significance of the Kingdom,s brand-new flagship [...] | 2009-10-01 11:14:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EDU KPAO LE PGOV PHUM PREL SA SCUL |
| 09JEDDAH415 | READ-OUT FROM OIC ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (C) In October 28 meeting, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) senior advisor Ufuk Gokcen (protect) told Jeddah Poloff that OIC Secretary Geneal Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu was "upset" by the way te U.S. position was being portrayed in the Arabi media, specifically noting that Arabc daily A [...] | 2009-10-28 16:18:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PHUM PREL SA SI UNGA UN |
| 09JERUSALEM186 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/26): WEST BANK: "CLEAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-26 10:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM228 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/03): PLO: "NOT JUST AN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 12:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM644 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/10): PALESTINIANS SEE "SLOW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 08:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09KABUL2632 | Finance Minister Zakhilwahl on Assistance Priorities [...] (SBU) Afghan Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwahl confirmed to USAID Mission Director William Frej his commitment to post- election economic reform and listed as priorities the restructuring and gradual privatization of state-owned Ariana airline and merging Pashtany and Mille banks. He is concern [...] | 2009-08-31 11:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AF |
| 09KABUL2756 | FORMER EXILED TRIBAL LEADER PROMISES TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: Former mujahidin commander and Nangarhar power broker Haji Zaman Gomsharick, widely considered to be the most influential leader of the Khogyani tribe, met with the Jalalabad PRT State Department representative on August 10. Haji Zaman, who recently ended seven years of exile in [...] | 2009-09-10 06:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS AF |
| 09KABUL2825 | AFGHANISTAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE DISCUSSES COUNTRY'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 4 meeting with visiting USDA officials, Afghan Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) Rahimi said good rains this year contributed to surging agriculture production of grapes, apples, apricots, and pomegranates. He said the country is not rea [...] | 2009-09-17 10:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECIN EAID AF |
| 09KABUL3625 | CABINET RUMORS - TEN DAYS BEFORE INAUGURATION [...] (S) Summary: Afghan political circles are abuzz with cabinet rumors, as fake cabinet lists begin circulating again (Ref. A),and clans and individuals lobby Karzai and his team for plum cabinet positions. The "money" ministries offering the most opportunities for graft are attracting the most [...] | 2009-11-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF |
| 09KABUL3639 | Trans-boundary Water Issues: The Way Forward in Afghanistan [...] (C) Summary: As senior Afghan officials continue calling publicly for large dam and hydropower projects, Afghanistan's downstream neighbors -- Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan -- are watching carefully, concerned that Afghan actions could affect their water inflow and economic sta [...] | 2009-11-12 04:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF |
| 09KABUL3799 | CABINET RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Karzai's inaugural day assertion that "the ministers of Afghanistan must possess integrity and be professionals serving the nation," both Afghans and internationals are awaiting Karzai's announcement of his Cabinet picks. Karzai's candidates must be confirmed [...] | 2009-11-28 10:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
| 09KABUL495 | IRANIAN INFLUENCE AT PARLIAMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian government officials routinely encourage Parliament to support anti-Coalition policies and to raise anti-American talking points during debates. Pro-Western MPs say colleagues with close Iranian contacts accept money or political support to promote Iran's political agenda. S [...] | 2009-03-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AF IR |
| 09KABUL66 | LOCAL VIEWS ON THE IRANIAN CONSULATE IN JALALABAD [...] (S) Since Iran re-opened its Jalalabad Consulate in March 2008, Iranian Consul Mihran Khurasanie has been active in establishing contacts with some Nangarharis, in an attempt to build Iranian influence in the mostly Pashtun region, according to local leaders and officials. While most influen [...] | 2009-01-13 08:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR AF |
| 09KHARTOUM37 | SUDANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF SAYS GOS READY TO WORK [...] (C) Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS ) Chief Salah Ghosh said that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is ready to cooperate with the new US administration, particularly on the Darfur crisis. He suggested that a definitive solution to Darfur is near and could be an "early vi [...] | 2009-01-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU |
| 09KIGALI585 | KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 12:48:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KV RW |
| 09KUALALUMPUR135 | AMB MARCIEL'S MEETING WITH MFA SECGEN RASTAM [...] (C) In a meeting February 23 with Ambassadors Marciel and Keith, MFA Secretary General Rastam expressed hope that Secretary Clinton will visit Malaysia in July when she is back in the region (for the ARF) and that the President will consider a visit here later in the year. Rastam emphasized t [...] | 2009-02-24 10:31:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD ETTC MNUC IR MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR719 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes Chairman Reyes, visit to Malaysia. The visit comes in the midst of a transitional period in U.S.-Malaysia relations which offers both new opportunities and challenges for the relationship. After five months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is [...] | 2009-08-27 09:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR760 | MALAYSIAN ACADEMICS ON OIC, U.S. ISLAMIC POLICY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 10 seminar on the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) at Kuala Lumpur's International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS),a government-funded institute, was ostensibly about how the OIC could regain relevance, but also included supportive comments [...] | 2009-09-14 08:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL MY OIC |
| 09KUALALUMPUR977 | GOM ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING IAEA VOTE [...] (C) The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement late on December 5 regarding the November 27 vote on the German resolution at the IAEA (see para. 2). The statement appears to be the GOM's public response to repeated requests in Washington and by the Ambassador to correct the [...] | 2009-12-07 23:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IAEA IR MY |
| 09KUWAIT114 | KUWAIT ESTH UPDATE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 16. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's science and technology establishment is dominated by the government-funded Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and the non-governmental Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS). Wh [...] | 2009-02-08 12:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV KU |
| 09KUWAIT723 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] Key Points: -- (C) Our bilateral mil-mil relationship with Kuwait is strong; active FMS cases amount to USD 8.1 billion and Kuwaiti AIK for OIF exceeds USD one billion annually; -- (C) While concerned about the security implications of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the GoK will likely need con [...] | 2009-07-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ |
| 09KUWAIT724 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] Key Points: -- (C) Our bilateral mil-mil relationship with Kuwait is strong; active FMS cases amount to USD 8.1 billion and Kuwaiti AIK for OIF exceeds USD one billion annually; -- (C) While concerned about the security implications of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the GoK will likely need con [...] | 2009-07-21 05:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ |
| 09LAHORE95 | MODERATE ISLAMIC LEADERS IN PUNJAB LOOK TO U.S. FOR GUIDANCE [...] (C) Summary: Although historically divided by sometimes violent sectarian differences, Punjab's Islamic religious leaders have found common cause in recent years in pressing for a moderate alternative to the Taliban-style Islam increasing in Pakistan's Pashtun areas. While infiltration by wel [...] | 2009-05-18 10:46:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 09LONDON1644 | HMG RECEPTIVE TO USG APPROACH ON URANIUM SALES TO IRAN REF: STATE 72119 [...] (S/NF) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to Will Gelling, Head of the FCO's Iran Multilateral team, and Simon Mustard and Duncan Johnson, both of the FCO's Counterproliferation Department. They reiterated HMG's support for U.S. efforts to prevent Iran from accessing new sources of uranium for its d [...] | 2009-07-16 12:46:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC PARM IR KNNP UK |
| 09LONDON1851 | IRAN: FCO SHARES LESSONS LEARNED ON DETAINEES [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Iran Watcher (poloff) August 11, Will Gelling, Tom Burn and Rachel Martinek of the FCO's Iran office shared lessons learned from the detention of British sailors by Iran in 2007 and more recently the arrest of nine local staff members from the British Embassy in Teh [...] | 2009-08-11 14:36:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL PGOV UK IR |
| 09LONDON2120 | UK WELCOMES US UNHRC PRIORITIES [...] (C/NF) Summary: HMG welcomes U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council and is in broad agreement with its priorities. It sees difficulties in convincing some EU states to go along with the freedom of expression resolution; if amendments are not possible, political pressure will be neede [...] | 2009-09-11 13:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC UK |
| 09LONDON2391 | UK IN AGREEMENT WITH THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Head of the UN Human Rights Team at the Foreign Office Andrew Suarez responded to reftel demarche by saying that HMG is supportive of all U.S. priorities at this year's session of the UN Third Committee. The UK opposes the use of no-action motions to block country-speci [...] | 2009-10-22 16:29:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN UK |
| 09LONDON2626 | UK, WITH EU PARTNERS, TO CONDEMN SYRIA AT IAEA [...] (C/NF) Summary: The UK is in full agreement with reftel points concerning Syria and will, with EU Partners, issue a statement condemning Syria for its lack of cooperation with the IAEA at the Board of Governors (BOG) meeting on November 26-27. While the UK has on previous reports lobbied non-EU st [...] | 2009-11-23 17:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM IAEA KNNP SY IR UK |
| 09LONDON55 | OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP: HMG BELIEVES ISSUE IS NOT WINNABLE AND USG SHOULD NOT ASK FOR A VOTE [...] (C) Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Iran Coordination Group Multilateral Team Leader Will Gelling, in several conversations January 8 with London Iran Watcher (Poloff) on ref b, said HMG would stand with USG if there is a vote but deferred to FCO officials leading on the issue. Gelling said [...] | 2009-01-08 17:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL UN IR UK |
| 09LUXEMBOURG302 | LUXEMBOURG: ALBRIGHT-JUNCKER COURTESY CALL [...] (C) Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker for a brief courtesy call on the margins of the October 15-17 NATO Strategic Concept Conference held in Luxembourg. Juncker committed to maintaining his government's current level of financial and m [...] | 2009-10-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | KDRG PGOV PREL MARR LU |
| 09MADRID1029 | CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OCTOBER 19, 2009, MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: CDA and Leon discussed President Zapatero's October 13 meeting with POTUS including Zapatero's plans for a return visit to Washington in January, Spanish intentions regarding police trainers in Afghanistan, Guantanamo detainees, Kosovo, EUFOR, UNIFIL, Iran, Cuba, and Honduras. Le [...] | 2009-10-20 17:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KIPR SP AF KV BK LE IR CU HO |
| 09MADRID1045 | UNGA: SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO USG THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the UNGA Third Committee agenda with the Spanish MFA's Director of Human Rights, Juan Duarte, October 23. Duarte said that Spain and the United States were on the same page with respect to country-specific resolutions (Iran, Burma and DPRK),but took the opportunit [...] | 2009-10-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN SP IS KPAL |
| 09MADRID572 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON THE JUNE GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the June GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso June 10. Benitez said the two most anticipated topics for the GOS are acceptance of Guantanamo detainees and review and revision of the EU Common Position [...] | 2009-06-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU SP |
| 09MANAMA737 | BAHRAIN'S YOUTH: WORRIED ABOUT JOBS, SKEPTICAL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 10:03:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM BA |
| 09MELBOURNE56 | MELBOURNE BASED AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON [...] (C) Abdul Khaliq Fazal, former Afghan Minister for Public Works (2001-2004) and declared presidential candidate in the August election, shared his initial policy platform with Consul General on April 27. If elected, Fazal says he will strengthen political parties and introduce a Prime Minister [...] | 2009-04-28 05:14:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF AS |
| 09MINSK132 | BELARUS: HIGHLIGHTS OF LUKASHENKA'S ANNUAL ADDRESS [...] (SBU) The following message is based on lightly edited press reports of Belarusian President Lukashenka's annual address to the parliament and the Belarusian people. The event was marked by long passages when Lukashenka departed from his prepared remarks and spoke rather more directly, in so [...] | 2009-04-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM BO |
| 09MONTEVIDEO714 | Scenesetter for Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December [...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your December 16-17 visit. You will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Uruguay during the Obama Administration. Arriving shortly after Uruguay's Presidential elections, your visit will allow us to recognize the excellent collaboration we h [...] | 2009-12-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON SNAR UY |
| 09MOSCOW1113 | MFA ON THE PEACE PROCESS, ISRAEL, IRAN AND SUDAN [...] (Summary): MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Director Sergey Vershinin told us on April 28 that the GOR envisioned the proposed May 11 UNSC ministerial on the Middle East as a general discussion of the situation in the region and a chance to reiterate the Security Council's support f [...] | 2009-04-29 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC IS IR SU RS |
| 09MOSCOW2298 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON [...] (C) Phil, we're all looking forward to seeing you out here next week. U.S.-Russian relations continue to feel the momentum from the July summit; your visit will be important in sharpening the focus of the Bilateral Presidential Commission and identifying areas where we can collaborate on a br [...] | 2009-09-04 10:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SENV ECON EFIN RS |
| 09MOSCOW572 | THE RUSSIAN MFA: AN ANACHRONISM CREEPING TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: Dealing with the MFA, the bread and butter of any embassy, takes on peculiar characteristics in Moscow, where the congenial relationships we may develop with individual Russian diplomats are tempered by a hierarchical bureaucracy whose predilection to maintain control of its staf [...] | 2009-03-10 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OFDP RS |
| 09MOSCOW653 | DFM DENISOV: RUSSIA OPEN TO INCREASED ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) In a March 13 meeting, First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov and the Ambassador agreed that we should look for an early resumption and eventual expansion of bilateral economic dialogues. The Ambassador stressed the importance of Russia's WTO accession as a focal point of the dialogu [...] | 2009-03-17 15:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
| 09MOSCOW861 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL ROGERS TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was seen by both sides as very positive and reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia rela [...] | 2009-04-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM RS |
| 09MOSCOW895 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEVIN TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was welcomed by both sides as reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia relationship. Whil [...] | 2009-04-08 07:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM PHUM RS |
| 09MUSCAT16 | ALLEGATION OF QATARI PERFIDY AT GCC SUMMIT, UN [...] (C) Egyptian Ambassador to Oman, Ezz El Din al Fahmy, informed the Ambassador January 6 that he had worked feverishly during the GCC summit (reftel) to defeat a determined Qatari effort to get the GCC to formally endorse an emergency Arab League Summit to address the Gaza crisis. On instruct [...] | 2009-01-07 08:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MU |
| 09MUSCAT273 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION [...] (C) Security and military cooperation between the U.S. and Oman, as well as the overall bilateral relationship, remains strong. Oman's strategic location makes it a highly valued partner for the support of U.S. military operations across a wide area. While sharing U.S. concerns on Iran's nucl [...] | 2009-04-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS MOPS MU |
| 09NEWDELHI115 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Indian media reported and commented widely on the incoming and outgoing Presidents. Reports said President Bush on Monday made a round of farewell phone calls to world leaders, while President-elect Obama and his wife Michelle attended the Lincoln Memorial inaugural concert in Wa [...] | 2009-01-20 11:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI128 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1308 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "PAKISTAN'S PROBLEMS," editorial in June 24 right- of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "There is not going to be an end to the problems faced by Pakistan despite its receiving enormous aid from America. This is because most of the aid is utilized to amass weapons against India and the [...] | 2009-06-24 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1595 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "MISCONCEPTION OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN," op-ed in July 29 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The media in both India and Pakistan failed to rise above their mindsets to welcome the outcome of the Sharm-el- Sheikh meetings. Hillary Clinton's statement that the two countries should resol [...] | 2009-07-30 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI249 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/A.Q. KHAN, JOE BIDEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 01:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI365 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "DISQUALIFICATION OF 'SHARIFS'", editorial in the February 26 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS, New Delhi: "Every sane human being has a right to tell Pakistani rulers, judiciary and authorities that they should finally come to their senses and leave the path that leads to death an [...] | 2009-02-27 09:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI543 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN, TERRORISM [...] "AMERICA'S INAPPROPRIATE ADVICE," editorial in March 21 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The U.S. advice to India to pull back its troops from the Indo-Pakistan border is inappropriate. Islamabad projects to the U.S. that it cannot concentrate on fighting terrorists active on the Afghanistan border [...] | 2009-03-23 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI981 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN [...] (U) Summary: India's foreign policy is unlikely to change significantly, regardless of the outcome of the parliamentary elections. The political parties, with few exceptions, differ little in their approach to India's foreign policy. Such issues have not played a substantial role in the camp [...] | 2009-05-14 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
| 09NICOSIA272 | CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR FM KYPRIANOU'S APRIL 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your April 20 meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will demonstrate continued high-level U.S. support for reunification negotiations. You will want to note that the international community has high expectations for these talks and that the status qu [...] | 2009-04-16 14:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA96 | CYPRIOTS STILL WEIGHING OPTIONS ON MONCHEGORSK [...] (C) Status of Ship: M/V Monchegorsk remains at anchorage in Limassol, although the Embassy has received reports it might have moved slightly owing to traffic conditions in the port area. Cypriot maritime officials are conducting a more-thorough inspection of 50-plus crates onboard the vessel. [...] | 2009-02-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PGOV PREL IR SY CY |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT138 | MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Having watched the evolution of the Israeli relations issue in the context of the Mauritanian political crisis, we believe that the junta, particularly Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, is deeply concerned about the repercussions of a formal break in the Maurit [...] | 2009-02-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL USAU PGOV MR IS |
| 09OSLO647 | NORWAY'S VIEWS ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed reftel priorities with Anne Merchant, the coordinator of Norway's UNGA Third Committee matters in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). While the meeting contained no surprises, Merchant shared her views on how to diminish bloc-voting in the Third Committee. In [...] | 2009-10-26 10:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF NO UN |
| 09OSLO739 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO [...] (S) Mr. President, your visit to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize is of great significance to the Norwegians. Norway is a geographically mid-sized country with a population on par with Colorado, and, according to the IMF, a 2009 GDP per capita just below 100,000 USD - surpassed in the wo [...] | 2009-11-30 15:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | OVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SENV MOPS NO |
| 09OTTAWA610 | CANADA IN THE UNHRC: A CHAMPION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Canada closed its three year term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) with an enhanced reputation as a strong advocate for human rights protection and democracy promotion worldwide. During its term, Canada was a spirited advocate -- condemning human rights abuses, standing alon [...] | 2009-08-06 20:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UNHCR CA |
| 09OTTAWA820 | Canada provides details for coordination with US for 64th [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) human rights officials, Canadian priorities for this year's Third Committee echo those of U.S. (refs a and b). Canada's main priorities are the adoption of the Iran resolution and other country-specific resoluti [...] | 2009-10-28 17:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN CA |
| 09OUAGADOUGOU138 | BURKINA FASO's MANDATE ON THE UNSC [...] (C) Summary: During the first year of its mandate on the UN Security Council (UNSC),Burkina Faso has produced a voting record that has been a balancing act between support for U.S. initiatives, tempered by respect for the country's traditional friends and allies. On several occasions, such a [...] | 2009-03-05 08:25:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AF UV |
| 09PARIS1189 | FRENCH MFA VIEWS ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. France sees Syria as a conduit for passing messages to the obstinate regime in Tehran and it believes that Syria is the only country Iran trusts, according to French MFA Middle East DAS Ludovic Pouille. Through its rapprochement, Pouille explained August 20, the Government of F [...] | 2009-08-31 12:40:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PREL FR |
| 09PARIS726 | IO/RHS KESHAP DISCUSSES UNHRC, SECURITY COUNCIL, [...] (C) Summary: IO/RHS Director Atul Keshap met on May 14 with French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet and desk officers Cecile Vigneau and Emanuel Pineda to discuss several issues affecting UN agencies and regional issues in Sri Lanka and Sudan, in advance of a May 15 MFA-led [...] | 2009-06-02 10:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC UN FR |
| 09PARTO6 | SECRETARY AND IRISH FM MEETING [...] (U) October 11, 2009, Dublin, Ireland 2. (U) Participants United States The Secretary Ambassador Daniel Rooney A/S Philip Gordon NSC Elisabeth Sherwood-Randall DCOS Jake Sullivan Spokesman Ian Kelly Lt. Gen. Paul Selva Ireland Foreign Minister Michael Martin David Cooney, Secre [...] | 2009-10-27 02:29:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EUN EI |
| 09PRETORIA1955 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 20-25 [...] (SBU) Written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau, the POL newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, or to m [...] | 2009-09-25 16:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
| 09QUITO905 | Ecuador's Plans to Terminate All Bilateral Investment [...] (C) The Government of Ecuador is preparing to terminate existing Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with seventeen countries, including the United States, with the goal of replacing them with investment agreements that do not/not include national treatment, allow only local or regional disput [...] | 2009-10-27 22:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EC PREL ETRD EINV |
| 09RABAT714 | HUMAN RIGHTS SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL HOGREFE [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco is a country in the throes of change and reform, particularly with respect to human rights. King Mohammed VI has embarked on an ambitious and continuous program of human rights reform that includes greater political rights and participation by women, the Arab World's [...] | 2009-08-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN KPAO MO |
| 09RIYADH1519 | SCENESETTER FOR 17-19 NOVEMBER 2009 U.S.-SAUDI [...] (S) Summary: The upcoming U.S.-Saudi Strategic Joint Planning Committee (SJPC) talks will likely have a heightened sense of urgency given the ongoing Saudi operations on the Yemeni border. In addition to discussions of the items of business on the agenda, the meeting will also provide import [...] | 2009-11-15 09:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS SA |
| 09RIYADH612 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATE'S MAY [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) The King will strongly welcome your visit as an opportunity to hear your assessment of regional security issues and particularly to hear about U.S. plans toward Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. -- (C) Saudi foreign policy calculations are driven by a deep fear and s [...] | 2009-04-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PINR PREL PTER SA |
| 09ROME388 | ITALY MUSTERING POLITICAL WILL TO DO MORE IN [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Italy is in broad agreement with the conclusions of the U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategic Review and is actively considering additional contributions to make at the NATO Summit and the Pakistan Donor Conference in Tokyo. Although facing tight budgetary restrict [...] | 2009-04-03 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF PK EAID |
| 09ROME558 | G8 ENERGY MINISTERIAL: SCENESETTE... [...] (C/NF) Summary: Your 23-25 May visit to Rome will provide opportunities to interact with senior Italian officials on priority USG energy issues. On European energy security, Italy's very close relationship with Russia often causes it to resist efforts to reduce dependence on Russian energy s [...] | 2009-05-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET OVIP PREL IR RU IT |
| 09ROME649 | SCENESETTER FOR ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI’S JUNE 15 [...] (C/NF) Mr. President, your meeting with Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi comes at a time when his closest advisors fear Italy is losing the credibility and influence that it enjoyed in Washington under the previous U.S. administration. In fact, while Italy has been a stalwart partner and participant in [...] | 2009-06-09 08:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IT |
| 09ROME754 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In a June 25 meeting with U/S Burns, Russian FM Lavrov expressed confidence that key Moscow summit deliverables would be finalized. On a post-START framework agreement, Lavrov expressed concern that specifying a range of reductions would create an expectation that the lower ta [...] | 2009-06-26 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KNNP AF RS IR |
| 09RPODUBAI177 | IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE--WINDOW ON IRAN--APRIL 22, [...] (S/NF) Game of Attrition. Ahmadinejad's defeats on the budget and his plan to distribute cash payments to lower-income Iranians show that power centers, such as the Majles, are actively working to pressure the President prior to the June election, according to [Source removed]. These power centers [...] | 2009-04-22 11:00:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI232 | IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JUNE [...] (S/NF) Rivals Eroding AN's Purportedly Solid Base of Support: After discussing election developments with a broad range of contacts, it appears that in combination, AN's three rivals can strip him of a substantial number of votes from his base. A few of this week's entries refer to this situa [...] | 2009-06-03 13:23:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI288 | IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY [...] (S) Iranian Doctor Alleges Many More Deaths Than Officially Acknowledged: A gynecologist applying for a visa in Dubai described a frenetic scene in the hospitals during the unrest sparked by the disputed election. He was called in to provide support and ended up working three straight shifts - [...] | 2009-07-15 11:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI468 | IRAN: AHMADINEJAD GETS HALF OF WHAT HE WANTS ON SUBSIDY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's Majlis has vigorously debated and ultimately approved the first part of President's Ahmadinejad's proposed subsidy reform bill. The bill is a two-part program intended to end state subsidies on energy, utilities and basic food items and channel the savings as cash payment [...] | 2009-10-29 13:38:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IR PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI532 | IRAN'S RAFSANJANI REDUCED TO PLAYING A WAITING GAME? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 9 speech to Qom seminary students, Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi accused Assembly of Experts (AoE) Chairman Hashemi Rafsanjani of working with Iran's enemies against the government. Earlier in the week, pro-IRGC media accused Rafsanjani's daughter Faezeh of se [...] | 2009-12-10 14:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09SANAA1679 | TOO QUIET ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT? RAMADAN PLOTTING [...] (S) SUMMARY. After six months of increasingly violent clashes between protestors and security services, Yemen's restive southern governorates have been uncharacteristically quiet during Ramadan, even as the war in Sa'ada rages and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed a late July [...] | 2009-09-15 14:07:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER YM |
| 09SANSALVADOR1055 | GOES TO VOTE FOR BURMA, IRAN, DPRK UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 21:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ES |
| 09SEOUL1513 | SENIOR ROK DIPLOMAT ON IRAN, DPRK HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon told the DCM on 9/21 that while the ROK would be as helpful as possible on Iran issues in the coming weeks, Seoul's position would be shaped by what Tokyo does. Lee argued the ROKG position on humanitarian assistance to North Korea is clear and cons [...] | 2009-09-23 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KS KN JN IR |
| 09SEOUL365 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to reftel and cleared by Seoul's Core Emergency Action Committee: POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ I. Demonstrations A. (C) Are there any ethnic or religious communities in-country prone to carrying out significant anti-American demonstra [...] | 2009-03-11 05:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER KS |
| 09SEOUL455 | IRAN CALLS FOR "BOLD STEPS" FROM OBAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Head of Judiciary Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi visited Seoul with several senior Iranian legal and diplomatic officials March 16-18 at the invitation of ROK Chief Justice Lee Yong-hoon. Shahroudi, his Senior Advisor for International Affairs Mohammad Javad [...] | 2009-03-23 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EAID PINR PREF PREL KS IR AF IZ PK |
| 09SEOUL68 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 14, 2009 [...] Why Is U.S. Attacking ROK Cars Only? (JoongAng Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 30) Features 2. U.S. Replaces Apache Helicopters Not with A-10 Aircrafts But with F-16 Fighter Jets, Leaving a Possible Military Vacuum (Dong-a Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 10) 3. North Korea's Double-faced St [...] | 2009-01-14 08:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09STATE101238 | (C/NF) EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERSHIP (C-AL9-01941) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE PAST REPORTING ON LEADERSHIP STYLES AND GOVERNANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN. IN RECENT MONTHS, EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN MORE OUTSPOKEN--AND SOME UNUSUALLY CRITICAL OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN PRAISING VENEZUELA--AND IT APPEARS THAT VENEZUELA'S FINANCIAL [...] | 2009-09-29 15:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL SCUL AC BB DO GJ SC ST VC VE |
| 09STATE129480 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Rome, Canberra, Ankara, Jakarta, New Delhi, Brasilia, Oslo, Baghdad, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Paris, Berlin, Ottawa, The Hague, Brussels, Vienna, Stockholm, Mexico City, Pretoria, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Ashgabat, Beijing, and the U.S. Mission to the Eu [...] | 2009-12-18 18:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IT NZ TU ID |
| 09STATE2046 | MEK FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION (FTO) [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Baghdad, Paris, London, USEU Brussels and Ottawa. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to the MEK,s July 2008 petition requesting a review of the organization,s designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO),the Secr [...] | 2009-01-08 23:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR FR EUN |
| 09STATE41764 | BASRAH: NEW TWIST IN IRAN-BASED HOUSING PROJECT [...] (C) Basrah Investment Commission (BIC) advisor Ihsan Abdul-Jabar told REO that, contrary to widely held assumptions, the BIC has not submitted to Baghdad for approval a proposal for a USD 1 billion Iran-based Karman Company housing and development project in Basrah. In strictest confidence, I [...] | 2009-04-26 20:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ IR |
| 09STATE61286 | U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action request. The USG is considering signing the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),the international agreement establishing the organization, in time for the June 28-30 IRENA preparatory meeting in Egypt. Per reftels A and B, the D [...] | 2009-06-13 17:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV |
| 09STATE80163 | (S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: THE UNITED [...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on the United Nations (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to the United Nations (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below supercedes the [...] | 2009-07-31 20:24:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR KSPR ECON KPKO KUNR |
| 09STATE90247 | ACTION REQUEST - CANDIDATES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 7 and 8. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In May of 2010, the UN General Assembly in New York will elect new members to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Election to the HRC is done by regional group. There are four open seats for the Asia group an [...] | 2009-08-28 23:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR |
| 09STATE94757 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Abu Dhabi, Ankara, Baghdad, Berlin, Brasilia, Canberra, Doha, Jakarta, London, Mexico, Muscat, New Dehli, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, The Hague, Vienna, and the U.S. Mission to the European Union. Please see the action request in paragraph 5 [...] | 2009-09-11 18:19:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR |
| 09STOCKHOLM599 | WHO IS CARL BILDT? [...] (C) Summary. As Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt heads to New York and Washington, we wanted to give you some background on this independent-minded individual who nevertheless wants very much to work with the United States to solve a variety of international problems. --A product of the C [...] | 2009-09-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AF IR RU SW |
| 09TASHKENT1257 | Uzbekistan: International Conference Addresses Problems and [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan and the Marshall Center co-hosted a significant international conference focusing on regional security and stabilizing Afghanistan on June 17-18 in Tashkent. Uzbek participants appear to have been instructed to lobby for international support of Presid [...] | 2009-07-20 10:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC EAID ECIN KNNP KTIA MASS PBTS PINS |
| 09TASHKENT223 | UZBEKISTAN: IV ALUMNUS AND DISABLED RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: On January 21 an independent news website reported that Chairman of the Uzbek Society of the Disabled (and International Visitor Leadership Program [IVLP] alumnus) Oybek Isoqov had been arrested on charges of bribery. When CAO met with him on February 13, Isoqov denied all wrong [...] | 2009-02-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
| 09TELAVIV105 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 11:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1052 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the first day of Pope Benedict XVIQs visit to Israel. The media, taking their cue from Israeli public figures, are critical of the pope for what was [...] | 2009-05-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1124 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV12 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 11:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1387 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |