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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09TELAVIV949TWO CONFIRMED SWINE FLU CASES IN ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Two cases of swine flu have been confirmed by viral sequencing performed at Tel Hashomer Hospital as of April 28. Ministry of Health Officials and the director-general of the hospital only yesterday (ref B) characterized the first of the two cases as just a "slim" chance of swine flu. Fi [...]
2009-04-28 14:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO AMED CASC WHO IS
09TELAVIV952GOI BRIEFS CODEL LOWEY ON EGYPTIAN EFFORTS TO HALT
[...] (S) Summary. During CODEL Lowey's April 16 meetings with the Israeli leadership (other subjects reported reftels),Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Barak and IDF Chief of General Staff Ashkenazi commented on Egypt's role in stopping the smuggling to weapons and explosives into Gaza [...]
2009-04-28 16:34:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MOPS EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV953ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted President Obama as saying on IsraelQs 61st birthday that the U.S. bond with Israel is Qas unshakable as ever as both nations pursue p [...]
2009-04-30 09:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV966ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz cited the concern of PM Benjamin Netanyahu's aides that President Obama will "surprise" the Prime Minister with unanticipated ideas and demands at the [...]
2009-05-01 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV969DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 14:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL IS
09TELAVIV976MINISTER OF STRATEGIC AFFAIRS MOSHE YA'ALON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu named Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe (Boogie) Ya'alon to serve as Minister of Strategic Affairs. Ya'alon, whom pundits predicted would serve as Defense Minister before Labor joined the governing coalition, brings to Netanyahu's cabinet extensive military [...]
2009-05-04 04:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV982ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu called Dr. Michael Oren to inform him that he has officially been appointed IsraelQs ambassador to the U.S. L [...]
2009-05-04 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV984Israeli High-Tech Surviving the Global Downturn
[...] (SBU) Despite fears that the global economic recession would severely impact Israel's high-technology sector, industry analysts and participants are pleased with the resilience it has shown. Though potentially vulnerable on several fronts, both the production and R&D facets of the sector are su [...]
2009-05-04 13:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL EINV ECON ENRG PINR IS
09TELAVIV985RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Scope Metals Group, Ltd., acknowledged contact by Indian company Sudarrshan Technical Services regarding the provision of stud nuts to the Indian Air Force. According to Scope Metals General Counsel Stanley Frisch and Exports Department Chief Efrat Benjamin, [...]
2009-05-04 13:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC IN IS
09TELAVIV99LEFT-WING GENERALS ON GAZA SITUATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Retired IDF General Daniel Rothschild, President of the Council for Peace and Security, briefed the diplomatic corps on January 12 at Peace Now on the background and future of the Gaza operation. Rothschild believes that Operation Cast Lead has achieved deterrence, and Israel is [...]
2009-01-13 16:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IS KPAL KWBG PINR
09TELAVIV990ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in HaQaretz) reported that the U.S. administration is apparently toughening its stance towards Israel. HaQaretz reported that National [...]
2009-05-05 12:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09THEHAGUE498NETHERLANDS: ASSESSMENT OF JORDAN-ONLY RED SEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 12:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL IS JO NL KWBG
09THEHAGUE582NETHERLANDS/HRC: SUPPORTING U.S. ON GOLDSTONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch MFA supports the U.S. position on the Goldstone report, but some members in the Dutch Parliament will try to pressure FM Verhagen to take a more skeptical approach toward Israel. The MFA intimated there is a split on Israel policy between FM Verhagen and Development Mini [...]
2009-09-25 07:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALIS KISL KPAL PREL PHUM PTER NL
09THEHAGUE615NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally support the U.S. approach on the Goldstone report in New York and Geneva. The Dutch MFA hopes for additional information from the U.S. on next steps on the Goldstone report and on Middle East peace negotiations. There is a high-level political conflict between [...]
2009-10-15 10:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL PHUM PTER NL EU
09THEHAGUE668NETHERLANDS/GOLDSTONE: SAME REDLINES AS IN GENEVA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 10:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL PHUM PTER NL
09THEHAGUE707NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: "DISMAYED"
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch will support EU consensus on the anti-Israel resolutions at UNGA, having negotiated a strong Explanation of Vote (EOV) by the EU. FM Verhagen was dismayed by the latest Israel decision on settlements in Gilo, and angered by the surprise announcement of new settlements [...]
2009-11-20 15:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNGA IS PINR KPAL NL EU
09THESSALONIKI17THESSALONIKI: PROPOSAL FOR BALKAN - EASTERN MED
[...] SUMMARY: The Thessaloniki-based Balkan Environment Center would like to initiate cooperation on water management and renewable energy with the northern Israel-based Galilee Society, beginning with a video-teleconference discussion with scientists from both organizations on Earth Day, April 22. [...]
2009-04-08 20:31:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG SENV PGOV PREL IS GR
09TOKYO2138DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Deputy Director Naoto Ito September 15th. Ito agreed with USG concerns about Middle East issues dominating the agenda, and said Japan's missi [...]
2009-09-15 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS JA
09TOKYO2324JAPAN LOOKS TO BUILD MIDDLE EAST PROCESS SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: MOFA is considering a possible initiative to build support for the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) in Southeast Asia should MEPP discussions restart. Key elements of MOFA,s nascent plan would be expanding the base of support for the MEPP beyond the neighboring Arab countries, s [...]
2009-10-06 21:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SN MY ID JA
09TOKYO242JAPAN EXTENDS PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN GOLAN HEIGHTS
[...] (U) The Japanese government January 30 decided to extend its participation in the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights until September 30, 2009. This was a routine extension. The Japanese have 45 Ground Self Defense Force personnel participating in the mission. They [...]
2009-02-02 06:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO IS SY JA
09TOKYO2583JAPANESE NON-PAPER ON SE ASIA MIDDLE EAST PEACE
[...] (C) During a November 4 meeting with Embassy Poloff, MOFA First Middle East Principal Deputy Director Kazutaka Kawahara provided an English-language copy of a non-paper (See paragraph 5) explaining current MOFA internal discussion on the form and substance of its proposed Southeast Asia Middle [...]
2009-11-09 02:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SN MY ID JA
09TOKYO2646PALESTINIAN REPRESENTATIVE MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) In a November 16 meeting with Embassy Poloff, Palestinian Permanent Mission Chief Representative Waleed Siam said that he was optimistic that the new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government would be more receptive to requests for direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA) t [...]
2009-11-17 00:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KPAL IS
09TOKYO28JAPAN EXPRESSES CONTINUING CONCERNS OVER GAZA;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan remains deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza, but official public statements have been measured and even-handed. Following his December 31 telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert (ref A),Prime Minister Aso telephoned Palestinian Authority Abbas on [...]
2009-01-07 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UNRWA KWBG KPAL IS JA
09TOKYO4JAPAN CALLS FOR HALT TO ATTACKS ON GAZA;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso telephoned Prime Minister Olmert to urge an end to Israel's airstrikes on Gaza. Japan has also called on Hamas to stop firing rockets at Israel. The Israeli Embassy in Tokyo has been in touch with MOFA concerning possible UNSC actions concerning the situation in [...]
2009-01-02 06:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL KWBG UNRWA IS JA
09TORONTO6Ontario Union Call For Ban on Israeli Professors; Canadian
[...] (U) Summary: The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in Ontario announced on January 6 that it would propose a ban on Israeli academics speaking, teaching, or researching at Ontario universities. The proposal is in response to the December 29 Israeli bombing that damaged the Islamic Uni [...]
2009-01-06 20:29:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWBG XF IS PREL KPAL GZ CA
09TRIPOLI30LIBYAN RESPONSE TO ONGOING EVENTS IN GAZA REF: A) 08 TRIPOLI 988, B) 08 TRIPOLI 984, C) TRIPOLI 005 TRIPOLI 00000030 001.2 OF 003
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting of senior regime figures, Muammar al-Qadhafi dismissed UNSCR 1860 as ineffectual, argued that further action on Gaza through UN channels would be "meaningless", minimized the chance that the upcoming Arab League ministerial on Gaza would be helpful and said Libya must incr [...]
2009-01-14 14:56:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL UN KPAO ASEC IS LY EG
09TRIPOLI816FM KUSA DEFENDS LIBYAN ACTIONS ON GOLDSTONE REPORT AS "OPENING THE DOOR" FOR DEBATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-12 16:11:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPAL IS LY
09TRIPOLI898DEMARCHE RESPONSE: LIBYA WILL FOLLOW ARAB GROUP ON GOLDSTONE REPORT RESOLUTION REF: STATE 112828
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 16:19:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL LY UNGA
09TUNIS688AMBASSADOR RAISES MIDDLE EAST PEACE WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador informed Foreign Minister Abdallah September 17 of a likely telephone call from the Secretary either that day or soon thereafter. The United States is seeking concrete steps from Tunisia in support of reviving the Middle East peace process, including possible re [...]
2009-09-17 14:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL TS US IS
09TUNIS807DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 16:51:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS TS
09TUNIS814TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO THE SECRETARY'S NOVEMBER 2 ADDRESS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of post's extensive efforts to obtain full coverage for the Secretary's speech at the Forum for the Future in Marrakech, including a pre-arranged interview with one of the media hub spokespersons for a local journalist, the lack of live television coverage on the satell [...]
2009-11-06 06:37:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KPAL PBTS IS TS
09TUNIS881DEMARCHE TO TUNISIA ON ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT
[...] (C) Charge delivered the points conveyed reftel to Mahmoud Khemiri, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Abdallah, during a November 30 meeting. The Charge underlined the U.S. view that Israel's settlement moratorium represented a positive development. 2. (C) Khemiri offered little in the wa [...]
2009-11-30 16:13:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL IS TS
09ULAANBAATAR319MONGOLIA RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche as requested in reftel to Ms. Gerelmaa, Second Secretary with the International Organizations Department (IOD) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Gerelmaa noted the political sensitivity to the GOM of certain international human rights issues and pro [...]
2009-11-04 04:57:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS MG
09UNESCOPARISFR1312 MUGHRABI GATE AT UNESCO 182ND EXECUTIVE BOARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time in recent memory, the issue of the reconstruction of the ascent to the Mughrabi Gate of Jerusalem's Temple Mount registered only as a minor blip on the radar screen during the just completed 182nd Executive Board at UNESCO. Although the Jordanians arrived see [...]
2009-09-25 11:23:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNESCO JO IS SCUL KWBG
09UNVIEVIENNA107IAEA/ISRAEL/GAZA: ARAB STATES SILENT ON GAZA
[...] (C) We expected that Arab states/NAM might use the IAEA Board of Governors meeting the week of March 2 as a platform for expressing outrage over the recent war in Gaza. Our expectations were wrong. The Arab group had positioned itself to link Gaza to nuclear safety by claiming a possible h [...]
2009-03-16 14:50:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC MNUC PREL SENV IAEA XF IS
09UNVIEVIENNA123ISRAEL CONSIDERING PALESTINE OBSERVERSHIP AT THE
[...] (C) Summary: Following up discussions with incoming Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Prepcom Chair Australia, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli met March 19 with DCM to review the long-standing issue of Palestinian observership and to float the idea of "package deal" in which Israel might acquie [...]
2009-03-25 09:20:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KTBT PARM CTBT KPAL IS
09UNVIEVIENNA241IAEA/BOARD/GC:TOUR D'HORIZON WITH EGYPTIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM had a generally positive exchange of views May 19 with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on priority issues for the June Board of Governors meeting and in anticipation of Egypt becoming the NAM Chair in July. The President's upcoming visit to Cairo and the perception that U.S.- [...]
2009-05-27 11:11:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC EG IAEA IR IS KNNP PARM PREL TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA326IAEA/GC: BREAKING THE MIDDLE EAST LOGJAM - REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) New Zealand Ambassador Jennifer Macmillan, designated to be the 2009 IAEA General Conference (GC) President, sounded despondent July 1 about the prospects of breaking the logjam in the GC on Middle East issues. She warned Charge of a "poiso [...]
2009-07-08 16:08:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA333IAEA GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR REVIEWS
[...] (C) Having just returned from Tel Aviv consultations on IAEA General Conference (GC) Middle East issues, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli provided an assessment to Charge July 10 of this year's versions of the "Egyptian" Middle East Safeguards (MES) and the Israel Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolut [...]
2009-07-13 15:19:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA343IAEA/GC: ARAB GROUP APPEALS TO OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
[...] (C) A coterie of Vienna Arab Group Ambassadors (Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and the Palestinian Authority) and the local Arab League (AL) representative appealed directly to Charge July 16 for U.S. support, or at least "understanding," of their draft IAEA General Conference resolution on "Israeli [...]
2009-07-17 14:06:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA353IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAEL AND EGYPT TALK ABOUT
[...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michaeli briefed Charge July 22 on his consultations that morning with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on Middle East GC issues. Michaeli was encouraged that Fawzi agreed to receive Michaeli, who delivered a conciliatory message from capital on reengaging in negotiations. The [...]
2009-07-23 15:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA384IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ONGOING EFFORTS AT CONSENSUS
[...] (C) Mission consultations with Israel, Egypt, France, the GC Presidency and others continue to reflect Arab League confidence that it can defeat a "no action motion" this year on its "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INC) resolution. For example, the Arabs claim to have prompted consensus within th [...]
2009-08-12 13:58:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS XF
09UNVIEVIENNA437ASSESSING EGYPT'S ROLE AT THE IAEA GENERAL
[...] (C) Recognizing that avoiding deadlock would require a changed approach to the Middle East issues that have hijacked multiple IAEA General Conferences, I sought to make Egypt the linchpin of our diplomacy at last week's 150-nation gathering. I began the process the previous week by making a p [...]
2009-09-23 08:31:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP IS EG
09UNVIEVIENNA438IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST OUTCOMES: THE GOOD, THE BAD
[...] (C) Arab Group and Iranian triumphalism over the narrow passage (49-45-16) of the Israeli Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolution should not eclipse two major positive outcomes on Middle East issues at the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference: U.S.-EU brokered agreement between Israel and Egy [...]
2009-09-23 11:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA EG IS IR
09UNVIEVIENNA50IAEA/GAZA/DEPLETED URANIUM: ISRAEL RESPONDS
[...] (C) Following the IAEA's receipt of letters from the Arab group and from the Palestinians calling for IAEA assistance in the wake of alleged Israeli use of depleted uranium munitions (DU) in Gaza (see reftel),the IAEA Secretariat sent Israel a letter "inviting" Israel to submit "any comment [...]
2009-02-05 16:03:00UNVIESECRETAORC MNUC PREL SENV IAEA XF IS
09USNATO484RFG: NATO SYG DROPS BOMBSHELL IN ABU DHABI RELATING TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS AND ALLIANCE POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 09:15:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO KPAL IS AE
09USUNNEWYORK1004UNGA MEETS ON IAEA REPORT: ELBARADEI'S SWAN SONG,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary to discuss the Report of the International Atomic Energy (IAEA),hearing for the last time from its outgoing Director-General, Mohammad ElBaradei, who emphasized the importance of not isolating countries, using diplomatic means to address pr [...]
2009-11-06 21:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNGA CU KN KS RS IS IR
09USUNNEWYORK1008UNGA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION SUPPORTING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary on November 4th and 5th to discuss the Report of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on the report on the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report). A draft resolution endorsing the report passed with 118 for, 18 against [...]
2009-11-09 21:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN UNGA IS
09USUNNEWYORK1011USUN DISCUSSION WITH SPANISH MOD OFFICIALS ON
[...] (C) Ambassador Wolff met on November 9 with a delegation from the Spanish Ministry of Defense who were in New York to meet with the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to discuss Spain's candidate for the UNIFIL Force Commander position. Luis Cuesta, Secretary General of Defens [...]
2009-11-11 21:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1025UNSC: COUNCIL'S QUARTERLY UNSCR 1701 CONSULTATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Williams and Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Council in consultations on November 10 on the implementation of UNSCR 1701 over the last quarter. Both Williams and Mulet and the majority of member state [...]
2009-11-13 00:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK1026AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH UN
[...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams told Ambassador Wolff on November 10 that he favorably views the January 2010 transition in UNIFIL Force Commanders. Williams said he thought Spain would do a good job and its holding of the EU Presidency from January to June 2010 could [...]
2009-11-13 00:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK1046UNGA FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON UNITED NATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly's Special Political and Decolonization Committee (the Fourth Committee) held its general debate on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on November 2 - 3. The Commissioner General of UNRWA opened the debate [...]
2009-11-17 19:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDIS KPAL PHUM PREL PREF KWBG
09USUNNEWYORK1073UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING - LIBYA KEEN FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat's briefing to the Security Council at its monthly meeting on the Middle East on November 24 focused on the current impasse in re-launching bilateral negotiations, given continuing Israeli settlement activity. The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains troubli [...]
2009-11-25 23:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1083ISRAELI PRACTICES IN THE WEST BANK, GAZA AND GOLAN
[...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 9 - 10 to debate the annual "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories" (aka the Special Committee). The deb [...]
2009-12-01 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK1102DPKO-UNIFIL JOINT TECHNICAL REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: On December 1, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) hosted a meeting with Security Council Lebanon experts to share initial findings concerning the ongoing joint technical review of UNIFIL. DPKO's initial findings recommend the creation of a southern sector in UNIF [...]
2009-12-08 01:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1105ISRAELI MILITARY ADVOCATE GENERAL BRIEFS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met on December 7 with Israeli Military Advocate General Major General Mandelblit to discuss the Israeli government's investigation of allegations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations, as set forth in the Goldstone report and other sources [...]
2009-12-08 22:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
09USUNNEWYORK1123UNSC: COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNDOF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Council met on December 14 in consultations to discuss the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) since its mandate expires at the end of the month. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Council on the Secretary-General's six-month repor [...]
2009-12-15 21:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC IS SY
09USUNNEWYORK114SYG BAN BRIEFS ON AU SUMMIT, IRAQ, GAZA,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on his recent travels in February 9 consultations. Ban recounted his personal intervention on the Muhajeria crisis in Darfur, described a long list of challenges in Afghanistan and relayed a new sense of optimism in Iraq in the [...]
2009-02-11 01:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SO SU ZI MA AF IS IZ PK
09USUNNEWYORK1146GA PLENARY: ANNUAL DEBATE: THE SITUATION IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The General Assembly met from November 30 - December 2 on the "Question of Palestine" and "Situation in the Middle East." The debate on the Question of Palestine included speeches from the President of the General Assembly, 42 countries and the Palestine Observer Mission. Most [...]
2009-12-22 15:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK1147AMBASSADOR RICE'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH UK PERM
[...] (U) Action request for Department in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador Rice met on December 16 with UK Perm Rep Mark Lyall-Grant, at his request, to discuss Middle East peace efforts. Lyall-Grant asked about current U.S. thinking on the Middle East. He said that Foreign Secretary Miliband [...]
2009-12-22 16:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
09USUNNEWYORK1150UNSC: COUNCIL'S DECEMBER MEETING ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Serry briefed the Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on December 17. He highlighted the lack of progress in seeking the two parties' return to the negotiating table. While noting that Israeli Prime Minister Netan [...]
2009-12-23 19:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK159UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING: SUPPORTIVE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the monthly Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary General's Personal Representative to the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, briefed the Council on the situation in Gaza and t [...]
2009-02-19 22:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK160AMB. WOLFF MEETS WITH UNSCO SERRY ON GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry met with Ambassador Wolff on February 18 to discuss Gaza. Serry was pessimistic on the chances for a durable cease-fire in Gaza given Israel's linking of the cease-fire to Israeli CPL Shalit's release and news [...]
2009-02-19 22:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS EG
09USUNNEWYORK19UNSC: COUNCIL SUPPORTS SYG TRAVEL TO REGION; URGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In closed-door consultations with the Security Council on January 13, the Secretary-General briefed the Council on the goals of his upcoming trip to the region. He stressed it was time for the violence to stop and called for a durable cease-fire and the implementation of UNSCR [...]
2009-01-13 21:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS EG TU
09USUNNEWYORK198AMBASSADOR WOLFF MEETS WITH UNIFIL COMMANDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wolff met with General Claudio Graziano, the Force Commander of UNIFIL, and discussed UNIFIL's operations, elections in Lebanon, and Israel's occupation of northern Ghajar. Graziano said the security situation in Lebanon will remain critical during the run-up to the L [...]
2009-02-28 00:08:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL MARR IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK224ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BASHIR AND AID TO
[...] (C) Arab League (AL) Ambassador Yahya Mahmassani began his March 5 meeting with Ambassador Rice by raising the International Criminal Court's (ICC) March 4 announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir. He reiterated the AL's position that the indictment is not a positive st [...]
2009-03-09 18:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SU
09USUNNEWYORK248UNSC: UNSCR 1701 QUARTERLY CONSULTATIONS AFTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams and DPKO Director for Asia and the Middle East Division Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber briefed the Security Council in consultations on the Secretary-General's UNSCR 1701 quarterly report. Both emphasized that the most [...]
2009-03-11 21:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC KPAL KPKO IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK328UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 25, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in 2009. In addition to a briefing by the Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs covering recent events, which he termed a "situation of impasse and uncertainty," all 15 Council members spoke [...]
2009-03-27 22:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR
09USUNNEWYORK41UNSC: SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS COUNCIL; COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretary-General briefed the Security Council January 21 on his recent trip to the Middle East during the Council's monthly meeting on the Middle East. Both he and Council members welcomed the unilateral cease-fires and the Israeli withdrawal but stressed the need to imple [...]
2009-01-22 23:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG AU
09USUNNEWYORK421UNSC: RUSSIANS MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS FOR
[...] (C) Ambassadors Rice and Wolff met bilaterally with Russian Perm Rep Churkin and Deputy Perm Rep Dolgov on April 23. Ambassador Churkin confirmed that his government plans to send out invitations April 24 to its proposed May 11 Council ministerial meeting on the Middle East. He said only U [...]
2009-04-23 22:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS RS
09USUNNEWYORK433UNSC MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: FRUSTRATED BY LACK
[...] (C) Summary: Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on April 20 briefed Council members on the situation in the Middle East in a public session before the Council moved to closed consultations. Pascoe focused most of his presentation on the situation in Gaza, and noted pa [...]
2009-04-24 22:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR
09USUNNEWYORK460AMBASSADOR RICE’S MAY 4 TELCONS WITH UN
[...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon three times on May 4 to discuss concerns over the Board of Inquiry's report on incidents at UN sites in December 2008 and January 2009. Rice called the Secretary-General to register concern about the scope of the report. She cited in part [...]
2009-05-05 22:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KWBG KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK468GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY AND NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon transmitted to the Security Council on May 5 his letter and summary of the Board of Inquiry's conclusions and recommendations into nine incidents involving the UN in Gaza between December 2008 and January 2009. The Security Council will discuss in inf [...]
2009-05-07 15:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KWBG KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK479MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERIC HOF AND
[...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Federic Hof, Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs in the Office of the Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and Matthew Irwin, U.S. Department of State, Lebanon Desk Officer, for Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Mr. Hof and Mr. Irwin will meet [...]
2009-05-11 20:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC LE IS
09USUNNEWYORK482UNSC: UN ENVOY SAYS GREAT PROGRESS ON 1559, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council on May 7 that significant progress had been achieved in the implementation of UNSCR 1559, particularly on the full opening of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria. Despite great strides in solidifying internal stability and [...]
2009-05-12 01:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS
09USUNNEWYORK489SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: LIBYA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: The Libyan delegation circulated to Council members, after the May 11 Ministerial meeting on the Middle East, a draft resolution pursuing the findings of the Gaza Board of Inquiry and scheduled an experts meeting to discu [...]
2009-05-12 16:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK493UNSC: MIDDLE EAST MINISTERIAL STRONGLY BACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council on May 11 convened a ministerial-level meeting to encourage Israel, the Palestinians, and the international community to move forward on their commitments toward a comprehensive peace agreement. Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, opened the meetin [...]
2009-05-13 00:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS
09USUNNEWYORK495SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY:
[...] (C) According to the Russian Council Presidency, the Libyan delegation on May 12 continued to insist that consultations on the Gaza Board of Inquiry report be scheduled by May 13 or they would call for a formal Council meeting under Rule 2 of the Council's rules of procedure. Ambassador Rice [...]
2009-05-13 01:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK500SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY:
[...] (C) The Security Council held short consultations on May 13 on the Secretary-General's transmittal to the Council of his letter and summary of the Gaza Board of Inquiry report and Libya's draft resolution on the matter. The Council agreed to take no further action and asked the Presidency to [...]
2009-05-13 23:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK504AMBASSADOR RICE'S MAY 13 BILATERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Lebanese Perm Rep Nawaf Salam on May 13 for their first bilateral meeting. Ambassador Salam reviewed the electoral playing field in Lebanon ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections. He expressed appreciation for Ambassador Rice's statements in the Council on L [...]
2009-05-14 20:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KPAL KWBG LE IS
09USUNNEWYORK54AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH UN
[...] (C) The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, just back from a brief visit to Gaza, told Ambassador Rice Jan. 26 it will take a lot of time and money to repair the war's damage, but lamented there is no political basis on which to build and said he fears donors w [...]
2009-01-27 19:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PREL KWBG IS
09USUNNEWYORK574MUSLIM AMBASSADORS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on June 4 hosted 28 Ambassadors from Muslim-majority countries at her residence to view President Obama's speech in Cairo a few hours earlier and discuss it. There was uniform praise for the President's sincerity and honesty, and most judged the speech a watershed [...]
2009-06-08 23:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS UN EG
09USUNNEWYORK589AMBASSADORS DENNIS ROSS AND SUSAN RICE DISCUSS
[...] (C) Ambassador Rice and Special Advisor for the Gulf and Southwest Asia Ambassador Dennis Ross on June 9 met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to explain key elements of U.S. diplomatic outreach to Iran and to hear Ban's assessment. Ambassador Ross explained that President Obama in various fora [...]
2009-06-13 00:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL ZP IR IS UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK59AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH UNRWA
[...] (C) Summary: Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),met Ambassador Rice prior to AbuZayd's Jan. 27 appearance before the Security Council and described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as very bad. She stated th [...]
2009-01-29 14:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PREL KWBG IS
09USUNNEWYORK617UNSC: UNDOF MANDATE RENEWED FOR SIX MONTHS
[...] (U) The Security Council adopted resolution 1875 on June 23 extending the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights for another six months until December 30, 2009. The Council also agreed to an accompanying Presidential Statement (S/PRST/2009/18) which was read by the Pre [...]
2009-06-25 02:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UN IS SY
09USUNNEWYORK618AMBASSADOR RICE'S JUNE 22 MEETING WITH TERJE
[...] (C) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen told Ambassador Rice on June 22 that the June 7 Lebanese Parliamentary elections had been "good news" and described three possible regional scenarios going forward in order of probability: (1) business as usual, (2) a regional war started by Hizballah involving [...]
2009-06-25 02:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LE SY IR SA VT
09USUNNEWYORK624UNSC: MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council held its monthly meeting on the Middle East on June 23. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Serry briefed the Council and highlighted the concerted push to create the conditions for re-launching negotiations for a two state solution. [...]
2009-06-26 00:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK64UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES AND UNRWA CHIEF BRIEF COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary-General Holmes and UNRWA Commissioner-General Abu Zayd briefed the Security Council January 27 on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Holmes said he was shocked by the destruction and suffering he saw in Gaza on his recent trip and highlighted both Hamas' use of [...]
2009-01-30 00:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER EAID SOCI UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK646AMBASSADOR DICARLO'S JUNE 30 MEETING WITH IDF BG
[...] (C) Summary: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Brigadier General Yossi Heymann, who leads the IDF delegation to the UNIFIL monthly tripartite meetings, told Ambassador DiCarlo on June 30 that Iran and Hizballah are the major Israeli concerns when discussing the implementation of UNSCR 1701. Israeli [...]
2009-07-02 00:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN IS LE SY IR
09USUNNEWYORK651UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS PEACEKEEPING MISSION
[...] Summary: Following weeks of sometimes contentious negotiations, the Fifth Committee, on June 23rd, reached agreement on the 14 peacekeeping operation (PKO) budgets financed under the peacekeeping scale of assessments and on other peacekeeping-related requirements for the UN peacekeeping fina [...]
2009-07-03 00:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IS LE PREL UNGA YI
09USUNNEWYORK657AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Observer Ambassador Mansour raised with Ambassador Rice on July 6 the possibility of cooperating on the various Israeli-Palestinian-related UNGA resolutions. Ambassador Rice pressed Mansour to set a tone during the upcoming UNGA that is constructive, responsible, and [...]
2009-07-07 23:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG UNGA IS
09USUNNEWYORK676UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON SYG'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: In July 8 Security Council consultations on the UNSCR 1701 report, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Williams told the Council that the successful Lebanese parliamentary elections and the calm during the reporting period offers a real opportunity for full implementation of UNS [...]
2009-07-11 00:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KPKO UN IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK7CALLS IN NEW YORK FOR SECURITY COUNCIL TO ACT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 15:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
09USUNNEWYORK72AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev on January 28 welcomed Ambassador Rice to her new post during their initial meeting. During the hour-long meeting, Shalev stressed Israel's commitment to the peace process while isolating Hamas and ending smug [...]
2009-01-30 19:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEG IR IS KPAL KWBG LE PAL SY UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK721CLOSED COUNCIL SESSION LEAVES LITTLE DOUBT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 23 Alain LeRoy, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, briefed Security Council members in consultations on the July 14 explosion of an arms cache in southern Lebanon and obstruction of UNIFIL's movements and initial investigation. LeRoy said the cache rep [...]
2009-07-24 16:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KPKO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK736UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SG) Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on July 27. He focused his briefing on continuing Israeli settlement activity, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and th [...]
2009-07-31 00:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL KPO UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK74AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Head of the Palestinian Observer Mission Riyad Mansour used his January 28 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice to urge renewed USG engagement with the UN. He said the Palestinian Mission is interested in building consensus for UN actions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and enco [...]
2009-01-30 20:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL PGOV UN IS
09USUNNEWYORK750AMBASSADOR RICE'S AUGUST 5 MEETING WITH UNIFIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met with UNIFIL Force Commander General Graziano on August 5 to discuss UNIFIL's needs, its mandate renewal before the Security Council, and the July 14-18 incidents in Khirbat Silim. General Graziano underscored that the real problem facing UNIFIL is the lack of [...]
2009-08-06 02:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO KBIO UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK768UNIFIL TCC MEETING: DPKO AGAIN HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 13, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed Security Council members and troop contributing countries (TCCs) in a private meeting on the July 14 explosion of an arms cache in southern Lebanon and obstruction of UNIFIL's movement and initi [...]
2009-08-14 20:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK770AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 11, Ambassador Rice met with European Union representatives to discuss issues including climate change, non-proliferation and disarmament, UN peacekeeping, the Middle East peace process, and the upcoming 64th UN General Assembly -- including budget and human rights i [...]
2009-08-14 22:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KNNP KGHG PHUM UN IS KPAL KWBG EUN
09USUNNEWYORK773ISRAELI MISSION VOICES CONCERN OVER
[...] (U) This contains an action request (see paragraph 6). 2. (C) Daniel Carmon, the Deputy PermRep of the Israeli Mission in New York, on August 11 informed Ambassador Wolff that the representative office of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) had rej [...]
2009-08-17 18:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF UNSC KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK788UNSC: COUNCIL CALLS FOR UNIFIL RENEWAL; MAJORITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Security Council in consultations on UNIFIL. He highlighted the Hizballah arms cache explosion at Khirbet Selim, as he and other DPKO officials have to the Council on previous occasions (r [...]
2009-08-24 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK797UNSC ADOPTS RESOLUTION EXTENDING UNFIL'S MANDATE
[...] (U) The Council adopted unanimously UNSCR 1884 on August 27, thereby renewing UNIFIL's mandate until August 31, 2010. Belgium, Croatia, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US co-sponsored the resolution. There were no explanations of vote by Council members. (Note: Text of UNSCR 1884 will [...]
2009-08-27 23:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK798ISRAELI PARTICIPATION IN UNRWA AT 60 EVENT - USUN
[...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Observer Mission to the UN has taken a very hard-line position against the Israeli request for a speaking role at the high level segment of the UNRWA 60th anniversary commemorative event. The Arab members of the steering committee are likely to follow the Palestin [...]
2009-08-28 13:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF UNGA IS KPAL
09USUNNEWYORK799UNSC : MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SYG) Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on August 19. He focused on evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem homes, the continuing difficulties at the borde [...]
2009-08-28 14:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO KBIO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK842AMBASSADOR RICE’S SEPTEMBER 16 MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Ayalon on September 16, the day after the release of the Goldstone report on violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law during the Gaza conflict. Ayalon termed the report "outrageous" and said it gave Hamas [...]
2009-09-17 00:45:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS IR RS
09USUNNEWYORK854UNSC: MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST SEPTEMBER
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Robert Serry briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on 17 September. He focused on the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Serry noted efforts aimed at the deve [...]
2009-09-23 21:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KHUM KBIO UN IS LE IV SO
09USUNNEWYORK864UN COMMEMORATION OF 60 YEARS OF UNRWA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) special high-level meeting of the General Assembly took place at UN headquarters September 24, 2009. The event was an opportunity [...]
2009-09-30 14:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF UNRWA KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK875LIBYA REQUESTS URGENT UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (SBU) On October 6, Libyan PermRep Shalgham sent a letter to the UN Security Council President (Vietnam) requesting, under Rule 2 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, an urgent meeting of the Security Council "to discuss the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the G [...]
2009-10-06 23:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK880UNSC DECIDES TO HANDLE LIBYAN REQUEST FOR MEETING
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Security Council met on October 7 in closed consultations to discuss the Libyan mission's request for an urgent Council meeting on the Goldstone report. Prior to consultations, USUN had surveyed the Council and knew that there was little support for a stand alon [...]
2009-10-08 01:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK882GOLDSTONE REPORT POST-PARTUM: IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN
[...] (C) Repercussions from successful efforts in Geneva to postpone the HRC's discussion of the Goldstone report have resulted in the movement of the report to New York. While the Security Council did not accede to Libya's October 6 request for a stand-alone Council meeting on the Goldstone repo [...]
2009-10-08 23:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS
09USUNNEWYORK928UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE - NON-MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On 14 October, the Security Council held its Open Debate on the Middle East. Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed the Council on recent events, noting that there had been no significant progress on the peace process. He referred to recent tensions in East Jerusalem as well as [...]
2009-10-19 19:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK944ARABS REQUEST U.S. SUPPORT FOR SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wolff met Friday October 23 with the representatives of Arab states and organizations that have joined together as a follow-up group to lobby for action on the Goldstone Report in New York. The Palestinian Permanent Observer suggested the establishment of a "monitoring [...]
2009-10-24 00:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK962GOLDSTONE REPORT: MEETING BETWEEN USUN DEPUTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DPR Alex Wolff met October 28, 2009, with Israeli Legal Adviser Ehud Keinan, at the latter's request. Keinan provided information on the investigations the GOI has undertaken in response to complaints arising out of Operation Cast Lead. He noted the internal GOI debate on how t [...]
2009-10-29 21:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL UN IS
09USUNNEWYORK968SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON USSCR 1559,
[...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy for the Secretary-General for Implementation of UNSCR 1559 Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council in consultation on October 27, 2009. The positive part of his presentation centered on the restoration of full diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria and th [...]
2009-10-30 17:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC LE IS SY
09USUNNEWYORK99PALESTINIANS PRESSING SYG TO BROADEN SCOPE OF
[...] (C) Palestinian Permanent Observer Ambassador Mansour told Ambassador Wolff February 6 that he was exploring ways for the UN to investigate the conduct of the Gaza conflict. He cited as precedent UNSCR 1405 (2002) which "welcomed the initiative of the Secretary-General to develop accurate inf [...]
2009-02-10 01:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPAL KWBG IS
09VALLETTA367MALTA: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 14:09:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS MT
09VALLETTA487MALTA'S RESPONSE RE THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on November 3 to MFA Americas Desk officer, Second Secretary Maria Depasqualie, and spoke on November 4 to MFA Asia (NEA) Director Patrick Mifsud. 2. (C) Mifsud advised that Malta expected to follow a collective EU position on the Goldstone Report and [...]
2009-11-04 17:18:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALPRESL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MT
09VALLETTA498PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SYG
[...] (S) SUMMARY. U.S. Ambassador to Malta Douglas Kmiec met November 12 with Mr. Sergio Piazzi, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM),at Piazzi's request. Piazzi urged U.S. support for and participation in PAM's planned February meeting in Malta on the Jerus [...]
2009-11-16 19:12:00Embassy VallettaSECRETPREL KPAL IS MT
09VALLETTA507MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche November 19 to MFA Acting Director for Global Issues, Mariella Grech, and Americas' Desk Officer, Second Secretary Maria Depasquale. Acting Director Grech expressed appreciation for the information, but had no immediate comment. 2. (SBU) DCM and PolO [...]
2009-11-19 16:14:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE MT
09VALLETTA511MALTA WILL VOTE FOR UNGA RESOLUTIONS EXTENDING
[...] (C) Following deliver of reftel a demarche November 19, DCM and PolOff met November 20 with MFA Acting Director for Global Issues, Mariella Grech. Grech thanked DCM and PolOff for providing U.S. views and expressed an understanding of the unhelpful nature of one-sided resolutions in eroding c [...]
2009-11-20 17:00:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE MT
09VALLETTA525MALTA'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MESSAGE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed MFA Permanent Secretary Cecelia Attard-Pirotta on December 1 concerning the substance of the President's Afghan policy speech to be delivered later that day. She expressed the GOM's interest in the new strategy but had no comment concerning GOM commitments for [...]
2009-12-04 16:22:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL PMIL IS MT AF
09VATICAN106(C) VATICAN BACKS AWAY FROM DEAL WITH INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 14:39:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL VT IS
09VATICAN11CHURCH UNITY ONE, CATHOLIC-JEWISH RELATIONS ZERO
[...] (S) Summary: The Pope's decision to reinstate communion with a breakaway Catholic group that included a Holocaust-denying cleric (ref A) proved that his highest concern is the long-term religious well-being of the Church, not the Holy See's relations with other sovereign states. This religion-first [...]
2009-01-27 16:52:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPGOV PREL KIRF PHUM JO IS VT
09VATICAN110NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE POPE
[...] (U) On October 29, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the credentials of Mr. Ali Akbar Naseri as the new Ambassador of Iran to the Holy See. As is customary, the Pope and the ambassador presenting credentials exchanged remarks (in writing) highlighting their respective priorities for the relation. A [...]
2009-11-04 11:30:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PARM IR IS VT
09VATICAN118VATICAN: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS DEMARCH DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) On November 18 post shared demarche points with Vatican point officials on UNGA and Middle East matters, Monsignor Alberto Ortega and Monsignor Osvaldo Neves. While the Holy See, as a UN observer, does not have a vote at the UNGA, it appreciates knowing about the U.S. position. DIAZ [...]
2009-11-18 15:07:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KIRF IS VT
09VATICAN57(C) RECENT TAX AND PROPERTY TALKS WITH ISRAEL A FAILURE,
[...] (S) Summary: The Holy See chief negotiator says the latest talks on implementation of the Vatican-Israel Fundamental Agreement (reftel) were a complete "failure." In an unusually frank move, the Holy See official shared his negotiating diary with the Embassy to detail how the talks broke down. [...]
2009-04-16 13:03:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPREL PGOV KIRF IS VT
09VIENNA1241AUSTRIA: PRESIDENT'S MEETINGS WITH ABBAS, NETANYAHU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 13:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL IS AU
09VIENNA1413GOA SHARES USG CONCERNS ON GOLDSTONE REPORT, WILL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 10:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL AU
09VIENNA1588ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, IRAN
[...] (U) Israeli Defense Minister and Deputy PM Barak met with Chancellor Faymann, President Fischer, DefMin Darabos, and FM Spindelegger during a low-key December 14-15 visit to Vienna. During a joint press conference after their meeting, Barak and Darabos emphasized their support for a two-state [...]
2009-12-17 14:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ENRG MNUC MOPS IS IR AU
09VIENNA346AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 07:47:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWBG KPAL IS EUN AU
09VIENNA530ASAD DISCUSSES U.S. RELATIONS, MEPP AND WINS GOA
[...] (C) Summary: Syrian President al-Asad told GOA leaders during an April 27-28 visit to Vienna that he is optimistic about the new U.S. Administration, but maintained that President Obama has one year to turn around U.S.-Syrian relations. He said the new Israeli government must demonstrate a wi [...]
2009-05-04 13:51:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM SY IS AU
09VIENNA66AUSTRIA: US-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU
[...] (SBU) On January 16, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche in separate farewell calls on Austrian Foreign Minister Spindelegger and MFA Secretary General Kyrle. 2. (SBU) FM Spindelegger and SG Kyrle listened carefully to reftel points and expressed appreciation for the information. Both st [...]
2009-01-16 17:12:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS
09VILNIUS34LITHUANIA APPRECIATES ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 07:14:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PARM PREL EUN IS LH
09WARSAW1005POLAND WELCOMES TRILATERAL MIDDLE EAST MEETING
[...] (C) GoP officials were pleased that U.S., Israeli, and Palestinian leaders met last week. Although the Poles discerned little progress, they saw the symbolic talks as establishing a precedent for more detailed discussions in coming months and, more importantly, demonstrating a renewed U.S. c [...]
2009-09-29 15:59:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS PL
09WARSAW1093POLISH FM SIKORSKI'S MISSION TO MIDDLE EAST:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official characterized FM Sikorski's October 19-20 trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories as an "information gathering" mission to help Poland prepare for its EU presidency in the second half of 2011. Although Poland will continue to engage Israelis and Pal [...]
2009-10-28 06:59:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR IS PL PREL
09WARSAW125POLAND'S SZCZYGLO: TROOP INCREASES FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, newly-appointed Chief of Poland's National Security Bureau, Aleksander Szczyglo said that in light of the military's increasingly dire funding picture, he no longer knew if it would be possible to add to Poland's 1,600 troops in Afgh [...]
2009-02-04 14:49:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL AF IS LE PL
09WARSAW328POLAND: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR PESSIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing Israeli Ambassador David Peleg lamented Polish disengagement from Mideast peacekeeping missions due to the focus on Afghanistan and suggested that the Poles should keep a more open mind about the incoming Israeli government. In his view, Prime Minister Tusk may have l [...]
2009-03-27 15:32:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IS XF PL
09WARSAW62POLAND/GAERC - JANUARY 26-27 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel points, MFA EU Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us the GAERC would focus on the situation in Gaza and implications for the Middle East Peace Process. EU ministers will discuss possible EU monitoring of the Egypt-Gaza border and humanitarian assistance. [...]
2009-01-20 12:55:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EUN BO UP SU EG IS PL
09WARSAW73POLAND/GAERC: ADDITIONAL INPUT FOR JAN 26-27 EU FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel A points, MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow told the DCM January 22 that the GAERC would focus heavily on the EU role in resolving the Gaza conflict and on energy security issues. Sobkow accused Germany of undermining efforts to develop a common EU energy [...]
2009-01-23 08:46:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALAF BO GG IS PL PREL SY UP
09WARSAW897POLAND: CONCERNED ABOUT MIDDLE EAST AND IAEA
[...] (C) Szymon Bochenski of the Polish MFA's Security Department told us on August 25 that Poland shares U.S. concerns that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference (GC) is becoming mired in an overly politicized Arab-Israeli debate on the Middle East issue which is distrac [...]
2009-09-02 19:38:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS
09WARSAW912POLISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 4-5 GYMNICH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the September 4-5 EU Gymnich meeting, Cyryl Kozaczewski, the Deputy Director of the MFA's EU Department, told us that Poland will advocate increased EU coordination with the U.S. on the Isaeli-Palestinian peace process and targeted assistance to Afghanistan. Polan [...]
2009-09-04 14:15:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EFIN EAID AF IS PK IR
09WELLINGTON299NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE
[...] (U) PolOff delivered Reftel demarche to Michael McBryde, MFAT's United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division Deputy Director and encouraged GNZ to support USG's position during the November 4 UNGA Goldstone Report debate. Mr. McBryde met separately with MFAT's Middle East Division [...]
2009-11-04 07:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
09YAOUNDE789RECENT DEMARCHES DELIVERED // ZFR //
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 13:20:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC EG IS EAID
09YAOUNDE805RECENT DEMARCHES DELIVERED: CAMEROON
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel recent demarches to Ministry of External Relations (MINREX) Director for Americas Joe Nzume, covering the U.N. General Assembly agenda, the ESTA and Travel Promotion Act, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) list of goods produced by child l [...]
2009-09-24 11:04:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC EG IS EAID
09YEREVAN821YEREVAN DEMARCHE RESPONSE: OPPOSING UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-26 08:56:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE AM
09YEREVAN827YEREVAN DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.S POSTURE ON IRAN'S
[...] (C) On 25 November 2009, Ambassador Yovanovich delivered reftel demarche to Vigen Sargsian, Deputy Chief of staff to President Serzh Sargsian. Sargsian asked Ambassador how the US Government envisioned the next steps vis-a-vis Iran. Ambassador responded that the next steps are difficult to pr [...]
2009-12-01 09:35:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALAM IS KPAL LE PINR PREL SY UNGA
09YEREVAN836YEREVAN DEMARCHE RESPONSE: DECEMBER 2009 UN VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 05:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE AM
09ZAGREB619CROATIA: GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 14:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL HR
09ZAGREB651CROATIA- DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 3 November to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. She expressed her appreciation for receiving the material and indicated that Croatia would coordinate its position with the US via its mission in New York. She noted that Croatia shares the US po [...]
2009-11-04 14:12:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL HR
09ZAGREB682DEMARCHED DELIVERED ON US POSITION ON UNGA MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 15:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE HR
10ABUDHABI47HAMAS COMMANDER KILLED IN DUBAI HOTEL
[...] (U) On January 29, approximately 9:00 am local time Friday, Reuters first reported the January 20 murder in a Dubai hotel of senior Hamas member Mahmoud Abdul Raouf Mohammad Hassan (known as Mahmoud Al Mabhouh). The brief wire story preceded the release of an official statement from the Dubai gover [...]
2010-01-31 13:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR KPAL KWBG KCRM IS SY AE
10ADDISABABA396GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 15:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
10AMMAN396JORDAN: HRW REPORT ON CITIZENSHIP WITHDRAWALS
[...] (S) The release of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report "Stateless Again: Palestinian-Origin Jordanians Deprived of their Nationality" has elicited an angry response from the GOJ. The report highlights the personal experiences of eleven individuals who had their nationality revoked by the Mini [...]
2010-02-16 11:47:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PREL PREF KPAL IS JO
10ANKARA110BARAK AND DAVUTOGLU ON GAZA, SYRIA AND IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Israeli Embassy's readout on the January 17 Davutolgu-Barak meeting was markedly more downbeat than that offered us by the Turkish MFA. Barak was cautiously receptive to a GoT proposal that it be permitted to deliver pre-fabricated housing units to Gaza. He discouraged Turk [...]
2010-01-22 20:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IS
10ANKARA126SECRETARY GATES' TURKEY BILATERAL VISIT:
[...] (S) PM Erdogan welcomed President Obama's reiteration of support to the fight against the PKK during the December 7 meeting in the Oval Office, but the Secretary should expect questions about how we will operationalize that commitment as plans to withdraw from Iraq move forward. A key issue wi [...]
2010-01-26 11:23:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MARR TU AF PK IR IZ IS AM
10ANKARA163TURKISH MFA: "WE'LL KEEP UP OUR PRESSURE" ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 1 meeting with MFA U/S Sinirlioglu, the Ambassador conveyed REF A points on increasing pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. Sinirlioglu noted that the Turkish Government is skeptical about the usefulness of new sanctions, but considers unity of the intern [...]
2010-02-02 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TU IS IR
10ANKARA185PARLIAMENTARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 2 conversation with parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Murat Mercan, the Ambassador elicited the senior governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP's perspectives on Israel, Iran and the recent Armenian Constitutional Court ruling. Mercan ar [...]
2010-02-04 09:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER EFIN KTFN PINR ETTC IS IR TU
10ANKARA303ANTALYA: THE SUN ALWAYS RISES FOR TOURISM, BUT NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's premier tourist destination, Antalya has seen 10 percent economic growth annually over the past six years and remains a magnet for young Turks seeking jobs. Some 11 million tourists (most of them foreigners) came to Antalya in 2009, although there was a sharp drop in Is [...]
2010-02-25 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB ECON TU IS
10ANKARA58TURKISH-ISRAELI SPAT COULD JEOPARDIZE BARAK VISIT
[...] (C) During a January 13 conversation with us, Israeli Embassy spokesman Amit Zarouk registered concern the ongoing "statements" spat between the Turkish and Israeli Ministries of Foreign Affair would jeopardize the January 17 visit of Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to Ankara. According to [...]
2010-01-13 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU IS
10BEIJING432FEBRUARY 23, 2010 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-PRC RELATIONS,
[...] Key points at the February 23, 2010 MFA press briefing were: --China looks to the United States to take credible measures to undo the damage to U.S.-PRC relations following arms sales to Taiwan and President Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama. --China hopes relevant parties will show flexi [...]
2010-02-23 23:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM KN NG DA UN CH IR JA PK IN ZA IS
10BEIRUT115SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 9-13 JOINT MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 10-12 Joint Military Commission (JMC) meetings in Washington are the second in the series of bilateral military discussions that began in October 2008 (reftel). As Lebanon emerges from 2009's six-month struggle to form the new national unity government, the JMC will [...]
2010-02-04 16:08:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER KPKO PINR SY IS LE
10BEIRUT116MARADA'S FRANJIEH CALLS FOR INDIRECT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Marada leader Sleiman Franjieh reported to the Ambassador on February 2 that he had established a rapport with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, whom he described as "a man you can deal with." Franjieh, a strong Syrian ally, expressed his support for indirect negotiations between Leban [...]
2010-02-04 16:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAL PINR PTER SY IS LE
10BEIRUT167HARIRI RALLY HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FACING MARCH 14
[...] (C) Summary: Tens of thousands of Future Movement, Lebanese Forces and Kataeb supporters joined the February 14 rally -- organized by the March 14 coalition -- to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Turnout was less than in previous ye [...]
2010-02-22 12:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS SA
10BEIRUT187DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN TRANSFERS OF ARMS TO HIZBALLAH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In response to the Ambassador's February 25 demarche on the danger of Syrian transfers of increasingly sophisticated weaponry to Hizballah, Prime Minister Saad Hariri acknowledged the urgency and serious nature of the message and said he had feared that Hizballah had "new technol [...]
2010-02-25 16:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL PBTS MASS MOPS IS LE TU SY
10BEIRUT44SCENESETTER FOR SEMEP GEORGE MITCHELL'S JANUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your January 19-20 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Foreign Minis [...]
2010-01-14 14:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MEPP PTER PINR UNSC MARR SY IS LE
10BEIRUT66NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR GEN. JONES´ VISIT TO LEBANON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor General Jim Jones explained to President Michel Sleiman, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi January 15 the U.S. administration,s intention to pursue additional sanctions ag [...]
2010-01-21 15:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MASS UNSC LE IS SY IR
10BEIRUT89S/E MITCHELL RULES OUT FORCED NATURALIZATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell affirmed to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and Foreign Minister Ali Chami that the U.S. opposes the forced naturalization of Palestinians in Lebanon under any circumstance. During his Janua [...]
2010-01-29 08:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MEPP KPAL SY IS LE
10BEIRUT96UNSCOL WILLIAMS ON UNIFIL INCIDENT, GHAJAR
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams shared with the Ambassador on January 27 a disturbing report of a January 23 act of aggression against a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) foot patrol in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil involving an angry crowd an [...]
2010-01-29 16:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS PTER PINR IS SY LE
10BERLIN116ISRAELI PRESIDENT PERES GRIPS GERMAN BUNDESTAG
[...] (U) The German government went far to demonstrate its "special relationship" with Israel during the visit of Israeli President Shimon Peres to Berlin January 25-28. German fighter jets met Peres' aircraft as it entered German airspace and accompanied to its landing in Berlin. Security in the [...]
2010-01-27 16:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GM IS
10BERLIN193ISRAELI DEPUTY FM FLAGS TOP CONCERNS: QME AND MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR FREE ZONE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 11:11:00Embassy BerlinSECRETGM IS NATO PARM PREL XF
10BERLIN76ISRAEL USES GERMANY FOR INTERNATIONAL ENTREE,
[...] (C) MFA NEA Assistant-Secretary equivalent Andreas Michaelis told Pol M-C January 20 that the January 18 German-Israeli consultations in Berlin were primarily oriented toward the bilateral relationship rather than the peace process or regional issues, outside of Iran. He described Israeli FM [...]
2010-01-20 15:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL KWBG IS IR GM
10BRASILIA204Brazil: March HRC
[...] On February 24, poloff delivered the points reftel to Nathanael de Souza e Silva and Bruna Vieira de Paula of the Division of Human Rights, Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Religious and racial intolerance 2. Poloff handed Silva and de Paula a copy of the U.S.-proposed Action Plan [...]
2010-02-27 21:57:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN BR GV IR BM CG IS
10BRIDGETOWN37GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 18:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS XL
10BRUSSELS161ISRAELI AMBASSADOR ASKS U.S. SUPPORT ON EU
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a courtesy call with the Ambassador on February 8, Israeli Ambassador to the EU (and to NATO) Ran Curiel described Israel's frustration with the freezing of an upgrade in Israel-EU relations since the end of the Gaza incursion in 2009. Curiel said Israel was instead [...]
2010-02-10 06:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN IS KPAL PREL
10BRUSSELS227(SBU) GOLDSTONE REPORT NOT DISCUSSED DURING RECENT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Head of the European Council's Human Rights' Unit and to European Commission officers on February 23. Political Counselor also discussed with Spanish Perm Rep Middle East coordinator. All noted that the Goldstone report had not been on the age [...]
2010-02-26 09:51:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA EU IS
10BUCHAREST38 Romanian Reaction to January Foreign Affairs Council
[...] POLOFF delivered Ref. non-paper January 20 to Cristian Olimid, Director, EU External Relations. POLOFF verbally delivered USG views on Yemen. Olimid was appreciative of both perspectives and believed that U.S.-Romanian policy was closely aligned. In addition to the above, Olimid indicated th [...]
2010-01-22 07:32:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IS IR AF PK RO
10BUENOSAIRES108MEDIA REACTION: COMMENTARY CONTINUES FOLLOWING STATE OF THE
[...] Over the weekend, only two Argentine dailies, largest daily Clar????n and left-leaning, pro-government P????gina 12, printed opinion articles written by Argentine reporters on President Obama's foreign policy following the State of the Union address. All other dailies published articles fro [...]
2010-02-01 18:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IS
10CAIRO161AFTER CONTROVERSY, NDP MEMBER RECEIVES WARNING FOR MEETING
[...] KEY POINTS -- (U) On February 2, the Press Syndicate issued a warning to National Democratic Party (NDP) member XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX for violating its ban on contact with Israelis by meeting September 14 with the Israeli Ambassador in her office at the GOE-funded Al-Ahram Center. -- (C [...]
2010-02-04 15:18:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IS EG
10CAIRO177Sinai Update: Counter Smuggling and Floods
[...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) The GOE claims to have increased its efforts against HAMAS-related smuggling activity, and reports recent success in interdicting and dismantling goods and financial smuggling networks. -- (C) Recent heavy rains in northern Sinai caused an estimated $11 mill [...]
2010-02-09 13:46:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MASS IS KPAL EG
10CAIRO249Development and Peace Key to Resolving North Sinai Problems
[...] (S) Key Points: -- New North Sinai Governor Mowafi told poloff his top priority was to increase economic opportunities. He plans to increase the size of the El Arish port to facilitate an export economy, expand agricultural production in the coastal areas, and build heavy industries in [...]
2010-02-25 15:03:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS EG
10CAIRO257DASD Kahl Meeting with Egyptian Military Officials
[...] (C) Key Points: -- On January 31, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Dr. Colin Kahl met with Major General Mohammad al-Assar, Assistant to the Minister of Defense, Major General Ahmad Moataz, Chief of the American Relations Branch, and Major General Fouad Arafa, Consu [...]
2010-02-28 13:45:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR IS IR IZ EG LY SU
10CAIRO66FOREIGN MINISTER, CODEL WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 12:41:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER KPAL IS IR EG
10CAIRO68GOE UNWILLING TO BUDGE ON QIZ APPROVAL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 14:02:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALECON EG ETRD PGOV IS
10CAIRO98EGYPT'S ECONOMY: January 19 PRESS ROUND-UP
[...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------ Natural Gas Price Increase Postponed ------------------------------------ 2. (U) The Energy Pricing Committee of the Ministry of Trade and Indu [...]
2010-01-19 14:45:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG IS UG
10COPENHAGEN107GOLDSTONE REPORT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Allan Jacobsen, Head of MFA's Human Rights Department, told A/DCM February 22 that Denmark agrees the UN Human Rights Council is the first place that should deal with any follow-up to the Goldstone Report, as it is the body that commissioned the Report. He added that there might in futur [...]
2010-02-25 16:54:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPHUM IO UNGA PREL KPAL IS DA
10DAMASCUS105VICE FM DEFENDS SYRIA'S "PEACEFUL OBJECTIVES"
[...] (SBU) Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad convened representatives of Western Hemisphere and African diplomatic missions February 4 to review and echo FM Muallim's comments to the press the day before concerning Syria's view of Israeli rhetorical "threats." Muallim separately briefed Arab and [...]
2010-02-04 15:09:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL SY IS
10DAMASCUS168V/FM MIQDAD DENIES SUPPLYING BALLISTIC MISSILES TO
[...] (S) Summary: Responding to Ref A demarche, Syrian Vice Foreign Minister (V/FM) Miqdad expressed surprise the U.S. was sharing such a strong message in the wake of Under Secretary (U/S) William Burns' positive February 17 visit. He argued Israel represented the major threat to stability in the regio [...]
2010-02-25 13:43:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER PREF PREL IS LE SY
10DAMASCUS26REPORT ON UNDOF EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL
[...] In response to reftel, this report addresses the United Nations' Disengagement and Observer Force's effort to combat sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in its Golan peacekeeping mission. ------------------- Preventive Measures ------------------- 2. Ac [...]
2010-01-11 11:32:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO KTIP SY IS
10DHAKA62STAFFDEL AHUJA DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENT AND INDIA,
[...] (SBU) Professional Staff Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Jasmeet Ahuja's January 12 - 14 visit to Bangladesh highlighted the importance of cooperation between the U.S. and Bangladesh to combat terrorism and climate change. Ahuja also pressed Bangladesh to lift its trade boyco [...]
2010-01-19 09:52:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM IS BG
10DOHA26PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR GIVES READOUT ON ABBAS-AMIR
[...] (C) At a January 14 meeting with Ambassador, Palestinian Ambassador Mounir Abdullah Ghanim recounted the conversation that took place between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani during Abbas's January 5 visit to Doha. The conversation focused on elections in [...]
2010-01-21 08:47:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL WBG EG IS QA
10DUBAI19UAE RELEASES DETAILS OF HAMAS ASSASSINATION SUSPECTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dubai police have publicly released details of their investigation into the January 19 assassination of senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al Mabhouh. Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Dubai Police, held a press conference on February 15 in which he shared informa [...]
2010-02-17 13:24:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL ASEC PTER IS AE
10DUBAI29U.S. Credit Cards linked to Mabhouh Assassination
[...] (C//NF) Summary: The Dubai Police released new details of their investigation into the killing of Hamas leader Mahmoud al Mabhouh February 24, including the names of an additional 15 suspects (bringing the total to 26) and the numbers of 14 credit cards issued by a U.S. bank allegedly used by t [...]
2010-02-25 10:51:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ASEC PTER IS AE
10JEDDAH14JEDDAH GOVERNOR PRINCE MISHAAL BIN MAJID'S
[...] (C) Summary. In December 29 introductory meeting with Ambassador, Prince Mishaal bin Majid bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Jeddah (ref A),warned that Yemen could become like Somalia in the absence of development projects funded by the GCC, U.S., and Europe. Skeptical that Israel wants peace given [...]
2010-01-10 06:37:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALCASC KISL KWBG PREL SA YM IR IS
10JERUSALEM101PA FOCUSES ON WEST BANK ENERGY SECTOR:
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) is taking steps to improve governance and increase accountability in the West Bank energy sector. Its goal is to improve the sector's performance and lower its impact on the PA's budget. Reform of the sector, including the establishment of an in [...]
2010-01-15 18:31:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV IS JO
10JERUSALEM102JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/19): President Abbas continues
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 10:41:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM11JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/05): Potential US peace plan
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 07:42:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM111NGO CONTACTS WARN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv - Consulate General Jerusalem cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to NGO and GOI sources, the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) intends to "reassess" the legal status of the land on which three West Bank outposts are built, despite previous GOI stateme [...]
2010-01-19 16:08:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM112WEST BANK CROSSINGS REMAIN FOCUS OF FRUSTRATION;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian private sector contacts emphasize that moving goods between the West Bank and Israel remains a complicated and time-consuming process. The continued use of a "back-to-back" process, which requires goods to be transferred from Palestinian to Israeli trucks, plus a l [...]
2010-01-19 17:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAID PREL KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM115JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/20): Israeli authorities level
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 07:57:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM130CLOSURE ORDERS FOR EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) On January 19, Ishaq Budeiri, General Manager of the Arab Studies Society at Orient House, told Post he had received no indication that the GOI is considering allowing the current closure order on Orient House to lapse when it expires in February 2010. Budeiri said that in the past, ren [...]
2010-01-20 15:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM132JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/21): Local press report that
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 07:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM135IDF OPENS KEY WEST BANK ROAD TO PALESTINIANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) opened an important West Bank road southwest of Hebron to Palestinian vehicle traffic on January 15, in compliance with an October 2009 Israeli Supreme Court ruling. The IDF's response to the ruling could have implications for the easing of other [...]
2010-01-21 16:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM136JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION PERMIT STATISTICS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Statistics released by the Municipality of Jerusalem reveal an eight-to-one disparity in application rates for new construction permits between the city's overwhelmingly Israeli West and its majority-Arab East. This disparity, which is consistent with previous years, persists [...]
2010-01-22 09:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM137JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/22): Palestinian media ask
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 09:53:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM139PRESIDENT ABBAS DEMONSTRATES SUPPORT FOR FAYYAD,
[...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC, Fatah's quasi-parliamentary body) held its second assembly January 15-19 in Ramallah, during which members of the FRC discussed the ongoing stalemate in negotiations with Israel and reconciliation with Hamas; reviewed reports and financial r [...]
2010-01-22 19:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM141JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/25): Local press report that
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 08:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM155JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/26): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 07:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM156GAZA BRANCHES OF PALESTINIAN BANKS TURN AWAY
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian bank branches in Gaza have been turning away large Israeli Shekel (NIS)-denominated deposits, according to the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA),Gazan merchants, and Palestinian bankers. Contacts in the gas sector in Gaza voiced concerns that they may not have eno [...]
2010-01-26 07:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG PREL KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM16JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/06): New settlement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 10:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM161JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): President Abbas under
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 15:15:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM165DE FACTO SOCIOECONOMIC SEPARATION PERSISTS BETWEEN
[...] (C) Contacts ranging from ultra-nationalist Israeli hard-liners to anti-settlement peace activists and Arab community leaders agree that a de facto separation persists between Israeli-majority West Jerusalem and Arab-majority East Jerusalem. East Jerusalem's rapidly-growing Arab population [...]
2010-01-27 17:14:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM166PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
[...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a January 25 decree forming a committee to examine allegations against Palestinians in the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone report). PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consu [...]
2010-01-27 18:07:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PHUM KAWC IS
10JERUSALEM168JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 09:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM175HATEM ABDEL QADER ON FATAH, ELECTIONS, AND
[...] (C) In a January 22 meeting with Post, Fatah activist and former Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abdel Qader said that with local government elections on the horizon, Fatah needed to "build confidence between the party and the people" by focusing on social iss [...]
2010-01-29 08:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS KDEM
10JERUSALEM176ISRAELI ANTI-SETTLEMENT ACTIVISTS SWELL SHEIKH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 09:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI IS
10JERUSALEM178ISRAELI ANTI-SETTLEMENT ACTIVISTS SWELL SHEIKH
[...] (SBU) Protests by anti-settlement activists in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on January 15 and 22 drew an unusually large turnout and resulted in a total of 35 arrests. The demonstrations were attended by a mostly-Israeli crowd of veteran peace activists, undergraduates, [...]
2010-01-29 10:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM180JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/29): Clashes continue between
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 11:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM185PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESSES GAZA ELECTRIC
[...] (C) Summary. In a calculated move to decrease its financial burdens and increase the fiscal sustainability of the Gaza Strip's only electrical power plant, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is cutting back its payments for the plant's industrial fuel. The PA's goal is to press the Gaza Electr [...]
2010-01-29 20:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN PREF ENRG GZ IS
10JERUSALEM187GAZA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REMAINS SERIOUS, WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the end of the war in Gaza, the coastal territory remains in a challenging humanitarian situation, with modest improvements in access for humanitarian and commercial goods. The average number of monthly shipments into Gaza increased by nine percent in 2009 com [...]
2010-01-29 21:26:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EAGR PREF GZ IS
10JERUSALEM188JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/01): Settlement-related
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 09:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM192NABLUS BUSINESSMEN VOICE CONCERN OVER ONGOING
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 28 trip to the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the city's business leaders briefed the Consul General on the impact of Israeli restrictions on the region's business climate. Nablus's aluminum-producing factory (the only one in the West Bank),like many manu [...]
2010-02-01 17:21:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS BEXP
10JERUSALEM193JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/02): President Abbas said he
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 12:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM199AS OLD GUARD RESIGNS, YESHA COUNCIL SETTLERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 11, Pinchas Wallerstein resigned as director-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip (known as the "YESHA Council," from the Hebrew acronym for "Judea, Samaria, and Gaza"). Wallerstein told the Israeli press that he was re [...]
2010-02-02 18:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM2JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/04): The new year starts with
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 07:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM201AS OLD GUARD RESIGNS, YESHA COUNCIL SETTLERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 11, Pinchas Wallerstein resigned as director-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip (known as the "YESHA Council," from the Hebrew acronym for "Judea, Samaria, and Gaza"). Wallerstein told the Israeli press that he was re [...]
2010-02-02 20:29:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM202JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/03): Prime Minister Fayyad
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 08:14:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM214JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/04): PA and Hamas officials
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 07:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM215JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/05): Fatah and Hamas leaders
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 09:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM217 LOVE AND MARRIAGE: A PALESTINIAN MARRIAGE AND BENEFIT
[...] (U) The single most pernicious pattern of fraud encountered by Post is marriage and benefit fraud employed by Palestinian men. Under the pattern, individuals exploit certain aspects of Sharia Law or use fraudulent divorce certificates to engage in sham divorces and then marry Americans solely [...]
2010-02-05 13:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD PTER KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM224SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VIST TO
[...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary: Your meetings will give you a chance to see USG assistance efforts first hand; hear from Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on progress in implementing his state-building plan; and learn from private sector and key economic policy makers what is needed to create the conditions f [...]
2010-02-05 22:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM226JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/08): President Abbas meets
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 10:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM230MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON INCITEMENT AT
[...] (C) The Palestinian Authority (PA) employee who delivered an impromptu sermon inciting violence at a West Bank mosque on January 29 was "disturbed," according to Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Mahmoud Habash. The employee, who works in Habash's ministry, has been counseled for his s [...]
2010-02-08 17:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG KISL IS
10JERUSALEM231JERUSALEM MAYOR WRESTLES WITH "LOCAL" POLITICS ON
[...] (C) Assessing the performance of Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat in his first year in office, Barkat's aides, allies, and opponents point to the difficulty the "apolitical" Barkat (a former software executive) has had in managing a broad coalition containing a diversity of religious-nationalist, s [...]
2010-02-08 18:50:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM232JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/09):Palestinian official says
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 07:43:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM233ISRAELI TRAVEL BAN AGAINST PROMINENT EAST
[...] (C) On February 9, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad contacted the Consul General to express strong concern about the Israeli government's imposition of a six-month overseas travel ban on Khalil Tufakji, an Arab resident of East Jerusalem and prominent cartographer, as report [...]
2010-02-09 17:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM234FORMER PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SPEAKER
[...] (S) Former Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Speaker (and prominent Gazan) Rawhi Fattouh described three generational groupings inside Hamas today, and characterized each as more radical than its predecessor. The oldest generation consists mainly of religious leaders with little influen [...]
2010-02-09 18:11:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL PTER KISL KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM236PALESTINIAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Tamara Cofman Wittes discussed efforts for Middle East peace, the growing distance between Palestinian and Israeli societies, and the role of women with Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and Palestinian civil society activists. Participants lamented de [...]
2010-02-09 18:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMPI KDEM KPAL KWBG KWMN IS
10JERUSALEM238JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/10): President Abbas asks the
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 07:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM25"ECONOMIC" SETTLERS PROTEST THEIR INCLUSION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent conversations, residents of "economic" settlements -- established to provide cheaper housing and higher standards of living than available in "Green Line" Israel -- objected to their inclusion in the Israeli government's settlement moratorium. Leaders in these comm [...]
2010-01-06 15:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM258PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFICIALS ON
[...] (C) Summary. In a series of February 7 meetings in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials emphasized that nonviolence was the only viable strategy for the Palestinian pro-peace camp, and said they were committed to interdicting violent actors in the West Bank, regardless of [...]
2010-02-10 16:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM26PERMITS FOR 24 NEW HOUSING UNITS ON MOUNT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 5 vote, the Jerusalem Municipal Planning Board approved construction permits for 24 apartments in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of at-Tur on the Mount of Olives. NGO sources and press reports suggest the developer of the project is backed by settler organizati [...]
2010-01-06 16:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM261JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/11): IDF soldier killed at
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 08:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM265RISING TENSIONS IN SHU'FAT REFUGEE CAMP AS ISRAELI
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) staff, Israeli police and Jerusalem municipality officials conducted intermittent operations in the Shu'fat refugee camp in East Jerusalem between February 7 and February 10. As of February 10, Israeli auth [...]
2010-02-11 15:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREF KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM266PALESTINIAN POLICE OFFICER KILLS IDF SOLDIER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A plain-clothes Palestinian Authority (PA) Civil Police Captain stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Sergeant near Nablus on February 10. The IDF Sergeant subsequently died of his injuries. PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad issued a statement later that day condemning the actio [...]
2010-02-11 16:40:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM269JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/12): Israeli air raids on the
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 09:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM27SEVEN ARCHES HOTEL TARGETED BY ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary: In the midst of debate over the approval of 24 new Israeli residential units on the Mount of Olives (reftel),press reports that the nearby Seven Arches Hotel had been sold to Israeli owners generated further controversy. The hotel's Jordanian management described the reports [...]
2010-01-06 17:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
10JERUSALEM275LARGE VILLAGES SOUTH OF HEBRON CUT OFF FROM MAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 14:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM277PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES DISCOVER ROCKET BURIED WEST OF RAMALLAH
[...] (C) On February 11, Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials informed Post that they had recently discovered a homemade, Qassam-style rocket buried underground, west of Ramallah. These officials said they had handed the rocket, which appeared to have been buried over a year ago and was no long [...]
2010-02-12 16:16:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPTER KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM279NABLUS DEVELOPER ON AREA C CONSTRAINTS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian private sector contacts and developers in Nablus report that a closed Israeli military road north of the city is preventing progress on 15 construction projects that would ease urban congestion and further develop Nablus's economy. Despite the constraints, the cons [...]
2010-02-12 16:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV OPIC KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM281JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/16): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 11:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM286PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFICIALS ON COORDINATION WITH ISRAEL
[...] (S) In recent meetings with Post, Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials reiterated their commitment to continued Israeli-Palestinian security coordination. They expressed frustration with what they termed a one-sided Israeli approach, and highlighted the importance of keeping coordination o [...]
2010-02-16 16:28:00Consulate JerusalemSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM288JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/17): President Abbas says
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 11:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM29JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/07): Israel plans for more new
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 12:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM291"POPULAR RESISTANCE": FIVE YEARS ON
[...] (SBU) February 19 marks the fifth anniversary of weekly "popular resistance" protests against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bil'in. Since demonstrations against the barrier began, they have attracted a wide range of anti-settlement NGOs and international activists. [...]
2010-02-17 12:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM296JERUSALEM MAYOR BRIEFS ON UPDATED BUSTAN
[...] (C) Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat updated the Consul General on the municipality's plan for the East Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of al-Bustan (just southeast of the Old City). The plan calls for the demolition of 20 homes and the renovation of 80 others, as part of the construction of tourist fa [...]
2010-02-18 05:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM299JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/18): The investigation into
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 07:44:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM301ARAB RESIDENTS OF EAST JERUSALEM'S AL-BUSTAN
[...] (SBU) In recent conversations, Arab residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Bustan, and the lawyers and city planners they have retained to represent them, expressed strong opposition to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat's proposal that al-Bustan (immediately south-east of al-Aqsa Mosque) [...]
2010-02-18 16:24:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM303JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/19): Dubai police believe
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 09:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM307PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MINISTER DELIVERS TELEVISED
[...] (U) Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Mahmoud Habash delivered a Friday sermon on February 19, entitled, "Islam is a Religion of Tolerance and Mercy." Palestinian television broadcast the sermon live. The same topic was the official weekly theme for the appro [...]
2010-02-19 19:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL KISL IS
10JERUSALEM315JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/22): Deputy Secretary Jacob
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 08:52:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM32JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ISSUES STATISTICS ON 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Municipality of Jerusalem released statistics for home demolitions in 2009, showing that the number of demolitions in (predominately Arab) East Jerusalem decreased slightly compared to previous years. Anti-demolition advocates do not dispute these statistics. They credit US [...]
2010-01-07 18:19:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM321JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/23): The Europeans start to
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 06:53:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM329DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting with Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stressed the importance of Israel ending Area A incursions and creating conditions for the Palestinian private sector to generate sustainable economic growth. He s [...]
2010-02-23 16:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG KPAL PINS EAID IS
10JERUSALEM33JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/08): President Abbas says he
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-08 09:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM330DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW MEETS PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
[...] (C) Summary: During his February 21 meeting with Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew, Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Planning Ali Jarbawi described the PA's development project planning process and his ministry's donor coordination role. Jarbawi stressed the importance of easing restrictio [...]
2010-02-23 16:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM331OFFICIAL PALESTINIAN PROTESTS, SKIRMISHES IN WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary. The February 21 Israeli cabinet decision to include Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs/Ibrahimi Mosque and Rachel's Tomb (near Bethlehem) as "national heritage sites" prompted a flurry of strong official criticism from senior Palestinian officials, as well as demonstrations in bot [...]
2010-02-23 17:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM332DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETINGS WITH UNRWA
[...] (SBU) During his February 19 visit to the Jalazone refugee camp in the West Bank, Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew toured the camp's UNRWA health clinic and discussed UNRWA's operations with UNRWA Commissioner General Filippo Grandi, Deputy Commissioner General Margot Ellis, Deputy Director for G [...]
2010-02-23 17:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV KPAL KWBG IS LE
10JERUSALEM341EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENTS AND ACTIVISTS ALARMED AS
[...] (C) Summary. Municipality of Jerusalem inspectors, accompanied by Israeli police, served a total of 12 "notices of illegal construction" to residents in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem on February 24, according to one resident and anti-demolition activist. A municipality official [...]
2010-02-24 21:05:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM342SETTLER COUNCIL CHAIRMAN: TWO STATE SOLUTION "NOT
[...] (C) Summary. The Chairman of the "Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip," Dani Dayan, told the Consul General on February 22 that Dayan believed West Bank settlements are "irreversible" and that the two-state solution is not feasible. Dayan said he continues to [...]
2010-02-24 21:13:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM344JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/25): More demolition orders
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 08:56:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM351JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/26): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 09:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM356CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON ARAB-OWNED MALL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Construction is underway on a landmark Arab property in East Jerusalem. The building, originally intended to open as a hotel in 1967, is now scheduled to open with retail, commercial, and hotel space in January 2011. The Nuseibehs, a very prominent Jerusalem-Palestinian family, [...]
2010-02-26 17:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EINV PGOV KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM357PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY REQUEST FOR WTO OBSERVER
[...] (SBU) Representatives of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) met with Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian private sector representatives to discuss the PA's pending request for World Trade Organization (WTO) observer status. PA Prime Minister Fayyad and Minister [...]
2010-02-26 17:50:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD USTR WTRO ECON KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM358PRIME MINISTER FAYYAD VISITS HEBRON TO CALM LOCAL
[...] (C) Following a week of demonstrations in Hebron protesting the Israeli government's decision to include the Ibrahimi Mosque/Cave of the Patriarchs on a list of Israeli national heritage sites, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad attended Friday prayers in the Ibrahimi Mosq [...]
2010-02-26 18:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG SCUL KISL IS
10JERUSALEM40PALESTINIAN MOBILE OPERATORS ASK FOR HELP IN AREA C
[...] (C) Summary: The two Palestinian mobile telephone operators (Jawwal and Wataniya) say they continue to struggle with lack of coverage throughout the West Bank, penetration of Israeli settlement-based cellular networks into Palestinian urban areas, and small frequency allotments (compared to t [...]
2010-01-08 16:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ECPS KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM41PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY LEADS HIGH-PROFILE CAMPAIGN
[...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) has launched a high-profile campaign against products from Israeli settlements found on Palestinian store shelves, and has called for further international boycotts of settlement [...]
2010-01-08 17:29:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM42MUHAMMAD DAHLAN ON FATAH REFORM, ISRAEL,
[...] (C) Summary. The new Fatah Central Committee (FCC) is reaching out to the Fatah grassroots in ways the former FCC never did, according to FCC and Palestinian Legislative Council member Muhammad Dahlan. Fatah anniversary celebrations in January; upcoming union, syndicate, and journalist elec [...]
2010-01-08 17:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER KPAL KDEM KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM43PM FAYYAD AND SECURITY CHIEFS ARGUE FOR INCREASED
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In January 7 conversations with Post, senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials offered sober assessments of the December 24 shooting of an Israeli settler in the West Bank and the subsequent Israel Defense Forces (IDF) raid that led to the death of three Palestinian suspe [...]
2010-01-08 18:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM45JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/11): Israelis and Palestinians
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 09:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM52JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/12): Special Envoy Mitchell
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 08:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM60IDF DEMOLISHES HOMES IN WEST BANK VILLAGE OUTSIDE
[...] (C) Summary: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers entered the village of Khirbat Tana in the northern West Bank early on January 10 and demolished some of the residents' homes and animal shelters. Post contacts confirmed that 21 houses and 12 non-residential structures were demolished, displa [...]
2010-01-12 19:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM61JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/13): Palestinian Authority
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 07:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM67OPIC PRESSES WEST BANK HOUSING INITIATIVES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) delegation visited Jerusalem and Ramallah January 5-7 to prepare for the February launch of the West Bank-based Affordable Mortgage and Lending Corporation (AMAL),attend the launch of a small business loan guarantee program aime [...]
2010-01-13 14:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN EAID OPIC KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM69JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/14): Senior US administration
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 07:57:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM77HAMAS CALLS PUBLICLY FOR A HALT TO GAZA ROCKET FIRE
[...] (U) On January 12, Hamas "Prime Minister" Ismail Haniyeh publicly called on all armed factions in the Gaza Strip to observe the de facto cease-fire in place since Israeli combat operations in Gaza ceased in January 2009. In his statement, Haniyeh urged other factions to "reinforce the nation [...]
2010-01-14 17:39:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL GZ IS
10JERUSALEM84JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/15): General Jones reaffirms
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 08:07:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10KINGSTON276JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION
[...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered a demarche requesting follow-up on the Goldstone Report to Ms. Pamela Ingleton of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The demarche was delivered on the afternoon [...]
2010-02-25 19:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL JM XL
10LONDON408LONDON - GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff demarched FCO's Levant Team Leader Nishi Dholakia and MENA UN Issues Desk Officer Colin McDonald on February 22 using points provided ref A. Dholakia indicated that the UK's final position on the text was dependent on the outcome of an EU coordination meeting later that d [...]
2010-02-23 12:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIO PHUM UNGA IS WB
10LONDON42SYRIAN SUPPORT TO HIZBALLAH - DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN LONDON REF: STATE 129636
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-08 17:23:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER LE SY IS
10MADRID20AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 9, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Shortly after his arrival January 9, the Ambassador went to the MFA to present copies of his credentials. Unexpectedly, he was received personally by FM Moratinos. Moratinos conveyed King Juan Carlos' greetings and said the King was anxious to meet the Ambassador. A credential [...]
2010-01-11 16:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL AF HO IR IS SP WI
10MANAMA15BAHRAINI FM ON AFGHANISTAN, ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifah January 11 for an hour and discussed a range of topics including the Israeli-palestinian conflict and Afghanistan. MFA advisor Amb Saeed Al Faihani and DCM joined the meeting. Afghanistan ----------- 2. (C) On Afghanista [...]
2010-01-11 12:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS AF BA
10MBABANE73GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE: NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
[...] Ambassador Irving and PolOff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Acting Legal Advisor Vulindlela Kunene, in the unavailability of more senior officers, to deliver points per reftel on February 24. Mr. Kunene offered no immediate substantive response regarding Sw [...]
2010-02-24 15:09:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL WZ
10MOSCOW270RUSSIA STEPS UP MIDDLE EAST ENGAGEMENT WITH ABBAS
[...] (C) Summary: As Moscow seeks to reassert itself in the Middle East Peace Process, the first of three regional leaders, Mahmoud Abbas, visited Russia. (Khaled Mashaal and PM Netanyahu will visit in the coming weeks.) Meeting with President Medvedev and FM Lavrov, Abbas urged Russia to press [...]
2010-02-05 14:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS IS
10MUSCAT99OMAN - GOVERNMENT'S NUMBER TWO GIVES HIS VIEWS OF THE REGION
[...] (S) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory courtesy call, Oman's number two in government, Sayyid Fahd, gave a frank view of regional issues, interspaced with praise for the United States' efforts. He opined that Iraq will eventually settle down and that the United States had done a great s [...]
2010-02-22 08:00:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL IZ IR IN PK AF YM IS KPAL MU
10OSLO69NORWEGIAN FM VISITS THE MIDDLE EAST: OSLO READOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Foreign Minister Stoere's meeting on the Middle East in Brussels (January 12) and then in the region (January 16-20) have led him to believe that Palestinian President Abbas is not in a position to move forward in the way that European and U.S. leaders want him to, due to [...]
2010-02-10 11:44:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS NO
10PARIS229GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; FRANCE WILL LIKELY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the strong presentation of U.S. views, France believes the current Palestinian-drafted UNGA resolution on Gaza conflict human rights violations as "moderate" and likely helpful for restarting Israel-Palestinian discussions. The EU Presidency is negotiating with Palestin [...]
2010-02-25 11:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA KPAL IS FR
10PARIS79SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO PARIS ON JANUARY 29,
[...] (C/NF) Madam Secretary: President Sarkozy, Foreign Minister Kouchner, and U.S Embassy Paris look forward to welcoming you on your first bilateral trip to France as Secretary of State. Your visit is taking place at a time that many consider to be one of the best periods in Franco-American relations. [...]
2010-01-25 17:28:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV FR AF IS IR
10RIYADH149SAUDI COMMERCE MINISTRY WELCOMES ANTIBOYCOTT
[...] (SBU) Representatives from DOC's Office of Anti-Boycott Compliance visited Riyadh January 31 to discuss Saudi progress on reported Arab League Boycott requests. Saudi Arabia's compliance record has improved dramatically from 350 prohibited requests in 1994 to five prohibited requests in 2009 [...]
2010-02-01 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KBCT PREL SA IS
10ROME139ITALY-IRAN: AMB. THORNE'S CONVERSATION WITH FM
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Frattini assured the Ambassador that Italy was ready to back new stronger sanctions against Iran and that Prime Minister Berlusconi was "now convinced" of the need for Italy to be part of a strong unified position in concert with the U.S. Frattini stressed that [...]
2010-02-04 17:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT IR IS
10SHANGHAI33SHANGHAI JEWISH COMMUNITY SEES EXPO AS A WAY TO EXPAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai's Jewish community has seen slow-but-observable progress toward greater acceptance by local government authorities over the last decade. The community now seeks to take advantage of the six-month-long Shanghai World Expo to push the door open another few inches. End Sum [...]
2010-01-29 06:54:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH IS KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
10SINGAPORE109ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES HER CURRENT
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 21 luncheon conversation with the Charge, Israeli Ambassador Amira Arnon: -- described Israel's top objective in Singapore as promoting Israeli trade and business ties, noting that the upcoming Singapore Air Show would be "huge" for Israel; -- stated that Israel [...]
2010-01-27 09:06:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PINR PTER IS SN
10STATE14003Guidance: Middle East Consultations, February 18
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements when making its intervention during Middle East consultations in the Security Council on February 18. 2. (U) Begin elements: Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you Under Secretary-General Pascoe for your briefing. Th [...]
2010-02-17 17:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS LE KPAL
10STATE17307DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF BALLISTIC MISSILES TO
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 3. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Per reftel and other information, the Government of Israel (GOI) is concerned that Syria intends to imminently transfer SCUD-D missiles to Hizballah in Lebanon. We share this concern. The transfer of such weapons [...]
2010-02-25 00:03:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MASS IS LE SY
10STATE17894DEMARCHE: CONTINUED CONCERN OVER SYRIAN SUPPORT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. Summary ------- 2. (S) We previously demarched Britain, France, and Turkey on our increasing concerns over Syria's continued provision of advanced weapons to Hizballah (Ref A). In London, Paris and Ankara the demarches were taken serious [...]
2010-02-26 00:36:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MASS IS LE SY
10STATE7686Guidance: Middle East Consultations, January 27
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements in making its intervention during Middle East consultations in the Security Council on January 27, 2010 and in answering subsequent press inquiries. 2. (SBU) Begin elements: I thank Assistant Secretary General Fernand [...]
2010-01-26 16:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
10TELAVIV101REP. HASTINGS DISCUSSES HAITI AND MIDDLE EAST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Concluding his 14th trip to Israel in 18 years, Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL 23rd district) told Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon that he is leaving Israel this time more optimistically than when he left in December 2008. He added that the U.S. Administration [...]
2010-01-19 08:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KBWG HA IS
10TELAVIV104ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti 2. Mideast 3. Israel-Turkey Relations: ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report extensively on the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake and the successful activity of the Israeli [...]
2010-01-19 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV105GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP: NO GOI DECISION ON
[...] (C) PolCouns called on MFA Deputy Director for UN and IO Affairs Eviatar Manor January 18 to review Israeli positions in advance of U.S.-Israeli IO consultations in Washington this week. Manor, who will head the Israeli delegation, said that while there is broad acceptance, including by the I [...]
2010-01-19 12:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN KWBG IS
10TELAVIV107CODEL HASTINGS' MEETING WITH PM NETANYAHU
[...] (S) Summary. Representative Alcee Hastings met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem January 10. Their discussion covered the CODEL's meetings in the region, Iran, and the PM's views on starting negotiations with the Palestinians. Netanyahu expr [...]
2010-01-19 13:28:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV IR SY KWBG IS
10TELAVIV113ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In 2. Mideast 3. Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell will visit Da [...]
2010-01-21 05:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV118ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In: 3. Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that yesterday U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell c [...]
2010-01-21 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV124BARAK AND GAL VISITS TO ANKARA STABILIZE
[...] (S) Summary. Israel took advantage of two previously scheduled visits to Ankara by Defense Minister Barak and MFA Director General Gal this week to demonstrate Israel's strong interest in preserving good relations with Turkey. According to Israeli accounts, last week's crisis over a theatrica [...]
2010-01-21 13:35:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MASS TU KWBG IS
10TELAVIV128ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] President ObamaQs Interview with TIME Magazine 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited President ObamaQs interview with TIME Magazine, in which he admitted that he erred during his first year in office by raising too h [...]
2010-01-22 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV137KADIMA'S INTERNAL SQUABBLES CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kadima party's leadership wrangling continued in mid-January, with little hope for near-term resolution. Kadima members met on January 21 to discuss an effort by former Defense Minister and Kadima second-in-command Shaul Mofaz to move leadership primaries up to mid-2010. [...]
2010-01-22 12:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IS
10TELAVIV139ENGAGING HAPOALIM, GOI ON CORRESPONDENT BANKING
[...] (U) This is an action cable (see para 7). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hapoalim reiterates concerns to OQR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Firas Raad, Development Advisor in the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR),briefed Econoff on recent discussions with sen [...]
2010-01-22 14:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
10TELAVIV140IN DEPTH: DEAD SEA COSMETICS AND SKINCARE INDUSTRY FRAUD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 05:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS ASEC KFRD KCRM CMGT PINR IS
10TELAVIV146ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 09:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV175ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In: ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted the German weekly Der Spiegel as saying that Iran will produce an atomic weapon within a year and that it is trying to reduce the s [...]
2010-01-26 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV18ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu expressed cautious optimism that talks with the Palestinians will soon resume. "In recent weeks, I've [...]
2010-01-05 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV180CODEL MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 08:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALAF IR IS IZ LE PGOV PK PREL
10TELAVIV182A/S POSNER DISCUSSES CAST LEAD INVESTIGATIONS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 09:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PHUM KWBG PTER IS
10TELAVIV183A/S POSNER DISCUSSES GOLDSTONE REPORT WITH SENIOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation headed by Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, met with senior Israeli officials in early January to discuss Israel's response to the UN Goldstone Report. Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said the GOI was deliberating whether [...]
2010-01-27 09:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PTER IS
10TELAVIV184A/S POSNER DISCUSSES GOLDSTONE REPORT WITH ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary. On the margins of his meetings with Israeli military commanders and officials (reftels A and B),DRL A/S Michael Posner also met with several non-governmental interlocutors regarding the Israeli response to the Goldstone Report. Most advocated that the GOI do more to address the r [...]
2010-01-27 09:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KWBG PTER IS
10TELAVIV185ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV192Israel's COP-15 Accord Commitment
[...] (SBU) Post communicated demarche on COP-15 Accord commitments (reftel) to Israel's Foreign Ministry (International Organization Department)on January 14, and later to Environmental Protection Ministry (MEP). MEP International Relations office noted that the GOI was still organizing itself to b [...]
2010-01-27 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG IS
10TELAVIV194JEDG MIDTERM REVEIW - ISRAEL ON TARGET FOR FY2010 LOAN
[...] (SBU) At the December 15 mid-term review of the U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) held in Jerusalem, the GoI clearly demonstrated that it is meeting, and may well surpass, the calendar year 2009 conditionality required to release the FY2010 tranche of loan guarantees. The G [...]
2010-01-27 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS
10TELAVIV205ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 11:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV210ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV225ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-PRC Tension ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu and DM Ehud Barak are at odds over whether to form a committee to probe Operation Cast Lead: Barak has spoken out against [...]
2010-02-01 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV226OIL IN ISRAEL? DRILLING YIELDS POSITIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG IS
10TELAVIV227ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that two barrels packed with 15 kg. of explosives each washed up on beaches in Ashdod and Ashkelon yesterday, in what Israeli security sources said was a carefully planne [...]
2010-02-02 09:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV25ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Islamist Aims ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that a few weeks ago White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told IsraelQs Consul-General in Los Angeles, Yaki Dayan, that the U.S. administration is Qfed upQ with [...]
2010-01-06 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV250ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday at a joint press conference with visiting Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi that the resumption of talks over a pris [...]
2010-02-03 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV261ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with a statement made yesterday by Syrian President Bashar Assad in a meeting with Spanish FM Miguel Moratinos that Israel is pushing the Middle East toward [...]
2010-02-04 10:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV264WAR OF WORDS WITH SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary. Tensions are higher than usual between Israel and Syria this week following an exchange of comments on the possible outbreak of war. A February 1 comment by Defense Minister Barak to the effect that the alternative to opening negotiations with Syria could be the outbreak of war [...]
2010-02-04 12:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SY LE IS
10TELAVIV272ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV273Israel's Distracted Drivers Legislation
[...] (U) Post delivered demarche on Distracted Driving (reftel) to GOI Ministry of Transportation and the National Road Safety Authority, as well as the Foreign Ministry. Although an official response has yet to be received, unofficially we have received confirmation that Israel has in force laws a [...]
2010-02-05 12:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI IS
10TELAVIV279SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS ECON EFIN KWBG PREL PGOV
10TELAVIV280BARAK AND FAYYAD PROMOTE THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION AT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Speaking at a standing room only panel at the annual Herzliya Conference February 2, Defense Minister Barak and PA Prime Minister Fayyad offered a rare glimpse of Israeli-Palestinian convergence as both made the case for the two-state solution. Photographers at the event mobbe [...]
2010-02-05 15:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
10TELAVIV281NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ARAD ARTICULATES ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 article in the Israeli newspaper Yisrael Ha-yom, National Security Advisor Uzi Arad articulated the Netanyahu Government's foreign policy successes over the past year, including helping prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and promoting negotiations to res [...]
2010-02-05 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
10TELAVIV290ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that following heavy international pressure, PA President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to the U.S. proposal to hold talks with Israel -- in the format of indirect negotiations con [...]
2010-02-08 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV300ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited recent Israeli intelligence assessments that Iran will make the political decision to enrich uranium to military-grade levels once it has accumulated enough fission [...]
2010-02-09 13:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV302DRUZE DEPUTY MINISTER PROMOTING GOLAN DRUZE
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Minister for the Development of the Negev and Galilee and member of Knesset Ayoub Kara briefed the Ambassador February 9 on his projects promoting closer ties between residents of the Golan Heights and Syria. Kara, a Likud Party member who is also Druze and the only Arab [...]
2010-02-09 16:18:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SY IS
10TELAVIV308ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with tension between the offices of the Defense Minister and the IDFQs Chief of Staff, following Israel TVQs unconfirmed disclosure that the tenure C-o-S Gabi Ashkenazi woul [...]
2010-02-10 12:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV310FM LIEBERMAN INDICTMENT ON HOLD, FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Despite the formal recommendation by the Israeli National Police on August 2, 2009 that then-Attorney General Menachem Mazuz indict Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on bribery, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and other charges, Mazuz left office January 28 without filing an [...]
2010-02-10 13:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS
10TELAVIV314ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that USAF Gen. Paul Selva visited Israel in the past few days. Other aides of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- James Steinberg and Jacob Lew -- are expecte [...]
2010-02-11 13:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV327 Israel Strengthens Science and Tech Strategy
[...] (U) Summary. The confluence of several different GOI initiatives indicate that the government is reassessing its industrial policy. Broadening Israel's R&D strength beyond the high-tech IT and communications sectors is the objective, with energy, life sciences, water and cleantech sectors bein [...]
2010-02-12 07:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV TBIO TSPL ETRD IS
10TELAVIV330PROSPECTS FOR ENHANCED HIGH-TECH DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The expansion of bilateral high-tech cooperation has emerged as a key priority for the Government of Israel in recent bilateral discussions and meetings of the Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG). Post believes that securing additional funding for the existing binational fo [...]
2010-02-12 14:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS PREL TBIO EINV
10TELAVIV334ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Israel has decided that after it presented its report about Operation Cast Lead to the U.N. earlier this month, there is no need to set up an independent in [...]
2010-02-12 14:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV338MOFAZ AND LIVNI DO BATTLE AHEAD OF "DECISIVE"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kadima infighting continues ahead of the Kadima Council meeting scheduled for February 24 that is to consider a proposal to move party leadership primaries up from the scheduled date of 2013 to some time in 2010. Former Defense Minister and party number two Shaul Mofaz reporte [...]
2010-02-16 05:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IS
10TELAVIV343ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday leading media reported that Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit Israel next week. Israel Hayom and other media reported that yesterday at Jerusalem [...]
2010-02-16 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV344IDF PLANS HARSHER METHODS WITH WEST BANK
[...] (C) In meetings with U.S. officials on February 4, OC Central Command MG Avi Mizrachi expressed frustration with on-going demonstrations in the West Bank, which he believes are being orchestrated to increase tensions. Mizrachi, whose area of responsibility includes all of the West Bank and Ce [...]
2010-02-16 14:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KWBG IS
10TELAVIV349ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with news that several assassins of senior Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh used the identities of British-born Israelis for the Dubai hit. HaQaretz reported that Brit [...]
2010-02-17 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV359COGAT DANGOT ON PEACE PROCESS, WEST BANK AND GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 12:35:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID PTER KPAL KWBG IS
10TELAVIV360ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Media reported on U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William BurnsQ visit to Syria yesterday. All principal media led with a diplomatic crisis following the assassinatio [...]
2010-02-18 15:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV362ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Media reported on U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William BurnsQ visit to Syria yesterday. All principal media led with a diplomatic crisis following the assassinatio [...]
2010-02-18 15:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV379SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S
[...] (C) Summary: I am pleased to welcome you once again to Israel. Despite some areas of disagreement, we have a strong and dynamic bilateral relationship. The Strategic Dialogue has been an important mechanism since 2005. This will be a significant opportunity to engage the Israeli governm [...]
2010-02-18 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ENRG IS
10TELAVIV386JORDAN/ISRAEL/QIZ QUARTERLY MEETING LOOKS FOR WAYS TO KEEP QIZ PRGRAM ACTIVE
[...] (U) Jordan and Israel held their uarterly Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) meetin in Jerusalem on February 4th to review the secod and third quarter of 2009. 26 companies were aproved to continue exporting under the QIZ program. Six companies did not meet the eight percent Israeli content req [...]
2010-02-18 15:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD IS JO
10TELAVIV391NASA Administrator Visits Israel
[...] (U) Summary. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited Israel January 23-28 to present the keynote speech at the Fifth Ilan Ramon International Space Conference, to commemorate the legacy of Israel's first astronaut, and to meet with senior Israeli government officials to discuss opportunities [...]
2010-02-19 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA ETRD PREL IS
10TELAVIV392Israel's Legislation on Text Messaging
[...] (U) In follow-up on the Distracted Drivers demarche (ref A),Post has received from the Israel National Road Safety Authority (INRSA) the text of the applicable part of Israeli law. The head of the INRSA offered the text in para 2 in informal translation from Hebrew (note: there is no official [...]
2010-02-19 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI IS
10TELAVIV395ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Media cited new developments in the investigation of the Dubai assassination affair: Yediot bannered the finding that the assassins visited Dubai three times. [...]
2010-02-19 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV405ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday night 35 right-wing activists, including National Union Knesset Member Michael Ben-Ari, illegally entered Jericho, prayed at the ancient NaQaran synagogue, [...]
2010-02-22 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV413SHIN BET TALKS GAZA ECONOMICS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 14:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNECON IS KPAL KTFN PTER
10TELAVIV414ISRAELI OFFICIALS REQUEST USG DEMARCHE SYRIA ON
[...] (S/NF) On February 22, 2010, BG Yossi Baidatz, Israel Defense Intelligence (IDI) Chief of Production and Analysis, advised Embassy Tel Aviv officers that IDI had information suggesting Syria intended to imminently transfer SCUD-D missiles to Hizballah in Lebanon. Baidatz explained that IDI viewed c [...]
2010-02-22 14:45:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MASS SY LE IS
10TELAVIV417IDF MAG MANDELBLIT ON IDF INVESTIGATIONS INTO
[...] (S) Summary: IDF Military Advocate General Mandelblit updated the Ambassador on February 17 on the progress of investigations into allegations of misconduct during Operation Cast Lead, including providing a preview of additional findings to be published before the March 24 Human Rights Counci [...]
2010-02-23 07:09:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG PTER IS
10TELAVIV418ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that DM Ehud Barak will leave for the U.S. Tuesday to discuss Iran's nuclear program and the possible reviving of talks with the Palestinians. Barak decided to mak [...]
2010-02-23 08:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV423BARAK APPROVES EXCESS SHEKELS OUT OF GAZA; TACIT
[...] (C/NF) As Gen. Eitan Dangot, Coordinator of Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT),promised the Ambassador on February 16 (see ref A),Minister of Defense (MOD) Ehud Barak publicly approved the transfer of 282.5 million surplus New Israeli Shekels (NIS) from banks in the Gaza Strip to [...]
2010-02-23 12:40:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNECON PTER KPAL KTFN IS
10TELAVIV434D/Sec Lew Discusses Assistance Cooperation with MFA and
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew met February 21 with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, and separately with MFA Director General Yossi Gal and MASHAV (Israel's foreign aid agency) head Haim Divon to discuss bilateral cooperation in development assistance and Israel's OECD access [...]
2010-02-24 07:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EINV PREL OECD UNESCO IS PA
10TELAVIV436ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will arrive in Israel today, leading an important delegation of officials from the Pentagon, the National Security [...]
2010-02-24 08:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV438GOI STILL WORKING OUT DETAILS FOR GHAJAR
[...] (C) According to Gilad Cohen, Advisor to MFA Director General Yossi Gal, Israel remains committed to withdrawing from Ghajar, but noted that the more the interagency team gets into the details of withdrawal, the more complicated the issue becomes. Embassy PolOff and PolOff from the Office of [...]
2010-02-24 15:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL LE IS
10TELAVIV439KNESSET CONSIDERS CONTROVERSIAL NGO LEGISLATION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Knesset passed a preliminary reading of legislation on February 17 that would require individuals and NGOs to register any funding received from foreign political entities. Many NGOs were concerned with the possible effects of the draft legislation, which they decried in the p [...]
2010-02-25 09:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS
10TELAVIV44ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-08 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV441ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. IsraelQs Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified yesterday to a U.S. congressional committee that the U.S. wants to see a quick resumption of peace [...]
2010-02-25 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV444MORATORIUM: MOD SEEKING TO STRENGTHEN DETERRENCE
[...] (U) On 25 February, Israel's Army Radio reported that the MOD plans to seek criminal proceedings against settlers who continue to build in spite of the moratorium. To do so, the MOD would hire lawyers for a period of several months to assist in the preparation of criminal files against such vi [...]
2010-02-25 13:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS
10TELAVIV449ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV457MINISTRY OF FINANCE PROPOSES TWO-YEAR BUDGET AND
[...] (U) Summary: In a press release dated February 22, the Ministry of Finance announced its intention to propose another two-year budget (2011-2012) and a new fiscal rule to the government in the coming days. The proposals have been agreed to by the Prime Minister and will be presented to the [...]
2010-02-26 14:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IS
10TELAVIV47SHIN BET CHIEF ON GOI-PA SECURITY COOPERATION
[...] (S/NF) During a January 5 meeting, Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Director Yuval Diskin gave a frank account of the December 26 Israeli operation in Nablus and his assessment of the current state of Israel-PA security cooperation. Diskin noted that he had publicly cited real improvements across the [...]
2010-01-08 14:05:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR KPAL IS
10TELAVIV50MORATORIUM UPDATE: EASINGS ANNOUNCED, RUMORS
[...] (C) Summary: On January 7, the MOD announced that amendments have been made to the GOI's moratorium order, which will, inter alia, return some permitting and building authority to local settler leaders. However, the announcement made it clear that new approvals will remain frozen and construct [...]
2010-01-09 07:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS
10TELAVIV51ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV77ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations 3. Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with the aftermath of the earthquake in Port au Prince, the capital of Haiti. Leading media cited [...]
2010-01-14 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV8ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv detailed what it says is the American peace plan for the Middle East: The immediate start of negotiations between the sides; a permanent-status agreement is the obj [...]
2010-01-04 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV80CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM: COMPENSATION UPDATE
[...] (U) On January 11, the Finance Ministry announced that it had earmarked an initial NIS 30 million to compensate those who invested in residential building projects in the West Bank and are now facing financial losses due to the GOI's moratorium order. This sum is expected to rise as homebuyers [...]
2010-01-14 16:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWBG IS
10TELAVIV86CODEL HASTINGS DISCUSSES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Alcee Hastings on January 12, 2010 met with Baruch Bina, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director General for North America, and Nimrod Barkan, head of MFA's Research Division, to discuss regional affairs. The Israelis laid out for Rep. Hastings some of the [...]
2010-01-15 09:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG SY IR TU IZ LE JO IS
10TELAVIV89ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report on, and most led with the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Following a five-hour hike across decimated Port-au-Prince. Non-resident I [...]
2010-01-15 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV98ISRAELI-SAUDI TRACK TWO DISCUSSION
[...] (C) Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) Director General Yair Hirschfeld briefed A/DCM and EconCouns January 14 on the latest session of a track-two working group on Middle East peace that includes participants from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Authority, as well as Hi [...]
2010-01-15 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL SA IR KWBG IS
10TOKYO241ABBAS VISIT TO JAPAN: A PREVIEW FROM MOFA
[...] (C) Embassy Political Minister-Counselor met February 5 with MOFA Middle Eastern and African Affairs Director General Toshiro Suzuki to preview Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas' February 7-10 visit to Japan. While in Japan, Abbas will meet with Prime Minister Hatoyama, Forei [...]
2010-02-05 08:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS ID MY SN JA
10TOKYO379GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION
[...] (U) Embassy Poloff met February 25 with MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Division's Tomoko Onishi to urge that Japan not support a Palestinian-drafted UN General Assembly resolution on the Report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report) that is expec [...]
2010-02-25 06:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA IS KPAL JA
10TRIPOLI113SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI'S PALESTINIAN ADVENTURISM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a nod to his father's dream to serve as grand regional mediator, Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi appears to be increasingly interested in helping to broker reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas, possibly in hopes of achieving a compromise prior to the Libyan-hosted Arab League Sum [...]
2010-02-10 08:52:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR KISL KWBG KPAL IS LY
10TUNIS66SENIOR TUNISIAN OFFICIALS ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE,
[...] (C) In a January 26 courtesy call on Abdelhafidh El Herguem, Secretary of State for Arab and African Affairs at the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ambassador highlighted the USG's sustained efforts to revive Middle East peace talks. El Herguem said that Tunisia was closely followin [...]
2010-01-27 17:02:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IZ TS
10UNESCOPARISFR226 FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Covering a wide range of subjects, Israel's new ambassador to UNESCO and the OECD, Nimrod BARKAN, said that his main goal at UNESCO is to integrate Israel into the organization by sharing its technical expertise, and keep it from being seen as a one issue country in connection [...]
2010-02-24 16:54:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNESCO IS
10UNESCOPARISFR231 ELECTORAL GROUP ONE MEETING RAISES THORNY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first Electoral Group I meeting of the year raised several issues that have the potential to complicate Director-General Bokova's agenda at UNESCO. Another unexpected problem for the U.S. also popped up with Turkey announcing its intention to run for the Executive Board. T [...]
2010-02-25 12:58:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNESCO IS
10UNVIEVIENNA16NPT REVCON: EGYPT UNMOVED BY ISRAELI OVERTURE ON
[...] (S) Summary: According to a January 21 readout from Israeli Ambassador Azoulay, an Israeli-Egyptian bilat on NPT Revcon and related IAEA General Conference Middle East issues registered no substantive progress. Azoulay said he repeated Israeli National Security Advisor Arad's late December app [...]
2010-01-22 16:27:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM IAEA KTBT IS EG SY
10USOSCE10OSCE,S MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP LOOKS AHEAD TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE,s annual Mediterranean Conference was held December 14-15 in Cairo, Egypt. All six Med Partners (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia) attended and took an active part in discussions that focused on conflict prevention and resolution, trafficking in pers [...]
2010-01-15 15:19:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE AG EG IS JO MO TS KMPI PREL KZ
10USUNNEWYORK111READOUT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Secretary-General met with Israeli Defense Minister Barak in New York on February 24. According to a UN staff readout, UN colleagues were disappointed that Barak did not come with anything new on Gaza for the Secretary-General, who had hoped to get GOI concurrence to move ma [...]
2010-02-26 00:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE IR
10USUNNEWYORK25AMBASSADOR RICE'S JANUARY 12 MEETING WITH OUTGOING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met on January 12 with outgoing UNIFIL Force Commander General Graziano to thank him for his leadership and seek his candid assessment of the current situation. General Graziano emphasized that an opportunity exists to press for a permanent cease-fire given that [...]
2010-01-19 23:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
10USUNNEWYORK55UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE -- HEAVY CRITICISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the Security Council's January 27 Open Debate on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco noted the "worrying impasse" that persists in the region with the lack of progress on restarting negotiations and called for the Quartet to play a role. He voiced [...]
2010-01-29 23:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS SY LE
10USUNNEWYORK65GOLDSTONE: ANTICIPATED NEXT STEPS IN NEW YORK
[...] (C) Summary: On February 4 the Secretary General released his report on Goldstone as requested by the November 5 General Assembly resolution. The Secretary General's report is brief, but attaches the submissions of the Israelis, Palestinians, and the Swiss (as depository of the Geneva Convent [...]
2010-02-05 23:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPOL PREL PHUM IS KPAL
10USUNNEWYORK76UNSC: DPKO BRIEFS ON RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and UNIFIL's Strategic Military Cell (SMC) briefed Security Council members at an informal meeting on February 5 on the key conclusions and recommendations of the Joint UNIFIL-DPKO Technical Review. The review envisions no radic [...]
2010-02-11 19:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
10USUNNEWYORK97UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DISCUSSION - MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Pascoe briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on February 18. He emphasized that the two parties were seriously considering Special Envoy Mitchell's proposal to move to proximity talks and sai [...]
2010-02-22 19:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
10VATICAN15CARDINAL SAYS SAUDI ARABIA SHOULD PERMIT CHURCHES, DECRIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican's interfaith Czar, Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, renewed his call for all societies to recognize freedom of religion in a recent press interview. Tauran also asked for concrete measures that move interfaith relations from mere tolerance to harmonious coexistence of p [...]
2010-01-22 14:34:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SA IS TU VT
10VATICAN31VATICAN-AFFILIATED CONFERENCE REVIEWS CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Political, academic and religious leaders from the Middle East presented their views on Christian-Muslim coexistence in the region at a conference organized by the Vatican-affiliated Community of Sant'Egidio on February 22 in Rome. The conference addressed, among other topics, [...]
2010-02-26 15:24:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL KIRF IZ IS VT
10VIENNA205AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TOURS ISRAEL, WEST BANK,
[...] (C) Though cast as a renewal of Austrian engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Foreign Minster Spindelegger's trip to the Israel, the West Bank, Syria and Lebanon the week of March 15 served primarily as a stock- taking, with no specific new roles or missions for Austria in the [...]
2010-02-25 10:51:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS SY LE AU
10WARSAW90POLAND/ISRAEL - PM NETANYAHU VISIT REINFORCES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Israeli Embassy officials were impressed with the strong personal chemistry between Tusk and Netanyahu during the latter's January 26-27 visit to Poland. The Israeli PM reportedly left with a much deeper understanding of extensive Polish-Israeli security cooperation. Netanyah [...]
2010-02-09 18:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KNNP EFIN PGOV IR IS PL
10WARSAW9665TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUSCHWITZ LIBERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polish government officials addressed Jewish and Polish suffering in ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. FCC Chairman Julius M. Genachowski, who led the U.S. Presidential Delegation, participated in a Holocaust education conference [...]
2010-02-12 17:20:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV IS PL
10WARSAW99ANTI-SEMITISM IN POLAND: GRADUAL PROGRESS, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A range of interlocutors told U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal during her January 28-29 visit that anti-Semitism in Poland is on the decline, though not as quickly as they hoped. They cited a low incidence of anti-Semitic violence and [...]
2010-02-16 16:34:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL OSCE IS PL
85BEIRUT1974 FURTHER DETERIORATION IN SOUTH LEBANON
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE SIDON AREA CONTINUED ON MARCH 30-31 CAUSING NUMEROUS CASUALTIES. ACCORDING TO MOST REPORTS REACHING BEIRUT, THE FIGHTING, WHICH FOLLOWS RECENT LF-LAF CLASHES IN THE AREA (REFTEL),INCLUDED THE STRONG, DIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF ARMED PALESTINI [...]
1985-04-01 11:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS LE SY US
85BEIRUT1997 DETERIORATING SITUATION IN SOUTH LEBANON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ON APRIL 1, FIGHTING CONTINUED BETWEEN LF, LAF, AND PALESTINIAN FORCES IN SIDON. CASUALTIES WERE LOWER, BUT THE EXODUS OF CIVILIANS CONTINUED. VISITING SYRIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF KHOLI REPORTEDLY PROMISED SYRIAN MILITARY SUPPLIES FOR USE BY THE LAF IN THE SOUTH, AND LAF [...]
1985-04-02 13:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SREF IS LE SY
85DAMASCUS3741 SYRIA AND TERRORISM
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SYRIA CONSIDERS ITSELF A TRUE CONFRONTATION STATE--EVERYTHING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO DEFEATING THE ENEMY IS POSITIVE. THE "STRUGGLE" PROVIDES A GUIDE FOR CHOOSING THE TARGET AND LEGITIMIZES THE MEANS, INCLUDING TERRORISM, WHICH IS VIEWED AS COST-EFFECTIVE. [...]
1985-06-13 12:22:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER KPAL KPRP JO IS LE SY
85LONDON6332EVENING STANDARD ARTICLE ON US CAPTIVES IN
[...] PARAGRAPH 2 CONTAINS ARTICLE FROM THE STANDARD OF MARCH 19, 1985 ENTITLED "TORTURE ORDEAL OF KIDNAPPED US DIPLOMAT". THE ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY THEODORE LEVITE IN TEL AVIV. 2. BEGIN TEXT: AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT KIDNAPPED BY LEBANESE EXTREMISTS IS BEING PARADED AROUND THE COUNTRY IN AN OPE [...]
1985-03-19 17:52:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC LE IS XF
85TELAVIV15214 ISRAELI WHITE PAPER ON PLO OUTLOOK AND GOALS
[...] THE GOI HAS LAUNCHED AN EXTENSIVE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO DOCUMENT THE GOALS AND METHODS OF THE PLO. MFA SOURCES HAVE PROVIDED US WITH A PAPER ON "THE PLO'S OUTLOOK AND GOALS IN THE WAKE OF THE HUSSEIN-ARAFAT AGREEMENT" WHICH IS BEING MADE PUBLIC AS PART OF THAT CAMPAIGN. THE TEXT IS BELOW IN [...]
1985-10-21 21:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPTER IS US
85TELAVIV8792 ISRAEL'S POLICY ON SOUTHERN LEBANON
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL KIMCHE BRIEFED AMBAS- SADORS FROM UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND UNIFIL CONTRIBUTOR COUNTRIES JUNE 12 ON SOUTHERN LEBANON. KIMCHE REITERATED ISRAELI POLICY IN SOUTHERN LEBANON LEADING UP TO THE WITHDRAWAL, THEN EMPHASIZED THAT ISRAEL [...]
1985-06-12 16:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL LE IS
86ALEXANDRIA1240 ISRAELI ACTIVITIES IN ALEXANDRIA AND THE DELTA
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL-ENTIRE TEXT.) - 2. SUMMARY: ISRAELI CONSUL GENERAL WAS PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF HIS AMBASSADOR'S RECENT (AND, SURPRISINGLY, HIS FIRST) "OFFICIAL" VISIT TO ALEXANDRIA. IN WAKE OF SEPTEMBER SUMMIT, INCREASED INTEREST IN TOURISM WAS EXPRESSED, BUT LOCAL ISRAELIS DO NOT EXPECT A [...]
1986-11-05 13:15:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL IS EG
86ANKARA9557MFA SPECULATION ON MOTIVES FOR NEVE SHALOM
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING A LUNCHEON ON SEPTEMBER 15, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE LEVANT AND NORTH AFRICA, SOLMAZ UNAYDIN, OBVIOUSLY STILL APPALLED AT THE WANTON SLAUGHTER, TOLD POLOFF THAT THE MFA IS AT A LOSS TO EXPLAIN THE MOTIVES FOR THE NEVE SHALOM MASSACRE. CONSIDERING TH [...]
1986-09-17 09:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU IS
86BEIRUT33SYRIA AND IRAN IN LEBANON
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WE READ WITH CONSIDERABLE INTEREST REFTEL ON THE JOCKEYING OF SYRIAN AND IRANIAN INTERESTS IN LEBANON. EMBASSY BEIRUT, HOWEVER, MIGHT WELL EMPHASIZE DIFFERENT POINTS IN JUDGING THE STATUS OF SYRIAN, IRANIAN, AND ISRAELI POLICY IN LEBANON. 3. WE JUDGE THAT [...]
1986-06-21 10:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL SY IR LE IS
86DAMASCUS3266TALKING ABOUT ABU NIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
1986-05-27 11:35:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SY LE IS
86DAMASCUS3747 SYRIA AND IRAN ON LEBANON: WHO THREATENS WHOM?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IN ITS PRESENT SPARRING WITH IRAN, SYRIA PROBABLY DOES NOT HOLD A STRONG LEBANON CARD. IRAN NOW VIES WITH ISRAEL AS THE SECOND-MOST INFLUENTIAL FOREIGN POWER IN LEBANON, WHERE SHI'A FUNDAMENTALISM, NATURALLY ASSOCIATED WITH IRAN, HAS BECOME WELL-I [...]
1986-06-20 11:02:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON SY IR LE IZ IS
88AMMAN10345PLO AND THE INTIFADA
[...] No summary [...]
1988-09-01 08:01:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALIS JO KPAL PGOV PREL
88JERUSALEM3168 FUNDAMENTALISM AND THE INTIFADA:
[...] S - ENTIRE TEXT. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ------------------------ 2. ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM IS POSING AN INCREASING CHALLENGE TO SECULAR NATIONALIST PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATIONS ON THE WEST BANK. RECENT WEEKS HAVE SEEN DIRECT CHALLENGES BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD-CREATED GROUP "HAMAS" TO [...]
1988-09-23 14:35:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPINR PNAT PTER KPAL IS JO EG
90JERUSALEM3430FATAH AND HAMAS CLAIM RECONCILIATION
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: FOLLOWING TWO MONTHS OF CLASHES AND ACCUSATORY LEAFLETS, HAMAS AND FATAH HAVE ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE ANNOUNCING THEIR RECONCILIATION. THE LEAFLET, WHICH CLAIMS TO SPEAK ALSO FOR THE UNLU, CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO SOLVE DIFFERENCES, RESPECT F [...]
1990-09-25 12:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KISL PINS IS
90STATE284025 WHITE PAPER ON LIBYAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM
[...] THE DEPARTMENT WILL RELEASE A WHITE PAPER TITLED "LIBYAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM THREATENS THE MIDDLE EAST" ON MONDAY, AUGUST 27. THE TEXT OF THE WHITE PAPER, AND GUIDANCE FOR ANSWERING PRESS/HOST GOVERNMENT INQUIRIES, FOLLOWS. A HARD COPY OF THE REPORT WILL BE POUCHED TO POSTS. 2.BEGIN TE [...]
1990-08-24 00:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER OPRC LY IS
91TELAVIV15380 ISLAMIC JIHAD: TOTAL REJECTION OF PEACE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AN ISLAMIC JIHAD ACTIVIST LAID OUT AN UNCOMPROMISING VIEW OF HIS ORGANIZATION'S OPPOSITION TO THE PEACE PROCESS AND FUTURE AIMS. WHILE CRITICAL OF PALESTINIANS ENGAGED IN THE CURRENT DIALOGUE, THE ACTIVIST ASSERTED THAT HIS GROUP WOULD NOT EMPLOY [...]
1991-11-25 14:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KISL IS
92TELAVIV6841 MINI-WAR BETWEEN ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. GAZAN CONTACTS CLAIM THAT A "MINI-WAR" BETWEEN HAMAS AND THE ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION (IJO) HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS. THESE CONTACTS TOLD POLOFF THAT THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TWO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST GROUPS HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL C [...]
1992-05-14 13:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS KISL
95DAMASCUS5515SYRIANS SEE PLOTS AND PRESSURE,
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. IN THE CONTINUING ABSENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTER SHARA IN CARTAGENA AND NEW YORK, SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS HAVE TAKEN EVERY AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY SHORT OF CALLING US IN TO VENT THEIR SPLEENS OVER WHAT THEY SEE AS RENEWED ATTEMPTS TO PUT PRESSURE ON SYRIA [...]
1995-10-19 16:58:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL SY US IS LE
95DAMASCUS5748 HAFIZ AL-ASAD: LAST DEFENDER OF ARABS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CLASSIFIED BY: CHRISTOPHER W.S. ROSS, AMBASSADOR. REASON: 1.5 (D) . 2. SUMMARY: THE IMAGE OF HAFIZ AL-ASAD AS THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST ISRAELI ATTEMPTS TO "OBLITERATE" THE ARAB IDENTITY IS AN INCREASINGLY PREVALENT THEME PUT OUT BY THE SARG, AND WILL ON [...]
1995-11-01 14:06:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY IS XF
95JERUSALEM2191IDF KILLS WANTED HAMAS ACTIVIST IN HEBRON
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. A WANTED HAMAS IZZ ED-DIN AL-QASSAM CELL MEMBER, TAHIR QAFISHA, WAS AMBUSHED AND SHOT DEAD BY AN UNDERCOVER UNIT OF THE ISRAELI BORDER POLICE JUNE 29 AT THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE TO HEBRON. TWO HOMES IN WHICH QAFISHA ALLEGEDLY HID WERE DEMOLISHED, AS [...]
1995-06-30 15:34:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPHUM KISL KWBG IS
95JERUSALEM318ARAFAT ORDERS ARREST OF ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADERS
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY: NABIL SHA'ATH INFORMED CONSUL GENERAL LATE JANUARY 24 THAT FOUR PRINCIPAL ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADERS IN GAZA HAD BEEN ARRESTED BY THE PPF. SHA'ATH SAID THAT ARAFAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IS DETERMINED TO TAKE CONCRETE STEPS AGAINST ISLAMIC RADICALS. ARAFAT REPORTE [...]
1995-01-25 08:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL PTER PINS PLO IS US
95JERUSALEM3642PALESTINIANS EXPRESS SHOCK, ANXIETY ABOUT THE
[...] CLASSIFIED BY EDWARD G. ABINGTON, CONSUL GENERAL. 1.5B-D. THIS IS A JOINT CONGEN JERUSALEM, EMBASSY TEL AVIV CABLE. 2. SUMMARY. PALESTINIANS HAVE REACTED WITH SHOCK TO THE NOVEMBER 4 ASSASSINATION OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN, FOLLOWED BY ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT HIS DEATH MEANS T [...]
1995-11-05 18:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG KISL PLO KPAL PTER IS
95TELAVIV10344 HAMAS ARRESTS: THE POLITICS OF PRESSURE
[...] SUMMARY: PALESTINIAN MILITARY LEADERS DESCRIBED THE JUNE 26 ARREST OF 40 HAMAS ACTIVISTS AS A NECESSARY STEP TO FORCE HAMAS TO CEASE VIOLENT ACTIVITIES IN GAZA AND ENTER THE POLITICAL PROCESS. THE ARRESTS, AUTHORIZED BY PLO CHAIRMAN ARAFAT AT A LATE NIGHT JUNE 25 "SECURITY COUNCIL" MEETING, [...]
1995-06-28 09:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL IS
95TELAVIV16445 HAMAS/PA AGREEMENT: ON THE BRINK AGAIN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. OADR BASED ON INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SOURCES. SUMMARY ------- 2. AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) AND HAMAS APPEARS IMMINENT. REPORTEDLY, AFTER A LOCAL HAMAS DELEGATION MET WITH OUTSIDE LEADERS, CONSENSUS WAS REACHED ON THE [...]
1995-10-13 16:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG IS
95TELAVIV16873 HAMAS JAILBREAK: YOU CAN HIDE, BUT YOU CAN'T RUN
[...] (U) THREE HAMAS ACTIVISTS ESCAPED FROM THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE WING OF GAZA CENTRAL PRISON OCTOBER 22. TWO OF THEM, YUSEF MALAHI AND OSAMA ABU TAHA, HAD BEEN IMPLICATED IN LETHAL ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELIS AND HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO 12 YEAR SENTENCES BY THE PALESTINIAN SECURITY COURT. THE TH [...]
1995-10-23 15:56:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM PREL KPAL KWBG IS
95TELAVIV17503 RABIN ASSASSINATION: SITREP NO. 1
[...] PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN TEL AVIV YESTERDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, AS HE LEFT A LARGE DOWNTOWN PEACE RALLY. HE WAS ATTACKED BY A LONE GUNMAN, AN ISRAELI STUDENT, ALTHOUGH A GROUP CALLING ITSELF THE "JEWISH VENGEANCE ORGANIZATION" HAS CLAIMED CREDIT. 2. THE PRIME [...]
1995-11-05 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER IS
95TELAVIV17504 RABIN ASSASSINATION: NEXT STEPS IN ISRAEL'S POLITICAL
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CLASSIFIED BY SECTION 1.5 (B) AND (D). NIACT PRECEDENCE BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT CRISIS IN ISRAEL. 2. SUMMARY: ACTING PRIME MINISTER SHIMON PERES WILL NEED TO CONSIDER THREE POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER 5 FUNERAL FOR ASSASSINATED PRIME MINISTER YITZH [...]
1995-11-05 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS
95TELAVIV17508A BLACK DAY FOR THE JEWISH NATION
[...] No summary [...]
1995-11-05 14:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS PGOV PREL XF
96AMMAN2094 WHAT HAMAS IS -- AND ISN'T -- IN JORDAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE ROBERT BEECROFT; REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) THERE IS NO/NO EVIDENCE TO LINK EITHER HAMAS SPOKESPERSONS IBRAHIM GHAWSHAH OR MUHAMMAD NAZZAL TO OPERATIONS CONDUCTED IN ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES BY HAMAS' MILITARY WING. EMBASSY LIKEWISE HAS NO EVIDENCE TO VALID [...]
1996-03-06 16:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINS KPAL KISL JO IS
96DAMASCUS4911 LIST OF HAMAS MEMBERS ACTIVE IN SYRIA
[...] THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST IN PARA 5. 2. (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA MARJORIE RANSOM, REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 3. (C) IN A RECENT DISCUSSION ON TERRORIST GROUPS PRESENT IN SYRIA, A MIDLEVEL OFFICIAL OF THE SOCIALIST UNITY PARTY (STRICTLY PROTECT) GAVE US A LIST IN ARABIC OF MEMB [...]
1996-09-24 13:55:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY IS
96TELAVIV267 AFTERMATH OF HAMAS' YAHIYA AYYASH'S ASSASSINATION
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM JAMES LAROCCO FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D) GOI REACTION ------------ Â [...]
1996-01-08 16:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
97CAIRO12034LEADING ISLAMIC FIGURE DENOUNCES TERRORISM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/ECON MINISTER COUNSELOR JEFF MILLINGTON FOR REASON 1.5 (B). 2. (C) SUMMARY: SHEIKH OF AL-AZHAR MUHAMMAD TANTAWI, IN AN INTERVIEW PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 7 IN A POPULAR EGYPTIAN MAGAZINE, STATED HIS OPPOSITION ON ISLAMIC GROUNDS TO SUICIDE OPERATIONS AGAINST ISRAELI CIV [...]
1997-11-13 14:00:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL MEPP PTER KPAL IS EG
98BEIRUT2888 EXPLOSIONS IN AFRICA: ARE THERE ANY AMERICAN
[...] SUMMARY ---------- THE TWO EXPLOSIONS WERE REPORTED ON THE FRONT-PAGE OF EVERY NEWSPAPER IN LEBANON. MOST REPORTED THE EVENT WITH NO EDITORIALIST REACTION. THE ONLY TWO EDITORIALS THAT WERE WRITTEN WERE CONTRADICTORY. JOSEPH SAMAHA OF ARAB NATIONALIST DAILY AS-SAFIR WARNED THAT "BEING AN [...]
1998-08-10 14:10:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PTER PREL KILS PGOV MOPS LE IS SY
98BRUSSELS2939 U.S.-EU TROIKA: TERRORISM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY WILLIAM R. REGAN, USEU. REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE MAY 7 U.S.-EU TROIKA DISCUSSIONS ON TERRORISM COVERED THE WATERFRONT, BUT SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THE EU'S RELATIONS WITH IRAN, WHERE IT PLEDGED CONTINUED VIGILANCE, AND ITS [...]
1998-05-12 12:02:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EUN KPAL IS PINR
98KUWAIT8116KUWAITI GOVT FUNDING HAMAS: "NOT ONE PENNY"
[...] (C) DURING A CALL BY CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER ON FONMIN SABAH TODAY, THE CONGRESSMAN TOLD SHAYKH SABAH THAT CHAIRMAN ARAFAT HAD TOLD A SENIOR CONGRESSMAN YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON THAT THE KUWAITI GOVERNMENT WAS PROVIDING FUNDING FOR HAMAS. 2. (C) SHAYKH SABAH RESPONDED WITH SOME EMOTION, U [...]
1998-12-02 14:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IS PA
98TELAVIV15545HAMAS CONSIDERS A NEW MODUS VIVENDI WITH PA
[...] (C) IN THE AFTERMATH OF WIDE-SCALE ARRESTS OF HAMAS ACTIVISTS FOLLOWING THE OCTOBER 29 GUSH KATIF SUICIDE BOMBINGS, SOME OF OUR GAZA CONTACTS ARE STATING THAT HAMAS IS PREPARING TO ENTER INTO A LIMITED "TRUCE" WITH THE PALESTINIAN.AUTHORITY (PA). THE TRUCE WOULD APPLY ONLY TO ATTACKS LAUNCHE [...]
1998-11-25 16:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKISL KWBG KPAL PREL PHUM GZ IS PGOV
99BEIRUT4484 JEZZINE: LOOKING FOR NORMALITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY STAFF VISITED THE SOUTHERN CITY OF JEZZINE RECENTLY, FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SOUTH LEBANON ARMY (SLA). INITIAL FEAR AMONG RESIDENTS ABOUT SAFETY HAVE ABATED. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY IS INCREASING MODESTLY, BUT HAS NOT REPLACED THE ECONOMIC LOSS FROM [...]
1999-10-13 08:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID SY IS LE
99BEIRUT5413THE SOUTH: HIZBALLAH STRATEGIC, TACTICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECULATION OVER A FUTURE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL (UNILATERAL OR THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS) FROM SOUTH LEBANON HAS GIVEN RISE TO DIFFERENCES AMONG HIZBALLAH'S SENIOR LEADERS ABOUT THE PARTY'S FUTURE. THE PROSPECT OF CHANGE HAS COMPELLED THE PARTY TO BEGIN SPECIFIC PLANNING FOR THE ROLE IT [...]
1999-12-21 12:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IR KISL IS LE
99TELAVIV12144HAMAS DEBATES FUTURE
[...] (C) OUR CONTACTS IN GAZA HAVE PRESENTED DIFFERING VIEWS OVER NEXT STEPS BEING CONTEMPLATED BY HAMAS. A SENIOR FATAH LEADER AND MEMBER OF THE FATAH CENTRAL COMMITTEE, HANI AL-HASSAN, TOLD US RECENTLY THAT HAMAS WAS PLANNING AN "ELECTION" FOR MEMBERS OF ITS POLITBURO AND CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY. [...]
1999-08-27 06:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER KPAL KWBG PREL PHUM GZ IS
99TELAVIV15987ISRAELI RAID KILLS HAMAS ACTIVISTS
[...] (C) THE GOI'S BUREAU FOR COUNTERTERRORISM CONFIRMED ON DECEMBER 14 THAT AN IDF SPECIAL FORCES UNIT KILLED EIAD BATAT AND NADER MASALMAH IN A FIREFIGHT THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 13. THE CLASH OCCURRED IN THE VILLAGE OF BEIT AWWA, IN AREA B, APPROXIMATELY 10 KMS WEST OF HEBRON, NEAR THE GREEN LIN [...]
1999-12-16 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KPAL IS
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